The emperor smashed dozens of ceramics in the palace, slashed countless curtains with his sword, and his angry roar resounded in every corner of the palace.
"Rampant! Rampant!
Does Luo really think that I dare not take action?
Does Luo really think that I am afraid of them? "
All the attendants in the palace knelt on the ground and bowed their heads deeply. No one dared to step forward to persuade the angry emperor.
The emperor even wrote the edict himself, and he was sure to kill all the Yinghou clan within a short time.
Because the British princes in the past dynasties did not marry concubines, they never had many children, and they did not have a huge lineage like other families, so it was very convenient to kill them.
But I thought back to the Luo family behind the Yinghou, the power that spread among the countries.
The emperor was worried that one moment he issued an imperial edict, and the next moment other countries would knock on the door.
The emperor was so angry that he smashed another treasure.
Nothing happened in the end.
It was impossible for the emperor to accept his anger, and he did not care about those who fled into the Kingdom of Ying.
However, he conducted strict inspections around the Yinghou Kingdom, and anyone who escaped would be punished on the spot.
For a time, the counties and counties turned into a battle royale. The party members fled everywhere to avoid the pursuit of the court. If they were caught, they would basically die.
Even though they knew that taking in these party members would bring disaster, countless people still took them in. This shows how angry the people in the world are.
As the only Yinghou who had the courage to reply to the emperor, his reputation in the world has once again risen sharply, and he has become the crown of the noble family of princes.
Although the other five surnamed families are prominent and have many disciples and old officials, they really don't dare to criticize the emperor. The emperor can really do what the Yi clan does.
No matter how many disciples and old officials there are, no matter how prestigious the family's reputation is, once all the main direct lineage dies, there will be endless internal strife in an instant.
If the emperor stirs things up a little bit, the family will fall into ruin in a matter of seconds.
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When the emperor's anger subsided, many dignitaries who sympathized with the party members, including relatives, wrote a letter asking for pardon for those party members who were imprisoned. The emperor thought for a long time and realized that the main criminals were already dead, so he ordered the prisoners in prison to be released.
But at the same time, it was ordered that these people were not allowed to be officials. None of the three tribes including these people were allowed to serve as officials in the imperial court. All the lists were recorded in the inner court, and they were still called party members.
The meaning of this move is that the emperor is not wrong, the scholars are forming cliques, and they are being released now because the emperor is showing mercy outside the law.
Such a move instantly detonated the world. Since the establishment of the dynasty, there has never been anything involving the three clans and not being allowed to serve as officials.
Neither Luo Chuan nor Luo Qian expected that the emperor could do such a thing of imprisoning scholars for their advancement.
These scholars are all capable. If they are not allowed to serve as officials in the imperial court and are placed at the local level, isn't this looking for death?
He wrote directly to the emperor: "Your Majesty.
Imprisoning scholars is absolutely unacceptable.
The prosperity of the world depends on people's gains and losses.
Is this what a holy king should do, abandoning scholars and focusing on eunuchs?
I have a question.
Do you, the ministers, know how to organize money and food, appease the people, punish the law, and command the army? Is any of the ministers proficient in these ways of governing a country?
The eunuchs who are capable but incompetent are not used. I cannot understand what your Majesty is thinking. "
After reading this memorial, everyone only had a thought. It turns out that you can curse someone so high-level.
With just three words, "I don't understand", the emperor pointed his nose and cursed him bloody.
The meaning of Yinghou Luochuan was very obvious. He wanted to spare the talented scholars but use the incompetent eunuchs.
What can these eunuchs do?
It's not simply a matter of discriminating against the status of these eunuchs, but how can these people who have no special education and only know how to coax the emperor be used to govern the country?
He knows nothing about governing the country.
There are indeed scum among the scholars, and there are quite a lot of them, fighting for their own interests.
But compared with the eunuchs, they are really insignificant. At least they can still do things and maintain the operation of this huge empire.
Especially the best among the scholar group, they managed the country with one hand and the army with the other. The Han Dynasty could maintain stability and the emperor could sit on the throne and issue orders to the party. These scholars made great contributions.
It goes without saying that eunuchs were the ones who held back the scholars.
Luochuan ignored most of the scholars who asked for their names, but he looked down upon the eunuchs even more.
Because Luo Shi has always thought very clearly, and his views on imperial power, ministerial power, etc. are different from those of the world.
What is the use of eunuchs?
Make money for the emperor, fight against scholars and relatives, and maintain the stability of imperial power.
Under these conditions, Luochuan could only see the emperor benefiting from it, but he could not see the world getting any benefits. It was good to spend half of it on fighting. The palace was extravagant. Could it be that money fell from the sky? Came down?
Make money.
Where did the money come from?
Everyone is clear about the extortionate expropriation and plundering.
In this world, it is not inherently right to make money for the emperor.
Fight against the scholars and relatives to maintain the stability of the imperial power, and then what?
What is the purpose of maintaining the stability of imperial power?
It is so that the emperor can use imperial power to attack those who erode the foundation of the country.
But what is the reality?
There is one truth in this world, a fool cannot take power away from a wise man and so on.
Why did the emperor gradually fall into a disadvantage in the confrontation with the scholars? To put it bluntly, the emperor was stupid.
So the emperor chose stupider eunuchs, and then used the supreme imperial power to restrain the hands and feet of the scholars, and then strengthened the eunuchs to create a balance.
What a terrible thing!
The imperial power is stable.
What about the world?
Who will govern?
The emperor doesn't care, since the world is so big, even if it is corrupted, it will last for many years.
There is a fundamental contradiction between Luo Shi and the emperor.
That is the choice between the country and the king.
There is a sentence that can vividly express Luo's attitude, that is, the world is more important than the country, more important than the ancestral temple, and more important than the king.
That is to say, first ensure that the world belongs to Zhu Xia, then ensure that the world is peaceful and stable, then ensure that the world belongs to the Liu family, and finally ensure that a certain king of the Liu family is on the throne.
The emperor didn't think so.
The first goal of most emperors was to maintain their rule.
In order to maintain their own rule, many emperors would not care about their ancestors' inheritance. They felt like, "After I die, I won't care about the floods."
The emperor will cheer up the world only if he can ensure that he is in power.
Luo's consistent approach was to help the emperor strengthen his imperial power, implement reforms, and alleviate social conflicts when the emperor was wise and powerful.
The emperor began to play with power, and only wanted to maintain his power by maintaining a balance. When he allowed his cronies to cause chaos, he would attack the emperor.
A dynasty can be turned around without anyone, but it really can't turn around without so many people. In such a huge court, there is not a single person who opposes it, not a single honest official.
Can such a dynasty get better?
Could it be that the emperor was born as a king and was born a saint, so he knew it from birth?
(End of chapter)
