Dahan first prince

Chapter 382 Counties and counties are divided into parallel, I want them all!
After the emperor Liu Ying set the general policy of "no war, no construction, and reform with the people within three years", the attention of the Chang'an court quickly shifted from the ended Korean War to this new land. governance of the land.

However, regarding the future of the Korean peninsula, there are still big differences in the Chang'an court.

Some people say: such a new land is thousands of miles of permafrost, and it is useless to take it. It should be returned to the hands of the Korean king Jizhun, and the Korean tribes such as Mahan and Zhenfan. Foreign vassals like Yue and Donghai.

It is also said that this piece of land was acquired by the Han Dynasty at a huge price, and it must be converted into counties and counties to expand its territory.

Others say that the geographical location, human customs and customs of the North Korean region are complex, and the Korean War has cost the Chang'an Central Committee a lot. If it is turned into a county, then the follow-up will be a bottomless pit; 'Battle of Korea';
Therefore, these people believe that the Korean peninsula cannot be turned into prefectures or counties, nor can it be classified as a foreign vassal. Instead, it should be entrusted to the clan royal family like the Kanto vassal states, and come to Xutu in the future.

For these opinions, the emperor Liu Ying was noncommittal, that is, he did not accept or reject them.

It was also at the time when the court was arguing endlessly about this matter, but still could not draw a clear conclusion. The Queen Mother Lu Zhi, who lived in Changle Palace, finally sent a message to Weiyang Palace after many years.

——The Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant summoned the Emperor Liu Ying to make a pilgrimage to Changle······

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"Counties and counties, clan princes, and foreign vassals with different surnames go hand in hand?"

After Liu Ying briefly stated her intentions, most of the worried look on Empress Dowager Lu Zhi's face dissipated visible to the naked eye, and the originally serious face became more relaxed.

He leaned back thoughtfully, and lay down on his side on the imperial couch, Lu Zhi's tone of voice already had a strong quality.

"Tell me."

"Where to go to counties and counties, and who are the clan princes;"

"How to govern the foreign vassals with different surnames?"

Hearing her mother's question, Liu Ying didn't panic at all, she stepped forward with a smile, sat down beside her mother, and took a breath.

"My son thinks that what the court officials say is not careless."

"The land of North Korea's new service is not farther north than Yan, but farther east than Yan; and the north, east, and south coasts are very humid and cold."

"Compared to Guanzhong, Bashu, or Qi, Chu, Liang and other Guandong vassal states, North Korea is indeed not a land suitable for farming..."

With a calm expression, she first gave the premise and conclusion of 'North Korea is not a good place', and Liu Ying could not help but quietly bring a touch of joy to her brows.

"Although it is not as good as Guanzhong, Bashu, or the south of the Guandong Dahe, compared with the bitter cold of the previous and generation, Korea is still considered a 'cultivable' land in the end."

"This 'cultivable land', which is thousands of miles from east to west, and thousands of miles from north to south, cost a lot of money and food, and it was obtained by my Han family..."

"I think it might be wrong if you abandon it rashly?"

Hearing this, the last trace of worry in Lu Zhi's heart dissipated, he just quietly closed his eyes, and let out a leisurely 'hmm', signaling Liu Ying to continue talking.

Seeing Liu Ying smiled again: "My son thinks that if all the lands in Korea's new clothes are turned into foreign vassals with different surnames, it will be a war in the past, and all of them will be used as wedding dresses. This is not a policy that benefits the country."

"However, if it is turned into counties and counties, there is something wrong."

"—You need to know that today, Yan, Zhao, Youshang, Dai and other places north of the great river in the Guandong still suffer from the shortage of Dingkou, and are unable to provide their own food and support their own people;"

"If you disregard the native lands of Yanzhao and the previous generation, and instead immigrate first and realize the new land of Korea, it will be putting the cart before the horse. The strength of the north wall and the direction of the people will not be good for the prestige of the court and the ancestral temple."

"And in every county, there must be officials and officials to govern, and money and food are needed for the construction of cities and camps, and the reclamation of acres of land;"

"This is also a heavy burden for the treasury..."

Listening to Liu Ying's unhurried voice, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of Lu Zhi's mouth. Although he knew Liu Ying was lying on the couch with his head on his hands and his eyes closed, it didn't hinder him in the slightest. The empress dowager nodded from time to time, and again and again made a sound of "hmm" and "yes".

For North Korea, Lu Zhi has a very thorough view: the land of new clothes, the food is useless, and it is a pity to discard it.

