The Book of Heaven

Chapter 234
The biennial group arena is over.

As the representative of Jiannan Road, the Zhuge family's influence is huge, and only the Zhuge family can openly set up a ring outside the city gate of Chengdu, just to recruit guards who meet the standards.

Some people in the court once raised objections to this, but in the end it was nothing. After all, the royal family also knew that it was meaningless to argue with the Zhuge family on these details, even if they transferred a group of officials who had the slightest relationship with the Zhuge family from other places. In less than half a year, they will submit to the Zhuge family, but at that time, the royal family will lose face and the Zhuge family will benefit.

Of course, it is also possible to use the competition between wealthy families to deal with it, but this kind of thing is a double-edged sword. If it is not handled properly, it will easily lead to the separation of the two aristocratic families from the royal family, and at the same time cause serious conflicts in the local area. To the stability of the whole society.

There are so many talents in the royal family, how could they not even understand these simple truths, as long as the Zhuge family is still loyal to the imperial court, loyal to the Liu family, and what they do does not harm themselves, innocent people or the country, the royal family will just keep their eyes open Close your eyes.

However, even His Majesty the Emperor in Chang'an has heard about the turmoil in this year's group arena. It is said that not only the face of the wanted criminal Ma Zheng, but also the Li family of Longxi was involved.

In the past 100 years or so, the Longxi Li family has gradually surfaced. It can be regarded as a rare new force in the court. Some of its family members entered the court as officials and some were in charge of the government. Some even served in the army. .

Conflicts between the new generation of wealthy families like the Li family and the established gentry occurred from time to time, and everyone from the emperor to the common people regarded it as just watching a show.

The reason why the commotion went to the palace of Chang'an City this time was because a member of the Li family named Bai Feixiang died in the hands of two priests of the Zhuge family!

If the person who died was just an ordinary warrior, no one would care about it. The key issue is that this person named Bai Feixiang is an innate warrior.

From the standpoint of the royal family of the Han Empire, talents like innate warriors are the pillars of the country, and they are an important criterion for establishing the level of a country's military strength.

No matter how many ordinary warriors died in the battle between the giants, it would not attract the attention of the high-level empire. After all, with the huge population base of the empire, there are as many ordinary warriors as there are, but innate warriors are different. Every death is often one less. .

After His Majesty the Emperor was furious, he sent an order to Zhuge's family and Li's family, requesting that this poem must be investigated clearly, otherwise they would each hit [-] boards.

The Zhuge family's answer was straightforward - it was the Li family who made the leap, not the Zhuge family who took the initiative to attack.

Similarly, the Li family also has their own reasons. After all, Bai Feixiang has another identity, that is, the imperial court's arrest. Since he is an imperial court arrester, entering Jiannan Road to track down the imperial court's criminal Ma Zheng, he is doing things for the emperor. Wrong, it must be your Zhuge family who was wrong, not only killed Bai Feixiang, but more importantly let the imperial court criminal escape, this is the real unforgivable crime.

It is true that everyone knows that Bai Feixiang's identity as a head catcher and Ma Zheng's identity as a prisoner are both very important, but at least on the table, even His Majesty the Emperor cannot deny it.

When the two families insisted on their own opinions, the courtiers were divided into two factions. The most prominent one was the governor of Chengdu. Without prior notice, the conflict between the two sides directly led to the complete destruction of two streets in Chengdu, and hundreds of innocent people were injured. Not to mention the huge loss, because the identity of Bai Feixiang was exposed, causing the common people in Chengdu to Trust in the imperial court has dropped significantly.

What is the royal family afraid of?
For so many years, the emperor's mentality in China has already formed a routine. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. This sentence is by no means just talk.

Although the governor of Chengdu had the lowest status in this debate, his memorial became the most important one after it was handed to His Majesty the Emperor.

Because of this memorial from the governor of Chengdu, the Li family in Longxi was completely defeated. In the end, only [-] of the [-] boards fell on the Zhuge family, and the remaining [-] boards were eaten by the Li family. The Li family wanted to cry in pain. .

If it weren't for the fact that Li Bing is currently in charge of Tianshui City and is highly valued by His Majesty the Emperor, he might not have escaped the fate of being dealt with by the family. severe punishment.

Li Hong was deprived of certain inheritance rights, and could not even stay in Tianshui City. Instead, he had to return to the Li family's old house in Longxi to "reflect". Breeding pigs are passed on to the Li family.

For this ending, Li Hong definitely couldn't accept it, but he didn't live up to it or said he didn't have the capital, and even with Li Bing after careful consideration, he could only choose to give up his son completely.

Of course, Ma Zheng had no way of knowing what happened in the court, let alone because Li Hong was placed under house arrest and Li Bing conceded, so that Ma Zheng's name appeared again in the mouths of the high-ranking members of the Ma family, even His Majesty the Emperor. Began to be curious about Ma Zheng.

At the beginning, the Holy Majesty only regarded Ma Zheng as a qualified soldier of the empire, and rewarded him for his meritorious service and the face of the Ma family. After the people of Dayue Clan cried and complained, Ma Zheng had to wear it for the sake of the empire's foreign strategy. A convict hat.

Later, after Princess Qingping went straight to Chang'an to find the current Master Xing Xing, Ma Zheng officially entered Jinshang's sight. This time, Ma Zheng appeared again in the dispute between the Li family and the Zhuge family, and his martial arts jumped from the third-rate realm to the first-rate. Even the swordsmen around Imakami or the priests in the palace, after hearing about it, believed that Ma Zheng belonged to the kind of martial arts genius born in the world. If he guides him well, he will definitely be the pillar of the empire in the future.

But before finding a suitable reason, even the emperor could not arbitrarily suspend Ma Zheng's crimes. He always had to find a suitable opportunity to make Ma Zheng feel the majesty of the emperor's grace.

Because he became interested in Ma Zheng, some relevant information was sent to Jinshang one after another, and after learning about Ma Zheng's biological father, Jinshang became even more excited.

The structure of the Han Empire determined that the emperor had the highest imperial power, but the emperor could not do whatever he wanted. Powerful forces such as the five kings with different surnames, the Zhuge family and even the new generation of the Li family greatly limited the emperor's own power to some extent.No major rebellion has occurred in Nuoda's empire so far, not because everyone is loyal to the royal family, but because the royal family holds a truly terrifying force—a force composed of innate masters.

In order to maintain this power, the royal family needs to pay a huge price every year, and of course these costs are nothing to an empire.

It's just that sometimes the price is not enough. If a martial arts genius like Ma Zheng can be gathered in the hands of the royal family, it will be very meaningful for attacking the power of the aristocratic family.

After thinking of this, the imperial palace immediately sent a messenger to the Majiazi Fort on the northwest border.

(End of this chapter)