"Your Majesty, men and women cannot sit together, let alone study together. This breaks the rules."
Before Liu Zhao finished speaking, an elder from the royal family stood up to oppose him.
Liu Zhao said with a straight face, "Separate dormitories for boys and girls won't break the rules."
"If you don't let your child study, you'll fine him rice and even strip him of his title. Isn't that too harsh?"
"If I don't do this, how can I demonstrate my resolve? You know better than I do how rotten the royal family is right now. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures."
“What if the child himself doesn’t want to study?”
"Any child who is unwilling to study, regardless of gender, will be demoted to a commoner and removed from the family tree."
This, this, this is too cruel.
"I've said that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We must first establish the rules for studying and make everyone realize the importance of studying. I won't let you spend a penny, I'm just a little stricter in management, what else are you complaining about? Do you really think my money just came from the wind? I'm willing to invest this money in the children's education, so the children must correct their attitude and repay them with good grades. Whoever dares to mess around in the school, my Jinwu Guards are not just for show."
At Liu Zhao's command, the royal family quickly looked for a house to set up a school.
Gu Jiu disliked the fact that the royal family was too slow in doing things and wasted money, so he directly assigned someone to be in charge of this matter, and the Audit Department was responsible for checking the accounts.
The school is divided into boys' and girls' schools, and the school building is temporarily located in the clan's public housing. The school will move in when the new building is completed next year.
Gu Jiu makes full use of his talents.
Let the strictest nanny in the palace take charge of the girls' school, and Qian Fu take charge of the boys' school.
Qian Fu was confused. It would be better to kill him than to let him run the school.
He feels wronged and is complaining. Can you just ignore him?
Liu Zhao retorted, "The Queen has said that this position belongs to you. You will take charge for the first year and establish the rules. We will find someone else to replace you next year."
Qian Fu wants to cry!
He really didn't want to take care of this group of uneducated and unruly royal family members. There was a huge gap between the rich and the poor, and they all had the surname Liu. In the eyes of the world, these people were just a bunch of troublemakers.
Liu Zhao knew what Qian Fu was worried about, so he said, "I allow you to use any means, as long as the person is not killed or disabled."
"With your Majesty's words, I feel a little more confident. If someone comes to the palace to complain..."
"Whoever dares to complain will be beaten by me."
Qian Fu finally felt relieved and rolled up his sleeves to get to work.
Thousands of royal family boys and girls, aged five to sixteen, were wearing the same school uniform and going to school.
Finally, someone is taking care of these bastard kids.
This is also a big deal within the royal family.
It sparked discussion from all sides and was reported in newspapers.
Some court officials murmured, "Your Majesty has established a free school, forcing all children under sixteen and over five years old in the royal family to study, and treating boys and girls equally. What's the point?"
"It's just reading, what's so strange about it?"
"Bullshit! Is this just a simple matter of studying? This involves the royal family, so everything is serious. So many people have studied, what can they do? Can they become officials?"
"Isn't it enough for a Shaofu to be a member of the imperial clan?"
"It's always good to read some books."
"It's a good thing for the royal family, but it may not be a good thing for the court."
Some people guessed that Liu Zhao's move might have a deeper meaning.
But he never expected that Liu Zhao would dare to relax the imperial examinations and military operations for the royal family.
boom!
It was like a bomb dropped into the officialdom, causing a river of blood to flow among all the civil and military officials.
"A tyrant!"
Before, everyone was still discussing the Northwest Army’s dispatch of troops to counterattack Xiliang.
Civil and military officials opposed starting a war rashly and opposed sending the Northwest Army to fight.
Even if we want to go to war with Xiliang, we should let the Northwest Marshal's Office send troops, and we must not let the Northwest Army send troops.
We have finally locked the Northwest Army in a cage, how can we move it lightly?
Once the Northwest Army moves, all restrictions on the Northwest Army will be in name only.
The Duke of Lu is not an honest man and will never obey the court's orders.
Other generals were afraid of fighting, afraid of weakening their forces, and afraid of losing money and weapons. They would not send troops unless absolutely necessary and would rather keep their troops to themselves.
When it came to the Duke of Lu, everything was reversed.
The Duke of Lu was eager to fight, and the Northwest Army grew stronger through war after war.
Other armies, when they have lost all their men in a battle, retreat to preserve their strength.
As the Northwest Army fought, more and more people joined the army.
Why?
Because the Northwest Army did not follow the rules, they recruited soldiers whenever a war broke out, looted everywhere, and accumulated wealth.
Afterwards, he only submitted a recruitment list to the Ministry of War.
What can the Ministry of War do?
Since it concerns the Northwest Army, we can only accept it and take the initiative to help the Northwest Army complete various conscription procedures.
There were quarrels in the court every day over the issue of war, but no result was reached yet.
Liu Zhao then made a big move, relaxing the imperial examinations and military powers for the royal family, which stunned the court.
After this incident broke out, no one cared about the Northwest, Xiliang, or the Northwest Army anymore.
Let the Northwest Army send troops to counterattack Xiliang, whatever!
The Ministry of Revenue has money and grain, and can do whatever it wants with it.
It is absolutely not possible to open the imperial examinations and military service to the royal family.
Since Liu Zhao ascended the throne, the Jinwu Guards had been dispatched several times to arrest people, but they were still unable to stop the civil and military officials from continuing to surrender. They jumped up and cursed Liu Zhao, "A foolish ruler is ruining the country!"
"How can the family rules of our ancestors be changed?"
