The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 322 So Retro
Wang Xiuqi shouted: "What are you waiting for, quickly expose their conspiracy."

Yet no one responded to him.

After a while Lu Xiucai sighed: "We don't have a moon-watching talk."

Wang Xiuqi was at a loss for words for a moment, but he still said: "That can't just sit and wait for death, you can ignore other places, at least expose them in Chang'an City."

Lu Xiu shook her head and did not answer.

Zheng Song replied: "This is Chang'an City, that person will not give us a chance."

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Of course Li Shimin would not give them a chance, nor would the nobles.After finishing the layout with difficulty, it was just a step away, how could it be possible for them to destroy it.

The power of the gentry in the capital was already weak, and the few of them were all under surveillance, and they would disappear immediately if there was any change.

At this time, no one talked about the law, let alone benevolence and morality.

Through the advocacy of Mochizuki, coupled with the inducement of meticulous work deliberately spread throughout the city, most people are dominated by emotions.

Originally, everyone just used 'sealed overseas' as an excuse to fight back, but soon it became 'drive the nobles to the island', saving them from causing disaster to the country and the people.

Then everyone went to play one after another, and offered to give honorary titles to the nobles.

The reason is what Li Shimin said before, the nobles have worked hard and made great achievements, and they have a deep friendship with the emperor and his ministers, so they should be given titles.

Moreover, these people also took out the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty. You can see that the Zhou Dynasty divided the princes and kings among the newly occupied Siyi lands.

It can not only guard the frontier and defend the center, but also develop the newly occupied land. In a few decades, these wild lands will all become fertile soil.

We must respect the ancient times. The mainland, which is the location of the central government, cannot be used for enfeoffment. Those islands, the grasslands in the north, and the deserts in the west can all be used.

Your Majesty, please respect the ancient law and follow the public opinion, and seal all the nobles out.

The nobles were naturally unwilling, accusing the bureaucrats of being jealous of being able to squeeze them out, and asking the emperor to uphold justice.

Every morning, the two sides will start a big battle because of this matter.

The dignitaries are high and powerful, the number of ordinary bureaucrats is large and they have the support of the people.

At the moment of stalemate, a new force joined in, that is, local bureaucrats.

Mochizuki Tan covers most parts of the country, and with its distribution in various places, the method of "sealing nobles to overseas" spread quickly and was regarded as a good prescription by most people.

Then the local clans and local officials wrote letters in favor of the proposal.

The number of them was so huge that they overwhelmed the nobles in an instant, and the voice of "seal the nobles overseas" completely prevailed.

During this process, Weng Yingqing, the censor in the palace, performed particularly well, and became the backbone of the opposition from an official position under the seventh rank.

Many people gathered around him, many of whom had higher official positions than him.

Weng Yingqing was so high-spirited that he walked with the wind, and the servants at home also had a better life.

But he was still dissatisfied and felt that it was not enough.He also quoted scriptures and wrote an article, and took it to Zixiao Temple to ask to see Chen Jingke.

Chen Jingke was very puzzled, what was the meaning of this person coming to him?If you want to contribute, you should go through a special channel.

However, he went to meet him when he was free and had nothing to do. After reading the article, he understood this person's plan, and he came to seek fame.

But one thing to say, this article is really well written.

In order to create momentum for enfeoffment, Mochizuki Tan plans to issue an additional issue.The theme is anti-world feudal governor and advocating overseas enfeoffment, and the article has almost been selected.

However, there is still a lack of a hard-core article that focuses on the pressure axis, and this one by Weng Yingqing is just right.

So Chen Jingke immediately said: "Weng Yushi is a great talent, this article should be the beginning of the supplement."

"Thank you Captain for your love." Weng Yingqing was so excited that he almost jumped up.

I thought it would be good to pass the review, but I didn't expect it to be included in the opening chapter. The surprise came too fast and too suddenly.

But one thing he can be sure of is that he is going to be on fire.

……

While the officials were still thinking about how to fight, the palace was already thinking about how to end this incident.

Li Shimin asked: "Prince Bin, how do you think the heat is going now?"

Ma Zhou replied: "There is a lot of momentum, but I think the fire is still a little bit short, and there is no final voice."

Li Shimin took out a book and handed it to him, "Is this enough to make a final decision?"

Ma Zhou took it with both hands, and he knew it was Mochizuki just by looking at the cover.I can't help wondering, isn't there a monthly issue, why is there another issue?
And it says 11.5 issue on the cover, could it be...

