Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 170 The Toothless Tiger
Chapter 230 The Toothless Tiger
In the past, Li Chengqian had a general outline in his mind, which was how to deal with the aristocratic family.

But unfortunately, after learning that Li Tai will become the new prince, he lost this idea.

What a joke, Li Tai's fat man wanted his own life time and time again, how could he help him?
But it's different now. The aristocratic family suddenly extended their hands to Qianzhou. Although it didn't have much effect, Li Chengqian would not allow any threat.

Anyway, with his current strength, as long as he doesn't fight to the death with the aristocratic family, then he doesn't care.

Because no matter how the aristocratic family can take advantage of the hearts of the people, they cannot mobilize the army.

As for the hearts of the people... To be honest, Li Chengqian's reputation is even greater than those of the aristocratic families. Everything in these years has affected the hearts of the people all over the world.

So if the aristocratic family wants to use public opinion to deal with Li Chengqian, then he is really not afraid.

Knowing these things, Li Chengqian dared to openly oppose the aristocratic family.

The imperial court does not allow losing in this battle between scholars, and Li Chengqian also does not allow losing!
"Now that we've stirred up waves, let's just stir up the storm!"

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Dingzhou.

Dingzhou is the head of the five surnames and Qiwang, and the residence of the Cui family in Boling.

The Boling Cui family has been passed down from the Han Dynasty to the present, and the incense has lasted for nearly a thousand years. It is also the family with the longest history and the most complete genealogy among all the clans.

The Cui family originated from the Jiang surname, and was surnamed Cui because of the enfeoffment of Cuiyi.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Cui Zhongmou settled in Anping County, Zhuo County, and gradually developed and expanded. Because Anping County later belonged to Boling County, later generations called him "Boling Anping People", which is the origin of the Boling Cui family.

During the reign of Emperor Zhao of the Western Han Dynasty, Cui Chao served as the censor, and his son Cui Shu and grandson Cui Zhuan were two thousand stones.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he became a well-known family. Fan Ye commented that "the Cui family has beautiful talents, and he is a Confucian literary forest because of his sinking classics", "Cui is the Wenzong, and the world Zen carves dragons".

Although their family status was lower than that of the four surnames represented by the Cui family of Qinghe during the Northern Wei Dynasty, they were fully promoted to first-class noble families during the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasties.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Cui family of Boling had already become the top of the five surnames and seven surnames. If Li Shimin hadn't maliciously suppressed them and used the "Clan History" to list the Cui family of Boling as the third-class nobleman, I am afraid they would have been happier.

Now the Cui family has four houses, which are Boling's one-story house, Boling's big house, the second house, and the third house.

The current prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Cui Renshi, was born in Bolingan Pingfang.

In addition, Cui Dunli, the governor of Lingzhou,
In the main hall of that luxurious mansion, a middle-aged man was losing his temper.

"Bastards! You bastards, who asked you to make decisions without authorization, and actually drive up prices, that's fine, and even increased the price of paper by ten times!"

The middle-aged man burst into anger and said: "Do you know, if you do this, where will you put Cui Shi? If the scholars in the world know what Cui Shi did, what will they think of Cui Shi?"

"The prestige of the thousand-year-old family has been ruined by you!"

The Cui family is not a thousand-year-old family, but it also has a history of more than 800 years. If you round up more than 800, it is a thousand-year-old family.

The middle-aged man looked at the Cui clan members below, gritted his teeth and yelled loudly.

Originally, Cui Renshi should be the person in charge of Anpingfang, but Cui Renshi is working in the court and has no time to deal with family affairs, so currently the person in charge of Anpingfang is Cui Renshu, Cui Renshi's younger brother.

When the Cui clan heard Cui Renshu's scolding, they didn't dare to refute anything, so they could only lower their heads and listen to him obediently.

"This time, things are too big!"

After talking for a while, Cui Renshu couldn't help but sighed, his face a little depressed.

"Second brother, what are you afraid of? I don't believe it. The imperial court really dares to do something to us!" A person snorted coldly.

Cui Renshu rubbed his forehead and said with a slight headache: "You guys, do you know that this is playing into the court's arms?"

The man's face changed, "Second brother, what do you mean?"

Cui Renshu smiled wryly and said, "Renchong, there are some things that are too bad to do. These years, the aristocratic family has flourished, and they have been suspected by the court. You are still so big, aren't you looking for death?"

Cui Renchong's face became more and more ugly, "Second brother, the court wouldn't do this, would it?"

Cui Renshu said: "Have you ever thought that after the printing of movable type, the advantages of the aristocratic family will disappear, scholars in the world will no longer follow the aristocratic family, and the imperial court only needs one reason to take advantage of the aristocratic family. "

"Unexpectedly, you found a reason for the court yourself!"

Cui Renshu sneered, "It is despised by the people that aristocratic families are driving up prices. What's more, they have increased the price of paper tenfold. Doesn't this push out those scholars?"

"Now it's much easier for the imperial court to deal with aristocratic families. Aristocratic families who lose the support of scholars in the world are toothless tigers..."

"Second brother, what should we do now?"

Cui Renchong also understood the pros and cons of it. This was a foolish move. If he made a bad move, the entire Boling Cui family would be in danger.

"Many families participated in this matter, like the Fanyang Lu family, the Langya Wang family, the Langya Yan family from the Shandong clan, as well as our Boling and Qinghe Cui families."

"In addition, the Wujun Gu family, Lu family, Zhu family, and Zhang family of the Jiangnan Chinese also participated."

"Shandong clan... Jiangnan Chinese clan..." Cui Renshu murmured: "The formation is quite big!"

Now there are three major forces in the Tang Dynasty, one is the Guanlong nobles, and the other two are the Shandong clan and the Jiangnan Hua clan.

The Guanlong nobles originated from the Eight Great Pillar Kingdoms enfeoffed by Yuwentai in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. For example, the former Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were established by these families.

In order to gain power and win over people's hearts, Yu Wentai sealed the eight pillar states and twelve generals after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

This itself is a military group, with intricate internal relationships and constant in-laws, which formed the later Guanlong nobles.

The Tang Dynasty was founded by this group of people, and the Li family itself was a descendant of the Eight Pillar States.

In addition, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he continued to support Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin and others to expand the influence of the Guanlong nobles.

Because it is a rising star with a short background, it is also called an emerging nobleman.

The second largest force is the Shandong clan, and some people call it Shandong Shima.

These are mainly in Shandong. Influenced by the sage of Confucius, most of the Shandong gentry are intellectuals. The horse group is also the group that caused the emperor the most headaches.

The emperor needs literati and intellectuals to govern the country, and there is no way to do without them.

The third force is the Jiangnan Chinese who live south of the Yangtze River.

The Jiangnan Chinese are those early nobles who traveled southward in the period of the Five Hushuanghua Dynasty.

These aristocrats have a long history. They began to form aristocrats in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and were forced to move southward in the Wuhu Chaohua period, forming the Jiangnan Huazu.

They think they are of pure Han blood and are the oldest nobles. They feel that the Guanlong Group is a foreign race and look down on the Guanlong Group, so they often join forces with the Shandong gentry to fight against the Guanlong Group.

Although the emperor didn't like them, in order to win over the southern forces and ensure the unity of the country, he had to support them to help govern the area south of the Yangtze River.

In short, among the three major forces, the Li family among the Guanlong nobles belonged to the royal family. Although the background was insufficient, the whole world belonged to him, so the Guanlong nobles became the biggest force.

(End of this chapter)