Great Tang Southern Emperor

But it’s not always the case, for example, Song Guogong Xiao Yu...

In fact, he was the one who was wronged. He was indeed one of the people who opposed the conquest of Goguryeo in the court yesterday, but his morals were quite full, and he did not report to Goguryeo.

Chapter 613 Longjing Tea

Chapter 78 Longjing Tea

The reason why Xiao Yu opposed the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Goguryeo was for no other reason than that he also came from an aristocratic family.

He comes from the Xiao family of Lanling, a super family that originated in the period of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty and has been passed down for thousands of years. Shi, Xie of Chenjun, Yuan of Chenjun, and Xiao of Lanling, collectively known as "Wang Xie Yuanxiao", were no less powerful than the seven clans and five surnames today.

Although at the end of the Sui Dynasty, with the killing of Xiao Xian, the Xiao family declined somewhat, but the emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, and the Xiao family was no less than the seven clans and five surnames in terms of background.It's just that Xiao Xian became emperor after all, and was killed by Tang Dynasty, so he became low-key. This doesn't mean that their power is not strong anymore.

After several times of suppression, Xiao Yu has become a little transparent in the court. Even if Li Shimin suppresses the family, he will pretend not to see it.

But this time it won't work, because Xiao Yu also saw Li Shimin's plan - to fight the inside, he must first secure the outside. He is planning to attack the inside after eliminating the external threat.

Who are Datang's internal enemies?

The first one must be the family.

As representatives of the aristocratic family, the seven clans and five surnames will definitely attract the first wave of firepower.

However, under Li Zhen's operation, the battle for Silver Island has reached its peak, and all participants have reached Lingnan. The atmosphere in Lingnan has been suppressed to the extreme, like a powder keg. You can ignite it, and then explode the powder keg, which will destroy everything.

But no matter how powerful this gunpowder barrel is, after it erupts, there will only be one result, which is to become a fish on the chopping board and be slaughtered by others.

As the family's opponent, how could the imperial court let go of this opportunity?

The group of old foxes in the court will definitely kill the seven clans and five surnames.

and then?

The aristocratic families are not just seven clans and five surnames. Behind them, there are hidden families of Pei, Dou, Xiao, Webster, Yang, the bereaved family of the former dynasty, and so on. These families will all become the targets of the court.

Especially the first few, none of these clans are inferior to the seven clans and five surnames in terms of theoretical background, but they know how to keep a low profile and are not as jumpy as the seven clans and five surnames. Not only do they control the court and the place, they don't even give the emperor face. When Li Shimin proposed to marry him, he was mocked.

It's just low-key, but it doesn't mean that they won't arouse the emperor's fear. As long as the seven families and five surnames are killed, Li Shimin's next goal is no need to think about it. They had to keep a low profile, so although they had no less background than the seven sects and five surnames, their strength was a lot worse after all. If the imperial court really targeted them, they might not even have the strength to resist.

Therefore, for the survival and continuation of his family, Xiao Yu had to stand up and oppose the court's Goguryeo strategy.

But he only objected for a while. After the objection was invalid, he did not make small moves secretly, let alone pass the news to Goguryeo.

However, the common people don't know, they saw Xiao Yu's name on the newspaper, and thought that he was also involved in this incident. At that time, a few hot-blooded rangers gathered together, and were going to give Xiao Yu a ruthless—killing must be Don't dare, Xiao Yu is the Duke of the state after all, and it's a big deal to die unexpectedly, but it's okay to teach him a lesson.

So Xiao Yu was unlucky. On the afternoon of the day when the newspaper was published, Xiao Yu came to drink tea at the teahouse where he came most often.

In the past, every time he came, he would be welcomed into the box he was most familiar with by the enthusiastic staff, but today, after he came in, not only was there no one to entertain him, but also the guests in the teahouse looked at him a little strangely, even more so. Some pointed and whispered to him.

Once he cast his gaze over, he immediately pretended to be nothing and continued drinking tea.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu also smiled wryly, he knew too well why he was treated like this today, it was because of the newspaper this morning.He also heard about the punishment of several colleagues today, but he never thought that he would be treated as a traitor and traitor.

Thinking of the newspaper, Xiao Yu now thinks of it, and it can be said that he loves and hates it. Of course, love is before today, and hate is naturally after today.

Xiao Yu was also wronged in his heart, he obviously just stood up and objected a few words, how did he become a heinous treacherous person?

Although I have selfish intentions, going to Goguryeo is indeed a waste of money, okay?If you lose, it will be even more embarrassing.

"Shopkeeper, bring me a pot of Longjing tea." Speaking of Longjing tea, Xiao Yu thought of King Yue, who made this tea. Before him, tea was made by adding mutton oil, milk, salt, Zanthoxylum bungeanum and so on, all kinds of condiments—it is said to be tea, but in fact it is no different from soup, so drinking tea at that time had another name, called eating tea, because there are many things in the tea that can be eaten, such as Dried fruit, preserves, meat...

But after all, this is something that has been passed down for thousands of years. Everyone has been used to drinking this way for a long time. At most, they have worked hard on tea-making techniques and ingredients. No one has tried another drinking method.

Then Li Zhen came, he seemed to hate making tea very much, so he invented fried tea...

