I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

It was originally a family banquet to send off Jiaoxi King Liu Zhi when he left the capital for the feudal domain, but amidst the conversations between Tianzi Qi, Prince Sheng, and Liu Zhi's father and son, it came to an end quietly.

Except for the father and son, and Queen Dowager Dou who left the meeting early, the remaining Empress Jia, Mrs. Bo, and Mrs. Wang did not say a word from the beginning to the end.

——In the Han Dynasty today, there is indeed no saying that the harem should not interfere in politics;

However, the Han Dynasty's "harem can do politics" was limited to the empress dowager of the East Palace as the "emperor mother".

As for the three women attending the meeting today, Madam Wang and Madam Bo needless to say, if Queen Dowager Dou and Tian Ziqi hadn't taken the initiative to ask, they would not have the qualifications to speak up.

Even Empress Jia, with the title of "Mother Yitianxia", basically kept her mouth shut when she could not speak, and did not speak unless she could speak.

Go up to the sky, that is, as the aunt's mother of the princes, she encouraged and exhorted the King of Jiaoxi, Liu Zhi, who was about to leave Beijing for the domain: Be obedient, be sensible, and take good care of yourself.

After the family banquet was over, it was rare for Emperor Qi to bring someone other than Liu Sheng—the six-year-old King of Jiaoxi, Liu Zhi, back to Weiyang Palace together.

As for Liu Sheng, although Tian Ziqi did not specifically explain it, but before this family banquet, Tian Ziqi had already explained to the eunuch Ling Chuntuo: to vacate a side hall in the side hall of Weiyang Palace, so that Liu Sheng will live in it in the future. this;
Therefore, the emperor Qi was half relieved and half reluctant to take his youngest son Liu Zhi, and returned to Weiyang Palace in the unique yellow house left flag in the whole world.

After chatting with Liu Zhi until late at night, he reluctantly confessed to the palace servants and placed Liu Zhi in the side hall of the Xuanshi Hall to stay overnight. The emperor Qicai finally let out a long breath and waved to Liu Sheng who had been watching with a smile on the side of the hall. .

"What does the prince think?"

"I went to Guandong and became king of Jiaoxi. Will this son cause another disaster for my Han family?"

Asking the question in an inexplicably flat, easy-going tone that seemed to be done every day, Tianzi Qi's palm was naturally placed on his forehead.

Hearing this question, Liu Sheng also naturally searched forward like every time he entered the palace, pulled up a thin blanket and put it on for Tianzi Qi;
While busy with his hands, he didn't forget to answer while speaking.

"Since Zong Zhou enfeoffed the royal family with the surname Ji, and each took control of the territory of Shenzhou, the advantages and disadvantages of the enfeoffment system have been unreservedly exposed to the eyes of the world."

"——It's beneficial to sit in one side for the royal family to entrust the territory, to control the land of one side, and to rule the people of one side. It doesn't need too much investment from the central court."

"Take Zong Zhou as an example: In some cases, it is only necessary for the emperor of Zhou to issue an edict with the royal seal on it, and a piece of land that has not been conquered can be sealed to a certain Zong Zhou royal family surnamed Ji. .”

"Afterwards, no matter whether this royal family raises troops to conquer, establishes counties and counties to govern, or ignores it, Ji Zhou Chaotang no longer needs to worry about it."

"One hundred years later, the Huawai land that was once located outside the territory of Zong Zhou can become a part of the homeland of Shenzhou."

"Relying on this kind of "enfeoffment" that only requires canonization, but does not need to dispatch troops, officials, and materials, Zong Zhou expanded from a small place at the beginning to the end of the Warring States Period, with thousands of people in the east, west, north and south. The majestic territory of thousands of miles."

"And the disadvantages of Zong Zhou's system of enfeoffment can be seen from the end of the Warring States period when the world was divided into seven parts, the heroes were in charge of their own affairs, and the emperor of Zhou was regarded as nothing, and finally Qin destroyed Zhou Sheji..."

The answer seemed to be irrelevant, but in fact, he pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the "enfeoffment system" that had never changed since the day it was born. Liu Sheng also took advantage of the trend and knelt down on the side of the imperial couch.

After Tianzi Qi lowered his palm on his forehead and turned to look at him, Liu Sheng swallowed lightly and continued.

"It is precisely because of knowing the disadvantages of the enfeoffment system that Qin Wangzheng abolished the enfeoffment system in one fell swoop after sweeping the six countries and unifying the world, and changed the system of prefectures and counties to the whole world."

"However, this move has disappointed the people who have contributed to Qin's unification of the world—mainly the people of the old Three Qin Dynasty, especially the Yingqin royal family."

