Lu Yuan Wenyan was moved in his heart and said: "Brother Cui, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. Why don't I go to the palace to see His Majesty and see if I can get His Majesty to stop."
The founder of the Lu family was Lu Zhi, a great scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but the Lu family was far behind the Cui and Wang families in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Later, Lu Yuguan, the youngest son of Lu Zhi, went to Sikong in Cao Wei. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, many people from the Lu family held high positions, which allowed the Lu family to be ranked alongside King Cui.
Even now, the Lu family is ranked in the top three among the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes. However, compared to other families, the Lu family has been declining in recent years.
Some of the Cui family's actions made the Lu family notice something unusual.
In other words, it's not that the other companies didn't notice it, they just pretended not to know.
However, after discussing with the family ancestors, the head of the Lu family felt that it was too risky.
In the hundreds of years from the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, the aristocratic family developed greatly.
It can even influence the will of the imperial court.
However, starting from the Sui Dynasty, the development of the aristocratic family began to stagnate and even regressed.
This situation was especially obvious in the Tang Dynasty. It can be seen from the fact that there are no people with five surnames and seven looks in the left and right servants of the imperial court and the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries.
The Lu family realizes that times have changed and that today is different from the past. They are not willing to take risks, but choose to move closer to Li Shimin.
This is how Lu Yuxuan contacted Lin Xuan last time and expressed to Lin Xuan the Lu family's intention to support Li Shimin.
Li Shimin's answer was that he asked the Lu family to send a person with sufficient status to talk to him in person.
After careful consideration, the Lu family was willing to send someone to talk to Li Shimin. However, there were a lot of informants in the palace, and the Lu family would definitely get the attention of interested people if they sent someone there.
If there is no reasonable reason, it will arouse the suspicion of other companies.
The Lu family summoned Lu Yuan and asked him to find a suitable opportunity to meet Li Shimin on behalf of the Lu family.
It was not difficult for Lu Yuan to meet Li Shimin, as he could see him every morning.
But the difficulty lies in not arousing suspicion.
Lu Yuan comes from the Lu family, so he naturally knows that all the five surnames have spies in the palace.
Apart from anything else, the Lu family could all know who Li Shimin saw every day.
Lu Yuan has never found a suitable opportunity, but this time he thinks it is an opportunity.
He went to the palace to see Li Shimin on behalf of several other families, so naturally he would not arouse the slightest suspicion.
"Brother Lu, are you sure?" Cui Hao asked.
Does he have any good solution now? The people in Chang'an are talking about these things now, and many people are scolding the people of the aristocratic family. If it continues to be delayed, it will not be good for the aristocratic family.
To persuade Li Shimin to let go is undoubtedly to bow to Li Shimin. Cui Hao is naturally unwilling to go. Now that someone has taken the initiative to ask for help, of course he is willing.
Lu Yuan shook his head and said: "I'm not sure about this. In the end, it still depends on what conditions His Majesty proposes."
Now that Li Shimin has the upper hand, it is not that simple to make him stop. He must agree to some conditions. Whether they can reach an agreement depends on whether they can accept the conditions proposed by Li Shimin.
Cui Hao looked at the others and saw that none of them had any intention of objecting. He cupped his hands and said, "Brother Lao Lu is here this time."
"Without further delay, I will go back and change my clothes before entering the palace." Lu Yuan said.
…
A teahouse in Chang'an West City was packed with people, and everyone was talking about the contents of the newspaper.
Occasionally, you can hear a few insults about the aristocratic family.
For ordinary people, although they are angry in their hearts, the only way they can vent their anger is to curse a few words.
A wealthy family is not something ordinary people like them can get excited about.
There was indeed a lot of anger at the beginning, and a lot of people scolded me, but after such a long time, many of them were tired of scolding.
If things are allowed to develop like this, there may not be many people talking about it in a day or two.
But Lin Xuan's methods are naturally not that simple.
While everyone was chatting and cursing, no one noticed that an ordinary-looking man in his twenties walked in.
The man found a seat and ordered a pot of tea. He heard the discussions and occasionally interjected a few words, which did not attract attention.
But although the man didn't speak much, he was very clever, and it didn't take long for the anger of those people to be extinguished to be stirred up again.
"Everyone, Your Majesty has given us the opportunity to change our destiny and honor our ancestors, but the aristocratic family wants to force Your Majesty to cancel the imperial examination system. If we continue to tolerate it, our children, grandchildren, and future generations will never have the possibility of becoming officials." The man said.
"What else can we do if we can't bear it?"
"Yes, those aristocratic families are not something we can afford to offend."
The people said angrily.
"Everyone, those scholars have been kneeling at the entrance of the palace. It can be seen that His Majesty has not agreed. But if time goes by, it may not be possible. We should unite and drive away those who cut off the future of our descendants. Without them,
Your Majesty will definitely not cancel the imperial examination due to persecution."
"There are so many of us, and each of us throws something to hit them. Who knows who did it? We can't arrest all of us, right?" the man said.
"This brother is right. I risked my life for my son. Count me in."
"And me."
"Count me in."
"Okay, let's go now."
After saying this, the man stood up first and left the teahouse.
The rest of the people also followed indignantly and headed towards the imperial city.
This scene happened in various places in Chang'an. If you look from the sky, you can see many cities and towns in Chang'an. People are all heading in the same direction in groups.
Everyone has a tendency to follow the herd, and when many people who didn't understand the situation saw this situation, they followed behind them out of curiosity.
Baiqi's spies changed their faces when they heard the news.
So many people are heading towards the palace. If they are not controlled well, if they attack the palace, it may cause chaos.
Baiqi didn't dare to delay and reported it immediately.
Soon, Li Shimin learned the shocking news.
"Bang!"
Li Shimin jumped up and said angrily: "What on earth does Lin Xuan want to do?"
He originally thought that Lin Xuan's purpose was to arouse public opinion and force the scholars who were kneeling outside the palace to leave.
Who would have thought that Lin Xuan would make such a big noise.
Chang'an has a population of nearly one million. Although it is impossible for all of them to come to the palace gate, as long as there are 100,000 people, one bad move will cause chaos.
Apart from anything else, so many people would definitely arouse the vigilance of the Imperial Army. If someone failed to pull the string, the arrow would be shot out, causing a chain reaction, and a river of blood would flow at the entrance of the palace.
"Come here, go and find Lin Xuan for me. Also notify Li Junxian and tell him that the arrows are not allowed to be cocked. As long as the people do not attack the palace gate, they must not take action." Li Shimin said with a cold face.
"yes!"
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On a secret tower outside the Zhuque Gate, Lin Xuan held a telescope and looked at the torrents outside converging towards the Zhuque Gate, with a smile on his face.
"I want to see if you can still sit still after a while." Lin Xuan looked at the people who were kneeling and sneered.