Luo Yi walked out of the brightly lit palace, thinking about his conversation with the emperor, looking at the dark night sky, he clenched his fists slightly, "What I am doing now, is it in accordance with the weather, or against it?" Woolen cloth?
Will heaven punish me? "
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In the Prime Minister's Mansion, countless officials were hurriedly passing by. In the room where Luo Yi was, more officials continued to hand over memorials.
“Prime Minister, these are the powerful people who were cleared out in the first half of the year, the land that was cleared, and the clans that were relocated.
There were fourteen tycoons who committed the most evil crimes, including seven in Guanzhong and seven in Guandong. They found a large amount of fertile land in the counties, enough to accommodate a hundred thousand poor people.
The seven families in Guanzhong, including tenant farmers, totaling 100,000 people, were moved to Hexi and the Western Regions to farm and herd horses.
The powerful people in Guandong have a larger population. According to your plan, some of them have been moved to Liaodong, and a large part of them have moved to Jiangdong. The population of Jiangdong is still insufficient, but the land is very fertile.
The migration plan will probably be completed within three years. "
Luo Yi nodded slightly when he heard this. With the official purge almost complete, he finally started real reforms to release the land and solve the population pressure.
But he did not directly announce the transfer of land or the clearing of land in the edict, because he did not want to cause large-scale resistance in the early stage, so he chose the traditional Han Dynasty's attack on powerful people as the entry point, and attacked selectively. This made him encounter much less resistance.
Just as he was thinking about what to do next, an official suddenly walked in in a hurry, and then went straight to Luoyi, "Prime Minister Wan'an, His Majesty has issued a decree to summon you to the palace."
The official's face was full of secretive expressions, and there was a trace of fear in the depths of his pupils. This made Luo Yi shrink his pupils and said in a deep voice: "What happened?"
"The Prime Minister, I don't dare to say anything. Please come into the palace and let His Majesty inform you."
There was a look of horror on the official's face, and now even everyone in the palace felt that something was wrong. Luo Yi stood up and said loudly: "You will do your work first, I will go and come back."
Luo Yi hurriedly walked into the palace, with endless doubts in his heart. Then as soon as he entered the palace, he saw an imperial doctor hurriedly walking out, and his heart sank.
When he walked into the palace, he saw that the emperor looked anxious and haggard. The attendants lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound. The atmosphere was extremely depressed.
Long Qing was lying on the hospital bed, his delicate and beautiful face pale as a fragile glass, which made people feel pity.
Long Qing!
Luo Yi's heart sank even more, this was the only person who could influence the emperor.
"His Majesty."
Luo Yi came forward to bow. When Liu Yang saw Luo Yi coming, he said urgently: "Prime Minister, alas, Long'er is seriously ill. It was me who harmed him."
Luo Yi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry, what happened?"
Emperor Liu Yang's face turned red, and he roared angrily in a low voice: "A few days ago, witchcraft suddenly appeared in my palace. I killed a group of people, but I couldn't find any clues behind the scenes.
I know that it must be those people who were harmed during the reform. They want to use evil magic to harm me!
But I'm not worried, I'm not afraid of witchcraft, but who knew that they didn't even let Long Er off, they directly invited disaster, suddenly fell ill and fainted, this must have been caused by the magic of witchcraft.
I want to kill all those people. Exile is too kind to them. "
Luo Yi immediately thumped when he heard this, and his head started to hurt instantly.
The art of witchcraft!
He never expected it to be this thing.
In ancient times, witchcraft was very formal, offering sacrifices to heaven, worshiping ancestors, and even curing diseases and saving lives.
King Su promoted humanity, and witchcraft gradually became a kind of curse, and it was only prevalent in Chu State. Most of Chu State's magnificent myths came from mysterious witchcraft.
Luo Yi didn't know whether the witchcraft had any effect.
After all, there are countless myths in his family, and there is also a mysterious destiny. There is Xizi, the ancestor Lingjun, and a beautiful and immortal magical person like his mother. If there are really no other supernatural beings in the world, Luo Yi himself is Do not believe.
