Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 395
Li Shimin felt his head buzzing.

He could no longer hear what the ministers below were saying. This was the first time he encountered such a situation. The idea he personally proposed was unexpectedly met with unanimous opposition.

why?
This is a mature idea that he has thought about for a long time before he finally came up with it. This is a perfect strategy to protect the country and future generations. Why do you oppose it?

He has already decided to grant world titles to the real meritorious officials, so what reason do they have to object?
Why did Qin Lang object?

He is my son-in-law, and I have always treated him kindly, including the Qin family. The Qin family has two actual feudal titles. If the world feud is implemented, the Qin family will be able to obtain two world feudal states.

Could it be that Qin Lang felt that the feudal governor was not enough, and wanted to establish a feudal state?
This is impossible.

It is impossible for Li Shimin to establish feudalism for them. The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Han Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period in the Zhou Dynasty, and the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty all show that if the enfeoffment is not well designed, there will be endless troubles.

Li Shimin thought for a long time before he came up with a way to appoint the governor and governor of the world.

Let the emperor's brothers and princes be granted the post of governor for the world, let the heroes be appointed as the governor for the world, and then the heroes and the clan's feudal states will be used to restrain each other.

Especially supplemented by the Zhengzhou directly under the imperial court, the policy of paralleling the prefectures and states as in the Han Dynasty was implemented, and coupled with the Hu nationality Jilizhou on the frontier, this can form a multi-level enfeoffment system and make the Tang Dynasty more stable. .

In Li Shimin's vision, this secular feudal system only allows the clan and heroes to enjoy the post of governor and governor inherited from generation to generation, and then enjoy one-third of the fiscal and tax revenue of the feudal state, and each secular governor and governor can have one The soldiers and horses of the relatives and tents are limited to less than a thousand people.

Compared with the feudal founding of the country, the powers of these feudal governors and governors are more restricted. They have limited military power, but these people are officials of the court. When a local rebellion occurs, the imperial court can call these people to organize the state army and King Minqin to hunt down the thieves.

Li Shimin felt that his design should be perfect.

"Qin Lang, you say you agree with enfeoffment, but you also say you are against enfeoffment, then you can explain your reasons. What kind of enfeoffment system do you think the court should adopt?"

Li Shimin finally came back to his senses, he coughed loudly, interrupting the chattering courtiers, the emperor pointed his eyes at Qin Lang, and called his name unceremoniously.

Qin Lang didn't really want to comment.

But the emperor asked him to say by name.

Say what?

Qin Lang is a time traveler. A well-known historian surnamed Qian said a very famous saying in his book on the political gains and losses of the past dynasties, that is, although ancient China has gone through so many dynasties, the dynasties of each dynasties The political system is actually nothing more than a patch on the political failures of the previous dynasty.

One dynasty after another dynasties patched, so after many dynasties, a thick pile of patches was made, but in general, since the Qin Dynasty, the political system of each dynasty has nothing new, and it has been going around in circles.

It's like Qin abolished the enfeoffment of prefectures and counties and died, so after Liu Bang won the world, he followed the basic system of the Qin Dynasty on the one hand, and on the other hand restored part of the enfeoffment system and patched it up.When I arrived in Cao Wei, I felt that the imperial power was threatened by the enfeoffment of the clan, especially Cao Pi had experienced threats from his brothers back then, so he took strict precautions against his brothers and nephews. imperial clan.

As a result, the Sima family easily usurped the power of the Cao family and took over the world.After the Sima family came to power, they felt that this should be a lesson and they had to guard against it, so they followed suit.The old thief Sima started enfeoffment, letting brothers and nephews enfeoff all over the country, but did not give them any real power, but they are not stronger than the Cao family.

With these clans in the local area, it can not only prevent the imperial court from causing chaos in the capital, but also leave a little room to deter courtiers with different surnames.

It's just that after the other emperors of the Sima family came to power, they actually patched up the enfeoffment system left by his father...
Generally speaking, from Qin to Han, then to Wei and Jin, then to Southern and Northern Dynasties, and then to Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The enfeoffment system was intermittent, but generally speaking, the power of enfeoffment was always getting smaller and smaller, and even later it was enfeoffed but not established, there were titles but no land, there were more fictitious food towns, and less real food fief towns.

The power of the vassal states, such as founding the country, opening the government, commanding the army, and governing the people, has been cut off bit by bit.

For example, in the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian had only five sons, all of whom were descended from the empress's heir, but Yang Jian's entrustment of the sons was only the general manager.

In fact, at this time, enfeoffment has actually become an official position, instead of directly dividing a block to build a completely independent and autonomous vassal state for you.

Even the official positions granted are not unchanged. Yang Guang has successively served as the governor of Bingzhou, Daxingtai Shangshuling of Hebei Road, and the governor of Yangzhou.

Li Shimin's idea of ​​being the governor of the world must have been based on Yang Jian's practice in the past as a reference.

There is still a big difference between the governor of the world and the princes. The biggest difference is that even if you are the governor of the world, you are still a part of the imperial court system. inside.

The vassal states are actually independent of the imperial court.

Li Shimin not only wanted to enfeoff, but also worried that the vassal states would threaten the court, so he finally came up with such a system of secular governors and governors.

From a certain point of view, this system of enfeoffing governors in the world is definitely an improvement compared with the enfeoffment of vassal states in the Han Dynasty, and it is beneficial to the court.

