Vol 2 Chapter 1028: Go against the trend (three shifts)

"Brother Sun doesn't need to sigh. If you are unwilling to marry your granddaughter to the eldest prince, just push it. Your majesty and the empress can never force you to marry the royal family."
Sanyuan Gong comforted Sun Zhuangyuan.
Sun Zhuangyuan took a sip of the old wine, "Your Majesty, the old man is sure to refuse, and it is a big deal to go to imprisonment for a few days. With the empress, the old man is not sure at all. In these years, who can refuse the empress? Even King Anxi, You have to follow the path designed by the queen."
Sanyuangong and Zhou Shian have a close relationship.
Both were fooled by the empress to teach at Shanhe Academy.
From their own experience, it seems that there really is no way to reject the empress.
Unless the Queen Mother decides to give up this marriage.
Zhou Shian said with emotion: "The empress has always been able to grasp our weakness and stimulate our inner desires with the most touching words."
Sanyuan Gong felt ashamed, "After all, it is still six impure roots and too much desire, so that the empress can take advantage of it."
"Listen to you, my heart is so cold. Don't bother you."
Sun Zhuangyuan looked sad.
The three gray-bearded men drank together to relieve boredom.
"I always felt that I was on the thief ship of the Queen Empress."
"Shanhe Academy is considered a paradise for you and me, not a thief ship."
"Brother Sun is miserable. He wants to be in-laws with the royal family."
Elder Sun Zhuangyuan burst into tears, "Stop talking, my old man is sad!"
嘤嘤嘤...
It's scary to be married to the royal family.
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Gu Jiu always pays attention to efficiency in his work.
Two days later, she personally went to Shanhe Academy to find Sun Zhuangyuan for tea.
Sun Zhuangyuan wanted to run.
Sanyuan Gong and Zhou Shi'an stopped him, "Brother Sun must not run, you can run, the monk can't run to the temple. Now that the empress empress has arrived, you hurried to see the empress in the courtyard of Houshan and listen to what the empress said. "
Anyway, he finally persuaded Sun Zhuangyuan.
Watching Sun Zhuangyuan go to the other hospital, Sanyuan Gong said with joy: "Fortunately, the old man has no granddaughter."
Zhou Shian nodded his head, "The same goes for the old man."
"Brother Zhou should not be too happy, the eldest prince's wife, if it is not your granddaughter, it may be your daughter of Zhou's family. By then, you, the most prestigious person of Zhou's family, will still be put on the fire."
Zhou Shian waved his hand again and again, "The old man has been away from the family for many years, and the old man never asks about things in the family. Regardless of whether he is married or not, the old man will never say a word."
"Brother Zhou is open-minded! But you are a member of the Zhou clan of Chuzhou after all, and the Zhou clan acts in your name, and you can do nothing."
Zhou Shian smiled bitterly, "So the old man doesn't listen, see, or think."
Seeing the miasma in the clan, he was annoyed.
A bunch of hypocrites!
When the family gets bigger, there will always be a few bad guys.
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Sun Zhuangyuan bit his scalp and went to see the empress, and was ready to be accused.
Therefore, as soon as they met, he was straight to the point, "If the empress intends to marry the granddaughter of the old man for the eldest prince, the old man's idea is to disagree with this marriage."
Gu Jiu smiled, "Does the palace know why my husband refused this marriage?"
"That said, the empress really took a fancy to my Xiaoqi?"
"The seventh mother of the Sun family has outstanding appearance, virtuous and dignified, worthy of a prince's wife."
"No!"
"My palace listens thoroughly."
Sun Zhuangyuan said bluntly: "The Sun family has a big family. If Xiaoqi marries his Royal Highness, the Sun family may become the second Pei family and become the confidant of the imperial court. Therefore, this marriage is absolutely unacceptable. "
Gu Jiu said with a smile: "If this palace remembers correctly, your grandson family, who prides itself on being a pure minister, never stand in line. Back then, the princess of Prince Renxuan came from the grand room of the Sun family, and the Sun family never publicly supported Ren. Prince Xuan. Therefore, when Prince Ren Xuan and his concubine passed away one after another, the Sun family only suffered a bit of twists and turns, and did not shake the foundation. Now that the palace wants to marry Sun’s seventh mother, the Sun family can follow the practice of the past and be a pure minister."
Sun Zhuangyuan asked in return: "Will the empress let the Sun family continue to be pure ministers?"
Gu Jiu asked with a smile: "Is this palace's attitude so important?"
Sun Zhuangyuan nodded repeatedly, "If the queen mother agrees to continue to be a pure minister in the Sun family, the old man can agree to this marriage. If the answer is no, the old man implores the mother to let the Sun family go. There are so many good girls in the world, it is not my little seven. No."
"Mr. Sun knows what the palace wants to do?"
"The mother and your majesty are afraid that the tail of the Sun family will not fall, and that the Sun family will threaten the court, so they want to provoke the Sun family's internal strife and weaken the Sun family's clan power. Is the old man right?"
"Half right."
"Old man bravely, what is the other half?"
Gu Jiu shook his head and did not answer this question.
Instead, she asked: "If this palace insists on hiring Sun Qiniang for the eldest prince, what will the husband do?"
