In the palace

"All of them are my good ministers!"

"What a prosperous country and peace!"

"Hmph!"

"Bandit attacks, masked people attack, magical path attacks... I am also familiar with history books, why haven't I heard of such a peaceful and prosperous era?"

...

It’s not that Emperor Taichang was angry, what happened was so annoying. He just checked the monk temple property and had not yet said what to do, but he made such a big noise, which was clearly demonstrating to him, the emperor.

But the performance of the Imperial Guard was not satisfactory, and he was beaten so hard that his nose and face were swollen. The key was that he knew who the murderer was, but he didn't report it according to the truth. Emperor Taichang is now very passive.

I finally planned an action to attack a sudden attack from all sides. As a result, at the critical moment, the imperial guards dropped the chain, which directly made the court a laughing stock.

It is impossible to hold the responsibility accountable. There are too many relatives in the imperial guards. Now that these wastes have been beaten up, he will seem to be unreasonable as the emperor, which can easily trigger a collective rebound from the noble group.

Today is different from the past. The current Great Zhou Empire has greatly reduced the requirements for officials. As long as there is no loss of justice, some minor mistakes cannot be counted at all.

For example, when this incident was taken to the court, the imperial guards not only had no mistakes, but were meritorious officials. Although the investigation of monk temples failed, they wiped out the riots near the capital and maintained the rule of the Great Zhou.

Regardless of whether the emperor believes it or not, all civil and military officials believe it. If you don’t believe it, you can read the memorial. The number of enemies on it has exceeded 100,000, and even several of the Jindan devils have been killed.

The only regret is that no corpse is left. However, considering the demons of the Demon Cult, it is reasonable to destroy the corpse in time.

Similar war reports are received every year. War reports from all over the country gather together, and there are no ten million or eight million rebels that are wiped out every year.

Corresponding to the endless good news is the peace and prosperity of the people mentioned by all officials.

Of course, there is also constant loss of city and land during this period. Lost, regain, lose, and regain... The entire industrial chain has made Emperor Zhou unaware of where the places are still there and where they have been lost.

There is no way, this situation lasted for thousands of years. Several generations of emperors have been mixing with each other, but Emperor Taichang is an emperor who likes to be serious.

In fact, Emperor Taichang also wanted to live a life of silence, but the prediction of the 10,000-year disaster left by his ancestors was close to him, and he could not allow him to continue to live in drunkenness and dream of death.

If you don’t reform, you will be waiting for death. No one knows how to reform. In the past ten thousand years, the Great Zhou Empire has reformed dozens of times, all of which ended in failure.

After dozens of times but not tormenting the empire, Emperor Taichang naturally had to continue trying. No matter how hard he tried, it would not be worse than the current situation.

After the emperor finished venting, Yang Shuo, Duke of Tang, stepped forward and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please calm down! If you are so angry, wouldn't you let those traitors do what you wish?"

"Stop the anger?"

Emperor Taichang sneered: "Those traitors are so arrogant, and my imperial guards have become sick cats again. How can you calm my anger?"

After hearing the emperor's words, Yang Shuo silently lowered his head. His subordinates were not good at being the boss and it was not easy to live. Now that he was angry with the emperor, he could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Seeing that something was going to be a bad thing, the chief minister of the cabinet hurriedly stepped forward to help explain: "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Yang. The fatigue of the imperial guards has long penetrated into the bone marrow and cannot be reversed in one day.

This time, not all the things were bad. Conservatives were powerful and were not easy to compete with them directly. They just took advantage of this failure and paralyzed them first.

As for the matter of the Imperial Guard, it is to continue reforming. In fact, the performance of the Imperial Guard has been much better than before.

Although they were beaten up to pieces, at least this time they fought with the enemy. It was a matter of strength to not win, and they still had loyalty to the court."

If you are not capable, you can only talk about your loyalty. Compared with other armies of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the loyalty of the imperial guards to the court is definitely at the forefront.

The nobles inside were all members of the vested interest group, and their butts were definitely sitting upright, almost all of them supported the rule of the Great Zhou Empire.

Emperor Taichang mocked: "Hmph! They are all loyal, but unfortunately this pitiful loyalty has been given a discount!"

