I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

"Jianyuan..."

"Recruitment..."

"Remove..."

"Chehou is on the country..."

After solving the Jianyuan New Deal mentioned by Dou Ying and Zhao Wan and Wang Zang, Liu Sheng returned to Weiyang Palace alone.

Sitting on the imperial couch at the top of Xuanshi Hall, Liu Sheng's attention was still attracted by the extremely naive and romantic 'New Deal'.

From the point of view of the heart, if you don't consider various influences, just from the standpoint of the individual and the emperor, the Jianyuan New Deal proposed by Dou Ying actually makes Liu Sheng very tempted.

——Jianyuan is equivalent to Liu Sheng declaring to the world: The Han family has ushered in a new era because of my ascension to the throne!

——Recruiting talents is based on the foundation of Jianyuan, and further tells the people of the world: I am going to do great things, and if I want to make a fortune, I must seize this opportunity to hug my thigh!
As for the removal of customs, as Dou Ying said, it will greatly stimulate the business and trade of the Han family that has shown a prosperous trend since the Wenjing rule, and will greatly accelerate the accumulation of productivity and wealth, enabling Liu Sheng to be in the Han family. In a shorter period of time, accumulate enough strength at a faster speed, and advance the inevitable Han-Hungarian decisive battle as soon as possible.

Even the last item, the feudal marquis and the state, is also as Dou Ying said: it is something that the Chang'an court has always wanted to do since the reign of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, and even the emperors of all dynasties have always wanted to do it.

For example, when Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was in power, Jianghou Zhou Bo was put on by Emperor Taizong, and he was lightly said, "Chehou should be in his own country, but now there are too many Chehous who are attached to Chang'an. The prime minister should play a role model, so he was rushed back to his Jianghou country.

As far as the emperor Liu Sheng is concerned, these second-generation Gonghou who were born with a golden key in their mouths, have no ink, and know how to fight cocks and run dogs all day long, and pretend to be slapped in the face. good.

In other words: if Liu Sheng is not a real emperor, but is playing a game similar to an emperor simulator, then Dou Ying’s Jianyuan New Deal is indeed the choice that gives people the most gaming experience and the most insightful ideas .

But the crux of the problem is: Liu Sheng is not playing a game, not simulating the "Emperor's Career".

Liu Sheng is really the son of heaven of the Han family, the sky above the heads of tens of millions of people in Liming.

Especially after Tian Ziqi's unremitting "brainwashing" for many years, Liu Sheng, who has realized what the burden on his shoulders is and what his own responsibility is, is absolutely impossible for his own ideas and for the emperor's pleasure. To choose the Jianyuan New Deal that Dou Ying came up with whimsically.

As for why this is said, it is actually not difficult to understand.

Jianyuan, if you think about it a little simpler, it is indeed a very compelling thing-Liu Sheng, the new emperor, became the first emperor in history to use the reign title, and he will undoubtedly win himself an extremely glamorous halo;

But after a little thought, it is not difficult to find out: Jianyuan, that is, the year when it was first established, will have a huge impact on Liu Sheng's legal basis and the legitimacy of his rule, which is equivalent to Liu Sheng rebelling against his ancestors and slapping them in the face.

Therefore, even if it is to get more credit for slash identities such as "Emperor Taizong's grandson" and "Emperor Xiaojing's son", Liu Sheng will never become the great wisdom of "the first year of construction".

Besides, recruiting talents, if you don't think deeply, it is really recruiting wise men, that is, Liu Sheng has gained the face of "only talents", and also has the inner face of recruiting talents for his own use and for the use of the court;

But as long as he thought of the words that Tianzi Qi had said to him with sincerity a few years ago, Liu Sheng would inexplicably despise the word "recruiting talents".

"The so-called court is nothing but a place where various forces compete for power and seek personal gain..."

"What the emperor has to do is to mediate in the middle, come up with, or adopt a plan that is not very satisfactory to all parties, but also acceptable to all parties;"

"And in this way—"all parties have obtained barely acceptable benefits" in exchange for all parties working for themselves and doing things for the world..."

Whispering to himself, Liu Sheng couldn't help laughing and shaking his head, subconsciously stretched out his hand, and gently stroked an inkstone on the imperial case.

This inkstone has a deep relationship with Liu Sheng.

To this day, there is still a crack in Liu Sheng's collarbone, thanks to the inkstone in front of him.

Just recalling the past, what Liu Sheng recalled was not the pain of broken collarbone;

The only thing Liu Sheng can think of is Tianzi Qi’s bright eyes that were sometimes cold, sometimes deep, but shining with wisdom all the time...

