Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1186

Xiao Yu picked up the wine bowl and took a sip slowly. The warm rice wine was mixed with shredded ginger and plums. A spicy and sweet taste filled the mouth, washing the taste buds...

Very enjoyable.

Putting down the wine bowl, Xiao Yu said slowly: "Let's go... The imperial power is supreme, we can fight and beg, but how can we fight with the imperial power? Besides, nephew Dugu, don't you realize that the situation has changed? Is it different?"

Dugu Wudu was stunned, and asked: "The times are different... I don't know what Song Guogong means by this?"

"Since ancient times, both education and politics have been in the hands of the aristocrats. Those poor sons are just ants and livestock to support the aristocrats. If they want them to live, they will live, and if they want them to die, they will die. How can there be any resistance in the slightest?" room?"

Xiao Yu sipped his wine slowly and said.

Dugu Wudu nodded, although these words were a little arrogant and ugly, but they were the most reasonable.

"Princes and generals, would you rather have a kind?" Such words are certainly encouraging, but they are pure nonsense...

If you count the princes of the royal family since ancient times, which one is a commoner who jumped out of the cracks in the stone?Even if the right time, the right place and the right people make you be able to flourish and enjoy the scenery for a while, but without a strong foundation, you will eventually be annihilated in the chaotic world...

Even Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was "born in a peasant household" recorded in the classics, which is pure nonsense.In the classics, the sentence "He has a bold personality and doesn't like reading" exposed Liu Bang's family background. Don't say that it was the era of the end of Qin Dynasty, and it is now the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is even more difficult to study. , how can ordinary farmers like to read? Even if you like to read, can you afford to read?
A powerful family is a master!

The rest are all like ants...

this is the truth.

Xiao Yu continued: "But now...it's different. The gradual popularization of movable type printing and the improvement of papermaking have greatly reduced the cost of reading. One day, everyone in the world can afford to read books, and everyone can write... The holding of the imperial examination will make countless humble scholars become court officials, and the threshold for becoming an official has been lowered infinitely. All you need to do is to study... It is true that aristocratic families rule the world, but no family is born Aristocrats from aristocratic families. When those humble scholars have gone through hardships and managed from generation to generation, countless aristocratic families will naturally emerge. Rare things are more expensive, and if there are many aristocrats, they will be worthless..."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yu's tone was full of emotion, full of embarrassment.

After all, in his generation or in the not-too-distant future, he has already foreseen the decline and collapse of the aristocratic family. This is really not a good feeling...

He was born in an aristocratic family and benefited from the aristocratic family, but he has to watch the aristocratic family fall and disappear before his eyes. How can he not feel disappointed and entangled?
"But this is the general trend! The sun rises and the moon sets, and the river flows eastward. There is an irreversible general trend! In front of this general trend, those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish! The Xiao family is like this, the Dugu family is like this, and the Li family of the royal family is also like this." so..."

Xiao Yu drank the rice wine in the bowl in one breath, her eyes were bleak and deep...

Dugu Wudu was completely stunned.

I just came to ask you how to deal with the situation in front of you, but you told me about the general trend of the world... Even if what you said is somewhat reasonable, what does it have to do with the current situation?
Carefully considering Xiao Yu's words, Dugu Wu frowned, and asked uncertainly: "Song Guogong's meaning... is to draw a line between the Dugu family and the entire Guanlong Group?"

Xiao Yu didn't answer this question, but instead asked: "How does the Guanlong Group compare with the five surnames and seven sects?"

Dugu Wudu hesitated for a moment, then sighed lightly: "I'm afraid it's...worse?"

What is "not as good as it"?
It's simply not as good as it is!

Aristocrats refer to famous families who have been officials for generations.

This appellation first originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, such as the Han family, Zhao family, and Wei family among the six ministers of the Jin Dynasty.In the Eastern Han Dynasty, conscripts and inspections became the means for scholar-officials to consolidate their political power.However, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the Wei and Jin Dynasties directly judged status by birth, resulting in a situation of "the upper rank has no Han clan, and the lower rank has no noble clan".The power group of the gentry has greatly threatened the supreme imperial power, but everything has disadvantages and advantages. The Eastern Jin Dynasty was established relying on the support of the gentry...

