Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 812: Master Jiang Zuoquan!

Five thick and fierce soldiers broke through the silence of the county town. These sudden outsiders carrying the royal flag of the imperial court attracted countless attentions. From the common people to the scholars, they were all surprised and confused.

Since ancient times, the smaller the place, the more familiar the society. In this era when travel is more dangerous and more expensive, most people have lived in the same county for generations. Except for those who are doing business, they have never left.

To most people, the Jianye Court was an extremely distant place in legend, even farther than the sun that could be seen when looking up.

To the common people, there is no difference between the Jianye court envoys and the county envoys, but for the nobles in Shanyin County, the difference is really too big.

In Shanyin County, there are five major gentry clans, and those who are entrenched here are relatively low-level gentry clans. In the eyes of the Jianye High School, this kind of gentry clan only has the status of a gentry clan.

But in Shanyin County, these families are like emperors. Basically, most of the official positions are held by these people. The county magistrate sent by the court must cooperate with these people to manage the affairs of the county.

In Shanyin County, the heads of the five major families were notified to welcome Shangguan together, including Huang Si, the magistrate of Shanyin County. All the prominent people in the county were gathered in the Yamen.

These people were all dressed in silk and satin, and looked anxiously.

Huang seemed unable to sit still, and deliberately lowered his voice and asked: "Everyone, why do you think the imperial court suddenly sent people and started such a big battle? Is it because the imperial court wants to fight again? Let us raise supplies and civilians. ?”

Generally speaking, Gao Xian in the imperial court would not pay attention to a small county town. To put it bluntly, those people looked down upon it at all.

The children of those high-ranking noble clans may never set foot in any other county except the county where they live. Even if they become officials, they will not be county magistrates, but will directly enter the army.

Those who do not join the army will hold noble official positions such as book editing and history editing, and then be quickly promoted to the highest decision-making level. Low-level secular officials such as county magistrates will not be held by high-ranking officials.

Every time the imperial court sent people here, they basically asked them to prepare food and recruit husbands, so Huang Si guessed that it would be the same this time.

"It's easy to prepare food and recruit husbands."

Now that countries are working together, wars are a common occurrence. Basically, these nobles are the focus of every conscription. Even if they don't want to support the court in fighting, after all, they are locals. Going to a strange place to fight will cost money, food and the lives of their tribesmen. , just thinking about it makes me feel weird.

But living under the rule of the imperial court, even if you are passive and slow in work, you still have to show off after all. You also need to have an attitude when fishing. You don't have to rush forward desperately, at least you can't obviously hold back.

Wu Yong, the head of the Wu family, said with hatred: "Everyone, what are you thinking? How could this require us to prepare food and recruit men? Which war did not issue a recruitment order in advance? Which time will we directly come to the local recruitment?

Moreover, when recruiting for war, where is the need for such a large battle?

As soon as an edict came down, we followed it. If a Shanyin County is worthy of the imperial court sending special personnel to keep an eye on it, at most it would only be someone from the county. "

Hearing Wu Yong's words, the few people who had just calmed down couldn't calm down again, "Then why is this? Is there any news in the county? Magistrate Huang, you are not well-informed in the county, haven't you heard any news? "

Magistrate Huang's well-informed nature is simple. He has friends in Kuaiji County and other counties. News usually spreads very quickly in this circle.

The gentry in the county are completely different from those in the county.

The county gentry is a very broad group. Most of the county gentry only have prestige in their own county and belong to the upper class of the county gentry, but only the upper class.

However, there are some gentry families in the counties, such as the Gusu Luo family, the Gusu Lu family, the Lanling Xiao family, and the Huaiyin Han family. These families are famous all over the world and are often called famous families in the country.

If you reach this stage, even the emperor must speak well. As long as you are not that kind of abnormal emperor, glory and wealth will be easy.

Magistrate Huang had some connections, but if he could really make those top-level connections, he wouldn't have wasted so many years in Shanyin County. He said angrily: "If there is news, will I still be here with you?" Are we waiting?

The whole circle is calm. It is said that the Duke of Gusu held a flowing water banquet in Jianye a few days ago. At the banquet, it is said that some things about the nobles were said, but you small nobles will not enter. In the eyes of Duke Gusu, there should be nothing wrong with him.

