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Chapter 550 The Kanto princes can't bear it anymore!

Kingdom of England.

The contemporary Yinghou Luo Zhongse looked at the letter in front of him in a somewhat complicated manner. Sitting next to him was the contemporary Luhou Luchang. The letter was sent by Wang Mang and asked Luhou, and the content was very simple.

It was simply explaining the situation between the world and the court to him.

Finally, he said: "In the past, Emperor Gao and Emperor Xiaoxuan made an oath, and it has not changed in more than 200 years.

But if the big man is overthrown, these vows will be turned into ashes.

If we don't save the country now, when will we have to wait? "

Guard Liehou.

A power that cannot be ignored since the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Especially in the game of local counties and states, among the powerful gentry, county magistrates, and guarding lieutenants, only the guarding lieutenants are invincible.

The worst result is to reduce the closures and then relocate them.

This can be regarded as the royal family's protection for guarding Liehou.

Luo Zhong put down the letter, then looked at Lu Chang next to him and asked, "Wen Chang is willing to deliver the letter for Wang Jujun, presumably because he supports him?"

Lu Chang directly shook his head and said: "Of course not, the family's principles will never change, and that is to follow in the footsteps of the emperor.

But the family also has its own interests.

After Jing Nan, we guarding the lieutenants basically seldom put our hands directly into the central court.

Compared with the most glorious years of the past, the recommendation of talents only through investigation and other methods has fallen a lot.

Twenty years ago, the governor of Qingzhou, who was only an official of six hundred shi, dared to use the power of supervision to directly bully the Lu family. If his father hadn't responded decisively, Jimo Lu family would have made a fool of himself in front of the world.

In recent years, natural disasters have been frequent, there are many refugees in Qingzhou, and bandits emerge in endlessly.

The family's land and caravans were hit, and many clansmen who went out died outside. After that incident happened ten years ago, they directly ordered that the women of the family were not allowed to leave the Marquis country at will.

This was something unimaginable before.

Brother Zichen, I heard that the caravan of the Marquis of Ying was robbed by water bandits on the ground in Yangzhou. This is an extremely bad signal.

Although the caravan of Yinghou Kingdom did not carry the Luo's logo, at least they had some scruples in the past, but now...

If there is no change, Qingzhou is already a densely populated place, and when there are refugees everywhere, a powerful rebel army will soon be drawn.

At that time, as the guarding lieutenant, it is very likely that the family will be destroyed.

Many people have forgotten the last calamity of Emperor Li, but the Lu family did not forget how many princes were defeated and how many princes and kings were killed on the throne.

How can there be eggs under the nest!
Even with Luo's prestige, once the world is in chaos, it will be extremely difficult to be alone.

People's hearts are like flowing water.

The Lu family has a good reputation in Qingzhou, but they are still not immune.

Mrs. Wang is from the Kanto region, so of course she is clear about these things, so she came to convince me, and I admit, I was persuaded by him.

This world really cannot change! "

Lu Chang's words were full of worry and vague fear, and then he sighed heavily.

It is too difficult to maintain the wealth of a family.

Although the princes and princes were not cut down as quickly as the princes and kings, there were hundreds of princes when the country was founded, and now, the princes are still there, not too many.

After all, the throne changes frequently, and nobles like Liehou who are attached to the emperor will definitely be affected, and most of them will be transferred to other places.

And if you can't get military merit, the number of households is cut again and again.

Although even if they lost their titles in the end, with nearly a hundred years of reproduction and accumulation, they still have a lot of wealth, family heirlooms, and political connections. These former Liehou families can easily transform, even because of the loss. Restrained, but also crazy expansion.

But Lu Chang was unwilling!

In other words, several big princes are unwilling, and their titles and surnames are their pride.

Wang Mang saw this force.

He understood that the strength guarding Liehou was still huge, if these people were on the opposite side of him, his great cause would definitely be affected.

Luo Zhong pondered and asked: "This letter is definitely not only for the two of us, there must be other princes as well.

So what do other families do?

Can these central powers who have been away from the imperial court for many years still keep them calm?

