Zhao City.
"Father, why has the situation in the Han Dynasty suddenly reached this point?
Qi shouldn't be incapable of controlling a situation like this, yet it still slipped out of control."
Luo Yi was truly full of doubts. Luo Fu pondered before saying, "You're thinking about this the wrong way.
One layer of separation from power is an insurmountable mountain. Once you become an adviser, you must bear the inconveniences that come with that role.
Qi hasn't understood this yet. He is the Empress Dowager's brother-in-law, an unquestioned wielder of power acting on her behalf, but he is deep within the mountain and cannot see its true face.
You think Qi can control the situation because he can explain every cause and consequence of events throughout the realm.
But that is mistaken thinking. Is it possible that this is simply the limit of Qi's abilities?
Standing to one side and pointing out how the realm should be governed is easy. Saying this is wrong and that is wrong is just as easy.
When finding fault, people always feel their wisdom surpasses the sages of old, believing those sages amounted to little, leaving loose ends everywhere and failing to achieve perfection.
But when their own turn comes to resolve these matters, only then do they discover a thousand difficulties and ten thousand hardships. Not only do they fail to solve the problems, they even let the situation slide further downhill.
That is why knowing is easy and doing is hard.
There are many things in this world whose course you can clearly foresee, yet cannot stop.
Can we say that the institutional reforms led by Wang Mang and Qi were wholly wrong, wholly without merit?
Judging by the information the clan currently possesses, even setting aside the commanderies of Guanzhong