Chapter 455 Asking for a Letter
"Marquis Anyang? Marquis Lu?"
The people who were talking were relatives of the two marquises within the five degrees of mourning. They had close contact when they could enter Zhaocheng during festivals.
"These two people actually came here at this time. The situation is chaotic now. It is not easy to come to Zhaocheng."
The son and daughter of the Luo family travel with hundreds of brave warriors or spiritual soldiers. Unless they encounter an attack from a large army, they will be safe.
But unless the emperor issued an order, the marquises were not allowed to bring private armies when traveling. At most, they could bring some strong men in the army as guards, and they were not allowed to bring armor. This was naturally fine when the situation was stable, but it was more dangerous to travel during chaotic times.
"Is there something big going on?"
They didn't believe that there was nothing surprising about coming to Zhaocheng at such a dangerous time, but it was a bit surprising that two people came together.
When Han Lin and Lu Chan walked into the room, they saw a row of people sitting on each side of the room, each of them had a shining holy mark between their brows.
The two knew that this must be an internal meeting of the Luo family, and they quickly apologized: "My Lord, please be well, and all the young masters and young ladies, please be well, and we are sorry to bother you."
"My two lords, are you well?"
Everyone in the Luo family bowed together.
"Do you two gentlemen have important business here? Are you coming together?"
Luo Wuji asked, Han Lin and Lu Chan looked at each other, Han Lin clasped his fists and said, "My Lord, Lu Hou and I met when we entered the territory of Zhaogong State, and we came here together.
I came here this time because what the emperor did is truly appalling. Such evil has never been heard of in the past hundred years of our dynasty. Now in the Guandong area, the number of refugees is gradually increasing. If it is not stopped, once millions of refugees form, it will surely be a situation of devastation. If this is allowed to continue, the demise of Qin is not far away, and the overthrow of the country is imminent.
Our ancestors followed Emperor Gao and established the Han Dynasty. Duke, we once swore an oath before Emperor Xiaowu died to protect the Han Dynasty. Do you have the heart to watch the Han Dynasty decline like this? "
Luo Wuji heard this and said, "Does Anyang Hou still remember that you came to Zhaocheng after Emperor Xiaoding's southern expedition failed?"
Han Lin, Marquis of Anyang, certainly remembered that Emperor Xiaoding had lost his spirit after his failure and was unwilling to fight, but he was too heavily influenced by the human relationships in the world. At that time, he came to Zhaocheng to complain, but was finally persuaded to leave by Luo Wuji.
Han Lin smiled bitterly and said, "You are right. After the war with the Southwestern Yi has been settled and the people have vented their feelings, I no longer support continuous wars.
But I can't stop at all. You know, five years ago, I was driven back to my fiefdom from Chang'an because I wrote a letter to request a ceasefire. If I had known this would happen, I would have been better off staying in hiding like Emperor Xiaoding."
Luo Wuji shook his head and said, “You still don’t understand, the wars that the emperor has fought over the years were all necessary.
The rebellion must be quelled and the territory must be defended. My second son has started wars in the Western Regions. The family has always strongly supported the emperor in his wars to quell the rebellions of the four barbarians over the years.
Some battles must be fought, some blood must be shed, this is the legacy for future generations.
The mistake you guys made was that you failed to recognize a man who had killed some civilians not long after he ascended the throne because of the King of Jiaodong.
At that time you should have known that he was not magnanimous enough.
As a result, in order to keep the emperor engaged in wars, you gave him too much undeserved praise, which fostered his arrogance.
Think about it, over the past decade or so, when he had just become the emperor, would he have dared to kill so many doctors and nobles directly like he does now?
It's good that you woke up in time. There are still a lot of nobles in Chang'an City cheering for the emperor."
Han Lin smiled bitterly and said, “You are right.
But it was all a little late.
At this point in the situation, you are the only one who can come forward and rally the heroes of the world, or even persuade the emperor to mend his ways."
As the only remnant of the previous era, the only person above the prime minister besides the emperor, Luo Wuji is the only person Han Lin can think of who can change the emperor's will.
The faces of all the Luo family members changed. In the heart of Marquis Anyang, Luo Wuji was even more powerful than a prestigious emperor.
This is not a good thing!
Luo Wuji glanced at Han Lin, as if he saw the family's fortune slowly fading away. He said slowly: "You may be disappointed. I can't leave Zhaocheng."
Once you leave Zhaocheng, you will die immediately.
This was the second half of Luo Wuji's sentence that he did not say. He continued, "Marquis Anyang, you made another mistake."
Hearing Luo Wuji's refusal, Han Lin felt a little desperate. Then he heard what Luo Wuji said and raised his head in confusion. He was Luo Wuji's junior. Whether in terms of status, political relationship between the two families, or blood relationship, he was always the junior.
So Luo Wuji spoke to him as if he were a son or nephew, and casually said: “In the Han Dynasty, a force or group that is more powerful than the Han emperor may appear.
But there should not be a minister who is more powerful than the emperor. Yin and Yang have order, and the four seasons have seasons. To have the inferior overthrow the superior is the way to destruction.
