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"Oh, right."

The emperor suddenly remembered something: "Wang Chuzhong's people should have told you the story of Sima Zhengdu creating a demon disaster and bringing disaster to the Central Plains, right?"

"I don't believe a word I say." Cheng Jinyang quickly expressed his loyalty. There is only one sun in my heart, Your Majesty.

"Well, actually what he said is true." The emperor said.

Cheng Jinyang:? ? ?

Is it okay if the emperor personally deceives his master and destroys his ancestors?

"However, selectively revealing the truth is no different from lying." The emperor continued, "Wang Chuzhong only tells you that it was Sima Zhengdu who caused the catastrophe."

"But I didn't tell you that before the great catastrophe, the power of aristocratic families had already shown signs of rising. The ancestral motto of Emperor Gaozu Xuan was to 'raise up poor families', but the rise of the power of poor families was far less rapid than the expansion of the power of aristocratic families, especially with supernatural powers. The development of bloodline has greatly aggravated this imbalance."

"The most fatal thing is the loss of the royal family's advanced productivity. Before Sima Zhengdu, cutting-edge technology had always been in the hands of the Sima family. The imperial business enterprises provided a large amount of profits to the Sima family, and a large portion of these profits would be fed back. Go to scientific and technological research, and the excess will be used to support the social welfare system.”

"However, the proliferation of technology is inevitable, especially since there is no cost to display the superpower itself. As a result, many things that require investment in technology and resources can be completed more easily by the superpower family. By the time of Sima Zhengdu, the noble family The industry has eroded 70% of the market value of Huangshang Enterprises, once jeopardizing the survival of the Sima family itself."

Cheng Jinyang secretly thought that superpowers really didn't make sense. For example, Hejian Xing's mass effect directly reduces the weight of goods. One carriage of other trains can pull dozens of rolls of steel bars, but Xing's can pull hundreds or thousands of rolls. How can it compete with this cost?

Seeing that he had no reaction, the emperor chuckled and said:

"Do you think it's just the survival of the Sima family and has nothing to do with the world?"

"However, if the Sima family dies, how long can the emperor continue to support him? If the emperor changes his position and allows one of the five surnamed families to take over, what do you think the human world will look like? Cheng Jinyang, you are now a member of the Cheng family in the divine capital. As a clan leader, you should also know that when hiring people in aristocratic families, only people with the same surname will be given priority. How many commoners with different surnames are around you now?"

There were no common people with different surnames, but there were many young ladies of the opposite sex... Cheng Jinyang found that he could not refute, so he could only respond silently.

"The Sima family must never be proud of their bloodline. This is the ancestral motto of Emperor Gaozu Xuan." The emperor said sadly, "So when the family with supernatural powers arose, only the Sima family never drank blood and maintained the bloodline of ordinary humans. .”

"Because of this, under the rule of the Sima family, you can see many bureaucrats with civilian backgrounds, which is due to the ancestral precept of the great ancestor to 'uplift poor families'. However, the gentry class is different from the royal family. They themselves have a very strong exclusivity : If you don’t have supernatural bloodline, you will never be able to enter this class, so there is almost no circulation between the noble clan and the outside world. Even if there is circulation, it does not depend on your personal talents at all, but purely on your bloodline."

"Once the Sima family declines and the superpower family comes to power, then the common people will really never get ahead. If nothing else, you can find out how many descendants of the aristocratic family and how many common people are there in Wang Chuzhong's current camp? Compare it with Jiankang and you will get the answer."

"The world that Wang Chuzhong pursues is the world that the Wang family of Taiyuan is responsible for ruling, and other noble families guard and rule, that is, the world of the super-powerful families. There will be no way out for ordinary civilians, and there will be no way out for poor families. You are from a poor family. Born in a poor family, you should have experienced the hardships of survival. If most people are destined to live such a life from birth, do you think there is still hope for such a world?

"Sima Zhengdu, precisely to avoid such an outcome, took the risk to promote experimental vaccination on a large scale, hoping to break the barrier of blood circulation only among noble families, so that ordinary civilians can also gain the power to fight for status... Of course he failed Instead, it created monsters like monsters, which eventually led to the collapse of half of the country."

"I will not deny Sima Zhengdu's guilt. Even if his original intentions were good, he did bring serious disasters to the world. However, Emperor Xuan once said, 'Things must be viewed dialectically, and people's merits and demerits must be evaluated. Separate'. If Sima Zhengdu is said to be a heinous person by nature, and further blames the entire Sima family, I do not agree with this."

"Because of Sima Zhengdu's fault, we deny his original intention and even use it to argue that 'the common people cannot gain power'. This is the so-called overkill. The nobles may be willing to promote such public opinion, but I absolutely do not Will give in."

Having said this, the emperor seemed a little tired and said with a smile:

"Of course, following the split and rebellion within the Cheng family in the previous city of God, the remaining people are all loyal people. You don't need to say more, I know it in my heart."

"Cheng Ben and the old patriarch have passed away, and the status of the Cheng family in the divine capital is in jeopardy. In normal times, this might be a little troublesome, but now is a time of war, and even Wang Maohong has compromised with me. You don't have to worry in the short term. The Cheng family will be expelled from the family."

"I am grateful to you, Your Majesty." Cheng Jinyang said quickly.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. The relationship between the Cheng family and the Sima family in the city of God is not a secret." The emperor interrupted his thanks. "After this incident, Wang Maohong will definitely become suspicious of your relationship with the royal family, and he will probably take revenge." Time will test you. You know how to answer."

"By the way, you seem to have a close relationship with his daughter Wang Wanrou?"

"This..." Cheng Jinyang was speechless, and after a while he said, "They are just friends."

"Well, girls with the fifth surname are not easy to come by for you, and they are definitely not a good match. Even if you overcome all difficulties and marry Wang Wanrou, it will only make the Cheng family in the capital of God one of the many vassals of the Wang family in Taiyuan." The emperor said As a reminder, he said, "Hejian Xing family's Xing Yuanzhi is more suitable for you. But since the death of Cheng Ben and the old patriarch, Uncle Xing may not be willing to promise the Xing family Qingfeng to you anymore."

"However, in fact, you don't have to choose your spouse within the circle of aristocratic families." He suddenly changed his voice and said, "How about my Princess Nankang? Although she is a descendant of the Sima family, she has some blood of the Yanling Yu family. You don’t have to worry about your children’s bloodline growth being affected.”

Cheng Jinyang:? ? ?

Sister Xinnan is indeed white, big and long... No, I mean gentle and reliable. But why did this cheap father-in-law suddenly start promoting my daughter to me? Too fast, too fast!

"Don't you like her? What about my Princess Luling?" The emperor continued to ask jokingly, "If you don't like someone older than yourself, she is also a good choice, and it will not affect the relationship between you and Nankang. Relationship."

"Chen..." Cheng Jinyang was sweating from behind. He had no idea whether the emperor was sincere at this time, or was testing, or simply joking, "I haven't thought about marriage yet..."

"Really?" The emperor was a little less interested, "Then you can think about it slowly after you go back."

"In addition, there is no need to call yourself a minister anymore. You are not my minister, but my descendant. There is no need to be so outspoken. If you want to visit me in the future, you can come through the east gate at any time."