"If we leave the royal family alone, the country will be ruined!"
"The ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty will never rest in peace!"
"Your Majesty, please revoke your order!"
"Your Majesty, this move is going to ruin our great country!"
"The royal family is full of ambition. Your Majesty, have you considered the consequences of letting them go? Aren't you afraid they might rebel?"
"Who on earth was behind this, causing His Majesty to make such a foolish decision?"
"Purge the court!"
"Yes, clear the emperor's side! Kill the villains around His Majesty."
"Clear the emperor's side, clear the emperor's side..."
The ministers clamored for a purge of the imperial court, so Liu Zhao smashed the inkstone and left in anger.
Lin Shuping performed his duties conscientiously and shouted, "Dismiss the court!" and hurriedly caught up with Liu Zhao.
Simply leaving the court in anger will not scare the ministers.
After nearly two years of fighting wits and courage with Emperor Liu Zhao, the court officials' fighting ability has steadily increased, and their courage has also steadily increased.
As long as you survive, you must fight to the end.
Moreover, most of the court officials captured by the Jinwu Guards were exiled overseas, and their families were not executed or exterminated.
Life goes on, and the fight never ends.
It turns out that in order to develop overseas, Liu Zhao exiled officials and also encouraged the arrogance of court officials.
It's so infuriating!
Do we have to kill a few more good heads before these court officials will calm down?
Gu Jiu persuaded Liu Zhao, "Let them make a fuss. If they don't, this matter will never be resolved. People will bring up old scores in the future, and it won't be a good thing for you, the emperor, to be punished by the court officials. It's time to let the royal family out to fight."
"Listen to what those court officials say. It's really unpleasant."
"You know that court officials always speak harshly."
"I'm just not feeling well."
Gu Jiu took out a sample book and said, "Zhou Shi'an's latest masterpiece, On the Past and Present Lives of the Imperial Clan, will be officially published in a few days."
Liu Zhao picked up the sample book and asked, "Will it work?"
Gu Jiu laughed. "Zhou Shi'an has already established his status as a literary giant with his book 'Officialdom.' This book 'On the Past and Present of the Imperial Clan' will surely trigger a new wave of book buying and will have a profound impact on both readers and ordinary people. Do you know what's in it? It describes how absurd the imperial clan is. And then deeply analyzes why it's so absurd?"
Because the imperial clan had nothing to do, they just sat around eating and waiting to die. If they didn't do something ridiculous, how would they fill their time? Raising the imperial clan like pigs ultimately resulted in them becoming a bunch of useless people. Whenever the dynasty was plagued by internal and external troubles, the imperial clan was unable to shoulder the burden, primarily because they had been raised to be useless. Not only did they waste money and food, they also held the dynasty back.
Liu Zhao's cheeks twitched. "Exposing my shortcomings in a book, the royal family has no face, and I have no face either."
Gu Jiu laughed, "You have to sacrifice something to gain something. To win this tough battle, what does it matter if I sacrifice a little face?"
Liu Zhao snorted twice, "Have you found a successor for the position of Shaofu Household Manager?"
"I've recently gone through hundreds of files and even sent people to investigate privately, but no one has caught my eye yet. The royal family has truly been spoiled."
Yes, they have long become a bunch of useless people.
I hope to see progress starting from the next generation.
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The fighting power of the court officials was swift and sharp.
In the court, memorials impeaching Emperor Liu Zhao and impeaching the royal family for their absurd behavior flew onto Liu Zhao's desk like snowflakes.
Whether it was a big court meeting or a small court meeting, there were people who came forward to persuade Liu Zhao to revoke his order and not to be merciful to the royal family.
The difference is that at the small court meeting, everyone would still give Liu Zhao some face.
At the grand court meeting, that group of fearless imperial censors pointed at Liu Zhao and cursed him as a tyrant, spitting everywhere, without giving him any face at all.
Outside the court, court officials used newspapers as weapons to write articles to criticize and slander the royal family.
In fact, there is no need to discredit the things done by the royal family, as they were dark in nature.
Incite hatred among the common people against the royal family.
"Da Zhou Life Show" and "Shanhe Academy News" followed up and published articles.
The royal family is indeed very evil.
But can simply accusing the royal family of being evil solve the problem?
Why are the royal family so evil?
Why do the most absurd things in every dynasty always happen to the royal family?
Come on, everyone, look here.
"Da Zhou Life Show" and "Shanhe Academy Newspaper" are not those rubbish newspapers that only know how to curse people. We not only curse people, but also deeply analyze the reasons behind them and find solutions.
Both sides seem to be scolding the royal family, but they are diametrically opposed in some aspects.
When the royal family is gone, they roll up their sleeves and get to work, and the situation becomes complete chaos.
Princess Huyang took the lead, united the royal family, and paid for the event. She bought the front page headlines of several newspapers.
Why did the civil and military officials fear the royal family so much and wish that all of them would die out?
Come, come, let me tell you slowly.
Back then, civil officials and military generals were a bunch of weaklings who dared not even fart in front of the royal family.
Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied, they sowed discord, created incidents, linked evidence together, and said that a certain member of the royal family was planning a rebellion.
Even if they don't rebel, we will use a hundred and eight tricks to force them to rebel.
It doesn't matter if the means are dirty, as long as they work.
Of course it works, and since then the royal family has been raised like piglets.
Civil officials and military generals took the opportunity to divide the territory and power, and the two sides fought to the death for hundreds of years.
The current aristocratic families all developed by taking advantage of those times.
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