Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 437 Shiqing Shilu was a scholar. It turned out that the Yang family wanted Hongnong

When Tuoba Yulu spoke, his face showed emotion, as if he really sighed in his heart, but there was a hint of cunning in his eyes. His emotion was half sincere and half following the trend. It was nothing more than Chen Zhi seeing through his own thoughts. , we need to find some face from other aspects.

He thought he knew the situation in Xinhan quite well, especially when he was a student in Luoyang and had been humiliated by aristocratic families. After returning, he was very concerned about the situation of aristocratic families in Xinhan, so he followed the trend to study and came to some conclusions. .

At the luncheon earlier, he was able to discuss with Mr. Sima Jiu, the marching soldier, and talk about the Liu family who won the world three times, but still has many ambitions, which showed a deep understanding of the root of the situation in Xinhan.

Now, he was first thought of by Chen Zhi, and then suppressed by Chen Zhi's words, so he planned to show some value from the general trend that he was good at.

But after hearing this, Chen Zhi showed a little doubt: "What? Brother Tuoba, do you think that the current situation of the family's great power is due to the enactment of the law of ninth-grade officials?"

"Naturally," Tuoba Yulu heard this question, and knew that Chen Zhi had fallen into his own words, and immediately sat upright, "Since the establishment of the Ji Han Dynasty, there have been endless incidents of aristocratic family control of politics, and even forced the emperor to abdicate. Don't blame me, I am a wild man outside the Great Wall. I don't know the etiquette of these words, but they are words from the bottom of my heart. If I were not you, I would not say more."

Chen Zhi nodded and said no more.

Tuoba Yulu then continued: "The wealthy families in the Central Plains often have countless fertile fields, hordes of servants, and servants who are as powerful as officers and soldiers. In some places, the orders of the family heads are better than those of the officials. For example, the governors of these two states are... In this way, it is still the power of the family."

"According to Brother Tuoba's opinion, don't you think things should not be like this?" Chen Zhi asked with a smile.

This smile made Tuoba Yulu feel a little uneasy, but he still nodded and said: "Yes, it shouldn't be like this. Although the Liu family's three victories in the country mostly depended on the help of the aristocratic family, if it hadn't been for accepting the ninth grade If the law does not allow the family to become so big, how else can I be troubled today?"

Speaking of this, he saw a hint of disapproval in Chen Zhi's eyes, and couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that Mr. Chen doesn't think so? Or maybe it's because he is from the Chen family, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong with the current situation?" He did. Directly, in fact, Chen Zhiwei came from a noble family, so it was inappropriate to say such words in front of him, but just like Tuoba Yulu said, it was precisely because of the inappropriateness that it seemed to be true words spoken from the bottom of his heart.

"Although I come from an aristocratic family, I also know that the aristocratic family is a worry for the imperial court." Chen Zhi did not shy away from it, but he changed the subject at random, "But Mr. Tuoba's words are suspected of causing the problem. The reason for its great power can be attributed to the enactment of the Ninth-Rank Officials Law at that time. It is like describing the cause of flooding as strengthening the river channel. On the contrary, the real reason is that the Ninth-Rank Officials' Law was established because of the great power of the family. The birth of an official!"

Tuoba Yulu was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head subconsciously. This statement really impacted his past research results, so he immediately felt that this statement was absurd, and said: "Chen Jun's statement is wrong. If there is no Jiupin How can the distinction between quality and quality come from the method? How can the family grow?"

"Without Ninth Grade, there is naturally no character, but even if there is no Ji Han, there will still be aristocratic families!" Chen Zhi said solemnly, his words were already a bit taboo, that is, what people from aristocratic families can say, if replaced by ordinary people, It's just a time bomb. If someone exposes it, it will end tragically.

Seeing that Tuoba Yulu wanted to speak more, Chen Zhi waved his hand to stop him from talking, and then asked: "Let me ask you, has the aristocratic family existed since ancient times?"

Tuoba Yulu was suddenly startled, and then frowned. He didn't expect Chen Zhi to ask this suddenly, but he didn't understand how this was related to the ninth-grade method.

"The aristocratic family has existed since ancient times. Chen Jun asked, what do you mean by this?" Tuoba Yulu asked, but there was more or less an idea in his mind.

Without waiting for Tuoba Yulu to say anything more, Chen Zhi said: "The pre-Qin period was a time of great power and wealth. The ministers and scholar-bureaucrats of various countries could all trace their surnames back to the inheritance of blood. After the father died, the son succeeded, and wealth continued. Therefore, there were aristocratic families at that time, and they were different from today's aristocratic families. They were bloodline families, which would never change. However, since the Qin Dynasty, prefectures and counties were established, respecting the center, and appointing officials. Among them, those who have been officials for generations have inherited the classics and are able to do so. We are an aristocratic family! It can be seen that the so-called aristocratic family today is not born. The real origin is the Qin and Han Dynasties. After 500 years of development, it is different from the past and the situation is different. The system should change. Otherwise, clinging to the old and staying in the past is no different."

Tuoba Yulu's pupils dilated slightly, and Chen Zhi's words caused a sudden flash of light in his mind.

Chen Zhi paused slightly, his thoughts fluctuating.

Just as Tuoba Yulu analyzed the situation of the Xinhan Dynasty, Chen Zhi participated in the Xinhan Dynasty after the third recovery, and felt more and more that this dynasty had many similarities with the Jin Dynasty in the past history.

