Chapter 832: Supernatural powers cannot defeat the great changes in destiny!

The government hall was solemn and dignified, with Luo Xianzhi sitting at the top.

Several people were arrested in the hall, two of them were alchemists, one was the merchant who had done the deal, and the eunuch who had reported the prince. They all looked terrified. There were several people watching. Luo Xianzhi did not beat around the bush and asked directly, "Tell me, why did you frame the prince?"

Frame the prince!

As soon as this question was asked, several people in the hall shuddered, and the four people below the hall wailed tremblingly, "Sir, it's unjust, how dare I frame the prince?"

Several people kept kowtowing like pounding garlic, their faces showing extreme fear.

Luo Xianzhi calmly said to the recorder: "Write down what they just said. They framed the crown prince in order to overthrow the crown prince's position in the East Palace."

???

The four people on the ground stopped howling instantly and stood there in a daze. Some of them were still crying and their noses were running, but they were speechless. They were a little confused. Did they just say this?

Several other officials in the hall, including the chief clerk, were at a loss as to what to do. This was a frame-up, and someone asked tentatively, "Sir, is this against the law?"

His voice was very soft.

Luo Xianzhi looked at everyone leisurely and asked, "You are all important officials of the country. You have participated in countless meetings at various levels, including those of the court, the ministries and provinces, and the government offices. I believe that there will be records in the end."

Several people nodded. Of course the conclusions of the meeting must be recorded, especially the public opinion of the court, which must be recorded in the history books. The emperor's words are not a joke, but the edicts stamped with the emperor's seal cannot be changed. So they said, "Of course it is so. Everything has a record and everything must be recorded. This is the requirement of the thousand-year inheritance."

Luo Xianzhi asked expressionlessly, "I am the Minister of Chancellery, and His Majesty has asked me to be in charge of drafting imperial edicts. Do you know what this job entails?"

Luo Xian was the only one who held the positions of Shangshu and Zhongshu, and he was very powerful. Several people replied, "It is to record the results of the discussion between your majesty and the ministers, and then write it down in official documents."

Luo Xianzhi nodded and said, "Everyone in the world knows this, but the most crucial point of this matter is that when your majesty expounds on your will, he will not use official documents, and his logic will not be strict. It is very likely that his words will not make sense, and he will hesitate back and forth. There are even some things that your majesty is not willing to say, otherwise it will not look good in history books.

What I have to do is to write down what Your Majesty really wants to do. What is recorded in the document is the resolution and the fact.

Do you agree with me?"

None of them had ever been involved in such government affairs, and they felt as if they had been enlightened. They all bowed and said, "Your Excellency, your opinion is great!"

Luo Xianzhi stared at the people in the hall and said, "It is the same now. What these criminals say is not important. What is important is to understand the meaning of their words. This is a profound knowledge. You must listen carefully."

The four people in the hall were shocked by Luo Xianzhi's extremely shameless words. How could this be the same? To guess the intentions of the superiors was to do things better. To guess them, no, that was not guessing at all, that was a naked frame-up!

Without waiting for them to speak, Luo Xianzhi asked again: "Plotting to overthrow the crown prince's position, this matter is not good for you, tell me, who is behind this?"

It was still an extremely calm voice, but it made people shudder. If this matter was not good for these people, then who would it be good for?

It was really terrifying to think about it. What was Luo Xianzhi going to do? Was he going to start a chaos in Liang State?

After what happened just now, no one dared to say anything. They all remained silent. Luo Xianzhi raised his eyebrows. No words?

"Remember this. You have conspired to resist the court's investigation and have no intention of repenting. You have attempted to damage Daliang. Your entire clan should be exterminated."

The merchant immediately became anxious. His family was the largest among them. If the three clans were exterminated, hundreds of people in his family would die. He shouted, "Sir, you can't do this. How can you execute someone who is innocent?"

Luo Xianzhi paused for a moment, then asked in surprise, "That's it? Record his roaring in court, punish him for all his crimes, and cut him into pieces."

hiss!

The four people in the hall were already numb. This world-famous prime minister of Liang State did not follow the routine at all and was not reasonable at all. However, Luo Xianzhi's face turned cold and he said sternly: "Do you feel that you are extremely wronged?

But in my opinion, it is not enough to cut you four into pieces. Your crimes are so heinous that they are appalling and lawless.

