A scholar of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

"Call Gu County Marquis here." Dali Siqing ordered.

Gu Qing was chatting with Songtsan Gampo when the jailer interrupted the conversation, "Master Hou, Zheng Xing wants to see you."

"Okay." Gu Qing followed the jailer all the way to the other side of the cell, came to the front of Zheng Xing, and looked at the downhearted Patriarch of the Zheng family.

"There are some things I want to say to Gu Qing alone, I hope you can avoid it." Zheng Xing said.

"Yes." Wang Qin nodded and led the crowd and said, "Your Majesty has explained it."

The Zheng family mainly talked with Gu Qing alone, and as Li Er expected, Wang Qin smiled meaningfully.

When everyone left, the cells around Zheng Xing were empty, and the surroundings were very quiet. Gu Qing looked at him, "Tell me, why do you want to see me."

The head of the Zheng family stared at Gu Qing, "Did you do what happened to the Lu family?"

"Yes." Gu Qing nodded.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" The Patriarch of the Zheng family asked again.

"No." Gu Qing said with a smile, "My own thoughts, manpower, planning, actions, and framing are all done by me alone."

"Where do you come from with such a powerful force that you can kill the Lu family like this?" The head of the Zheng family looked at Gu Qing, "Could it be that you have already arranged it a few years ago, and in your eyes the family must be eliminated?"

"You are wrong about this." Gu Qing said to him, "I deployed this force a long time ago to protect myself and the people around me, and even thought about competing with the imperial power, but your family is pressing every step of the way. Forced to have no way out.”

"If you don't build an academy, we won't deal with you." The head of the Zheng family said again.

"You see, this is the conflict between values ​​and interests." Gu Qing waved the folding fan in his hand, "My original intention is the same as that in the palace. The Tang Dynasty needs more students from poor families to succeed, and more capable people to build Jiangshan, this Jiangshan's surname is Li, and Qiwang of your five surnames is holding scholars with one hand and trying to seize the court with the other. Can this emperor do it happily? After all, the officials in the court are all people with five surnames. Can you not be afraid? My original intention of opening the academy was also to allow more children to learn knowledge, that’s all. I didn’t intend to break the way of your family. Don't overthink it."

"The fiery fisherman in the palace who is happy to see me fighting with you, believe it or not, even if I am exposed, I can still be alive and kicking."

Zheng Xing looked at Gu Qing, "Who is next, the Cui family? The Wang family?"

"Then it's up to them." Gu Qing said again, "You can enjoy your old age here, and I'll take care of the ups and downs outside. Whether it's the Cui family or the Wang family next, the imperial examination will be held soon."

"Imperial examination?" Zheng Xing stared at Gu Qing, "The imperial examination is really coming."

"Yes!" Gu Qing said, "A family is a family, and the royal family is the royal family. The so-called life and death are determined by the sky. Decline will come sooner or later, history is always like this, a family cannot become a royal family, just like a sparrow cannot become a phoenix.”

"No!" Zheng Xing said, "It's all because of you, Gu Qing, everything is yours, starting from the time you brought down Lu Yuan."

"Actually, I wanted to move the aristocratic family earlier than Lu Yuan." Gu Qing said again.

"Life and death are determined, wealth and honor are in the sky!" Zheng Xing smiled, "Old man understands, Gu Qing is not going to be much better off after the aristocratic family fell, hahaha!"

"Crazy!" Gu Qing left Zheng Xing's sight with a sneer, and turned to his cell, eating dried fruit, staring at the roof of the cell in a daze.

The Cui family in Boling, the owner of the Cui family has been entertaining Li Yifu with delicious food and drinks. A huge sense of crisis lingers in the outfits of all the Cui family members. The Lu family has collapsed, and the head of the Zheng family has been imprisoned. Who is next?

"We are willing to do business with Marquis Gu." The head of the Cui family said.

"I didn't want it at the beginning, but now I want it again?" Li Yifu looked at him and said, "It's too late!"

"What do you mean!" the head of the Cui family shouted.

"One moment and another moment!" Li Yifu said again, "It was at the beginning, but now we want to cooperate and do business together, it depends on our Lord Hou's mood."

The Patriarch of the Cui family had an ugly expression on his face.

