Faced with the full-scale counterattack by civil officials and military generals, the royal family was completely defeated.
The defeat was no surprise.
The royal family colluded and ran to the palace, asking Emperor Liu Zhao to make the decision for them.
Those scholars are so bullying.
Relying on his education, he pressed the royal family to the ground and even stepped on them.
It’s great to be educated!
It’s great that you can curse people without using any dirty words!
How can a group of educated people bully a group of illiterate people?
Oh, oh, oh…
So miserable!
A group of grown men were crying like bullied young wives in Xingqing Palace. Their aggrieved appearance was unbearable to watch.
Liu Zhao was very annoyed.
What the hell, crying, crying, crying for no reason!
How dare a group of grown men cry?
If you lose, you lose. Just admit it.
He even had the nerve to go to the palace to complain about his grievances and ask for external help.
Where's the face?
Do you have any shame?
The royal family has lost all face.
Of course, members of the royal family have no face to speak of.
Over the years, the messy things done by the royal family have indeed made people hate them.
"Stop crying!" Liu Zhao was very annoyed.
Still crying!
Cry your ass off!
"Shut up! I told you to stop crying, can't you hear me?"
When Liu Zhao got angry, all the clan members shut their mouths and sobbed like little wives.
Liu Zhao said with disgust, "Look at how cowardly you are. It's shameful, you know? You have disgraced the royal family."
"It's not that we want to embarrass ourselves, it's just that we lack the ability."
"The Imperial Household only provides us with rice and rations, and doesn't care about our livelihoods. We can't take the imperial examinations, and there are many restrictions on military rations. Apart from the free rice, we royal family members live worse than those poor people."
"People outside say we are a bunch of beggars."
Liu Zhao sneered, "People say you are beggars, so you really think of yourselves as beggars? How come I have never seen beggars wearing gold and silver? Find me some."
"Your Majesty has worked for the well-being of the royal family by relaxing the imperial examination system and military regulations. All members of the royal family are grateful to you. But those writers are so mean, so evil. They've insulted us royal family members like pigs and dogs, which is like insulting your majesty! We don't mind, but you can't let your majesty bear the same infamy."
Liu Zhao snorted coldly, "Stop trying to sow discord. I know exactly what you are planning. Get out of here. I will convey my orders tomorrow."
Everyone looked at each other, and then dared to ask, "What is the will?"
Liu Zhao smiled, but his eyes held a chill. "All members of the imperial clan, males over sixteen and under forty, must come to the imperial camp for training. Two months every year, rain or shine, no one except those with noble titles will be exempted. This will become a permanent rule. If anyone disobeys, the Jinwu Guards will take action."
boom!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
No!
Life is good, who would want to go to the Jing Daying for training?
Emperor Liu Zhao has a criminal record.
At the beginning, everyone thought that the Imperial Clan School was just a formality.
It was only when the children entered school that they realized it was serious.
The nanny sent from the palace and the rich eunuch Qian have become demons in the mouths of the children.
Since the beginning of the school year, all the troublemakers have been dealt with. They are not dead or disabled, but they have lost a layer of skin and become much more obedient.
It’s the same in girls’ schools as it is in boys’ schools; those who stand out are always the first to be punished.
The maids in the palace may not be very good at other things, but they are top-notch at training people, and they have all eighteen different martial arts skills.
They were beaten so hard that they cried and yelled that they refused to go to school.
How can I not read?
If you don't study, you will have no food, no title, and you will be demoted to a commoner.
go!
Must go study!
Even if I have to crawl, I have to go to school and I can't be late.
With the existence of the school as a previous record, several members of the royal family could easily imagine that training in the military camp for two months every year would definitely be a life worse than death.
Once the people in Jing Daying receive the order, they will definitely not give in and will carry it out without any compromise.
Because the generals in the Jing Daying camp had followed Emperor Liu Zhao through life and death.
After the war, some of them continued to stay in the northwest to lead troops to fight, while some were arranged in the Beijing camp to take charge of the military power for Emperor Liu Zhao.
In the eyes of the world, all the military generals who followed Emperor Liu Zhao were idiots.
These idiots were well-fed by the emperor and empress, and they didn't care about bribes of gold and silver at all.
Their shares in Sihai Huanyu are enough for them to live a rich life, so there is no need for them to embezzle that little money.
No one knows whether Eunuch Qianfu Qian has planted spies in the Beijing camp.
If the emperor and empress knew that I had accepted bribes, everything would be over.
The male members of the royal family were arranged to train in the Jing Daying Camp, and these generals would probably scream with excitement.
They like to train the children of the powerful the most because it gives them a great sense of accomplishment.
Their backers are the emperor and the empress, so they don't need to care about other people's feelings at all.
The royal family members were in tears.
"Your Majesty, can you please revoke your order? We haven't been productive for many years, and our bodies can't withstand the training in the Jingda Camp."
Um!
Still a little self-aware.
Liu Zhao said with a straight face, "It's okay! Practice more and your body will become stronger and stronger."
If you are not strong, how can you go to the prairie or go overseas?
