In the Li clan of Longxi County, Emperor Li Er's army had surrounded the entire Li family. A big battle occurred on the official road leading to Longxi County and decided the winner. The winner was the king and the loser. Li Er descended to Longxi as a winner.

Looking at the Li family gate, General Zhai Changsun was going to violently break the door, but was stopped by Li Er. After all, he was a rich family. The winner was decided, and the opponent should not be so rude.

As he spoke, the door slowly opened, unlike the expected guards who flocked out. Except for the two servants responsible for opening the door, only a gray-haired old man walked out slowly, and he was the clan leader of the Li clan of Longxi.

Zhai Changsun snorted: "It's really a down-and-out. The emperor is here, and you, Li, the Longxi family, will come out to greet you. After all, it's a thousand-year-old inheritance of poetry and books. You can't do this at the end of your journey."

The old patriarch showed a hint of sadness in his eyes. He ignored Zhai Changsun's ridicule and walked straight to Li Er and saluted: "Old Li Wuyang, the head of the Longxi Li clan, welcome Your Majesty to come.

All the children in the family can move to fight. I can't come back like this. Please forgive me for any rudeness."

Zhai Changsun next to him almost vomited blood. No wonder there were few people. You are so cruel that they sent everyone out in order to get an ambush?

"The traitors have been killed. Don't think about the good things they come back, prepare for their funeral." Zhai Changsun curled his lips and said.

Li Er scolded: "Don't be rude. Please step back. I have something to say to the leader Li."

The head of the Li clan invited him sideways and said, "The humble house is simple, please let Your Majesty go inside and sit down."

"Your Majesty, be careful that the other party will be ambushed before dying. You should not enter. If you have anything to say, please say it here." Zhang Shigui stood up and persuaded.

Li Er smiled and said, "Don't underestimate the people of the world. I also believe in the mind of the leader Li. It is enough to have the Lord and ten personal guards."

Li Wuyang was also tactful and opened the door to indicate that there was no ambush, and the Xuanjia Army could enter and exit at will.

When he came to the main hall of the Li family, Li Er looked at the architectural style. Unlike the families in the Central Plains, the buildings and decorations here had a hint of the northern Hu people. It was not entirely elegant with the fragrance of books, but with a hint of wildness and solemnity in the elegance.

"Let's get straight to the point. The Li family in Longxi is defeated. I want to know how you are going to give an explanation?" Li Er didn't say nonsense, and asked directly without even giving up a glass of water.

Clan Chief Li was stunned for a moment and said a little powerlessly: "Your Majesty is in your hand, and we are responsible for our crimes and we cannot help but live or die. What else can we give?"

"Okay, it's refreshing enough!

But I am not just about killing. It is worth dying like this. I want your words."

What he said was in a fog, and the Clan Chief Li was almost confused. We are worthless in dying like this. Do you want us to choose a valuable way to die?

"What does Your Majesty want? You might as well say it clearly!"

"I want you to have a document of confession and punishment."

What??

"Is this necessary? We are all dead bodies that are killed in an instant. Why should your Majesty do this forever?" Clan Chief Li couldn't understand.

Li Er nodded and said, "Yes, it's useless for dead people, but this document is useful for living people.

I did not come for the killing. Your families are cruel enough, but they really dared to burn together with the imperial court. Unfortunately, the Tang Dynasty was not the former Sui Dynasty, so you could not succeed.

But no matter whether it succeeds or fails, this war will eventually be both sides of the defeat, and it will hurt the vitality of the Tang Dynasty.

I cannot kill all of your tribe members, and I can only kill the main evil clan. It is not to say that the remaining innocent people are innocent, but to leave the foundation of these literate scholars to maintain the stability of the country.

For these people, I will kill you forcibly, and confess your guilt and punish you. There are two meanings."

You...this is...

Li Er's straightforward words made Li Clan Chief stunned. After a long time, he came back to his senses and admired: "I didn't expect that you would have such a demeanor. Just this item, you have surpassed Yang Guang of the former Sui Dynasty."

