243 left, the eldest son returned with force

Since the survival of Dongling is at stake, the Ninth Prince must of course do his duty. Now is not the time for chaos, and Dongling Jiu will not allow the four countries to fall into chaos at this time.

"Don't worry, I'm here for everything. There will be no chaos in this world." It doesn't matter if you worry for a while. Feng Qingchen's injury has almost healed. Today may be his last day to visit the Feng Mansion at night.

"I'm not worried. Whether the world is in chaos or not, it has nothing to do with a little girl like me." Feng Qingchen actually wanted to say that she would only applaud if Dongling destroyed the country, but because of the identity of the person next to her, she swallowed the words.

Not wanting to say anything more to Dong Ling Jiu, Feng Qingchen closed her eyes and ignored the man. Anyway, the man would leave when she fell asleep.

Just like usual, after Feng Qingchen fell asleep, Dong Lingjiu tucked her in before leaving.

The Ninth Prince's Mansion was so quiet that it seemed as if no one lived there. After walking for half a day, Dong Lingjiu didn't meet anyone. He was very satisfied with this: "Go, bring the person here."

"Yes." Although there seemed to be no one there, every corner was guarded by experts. As long as the Ninth Prince said a word, the people in the dark would execute it immediately.

The Ninth Prince's Palace is more solid than the Imperial Palace, and no one can enter easily.

"Ninth Uncle." The person who came was Zhou Xing, whom Feng Qingchen mentioned every day.

The Ninth Prince didn't even raise his eyelids. He took out an envelope from the desk and placed it on the table: "Here is what you want."

Zhou Xing's eyes lit up and his breathing quickened. He wished he could rush forward and grab the envelope right now. Of course, he knew very well that even if he got it, he could not leave the Ninth Prince's Mansion. Zhou Xing tried his best to restrain himself: "Why?" Why should I help him.

"This is my business." Since Zhou Xing came in, the Ninth Prince did not raise his eyes to look at Zhou Xing: "I will send someone to escort you to Nanling. Once you get to Nanling, it will depend on your own ability."

After Dong Lingjiu finished his instructions, he turned and left, leaving Zhou Xing with a proud back.

Zhou Xing, the son of the late Queen of Nanling, was the eldest prince of Dongling. With such an identity, he had the ability to compete in Nanling even without powerful supporters.

The second prince of Nanling, Nanling Jinfan, has the support of the Su family, but so what? Nanling is not dominated by the Su family alone.

As soon as Nanling Jinxing arrives in Nanling, Nanling will inevitably be in civil strife. How can Nanling have the energy to deal with Dongling at that time? As for Beiling, it does not have the ability to attack Dongling for the time being; and what about Xiling?

If Xiling wants to attack Dongling, it must first seek permission from Nanling and Beiling, or the two countries can join forces. Originally, the three countries could have joined forces, but Nanling could not do so, as Nanling would have been exhausted by internal strife in the next few years.

Xiling and Beiling join forces?

Dong Jiuling smiled. This would never be possible because he would not allow it.

After arranging Zhou Xing's affairs, someone came to report that Xiling Tianlei had an argument with Princess Yaohua, and Xiling Tianlei's wound, which was about to heal, split open again. Fortunately, it was not particularly serious.

After hearing this, the Ninth Prince sighed and said, "What a pity!"

Plans cannot keep up with changes. Sun Zhengdao had just made all the arrangements and was about to take action when something like this happened again. Xiling Tianlei escaped. It seems that there is no way to replace the crown prince of Xiling.

"What are you arguing about?" Xiling Yaohua never dared to resist Xiling Tianlei, and the Ninth Prince knew this well.

"Prince Xiling wants Princess Yaohua to marry you, Your Highness, but Princess Yaohua disagrees." There was some anger in the black-clothed man's voice as he reported.

His prince is a noble, elegant, and immortal figure, yet Xiling Yaohua refuses to marry him. She is really short-sighted.

"Got it." Dong Lingjiu nodded, indicating that he understood.

Xiling Tianlei is really confident and really thinks that his words are final in Dongling.

Seeing that the man in black was still not leaving, Dong Lingjiu asked again, "Anything else?"

The man in black hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the eldest son of the Wang family will return to the city tomorrow."

"Okay, step back." Dong Lingjiu had known about this for a long time, and he admired Wang Jinling very much.

During this period of time, Wang Jinling was away and enjoyed great success. No matter which city he arrived in, the other party would welcome him when they heard that he was the eldest son of the Wang family. They would try to win him over, form alliances with him, and support him. The branches of the Wang family far away in other cities also united with the main family.

The emperor was very dissatisfied with the Wang family because of Wang Jinling's help to Feng Qingchen to meet Prince Su. During this period, all the officials of the Wang family were implicated and demoted one after another.

Unfortunately, the emperor was unable to show his strength. He demoted officials from the royal family and had to promote aristocratic families such as the Xie, Wen, and Zheng families.

It’s not that the emperor is compromising with the aristocratic families, but that the emperor has no one to use and can only use the children of the aristocratic families.

You mean children from poor families?

The emperor wanted to use it, but unfortunately he couldn't. Few of the children from poor families were literate, and those who could only read were only average. Besides, if the children from poor families wanted to make a name for themselves and become officials, they had to get recommendations from aristocratic families or powerful people.

You mean the imperial examination? Sorry, there was no such system at that time. Even if there was, how could those poor children who struggled for a living every day compete with the children of the aristocratic families who received the best education since birth?

