Age of mythical princes

Chapter 319 Aristocratic Assembly
Rule the world with the nobles

Create a hierarchical and strict country.

Thinking about it this way, this is indeed a serious ritual of the week.

Isn't the content of the Zhou rituals the world of the Zhou emperor, princes, ministers, officials, scholars, and countrymen?
"Establishing an aristocratic assembly, all large-scale state affairs are decided by the aristocratic assembly? Isn't this reducing the power of the monarch and increasing the power of the aristocrats? The aristocrats will definitely not object to such a reform." Patriarch Zhao said directly.

However, in this way, how can Chu Hou be willing?
Sensing the confusion of Patriarch Zhao, Chu Hou clapped his hands. After a few breaths, Wang Jujun, his junior Zhu and another junior Zeng appeared in front of them.

"Reform is to redistribute the interests of a country, and the image is to share the pie."

"In the past, the big pie of Chu State was mainly distributed by the Marquis of Chu and the nobles. At that time, the fiefdoms of the nobles belonged to the nobles, and the places under the direct control of other monarchs belonged to the Marquis of Chu. In theory, the two sides do not interfere with each other, but this is just a theory .”

In particular, in Wang Jujun's view, if non-interference can be achieved, then Chu will not only be able to exert [-]% of its tenth level of strength, and the remaining [-]% will be fighting internally.

"However, in fact, the nobles are always thinking of encroaching on the interests of the areas directly under the jurisdiction of the Marquis of Chu. Most of the officials in the Chu state are held by nobles. The nobles will naturally think about how to dig into the corners of the Chu state and strengthen themselves."

"Similarly, if the Chu State wants to develop, it needs to centralize power. In order to better centralize power and strengthen the authority of the central government, the Marquis of Chu has always held a suppressive attitude towards the localities and the lords."

"This makes the two parties distrust each other and guard against each other. If they want to do anything, they must first exchange interests. After the exchange behind the scenes, there will be various changes in the front."

Therefore, the Chu State in the past was big but not strong.

The area is indeed large, the largest in the world.The entire Central Plains countries combined may have an area about the same as that of Chu.

The strength on paper is also very strong, but most of it is used for internal friction.

"Now that Yingdu has been breached, Fengjun and Chuhou have a common goal. At least there is a possibility of sincere unity before the Wu army is driven away."

"For a long time, some people have suggested that the Marquis of Chu should cut down the vassal and directly deal with the Lord Feng." After speaking, Wang Jujun looked at the Marquis of Chu.

Marquis Chu nodded slightly: "Yes, the Wei family's reforms have been witnessed by my own eyes."

"In the past 50 years, Gu has checked the changes in the twenty counties every day."

"How the twenty counties become stronger little by little, Gu also knows."

"The reforms of Han, Zhao, Wei Sanshi and many countries, including Qin, are actually Li Kui's reforms."

"The contents of these reforms are similar, and the core idea is to centralize power, increase the strength and authority of the central government, and weaken and suppress local governments."

"The specific strategy is the three tricks."

"First, suppress the small and medium-sized nobles, deprive the hereditary nobles of their fiefdoms, and at least deprive the hereditary nobles of their management rights. You can distribute taxes to them, and let them retain some privileges and troops, but the land and population must be handed over. .”

In history, Young Master Si has gone too far. Many nobles of the Wei family have been beaten to death by Young Master Si.He also kept gifting talented clan women to attract talents.

"Second, attach importance to agriculture, which is exactly the same as Yancheng."

"They copied and bought the fine seeds in Yancheng. They bought and copied the agricultural equipment and magical instruments in Yancheng. They learned and copied the large-scale planting methods in Yancheng."

"Third, it goes without saying that we attach importance to the army."

How can there be no emphasis on the reform of the army?
In Chu Hou's view, the reforms of most countries are just like these.Even the reform of Qin State Shang Yang is just a more thorough squeeze, squeezing all the power that can be squeezed as much as possible to strengthen Qin's national power and the strength of the army.

As for farming and warfare, most countries, as long as they are not stupid kings, encourage agriculture and attach importance to the army.

It's just that the degree of emphasis is different.

There are very few countries that directly attach as much importance as Qin.

"So, in the past, Gu also often thought about whether the Chu State should reform like the Han, Zhao, and Wei Sanshi."

Hearing this, Wang Jujun shook his head slightly: "The national conditions are different, so the reform cannot be completely copied."

"The Han, Zhao and Wei clans were originally the great feudal lords of the Jin Kingdom, and the land occupied by the nobles in their territory is not too much."

"The amount of land occupied by the big and small feudal lords in the Han family accounts for about [-]% of the Han family's total, the Wei family's [-]%, and the Zhao family's [-]%."

"With the strength of Han, Zhao and Wei Sanshi, it is easy to crush the domestic lords. As long as the lords still have choices, they will not rebel."

"As for Chu State, the feudal lords in the country occupy as much as [-]% of Chu State's land, but because they are too scattered and not united, the ruler of Chu State has always been the Marquis of Chu."

Otherwise, the sky would have been turned upside down.

"Although not many of these princes are loyal to the Marquis of Chu, most of them are loyal to the Chu State."

