The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 502 A Brand New Experiment

"Your Majesty Cao Huan and Cao Ti pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Han."

"Please forgive me, both of you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Sima Yan, two members of the Cao family came in next.The troubles of these two are far more serious than Sima Yan's.

The state of Jin was defeated by the state of Han, and the relationship between the two is relatively simple, that is, the victor faces the loser.And the members of the Cao family... Hiss~ This is the descendant of the usurper.

Moreover, there are still two leaders of the Cao family.

"Both of you, I have a lot of work to do and time is tight, so I'm going to talk about some things openly. Please bear with me if your words offend."

"Don't dare, please make it clear, Your Majesty."

"Well, everyone knows the grievances between Han and Wei. However, there is actually a fundamental difference between my Han and Emperor Xiaomin's Han. This is actually clear to anyone with a discerning eye. Therefore, the former Emperor Wen of Wei I will not pursue what I did. However, in the history books of the Han Dynasty, the history from Wei Wendi to Jingming before the Zen throne will all be called false emperors. In addition, the state of Jin previously allowed Jingming to use the emperor's power in Yecheng. The matter of offering sacrifices to the ancestors of the Cao family must also be stopped. Please understand this point."

After Cao Huan and Cao Ti glanced at each other, they bowed helplessly: "Your Majesty is wise, and I have no objection."

"Well, but after all Cao Mengde's King Wei was conferred by Emperor Xiaomin, Uncle Xiao, your King Wei was conferred by the Supreme Emperor, so you can all use royal rituals to sacrifice to your ancestors."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generosity."

"Okay, the simple things are over, let's talk about the complicated things."

The so-called complexity refers to Cao Ti and Cao Huan, who is the head and patriarch of the Cao family.

In terms of titles, Cao Huan used to be the emperor, and Cao Ti was just the king of Liang.In terms of seniority, Cao Huan is the grandson of Cao Cao and Cao Ti is the great-grandson.And without his support, Cao Ti couldn't escape from Yecheng at all.

But in terms of blood relationship, Cao Ti's lineage was passed down from Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhang's biological mother was Mrs. Bian—a direct son, a direct line.And Cao Huan's father, Cao Yu, was born to Mrs. Huan - a concubine.

As for Cao Huan's mother, she was Zhang Lu's daughter.From the perspective of the Guandong family, this seems a bit nondescript-in essence, the family does not think that Zhang Lu is a prince.

Moreover, Cao Ti has shared joys and sorrows with the courtiers of the remnant forces of Cao Wei in the mountains of the three counties of Shangyong over the years, and has won the approval of the soldiers.If Cao Huan is chosen as the head of the Cao family, it is estimated that the soldiers of the remnants of Cao Wei will also be reluctant.

"So what I mean is that the Cao family will be divided into two branches from today onwards. Well, Uncle Xiao's lineage is the King of Wei who was conferred by the Supreme Emperor. Therefore, Uncle Xiao's fief is at least one county. And Jingming you Here..."

"Don't dare to bother Your Majesty. In the past, when I was in the position of false emperor, I failed to stick to the end and keep the state of Wei. Therefore, it is enough to have an idle position for the rest of my life. I don't dare to think about it."

"Hahahaha~~ What Jing Ming said was insincere. I am not such a mean person. Forget it, you two listen to me."

"Your servants are listening carefully to the hadith."

"Well, don't bother Lang Guan. Uncle Xiao, I still make you the king of Wei, and your fief is in Daifang County in Pingzhou."

"Ah? Oh, my minister Cao Ti took the order to thank you."

"Hehehe, Uncle Xiao, look at this map. As for Daifang County, Lelang County is to the northeast, and Goguryeo is located northeast of Lelang County. I have already greeted Wen Ciqian and asked him to stay in Lelang There are many soldiers and horses stationed in the county to protect you and prevent the invasion of Goguryeo."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking care of me."

"Hehe, listen to what I have said. To the west of Daifang County, across the Shaohai (Bohai Sea) and Qingzhou, my big man, is far away. To the south, there are three not so strong Ma Han, Chen Han, and Bian Han. Han. After you go there with Zhang Hu and others, you should organize the local people, develop production, and then expand your power to Sanhan as soon as possible. It’s not easy for me to lead Fang County forever. It’s not easy for me to take it back for at most 20 years. of."

"Your Majesty, what you mean is that if our country of Wei can't lay down enough land for us to survive in the future, then there is no need for this country of Wei to exist?"

"Of course, the fifteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty are the inherent territory of the Han Dynasty, and will not tolerate the existence of an independent kingdom for a long time. However, with the current road traffic conditions, extending the system of prefectures and counties to today's fifteen prefectures has exceeded the limit Therefore, if we want to continue to expand, we can only implement the enfeoffment system in the border areas. However, I don’t want to keep enfeoffing the power of the royal family as it did in the Western Zhou Dynasty, so that the power of the royal family will become smaller and smaller, and eventually it will be impossible to restrain the vassal states. Therefore, I After discussing with Da Sima, he came up with such a method: temporarily grant the border county to you and future meritorious ministers, and take it back after 20 years. At that time, if the country fails to obtain a new territory that can survive, I also gave them the glory of the king of a country for 20 years, and this is enough to raise merit. If a larger territory is conquered, it is enough to continue to retain the title of the country, then it is also possible to pass it on to the descendants. And the big man The mainland has not been damaged, and there is still enough power to restrain the feudal states and prevent the hundreds of years of wars like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States."

