Yili County Prince's Mansion.

It was late at night, but Changsun Wuji did not sleep.

The hall is brightly lit, and the important men of the Changsun family in Luoyang are here.

The Changsun family in Luoyang is very large. Although he and Empress Changsun had a history of being kicked out of the house by their brother after the death of Changsun Wuji's father in the early days, the Changsun family is indeed a large number of people.

There were only five brothers of Changsun Wuji, and except for one who died prematurely, there were three living. His eldest grandson Zhi had five sons and one daughter, so there were five houses in the Changsun family in Luoyang. The Changsun family was his great-uncle, and he had nine sons and one daughter. The other couples were also prosperous.

Changsun Wuji's great-grandfather was Changsun Ziyu, the second wife, who gave birth to a son, Changsun Yi. Changsun Yi gave birth to three sons, namely the three brothers Changsun Sheng.

Now in the Changsun family, Changsun Shunde, who has a high generation and prestige, is Changsun Wuji's cousin. He is from the fourth house of the Changsun family. He is the grandson of Changsun Shiliang, the younger brother of Changsun Ziyu.

The relationship between Changsun Wuji and Changsun Shunde is quite far-reaching. Changsun Wuji's Gaozu Changsun Zhi was the great-grandfather of Changsun Shunde, and it has been in the fourth or fifth generation. However, the relationship between the big family is relatively close.

The fifth house passed down by Changsun Zhi of Luoyang, the first house is the patriarch, but its influence is far less than that of the second house and the fourth house.

In the middle of the night, hundreds of men from Changsun's family gathered together.

In the name of worshiping ancestors, Changsun Wuji actually wanted to discuss important matters.

In fact, the Changsun family was a royal family in the Northern Wei Dynasty. If they really wanted to pursue it, the family would be even larger. Changsun Wuji, the Gaozu Changsun Zhi, came from a family of generals. His great-grandson Changsun Daosheng, and his father Changsun Guan were both famous generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Changsun Daosheng was appointed as the Sikong and was granted the title of King Shangdang. Changsun Guan also served as the General of the Southern Conquest and was appointed as the King Shangdang.

When his eldest grandson of Emperor Gaozu was six years old, he inherited the title of Shangdang King, and later was demoted to the title of Shangdang Duke as usual. Later, Changsun Zhi was awarded the title of Shangdang King for his merits. After that, he moved west with Emperor Xiaowu to Guanzhong, and was appointed as the Grand Tutor, and was recorded in Shangshu.

When Changsun Zhi was young, he was a playboy. He fought with others and killed him and hid in the house of Chen Xingde, the Longmen General. Later, in order to repay his kindness, Changsun Zhi married the daughter of Luo's ex-husband to Chen Xingde's brother.

Later, he fought as an official and made many achievements. He moved to Chang'an and became a founding hero of the Western Wei Dynasty, establishing the status of the Changsun clan of Luoyang from the Western Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty.

"The Zhang family on the Bashang is worth learning from our Changsun family in Luoyang."

Changsun Wuji pondered, "If our Changsun family no longer strives to catch up, he will always be thrown away."

"The Zhang family in Bashang is just a nouveau riche, why bother with them?"

An uncle in the big room said.

Changsun Wuji smiled, "The Zhang family in Bashang is indeed a nouveau riche, but we cannot underestimate them because of this. Zhang Chao is now in charge of the government, unscrupulous and clichés' dictatorship. If even our Changsun family does not stand up, no one can stop him."

Changsun Wuji took out an edict.

"This is the edict given to me by Your Majesty and to our Changsun family."

Passing by everyone.

The emperor's personal edicts, even written in blood, show the emperor's intentions.

"The emperor is controlled by Zhang Chao and his cliques. The emperor hopes that our Changsun family can correct the chaos."

Changsun Shunde asked, "Now the Zhang Party is in great power, and the court is full of party members, cabinet, Hanlin Academy, parliament, Privy Council, Ministry of War, Three Yamen, and Five Military Offices, almost all of them are controlled by them. How can we correct the chaos? The emperor guards in the capital have only a few battalions that we can mobilize."

The Zhang family's power continues to rise, while the Luoyang Changsun family's status continues to decline.

Many people from the Changsun family are dissatisfied.

"It won't work if you come to Xuanwu Gate again." Changsun Wuji said that the most troublesome thing now is that the Zhang Party controls the court and the army, and even has strong support from the people in the court and the country.

If the Changsun family wants to carry out mutiny in the capital, it will be ugly if they die.

To deal with Zhang Chao, you must have soldiers first, but in the current situation, it is too difficult to control the army in the capital. Even the emperor cannot control it, let alone them. It is difficult to achieve great things if you master the seven or eight personal military camps.

"We have to learn from Zhang Chao, don't think about the soldiers of the court. Let's train our own soldiers!"

The Zhang family has been practicing troops, secretly practicing 50,000 yuan back then. Now that the method of bans is released, it is even more unscrupulous to recruit soldiers and horses.

Zhang Chao's son was in Liuke to defeat Shanyi, and he used 20,000 troops at one time. According to the system, the Duke's soldiers were only 5,000.

The remaining 15,000 Zhang Jing was gathered in the name of family servants, militias, chamber of commerce security guards, tribal local soldiers, etc., but in fact it was still a large army.

There are only 20,000 people per Liuqiu. The Zhang family has other territories. Even on the island deep in the ocean of the South China Sea, who knows how many soldiers Zhang Chao has recruited for training?