"In addition to the nobles of the old countries, such as Lu Gong Xiang Yu, Han Wangxin, etc., the desire to restore the country will not die, and the death of Qin II is predictable..."

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"Qin Wangzheng completely abolished the enfeoffment system and changed it to the system of prefectures and counties in the world, which eventually led to the death of Qin II. This proves that although the enfeoffment system is no longer applicable to the world, it still has great inertia."

"However, after the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu enfeoffed all over the world as the vassals of the Eighteen Routes, but in the end he ended up committing suicide in Wujiang, which proves that completely retaining the enfeoffment system is no longer applicable to the world."

"Therefore, Emperor Taizu Gao struck a delicate balance between the two, using the county system and the enfeoffment system in parallel."

"Later, I felt that the princes with different surnames would do more harm than good to the stability of the world, so I spent my whole life trying to get rid of the princes with different surnames and replace them with clan princes."

"Up to this point, the enfeoffment system of my Han family is no different from Zong Zhou's enfeoffment of the royal family with the surname Ji."

"——When the emperor is in trouble, the clan and princes will gather together to help, just like Zong Zhou, and after the death of the Empress Dowager Lu, the princes and ministers should cooperate internally and externally to punish all Lu."

"Since the clan vassals of my Han family are no different from the former Zong Zhou concubines, then the advantages and disadvantages of the clan vassals of my Han family to the world are the same as the former Zong Zhou concubines. ..."

The words with the normal expression only provoked the corner of the eyebrows of Tianzi Qi to raise his eyebrows with a strange smile, and there was a playful smile on his face.

"Hey!"

"I just asked 'how is Ah Zhu', and the prince's few words gave me a big surprise, didn't he?"

"install?"

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"According to what the prince said, if I don't cut down the vassal, my Han family will be the next Zong Zhou?"

"A hundred years later, the emperor of my Han family will be the emperor of Zhou again?"

"The clan princes in the Kanto region are supposed to be the heroes of the Warring States Period?"

"And the ancestral temple and shrine of my Han family will be in a chaotic world like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?"

Hearing the playful meaning in Tian Ziqi's words, Liu Shengzi just lowered his head and smiled;
When Tianzi Qi smiled and shook his head and turned around, Liu Sheng suppressed the smile on his face, and his expression became slightly solemn.

"At first glance, perhaps Father also finds it ridiculous."

"But if you think about it carefully, Father Huangdang will be able to understand."

"——At that time, the King of Zhou moved westward, and the emperor of Zhou has lost his dignity since then;"

"As for my Han family, since the first emperor's side branch into the Datong, it has actually shown signs of 'the emperor's majesty is no longer'."

"Needless to say anything else: just say Liu Bi, king of Wu, hasn't visited Chang'an since the fourth year of the first emperor's Yuan Dynasty."

"How about such a thing in the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao?"

"How about putting it in the reign of Emperor Xiaohui?"

"Even during the reign of Empress Dowager Lu under the reign of the previous and subsequent young emperors, it is a shocking thing that the princes and kings did not go to Chang'an for more than three years."

"But in the first emperor's reign, not only did such a thing become a reality, it even became something that everyone in the world thought 'it should be like this' and 'no big deal'."

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"Father, think about it again: If the Wu-Chu Rebellion broke out, the central court did not have enough strength to send troops to Suiyang to suppress the rebellion, what would happen?"

"If the entire Wu-Chu Rebellion never took part in the troops sent by the Chang'an court, then the Wu-Chu Rebellion that took place in the Kanto from the beginning to the end, wouldn't it be like the melee of the princes during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period?"

"—Wu Chu who provoked the war, isn't he Xiong Chu back then?"

"Aren't the kings of the Qi family who followed Wu Chu to cause chaos the same as Tian Qi back then?"

"If Chaotang's army fails to leave Hangu in the east, then the troubled Suiyang, fighting against the entire Guandong Liang Kingdom with its own strength, isn't it Yingqin who was defeated by the world?"

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"Thinking further: the whole rebellion between Wu and Chu was over, and Liu Bi and Liu Wu's thieves were not able to capture Suiyang, nor were they defeated or killed;"

"The king of Wu is still the king of Wu, the king of Chu is still the king of Chu, the king of Liang is still the king of Liang, and the kings of Qi are still the kings of Qi."

"What about the father?"

"Isn't it just during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period that an 'Edict to Stop the War' was issued every time there was a war, but the Emperor Zhou was powerless to control the world?"

"Wouldn't the Guanzhong of my Han family become what Feng and Hao used to be, although they stand alone and invincible, they can't interfere in the affairs of the world at all?"

When he started talking, Liu Sheng simply stopped being ambiguous, his words were not startling, and there was another burst of output like a machine gun, which made Tianzi Qi fall into a long thought.