"Your Majesty's foresight and foresight can not only arouse the loyalty of famous officials and fierce generals, but also change the disadvantages of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which was getting weaker and weaker. I admire it very much. In this way, I took this post and within 20 years, I will present you with a complete Three Korean peninsulas."

"Hahaha, this matter is just something that I and Da Sima messed up. It needs practice to prove how effective it will be."

As a time traveler, Guan Yi has always been thinking about how to make China expand as quickly as possible in this era and lay the foundation for the eternal glory of the nation.

The nation must be brilliant, and the duration must be long enough.The basis is two points: population and territory.

For example, in Russia, Guan Yi had been to this country before traveling and visited many museums in this country.In Guan Yi's view, the country's development is extremely brutal, and the waste of resources is simply jaw-dropping.But who made his territory number one in the world?After all, even in the era before Guan Yi traveled, it was still quite difficult to obtain resources in the oceans on the earth.Most resources come from land.As for the resources on land, your territory doesn't have much resources to talk about.

Another example is Great Britain, although it was in the era before Guan Yi traveled through.This country often exists as a joke in the mouths of Chinese netizens.But they often overlook the fact that Britain as a country is not very good.However, at that time, the loudest voices in the world were still Anglo-Saxons!

Limited to the level of technology and road conditions of this era.The decree of Chang'an will be issued nationwide, and it is estimated that the most remote places will not be reached in two or three months, and one and a half years will be wasted on the road.Therefore, it is not advisable to expand to areas outside the border with the system of prefectures and counties under centralized power. Since the Han Dynasty, there have been so many talented and general monarchs, why the territory of China is basically fixed in the fifteen states of the Han Dynasty today. within?On the one hand, other places are not suitable for farming, and I, the Han nationality, look down on them.On the other hand, the territory of the fifteen states has actually exceeded the limit of effective control of productivity at that time. Expansion?It won't work in a centralized system.

What about encapsulation?This is really easy to stimulate the work enthusiasm of the parties.But the example of the Western Zhou Dynasty is not far ahead: the territory of the central government is getting less and less closed, and the power of the central government is getting weaker and weaker.In the end, it was unable to restrain the vassal states, and then Huaxia fell into a civil war for nearly 600 years.

Although that era was the most brilliant era of Chinese culture, the situation is different now: if China has another 600 years of civil war, China will be left far behind by other nations, and then I, a traveler, will become a national sinner.

So, how can we continue to expand without affecting the power of China's local central government?Then we can only improve the enfeoffment system.

In the border area, give the subjugated royal family a county or a county, and give you all the political power, financial power, and military power: on the one hand, you are extremely weak to the central government and cannot turn the sky.On the other hand, you are not at an absolute disadvantage to the surrounding alien races, and there is a strong central government behind it.Then, go ahead and expand, the current land will be returned to the central government in the future.But the new lands that will be conquered in the future are all their own - who will not take things seriously?

It is foreseeable that after the border princes win the new territory, they will definitely remove all the people in the original territory and return it to the central government.But isn't that just right?Sooner or later, the population in the hinterland of the Central Plains will multiply to the point where there are more people and less land. If you return the open space to me, I will just use it to accommodate the extra population...
In this way, it seems that a virtuous circle can be entered.And China will eventually effectively control the entire East Asia, Southeast Asia, even Siberia and Australia farther away, right?

Of course, these are just the preliminary designs of Guan Yi and Liu Chen.How it is implemented in practice still needs to be observed in practice.

Fortunately, Guan Yi is only 39 years old this year, and Liu Chen is only 35 years old.Both of them still have a considerable amount of time to slowly see if this experiment can be successful.

Yes, the Sima family is an experiment: whether the decayed family can be reborn in the bitter cold frontier—this is an experiment in the transformation of the family.

The two members of the Cao family are the experimental products of the improved enfeoffment system: if the Cao family can effectively expand in the border areas, then the Liu family clan and many heroes of Ji Han can be entrusted in this way in the future.

Therefore, since Cao Ti has been enfeoffed in the Northeast, Cao Huan's fiefdom is also clear: "Jingming, I enfeoff you as Duke Wei, and the fiefdom is the southern part of Yizhou, the three counties of Yongshou, Nanfu, and Ailao in Yongchang County. To the north of the three counties is the main production area of ​​all kinds of green new jade in our Han Dynasty. There are troops here, who can be your backing. In the southwest of the three counties, there are a large area of ​​tribes that don’t even have a country. The climate is warm, the land is fertile, and the scenery is bright. If you do it well, you may not be able to make a great cause!"

(End of this chapter)