For the rest of the summer, Chang'an, the imperial city of the Han Dynasty and the most central area of the world's political culture, underwent tremendous changes.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the stubborn forces of the lords who have been entrenched in the court for more than 70 years have almost been swept away. The fate of many people was changed, thousands of heads rolled down in the dust, and countless clansmen were relocated to border counties or Lingnan places in the form of crimes.

Among them, more than ten top wealthy families, including the Chen family of Qu Rebellion Hou, the Fan family of Wuyang Hou, the Fu family of Yangling Hou, the Jin family of Xinwu Hou, the Zhou family of Kuaicheng Hou, and the Zhao family of Jiangyi Hou, were exterminated by their families and clans, and their ancestral rites were cut off, and they disappeared in the long river of history.

When those former bravado and domineering sons and gentlemen in Chang'an City were tied up to the execution ground and about to be executed, they all remembered in their minds what someone said to them. It was an oath of justice, which they regarded as an ignorant joke at the time, but now they finally know that every word that person uttered has never been in vain.

If God gave him another chance, would he still offend that person? Tears of fear were accompanied by remorse, but it was too late, and the ghost head was under the knife, and the head was ...... everywhere.

With the elimination of the corrupt forces in the court, a large number of fresh blood poured in, and they were all talents who were selected by the emperor and stored in advance by the emperor through the Cilin Garden. Previously, these people were all studying in various departments in some lower capacity. The young talents who once thought that it would take many years before they had the opportunity to display their ambitions in their chests never dared to think that almost overnight, a green road would be displayed in front of their eyes.

As long as you have the ability, responsibility, and real talent, as long as you are from a clean and good family, you can recommend yourself, and as long as you pass the assessment, you can be reused.

There are many fewer purple robes and red clothes in the court, and at the same time there are many young faces. Things in the world are changing like a dog and white clouds, and the only thing that has not changed is the majestic palace under the eyes. The guards of the Yulin Army in Weiyang Palace, looking at the personnel replacement and power change in front of them, the emotion in their hearts was extremely profound.

It all started with that person, although he is not in Chang'an now, but his legend is told everywhere in Chang'an City. Reverence and worship, fear and jealousy, such feelings exist in the hearts of many people, whether they are rivals or friends.

Captain Yulin, who had passed the wooden box to Yuan Zhao that day, is now a dazzling figure among his companions. Regarding what kind of immortal magic weapon the little marquis has opened, even the thunder and lightning have been tamed by him, such a story, he has been asked countless times.

But even if he was asked to speak a thousand more times, the lieutenant would not be annoyed. Because he, like many people, still thinks it was a miracle, and he had the honor to help the little marquis carry the wooden box, such glory is enough for him to brag about it for a lifetime.

With him, there was another person who felt infinite glory, and that was an ordinary Yulin Army guard, who was standing at the door of Hanyuan Hall at that time.

Yuan Zhao borrowed a sword from him, and then the little marquis jumped to the top of Hanyuan Palace. In the gaze of countless eyes, the figure standing at the highest place stood in the wind, proud of the immortals.

The light of lightning swirled around him, and the thunderbolt exploded overhead, and the power of heaven was terrifying in everyone's hearts. In such a situation, even if it is a bronze and gold body, under the blow of thunder, I am afraid that it will immediately turn into powder!

However, in everyone's horrified eyes, it was clear that the lightning was passing by that figure, but it didn't hurt him in the slightest. As if deliberately bypassed, the ordinary sword was stuck between the ridges in front of him.

Fu Yuan and the others, who were still arrogant before, began to turn pale. Could this person really be able to penetrate the will of God? Or is it that public opinion is providence and is no longer on the side of its own camp?

"Your Majesty, have all the ministers seen it? The so-called lightning strikes as a warning are pure nonsense. That is a slander of His Majesty's sanctity, and it is an affront to the majesty of my Han Dynasty. It is conceivable what the intentions of the henchmen of the initiator of this matter are, so please punish him severely! ”

Lang Lang's voice came from the height of the palace, as if it was the will of heaven. Emperor Liu Che retracted his gaze that had been looking at the top of Hanyuan Palace, turned around slowly, and a terrifying light burst out in his eyes, at this moment, the dragon that had taken off its shackles finally revealed its hideous face......!

