Chapter 424 Seeking to See Luo Wuji

The prime minister's decisive rebuttal made the emperor hesitate again. The resolute words of the young official just now made him think that the prime minister must have been corrupt. Now he felt that the prime minister was so serious in what he said, so he should not have been corrupt. He didn't know what to do for a moment and was speechless.

"Your Majesty, I am just a humble official. How could I dare to slander a prime minister?"

As he spoke, the young official reached into his sleeve and pulled out a thick stack of papers, saying loudly, "Your Majesty, this is evidence of guilt."

The emperor sent someone to take them and read them one by one. He sided with the young official again, and his anger continued to rise. Then he threw all the papers down and shouted loudly: "Tingwei!"

"I am here!"

The Chief Justice walked out with his head down, his scalp tingling.

"I'll leave this matter to you. You must verify the details and there must not be any mistakes or omissions. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

Things had gotten to this point, and the court meeting could no longer be held. The emperor adjourned the meeting and returned to the harem, while all the ministers left the hall with different thoughts.

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While the grand court meeting was being held in Chang'an, Han Lin, Marquis of Anyang, came to Zhaocheng to ask to see Luo Wuji. He came on behalf of the group of nobles with military merits.

Although the imperial court and the military now respect the general, no one will forget that the head of the Luo family in Zhaocheng is the real number one figure, the only living person in the world with the title of Grand Sima, and one of the three chariot drivers during the reign of Emperor Wu.

Luo Palace.

As soon as Han Lin entered Luo Wuji's room, he bowed deeply and said, "I, the foreign minister, pay my respects to the Grand Duke. May the Grand Duke be safe and happy."

Luo Wuji leaned on the bed and asked, "Anyang Hou An, please take a seat. What are you doing here?"

Han Lin knelt down and said angrily, "My Lord, there is a traitor in the court.

Back then, King Luo Wen and Emperor Xiao Wen established the kingdom for our ancestors and maintained eternal peace for the sake of the eternal survival of the Han Dynasty.

Now it has come to such a critical moment. We want to get rid of the thieves, but we don’t know whether we should do it.

That’s why I want to ask for your opinion. You are the idol of all warriors in the world. If you can reassure us, the brothers will be able to make up their minds.”

Luo Wuji asked calmly, "Oh? Traitors in the court? I haven't been in the court for a long time. Tell me, what did these people do?"

Han Lin said directly: "The biggest traitor is the prime minister, and the emperor is stupid and ignorant. He is not a wise ruler who can protect the ancestral temple and the country. The Liu family has had wise rulers and ministers for generations, but in his hands, it is in danger of being overthrown. This is really a shame to our ancestors."

Luo Wuji's eyelids twitched. The nobles with great military merit were very resentful. He could see that Marquis Anyang really thought that the prime minister was a traitor and the emperor was incompetent.

Han Lin didn't notice Luo Wuji's expression. Luo Palace was a place where people could speak freely. He spoke out what most of the marquises were thinking, "Grand Duke.

Killing someone means paying with one's life, and taking revenge is the natural thing to do.

The war in the south was fought to defend the Han Dynasty's country and its people.

You know, Anyang is thousands of miles away from the southern country. Even if we pacify the Southwestern Barbarians, it will not benefit our Anyang Marquisate.

Moreover, my father was originally opposed to a rash advance and advocated a combination of suppression and appeasement, but the emperor did not listen. In order to repay the court's grace, my father resolutely set foot on that land.

Eighteen marquises shed blood in the Ten Thousand Mountains, and an army of two hundred thousand was destroyed.

My father died there, as did seventeen members of the Anyang Han family. Until now, even their bodies have not been found. There are not just one or ten people like me, but tens of thousands. Doesn't the emperor know the pain and hatred in our hearts?

We have defended our country with our blood and suffered such a huge loss. Do we have any complaints against the emperor?

No!

We only submitted a petition to the emperor requesting to restart the war, but the emperor kept it in his hands and did not send it out. When he met us, he issued an edict of self-criticism.

He wants to stop fighting.

He said that he had done wrong before and couldn’t fight again.

That's ridiculous.

The Southern Country is the land of the Han Dynasty and the land of all the Chinese people. The barbarians have invaded and occupied it, so what's wrong with us sending troops to take it back?

Even if Emperor Gao and King Zhaosheng stood in front of the foreign ministers, the foreign ministers dared to stand up straight and say that they were not wrong.

The only mistake is failure, but it doesn’t matter. The Han Dynasty still has enough strength to spare. We can be defeated ten times, but the Southwestern Yi cannot.

As a result, the emperor actually wanted to stop the war. The cowardly emperor succumbed to the weapons of the barbarians. Did he ask for our opinions?

How could he be worthy of being the successor of Emperor Xiaowu?

If you surrender to the barbarians and forget the teachings of King Su that the Xia and the barbarians cannot coexist, can you still be the emperor of the Xia people with dignity?

Because of his fault, we have to endure such pain, and now he won't even give us a chance to take revenge. What a cruel, mean and ungrateful emperor he is.

Why doesn't he just die?

Why can he still live under this blue sky with dignity? "

Han Lin, Marquis of Anyang, was almost gritting his teeth. All his resentment towards the Southwestern Yi was now vented on the emperor.

