Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

The conversation between Liu Chan and Jiang Wan was limited to commenting on Xiahouxuan. Although he said that Xiahouxuan could inherit his position, it actually implicitly showed Xiahouxuan's shortcomings.

His shortcomings do not lie in his personal character and talent, but in his identity as a descendant. Although he has a reputation among the Kanto gentry, he has no foundation in the Han Dynasty.If you want him to succeed in the position, you need to let him take root in the court for a few years before he can convince everyone in the court.

After all, the difficulty of being in charge of Shangshutai is not comparable to the difficulty of rebuilding the Shaofu. If his subordinates are not convinced, whether his government orders can be issued is a big problem.If he wants to be in power, he must build his own team as his minions.

If Jiang Wan could live a few more years, it might be possible to consider Xia Houxuan as the leader, but considering Jiang Wan's current physical condition, it might be difficult for Xiahouxuan to become the leader.

But in a circle, Fei Yi may still have to come to power at that time to stabilize the basic situation of the big man. After the big man dominates the world, it will not be too late to choose the chief assistant who suits Liu Chan's wishes.

Only when the monarch and his ministers are harmonious can we create a prosperous world together; if the monarch and his ministers are not in harmony, how can we talk about ruling the world.Perhaps it was influenced by the political system of later generations, and also by Zhuge Liang's political thoughts. As far as Liu Chan was concerned, he himself did not pursue the high degree of centralization of the emperor, but Liu Chan emphasized the high degree of centralization of power.

Centralization and imperial dictatorship are different in nature. The premise of imperial dictatorship is centralization, but after having the premise of centralization, imperial dictatorship is not necessarily necessary.Therefore, in the political system of ancient China, it was a centralized system under absolute monarchy.

During the Han Dynasty, there were two main contradictions in the Central Plains dynasty, one was the struggle between monarchy and power, and the other was the struggle between centralization and decentralization.

Liu Chan adopted a series of policies based on these two points. For example, in order to strengthen the centralization of power in the Han Dynasty, he abolished the self-appointment of bureaucrats in the prefectures and counties, and adopted officials appointed by the central government.At the same time, in order to strengthen the central government's control over local officials, a top-down examination method was promulgated to supervise and inspect local officials.

In terms of monarchy and ministerial power, in the early days, Liu Chan took the initiative to shrink the monarchy and strengthen the ministerial power for the great cause of the Northern Expedition, but also out of national affairs.The affairs of general administration were entrusted to Zhuge Liang.After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan, as the monarch, was actively expanding the scope of his monarchy and weakening the power of the prime minister.

However, Liu Chan did not want to expand the monarch's rights indefinitely, but hoped to maintain a balance between monarchy and phase power.Because the monarch is a human being rather than a god, he can make mistakes and make mistakes.If too much power is concentrated in the hands of the monarch, it will become a hidden danger.Of course, if the relative power is inflated, it will also be out of balance.

The Eastern Han Dynasty is a lesson for the Great Han Dynasty. Liu Chan not only wants to learn from the future, but also crosses the river by feeling the stone of the Eastern Han Dynasty and establishing his own Great Han Empire.

The current emperor of the Han Dynasty is reading "East View of the Han Dynasty" in the palace, thinking that he can learn the gains and losses of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Dongguan Hanji" is a history book compiled by the Eastern Han Dynasty for himself. It records the history books from Emperor Guangwu to Emperor Ling, and has been compiled in all dynasties.After the great Han captured Luoyang, not only the city was harvested, but also a large number of historical books and classics were confiscated, and "East View of the Han Dynasty" was among them.

After getting the book, Liu Chan thought about how to govern a unified dynasty, and often read "The Book of the Ancestors" to learn about Liu Xiu's political cases.However, the more Liu Chan reads, the more he understands Liu Xiu's dark history, and Liu Chan enjoys watching it.

For example, at the beginning of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu provided a lot of money to the nomads every year in order to appease the nomads in the north.For example, more than 480 million and 7000 coins were given to the Southern Xiongnu, [-] million coins were given to the Western Regions, and [-] million coins were rewarded to Xianbei every year.

