Chapter 571 Luo Zichuan, a role model for the world!
Luochuan appeared one after another, like a ray of light piercing the dark sky.
A heavy mist shrouded the entire Han Empire, and all the resentment was tragic.
The blood of heroes, the cries of patriots, and the oppressive political atmosphere were all cut open by Luochuan's sword.
Luochuan said to his wife in Yinghou State: "The Emperor asked me to be the Prefect of the Guards to suppress the scholars, which is not what I want.
The scholars of the world want me to go against the emperor, but that is not what I want.
I am the Marquis Ying of the Han Dynasty, a great noble with a three hundred year heritage.
Our ancestors made great contributions to the founding of the Early Han Dynasty, and our ancestors also made great contributions to the revival of the Later Han Dynasty.
For three hundred years, I have had a clear conscience.
The Han Dynasty was not ruled by the emperor alone.
I am qualified to say how the Han Dynasty should rule the country.
The emperor sat on the throne and listened, the scholars stood in the court and listened, and the eunuchs knelt in the corner and listened. "
Luo Qian hugged Luo Chuan from behind without saying a word.
After all, there is a difference between the Yinghou Kingdom and the Zhaogong Kingdom. The Yinghou Kingdom has its own political goal, which is to continue the Han Dynasty.
For the Luo family to obtain luck points, the family’s power status is a very important parameter.
As long as the Xia Dynasty still rules the Central Plains, with the power and status of the Zhao Kingdom, it will be able to obtain luck points continuously, and the number is roughly the same as that provided by the holy city of Luoyang built by Ji Zhao.
But the real major source of luck points for the Han Dynasty was the Yinghou State. After all, the Han Empire was the protagonist of all the Chinese states, and the Han Empire was once extremely prosperous.
Even now, there is no big problem in suppressing the nations.
Given Marquis Ying's status in the Han Empire, his income from luck points was far from comparable to that of the Bangzhou and Luoguo periods, but it was still more than that of the Zhaogong Kingdom.
How is the world now?
In a nutshell, the world is dark!
The emperor is intelligent but evil at heart, the eunuchs are stupid, tyrannical and short-sighted, and the officials are talented but greedy.
The royal family vied to dig up the foundation of the Han Dynasty, while the relatives by marriage only knew how to unite with the gentry to gain power, and the powerful gentry were expanding their own strength.
In Luochuan's opinion, if one wants to revive the world, relying on eunuchs is not the way to go. The world is corrupt. Can finding a few ruffians save it from decline?
To save the world, only three types of people can unite.
First, upright scholars who care about the world, such as Chen Fan who died recently.
These people were upright and strict, and not only the eunuchs were afraid of them, but even the lawless scholars were afraid of them.
Chen Fan once served as the governor of Youzhou. As a result, county officials in Youzhou resigned from their posts one after another, fearing that Chen Fan would punish them.
Second, young scholars from humble backgrounds with great ambitions.
These people have clean backgrounds and as long as they are taught in time, they will become the backbone of the force and can be used to attack those corrupt nobles.
Third, there are military generals who come from peripheral counties and have no chance for advancement.
Among these military generals there were even some hereditary officials from the border counties with a salary of 2,000 stones.
The hereditary officials of the rank of Two Thousand Stone were considered to be wealthy and prominent families throughout the world, but in the eyes of the wealthy families in Luoyang, if a family was not well versed in Confucian classics, they would still be military men in the border counties.
This is not about valuing culture over military power, but another form of discrimination.
The Huaiyin Han family and the Anyang Han family, two of the most prominent families in the world, are both families of military generals, but no one would think of them as warriors.
Because these two families were the leaders in military science and had a legitimate family tradition passed down from generation to generation, even those students who came from Confucian classics families hoped to become Han's disciples.
These heroes from the border counties who have no family background are eager to make a name for themselves, but they have no connections and have to seek shelter from the wealthy families in Luoyang.
There is always prejudice in the world, and the poor and the rich are hostile to each other.
But Luochuan didn't have that. No matter if the person was a scholar, a poor family, or a commoner of humble origin, as long as he was useful, he would not be afraid of him.