Unless he is regent, like King Lowen!
Marquis Anyang, do you understand?"
Han Lin was not a fool. He understood and his face turned pale.
Marquis Lu Chan shook his head upon seeing this. The foundation of the Anyang Marquis family was still too shallow and they didn't understand the Luo family at all.
Persuade the emperor?
In everyone's eyes, that was intimidation. Forcing an emperor to accept their opinions was unimaginable to everyone.
The most terrifying thing is, can Luo Wuji succeed in his persuasion?
able!
Because his power is indeed stronger than the emperor, but precisely because of this he cannot go, just like King Zhaosheng in the past, it is wise to restrain one's prestige.
Luo Wuji can use this prestige to do countless things, but he can't just threaten the emperor, as this is too taboo.
The people of the world have countless expectations of the Luo family, but bullying their lord is not one of them!
Luo Wuji went there to bully his master. A tiger and a kitten said, what are you not going to do?
How could the kitten not listen?
If Luo Wuji passed away, and Luo Sheng went to persuade the emperor, that would be called persuasion.
Because Luo Sheng does not have the same prestige as Luo Wuzhi, the only thing he can rely on is his identity as the head of the Luo family.
"Grand Duke!"
Lü Chan interrupted the silence in the room. At this critical moment, Lü Chan thought that it was my family that had to deal with the Luo family. Neither the Han family nor the Huo family was good enough. He looked at Han Lin next to him and said to himself, "Marquis Anyang, watch carefully. I will only demonstrate it once!"
Han Lin knelt beside him and looked at Lü Chan who suddenly spoke. Lü Chan said with a hint of worry on his face, "Grand Duke.
It is well known to everyone that the three-foot-thick ice is not caused by one day's cold. Can the three-foot-thick ice melt in one day?
That must be impossible.
The emperor's dictatorial ambition has grown little by little over the past decade. How difficult would it be to change his mind?
The weight of the world lies in the emperor.
When the emperor is angry, there will be a violent storm across the country. When the emperor is furious, there will be thunder and lightning across the country. One of his decrees can cause the nobles and common people in the Western Regions, Liaodong, and Lingnan to lose their homes and homes. This is the emperor.
Isn't it the most irresponsible thing to allow a dictator to sit in this position?
Within a year, the number of refugees in Kanto increased by hundreds of thousands!
Grand Duke, I am very worried. Is it right to let this go on and watch the number of refugees in Kanto increase day by day?"
These words moved everyone in the Luo clan. Luo Wuji sat up slightly and said, "Lord Lu, if you have any ideas, please speak up."
Lü Chan put away his worried expression and said solemnly: "Grand Duke, your weight is greater than Mount Tai, and your prestige is the highest in the world. You should be more reserved so that you can last longer. It is right for you to sit quietly in Zhaocheng and not speak.
Just now you said that there cannot be a Gaia Emperor in this world, but there can be a group that suppresses the emperor.
I really agree with it.
The only solution now is to gather the princes of Guandong, with Marquis Ying and Duke Qi as the main ones, and jointly write a letter to inform the emperor of the true situation in Guandong. You are the only one in the world who has the prestige to communicate through letters.
I would like to borrow your letter so that I can visit the marquises from all directions, especially the Zhang family of Xinzheng, the Xiao family of Lanling, the Han family of Huaiyin, the Huo family of Guanjun, and the Wei family of Changping. The attitudes of these great marquises are crucial.
I am willing to travel around the world, contact the princes, and bring peace to the world!"
After Lu Chan said this, he bowed deeply. Luo Wuji looked at Lu Chan deeply. Han Lin looked at the man in front of him in shock, as if he met him for the first time. All the Luo family members in the room looked at Lu Chan with puzzled expressions.
Borrowing a letter from Luo Wuzhi is not only to help Lu Chan meet everyone, it itself vaguely represents a certain attitude, but this attitude is very shallow and will not give people the illusion that he is above the emperor.
What a good lobbyist!
Lu Chan fell to the ground, feeling a little nervous. He certainly didn't have such wisdom, but he had a sister, a very smart sister. These words were analyzed for him by Lu Ying.
“The Luo family is a clan of saints!
In the past, my ancestor Empress Gao said that only with truth and sincerity can one be trusted. These words are enough. "
A leisurely voice came from the top, "Lord Lu, you are right. I will give you a letter so that you can meet the other dukes without any hindrance."
Lu Chan felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief, "Chan thanks you, Duke!"
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Emperor Li of Han, Liu Dan, had numerous shortcomings, such as being ambitious, extravagant, wasteful, indifferent to the people's strength, and stubborn. He abused the people's strength to satisfy his personal desires without any regard for it, but the author is unwilling to repeat these clichés. The real damage Emperor Li of Han did to the Han Dynasty was not the loss of population and resources, but the devastating damage to the political environment and the irreversible pollution of the political atmosphere. The mutual trust between the monarch and his subjects and the relaxed and free public opinion environment during the period of Liu Heng and Liu Che were gone from then on. This was the beginning of the decline of the Han Dynasty. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
(End of this chapter)
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