At this time, Li Shimin's words sounded: "This is a supplement, specially published for this matter."

Sure enough... Ma Zhou nodded and began to look through.

The first one is "On Fenfeng", the author's signature is Weng Yingqing.He knows this person, the vanguard of anti-enfeoffment.

He was still curious that this article could be used as the beginning.

After reading it once, it became clear immediately.

The first half introduces the history of enfeoffment, from Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the present.

The second half talks about why the Shang and Zhou Dynasties prospered because of the enfeoffment, but the Han and Jin Dynasties were chaotic and even destroyed because of the enfeoffment.

The answer given is that during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the princes and kings were enfeoffed on the land they had just occupied. These lands were relatively desolate and there were still a large number of barbarians living there.

If the imperial court directly establishes prefecture and county rule, it can only be used as Jimi prefecture.It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to transform, and often the court cannot support the place before it has been transformed.

If you give up, these places will soon be occupied by barbarians and become hidden dangers at the border.

Entrusting the princes and kings here can not only play the role of guarding the frontier, but also use the power of the princes and kings to develop the frontier and educate the barbarians, and slowly turn the barren land into fertile soil.

Therefore, the Shang and Zhou Dynasties prospered because of the enfeoffment. The Shang Dynasty had a state of six hundred years, and the Zhou Dynasty had a state of more than eight hundred years.

This is not the case in the Han and Jin dynasties. They entrusted the fertile land that had been well-governed to the princes and kings. As a result, the princes and kings were fattened and the power of the court was weakened.

Moreover, princes and kings do not need to undertake any border defense tasks, and it is the responsibility of the country to resist foreign invaders.One ebbs and another, the court is getting weaker and weaker, and the princes and kings are getting stronger and stronger.

It is good for princes and kings to be obedient, but disobedience is the source of disaster.The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out in the Western Han Dynasty, and the emperor was almost changed.The Eight Kings Rebellion occurred in the Western Jin Dynasty, which directly led to the Yongjia Rebellion.

In the end, he came to a conclusion that there was nothing wrong with the enfeoffment, the fault was that the enfeoffment in the Han and Jin Dynasties did not respect the ancient and the ancient.

Now Datang is also facing the same choice. It must not follow the Han and Jin Dynasties. It should respect the ancient times and entrust nobles to overseas islands and northwest deserts to guard the frontier.

In this way, I dare not say that Datang will last forever, at least not worse than Shang and Zhou.

This set of rhetoric even moved Li Shimin's heart. He enfeoffed only because the world was too big to rule, and he also needed the support of nobles to suppress the gentry.

However, after Weng Yingqing's analysis, it actually coincided with the Shang and Zhou enfeoffment policy.

The rule of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties was the perfect world advocated by Confucianism. Although Li Shimin didn't really believe in it, he still held some expectations in his heart.

What if.

In addition, the writing of this article is indeed well-founded, and it also found a realistic basis for enfeoffment overseas, which indeed has the effect of finalizing the final word.

Ma Zhou just finished reading this article, then closed the book and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, once this article is published, the entrustment will be completed."

Li Shimin pointedly said: "What do you think of this article?"

As a close minister, Ma Zhou naturally knew what he was referring to. He thought for a while and said, "I don't know much about the enfeoffment of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but the vassal states at that time were indeed all around."

Li Shimin nodded, this is the answer he wanted.

Ma Zhou waited for a while, and seeing that the emperor didn't intend to talk in depth, he changed the subject and said, "Compared with enfeoffment, now I am more worried about talking about Mochizuki."

Li Shimin said: "Oh, what happened to it?"

Ma Zhou said seriously: "Its influence is too great. Just one article can influence the public opinion of the world. It is too dangerous to control it in the hands of individuals. Of course, Zixiao Temple is trustworthy, but what about others?"

"In the past, everyone thought it was just a literary periodical, but after this time, everyone knew how scary it was, and someone would imitate it... This must be avoided."

Li Shimin praised: "King Bin was able to foresee this matter, he is indeed a great talent... You can see that this strategy may deal with this matter."

As he spoke, he took out a set of folds from the table, judging by the color of the paper, it should be a few days old.

Ma Zhou took it in doubt, and saw that the title was: Measures for the Administration of Press and Publishing.

He couldn't help being very surprised that someone had already foreseen this matter and came up with a countermeasure?Who in the end has such a long-term perspective?
Can't wait to open the memorial and read it quickly.

It is illegal to set up a special organization to manage this matter, and it is illegal to establish and distribute journals without permission.