As the new land acquired by the Han Dynasty at a huge price, this piece of land obviously cannot be just given up like this, or directly given to foreign vassals with different surnames in North Korea.

——A story like this "farmer and snake" may appear in any era in China, but it will never appear in the Han Dynasty!
Because compared with the self-esteem of Li Tang's "Eight Directions", and the arrogance of Song and Ming's "Heavenly Kingdom", Liu Han is a regime that pays great attention to practical interests.

At least for now, Liu Han Sheji is under the control of Empress Dowager Lu Zhi and Emperor Liu Ying. Han is far from reaching the point where "the envoys from foreign vassals send two pieces of rags, and they will give priceless gifts in return" to show Liu Han's "heavenly kingdom" 'The soil(sha)hao(que) stage of identity.

Therefore, as long as North Korea has even a little bit of use, the Han Dynasty will definitely not be able to give up.

——Whether it's useful or not, I'll hold it in my hand first, and then I'll put it into a bowl!

As for whether to focus on construction or leave it alone after getting it, it is none of other people's business; my land, I can do whatever I like.

Therefore, "abandoning the Korean peninsula" and "returning the Korean peninsula to the local aborigines to become Liu Han's foreign vassals" are definitely not within the scope of the Han Dynasty's consideration.

At the very least, Weiman Korea, that is, the northern peninsula that once belonged to Jizi Korea, is absolutely impossible to be handed over to foreign vassals with different surnames;

Go up to the sky, that is, allow Zhenfan, Mahan and other southern peninsula tribes to continue to retain their land, and under the premise of "please be a vassal of the Han Dynasty", they will honestly squeeze mud in the southern peninsula.

And this pinching of mud is not permanent;

After the Han Dynasty has digested the northern peninsula, what about the remaining southern peninsula...
——As the beginning of Chinese feudal civilization, the Han Dynasty has at least nine ways to unify the Korean peninsula peacefully!

Nine!

Since it cannot be given up, it is natural to consider the development of the Korean peninsula after the reservation.

Like Lingnan Baiyue, the Korean Peninsula to the east of the Xishui River also belongs to the "Land of Huawai" in an absolute sense.

To put it bluntly, it is an extremely backward area that has not been civilized, developed, and completely freed from slavery and tribalism.

If in a short period of time, this land of new servers has a centripetal force towards Chinese civilization and contributes to Chinese civilization, the best way is undoubtedly the county system.

However, the system of prefectures and counties means that the development costs of the entire Korean peninsula will be borne by the Chang'an Central Committee;

Whether it is the construction of the city, the salaries of officials, land reclamation, enlightenment, or even social security and stability, it is up to the Chang'an Central Committee to be responsible.

To put it bluntly, it costs money.

Spend lots and lots of money.

What's more, it took dozens of hundreds of years of money, year after year, to make such a "land of alienation" finally become China's "sacred and indivisible since ancient times" territory.

But it is clear that today's Han Dynasty, one does not have the ability and spare money to make North Korea a part of the "Shenzhou Continent" in a short period of time;

On the other hand, even if the Han Dynasty had this ability, the strategic focus of the Han Dynasty would definitely not be placed in such a corner.

——As a feudal regime, the Liu Han Dynasty still has many historical missions to be fulfilled.

The Xiongnu in the north, Baiyue in the south, as well as internal governance and development, all remind the Chang'an court at all times: Remember!you!No spare cash!

And in a short period of time, at least within 30 to [-] years, there is no spare money that can be invested in the Korean peninsula!
In this way, the problem is much simpler.

——Abandoning North Korea will be disadvantageous; all counties and counties will not work!

There is only one way: enfeoff the clan princes.

Compared with foreign vassals with different surnames such as Zhenfan and Mahan, the control of North Korea by the princes of the Liu clan can obviously make North Korea have a higher centripetal force towards the Liu Han Dynasty in the future;
Compared with the prefecture and county system, the super high financial pressure brought to the central government of Chang'an, the enfeoffment in North Korea can perfectly transfer the construction cost of the Korean peninsula to the enfeoffed (hai), that is, the head of the clan princes superior.

——Although I have money in Chang'an Chaotang, there are many places to spend money. I don't have spare money to build in North Korea;

But I sealed North Korea to you, your own territory, can you still take care of it?
You only have this piece of land, and you want to pass it on to future generations. Can you not devote yourself to construction here?

And this is also the main reason why the enfeoffment system appeared one step earlier than the prefecture and county system in the history of China, and it has survived for hundreds of thousands of years.

——Compared with the county system with huge costs and slow results, the enfeoffment system can greatly improve the efficiency of construction and development, and at the same time, it can transfer all this part of the cost to the beneficiary, that is, the "lord" class.

