Chapter Seventy-Eight: Longjing Tea The reason why Xiao Yu opposed the Tang Dynasty's conquest of Goguryeo was for no other reason than because he was also from a family.
He came from the Lanling Xiao family, a originated in the period of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, inherited for thousands of years, endured, produced more than 30 prime ministers, 21 (plus the West Liang and Hou Liang are a total of 27) The super family of emperors, and Langya Wang, Chenjun Xie, Chenjun Yuan, Lanling Xiao, and called 'Wang Xie Yuan Xiao', the momentum was no worse than today's seven sects and five surnames.
Although in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, with the killing of Xiao Miao, the Xiao family declined, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and the Xiao family was no less than the seven sects and five surnames.
It's just that Xiao Mo was called the emperor after all, and he was killed by the Tang Dynasty, so he became low-key, which does not mean that their power is not strong.
After several suppressions, Xiao Yu has become a little transparent in the court, even if Li Shimin suppresses the family, he will pretend not to see it.
But this time it won't work, because Xiao Yu also saw Li Shimin's plan - the inside must be settled outside, and he is ready to do it inside after the external threat is extinguished.
Who are the internal enemies of Datang?
The first one is definitely the Maison.
As representatives of the family, the seven clans and five surnames will definitely attract the first wave of firepower.
But under Li Zhen's operation, the battle for Silver Island has developed to its peak, and the background of all participants has been opened to Lingnan, and the atmosphere in Lingnan has been suppressed to the extreme, like a powder keg, now it only takes a small spark to ignite it, and then the powder keg that explodes will destroy everything.
But no matter how powerful this powder keg is, when it explodes, there is only one result, and that is to become a fish on the chopping board to be slaughtered.
As the rival of the family, how could the imperial court let go of this opportunity?
The group of old foxes in the middle of the court will definitely kill the seven sects and five surnames.
And then what?
The family is not just seven clans and five surnames, after them, there are also hidden Pei family, Dou family, Xiao family, Wei family, Yang family, the relics of the previous dynasty, and so on, these families will become the target of the imperial court.
Especially the top few, none of these clans is worse than the seven clans and five surnames, but they know how to keep a low profile, and they are not as jumpy as the seven clans and five surnames, not only controlling the court and the locality, but even not giving the emperor's face, but also mocking him when Li Shimin asked for marriage.
It's just low-key and low-key, but this doesn't mean that they won't cause the emperor's jealousy, as long as the seven sects and five surnames are killed, Li Shimin's next goal is not to think about it at all, it must be their families, and what's worse is that these families want to keep a low profile, so although the background is not inferior to the seven sects and five surnames, but the strength is a lot worse after all, if the court really targets them, they are afraid that they will not even have the strength to resist.
Therefore, for the survival and continuation of his family, Xiao Yu had to stand up and oppose the Goguryeo strategy of the imperial court.
But he only objected a little, and after the opposition was ineffective, he did not make small moves in secret, let alone pass the news to Goguryeo.
However, the people didn't know, they saw Xiao Yu's name on the newspaper, thinking that he was also involved in this matter, and at that time, a few hot-blooded rangers gathered together, ready to give Xiao Yu a ruthless - kill definitely not dare, Xiao Yu is a prince after all, and dying is a big deal, but it is no problem to teach him a lesson.
So Xiao Yu was unlucky, and on the afternoon of the newspaper's publication, Xiao Yu came to the teahouse he came to drink tea most often.
In the past, every time he came, he would be greeted by warm men into the box he was most familiar with, but today, after he came in, not only did no one come to entertain him, but the guests in the teahouse looked at him a little strangely, and some people pointed at him and whispered.
As soon as he set his gaze on him, he immediately pretended to be nothing and continued to drink tea.
Seeing this, Xiao Yu also smiled bitterly, he knew too well why he was treated like today, it was the newspaper this morning.
He also heard about the fact that several colleagues were rectified today, but he never thought that he would also be regarded as a traitor and traitor.
Thinking of the newspaper, Xiao Yu thinks about it now, it can be said that she loves and hates, of course, love is before today, and hate is naturally the feeling after today.
Xiao Yu was also aggrieved in his heart, he obviously just stood up and objected to a few words, how did he become a heinous traitor?
Although he has selfish intentions, but going to Goguryeo is indeed a waste of money and labor, right?
If you lose, it's even more humiliating.
"Shopkeeper, bring me a pot of dragon well."
Speaking of Longjing tea, Xiao Yu thought of King Yue, speaking of which this tea was made by King Yue, the tea before him was to add mutton fat, milk, salt, pepper, etc., all kinds of ingredients - said to be tea, in fact, it is no different from soup, so at that time there was another name for drinking tea, called eating tea, because there are many things in the tea that can be eaten, such as dried fruits, candied fruits, meat......
But after all, this is something that has been passed down for thousands of years, everyone drinks it like this, and they have long been used to it, at most, they have worked the tea brewing techniques and ingredients, and no one has tried another way to drink it.
Then Li Zhen came, and he seemed to hate boiling tea very much, so he invented fried tea......
To be honest, after Xiao Yu drank the first sip of the tea, his first feeling was that he had been in vain all these years, and what had he drunk for the first half of his life?
Not only Xiao Yu, but all the people who have drunk tea have this feeling, including the emperor and empress.
So under the propaganda of the emperor and the empress and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the upper is good, and the lower will be effective, and the whole Tang Dynasty quickly spread the method of drinking fried tea, and the method of making tea quickly spread to the world, although some people still love to boil tea, but because of the simple brewing, delicious taste, it is easier to be accepted by the people, and has become the mainstream of the world.
And Li Zhen, the king of Yue, also made a fortune again because of his unique roasted tea technology - worthy of being a small god of wealth, he can really make money by doing anything.
Just as Xiao Yu was thinking this, the shopkeeper came over with a pot of brewed Longjing: "Master Xiao, your Longjing tea." ” "Well, sure enough, the tea is no more than Longjing, and the wine is no more than five grains."
After taking a sip of fragrant tea, I only felt that my lips and teeth were fragrant, and Xiao Yu's depressed mood seemed to be much better.
Longjing tea is naturally Li Zhen's handwriting, of course he knows how good Longjing tea is, it can be called unparalleled in the world, as early as ten years ago, the West Lake has occupied that place, and built it into his own excellent tea production base.
Since the tea spread all over the world, the price of Longjing green tea has naturally skyrocketed, so that there are rich businessmen who want to buy Longjing in the downtown with thousands of gold, but they can't buy a penny, which is absolutely priceless.