A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son will dig holes. This saying is true. Children from poor families rarely have the opportunity to go to school. Even if there are some, they can only rely on wealthy families and the powerful.

Without the recommendation of the officials below, how could a talented young man from a poor family have the opportunity to appear before the emperor? And how would the emperor know who is talented and who is not?

Therefore, the emperor is troubled by the aristocratic families. He wants to suppress them, but he cannot do without them. After all, no matter how capable the emperor is, he cannot do everything by himself.

The emperor had previously sent people to search for talented young men from poor families. Of course, there were some people of high moral character, but most of them...

Alas... the children of wealthy and powerful families are born into wealth, which means that most of them are not short of money, and their superiors and colleagues are mostly relatives of theirs, so it is easier for them to get promoted.

What the children of aristocratic families want is power, what they want is to make a profit for their family, what they want is to be remembered in history, and what they want is a long-term life.

The children of aristocratic families will at most use the power in their hands for the benefit of their family. They will not exploit the common people. They can use their power to make money legitimately without taking the risk of corruption.

Besides, even if they wanted to embezzle, they wouldn’t have the guts to do so. If the family members found out that a disciple was corrupt, they would definitely punish him severely, and even his descendants would be severely punished.

In the eyes of the aristocratic families, this is something that destroys the family's reputation. The thousand-year-old aristocratic families care most about their reputation, and they will never let it go once they discover it.

But what about children from poor families?

Once you jump over the dragon gate, all the relatives and friends will come to climb up. They want benefits from this and that. Besides, unless you have a very strong character and can endure poverty, corruption and bribery will be common as long as someone plots against you.

After all, the children of noble families in officialdom are all wealthy and well-dressed. If you are shabby, not only will they look down on you, but even if they do look up to you, you will feel inferior after a long time.

Many officials from poor families would make a large sum of money in Dongling, then flee to another country or city, donate money to buy an identity, and become a rich man.

Children of aristocratic families generally don't do this. Their roots are here, and they come from wealthy and noble families. If they do this, they will not only be expelled from their family, but they may not be valued if they go to another country.

Also, the clan would never allow the existence of such people who would ruin the family's reputation. Before, the entire Kyushu continent was unified, and the big families had branches in various places. Now that the Kyushu continent is divided into pieces, those branches are still there and have become local people.

Just like the Wang family, except for the main family in Dongling, there are members of the Wang family in Nanling, Xiling, Yecheng and other places, but the Dongling Wang family is their root, and the main family is in Dongling.

These Wang family members usually don't have any contact with each other, nor do they communicate with each other. Although they all have the surname Wang, they serve different masters. But if the clan orders to eliminate anyone who has ruined the reputation of the Wang family, they will definitely help.

The power of the clan is very great. Once the children of aristocratic families are kicked out of the family, they will lose the protection of the family and will not be supported by the family. In the future, they can only rely on the big family to have the possibility of becoming an official, just like the children of poor people.

This is why the Sun family said they would expel them from the Sun family in order to force Sun Yici to submit.

The system of aristocratic families has its advantages, but it also has many disadvantages. After all, human hearts are unpredictable. In addition, there are many people in the aristocratic families, and supporting them is a considerable expense. The competition within the aristocratic families is also fierce.

Although there are many children from aristocratic families, not all of them are good. Since they don't have to worry about food and oil, they have raised a bunch of playboys. Aristocratic families are gradually declining.

The Wang family, as the head of the aristocratic families, is most obvious in this regard. The head of the Wang family, Wang Su, has put in a lot of effort to support the entire Wang family. Fortunately, Wang Jinling's eyes can see again. Wang Jinling's talent is far superior to that of his father, and he is also the most satisfactory family member of the Wang family.

Wang Jinling is a person who is popular wherever he is. Some time ago, the emperor suppressed the Wang family and Wang Jinling was forced to leave the family. Wasn't this a threat to the emperor?

If you suppress my Wang family, my Wang family will let you see how popular the Wang family is in the Kyushu Continent. If you provoke my Wang family, we will move away with our entire family. Then we will see who will suffer more.

The Wang family is loyal to the royal family, not the Dongling clan. In their view, whoever becomes emperor has nothing to do with them, as long as it does not affect the power and status of the aristocratic family, they will be loyal to whoever becomes emperor.

The Lan family of the previous dynasty, the Dongling family of the current dynasty, and the Wang family never cared about the change of imperial power. They still stayed in their positions and did what they were supposed to do.

Some people may despise the Wang family's behavior and think that they have no character, but on the other hand, this is also a manifestation of character. They are loyal to this land and to the people of the world. Does it matter who the emperor is?

Of course, Wang Jinling's move was just a threat. The Wang family could not move. This was just a struggle for power.

In the struggle for power, if you don't advance, you will retreat. The Wang family is fighting back, and the emperor has to compromise, but he is dissatisfied with the aristocratic families again.

Although he was dissatisfied, he could not eradicate the noble families. Before he unified the country, the emperor would not easily touch the noble families. After all, without the noble families such as Wang and Xie, there would be other families. The emperor would always need to employ people. As long as the emperor had the ability to control them, it didn't matter who he employed...

A word to readers: I don’t have time to write during the daytime because I’m at work. I write them all at night and publish them regularly. I hope you can see them sooner. PS: Ah Cai has a cold, a splitting headache, and I want to die... It’s so uncomfortable!