I can tell you clearly that you don't need to pretend that you are being wronged. You yourselves know best whether you are innocent in this matter or not.

Cleanse your blackened hearts and rotten places and see how many vicious conspiracies are inside.

The four of you will surely die. Now hand over the person behind this and I will spare your family members who are unaware of the situation.

If you still have this expression, you will all die. I have never been lenient. When I killed the nobles, I killed many people, not to mention the lowly creatures like you four!"

Luo Xianzhi deliberately put on an arrogant expression in order to mentally attack these people. Not to mention others, these four people were absolutely not wronged, and they played an important role in this matter of overthrowing the prince.

One of the Taoist priests fell to the ground, still howling, "Sir, I am truly wronged. I am truly wronged."

Luo Xianzhi frowned deeply, then raised the imperial edict in his hand to the guards on both sides and said in a deep voice: "I have the order from His Majesty, so you can act as you see fit. Put him in a corner, and you go and imprison all his family members, kill half of them, and send the head over."

The hall fell silent again. Luo Xianzhi gave the order cleanly and neatly. This decisiveness was shocking. The most important thing was that he really had the power to kill people at will, and he was willing to do it.

Many officials are unwilling to kill people in large numbers when they are in power, as doing so will make them have a bad reputation and may even leave a reputation as a cruel official in history books. Moreover, strong men who like to kill people usually suffer huge political failures.

But Luo Xianzhi did not care about these so-called reputations. Even if he killed as many people as possible, only words like "Xianzhi's majesty is heavy", "Xianzhi's law enforcement is very strict", and "Xianzhi's character is quite strong" would be left in history books. These words are at worst neutral, and he would not be associated with being a cruel official.

When the guard received the order to leave, the Taoist priest felt Luo Xianzhi's determination and panicked. He was about to speak, but Luo Xianzhi shouted, "Shut his mouth."

A piece of white cloth was stuffed in his mouth, blocking all the words he wanted to say, but he no longer had the chance. He gasped for breath, sobbed and spoke incoherently, with snot and tears falling.

Luo Xianzhi stopped asking them questions. After an unknown amount of time, guards came in with a dozen heads still dripping with blood. There were old men, women, and young people.

Some people died with hideous faces, while others died with their eyes wide open, obviously dying with their eyes open.

Looking at the familiar head, the Taoist priest collapsed to the ground, his mouth blocked and he couldn't speak, but his surging tears made people feel his inner collapse.

Luo Xianzhi frowned and said, "Half of the people are just this small? Does he have any family members outside Jianye City? Check for me. The whole family must be together. No one can be spared. Catch them all."

hiss!

Everyone didn't know how many times they had gasped today, but Luo Xianzhi's killing attitude was so terrifying that it made people feel cold.

The most important thing is that Luo Xianzhi acted without hesitation and did not give people a chance to regret. This was quite terrifying. They saw that the alchemist just now wanted to regret it, but was directly blocked by Luo Xianzhi.

This kind of thing was commonplace in the Northern Dynasties. After all, the Northern Dynasties were a group of fighting Han people. There were a large number of Hu people in Yan State, and it was difficult for them to be wild. Not to mention Wei State, and as for the Han State, it was a hereditary killing tradition.

But in the Southern Dynasties, after Luo Chu took control of Jiangzuo, politics became very mild. After all, this was the gathering place of the aristocratic families. When these people fought, they mainly fought for official positions rather than lives. If they lost power, they would just go back to their hometowns and be done with it.

Luo Xianzhi walked down from the top slowly and paced slowly beside the few people, "I keep my word, if I say I will kill your whole family, I will kill your whole family.

What you guys rely on is nothing more than what the people behind you said to you: if you just hold on, only you will die and your family will be saved. If you say anything, your family will not be saved.

Those who only know how to scheme use this ridiculous trick.

Yes and no? "

Several of them had turned pale, their lips were cracked, and they were sweating profusely.

Luo Xianzhi said calmly: "I never use torture to treat people like you. I don't like to force you to confess. I like to destroy everything you cherish and make your death become a worthless thing.

Anyone who wants to be remembered for eternity, I will make him be cursed for eternity.

He wanted to become famous, so I let him die in obscurity.

If anyone wants a high position and generous salary, I will make him poor and destitute, and he will never be able to enter the officialdom in his life.

