The official residence of Shangshu Province is in a secluded place outside the palace, because it is not a yamen for the people to see outside.

Heavily armed soldiers stood guard in front of the door, and there were two large stone lions, standing majestically.

On the gate is the appearance of King Kong, the emperor is a good Buddha, so on the Zhu Gate of all the official palaces, there are hideous angry eyes King Kong guarding.

Luo Xianzhi sat calmly at the top, there were many people in the hall, but it was very quiet, and the heads of each department reported to Luo Xianzhi in order of recent affairs.

According to common sense, as Shang Shuling, he didn't listen to the work of these subordinates, because the twenty-four divisions of Shangshu Province were too low, and he only needed to listen to the opinions of Shangshu's left and right servants, and at most listen to the reports of six Shangshu.

However, Luo Xianzhi believes that the imperial court has three princes and nine secretaries, and there are two provinces of Shangshu and Zhongshu, and if a great court meeting is still to be held, then Shangshu Province should be the same.

He listened to the reports of the subordinates below, but he didn't know that every move he made could cause the panic of the entire Shangshu Province, his frowning would make people tremble, and his nodding could make people smile.

In the past case of the Shi clan fraud, there were not many people who died in the case, and Luo's has never been the kind of way to wantonly fight, of course, not because he did not dare to kill, but mainly to prevent himself from becoming a knife in the hands of others and a tool for others to eliminate political enemies.

And it is precisely this kind of precise restraint in anger that makes people feel more fearful, that is, people who are not easy to manipulate and cannot control their emotions will eventually be used by others.

Even if Luo Xianzhi didn't kill much, he still made everyone feel frightened, because although he didn't kill those people, there were too many people who were dethroned in the clan chronicles.

What is the difference between this punishment and killing them?

Especially the most classic exile of the Roche, not only the exile of the main family, but the exile of all those who do things for the main family.

The whole world knows that Luo's favorite exile, after this incident, a large number of people were exiled to Qiongzhou by Luo's, and a new round of development began, formerly nobles, now scholars.

And until now, the road to the clan chronicle has been blocked by him, what does this mean?

It shows that the Shi clan fraud case is not over yet, and he is still brandishing the knife in his hand and looking at everyone with fierce eyes.

How does this not make people feel intimidating?

Luo Xianzhi himself didn't feel anything, he just handled government affairs step by step, as Shang Shuling, he had the power to promote officials, and officials below the fifth grade, he could make a decision in one word.

This provided him with a lot of convenience to establish a system of grassroots officials who obeyed his orders and prepared for the subsequent reforms.

The official department Shangshu stepped forward and began to report on the selection of officials in this issue, most of them listened to their origins and surnames, Luo Xianzhi knew that he was born in some low-level scholars, but he did not speak, most of the literate people are children of scholars, this is an indisputable fact, reading is a money-consuming thing, and this is not something that can be changed by promoting books.

Luo Xianzhi was about to say that all these scholars would be gathered together for a basic evaluation, and all those who did not meet the requirements would be screened out.

Unexpectedly, he saw his housekeeper hurriedly walk in, looked left and right, and then whispered in his ear: "Family master, there is news from the north." ”

North?

Yan, Han, and Wei were all in the north of the Liang Kingdom.

Luo Xianzhi said in a deep voice: "Everyone, step back first, this public has important matters to discuss." ”

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Today, the four countries of the Central Plains, one country in the Western Regions, a total of five countries, among which the Zhao State of the Western Regions has the shortest founding time, which was established after the conquest of the Hu people, followed by the Liang State, which was established before the princes made the oath of Luoshui, and then the Yan State, the longest established time is the Wei State and the Han State, and the era of the emperors was opened by the Wei and Han Kingdoms.

The Wei State has gone through five generations of kings, and the Han State has lived a long life because of Liu Chan, less than the Wei State, but there are also three generations of kings.

In the Wei state, this problem is especially serious, since the establishment of this country, basically has not maintained a balance in political power, either the clan is too strong, or the scholar clan is too strong.

