My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 217: All Bullshit
Liu Anguo is feeling a bit embarrassed now.

He wanted to challenge the emperor, but what Liu Anguo wanted was to indirectly compete with the emperor by impeaching Li Guangli and Zhao Yu.

Instead of directly confronting the emperor.

There is a huge difference between the two!
If a rough guy like Li Guang could see the situation clearly, how could a veteran who relied on understanding people's minds and calculating power schemes to gain a foothold in the court not see through it?
Liu Anguo, the chief of the imperial clan, naturally knew who was behind the robbery, but he could not confront the emperor head-on.

If you fall out with the emperor today and embarrass him, just wait and see. It may be fine in the near future, but after a year or two, the emperor will find a reason to embarrass you.

Then you have to think about whether you can handle it...

Liu Anguo didn't want to ask for trouble, so his initial plan was to "save the country in a roundabout way". Hey, who knew that he wanted to avoid it, but the emperor didn't.

Direct showdown!

"Zongzheng..." Seeing Liu Anguo stunned, the emperor stood up and slowly walked to the steps. "I want to ask you a question. The country has no use for keeping people. What should we do?"

His attitude was very leisurely, but Liu Anguo was very cautious and said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty, those who can be granted the title of marquis must have had meritorious services from their ancestors..."

"What kind of merits can allow them to rest on their laurels and suck blood from big men for the rest of their lives?" Before he could finish his words, the emperor, who had come closer, interrupted him.

"A great achievement?"

"The Han Dynasty has been established for nearly a hundred years, and you are still telling me about the achievements of the founding of the country? Do you still want to talk about the ancestral system?"

"Since I ascended the throne, I have changed the ancestral system a lot!"

Liu Anguo, the chief of the imperial clan, looked stern and said nothing. The emperor glanced at him and walked past him. "You have nothing to say. Let me speak."

Liu Che glanced at the officials in the court with sharp eyes, "Don't bring up the old accounts of your ancestors with me, the title of founding marquis, the title of prince marquis, I only recognize one -"

"You have made great contributions to the country. If you are not a marquis, I will confer you the title of marquis. If you are a marquis, I will increase your fiefdom and make you a marquis with ten thousand households!"

"Everything else is bullshit!"

The emperor turned around and looked at Zong Zheng, whose forehead was covered with sweat. "When we were fighting the Xiongnu, among the hundreds of marquises in the Han Dynasty, only Cao Xiang dared to go to the battlefield. What about the others?"

"During the conquest of Nanyue, more than 200 nobles of the Han Dynasty died? I have been waiting for several months. Has anyone come to find me?"

"not a single one!"

The emperor snorted coldly and sat back on the dragon couch. "Before, I couldn't even find a ghost, but now they are all jumping around in a hurry. It's weird!"

"Zongzheng!"

"Ah, yes, Your Majesty, I'm here." Liu Anguo, who had been pressed to the ground the entire time, bowed quickly and replied.

"Let me ask you another question." The emperor leaned forward and spoke word by word, "Are you the chief minister of the imperial court, or the mouthpiece of the princes?"

This statement came out.

Liu Anguo's face turned pale.

After hearing this, several ministers in the hall who had made an agreement with him to challenge the emperor together shrank back to their original positions instantly, as if they were stung by a poisonous sting in the foot.

In the process of seizing titles through money, the ones who suffered the most serious losses were the princes and marquises, that is, those who were granted titles of nobility because of their status as the sons of princes.

Liu Anguo, the chief of the imperial clan, was the first to step forward and launch the attack. It was self-evident who was standing behind him. Those who were originally supposed to represent the nobles today also had their own factions.

such as.

Zhou Jiande, the Prince's Tutor, although his title had been stripped, he still held the official position and could still speak in the court. When Zhou Jiande spoke, he must have represented the founding marquis.

For example.

Wang Yan, who represents the foreign relatives.

Wang Yan, whose father was the elder brother of Wang Zhi and Queen Mother Wang, inherited the title of Marquis Gai, but has now been stripped of his title.

The crime the emperor charged his cousin with was exactly the same:

The gold is not of sufficient quality.

Very cold and direct, just like the emperor's questioning in the Xuanshi Hall at this moment, without leaving any face!