Those of you who want to protect your families, I will kill all of your families.

I don't care who made the promise to you, but from my perspective, he cannot protect your family. Even if you keep the secret for them, all their promises to you are empty.

As for worrying about revenge afterwards, I don't think you need to worry about it. As long as you hand over the people, I will kill them all. Even if they are royal family members, princes, or relatives by marriage, I will make them pay the price they deserve.

Whether to let them die or to die yourself is a question not worth choosing.

You should think carefully about whether you should do this or not.”

From the moment he entered here, Luo Xianzhi has been creating a kind of personality, that is, he is completely unreasonable, disregards national laws and rules, is extremely arrogant, has great power, and is ruthless. He can really do those things and give these people one blow after another on the spiritual level.

The cloth ball was finally taken out from the gagged Taoist priest. He howled loudly and crawled to his family, crying bitterly.

…

Luo Xianzhi was holding a confession in his hand. Those people had already been taken away. Even if they confessed, they would still be killed. The three clans would not be implicated, but those in the family who knew about these things would also have to die. The crime of framing the prince was too serious, and the death of one person was not enough.

Luo Xianzhi walked to the chief clerk, and under the gaze of everyone, he picked up the paper with the records at the beginning, looked at it carefully, then gently tore it into pieces and threw it directly into the brazier.

This action made everyone confused and asked, "Sir, what does this mean?"

Luo Xianzhi chuckled and said, "Things that are made up naturally don't need to remain in the world."

??? Didn’t you just say that these are their true thoughts?

Luo Xianzhi knew what they were thinking from their expressions without them having to speak, and said, "Since you have doubts in your hearts, I will tell you another truth today.

It is necessary to write the edict according to Your Majesty's true intentions, but this does not mean that you can write it casually. For example, the things I burned just now were just used to scare people.

If this kind of slander really appears in the country's system, it will greatly undermine politics, and the entire court will be harmed by it in the future.

According to the true records, this is the first requirement of the case code. You are all important officials of the country in the future, even the three dukes and nine ministers, remember, you must execute it according to the Daliang law. "

Meeting Luo Xianzhi, I finally saw what it meant. Both the positive and negative words were said by one person, and they all made sense.

Several people looked at each other, all a little confused. Luo Xianzhi knew that this was a typical case of confusion caused by having seen too few things. Only a gifted person like him could maneuver among various rules with ease.

"Think about it slowly. I have something important to do."

Luo Xianzhi said goodbye, and several people hurriedly bowed to see him off, and then continued to stare at each other in confusion.

…

"Your Majesty, this is my conclusion. The prince is innocent. He was indeed framed by a traitor. The reason was an unreasonable wish and a fortune teller's words that he was too precious. The prince was a little too different from Your Majesty. He hated the eunuchs and some of Your Majesty's close ministers, so he was secretly targeted."

Luo Xianzhi reported the final result to Xiao Yan. Every time he said something, Xiao Yan's face darkened. He never thought that he would be used. These people actually took advantage of his trust and asked him to kill the prince. He was the emperor!

"Lingxiu, I am the emperor, with endless and unimaginable power. How dare they do this? Aren't they afraid that I will kill them?"

Luo Xianzhi bowed calmly and said, "Yes, it is precisely because you have enormous power and can easily decide a person's life or death that these thieves do this.

One irrational move or a little bit of malice on your part would be enough to crush anyone's entire family.

A little bit of charity from you is enough to make a worthless person stand out, to make a poor family become a noble family, and even finally become a powerful family.

This is the most important thing for an emperor, the most important thing in the world. Therefore, an excellent emperor can always maintain his rationality, possess the virtues of the ancient sage kings, and not vent his anger on other people because of his emotions.

You must not listen to one side only, but listen to opinions widely, not give orders casually, and treat the power in your hands with caution.

This is the principle of a wise ruler."

To advise the king at every appropriate point is what a minister should do. The value of a minister of remonstrance is far beyond what most people imagine, and the role he plays is no less than those capable ministers who govern the country. One makes the world better, and the other advises the emperor to prevent the world from going downhill.

For example, a minister like Wei Zheng who had a clear understanding of the situation played a role no less than Fang and Du. But in the eyes of many people, ministers of remonstration were useless, because many people believed that the emperor was always wise and always understood everything. But in fact, the emperor would make many mistakes. If he could get five out of ten things right, he was already a very good monarch. A country ruled by a single monarch was doomed to collapse.