Sun Zhuangyuan sighed, "The old man can only admit his fate and go home and wait for death."
"Mr. is too pessimistic, things are not that way."
Sun Zhuangyuan was silent.
Gu Jiu smiled clearly, "Sir, might as well listen to our plan."
"The old man listens very well."
Gu Jiu took a sip of tea, "Your Sun clan, the registered population is only about 13,200. The actual population, we all know that is far more than this. A conservative estimate is that your Sun clan is the same clan and the population is about There are about 25,000 people. With the servants, there are seventy to eighty thousand people. Such a huge family is staggering."
Sun Zhuangyuan said hurriedly: "The Sun family has only four direct subordinates living in the capital, and other branches are scattered around. It seems that there are many people, but they are not twisted together."
Gu Jiu smiled, "Mr. Sun's words are not true. The Sun family is in the capital, and the total number of masters and servants is 20 to 30,000. Most of the Sun family branches live in Dingzhou, which is only a few minutes away from the capital. Heavenly distance. Every year, the main characters on the branch will come to the capital to worship the ancestors and stay for about half a month to a month. This will maintain the cohesion of the family. My palace is right."
"The Sun family has no rebellion." Sun Zhuangyuan hurriedly stated his position.
Gu Jiu said with a smile: "Mr. Sun does not need to be nervous. This palace does not say that your Sun family is rebellious. It's just that such a huge family is an extremely dangerous existence in the eyes of this palace. Mr. Sun knows that your family gives the whole world People have set a very bad example."
"The old man doesn't understand the meaning of Niang Niang's remarks. The Sun family has always taught people to be filial, and never taught people to do evil."
"The existence of your Sun family is an evil in itself. It is a great evil to the court, the world, and the people."
Sun Zhuangyuan was angry, "I have a precious status, but I can't slander the Sun family."
Gu Jiu raised his hand to signal to the other party to be safe and restless.
"Mr. Sun listened to this palace in detail. The Sun family has existed in the world for hundreds of years, has been living in a group, and has achieved great success, becoming the world's leading family. With the Sun family as an example, everyone in the world will follow suit."
"This is rare and evil?" Sun Zhuangyuan's soul tortured.
Gu Jiu affirmed: "Of course it is evil, or a great evil. Nowadays, the same surname Lianzong is popular among the people. It is not an ancestor, and it must be twisted together to engage in the same clan and clan. The power of the family is gathered together to exclude outsiders.
As long as there are a few promising figures in the family, within 20 years, this family will become a local powerhouse, not only forcing the good into slaves and occupying good land, but also powerful enough to compete with the local government. When the government acts, it must first ask the opinions of these families.
Ever since, the strong are always strong and the weak are always weak. What can ordinary people, or small families, do? They can only succumb to the big family, become vassals, and offer refuge one after another. If things go on like this, the world will end sooner or later. You say, is this evil? "
Sun Zhuangyuan frowned, "Being in the family, not since the Sun's family, but since ancient times."
Gu Jiu smiled, "Yet, your grandson family is the most successful big family in the world. Who doesn't envy the power of the family. There is a saying among the folks that if you have a daughter as your grandson, you should marry your granddaughter. The majesty and prestige. A word from your Sun family in the local area is more effective than the official will of your majesty.
The Sun family's ancestral home in Dingzhou, from officials to officials, has long been monopolized by the Sun family and their relatives. Any official who goes to Dingzhou to become an official will have to look at your grandsons and act.
It is not so much that the imperial court is running Dingzhou, it is better to say that the Sun family is running Dingzhou. Dingzhou is rich in land, but the tax revenue is decreasing year by year. I don't believe that Mr. Sun doesn't know the famous people in it. "
Sun Zhuangyuan said in a cold sweat, "Every state and government in the world has this drawback, not only Dingzhou."
Gu Jiu sneered, "However, it is your Sun family that has set a bad example for the people of the world. The success of the Sun family has stimulated the world to follow suit. Looking at this world, in another fifty years, each county, each The state capital, I am afraid, will be controlled by clan power. The power of the court is getting weaker and weaker and the tax revenue is getting less and less.
Dare to ask, will it be the clan world or the dynasty world? The clan has eaten the local population and taxes, has it given back to the place? When the court was at war, did the clan contribute a penny, a grain of grain?
The court runs, and the money and food come from the small people. However, Xiaomin not only has to bear taxes and corvee, but also endure the oppression and exploitation of the powerful local clans. This is not evil, what is it? "
Sun Zhuangyuan was short of breath and flushed.
He said eagerly: "The clan has become a trend and cannot be violated. Does the empress want to go against the trend?"
Gu Jiu smiled silently.
Sun Zhuangyuan also said: "The clan is the foundation of the place, and the foundation is unshakable. The Sun family has evil, but the Sun family has always restrained the children of the clan and dare not harm the neighbors."
Gu Jiu sneered and said, "How long has Mr. Sun not been back to Dingzhou? Five years, ten years, or twenty years? Do you know what Dingzhou looks like today?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Zhong carried a basket of materials into the tea room.
Gu Jiu pointed to Luokun, "There are all the evidence of your Sun family's guilt against your neighbors. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Would you like to open it and see what your people have done over the years? ."