Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 67 The Beginning of Reform
(This chapter is too difficult to write. It is necessary to describe the institutional changes of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years in short words. For me, it is a great challenge. Of course, this is a very simple summary of the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It will be slower as the reforms follow. Mention slowly.)
Putting down the boat curtain and covering the window of the boat, Liu Chan felt the slowness of going upstream, and looked at the black and white pieces on the chessboard. Liu Chan thought for a while and then closed his eyes to rest.

Zhuge Liang pushed open the boat door and saw Liu Chan resting with his eyes closed, and was about to leave.

Liu Chan was startled by the creaking of the boat door, opened his eyes and said slowly, "Father Xiang just came in, why bother to be formal."

"The old minister dare not disturb His Highness when he is taking a nap, otherwise the old minister will come back later." Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said.

"I just closed my eyes and meditated, and I didn't fall asleep. Please take a seat, Prime Minister." Liu Chan smiled.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang knelt down and knelt down, and what caught his eyes was indeed the black and white pieces on the table. At this time, the white pieces were slaughtering the black dragon.

"Your Highness, you are so elegant! I once heard that His Highness used chess to discuss the country, which made the old minister admire!" Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled.

Liu Chan smiled slightly, and did not answer Zhuge Liang's words, but slowly put away the black and white pieces on the chessboard, and said slowly: "Just now Minister Liao entered, and I played chess with Minister Liao."

"Oh! It turned out to be Liao Li." Zhuge Liang was slightly surprised.

"Liao Li has been very cautious in his words and deeds recently, and he dare not say much when he is around me. I am a little impressed by him. Xiangfu can play a game with me." Liu Chan raised the white chess pot and smiled at Zhuge Liang.

"Your Highness beat Liao Li in the palace a few days ago, and it seems that the results are good." Zhuge Liang took the chess pot, picked up white pieces from it and put them on the chessboard.

"If it was Xiangfu who dealt with it at that time, how would Xiangfu deal with Liao Li?" Liu Chan threw the question to Zhuge Liang, continued to drop the sunspots in his hand, and signaled that it was Zhuge Liang's turn.

Zhuge Liang heard the sound with Baizi in his hand, stroked his beard and thought, but Liu Chan was not in a hurry to disturb.

Zhuge Liang raised his head and said to Liu Chan, "If it's an old minister, I'm afraid I won't beat him like this. The old minister will wait for His Royal Highness to ascend the throne and secretly surrender Liao Liming. In charge of guards, master Wuhuan cavalry.

Liu Chan is already the prince of the Han Dynasty, how could he not know that Captain Changshui is just a display in the Han Dynasty, how can the Wuhuan Rider be in charge of the Han Dynasty now, Zhuge Liang is excluding Liao Li from the political center of the Han Dynasty.

After the sunspot fell in Liu Chan's hand, he smiled and said, "It seems that I was kind this time, and I didn't punish Liao Li severely."

Shilang, also known as Huangmen Shilang in the Han Dynasty, was responsible for serving the emperor and delivering imperial edicts.The rank is not high, but it is the official closest to the emperor.

A servant compares two thousand stones, "The palm rides the public and serves things, down to the genus of the tiger; when entering and leaving the forbidden center, the consultant responds." After Wei Sima Yi came to power, he was also named a servant. .

Such a comparison is naturally more kind to Liu Chan, allowing him to continue to participate in political affairs.

"The old minister dare not say too much, His Highness must have deep meaning in this move." Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and smiled.

In the past year, Liu Chan has changed a lot. After all, he will be the emperor of the Han Dynasty soon. Zhuge Liang will no longer teach Liu Chan like a child, otherwise conflicts will inevitably arise between the monarch and his ministers.

Liu Chan didn't know what Zhuge Liang was thinking. Liu Chan continued to speak slowly and said: "Liao Li is a talented man of Chu. He is not yet thirty, and he was reused by the late emperor. , and entrusted with a heavy responsibility. How does this person's virtue match his position? With a great reputation, he will become a villain in the future, and the best jade in the rough will be wasted from then on."

Zhuge Liang was a little surprised how Liu Chan, who was only 17 years old, knew these life philosophies. Could this be the blood of the great ancestors, and he was born with the art of controlling people!

"It seems that Your Highness wants to use this as an opportunity to sharpen Liao Li so that he can reuse Liao Li in the future." Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and said with emotion.

