Prehistoric: God-level choice, take Zhao Gongming at the beginning

Chapter 290 Supreme conspiracy Wen Zhong returns to court
Emperor Xin originally planned to let Wen Zhong come back after he pacified Yuan Futong, but Wen Zhong insisted on staying in Beihai for a few more years.

Although Yuan Futong has been pacified, Beihai is geographically remote and far away from Wang Ji, and the 72 princes are still ready to make moves.

Individual princes may not be that powerful, but if they are united by people with ulterior motives, they will become an extremely powerful force.

If another accident occurs, it will only continue to deplete Dashang's national strength.

On the contrary, it is not beautiful, so Wen Zhong wants to avoid future troubles forever and make Beihai completely surrender to the great merchants.

During Wen Zhong's three years in Beihai, he made outstanding achievements. He greatly reduced the power of the 72 princes and firmly controlled Beihai.

In addition, it also controls dozens of iron mountains, copper mountains, and mines in Beihai, and continuously delivers massive resources to Dashang.

At the gate of Chaoge City, Emperor Xin led hundreds of civil and military officials to welcome Grand Master Wen Zhong. At the wide gate, a steady stream of elite merchants entered Chaoge.

After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, Emperor Xin saw Grand Master Wen Zhong's exclusive mount Mo Qilin.

Mo Qilin also seemed to be aware of the strong humanistic luck exuding from Di Xin's body, and he stepped forward happily.

When Wen Zhong saw Emperor Xin leading all the civil and military officials to greet him, he was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. He quickly got off Mo Qilin and paid homage to Emperor Xin.

"The old minister heard about Zhong and paid homage to the king. He heard that Zhong was so virtuous and capable, but the king himself came out of the city to greet him. This really disgraced the old minister."

Emperor Xin smiled and helped Wen Zhong up, "The Grand Master worked tirelessly on an expedition to Beihai, defeated the traitor Yuan Futong, and then worked hard for three years, bringing great wealth to our great merchant. It is only natural that he would go out of the city to welcome me. "

Emperor Xin led hundreds of civil and military officials into Chaoge City, and then immediately announced that Wenzhong had come to Longde Hall to discuss matters.

Although there was no one in the Longde Hall, the candles burning all over the hall illuminated the entire Longde Hall as bright as day.

After Master Wen washed up, he changed from a military uniform into a court uniform. He held several thick books and walked slowly from the gate. When he saw Emperor Xin, he bowed and saluted, "I Wen Zhong, I pay my respects to the king."

"Master, please get up quickly."

Di Xin said with a smile, then looked solemnly and looked behind the screen, "Here, please give the Grand Master a seat quickly."

A royal attendant hurriedly walked out from behind the screen, brought a grand master's chair, and then quickly retreated to serve Di Xin.

"Your Majesty, these are the Iron Mountains, Copper Mountains, and Mines discovered in the Beihai by my veteran expedition. How many are there in total, how much is the annual output, and how much can be transported to the Great Shang every year? They are all vivid in my mind. Please check them out, Your Majesty."

The attendant took the account books from Wen Zhong and handed them to Di Xin. Di Xin looked through them at will. In fact, Wen Zhong had reported these things to him many times in the past three years.

This time it was a summary, but even so, Di Xin couldn't help but feel excited when he saw these numbers.

With so many mineral resources, it is enough for his merchant officers and soldiers to wear full armor.

It was enough to give him great business and create an invincible team.

Putting the account book aside, Di Xin smiled and got to the point, "Actually, the reason why I was so anxious to summon the Grand Master this time was that in addition to wanting to see the Grand Master's gains in Beihai, I also had an important matter that I wanted to discuss with the Grand Master. .”

"The old minister is all ears."

Wen Zhong seemed to have expected it, cupping his hands and looking like he was listening attentively.

Emperor Xin said seriously, "Since the founding of the great Shang Dynasty by our ancestor Cheng Tang, every Shang king has enfeoffed the princes. By the time of Emperor Yi, there were already [-] princes in the world, with strong soldiers and horses, and sufficient strength, which caused great damage to the rule of our great merchant Faced with a serious threat, the Grand Master went on an expedition to Beihai for three years and came up with a way to perfectly solve the shortcomings of the princes."

"Oh? Dare I ask your Majesty, what is the solution?" Wen Zhong became interested and asked quickly. The trend of the princes being at their tail was actually already a trend when the previous king came to power.

And Emperor Yi, the former king who took office, took the trend of being too big to lose to the extreme.

The four great princes in the east, west, south, and north each control two hundred princes. Their strength has reached its peak, and they are the kings among the princes.

Even at the end of Emperor Yi's reign, it was no longer possible to fully control the situation.

That is to say, after Emperor Xin succeeded to the throne, he had great talent and sagacity, and invented the curved shaft plow, refining sugar, refining salt, and refining iron ore. The great merchants gradually suppressed the four major princes.

Over the years, Wen Zhong also tried many methods, but without exception, they basically had no results.

Di Xin gave a slight signal, and the attendant came to Wen Zhong holding a piece of white paper and handed it to Wen Zhong.

Wen Zhong took the white paper and glanced slightly, but his expression instantly became extremely serious.

He kept his eyes fixed, and nothing else from the outside world could interfere with him.

A full quarter of an hour passed before Wen Zhong woke up from a dream. He was holding a piece of light paper in his hand, but it was as if he was holding a huge mountain, and his whole arm was trembling.

The Tuien Order, as the name suggests, involves the inheritance of the princes since the time when the ancestors became Tang and established the Great Shang.

The entire Dashang practice is the eldest son inheritance system. The eldest son has a natural legal advantage when it comes to inheriting the foundation.

After the death of the previous king, the eldest son of the previous king will inherit the throne of the king, and the other sons of the human king will be granted the title of princes.

After the death of a vassal king, the eldest son inherits the feudal lord's kingdom and king's title, and the remaining heirs can only share some property, houses, shops, etc. There is no problem with being rich and powerful.

But if you want to get the same rights as the princes and kings, don't even think about it.

For example, the former king Emperor Yi had three sons. Although Emperor Xin was the youngest son, he was the legitimate son of Emperor Yi, while Wei Ziqi and Wei Ziyan were concubines. Unless Emperor Xin was no longer alive, the position of human king could not fall. on them.

The beauty of this favor order is that it breaks the rules that had been established by the ancestors of Chengtang since the founding of the country. In addition to the eldest son inheriting the title and enfeoffing the country, the heirs of the princes and kings can also divide part of the territory and property among the other bastards. Liehou.

No matter how powerful the princes and kings are, after the reform of this grace order.

It won't take more than three or two generations to become fragmented and no longer be able to pose a threat to the big merchants.

Of course, what amazed Wen Zhong was not this, but the favor order, which directly pushed all the bastards under the princes and kings, except the eldest son, into the camp of Dashang.

Human nature is inherently evil. As soon as the order of favor is announced, even if the four princes and kings do not want to implement it, the bastards below them will try their best to fight for their own interests.

As a result, they stand on the opposite side of their father and continue to cause trouble.

Why should you inherit all of your father's property when you are his father's son, with two arms and two legs?

No matter how powerful the methods of the princes and kings are, they can't suppress it. Brothers will fight against each other. Over time, no matter how big the princes and kings are, they can't bear it.

This kind of conspiracy is rare in the world, and Wen Zhong was simply amazed.

(End of this chapter)