Luo Wuji had never expected that the resentment of the marquises was so great. It was no longer dissatisfaction with the prime minister, but dissatisfaction with the emperor. The prime minister was just dealt with as a by-product.

This is not a simple political struggle, because political struggle is a pure struggle for interests. As long as the means are sophisticated, the contradictions can be reconciled.

But now the nobles feel that they are not wrong!

There may be many despicable people among this group, but there are also many who really have ideals like Han Lin, Marquis of Anyang.

This group of people are typical hawks among hawks. There is no compromise or concession in their minds. They always want to fight to the death.

In fact, this kind of thought was not only popular among military heroes and nobles, but also among many Confucian scholars. It was even more popular than the great revenge of the Gongyang family in the previous life.

The Luo family has always been committed to shaping the spiritual world of the people of Zhuxia.

We will be successful if we can prevent people from becoming spiritual slaves and if a common person can stand up straight in front of the emperor.

If we want people all over the world to have a strong spirit of resistance, it seems that although the common people have not yet succeeded, the powerful and wealthy have already succeeded halfway. The nobles of the Han Dynasty have a strong sense of ownership and are not afraid of the emperor.

But there are pros and cons. If people have too much rebellious spirit, they will be fearless. Just like the dukes and nobles nowadays, they actually directly question the emperor's fitness to be the emperor. If they think further, will they have the idea of ​​deposing and enthroning the emperor?

The imperial system is the most suitable system for today's society and the only political system that can maintain great unity. The authority of the royal family must be guaranteed.

For the first time, Luo Wuji felt that the ideas promoted by his family might have gone too far. This sword was really too sharp.

If not handled properly, these people might even directly question the emperor, asking him how these emperors who have lost territory and suffered humiliation have the qualifications to sit on the throne!

Luo Xin gave them freedom, but now the freedom is a bit excessive. Arrogant and brave generals are not enough to describe them. These marquises have their own political lines.

This is horrible.

Luo Wuji had never expected that he had fought the Huns easily when he was young and ruled the Western Regions easily when he was middle-aged, but in his old age, he would encounter such a difficult thing.

He is an unparalleled general, but his talent in politics is not outstanding. Although he is the head of the family now, in fact, it is other people who are in charge of the family.

Luo Wuji pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Marquis Anyang, do you still remember the deeds of my uncle, Marquis Huaiyin Wumu, when he was poor?"

Han Lin was stunned when he heard this, and hesitantly asked: "Are you talking about the butcher in the past?"

Luo Wuji said in a deep voice: "Although Wu Mu Hou has never suffered the humiliation of being kicked in the crotch because of my late aunt, he knows when to advance and when to retreat.

It is indeed reasonable for you to want revenge, and no one can stop you, but have you ever thought about it?

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

Was the defeat of the Southern Kingdom simply due to the emperor’s fault?

Unfamiliar environments and sudden epidemics are big problems. What should we do if we encounter an epidemic again?

Illness comes like a mountain falling. No matter how strong a warrior is, once he falls ill, he can no longer wield his sword.

When the Qin Dynasty conquered Lingnan, it suffered losses no less than the defeat in the Southern Kingdom. The Qin Dynasty did not sympathize with the people's strength and continued to send large armies to conquer. The people's strength was exhausted, which eventually became one of the straws that broke the camel's back.

Do you want the same thing from the Han people?

Marquis Anyang, you have been stationed in the local area for many years. Don’t you know how cruel the local tyrants are?

Once the court increases taxes by one cent, they can increase it to ten cents, or does the Anyang Marquisate also want to get a piece of the pie?

The expedition against the Xiongnu was a matter of great concern to the country, a matter of life and death, so it had to be destroyed at any cost. However, the Southwestern Yi were only a minor problem, and it would not be worth it to shock the world over such a small matter."

Han Lin was a little stunned. He looked at Luo Wuji in disbelief. He didn't expect that Luo Wuji would actually oppose their expedition to the Southwestern Yi.

This is not in line with Luo's usual style.

At least for now, the Huaiyin Marquisate and the Anyang Marquisate still have a close relationship with the Luo family, especially since the two families are preparing for transformation and need to rely on the Luo family.

"Grand Duke, Grand Duke!"

Han Lin bowed deeply and cried, "Why? Are we really wrong?"

Luo Wuji said softly: "It's not wrong, but it's inappropriate, just like looking for the moon in the day and the sun at night."

Although some people's voices are very soft, they are like thunder falling from the sky, more powerful than the voices of others combined.

Luo Wuji is such a person. He is the head of the Luo family. After the death of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, he is the only person whose prestige surpasses that of the Han army and he is the idol of military men all over the world.

When he stood on the emperor's side, the emperor was as stable as a rock.

Han Lin left Zhaocheng in a daze. He was a little confused for a moment and asked someone to send a letter to Chang'an in a daze.

The impeachment of the prime minister will probably come to nothing, and at most he will just step down.

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The slow decline of the nobility in the Han Dynasty was a miracle, but it also caused their power to expand too quickly. After the war against the Xiongnu during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the military meritorious nobles got almost everything. Under the prosperous military merit, there was a huge political crisis. - "The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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