Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4094 Family
As night fell, Xiao Yu left contentedly, leaving through the back door as before, unexpectedly being seen by others...

He had expected that it would be so easy to persuade Yu Zhining to join the court. Yu Zhining, who was in the East Palace, had been gradually out of favor by the crown prince over the years, and his status had repeatedly declined. After Fang Jun became the mainstay of the East Palace, he would stand aside. Family interests cannot be guaranteed.

What's more, now that His Majesty is determined to be easy to reserve, the position of the East Palace reserve is at stake?

For a powerful family, no matter how many books they have and how knowledgeable they are, they don't believe in the word "loyalty".

The emperor held the sun and the moon in his hands, patrolling hunting on behalf of the sky, and regarded the entire world's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and hundreds of millions of people as private property, and taking life and death as a matter of course.But if he was born as a human being, would princes and generals be kind to each other?In the past two weeks, the aristocratic families have raised and destroyed many countries and destroyed many emperors. In their eyes, emperors are no different from ordinary people.

If you do well and can ensure our interests, we will support you and sing praises to promote loyalty;

If you did not do well and harmed our interests, we will overthrow you, tarnish and blacken your reputation, leave it in the history books for thousands of years, and then elect an emperor who can represent our interests.

What's more, he can replace it...

It can be said that the aristocratic family has neither loyalty nor respect for the emperor. The main purpose of the aristocratic family is to continue the family blood and inherit the family's interests...

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After Xiao Yu left, Yu Zhining sat in the study in a daze.

Back then, he was awarded the crown prince Zuo concubine, taught the crown prince, and assisted the crown prince. He was also loyal and full of blood, and vowed to support a wise king to shine through the ages. Unexpectedly, the world is impermanent and people are being played by others, but today they have a rebellious heart.

But how could he be blamed?
Although the crown prince has always been tolerant and generous to him, but the family's interests come first, and today, he has no choice but to do this...

Yu Lizheng came in lightly, asked the maid to take away the tea set on the table, wiped it clean, then waved his hand to repel the maid, stood in front of his father, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Father, is this... a bit inappropriate? "

Only then did Yu Zhining come back to his senses, watching his son raise his eyebrows: "Huh?"

Yu Lizheng said: "My family is a Xianbei noble, and we share the same spirit with Guan Long. However, when Guan Long was admonishing him, he never helped each other and advanced and retreated together. If we turn our backs on the East Palace again, I am afraid that everyone in the world will regard my family as mercenary and disloyal, so how can we gain a foothold in the world?"

These days, reputation is extremely important, especially for aristocratic families.

You can do things that violate morality, you can do things that are unconscionable, and you can do things that are two-sided and treacherous, but you must find a high-sounding excuse to cover up your actions.It's like a family that is a big landlord who exploits farmers all day long, but still has to spend some money and food from time to time to help orphans and widows, build bridges and pave roads.

Once you can't cover it up, everyone will shout and beat you, and your reputation will be ruined. If the children of the clan want to become officials, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky.

Why did the Yuan clan collapse suddenly after a hundred years?It is because of the evil act of "living martyrdom" that tramples on the bottom line of morality and is cast aside by the people of the world.

As a matter of fact, almost every aristocratic family does this kind of "living martyrdom". The royal family is even more grandiose to bury their concubines, but the Yuan family has suffered the backlash of the world...

The reputation is rotten, and the family business is ruined.

But Yu Zhining disagreed: "As long as King Jin ascends the throne, we can whitewash the past. At that time, public opinion will be under control. Who dares to say that our family is wrong? If it succeeds, the prince will lose, and that's all. If you don't rely on King Jin today, He will be suppressed in the future, and the Yu clan in Luoyang will probably suffer even more than Guan Long. As a husband and the head of the Yu clan, how can he be afraid of the head and tail in the face of disaster?"

What the eldest son said is naturally reasonable, but the current situation is extremely unfavorable to the East Palace, and they can only sink down step by step. When the East Palace collapses, how can they, the aristocratic families attached to the East Palace, come to a good end?Only by putting everyone to death and rebirth, can the Yu family in Luoyang break free from the leaky ship of the Eastern Palace and find another way to survive.

Kong Yingda, Fang Jun and others are simply whimsical. How can there be a truly lenient emperor from ancient times to the present?Even if it is, it is just to show the world that it is straightforward and honest without any scruples when the throne is stable. As long as the throne is still in danger, it must be ruthless, decisive and unscrupulous.

At present, His Majesty Li Er has a deep affection for the prince and wishes to preserve the crown prince, but in the future, no matter which prince ascends the throne, the first task is to cut off the deposed prince and completely wipe out the threat to the throne, even if your majesty leaves a will to preserve the prince , also to no avail.

At that time, let the "loyal men" like Kong and Fang be buried with the prince...

Yu Lizheng knew that he could not convince his father, so he remained silent.

The children of the aristocratic family have been educated since they were young to put the interests of the family first, and they can give up everything for the interests of the family. Is it true that the family is allowed to fall into the abyss and the blood heirs are cut off for the sake of a mere name?
That is something more terrible than death.

