Seeing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but joke, this is Hot Pot, which is Wealth and Honor's popular way to eat it in winter. Jia Xu can be considered a gourmet.
Jia Xu said with a smile, "I don't have many hobbies in my life, but my appetite is one of them. This is lamb, Fengxiao you are in for a treat today."
Saying this, pour Wine into Guo Jia Wine Cup.
Guo Jia had quit drinking for a while. When he smelled the aroma of wine, the alcohol bug in his stomach was about to start, but he still suppressed it.
"Bring me some tea. I've given up drinking and drinking. Now I don't drink. Don't try to hurt me."
For the sake of his health, he has already started to maintain his health, and he plans to slowly make up for the losses in his body to avoid dying young.
"On the contrary, the sun rises from the west."
Jia Xu looked at Guo Jia in surprise, but he didn't force himself, and asked someone to serve tea soup to Guo Jia, and then drank it by himself.
Guo Jia was so greedy that he could only divert his attention and asked, "What do you think of Your Majesty Clan Extermination Yuan Clan, Wenhe today?"
Coming here as a guest today is secondary, but the main purpose is to discuss with Jia Xu the major events that happened today on Imperial Court.
"How else can we look at it?" Jia Xu smacked his lips and looked at Guo Jia, "Fengxiao should know in his heart that Yuan Clan must be punished and the aristocratic family must be shocked."
"Why is Yuan Shao on Imperial Court today so confident and dares to use the power of the family to force Your Majesty? It's just because of the Yuan Clan Four Generations of Three Excellencies, it is simply because Yuan Clan has close contacts with other aristocratic families, and is too involved in interests and in-laws, so he concluded that those aristocratic families will not stand idly by."
"Those people also know in their hearts that they are also taking this opportunity to test His Majesty to see if His Majesty will compromise."
"But they underestimated Your Majesty's skill and determination."
"The aristocratic family, this is a whole class."
"For example, Yang Biao and Xun Chen are actually not protecting Yuan Clan, but the interests of this class."
"Today Your Majesty implicated Yuan Clan Nine Clans. If something happens to them in the future, wouldn't they also be implicated Nine Clans?"
"This is also one of the fundamental reasons for their plea."
"The second step is to test Your Majesty's attitude to judge where Your Majesty's bottom line is. After that, they will have a bottom line in their hearts."
Guo Jia took a deep breath and sighed with fear on his face:
"After all, one step back and one step back."
"Your Majesty If you compromise today, it means you will have to compromise on more things in the future."
"This is what those Great Aristocratic Clans want to see, but Your Majesty's reaction exceeded their expectations."
"Fortunately, after two consecutive compromises, Your Majesty did not continue to give in, but killed Xun Chen without saying a word."
"Such thunderous tactics and capriciousness, not only those Great Aristocratic Clans on Imperial Court, but also me feel frightened."
Jia Xu nodded and said, "Whether it is Extermination of Ten Clans or Nine Clans, it will bring great turmoil to Imperial Court. It can be seen that Your Majesty's purpose from the beginning was Clan Extermination Yuan Clan."
"But if we propose clan execution from the beginning, we will not achieve our goal... Your Majesty is becoming more and more proficient in using the emperor's art."
Extermination of Nine Clans has never been seen before, and even Clan Extermination's people are very few. Usually, if Son of Heaven is offended, the whole family will be implicated at worst.
Son of Heaven was so angry that millions of corpses were laid on the ground, and blood flowed across the river.
From today on, everyone will have an accurate understanding of the Wrath of Son of Heaven.
That is Clan Extermination!
Not Extermination of Ten Clans, nor Nine Clans, but just everyone in your clan with the same surname. It's not very cruel, but it can make people understand the consequences of touching the bottom line of Son of Heaven!
"However... I am a little worried. After Your Majesty did this, those aristocratic families will inevitably have other ideas in their minds. Xun Chen is the hero after all."
"Now that the overall situation is uncertain, is it too early?"
Guo Jia still expressed his worries.
The massacre of the Yuan Clan at this time, if used properly, will certainly have far more advantages than disadvantages. It can greatly enhance the authority of Imperial Authority, shock the nobles and send a signal -
Let them put away some of their petty thoughts since the Dong Zhuo chaos and Yuan Shao Holding the Son of Heaven Hostage appeared. The emperor is still not to be provoked and is a sacred existence that needs to be looked up to.
Of course there are risks in doing so.
For example, if we decisively kill a representative of a distinguished family like Xun Chen, it might put everyone in those families in danger, or even find another place to go.
"This is Fengxiao, you can't grasp it clearly."
Jia Xu smiled slightly, picked up a chopstick of cooked mutton from the copper cauldron, dipped it in some sauce and put it in his mouth, chewing it carefully, with a satisfied look on his face.
Then he opened his eyes and looked at Guo Jia, and said leisurely:
" If Yuan Shao's rebellion is not punished by his clan, wouldn't everyone be able to imitate him in the future?"
"Besides, this time Your Majesty defeated Yuan Shao, came back with a great victory, and gave in and compromised twice in succession, which has already given those aristocratic families enough face."
"If Your Majesty gives up this opportunity at this time and does not scare those Great Aristocratic Clans, then it will be even more difficult to attack those aristocratic families after the world is unified."
"It should be noted that the tail is too big to lose. The precedent of Emperor Guangwu is still fresh in my mind."
Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, no doubt Heroic Lord.
But it was such an immediate Son of Heaven. Because he did not attack the aristocratic family in the early stage, the aristocratic family gradually became bigger and bigger after the unification, and it was too late to take action again.
Therefore, Jia Xu felt that Son of Heaven had the right timing to operate Yuan Clan.
"And Fengxiao, don't forget that since the incident, Your Majesty has relied on Lü Bu and Zhen Clan. The other aristocratic families have not been of much help to Your Majesty. Most of them just surrendered."
"As long as Your Majesty firmly controls the military power, who dares to have an opinion and who can have an opinion? Yuan Shao was punished by the clan for their rebellion. Is it possible that they still dare to rebel?"
"Even if they are extremely bold, how can they compare with Yuan Shao? Once Royal Army arrives, they can be destroyed in an instant."
Jia Xu snorted coldly, with disdain on his face.
Son of Heaven is not Dong Zhuo.
Those aristocratic families can unite to resist Dong Zhuo, but they will never dare to unite to resist Son of Heaven, especially Son of Heaven who has military power and does not rely on them.
And what if you kill Xun Chen?
Son of Heaven compromised twice, but Xun Chen still dared to insist on his identity and achievements, and wanted to use the power of the family to force Son of Heaven to make concessions, which was a recipe for death.
If you don't kill, trouble will arise.
Clan execution Yuan Clan will certainly bring many disadvantages, but in the end the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Jia Xu is much older, and his vision is much more sinister than Guo Jia, so he has to look at things more deeply.
In his opinion, if Son of Heaven retreats this time, he will inevitably become the Puppet of those Great Aristocratic Clans in the future.
After such an analysis by Jia Xu, Guo Jia also felt relieved and said with emotion:
"Your Majesty is young, but his skills are extremely clever."
"I can't see through Your Majesty more and more."
He recalled that when they first met, Son of Heaven was still very immature, and he didn't even dare to kill him when he mistakenly thought he was someone sent by Yuan Shao.
But just three years later, his wrist started to give him heart palpitations.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Fengxiao, you are in trouble. We don't have to see through Your Majesty. We just need to act according to Your Majesty's will and think about Your Majesty." "Remember, Your Majesty is our support."
"Your Majesty is good only then can we be good."
Needless to say, his humble background has nothing to do with his aristocratic family.
Although Guo Jia comes from the Yingchuan Guo Clan, it is just a branch within a branch and has long since declined.
So they are not in the same camp as Cui Yan, what they rely on is that they are the loyal dogs of Son of Heaven.
But isn't it an honor to be Son of Heaven's loyal dog?
There are many people in the world who want to do it but never have the chance.
Guo Jia nodded deeply. At this moment, he saw that Jia Xu was about to drink up the warm wine. After all, he couldn't bear it in his heart, so he snatched the jug away.
"We will make an exception today."
Jia Xu laughed, clapped his hands, ordered his servants to bring another few bottles of wine, and said with a smile, "It has been prepared for you a long time ago!"
Guo Jia is naturally overjoyed.
Then the two of them cooked mutton and drank wine, watching the snow and chatting until it got dark before they dispersed.
Before Guo Jia left, Jia Xu said meaningfully, "Fengxiao, I am several decades older than you. I regard you as an old friend. I have a message to give you."
Guo Jia paused and asked, "Jia is all ears."
Jia Xu said with a solemn expression, "Don't try to see through Your Majesty's thoughts. Even if one day you can see through Your Majesty's thoughts, you still have to pretend that you can't. You know, this is the way to die."
Guo Jia was startled when he heard this, then he suddenly realized it and bowed solemnly to Jia Xu.
"Wenhe don't worry, Guo Jia understands."
After watching Guo Jia leave, Jia Xu raised his hand slightly, and an inconspicuous servant bowed forward.
"Keep an eye on Cui Yan's group of people during this period." Jia Xu said in a deep voice with a deep look.
The servant nodded respectfully, then quietly retreated like a ghost, disappearing into the shadow of Jia Residence.
Yuan Residence.
After retreating from the court, Yuan Xi returned all the way to Residence.
After he returned home, he didn't bother to deal with the injury on his head. He just sat in the Main Hall in a daze until the sky outside became completely dark.
Just when the housekeeper was hesitating whether to go forward and ask about the situation, Yuan Xi slowly stood up and walked towards a Small Courtyard place deep inside Yuan Residence.
That's where his mother Madam Liu lives.
Madam Liu is dressed in plain clothes, sitting on the couch, and is reciting Five Thousand Words of Laozi in a low voice in front of him.
"Mother..."
Yuan Xi came to Madam Liu's bed, knelt down with a thud, and shouted hoarsely.
But Madam Liu acted as if he hadn't heard anything and continued to recite the scriptures on his own without even looking at Yuan Xi.
Since Yuan Xi Fratricide imprisoned her father, Madam Liu has stayed in the house all day long, fasting and chanting sutras every day, never stepping out of the room. She never ignored Yuan Xi when he came to see her.
Yuan Xi's eyes were red and he thought to himself, "My father was defeated and was captured by Your Majesty. Today on the Great Hall, not only was he unwilling to surrender to Your Majesty, but he was talking nonsense."
"Your Majesty decrees that, except for me, the Yuan Clan clan will be executed."
"Mom, I don't understand, and I can't even figure out why my father is so stubborn and why he refuses to give in?"