After the death of Sima Yi, the spokesperson of the Shi clan, the Shi clan of Wei suffered a major blow and lost the trust of the Cao Wei royal family, and the shadow of the Shi clan was not seen in almost any key position.

Or it should not be called a scholar, it should be a person with a foreign surname, and it should not be trusted.

In fact, in the Cao Cao era, Cao Wei never trusted military generals with foreign surnames, as long as they were military generals with foreign surnames, no matter how many military exploits he had, he could not become the commander of the front army, and it was impossible to command an army of more than 10,000 people.

Later, it was not only because of the withering of the talents of the Cao Wei clan as a matter of course, but also because of the balance of the court, so he began to increase the power of the scholars.

What really dealt a fatal blow to Cao Wei was actually the existence of the Yan State and the Han State.

In order to deal with these two powerful countries, the Wei State had to reuse Sima Yi and these scholars, and had to let the scholars continue to make military exploits, and then they were promoted, and finally that happened.

Now Wei will never allow himself to fall on the same issue twice.

But this raises another question, the reason why the clan generals were not used in the first place was because after the death of the first generation of clan generals, Cao Wei no longer had a clan generals who could be useful, and even people like Cao Shuang could be in a high position, which can imagine the quality of Cao Wei's clan.

Today's Wei State, the clan is extremely heavy, the power of the eunuchs is also very large, and there are even relatives, there is a taste of returning to the Later Han Dynasty, except for the scholars, anyone in power can be in power.

After Cao Chao ascended to the throne, he naturally had the intention to change the status quo, but the power of one person could not turn things around, and people's behavior would be constrained by cognition.

Cao Chao wanted to reactivate the Shi clan, but immediately replied with a sentence, "Your Majesty, has you forgotten the experience of my Cao clan who is only about to lose the country?"

If the Shi clan is reactivated now, who will bear the responsibility for the final death of the country? ”

Cao Chao could only die down.

But the eunuchs and clan relatives are too lawless, has aroused the dissatisfaction of many people, Cao Chao has wanted to comfort himself countless times, although these people are useless, but at least they are loyal, the state of Great Wei is still stable, it is much stronger than being usurped by the scholars.

But.

Another defeat in Hedong made Cao Chao unable to bear it anymore.

In the Weiyang Palace of Chang'an.

Looking at the black and oppressive courtiers in the hall, they all lowered their heads and didn't say a word, Cao Chao held the battle report in his hand, only to feel that his hands were trembling, and he threw the battle report directly at the feet of the ministers.

Taking a few deep breaths, he still couldn't suppress the surging anger, Cao Chao roared angrily: "This is the answer you gave me? This is what you have given me.

Hedong defeated again?

How many times has Hedong failed?

Could it be that when the blood of Great Wei is going to dry up in the east of the river, will you think that Great Wei has really failed?

Could it be that after the soldiers guarding Chang'an were also destroyed, would they know what they had done?

Cao Lin, for your part, this is what you promised me that I would never be defeated?

What else do you have to say? ”

Cao Lin, who was standing in front of the army, walked out stupidly, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it's not that there is a problem with my Great Wei soldiers, it's that Murong Ke of Yan State is too strong, and the ministers don't know why they were defeated by Murong Ke."

However, the minister has already understood Murong Ke this time, and if he meets Murong Ke again, he will definitely be able to win the battle. ”

He was still chattering, but he didn't know that Cao Chao's face was already extremely angry, and Cao Chao's angry voice interrupted him, and he roared angrily: "Shut up!"

Murong Ke, Murong Ke.

How many of you say you can defeat him, and the result?

What I waited for was one failure after another, during the Bang Zhou period, Wei and Qin fought for the land east of the river, and finally failed, leaving even so many laughing stocks.

Now that my Wei State and Yan State are fighting for the land of Hedong, if they still fail, in a thousand years, do you know how many jokes will run through the head of my Great Wei?

