Chapter 537 Luo and Liu originally shared the world!
Some people are born to be the protagonist!
On the stage of the world, freely display your talents.
The protagonists of each era are different. One after another, they come on stage and leave a significant mark in history.
The former Emperor of Zhou, the later overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, the kings of the Warring States Period, and the most indispensable Luo family.
The Luo family experienced thousands of years of accumulation and exploded during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Since the end of the Qin Dynasty, for nearly two hundred years, it has always been one of the most prominent protagonists on the stage. It can even be said that it has always been the male protagonist.
Now Luo Yi has come out with great momentum, he says that he is alone and powerless, but people in the world don’t think so!
He is the patriarch of the Luo family. Even if the world does not know him, everyone in the world respects him!
He was just standing in Chang'an, like a towering mountain, and it seemed that thunder and lightning would sweep in between his breaths.
He raised a cry in Chang'an and issued an edict to seek talents. His voice was louder than the raging waves, and passionate scholars from all over the world flocked to him.
He looked towards Guanzhong, and even though his face was calm, his ministers and officials were still trembling with fear, worried that the past would be brought up again.
At the night banquet in the palace, he looked unhappy, and even the princes and the princess did not dare to say a word.
This is the top prestige that the Luo family can bestow upon the head of the family. This is the prestige possessed by the mysterious Lord Zhao, which is even far beyond the expectations of everyone in the Luo family.
Luo Yi's move to clean up the bureaucracy came quickly and urgently, like a sudden thunder in the sky.
In Chang'an and Guanzhong, officials who violated laws, oppressed good people, and injured or killed people were investigated and executed.
Luo Yi did not think such officials could be reformed and the only way out was death.
Even if they were members of families like the Lu family and the Han family, if they committed serious crimes, Luo Yi would kill them without mercy. However, after killing them, he would select some people from these families to come up.
It is impossible for Luo Yi to carry out reforms to the point where all his allies are eliminated. The situation has not reached that level yet.
As for those who have committed less serious crimes, they will be punished according to the law. Colleagues are allowed to report against each other. Those who report truthfully will be exempted from punishment, while those who report falsely will be punished.
In addition to clearing out corrupt officials among the bureaucracy, Luo Yi began to cultivate a team of officials who were as capable as his own arms and he valued local officials more than the central court.
With him in the central court, no one could cause any trouble. However, the local officials were far away from the emperor and if they were really blinded by greed, they might not care about Luo Yi.
If something really happened, even Luo Yi would not have time to deal with it.
He arranged the scholars who came from all directions into counties and prefectures. Those who obeyed were promoted, while those who disobeyed were demoted.
Such an approach will naturally cause criticism from some people.
"Is the Grand Chancellor too overbearing?"
Someone asked this question, thinking that he was speaking for justice, but was directly retorted by Luo Yi, "When the common people's families were destroyed, they never felt that they were overbearing. Now you just want to kill some unjust officials, and you think you are overbearing?
I once heard that if you throw a stone into a pile of dogs, the one that is hit will bark the loudest. I guess you are one of them, right? "
After investigation, it was found that the family had occupied hundreds of acres of fertile land from the people in Guanzhong, and they were responsible for several deaths.
It took only three days from the time he "spoke up for justice" to the time he was thrown into prison. This efficiency calmed down the people who had been quite dissatisfied before, and instantly no one came forward to criticize Luo Yi.
“Is this the power of the Grand Chancellor?”
The silence of the world made people uneasy, and some people were sighing, but what Luo Yi did seemed very reasonable, so officials all over the world became more and more silent.
The whole world was under Luo Yi's high pressure, and the officials were trembling with fear.
The bureaucrats tried to use a universal method to remove Luo Yi by influencing the emperor.
“The Luo family already has many friends and relatives in Guandong. Now the Prime Minister has placed scholars in various counties across the country. People only know about the Prime Minister, but not the Emperor Lingyou.
Does this world belong to the Liu family or the Luo family?
Grace and power should come from Your Majesty, and I am really worried about Your Majesty."
It was not just one person who said this, but many people, including Liu clan members and in-laws, who were all close to the emperor.
Such sounds were like the tide, surging towards the emperor and Luo Yi.
Such heart-piercing words made the atmosphere in Chang'an and even the whole world tense.
The status of the Luo family has always been a very sensitive issue, especially after the two sides are no longer so close.
This is a landmine between the two sides.
I just didn't expect it to be brought up at this time, and the spearhead is directly pointed at Luo Yi.