Moreover, although the Duke of Gusu has a very high status, after all, he is just a minister, not the highest official in the court, so this time should have nothing to do with him. "

As soon as Huang Si finished speaking, he heard the gate of the county government office being kicked open violently. Two soldiers wearing armor and holding long swords at their waists rushed in, and then opened the gate of the county government office to both sides.

Before I saw him, I heard his voice first, and a rather loud voice sounded, "Why do the county government doors have to be closed tightly in broad daylight? If the people have grievances, where are they going to go?"

As soon as they heard this, they were looking for trouble. They immediately knew that the person who came was evil. Huang Si and others hurriedly walked out of the hall and saw a dozen people walking into the county government office, all riding horses. After entering the county government office, They didn't dismount. Not only were they riding horses, they were also wearing armor, holding spears in their hands, and crossbows on their backs. These turned out to be fully armed soldiers.

It is no exaggeration to say that these dozen soldiers can kill all over Shanyin County. After the dozen soldiers, hundreds of people rushed in with murderous intent.

This time it really scared a few people in the hall. What on earth happened?

The leader looked at Huang Si and others, opened his mouth and read out a few names. It was these people. After confirming that they were correct, he waved his hand and said, "Capture all these people and send them to Jianye."

? ?

"Shangguan, Shangguan, why is this? We are all members of the clan, how can we be treated so roughly? Is there some misunderstanding?"

The leader of the messenger heard this and laughed coldly: "Clan history?

You have been exposed. This time, I was asked by Shangfeng to come and get you. I know what you have done. I can tell you, not just you, but also the entire clan. Anyone involved in this matter, All must be punished.

take away! "

Naturally, the gentry's fraud cannot be accomplished by a group of people. There are also people within the family who know about it. It can even be said that there are many people who know about it, especially the clan leaders. How could they not know about it.

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Catch the nobles!

Huge debates broke out in Jianye City and the entire Jiangzuo. Luo Xianzhi's previous remarks about adjusting the method of selecting nobles were not as shocking as this incident.

"My lord, is this inappropriate? How can you arrest nobles like this? This is simply a disgrace to politeness."

In the official office of Shangshu Province, Luo Xianzhi was surrounded by a group of uninvited guests, all of whom were respectable scholars. They absolutely could not accept Luo Xianzhi's incident.

“My lord, we scholars are the essence of the ancient sages and the crystallization of the civilizations of the Xia Dynasty. Isn’t it the end of civilization to treat scholars like this?

Your rough treatment of the scholars will make the sages cry and barbarism breed. Shouldn't we rely on us scholars instead of relying on those rough and powerful soldiers to preserve our civilization? "

Faced with Luo Xianzhi's behavior, which they considered extremely extreme, these people finally spoke their true feelings. There will always be people in this world who are stratified. This is something that exists objectively.

At first, all Zhuxia looked down on the Hu people, thinking that the Hu people were savage beasts and savages who did not understand any civilization at all. After the Hu people were completely weakened, a new round of discrimination began within the Zhuxia.

Within Rockwell, there was a problem that was considered unsolvable.

Of course, what these nobles said before was ridiculous. They were not the crystallization of Zhuxia civilization. If the essence of Zhuxia were these people, then Zhuxia would have perished long ago.

But there is a truth in what they said, that is, the Zhuxia civilization must be passed down through writing, and force is to protect these things, but the core is indeed culture, and if you want to pass it on, you need many, many scholars.

Only scholars, no matter farmers, craftsmen, businessmen, or soldiers, can bear this historical responsibility.

But there is a big problem for scholars. Books represent knowledge, and knowledge itself is a kind of wealth. No matter what a person has done before or what his status is, once he reads a book, these people will have a qualitative change in their thinking. .

This change is huge and almost irreversible. In these countless years of practice, Rockwell has almost no large-scale exceptions.

As long as a person reads a book, he will immediately leave his original class and begin to actively move closer to the noble or scholar class.

Even if he is not out of trouble yet, he has been freed from his thoughts and has a layer of restraint on him. He will never be willing to ask a scholar to do some work. Even if he is forced to do it due to livelihood, he will always do it. Thinking about leaving all the time.

There seems to be only one way to solve this problem, and that is to stop reading at all, but this is impossible.

Luo would rather cultivate a large group of such people than stop people from reading. Books are what make people better. If people don't read, no matter how smart they are, they will be limited.

