Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 181 That Smile

Liu Xie, who painstakingly studied the history of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, has long since passed the elementary level where he just wants to dream of 'drunk lying on the lap of a beautiful woman, waking up and taking power in the world'.The more he drilled down, the more Liu Xie realized that the court at the end of the Han Dynasty had actually fallen into a seemingly unsolvable endless loop.

The origin of that sad cycle is the shackles that the Han Dynasty emphasized that the king and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.To be precise, the king and the nobles ruled the world together.After all, the scholar-bureaucrats of this era are not the same as those of the Song Dynasty.

The scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty were selected from the imperial examinations in the ten-year cold window. They belonged to the category of professional managers and were hired by the royal family to advise the royal family.However, the scholar-bureaucrats in the Han Dynasty were the noble gentry for generations. They held power no less than that of the emperor, and all of them worked for the family, making the whole country a mess.

The most obvious ones are the two classes of relatives and eunuchs in the late Han Dynasty.But for the entire Han Dynasty, these two classes were nothing more than a group of bumpkins who were "booming and dying".The real aristocratic families are those old-fashioned masters of Confucian classics who maintain the lifeline of the family, control public opinion, and have disciples and old officials all over the world.

These families, when the dynasty was prosperous, could go in and out of the court to promote their theory of Confucian classics, and rule the world together with the Han Dynasty.And when the world is in chaos, they can restrain their wings and carefully maintain the interests of the family.In a big environment like the Han Dynasty, they can be invincible almost forever.

Because they enjoy privileges that are fundamentally unreasonable in Liu Xie's view. They can not pay rent, pay taxes, or bear corvee.So they can amass a lot of money in a short period of time.With just a little bit of famine and man-made disasters, they can use these privileges to annex the people's land, thus rapidly expanding their family.

And this is the reason why the rich and good fields lean forward and the poor have no place to stand at the end of the Han Dynasty. A large number of land mergers forced the people to rise up when they were desperate.

And, what is even more tragic is that Liu Xie currently has no ability to dispel their special class.Because this class developed to the end of the Han Dynasty, it has become a real cancer of the Han Dynasty, and has long been connected with the heart and blood of the Han Dynasty.

Just like in today's court, Zhong Yao dared not say anything about the land of those gentry lords.Because Zhong Yao also knew that once Liu Xie was ready to attack these big clans, the extremely weak Han family would be pulled out of their veins immediately and become a patient who could only wait to die in pain.

Because the court at this time relies on the support of these nobles.All administrative operations and all officials are nodes in this network.

The material selection system in the Han Dynasty was the inspection system.

Inspection means that the imperial court recruits talents from top to bottom.Who might be recruited?Naturally, they are those members of the gentry who have the conditions to read and write.

The recommendation system is to recommend Xiaolian to the imperial court from bottom to top.This kind of filial piety is too much, and it is often in this gentry circle, you recommend my children, and I recommend your children to take care of each other like this.In this way, due to the accumulation of Chen Chenxiang, the Manchu Dynasty is naturally full of children of the gentry.

If Liu Xie showed any signs of fighting with this privileged class, Liu Xie can guarantee that the Han Dynasty will inevitably usher in an unprecedented political disaster.All the officials opposed him together. This kind of force was much more violent than dealing with a warrior Dong Zhuo and a mere Wang Yun.

But Liu Xie had to deal with them.

Because of the existence of these privileged classes, the common people are precarious, and they don't have half an inch of land to live on.

Because of the existence of these privileged classes, the direction of the entire court has become flashy, and it can only stay in the Confucian political philosophy that sounds beautiful but is wishful thinking.

Because of the existence of these privileged classes, they hate warriors and discriminate against foreigners. They forced Liu Xie to be unable to win the hearts of the poor Huns who came to vote today.As a result, the Han Dynasty, which seemed to be once powerful, can only become a cage that is exclusive and closed, without tolerance and progress.

The existence of these privileged classes, relying on land annexation, became more and more powerful, devouring and squeezing the living space of the Han Dynasty; at the same time, because of their powerful power, they could easily enter the court and further control the government.Later, because they controlled the government, they began to exclude warriors and aliens from entering this center of power...

As a result, a set of interlocking circulation paths has been formed.

"So, does Your Majesty have no way to deal with them?" Hearing Liu Xie explain the crux of the Han Dynasty in such a way for the first time, even though Fu Shou was no longer interested in the government, he gradually became idiotic. Let it fade away.Because she could tell that this was not Liu Xie's alarmist talk, but an incisive and profound analysis.

