Although Li Shimin was still unable to suppress the aristocratic families thoroughly due to the limitations of his time, he also revised the family tree, pushing several proud old aristocratic families to the back, and putting his old Li family first.

Bit.

Moreover, intermarriage within several major families was prohibited.

This move can be said to be a blow to the bottom of the pot.

Over the years, several major families have been able to maintain that bloodline and dominate the world based on bloodline theory, that is, relying on mutual intermarriage.

The Xie family looks for the Wang family, and the Wang family looks for the Xi family. They go around and arrange and combine in this way.

All in all, for aristocratic families, there is an exception for men's marriage. After all, in a patriarchal society, it doesn't matter if a man marries someone whose family status is inferior to his own. Children are still counted according to his own family status.

Of course, marriages between powerful families are still the mainstream, and marrying a woman from a wealthy family into a family is even more praised.

There are still exceptions.

For example, the mother of the charming and suave Xie Lingyun of the Southern Dynasty, who had countless fans, was not a young lady from a wealthy family, and was not even considered a young lady.

Just an ordinary maid of the Xie family.

How is this possible?

You know, Xie Lingyun is Xie An's direct grandson. Although they are separated by several generations, they are still from a first-class wealthy family.

In Xie Lingyun's time, the power of the Xie family was still very strong and had definitely not declined.

And why did Xie Lingyun's father marry a maid?

There is a reason for all this, of course.

That is, Xie Lingyun's father turned out to be a mentally retarded person. He was really mentally retarded, and it was clearly recorded in history books without any evasion.

Obviously, this is also because I really can’t hide it.

For this reason, Xie Lingyun's father, who was obviously a son of the Xie family, a son of a wealthy family, could not even marry a decent woman. In the end, the Xie family still had a conscience and did not harm other families.

He promoted a maid who had taken care of Father Xie all the year round to be his concubine.

However, it should be noted that even if no woman from a good family is willing to marry Father Xie, Father Xie does not have a serious wife.

The woman who gave birth to a child for him was still recorded as a concubine in the history books.

However, Xie Lingyun is a man after all, and he has not inherited his father's secret disease. He is smart and charming.

At that time, no one in the circle of children of aristocratic families ridiculed Xie Lingyun because his mother had a bad background and his father was a fool.

However, if the same thing happens to a woman, the ending may not be so perfect.

Rich families are absolutely against women marrying at a low age. After a woman marries, her offspring will be counted as the man's.

If a well-behaved woman from a high family marries into a merchant family or a military general, it is tantamount to being ruined.

The family status of this branch has completely fallen into the low-end, and for high-ranking families, the boys and girls of the younger generation are actually a kind of resource.

If you go out and marry into aristocratic families, you can achieve the goal of strong alliance, but if you marry someone from a lower family, wouldn't it be a waste of resources?

Li Shimin can reject the worldly clan to a certain extent because he is in charge of a huge empire.

This huge empire was not only rich in products, but also had a large population, and there were even more talented people in it.

If you want to hire people, there are many ways to do it. Datang does not need to rely on the noble families to recommend talents.

Therefore, when the generation of Erfeng's sons came, they could gradually abolish the family lineage, hold imperial examinations, and select talents.

Ever since the imperial examination was introduced, the aristocratic family's methods were completely unworkable.

Lost the soil in which it was rooted.

These are all the disadvantages of aristocratic families, and when it comes to aristocratic families, of course there are advantages.

So far, the biggest advantage is that for Wang Mi personally, with his excellent background and military success, what else is there to be afraid of?

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This is basically the existence of double overlapping buffs!

As long as the power reaches 10%, it will be unstoppable!

Therefore, Wang Mi, who is now at the forefront, seems to be loyal to the Jin Dynasty, but in fact, he is charging into the battle for himself.

It’s to gain territory for yourself!

His status as an aristocratic family allowed him to occupy an advantageous position in the Jin Dynasty. Fundamentally speaking, he was very confident in facing the court officials.