"Old man, you have taught me a lot..."

"If not, Dou Ying's Jianyuan New Deal might really have brought me in..."

"Ah······"

Talking to himself like this, Liu Sheng's hand finally stopped on that inkstone, but his thoughts flew to nowhere again.

Among Dou Ying's Jianyuan New Deals, only the item of "recruiting talents" made Liu Sheng feel the most frightened.

The reason is simple: Today's Han Dynasty is still in the backward era of "unless a prince is not allowed to be a prime minister".

Why do you say that?

Because of the unspoken rule of 'not to be a minister unless you are a prince', there is a very obvious drawback.

——At the beginning of the founding of the country, during the reign of Emperor Taizu Gao, in the era when fierce men came out in large numbers, names were like clouds, and fierce generals were like rain, Chehou, of course, was both civil and military, at least he was also a historical celebrity who climbed up from the dead .

And even if among these celebrities, there are occasionally a few big bosses who only know how to fight and kill, but don't know a single word, it can be guaranteed that these people are all nouveau riche from the poor.

These people have experienced the end of the Warring States period and the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty. They basically know everything about the difficulties that the people at the bottom may encounter.

Let these people become prime ministers, even if there may be problems, there will definitely not be major problems that shake the foundation of the society.

But now, the unspoken political rule set by Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang that "unless a prince is not allowed to be a prime minister" has gradually begun to show its drawbacks and limitations.

Let’s just talk about the current Han family, there are hundreds of noble families, how many of them are the "Hou generation" who have made contributions by themselves?
Counting with fingers, there are only less than ten people such as Dou Ying, Zhou Yafu, Zhi Buyi, etc. who took advantage of Wu Chuzhi's chaos to establish martial arts.

Except for the dozen or so "Martial Arts Marquis" of the first emperor Liu Qiyi's dynasty, there is no other Gong Hou who has not been corrupted by the noble life;
The position of prime minister of the Han family, even after Zhou Yafu was dismissed, has successively experienced the two second generations of meritorious princes, Kaifeng Hou Taoqing and Taohou Liushe.

In addition, this time, Dou Ying ruined his political career because of the "Jianyuan New Deal", which made Liu Sheng worry about the candidate for the prime minister again.

But no matter how Liu Sheng chooses, he has to admit a reality: After Taohou Liushe, the position of prime minister of the Han family will most likely be replaced for the third time by a second generation of Gonghou, Occupied by three generations.

It can even be said that from now on, unless every three to fifty years, there is a medium-sized and above-scale battle that can make someone, or even a certain group of people, become marquises due to meritorious service, the future prime ministers of the Han family will have a lot of power. There is a high probability that it will be a wine bag and rice bag.

And with the passage of time, as the second generation of Gonghou becomes the fourth, fifth, sixth, or even countless generations, the probability and degree of the Han Dynasty's wine bags and rice bags will become more and more terrifying...
At the moment when the unspoken political rule of 'no one is allowed to be a prime minister' has begun to seriously affect the quality of the post of prime minister, Liu Sheng, as the son of heaven, really needs to do something.

Or, break the unspoken political rules and precedents of "not to be a prime minister if you are not allowed to be a prime minister", and open a hole where you can be a prime minister if you are capable;
Or, as in the past, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, who first named Shentujia as Chehou, and then worshiped him as prime minister, should be a little flexible-whoever has the ability will be the prime minister, but in order to respect Emperor Taizu Gao, he is not Chehou. According to the tradition of not being a prime minister, before paying homage to the prime minister, a formality for being a marquis should be completed first, and the process should be completed.

or...

"Alternatively, the prime minister is directly suspended, and it is permanently suspended..."

"Hey;"

"It's a pity that the old man only dared to think about it when he was alive, and he didn't dare to put it into action at all..."

Closer to home - today's Han family seems to have come to the intersection of history.

How to deal with the position of prime minister, which is more and more frequently occupied by wine bags and rice bags, has become an urgent matter for Liu Sheng to solve.

The reason why Liu Sheng was terrified by the item of "recruiting talents" included in Dou Ying's Jianyuan New Deal was precisely because of this.

——In today's Han family, even the prime minister, the head of a hundred officials, still strictly respects the tradition of 'no one is allowed to be a prime minister'!

As for Jiuqing, although there are no similar hard indicators, there are many invisible and intangible thresholds.

Just like Tingwei, if he is a legalist, at least he is a candidate with "Punishment Famous" written on his resume, and he will be more likely to be favored inside and outside the court;

Another example is the internal history, due to its special powers and responsibilities, in recent years, it has become more and more inclined to the selection direction of candidates that are "nobles and nobles, but they must have sufficient qualifications and backgrounds must be clean enough".

