Chapter 1496: New Year's Eve (Part 2)
Cao Yun finally met his son, Sun Zi and others who had been away for a long time. He had to admit that Zhou Yifu and others were extremely powerful and could actually get his family out of Chang'an without knowing it. This also shows from another perspective how powerful families have penetrated into the Great Qi. It can be said that the former powerful Da Qi was almost emptied by these aristocratic families.
How could Qi become stronger without clearing them? At this point, Cao Yun had completely eliminated the idea of compromise with these wealthy families. During the period of Ming Dynasty, he did see another path. He naively believed that Qi might also try to walk this path, but he ignored the completely different national conditions of the two countries.
In fact, Qianyue can be said to be a lesson from the past. Didn’t they be similar to Qi at that time? It’s just that Qi’s foundation is much stronger than Qianyue, so even though he is sick all over, his good physical foundation still makes Daqi still look so strong. Qianyue’s weak body cannot stop the plague. After Moro, Changyang County rose up, it was like a domino. The first one fell down caused a powerful chain reaction. In the end, Qin Feng destroyed Qianyue and established the Ming Kingdom.
The most basic condition for the Qin Feng's arrangement in the Ming Dynasty was that most wealthy families were swept away in the process of the rise of the people, which gave him room to display. When his power was so powerful that other forces in the country were powerless to stop it, everything was natural.
Qi State is stronger, but it is precisely because of this that it becomes more serious.
Supporting himself as emperor? Cao Yun sneered in his heart. Even if he really became emperor, so what? He was going to bear the reputation of usurping the throne and seizing power. He would have to rely more on them in the future to strengthen his rule and suppress domestic opposition forces. He would inevitably be tied closer and closer with these people and could never get rid of them.
If this really makes Da Qi recover to health, it doesn't matter. Cao Yun, but the problem is that this is a dead end. The wealthy families have already sucked on Da Qi's body like leeches and sucked blood desperately. If they were allowed to completely control the court, Da Qi would probably collapse faster. Perhaps it won't take long to see countless rebels rising up in Qi.
"Father!" The moment Cao Rui saw Cao Yun, tears flowed down. Cao Yun had several daughters, but his son had only one seedling. Seeing Cao Rui crying, Cao Yun's face suddenly sank, and he felt that he was not angry. Why did he give birth to such a useless son?
"I'm in my thirties, why are you crying? Put your backbone in my arms." Cao Yun lowered his face and shouted.
Cao Yun roared, Cao Rui's body shook, but his waist bent deeper.
Cao Yun sighed. He was in the army for many years and had very few days to go home. He had only one son. He was spoiled by his mother and a few sisters since he was a child. As a result, his dignified military god of Qi actually raised a son who was as soft as glutinous rice. He shouldn't have followed his mother's wishes at the beginning, so he should have brought him in the army and let him practice well.
"Why are you blaming him for this moment? Don't you look at what he has committed?" The princess glared at Cao Yun: "It scared all her grandchildren."
Looking at his son with a blue and white face, he seemed to have lost a lot of weight. His grandchildren and daughters obviously suffered a lot. Seeing him angry, he hurried behind him one by one, lowered his head and looked at the ground, and did not dare to look up at him.
Cao Yun suddenly felt uneasy. Isn’t it because of this situation today?
"You guys go down and rest! I want to be quiet for a while." He waved his hand and said.
There was only two couples left in the room, and the princess was a little angry, "It's okay if you don't like your son, you don't like your grandchildren, don't you kiss your grandchildren? It's said that you have relatives and relatives. Look at the grandchildren who see you, it's like seeing a stranger."
Cao Yun was stunned for a while, shook his head and said, "Tiger father, dog son."
The princess suddenly became sad, "What's wrong with the tiger father and dog son? If you are not so outstanding, you are just an ordinary prince who is waiting to die. Will we fall to this point today? Now we are going to be a mountain of swords and retreating, and there is no way out no matter how you look at it."
Cao Yun looked at the princess and smiled bitterly: "You are right, why should the tiger father have a tiger son? All of this is because of me. I harmed you and them."