The rewards of the three parties totaled more than 500 million yuan a year, while the annual taxation of the Eastern Han Dynasty was only 22 billion yuan, and the money rewarded to foreigners was as high as a quarter of the expenditure of the Eastern Han government. , The 7000 million yuan in bribes to Xianbei was paid by the people of Qingxu (now Hebei, Shandong, and northern Jiangsu).

When Liu Chan saw this place, his scalp couldn't help but tingle, probably the later generations of Song Dynasty didn't do the same!

The yearly coins that Song Dynasty gave to Liao and Xixia every year did not reach a quarter of its own government's fiscal expenditure.

The people of Qingxu Erzhou borne a large amount of taxes that did not belong to them, which finally affected the population of Qingxu Erzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was much smaller than that in the Western Han Dynasty.

Moreover, in the early days of the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when its military force was at its strongest, the wars against the Huns, Xianbei, and Wuhuan in the north were also fruitless all year round.In the end, in order to guard against the frontier, the Southern Huns had to be introduced to live in northern Shaanxi and Shanxi.

Seeing Liu Chan shaking his head again and again, he sighed endlessly.You must know that the Huns at that time were no longer the Huns in the Western Han Dynasty. Under the circumstances at that time, the results of the early Eastern Han Dynasty's battle against the Huns had never won.

The only thing that can be said about the result is that our own people beat our own people. The Southern Xiongnu sent Shanyu Zuo Xianwang to lead more than [-] troops, defeated the Northern Xiongnu, and captured [-] people and [-] livestock.

As for Wuhuan, the results of the early Eastern Han Dynasty were also zero. Ma Yuan won first and then lost. Only by bribing Wuhuan to make him go to court can he win back some face.

As for Xianbei, who was the weakest at that time, he only won a defensive counterattack. The general Jixi led thousands of people to face the Xianbei people, beheaded more than 7000 ranks, and won thousands of horses.However, in order to disintegrate the tripartite alliance of Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Xianbei, the Eastern Han Dynasty bribed Xianbei with [-] million coins, making Xianbei a vassal.

"Your Majesty, why are you shaking your head?"

Xia Houhui held the night food, twisted his waist, sat beside Liu Chan, and asked.

Liu Chan put down the "Benji of the Ancestors" in his hand, and sighed: "It's hard to live up to the reputation. The prosperity of Guangwu is not what I want!"

If you only look at the performance of governing the country after the great unification, and ignore Liu Xiu's victory over the heroes and Zhongxing Dahan, it is not impossible to say that he is a Ming emperor. He should be comparable to Li Shimin, Zhu Yuanzhang, Liu Heng and other first-rate emperors. The king, when he added the credit of the ZTE big man, is different.

Although Liu Chan's combat achievements are not as good as Liu Xiu's, but after he dominates the world, he will never be as obsequious as the Eastern Han Dynasty.As the saying goes, one punch is enough to avoid a hundred punches, that's all.

Although Xia Houhui didn't understand the meaning of Liu Chan's words, he heard Liu Chan's great ambition and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is the hero of the world, and you should create a merit that will never be seen in the world. Later Han worshiped Confucianism and retired from martial arts. ! If your Majesty can rejuvenate the territory of the former Han Dynasty and inherit the legacy of the Han Dynasty, he will surely be famous in history."

"Ha ha!"

Liu Chan hugged Xiahouhui into his arms, which is why Liu Chan loves Xiahouhui.This girl is knowledgeable, courageous, can compliment others, and is beautiful, anyone would like her.

"Madam, how do you feel when you confer the title of Zhaoyi?" Liu Chan asked, "Is there any displeasure about not being the empress?"

Xiahou Hui leaned on Liu Chan's chest, and said softly, "Zhaoyi is good, and the Queen is also good, but neither is as good as accompanying Your Majesty."

Liu Chan heard Xia Houhui's words, patted her round buttocks, and said, "To be honest, can't I understand the perfunctory words?"

Xiahou Hui pouted, and said, "No concubine in the harem has the position of empress, so how can I not want to. It's just that I know the importance of the empress's position, which is related to the country, and I just resolve it myself."

Liu Chan hugged Xiahou Hui tightly, and said in a warm voice, "I have wronged Madam!"