For example, Chao Cuo in the early years of the first emperor, and Uncle Tian today.

In the final analysis: The current Han family still stays in the very backward era of judging seniority, status, and even family background when it comes to the proposition of official appointments.

——In today's Han family, if you are not a son of a good family, that is, if the family property does not exceed [-] yuan, you can't even be an official at all!
Because a fortune of [-] yuan is the rigid standard for a middle-class family;
And whether a family is a middle-class family is the core factor for judging whether the family is a "good family".

Even "whether the household registration is in the agricultural registration" must be ranked after "whether it is a middle-class family".

In such an era—in the Han Dynasty, which seems to be a bit "advanced" in terms of seniority, it is actually a very outrageous thing to call a group of young boys who are born or not, or have no background, and are not even famous, into Chang'an. .

This is equivalent to taking off the clothes of the entire Chang'an court, and then playing Gogo in front of the whole world...

As for the removal of the pass, there is no need to go into details-unless the military threat of the clan and princes of the Kanto is completely eliminated, Hangu Pass will always have its need to exist.

Even the Han family completed a whole set of "Plans to Cut Fans", completely fulfilling Zulong Yingzheng's lofty goal of "eliminating all princes and vassals, and all counties and counties in the world", just to ensure the safety of Kyoto, Hangu Pass It is also necessary to continue to exist.

——Compared with the negative impact brought by the existence of Hangu Pass, the sense of security brought by this most powerful pass in the world is undoubtedly a factor that Han Emperor values ​​more and needs to pay more attention to.

As for Marquis Che, the most crucial point that Dou Ying overlooked was hidden in the last words that Empress Dowager Dou murmured today.

The Chehous of the Han family, especially those who stayed in Chang'an openly and aboveboard, were basically Princess Shang's son-in-law.

The sons-in-law, represented by Tangyi Hou Chenwu, married every princess of Liu Han since Emperor Taizu Gao into their own homes.

In other words: These people did not 'stay in Chang'an with the princess wife', but accompanied their princess wife and lived closer to the emperor and the queen mother.

The most specific example is that Princess Liu of Guantao went whoring.

Assuming that Liu Sheng adopted Dou Ying's suggestion and let the Chehous all go to their own countries, the first thing to stand up and say no, it must be Guantao Princess Liu whoring.

Because Marquis Che came to the country, it meant that Marquis Chen Wu would also return to his country;
And Chen Wu's coming to the country naturally means that his wife, Princess Liu Xing of Guantao, will follow Chen Wu back to Tangyi.

Liu prostitute, can you agree?

Empress Dowager, can you agree?

Those who rely on their wives to be princesses, and even try to marry a pungent Princess Liu, just to stay in Chang'an, so that when the position of public minister is vacant, the meritorious lords who will "get the moon first when they are close to the water" can promise?
To put it bluntly: on this point, the feudal lordship of the Marquis is tantamount to letting Liu Sheng stand on the opposite side of all the princesses surnamed Liu, and their husbands—one-third of the marquis nobles.

In addition, the year of the first construction gave up the halo bonus of the ancestors, and the geographical and strategic advantages of Guanzhong were given up in the elimination of customs, and the recruitment of talents offended the entire government and the opposition...
"Whoo~"

"Jianyuan New Deal is equivalent to making an enemy of the world~"

"What can be obtained is only from the hands of the Empress Dowager. Sooner or later, the Empress Dowager will let the Empress Dowager out, and eventually be controlled by me..."

"—What the imperial grandmother said is really good."

"Prince Dou, don't be a prime minister..."

"Dou Ying, you are not worthy to be a friend..."

···
"Hey;"

"It's also thanks to the old man's good teaching."

"As long as the old man didn't teach well, or if he was two years younger, I might really be fooled by Dou Ying, what kind of Jianyuan New Deal..."

In the end, he let out a soft murmur, which could be regarded as a complete determination to "never adopt the Jianyuan New Deal", and Liu Sheng sat up straight with a relaxed face.

Grabbing a roll of bamboo slips naturally, he glanced at the content without squinting. Liu Sheng did not forget to "talk to himself" casually: "Dr. disrespectful."

"When he reads his post as a doctor, he will be ranked two thousand stones, and his death penalty will be pardoned."

"Stick for forty, so that he will be dismissed from office and return to his hometown, and he will never be recorded as a Hanchen."

···
"Wang Zang, a Confucian scholar, roared at the court and disobeyed the empress dowager. His crime is unforgivable."

"Put him to death with a stick outside Dongshi, as an example to others."