The rise of the prince

Chapter 504 Jingguo's Hidden Worry

At midnight, when the bell rang across the river, thousands of households set off firecrackers and fireworks, and so did the palace.

After observing the new year, Li Xingzhou bid farewell to the emperor and empress, and there are still people waiting for him at home.

Li Xingzhou thought a lot on the way, and couldn't help worrying in his heart. Once he stood in a different position and changed his mind, he would think about more things.

"What are you thinking about?"

"A major event in the world." The two chatted nonsense as they walked towards the Meridian Gate.

"Pfft." Shiyu burst out laughing.

"What's so funny? I'm serious this time, thinking about the big things in the world." Li Xingzhou said.

Shiyu nodded: "I believe that you don't think about your lower body for one or two hours a day."

"You hurt me, little girl." Li Xingzhou poked her.

Shiyu dodged: "You're just a little girl, I'm older than you."

"I'm serious, what do you think Jingguo will look like if it falls into the hands of someone like me?"

Seeing that he was serious, Shiyu didn't hurt him, "I don't know about it, it's completely different."

Li Xingzhou can't speak, is it completely different?
He really wanted to change. After all, the current politics of Jingguo had begun to shake. He could see from many details that the most representative one was the successive years of rebellion.

Since the king of Wu raised his troops ten years ago, once in Jiannan Road, the local area united with Baiyi; the southern rebellion twice, once the year before last, once last year, last year he was flattened; Yumianhu can also be counted once, on average every three years or so There will be rebellions, a precursor to national unrest.

Looking at history, every time there is such a high frequency of rebellion, it means that the dynasty needs to reflect or change.

There are four historical periods in Chinese history. One is the succession of Dayu, which means the end of the tribal era and the establishment of the monarchy.

The second is the unification of the Qin Dynasty, which means the end of the era of enfeoffment and the entry into the era of empire.

The so-called feudalism is not the "feudalism" that many people think of. Feudalism means feudalism and the establishment of a country.

The emperor granted the land to the princes, and the princes built the country on the land, which was inherited from generation to generation, and the officials in the country were also hereditary. Similar to the European Middle Ages, the lower classes had almost no chance of rising.

In fact, since Qin Shihuang, the feudal system basically disappeared in China.But the empire era did not enter completely, and the Qin Dynasty moved too fast, tearing its hips.

Liu Bang took over Qin Shihuang's class, worked hard all his life, and finally basically established an imperial system by boiling frogs in warm water, but the complete imperialization was during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The third is the establishment of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which means that the powerful families gradually withered away, the empire was completely stabilized, and the poor families at the bottom had a channel to rise. Since then, a complete imperial system has basically taken shape.

The last time was the Revolution of [-], after which China entered the era of the Republic.

With every change, the biggest difference is that the opportunities for the lower classes to rise are getting bigger and bigger. In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, nobility was hereditary, and birth determined destiny.

In the Han and Wei dynasties, the Chaju and Jiupin Zhongzheng systems divided people into three, six, and nine grades, and basically birth determined fate.

From the Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, although there were imperial examinations and the poor families had a ladder to rise, they were still controlled by the aristocratic families.

The average number of scholars in the Tang Dynasty was only about 30 people per year. You must know that the territory of the Tang Dynasty was more than 300 million square kilometers, and the population was about 8000 million. It required a large number of officials. How did most officials in the world come?
Relying on connections, the contacts are basically controlled by powerful families and various big families.

The turning point came in Tang Gaozong Li Zhi.

Gaozong Lizhi began to attack the aristocratic family.

Then his wife Wu Zetian inherited his will and continued to attack the aristocratic family. During Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, the power of the aristocratic family was basically eliminated, so that the children of poor families had more opportunities.

Why was Li Zhi usurped by his wife?

It has a lot to do with his struggle with the big family.

The aristocratic family controls the court and the ascending channel, he fights with the aristocratic family, and many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty are from the aristocratic family, so what should we do?
I can only trust and rely on my capable wife who is not born in a wealthy family.

Many later people wrote Li Zhi as a cowardly and incompetent person, but this is absolutely impossible.

Because during Li Zhi's tenure, relying on the appointment of Su Lie to destroy the Western Turks and swallow their land, defeated Tubo, defeated the Congling League of Nations to make the countries surrender, destroyed Baekje, and destroyed Goguryeo. The territory of the Tang Dynasty reached its peak.

Internally, he fought against the powerful family, constantly weakening and suppressing the family, and there are very few trustworthy people around him. His clever wife Wu Zetian is his rare assistant.

Like the famous Cheng Yaojin, it is fundamentally different from the Romance drama.

Cheng Yaojin is a typical son of a wealthy family, his wife is also from the Qinghe clan, and he is the founder of the country.

The Duke of the state and his wife are also from another big family. The result of such a group controlling the government is that the government orders cannot be implemented, and the path of the poor family is blocked. They can only rely on currying favor with their superiors. The lower class complains. .

Sure enough, Cheng Yaojin was masturbated by Li Zhi with an excuse, but it was better than being exiled to death by the eldest grandson Wuji, the representative of another big clan.

In history, we will find that Li Zhi was hacked into a soft egg.

Su Lie and Su Dingfang, who conquered the Eastern Turks, destroyed the Western Turks, defeated Goguryeo, defeated Baekje, defeated Tubo, and Pingcongling, were turned into villains and sung in many dramas.

A big reason is: Emperor Gaozong, Li Zhi, and the titan Su Dingfang all touched the cakes of aristocratic families!

Gaozong acted directly, and together with his wife attacked the aristocratic family, while Su Dingfang made Li Zhi have no worries.

Because what the aristocratic family headed by Changsun Wuji, Cheng Yaojin, etc. want is to let the emperor understand: Without us, you can't conquer the world.

As a result, Su Lie, who was not from a noble family, stood up and told the noble family that if you are not needed, one of labor and capital will replace ten of you, punching Turks, kicking Tubo, all the Congling countries, Baekje, and Goguryeo, will be cleaned up in minutes .

All of a sudden, the aristocratic family completely lost the political capital to threaten the country, and they had no way to stand up and resist when they were deprived, so they could only wait for the slaughter.

But now, because there is no Tang Dynasty in this time and space, and there is no Li Zhi and Wu Zetian couple, Jing Guo also has such a big problem now, and it is becoming more and more obvious. Li Xingzhou has also begun to realize that he is likely to face such a situation when he is in charge.

Not to mention the Tian family who controls the west of Beijing, but also the Wu family who controls the queen's natal family in central Shu.

The nearest one is De Gong's Wang family, De Gong is kind to him, so Li Xingzhou didn't think about these issues before, but now his mentality has changed, and he has to think about it.

A plum garden in Wang Jiaguang occupies an entire mountain, and the garden buildings add up, almost like a small palace, which is just a property outside the city.

The eldest son of De Gong, Wang Tong, is ignorant of government affairs and governance, but he can easily become the magistrate of Ningjiang Shangfu at a young age!
You must know that Jingguo's mansion can be counted on ten fingers, and the magistrate of the mansion is equivalent to the chief official of the frontier.

But a superior mansion can easily be handed over to such a person. In the Jiangzhou rebellion last time, without him, the entire Ningjiang mansion, the top five mansions in Jingguo's tax revenue, might have been finished because of Wang Tong's incompetence. The people suffer.

Afterwards, the emperor didn't even ask for accountability. The emperor probably understood, because it was useless to ask, and the Wang family was powerful.

　There will be science popularization in the future, and the title will be stated, everyone can watch it as appropriate, please understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)