Chapter 570 Luochuan writes a letter!
The emperor smashed dozens of ceramics in the palace, wielded his sword and cut through countless curtains, and his angry roar echoed in every corner of the palace.
"Rampant! Rampant!
Does Luo really think that I dare not take action?
Do you really think I am afraid of them?"
All the servants in the hall knelt on the ground with their heads bowed deeply, and no one dared to step forward to persuade the angry emperor.
The emperor even wrote the edict himself, and he was confident that he could kill the entire family of Yinghou in a short period of time.
Because successive Yinghous never took concubines, they had few offspring and did not have the huge lineage like other families, making it very easy to kill them.
But then I thought about the Luo family behind Ying Hou and their influence among various countries.
The emperor was worried that he would issue an imperial decree one moment and other countries would come knocking on his door the next.
The emperor was so angry that he smashed another treasure.
In the end, nothing happened.
The emperor would never tolerate being bullied, and he didn't care about anything else as he fled to the Kingdom of Ying.
However, he conducted strict inspections around Yinghou State, and anyone who escaped was executed on the spot.
For a while, the counties and prefectures became a battleground, and the party members were hiding from the court's pursuit, and if they were caught, they would basically be killed.
Even though people knew that harboring these party members would lead to the extermination of their entire families, countless people still took them in. This shows how angry people across the country were.
As the only one who had the courage to retort to the emperor, Marquis Ying's reputation throughout the world soared again, and he had become the crown jewel among all the marquisates and noble families.
Although the other five families were prominent and had many students and former officials, they dared not confront the emperor, as the emperor was capable of exterminating three clans.
No matter how many disciples and former officials one has, or how prominent the family's reputation is, once all the main branch and direct descendants are dead, endless internal strife will break out in an instant.
If the emperor instigates even the slightest, the family will be ruined overnight.
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When the emperor's anger had subsided, many dignitaries who sympathized with the party members, including relatives of the emperor, wrote to the emperor, requesting pardon for the party members who were imprisoned. The emperor thought about it for a long time and, remembering that the main culprits were already dead, he ordered the scholars in prison to be released.
But at the same time, an order was issued that these people were not allowed to hold official positions, including their three clans, and all the names were recorded in the inner court, and they were still called party members.
The meaning of this action is that the emperor did nothing wrong, the scholars were just forming a clique, and they were released now because the emperor showed mercy.
Such an action instantly set off an uproar in the world. Since the founding of the dynasty, there had never been a case of implicating three clans and prohibiting people from serving as officials.
Neither Luochuan nor Luo Qian had expected that the emperor would do such a thing as restricting the advancement of scholars.
These scholars are all capable. If we don't allow them to serve as officials in the court and instead send them to local areas, isn't that seeking death?
He wrote directly to the emperor: "Your Majesty.
It is absolutely unacceptable to imprison scholars.
The prosperity of the world depends on the gains and losses of people.
Abandoning scholars and promoting eunuchs, is this what a wise monarch should do?
I have a question.
Do you know how to plan money and food, pacify the people, the principles of criminal law, and command the army? Which of you is proficient in these ways of governing a country?
You don't use capable scholars, but use incompetent eunuchs. I don't understand what your Majesty is thinking."
After reading this memorial, everyone had a thought: it turns out that insults can be so advanced.
With just three words, "I don't understand", the emperor was scolded.
Ying Hou Luochuan's intention was very clear. He ignored the talented scholars and instead used incompetent eunuchs.
What can these eunuchs do?
It's not simply discrimination against the eunuchs' identities, but how can these people who have not received special education and only know how to flatter the emperor be used to govern the country?
He knows nothing about governing a country.
There are indeed scum among the scholars, and there are quite a few of them, fighting for their own interests.
But compared with the eunuchs, they are really dwarfed by the giants. At least they can still do their job and maintain the operation of this huge empire.
Especially the best among the scholar group, who governed the country with one hand and the army with the other. The Han Dynasty was able to maintain stability and the emperor was able to sit on the throne and issue orders to ban political parties. These scholars made great contributions.
To put it bluntly, eunuchs are a drag on scholars.
Luochuan ignored most of the scholars who sought fame, and he looked down upon eunuchs even more.
Because the Luo family has always thought very clearly, and their views on imperial power, ministerial power, etc. are different from those of the rest 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.
From all these things, Luochuan could only see that the emperor benefited from them, but could not see any benefits for the world. It would be good if half of it could be used for war. The palace was extremely extravagant. Did the money fall from the sky?
Make money.
Where does the money come from?
Everyone knows that it is a case of heavy taxation and plunder.
In this world, it is not automatically right to make money for the emperor.
Fight against scholars and relatives by marriage, maintain the stability of imperial power, and then what?
What is the purpose of maintaining the stability of imperial power?
It is so that the emperor can use his imperial power to strike back at those who erode the foundations of the country.
But what is the reality?
In this world, there is one truth: a fool cannot take power away from a wise man.
Why did the emperor gradually fall into a disadvantage in the confrontation with the scholars? To put it bluntly, it was because the emperor was stupid.
So the emperor chose even dumber eunuchs, and then used the supreme imperial power to restrain the hands and feet of the scholars, and then strengthened the eunuchs to form a balance.
What a horrible thing!
The imperial power was consolidated.
What about the world?
Who will govern?
The emperor doesn't care. The world is so big that even if it is corrupt, it can remain corrupt for many years.
There is a fundamental contradiction between the Luo family and the emperor.
That is the choice between the country and the king.
There is a sentence that can express Luo's attitude more vividly, that is, the world is more important than the country, more important than the ancestral temple, and more important than the king.
That is, first ensure that the world belongs to the Xia people, then ensure that the world is peaceful and stable, then ensure that the world belongs to the Liu family, and finally ensure that a king of the Liu family is in power.
But the emperor didn't think so.
The first goal of most emperors was to maintain their own rule.
Many emperors even ignored their ancestors' foundation in order to maintain their own rule, with a feeling of "after I die, I don't care about the flood."
The emperor will only revitalize the country if he can ensure his own position on the throne.
The Luo family's consistent practice was to help the emperor strengthen his power, implement reforms and ease social conflicts when the emperor was wise and powerful.
The emperor began to play power games, just wanting to maintain a balance and protect his own power. When he allowed his cronies to cause chaos, the other party would attack him.
A dynasty can move without anyone, but it really cannot move without so many people. In the huge court, there is no one who expresses dissenting opinions, and no honest minister.
Can such a dynasty get better?
Could it be that the emperor is the incarnation of a sage, a natural saint, and is born with knowledge?
(End of this chapter)
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