As I said just now, scholars do carry a heavy responsibility of inheritance. Only scholars can shoulder this responsibility, and no one else can.

Of course Luo Xianzhi knew this truth, but he had no other choice, so he smiled coldly and said: "I really don't know what you are talking about. Scholars are indeed the essence of civilization, but not every scholar is Worthy of this title.

A thousand years ago, our Luo ancestors, Luo Sheng, and the Confucian sages Confucius Sheng and Meng Sheng, already knew the principle of teaching without distinction, and already knew the principle of spreading disciples, and most of the gentry until now have I don’t understand, I don’t know what the essence of your inheritance is.

Perhaps the inheritance is how to cheat, how to use the identity of a nobleman to deceive more people in order to obtain more benefits. They are a group of people who are completely obsessed with profit. "

Luo Xianzhi's sharp words shocked everyone, and they hurriedly asked: "What does the Duke mean by this? Why can't we understand it at all?"

Of course Luo Xianzhi knew that these people couldn't understand, so he threw out the proofs and continued in a cold voice: "Look, these are the nobles I arrested this time. For the sake of glory and wealth, even the ancestors can do it Transaction, this is the current noble clan. If I don’t straighten it out, what will I do in the future?

Can benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust still be achieved? Can loyalty and filial piety be guaranteed? No, filial piety is gone. Each of your noble families promotes the reputation of being noble, but in the end they can't even do filial piety. You still have the nerve to come to me and cry. Injustice is really the most ridiculous thing in the world.

I feel ashamed for you. "

孝！

Nothing in this world is greater than filial piety. Even the emperor cannot prevent his ministers from fulfilling their filial piety. Saying that a person is unfilial is basically to destroy that person.

So any accusation of unfilial piety will be dealt with seriously, but now everyone is speechless.

What they hold in their hands is evidence forged by the nobles.

Those noble clans that were gradually declining went so far as to add outsiders to their family trees for the sake of glory and wealth. Without their ancestors even knowing about it, they had more descendants.

After living for so many years, I have never heard of such a thing, and I have never thought of such an operation. Perhaps it is because their status is too high and they have not experienced failure yet, so they will not be like this.

Luo Xianzhi knows that this kind of thing has not been uncommon since ancient times. It's just that there was no such thing as using genealogy to fake it before. However, there are many things about Li Daitao's death. In various families now, there may be such things. For those who have changed their bloodline, especially those with many concubines, it is very likely that the master's family will raise children of guards, or even children of domestic slaves. This all exists, and only the Luo family can guarantee that this will not happen. After all, Luo Shi The family is the only one that can detect bloodlines.

Not to mention the stigmata of the direct line, even if it is the collateral line, it can be detected. Luo can detect the heel and has few heirs, so he always checks this aspect closely.

"My lord, is this fake?"

Someone asked reluctantly, and Luo Xianzhi sneered: "After I found out about this, I was extremely shocked. I was worried that it was false and that someone was setting up a trap. I personally sent people to investigate. After so long, the result was that Not only was it not false, but there was more and more evidence. I was so angry that I arrested them all directly in Jianye.

I can tell you clearly that His Majesty already knows about this matter. His Majesty is extremely angry and asks me to investigate this matter severely. All those who have anything to do with this matter must be dealt with and all must be killed.

I said at the banquet last time that the current gentry has a big problem, and now such a thing has really happened. No one in this world will do such unprofitable things. If such a thing happens, it must be There is a big problem in the gentry system of our country. There must be a big problem in the clan annals. I will investigate it strictly and never let this kind of thing happen again in Daliang.

Do you have anything else to do?

If not, it is better to leave first. The affairs at Shangshutai are quite busy, and I still have many matters that have not been dealt with. I am afraid that I do not have time to accompany you and speak here. "

Luo Xian issued an order to expel guests. The heads of the noble clans looked at each other and could only leave in anger. Otherwise, what else could they do?

Luo Xianzhi stared at the backs of these people leaving with a smile on his face. These people became anxious. He had always known that since that day, there had been people conspiring against his policies and trying to mess them up. The matter of clan history.

They were unwilling to take the selection criteria of the gentry into the official hands.