Faced with this opportunity to return to the center, what will these Liehou families think?
Now the emperor does not support the restructuring, what can you and I do?
Could it be Jing Nan again and pull the emperor down?
Na Yinghou and Luhou will probably become synonymous with rebellious officials and thieves in the future!
The more you are at this moment, the more you can't be anxious. First straighten out the situation around your country to ensure a relatively stable environment, and then think about other things. "

Lu Chang heard the words and nodded thoughtfully. He was indeed a little dizzy because of what happened in these years.

Those great princes naturally received the letter. Compared with some princes, as long as they don't think about the future, these great princes live a relatively comfortable life.

Because the Hou country has a large population and a large number of private troops, it has strength in the local area.

Once they are in a hurry, they can let such bullying officials take a good look at the background of what is called the founding minister.

Faced with Wang Mang's solicitation, many princes with declining families climbed up, but the attitude of these princes who founded the country was very ambiguous.

Especially those princes with gold orders.

Because Wang Mang is not an emperor after all, his momentary prominence is nothing. These families have been around for 200 years. If every powerful minister had clinged to him, he would have died long ago.

The letters that came to nothing did not make Wang Mang feel any depression.

Because guarding the princes is one of the last layers of insurance for the emperor, the relationship between him and the emperor is not particularly harmonious, and the princes naturally have concerns.

But he did it easily to win over Liehou, so he didn't take it very seriously.

Because now is not the time for peace and difficulty, if ever, Wang Mang really needs to be cautious when facing the guarding princes with abundant martial virtues.

But now most of the princes and princes and kings in the Kanto, after so many years of prosperity and wealth, most of them have lost the bravery of the past.

Even if these vassal kings and lieutenants add up, there is actually no threat to the Chang'an court. Even in Wang Mang's eyes, if there is no emperor to sideline, guarding the lieutenants is not necessarily stronger than the local tyrants.

In Wang Mang's reform plan, Liehou are not the key targets. They are a bunch of waste, so what is there to attack?
Guanzhong is used to control the four directions, and the imperial court is used to control the localities. No one has said these two things, but the policy has been implemented for so many years. As a result, whoever controls the center will control the world, unless the world is against it.

But Wang Mang wasn't worried at all. When he took control of the imperial court, as long as he didn't get into the situation where the order collapsed like Emperor Li, he would be an invincible existence with three rivers and six counties and Habayashi orphans!
No one is his single enemy!
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For Wang Mang, Zhaocheng Luoshi has also been paying attention, after all, it has been many years since the world has seen someone with such a high reputation appear.

When Wang Mang came to Zhaocheng to study, he was relatively famous, and it was spread among Luo's sons, and he even got a comment that "his sincerity is almost fake".

Although this evaluation sounds weird, it is indeed a real compliment. Anyone who sees Wang Mang's firm heart will shout.

"Patriarch, the former imperial censor suddenly participated in the conspiracy and committed suicide at home. The emperor appointed Wang Mang as the imperial censor.

Wang Jujun has been promoted to the imperial doctor in just four months as Guang Luxun. It is said that the prime minister is submitting his resignation to the emperor, hoping to beg for bones.

Judging from the current situation, Wang Mang will be promoted to prime minister soon, because there is no great general Sima in the Han Dynasty, and he will basically control the government.

Wang Mang is the scholar leader of the reform faction. Does this mean that the emperor has changed his attitude? "

The contemporary patriarch Luo Fu pondered: "The biggest possibility is that the emperor is under tremendous pressure. After all, the empress dowager is on top of him, and the voice of restructuring in the court is getting louder and louder. Even the guarding princes have begun to report. The unfavorable situation in various places and the public grievances are too great to be suppressed."

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In the summer of the 17th year of Shenjue, there were frequent civil uprisings in Kanto, and the bandits became more intense. The princes then held swords and broke the gold order to control the soldiers of the prefectures and counties ten times. The calamity of the emperor is far worse than that for the refugees, and it is determined by drawing the sword. Today, there are elite soldiers, food and grass, but they can't be controlled. Is this not God's blessing?"

The feudal lords are united, all bow their heads and sigh, unable to cheer up, four bandits destroy the country, eleven die, the meritorious ones restore their country, the demeritful ones reduce their households and the people, the seven who seize the title and eliminate the country, the princes decline, all here hour. ——"Han Shu·Chronology of Princes Since Han Xing"

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