I can't put up with you fools anymore, and I want to recruit talented people from the entire Great Wei, and even from the Han and Liang Kingdoms, and I don't believe that a single Murong Ke of the Yan Kingdom can make my great cause stand still. ”

As soon as Cao Chao said this, the court was silent for an instant, and then Cao Lin, who was still a little ashamed just now, almost instantly put away that trace of guilt, his face was full of coldness, and then changed to a sad face.

He knelt directly in the temple, not only him, but most of the people in the entire hall knelt on the ground in an uproar.

These people scrambled to wail and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice."

Have you forgotten what happened to the first emperor?

Have you forgotten the throne that the Cao clan almost lost?

Are you worthy of my Cao clan's ancestors and ancestors by doing this?

When you do this, don't you make your relatives hurt and your enemies happy?

Your Majesty, please think about it.

This is the work of the faint king! ”

One after another sounds sounded in the hall, these voices were mixed together, and they poured into your ears and minds, as if someone was holding a saw and sawing wood in your ears, even if it was a magic sound, it could not describe the pain of Cao Chao at this moment.

After experiencing this torture, the voice in the hall gradually became aligned, "Your Majesty think twice!

Your Majesty, please think again! ”

One by one, like a waterfall descending from the nine heavens, it rushed down unstoppably, and poured into Cao Chao's ears in unison, this is the collective power, which makes Cao Chao feel cold and panicked, who can not panic?

Especially when you know that these people come from different factions and have different demands, but in the face of a sentence that may be casual, but can completely stand together, how can Cao Chao not panic.

Faced with this situation, Cao Chao knew that he shouldn't stay here anymore, he clenched his hands tightly, got up and left here directly, full of anger.

After he left, the courtiers in the palace stood up one after another, their faces devoid of joy, and the emperor's reaction was somewhat unexpected to them.

Normally, in the face of such a swarm of opposition, the emperor should have obeyed, but this time it was not the case, which shows that the emperor's idea was not so, at least he did not give in because of such a little opposition.

"General, what should I do now, it seems that Your Majesty still has to continue to carry it out."

Cao Lin said coldly: "That's absolutely not good, this is my Cao family's country, if there is another change in Gaopingling, can we still have such good luck and complete the turnaround against the wind?"

When pigs fly!

Therefore, we must now refuse everything that may cause the loss of the throne, and it is our responsibility, and if His Majesty the Emperor wants to make a fool of himself, we still have to advise him. ”

The ministers of the clan who surrounded Cao Lin nodded in agreement when they heard this, this is their psychological state, they must not let their foreign surnames take power again, of course, there is no idea in their hearts to play on the topic to keep their glory and wealth, there must be some, and they can even occupy the majority.

After Cao Chao returned to the harem, when he thought of the previous dynasty, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, this time he made up his mind, there will definitely be no concessions, he is not a puppet emperor, but an emperor with real power in his hands, he also has his own cronies, who can ensure the implementation of power.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has come to visit you."

The eunuch hurriedly ran in and reported to Cao Chao, Cao Chao was full of doubts, why did the Queen Mother come here, the current Queen Mother is not Cao Chao's biological mother, after all, he inherited the throne after all, and now he is a major sect.

After the Queen Mother came in, she said directly: "Emperor, I heard that you had a conflict with the ministers in the palace today, so I came to ask, are you okay?" ”

The angry look on Cao Chao's face eased slightly, and he met the Queen Mother, and then sighed and said: "Hedong is defeated, and my Great Wei army has lost its armor again, and I see that Hedong is about to be lost."

The son was very angry, the courtiers were too incompetent, and the son was ready to recruit talented people, follow the example of Emperor Wu to recruit talents, and defend the country of my Great Wei, but the ministers did not agree. ”

The Queen Mother sighed slightly when she heard this: "The emperor should also be more considerate of the courtiers, that incident happened twenty years ago, and now my Great Wei can be said to be a cup of bows and snakes, and no one dares to take risks."

