Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 610 State Shepherd
Trust between people is a precious and scarce thing that many people can hardly get until they die.

Suspicion between people is a poisonous seed that exists in people's hearts all the time.

Between monarchs and ministers with such extreme power, suspicion is always far greater than trust.

So the emperor's mind or power technique came into being.

The Legalists said that the monarch and his ministers will fight a hundred battles every day!
Now there is almost no trust between the emperor and ministers of the Han court. After years of confrontation with each other, the political atmosphere has become extremely serious.

The relationship between the emperor and his courtiers has dropped to the freezing point since the later Han Dynasty for a hundred years. The king is not a good king, and the courtiers are not good courtiers.

The only factor that keeps the Han court united is the inertia brought about by the 300-year Han political tradition.

Everyone is doing things step by step. While promoting their own interests, they jointly safeguard the banner of the Han Dynasty and the existence of the emperor.

Zhang Jiao is using the most violent means to turn the situation of the whole world upside down. This is a critical moment of life and death, and the emperor is suspicious of certain people.

The more critical the moment of life and death, the more he loves to fight. Not only the current emperor, there are too many such people in history. Qin State was able to smoothly destroy the Shandong countries.

Not only is the strength of Qin State strong, but the main reason is that there are frequent internal struggles among the various countries. Is the big man going to embark on this road of no return now?

A loyal and upright courtier in the palace thought sadly.

The emperor sat on the couch, condescendingly, receiving everyone's thoughts one by one. The ministers in the palace asked who the emperor was suspicious of, but the emperor didn't mention the specific person, but expressed his concern about the overall situation.

This made many ministers a little confused, not understanding what the emperor wanted to do.

If it is aimed at a certain person, then you need to judge how to deal with it so as not to cause big fluctuations.

Now that the emperor is dissatisfied with the overall situation, does he want to change the entire system?
Although the system of prefectures and counties is indeed somewhat inappropriate in this troubled world, many people have already discovered it during the battle with the Taiping Army, bandits and rebellious tyrants that have sprung up everywhere.

If it weren't for King Qin's edict to release the prefects of the counties, these prefects might still be trapped in a county and dare not lead their troops out of the country.

Looking at the emperor sitting on the couch, and the somewhat bewildered courtiers, Liu Yan's heart suddenly beat violently.

He realized that the emperor may not be suspicious of a specific prince, but dissatisfied with the system that caused this result.

This is an opportunity!
A thought that has been in my mind countless times, but I have never had the chance to say it, maybe I am waiting for this opportunity.

Liu Yan quietly looked at the emperor above him, recalled the words he had thought about countless times, and then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

Everyone in the hall cast their gazes over, and the emperor asked Liu Yan to continue, so Liu Yan fell to the ground and said solemnly: "Your Majesty.

What did Bangzhou rely on for his resurgence in the past?

It is the princes who rely on the Ji and Jiang surnames.

The Qin Dynasty did not enfeoff the princes and collapsed in just over a dozen years. If the Emperor Fusu later enshrined the princes, if it were not for the destiny of Emperor Gao, the situation in the world might have stabilized.

Therefore, after Emperor Gao conquered the world, he enfeoffed the princes and kings of the Liu family in all directions. The disaster of Qin's death did not appear on my Liu family, and the country has been passed down for 300 years to this day.

In the pre-Han period, there were innumerable lords of Jin Ling in the world, and there were princes and kings of the close branches who held great power in the world, each guarding one side.

In the world at that time, although there were rebellious and rebellious people, almost all of them were snuffed out in the bud.

It wasn't until the golden order of the world collapsed that there were bandits in the late Han Dynasty.

After Emperor Guangwu was rejuvenated, the deposed princes of the world re-guarded, but to this day, the collusion between the prefects and the tyrants emerges endlessly.

Advancement cannot quell chaos, retreat cannot defend the land, this is the disadvantage of the prefect of a county.

Do your Majesty and the ministers know the reason? "

As soon as Liu Yan's words came out, everyone in the hall held their breath. The emperor and the ministers all looked at Liu Yan, guessing what he was trying to do?
The reason?
It's not that although the power of the prefect is large, the scope of governance is small, and the counties cannot be united, but the rebels will not care about the boundaries of the states and counties.

Isn't it just that there are no courtiers who can gain the trust of the court in the local area, so they can't use their hands and feet to exert their strength?

