After hearing Li Xin's words, Lord Fujun's expression changed slightly.

Now Li Xin is no longer the poor boy he took two years ago. Now, Marquis of Jing'an can be said to be the most popular person in the Taikang Dynasty. He even saw the emperor more times than the prime ministers of Shangshutai. What he said is very credible.

Li Ye looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice.

"What does Jing'an Hou mean?"

Li Xin smiled indifferently: "Does Lord Fujun still have any contact with Li's family in Zhaojun?"

"besides."

Li Ye's expression was slightly dark, and he lowered his head and said, "My father was born in the Li family of Zhao County. Although he later set up his own family, I still often go home to worship his ancestors over the years."

"The era of aristocratic families is about to pass."

Li Xin's voice was calm.

Before Emperor Wu, the five kingdoms in the world were united. At that time, the most noble one in the world was not necessarily the royal family of the five kingdoms, but the sons of these aristocratic families.

The lifespan of these aristocratic families can reach more than a thousand years, and the country will not perish. Each aristocratic family has a large reserve of talents. They monopolized knowledge and mastered the right to speak academically. This situation once reached its peak during the period when the Northern Zhou Dynasty was dominant.

How exaggerated was it at that time?

Zheng Gui, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, said that when his father came to the capital, the Jin Dynasty was still in the southern Jin Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor of the Ji family wanted to personally welcome the heads of these aristocratic families and regarded them as guests of honor.

This situation was broken by Emperor Wu.

At that time, the most powerful country in the world was the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so most of the aristocratic clans were officials in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Only a few families sent a few branches to the other four countries as officials, with the purpose of not putting eggs in a basket.

At that time, the two brothers of Li's family in Zhao County, Li Zhijie and Li Zhili, were separated from the Li's family in Zhao County and settled in Jinling.

Later, when the war was about to begin, Emperor Wu did not even dare to use Li Zhijie, a family-born person to attack Northern Zhou, but instead opposed the public and used Ye Sheng's "mud legs."

Then, Old Man Ye used a large gun to break the seemingly huge and mighty Northern Zhou Dynasty.

This is the prelude to the decline of the clan.

After that, although the power of these aristocratic races was greatly weakened, they did not suffer a fatal blow. After all, after the Great Jin unified the world, they still adopted a policy of gentleness against these aristocratic races.

The real fatal thing is the scientific examination.

The scientific examination is actually a new thing. Only the Southern Jin Dynasty, where the literary style is popular, would be used for scientific examinations. Most of the Northern Zhou and Southern Shu people choose officials from the aristocratic clans, and basically no exams are needed.

However, after the Great Jin unified the world, scientific research was promoted to the world and enforced.

Of course, in terms of scientific research, the children of aristocratic families who monopolize knowledge still take a lot of advantage, so many local officials from the scientific research and examination in the Jin Dynasty now have aristocratic background.

The last straw that killed the aristocratic clan was the seventh year of magical skills during the reign of Emperor Wu. A craftsman from a book shop made a mature woodblock printing.

This has led to the aristocratic families no longer monopolizing their knowledge. From Emperor Wu to the Chengde Dynasty, two generations of emperors have vigorously promoted the imperial examinations. More than 30 years have passed, and the influence of the aristocratic families is gradually weakening.

A good example of this can illustrate this.

Nowadays, only the five prime ministers of Shangshutai, the only one of the Zhongshu Ling Gongyang Shu, is from a noble family, and is not a great family. The other four are all from ordinary landlords and have entered the officialdom through the imperial examination.

And those old clans could only control some places and could not control the government.

Take Li Ye in front of him for example. His father Li Zhili was an official in Jinling during the reign of Emperor Wu, that is, before the Great Jin Dynasty was unified, and by the generation of Li Ye, he was already a native of Jin. Even so, this mansion master wandered at the door of Shangshutai for nearly ten years, but he still couldn't enter and was sentenced to death at the position of Jingzhao Yin.

Several generations of emperors in the Great Jin Dynasty were digging pits and filling soil for the aristocratic races.

It is precisely because of this that these aristocratic races are willing to take risks with Li Shen, because only by changing a new world can these gradually declining aristocratic races have the opportunity to regain their voice.

As Li Xin said, the era of aristocratic families has come to an end, and even the tomb pit has been dug. Emperor Taikang and Li Xin's generation are the last people of the landfill.

Of course, the aristocratic clan, who was buried below the neck, was not willing to die just like this. It wanted to jump a little longer, so they hit it off with the Pingnan Army and the deposed prince.

Li Xin looked at the old man in front of him with a smile.

"After Lord Fujun finished working here, he would stay home and thank the guests. He would be more low-key. As Fujun said, Li Shen is already dead. Even if there is a big change, it is unlikely to be implicated in Fujun."

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused.

"If the disaster really falls to the head of the Duke, Li Xin can help if he can."

As he said that, Li Xin left the only surviving yard of the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion with his hands.

Li Ye looked at the young man's departure and was stunned.

This young man who was in a mess two years ago has no idea what he said now.

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Li Xin did not leave Pingnan Marquis' Mansion, but turned to another yard.

The yard has been burned into scorched earth, and the burnt wood is gone. It has been moved out by Qianniuwei, leaving only a bare plain and broken courtyard walls.

But there is a cellar in this yard.

This cellar was discovered early in the morning. At that time, the 27 people from the Zheng family in Xingyang were discovered here and then caught by Qianniuwei. Li Xin had also come here to see it.

He followed the authentic entrance and walked into the cellar.

There was no one in the cellar, only a stone table was still there, empty and silent.

Li Xin took a torch and took photos from the entrance to the cellar. Then he turned to the guard behind him and said, "You guys are here to guard me, I'll go down and take a look."

"yes."

In this way, Li Xin held up the torch and jumped down.

After looking around in the cellar, knocking around, Li Xin didn't notice anything unusual, and then he sat down next to the stone table.

The young Marquis of Jing'an seemed to be talking to himself.

"I have been thinking about where you will hide in over the past month, but after thinking about it, you should be hiding here."

It's dark under the light.

Li Shen wanted to hide under the eyes of the Three Imperial Guards. It was not safe to hide in any place in the capital. The safest place was the cellar that had been searched and caught.

There is not much people coming here for a second time, so it is most suitable for Tibetans.

So Li Xin suspected that there was more than one floor in this cellar, and there was another floor, and Li Shen had been hiding here for more than a month.

But he just knocked around and didn't notice any secret doors.

He sat down, his voice calm.

"I don't know if you can listen or not, you can hear it all."

Li Xin closed his eyes and his voice clear: "Today, the upper class is holding a funeral for you, that is to say, from today on, you, and your wife, will be dead."

"Don't worry, I will not find anyone to dig this cellar regardless of whether you are here or not."

A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Li Xin's mouth: "If you are really here, then I will spare your life today. I will be the one who gave me the life you gave me to pay back. From now on, you and me will complain and take revenge."

"Whether you can escape from the capital depends on your ability. I won't stop you."

After saying these words, Li Xin felt much more comfortable. He stood up, looked at the empty cellar from side to side, and smiled: "Li Shen, you guy..."

"Life is really boring."

After saying this, Li Xin climbed up the same path.

After he left the cellar for a incense stick, a strange sound suddenly came from somewhere in the cellar.
Chapter completed!