Chapter 1: The Lingnan Rebellion Time flies, and the previous chapter was about the end of January, the affairs of Chang'an City, and this chapter came to April of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan.
Today, the situation in the world has changed again.
Lingnan, after nearly half a year of fire, the ownership of Yindao finally settled - after the initial separate war, the major families found that they could not do Buddhism and Confucianism by themselves.
Especially in the later period, the power of Buddhism and Confucianism was completely stimulated, and several great families were almost pressed to the ground and rubbed.
Realizing that if they didn't make a change, they would be killed, and they began to think about the next path and quickly made a decision.
First of all, the elders of the major families met with each other a few times, and after a short negotiation, the families united again.
And this time the family alliance is even more terrifying, because this time the family alliance is not only the Cui (two) Wang Zheng and Li five families, but also the Dou family, the Pei family and other hidden wealthy families, plus several wealthy families in the south are also involved, after the union again, the power of the family alliance is stronger than before.
Many families united, this has the strength to fight hard with Buddhism and Confucianism, and finally the tens of thousands of elites of Buddhism are all down, and the elite of Confucianism in the Spring and Autumn Pavilion was also lost in the final battle, coupled with the suppression of the imperial court intentionally or unintentionally, Buddhism and Confucianism will usher in a period of emptiness for at least ten years.
If the imperial court beats the water dogs in this decade, or supports other sects to squeeze the living space of the two major forces, such as Taoism and Legalism......
Maybe both of these will not improve in a hundred years.
In short, after the final battle, Buddhism and Confucianism withdrew from the battle for Silver Island, but the matter was not over.
Because as I said before, the family is a very selfish group, and for their own selfish interests, they can even betray the country, let alone the so-called alliance that is now just a piece of paper?
The family alliance is just a group of people who report to the group at a critical juncture, not to mention whether they are willing to enjoy the profits of Silver Island with others, it is said that the family is not a group of harmony, not only is it not a group of harmony, and even some families are still feuding with each other.
Now that the external enemy has been defeated, it is naturally the turn of the internal contradictions to be resolved.
Therefore, after the son of the Dou family drunkenly beat a descendant of the Boling Cui clan to death, the Boling Cui clan and the Dou clan took the lead in firing, igniting the conflict within the family, and then the major families began to fight each other, and after killing the opponent, they would find an opponent to fight......
In just half a month, the family alliance, which was so huge that even the Tang Dynasty Imperial Court was very jealous, completely fell apart.
But the end result surprised everyone.
Because in the end, it was not the seven sects and five surnames that were pinned on high hopes, nor the hidden Dou family or the Pei family, nor the Jiangnan wealthy clans who have been in charge of the south since the Wuhu Rebellion, but a force that no one thought of - Hongnong Yang clan.
Hongnong Yang everyone knows, because the former Sui royal family, is from this family, since the Western Han Dynasty, this family has been active in the Chinese political arena, and endured - the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuan family is known as the fourth world and the third duke, but everyone does not know that Hongnong Yang is also known as the "fourth world and three dukes", this is the best portrayal, if the Yang family is willing to stand up, it will be able to fight with the Yuan family.
For thousands of years, this family has never decayed, and romantic characters have emerged in an endless stream.
Even after the fall of the former Sui Dynasty, this family did not decline, but just hidden, and even tried to hide and control the Tang Dynasty by supporting Li Ke, the king of Wu.
It's a pity that this plan was thwarted by the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Ke died unjustly, Li Su was exiled, and the Yang family lurked again and did not ask about the world, but they also escaped several catastrophes, and the Huangchao Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty did not completely destroy their inheritance.
Until the Song Dynasty, there were still Hongnong Yang clansmen who shone brightly and were active in the political arena of the Great Song Dynasty - such as Yang Wanli, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, who wrote the sentence 'The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red in the sun' was written by him.
It's just that although the Yang family is strong, they are the most reassuring family for everyone, because it is now the Tang Dynasty, and the surname of the head of the family is Li, and their country happened to be snatched back from the Yang family.
As a former enemy, the Yang clan faced the increasingly powerful Tang Dynasty, and the first priority was to protect themselves, not to jump out and go against the Tang Dynasty, in fact, they did this, it was their dormancy, so the Li royal family did not kill them all, as long as they did not become demons in the future, they basically would not trouble them.
Therefore, although the previous battle for Silver Island was very fierce, the Yang clan was not taken into account by the major forces, and if the Yang clan jumped out at this time, they did not think that the imperial court would let go of this former opponent.
However, it was this family that no one thought was a threat, but at the end of the battle for Silver Island, they intervened - how could the major families that had fought hard before be the opponent of the Hongnong Yang family, who was waiting for work?
Under the attack of the soldiers raised by the Yang family, the remnants of the family were not their enemies at all, and they were directly killed by the Yang family, losing the ownership of the silver island, and the silver lead was able to fall into the hands of the Yang family.
But the good fortune of the Yang clan did not last long, just when they bought mining tools, recruited good manpower, and prepared to go to sea to mine silver mines, a team of black-clothed men attacked their station, and most of the five thousand Yang soldiers were killed and wounded.
The Yang family wanted to cry without tears, and they jumped out this time, naturally to support their heirs, and then re-emerge through many schemes, at least to rule with the Tang Dynasty.
And Silver Island is their confidence, as long as Silver Island is in hand, as long as Silver Island is mined, what do they want?
For this reason, they forcibly endured the temptation in their hearts, and endured it until the major families were exhausted, and then they came out with a thunderous momentum, cutting through the chaos quickly, and neatly leveling the major families.
However, as the saying goes, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and they didn't expect that when they were calculating the family, they would dare to become the prey in the eyes of others.
Not only did the soldiers suffer heavy casualties, but more importantly, they jumped out at this time and successfully attracted the attention of Datang - then there is no need to think about it, they must face the ruthless strangulation of Datang's elites.
The Yang family is dead, but before they die, they must find out, who is the yin of them?