I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 653 Is This a Summit?

Liu Minglan was not the only one who raised questions. Everyone looked towards the door with displeasure on their faces.

In previous years, Emperor Hongwen would always bring the Crown Prince with him, and everyone knew that this person was not Zhao Chuxi.

The crowd, who were already somewhat unhappy about the royal family's lateness, showed their impatience even more directly.

At the Legalist seat, an old man in his fifties laughed directly,

"Since the royal family is unwilling to attend, there is no need to reserve a seat for them in the future. There is no place for the royal family at the Hundred Family Summit."

This statement was extremely outrageous, but even Mu Zhen did not say anything to refute it. He just frowned and looked at the young man who appeared at the door.

Looking at his reaction, it is obvious that he agrees with the Legalists' views.

The other hundred schools were all proud of their status, so the two schools of military strategy, who were happy to watch the fun, became the subject of everyone's criticism.

Only then did Li Mu realize that the seats of the royal family were no different, but were similar to those of the other hundreds of families.

Apparently there are no special privileges in this summit.

At the door, Yu Shouye tapped his palm with his folding fan, glanced at everyone in the hall, then nodded with satisfaction and said loudly to himself,

"Master of alchemy Yu Shouye, nice to meet you seniors."

"Fang Ji? Has anyone heard of it?"

"I don't know, probably just another lunatic who wants to be famous."

"Hurry up and drive them out. Since the royal family doesn't want to come, there's no need to wait."

However, Yu Shouye did not change at all because of what everyone said, and walked straight towards the royal seat.

Seeing this, the old man from the Legalist School was about to start scolding again, but was stopped by the two elders from the Famous School. One of them quickly walked up to the young eunuch and asked,

"Excuse me, sir, where is the prince now?"

The young eunuch had never seen such a scene before. The old man's majesty alone made him feel uneasy. He stammered and said,

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ill. Today, everything will be decided by Mr. Yu."

The old man from the famous family frowned, obviously very unhappy, but he still patiently said to everyone,

"In that case, let this young friend Yu represent the royal family today. Don't delay today's important event."

When mentioning the word "big thing", it was also suggested to emphasize the tone.

Upon hearing this, no one responded, but their meaning was already tacit agreement.

After all, the main purpose today is how to divide the big cake left by the Yin-Yang Family.

From royal sacrifices and military manufacturing to medicine in the capital and people's livelihood, any share of it would bring immeasurable benefits.

Even more, the Confucian Wei faction fell, and the court was in need of people, which was the best time to place spies from various factions.

Everyone just thought that this Fang Ji family was the "Yin Yang School" that the cowardly prince wanted to support, and did not take it seriously.

The storm ended without any incident.

However, there were three people present who reacted differently from the others when they heard the word "Fang Ji".

Two of them are naturally Li Mu and Meng Siyu.

As far as Li Mu knew, the rebellion of the Rongyi people was caused by the Fangji people, and the affairs of the medical practitioners were even more instigated by the Fangji people.

Now it seems that this Fang Ji family is involved with the prince.

Meng Siyu had been investigating the Fang Ji family, but had no clue at all. Just when she was at a loss, someone from the Fang Ji family stood in front of her.

He had made her lie in bed for so many years, and this account must be settled.

And the last person was an old man sitting at the military strategist's seat who never opened his eyes from beginning to end.

He opened his eyes suddenly when he heard the word "Fang Ji".

As a contemporary military leader and a supporter of the previous dynasty, he hated these two words to the core.

The alchemist who induced the emperor of the previous dynasty to seek immortality and chase after longevity, wasn't he the one who called himself a Taoist?

Medical skills are all tools for maintaining life and one of the royal offices.

He will never forget these two sentences in his life.

The appearance of Yu Shouye suddenly gave rise to an idea in his mind.

Could it be that the final demise of the previous dynasty is related to the current Zhao royal family?

Or has the Fang Ji family taken action again?

Now this Xing Dynasty is going to follow the old path of the previous dynasty!

He didn't dare to think about it. He was indeed blindly loyal to the royal family of the previous dynasty, but he also knew that the current peace and prosperity in the country was hard-won.

That was why he led his former military subordinates away from the capital, showing no loyalty nor any intention of returning.

While these three people were thinking about their own things, the discussion in the hall had become increasingly heated.

Famous scholars hoped to recommend their disciples to serve as officials in the court, just like Confucianists.

The Mohist School can take over the mess of the Foundry, but it needs the royal family to step in and promote all of the Mohist School's existing research and development that benefits the people.

And we want to make a profit from it for future research.

In this way, Mohist disciples no longer have to go out all day to accept tasks issued by the government as before, and can focus on academics.

Renzong can resume the responsibility of offering sacrifices, but forget about the position of national master. Renzong does not have the time for that. He wants to ask for divination to predict the fate of the country, so he asks Emperor Hongwen to come to Qingfeng Temple in person.

The doctor said nothing, and there was no need to say anything.

Even in the past, the Ruoshui Hall was still backed by doctors.

Not to mention the major epidemics caused by natural disasters, which no one except doctors has the ability to deal with.

Of course, as the only remaining branch of the Yin-Yang Family, Tang Qin naturally had no say and was even more invisible than the unpopular Yu Shouye.

As in previous years, the Bingfa family used the unique mineral deposits and spices in the wilderness to exchange for silk and grain. They were not interested in the disputes in the capital.

He talks the most, makes the least demands, and just wants to watch the fun.

In the end, everyone's eyes fell on Yu Shouye, who represented the royal family.

Although Li Mu's mind was not here just now, he could hear clearly what everyone was talking about.

I can only describe it in two words: "Amazing!"

Each company spoke for itself and distributed the benefits clearly, which was very different from the summit that Li Mu had expected at the beginning.

It sounded like they were giving the royal family a gift. Without them, the Xing Dynasty would probably be destroyed in no time. Their attitude was extremely arrogant.

Li Mu suddenly realized that the status of the royal family and the hundreds of families was not the same as those ancient dynasties before he traveled through time.

Today, the Nine Provinces are governed jointly by the royal family and the hundreds of families, and because of the differences in closeness, the royal family is still the weaker party.

Li Mu even inferred that if it were not for ancestral rules or public opinion, the Baijia families would dare to rebel at any moment.

In the past, Li Mu only thought that Emperor Hongwen was troubled by those centuries-old aristocratic families.

Now it seems that the hundreds of families like the princes are the biggest concern of the royal family.

If this continues, will there really be no problems?

Li Mu asked himself, if he were the emperor, could he tolerate someone shitting on his head?

Li Mu didn't know much about politics. Seeing that everyone acted as if it was their due, he couldn't figure out whether his ideas were too advanced or the royal family was too cowardly.

After all, as long as the constraints of thought remain, what he sees as unreasonable may be reasonable to the world.

Li Mu frowned and thought, feeling a sense of compassion for the world.

Suddenly, he knocked hard on his mask.

This kind of national affairs has nothing to do with him!

The people are being harmed and foreign races are invading. These are things that no man can tolerate, so he should just worry about them.

Whom the wheel of history wants to crush is something that a small time traveler like him can control?

What he needs to worry about now is the fight with Shan Yuan after the summit.