The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1128 The Great Kyushu Doctrine and Enfeoffment [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

"The criminal cannot be handed over to Qin and must stay in Bingzhou!" Han Fei also began to adapt to the life with his wife and children, and really began to consider Bingzhou.

"My mausoleum seems to be lacking a few tomb guardian beasts!" Yan Yan said lightly.

An Qisheng and others also understood it instantly.

These eleven masters are doomed to die!
The tomb keepers and tomb guardian beasts used in the emperor's tomb can be considered as a recycling of waste.

Moreover, with seven masters and four great masters serving as tomb-guarding beasts, no other emperor in the world could come up with such a magnificent lineup.

Now, they dare to do so in Bingzhou!
The navy will send Kunpeng's skeleton as the backbone of the imperial mausoleum, and eleven masters will be buried with him.

When the civil and military officials of Bingzhou thought of a mausoleum of such a scale, they couldn't help but feel their blood boiling with excitement.

Although not gorgeous, it demonstrates the fortitude of Bingzhou.

"Let the Shaofu supervise the construction of a nine-story underground pagoda as the main tomb chamber of the imperial mausoleum!" Yan Yan looked at the Shaofu.

"Yes!" Master Ban nodded.

A nine-story pagoda. This is so easy to design.

Now he has not yet received the remains of Kunpeng promised by the navy, so he has no idea what Kunpeng's skeleton looks like, and he doesn't know how to design it.

But with eleven masters serving as tomb guardians, and Yan Yan confirming the structure of the main tomb chamber of the imperial mausoleum, he knew how to design it.

The nine-story pagoda is the main tomb chamber, surrounded by the remains of Kunpeng, and its main feature is its grandeur and magnificence.

The imperial mausoleum of Bingzhou may not be luxurious, but it is definitely the most majestic and overbearing of all the mausoleums in the world.

"In addition, send envoys to the Maurya Empire and ask them to apologize!" Yan Yan continued.

There was no original intention to establish the Maurya Empire, and there was no justification for doing so.

Now, the other party has taken the initiative to offer the title of disciple. If I don’t accept it, wouldn’t it be unfair to those two great masters of Tantric Buddhism?

"Apologize?" An Qisheng and others were stunned for a moment, but they didn't think there was anything wrong.

This is the tyranny that is unique to Bingzhou.

"Also..." Yan Yan was silent for a moment, and everyone looked at him in confusion.

"Select the best from the Yulin Guards and confer five titles on them!" Yan Yan said calmly.

"Ah?" Everyone was stunned.

The Imperial Guards were conferred five titles?

The five ranks are different from the military merit ranks implemented by the Qin State. There are twenty ranks of military merit ranks, while the five ranks have only five ranks: duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron.

"Bingzhou is a sage inside and a king outside. Bingzhou is a unified country with centralized power, and it has counties and prefectures. Those places that are out of control are divided into fiefdoms!" Yan Yan said calmly.

Why was the feudal system implemented for a thousand years until it was ended by Emperor Qin Shi Huang?

Because Qin had already reached the sea in the east, there were endless snowfields in the north, the south also led to the sea, and the northwest was the inaccessible Kunlun Mountains, there was nothing left to block.

If Ying Zheng knew the world map, centralization would continue, but feudalization would also continue.

If you like to make trouble and rebel, it’s easy. Just give you a marquisate and let you go to a place where Qin can’t control you.

“???” An Qisheng and others were stunned.

Again!
Whatever you think is right?
"This matter is under the charge of the Imperial Guard and the Prime Minister's Office. Those who are at least centurions can bring their families and followers with them!"

Yan Yan continued.

Li Ren and An Qisheng stepped forward to receive the order.

They may not be familiar with the path of centralized unification, but they are very experienced in feudalization. What is feudalization?

They will give you a title of marquis, and then you will take your clansmen and the emperor will give you some soldiers, weapons, and food. Then you can go. The territory you conquer will be yours, and you just need to pay tribute of local specialties every year.

Of course, if they cannot win the battle, they can still ask for help from the suzerain state when paying tribute, and then the suzerain state will send a large army to help.

This was exactly what happened to the Qin State back then. Qin Kangzi was only a viscount, but was granted an estate in Western Rong by the Zhou Emperor. He fought against the barbarians of Western Rong in Longxi, and eventually the present Qin State was established.

This is the enfeoffment.

Give you a status, and then you can go and overcome all obstacles on your own.

This was also something the Zhou Dynasty had no choice but to do.

Due to restrictions on population, transportation and other factors, it was not easy for a dynasty to expand its territory, but feudal fiefdom could solve this problem well.

Throw problems to enterprising people, and they will give full play to their subjective initiative.

After all, the territory you have conquered is yours, and you have a big boss backing you up, so you don't have to worry about business failure.

This is an essential leap in identity from an employee to a partner.

Yan Yan didn't explain, he hadn't expected it.

But after seeing Lord Chu Nan, Yan Yan returned to Beiye Royal City and studied the classics of Yin-Yang School again, only to find that the Yin-Yang School had really taken the wrong path.

It is not only an error in the interpretation of Shao Siming's priesthood, but also an error in its essence.

To be precise, Zou Yan himself had gotten out of the problem.

At the beginning, Zou Yan was the master of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, and was the most simple materialist. However, in order to publicize his own doctrines and seek the approval of the king, Zou Yan used some tricks to come up with superstitious talk, which turned into a metaphysical idealism.

Yan Yan did not study all of Zou Yan's theories, but was attracted by Zou Yan's theory of the Great Nine Provinces.

Zou Yan believed that in addition to the small Nine Provinces of Chixian Shenzhou, there was also the Great Nine Provinces.

Therefore, Yan Yan even doubted whether Zou Yan really knew the existence of the world, otherwise why would he make such a statement.

But now, Yan Yan can use it directly.

Unlike Zou Yan who was full of nonsense, the Jinyiwei and Military Control Commission's reporters actually got maps outside of Jiuzhou, proving the existence of Greater Jiuzhou outside Jiuzhou.

Then what else is there to say, just divide it!
If everything has to be done in the royal city and managed by the central government, the progress will be too slow and it will be too dependent on the emperor.

The bolder the person, the bigger the fiefdom he would get.

Are you excited and touched that you have been transformed from an employee to a partner of an empire?

If something goes wrong, the empire will support you, just do it!

It is said that the Han envoys were arrogant, but compared with the fiefdoms granted by the Zhou emperor, they were actually somewhat inferior.

The Han envoys could have killed themselves and waited for the empire to send troops to quell the rebellion and leave their names in history. But the feudal system was different. It was straightforward: this is the territory given to me by the emperor. You either submit or get out. If you don’t submit, fight me first. If you can’t beat me, get out of here. If you have beaten me, sorry, I can go home and cry and call my father!

My old father would scold me for being incompetent, but after that he would still lend me people, soldiers and things to help me get back my face.

The enfeoffment cannot be thrown out and then ignored.

The enfeoffment was only because the dynasty could not control manpower and transportation, but those who were eating from the bowl also had their eyes on the pot. If they could not eat for the time being, they would spit into the pot to disgust others and then take it back later.

So Yan Yan sometimes wondered why the air in foreign countries was sweet. And why when eating watermelon, you eat the small one first, then the big one, and then you can eat more?

I lick them all with my tongue, and then I can eat whichever piece I want first?
Our ancestors have spent thousands of years teaching us these principles, but some people would actually resort to even more despicable methods.

(End of this chapter)