Chapter 12 The Decline of Imperial Power in the Luoyang Dynasty

The sadness of the feudal dynasty is that when the empire was crumbling, those benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith that could no longer be bound by the imperial power all came out of the iron-blooded cage and turned into a terrifying family. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

They are rooted in this fallen dynasty, greedily absorbing the last essence of the dynasty and fattening themselves.

At this time, the gentlemen who are full of benevolence and morality have all disappeared, and the family guards who protect their own self-nutrition have emerged one by one, this is the sorrow of the empire, this is the feast of the family!

At this moment, Liu Hong was shocked to find that this huge court hall was full of family members!

There was not a single minister at the level of the three princes and nine ministers who supported him, and even Zongzheng Liu Yu, who reported his last expectation, just bowed his head there and was silent.

Even if he Liu Yu is a member of the Liu family, he is not the emperor after all, he also has his political demands, and he also has his family and children, so he also surrendered under the coercion and temptation of the family.

"Whose world is this?"

Liu Hong, who has a calm face, is roaring angrily in his heart at the moment, but he is only roaring in his heart, and now that he is quelling the rebellion, he has to rely on these wealthy families.

However, he Liu Hong is only in his thirties now, and he still has more than ten years to be the emperor!

"This account, let's settle it slowly in the future!"

Looking around at the ministers who were silent after listening to Yuan Kui's words below, Liu Hong remembered their faces and names one by one. After quelling this rebellion, we must start to replace them one by one, otherwise even if this big man is not overthrown by the Yellow Turban Thieves, he will be drained by the last wisp of vitality of these wealthy families.

One Zhuge Liang is no better than three stinkers, and how can an emperor calculate the alliance of this old fox of the Manchu Dynasty?

Liu Hong was waiting to replace them one by one after the counterinsurgency, and they were adding fuel to the fire by giving a healthy Liu Hong a yellow scarf and giving the towering man the final blow.

Whoever killed the deer depends on the performance of all parties in this Yellow Turban Uprising.

"What Taifu said is, then let's draft an edict from Lantai."

In order to quell this rebellion and maintain his basic position as emperor, Liu Hong, who gritted his teeth, had to compromise again.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Today's Yellow Turban Rebellion ......"

The humiliated Liu Hong, with full of anger, took another step back under the coercion of the family.

The edict not only released a large number of party members who were imprisoned by the "disaster of the party", but also had to give the wealthy family the opportunity to blatantly raise private soldiers, and even had to hand over the military power of Luoyang to the family part, in order to quell the chaos, the competition between the imperial power and the family in the court meeting once again ended with the complete victory of the family, at the same time, the two sides that further intensified the contradiction at the moment have no desire to endure each other for the country, what they want now is very simple, that is, the other party dies!

In this way, they will be able to sit and enjoy the whole world.

At the same time, a very simple, but also fatal 'pardon' for the Yellow Turban Army quickly spread from Luoyang to the world.

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"Bang~"

A crisp sound came from the palace of the Han Dynasty, which was Liu Hong, as the emperor, venting the anger in his heart.

Looking around Liu Hong's dormitory at this time, only he and ten eunuchs were standing here at this moment, and there was no one else.

"These families are too deceitful, tell me if there is any way to remove a few of them!"

Liu Hong, who had stood quietly for a while, slowly recovered his usual demeanor, and asked his top ten minions.

Ten permanent servants, although they are notorious all over the world, but as the emperor's minions, why should they care about fame, the only thing they need is the trust from the emperor, which is the necessary way for them to survive.

As the emperor's minions, at this moment, the passage of the court meeting naturally reached their ears and eyes, and they were supported by the emperor to fight against the officials, so they naturally exchanged their plans with each other on the way here.

"Your Majesty, these wealthy families are all protégés and old officials all over the world, this is their foundation, and now the first thing we need to do is to get rid of its roots, in this way, no matter how big the reputation is, it is useless."

As the emperor's top loyal dog, Zhang Rang naturally does not eat dry rice, and in one sentence points out the foundation of the strength of the wealthy family, that is, the support of protégés and former officials all over the world, so that the emperor does not dare to easily remove any official. And as long as the local officials who are not conspicuous in ordinary times are eradicated and their roots are shaken, they will no longer have the power to infringe on the imperial power.

"Go on."

Liu Hong has been in the emperor's position for 12 years, and he also defeated the Dou family, a relative who was powerful at that time.

"This matter is easy, as long as Your Majesty issues an edict, let the ministers in the court 'use rumors to stab history and 2,000 stones', it is enough!"

Zhang Rang's slow words made Liu Hong's eyes light up.

Although the assassin was a fictitious position established to supervise the county guard, the accumulated changes made the assassin start the right to invade the county guard, and slowly evolved into the largest governor of a state; And 2,000 stones, naturally, are officials at the level of the county guard, this is the backbone of the world's official power, as long as the peripheral assassin and the county guard no longer support the old fox in the court, they are like paper tigers, and they will be broken with a stab.

And the 'rumors' are the most powerful force for this edict, to wantonly destroy those assassins and county guards who do not obey the imperial edict, so as to replace all these important positions with the imperial party, and when the time comes, are you still afraid of the old fox who only knows how to call in the court?

"Good! Go, Lantai drafted an edict. ”

The more he thought about it, the more wonderful Liu Hong became, a little smile finally appeared on his plain face, and the rumors could destroy a thorn history and county guard, who would care if the rumors were true or not?

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When the three armies were dispatched, the rear was filled with invisible gunsmoke, and the struggle for imperial power and the family was gradually put on the table, and even the ordinary people living in Luoyang seemed to be able to smell the gunpowder smoke in Luoyang at this moment.

All of a sudden, the Luoyang Market, which is the center of the world, slowly became sluggish.