Although the Jin Ling Liehou in the pre-Han period was only a county, but in wartime, his power was greater than that of the current prefect, and he was much better than the prefect just because he could lead a large army out of the country.

Many people had already guessed what Liu Yan wanted to say, Liu Yan didn't beat around the bush, and said directly: "Your Majesty, when there is great chaos, sending clan relatives and trustworthy ministers out of the town is a tried-and-tested practice for thousands of years.

In today's world, most of the clan members work in Luoyang, which is unreasonable.

The imperial court is the sky, and the local towns are the pillars of the sky that support the imperial court. If these pillars are not strengthened but the weight of the sky is constantly increased, how can the big man be stable?
I suggest that Your Majesty select outstanding talents from the clan, as well as the most trusted ministers of His Majesty, depose the governor who has no effect, make important ministers serve as state shepherds, use the state herds to suppress the prefects of each county, and suppress the tyranny and turbulence among the counties. the Taiping Army.

The stability of the big man lies in this! "

Depose the governor and set up the state pastor!
"No!"

"This is a deadly way to make the place bigger."

"Keeping tigers is a problem, that's what raising tigers is a problem."

"Liu Yan has hidden tricks in his heart, please punish him, Your Majesty."

As soon as Liu Yan's words fell, there were voices of opposition in the hall one after another. The voice was so loud that it almost lifted the roof of the entire hall, but Liu Yan didn't feel uneasy at all. He just looked at these objectors lightly, He believes that soon these people will agree with his approach.

The advantages and disadvantages of abolishing history and establishing animal husbandry are so obvious, doesn't the emperor know these disadvantages?
Doesn't Liu Yan know?

So it's fine if you have a stupid monarch with a problem in your mind. Why do many monarchs and ministers who are obviously normal suddenly make some stupid tricks with a problem in their mind?

It is not ruled out that a few of them are indeed not thoughtful, but the vast majority of stupid moves are actually a last resort.

Just like economic development will cause environmental damage, it will be very troublesome to deal with in the future, and even cause harm to future generations. Who doesn't know this?
But won't the economy develop?

Now that you can't even eat, whoever talks about the future with you is the reality.

The reason why Liu Yan proposed to set up a state shepherd was not for the princes and kings to leave the town.

It was because there were no great princes and kings in the Later Han Dynasty, and the feudal system existed in name only, because the chaos of the kings in the late Han Dynasty was frightening, and no one dared to mention it.

In fact, it was the political conditions in the later Han Dynasty to send important officials out of the town to serve as state shepherds. It was the most useful last resort.

He quickly realized why Liu Yan proposed to set up state shepherds. This is actually the system of princes and kings leaving the town, but the state shepherds are easier to control than princes and kings.

The emperor can control the world by setting up state shepherds. As long as the state shepherds he chooses are loyal to the imperial court, the strength of the central court will be greatly enhanced.

The emperor was moved.

He doesn't trust those princes now, what he wants to do most is to place his cronies in the local states and counties.

The emperor's expression was agitated. There were still people in the palace who wanted to speak out against it, but they were all stopped. This is unstoppable. It's better to think about how to get enough benefits from it.

The night was getting darker, but the emperor and the minister did not feel tired at all.

No one had ever imagined that such a big change would occur in a meeting that occurred because of the emperor's nightmare.

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People on the front line naturally don't know about the turmoil and various affairs in Luoyang, and these princes who are diligent will not know that the emperor has begun to suspect many of them.

Fortunately, the emperor was still smart, and he didn't do such brain-dead behaviors as changing generals, commanding remotely, and issuing golden orders.

Huangfu Song, Luo Kong and many princes were constantly discussing the issue of follow-up operations.

If the two Qin Wang armies want to cooperate, who will be the main attacker and who will be the assistant needs to be determined in advance. Otherwise, when tens of thousands of people go to the battlefield, it will be a mess. If you are not careful, you will bomb one camp and then bomb everywhere. battalion, the result of the final crushing defeat.

Luo Kong and Huangfusong did not get along happily.

From Luo Kong's point of view, Huangfusong had absolutely nothing worthy of praise except for his super commanding ability.

He has almost all the shortcomings of a general of the Han army. Although he has read books, he is a pure martial artist and is too indifferent to life.

Huangfusong thought that Luo Kong had some benevolence of a woman and was not a qualified general.

