Chapter 1009 Conflict and Contradiction
"Roar" Tuanzi roared angrily, and the black and white light surging in his body turned into a torrent, rushing out from the bear's paw.
The female leader, whose thinking was blinded by stereotypes, suffered a great loss in an instant and was knocked to the ground by the black and white torrent.
You have to know that the strongest part of the iron-eating beast that Chi You rides is its physique. Ordinary people cannot withstand a single blow from its claws, but its only weakness to counterattacks is its physique.
That's why he was entangled by Huangdi's mount, the yellow dragon, and was surrounded and defeated.
"Roar!" Tuanzi was very happy to see the female leader being humiliated. Then the yin and yang energies in his hands rolled continuously and turned into a huge millstone that pressed the female leader to the ground.
"Tuanzi!" Guo Hao arrived in time and swung the Tianlong City-Breaking Halberd in his hand, defeating Tuanzi's Yin-Yang Millstone and freeing the female leader, stopping the female leader's outburst and Tuanzi's further attack.
If the two of them really started fighting, the palace would be overturned, and the loss would be too great.
"You actually have the inheritance of Chiyou!" The female leader couldn't believe it. It was simply impossible for a person to get the dual recognition of Huangdi and Chiyou at the same time.
"Lucky, lucky!"
Just as Guo Hao was dealing with the female leader, Tuanzi became smaller and lay on Guo Hao's legs, with her big watery eyes full of grievance.
"Okay, okay, you didn't suffer any loss, so stop acting cute!" Guo Hao picked up Tuanzi helplessly and said goodbye to the female leader. It would be better to separate the two for the time being.
At least we have to wait until the Yulin Army recovers so that there will be clouds in the palace to suppress the aftermath of the battle.
Otherwise, a fight between two realm-breaking masters would be enough to turn the magnificent palace into ruins.
"Princess...Your Highness, can you tell me about this person?" The female leader pondered for a while and asked, pointing at Guo Hao's receding figure.
To be recognized by both Chiyou and Huangdi at the same time was simply a fantasy in his opinion.
But the Xuan-Yuan Sword, the Tianlong City-Breaking Halberd, and the Iron-Eating Beast are right there. No one would believe that Guo Hao is not recognized.
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Chen Xi and others did not intend to know much about what happened in the palace. Even though there was an outburst of shocking momentum, everyone had blind confidence in Guo Hao. They thought that the two of them were just two realm breakers and could not cause any trouble in Luoyang.
"Did anything happen in Shanglinyuan before?" After Chen Xi returned home, Chen Lan felt much more at ease seeing that Chen Xi was safe and sound. After all, Chen Lan saw the mushroom cloud very clearly before.
She regretted not going with Cai Wenji, so that even if she died, she could die with Chen Xi.
"Well, the Ji family's summoning ritual encountered a group of unlucky kids and there were some minor problems. Fortunately, we were well prepared and nothing happened." Chen Xi couldn't help laughing dryly when he thought of the terrible scene and said, "So don't worry, it's just a small accident."
Chen Lan felt a little helpless when she heard this. How could such a big commotion be considered a small accident? But as long as Chen Xi was okay, Chen Lan would always believe Chen Xi's excuses as long as he came back intact.
"Dinner is prepared. Do you want to eat together?" Chen Lan asked with a smile.
"Of course, today was a rough day!" Chen Xi had an expression that showed he couldn't bear to look back.
Han Xin and Bai Qi were both smart men. He tried to pass the blame on for a long time but failed. He could only take charge of the command and settle the subsequent issues himself.
By the way, he also estimated how much materials and manpower would be needed to build a new building. Since he had promised Liu Ying, he had no intention of going back on his word.
"It's time for the New Year's meeting again. I always feel that time is passing faster and faster." Chen Xi said with a sigh. He really felt that time at home passed too quickly and was gone in a flash.
"This is my husband 's business." Chen Lan said with a smile, "Because my husband has too many things on his mind, but I think my husband should be ready for everything!"
Chen Xi smiled upon hearing this, but said nothing. His wife, Chen Lan, was always the most peaceful and calm. "That's true. I've already made preparations!"
"I just hope that the world is ready!" Chen Xi's eyes were deep, as if he had seen the future.
On the other hand, the major families were organizing social gatherings. They were different from the various schools of thought. The various schools of thought were destined to develop based on the Han Dynasty.