In Jiangzuo, the upper-class nobles naturally supported the power of the clans, but the lower-class nobles opposed the exclusive power of the clans, because this prevented them from rising. However, they were opposed to the exclusive power of the clans, but not against the power of the clans. The strength of this is to be determined , it’s quite an interesting thing.

In fact, something happened at this time, that is, Xiao Yan was planning to use an administrative order to prevent the noble families from intermarrying, especially the largest families. The reason why these noble families were so powerful was because of the intricate relationships between them. Marriage definitely has a lot to do with it.

Xiao Yan was planning to include all the noble families in the ban on marriage. This idea came about because Luo Xianzhi mentioned that since ancient times, nobles have liked marriage since the Zhou Dynasty, and almost all of them had Groups with huge influence use marriage to maintain relationships with each other.

So Xiao Yan came up with this idea.

But in Luo Xianzhi's view, there was no need to go to such trouble. He said to Xiao Yan, "Your Majesty's issuance of such a decree proves the power of those families and the nobility of those families. This is precisely what It shows that everyone wants to marry them, this is not to ban them, but to improve their status.”

Xiao Yan thought for a moment that this was indeed the case, so he gave up the idea.

Thinking back on everything that happened after coming to Jianye, Luo Xianzhi whispered to himself: "Everything is in the past, why do we need so much trouble?"

Yes.

In Luo Xianzhi's view, everything has passed. In this regard, he is much more optimistic than his father Luo Youzhi and Xiao Yan.

I don't know about the three countries north of the Yangtze River, but in the Liang State, in Luo Xianzhi's view, the gentry was already in the sunset, and the real era of the gentry only lasted for a few decades in the Chu State. After Xiao Yan raised his army, and during the twenty-year war, the royal family and its allies had taken over political and military power. Now the powerful gentry still have considerable potential and influence socially and culturally. The essence of the Xiao family is to use military power to consolidate their dominance. Both the central and local governments are under military control. The Luo family also stands for the Xiao family in terms of the so-called gentry's style and elegance.

Why Luo Xianzhi made such a judgment is because of a very simple reason. During the Chu Kingdom, it was impossible for the Emperor of Chu to kill the leader of a large gentry clan. Just as the Emperor of Chu said that Lu Xun was a traitor and deliberately He did not lead an army to conquer Wei, but the noble ministers told him tit for tat that the emperor was not qualified to speak like that.

The imperial power of the Chu State is very low, so it is impossible to say that he is a puppet. After all, the emperor can still keep his word in many aspects, but that is all. If he wants to do something in more aspects, it will be impossible.

But this is not the case in the Liang Kingdom. From the time Xiao Yan ascended the throne, the power of the Liang Emperor was normal. In the early days, the nobles and nobles had not yet come to terms with the reality of the Chu Kingdom, so there were some conflicts. However, Luo You soon ushered in After the suppression, the Zhang family was exiled in this process, so the various noble clans quickly realized the difference. When Xiao Yan came back from the grassland and launched an attack on the Han Kingdom, the result was not to mention.

Luo Xianzhi felt that the strongest point of his father was that he was able to prevent the Liang Kingdom from showing signs of death.

Although the power of the emperor during the Chu Kingdom was not great, the throne was very stable. An emperor like the last emperor of the Chu Kingdom could still be the emperor for decades stably because the various noble families restricted each other and wanted to retain the Chu family. throne.

Later, if Luo Youzhi had not acted as an internal support, Xiao Yan's army might not have been able to successfully capture Chu, because the noble families would not have surrendered so quickly, and they might have experienced a brutal war until one side failed.

However, the system in which the emperor was replaced, the politics of excluding the noble families, and the imperial power was restored was not so easy to stabilize. This was jumping from one circle to another, which would leave everyone confused as to how to proceed. This was very important to It is very important for everyone. Luo Youzhi used his superb skills to suppress this problem and allowed Liang Guozuo to make a normal and smooth transition to the present.

These old nobles usually have one characteristic, that is, the more they decline, the more they have to show off their prominent families to show that they are still the same as before. In fact, some people in this world have already said the principle of "when you decline, you will become arrogant", that is, It is said that "a family that has declined to the extreme will become proud."

Luo Xianzhi said that everything is over because these nobles began to be proud of themselves. During the Chu Kingdom, they were not what they are now. At that time, the powerful nobles did not take the initiative to show their power at all, but only at critical moments. Every moment, with a few simple words, let everyone feel their power.