To be honest, after Xiao Yu drank the first sip of the brewed tea, his first feeling was that he had spent all these years in vain, what was he drinking for the first half of his life?

Not only Xiao Yu, but everyone who drank bubble tea felt this way, including the emperor and empress.

So under the propaganda of the emperor and empress and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, what is good at the top will be followed by the bottom. The whole Tang Dynasty quickly spread the method of drinking fried tea, and the method of making tea quickly spread to the world, although some People still love making tea, but making tea has become the mainstream of the world because it is easy to brew, tastes good, and is easier to be accepted by the people.

And Li Zhen, the king of Yue, also made a fortune again because of his unique tea-frying technique—as expected of a little God of Wealth, as expected, he can make money by doing anything.

Just as Xiao Yu was thinking this way, the shopkeeper came over with a pot of brewed Longjing tea: "Master Xiao, your Longjing tea."

"Well, it's true that tea is not as good as Longjing, and wine is not as good as Wuliang." After taking a sip of the fragrant tea, he felt the fragrance on his lips and teeth, and Xiao Yu's depressed mood seemed to have improved a lot.

Longjing tea is naturally also made by Li Zhen. Of course, he knows how good Longjing tea is. Need tea production base.

Since making tea spread all over the world, the price of Longjing green tea has naturally skyrocketed, so that there have been rich merchants holding thousands of dollars to buy Longjing in the busy market, but they can't buy a penny. It is absolutely priceless.

Chapter 614

Chapter 79 Beat Up

"Huh? Is there anything else?" After sighing for a while, Xiao Yu found out that the shopkeeper did not leave after delivering the tea, so she couldn't help asking a little strangely.

"It's nothing." The shopkeeper frustrates his hands, a little embarrassed: "It's just that the villain has a question that he wants to ask the adult-this matter should not be asked by the villain, but..."

Xiao Yu waved his hand: "Okay, if you want to ask anything, just ask, we are old acquaintances, if it's not a secret, I will answer you."

"Then thank you, Mr. Xiao, the villain's problem is... that is..." The shopkeeper lowered his voice: "Master Xiao, do you really know foreign countries?"

"Of course not." Xiao Yu felt that he had been wronged to death: "I admit that I am indeed opposed to the imperial court's conquest of Goguryeo, but I really don't know much about foreign countries."

"Fart, if you don't know any foreign countries, why is your name on the newspaper?" Although the voices of the two of them were small, don't forget that since Xiao Yu came in, the voice of the whole teahouse has been much lower, and then Coupled with the attention of caring people, it is still very simple to hear their conversations clearly.

Therefore, seeing Xiao Yu's denial at this time, someone got angry at that time, held up a piece of "Datang Daily" and said angrily: "How dare you not admit it, it is clearly written in the newspaper, your name Xiao Yu is even more Number one, are you doubting the impartiality of the newspaper?"

"Of course I don't doubt the impartiality of the newspaper." Xiao Yu said helplessly: "But look for yourself, those lists written in the newspaper are all those who raised objections in the court yesterday, and they didn't write it down because they are all familiar with foreign countries. traitor."

"Tch, do you think you can explain it like this, and it makes sense?" Another person sneered, "Is it because the imperial court has no evidence of your treason and can only expose you in this way?"

"I really didn't betray the country, I just opposed the country's conquest of Goguryeo." Xiao Yu argued that other crimes are nothing more than that. He really dare not bear the reputation of collaborating with the enemy and treason. If he dies, the entire Xiao family will be scolded for hundreds of years.

"Oh? You said you opposed the country's conquest of Goguryeo?" A middle-aged man with the appearance of a Confucian scholar said, "Isn't it good to conquer Goguryeo? Why do you object?"

"That's right, Goguryeo killed so many of our comrades in the former Sui Dynasty. Now we should take revenge, shouldn't we?"

"Let's not talk about the past, just these years, Goguryeo has been provoking quarrels and provoking troubles on the border every year, killing the people of our Tang Dynasty. We should have avenged this revenge a long time ago. Why did you stop us from taking revenge?"

"I..." Xiao Yu was speechless, he couldn't talk about his selfishness, could he?I can only argue strongly: "At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, laboring the people and wasting money, but lost in three battles and three battles, resulting in countless casualties. I was afraid that His Majesty would repeat the same mistakes as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, so I objected. Is it wrong?"

It stands to reason that this excuse is okay to fool ordinary people, but it is not that there are no sensible people in this world. I saw the middle-aged Confucian scholar sneered at the words just now: "Besides, it sounds good, isn't it just because you are afraid that your majesty will destroy Goguryeo? I don't have any in the Tang Dynasty." Are you afraid that His Majesty will go back and deal with your aristocratic families?"

"You...you don't want to spout blood." Xiao Yu was horrified. He didn't expect that someone would see his inner thoughts, let alone that this person would be so unrestricted. You must know that although the relationship between the imperial court and the family is not good, the two sides temporarily Xiao Yu didn't intend to turn his face, but this person in front of him actually revealed the affairs of the court and the family, which made Xiao Yu feel incredible.

"Who exactly are you?" Xiao Yu pointed at the middle-aged Confucian scholar and said angrily, "Aren't you afraid of losing your future by arbitrarily arranging court officials and slandering court officials?"