Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 230 It's Not That Simple

Cui Daozhen's ancestors were extremely prominent. Cui Xiaofeng, who used to be Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty, came from the Cui family in Boling.

But now the Cui family is above the court, and the biggest official is just a small fourth-rank Huangmen servant.

After Cui Daozhen looked at everyone, he waved his hand and motioned for his servants to bring the two things he had prepared long ago.

"I think you should read these two things in front of you. This is the Zhenguan Dictionary, and this is the Datang Clan Chronicle."

"The Zhenguan Dictionary was edited by the prince of the dynasty and participated in the compilation by the great scholars Kong Yingda and Li Gang."

"As for this clan chronicle of the Tang Dynasty, it was presided over by the current emperor himself, and four people including Gao Shilian participated in the compilation."

"I think everyone has already seen that Li Tang is using such a wonderful way to challenge my Shandong clan!"

When he said this, Cui Daozhen stood up abruptly, his thin body burst out with astonishing energy, and with a forceful aura, he rushed towards the children of the Cui family in front of him, everyone fell silent, not even daring to breathe a mouthful.

It wasn't until the momentum calmed down a little and Cui's various houses took power and tasks that they started clamoring one after another.

"What the head of the family said is exactly what I wanted to say. These are the two butcher knives that Li Tang raised to us. We must not just sit and wait for death. We must fight back!"

"Hmph, Li Shimin himself has the blood of a barbarian flowing in his body, so he deserves to be called number one!"

"I heard that among the people who compiled this time, some people suggested that my Boling Cui family should be included in the second class, but the emperor refused. Later, he could only re-edit according to the emperor's intention."

"So this time it was the emperor's intention. He did not compile this clan chronicle based on the clan's overall strength, but based on his own standards. It is simply nonsense!"

"That's right, the royal family is the first, the relatives are second, and the rest are ranked by official rank. How can there be such a reason!"

The Boling Cui family has great resentment towards the Datang clan annals. In their eyes, this clan annals is nonsense, and they don't agree with it at all.

Seeing the enthusiasm of the crowd, Cui Daozhen said: "It seems that everyone's attitude is the same. The imperial court made a clan annals and listed my Cui family as the third class. This is to beat my Cui family deliberately in front of the world. Face, this move is absolutely unbearable!"

"Yes, I can't bear it! I must show some color to the Li Tang royal family!"

"Since the emperor doesn't take us seriously, then we don't take him seriously either. No one is afraid of anyone!"

"That's right, Li Shimin really thinks he is the emperor, and he wants to reach out to our Cui family and blind him!"

"Since he wants to wrestle with us, let's let him try the heritage of our thousand-year-old family!"

As soon as they heard that the main family was preparing to fight back, the real power figures of the Cui family clamored one after another, expressing their intention to give Li Shimin a good look.

"This matter should not be rushed." Cui Daozhen was scheming, successfully provoked the indignation of everyone, and then began to implement his strategy.

"This is a big matter, and we should think about it in the long run. Since they treat us like this, let's give them something tough. Let's start with that Prince Xianyu first."

Cui Daozhen explained: "Through the latest newspapers in the capital, I have already seen that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty has been reclusive since he entered the East Palace, and rarely leaves the East Palace. This is just an opportunity for us to take advantage of!"

"Patriarch, I'm afraid you have made a mistake!" Hearing what Cui Daozhen said, the head steward of the Cui family who governed the capital immediately objected.

"As far as I know, the compiling of the Zhenguan dictionary, as well as the pinyin and punctuation marks, as well as the papermaking and printing techniques, were all done by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"In addition, this old slave has received reliable information that the compilation of the Datang clan's clan records has the shadow of the prince behind it!"

"What did you say? Where did you get the news?" Cui Daozhen was taken aback, as if she had caught something in her heart.

"This is the news that the old slave spent a lot of money in the city of Chang'an to find out." The head steward was not surprised, "In addition, the new army of the Tang Dynasty, the Modao Army, and the new equipment of the cavalry are mostly from the crown prince's strategy. government."

"There is also the Department of Salt Manufacturing, all of whom belong to the prince. It can be said that the prince has now controlled the lifeline of Datang!"

Cui Daozhen's eyes widened and she suddenly realized that she might have underestimated the enemy. She didn't expect the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty to be such a guy who doesn't show himself, but has a different world inside.

"Li Chengqian, what's the situation now, is there any possibility of helping him up again?" Cui Daozhen suddenly thought of something else.

"I'm afraid this is impossible!" The steward continued, "Recently, Li Chengqian went back to Chang'an privately, was caught by Li Shimin, and was escorted back to the fief by Baiqi."

"Changsun Wuji has already married Li Shimin, Li Chengqian may only be an idle prince now."

"Has Changsun Wuji defected to the crown prince?" Cui Daozhen suddenly realized that it was too late to get the news from Chang'an. He didn't have any information about such an important matter.

"That's right." The big housekeeper nodded repeatedly, "It's the eldest grandson Pingting who said she wanted to marry Li Chengqian earlier, and the old slave has already found out that there is also a business relationship between Tian Ce Mansion and eldest grandson Wuji."

"Changsun Wuji's family is the largest, that is, the one that makes iron. How can he cooperate with Tiance Mansion? As for asking him to invest so much money and marry his daughter to Li Fu?" Cui Daozhen was puzzled.

"Patriarch, you don't know that Li Fu built a steel factory on the outskirts of the capital, which can produce more than [-] jin of steel per day, and now all the standard weapons of the Tang Dynasty come from that place!"

"What!" Cui Daozhen's voice finally changed, "It's impossible, absolutely impossible, to produce more than [-] jin of steel per day!"

Cui Daozhen couldn't believe it. He suddenly realized that he couldn't understand the high-level officials of Tang Dynasty, especially the prince.

To him, Li Fu was like a blank sheet of paper, seemingly harmless, but in other people's mouths, he was like a terrifying existence like a giant beast.

"The daily production of [-] kilograms is just a conservative estimate. Chang'an City's current statement is that the steelmaking plant can produce [-] kilograms of steel per day!"

"And it's not just that, Patriarch, I'm afraid you don't know that the padded clothes that were popular in Chang'an last winter were made by Tiance Mansion."

"And that coal stove, briquettes, potatoes, and Quyuanli all came from Tiance Mansion, and even the horseshoe that you've been raving about recently was all made by that prince!"

Cui Daozhen's eyes became wider and wider, and in the end he felt bad all over. He had vaguely noticed that behind this incident, it might not be as simple as he imagined!
(End of this chapter)