And now?

"I found that I could no longer be above the emperor or on an equal footing with the emperor, so I could only pretend to be far away from the imperial power. But to maintain the wealth of the family, I had to become an official, so I had to make friends with the imperial power. , so the whole person seems very artificial, which should be taken as a warning. It is not just the nobles, but almost all the nobles in the past years. The more they start to be arrogant, the more they can be considered Already knowing that they are about to lose power, this proves that the bottom of the entire society has begun to change, and future generations can serve as a reference.”

Luo Xianzhi wrote these things on the white paper next to him. These are the thoughts that his essays have yet to form into a system. After he sorts them out, he will use more concise and efficient writing. , to be recorded on the appendix of "The Theory of Gentiles".

Along with the book "The Theory of Gentiles", it was passed down to later generations. These things are political books, which can be learned from by future generations. Luo Xianzhi can have so much profound knowledge at the age of just being crowned. In addition to being a genius himself, In addition, it is because of the existence of these political documents.

The characteristic of genius is to draw inferences from one example and learn extremely quickly. After Luo Xianzhi reads these things, he can actually use them in reality. He does not need to figure out what his ancestors have experienced, but he is born with it and knows it. meeting.

After writing this, Luo Xianzhi lay back and fell asleep directly from exhaustion. He was really tired these days, not only the government affairs of Shangshu Province, but also the matter of checking the gentry clan, and he had to be busy with it. Even a strong body can't handle the marriage.

He is not a direct descendant of those who were blessed by his ancestors. He does not have such strong physical fitness. Although horse riding and archery are not a problem, that is all. He is definitely incomparable to those big and rough men.

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Luo Xianzhi was soundly sleeping here, but the turmoil outside was getting bigger and bigger. Gradually, gossip began to spread. In politics, there is an iron law that gossip is usually the most accurate, because these news are usually the most accurate. These are things that are difficult to say directly, but must be known to others, so they will be spread quietly and openly.

This is the case now. Of course Luo Xinzhi knows that this news cannot be covered up, and he actually has no intention of covering it up, because it is not necessary. The wider the spread of this matter, the better. It is to make a fuss until all kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky. When the other noble clans couldn't bear the increasingly strange rumors and begged him to deal with them, he would start to deal with them.

As for why Luo Xianzhi is so sure that there are rumors, it is naturally because people in this world will never stop gossiping, and there will never be a shortage of people in this world who will seize opportunities.

Especially those smart people, anyone can see that if this is a real thing, then this is a huge political storm, in which a lot of people will be implicated and punished .

But there are opportunities in danger. If you can make a contribution in this, you will get a lot of rewards. If you can fish in troubled waters in this chaos and take down your enemies, wouldn't it be beautiful?

This kind of thing has not been uncommon since ancient times. No political storm can completely and accurately deal with those who want to be dealt with. Almost every time, many so-called innocent people will be implicated. Whether the clean-up method is superb or not, it is the people who are implicated. More and less.

And if there were no rumors, wouldn't Luo Xianzhi let him have it?

The Luo family has been in Jiangzuo for so many years, especially after the Luo family's main line disappeared, and it is still able to stand. Is it because of so-called luck?

Luo Shi is not a pedantic man. Although he has an unshakable bottom line, Buddha also has a diamond appearance and thunderbolt methods. Not to mention Luo Shi, it is not that he does not know how to use power and frame up, but he generally does not use it.

However, when it comes to dealing with those shameless people, Luo Xianzhi has always believed that there is no need to talk about political morality with them, the most important thing is to send them to the paradise world.

When Luo Xianzhi gradually saw fewer foreign visitors, the palace became extremely quiet, as if the emperor didn't know about this. But how could this be possible?

Moreover, Luo Xianzhi had already said that he had reported this incident to the emperor, so the emperor's behavior now is even more intriguing and disturbing.

What did the emperor want to do?

This is what all the noble families want to know.

But it was not until this time that they discovered a sad fact, that is, if the emperor did not want to see them, they could not even enter the palace and see the emperor.

They are really just window dressing, and the real core power is not in their hands at all. At this moment in the relationship, they can only run in vain and wait for the unknown result.

