Emperor Liu Hong

() During this period of time, for the people of Dahan, breaking news came one after another.

First, the general and the Taifu rebelled, but before anything happened, they were put down by a group of eunuchs.I thought that the emperor was young, and the power would definitely be completely controlled by the eunuchs.But within a few days, the eunuch completely withdrew from the stage of history.Then it was even more remarkable. As soon as the little emperor took power, the military and government were separated first, then the imperial examinations were used to select talents, and then the tax system reform.

With so many explosive news, the newspapers published big news before people could catch their breath.Dahan is about to reform the titles and implement a new title policy.

The brand-new title policy is not a big deal, after all, there have been many reforms recently.But the news this time is very different, because the emperor not only wanted to reform the title of title, but also made the scholars into a du li class and granted them great privileges.

It is said that such a thing, the people are just watching the fun.But after seeing the possibility of owning a title and becoming a scholar through this news, they became completely interested in this news.

In the past, these were the out-and-out privileged class, they didn't even dare to dream.But now, they all really saw the hope of having it.You said how could they not be excited, so people are looking forward to the day when the new policy will be implemented.

Everyone is preparing, those with money prepare money, those with skills hone their skills, and they all want to successfully join the privileged class when the new policy is implemented.

This effect can be caused because the privilege granted by Liu Hong is too attractive.It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If someone of the same clan becomes prosperous, it is something that everyone would like to see.

However, if someone from the same clan commits a crime, and the whole clan is involved in the distribution, or directly executed, no one is willing.

But in the past, it was up to you whether you wanted it or not, that's what the law stipulates.But it’s different now. As long as you join the privileged class, you don’t have to worry about being implicated by others. Do you think people can’t want to join this privileged class?

Liu Hong can be considered to have reformed a lot of things, and this time there are many people who support him.However, Liu Hong also knows that no matter what kind of policy it is, it is impossible to win the support of everyone.Just like this time, although the general public, even many aristocratic families, are happy to see the success of this policy.However, there are still many royal families who have the throne, and they are not interested in the title reform.

But this can't be blamed on them. After the title reform, there will no longer be a throne.This must mean that their throne is not guaranteed.And this is not the end, they will lose the right to manage the fief at the same time.Calculated in this way, they lost all their face, and it would be no wonder if they were willing.

This policy will cause the dissatisfaction of the royal family, which was considered as early as when everyone was discussing.But for the sake of stability in the future, Liu Hong thought for a long time, and decided to bite the bullet and do this.

The harm of too much royal family has been serious as early as Emperor Jing's time.Otherwise, there would not have been the famous decree of cutting feudal vassals, and later the decree of tweeting grace.

But after such a long time, it is now the end of the Han Dynasty.If it wasn't for Liu Hong's crossing, the Great Han Dynasty would be destroyed, but in the current Han Dynasty, there are still more than a dozen people who have the throne.

Although the vassal kings in the Eastern Han Dynasty still had their own country, in fact, they could only eat and die.Speaking of which, even if they were to stay, it would not be a big problem.

But even if the vassal king can only eat and die, he still has subordinates, which will pose a threat to Liu Hong's reform of the official system.So Liu Hong became cruel and simply eliminated them completely.After the province, if any problems arise, it will embarrass future generations.

However, these vassal princes are also Liu Hong's relatives.Especially Liu Li, King of Hejian, can be regarded as Liu Hong's close relatives, so Liu Hong must appease them.

But how to appease him, Liu Hong was in trouble now.Speaking of which, Liu Hong was very displeased with these imperial relatives.Even with his closest relative, King Hejian, for so many years, I haven't seen them take the initiative to help their orphans and widowed mothers once, let alone other royal relatives.

After some consideration, people like King Zhongshan and King Xiapi are about to die and have no heirs, so ignore them.And the King of Hejian, no matter how you say it, can be regarded as a close relative.Let him take advantage of it, it can be justified.

But for the other vassal kings, Liu Hong has been unable to make up his mind.Liu Hong didn't know them well, nor did they have a close relationship. This situation was the most difficult.If they suffer a loss, they will definitely not want to, and others will say that he is ungrateful.But if they got all the money, wouldn't Liu Hong lose money, so Liu Hong didn't want to.

With King Hejian, Liu Hong sent Liu Shu to negotiate in person.Promise, although the throne of King Hejian has been changed to a duke, the fief will not become smaller.And not only Liu Kai, the eldest son of King Hejian, can inherit the title.Even the second son Liu Kang and his younger brother Liu Tuo could get the title of duke.

This can be regarded as two more dukes, as compensation for canceling the vassal king, King Hejian is satisfied.But if he knew that among those two people in history, one was named the King of Jinan and the other was named the King of Rencheng, I don't know what he would think.

With the example of King Hejian, the other vassal kings will be able to handle it easily.When the fief remains unchanged, compensation is also made by increasing the title.But they don't have the treatment of King Hejian, so they can only be compensated with a few more marquises.If they were treated better than King Hejian, they would be scolded for not distinguishing between inside and outside.

Most of the feudal lords are basically satisfied with Liu Hong's compensation plan.In the feudal king system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the feudal king basically existed in name only.Moreover, according to the imperial court's long-standing policy against the vassal kings, they have long been prepared to be completely cut off from the vassals.

Now that the new policy comes out, although they are no longer called vassals.But the actual benefits have not been reduced, and they have received additional compensation, so they have nothing to complain about.

But there are exceptions to everything. Anping Wang Liu Xu was very dissatisfied with Liu Hong's compensation.Not only did he speak nonsense openly, but he even recruited troops and bought horses, wanting to openly rebel.

Anping Wang Liu Xu, Liu Hong has a little impression.During the Yellow Turban Rebellion in history, he was captured by the rebel army.To be redeemed with great difficulty, and to be punished for treason and injustice, he is absolutely unlucky.

Now it seems that he is not only an unlucky guy, but also a pure fool.Even if you are dissatisfied, don't show it when you have no strength.Now that you are openly rebelling, if you are not destroyed, will Liu Hong still have prestige, so he is purely courting death.

Liu Hong killed King Anping easily and swiftly, which also played a role in killing chickens and monkeys.All the feudal lords have seen Liu Hong's cruelty.They didn't care about the clan feelings at all, so they didn't dare to show their dissatisfaction. The matter of the vassal king was completely resolved.