After all, the vassal state is completely an independent kingdom. Military power, taxation power, civil power, etc., all belong to the vassals. In the Han Dynasty, the vassals even used their own year names, which was different from the imperial court.

But the problem is, it's not the Han Dynasty anymore.

The Han Dynasty was not a few decades away from the Warring States Period. Everyone was used to the independent state of the countries during the Warring States Period. Not to mention the countries, even the feudal monarchs of each country. right.

It can only be said that the environment background is different.

From Qin to Tang, it has been thousands of years.

History has changed.

Why is the feudal system worse than the previous dynasty, and the power is getting smaller and smaller?
This is the choice of the times, it is necessary, the unification of the imperial court is a historical trend, no one can turn back the wheel of history, whoever turns back the wheel will be run over by the wheels of history.

"Qin Lang?"

Li Shimin asked impatiently.

"Your Majesty, I think that the governor is the head of the state capital of the imperial court, and the enfeoffment is the title of princes conferred by the imperial court. They cannot be confused."

"It's a good thing that your Majesty wants to set up enfeoffments, but I suggest that not only Guannei and Henan cannot be enfeoffed, but also extend this scope to the entire north of the Yangtze River and even the north of Wuling. Your Majesty wants to follow the example of enfeoffment for three generations. In fact, the enfeoffment of the Zhou Dynasty The sons of the heroic officials also assigned the feudal lands of the princes to areas outside the actual control of the king of Zhou."

"The enfeoffment of the king of Zhou is to let them open up the fiefdom, open up the territory and expand the land, rather than splitting the land that the king of Zhou actually owns."

"There is one more thing. Your Majesty said that the emperor's younger brother, the prince, was named the governor, and the hero was named the governor. I feel that this is not fair. For example, the meritorious officials who are rewarded by the court have real seals, and they are divided by the number of real seals. For example, the princes , [-] households are sealed, and meritorious officials are sealed from [-] to [-] households, so the meritorious officials of [-] households are also named governor of a state, and the meritorious officials of [-] households are also appointed governor of a state. How can this be called fair and just?"

The emperor listened carefully. He was very dissatisfied with Qin Lang at first, but he immediately realized that what he said made sense. This kid is always so smart, and his speech hit the nail on the head.

"continue!"

"Your Majesty, I believe that the purpose of enfeoffment is firstly to praise public morality, and the second is to screen the imperial court. Therefore, with this as the starting point, the enfeoffment system should not be the previous method of enfeoffing governors in the Central Plains."

"If you want to be sealed, you should be sealed in the frontier. This is the method of enfeoffing the sons and daughters of the three generations. If the number of seals is small, the state governor or county magistrate can be sealed."

Qin Lang originally wanted to directly propose to change the governor to a noble title such as Duke of the State, and change the fiefdom to a feudal state.

But think about it, forget it.

Li Shimin obviously still doesn't want to make a vassal state again.

"Sealed in the frontier?"

Li Shimin was surprised.

"Yes, enfeoffment in the frontier, opening up the territory for the Tang Dynasty, guarding the border and keeping the people safe, and the center of the Ping Fan, this is the real enfeoffment."

"Enfeoffing the clan and meritorious officials in the frontiers, enfeoffing the borderlands for generations, forever townships, and sharing ties with the country, for generations to come!"

Qin Lang's words made the hall quiet down.

Not only Li Shimin was thinking about these words, but even the big fan Wei Zheng was also thinking about it.

These words are very predictable. Li Shimin's previous secular law was obviously splitting the Tang Dynasty, so big trolls like Wei Zheng would be eager to go viral. Also immediately objected.

But Qin Lang's enfeoffment method is different, this is not splitting but pioneering, it is aggressive, of course it is different.

"If you want to be more specific, let's give an example of enfeoffing the frontiers." Li Shimin said directly.

"Your Majesty, for example, the three provinces in Lingnan, and the two provinces in central Guizhou and Yunnan in the southwest. Up to now, only a few state capitals are under the actual control of the imperial court. For example, Yunnan is not even controlled by the imperial court at all. Therefore, if you can In the five lands on the border, we set up prefectures and counties, entrusting the heroes of the clan to guard them, and I think it will be of great benefit to the court."

Li Shimin hesitated when he heard that he was going to be entrusted to those places.

Even Changsun Wuji and others felt that what Qin Lang said was too much.

You said that you were assigned to Jiangnan and Bashu, which is far enough away, but now you are actually assigned to those wild places. Is this enfeoffment or exile?
Just like Changsun Wuji, if the top aristocrats in the court are entrusted to Yunnan, then according to the imperial court system, once they are entrusted, they will get the vassal and the country, then the Changsun family will have to move to Yunnan, and Changsun Wuji is willing to go. ?
That place in Yunnan is really a land of alienation. The sky is high and the road is far away. If you go there, you will be completely far away from the political center. Wouldn't the Changsun family be marginalized?
How well is the Changsun family doing in Chang'an now?Why do you want to go to Yunnan to be some kind of secular governor?
No one wants to.

Isn't this the end of the bird?

At this time, Wei Zheng began to stroke his beard, and he suddenly felt that Qin Lang's method was quite suitable for his old Wei's appetite.

Yunnan, Lingnan, these places have never been the actual control areas of the Central Plains, they are all controlled by the barbarians, but if they are enfeoffed according to Qin Lang's method, maybe these places can be turned into the actual control areas of the imperial court.

Just like places like Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, they used to be the territory of the barbarians. From Qin to Han, and all the way back, after generations of hard work, they have now become the enclaves of the Central Plains Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)