The noise about this matter in the city was getting louder and louder, but it was all under the water. Above the water, this matter was getting quieter and quieter. After the long-awaited meeting was canceled by the emperor due to illness. , this matter became more and more quiet, and everyone knew that the emperor deliberately did not see the ministers, and did not even give the ministers a chance to see him. This is really terrible!

At an official level, the hottest thing in Jianye City right now is the marriage between Luo Xianzhi and Xie Daoyun. The person in charge of their marriage is a prince from the royal family, who is Xiao Yan’s elder. The oldest person in the royal family.

This level of attention, let's put it this way, when the prince got married, this was also the main messenger. Luo's betrothal gift was aroused in Jianye City. Basically everyone was looking forward to the marriage of Luo Xianzhi and Xie Daoyun. People in the city The scholars had already begun to prepare poems for their marriage.

In their own eyes, the marriage of Luo Xianzhi and Xie Daoyun was like a volcano about to erupt, but everyone was staring at the craftsmen carving ice flowers in the crater.

Obviously most people know that a storm is about to sweep through Jianye and even the entire Liang Kingdom, but now everyone is looking forward to this marriage.

……

In the Xie family's house, Xie Daoyun was quietly waiting for her wedding. Her brothers often came to see her, with smiles on their faces. "Sister, I am so beautiful, and my brother-in-law is so lucky."

Xie Daoyun asked: "Have many families come to visit recently, but they still haven't given up?"

The only person who can contact Luo Xianzhi now is Mr. Xie. Even in the eyes of many people, the reason why he has not published it now is because Luo Xianzhi does not want to cause a bloody storm before the wedding. Many people have something to do with Ms. Xie. All the families he has good friends with come to visit and want to test his tone.

Xie Xuan didn't speak when he heard the words, which was regarded as acquiescence, and then sighed slightly: "How do they know? We really don't know anything, why do we think we know it? But my brother-in-law is not willing to start now, is he really unwilling? Do it before the wedding?"

Xie Daoyun lowered her eyelids when she heard this. She knew some things. After all, many things were her and Luo Xiuzhi's ideas, but naturally they couldn't say these things, even to her own family, and those things were originally related to Xie Daoyun. It doesn't matter, so don't talk too much.

But if he doesn't do it now, maybe he really doesn't want to do it before the wedding. Although Luo Xianzhi is a politician, people from the Luo family are not the kind who only know about politics. This is what women all over the world yearn for in the Luo family.

Under the watchful eyes of those anxiously waiting for the results or those watching the excitement from across the bank, the marriage of Luo Xianzhi and Xie Daoyun finally came as scheduled. Since the prince's wedding, this should be the most important event in Jiangzuo. Luo made it himself It was a big pomp, but not too impressive, but Xiao Yan took the initiative to add countless things to Luo Xianzhi, so although this marriage did not go beyond the system, it had achieved the ultimate in almost all aspects.

There is a prosperous scene in Jianye City, and the waves on the surging Yangtze River seem to be celebrating Luo Xianzhi and Xie Daoyun. Too many people gather on both sides of the road in Jianye. On such a day, Etiquette can be relaxed a little, so surrounded by countless people, Luo Xianzhi rode a tall horse to Xie's mansion.

Everything went smoothly, with a luxuriously decorated mansion, a beautiful bride, a smooth wedding, and almost no accidents. This is reasonable. Who is so short-sighted and would cause trouble on such an occasion? I'm afraid he doesn't want to be in Jiang. Left exists.

After nightfall, the guests gradually left, taking away the prosperity of the city. Luo Xianzhi and Xie Daoyun were sitting in the room. Xie Daoyun had always been beautiful, and she was even more beautiful today. Luo Xianzhi seemed to be relieved, the lights were turned off, and he was Climb the red wave.

"Husband, are you going to deal with those things?"

Luo Xianzhi woke up with the early morning light, and then saw Xie Daoyun sitting in front of the glass mirror, decorating himself.

those things?

Luo Xianzhi quickly understood what Xie Daoyun was talking about. He shook his head and said with a smile: "It has been postponed for so many days. There is no problem in one or two more days. Let's finish our things first."

really.

Xie Daoyun turned around and looked at herself in the mirror, as pretty as a flower. Sure enough, Luo Xianzhi postponed the matter because of the wedding date.

