Shuhan

Liu Chan looked at Xin Xiu's deflated appearance, but he didn't feel much pleasure in his heart.

Because he knows that dealing with aristocratic families cannot be accomplished overnight.

It can't be done just by talking.

But it has to go through bloodshed.

If you are not careful, the dynasty will fall.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was easily soluble in water, and maybe the emperor of the Han Dynasty was easily soluble in water.

As for how to deal with the aristocratic family, Liu Chan actually had some ideas in his mind.

The most commonly used one is to establish an imperial examination system to promote poor families.

The poor family represents the common people, and the aristocratic families are often the landowners, gentry and officials, and they are the natural opposite class to the poor family.

Therefore, the most common way to restrict these people is to give people benefits and promotion channels to fight against aristocratic families.

It's a pity that the power of aristocratic families is too great now, while the power of ordinary people from poor families is too small.

Even if the imperial examination system is used, the candidates who pass the exam are still from aristocratic families. There is actually not much difference under the imperial examination system.

On the contrary, it will arouse the rebellious spirit of the family.

Now that the Three Kingdoms have not yet been unified, Liu Chan will naturally not completely fall out with the family.

He now needs the support of aristocratic families to unify the world.

In addition to the conspiracy of the imperial examination system, there is actually another method.

That is the push order mode.

This was used to deal with the king during the reign of Emperor Jing and Emperor Wu. It is not impossible to use it to deal with aristocratic families.

The Tweeting Order essentially changed the eldest son's dominance model and dispersed the family's interests internally. A certain degree of competition for interests would intensify their internal conflicts.

After the Han Dynasty promulgated the order of favor, the royal family surnamed Liu was in disarray and gradually declined. For example, after Liu Bei became King Jing of Zhongshan, didn't he become a weaver of mats and sell shoes?
but
Liu Chan was still skeptical about the success of this aristocratic family's grace order.

The key to the favor order is "en", which is benefit.

The order of favor involves three parties: the princes, the eldest son of the princes, and the remaining sons of the princes.

The favorite son of a prince is not necessarily the eldest son. He may want to leave some land and wealth to his beloved son, so the attitude of the princes is wavering - he may agree with the grace order, or he may oppose it.

If there had not been an order of favor, the eldest son would have completely inherited the land of the princes. Therefore, the eldest son was the biggest "victim" of the order of favor and the biggest opponent of the order of favor.

If the decree of grace is implemented, the eldest son who is not the legitimate eldest son will inherit a certain amount of land, even if it is very small, they can still distinguish the difference between zero and one.

Therefore, the non-eldest son is a firm supporter of the grace order.

The master's father Yan used the interests of the princes and the eldest son to win over the support of the princes and concubines.

There is only one eldest son, but there are many concubines.

Therefore, Emperor Wu's dynasty was able to successfully divide the princes and achieve the purpose of reducing the vassals.

But aristocratic family and kingship are different.

The power of aristocratic families comes from their local influence and their official positions in the court.

The aristocratic families owned land and wealth and enjoyed local power.

It is the so-called county commander.

For example, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Wang family of Langye, the Xie family of Chenjun, etc. The place names are not only their ancestral places, but also their spheres of influence.

Aristocratic families will be in power, but they may not necessarily hold great power. Some aristocratic families serve as local officials, while others serve as generals or prime ministers.

An ordinary family may become a top family because someone in the family suddenly ascends to a high position, as was the case with the Xie family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The Xie family has gone through two generations of hard work (brothers Xie Kun and Xie Sa). Before Xie An came to power, he was just a second-rate family. It was not until Xie An became the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that he became the Xie among the "Old King Xietang Qianyan".

However, after the deaths of Xie An and Xie Xuan, Xie's power became much weaker accordingly.

The same is true for the Yu family where the powerful official Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lived.

Before Huan Wen came to power, his father Huan Yi was just an internal historian in Xuancheng and was not of high rank at all.

But after Huan Wen came to power, the Huan family suddenly became a behemoth that controlled the world situation.

The emperor used his official position to win over one aristocratic family to deal with the top aristocratic family, but it was just to change the aristocratic family to take power. Doesn't it mean that Wang, Yu, Huan and Xie took turns to be in power?

