Quick Travel: From Beginner to Master

The prince's persistence in eradicating the family was beyond ordinary people's imagination. In order to facilitate his control of the court in the future, he began to make suggestions for his father since he established his status as prince at the age of eight.

Ling Liang was assassinated only on the third day after he came here.

The original owner was 16 years old, and this assassination operation had been going on for three years, and the number of assassinations became more frequent as the original owner got closer and closer to his prime.

It used to happen almost once a year, but this year, this was the second assassination that the original owner encountered.

The emperor and the prince were keen to cause trouble for the aristocratic families in all aspects, and assassinated the Cui family's eldest son. If this was successful, it would be a victory worth remembering.

The next head of the family who was carefully cultivated died before he grew up. It is really a great achievement and a joy to congratulate.

Ling Liang was a little curious about the prince of the Da'an Dynasty. Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of 12, Emperor Kangxi captured and killed the powerful minister Ao Bai at the age of 14, and the prince determined to take charge of the government at the age of eight. Throughout the ages, young heroes have always made people shine.

Be famous as early as possible. The original owner became famous all over the world when he was 20 years old. The prince was the same age as him and got rid of him when he was 25 years old.

The two of them are both the best among men, but unfortunately they have different attitudes. The prince is not tolerant, so they are destined to fight.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?The emperor's thoughts seem understandable.

And the aristocratic family does good things and bad things.

They are the ones who provide outstanding talents to the court, they are the ones who monopolize culture and commerce, they are the ones who put forward constructive opinions and promote social development, and they are the ones who wantonly expropriate land and compete with the people for profits.

But if you look over the scrolls of history several times, you will find that one of the most important roles of aristocratic families is to check and balance the imperial power and curb the dominance of the royal family.

The prince hates the aristocratic family. It is better to say that he hates the dispersion of power. He wants a high degree of concentration of imperial power.

This was not a good phenomenon in a feudal society.

There were no different voices in the court. The monarch issued an order and all the horses were silent for a while. Going to court was just a formality. In fact, he could do whatever he wanted.

The people under his rule can probably only bet that the emperor is a wise king and not a coward.

The prince is very capable, but it is also true that he does not care about his people.

The prince whom he met after the death of the original owner devoted himself to overthrowing the aristocratic family for the first ten years and worked hard to govern and did some practical things. However, after defeating the aristocratic family, he became increasingly addicted to pleasure, carried out large-scale construction and built various luxurious palaces.

After years of recuperation, the Chiyan Fangu tribe has made a comeback, but the silent Da'an no longer has any generals willing to sacrifice their lives for it.

Ling Liang had no opinion on the prince's practice of squeezing out the aristocratic family, but the prince's plan to get rid of a god of war was worth talking about.

The original owner took off his cloak as the eldest son of the Cui family and devoted himself wholeheartedly to Da'an. Those who have done meritorious service should naturally be rewarded for their merits. What is the reason for killing people because they are afraid of the military power in his hands?

I wonder if the petty-minded Crown Prince ever regretted it later when he was faced with the embarrassing situation of having no one to help him?

It's really shooting yourself in the foot.

In the evening, Butler Fu came over and asked Ling Liang to go to the front hall, where the original owner's parents were waiting for him.

As soon as Ling Liang stepped into the front hall, a woman with simple and elegant clothes, a beautiful and majestic face hurried to his side, and said anxiously: "My son, I heard from Butler Fu that you were almost assassinated at noon. Is there anything wrong with you?" Injuried?"

Mrs. Cui turned around and looked at her son. Although the servant who came to report said that nothing happened to her son, she was still worried.

She went to inspect Zhuangzi today, and the child's father had official duties. The housekeeper sent someone to visit Zhuangzi, and she was really shocked.

Mrs. Cui Zhuangzi stopped looking and immediately urged the groom to return to Cui's house. She bumped into her husband who had returned after receiving the news.

Not even having time to drink, they hurriedly called their son over for questioning.

"No, he's not injured. My son is fine." Ling Liang comforted Mrs. Cui and helped her sit down at the table.

The father of the original owner, a first-rank official, Grand Scholar Cui, took off his official robe and handed it to the servant to fold it neatly. After pondering for a moment, he said: "The prince again?"

Ling Liang nodded slightly, "The assassin has the seal of the East Palace on his arm. He is undoubtedly His Highness."

"Ignorant boy," Xuexian Cui squeaked, "over and over again, not again. The prince has made some achievements recently and is in the limelight. How dare he act wildly on my head."

Xuexian Cui lowered his head and thought for a while, "He is not the daughter of the queen. If the queen has a son, who will be the crown prince? King Zhao has been making many moves in the past two days... I can help you."

"Zixing, daddy will keep your matter in mind. Just watch, daddy won't let that kid have an easy time."

"Yes, thank you father." Ling Liang responded with a smile.

"Fu Guanjia!"

Mrs. Cui saw that the father and son had finished talking and quickly called the housekeeper who was waiting outside the door.

"Madam." Butler Fu walked in quickly and stood aside respectfully.

"Go and drag out all the servants who took care of my son today and kill them with sticks!" Mrs. Cui ordered matter-of-factly.

None of them noticed when the assassin entered the courtyard. Is this how these servants took care of her son?

Her son was very lucky and nothing happened, but if something happened, their lives would not be enough to pay for it!

Ling Liang stopped with a headache, "Assassins have skills, but they don't. Royal guards are well-trained secret guards. How can ordinary people detect their traces? I think we should spare them."

The strict hierarchical system in ancient times was really unbearable. It was just as common for the powerful to kill their subordinates as to eat and drink. Even killing a few civilians was a trivial matter and could be settled with money.

Here, "people" are no longer people in the complete sense, but more like objects or livestock to be slaughtered.

Ling Liang hates this deformed system, but he can't do anything at the moment. The most he can do is protect the servants of the original owner's mansion.

"My son, you are easy to be soft-hearted." Mrs. Cui raised her hand and tapped Ling Liang in the air, feeling angry and helpless.

"Okay, then spare their lives, but I don't dare teach them to serve you anymore, Butler Fu," Mrs. Cui ordered again, "Go and transfer them."

"Yes, ma'am."

Butler Fu accepted the order and was about to leave, but Academician Cui suddenly asked: "Where are the guards protecting Zixing? Why didn't I see them?"

"I sent them out to do something." Ling Liang took over the words in time.

Academician Cui looked at his son and waved his hand for the housekeeper to go down.

When only three members of the family were left in the hall, he asked, "What are you doing?"

"It's nothing, I just want to find out His Highness's excuses and weaknesses. The prince is pressing me step by step, Cui. The Cui family's business has been greatly suppressed in the past few days. My father and uncle are working hard in the court, and Zixing can't help it. Just sit back and enjoy the rewards.”

"Good, good, good!"

Xuexian Cui said "good" three times in a row, and his serious face softened a lot, "As expected of my son, you already know how to worry about your father even before you perform the crowning ceremony. Cui has a son like this, so why not worry about it?" !”

Then he changed the topic, "Zixing, I heard that you will kill the assassin? Your martial arts have improved a lot."

"Yes, Zixing has been practicing hard day and night, and his martial arts skills are acceptable."

"You should focus more on your career as an official. You will take an official career in the future," Xuexian Cui took a sip of tea, "Father will not agree to go to the frontier for training, so don't mention it."

Ling Liang frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.