Chapter 730 The Yuan family withdraws from the meeting

Chapter 730 The Yuan family withdraws from the meeting

Chapter 730 The Yuan family withdraws from the meeting

Li Yuan originally wanted to block the news of the disastrous defeat in Hedong, but after all, truth could not be hidden. Soon, the news that the Tang King's army was defeated by the Jin King's army in Hedong and the 80,000-strong army was completely wiped out spread throughout Chang'an. The court and the public were in an uproar, and all kinds of rumors spread wildly in Chang'an. Everyone from the prime minister of the court to the beggars on the street were discussing the matter.

But no matter how the rumors spread, one thing was clear: everyone had to admit that King Tang's army would completely lose Hedong.

There is a special courtyard in Xuandu Temple in Chongyefang with a tall tower inside. Usually the gates of the courtyard and the tower are locked, but today the gates are open and the entrance is full of guards.

This tower is the Wuchuan Tower, which is the ancestral tower of the Guanlong nobles. This tower will only be opened under special circumstances. The last time it was opened was when the Yuwen Shu family was allowed to join the Guanlong noble group.

In the lobby of Wuchuan Tower, dozens of Guanlong noble family heads gathered together, and the hall was silent.

Yuan Xiaoju was conveying the King of Jin's attitude to everyone, which could also be said to be an ultimatum.

"I have explained it clearly to you last time. If you still don't understand, I can repeat it again. King Jin has only three principles. First, each family can continue to exist, but the Guanlong nobles must die out. Second, if the families present here want to enter the officialdom again, they must switch from military to civil service and train their children to take the imperial examinations. Third, if there are still armors and weapons hidden in the house, destroy them immediately. That is a way to bring disaster. Once they are discovered in the future, the family will be finished."

Yuan Xiaoju had not just returned, he had been back for nearly twenty days. The day after he returned, he reported the results of his trip to Luoyang to everyone in Yuan Mansion, but was met with fierce resistance from everyone, and everyone left unhappily.

Twenty days later, everyone gathered again and invited Yuan Xiaoju again. Yuan Xiaoju was not polite and reiterated his previous words. This time there was no fierce opposition and everyone was silent.

The disastrous defeat of Li Yuan's army in Hedong has clearly told everyone what the future will be like, and they have to face reality.

Yuan Xiaoju added: "Let me tell you another piece of news. The 20,000 Jin King's troops have occupied Hanzhong ten days ago, and veteran general Qiu He has been appointed governor of Hanchuan County."

At this time, Dugu Tuo slowly said: "The Yuan family has applied to withdraw from the Wuchuan Association!"

This statement caused an uproar among all the families present. Guanlong nobility was just a title, and the Wuchuan Association was the entity behind the Guanlong nobility.

Houmo Chentai said anxiously: "Such a serious matter, please think twice!"

Yuan Xiaoju sighed and said, "The Yuan family has unanimously decided that they want to live and not die. I told everyone last time, but no one believed me. I can't do anything about it. Everyone, take care of yourselves!"

Yuan Hongsi stood up and said, "From today on, the Yuan family will officially withdraw from the Wuchuan Association. Everything that happens in Wuchuan has nothing to do with the Yuan family."

Yuan Xiaoju and Yuan Hongsi stood up, bowed to everyone, turned and left. Several members of the Yuan family followed behind, holding the Yuan family ancestral tablet that they had just retrieved.

The lobby was in chaos. Hou Mochentai stood up and chased after him, "Brother Yuan, wait a minute!"

Dugu Tuo, who was presiding over the meeting, saw that he could no longer discuss the matter, so he knocked on the cloud board and said loudly: "The meeting is over for today!"

The hall was still noisy. In front of the gate of Xuandu Palace, Houmo Chentai caught up with Yuan Xiaoju and said, "Brother Yuan, please stay!"

Yuan Xiaoju stopped walking. The relationship between their two families was the best, and it could be said that they had been married for generations. Yuan Xiaoju knew what he was going to say, so he said, "Brother, please don't say it. I didn't tell you in advance."