Seeing Cao Yun's back hunched down instantly, the princess was even more sad. She walked up to her, held his hand tightly, and said softly: "I don't mean to blame you. I have been proud of you for decades."
With his backhand tightly holding the princess's hand, Cao Yun whispered: "We will die. I didn't expect that they brought Rui'er too."
"There is no way to live." The princess fell on the chair. "The family died together, and the road to the underworld is not lonely. I just pity my grandchildren, and I have to follow us to die."
Cao Yun's face turned pale and sat on the chair, looking at the flashing candlelight, but he didn't make any noise for a long time.
"Today is the New Year, I'm afraid our family will be together for the New Year. Over the past few decades, the days you spend at home are really a handful of. Today, you can spend the New Year with your children, keep this year?" The princess stood up and walked to Cao Yun.
"Okay, okay." Cao Yun, who was already in tears, stood up, "Today I will be a kind father and a kind grandfather."
He took the princess' hand and walked a few steps. He suddenly stopped and touched his body. He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The New Year is here. My children and grandchildren want to greet us, but I am penniless and can't even send out the red envelope. Do you have money?"
The princess glanced at him angrily: "How come I have ever brought these things on me?"
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. After a while, Cao Yun suddenly sang: "Come."
A moment later, a person walked in outside the house in a hurry.
"I wonder what your Majesty has to give?"
"Go and find me some golden ankles and other things. The New Year is here, and I want to prepare to send red envelopes to the children." Cao Yun said.
"Yes, please wait for a while." The visitor nodded repeatedly, turned around and left quickly.
In less than half a stick of incense, a man walked in with a plate of golden ankles, but he was not the one who came in earlier.
"Your Majesty, you have prepared it." The visitor raised the plate in front of Cao Yun with his hands high.
Seeing the whole plate of golden ankles, Cao Yun was afraid that there were more than a hundred, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Why do you need so many?" He reached out and grabbed it, and prepared to stuff it into his arms and later to please his grandchildren.
As soon as his hand left the plate, Cao Yun froze. His eyes were staring at the bottom of the golden ankle in the plate. After a slight shock, he instantly returned to normal and stuffed the golden ankle into his arms. He glanced at the person who sent the golden ankle in.
"Cao Hui is very powerful, and even someone is stuffed here?" His voice was very low and he could not hear any joy or anger.
"Your Highness, Prince." The man stood up straight and changed his name: "In this other palace, there are only a few people, but in this Luoyang city, the people who secretly protect Your Highness, have gathered together, and Your Highness, the prince is worry-free."
"Protect me?" Cao Yun smiled. The soldiers in the city were all trusted by Zhou Yifu and others, and the troops he summoned were all stationed outside the city. How could he expect these ghostly spies to confront the army when the incident happened?
"Your Highness the Prince is dedicated to serving the country and the people, and we all have the determination to fight to the death for Your Highness the Prince." The visitor said seriously.
"Okay, I know, is there anything else?"
"The chief minister has arrived outside the city at this moment and is lurking in General Tian's army." The person came to the house: "The chief minister asked me to tell the prince that if he still has a breath, after this matter, he will definitely not let the prince lose his fate."
Cao Yun said calmly: "It depends on whether I can survive and talk about the future. Tian Fen actually came here? At this moment, can he leave him in Chang'an City?"
"The demons and ghosts gather together in Luoyang, and there are 20,000 Longxiang troops stationed in Chang'an City, and everything is foolproof." The man said.
Cao Yun stopped talking, took the princess's hand and left with her long hands.
At this moment, in another palace just a wall away from the other palace, Zhou Yifu was drinking with Wu Su.
"Thank you for your hard work. In fact, why do you need to go there for such a thing when you pick him up?" Wu Su said with a drink for Zhou Yifu.
Zhou Yifu smiled: "After all, it is our Majesty, and the respect you deserve is a must."
"Why must it be him?" Wu Su sighed: "This person is too powerful, I am really worried. This person is not ignorant of politics, but he just didn't want to intervene in it before. Moreover, this person is well versed in military strategies and is decisive in killing..."
Chapter completed!