Chapter five hundred and fifty seventh retelling the past
On the way Zhao Jin returned to the East Palace, the conversations in the market were all related to the case at the government office just now.
He half-closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the carriage.
This time, he won.
The carriage stopped at the East Palace. When Zhao Jin jumped off the carriage, he saw the two people following his carriage.
"Fourth brother, General Qi?"
Zhao Xingzhi and Qi Jiahan followed Zhao Jin to the East Palace.
"We haven't talked for a long time. I happened to be free today, so I came over." Zhao Xingzhi dismounted his horse with one hand, narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Hearing this, Zhao Jin laughed and said, "Come in then."
Zhao Jin walked in the front, with Qi Jiahan and Zhao Xingzhi on the left and right, half a shoulder behind Zhao Jin.
"This time, those aristocratic families will probably hate Your Highness in their hearts." Zhao Xingzhi put his hands together, and his tone was not worried, but mixed with a bit of joking.
Zhao Jin clasped his hands behind his back and raised his eyebrows, "If you are greedy, you want to be powerful, and you want to inherit it for thousands of years. How can such a good thing happen?"
He said without hesitation: "A dynasty only lasts for a few hundred years. Since a family wants to inherit it for a thousand years, it must give up something."
There is no such thing as the best of both worlds. We have never had the best of both worlds since ancient times. However, when people hold power and sit in high positions, they will always want more.
Zhao Qian is like this, and so are the aristocratic families.
Qi Jiahan tilted his head and looked at Zhao Jin's side face. His sharp jawline tightened slightly. He didn't feel happy that he had won a game against a wealthy family.
"Is His Highness still unwilling to compromise because he is afraid of the wealthy family?"
Zhao Jin was slightly startled, then shook his head, "That's not why."
Starry eyes dimmed for a moment, and Zhao Jin couldn't help but curl up his fingers behind his back.
"Let's talk later."
Qi Jiahan and Zhao Xingzhi looked at each other and had vague ideas in their hearts.
The three of them did not go to the study room. After all, they were reminiscing about old times, not discussing matters.
Zhao Jin simply took the people to the side hall, where the three of them gathered around a table and ordered the waiters to serve food and drinks.
"Come to think of it, the three of us have never drank together." Zhao Jin raised his hand and opened a jar of wine.
The strong aroma of wine spread, Qi Jiahan and Zhao Xingzhi were both wine lovers, and their eyes immediately fell on the jar of wine that Zhao Jin was holding.
"Is this the wine from Yingkelou?"
"Exactly."
Zhao Jin poured it into three bowls.
The three of them are not pretentious people. It's fine to use small wine glasses at banquets. In private, it's more satisfying to use bowls.
Zhao Jin picked a jar of flower wine. The alcohol content was higher than the original wine in ancient times, but not too high to make people drunk.
"Come on!" Zhao Jin picked up the wine bowl in front of him and moved forward.
The three wine bowls collided and made a dull sound.
Zhao Jin raised his head and drank the bowl of wine in his hand.
Zhao Xingzhi paused slightly while drinking, "Your Highness is not in a good mood."
Hearing this, Zhao Jin put down the bowl in his hand with a "pop" sound, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "How can it be so refreshing?"
"There won't be only one Yao family in this big family. At most, no Yao family has gone so far."
Recalling the pieces of information that Mo Shen investigated, Zhao Jin's starry eyes became a little colder.
Each and every one of them is an evil deed committed by a wealthy family.
Zhao Jin had long known that in the eyes of these powerful people, the lives of ordinary people were nothing more than nothing.
The emperor breaks the law and the common people are equally guilty, which is even more of a lie.
Zhao Jin knew it well, but when all these things were placed before his eyes, he still felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
He can get rid of one evil-doing Yao family, but in this Zhao country, if so many Yao families are wiped out, the entire Zhao country will fall into turmoil.
In today's era, it is destined that Zhao Jin will not be able to establish a system that transcends imperial power and autocratic monarchy.
Therefore, even if Zhao Jin tries and convicts all the aristocratic families who have done evil, there will be a second Yao family in the future.
Zhao Xingzhi and Qi Jiahan both fell silent.
"Your Highness, have you investigated other aristocratic families?"
Zhao Xingzhi suddenly asked.
"Yes." Zhao Jin responded. Zhao Jin did not hide anything about Zhao Xingzhi and Qi Jiahan, "The Yao family is the most evil one."
Zhao Jin deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of "one".
"The rest of the aristocratic families cannot be moved for the time being." Zhao Xingzhi sighed.
"Your Highness wants to reform the scientific examination, and the court still has the largest number of aristocratic families. To disturb a Yao family would be to scare the monkeys and make people panic."
"To disturb the two Yao families will aggravate this uneasiness."
"But," Zhao Xingzhi looked at Zhao Jin, "if His Highness touches three Yao families, or even four or five, this uneasiness and fear will make them take the initiative to take advantage."
"So, Gu has no intention of touching the second Yao family."
Zhao Jin narrowed his eyes slightly, "I will warn these people, but I can't deal with other aristocratic families like I did with the Yao family."
That's why Zhao Jin was so frustrated.
Knowing that these aristocratic families have dirty hands, they still want to keep them for the sake of the so-called overall situation.
"Your Highness is over the top."
Qi Jiahan suddenly spoke up.
Zhao Jin paused slightly, then quickly covered it up. He picked up the wine jar, filled a bowl of wine for himself, took a big sip and then said softly: "Maybe."
Even though Zhao Jin is getting more and more adapted to the life of Zhao State, he is still a modern person at heart.
He can be cruel, but he cannot be cruel to innocent people.
Qi Jiahan smiled and said, "His Royal Highness wants the people to be clean and clear, and wants the people to no longer be looked down upon by the powerful."
"Your Highness knows very well that it is very difficult."
Even if Zhao Jin has eyes and hands all over the sky, it is impossible for him to take care of every corner.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish.
"I know." Zhao Jin lowered his eyelids and said in a cold voice.
Zhao Xingzhi glanced at Zhao Jin worriedly.
Qi Jiahan did not take Zhao Jin's indifference to heart, but said with a smile: "But letting the people live and work in peace and contentment, at least when like Cui Nong's family, their lives are murdered by powerful people, they can have some justice."
"It is impossible for all the people to do this and to make the officialdom clear and unsullied. But Your Highness, you can make it as clear as possible."
"Keep all dirt to a controllable level."
Zhao Jin raised his eyelids and kept tightening his hand holding the wine bowl, "It's under control?"
His voice was very soft, almost a whisper.
"Yes, it's within control."
Qi Jiahan nodded, "Today's Zhao State is in a state of decay, but Your Highness, it is not hopeless, but Your Highness, you can now choose the right medicine to treat it."
"It cannot be changed overnight, but step by step, the sea, the river and the river will become clear, and your Highness will be able to see it."
"Bang!"
Zhao Jin was silent for a moment, then lost control of his strength and crushed the wine bowl in his hand.
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