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Chapter 759 Intimidation
From the Sima clan usurping the Zheng family's world in the previous dynasty, to Emperor Wu Liu Zang abolishing the Sima clan and replacing it, the regime in the Central Plains gradually stabilized after three dynasties.

Prior to this, the princes and nobles from all over the country raised their own soldiers and were all contending for their hearts. As a result, wars broke out everywhere in the Central Plains, and the killing and conquest lasted for more than 200 years.

The long years of swords and soldiers have formed people's habit of martial arts.

At the beginning of the usurpation of the previous dynasty, the upper class was busy fighting among themselves and suppressing the restoration forces of the previous dynasty, allowing bandits everywhere to plunder.The poor people living at the bottom couldn't bear it. After launching a riot and being severely suppressed, they had to take up swords and practice martial arts to protect themselves.

Different from people's deep-rooted cognition of "all corners of the world are reckless", since the previous dynasty, the major noble families have sent their children to martial arts schools in the rivers and lakes.This kind of ethos continued into this dynasty. When Emperor Wen came, there was a minister who sent his daughter to Emei, Sichuan, to learn swordsmanship.

There are also some sons of rich families like Li Mubai, whose official careers are not going well, so they use their swords in the rivers and lakes to establish a sect and form a family of their own.

Although there are many reckless men who only know how to fight and fight bravely in the Jianghu, there have also emerged a group of literary knights who are knowledgeable in books and etiquette, and have a lot of power and wisdom.

Fight with force, rule with words.

Under the management of these literati knights, the chaotic and fragmented rivers and lakes have been orderly framed, and they have changed from a mess of sand to a large-scale, organized and powerful folk force that can fight in unison.After several generations of accumulation, he has gradually become a rival to the imperial court.

Liu Zhuan's father, Emperor Wen Liu Qin, was such a gentle and kind person, so the reason why he wanted to get rid of the Jin family at any cost was because the power in the world at that time was too powerful.

Especially in Liu Qin's later years, the border countries launched an attack led by the Demon Sect of the Western Regions. The Jin family called on the forces of the rivers and lakes to fight against the enemy bravely, and beheaded the invading foreign forces on the fertile land of the Central Plains.Since then, not only the rivers and lakes, but even the people in the countryside only know about gold, not the Liu surname of Tianjia.

The royal family was so intimidated that they couldn't rest day and night, fearing that they would be replaced one day, so they made up their minds, took out the two years' revenue from the treasury at that time, and asked Mu Cangping to move around, and Mu Cangping had full power to plan and send martial arts people , Eliminate the forces of the rivers and lakes with the forces of the rivers and lakes.

In this way, the court can achieve its goal once and for all without internal friction in the rivers and lakes.

After the Jin family was wiped out, the hustle and bustle of the world has indeed become much quieter.

Mu Cangping, the successor leader of the alliance, is even more low-key. Apart from having a false name of "high morality and respect", his prestige in various sects is not as good as that of Jin Zhenyue, and he is far from the appeal that Jin Zhenyue had in the past.He also showed his promise when dealing with the imperial court, and he was always what the imperial court said.

Even though the Empress Dowager Dou's repeated orders to Liu Zhuan to be vigilant against Mu Cangping, the young emperor still inevitably felt contemptuous of this cowardly leader who was obsessed with swordsmanship.

Until this time, Mu Cangping showed him his strength.

Not only can he summon all the martial arts sects, but he can also quietly insert forces into the imperial city, into the imperial guards, and even have his people in the court.

Liu Zhuan felt that he was simply too stupid.

How can a person who can wipe out the powerful and prominent Chang'an Jin family like a civil emperor overnight, be an incompetent and cowardly person, and how can he be without ambition?
He recalled that none of the decrees issued in the past few years was actually harmful to martial arts and Mu Cangping himself. develop.

Mu Cangping did not defy the will of the imperial court on the surface, all these things were done secretly by his courtiers in the name of being loyal to the emperor and serving the public.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhuan broke out in a cold sweat.

For several days, he was disturbed by his own slow realization, angry and afraid.

You must know that it is not without precedent that someone from the Jianghu assassinated the emperor and succeeded.A few months ago, if the Dou family hadn't brought Chang Jili to the palace banquet out of preference for the Chang family, there would have been the first empress dowager assassinated to death in this dynasty.

That night, Liu Zhuan was staying at the concubine Su Xiaomei's place. The five o'clock drum was beating, and he was about to go to court. When he opened his eyes, he saw a white, fluffy mass beside his pillow, and he jumped up in fright.

