Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1157 Waiting for chaos?

"The candidates from the aristocratic families have not been engaged in production since they were young, and they can study and study with peace of mind. Many people are ignorant of what is going on outside the window and only read the books of sages. However, they are not ignorant, because there are many scholars and rich people in the aristocratic family. They naturally Those who are well-informed are not worried about money, so their ambitions are noble..."

Hearing what Nie Daoren said, Shi Le frowned and retorted somewhat unhappily: "These so-called ambitions are just lofty and unrealistic. When they really become officials, they will know that they are not enough."

Nie Daoren smiled slightly, knowing that his illiterate lord did not like to praise scholars. If he had not had to accept the aristocratic family in order to consolidate his territory, he would probably send those who read poetry and books to mine.

But Mr. Nie was not worried and said: "This is natural. The so-called ambition should be born from the true heart after experiencing the world. However, the children of the aristocratic family have also been influenced by the people in the past, and it is inevitable that they will If you give birth to such an illusion, you will inevitably follow these people's requirements for yourself, so it is difficult to contact them. For them, if you trick them into betraying, it goes against their ambitions. If you use money to buy them, it will be ineffective. In contrast, It's different between people from poor families and ordinary people."

"A certain family understands what you mean. Children from poor families want to make progress, not necessarily just for their ambitions, but also to change their poverty situation, or to have a rich family, so that they can use it as they like." Shi Le narrowed his eyes, "It's just that It's not easy to do this, and there are risks. What's more, there are so many people who have passed this first exam. If they have to be bribed, it will not only cost a lot, but it may not be effective. Who knows how many of them will be bribed in the end. The brush fell down? Besides, if there are more people here, they will talk a lot, and if we go over and bribe them, they will be exposed easily."

Nie Daoren nodded and said: "The king is extremely worried. I heard that some merchants in the North were bribed and turned around and reported it. It is really unsafe. So my intention is to take the opportunity to get to know those candidates." Whoever has money inside, then wait and see what happens, wait for the final results to come out, and then select a few people to go over and make friends with them."

Speaking of which, he added: "You don't need to bring real money directly to buy it. It will make people wary all of a sudden. It still needs to be done step by step."

"Okay, just do as you say." Shi Le said, putting down the list in his hand, "The Xuanjia Army is invincible at the moment, and a certain family also knows that it is too weak to be Chen's opponent at all. Even if he can steal a claw and a half, or steal a few sharp weapons, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Even if he follows the same example, he will not be an opponent, but will be controlled by him. But now he, the Chen family, has pacified the grassland and integrated the three states. Even Goguryeo has surrendered, and the next step will definitely be to go south, so a certain family will bear the brunt and have to make preparations."

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he sneered: "If we don't have enough combat power, we can only use other means. As long as we can keep our foundation, a certain family can do anything. If Youzhou is difficult to break outside, we have to think of it." Way to make them get into trouble!"

Nie Daoren listened, lowered his head and said nothing more.

Soon, the list spread quickly and was controlled by various forces. Among them, the far away Shu and other forces did not have much impression on it. On the contrary, the two small courts in Guanzhong and Jiangzuo were interested in it. This has a greater repercussions.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Chen got so carried away that he dug his own grave now!"

Looking at the information sent along with the list, King Chu finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other with King Huainan.

"Aristocratic families are the foundation of the world. Without aristocratic families, it is difficult to establish a foothold. Chen's success in Youzhou was inseparable from the support of aristocratic families. Unexpectedly, he turned around and tried to replace the aristocratic family with the imperial examination. It is really stupid. Act of!"

The King of Huainan shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "Chen has no experience after all. He used to know how to be humble. Now that his strength has expanded, he has forgotten it." "Wang Mang is respectful and humble, but he is just pretending. So what's the difference with Chen Zhi?" The King of Chu stood up and said through gritted teeth, "The Chen family is also a common wolf and ambitious. If you leave it alone, it will be a disaster sooner or later. But Wang Mang only dared to show his true colors after the rebellion was completed, but the Chen family is not Shen." Be careful, you are exposed now, you are really looking for death!"

The King of Huainan laughed and said: "You and I have plotted against him, deliberately bowed their heads, and admitted his self-proclaimed title of champion, making him forget everything, and that's why he did this stupid trick!"

The King of Chu was stunned for a moment, then he immediately came to his senses, nodded with a smile, and said: "This is exactly the truth. Your and my painstaking efforts can finally be known to others. The ministers in the court should also know."

But the two of them knew very well in their hearts that they bowed their heads in the first place, clearly because of pressure. There was no real plan, and they had no other choice, so they were like this.

It was just that this move was to avoid disaster at the time, but after it was actually implemented, it was a devastating blow to the prestige of the two. Not only did they lose the land in Sizhou, but they even made the army very dissatisfied with them, so much so that they recently issued military orders. The lack of smooth traffic makes it difficult to return to Luoyang.

The ministers in the court were also very dissatisfied with the two of them. Even the officials promoted by them showed signs of being incompatible with each other.

There are even a large number of officials who have contact with other forces in private and are slowly lost. One of their main destinations is the Jiangzuo Small Court.

In the recent period, the two kings have tried their best, but still failed to reverse this trend. As a result, such news suddenly came. The King of Huainan had reminded the King of Chu that he would immediately come forward. The two sides hit it off immediately, and they immediately Such a statement was spread in Guanzhong.

However, it is really effective. Many people really feel that this method may be Chen's own grave. The most obvious reaction is that Zhang of Liangzhou, who originally planned to send someone to communicate with Chen, also worried about the impact of the imperial examination. He did not really make a request for surrender, but continued to contact the imperial court in Guanzhong.

However, the two kings also knew very well that they were only temporarily stable. If they wanted to stabilize their position, they needed a new method. At this time, several more eminent monks came to the gate of the two kings.

On the other side, the court in Jiangzuo had similar expectations to those of the two kings. Even because Jiangzuo was an important place for aristocratic families and was full of powerful families, they were even more wary of the imperial examination. Many celebrities even came forward to refute the move in person. If it weren't for the influence of the Xuanjia Army, it might have been said to be rebellious.

But even so, the original momentum of the Jiangzuo imperial court to move closer to the North was stopped by the aristocratic families. Then those aristocratic families planned to connect the world, especially the Beidi aristocratic families, to make plans.

All this information was collected by the Zhang family and the Yu family who secretly took refuge in the Chen family and sent to the north.

(End of this chapter)