This kind of question is the most heart-piercing conspiracy. If the emperor is normal, he will be wary and have to respond. Otherwise, how can his royal authority survive?
However, Emperor Liu Yang was not a normal emperor. His reaction was far beyond the expectations of the people in the world. Not only did he ignore these suggestions, he even issued an edict to rebuke these remarks.
"I have always known, and all the previous emperors are aware, that from the moment King Zhaosheng crowned Emperor Gao, the people of the world have been wondering whether the world belongs to the Liu family or the Luo family.
I even know that although I am the Son of Heaven, the emperor, and I have control over all matters and people in the world, and I am the most supreme and holy person under heaven, below the Supreme Emperor, and I should have the power of life and death, but in fact, it is impossible for me to kill Duke Zhao.
The people of the world do not support it, the great heroes of the Han Dynasty do not support it, and the scholars of the world do not support it.
What else is there to say?
The facts are here. Hiding them is like fear. Are the eyes of people all over the world not clear?
What's the point of hiding?
I know that there have always been rumors among the people that the Liu and Luo families share the world. I sit on the throne, I sit on the throne of the emperor, and Duke Zhao sits beside me.
I was very angry when I heard it for the first time, but when I thought about it carefully, what was wrong with it?
I am saying here that Luo and Liu shared the world, and that’s it.
Now Duke Zhao is the Prime Minister, and I have nothing but trust in him. Moreover, I have seen that the Prime Minister has dealt with those corrupt officials who committed abuse of power and took human lives with reason and evidence, without any frame-up.
Only if I firmly support the Prime Minister can the Han Dynasty be stable.
Some of you are jealous of the Prime Minister and afraid of him, so you want me to frame you. I am angry.
If anyone tries to sow discord between me and Duke Zhao again, I will kill him without mercy."
Once this decree was spread, it was like imposing silence on the people of the world.
Although there has always been a rumor among the people that Luo and Liu shared the world, it feels weird when it comes from the emperor's mouth.
Is this just a complete mess?
Don't you want to compete with Luo family anymore?
Do you still have any ambition?
Emperor Liu Yang’s ideas are different from most people. So what if they share the world?
My Liu family has ruled the world for nearly two hundred years. Until now, the throne is as stable as Mount Tai. Moreover, except for the Luo family, we have the power of life and death in our hands. When we are angry, the whole world is afraid. Looking through the history books, how many kings have such great power?
The greatest benefits in the world have all been obtained by me, the Liu family. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?
The Qin Dynasty did not share the world with the Luo family, and it was destroyed in just over ten years.
It is obvious who loses and who gains!
Although no one understood Liu Yang's train of thought, the emperor's meaning was very clear. He firmly supported Luo Yi's reforms.
In this autocratic era, as long as the emperor does something without scruples, he will succeed.
Luo Yi handled the administration of officials skillfully. His other abilities might not be as good as those of geniuses, but handling the administration of officials was too easy for him.
Time passes slowly in this process.
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In Changle Palace.
The emperor looked at the memorial presented to him with joy. The effect of refreshing the civil service was so obvious that even without any reform, the atmosphere in the world immediately improved just by refreshing the civil service.
"Grand Prime Minister, I really don't know what to say. You have been in power for only two years, but the results are so obvious. It is really unbelievable. If you could come to Chang'an earlier, how could there be the disaster in the past?
There was no expression on Luo Yi's face. He knew very well that what he was doing now was just a paperhanger.
At most, it can only slow down the world's slide into a deeper abyss. It is completely a form of strongman politics.
Luo Yi said in a deep voice: "The effect is good because the previous administration was really bad, which shows how bad the atmosphere in the world is.
They lie on top of the country and suck blood, but there is no output. Now the only thing we can do is to stop them from sucking blood.
If we want to truly revive the situation, we need subsequent reforms, which is the most difficult part. Even those who support us now will oppose us.”
There are countless books on governance in the family, which contain countless processes of reform. Luo Yi learned from history and knew what he would face in the future, which is ubiquitous opposition.
The emperor put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "Grand Prime Minister, I am willing to follow your instructions."
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The history of the Han Dynasty saw its peak and decline. It reached its peak because of people and fell into its lowest point because of people.
But during the reign of Emperor Dao of Han, the decline of the Han Dynasty was due to the fact that the ills of the dynasty itself had penetrated deeply, but the ruling class of the Han Dynasty had not yet fallen into a life of drunkenness and debauchery.
The ruling class realized that this problem would lead the dynasty into the abyss, so they launched a vigorous self-rescue movement, which was the famous "Lingyou Reform" in history! - "The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
(End of this chapter)
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