You haven't experienced that time, I have experienced it, those days, I don't want to experience again in my life, that kind of panic, that kind of horror as if the sky is about to fall. ”

Cao Chao's face was a little cold, it was this set of rhetoric, even the queen mother was this set of rhetoric, he held back his anger, suppressed it and said calmly: "Queen Mother, the sons know it, so the sons have endured it all these years."

But now I really can't bear it, if it goes on like this, the Yan State will really drive straight into attack and destroy my Wei State, once the Yan State captures Hedong, then the Yan State will have the national strength of the Jin State in its heyday, and it is even much stronger than the Jin State.

During the Bang Zhou period, the rivalry between the two kingdoms of Qin and Jin, was there any time when Qin was victorious?

If it weren't for the three points of the Jin State, the Qin State would have no chance to go east, so what now?

If we face a powerful Yan Kingdom, will we still have a chance to go east?

After losing Hedong, can Heluo still be able to hold on?

After losing Hedong, what should Yan do if he crossed the Yellow River and directly captured Chang'an?

Queen Mother, you are afraid that my Wei State will fall into the crisis of usurping the throne again, aren't you worried that my Great Wei will fall into the danger of losing the country?

The son was very worried, and the son was unwilling to corrupt the inheritance of his ancestors in his own hands.

Liang Guo's affairs, have you heard about the queen mother?

They are getting stronger and stronger, and even the emperor is able to control those warriors, and they have been able to wage wars against the Han for many years, and the scale of each war is even better than our Hedong War.

If the Liang State does not attack the Han State now, but attacks the Heluo Land of the Wei State, how should we deal with ourselves?

Will we really be able to defeat the growing power of Liang?

Now the system of the state must be changed, if we cannot bring all the talents of the country to the imperial court, then these talents will leave us.

Our Great Wei is the Wei State that it once was, the Wei State that had talents and could not be used, and finally all of them were transported to the Qin State, which is funny. ”

In any country, the empress dowager is a vital force, and this woman, who has the power to legally depose the emperor, is the lifeline of almost all emperors.

Cao Chao said so much to the Queen Mother, just to get her support and let her understand how critical the current situation is.

"How many Hu people are there in Yan Kingdom?

They're just a bunch of brutes.

Queen Mother, if we let Yan Guo enter Chang'an, what will happen to us?

I guess I'm going to be a slave. ”

He is indeed very talented, and it is easy to say that the Queen Mother has moved, and the best way for a person like the Queen Mother who is seriously insecure is to tell her that it is not safe now, and if she does not do what I say, it will cause irreparable results.

But Cao Chao would never have thought that the Queen Mother had just returned to her palace and told her about it.

The reason why the ministers in the court could make Cao Chao helpless was naturally because the queen mother was also on the side of the courtiers and did not support the scholars to regain power.

Now that Cao Chao suddenly had such a drastic emotional change, these people chose to enter the palace for help from the Queen Mother as soon as possible, and asked the Queen Mother to persuade the Emperor to give up this unrealistic idea.

But these people naturally don't know that the Queen Mother has been persuaded by Cao Chao, and now the Queen Mother is on Cao Chao's side.

After all, the Queen Mother knows very well that even if the ministers usurp the throne, it is estimated that she will not be able to see them, after all, it is not so easy for the ministers to grasp power, especially if there are lessons from the past.

But according to the current situation, it is really possible for Yan Guo to enter in his lifetime, and the queen mother, who has been pampered all her life, cannot bear the suffering of becoming a captive.

Facing the people who came to the palace to complain, the queen mother's answer was, "The emperor has his own considerations, he is right, if this continues, my Great Wei may die at the hands of the Yan people, and now resisting the Yan people is the most important thing."

As long as there are capable people, they should be promoted, not just clan relatives and relatives, and it is impossible to select real talents from such a small range. ”

This answer coming out of the mouth of the Queen Mother was devastating to many.