Furthermore, he was very puzzled, why has the history changed, and the method of ninth-level officials still appears, and the power of leading aristocratic families becomes stronger and stronger?Shouldn't the Liu family's third position be respected by the world, but why did they end up in a similar situation to the Sima family who had improperly obtained the position?So, it was inevitable to do some research.

At first, he also thought that everything was the fault of the Nine-Rank System, but fortunately, within one year, especially during his tenure in the Ministry of Secretaries, he compiled a thread through a large number of documents and books, and he gradually understood a key point. .

Why, obviously history has changed and dynasties have changed, but the same situation will still happen.

"The aristocratic family was born after the pre-Qin Dynasty. From the original Gongqing family, it slowly expanded in size. The local powerful made a desperate move. After several generations of management, it can become a family. There is a Bai family in my hometown. I had such an idea, but failed to realize it. , and this generation of counties also has the Liu family, which is said to be of royal blood, but it has long been difficult to verify. They were powerful before they started. After several generations of business, they became a family. They passed down the classics and became more and more famous. They were recruited by officials and scholars for several generations. , can become an aristocratic family. The aristocratic family was originally in one place, and later one surname and one clan dominated the counties and counties, and became a prominent family. Such a process happened naturally after Shiqing Shilu was abolished. It was a process of one group replacing another group. , How can it be stopped? It is not something that can be changed by the reunification of the world."

"Why do you say that the world is reunified and cannot be changed? Moreover, there are discrepancies in what you said, Brother Chen." After Tuoba Yulu was initially surprised, after hearing this, he finally calmed down again. The year in his mind turned and he thought "The Huayin Yang family behind Chen Jun is now a famous family, but its roots can be traced back to the pre-Qin period. It was an official of the Emperor of Zhou. It is now famous in Guanxi, and even has the prestige of Hongnong." , its influence spreads all over the west of Tongguan, and there is already a saying that Hongnong returned to Yang. The name of Hongnong Yang is known even outside the grassland and the Great Wall. Doesn’t this mean that the family has existed since ancient times?”

"The Hongnong Yang family? So that's it? So the Huayin Yang family is the Hongnong Yang family?"

Chen Zhi didn't answer right away, but was attracted by a message in Tuoba Yulv's words.

This was the information about Wang Hongnong of Yang Family County, which immediately made Chen Zhi connect the Yang Family behind him with a famous family in China.

In fact, although Chen Zhi III was a human being and obtained a lot of information through his own experience and fortune-telling, he was not omniscient and omnipotent after all, and it was impossible to know everything in history, so it was inevitable that he had some blind spots in his thinking.

For example, the Yang family he was married to, Chen Zhi knew that this family was a big family in Xinhan, and the Wang family was known as the pinnacle of the northern family, but after all, he had never read the Yang family's genealogy table, and more knowledge was from the Yang family. The influence is spread all over Guanzhong, so I preconceptions that the Yang family may have continued its influence from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present due to historical changes.

Now when I heard Tuoba Yulu's words, I suddenly realized that the Yang family's future potential was far beyond imagination!

"Hongnong Yang's family, it's incredible, this family's influence on Huaxia is also long-lasting!"

Chen Zhi sighed with emotion, but his pause made Tuoba Yulu, who was opposite him, feel that it was his words that shook Chen Zhi's mind, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, he continued: "In the old days of Emperor Gaozu, the aristocratic family was not the only one, and they often had methods of migration. Couldn't they also suppress the aristocratic family? Moreover, it was the majesty of the royal family to take life and death. Why not imitate it? Instead, it created nine The method of taste will only increase troubles."

What this said is that in the Western Han Dynasty, in order to prevent the local aristocratic families from becoming bigger, the central court once moved the families that were slightly rising in various places around the capital, or were simply moved to the land of the imperial mausoleum. Using etiquette as an excuse to kill the growth of the aristocratic family in the cradle. "

Chen Zhi's thoughts were called back by these words, and he said: "Brother Tuoba, the method of migration you mentioned should have started in the Qin Dynasty. Selecting seven relocations, filling the mausoleum, using it to strengthen the weak branches, relocating officials of two thousand stones and rich people and heroes, and taking the family home in the capital mausoleum, these methods just show that the growth of the aristocratic family has already begun."

At this point, he suddenly changed the topic: "The First Han can do it, but the duration is limited. Moreover, the original move was actually to guard against the nobles of the Six Kingdoms. It was to transfer the original nobles of the Six Kingdoms from the land of Shandong. Uproot it and place it under the eyes of the imperial court for control and surveillance, so as to eradicate hidden dangers."

"Yes, that's exactly it." Tuoba Yulu nodded, thinking that Chen Zhi was about to agree with his opinion, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if Ji Han could restore this system?"

"But even the first Han Dynasty who implemented this system did not continue. After Emperor Yuan, it no longer moved. For seven generations, the time of Emperor Xiaowu was the peak. Later, with the power between the imperial court and local aristocratic families, The growth and decline of the system finally became unsustainable, and eventually this system disappeared. The disappearance of this system, like the birth of the system, is a result in itself, not a cause. The reason why the policy of relocating clans is difficult is also because the world is vast and there are more and more aristocratic families. , but there is only one royal family. As the family matures, it breaks out of the limitations of the original world, Qing and Shilu, and creates a new situation. The past can no longer be restricted. "

(End of this chapter)