All kinds of discord between the two, the other princes naturally saw it in their eyes, some people didn't care, some even laughed secretly, and some people were a little worried about whether the relationship between the two would affect the battle.

Later, when Huangfusong and Luo Kong assigned tasks to each other, they acted in a tacit understanding, which dispelled the concerns of these people.

It seems that both of them pay attention to the overall situation, and the relationship between individuals will not affect the future battle.

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"There has been a rift between Huangfusong and Luo Ziming, and there will definitely be problems in the future cooperation.

There are even scenes where friendly troops are in trouble and they are immovable like a mountain. It is really God helping me. "

In the Taiping Army, Luo Xiao spoke loudly to all the commanders.

Huangfusong was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and he could be called upright.

But loyal ministers and loyal ministers may not necessarily be able to live in peace, and they may even attack each other, and even cause each other to die.

Huangfusong and Luo Kong are typical personality disagreements, as long as there is a disagreement, it will definitely affect the work together.

Human actions are very controlled by emotions, likes and dislikes will affect people's judgment, whether friendly troops on the battlefield should be rescued, and how much loss is worth saving is a kind of unquantifiable data.

What is relied on is actually the close relationship between the coaches. If you hesitate a little longer, the whole battle situation may change. This is no exaggeration.

Luo Xiao has been practicing the formation of the Taiping Army these days, and this practice has started since he became Zhang Jiao.

In this era when formation is king, a good formation can allow the army to withstand greater damage and collapse, and can enable the army to have stronger combat effectiveness and smaller losses.

There are countless formations in Luo Xiao's mind. He has read too many military books. Although he just flipped through them before and didn't study them in depth, as long as he wants to use them, his memory will naturally bring them up.

Drawing inferences from one instance and mastering one another are among them.

As more and more troops gathered, Luo Xiao led an army of tens of thousands to set off from Xingyang. In addition to the most elite troops, there were also auxiliary soldiers who put on armor for these armored soldiers.

After such a long period of fighting on the side of Qin Wang and the princes, they finally finished the assignment of their respective cities and subsequent tasks.

After all, it is impossible to count 10 people on a battlefield. There are many mountains and rivers on the road from Luoyang to Xingyang, and there are many passes. There is no such a large plain that can accommodate 10 people at the same time.

However, the directions of the main attack are all together, and the real main force is also together. The goal of the two sides is the same, that is to directly destroy the other side in the field.

Han Ting was worried that Luo Xiao would lead the Taiping Army back to the Kanto, gather the bandits in the Kanto, and then accumulate strength again, so it was necessary to defeat the main force of the Taiping Army with one blow, and completely eliminate the threat of the largest rebel group to the Han Ting.

Luo Xiao wanted to make everyone in the world lose confidence in the Han court before the deadline came. He didn't even intend to kill a mere emperor, he wanted to make everyone aware of a problem.

Hanting has lost his destiny!
Now in this world, when it is time to re-compete, heroes with ambitions in their hearts no longer need to worry about the fear caused by the fate of the Han court.

In order to achieve this goal, Luo Xiao had to defeat Han Ting's main force head-on.

In the hearts of the people of the world, the decline of a dynasty and the loss of destiny are the failure of the most crucial battle.

In the past, King Wu conquered Zhou, Mengjin formed an alliance, and then the battle of Muye resulted in the collapse of the Shang Dynasty.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, in the Battle of Handan, the main force of the Qin army was lost in one battle, so the Qin Dynasty collapsed.

If Luo Xiao could win a complete victory in the Luoyang battle, the hearts of the whole world would be cast with a shadow, and they would begin to doubt spontaneously.

At that time, a smile appeared on Luo Xiao's face, and if he said those words again, even if the emperor didn't die, he might as well be dead.

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The large-scale use of prefecture pastors proves that the Luoyang court has basically lost the ability to manage county affairs from the system. When the system fails, the only thing the supreme ruler can do is to believe in the loyalty of people.

From the perspective of the rulers of the Han Dynasty, this system of going out of the town has a good tradition and results, but times have changed, and Zhang Jiao will not give him a chance. , Completely pushed the Han Dynasty into the abyss. The Han Dynasty was destroyed by the Taiping Uprising led by Zhang Jiao, but it was actually destroyed by the various decisions of Emperor Ling. This is by no means alarmist. ——"History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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