Cao Lin finally felt that this time was different from every previous time, and the emperor had really made up his mind.

"What now?"

This is the question asked by Cao Lin, and it is also the question in front of everyone, this question is essentially - "How can we keep the current glory and wealth." ”

Cao Lin's think tank said softly after thinking about it: "General, now Your Majesty wants to change, one is because of the failure of the Battle of Hedong, this time the defeat is different from the past, the past was just an offensive and defensive battle, this time the field battle is too miserable, so let Your Majesty take the handle."

The second is because of the great success of the restructuring of the Liang State, it is said that the Liang State has increased the number of scholars by a full 50,000 households, what does this mean, we all know that His Majesty must have seen this, so he couldn't accept it, so he changed his old style.

Didn't the Queen Mother say the same thing?

Your Majesty is not only worried about the Yan State, but also the Liang State, after all, my Great Wei's Bashu was taken from Jiangdong, and Jiangdong may not want to take it back all the time.

It is almost impossible for us to change the will of His Majesty.

The Yan State and the Liang State will definitely attack our Wei State, and now if they want to keep our glory and wealth, there are only two possibilities. ”

Two?

There is almost no way to do this, and there are two ways?

Cao Lin immediately said: "Which two methods, let's talk about it quickly, if what you say is reasonable, this prince will definitely be rewarded." ”

The think tank muttered: "There are no more than two methods, the inner is to let the emperor give up himself, and the outer is to make the threat of Great Wei disappear."

The emperor is wise and martial, could he have come up with these ideas on his own?

There must be some children of the scholar clan who are talking in the emperor's ear, bewitching the emperor to reuse them, these traitorous ministers, as clan relatives, can you turn a blind eye to the general?

As long as there are no such traitorous ministers, the emperor will definitely change his mind.

If the traitorous ministers are eliminated and the emperor still does not change his mind, then he really doesn't know what to do. ”

Qingjun side!

Cao Lin almost pulled out the sword in his hand, he never thought that the first idea would explode like this, this thing is not what he, a loyal minister, should do, and this is said to be the side of the Qing monarch, isn't it just to force the emperor to be obedient.

After this thing is done, can I still be a courtier with the emperor in the future?

Who was the last one to do this?

It is the Jingnan princes of the first Han Dynasty!

But can that be the same?

At that time, there was the life of the princes of the Luo's Baojing, who was in his prime.

At that time, there was Emperor Xiaoxuan of the Han Dynasty, the holy king who could be ranked in history, and gave them wealth and nobility.

What now?

Can Cao Chao compare to Emperor Xuan of Han?

That's just a joke.

Is there still a Rockwell now?

There is no Saint Trace Luo in the world, and there has never been a Saint Trace Luo in the Wei Kingdom, and Saint Trace Luo may have been left to fend for himself in some corner of the world now, in the cold Liaodong.

The adherent of the royal road is no longer there.

Cao Lin's eyes kept flickering, and he said in a deep voice: "This duke is a loyal servant of the country, so he won't be so disrespectful to His Majesty the Emperor because of this, and say the second method." ”

The wisdom tank's eyes kept flickering, and he said slowly: "The second method is more troublesome, that is, to divide the relationship between Murong Ke and the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom, when the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom died, he asked Murong Ke to assist the young master, but the Emperor of the Yan Kingdom has grown up over the years, and he must have contradictions with Murong Ke."

Young people are the most rebellious, with blood and energy, but they have no brains, as long as we send out fine works, send peerless beauties to lurk around the emperor, and then release some proverbs to provoke the relationship between the emperor of Yan and Murong Ke, we will definitely be able to succeed.

Murong Ke is the heir of the Hu people, although his surname is Murong, he is not the royal family of Yan State, this is the relationship we can use. ”

These words made everyone ponder, the relationship between the young lord and the auxiliary government has always been inexplicable, even if Luo's Zhuyu is in front, but even when Luo's regent, there are still a lot of rumors, from which it can be seen how unreliable this relationship is.