Xiao Yan looked at the information in his hand again, sighed and asked: "Lingxiu, I want to kill some people to deter those who have evil intentions. How do you think I should kill them?"

Luo Xianzhi's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He hated those who framed the prince. If they really succeeded, the achievements of two generations of the Luo family might be ruined. So he said coldly: "My suggestion is to kill as many people as possible, kill many people, and kill as many as possible. Those who are not killed will be eliminated.

Your Majesty should continue to promote the Crown Prince through this incident, let everyone see your determination, and make up for the prestige that the Crown Prince lost due to the previous incident. Otherwise, even if this incident is resolved, the Crown Prince will not be affected by your trust, and it will be difficult to eliminate it. "

Elevate the prince.

Xiao Yan nodded and said, "Lingxiu, you should handle this matter. You can go to the Crown Prince for me again and give him the reward from the palace. Let him study with peace of mind. I will keep his position as Crown Prince forever, and Daliang will be his in the future."

Luo Xianzhi knew that this was Xiao Yan's compensation to the prince. Because of this incident, some rifts arose between father and son. The prince knew that the emperor did not trust him that much, and the emperor also knew that the prince must be dissatisfied with him. But there are not many fathers and sons in the world who can really get along. As long as there is no political problem, Luo Xianzhi will not say anything more.

…

"If it weren't for you, I would have been a prisoner, or even dead. You saved my life, and I really don't know how to repay you.

Please accept my greeting, Lord."

Xiao Tong was a gentleman. He had suffered a lot these days and had experienced many vicissitudes of life. Now, the clouds had finally cleared and the moon appeared. His gratitude to Luo Xianzhi was beyond words. He held a banquet in the East Palace, and the Crown Princess and other close relatives were present. Everyone looked at Luo Xianzhi with gratitude.

Moreover, there must be an intention to win over Luo Xianzhi. Perhaps winning him over is not appropriate, and showing goodwill is more appropriate. Everyone knows that Luo Xianzhi is a close minister of the emperor, and the emperor trusts Luo Xianzhi the most.

But every time a major event happened, the powerful people of Liang State would realize that they were still thinking too superficially. The emperor's trust in Luo Xianzhi was just like his trust in his own confidants and brains.

If it wasn't Luo Xianzhi, who else could have saved Xiao Tong this time?

No one dared to think about it, except Luo Xianzhi!

Luo Xianzhi raised his glass and said, "Because of your majesty's trust, I have been able to hold such a high position and have such great power, so I will serve the country wholeheartedly and be loyal to your majesty wholeheartedly.

Your Highness's affairs were the result of a conspiracy by a villain, which even implicated Your Majesty. I could not bear to see Your Majesty being deceived by the villain, so I revealed the matter. Your Highness does not need to thank me. I was only following Your Majesty's orders and judging everything with integrity.

As long as Your Highness behaves properly and treats His Majesty with respect and filial piety, who can harm Your Highness?"

After saying this, he drank the wine in one gulp. His words were very simple. He was the emperor's subject and could not get too close to the prince. The aging emperor was sometimes just an ordinary old man, and old people needed companionship, and they were very afraid of losing.

If Luo Xianzhi got close to the prince, it would give Xiao Yan the feeling that he had abandoned the emperor and turned to serve the prince, which was something Luo Xianzhi wanted to avoid at all costs.

As long as the prince behaves himself, he will protect him in the court until he successfully ascends the throne.

Whenever Xiao Tongyi thought of this incident, he felt very ashamed. He didn't know how many people were spreading this incident and how he would be recorded in history books. He still could not forget the verbal confrontation that took place when he and Xiao Yan confronted each other that day.

…

The Witchcraft Case ended with a large number of people being killed and even more being exiled. During that period of time, the entire Jianye City seemed to be filled with a faint smell of blood. More than a dozen families were implicated in this incident, and at least three of their clans were exterminated.

Among them were the princes of the Xiao clan, some families of foreign relatives, and some aristocratic families who were involved, and they were treated with no mercy at all.

This is what Luo Xianzhi had said before, if he said to kill the whole family, then he would kill the whole family.