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Luo Xianzhi finished his rest and returned to the Chancery. After he appeared, the entire Chancery was shocked. Because Luo Xianzhi had just appeared, he called all the officials responsible for handling prison matters.

When these people came out, all of them had serious expressions on their faces. No one dared to come forward and ask, but as soon as they got closer, they were shaken and told not to ask, that was the matter.

really!

Perhaps because they had already expected it, now that Luo Xianzhi has really started to deal with this matter, many people actually feel relieved. The most cruel punishment in the world is not direct execution, but a situation where it is impossible to change. When death comes, the process of waiting for death.

This feeling of knowing clearly that there is a knife hanging over your head but not being able to deal with it, knowing that the knife will fall sooner or later but not knowing when it will fall is simply terrible.

Whether it is life or death, give an explanation immediately. This is the psychology of many people.

Now Luo Xianzhi gave them this result and statement.

"Scholars inherit the ways of sages and sages to achieve greatness. Scholars are the descendants of outstanding scholars. Because of the kindness of their ancestors, they can be ranked as eminent by the world. What they rely on is the kindness of their ancestors, not their own abilities. Gentlemen This is the rule set by King Su, and for fourteen hundred years, no one has failed to abide by it.

However, the ancestors benefited the descendants, and the descendants also need to defend the ancestors and make contributions to make the ancestors more prominent. I, Your Majesty, ascended the throne of the emperor, so the ancestors ascended to the throne of the king. This is the greatest honor for the ancestors since ancient times.

But what are some people doing now?

The grace of the ancestors is no longer enough to protect the descendants, and the descendants actually seek to use the flesh, blood, and flesh of the ancestors to put them on outsiders.

What are some people doing now?

The ancestors have never been blessed, and they actually use some gold, silver, pearls and jade to join the genealogy of other tribes, abandon their own ancestors, and choose other people's ancestors to worship, so that their ancestors cannot be worshiped in the wilderness without blood food. Other people’s ancestors.

I am really shocked.

His Majesty the Emperor is really speechless.

Isn’t this trampling the holy way to the ground?

Isn’t this trampling the teachings of sages to the ground?

Doesn't this mean that all etiquette, law and morality are being abandoned?

Would anyone allow such despicable people to continue to live under the sky of King Su?

Can such shameless people be allowed to continue to live in the world?

If such people cannot be punished with the most severe means, how can they serve as a warning to future generations?

I reported to His Majesty the Emperor that all these people, whether they were counterfeiters or those who acquiesced in the counterfeiting, were to be put to death, and their bodies were to be thrown into the wilderness with their hair covered, in order to punish them for their unfilial conduct.

I am extremely worried about today's noble clan. I even suggested to Your Majesty that the Gusu Luo clan should be removed from the clan annals. I no longer want to stand under the same sky with you people.

Your Majesty comforted me.

Clan annals can no longer ennoble the gentry.

I will use the strength of the entire Gusu Luo clan to re-examine, re-determine and re-order the clan history.

I will bring the nobles back to that era of outstanding achievements.

Before I have completely compiled the new clan chronicle, Daliang will stop conferring official positions according to the clan chronicle to prevent people who deceive the world and steal reputation from holding high positions through clan chronicles. That will be a shame to the whole of Daliang.

I use this document to tell the nobles in Jiangzuo that this is my intention and that your Majesty agrees. What else do you want to say?

I think you shouldn't say anything anymore.

If I cannot shoulder these responsibilities, then the gentry, a group that has made countless achievements, will be destroyed in your hands.

The four states of Daliang are carried on your Majesty's shoulders and on my body, not on yours. You obey His Majesty's orders, that's all. "

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The "Gentleman Counterfeiting Case" was one of the three major cases in the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. The antecedents of this case will not be described in detail, but the final result was that the gratifying emperor Xiao Yan and the ruling Luo Xianzhi took advantage of this incident to frighten them. The major case in Jiangzuo dealt a heavy blow to the already declining aristocratic family.

The author believes that this is one of the turning points of the clan politics in the Southern Dynasties. After losing military power and political power in the Luo Youzhi era, the clans also began to lose power in society, and the only thing they retained was their cultural advantage.

Regarding culture, Luo Xianzhi did not attack it, but protected it. This was Luo Xianzhi's instinct as a brilliant politician. ——"Aristocratic Family"

(End of this chapter)