"What about Liang Guo?"

Cao Lin asked again, and the wise man smiled dumbly, "General, I think that Liang Guo doesn't need to care at all, as long as we defeat Yan Guo, can Liang Guo still be able to stop us?"

Yizhou is in the hands of our Great Wei, and we can drill the navy in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and then drift down the Yangtze River directly to destroy the Liang State, or any Jiangdong country in the future.

The king of the world is competing in the north, as long as the north is pacified, attacking the south is as simple as a waterfall going straight down, there is no difficulty at all, and the humble position thinks that Liang Guo doesn't have to care at all.

Attacking the north from the south, even if the Holy King is alive, it is impossible to do it!

The reason why His Majesty the Emperor said that was probably just to cause panic among the Queen Mother, otherwise how could the Queen Mother support His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Yes?

This was quite a rampant remark, but everyone suddenly reacted, it turned out that it was indeed because the emperor said those words that they actually put Liang Guo on the same level to think about the problem.

If Luo Xianzhi knew these words, he would definitely laugh dumbly, the current Liang State is indeed as they said, it is impossible to resist the northern regime, but where is there something constant in this world?

Who said that if the regime in the north is changing, the land and population of the Liang State will not change?

If the Liang State was trapped south of the Yangtze River, it would naturally not be able to resist the Northern Dynasty, but what if the Liang State owned the entire south of the Yellow River?

Who can say that Liang Guo can't have a chance to win the world?

Wei Guozhong, this group of people who were discussing, naturally couldn't think of this, Cao Lin thought about the words of the wise man, patted him on the shoulder, and said appreciatively: "What you said is very good, this prince will reward you with fifty gold, and give you two beauties."

If you can make the monarchs and ministers of Yan Kingdom really turn against you, this duke will also be rewarded, and when this duke dedicates this idea to His Majesty, he will definitely mention your name. ”

After the outsiders left, only Cao Lin and his son and brother remained, and his son Cao Chengsi asked suspiciously: "Father, do you really want to dedicate this idea to Your Majesty?"

The son always felt that although this idea was effective, it was slow to take effect, and even if it was mentioned to His Majesty, it might not necessarily alleviate the current situation. ”

Cao Lin's eyes flickered uncontrollably, and he said in a low voice: "You can only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor, do you really use the first method?" ”

At this time, everyone stopped talking, but almost everyone's eyes were flickering wildly, and a strange atmosphere was wafting among everyone.

Following.

Cao Lin entered the palace to ask to see the emperor, Cao Chao received him expressionlessly, Cao Lin bowed with a surprise smile on his face and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is here to report the good news for Your Majesty." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Chao said lightly: "I don't know what he likes?" My great general. ”

It seemed that he didn't hear the dissatisfaction in the emperor's voice, Cao Lin still said with joy on his face: "Your Majesty, the minister has thought of a way to make Murong Ke of the Yan Kingdom die without a place to be buried!" ”

Cao Chao sneered in his heart, he didn't believe it at all, Cao Lin's brain was similar to Cao Shuang at the beginning, what ideas could he have, and if he really had an idea, how could he be hung up and beaten by Murong Ke several times, so he said casually: "Since there is a way, let's talk about it, I am curious, what kind of earth-shattering plan does the general have, so that Murong Ke and other gods of war can die without a place to be buried." ”

Cao Lin immediately revealed the plan of the separation, and then waited for the emperor to speak with an expectant face, Cao Xian's face changed from casual to thoughtful, he didn't expect Cao Lin to be able to put forward such a constructive plan.

Who came up with it for him?

Cao Chao didn't believe that Cao Lin could come up with it, he knew that Cao Lin had a think tank behind him, which made him even more angry, obviously the country had great talents, but he couldn't enter the court, he could only be in the shogunate of the general.

Of course, Cao Chao knew what Cao Lin was offering his plan for, but this incident made him strengthen his belief that he must bring these talents to the court.