In fact, Yuan Shou visited the Houmochen Mansion ten days ago and persuaded Houmochentai and the Yuan family to withdraw from the Wuchuan Association together. At that time, the Houmochen family hesitated, but now the situation has changed drastically, and Houmochentai finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Brother Yuan, how serious is the situation now?"

Yuan Xiaoju said slowly: "If you want to listen to me, then get in the car with me, or you can continue to participate in the discussion!"

Yuan Xiaoju turned around and got on the carriage. Houmo Chentai had no choice but to stamp his feet and followed Yuan Xiaoju into the carriage. The carriage started slowly, and Yuan Xiaoju said to Houmo Chentai: "You have to understand the battle situation in Hedong. If you understand it, you will know my choice!"

Houmo Chentai smiled bitterly and said, "I am stupid, please enlighten me, brother!"

"Just think about one thing. Hedong was clearly empty at the beginning. Why didn't the King of Jin charge in himself, but let the Wagang Army go in first? Only two months later, the King of Jin's army charged in again. Why did they do this in vain?"

Houmo Chentai said after a while: "I always thought that the Jin Wang army had no chance!"

"How could there be no chance? After taking Hulao Pass, Wang Shichong would have to retreat from Henei County. With the powerful navy of the Prince of Jin, he could easily occupy Henei County. However, he did not charge into Hedong, which was short of troops. Instead, he let Li Mi lead the Wagang Army to charge into Hedong, making Li Mi the villain. Then he would destroy Li Mi and save the people of Hedong, thus truly taking Hedong from Li Yuan."

Houmo Chentai was silent for a moment and said, "It will be very difficult for Li Yuan to turn things around now!"

Yuan Xiaoju continued slowly, "When we were in Luoyang, the King of Jin asked me whether Li Yuan would become emperor. I told him that there was only one situation that would force Li Yuan to abolish the court but not dare to become emperor, and that was if the King of Jin was strong enough to pressure Li Yuan. Now it seems that the King of Jin adopted my third suggestion and forced Li Yuan to abolish the court but not dare to become emperor."

Houmo Chentai sighed, "Now that my brother has said this, I understand the situation. I will go back and discuss with my family and withdraw from the Wuchuan Association!"

Yuan Xiaoju nodded, "Our Yuan family has decided to move to Luoyang. Most of the money and property have been sent away. I will leave tomorrow. Brother Hou Mochen, take care of yourself!"

Houmo Chentai was shocked, "Will the King of Tang let my brother go?"

Yuan Xiaoju sneered, "I wish he would kill me and use my death as a token of my loyalty to the Yuan family, but I don't think he would dare to touch me!"

After Li Yuan was defeated in Hedong, he locked himself in his study for several days before slowly returning to normal.

At noon, Li Yuan was reviewing documents in his official room when a soldier said in the hall, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince wants to see you!"

Li Yuan put down his pen and said, "Let him in!"

Not long after, Li Jiancheng hurried in, bowed and saluted, "My son greets his father!"

"Is Jiancheng okay?"

"Reporting to father, I just received news that the Yuan family withdrew from the Wuchuan Association yesterday!"

Li Yuan's family is also a Guanlong noble family. How could he not know what withdrawing from Wuchuan would mean?
Li Yuan was immediately shocked. "What does the Yuan family want to do?"

"I think the Yuan family is withdrawing from the Wuchuan Association because they are planning to pledge allegiance to King Jin."

Li Yuan knew that Yuan Xiaoju had always had a good relationship with Jin Wang Xiao Xia. He was not surprised at all that the Yuan family supported Jin Wang.
Li Yuan shook his head and said, "His loyalty to the King of Jin and his withdrawal from the Wuchuan Society are not the same thing. He was loyal to the King of Jin before, and the Yuan family did not withdraw from the Wuchuan Society. Now he is loyal to the King of Jin and he has to withdraw? It doesn't make sense."

"So what does Father think is going on?"

Li Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "I guess it has something to do with King Jin's attitude towards the Wuchuan Association!"

(End of this chapter)