Chapter 590: Loyalty and Righteousness on Both Shoulders, Unparalleled Sword Points Eastward
In the Wushuang Marquis Mansion, pavilions and towers stretched out in all directions. Luo Kong turned around a few corridors and arrived at his mother's courtyard.
"Brother."
In the courtyard, a woman dressed in the attire of a female official was sitting. She had a graceful figure and a fair face, as delicate as a flower that had just budded. She sat on a stone chair in the courtyard, her wrists as white as snow, and she was extremely beautiful. When she saw Luo Kong, she bowed slightly. Luo Kong bowed slightly in return and smiled, "Is mother awake? I have something to discuss with you."
"My aunt has woken up and is admiring the flowers in the backyard. Brother, please follow me."
The two walked to the backyard, where a noble lady was carefully watering the delicate and beautiful flowers. There was a holy mark on her forehead. Luo Kong's mother was a woman from the Luo family, and there was another female official beside her.
When she heard the voice, she turned around and saw that it was her son. She put down the work in her hands and pointed to a pavilion in the backyard. The two female officials left, and the mother and son walked into the pavilion and knelt down.
The Wushuang Marquisate has had its military and political administration separated for many years. Wushuang Marquis is responsible for fighting wars, while Luo Kong's mother is in charge of government affairs, and nothing has gone wrong over the years.
No one knows a child better than his mother, let alone such a smart woman. As soon as Luo Kong arrived, she knew what he wanted to do.
Luo Kong was still struggling with how to start, but Luo Xin said directly: "The imperial edict has been issued, do you want to lead the army to the Central Plains to support the king?
Have you thought about it?"
Hearing what his mother said, Luo Kong's expression relaxed, he kowtowed heavily, then raised his head and said, "Yes, mother.
Wushuang Hou...
Wushuang Hou was a Han minister.
Where did the family's reputation for 1,300 years come from?
Is it just because of the reputation of being the descendant of King Su?
This is a double-edged sword. If what Luo did could live up to the reputation of being the descendant of the Su Wang, then it would naturally be a double blessing.
But if the Luo family cannot do it, they will be looked down upon even more by the world.
The Luo family's loyalty to the state of Zhou is immortal, and this is the source of their reputation.
Ying Wenxianhou was loyal to Emperor Gao. In order to protect King Ping of Han, he gave up the opportunity to assist the new emperor and become a high-ranking official. People all over the world admired his character.
King Luo Wen was in charge of the Han Dynasty's affairs. It was easy for him to depose and enthrone emperors and even to usurp the throne. Everyone in the world knew it well. Not to mention when Emperor Xiaowen was young, even during the reign of Empress Gao, King Luo Wen's power was not that great and he could have easily usurped the throne.
Duke Wuying of Lu even told King Zhaosheng in person that if the Luo family wanted to be the emperor, the Lu family would abandon the Liu family without hesitation. Don't people in the world think so?
However, King Luo Wen was self-disciplined and respectful, and became a role model for the world. Since King Luo Wen, the thousand-year-old loyal family of Bang Zhou has had an entity in the Han Dynasty.
People all over the world regard the children of the family as the embodiment of morality. Whether they are allies or enemies, they all trust the morality of the Luo family.
In the past, my ancestor was the unparalleled Marquis Wuxiang. Emperor Li had been kind to him, but he still defiantly followed the will of Heaven to quell the rebellion.
Finally, he took away the children of Emperor Li and protected them under the protection of Wushuang Kingdom.
If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid I would have received mixed reviews in the world.
However, there are few complaints about our ancestor Wuxiang Hou, and many people even praise this as the best result.
Isn’t this because of the blessing of our ancestors?
Duke Zhaozhongyi was not originally a minister of the Han Dynasty, but when the country was in decline, he stepped forward and died between He and Luo. The whole country was in grief, and what Duke Zhao had done was enough.
The son knew that the Luo family put the Chinese people first, but people in the world did not think so. It was reasonable for Zhaogongguo not to participate in the civil strife of the Han Dynasty for the sake of the Chinese people, because Zhaogongguo was not a vassal of the Han Dynasty.
But his son was a Han official. Seeing that the Han Dynasty was exhausted and powerless, he could still deceive himself by letting him guard the Western Regions, but how could he sit idly by and watch the Han Dynasty fall into destruction?
Infidelity is infidelity. No matter how many reasons you find, aren’t they just excuses?
If my son receives the order to defend the king today and does not go east, what will the world think?
It turns out that Luo's ministers would not die for their loyalty. Then, is there anything wrong with us decisively abandoning our monarch?