The logic couldn't be simpler;
An official is sent by the court to a certain place as a county magistrate or sheriff, governing a county or a county's people, and paying officials a salary;

In this process, the court is the employer, and the official is the employee.

To be more specific, it is the "beating workers" of later generations.

Under such circumstances, officials who take money to do things will obviously not have the motivation to "do nothing to build", but will have a kind of "would rather do nothing than make mistakes", or ring the clock as a day Monk mentality.

——Anyway, as long as there is no accident, I will keep my salary. Why make myself so tired and thankless?

On the contrary: as a group of "feudal monarchs" under the enfeoffment system, the relationship with the central court is not the relationship between the employer and the employed, but the relationship between the giver and the "receiver".

In other words, the Fengjun group can be compared to the shareholders of the company.

It is inevitable to beat workers for dead wages, and to go to work to catch fish;

But as a shareholder, will you not work well?

Can you not look forward to the company's well-being?
This is your own company, hello! !

It is also by virtue of such wisdom that the Chinese civilization was able to develop the tribal civilization that was only a hundred miles away into a devastated Chinese civilization in that backward and barren era.

——As the boss, I have no money, and I can't give you officials, and I can't even provide you with any support at all;
——However, if you have conquered any piece of land by yourself, then I will endorse you: you are the king there!
This is the superiority of the enfeoffment system: empty-handed white wolf, the ancestor of cake painting; even if the meat is going to rot, it has to rot in my pot.

The progress from the enfeoffment system to the county system means that with the development of the times, the central government has gradually gained control over the localities, and it is no longer necessary to rely on empty-handed white wolves to make more land 'rotten and rotten'. own pot';
The central government no longer emphasizes that 'the meat will rot in our own pots', and began to shove it into their own bowls. Naturally, the group of lords who were once named kings and built territories with hoe by hoe would not be willing;
Therefore, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period; therefore, the six kingdoms were destroyed by Qin; and therefore, Qin II died.

However, the turn of Qin and Han happened to be at the delicate time point when "the central government is gradually gaining control over the localities", but it is not yet fully capable of controlling the whole world.

In the first 50 years, enfeoffment is more appropriate; in the next 50 years, counties are more reliable;

What now?
Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang gave the answer: enfeoffment, prefectures and counties in parallel.

If I can control it, I will eat it in my stomach. If I can't control it, I will seal it out for you and let the meat go into our pot;
In the future, I will be stronger, and I will pull a little bit from the pot, bit by bit, and when all the meat in the pot is pulled into my stomach, the enfeoffment system will naturally disappear, and the world will be all counties .

This kind of political wisdom can obviously make those Qin Chuans of later generations quiet for a while who say "My political brother is invincible" and "Liu Bang is an old hooligan".

——On the point of "abolishing the enfeoffment and governing the prefectures and counties", Liu Bang's political wisdom is far beyond that of the first emperor Yingzheng;
In other words, Ying Zheng did have enough determination, but Liu Bang possessed even greater political wisdom.

At present, although the Han Dynasty has the ability to control most of the Kanto region, it is still a long way from the comprehensive county system.

Under such circumstances, there is suddenly an extra piece of land called "New Service" in North Korea, so we should divide this land first, and pull the meat into this pot called "Huaxia" as soon as possible at the lowest cost. Obviously it is the wisest choice.

Earlier, Lu Zhi had guessed: Emperor Liu Ying, would he be naively traveling in the counties and counties of North Korea?
Or the sophistication of line encapsulation?

Or is it just hopelessly stupid and completely abandons the Korean peninsula?

However, after Liu Ying put forward the suggestion of "prefectures, enfeoffments, and foreign vassals with different surnames in parallel", Lu Zhi's heart no longer has the slightest worry...
Right now, Lu Zhi is eager to hear some unexpected and reasonable plans from Liu Ying.

for example······
"The queen mother asked immediately, but the son dared not keep silent."

"I think: Zhenfan, Mahan and other foreign vassals have taken root in North Korea for many years. If they are blatantly destroyed, they will have no name for righteousness. Second, troubles will arise, and it will be unfavorable for the stability of North Korea in the future;"

"Guer thinks that when he is allowed to protect his own land, please be a vassal of the Han Dynasty, and then delay the plan."

With a soft voice, Liu Ying's report on 'how to digest the Korean peninsula' quietly kicked off.

And in Liu Ying's eyebrows, there is no trace of doubt or anxiety.

Yes, just endless self-confidence, and the decisiveness of who else...

(End of this chapter)