Those who stand in the court and become courtiers are all wise men. If you don't stand in line at this time, when will you wait? Praising the emperor's wisdom and criticizing those rebellious ministers has become the trend of the times.

And at this time, good news from afar came one after another, which accelerated the demise of the noble group.

The first thing that the Red Feather Messenger came was Yan Suke's news of the victory and the recital. Starting from the land of Wu Yue, more than 10,000 men and horses who entered the Dongou country to help resist the East Yue army, joined forces with the Dongou army, and after more than a month of tug-of-war, the East Vietnamese army was dragged to exhaustion, and then in the case of the South Vietnamese army suddenly attacked its empty rear, the Han army, South Vietnam, and Dongou joined forces to defeat the East Vietnamese army. And took advantage of the victory to pursue, and captured the capital of Dongyue in one go, and the king of Dongyue and all members of the royal family became prisoners, and the Dongyue Kingdom, which was once the strongest among the countries in southern Xinjiang, perished.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Liu Shaoju, the crown prince of Wu, looked up to the sky and sighed a few times, and killed himself. And those old ministers of King Wu who were in exile here and the outlaws who gathered also died, and the trees fell and scattered.

Liu Che was overjoyed after reading the good news. This is the work of destroying the country! Moreover, it was the first victory he achieved in foreign wars after he became emperor, which was of great significance and played an irreplaceable role in enhancing the prestige of the emperor.

Just when the Manchu Dynasty was rejoicing, the news of the second victory spread to Chang'an from thousands of miles away, this time it was Yan Zhu and the final army who jointly played it.

After the fall of the Dongyue Kingdom, the fruits of this victory should have been shared by the Han, Dongou and Nanyue families. However, I don't know what the reason is, the king of Dongou actually gave up the right to divide the territory of Dongyue, and took the initiative to write to the emperor of the Han family, asking to lead the people to join the Han Dynasty, and was willing to become a subject under his rule, just to get a good settlement.

Almost at the same time, when the South Vietnamese forces were fighting in East Vietnam, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Lu Jia took the opportunity to launch a coup d'état, intending to usurp the country.

At that time, the situation was very critical, the Nanyue Imperial Palace was almost about to fall, and at a critical juncture, the Han Angel Final Army led dozens of warriors under him, bravely took the lead, rushed into the rebels, and joined forces with the spies who had been arranged by Lu Jia's side, cut off Lu Jia's head, dispersed the rebels in one fell swoop, and won the victory of defending the palace. Then, under the encirclement and suppression of the South Vietnamese army, which received the news of the return, the remnants were completely eradicated and the rebellion was quelled.

The king of South Vietnam, who had been saved his life, was grateful and made great concessions on the matter of dividing up the territory of East Vietnam. In addition, in order to express his loyalty to the Han Dynasty and be willing to be a vassal country, he will send his prince Zhao Yingqi to Chang'an to learn the etiquette and culture of the Han family, that is, as a proton in disguise.

In this way, after quelling this rebellion, the biggest winner is the Han Dynasty.

Dongou was attached, and its territory was naturally included in the territory of the Han Dynasty. After the compromise of South Vietnam, two-thirds of the original territory of East Vietnam was also assigned to the Han Dynasty. In other words, this time, the Han Dynasty only dispatched two envoys and more than 10,000 local garrisons, and obtained a large territory and pacified the entire southern Xinjiang, which can be described as an unprecedented victory in the history of foreign warfare.

When the news spread, Chang'an was jubilant and encouraging. No matter what era it is, no matter how fierce the internal strife is, in such a thing as a great victory in the country's foreign war, no matter who it is, as long as it is the people of the Han Dynasty, they all feel honored!