The imperial army was difficult to control and there were too many places to be restricted.

But there are no restrictions on private soldiers. As long as you have money, you can recruit soldiers and build armies. As long as you don’t leave the boundary, the court cannot interfere.

The generals appointed by themselves and the soldiers recruited by themselves. They would receive military salaries from the Changsun family and would be loyal to the Changsun family.

The Changsun family also has many titles and many territories.

The largest fiefdom is naturally the Yili Valley. The Yili Valley is 1,200 miles from east to west, and more than 600 miles from north to south. This is a huge triangular valley plain.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides, the temperature is humid, and it has fertile pastures. It is also one of the most suitable places for cultivation in the Western Regions.

If there is such a good place, it will not be a problem to accommodate a population of one million.

"There is also good news to tell you that in the Eli Valley, we discovered a gold mine, which is estimated to be able to mine 100,000 kilograms of gold."

As soon as the news came out, everyone took a deep breath.

A gold mine with 100,000 kilograms of gold?

A pound of gold is now worth about 180 million jin and 100,000 jin? Isn’t it worth 180 million jin? The imperial court’s annual wealth can only collect 100 million jin.

Even if it may take dozens or even hundreds of years to dig out this 100,000 kilograms of gold, it means that the Changsun family has a continuous stream of gold output, which is a real money tree.

"I heard before that the Zhang family discovered a large gold mine on Luzon Island. They said that the river was full of gold sand. Now many people are preparing to go to Luzon to hunt gold. Damn, I was going to criticize people and go to hunt gold. Now, we have discovered the large gold mine ourselves."

A man from the third room laughed.

The discovery of gold mines by the Zhang family in Bashang in Luzon has now become the hottest news.

Legend has it that gold mines are everywhere, and some lucky people have found large pieces of gold. Many people who fantasize about getting rich after making money are rushing south, preparing to go to Liuke like a bun, and then turn to Luzon.

"Luzon may have gold, but it will definitely not be full of gold and silver. The Zhang family is lying to Luzon to help them develop fiefdoms." Changsun Wuji said disdainfully. He saw at a glance that the rumors outside were too hot, and there must be someone here who was behind the scenes.

"We also want to spread the news, just say that the large gold mine in the Yili Valley has at least one million kilograms of gold reserves, and say that there is gold sand in the Yili River."

Zhang Chao knew that he could use gold mines to attract people, and he could also follow suit.

Only when there are people can the territory become rich.

Yili has indeed discovered gold, and gold also needs people to mine. The Changsun family also needs this gold. The Changsun family has a lot of industries, but it does not have as many industries as the Zhang family, nor does it have as much wealth as theirs.

To recruit soldiers and build armies, all these cost money.

Opening a gold mine is undoubtedly an excellent way.

"From now on, everyone will try their best to recruit people and immigrate them to the Yili Valley. Recruit more retired old soldiers, dig more craftsmen, especially craftsmen who build armies. The Yili Valley has the best pastures, we must raise more excellent military horses, and the Changsun family will build an elite cavalry."

"How many people are recruiting?" Changsun Shunde asked.

"Recruiting 20,000 first," said Changsun Wuji. "I plan to recruit and train 100,000 soldiers, including 20,000 elite cavalry, and at least 30,000 infantry, plus at least 50,000 trained militias within ten years."

It is the limit to train 100,000 soldiers in ten years.

Changsun Shunde hesitated, "Even if we have 100,000 soldiers, we have no chance of winning against Zhang Chao."

"Zhang Chao can win over people, and we can also form alliances. There are still many people who are not close to the Zhang family. Everyone is training troops, and there are a lot of people who are not close to the Zhang family."

The Changsun family is so big that there is great potential for how to concentrate all efforts to develop the Yili Valley first. Since Zhang Chao wants to promote the ban, to carry out the ban, and to train troops, then everyone will train troops.

ten years.

If Zhang Chao really leaves the center ten years later, it would be a good idea. If he doesn't leave, then Changsun Wuji will become famous.

At this time.

Suddenly a young man said, "If Zhang Chao is the emperor, isn't it good? Why do we have to refuse Zhang Chao? Zhang Chao's strength is obvious to all. Ten years later, even if we train 100,000 soldiers, I am afraid that Zhang Chao's family will have more soldiers and more elites, and his allies will be more than us. How can we fight him? If we lose, the Changsun family will be over."

"So what if you let Zhang Chao be the emperor, it won't affect us? As long as we don't oppose him, Zhang Chao has no reason to deal with us?"

The words of this young eldest grandson will silence the hall.

In fact, this is also the thought of many Changsun family men. Is there any difference between Zhang Chao and Cheng Qian becoming emperor?

As princes of the country, they would not suffer any losses. Judging from Zhang Chao's policies, this is not the kind of person who is messing around.

Changsun Wuji stared at the talking nephew, then looked at the immigrants and swept across everyone's faces one by one.

"Do you really think Zhang Chao is a good person? This person has unknown origin and starts from scratch. From the beginning, it all depends on his mouth and a clever tongue. From Bai Ding to the prime minister, he deceived the emperor and said that the ban was good, which would be of no harm to the court. As a result, the territory has become a ban. If Zhang Chao was let to be the emperor, do you think he would still have that attitude?"

"Do you think if Zhang Chao becomes the emperor, he will allow so many vassal states? No, Zhang Chao will not. If he becomes the emperor, he will definitely attack the vassal states."
Chapter completed!