"Uncle Second, isn't that serious? Although the court is now in a bit of difficulty, with the large amount of supplies sent by Li Xun from the Western Regions, the difficulties have been overcome, and the situation has improved in all respects. Moreover, the court has more than 500,000 troops and strong troops. With this foundation, how can the world easily become in chaos?"

You Mingyuan disagreed with this. In his opinion, the imperial court had achieved brilliant victories after several major wars and had strong military power. Now Li Xun has taken over the entire Western Regions, plus the materials from the Jiangnan area. For a long time, the imperial court's finances will be quite rich. How could such a good basic environment cause chaos in the world? The Jin Dynasty will only become stronger and stronger.

"Which of the dynasties before the Jin Dynasty had no martial arts? In the end, it was not destroyed. Any powerful thing never destroyed it."

"You mean there is a problem inside us, what are you referring to?"

You Yuanfeng shook his head, not wanting to say more about this issue. Some things are not the time to say now. Since Yang Daosi died unexpectedly and Liu Jie became a scholar, You Yuanfeng has noticed some strange auras inside and outside the court? People's hearts and hearts have changed. When did they start to change and why they changed? You Yuanfeng also doesn't understand. He is 85 years old this year and has been away from the government for almost twenty years. Although You Mingyuan still understands the changes and directions of the government, but if you don't really experience them personally, how can you understand them clearly?

You Mingyuan saw that the second uncle didn't want to say more, so he stopped asking more questions. He turned around and said, "Uncle II, I understand what you mean, but this is what... to Min'er..."

You Mingyuan has always felt guilty about You Min because of her mother. So before her daughter got married, You Mingyuan always loved her as much as possible. However, this kind of fatherly love was strongly jealousy and resentment from his wife Wang, which made You Min and Wang in the end. You Mingyuan was caught between them and had a headache. So in the last few years before You Min married Li Xun, You Mingyuan could only alienate You Min for the sake of stability within the family and comforting Wang's emotions. However, You Min, as a daughter, had no complaints and was consistent, which made You Mingyuan even more uncomfortable.

Now, according to You Yuanfeng's intention, before the overall situation is settled, no matter whether Li Xun dies or lives, it has nothing to do with the You clan. Once Zhao Xun fails in this battle, Li Xun will definitely be strongly impacted. As his wife, You Min's fate may be quite miserable. In this process, as You Min's family, he will not give any support. As for rationality, You Mingyuan knows that You Yuanfeng's decision is the most beneficial to the entire family, but out of personal emotions, You Mingyuan feels very painful. He thinks it is a kind of deception and betrayal.

You Yuanfeng glanced at You Mingyuan, then picked up the teacup to drink water. No one was talking. He was quiet for a while. After drinking the tea in the cup, You Yuanfeng put down the teacup, then looked at You Mingyuan and said in a low voice: "Mingyuan, I know your mood, but sometimes, we have to do this, everything is for the family. You are the patriarch of the You clan. You know this better than me."

You Mingyuan nodded and said silently: "Don't worry, Uncle Second, I don't know how to act emotionally."

After saying that, You Mingyuan said again: "Second uncle, in fact, judging from the current situation, the prince Zhao Xun has the strong support of the emperor, and the possibility of his succession to the throne is almost a foregone conclusion. We actually don't need to be so cautious. If we can choose to stand on their side at this time, after Zhao Xun succeeds to the throne, our You clan will definitely get more benefits."

"Their identities may be different, but their goals are the same!"

You Yuanfeng sneered: "What is the biggest threat to imperial power? Isn't it just the so-called aristocratic families? Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, we have encountered many collisions and bloodshed. With aristocratic families as one side, we have deposed more than one or two emperors, undermined the imperial power and controlled the world, and with an imperial power as the other side, we have destroyed many aristocratic families? Although we coexist, we also have irreconcilable contradictions. When this contradiction accumulates to the limit, it is to die!"

You Mingyuan sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and went into deep thought about the question.

The politics and systems of the Jin Dynasty basically followed the previous dynasty. During the Chu Dynasty, there were three forces that controlled the world, imperial power, foreign relatives and aristocratic families. This was a political system that lasted for hundreds of years. At the beginning of this system, it indeed greatly stabilized the Chu Dynasty. The imperial power was supreme, and foreign relatives and aristocratic families were restrained, and the three parties were able to balance. However, with the development of the current situation and the changes in the strength of the emperor, when a new emperor succeeded to the throne in his childhood, there might be a foolish monarch and he could not control the imperial power normally.

At this time, the two forces of the foreign relatives and the aristocratic families will begin to have fierce collisions. The reason is very simple. The throne of power can only be controlled by one party. Whoever holds it in his hands will have the supreme power to command the world. Once this situation occurs, whether it is the foreign relatives or the aristocratic families, once one of the parties has the power, it will try its best to suppress the other party and try to undermine the emperor. The balance of the three parties is broken, and the consequences will be the life-and-death political struggle.

From the middle of the Chu Dynasty, the emperor succeeded to the throne in his childhood, with the whereabouts of the highest power, and the political struggle in the court fiercely caused chaos in the world. After Emperor Xuanzong of Chu became an adult, in order to regain power, he began to deliberately cultivate a fourth-party force from outside his relatives and families, which was the eunuch group represented by eunuchs.

Chu Xuanzong was able to seize power successfully with the help of the eunuch power group, but it also left bad consequences, because for the relatives and families, the eunuchs had a closer relationship with the emperor, and even lived day and night, so they could control the emperor more easily. Since Chu Xuanzong, the eunuch power group has grown step by step, and has developed to the end, and has reached the point where the emperor can be abolished and established.

So in the middle and late Chu Dynasty, the military power of the Chu Dynasty was still strong, but the internal struggle had reached an extremely cruel point. The relatives and the aristocratic families united and launched a life-and-death regime robbery with the eunuch power group.

The fierce fighting between the three forces eventually destroyed the ruling foundation of the Chu Dynasty from within, which is the fundamental reason for the demise of the Chu Dynasty.
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