Time Travel: I was so disappointed to learn about the awakening sign-in system

"Have you finished copying the Buddhist scriptures?"

Su Luqi glanced at his disappointing son and asked.

"My child, please leave."

Since he hadn't finished copying, Su Huan had no choice but to leave, so as to avoid having to copy hundreds of volumes later.

Su Luqi knelt alone, his eyes looking towards the southern border.

His nephew is really a troublemaker.

The next day.

Wuji Palace.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince of Zhennan has utterly destroyed the Mu family without cause, leaving no one alive. This is a heinous crime. I request your permission to punish the Crown Prince of Zhennan."

"Your Majesty, when the Mu family was destroyed, a guard of 10,000 people was deployed. This guard was not included in the imperial military roster, nor was it reported to the court."

"Raising such a large number of private soldiers, and they are so well-equipped, I'm afraid it wouldn't be possible overnight. I'm afraid the Zhennan Palace has long had rebellious intentions!"

"Your Majesty, I request a thorough investigation of the Zhennan Palace to serve as a warning to others!"

"I request a thorough investigation of the Zhennan Palace to serve as a warning to others!"

"I request a thorough investigation of the Zhennan Palace to serve as a warning to others!"

Many ministers knelt down and requested a thorough investigation of the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion.

Most of these ministers were from aristocratic families and were representatives of the major families in the court.

Many aristocratic families are indeed afraid that the Mu family’s today will become their tomorrow.

But more noble families wanted to know about the new army that appeared in the Zhennan Palace.

Apart from this army, is there any hidden background that they are not aware of?

Li Chen remained silent and did not express any opinion.

The Zhongshu Ling family has not yet responded, and he is eager to see the two sides fight each other.

"Your Majesty, for the safety of Daqian, I request your permission to conduct a thorough investigation of the Zhennan Palace."

Lu Zhao stood up and knelt down to ask for permission.

Under the leadership of the Minister of Justice, many ministers who had ties with the Lu family also requested imperial decree, and even many military generals did the same.

Under the gaze of everyone, Su Luqi stood up, slowly walked to the center, and took out three memorials from his sleeves.

"Your Majesty, this is something that the King of Zhennan ordered his men to deliver to me at full speed."

"It records how Mu Shan plotted to murder my brother, and also contains evidence of his collusion with the Baili tribe to disrupt our southern border. Your Majesty, please review it."

As Su Luqi spoke, he raised the memorial in his hand.

The eunuch immediately took it and presented it to Li Chen.

"Also, the King of Zhennan discovered some secret letters among the Baili people. It seems that someone was behind my brother's death."

"But the letter is still being sent to Qianjing at full speed. Once it arrives, Your Majesty is requested to handle it impartially and severely punish the person behind this."

Hearing this, Li Chen couldn't help but tighten his grip while looking at the memorial.

letter?

Could it be those letters?

Trash, damn trash, how dare he do something like that under his nose and leave this kind of evidence.

Li Chen threw the memorials in his hand, and one of them almost hit Lu Zhao's head.

"The death of the Mu family is not a pity."

"Draft an imperial decree. All remaining members of the Mu family who are currently serving in the imperial court will be demoted to commoners and exiled to the northwest, never to be employed again. Their female relatives will be enslaved forever."

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Su Luqi bowed, and the people of his lineage followed suit.

He knew long ago that the aristocratic family was a knife with thorns. While driving away the enemy, he would also be restrained by the aristocratic family.

So over the years, he has promoted many of his own disciples.

"Your Majesty, although the Mu family is plotting a rebellion, the Crown Prince of Zhennan acted without any imperial decree or relevant procedures. He clearly shows a disregard for the imperial court by acting on his own."

"Furthermore, it is a fact that the Crown Prince of Zhennan has raised private soldiers. I request that the Crown Prince of Zhennan be punished."

How could Lu Zhao be willing to accept this? He spoke again and argued with reason.

"Although they're plotting a rebellion? Minister Lu means that he's known about the Mu family's rebellion for a long time?"

"Knowing about it but not reporting it, or does the Lu family also have the intention of rebellion?"

"I remember that Minister Lu's second son married a daughter of the Mu family, right?"

Su Luqi was not willing to be outdone and immediately started to refute.

"You...are slandering me!"

Minister Lu couldn't find any words to refute and could only make a weak rebuttal.

"Your Majesty, the Lu family's loyalty to Daqian is evident to all!"

"Can the sun and the moon bear witness to this? Then why don't Minister Lu tell the ministers how many private soldiers the Lu family controls?"

Su Luqi took advantage of the victory and spoke again.

Hearing this, not only Lu Zhao fell silent, but all the ministers present fell silent.

In addition to the armies formed within their own territories, each major family also has its own private army, the number is just more or less.

This has almost become an unwritten rule among the major families, and even the royal family turns a blind eye to it.

Now that it has been brought to the table, if they are to be held accountable, none of them can escape.

"Forgot? Then let me speak for you, Lord Lu!"

"Emperor Taizu gave Luzhou to the Lu family and promised them a hundred thousand soldiers."

"Yet you leveraged the prestige of the Minister of Justice and Duke Lu to raise the military strength to 150,000, with an additional 30,000 private soldiers and 8,000 government troops."

"Minister Lu, what I said is not wrong, is it?"

"Also, haven't you all forgotten that Emperor Taizu once ordered that the Zhennan Palace could independently manage all matters in the southern border."

"The Mu family is located in the southern border. If they commit such a crime, doesn't the Zhennan Palace have the right to exercise jurisdiction?"

"Furthermore, Emperor Taizu originally allocated a million-strong army to the seven southern states to guard against the Li people."

"Later, the war in the southern border was settled, the Li people were divided into three groups, and Nanzhao was no longer a concern. To cut costs, the million-man army system was reduced to 300,000."

"But everyone, please don't forget that this system of millions of soldiers still exists."

"Even if we include the 10,000-man army, the Southern Territory's military strength is only 310,000, not even a million."

"Besides, the Mu family caused chaos this time, and Mu Shan, as the commander of the Zhennan Army, also caused a lot of losses to the Zhennan Army. I'm afraid that the current military system in the southern border does not even have 300,000 soldiers, right?"

Su Luqi spoke, with an air of debating with the scholars.

Hearing this, no minister present dared to refute.

Even Lu Zhao was the same, because what the other party said gave them no reason to refute at all.

Even Li Chen couldn't help but clench his fists.

His great-grandfather really cheated his grandson!

When he was alive, he actually promised so much to the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion. Otherwise, how could it end up in this situation now?

When my grandfather was alive, Daqian's national strength was at its peak, and the two of them had a life-and-death friendship.

Because of Daqian’s deterrent power at that time, the Northern Mang and the Western Regions countries did not dare to challenge Daqian’s military power.

As the domestic politics are stable and the people are harmonious, these aristocratic families dare not rebel against Daqian, and there is nothing wrong with them doing so.

But who made him meet such a cheap father? The early stage was just okay.

With the team left by my grandfather, there will be no chaos.

But I didn't expect the opponent to give up in the later stage and even become extremely dissolute.

He favored treacherous ministers, had a large harem, and was easily influenced by women.

The aristocratic families grew rapidly during that period, even breaking away from the control of the royal family.

If the elders of the royal family had not intervened, the vast mountains and rivers of Daqian would have been completely destroyed.

But even so, there are still some drawbacks that are difficult to erase, which has led to the current situation where the aristocratic families control the government.