And after a series of appalling descriptions, Liu Sheng finally did not forget to turn the topic around quietly and return to today's topic.

"The princes of the clan are still indispensable to the Han family today."

"It's not only because the Huns in the north and Zhao Tuo in the south need their elder clansmen to personally guard the side walls, it's also because my Han family doesn't have the strength to run counties and counties in the whole world."

"But it is the general trend to go to the counties and counties."

"As my Han family becomes more prosperous and powerful, it is an unstoppable trend to transfer local governance power to the central court."

"This is called by the deceased teacher: centralization."

"It's just that before this, the strength accumulated by our Han family still needs to be concentrated on the decisive battle against the Huns."

"And after the decisive battle against the Huns, the Han family, which has completely wiped out foreign troubles, will surely usher in an opportunity to centralize power."

"Before then, using Tweets to dismember and dismantle the power of the clan and princes is the first strategy..."

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After Liu Sheng's bewitching 'speech', the somewhat empty Xuanshi Hall fell into a silence that lasted thirty breaths.

After adjusting the slightly rapid breathing, Liu Sheng also clearly saw Tian Zi Qi sitting on the imperial couch not far in front of him, and his breathing became heavy involuntarily.

--centralization.

Whether it is thousands of years later, or a hundred years ago;
But any monarch who is interested in the world will never say 'no' to these four words, and will never have the slightest idea of ​​resistance in front of these four words.

It's as if people of later generations can't keep calm in front of words like 'Family Tree Homepage' and 'Qingming Touxiang'.

And Liu Sheng used the name of "the late old prime minister" to point out the current stage of the Han Dynasty without any deviation on the basis of centralized power. Out of a flight of stairs.

It's just that at this moment, the old emperor's mind is still silent in the four words that seem to have magical power, and he can't extricate himself for a long time...

"centralization······"

"centralization······"

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Whispering thoughtfully, and staring at the distance outside the palace gate full of nostalgia, after a long time, Tianzi Qi struggled to regain his mind from the beautiful scene that made the soul tremble.

Subconsciously opening his mouth, he realized the abnormality of his voice, and coughed twice to clear the thick phlegm blocking his throat;

He licked his lower lip with some difficulty, feeling that his condition was a little bit normal, and the emperor Qicai looked around and said, "What does the prince mean about King Zhao?"

"—Please forgive me, Father Yu, for a little while."

"Oh?"

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"It's just 'grace' and 'forgiveness' instead of sending envoys to blame, so let's skip it?"

"Don't the prince intend to beg me for King Zhao, please don't call King Zhao back to Chang'an for questioning?"

"—Brother Wang has done something wrong. If you don't punish him, the law of the country will not tolerate it."

"—But brother Wang and Erchen are compatriots with the same mother. If Erchen does not intercede on behalf of his elder brother, it is inconsistent with human feelings and common sense."

"Oh······"

"So what the prince means is that it should be punished, and it must be punished;"

"Just for the prince's sake, do you want to punish King Zhao lightly?"

"—Sheng Ming has never surpassed his father."

"—And for brother Wang's crime, whether to punish him or not, to punish him lightly or severely, is beyond the control of the ministers."

"—Even though the father and the emperor still severely punished the king's brother, the son also bowed his head and bowed his head, just bowing to death..."

A short conversation ended with Liu Sheng's sentence "Shut your head and bow your head, I will worship you to death";
But Tianzi Qi, who got up leisurely from the couch, still didn't forget to give Liu Sheng a last teasing smile.

"Hey!"

"It sounds nice."

"It's just 'suddenly, dunshu' and 'baby worship'?"

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, there will be another incident of 'the prince breaking into the lieutenant's mansion at night', and I will be completely wiped out of my face!"

"Humph!"

"Pause, pause..."

Hearing the unhappiness in Tianzi Qi's tone, Liu Sheng finally withdrew his solemnity and grinned a little mischievously.

"Knowing a son is like a father."

"My son's temper can be said to have been thoroughly touched by my father..."

"--Humph!"

"—virtue!"

Being pissed off by Liu Sheng's bullshit, Tian Ziqi felt another burst of boredom in his heart;
It's just that in my mind, a little worry that came from nowhere, and because of Liu Sheng's gag, disappeared inexplicably in an unknown corner...

"I promise my mother not to interfere with King Zhao's affairs, so I will never interfere."

"Prince, it's best not to interfere."

"King Zhao has indeed gone too far in recent years;"

"If you don't suffer from the Queen Mother, Zhao Guo will not live in peace."

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"Oh, right;"

"How is A-Jiao?"

"Also last year, didn't the prince plan to get in touch with King Donghu to see if he could find a batch of useful horses for our Han family?"

"After such a long time, the prince has not heard anything?"