If Cao Lin knew the emperor's thoughts, he probably didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

Seeing that Cao Lin was still waiting for him to speak, Cao Chao still said lightly: "General, what you just said, there is some truth, I will leave this matter to you to do, if you can let Murong Ke die in a non-war, it will be a great achievement." ”

Cao Lin saw that the emperor was pretending to be stupid, so he could only ask stubbornly: "Your Majesty, since there is already a way to deal with Murong Ke, can you stop what I said before, as soon as some things are done, the whole country will fall into the abyss, and my Great Wei's society will really not be stable." ”

Cao Chao frowned, and said in a cold voice: "General, I will not pin all my hopes on this method, not to mention the probability of success of this method, and the time it will be successful.

If the current system is not changed, is there only one Murong Ke in the Yan Kingdom?

What if the next Murong Ke appears?

What if the discord meter fails later?

Do we want to pin all our safety on the king of the Yan Kingdom, who is always a faint king?

It's ridiculous.

General, step aside!

I'm going to take care of the government. ”

Cao Lin walked out of the hall in a bit of embarrassment, and the eunuchs and palace ladies in the palace were a little silent, this was the first time they had seen the emperor reprimand the general so harshly.

After Cao Lin walked out of the hall, the warm sunlight shone down, shining warmly on his body, expelling the chill that Sisi gave birth to in the hall, when facing Cao Chao just now, he only felt that he was going to die in the palace, he believed that Cao Chao really wanted to kill himself.

"In the emperor's eyes, is this duke already a powerful minister?

In the emperor's eyes, is Bengong already a traitor who hinders him from carrying out his policies?

In the emperor's opinion, what Bengong did was already completely against him? ”

Cao Lin walked in the palace, quite lost his soul, he looked at the solemn red wall, looked at the glazed tiles that reflected the light, the towering buildings, endlessly.

Nothing is magnificent unless it is magnificent.

This sentence is really good, Cao Lin stood in the palace, only to feel that he was really small.

He felt fear like never before, the fear of the imminent loss of power, the fear of the future safety, he trembled and walked in the palace, and then warmer and warmer, he forced himself to walk normally.

The moment he left the palace, he looked at the slowly closing door behind him and took a deep breath.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, who the hell bewitched you?"

This is the question that Cao Lin is most curious about now.

Which family of scholars appeared with the emperor?

With the extinction of the Sima clan and the death of many people implicated in the Sima clan, the pattern of the scholar clan in the Wei State changed dramatically.

Since the establishment of the Wei State, the Yingchuan Shi clan is of course the most profitable, Yingchuan Xun clan, Zhong clan, Chen clan, Guo clan, etc., but Sima Yi has implicated a lot of people, after all, with the status of Sima clan, there are many marriages, these people were basically wiped out, Xun clan is still prosperous, Chen clan decline is not small, but because of the big family, it is still in a high position.

But then they encountered the Cao clan's rejection of the scholars, these scholars lost their power in the center, it can be said that they planned for decades, once they became empty, and began the state of the late Han Dynasty, waiting for the Cao Wei court to solve the big things, and then invite them back.

In this process, the group of scholars in Hebei who used to be in Hebei are gradually moving back, Guanzhong and Heluo are not their ancestral land, they are all second-class people here, and the group of people under Yuan Shao did not want to be discriminated against too much in Cao Wei.

After Murong Ke ascended to the throne, he began to encircle the Shi clan, so these people began to return to Jizhou.

Now the scholars in the Wei State are mainly based on the old Yingchuan scholars and the Guanzhong scholars, and there are many scholars who came from Shu after conquering Shu, but the Shu scholars like to stay in Chengdu and basically do not appear in Guanzhong, so the ones who appear next to the emperor are most likely to be Guanzhong and Yingchuan scholars.

Especially the Yingchuan clan!

