Chapter 2285 the rectification of the court at night
After Emperor Duanmuhuan paced and thought, he asked You Yunxiang to prepare for the dragon banquet before he left the palace.
You Yunxiang knelt down directly, "Your Majesty, you can't do it. Those assassins might be waiting for Your Majesty."
"Am I still afraid of mere assassins?"
"Your Majesty has great martial arts skills, but his assassin's tactics are hard to guard against!"
"Then let them come and kill them all!"
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
The emperor's attitude softened, "Go and prepare for the dragon expedition. This is my last-minute decision. No one has time to arrange it. You should hurry up and prepare."
You Yunxiang was suddenly enlightened and quickly went to make arrangements.
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The emperor left the palace overnight to go to the martial arts school in the capital for help. There were many masters there.
But the old scholars did not hold a meeting to study it, so they politely refused.
The reason for not helping is because no matter who becomes the emperor, there will be martial arts schools and academies all over the world.
If you help, all the martial arts schools and academies in the world will be destroyed.
Not the future, but now.
If they take action, the kings will cleanse the academies in various places.
Those who conquer the world in the future will definitely not let go of the academy.
At that time, the college will become a vassal of the imperial court and will no longer have a transcendent status.
There is no morality and etiquette left in the world. There are only despicable villains who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact are groveling, flattering, and clinging to others.
And once there is an emperor, there are also ministers.
If the academy becomes a courtier, then every time the country changes and the dynasty changes, countless students will be implicated and become burial objects.
Yes, no matter whether it is a martial arts school or an academy, many people become evil people after leaving the academy.
But whether it is rebellion or corruption and bending the law, it has nothing to do with them. That is a matter that the imperial laws should deal with.
If the world is unstable and someone rebels, it will all be governed by the laws of the dynasty.
The laws of the dynasty cannot control it, so it is naturally the emperor's problem.
"Your Majesty, please forgive us old people for relying on our old age."
"Your Majesty, ask yourself, what have you done in the years since you have been in office?"
"Why did everyone rebel at this time during the Duanmu Dynasty for hundreds of years?"
"Why is it that none of the kings in the world are convinced by you, but you gave them twenty years?"
"Obviously it was you, Your Majesty, who spent twenty years building this country like an iron barrel, watertight.
"At the same time, we will weaken the power of the kings of the world and encroach on their territories so that they want to rebel but do not have the strength to do so."
"Now it's the other way around. Your Majesty's kingdom is like paper, full of holes, which can be broken by all the kings in the world."
"The kings of the world have been preparing for it for twenty years with manpower, weapons, money, and supplies."
"Your Majesty, how did you rule this country in the past twenty years?
"Your Majesty, do you know what kind of country you rule?"
"Your Majesty has been using spies to monitor the world for the past twenty years. Have you never thought that spies are human beings and have selfish motives?"
"They colluded with local officials, businessmen, and Jianghu people, and they worked together. Your Majesty lives in a deep palace. Who knows how much they have concealed."
"Your Majesty, the country, the country, and the country, in the final analysis, is still the people's support."
"In the past twenty years, Your Majesty has only paid attention to the administration of officials on the surface, but in his heart he has let the officials go. He only treats them as raising pigs and fattening them before dealing with them."
"Your Majesty doesn't know that this pig is gnawing at the people's hearts.
"Your Majesty regards the common people as pig grass, how can the common people treat Your Majesty sincerely?"
"Your Majesty, you are here today because you naturally hope that we can suppress the world with force, but we really can't help you."
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
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Emperor Duanmuhuan was lectured by the old men and left with a dark face.
It is said that eating the emperor's salary is the same as being loyal to the emperor.
These old men really don't care who will be the emperor in the end.
Because no matter who is the emperor, they must be respectful to them.
Because although their fists cannot bring peace to the world, they can bring peace to the palace.
Of course, it would be another matter if the emperor were a peerless master who dominated the world.
The problem is, if he, the emperor, is a peerless master, there is no need to invite them, he can just go and kill all the kings in the world.
Emperor Duanmuhuan deeply felt that in the end, the hegemony of the dynasty was dominated by the able.
If he doesn't have a fist strong enough to suppress the world, and he doesn't have a profound enough wisdom to caress the world, that's the emperor's problem.
The throne takes turns, and when it's time to change people, they will naturally be replaced.
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Emperor Duanmuhuan left the martial arts school in disappointment and sat on the Dragon Boat Festival looking at the deserted streets due to the curfew.
He can especially remember the prosperity of the past, how long ago it was, a few days ago, or decades ago, before he became emperor.
He also thought about the time when he was young and wandering around the streets with friends.
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"Your Majesty returns to the palace!"
The emperor's thoughts were interrupted by this sentence, and he looked at the palace gate.
The emperor cheered up and threw away all his weaknesses.
Since the old guys refused to help, they had no choice but to fight hard.
Now that everyone in the world thinks that his strength has been exhausted, then everyone in the world is a traitor and can be killed as much as possible, so there is nothing to worry about.
kill!
Those who follow me will live, those who go against me will perish!
There is no future, only the present, just look at the present!
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The emperor returned to the Golden Palace, rang the bell for the court meeting, and summoned all the civil and military officials to come over and work the night shift.
The officials in the capital were startled, anticipating that something big would happen.
Some people felt something was wrong and arranged for their families to escape, but when they entered the tunnel, they discovered that there were royal spies inside.
Eventually, they were all driven home.
The people here continued to go to court in fear, while the whole family on the other side had knives on their necks, waiting for the emperor to speak.
The life and death of countless individuals, whether alive or dead, is a matter of just one sentence.
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Golden Palace.
"See my emperor, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"
When all the officials came to see him, they just bowed.
When the emperor issues an imperial edict, you have to kneel down.
The main content of the imperial edict is to commend General Anton who died in battle.
Then, the officials who were kneeling were not allowed to get up.
The emperor stepped down from the dragon chair and continued speaking word by word.
He bluntly said that someone in the court had tipped off the news and communicated with the kings, asking them to kneel down on their own.
Some people came out, especially officials whose whole families were under control, and kowtowed to the emperor to beg for mercy.
The emperor asked them to be quiet, and then waited for a while.
Seeing that no one came out anymore, the roll call started.
Tell us which year, month, day and hour you met the kings privately.
Some officials were so frightened that they fell down on the spot, while others plausibly expressed that they had a clear conscience.
The emperor continued to report, detailing what he had collected and what he had done afterwards.
This scared a lot of people to the point where they were knocked down, and not many of them were able to hold on.
The emperor didn't say any more. He divided these people into two groups and issued decrees to those who were still holding on.
"Since you said you are loyal to me, then this critical moment will be a test for you."
This is true for the poor. Some families are so poor that they only eat two meals a day, and there is really no money to speak of.
So just dismiss them from office and give them a way to survive.
"I don't have enough evidence here to say that you are doing things for the kings, but there is enough evidence to say that you are corrupt and perverting the law."
"Although it is said that in troubled times, great honors should be used, but you have also made many contributions. I am too embarrassed to kill the donkey for the trouble. At most, I will let you fend for yourself."
This is for wealthy officials. When they are dismissed from office and their homes are confiscated, they are not a family, but a clan.
However, they did not kill people and did not exile them. They also left empty houses for them.