Who would dare to accuse the emperor of sending troops to quell the chaos in the first place? Such a victory is in front of him, which shows the emperor's wisdom and decisiveness. Through this incident, the Han Dynasty, whether it is the people or the court, seems to have suddenly realized that our country has become so powerful that it can slaughter the enemy country with a wave of his hand!

This kind of discovery makes everyone start to breed something called self-confidence in the bottom of their hearts. Self-confidence, pride, tolerance, prosperity and ...... these factors are what Yuan Zhao wants to see in everyone in the future. Now, they are finally starting to show up, which is very comforting to him.

And Yan Zhu and Zhongjun finally lived up to their expectations, and the intentions they secretly explained to them at the beginning were perfectly implemented, and even completed more perfectly than their own plans, these two people are really talented.

Compared with the importance attached to the war in southern Xinjiang, the importance of destroying the Xungui group a few days ago is not equal at all in the eyes of Yuan Zhao.

The collapse of such a huge group, he only used a small means. Saying that the heavenly thunder has repeatedly destroyed the palace, it is such a nonsense as the warning of the heavens, when Yuan Zhao heard it for the first time, he thought it was very funny.

Didn't you see that the temples that were struck by lightning were built on high ground? Well, no wonder, they won't understand when they see it. Because, in the hearts of these people more than 2,000 years ago, thunder means that the heavens are angry, and the anger of thunder has been deeply rooted. As for in the distant future, there will be something called a lightning rod that can effectively avoid lightning strikes. If you kill them, they won't believe it.

Such confusion is no exception even for the emperor. Therefore, in the Xuanshu Pavilion of Weiyang Palace, when Liu Che retreated left and right, with a bit of piety, and asked Yuan Zhao about his ability to communicate with heaven and earth, Yuan Zhao seriously explained to him the principle of thunder and lightning for a long time, raised his head, but saw that the emperor looked ignorant, as if he had heard an ancient heavenly book.

"Yuanqing, that, I still don't understand, this kind of metaphysics of heaven and earth is indeed too profound. Hehe! However, listening to the meaning of what you say, isn't it also a science that can be learned by any ordinary person? As long as you learn the principle of this, you can use this wind and thunder cloud lightning in your hands and use it for me, as you once showed? I'm not wrong to understand it this way, right? ”

Yuan Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he had spent so much effort to explain the basic knowledge of thunder and lightning to this physical idiot emperor, wasn't he afraid that he would think that this was some kind of immortal method. In order to avoid the farce of being forced to help him seek the art of immortality in the future, it is time to instill in him the knowledge of physics. Fortunately, his hard work was not in vain, and he seemed to finally understand.

"Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. There are thousands of knowledge in the world, and studying the principles of all things in the world is also one of them. Any study can be of great use when it is refined, and physics is no exception. ”

Liu Che's eyes lit up, watching Yuan Zhao talk eloquently, and he had a keen premonition that the new science that Yuan Zhao said would bring great benefits to his country.

"Yuanqing, where did you learn these magical skills? How is it that there is never a record of it? Could it be that this is the ancient family genetics?"

Yuan Zhao muttered to himself, this person's curiosity is too heavy! It's a detailed question.

"Oh, Your Majesty, these small pieces of knowledge have been learned from the master who has been following since childhood. Xiao Chen once heard his old master say that my Chinese culture is broad and profound, with a long history, and there have been countless wisdoms in the world since before the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It's just that the age is long, and the carrier of the record is too primitive and inconvenient to circulate, and then most of them gradually disappeared in the long river of history, and some of them are even unknown to the world and are lost, which is the most regrettable thing. Those who have survived the world have repeatedly experienced natural and man-made disasters, so what we see now is not one or two out of ten! ”

Liu Che nodded, deeply sympathetic, so many ancestors' wisdom has been unknown in the past years and years with the grass and trees, it is indeed a deplorable thing. Just like the means used by Yuan Zhao, it is a pity that such knowledge has never been known to the world.