"Why don't you do this?" Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Li Yifu said again, "You also follow the example of Zheng's family and find a crime to go to Chang'an to plead guilty. Maybe you can keep your Cui family's foundation!"

"What do you mean!" The head of the Cui family understood something, "You mean to deal with our Cui family?"

"I didn't say that." Li Yifu sneered.

"What exactly do we need from the Cui family to let us go!" The Patriarch of the Cui family yelled, "If you are so pressing, don't blame us for killing each other, and the world will be in chaos."

"It's ridiculous." Li Yi's mansion calmed down, "Now the people are living a peaceful life, and they rebelled with you? Besides, have you ever fought with new firearms? What are you fighting with Li Tang today? It’s okay when you’re here, just look at the current situation.”

"The Lu family is down, the Zheng family is dormant, the Wang family has long since stopped asking about worldly affairs, and the Li family in Zhao County has never meddled in common affairs." Li Yifu thought about it coldly, "Has the Cui family weighed their weight?"

Chapter 274

The Patriarch of the Cui family was breathing tensely. What Li Yifu said was true. The Cui family is now alone, and the other party's attack was too fast and there was no time to react, so two families fell down.

"Let me tell you the truth, in fact, I came here to hold back your Cui family." Li Yifu said, "Master Hou wants to deal with the Lu family and the Zheng family. I am afraid that your family will echo each other. This time, I will attack quickly and ruthlessly. When something happened to the Zheng family, there is still time for you to urge the family to take action."

Li Yifu lowered his tone, "But at that moment of life and death, you were still considering whether or not to do business with Master Gu?"

"It's all you!" The head of the Cui family pointed at Li Yifu.

"Give me [-] guan, maybe I can give you a good word to Master Hou, and maybe Master Hou can let your Cui family go if he is in a good mood." Li Yifu left after saying that, "I will live in the posthouse, consider Come find me."

The Lu family has collapsed, and the Zheng family is almost done. Li Yifu feels that his task of entanglement in the Cui family's footsteps has been completed, and he can almost return to Hou Ye's side. Li Yifu felt that he had paid more than Xu Jingzong, so he couldn't let Xu Jingzong gain the trust of Lord Hou first, and he couldn't suffer.

Before Li Yifu left the Cui family, the Cui family really gave away [-] guan in money.

A few days after Li Yifu left, a message was sent to the head of the Cui family that the imperial examination will start next spring!

Hearing this news, the Patriarch of the Cui family was cold all over. The imperial examination really came, which meant that the court didn't need to deal with him at all.

The angry Patriarch of the Cui family smashed the tea bowl in his hand to the ground. This Li Yifu knew that the imperial examination would be held a long time ago!He also cheated ten thousand yuan of money by relying on his empty teeth!Frustration, loss, and frustration made the Patriarch of the Cui family almost collapse.

"Patriarch!" A servant came with a letter, "Patriarch, the letter from the Li family in Zhao County, said that the Patriarch should personally open it."

Opening the letter, the Patriarch of the Cui family read it over and over again with unbelievable eyes until finally heaved a long sigh, burned the letter with a candle and said to the servants in the family, "The word is passed on, the Cui family is dormant, and all the children of the Cui family are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. You must not interfere with the court for a hundred years."

"Patriarch?" The servant was puzzled.

"Are you deaf!" the head of the Cui family roared angrily.

"Yes!" The flustered servant hurried to do the work.

In the empty room, the head of the Cui family was left with a bitter smile, and the laughter was bitter to his heart over and over again, "The Cui family is huge, the family business is huge, but the Cui family can't do anything... Li Shimin! The family lost , don’t kill them all again.”

Letters from the Li family in Zhaojun were also sent to the Wang family and the Zheng family. How many dynasties the family has experienced and how many things they have experienced. Now that the Tang Dynasty is in full swing, the interests of the family can be put aside for a while to see how Li Tang can still be prosperous. How long, as long as the foundation is still there, there is no fear of running out of firewood.

Dynasties will eventually be destroyed, and when the war is over, it will be liquidated, and the family will still be the family.

With the lessons learned this time, several great families chose to hibernate.

In Dali Temple, Gu Qing sneezed loudly, winter is coming.

Li Tai came to visit Gu Qing, "What is Gu Xiahou doing?"

"I'm in a daze." Gu Qing looked at the wall in front of him.

"Look who's here." Li Tai stepped aside.