Facing Fushou's question, Liu Xie's answer could only be a wry smile.

As a traveler who predicted 800 years of historical experience and lessons in advance, and a modern person who can overlook this era from a high-level view, doesn't Liu Xie have a practical solution to this problem?
The answer is naturally yes.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also faced such a dilemma.He issued the "Tweet Order", which reduced the privileges of the nobles layer by layer, making them unable to compete with the Han court.Of course, the Tweeting Order is only a solution to the symptoms, not the root cause, because the scholar-bureaucrat class who did not rely on inheriting the titles of their ancestors, but instead relied on the inspection system to enter the stage of history, has become a new, more stubborn and secretive privileged class. .

What Liu Xie was facing was a senior aristocratic and privileged class who were more educated, knowledgeable, forbearing, and willing to give in than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, compared with the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie may not have the basis for carrying out reforms at all-although Liu Xie thinks that he can do things that are more accommodating and inclusive than Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

At the beginning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to make it so clear to challenge the big gentry, because Emperor Wu of the Han had the confidence to crush those big gentry.And Liu Xie, who can still sit in the court as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, is still relying on the support of these nobles.

The circumstances of the two are worlds apart.

Even though Liu Xie has a way, he doesn't have that kind of courage and domineering at all-this is the fundamental reason why he is extremely depressed today.

What's more, at this time, he heard the news of Cao Cao again.

"Your Majesty, did that Cao Cao not face these problems? Does he have the domineering spirit to sweep away the turmoil?"

"He, Cao Cao?" Liu Xie chewed on the name silently, with a bit of bitterness in the corner of his mouth: "Of course he is also facing this problem, but it has nothing to do with whether he is domineering or not, but because he is much luckier than me. .”

"How do you say this?" Fu Shou couldn't wait any longer. He found that Liu Xie was particularly sentimental today, but the depth of every sentence he said made her deeply obsessed.

"Because Cao Cao started from scratch." Liu Xie sighed, seeing Fushou's confusion, and gave a vivid example: "It's like building a house. Cao Cao can choose the wood he likes to build his own house. I use my own ideas to create an era that belongs to him. However, I was trapped in a dilapidated house from birth, and if I made a slight move, I might be crushed to death by the main beam that I tore down."

Liu Xie is like a teacher in a school of classics, with his hands behind his back, he is persuasive and persuasive to the only student.After hearing these words, the beautiful student finally understood the truth, but her complexion became more and more serious.

However, things in the world are sometimes wonderful.An astonishing and world-shattering pioneering work was not done by the people in the industry.It was an unintentional sentence of a layman, but it aroused the inspiration of those in the industry, and then found another way, and it came naturally.

Just like that, when Liu Xie let out a deep sigh, Fu Shou on the side muttered softly: "It would be great if His Majesty could let that Cao Cao deal with these people."

Liu Xie was startled when he heard the words, his eyes looked at Fushou as if they were on fire, the fire full of surprise and wisdom burned Fushou into a panic.She quickly lowered her head, caressed her face with her small hands, and asked shyly: "Your Majesty, this concubine just spoke nonsense just now, you must not take it seriously..."

"My dear daughter-in-law, how can I not take it seriously? What you said just now really awakened the dreamer! He, Cao Mengde, is also considered to be a half-gentry man. It seems that he still treats the Han family well. Loyal minister with deep affection!"

Liu Xie's brain was running fast, of course he would not be stupid enough to call Cao Cao to Chang'an, but in a flash, using Cao Cao's reforms to put pressure on these court officials, there are too many ways!

Thinking of the excitement, Liu Xiehuo stood up from the dragon couch.Looking at Fushou's charming and shy little face, he rushed towards Fushou in a fascinated way, kissed Fushou's cherry lips fiercely with a smack, and said, "Daughter-in-law, you She is really a good daughter-in-law who is destined for Vanves. If there is something important for my husband, I will come here whenever I go.”

After kissing Fushou, Liu Xie, who already had a plan in mind, quickly ran towards Shangshutai to look for Zhong Yao.At this time, Fu Shou, who was still dumbfounded, still opened his eyes wide open, looking at Liu Xie's running back in astonishment as if in the clouds in the sky.

Finally, when Liu Xie finally disappeared from her sight, Fu Shou came to her senses. Seeing no one around, she smacked her lips lightly, and then smiled softly and shyly.

That smile filled the room with spring, so beautiful.

(End of this chapter)