"Yuanqing, your ancestor must also be a great talent, but unfortunately, according to what you said, he has been missing, and he has not seen the world for a long time. Fortunately, with you, a high-ranking disciple, you have come to my eyes, which can be regarded as a consolation. Ha ha! I am older, and although I feel yearning for these novelties and knowledge that I have told you, I have no energy to study them because of the cumbersome government and politics. However, there is a lot to be made in the royal family...... That, Yuan Qing, I have given you a decree to appoint you as the Hanlin Scholar in the palace, and find a suitable place to teach you what you have learned in your chest, how about it? ”

Yuan Zhao secretly rolled his eyes, you are a knowledgeable person, and you want to receive any good things. However, it is a good idea to let more people learn new knowledge, but I have some other ideas, so I might as well take this rare opportunity to put forward.

"Your Majesty! Since His Majesty has a decree, of course the ministers dare not hide their secrets. But it's only taught to the royal children...... Xiao Chen thought that such a scope was still too narrow. Has Your Majesty forgotten that under the whole world, it is not the king's land. On the shore of the land, isn't it the words of the king? All the people living in the territory of the Han Dynasty are His Majesty's people, and since His Majesty has decided to forge ahead now, a large number of talents will inevitably be needed in the future, and where will the talents come from? Of course, it is not only from the royal clan, most of them must still converge from all over the world into His Majesty's pocket. Therefore, the minister thought that if His Majesty really wanted to let the royal children receive education, it would be better to expand the scope of this education a little more, select the world's outstanding talents, regardless of whether they are high or low, and teach all kinds of knowledge in a unified manner. ”

Yuan Zhao was briefly talking about his idea, and found that the emperor's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and his face was excited. Isn't it just a school, as for being so excited?

"Good! Good idea! Yuanqing, what you said is right, I govern the world, how can I only use people biasedly! There are many talents who are the pillars of the world and those who can be created, and I want to gather them all in Chang'an and under my command. Ha ha! Boy, you can guess some of what I have in mind, but do you know that I want to do something that my ancestors didn't do? Heaven and earth in my heart...... You'll get to know it slowly. Let's do it as you say. When you get back, put together a piece of music and submit it, and I will give you a separate decree to give you full authority to handle the matter. ”

Liu Che was very excited, and after removing all obstacles on the road to royal power, in the past few days, he finally began to taste the taste of words, and that supreme majesty made him confident and infatuated. Whether it was the Empress Dowager Dou letting go of the scepter at the beginning, or helping him eradicate the Xungui group today, the young man in front of him played an important role, and made great contributions with his loyalty and bravery, which was incomparable in his heart.

The emperor stood up, walked to Yuan Zhao's side, put his hand on his shoulder, his eyes were gentle, and his words were filled with infinite emotion.

"Yuanqing, everything you have done, I have remembered it in my heart. Although you are still young, you are enough to take on heavy responsibilities in terms of mind and sight and morality, and I plan to let you enter the court and participate in political affairs now, what do you think?"

As the Son of Heaven, it is extremely rare to be able to have such a heart-to-heart relationship with his subordinates. From ancient times to the present, how many people can have such honors!

Han Yan and Dongfang Shuo, who were guarding the porch of the Xuanshu Pavilion, glanced at each other, sighed silently, and their moods were different.

Dongfang Shuo is sincerely happy for Yuan Zhao, the more important the status of the little marquis, the more worthy of the country's future is worth looking forward to. And Han Yan's mood is more complicated, he was originally Liu Che's inner favorite, including some inexplicable relationships, and now seeing that Yuan Zhao is so favored by the Son of Heaven, there is always some envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart.

Facing the emperor's earnest gaze, Yuan Zhao solemnly bowed, and then thanked him: "The minister is very grateful for Your Majesty's kindness. However, the minister is too young to enter the court as an official. On the one hand, it violates the rules of the imperial court and will leave a voice for those who are dissatisfied. On the other hand, the ministers are outside the court, but they don't have to be tied, they can do more things for Your Majesty, and it is much more convenient. ”

The future is great, set sail from now on, and inspire me in China!