The aristocratic families developed until the Tang Dynasty, and there were mainly three major groups, the Guanlong nobles, the Shandong aristocratic families, and the Jiangnan gentry.Shandong aristocratic families have both literature and martial arts, the Guanlong nobles basically specialize in martial arts, and the Jiangnan gentry specialize in literature.However, on top of this, there is something even more awesome, that is, five surnames and seven sects...

After Li Tang founded the country, the royal family of the Li family claimed to be the Li family of Longxi in order to whitewash themselves, but the five surnames and the seven sects did not want to see them. They thought that the royal family of the Li family was just a broken family of the Li family of Zhaojun...

Even the royal family wants to get married with these five surnames and seven sects, which shows how far-reaching and broad their influence is. Even though they are fully suppressed by His Majesty Li Er, the five surnames and seven sects representing Zhengshuo of the Central Plains and Huaxia's clothes are still the largest in this era. exist.

Xiao Yu sighed and said: "According to someone, even if it is as strong as five surnames and seven sects for generations, under this great trend, I am afraid that it will be hard to escape, and it will definitely fall down gradually..."

Dugu Wudu was dumbfounded.

Do you want to be so exaggerated?
Swallowing, Dugu Wudu said in a low voice: "Say something disrespectful... Even if it's a change of dynasty... I'm afraid the foundation of the five surnames and seven sects will not be compromised, right?"

Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the land of the Central Plains has suffered from wars and wars, and the Hu people invaded the Central Plains from the south, and there were rogue bandits, but the five surnames and the seven sects still survived tenaciously, even if the emperor changed one after another. Still standing?
This is already an existence beyond the change of dynasties, okay...

Xiao Yu shook his head slightly, and reached out to lift the flagon.

This time Dugu Wu didn't dare to wait for Xiao Yu to pour wine for him, so he quickly lifted the jug and filled a bowl for Xiao Yu.

"Do you think that someone is a bit alarmist?" Xiao Yu asked while drinking wine and chewing pastries.

"This...is difficult to accept for a while."

Dugu Wudu's words were very euphemistic.

We admit that what you said is very reasonable. The influence of aristocratic families will inevitably be damaged when education is popularized and a large number of poor scholars enter official positions, but it is not as scary as you said, right?

"You still can't see the changes in the Tang Dynasty..." Xiao Yu sighed, and said patiently: "Why did it lead to the collapse of the family? First of all, it came from the concentration of imperial power! The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. No matter how wise the monarch is, it is impossible to extend his power to every inch of land under his rule. Those places that are far away from the imperial power will inevitably be not very obedient. In order to restrict these aristocratic families, the imperial power must support some aristocratic families The gate valve is used to check and balance... But now? The cement made by Fang Jun has been applied to the paving of roads on a large scale. The rainwater will be mixed, and the water will be hard when it dries. It is indestructible! Wait until the roads paved with cement spread all over Datang Every road, once a rebellion occurs in any place, the thousands of troops of the sixteen guards of the imperial court will be able to arrive all the way... Who will be disobedient?"

In a word-whether it is the popularization of education or the entry of poor scholars into official positions, it will greatly increase the concentration of imperial power.

As one ebbs and the other rises, the imperial power becomes more concentrated, and the soil for the survival of the aristocratic families will be further compressed.

"So, give up those outdated ideas and ambitions. Times have changed, and those who know the current affairs are heroes. I'm not asking you to draw a line with the Guanlong Group, but suggesting that you get out! Let's rest and educate the children of the clan. In the future Tang Dynasty, all the official positions will be occupied by those who are capable, and the bonuses brought by the aristocratic families will be negligible. The so-called big waves wash away the sand, and only the gold is left after washing away the gravel. I am incompetent, and no one can afford it..."

Xiao Yu said.

Is he kind?
It really is.

Just kindness?
of course not……

He deeply felt that the changes in the Tang Dynasty were changing with each passing day, and the power structure was about to undergo a complete reshuffle.Whether it is the Guanlong Group in the past, the Jiangnan gentry, or the Shandong aristocratic family, they will all suffer a violent baptism.

The breaking of the old pattern means the birth of a new pattern.

Xiao Yu is far-sighted, he wants to plan ahead before this new pattern is born, and win enough allies for the Xiao family.

In the face of the turbulent situation, if the aristocratic families want to continue to survive, they must change their way of life...

(End of this chapter)