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Shenheyuan, Cuijiazhuangzi.

It was still sunny in the morning, and at some point a cool wind blew across the ancient plateau, and the dark clouds in the sky became thicker, like lead pendants, and there was some moisture in the wind, which was so sticky that it made people feel uncomfortable...

Cui Dunli was sitting on a chair in the hall, watching the middle-aged man opposite him holding a bowl of iced sour plum soup and draining it in one go. Quite speechless.

The middle-aged man wiped his mouth with his sleeve, glanced sideways at Cui Dunli's expression, and said dissatisfiedly: "How come, after being in Beijing for a few years and hanging out with dignitaries all day long, you feel superior to others, and you don't even think of your elder brother?"

Cui Dunli had no choice but to spread his hands and said, "Brother, why bother to talk like that? You have traveled a long distance to the middle of the capital, so you should rest a little longer. Tomorrow, my younger brother will hold a banquet for you at the Songhe Tower in the middle of the capital to cleanse the dust. I will take my farewell today."

After all, I got up and wanted to go.

Although he was born in the Cui family of Boling, but now he has gradually drifted away from his family. The two sides have different ways and plans, so there is really nothing to say.

The middle-aged man let out a "hey", stared and said: "I have heard that Pingkangfang is a famous place for fireworks in the world, and the oirans in the workshop are all fragrant and beautiful, and have excellent personalities. Don't you invite me to go whoring for a while to see the world. Instead, I went to the restaurant to drink, and when I got home, my brothers asked me what it was like to be an oiran, how would you like me to say it?"

Cui Dunli had no choice but to agree: "Okay, okay, is the head office in Pingkangfang? Jingzhong 28 Oiran, whoever you like, I will let you accompany me tomorrow."

The middle-aged man stroked his beard under his chin, looked Cui Dunli up and down, nodded and said: "I heard that all the oirans in Beijing are supported by ministers of Zhenguan and dignitaries from the royal family. Since you dare to boast about which one you like, let that accompany you. Mixed well."

From ancient times to the present, as the most popular sister in the brothel Chuguan and other gold-selling caves, she has never been able to whore casually if she has money. At that level, she has surpassed money and stepped into a higher realm.

If you have the capital to say, "Let whoever you like be your companion", you won't have to count Chang'an City too many times.

This younger brother, a servant of the military department, obviously has great energy...

Cui Dunli smiled wryly, and said indifferently: "My family has always been dissatisfied with me. Is it because I now have some real power in the Ministry of War, and I can speak in front of the Duke of Yue? If not, I am afraid that I have already forgotten that I am a child who came to Beijing alone and worked hard. .”

He was able to join the Ministry of War as a servant, not so much because of the support of his family, but because of his own ability.Back then, he was alone in Beijing, and he had no one to help him whenever he was in trouble, so he could only support him with all his strength and painstaking efforts. Where is his family?
When he gained some power and had a bright future, the family couldn't wait to surround him, trying to use his power to gain benefits for the family... How different is it from smashing the bone and sucking the marrow?
Now he is in harmony with the family, and if he doesn't listen to the propaganda, the family wants to suppress it with the order of "filial piety", and now he is even sending his brother to Chang'an to supervise...

Simply dreaming.

The Cui family in Boling is the descendant of Cui Yi, a Confucian scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even if Cui Dunli leaped into the dragon's gate, the sky is high, the sea is bright and the future is bright, so what if he is independent?

The middle-aged man put away his cynical demeanor, narrowed his eyes slightly, and stared closely at Cui Dunli for a long time before slowly saying, "Have you really made up your mind?"

Cui Dunli pursed his lips, with a firm expression on his face: "The reason why I draw a clear line with the family is that this incident is extremely risky. If it fails, I can avoid involving the family. Of course, the family has not given me much support these years. If I am lucky If I succeed, I will not allow my family to take too much."

There is a certain ratio between risk and return. Where in the world is there a good thing that only enjoys benefits and does not take risks?

The opposite is also true, if you are unwilling to take risks today, if you succeed in the future, you will naturally not think about any benefits.

The middle-aged man sat on the chair, looked up at the layout of the hall, and suddenly asked: "That's where Yu Qing was killed that day?"

Cui Dunli nodded slowly with a blank expression.

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, finally heaved a long sigh, waved his hands, and said: "Go and deal with your own future, just pretend that Brother Yu has never been here, don't bother... But the family is not as ruthless as you imagine, otherwise it will How to pass it down from generation to generation? If there is no way out in the future, you should still remember your identity as a child of the Cui family. At worst, strip off your official clothes, go to the end, return to Shandong to plant chrysanthemums, and there will always be a good death."

The Shandong family is indeed not as good as before, but after so many years of dormancy in Shandong, the vitality of the family has recovered and the power has expanded. Even His Majesty Li Er dare not openly become an enemy of the Shandong family.

If you want to keep a child in the clan, it is not difficult to abolish the reserve position because of its participation.

Of course, whether you can keep it is one thing, but whether you are willing to make a move is another...

(End of this chapter)