The Seven Sons of Chang'an?

Han Yi narrowed his eyes and said to himself, it seems that I have to re-examine the seven sons of Chang'an."

Because among the seven sons of Chang'an, Cui Jiren, Zheng Shanxing, Wang Xuandao, and Han Yi, the only Lu Shi Gua that they had never seen before, are all part of the Shandong gentry group, while Changsun Yan, Yuan Liehu, and Dugu Wuyue are all part of the Guanlong Group, and their families are all core members of the Guanlong Group.

Han Yi once thought they were hostile because he saw Cui Jieren dealing with Dugu Wuyue as soon as he came to Chang'an, but now it seems that their relationship is much better than he imagined.

"Han Yi, Han Yi."

Suddenly I heard someone call him.

Han Yi turned around and saw Yang Menghao running over and said excitedly: "Han Yi, your drama is so beautiful."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Is that so? Thank you, Young Master, for coming to support you."

Yang Menghao said, "Don't say that, we are brothers." As he said that, he was stunned and whispered: "We know this. Don't spread it, and I don't know why. My father actually didn't allow me to come here. I came here secretly."

Han Yi nodded with a smile. Of course he knew why Yang Sixun did this. Although Yang Sixun was old-fashioned, he was born and a child of an official. After all, he couldn't understand the truth. Everything was still unclear. Of course, he didn't want to get involved.

"Meng Hao, let's go."

"Just come, come."

Yang Menghao said to his friends and said to Han Yi: "Han Yi, don't worry, I will come and support you often."

Han Yi nodded.

"Then I'll leave first."

"Go back early, oh, and ask your cousin on my behalf."

"I know, I know."

Yang Menghao said a few perfunctory words and left with those friends.

The princelings also left one after another, and in a blink of an eye, the hall was already empty.

Liu E seemed to have not yet woken up from fear, and looked at the door blankly, "Uncle--Uncle--Uncle--Will you leave like this?"

"Will we still stay here for dinner if we don't leave? Then we won't die?" Han Yi smiled, walked to the seat in front and sat down.

If the uncle is willing to stay for dinner, it will be worth it! Liu E followed closely and asked, "Did the uncle tell you what did you say?"

Han Yi said: "Didn't you hear anything?"

Liu E said: "That's all!"

"What about that?"

"I thought my uncle would say a few more words to you."

Han Yi certainly understood what he was referring to and smiled and said, "Now we are asking for our uncle, not our request. He may not need us, but we must rely on him, otherwise our lives will be difficult to protect.

No one knows how powerful this drama is. When everything is not clear, of course he will choose to stay out of trouble. In case of chaos, he can separate himself from us. Now he only needs to give a little intimidation so that others dare not touch us easily, but it will not bring us closer. He depends on how much benefit we can bring to him, and then decide whether to recruit us. In this way, he will have room for reversal. This is the most basic thinking of a politician."

Liu E said in fear: "You said that the uncle may abandon us at any time?"

"Of course, he is his uncle after all, and we are just ordinary people." Han Yi said with a smile and said, "But I won't give him this opportunity."

Liu E wiped her sweat. Now she wanted to quit, it was too late. She could only rely on Han Yi, and flattered her as she pleased, saying, "No matter what, Brother Han is really predictable, I am convinced."

Han Yi smiled and said, "I have to thank you all for this."

Liu E looked at Han Yi in surprise. "I don't know where Brother Han said this."

Han Yi continued: "If you hadn't told me about the Clan, I wouldn't have dared to do this."

"Clanography?"

Liu E looked puzzled.

Han Yi nodded and said, "That day, when I heard you finish this "Clan Chronicle", I always felt that Emperor Taizong was very contradictory in writing the "Clan Chronicle", but then I figured it out.

Emperor Taizong knew that these ancient families had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and had a much higher status in the hearts of the people than the newly-launched nobles in Guanzhong. If you want to weaken them, you must start from the fundamentals. In short, it is to weaken the status of these gentry in the hearts of the people.

Then the cold clan is naturally a very important force to weaken the gentry. It is not difficult to understand why Emperor Taizong tried every means to activate the cold clan. I think the ability of these poor children is second-hand. The key is that Emperor Taizong hopes to provoke the struggle between poor families and gentry, thereby weakening the power of these gentry.