The population structure of the prairie and overseas must include all interest groups.
So from now on, all the male members of the royal family had to train. They didn't ask for the ability to ride a horse and kill the enemy, but they asked for a strong body that could endure hardships and exert strength.
The matter is settled, no one can intercede.
The next morning, Liu Zhao issued this decree, and ordered them to gather and set off for the Jing camp five days later.
As soon as the decree was issued, tens of thousands of royal family members were scared out of their wits.
Some people rolled on the ground pretending to be dead.
"I can't do it. I'm going to die. I can't be a soldier..."
"I, I, I, I have a heart disease. I have a prescription from the imperial physician, it's absolutely true."
"I'm a newlywed, how can I join the army?"
"I have a title, I don't want to go."
"Only those with the rank of General or above are exempt from military service."
"I'm lame..."
"My hands are clumsy..."
"I stutter..."
"I'm a fool..."
In order to avoid the two months of military training every year, the male members of the royal family tried every possible means.
So Liu Zhao issued another decree that any male member of the royal family who had evaded military service, once verified, would be forced to do hard labor outside the city for six months, without any wages, and in vain.
This move is so cruel!
On one side is two months, on the other side is half a year. Everyone knows what to choose.
In addition, the Jinwu Guards personally went out to investigate everyone who tried to be exempted from military service. For a time, there was chaos within the royal family, and the court officials laughed at what they saw.
When the five-day deadline arrived, thousands of royal family members, except for a few who were really unable to move, were all brought to the Beijing camp for training.
The civil and military officials all laughed at the jokes made by the royal family.
Zhou Shi'an's second book, "On the Past and Present Life of the Royal Family", was finally published.
The publication of this book added fuel to the struggle between the royal family and the officials, which was like pouring water into an oil pan, causing a sizzling sound and a huge commotion.
From an objective perspective, Zhou Shi'an explains the rise and fall of the royal families of several dynasties, and then analyzes the reasons behind them one by one.
The examples he selected are all relatively well-known cases, and many of them are recorded in official and unofficial history.
When everyone saw it, they felt a sense of familiarity and identity.
In addition, it was published at this time, so it was naturally sold out.
After reading the first half of the book, scholars and officials nodded secretly, saying that it made sense, and that Zhou Shi'an still stood on the side of the scholars. They might have misunderstood him before.
After reading the second half, the readers were almost pissed off.
It turns out that this is a book that whitewashes the royal family!
Instead of nailing the royal family into the quagmire, they find reasons for them and speak for them. Where are they sitting on?
"Zhou Shi'an is indeed the number one traitor. This book is full of nonsense."
"I think not only his butt is crooked, but his head is also crooked."
"The royal family as a group should be beaten to death. Whitewash, haha!"
"Although there is some truth in his book, he deserves death for speaking for the royal family."
Regardless of right or wrong, what matters is the stance. This is the attitude of most officials.
As for the common people, they just come for fun.
The teahouses and restaurants in the capital have been very busy recently, and storytellers are very popular.
Riding on the craze created by "On the Past and Present of the Imperial Family", storytellers began to talk about ancient times and recounted the absurd events of famous imperial families in previous dynasties.
The audience gathered and applauded.
The tippers were all more generous than each other. All I could hear was the louder and louder “reward!”
Everyone loves to listen to stories about the past dynasties and gossip about royal families.
I can always find the shadow of the present in those stories.
The only thing missing is the Queen.
In the old dynasties, it seemed that no queen was like the current queen.
"Does it look like the regent queen mother?"
“No!”
"Even the regent queen mother doesn't look like him, so there's no one like him."
"The current Empress has set a precedent. There's no one like her in previous dynasties. Those who come after her will have to learn from the current Empress, and I'm guessing they'll all be a mess."
"That's called parroting."
"Apparently, the ugly woman imitates the ugly woman."
"Hahaha……"
"I would like to see the Queen as regent."
"Hush! Are you trying to kill yourself? How dare you say such things? Aren't you afraid that the Jinwu Guards will come looking for you?"
"The Jinwu Guards are the emperor's lackeys, so who are the queen's lackeys?"
"The Queen doesn't need lackeys. If we really want to talk about lackeys, common people like you and me are all her lackeys."
"That makes sense."
"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Do you think you are qualified to be the Empress's lackeys?"
"Then tell me, who is qualified?"
"I will go to the south to enlist as a sea guard. Only people like me are qualified to be the Queen's lackey."
"Haha! With your physique, you still want to go out to sea? Be careful that you will die at sea."
"Nonsense! I'm going to go overseas and kill the barbarians. I'm quite strong."
"Strength alone is not enough. You also need to know how to fight and how to kill."
A white-faced, bearded man suddenly interrupted, attracting everyone's attention.
"You have a point. May I ask what your name is, sir?"
"My last name is Deng. If you really want to apply to be a sea guard, you can go to the back alley of Baijiafang and bring my business card."
Deng Cunli dropped his business card and left with his apprentice.
Everyone looked at each other in silence for a long time.
"The eunuch in the palace?"
"Boy, you're lucky."
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