Yu Liang was the eldest uncle of Emperor Ming of Jin, the uncle of Emperor Cheng and Emperor Kang of Jin, and a relative of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Yu family's rise to power was a means used by the Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to deal with the Wang family. The result was just to cultivate another powerful minister, which was completely useless in reviving the imperial power.

As for dividing the family, the effect of the so-called favor order will not be good.

Huan Wen's power was comparable to that of Huo Guang in the Western Han Dynasty, or even greater, and he almost replaced the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

After Huan Wen's death, the power of the Huan family was not handed over to the eldest son Huan Xi, but to his younger brothers Huan Chong and Huan Huo.

It is completely different from the father-to-son tradition of the royal family and princes.

There is also the Wang family. After the death of Director Wang, the person who spoke about the Wang family in the court was his nephew Wang Biaozhi, not his son.

The same is true for the Yu family. After Yu Liang's death, his brothers Yu Yi and Yu Bing took power instead of his sons.

Aristocratic families are different from royal families and princes. Their main power comes from their official positions. Without their official positions, they are just a wealthy family with greater influence.

There are many emperors and princes in the world who are in their teens and 10s, but prefects, governors, and prime ministers in their teens are too strange.

Being an official requires certain qualifications.

In order to ensure the power of the family, aristocratic families can only hand over power to more mature brothers or more capable nephews, not necessarily to sons.

In the transmission of power between aristocratic families, ability is stronger than age.

Huan Chong was younger than Huan Huo, but he was the leader of the Huan family after Huan Wen died.

As for ways to eradicate aristocratic families other than extending favor orders and the imperial examination system, there are many.

Similar to the separation of civil and military affairs, different reward and punishment systems are designed between the civilian and military groups to restrict each other.

Reuse the royal family and relatives, build east and west factories, and so on.

There are many methods, but in this era, there are almost none that can be used.

"Is Mr. Xin on the side of the Longxi nobles, or on my side?"

The two of them had already had a showdown, and they had said everything they had to say.

Now that everything has been said, it's time to make a decision.

Although he didn't hear what he wanted from Liu Chan, Xin Xiu had already made a decision since he arrived at the Han army camp.

If the emperor cannot tolerate the Longxi gentry, he must reduce the power of the Longxi gentry.

Then
The Xin family will no longer be a noble family in Longxi, but a noble family in the world.

How about giving this Longxi to the emperor?
What if other nobles were sold to the emperor as certificates of surrender?
As a human being, you have to be ruthless.

Without poison or husband, the rise and fall of the Xin family may be today!
Thinking of this, Xin Xiu's eyes became sharp.

He bowed to Liu Chan and said in a loud voice:

"I have five thousand soldiers in the military camp. The roster will be sent today. The household registration list of Xin's Wubao land will be handed over to you when your Majesty's army enters Longxi. I can also serve as the governor of Longxi. Your Majesty's order, your Majesty. Even if you go up the mountain of swords and go down into the sea of ​​fire, you have to complete it.”

It seems that they are going to cooperate.

The smile on Liu Chan's face gradually became brighter.

"what would you like?"

"My Majesty has nothing to ask for. The only thing I ask for is that your Majesty allow my niece Xin Xianying to return to Luoyang to consummate the marriage."

Send Xin Xianying to get married?
Ha ha.

Liu Chan looked at Xin Xiu thoughtfully and said, "Where is she?"

"Qianhe River Valley." Xin Xiu answered honestly
"Take me to see her."

Send her to get married?
Why did you bring it up on purpose?
It’s still brought up at this time.

It was just to let Xin Xianying enter the palace.

You, Mrs. Xin, also want to be a cousin?

This is to become a noble family in the world, rather than being limited to one place.

What a big ambition!
Liu Chan snorted in his heart, but the smile on his face remained the same.

But compared with getting the support of the Xin family and seeking Longxi, what's wrong with making the Xin family more prominent?
The meal is always eaten one bite at a time.

Fighting aristocratic families with aristocratic families may be Liu Chan's best choice now. (End of chapter)