Most of them have already decided to go out and try their best to win an imperial throne for their descendants.
To be honest, for a noble family that has reached this point, the only thing left is to pursue one thing, and that is to become emperor and dominate the world.
After all, if the Liu family can do it, they can do it too.
Just like what the Yuan family did back then, they were all accomplices at the time. It would be strange if they didn't have any thoughts in their minds. It was a pity that the Sun and Moon twin pillars suddenly appeared and suppressed them directly.
All the noble families who jumped happily back then have been killed, and those who are left have no intention of jumping again.
There is no hope internally, and the only thing left is the path opened up by Chen Xi for them, to develop externally, to recreate the glory of their ancestors, to expand territory and establish their own country directly along the old path.
The accident at Shanglin Garden also served as a reminder to all the major aristocratic families that being less reckless can really prolong their lives, but if they don't, they are no longer aristocratic families. So after coming out of Shanglin Garden, the major aristocratic families took the initiative to communicate with each other. Even if they really thought that the Ji family had an amazing background at the beginning, they actually have a better idea of the situation now.
That complicated etched foundation was not created by the Ji family at all, but was the product of the efforts of various families, a hodgepodge of things that possessed the characteristics of self-creation and self-derivation.
Although I don't know which specific steps cause the chemical reaction, it doesn't matter. I went to Shanglinyuan yesterday and we just communicated together. We all have the basics, so we can have a general idea by comparing them.
Therefore, in the end, a group of family leaders with their own thoughts opened a large private room in the restaurant to exchange their own research with each other, which was a harmonious coexistence. Even though there were inevitably some situations where they restrained each other due to different research directions, the two sides did not fight, but silently blacklisted each other.
Don't think I don't know that you are doing this to deal with us. We won't pretend anymore. This technology is not prepared for foreign enemies, but for you. You better take it!
However, even if one wants to stab the other person to death, one still has to maintain a harmonious atmosphere on the surface.
In short, beneath the harmonious surface, there is a lot of cliques and factions, and the behavior of sabotaging each other, probably from a certain perspective, this is the nature of the major families. Unity may have been an unattainable word for them from the very beginning.
The reason why they can now unite under Chen Xi's leadership is ultimately because Chen Xi can bring them greater benefits.
It's not like they didn't realize that they were stuck in a vicious circle, but what could they do? They had no way to resist and could only lie down and let Chen Xi play with them.
At the grand court meeting at the beginning of the year, Chen Lan woke up Chen Xi before dawn and changed Chen Xi into court clothes. Compared with the previous grand court meetings, which involved going to the Weiyang Palace in advance, things became much simpler after the reform.
Although Guo Hao realized that there would be no such thing as life without rituals, and that the order of the court and society still needed rituals to maintain, the overly complicated rituals were still modified.
For example, New Year gifts could have been transferred to Liu Ying in advance in the form of a gift list, thus saving a lot of unnecessary trouble.
For example, there are all kinds of problems such as comparison, corruption, etc.
"I feel that my husband looks much more imposing in court robes than in casual clothes." Chen Lan helped Chen Xi tidy up the front of his clothes. After smoothing it out, she took a few steps back, looked at Chen Xi and said with a smile.
"Because they wear less, and court robes are dignified. In fact, imperial robes are even more dignified." Chen Xi said with a smile, "You can come to Weiyang Palace for dinner in the evening."
Normally, at the beginning of the year, there would be a grand court meeting, when the emperor would meet with all the officials, and the empress or the queen dowager would receive the ladies of the court. However, Empress Dowager He had been a vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures for a long time, and there were too many historical issues left over, so it was not suitable for her to appear in person.
Therefore, it was Liu Ying who finally met all the ladies. It can be said that this was the busiest time of the year for Liu Ying.
During the day, she met with civil and military officials to discuss major events for the coming year. This was not a big deal. She could just close her eyes and listen to Chen Xi and Guo Hao give their speeches.
It is really troublesome to meet with the ladies of the court at night. I told them that they should take good care of the inner house and provide a better living environment for the people in the outer court. Then I asked them if they had any needs.
In short, Liu Ying was busy from dawn to dusk that day, but there was nothing she could do about it because there was no queen in the harem, or rather, she herself was a queen.