No matter which dynasty, any ruler who has been raised in the deep palace since childhood would never dare to make such outrageous remarks. Not to mention being outrageous, he wouldn't even dare to think about deposing half of the nobles in the world.

But Liu Che dared to think and to do it, and he succeeded. He even "spoke big" after he did it, without fear of collapse at all.

Everything is caused by.

Liu Che has his own base!
There are many old nobles in the Han Dynasty, but most of the nobles who hold real power now are new military meritorious nobles promoted by the emperor himself!
Gongsun He, Gongsun Ao, Zhao Po Nu, Li Gan, these military meritorious marquises used to silence the people of the world, only accounted for a minority of the marquises promoted by the emperor. Before the first year of Yuanshou, those who followed Wei Qing to be made marquises included Li Cai, Li Xi, Han Shuo, Li Shuo, Zhao Buyu, Gongsun Rong Nu, Li Ju, Dou Ruyi, etc.

After the first year of Yuanshou.

Others who were granted the title of nobility following Huo Qubing included Gao Bushi, Pu Peng, Lu Bode, Xing Shan, Fu Luzhi, Yi Jixuan and others.

That's it.

He was only a marquis for military merit. There were also many other titles awarded for their contributions to state affairs, including Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi, and Li Guangli.

With such a large group of people around, can the emperor care about a group of old nobles who are content with enjoying themselves?

If someone gives you face, you should be grateful and continue.

What can you do if I don’t give you face?

"I can't stop the noisy officials, and I can't stop you little worms either?" The emperor glanced at Zhou Jiande, Wang Yan and others, and felt disgusted.

They were colluding with each other and making noises secretly. Did they think Emperor Liu Che didn't know?
"Prince and Tutor!"

"I'm here." Zhou Jiande's face was tense and he hurried out.

"Since you became the Grand Tutor, how many times have you been to the Prince's Palace? Five times? What scriptures have you taught the Prince?" The Emperor said coldly, "You are just a vain person, dismissed immediately!"

Zhou Jiande: “…”

The emperor looked at Zong Zheng, who was pale, and asked, "Anything else to say?"

No, Liu Anguo had nothing to say, and neither did the civil and military officials. The hall fell into a deathly silence...

"If not, then adjourn the court!" The emperor flicked his sleeves, stood up and left.

"Retreat~"

The emperor had been gone for a long time, and the Xuanshi Hall was still quiet. Only two things were discussed at the court meeting today, neither of which could be made public.

The ministers stood up quietly and left quietly.

Everyone goes back to their homes.

Afterwards, when Li Guangli, the Grand Chancellor who was absent from the court meeting and was recuperating at home, learned about what happened at the court meeting, he was silent for a while, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Two things, two reactions.

There may be some aftermath of the General of Cavalry committing crime in the street, but overall it was handled smoothly, and the emperor suppressed the incident of stealing the title by using money!

There wasn't even a wave.

The subsequent troubles were prevented, but the means were too drastic and too disrespectful...

After the court was dismissed, Zhao Yu, who only had some bruises at the corners of his eyes, decisively asked for sick leave, saying that he wanted to rest for a few days.

The intention to recover is fake, the intention to avoid the limelight is real.

Taking this opportunity, Liu Ju called Li Guang, and then Li Gan performed a scene of carrying a thorn stick to ask for forgiveness...

Although he was the one who beat the man, he also led the Ti cavalry to protect him afterwards, so he had some room to maneuver. In addition, he kept a low profile, and Liu Ju also tried to mediate.

Zhao Yu just gave in half-heartedly and didn't care about it.

It is better to resolve a feud than to create one. This saying applies to both parties.

During this period.

The noble lady of Yilan Palace also cried a lot. It is not known whether she whispered to the emperor or not. However, her leaving the palace to visit her brother caused a lot of uproar.

I heard that the Queen rewarded the Li family with a lot of wealth in order to make up for her nephew's mistake, and all the big and small cars were sent to the Li Mansion.

It was at such a seemingly happy and reunited moment that everyone was properly taken care of.

A person who should be important but is not important, a person forgotten by everyone, died quietly on an ordinary morning.

Prime Minister Zhao Zhou.

Because the gold offered by the marquises was of insufficient quality, he knew about it but did not report it, and committed suicide in prison...

(End of this chapter)