"Let him accompany Dong Yun, Fei Yi and me to farm in Wudan Mountain." Liu Chan didn't care, and directly told Liao Li about his arrangement.

"Oh! Your Highness may behave inappropriately after returning to Chengdu to take over the throne." Zhuge Liang asked with a frown as he made a white chess piece.

"Historical Records says: Goujian, King of Yue, returned to his country with a bitter body and anxious thoughts. He put his gallbladder on his seat, and when he sat and lay down, he turned his back on his gallbladder, and eating and drinking was like tasting gallbladder."

"Lonely but not talented, I would like to follow the example of King Goujian of Yue, gather together for ten years, learn lessons for ten years, and unify the world. May my father help me!"

Liu Chan got up and stepped down, bowed his hands and saluted, ready to kneel in front of Zhuge Liang.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly got up and helped Liu Chan up. Instead, Liu Chan held Zhuge Liang's hands tightly and said solemnly: "I once read "Han Feizi" and thought about Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang's reform. Shang Jun laid the foundation for Qin to rule the world; Xiangfu With the talents of Guan Zhong and Le Yi, the father of Zhong Fei in the Han Dynasty could not be up to such a great task!"

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Chan was so focused on reforming the law, so he helped Liu Chan up and asked, "Why is your highness so focused on reforming the law?"

Liu Chan picked up his sleeves and said slowly to Zhuge Liang: "Since Guangwu Zhongxing, the country has been in existence for 90 years. Why did the world fall apart? one of the causes of death."

"When I was young, I often thought about this matter, and then I started from why Yuan Shao and Cao Cao separatist the Central Plains. There are two reasons for thinking. Yuan Shao came from the fourth generation and third father of the Yuan family in Runan. His disciples and old officials are all over the world. All of them are proficient in Yuan Liang. The Mencius family of Jinwen developed the "Book of Changes" and lived for four generations and three lords; the Yang family of Hongnong, who learned Ouyang's "Shangshu" as a prominent family for generations; the Sima family of Dongdong established themselves in the world by learning "Hanshu"; From this to the official, there is no weakness.

Confucian classics family, all from the local to the central; secondly from the officials to the powerful; finally from the powerful to the gentry.These aristocratic families use the Confucian classics in their hands and contacts to follow the inspection system, and let their descendants enter the officialdom again. From then on, from generation to generation, whether they are acquainted with each other in the officialdom, people from poor families cannot gain a foothold in the officialdom.Under such circumstances, the Han government and the public are not in danger! "

"The third is the independence of counties and counties. When the county guards are appointed, they are given bronze tigers and talisman festivals."

"What's the meaning of the tiger talisman? Leading the army."

"What's the meaning of the talisman festival? The emperor canonized the princes as tokens."

"In the former Han Dynasty (Western Han Dynasty), the governance relied on the county, and the county was set up later for supervision and military affairs (Note 1). The work of the county government was collected and reported to the imperial court, and the imperial edict was passed on to the county. Appointed by the chief. During the time of Emperor Wu, the governor was set up to inspect the world, and the supervision work of the county government faded away, and then it increased day by day to coordinate the work of the county government and set up regulations (local regulations). Because of the infiltration of local tyrants into the county government , The county officials are all ordered by the county magistrate. There is nothing the big man can do about it, so he has to order the county to restrain the tyrants. The ridiculous thing, even in the later Han (Eastern Han) county was also infiltrated by the tyrants."

"Taxes are hard to collect, how can a big man survive!"

"In the county, the officials are loyal to obey the ruler, and they are also loyal to obey my big man. The two loyals are big and who is small. Therefore, the world is chaotic. From then on, this county is independent. If it doesn't change, even if my big man dominates the world, it will inevitably split in the future."

Liu Chan's words echoed loudly in the cabin, and the only response was Zhuge Liang's rapid breathing.
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In the early Western Han Dynasty, there were 27 officials in the county government of Donghai County, and in the late Western Han Dynasty, there were more than 100 officials. The 38 counties of Donghai County had a population of 155 million.Said to serve as a communication bridge between the county government and the central government.There is no right to appoint or remove county government staff.

The population of Kuaiji County in the Eastern Han Dynasty was about 50, and there were 500 county officials.

I added that Liao Li was a story that really happened in history, and the treatment in Zhuge Liang's article is also historical.
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(End of this chapter)