Although he complained about his old father's unfairness, Cheng Zhao did not dare to say it out loud. He also knew that his old father always doted on his older sisters.
"What are you doing out there?" Li Zhiyun asked.
Cheng Zhao said: "Play."
"Playing?" Li Zhiyun hummed: "Your mother is busy with New Year's Eve matters, but you don't understand her, but only focus on having fun."
The two little guys were silent and lowered their heads. What they were thinking was that it was because the New Year was approaching and Chang'an became lively that they wanted to go out of the palace to play.
Empress Dowager Wan said: "Okay, the emperor should stop talking about the grandson of the Ai family."
"Yes, I know."
Empress Dowager Wan whispered: "If you hadn't pampered that girl Jinyang, why would she have the courage to act so recklessly? The Ai family feels that you need to restrain yourself."
Sometimes, even she felt that the emperor doted on the princesses a little too much.
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun looked embarrassed.
Well, I do blame him for this. Even when he scolded the two children just now, he was also harsh on his son, not his daughter.
"Yes, I remember it."
Queen Mother Wan did not plan to say anything about her son teaching his grandchildren. She also knew that her son was busy dealing with world affairs and had no time to teach the children. She was just reminding him.
After finishing the meal, the two little guys wanted to hang out for a while, but they didn't want the Queen to come to pay her respects to Queen Mother Wan in person.
When they saw their mother, the two little guys immediately became wilted.
After Queen Yang greeted the emperor and the queen mother, she looked at them and asked, "Have you ever sent your regards to the emperor's grandmother?"
"Please." Jinyang whispered.
Seeing his lawless daughter being so well-behaved, Li Zhiyun couldn't help but feel happy.
A mountain is as high as a flash.
This little girl is still afraid of the Queen. In front of the Queen, she acts like a well-behaved little baby.
Beizhou.
Cui Yixuan and Cui Hongdao rushed back to Qinghe the day before the New Year.
"Brother, I think the chance of success is slim." Cui Hongdao nodded to the disciples in the clan from time to time, while talking to Cui Yixuan worriedly.
Cui Yixuan didn't know that the chances were slim, but he always had to give it a try. Thinking of the noble people in his clan, he was also overwhelmed.
"Try it."
Not long after, the two of them entered the study and saw several people in charge of the Cui family in Qinghe.
The main clan of the Qinghe Cui family is the "Dingzhu Six Fangs", which are Qinghe Dafang, Qinghe Xiaofang, Qinghe Qingzhou Fang, Xuzhou Yanlingfang, Zhengzhou Cui family, and Nanzu Cui family.
In addition, there are also Wushui rooms and so on.
For example, Cui Yixuan was born in the Cui clan of the Southern Ancestor, and Cui Hongdao was born in the Qingzhou clan of Qinghe.
After half an hour passed, Cui Yixuan came out with a red face and a look of indignation that could not be eliminated.
"Ignorance!"
Listening to Cui Yixuan's angry scolding, Cui Hongdao also sighed silently.
He had already anticipated this kind of thing. It would be extremely difficult to convince these noble elders.
"Forget it, brother, this matter should not be forced. The elders also have their own considerations."
"What do they have in mind?" Cui Yixuan said angrily: "What's the use of putting on airs? Do they think His Majesty is a simple person?
The Turks are so rampant. They set fire to Baishan Mountain and the 200,000 Turkic army was wiped out in ashes. Xue Yantuo and the Uighurs did not respect the imperial court. What now?
I think they are still living in the past, and if the emperor personally invites them, they are worthy!"
"Brother, be careful what you say!" Cui Hongdao quickly stopped Cui Yixuan from complaining and pulled him away from the place and returned to their temporary courtyard.
Cui Yixuan was very enthusiastic about official career in history. In order to climb up the ladder, he did not hesitate to offend Changsun Wuji and supported Li Zhi's appointment of Wu Zetian as queen. Later, he became one of the ministers of Sun Wuji, the chief judge.
Now that I can't get what I want, I will naturally be very angry.