This group of people is far away from the countryside, and now Yingchuan is not in the hands of the Wei State, it can be said that this group of people is completely dependent on high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but now the court does not give it, and the relationship between them and their relatives has reached the point of life and death.

It must be these people who are slandering in the emperor's ear!

After Cao Lin got into the carriage, the murderous intent in his eyes was so awe-inspiring that he couldn't hide it at all, "Your Majesty, the minister will definitely persuade you well, and my Great Wei's Sheji must not be corrupted into your hands." ”

The highest level of deception is to deceive yourself, Cao Lin has undoubtedly reached this realm, he now really believes that if the Shi clan is in power, the Great Wei will perish, and only by holding power by himself, the Wei State can always be surnamed Cao.

After Cao Lin returned to the mansion, he immediately summoned his brothers over, told everything he saw in the palace and what the emperor said, and finally said fiercely: "Your Majesty rejected my proposal, it seems that this traitor is even more terrible than we imagined, Your Majesty now does not believe in his relatives, but believes in those scholars." ”

Everyone scolded these damned scholars one after another, dividing the relationship between their clan relatives and the emperor, it was really the source of the troubled country, and it was really a group of villains who could not be trusted.

Only Cao Lin's son, Cao Chenghe, asked with some doubts: "Father, what if His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have a scholar by his side?" What if it was really His Majesty the Emperor's own thoughts? ”

Cao Lin said angrily: "How is it possible, His Majesty the Emperor has trusted the clan for so many years, will it suddenly change?" ”

Cao Chengsi didn't speak, but he was thinking in his heart, the problem is that after so many years, anyone's patience will be exhausted, these years are too uncompromising, basically when facing Murong Ke, he has never won at all.

Even if the emperor trusts the clan again, in this case, it is impossible to trust the clan anymore, after all, if he trusts the clan again, he will be captured by the Yan people and taken to Jicheng.

Cao Lin interrupted Cao Chenghe's words, but this kind of thought was impossible to interrupt, or rather, these people naturally thought about this possibility, but this possibility was too terrifying.

The more I think about it, the more terrible it becomes, so I simply don't think about it, it is better to target those scholars, as long as those famous scholars are killed, the emperor will not find talents from the scholars, and he will naturally continue to reuse them.

That's what Cao Lin thinks.

Everyone discussed here for a long time, but they couldn't come up with a perfect idea, so they could only disperse in a huff, looking at the people who walked out of the mansion, Cao Lin suddenly asked: "Chenghei, why do you say it's so difficult to come up with an idea?" ”

Cao Chengji lowered his head and replied: "Father, my son thinks that it is because you all know in your hearts that it is not possible to solve the Shi clan alone, so after only discussing and solving the Shi clan, you are still not satisfied, this is because you have fear in your heart, and if you do not eliminate this fear, you will never find a perfect solution." ”

Cao Lin seemed to recognize his son for the first time, he looked at Cao Chengsi seriously, and asked, "Then what do you say should be done?" ”

Cao Chengsi and his father looked at each other, and then said word by word: "To solve the most fundamental problem, this is the only way." ”

Cao Lin was silent for a moment, and then said, "What is the most fundamental question. ”

Cao Chengsi closed his eyes and opened them again, "Whoever raises the problem will solve it." ”

Cao Lin's breathing was a little short, and he suppressed his voice in a low voice, as if he was worried about who would hear it, and said, "But this is the emperor's proposal." ”

Cao Chenghe's words were earth-shattering, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he said categorically: "Then go and solve the emperor!" ”

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There are too many books about Lowe, and what I have seen is mostly focused on Lowe's great achievements, institutional, ideological, military, political, and cultural, but this book is very different from those books in the past, and the angle chosen is unprecedented.

The most unpopular period in history was the chaotic period after the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, during which it seemed to dim because of the absence of the Luo family.

The author wrote this book in the hope of extracting those precious things from the real and vivid examples that happened in this era of drastic changes, through a large number of comparisons. - "Zhuxia Fission: After the Disappearance of Luo" [Preface]

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