"You are too old. If I had a lot of talents in the Tang Dynasty, I would probably have no temperament to use a group of subordinates with poor backgrounds.

I just wanted to get this country far, but you people are always in trouble." Li Er said with emotion.

Li Wuyang's eyes were full of praise, "It's rare that Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty also said that back then, and you will leave behind eternal achievements like him.

Unfortunately, the interests we pursue are different, otherwise we would not have come to this day.”

Different interests?

Li Er asked a little annoyedly: "For the benefit of your family, you can sell the court without any bottom line? Fortunately, you are still inheriting poetry and books to claim that you are authentic Confucianism."

The old man shook his head lightly and sighed: "The law of the weak has always been like this. Poetry and books are passed down for survival. Correcting the reputation of Confucianism is for status, and also for survival. Nothing matters in the face of survival interests."

"So cruel and shameless!" Li Junxian, who was beside him, could no longer help but scold him in a low voice. He was a disciplined and never spoke much, but at this time he could not suppress his anger.

Li Wuyang smiled, glanced at Li Junxian and said, "Young man, when you reach my age, you will understand that honor, disgrace and shame are not the most important things in life, or even the most useless and cumbersome things."

People say that a family that has a century-old dynasty and a thousand years old is a thousand years old. If you look at those big families that can be passed down for hundreds of years, which one has never lowered his proud head and crawled under the iron hooves of the Hu people in the north to survive until now?”

Li Junxian said disdainfully: "You can still proclaim so much that a real man can only die while standing and never live on his knees!"

"Hahahaha, you said it well, you have backbone, you are a good general.

But have you ever thought about where you came from this sentence or even this integrity? Did you bring it from your birth or was it taught by the teacher later?

What if you were educated from a young age to do whatever you want without regard for shame?

Will you be who you are now?" Li Wuyang asked with a smile and asked with a soul attack.

Li Junxian stood there blankly, his mind seemed to be blank.

Li Wuyang woke up and said, "Young people must distinguish everything themselves and don't follow the crowd. If we hadn't retained our vitality for the Han people like this, there would probably be no Han people today, all of them were Hu people."

At this time, Emperor Li Er stood up and pulled Li Junxian behind him.

"Don't bully Jun Xian's military generals are from a very good background in literature and history. The Five Barbarians invaded China have not been many years ago. It is not up to you to survive. The Han people's great contribution to the killing of Hu Ling by the King of Wudao Ran Min.

If you take a step back, even if you surrender, you can survive, don’t forget that the Han people before the Jin Dynasty were able to take the initiative to attack the Huns, and they all lived on their feet.

It was the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Jin clan was divided, the national strength was empty, and the people's livelihood was declining, so that the Hu people from the north could take advantage of the situation.

If everyone is united and not only knows internal fighting, why should we Central Plains people fear any alien race in the world?"

Li Wuyang comforted his hands and said, "Yes, you are right.

But it turns out that it is difficult, or impossible, to unite everyone, from the Han Dynasty to the present for hundreds of years, no dynasty can do it in a single dynasty.”

"No one did it, it was because of you, the so-called family interests, that if you get rid of you, you will be peaceful." Li Er said indignantly.

Hearing this sentence, Li Wuyang suddenly burst into laughter. The unconcealed mockery in the laughter almost caused several emperor guards to draw out the knife.

"Hahahaha, it's a fool, this is the funny joke I've ever heard in my life.

Do you think that only us big families are the supreme interests? Who in the world is not? Including your Li royal family, maybe you are not, but can you guarantee that your descendants will all have great achievements like you?

As long as you are a human being, you will have selfish desires. If you have greed, you will pursue fame and fortune. If you can destroy our five surnames and seven hopes, you may produce six surnames and eight hopes in a hundred years. If you destroy us old nobles, those of your confidant officials will not be a prominent family in the future?

