Chapter 237 The embarrassing situation of the founding fathers

A group of nobles set out from Xiaoci County and returned to the capital together with the emperor's carriage.

The speed of travel is irritatingly slow.

Of course, the only ones who are upset are the founding heroes.

For nearly a month, every day apart from traveling was to perform sacrifices.

Emperor Jingshun was still there half the time, and they all had to accompany him.

This results in their time being very fragmented.

In addition, when we get together occasionally, we still insist on our own opinions.

Until now, we haven't been able to come up with a decent countermeasure.

The matter targeted by Donghai County is just hanging there.

The founding fathers who had overseas business suffered heavy losses.

Every day I have a grimace on my face.

But don't say it!

It fits the atmosphere of a funeral very well.

Those who didn't know, thought they were sad because of the old concubine.

"Your Majesty, why don't we agree to it?"

The one who came to pay homage at Nan'an Prince's Mansion was Huo Yinghuan, the legitimate son of the second wife.

He served as a guerrilla in the capital and was the spokesperson of the Nan'an Palace in the capital.

Although Nan'an Prince's Mansion is far away from Jiaozhi, it is also one of the nobles with the most overseas business.

Under the guise of traveling from Jiangnan to Jiaozhi, they actually transported goods to Southeast Asia.

In exchange for more benefits.

At this time, he quietly approached the chariot of the Prince of Beijing who had just returned from the imperial chariot, and whispered again:

"We recommended Li Shouzhong to join the cabinet, but 80% of the emperor ignored it. At that time, we have done our best."

Obviously, those who have business overseas are already in a hurry.

Huo Zhihuan is actually quite good, after all, most of his fleet is his own.

But he couldn't hold his nerve, let alone those nobles who had caravans attached to their names?

I have asked for help many times and I really can’t afford it anymore.

"I've been busy with the national mourning these days, and I haven't been able to calm down and discuss it in detail. Now that we've seen it all, let's sit down and discuss it carefully."

King Beijing's voice was still unhurried and slow, but unfortunately it was difficult to calm people's minds.

"well!"

Huo Zhihuan sighed heavily, looked back at the expectant eyes, and said:

"Your Majesty has been favored by the Holy One and has been bestowed with wealth and acres of land. However, if we old relatives don't have overseas business, many of them will have to stop. We really can't bear it anymore."

Although Nan'an Prince's Palace is not like this, Huo Zhihuan is not talking nonsense.

What he said was the true situation of many noble people.

Just flip through history and look at the early stages of each dynasty.

It is not difficult to find that in the early days of a dynasty, it is highly centralized.

At this time, the nobles and nobles were the most trusted people around the emperor.

It is also the top power in the country.

They hold military power in their hands, develop externally, and suppress internally.

Holds most of the say in the country.

But as the dynasty developed and the country gradually stabilized,

The nobles gained high positions and generous salaries, but gradually lost their enterprising spirit.

In addition, the occupied territory needs to be managed by someone.

Educate the people and manage internal affairs.

At this time, it is necessary to open courses to select talents from all over the world.

As more and more civil servants were appointed, Shilin gradually developed and expanded.

Slowly, I gained more say.

As one goes and the other goes, the power of the nobles will slowly decline.

If there are no special circumstances, the Xungui Group will gradually lose its right to speak.

It's going into decline bit by bit.

This process may be lengthy and require several generations.

Honorable nobles who are not enterprising will have their right to speak completely deprived of them in this process.

Slowly disappearing on the stage of history.

Of course, there are also distinguished people who are far-sighted and far-sighted.

For example, the first two generations of Dukes of the Jia family had obviously anticipated such a situation.

They established clan schools and allowed the children of the clan to take part in the imperial examinations.

In order to continue the family's glory.

But such far-sighted people are, after all, in the minority.

It will not affect the general trend at all.

It has been passed down from the Wei Dynasty to the third generation by Emperor Jingshun.

The territory of the country has basically been finalized.

The current Wei Dynasty is in a period of transformation for the country.

It rarely uses troops abroad anymore.

In terms of foreign policy, it has basically turned defensive.

The founding heroes are passed down to the third or even fourth generation.

There are fewer and fewer high-grade knighthoods.

Many distinguished relatives have begun to make ends meet in order to maintain their dignity.

For this reason, they have tried to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

After all, there will be an end to throttling, and open source has become the choice of most people.

At this time, the nobles still hold great power and are at the top of the hierarchy.

There are so many ways to make money.

But most people's methods are very simple and crude.

Some are hoarding land and lending money to collect interest.

Some went to sea for smuggling and made huge profits.

Some even secretly communicated outside the Great Wall, exchanging salt, iron and food for profit.

In short, these noble choices.

Most of them rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water.

It can also be regarded as the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing his magical powers.

There are surprisingly few people as honest as the Jia family.

Of course, it may be that the men in the Jia family don't even have this awareness.

All we can do is sit back and wait for the end of the road.

In addition to the Jia family, King Beijing is also an exception.

The Prince of Beijing originally refused the fief in exchange for the emperor's trust.

Even now, Emperor Jingshun still wants to be kind.

To show the royal approval of this move.

Although the actual seal was given up, the gift given by thousands of households in the city was well worth it.

In addition, if there are any rare things in the palace, they will also think of him.

From time to time, rewards will come down.
To be continued...