Chapter 239 Bad News
"You are so confident!" Chen Qun's face looked unhappy. Chen Xi's path was completely opposite to his, and he was in a losing situation now. Was he really going to be suppressed by Chen Xi for the rest of his life?
"Haha, time will prove everything." Chen Xi laughed twice and disagreed with Chen Qun's words.
"Even if the poor family wins, they will eventually become aristocratic families!" Chen Qun's eyes became sharper. He didn't understand why Chen Xi wanted others to challenge the status of a thousand-year-old aristocratic family. Could it be that Chen Xi really sacrificed himself for others? Obviously, he, Chen Xi, was the head of the largest aristocratic family.
"Poor family, haha." Chen Xi sneered. Chen Qun's vision was so short-sighted that he didn't even want to pay attention to him.
"Chen Changwen, only the winner will be the king. Your solidified class is ultimately just a temporary solution." Chen Xi didn't want to explain anything to Chen Qun. Now Chen Qun even had trouble communicating with him.
Chen Qun, who has never been beaten by reality, is like a swan with his neck held high. He looks down on everyone and believes that his own is the best. Perhaps only after he is blown up in all aspects by Xun Yu can he face the reality.
"How do you plan to deal with the Yang family and the Yuan family?" Chen Qun's face froze. Thinking of the gap in status between himself and Chen Xi, he couldn't help but change the subject. Now he really had no qualifications to discuss who was right and who was wrong with Chen Xi.
"The world is big, you will understand it later." Chen Xi lowered his head and took a sip of tea. The taste was very good, and it was obviously top-grade tea.
Chen Qun's eyes narrowed slightly. He really didn't understand what Chen Xi was thinking. Could it be that the gap between the two sides was so big that he couldn't reach it?
No matter how unhappy Chen Qun was, he was no longer the head of Yingchuan, so he really suppressed his unhappiness and left.
Every family patriarch will have moments when he is forced to do things against his will. While gaining power over the family, he must also shoulder corresponding responsibilities. This is the reason why thousand-year-old families can continue to exist.
"Now that the facts are in front of you, perhaps you will truly understand everything, Chen Changwen." Chen Xi sat in the courtyard and looked at the sky.
The Chen family acted quickly. Originally, there was a group of people in the Chen family who disagreed with Chen Qun. Because the head of the family was Chen Qun, they did not get any help and were then hidden by the family. In this era when aristocratic families control the path to advancement, it is impossible for those who are hidden to succeed.
Not only the Chen family, but the Xun family also has the same problem. For example, Xun Yu's brother Xun Yan, and Xun Yue, are both talented people with spiritual gifts. However, because they were born in the pit of the Xun family, they could never make a name for themselves. This time, they were able to come to the fore thanks to Chen Xi's talent-stealing plan.
There is no way. When the family grows big, there will always be different voices.
If Xun Yan were to change to another family, he could definitely become the head of the family, but he was born in the Xun family and in the same era as Xun Yu.
Xun Yu's idea was to choose a loyal and capable person to assist him, and after successfully supporting the Han Dynasty, return power to the court.
This is also the reason why Xun Yu was the first to take the lead in joining the Government Affairs Hall. He previously thought that Cao Cao was the person, but the sudden emergence of Guo Hao directly achieved the result of supporting the Han Dynasty, so he directly joined Guo Hao's army, intending to use his own means to finally let Guo Hao return power to the court.
Later, Guo Hao's completely hands-off style of being the boss made him extremely satisfied. Isn't this the wise leader in his mind?
But unfortunately, before he could return power to the court, Chen Xi suddenly appeared and directly seized the final right of interpretation of government affairs. It seemed that the power of the entire court was concentrated in Chen Xi's hands, and he could not beat Chen Xi. This was the biggest reason why he fell into internal competition.
However, Xun Yan’s opinion is that who would be so obedient when holding great power? The so-called loyalty is just that the stakes for betrayal are not big enough. When the time comes, a powerful official will become too big to be removed. Who knows what the country will be like after three generations?
After returning home this time, Xun Yan jumped up and scolded Xun Yu, and then directly demanded to separate from Xun Yu.
In Xun Yan's words, I gave you, Xun Yu, the opportunity but you were useless. Now the opportunity has come, and it's my turn to perform.
The regent princess and the assisting general are a perfect match. All they need is to have a child to inherit the throne.
You bastard Xun Yu, you want to return power to the court? Why don’t you find me an emperor first?
Of course, because of this set of statements, Xun Yan was beaten up by Xun Yu. Xun Yu was a serious Han Confucian, and he was proficient in all the six arts of a gentleman. When reason cannot convince people, physics becomes particularly important. Anyway, both are convincing people with reason, so there is not much difference.
Xun Yue was a staunch supporter of Legalism. Although he came from the Xun family, which was full of Xunzi's family tradition, he was a supporter of Legalism. He was simply the biggest heretic in the Xun family, and it was natural that he was banned.
Xun Yue also argued that the source of his theory was Xunzi's revelation that human nature is evil, that human nature is evil, and that the law is eternal.
Taking advantage of the trend brought back by Chen Xi, many excluded talents seized the opportunity to escape, and some even preferred to split up and go to Luoyang to serve as officials.
Moreover, Chen Xi's return also represents a signal, a signal that Luoyang is willing to accept the aristocratic families. Many fence-sitters who had to huddle together with other aristocratic families because of Guo Hao's tough attitude towards cleansing began to waver.
After all, who would be willing to rise up and cause trouble if they could follow the imperial court? Yingchuan in Yanzhou was the area with the biggest reaction. After all, Chen Xi went to Yingchuan in person to take up the position of the head of the Chen family. In the eyes of all the aristocratic families, wasn't this a signal of goodwill from Luoyang?
In an instant, the families in Yanzhou drew a clear line between themselves and the so-called rebel army, and batches of sciones from aristocratic families began to set off for Luoyang.
The uprising army that had originally swept across the Han Dynasty suddenly became a mere noise without action, and the uprising army that had withdrawn the support of the aristocratic families was instantly defeated.
Rebellion is not like a dinner invitation. There is no way out. Even if the imperial court is willing to recruit, a few leaders must be killed to prove their point. Otherwise, it would be too strange for everyone to rebel without being punished.
The bandits and robbers who were originally eager to sweep across the country disappeared, and the rebel forces other than the seven major bandits even voluntarily surrendered themselves.
The most interesting thing is that the third-in-command of a mountain stronghold chopped off the second-in-command and the first-in-command, and then surrendered with their heads. In order to commend this behavior, the government simply wiped out the stain of the third-in-command and gave him some bonus.
These small gangs were directly wiped out, and even many medium-sized gangs began to suspect each other until they collapsed.
When the situation was going well, Guo Hao received the worst news: Zhu Jun was defeated and could only defend the city, completely losing the strategic initiative.
You must know that the area Zhu Jun was in charge of was Yanzhou, and Yingchuan was in Yanzhou.