There was no empress dowager either. To be more precise, the real empress dowager was unable to do the work, which led to Liu Ying doing all these messy things alone, and she really didn't help.
Of course, this is the only time she suffers a loss every year, so Liu Ying can still withstand it. Besides, she also knows that this matter is relatively important, so she has no complaints.
During the Chinese New Year, we are always busy.
At daybreak, accompanied by the sound of bells, all officials quickly took their seats. Unlike previous court meetings, this time the meeting was held in the Zhaixing Pavilion.
After the Taichang had prepared a long time for the congratulatory speech which explained the situation over the past five years, the grand court meeting finally got to the point. The ministers and heads of the noble families present naturally turned their attention to Chen Xi. There was nothing to say, they came just for Chen Xi.
Chen Xi nodded upon seeing this and took out the prepared report. Unlike the first grand court meeting where he got straight to the point, this time there was a lot of content that needed to be covered first, which involved the completion of the previous five-year plan.
From grain output, cultivated land area, population size after the merger of villages and fortresses to the large ranches in the northern border, fisheries, and grain processing industry, Chen Xi gave accurate data one by one. It was terrifying data. Even the major families who had vaguely calculated the output of the Han Dynasty before were shocked at this time. The scale was too big, too big.
"The above is the part completed in the first five-year plan, which involves food security, population security, and the development of agricultural and sideline products and animal husbandry. Basically, the first five-year plan was completed in a way that slightly exceeded the target." Chen Xi closed the report and spoke calmly.
Chen Xi had an idea about these things from the beginning, because he knew how to do it and was also aware that there would be no obstacles. Therefore, as long as the national strength was concentrated, it would not be difficult to accomplish. It had not been accomplished before because few people had carried out national regulation on this scale.
In fact, Chen Xi was also quite pleased. Although it was called a five-year plan, the actual speed of completion far exceeded the standards he had set at the beginning.
In some aspects, soldiers with internal energy are actually no less efficient than machines, so Chen Xi plans to raise the goal of the second five-year plan again.
The ministers in the court were frantically using voice transmission to communicate with each other. They knew that the Han Dynasty was now in a strong foundation, but it was so strong that they couldn't help but start calculating the total share of their families in the country. Then they suddenly discovered that their share of these basic materials was already less than one third.
Once occupying more than 70% of the country's market share, after so many years of crazy development, their size has increased at an incredible rate, but when the final calculation was done, their share showed a huge drop.
The share of the aristocratic families has dropped below one-third, which means that the current situation has been brought under control, and the country's ability to control its economic base has been regained. The economic base determines many things, and it is obvious that according to the previous calculation method, the major aristocratic families now no longer have the ability to suppress the overall development of the country.
This discovery made many family heads feel bitter. They knew this was a vicious circle, but they had no way to get out of it.
Once you get off the bus, you will be quickly eliminated by the times.
Their size has almost increased several times compared to the past. If they get off the car, they dare not think about where they will slide to.
Thinking of this, the leaders of the major families, even old men like Chen Ji and Xun Shuang, all had complicated expressions. They had never thought that someone had reduced the proportion of the major families in the Han Dynasty through development without actively suppressing them, and had forcibly brought the huge share within a safe range.
This was simply like a joke, but this joke happened right before their eyes, and even the major families could not find the exact reason why they lost inexplicably.
But there was no way, they had no choice and no room to resist.
With Chen Xi holding a carrot in one hand and Guo Hao holding a stick in the other, they perfectly nipped all possibilities in the bud.
There are only two paths before them. One is to follow the Han Dynasty and rise to prominence, and then go out and fight for a bright future.
The other is a dead end, being eaten up by other families and exiting the stage of history.
The reason why they were able to develop so fast was closely related to the gaps left by those eliminated aristocratic families.
If those eliminated aristocratic families had not left behind a large profit gap, they would not be able to increase their size several times even if they took Chen Xi's express train.
Just as they divided the shares of those noble families, once they got off the bus and fell behind, their shares would also be divided up by other noble families.
Aristocratic families have never been a kind-hearted breed. They are ruthless and ruthless in nature. At most, they have a bottom line on this basis.
But once the benefits are too great, the bottom line is just a bottom line.
However, because of the existence of Jia Xu and Li Ru, these aristocratic families still abide by the bottom line, because those who cross it are already dead.
