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Chapter 381 History Topic

Pang Tongzhi was taken away by the Ban Longwei, Chu Qian was locked up by Lord Yao, and there was a brief calm in Suzhou Prefecture, but the murders of Zhang Zhifu and Qian Shipeng were still here, and Zhan Feiyu was temporarily released. unable to leave.

"Let Asheng come over when he comes back." Zhan Feiyu said to He Nuan, and once again turned his attention back to the policy issue he was reading. Each has his own theory".

Zhan Feiyu pondered with eyebrows. On the surface, this is a topic of Taoist history. The so-called emphasis on the outside and the light on the inside refers to the enfeoffment system implemented by the princes in the Zhou Dynasty, which eventually caused the princes to become bigger and the emperor of Zhou stood aside.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the feudal town system was implemented, which led to the expansion of the feudal town and the formation of a de facto separatist regime. However, local governments are in charge of politics, and even the surrounding state capitals will form alliances, and the holy Qingyin dare not make a move.

As for the Qin and Wei dynasties, it was the opposite. All the power was concentrated in the hands of the emperor, even the local military power. In order to separate the military power of the generals, the commanders were changed every three years.

However, although there is no worry of separatist regimes, there are external disturbances. The surrounding foreign tribes of the Daqing Dynasty are covetous, and there are no internal worries but external invasions.

When He Sheng came back, He Nuan entered the room and saw that Zhan Feiyu was still thinking, but there was no word on the paper. I didn't even write any words. Could it be that the homework assigned by Master Gu this time is too difficult?

Zhan Feiyu put down his pen, "Ah Sheng is back?"

"Yes." He Nuan agreed, looked at Zhan Feiyu who stood up and continued, "Brother is a bit dirty, wait for a brief clean-up before returning to Miss."

I went to the secret stronghold of the Forbidden Dragon Guard. I'm afraid it was not dirty but stained with blood. Zhan Feiyu didn't care. He simply cleaned up the desk and said, "Go for a walk in the yard."

It's almost Qingming season. If it's in the south of the Yangtze River, it might already be raining. Although Longyou Road is cold, fortunately, there is not much rain. After the previous heavy rain, it is estimated that there may not be rain within a month or two.

He Sheng strode over and finished washing in less than a quarter of an hour, "Miss."

"I'm going to prepare lunch." He Nuan said, she didn't dare to let go of her vigilance even in the government office, since the eldest brother is here, there is no need to worry about the safety of the young lady.

Zhan Feiyu walked slowly on the winding path, and asked, "Did Pang Tongzhi confess?"

Zhang Zhifu doesn't pay much attention to pleasure, the courtyard of the government office's back house is sparsely forested, and there are withered and yellow weeds next to a few rockeries suitable for the scene, which is not at all delicate, but it is comfortable to stand in the sun.

He Sheng took a quick look around, and then replied in a low voice: "I have already confessed, but he doesn't know much."

"It's just an acquaintance of the fifth rank, and he won't let the really confidential matters go through his hands." Zhan Feiyu also knew this. The interrogation of Pang Tongzhi was firstly to help Master Yao, and secondly to see how much he knew.

Pang Tongzhi has always been in contact with the palace, but he doesn't even know which prince he is loyal to.

Every time the person who came to contact Pang Tongzhi made a disguise, and they were separated by a screen, and in the middle of the night, a candle was lit in the room, which was no different from a black light.

"According to what Pang Tongzhi said, the person who contacted him was an old man who was thin and thin. His left foot seemed to be injured and he was a little limp. His voice was hoarse when he spoke. The form is passed on to Pang Tongzhi."

He Sheng participated in the interrogation, which was also a training for him, "If Pang Tongzhi has any needs here, he just needs to write them on a piece of paper and order someone to send them to the merit box in the temple on the mountain. The old man in charge will send someone to pick them up." .”

After walking for a short distance and coming back along the garden, Zhan Feiyu sat down in the corridor, "Didn't he send someone to investigate?"

Curiosity is human nature, and based on Zhan Feiyu's understanding of Pang Tongzhi, he has great ambitions, so he is willing to be a banner driven by others. Being so passive is definitely not Pang Tongzhi's behavior style.

Furthermore, if he didn't plan to investigate, how could Pang Tongzhi describe the old man's situation in such a detailed way? He must have paid attention every time he met.

"Pang Tongzhi sent someone to investigate in the second year after he came into contact with the other party." He Sheng had to admire Pang Tongzhi's patience and waited for more than a year.

It was because of an accident that he rescued a dead man in the rivers and lakes. After the other party recovered from his injuries, he was worried that he would be hunted down by his enemies while walking outside, so he simply took refuge in Pang Tongzhi.

