The first poisonous scholar in Daxia, starting from the abdication of the prime minister

It was another day in the capital.

Jin Lehuang and the third prince were plotting various things. They seemed to be on good terms but were actually at odds with each other and were pursuing their own agenda. Gu Jingzhi felt very aggrieved but could only talk to Chen Yu.

And the aristocratic family...

They also came to the moment of decision.

Not long after Gu Jingzhi returned home, the major families began to conspire.

This time, Song Pu no longer symbolically asked a master to come over, but sat in the seat himself and informed Song Pu of his decision.

"Everyone, at this critical moment of life and death, our family also needs to have corresponding countermeasures. I have to inform you now to prevent our family from suffering greater losses in the days to come!"

Song Pu said this indifferently. Yin Hong was very curious and asked, "Prime Minister Song, I wonder what countermeasures you and the emperor discussed in the imperial study today?"

Among the five major families in the capital, Tang Qian lost his position as Minister of Rites and the Li family lost their position as Minister of Justice in this land case.

Chen Family...

Although the Chen family didn't hold any powerful official positions, because of the incident of framing Gu Jing, Chen Yu, the young patriarch of the Chen family who was expected to succeed the Shangshu in the next few years...

Lose office!

Although the Chen family is still among the five major families, they have to keep a low profile for at least the next ten years.

They were also particularly concerned about the questions raised by Yin Hong.

Upon hearing this, Song Pu glanced at Li Chun silently and said, "This matter is very bad for you. I'm afraid you won't be able to go to Jizhou Prefecture! You may even lose your position as the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture!"

Hearing this, Li Chun said silently: "I have already made preparations for this matter. Brother Song, why don't you talk about something else?"

Song Pu sighed deeply, "A land annexation case has led to such consequences. We never expected this. The power in the court has been greatly damaged. I'm afraid that it will take at least ten years for our family's vitality to recover!"

"ten years……"

"Brother Song, are you joking?"

Tang Qian sneered, "Don't say Brother Song can't see it, the Emperor is very fond of that prince right now. Although they have many political disagreements, given the Emperor's attitude towards families like ours, the prince's position is likely to be very secure!"

"Brother Tang's words do make sense. If the Crown Prince succeeds to the throne, it will be extremely difficult for our noble families to rise to prominence!"

"yes……"

All the noble families agreed, and Song Pu's face darkened. These people were pretending to be ignorant even though they knew the truth.

He said in a deep voice, "Everyone, now that it's come to this, will your words be of any use? In other words, just because the Crown Prince is close to an aristocratic family, will you allow him to ascend to the throne?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Yin Hong inconspicuously.

Seeing this, everyone laughed awkwardly.

Yin Hong is the second prince's uncle. Whether the second prince can ascend to the throne is related to the vital interests of the Yin family. The five major families are closely related, so if the second prince ascends to the throne, they will naturally be the beneficiaries.

Song Pu said, "Now that we have lost so many important positions in the central government, we cannot allow any more problems to occur locally, otherwise our family will be fractured!"

"Today in the Imperial Study, I have privately decided to hand over all of the family's land in exchange for the family's stability in the local area!"

"what?"

Everyone was shocked and refused.

"No, this is absolutely not possible!"

"Indeed, this land is the product of thousands of years of accumulation by our family. How can we easily hand it over to the emperor? This is absolutely impossible!"

"Yes, if you want to take our land, we have to die..."

"..."

Song Pu's face turned cold, and he slapped the table directly: "Ignorance!"

"If you want to die, then go ahead and die. Don't drag us down with you!"

Song Pu angrily scolded, "I've always told you to be more restrained, but you just won't listen. Even if you resort to some trickery, the most you'll get is some money. Who allowed you to mess around like that?"

"Jiangnan is the most prosperous place in the world. What kind of situation have you been forced into by those untouchables?"

"Murder and arson... you people below you carry out these things without any burden at all. Do you really think the emperor wouldn't dare touch you?"

"..."

Everyone shut up immediately!

In the final analysis, they were the ones who were in the wrong, and it was absolutely impossible for them not to pay a price, but...

All the land...

That's all the land!

"Brother Song, after all, our noble families occupy more than half of the officials. If we collectively put pressure on the court, what do you think..."

"Then you are courting death!"

Song Pu said angrily, "Right now, our noble families have lost a lot of power in the court. If you put pressure on the emperor and he gets angry and uses the land case as an excuse to punish you, how many people do you think you can save?"

"Even if the Second Prince ascends the throne, do you have someone who can succeed him in this important position?"

In fact, the reason why Song Pu compromised was not because he was afraid that Emperor Xia would catch all the children of aristocratic families with criminal records. Emperor Xia was a smart man and naturally would not make such a decision that would hurt both sides.

But what if he only holds accountable those prefects or officials of higher ranks?

Once these people are brought to justice, the young generation of the aristocratic families will lose a lot of people. Even if the second prince succeeds to the throne, they will not have any talented people to take his place.

Nowadays, the forces of poor families have occupied many important positions in the court. If we take advantage of these years to vigorously support the children of poor families, when will the aristocratic families be able to rise?

At present, the second prince or the third prince both tend to favor the aristocratic family.

But once they come to power and see the threat posed by the aristocratic families to the imperial power, who can guarantee that their minds will not change?

The person who could not be trusted the most in this world was the emperor. Only if they had enough power could they check and balance the imperial power in the court and maintain the situation of sharing the world with the aristocratic families!

Everyone was directly puzzled by his question, even the Yin family, who had the closest relationship with the second prince, fell into deep thought!

Song Pu looked at the stunned crowd and couldn't help but say, "The foundation of our family, to put it bluntly, is still the officialdom. As long as the power of the officialdom is not disintegrated, a little land..."

"You can get it back later!"

Take back...

After hearing this, all the family heads considered for a long time, and suddenly one of them said, "Prime Minister Song, we will hand over the land. It's just a little land. My Lin family trusts Prime Minister Song!"

The first to make the decision were not the five major families, but other families in the capital that were lower than the five major families.

As soon as the head of the Lin family spoke, other smaller families responded.

Seeing this, Song Pu nodded slightly with satisfaction, then looked at the five major families: "What about you?"

……

The Chinese New Year is less than a month away, and all departments in the court have become extremely busy.

The year-end work involves the evaluation of officials and the year-end assessment of various government offices. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a year-end summary.

At this court meeting, Gu Jingzhi brought some things with him.

He knew that if there were no other problems, Emperor Xia would announce the punishment for the Gu family today.

I heard that Emperor Xia summoned Wei Xuan and Zhao Huai yesterday. I guess he gave instructions to thoroughly investigate all the land cases in the world. After all, Song Pu has already compromised!

Emperor Xia naturally would not regret this matter.

But the Gu family...

However, Gu Jingzhi was unwilling to let go.

He finally figured it out. Even if he was making a knife, he had to do it with dignity, not like Jin Lehuang said, a mad dog that bit people.

Why can the aristocratic families compete with Emperor Xia?

Isn’t it because of strength?

I was too young before. If I had some ability, would Emperor Xia still agree?

From today on, he no longer wants to be a salted fish.

But...

Power minister!