Loyalty to the Great Zhou does not mean loyalty to the emperor. The group of honors is all firm supporters of the Great Zhou Empire. It is hard to say how many of them are supporters of the emperor.

If it weren't for the lack of people, Emperor Taichang would have wished to replace all of these guys. Unfortunately, this was just a thought. Without the support of the noble group, the Great Zhou Empire would immediately fall apart.

Li Fan, who was standing at the door, couldn't help but speak out and suggested: "Your Majesty, these people are loyal to the court after all. Since they are unwilling to support reform, it is better to use waste and send them to the local area to suppress the rebellion.

Although these people have not very good abilities, the power behind them is not small. If they can make great profits and induce the forces behind them to contribute, it should not be difficult to stabilize the local situation.

No matter what, the rebellion must be extinguished now. Otherwise, the government's finances will sooner or later be swallowed up by this bottomless pit."

Bad idea?

A good idea?

No one can say that. The only thing that can be confirmed is that according to Li Fan's proposal, the court's urgent needs can be solved first. As for the possible sequelae, the reformists are not concerned about so many.

In fact, most of the people present were also children of nobles, and the differences were limited to the direct line and the side line, small and large nobles, actual and empty nobles.

Even if you don’t have a title on your head, your ancestors must be nobles. Including the orthodox family of literati, they are essentially a member of the aristocratic group. However, different groups have been formed because of interests.

To this day, a chain of contempt has been formed within the aristocratic group of the Great Zhou Empire:

The local princes have the strongest power, standing at the top of the chain of contempt. They look down on all the guys with false titles and think that without fiefdom, they are not orthodox nobles;

The Xufeng nobles who were mixed in the army also looked down on the guys who were Xiwen, believing that these literati were only good at talking and had no aristocratic style, and were unwilling to join them;

The excluded literati and nobles envied and jealous of the above two groups that did not take them to play. As a last resort, they had no choice but to start a new group of civil servants.

These three groups are divided into several small groups. At the same time, there are also many people who are spreading across large groups, such as conservatives, reformists, and neutralists, which are three hodgepodges.

Affected by this, the entire Zhou officialdom was incredibly chaotic. Today is the reformist, tomorrow is the conservative, and the day after tomorrow may become a neutral, and things that jump around often happen.

If we continue to explore it, almost all of these ancient nobles have been married, and they are all fucking relatives. It is equivalent to a family playing political games with the emperor. To be precise, the emperor is also a member of this family.

In the past nearly ten thousand years, no matter how the situation changes, power has been taking turns in this small circle.

Seeing that no one objected, after hesitating for a while, Emperor Taichang slowly said: "Since everyone does not object, then follow Li Aiqing's proposal!

Mr. Yang, this matter is left to you. Draw a list as soon as possible and send these guys to the place!"

Looking at the emperor's face, Yang Shuo complained secretly. It is difficult for local officials to sit in these days. Not only is they promoted slowly, but they also have to deal with rioters every day.

Now everyone is trying hard to squeeze into the center. In the eyes of most people, exile of Beijing officials is equivalent to exile.

Even if the external broadcaster can be upgraded to a higher level, so what? If you look at it in more than ten or twenty years, you will basically be able to make a better job in Beijing.

If you really want to release the situation, you will only consider it when you reach a certain level and need to rely on release to enter the ranks of senior officials in the court.

At this time, he was destined to offend people. But there was no way. Compared with the free and free life of the real nobles, the powerful Duke of Tang had to follow the emperor's pace.

However, for the reformists, this is a great thing. Kicking away these people not only reduces the troubles that may be encountered in the future reform, but also frees up a lot of space for their own people.

Nowadays, who has few children waiting to make up for the gap? Even if their son doesn’t need it, there will definitely be someone in the family.

Everyone has long been salivating about the imperial guards who are under the control of the noble lineage, but they have never had the right opportunity to plug in the mobile phone.

With such great benefits, everyone's eyes suddenly became much more pleasing to Li Fan. They all admired: It is worthy of being the "reincarnation of a saint", and this ideological awareness is high.
Chapter completed!