But unfortunately, Emperor Taizong must rely on the aristocratic forces, especially the Guanzhong nobles, because if these core forces of Emperor Taizong blindly win over poor families, they may accidentally hurt the Guanzhong nobles. So if you think about the "Clan Chronicle" carefully, it actually does not summarize the poor gentry. It only improves the status of the Guanzhong nobles and belittles the Shandong gentry, and has nothing to do with the cold gentry.

This is also the most failed point in Emperor Taizong's launch of the "Clanography" because he had too many concerns."

Liu E seemed to understand and said, "You said it makes sense, but what does this have to do with the uncle coming here?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Didn't you say that Emperor Taizong has the best relationship with his uncle?"

Liu E nodded.

Han Yi said: "So that is to say, this "Clan Chronicle" is very likely to be related to the uncle. You should know that the Changsun clan is ranked second. Although the effect is not great, their thinking is not wrong. If you want to weaken these gentry, you can only rely on the cold clan. My drama also inherits this idea. I set Xiong Fei as the cold clan, and the purpose is to provoke conflicts between the cold clan and the gentry."

Liu E said: "But this is also not good for the nobles in Guanzhong."

Han Yi said: "You are right. This is also why Emperor Taizong used selling mixed marriages as the main reason for writing the "Clan Chronicle", because the nobles in Guanzhong do not have this characteristic, and this can separate the two very well with this point. The same is true for me. The central idea of ​​"White Life and Death Love" is above this marriage.

When the people saw this drama, they must think of Shandong gentry and marriage, rather than Guanzhong nobles. What I went through was the idea of ​​Emperor Taizong and his uncle. I dare say that when I heard this drama, I would think that this coincides with his ideas. As the saying goes, the Tao is different and they do not plan for each other. If the Tao is the same, they will naturally make plans. That is why I am sure that he will come to support me.

We have now become a buffer zone between them. One side wants to get rid of us and the other side wants to protect us. This is what I hope. With their struggle, my status will grow day by day. If it were not for the necessary moment, no one would dare to move us easily. In this way, we can take the opportunity to fight for what we want."

Liu E nodded in a vague way and said, "So that's it."

Han Yi suddenly sighed: "But today's result made me not very satisfied. I finally underestimated Cui Jieren."

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"Grandpa, you have just started, so you came forward in person. Are you doing some big problems? No matter how powerful Brother Cui is, you won't be alarmed. In fact, even if I am the grandson, I will not dare to move. "

Changsun Yan sat in the carriage and said to Changsun Wuji with a depressed look on his face.

Cui Jieren is from his generation. Even the old guys of the Cui family came forward, and Changsun Wuji came forward in person, which made him feel like he was killing a chicken and using a slaughter. From the side, it was also useless to set off him.

Changsun Wuji didn't understand what his grandson was thinking. He smiled and said, "Yan'er, do you really think that grandpa came here to deal with Ji Ren? Then you underestimate grandpa too much. And you also know that grandpa has always admired Ji Ren's kid very much."

Changsun Yan said in confusion: "Grandpa, why are you here for?"

"Of course I'm here to see that drama!"

"ah?"

Changsun Wuji smiled slightly and said, "Grandpa certainly knows that even if you ask you to come, Ji Ren will never dare to act rashly. But we are not going to deal with Ji Ren, but the Cui family behind him, as well as the major Shandong gentry. Han Yi's drama is a powerful tool.

Han Yi’s goal may be to beat the sword, but we must not think so, otherwise we will become the knife in Han Yi’s hands, so we should focus on this drama. If the people of the world know that even Pushe is praised by this drama today, then the drama will surely become famous, and only more and more people will pay attention to this drama."

Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "Of course, the key is that this drama does have its subtleties. Perhaps it can really completely disintegrate the foundation of the Shandong gentry. The more people recognize it, it will be detrimental to the Shandong gentry."

Changsun Yan frowned and said, "But there are some conflicts between the cold and nobles in this drama. Our Changsun family is also aristocrat and may also be affected a lot."

Although these Guanzhong nobles do not value family marriage as much as Shandong geniuses, they are also intermarried because they cannot marry their children to common people.