"The man's name is Hu Baiyu, and he is very good at light work. He is best at investigation. Pang Tongzhi arranged three months in advance and asked Hu Baiyu to disguise himself as a monk who made an order to live in the temple. Three months later, Pang Tongzhi sent someone to send the letter Throw it into the merit box together with the bank note..."

Pang Tongzhi originally planned to ask Hu Baiyu to follow up secretly, and follow the clues to find out the identity of the old man, but it is a pity that even though he acted so cautiously, he was eventually exposed.

Fortunately, this was the first offender, and the old man only warned Pang Tongzhi once, but he leaked Hu Baiyu's whereabouts. When Pang Tongzhi saw Hu Baiyu again, he was already a corpse.

Hearing this, Zhan Feiyu couldn't help but think of the historical topic just now. Whether it is Zhou and Tang dynasties that emphasize the outside and the inside, or whether the Qin and Wei dynasties emphasize the outside and the inside, in the final analysis, it is a matter of imperial power.

Although the Holy Majesty did not establish a reserve, but now the court has already made waves, but it was suppressed by the Holy Majesty's strong means.

There is only one prince, but the other princes are also the sons of the Holy Majesty. Zhan Feiyu stared at the sky in the north. The teacher came up with such a historical topic. Could it be that the Holy Majesty intends to seal the princes?
"Ah Sheng, if the Holy Majesty becomes the crown prince, what should the other princes do?"

Hearing Zhenfeiyu's words, He Sheng became subconsciously alert, glanced around again, and made sure that no one was eavesdropping, and then he was relieved, but this question is too difficult to answer, let alone He Sheng, even the ministers of the court Probably don't know how to answer.

After thinking about it for a while, He Sheng said, "The Holy Majesty is first a king when he reigns, but if he establishes a heir, the Holy Majesty is a father."

When you are an emperor, the first thing you think of is imperial power, but if you are a father, you naturally think about the relationship between father and son.

Zhan Feiyu laughed, and suddenly understood what the teacher revealed when he got the history topic, "The Holy Majesty is in his prime, if he doesn't establish a crown prince within ten years, it's just a matter of saving face even if he confers on other princes."

If the prince is crowned king, he must have a fief, although the prince's fief in the Daqing Dynasty is very small, usually a middle-level state capital, and the fief is still governed by local officials, and the prince can get a part of the tax every year.

But Zhan Feiyu knows that the enfeoffed princes have their own personal guards. Since ancient times, military power has represented political power to a certain extent. More than [-], the palace's personal soldiers are at most two or three hundred.

But if the Holy One cared about his other sons and worried that the new emperor would kill his brothers after his death, it would inevitably increase the military power of other princes, and the military power of the guardhouse where the fiefdom was located would also be handed over to the princes, so that they would have the capital to protect themselves.

If each prince had [-] to [-] military power, the total of five or six princes would exceed [-].

Not to mention the prince's natal family, as well as the prince's concubine's natal family, plus the loyal family, this force can be gathered to contend against the new emperor in Beijing.

As a result, even if the situation in the Daqing Dynasty was not as heavy on the outside as in the Zhou and Tang Dynasties, the power that the new emperor could control was probably only half of what it is today.

If the two sides check and balance each other, that's fine. The most fearful thing is that other princes will unite to force the palace, and there will be a situation of internal and external troubles.

Seeing that Zhan Feiyu was thinking, He Sheng, who was following him, was also thinking about what Zhan Feiyu said just now, not to set up a reserve within ten years, which shows that the Holy One is reluctant to delegate power.

Ten years later, Shengshang was old and frail, so it was a last resort to establish a reserve at this time.

It is estimated that the Holy Majesty will not only guard against the registered prince, but may also hate and loathe him. Then he must support other princes to restrain the prince. Then the enfeoffed prince must have military power in his hands, and the Daqing Dynasty is likely to be in turmoil.

……

At night, the cleaning boy in the guest courtyard secretly rolled up the waste paper he had picked up and stuffed it into his sleeves, then hurriedly walked towards the inner house.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Zimo reprimanded in a low voice, "Step softly, my lord just fell asleep."

Even though Master Yao drank ginseng tea every day during this period, he still woke up within two hours of sleep. The two murder cases in Suzhou Mansion have not been investigated clearly, and the prince in the palace was involved. Even if Master Yao closed his eyes, But all kinds of people and things still appeared in my mind, and I couldn't sleep even if I wanted to.

"Young one remembers it, and I don't dare to do it anymore." The little fellow said repeatedly, lowering his head to hide the fear and uneasiness in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)