In addition, he has a huge shield like Xie An in front of him.

So far, even if he really goes too far and has too much military power, it will not arouse too much suspicion from others.

So what if you doubt it?

Isn’t there also Xie An?

Even if there is disloyalty, it is Xie An who cannot be found at the head of Wang Mi. Now everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty knows that Wang Mi is Xie An's proud grandson-in-law.

He obeyed him in everything. As long as Xie An was around, he could boldly expand his territory.

This must be done quickly!

be quick!

By the time the imperial court reacted, the Jin army had already captured most of the northern towns. Even if they tried to stop Wang Mi, they no longer had the ability.

Fortunately, Wang Mi now has another major advantage, which is good interpersonal relationships.

This was absolutely unimaginable, let alone impossible, for the children of the aristocratic families in the past.

The Jingzhou soldiers, who had always been at odds with the imperial court, had an unparalleled relationship with Wang Mi, not to mention her personal relationship with Mr. Huan Chong, the chief general of Jingzhou, which was beyond anything in the past.

Jingzhou soldiers cooperated again, and the combat effectiveness of Beifu soldiers reached the strongest in history. If we can't make progress at such a good time, wouldn't it be a waste of natural resources?

All right!

If it's a mule or a horse, just pull it out and take a ride.

"General Fu, what's going on? Have you thought clearly?"

Wang Mi knew very well that at this time, Fu Zuan wanted to kick the ball to his side and let Wang Mi make the first move.

But he refused to give him this chance.

Taking advantage of Fu Zuan's hesitation and before he could speak, Wang Mi quickly jumped in. At this moment, General Fu was dumbfounded.

"I?"

"General Wang is joking. What else do I have to think about? I am just a defeated general. I can only obey General Wang's orders."

Haha, that sounds nice, don’t you just want to throw the difficult problem to him?

Wang Mi did not intend to let Fu Zuan go, and only said: "General Fu, you are the general of Di Qin. Of course, your opinions must be taken into consideration when dealing with the soldiers under your command."

"We in the Jin Army are soldiers of benevolence and will not kill without mercy. Now I am giving you a chance to speak your mind. I think you should not talk to me in official terms at this time."

"You have to know that generally speaking, the army of the victorious side does not have such a good temper."

Wang Mi's face suddenly became ugly, and his tone of voice became much more serious. This made Fu Zuan, who was trying to get through, suddenly feel a tremor in his heart.

No way!

Could this kid have a change of heart?

He was worried, but there was nothing he could do.

So what if you change your mind?

Did you surrender because you were still capable of winning this battle, or simply because you didn't want to fight?

It's not because I can't win that I just want to get off the road while I'm still decent and have some strength.

"Since General Wang said this, I won't be polite."

Fu Zuan pondered for a moment, prepared himself, and finally came up with a few ideas. The reason why they were called ideas was because his brain was in chaos at this time and he was not awake at all.

Even if you want him to put forward more constructive suggestions, he won't be able to make them.

So, he simply said: "If nothing else, we must protect the lives of our Di Qin soldiers who surrendered. They must not be slaughtered or tortured."

Needless to say, the massacre was of course a one-size-fits-all approach. In this era, it was very common for surrendered soldiers, especially those in large numbers, to be collectively cut into pieces.

Men don't want to be cut off across the board, so in order to effectively prevent such an outcome, Fu Zhuan made this request the most important one and put it at the top.

There is no saying this. Even if Fu Zun is stupid, he still knows that he must save his own life.

Wang Mi nodded: "I have said this before. I have no objection. I will definitely save their lives."

"As for being tortured, as far as I know, this kind of thing has never happened in the army since Shanxi's southern crossing. Our army has no such tradition."

"General Fu, you can rest assured."

With this most important point confirmed, Fu Zuan felt relieved. Next, he would talk about himself.

"So, General Wang, what do you plan to do with me?"

"I won't force you to be a high official or a generous salary, but can you allow me to continue to stay in Yecheng?"
To be continued...