Su Xiaomei was awakened from a deep dream, and she didn't know what happened. She stretched out her arms to grab the white hair in a daze, and put it into her arms, "You stubborn man, why did you come to the bed...ah——"

With a scream, Su Xiaomei sat up with disheveled hair, and threw the cat out of her arms with shaking hands.

After examination by the imperial hospital, the cat showed no signs of poisoning and no scars. An experienced old palace official said that the cat's corpse was different in shape. Please open it to see if you dare.

Su Xiaomei rushed to hug her beloved pet, but she refused to live or die. Later, when she saw Liu Zhuan's face was livid, she let go of her hand weeping.The servants took the cat out, peeled it apart, and found that the bones and viscera in the body were all broken.

Su Xiaomei fainted from crying.

Liu Zhuan urgently summoned the crown prince Su Minghan to see him.

Su Minghan is a Confucian official, perhaps no one can match him in learning, but he is very bad at dealing with this kind of conspiracy to kill.

After talking for half an hour, they only came up with some well-established strategies such as ordering a strict investigation of the palace and cleaning up the inner curtains; strengthening the defense of the palace and strictly checking the personnel entering and leaving the palace...etc.

In extraordinary times, dealing with extraordinary things is simply a bunch of nonsense.

Liu Zhuan also thought that Su Minghan would not have any good solution, but he just went to the doctor in a hurry, so he just tried it.After all, the only people he can ask for advice now are extremely reliable people. If he wants to see himself as one with his honor and disgrace, he will never let this matter leak out.

The emperor is the son of heaven, the lord of the ninth five, can he say that he was threatened with a dead cat?
After thinking about it, Liu Zhuan couldn't think of a person who could settle this matter with him quietly.In the end, he had no choice but to let go of his face, and sent Chen Fang, the regular attendant, to Ink Lane, telling him to invite Rong Yi into the palace no matter what.

Liu Zhuan felt deeply regretful.

He remembered that not long after his foundation was stabilized, Rong Yi proposed to Huarou Jianghu forces, disintegrating them while wooing them, so that they could be used by the court.

Liu Zhuan felt that Rong Yi was too nervous.When he took over the country from the late emperor, the rivers and lakes were peaceful, and he didn't have a personal experience of the turbulent and talented rivers and lakes in the memories of his father and grandparents, let alone the rude and reckless shirtless men.It has been left undiscussed.

Later, Rong Yi put forward many proposals, such as abolishing redundant staff, reforming the official selection system, increasing the supervision of embankment fortifications, and weakening the penetration and restraint of nobles on the Beijing army... If these things offend people, they will be hindered, Liu Zhuan also felt that it was unnecessary; secondly, he was in the period of rebellion at that time, and obeying Rong Yi in everything made him feel disgusted with the self who had no claim.

In addition, at that time, Rong Yi did not have a stable position in the court.A group of old ministers headed by Ning Yu held objections, and if he didn't help each other, the matter would not be settled.

Speaking of it, it's not like he rejected Rong Yi's political opinions.

Thinking of this made him feel better.

The emperor sent his closest servant to the door, even if Rong Yi said he was sick and thanked the guests, he couldn't see the angel.

Just after Chen Fang entered the gate of Rong's Mansion, Nanny Zhang brought the maids to give Rong Yi a slightly sickly look, not too exaggerated.

The servants of Rong's mansion have never made mistakes in these subtleties.

Liu Zhuan returned to his Chengqian Hall.When Rong Yi arrived, the imperial concubine Fang Qingyan brought two maids out of the palace and met them at the entrance of the palace.

The dahlias in front of the door were blooming pink and tender, just matching Fang Qingyan's light pink palace attire, and a woman in her twenties with a delicate smile.

"Fourth Uncle Rong," Fang Qingyan called out with a smile.

She is the girl whose family decided to enter the palace since she was a child, and her etiquette cannot be sloppy.He and Rong Yi are quite different in age, so she can't call "A Yi" without taboo like her elder brothers.

Rong Yi saluted with a smile, and said: "The imperial concubine and empress have broken the common people."

Fang Qingyan asked again: "I heard that my fourth uncle is ill, so it can be seen that he is cured?"

Rong Yi didn't bother to correct her address this time, so as not to attract more attention, he still smiled warmly like an autumn moon and spring breeze: "I'm a little ill by chance, my mother has to worry about it."

After saying a few words, Fang Qing left.Chen Fang led Rong Yi into the palace to meet Liu Zhuan.

(End of this chapter)