Of course, the clan elders were unwilling to allow their clan members to serve as officials and show their loyalty to the court, which was what made him angry the most.
Now that the world is in great power, the family still wants to take care of it. Who do you think you are?
Do you really think that the current emperor is a good-tempered emperor?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
"Brother, most of the children in the clan follow the wishes of the clan elders. I think it's better to forget about this matter." Cui Hongdao sighed lowly.
To be honest, sometimes he couldn't stand the behavior of the clan elders. If he looked down on this and looked down on that, what was there to be proud of?
Fanyang Lu family, Taiyuan Wang family, Wenxi Pei family, Xingyang Zheng family, Hongnong Yang family and other families now support the imperial court. What harm can it do?
Could it be that supporting the imperial court would lower the lintel?
Not necessarily, the Hongnong Yang family made a stunning comeback, transforming from a "relic of the former Sui Dynasty" to the natal family of the Empress of the Tang Dynasty.
He really didn't understand what the elders meant by holding it.
Cui Yixuan said angrily: "Sooner or later, they will regret it. Today, the Cui family is proud of me, Qinghe, but in the future, they will be proud of the Boling Cui family!"
"What?" Cui Hongdao asked hurriedly: "Brother, why did you say this?"
"Huh, Cui Dunli from Zhongshushe and Cui Minqian, the governor of Songzhou, have received a lot of praise from your majesty not long ago. If things go on like this, these two people will surely be in high positions. Let's see how many of our Qinghe Cui family can win your majesty's favor.
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To put it bluntly, I am afraid that your Majesty gave me the position of Minister Zuo Si Langzhong because of the reputation of the Qinghe Cui family. Once your Majesty finds out that the Qinghe Cui family is so arrogant, how long do you think I can stay in this position?
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Cui Hongdao was immediately speechless.
Although it is said that two characters of Cui cannot be written in one stroke, the Cui family of Qinghe and the Cui family of Boling really have nothing to do with each other. They have nothing to do with their ancestors. Later, due to the rule of no intermarriage with the same surname, there was no friendship to talk about. Basically, they just nodded when they met.
That kind of.
If the Boling Cui family really rises under the emperor, wouldn't the Qinghe Cui family's reputation drop drastically?
For example, when scholars of the Tang Dynasty mentioned the surname Pei, the first thing they thought of was Wenxi Pei. This was the family's prestige.
Just like now, when people mention the Cui family, the first thing that comes to their mind is the Qinghe Cui family. But if the clan elders continue to be aloof, will it become the case in the future that when people mention the Cui family, people will think of the Boling Cui family?
Prestige is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it is the most important thing for a family.
If you have no reputation, why should the court treat you as a virtuous corporal?
Without prestige, would scholars still come to Qinghe Cui clan to study?
Without prestige, the court could do whatever they wanted with Cui.
Because if you don't have this kind of thing, the court can pour dirty water on you and torture you to death.
Don't underestimate the word prestige. The reason why the Zheng family in Xingyang was firmly controlled by Li Zhiyun was because once the emperor exposed the Luozhou plague, the Zheng family in Xingyang would be completely destroyed. This is more serious than the murder of the imperial court. This is heart-breaking!
Killing someone is also heartbreaking!
"Then what should we do?" Cui Hongdao asked.
Cui Yixuan said angrily: "I don't know, but I finally understand that it is extremely difficult to rely on the clan to move forward. Now we can only rely on ourselves."
Cui Yixuan felt uncomfortable all over when thinking of those old guys who were stuck in the past.
Straight women and thieves are all a bunch of short-sighted people!
Nowadays, there are no families in the world who do not support the imperial court. Who dares to be as high-minded as the Cui family of Qinghe, who refuses to let people go to serve the imperial court, be loyal to your majesty, and help your majesty solve your problems. In Cui Yixuan's view, the only family of the Cui family of Qinghe is the family!
With such a group of old-fashioned family elders who don't know how to adapt, Cui Yixuan occasionally feels that his future is bleak.