Don’t talk about the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty. When your Tang Dynasty is at its end in the future, you may be afraid that your descendants will have the same virtues.

Provoking internal struggles and strife, resulting in the emptiness of the Central Plains, and the barbarians around them took advantage of the situation and left disaster to the people of the Central Plains for dozens or hundreds of years. In the future, the dynasties will change, and later dynasties will also discuss your Tang Dynasty just like you are talking about the Western Jin Dynasty today.

In this regard, how much better is your Li royal family than others?"

Wawa, the emperor's personal guards all pulled out the Tang sword from his waist and pointed it at Li Wuyang with a murderous aura.

In addition to the lingering sound of the sword drawing, and the old man Li Wuyang snorted coldly when he saw through life and death, there was only silence left, and silence that could not even be seen in the sound of breathing. Everyone stared at the emperor.

Li Er was speechless by Li Wuyang's words, his face changed several times, and finally gritted his teeth and raised his head and said, "I admit that what you said is reasonable.

The Tang Dynasty may be like other dynasties, and will eventually die.

But our Tang Dynasty will also do our best to achieve a foundation that other dynasties cannot achieve.

Didn’t you say that in the future, I, Tang, will be like the previous dynasty, with internal fighting empty and foreign enemies invading?

OK, I will sweep all directions and wipe out all the barbarians and barbarians around me. All the sun and moon shine in the rivers are Han territory!

This world is the only country of Tang Dynasty. There is no difference between Han people and Hu people, only the same Tang people.

By that time, even if the internal strife in the Tang Dynasty split, they would no longer worry about foreign invasions.

Just like the Great Qin unified the six kingdoms, although the Qin Dynasty has not been around for thousands of years, the Chinese people in the Central Plains have finally become an inseparable family."

Li Er’s loud declaration was what he refuted to the old man of the Li family, and it was also the promise he made with himself and the world. His domineering aura deeply infected the people around him.

Li Junxian and his personal guards bowed down together and shouted loudly: "I wish to follow Your Majesty to the death and protect my Tang Dynasty for generations!"

This time, it was the old man Li Wuyang's turn to be on the spot. He originally wanted to give advice to the emperor and the younger generation as an elder before he died. Unexpectedly, he miscalculated and asked a younger generation to educate him.

After a long time, Li Wuyang said in a sincere tone: "What a family in the world! Not bad, you are really good!

From the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty today, I have met four kings in my life, and even in history books, I can be called the best. Among these four people, you are the most outstanding.

Although this ambition is also impossible to achieve, from the bottom of my heart, you can achieve it.

I will write you the Li family’s confession document, I hope you can give a look at the innocent Li family’s children.”

Li Er nodded and promised: "Don't worry, not only your Li family members, but other families are the same. I will only kill the evil ones.

Keep others and let them see the scene of the Tang Dynasty. What are your right or wrong today, and let your descendants judge you, perhaps you can convince yourself."

After pacifying the Li family in Longxi, and with the troops suppressed by Jiangnan Road, the rebellion was over 6 months, which was unexpectedly smooth.

Li Er successfully returned to the court, and the Crown Prince Li Chengqian led all civil and military officials to welcome him for ten miles.

On the way back to the city, Li Er did not notice Du Shaoqing and Li Yan, and asked.

An insider replied that Mr. Du was in the hall today and His Highness the King of Shu had been recuperating from the Du family's clinic, and no one was disturbing him.

Li Er thought of his son Li Yan who was sick before, and decided to let the prince lead the officials and soldiers back, prepare for the celebration banquet first, and lead his personal guard to see his son Li Yan.

When he arrived at the clinic, there were about a dozen patients in front of Du Shaoqing in the front hall. Li Er signaled that he would not have to concentrate on treating the disease and he would go to the back house to take a look.

"Big cat, run slower. Don't you know if this is a coaxing child? How can I catch up with you when you are so lively?..."
To be continued...