With this idea in mind, Luochuan wrote to the emperor again. This time his words were not too harsh. He mainly analyzed the disadvantages of the Party and Factions Persecution for the emperor.
"The eunuchs have great power in the government and even more influence than the royal family.
Officials all over the world were afraid of them, just like they were afraid of tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves.
Even though the rage was overwhelming, there were still scholars who came forward one after another to submit petitions, and there were still heroes who resolutely hid those scholars.
Even if there are swords and knives on my body, I am not afraid.
What kind of belief is this?
Isn't it worthy of Your Majesty's contemplation?
Is the whole world full of rebellious people?
Is there anything more important than life and death in this world?
Why do those people do that?
It's probably what Mencius said, sacrifice one's life for righteousness.
Where is righteousness?
Righteousness lies among the world but not within the court. Isn't this worth reflecting on?
Most of the scholars who dared to resist the eunuchs were upright, incorruptible, strong-willed, and talented.
If you kill these people, does Your Majesty think what will happen to the remaining scholars?
Those who are eager to gain personal gain will laugh out loud. Without these upright scholars, those who are greedy and despicable will be able to enter the upper class.
Those who had placed their hopes on the imperial court became disheartened and completely lost hope in it.
He relaxed the restrictions on scholars and selected upright and excellent scholars to serve as ministers and county governors.
Print scriptures and teach the poor.
Demote incompetent, greedy and violent eunuchs.
Promote eunuchs with good moral character and outstanding talents to serve as constant attendants to communicate with the inside and outside. "
Luochuan's petition is not even considered a reform, because reform is a change made after getting into trouble, and what Luochuan wants to do now is just to stop the chaos.
If the Han Empire is likened to a car that is going downhill, then the emperor's current action is to step on the accelerator hard. If he does nothing, the Han Empire will last longer.
The alliance between scholars and powerful people was eroding the foundation of the Han Dynasty, but how many scholars were there?
There are many people who are greedy and despicable, but there are also countless scholars who take the world as their responsibility and have ideals.
The emperor doesn't need to be so pessimistic and generalize all the scholars in the world, thinking that everyone is only concerned about his own selfish interests.
This is like a classic paradox of the Ming Dynasty in Ji Zhao’s previous life forum: “First, the imperial examination system opened up a channel for the bottom to rise. The imperial examination system is the most advanced system, far surpassing those systems that rely on bloodline.
Second, the imperial examination system trained a large number of civil servants.
Third, the civil service group in the Ming Dynasty was completely a parasite that brought disaster to the country. All civil servants could be killed, and the Ming Dynasty was harmed by the civil servants.
Fourth, what method can completely defeat the civil service group?
Fifth, abolish the imperial examination system and appoint eunuchs, who are the emperor's confidants, as well as nobles and clan relatives who are inherited through bloodline."
After reaching fifth place, she would return to first place and a new round would begin. Ji Zhao felt that Chunchun was sick.
This is a typical diode brain.
Luochuan's memorial shocked the world.
In fact, Luochuan's letter was not biased, nor did it discriminate against eunuchs. It did not say that all eunuchs should not be allowed to interfere in politics. Instead, it said that the emperor should select some eunuchs with good moral character and talents.
But the emperor was very angry because he felt that Luochuan was right this time.
The problem is that Luochuan is right, doesn’t that prove that he is wrong?
How could the emperor be wrong?
So without much thought, he issued an edict to reprimand Luochuan and reduced the number of households in Yinghou State to prove his anger.
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After the emperor ordered the imprisonment, those who spoke out against it were either exiled or killed. The ministers kept silent and each defended their position. Only Chuan stood up and wrote a letter to the emperor pointing out the evils of eunuchs, saying, "The emperor did not do it, but the whole country did. At that time, power was transferred to the officials. It is too late to regret now."
The emperor was furious and reduced the number of households of Marquis Ying by 300 and fined him 2,000 dan of rice. Chuan Yu was very excited and defended the scholar.
One hundred thousand scholars in the country, as well as the various counties and states, all said: "He is the only one who defies the emperor's words and is not afraid of the strong. He is the model of the world, Luozichuan!" - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Marquis Luoying"
One word at a time, less is better, I feel the quality is still good
(End of this chapter)
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