Chapter 381: The Aristocratic Family

If this news is true, the Yellow Turban Army's offensive will be even more powerful and they will march straight into Qianzhou. They should not be underestimated.

Several possible candidates flashed through his mind quickly, and he felt a sense of uncertainty.

The other letter, written in a calm handwriting, came from the distant Prince Yun's Palace and was written by his father Su Kai.

The letter revealed that a large army of Daqian would quietly attack from the rear of the Cangzhou army and cooperate with the Yellow Turban Army to seize Qianzhou.

Su Ye's father, King Yun Su Kai, obviously also knew about this.

Su Ye frowned, his mind full of doubts.

His father, Prince Yun of the Prince Yun’s Mansion, is also involved in this. What kind of game is going on?

As the candlelight flickered, Su Ye fell into deep thought.

He seemed to see a huge chessboard, with various forces jumping and fighting on it like chess pieces.

The Yellow Turban Army, the Taiping Sect, the Daqian Dynasty, the Yun Palace, and even himself were all involved in this complicated game of power.

Su Ye didn’t think that Meng Zhang had such charm. Could he make those generals surrender voluntarily just by shaking his tiger body?
And what role does his father, King Yun Su Kai, play in this game?
Were you forced to get involved, or did you participate voluntarily?

Does he also have his own plans and ambitions?

Su Ye felt a headache. This game was much more complicated than he had imagined.

The forces of various parties are intertwined to form an intricate network.

Everyone is calculating, everyone is pursuing his own interests.

After Su Ye entered the five states in the central region of the Daqian Dynasty, he realized how complicated the situation was and how powerful the aristocratic families were.

After hundreds of years of sedimentation and evolution, the aristocratic families of the Daqian Dynasty have become an indispensable force in this land.

They are like ancient trees, deeply rooted in the soil of Daqian, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and their influence is everywhere.

These aristocratic families, whether they were scholars or military men, businessmen or artists, all controlled enormous resources and power, like local tyrants.

Even in some remote areas, the imperial power was difficult to reach, creating a strange phenomenon that the imperial power did not reach the countryside.

These noble families no longer assist the royal family as they did in the past, but instead have the potential to surpass the royal family.

In the Daqian Dynasty, the aristocratic families were too powerful to be controlled and each of them governed themselves, just like local princes.

They control the local economic lifeline, influence the political direction, and even set up their own courts to adjudicate cases on their own.

The imperial orders often find it difficult to penetrate the web of aristocratic families, and imperial power has become a mere decoration in the countryside.

Such a situation is nothing short of a potential crisis for the Daqian royal family.

This disturbance, known as the "Daqian Rebellion," pushed the conflict between the aristocratic families and the imperial court to a climax.

Was this a deliberate test by the aristocratic families against the Daqian court, or was it the court just going with the flow after realizing the threat from the aristocratic families?
The reason behind this is as elusive as looking at flowers in the fog or the moon in the water.

The power of aristocratic families is not achieved overnight.

After several generations of efforts, they gradually established their own sphere of influence in the local area.

These noble families, with blood ties as bonds and interests as driving forces, have formed close interest groups.

They colluded with each other to resist foreign forces and even went so far as to confront the royal family.

The power of the aristocratic families has already surpassed that of the local government.

Their mansions were like independent little kingdoms, with high walls, deep courtyards and strict access control, and everything in the mansions was decided by the aristocratic families.

The laws of the imperial court are often meaningless here, and the family rules of the aristocratic families are the real rules here.

However, the Daqian court was not unaware of the rise of the aristocratic families. The knowledgeable people in the court had long been aware of the threat posed by the aristocratic families.

However, the imperial court always seemed powerless in dealing with the issues of the aristocratic families.

On the one hand, the imperial court needed the support of the aristocratic families to consolidate its regime and maintain national unity and stability.

On the other hand, the power of the aristocratic families made the imperial court deeply worried, fearing that these aristocratic families would one day unite to rebel and overthrow the court's rule.

In this intricate game, the relationship between the imperial court and the aristocratic families became increasingly subtle.

The Daqian Rebellion may be a microcosm of this game.

Through this turmoil, the aristocratic families tried to further expand their sphere of influence and challenge the authority of the royal family.

The imperial court took the opportunity to observe the movements of the aristocratic families in order to gain the upper hand in future contests.

In this chaotic situation, various forces are surging and fighting openly and covertly.

There were both alliances and struggles among the aristocratic families; there were calculations and counter-calculations between the imperial court and the aristocratic families.

This Daqian Rebellion has become a touchstone for testing the forces of all parties.

As the situation changes rapidly, the future of the Daqian Dynasty is full of uncertainty.

The power of the aristocratic families and the imperial court's restlessness have brought unprecedented challenges to this ancient dynasty.

How will this Daqian Rebellion end?
Is it the aristocratic family’s victory carnival, or the court’s desperate counterattack?

Everything is still uncertain.

"You have me I have you."

Su Ye murmured to himself. The calculations and interweaving of various forces made him feel an unprecedented pressure.

But this also made a glimmer of determination and decisiveness in his eyes.

Since it is a game, he must be the one who controls the rules of the game!

As the eldest son of Prince Yun's Mansion, he naturally cannot stay out of what is happening now.

However, what kind of truth is hidden behind all this chaos?
What role does the Yun Palace play in this chaos?

Su Ye couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

As one of the three kings of different surnames in the Daqian Dynasty, the Yun Palace holds a very important position.

However, when King Yan and King Ye rose up in rebellion, his father chose to remain silent and instead invaded the neighboring Dayong Dynasty.

Is this move a sign of not wanting to get involved in this mess, or is it some kind of tacit understanding between him and the Daqian royal family?

He recalled the information about the early days of the Flame King and the Night King's uprisings. Wherever they went, noble families from all over the place surrendered their heads.

The force was so overwhelming that it seemed as if it would drag all the noble families of the Daqian Dynasty into it and uproot them!

However, his father chose another path, which made him deeply doubt the position of Prince Yun's Mansion.

What confused him even more was that if the three kings of different surnames were really in cahoots with the Daqian royal family, then why would the Daqian royal family send out their ancestors, along with several celestial beings, to go straight to the Yanwang army and behead them?
Does this action mean that King Yan has begun or has completely turned to the aristocratic family?
Or is this itself an elaborate conspiracy?

Su Ye took a deep breath. He knew that guessing alone was far from enough to solve these mysteries.

He needs more intelligence, more information to restore the truth of this chaos.

However, his intelligence system Luowang had only just started. When it came to some historical issues and even the depth of information, it was clearly far inferior to the intelligence organizations of the Daqian Dynasty or the three kings of different surnames that had been operating for hundreds of years.

(End of this chapter)