This incident silenced the entire Jianye City. During the years that Luo Xianzhi was in power, some people even began to miss Luo Youzhi, because Luo Xianzhi was even more ruthless than Luo Youzhi.

Although Luo Youzhi has a tough personality and his methods are a bit rough, the scale of his attacks is generally not large. But Luo Xianzhi is different. His methods are a little too smooth. He always launches surprise attacks, and before people know it, he has already set up traps and catches them all in one fell swoop. He doesn't give people any chances and gets rid of them all directly.

Almost every time, it involves a wide range of people. How can this not make people afraid?

…

Luo Xianzhi was undoubtedly second only to the emperor in Liang State. After gaining the favor of the crown prince, he thought to himself that even if his next dynasty would not be as good as it is now, he would still have no problem controlling the affairs of Liang State.

If he was given a few decades, there would still be hope that Liang would take over the world. After all, the current Liang could no longer be described as a simple southern dynasty.

Half of the most fertile land in the world is in the hands of Liang State. Liang State has enough strength to launch a northern expedition. The only thing it lacks now is the best cavalry.

The biggest problem now is how long he can live. This is what Luo Xianzhi is more worried about. The life span of the Luo family has never been very long. His father Luo Youzhi died relatively early, and there were many such problems before him.

If I died in my fifties, the available time would be greatly shortened. Without me, could Xiao Tong accomplish the task of unifying the world with just his strength?

Can his son still take on the responsibility of governing a country?

Luo Xianzhi was uncertain. After all, it was already a blessing from heaven to have produced two generations of talented people who could assist the king. Could he really expect three generations of talented people who could assist the king?

"Your Majesty, the most crucial and important thing right now is to sow discord between the Emperor of Yan and Murong Chui. Successful discord is better than a million soldiers."

Instead of improving the strength of one's own country, it is better to mess up other countries. This is the truth that Luo Xianzhi has always adhered to.

Moreover, for a person like Luo Xianzhi, seeing the situation in Yan State, how could he bear not to intervene and use his wisdom to the fullest?

For a wise man, who doesn't have the dream of bringing chaos to a country with a single word?

Since ancient times, there has never been a shortage of people who can achieve effects and achievements that cannot be achieved by military force simply by relying on their eloquence.

…

There are unexpected changes in the weather, and people are subject to misfortunes and blessings at any time.

There are many accidents in this world. Crown Prince Xiao Tong unexpectedly fell ill. After the witchcraft case gradually subsided, he fell ill in the East Palace, alarming countless people. The imperial physician said that he was suffering from depression. In other words, it was a heart disease, or in the words of later generations, depression.

How can we justify the fact that a crown prince of a country, and a crown prince with a relatively stable position, actually suffers from such a mental illness?

At first, Xiao Yan didn't take it seriously. Everyone gets sick, so he asked someone to send medicine to the patient. But when there was no improvement after ten days or half a month, he felt something was wrong.

In the doctors' view, being sick is something that greatly depletes the body's vitality. If an illness does not get better, even a minor illness will definitely cause big problems.

When Luo Xianzhi learned about this, he felt a chill all over his body and was stunned.

He recalled a story recorded in the clan's classics. The content of the story was not complicated, but the moral of the story was deeply engraved in his memory.

In this world, certain things are always happening in a cycle. Those wise and powerful kings are few in number and always die young, while those mediocre and incompetent kings always live a long time. Therefore, failure is common in this world, but prosperity is rarely seen.

The short life of the prince or the emperor is actually not unexpected. Since ancient times, there have been very few emperors who lived long lives. The emperors of the Wei State all had short lifespans, and any disease could take away their lives.

But what Luo Xianzhi found difficult to accept was that he solved the matter of witchcraft in order to secure his position as crown prince, but now that the crown prince had gotten into this incident, it seemed that the State of Liang was inevitably sliding towards an unpredictable future.

Is this the case where supernatural powers cannot defeat destiny, and man’s plans are inferior to God’s?

Luo Xianzhi looked at the azure sky. He was not convinced, very not convinced. He still had many years. Even if one prince was gone, he could still support another one!

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In front of the vastness of heaven, personal efforts are probably insignificant. In order to maintain the stability of the country, Luo Xianzhi brazenly launched the "Witchcraft Case" which lasted for six months. A speck of dust called illness fell, but it was more majestic than Mount Tai. This is probably the regret of history. - "General History"

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