Unparalleled Concubine

Among these Northern Zhou families, the Li family of Zhaojun was included...

Chapter 432 spare your life

After listening to Li Xin's words, His Majesty's complexion changed slightly.

Today's Li Xin is no longer the poor boy that he handled two years ago. Now the Marquis of Jing'an can be said to be the most famous person in the Taikang Dynasty. I have seen the emperor many times, and what he said is very credible.

Li Ye looked around and saw no one around, so he lowered his voice.

"What does the Marquis of Jing'an mean by this?"

Li Xin smiled indifferently: "Is there still contact between Mr. Fujun and the Li family of Zhaojun?"

"and also."

Li Ye looked down, lowered his head and said: "My father was born in the Li family of Zhao County. Although he established his own family later, the old man still often goes home to worship his ancestors these years."

"The era of aristocratic families is about to pass."

Li Xin's voice was calm.

Before Emperor Wu, the five kingdoms of the world existed side by side. At that time, the most noble people in the world were not necessarily the royal families of the five kingdoms, but the sons of these aristocratic families.

The lifespan of these aristocratic families can reach more than a thousand years. The country is destroyed but the family is not destroyed. Each aristocratic family has a large reserve of talents. They monopolize knowledge and have the right to speak academically. This situation reached its peak during the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

How exaggerated was it then?

Zheng Gui, the patriarch of the Zheng family in Xingyang, said that when his father came to the capital, the Great Jin Dynasty at that time was still in the southern Jin Dynasty, and the emperor of the Ji family wanted to greet the patriarchs of these families in person and treat them as guests of honor.

This situation was broken by Emperor Wu.

At that time, the most powerful country in the world was the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so most of the aristocratic families served as officials in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Only a small number of families sent a few branches to the other four countries as officials, and the purpose was not to put all eggs in one basket.

At that time, the two brothers of the Li family of Zhaojun, Li Zhijie and Li Zhili, separated from the Li family of Zhaojun under such circumstances and settled in Jinling.

Later, when the war was about to start, Emperor Wu didn't even dare to use Li Zhijie, who was from a family, to attack the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Instead, he tried his best to use Ye Cheng, a "mud leg."

Then, Old Man Ye used a big gun to shatter the seemingly huge and mighty Bei Zhou.

This is the prelude to the decline of the family.

After that, although the power of these families was greatly weakened, they were not fatally hit. After all, after the Great Jin ruled the world, they still adopted a soft policy towards these families.

What is really fatal is the scientific research.

Scientific examination is actually a new thing. Originally, it was only used in the Southern Jin Dynasty where the style of writing prevailed. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Southern Shu, most officials were selected from the aristocratic family, and basically no examination was required.

But after the Jin Dynasty ruled the world, the scientific examination was promoted to the world and enforced.

Of course, in terms of scientific examinations, the children of aristocratic families with a monopoly on knowledge still take advantage of it, so much so that many local officials in Dajin today who are born in scientific examinations have family backgrounds.

The last straw that killed the aristocratic family was the seven years of magical skills during Emperor Wu's period. A craftsman in a bookstore produced a mature woodblock printing.

This has led to the aristocratic family no longer monopolizing knowledge. From Emperor Wu to the Chengde Dynasty, two generations of emperors have vigorously promoted the imperial examination. Now more than 30 years have passed, and the influence of the aristocratic family is gradually weakening.

A good example can illustrate this matter.

Among the five chancellors in Shangshutai, only Zhongshuling Gongyangshu came from a family, and he was not a big family. The other four were all from the ordinary landlord class and became officials through scientific examinations.

And those old clans can only control some places and cannot dominate the government.

Take the Li Ye in front of him as an example. His father, Li Zhili, was an official in Jinling during the reign of Emperor Wu Chuigong, that is, when the Jin Dynasty had not yet unified the world. People from Jin, even so, the lord of the Fujun lingered at the gate of Shangshutai for nearly ten years, but still couldn't get in, and was pressed to death in the position of Jing Zhaoyin.

Several generations of emperors in the Jin Dynasty were digging holes and filling soil for the aristocratic clan.

It is precisely because of this that these aristocratic clans are willing to risk their lives and take risks with Li Shen, because only in a new world, these gradually declining aristocratic clans have the opportunity to regain their right to speak.

As Li Xin said, the era of aristocratic families has come to an end, and even the graves have been dug. Emperor Taikang and Li Xin's generation are the last people to fill the earth.

Of course, Shizu, an old man whose entire body was buried in the ground from the neck down, was not reconciled to just perishing like this, and wanted to jump up and down again, so they hit it off with Ping Nanjun and the deposed prince.

Li Xin looked at the old man in front of him with a smile on his face.

"My lord, after you finish your busy work here, you will thank the guests behind closed doors when you return home, and keep a low profile. As the lord said, Li Shen is dead. Even if there is a big change, it is unlikely that the lord will be implicated."

Having said that, Li Xin paused.

"If something really happens to the Fujun, Li Xin will help if he can."

With that said, Li Xin left the only surviving small courtyard in the Pingnanhou Mansion with his hands behind his back.

Li Ye looked at the back of the young man leaving, dazed.

This young man who was in a state of embarrassment two years ago, he can't understand what he said now.

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Li Xin did not leave the Pingnanhou Mansion, but turned around and went to another courtyard.

The yard had been burnt to a piece of scorched earth, and the burnt wood was gone. Qian Niuwei moved it out, leaving only a bare flat ground and a broken courtyard wall.

But in this yard, there is a cellar.

This cellar was discovered early in the morning. It was here that the 27 members of the Zheng family in Xingyang were discovered and then arrested by Qianniuwei. Li Xin also came here to see it.

Following his memory, he found the entrance to this tunnel.

Holding a torch, Li Xin took photos around the entrance of the cellar, then he turned his head and said to the guards behind him, "You guys stay here, I'll go down and have a look."

"Yes."

In this way, Li Xin held the torch and jumped down. After walking about a dozen steps, he finally reached the inside of the cellar.

There is only one stone table, empty, nothing.

After looking around in the cellar and knocking around, Li Xin didn't notice anything unusual, and then he sat down beside the stone table.

This young Lord Jing'an seemed to be talking to himself.

"For more than a month, I have been thinking about where you will hide, but after thinking about it, you should be hiding here."

It was dark under the lamp.

Li Shen wanted to hide under the eyes of the three imperial guards. It was not safe to hide in any place in the capital. The safest place was the cellar that had already been searched and caught.

It is unlikely that anyone will come here a second time, so it is most suitable for Tibetans.

So Li Xin suspects that this cellar has more than one floor, but another floor, and Li Shen has been hiding here for more than a month.