"What you said makes sense."

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "I remember that when Emperor Taizong wrote the "Clan Record", he said, "The Shandong gentry has declined for generations and has no caps. But he has made money through marriage. What is the importance of the world? You should understand the meaning of it.

The reason why the Shandong gentry has been prosperous for a long time is that they have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not because they have made many contributions to the Tang Dynasty. Even Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and Du Ruhui were just married to them, not from their family.

In contrast, our Guanzhong nobles made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty. What Emperor Taizong hoped is that the people respected those who made contributions to the country, rather than those who boasted and admired themselves. No matter what happened, no one could erase the contributions made by the Li family, our Changsun family, our Yuan family, Han family, and Dugu family to the Tang Dynasty.

Most families like the Cui family have some people who are seeking fame. Those cold families can say that your Cui family is like me and has no contribution. Why are you above me? But they can't say this to our Changsun family like this? This is the difference between us and them.

What the Emperor Taizong hopes is that the people respect those who have made contributions to the Tang Dynasty, rather than those gentry children who are not nothing. Moreover, Han Yi focuses this drama on family marriages, which is to avoid this, so this will not cause any harm to us. Even if there is, we are not afraid. Only those who are guilty will be afraid."

Changsun Yan nodded and said, "Sun son understands."

Changsun Wuji sighed, "But the child of Ji Ren is indeed smart. I believe he had already thought that Han Yi was just a small farmer in Yangzhou. If no one supported him, he would never dare to do this. If he was a little reckless and came to cause trouble with anger, unless he could really stop the drama, it would only become darker and darker, making people think that their Cui family was guilty. I think he came today, but I just wanted to find out what happened."

Changsun Yan smiled and said, "Brother Cui and I have been playing together since childhood. Apart from that woman, I have never seen anyone suffer such a big loss in his hands. Grandpa, Han Yi is indeed a talent."

Changsun Wuji nodded and said, "Actually, when I saw the memorial presented in Yangzhou, I had already noticed this kid, and I also saw the meaning of Yang Sine trying to promote Han Yi, but I didn't expect that so many stories would happen in it. This kid is indeed of extraordinary talent."

Changsun Yan said: "Can it be used for us?"

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Changsun Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Sun's son thought that a person's ability was second, and a person's character was the most important. If a person had poor character, the greater his ability, the more he could not be close to him. He even had to take action to get rid of him first, because a person with incorrect mind would cause trouble."

Changsun Wuji smiled slightly and shook his head.

Changsun Yan said: "Don't grandpa think so?"

Changsun Wuji said: "There is no difference between good and bad in the world. People are selfish. Whether they are good or bad, it depends on the person who controls people. If you have the ability, treacherous can become loyal. If you don't have the ability, loyalty can also become treacherous.

When Emperor Taizong was still in power, he was not a loyal minister in the court. There were many evil people among them. Although these people were not good at their minds, they were still capable. Therefore, Emperor Taizong knew that this person was not good at character and valued him because Emperor Taizong had the ability to control them, just like that Hou Junji. If Mr. Hou was born in the late Han Dynasty, he might have been the same hero as Cao Mengde. Unfortunately, he was born in Emperor Taizong's time, and his fate would have been destined."

Speaking of this, he gently patted Changsun Yan on the shoulder and said, "Yan'er, you must remember that the way of hiring people is not determined by the other party's character. It is just an excuse for incompetent people to themselves. The real way of hiring people is determined by their own abilities. If you cannot control someone, you must get rid of them as soon as possible. You must never hesitate, regardless of whether their character is loyal or treacherous, because people are fickle, especially in the face of power."

Changsun Yan nodded and said, "Yes, grandson remembers it."

Changsun Wuji seemed to think Changsun Yan was too young, and he said something to him a little too much. He smiled and said, "Actually, when it comes to character, among the younger generation, grandpa still admires you, the seven little ghosts in Chang'an the most."

Changsun Yan suddenly said dissatisfied: "Grandpa, no one calls us like this in Chang'an City now, so don't call us like this anymore. When the seven of us heard this, they felt that we were shameless to see people."

Changsun Wuji was stunned and then said, "Sorry, sorry."
Chapter completed!