It turns out that loyalty is a joke. The loyalty between the monarch and his subjects, father and son, and husband and wife are all jokes.
It turns out that the so-called loyalty and righteousness are all in vain.
What about benevolence and righteousness?
What about faith?
What about the so-called etiquette?
When my son was learning etiquette since he was a child, he was thinking about what etiquette is.
Later I realized that fulfilling one's responsibilities is courtesy.
If everyone can fulfill their responsibilities, the world will be peaceful. If no one in the world can do so, the world will be in chaos.
If the Luo family fails to do this, the entire class of powerful and wealthy families will fall in an instant, the gentry will immediately follow, followed by the ordinary powerful people, and the whole world.
You know, this is not alarmist, this is the influence of the family.
There are some things that you have to do, you just have to do them.”
Luo Kong's voice echoed in the pavilion. As soon as Luo Xin heard it, he knew that his son was indeed well prepared. He had no idea how many times he had thought about these words in his mind.
She sighed lightly and said leisurely: "There is no problem in serving the king, but what about the Western Regions?
Tell us what you think.”
Luo Kong's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said coldly: "Guarding the Western Region for two hundred years, the family has made so many sacrifices, even my father...
How much more blood can the family shed here?
Now is the time for others to shed blood, and it is time for Liu's vassal kingdoms to hold up the sky of the Western Regions.
My son believes that there are still talented people in the Western Regions, and the talents here are no inferior to those in the Central Plains.
When my son leaves, the Western Region will be full of vitality."
Luo Xin didn't expect that Luo Kong would have this idea. It seemed that Luo Kong's patience with certain countries had reached an extreme and he was no longer willing to allow certain countries to exist.
The challenge from the lower class to the upper class is an eternal theme. The heroes of the Western Regions also do not want to see those kings sitting on the throne forever. They are also unable to bear the oppression and are constantly challenging the order.
This contradiction has become so serious that the Wushuang Marquisate does not want to suppress it for the sake of stability.
Stability is indeed important. Most of the time, a stable society is moving upward, but history is an upward spiral. Sometimes stability can become stagnant. Challenging authority is also important.
Now that Luo Kong has thought about the ending of the Western Region, Luo Xin only has one last thing left, which is also what she is most concerned about, "How many people are you going to the East to support the king?
We brought too much, and even the entire Western Regions could not supply the soldiers and food. When Marquis Wuxiang sued the rebellion, supplies were provided along the way. Now the Western Regions can only supply as far as Yumen Pass. Liangzhou is not our territory.
There are still two thousand miles to go. How are you going to transport the food and supplies?
If you bring too little...
Remember, you must be extremely careful!
The Central Plains is not the Western Regions. Your generation has lived in the Western Regions most of the time and you don’t know the situation in the Central Plains. With your qualifications, there are too many people who can be your opponents in today’s Central Plains.
Only someone like Zi Ling can dominate the world. You are far from qualified.
I have seen scholars who came to study in Zhaocheng, some of whom are extremely talented. If you are not careful, I am afraid you will follow in your father's footsteps."
Luo Xiao Luo Ziling!
Hearing this name, Luo Kong was a little stunned. If he met someone like that, he would definitely be in great danger.
"People like my brother..."
Luo Xin frowned and said, "That Zhang Jiao is very unusual. I have seen Huangfu Song before. When he pacified Liangzhou, he once cooperated with your father.
He is very extraordinary, a truly rare general.
Your father and you are no match for Huangfu Song unless you have a top-notch strategist to assist you in military affairs, such as Zhang Liang and Zhang Zifang.
However, Huangfu Song was defeated by the fledgling Zhang Jue. This was a very strange thing. He could not be a real commoner. Even Huaiyin Wumu Hou had studied under King Chen, who was the pinnacle of military strategy under King Su, but he could not do it.
I have already gone to Xinzhao City to ask my brother about the origins of this Zhang Jue. He was born in Jizhou, so he definitely couldn't escape.
But what is being shown now is not something you can handle, so you have to be careful and wait for other loyal troops to come together, don't fight alone.
Otherwise, I, as a mother, will have to send my son off with my old age."
Seeing his mother was so serious, Luo Kong nodded seriously, indicating that he understood.
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Kong received the imperial edict, so he mobilized all the young and strong men in the country, and summoned the troops of other countries, with an army of 30,000, swearing to defend the Han Dynasty to the death. He waved his sword and marched eastward, shaking the Western Regions and Liangzhou, and the Central Plains was greatly shaken. - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Wushuang Hou"
(End of this chapter)
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