What if this is really a witchcraft?
But it is not possible to allow the emperor to kill all those powerful families. At least 20,000 to 30,000 people will be implicated. It is only right for these people to be exiled to the frontier to farm and herd!
Luo Yi pondered: "Sir, I suddenly thought, are those powerful families really capable of sending witchcraft into the palace?
They are just some powerful people entrenched in the counties. A county guard can wipe out their families. Can such people reach out to the inner court? "
Luo Yi's words instantly awakened the emperor. The powerful forces are indeed very strong when they are united. Dutian will definitely resist when facing the imperial court, but to say that he can reach into the inner court is simply fantastic, and he is just a bunch of stinky fish and rotten shrimps.
"What the Prime Minister means is that there are others watching me in the dark?!"
"Does your Majesty have any doubts? Just catch the person who created the witchcraft and destroy the witchcraft.
It is not necessarily because of witchcraft in the Dragon Attendant. I can mobilize doctors from my family to come. "
Luo Yi could only follow this line now, and the emperor roared in a low voice: "This is what I want to ask you to do.
You are a descendant of King Su, so you will not be afraid of witchcraft. The art of witchcraft is only spread among the people of the original Chu.
Only you can help me. If Long Er has any shortcomings, I really...
Please be sure to find those people! "
As he spoke, his voice gradually became softer, and Luo Yi agreed. This was the only way to stabilize the emperor's mentality.
Luo Yi came in a hurry and left in a hurry. He looked up at the blue and clear sky and couldn't help but secretly thought: "Is this God's will like a knife?
The emperor's only flaw. "
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The story of witchcraft suddenly spread from nowhere. No one is willing to be involved in such weird things, let alone the emperor. Within a short period of time, everyone in Chang'an City was in danger.
"Have you heard about the witchcraft? It is said that a traitor cursed Your Majesty and that man."
"It's simply terrifying. Someone dares to curse His Majesty. Are they risking their lives?"
"What's the matter? It is said that His Majesty killed many people in the palace, but nothing was found. Those who used witchcraft are still at large."
"It's said that the man Long Qing was bewitched by witchcraft and fell into a coma. This is a good thing. It's because such a monster is always by the emperor's side that there will be disasters in the world."
"Alas, the emperor was deceived by the evildoer and cannot listen to the words of his loyal ministers. The Prime Minister does not pay attention to the emperor's personal affairs at all, but only promotes reforms. It would be a good thing if the magic of witchcraft can kill the evildoer."
Especially those who were banned from entering and exiting the palace were extremely nervous. Just when the reform had just started and some effects appeared, the witchcraft incident suddenly broke out. This would definitely have a huge impact on the reform, and even kill it!
"After all, the witchcraft used is simply stupid. It would be better to just spend a lot of money to bribe the servants and assassinate the emperor when he is out hunting in the suburbs."
Luo Yi followed the clues and found out that the source was too complicated. A huge shortcoming of the emperor was revealed. He didn't like women!
The number of people who hated Long Qing was no less than that of the emperor. I don't know how many people wanted Long Qing to die. The emperor treated his relatives mercilessly, which also made the royal family very dissatisfied with him.
"It's just that I invaded some land. This world belongs to me, the Liu family. What's wrong with me that I should be reprimanded like this?"
In particular, he had no sons, which led many people to turn to Emperor Xiaocheng's other sons. What's even more troublesome is that now the emperor is definitely not in the mood to adopt a son.
Faced with this difficult and complicated situation, Luo Yi, on the one hand, controlled public opinion and continued the reform, and on the other hand, he began to peel off the cocoon. There can never be a seamless conspiracy in this world, especially one involving the royal family.
"Once you let me know who sabotaged the reform, I will send you to hell!"
Luo Yi was sitting in the Prime Minister's Mansion, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.
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In the eleventh year of Lingyou's reign, the Prime Minister enacted the reforms. With powerful laws and upright officials, the world was full of vitality and prosperity.
In September, there was a witchcraft incident in the palace, and the gloom was intense. ——"Book of Han: Chronicles of the Emperor's Mourning"
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