Half a month later.

At the celebration banquet.

Li Zhongfu was chatting and laughing with the First Emperor, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Qiyu, Zhao Kuangyin and other emperors.

Not far away, Yuchi Gong was competing with Xu Da in arm wrestling.

Guan Yu, Qin Qiong, Lan Yu and others were watching the game.

Cheng Yaojin shouted "Come on" for a while, but he felt unsatisfied, so he pulled Pan Mei, Guo Ziyi, Wei Qing and Sun Chengzong to play with the palm and back of the hand.

The rules they set were simple.

Those who were eliminated just had to drink three glasses of wine.

The problem was that the palm and back of the hand could determine the winner.

After a few minutes, several people had drunk themselves to the point of being drunk.

As the initiator, Cheng Yaojin was the first to get drunk and snored like thunder.

After Zhenguan Li Er appeared, he saw him like this and asked someone to send him home with some disgust.

"Thank you all for coming from afar to attend the celebration banquet of the Tang Dynasty. Please sit down."

After Li Er said this, he took the lead in sitting on the dragon chair.

Li Zhongfu and others also sat down afterwards, and their eyes occasionally swept over the heads of the five surnames and seven families in the corner.

The heads of the five surnames and seven families were all confused at this moment.

They originally thought that it was just a normal banquet, and nine out of ten times the emperor wanted to win them over, or wanted to talk about some things and exchange some interests.

Unexpectedly, when other guests arrived one after another, the eunuchs sang the names of either this emperor or that emperor.

Even the First Emperor, Emperor Gaozu, Xiao He, and Zhuge Liang came out.

This is too ridiculous.

The key is that these people are all imposing, and it is obvious that they are not acting.

This...

This...

This...

It is simply unsolvable!

Occasionally, when they looked at each other, the heads of the families could see the confusion, worry and fear in each other's eyes.

If these people are really the emperors and ministers in history, then...

Our ancestors basically started their careers in the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, this...

Halfway through the banquet, Zhenguan Li Er seemed to remember something: "Although the progress of the reform in each time and space of the Tang Dynasty is different, it has finally been done.

Only the Wude and Zhenguan time and space have not moved yet, which is a bit inappropriate. What do you think?"

He asked Fang Xuanling and others.

But they were looking at the people of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Families.

The heads of the Five Surnames and Seven Famous Families knew that there is no good banquet. After looking at each other, they were a little undecided.

What does your majesty mean?

Must you go against our family?

But what can he do?

Although the officials in the court do not all have our surnames, they are inextricably linked to us.

Many industries in various places are also managed by us.

As the saying goes, a single move affects the whole body. Even if he makes friends with those emperors, does he dare to kill us all?

The vast history books will not let him off!

He has been accused of killing his brother, insulting his sister-in-law and imprisoning his father, and it took so many years of hard work for people to take him seriously again.

Does he dare to take another risk?

He thought a lot, but he was reluctant to give up even a little benefit, so the Five Surnames and Seven Families tacitly did not respond.

Li Er did not say anything more, and continued to toast with Li Zhongfu, the First Emperor and others with a normal face, as if it was not him who asked the question just now, and he did not care about the reform issue.

After the banquet, Li Er's expression was still calm: "Jingde, you know what to do, right? I will send you 5,000 cavalry."

Yuchi Gong, who was left alone by him, clasped his fists and said: "I obey your orders and promise not to let your majesty down."

Yuchi Gong led his troops out of the city that day.

Not long after, the main branch of the Five Surnames and Seven Families was killed and robbed.

The remaining side branches that had no blood relationship with the main branch barely survived.

But they were also split up.

Li Er then secretly placed them in various states and counties in various time and space of the Tang Dynasty to ensure that they would not form a group to retaliate.

Before this, a similar dinner was also held in the Wude time and space.

Coincidentally, the Five Surnames and Seven Families in this time and space were also very brave and dared to challenge the majesty of the imperial power.

So they... were gone.

A group of officials from the aristocratic family were also cleared out.

The vacant positions were replaced by those who were talented but had no official positions in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

Even so, there are still many talented people who have difficulty in realizing their ambitions.

In order to select these people, Li Yuan and Li Er had to copy the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty while expanding the scale of the imperial examination and the number of admissions several times.

In order to run the imperial examination well, they spent a lot of money to invite several high-ranking officials who had served as presidents from the Ming Dynasty.

When everything was settled.

Hey, the courts in the two time and space were running perfectly, and even more efficient than before.

It was as if the Five Surnames and Seven Families had never existed.

The common people and those small families and poor families finally understood that it was not that the Tang Dynasty and they could not do without those families, but that those families could not do withoutOpen the Tang Dynasty and them.

When the time comes to draw blood, no matter how talented, scheming, and well-connected you are... no matter how great you are, your body is not stronger than anyone else, and your death will not be much better.

"It's settled, Li Er can rest assured now, it's time to find a day to talk to him about the marriage of the two children." In Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang had a headache after reading a novel, so he put down his phone and closed his eyes to rest.

Zhu Biao quickly reviewed the memorial with the imperial pen in his hand: "Father, Xiongying is only eight years old, and Sizi is even younger. Do you really want to arrange their marriage so early?"

"Of course, with Emperor Taizong Li Shimin as his father-in-law, our grandson's throne can be as secure as a rock. Apart from our grandson, Li Er can't find another husband who is suitable for Sizi."

"I'm afraid he will be reluctant."

"Tsk, just pretending. Will his daughter never get married in the future? This is a guy who likes marriage. Although our Ming Dynasty is separated from the Tang Dynasty by time and space, it is at least the orthodox Chinese."

"Why ask Empress Zhang of Gaochi to talk to Empress Changsun first?"

"Why go through so much trouble?"

"After all, Sizi is still young, and Empress Zhang has always liked her and is easier to talk to. If they agree, it would be appropriate for us to propose marriage, otherwise it would easily hurt the relationship between the two countries."

"Okay, you can arrange it."

Of course, Zhu Biao couldn't go directly to his niece's wife to talk about this.

So he asked Chang to go to Hongxi Time and Space.

When she heard that it was to find a wife for her son, Chang went without saying anything.

Empress Zhang had long seen that the emperor had this idea, and she didn't waste any words. The next day, she brought some fruits and snacks that Sizi liked to eat to Zhenguan Time and Space.

Upon learning that Empress Zhang was visiting, Empress Changsun immediately guessed that she was here to see Sizi, and quickly asked someone to call Sizi over.

"Sizi." Seeing Sizi as soon as she entered the door, Empress Zhang was very happy. She showed the snacks and fruits she brought one by one and let Sizi choose.

Sizi was not very hungry at the moment, so he chose a pomegranate first.

Empress Zhang was stunned for a moment.

Pomegranates have many seeds.

Is this a sign of something?

"I'll peel it for you."

Sizi nodded and said cutely, "Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome."

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