Hearing this, Chu Hou was also speechless.

The other Patriarchs are also looking up at the sky or looking down at the ground at this moment.

Wang Jujun said he didn't care about everyone's reaction.It was originally a relationship of mutual use, as long as the country of Chu reforms smoothly, it can help him practice what he has learned and become a real person.

At that time, even if you run away directly, the trip will not be considered a loss.

"So, the lords don't care about the succession of Marquis Chu in the past. If Yingdu hadn't been destroyed this time, the lords wouldn't have united so sincerely by Marquis Chu's side."

"Now is a good opportunity, the most suitable time for reform."

"The feudal monarch is the foundation of the Chu State, and it cannot be changed."

"However, if Chu State does not reform, then Chu State will only become weaker and weaker in the future."

"So, from now on, Marquis Chu should share the world with Lord Feng."

"For example, the establishment of the Noble Assembly and the direct transfer of part of the power to the Noble Assembly. Such reforms will definitely be liked by the lords."

"On the other hand, you can directly ask the lords to transfer their titles."

"Ask the lords to give up their current fiefs and open up new ones."

"As long as the nobles are willing to give up their fiefdoms and go further south to open up new fiefdoms, on the one hand, they can increase the area of ​​their fiefdoms. Originally, one county will be given to two counties in the future. Moreover, there is no need to give up as soon as they come up. They can completely open up and give up at the same time."

"Through transferring the title, centralization of power can be achieved indirectly. The land within the territory can be completely unified and completely obey the orders of the Marquis of Chu."

"In addition, through the aristocratic assembly and delegating power to the nobles, the nobles have to give up the positions of local prefects and county magistrates."

"These positions can be used to attract talents."

"Thinking about it from another angle, the nobles have strong bloodlines and high strength. If you make good use of them, this is an extremely powerful force."

"After the recovery of Yingdu in the future, the Marquis of Chu can build an aristocratic academy. After the nobles from all over the country, especially after reaching a certain level, they must go to the aristocratic academy to receive training."

"In addition, from now on, [-]% of the country's finances will be dedicated to cultivating and training nobles, and allocated to noble conferences across the country."

"In the future, every county or even every county will have a noble assembly."

"The orders of the county magistrate, the county guard, and even the Marquis of Chu must be approved by the noble assembly before they can be implemented."

"But at the same time, only nobles who have passed the assessment can succeed nobles."

"Those bastards who have been trained but can't inherit the title can join the army, fight for the Great Chu, and become new nobles."

"The core of this reform is the exchange of interests."

"The Marquis of Chu recognizes the strength of the lords, and shares the power with the lords in a real way. How to share it depends on the internal settings of the noble assembly."

"For example, the Marquis of Chu can stipulate that only those with fiefdoms of one county or above can join the central aristocratic assembly."

"However, these nobles only have the right to vote, not the right to make proposals, and each of them only has one vote."

"And the nobles who are willing to transfer the land of a county will have two votes for their family in the next 1000 years."

"There is only one core idea. The more contributions you make to Chu, the stronger your own strength, the louder your voice will be in the noble assembly, and the more votes you will get."

"Ultimately, for a policy to pass, there must be more votes for it than against it."

"And once the aristocratic assembly passes, whoever dares to continue to oppose it will be against the entire state of Chu."

"In this way, the rules of Chu in the future will become: You can oppose a certain decree, and before the decree is issued, you can frantically lobby other people to oppose this decree. However, when a certain decree After thoroughly passing the approval of the noble assembly, to oppose this decree is to oppose the nobles of the entire Chu state."

Such a person does not live long!

"The core of this reform is to centralize power through decentralization."

The Marquis of Chu transferred some power to the noble assembly, and the nobles became more patriotic as a whole, and more willing to contribute to the country.

Because, the most powerful person in Chu State is no longer the Marquis of Chu, but the Assembly of Nobles.

In the noble assembly, all are nobles.

In a sense, this reform is equivalent to a direct acknowledgment that the Marquis of Chu is no longer the most powerful or strongest in Chu.The master of Chu State has changed from Chu Hou to a nobleman of Chu State.

After the reform, Chuhou is more like a big housekeeper.

The aristocratic conference completed the centralization of power and strengthened the national strength of the Chu State. Chu Hou and the aristocrats no longer wanted to kill each other every day as in the past, and the internal friction was greatly reduced.

"In addition to the noble assembly, Chu State should establish a complete noble promotion system. This promotion system must be made public and become the foundation of Chu State."

"This system must be strictly enforced. Any mistakes made, beheaded, and any crimes committed, including the recovery of the territory, are strictly implemented in accordance with the laws and regulations of this system."

"Similarly, what merits can be promoted to nobles must also be specified in detail."

"In addition, in addition to transferring the fief, you can also learn from Yancheng and buy it. You don't have to pay money to buy the fief. You can also give exercises, authority, and voting rights in the noble assembly. As long as it can be negotiated, everything is fine. "

"In the future, this noble promotion system and the noble assembly will become the two most important aspects of Chu State. As long as these two systems are not shaken, Chu State will be able to firmly unite the current nobles and the future nobles."

"If the reform is successful..."

(End of this chapter)