This body also has an oversight role, reviewing the journal's content.If there are sensitive articles that are not suitable for publication, you can ask to delete them, otherwise you will not be allowed to publish them.

In addition to this, there are many clauses. The method of formulating this memorial is quite mature, not only for periodicals, but also for publishing books.

It can be said that this memorial includes all publications in the world.

The last signature was Chen Jingke, he couldn't help but wondered secretly.Looking at the date, it was last year, which means that Mochizuki Tan had written this memorial just as soon as the publication was founded.

At this time Li Shimin asked: "How?"

Ma Zhou said in admiration: "Chen Duwei is really a great talent in the world, I am not as good as him."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "I'm not asking you to praise him, but to talk about the methods he said."

Ma Zhou hesitated for a while before saying: "Too comprehensive and perfect, but precisely because of this, it is not suitable for implementation."

Li Shimin was not surprised by this answer, and asked, "Tell me your reason."

Ma Zhou replied: "If we want to achieve the supervision he mentioned, we need to re-establish a team system and add at least thousands of officials... This will increase the financial burden on the court."

"..."

"And it is easy to create corruption, which is not good for cultural development, and it will also offend scholars all over the world. There will always be places where supervision is not in place. Once there are mistakes, it will be too late to remedy them."

He spoke eloquently, and in a short while, he said many places that seemed beautiful, but there was no possibility of practice at all.

Li Shimin couldn't help nodding, and said: "What King Bin said is true, and that's why I haven't implemented this policy. Do you have a solution?"

In fact, he was putting gold on his own face. He didn't implement this method. At first, he didn't expect that Mochizuki Tan would have such a huge influence.

When he first saw this memorial, he still laughed in his heart that Chen Jingke was too self-confident, and even delusional to set up an organization and create a set of laws for a mere journal.

It wasn't until Chen Jingke published an article targeting the gentry on Mochizuki that he realized the horror of the journal.Hastily rummaged through the memorial again, and pondered for a long time.

The impact of the article advocating overseas enfeoffment half a month ago finally made him determined to restrain this industry.

But how to restrict it, he hasn't figured it out yet.After all, this is a brand-new problem, and there are no examples for reference before, and the only thing that can be referred to is Chen Jingke's memorial.

This also made him admire Chen Jingke's elders even more. He could foresee this problem and come up with a solution purely by imagination.

Wisdom is so close to a demon.

Then I was deeply thankful that fortunately they were all dead, leaving only Chen Jingke, a mediocre guy.

Ma Zhou didn't answer this question directly. After carefully considering the influence of Wangyue Talk, considering the current reality of Datang, and combining the content of the memorial, he gradually came up with an idea:

"Your Majesty, I believe that temporary periodicals can only be controlled by the imperial court, and private creation is not allowed."

Li Shimin's spirit lifted, and he said, "Explain in detail."

Ma Zhou explained: "Datang has a vast territory and complex situation, and it is impossible to supervise all aspects of periodicals. The best way is to ban them."

"But because of the precedent set by Mochizuki Talk, it is impossible to completely ban it. Forcing a ban will only cause opposition from scholars. Since it cannot be banned, and it cannot be released, the best way is to have the imperial court come forward to establish it."

Li Shimin nodded and said: "That's right, King Bin is an old man who speaks solemnly. Then which yamen do you think is better to manage this matter? Or should we establish a separate yamen?"

Ma Zhou replied: "It is not appropriate to establish a yamen alone. It will increase the burden on the court. It is most suitable for the Imperial Academy to be responsible for this matter. They are all literati and relatively free."

"Furthermore, academic officials are spread all over the world. It would be a waste to only manage the schools. It is just enough for them to be responsible for supervising the distribution of periodicals in various places."

Li Shimin laughed and said, "As expected of King Bin, he never disappoints me. Well, you can write a copy and submit it later."

Ma Zhou said, "Here."

Li Shimin said again: "Go to Zixiao Temple and meet Chen Jingke, and see if he has anything to add. Your diabetes is getting worse every day, so I just asked Sun Zhenren to have a look."

Ma Zhou said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. I will go to Zixiao Temple to pay respects to the two real people."

Coming out of the palace, Ma Zhou went straight to the Zixiao Temple regardless of the late weather.

At that time, Chen Jingke was already ready to rest. After the wedding, he spent several nights at Wu Shu's place for several consecutive meals.

Wu Shu also knew that doing so was not conducive to family harmony, so he was sent back to accompany the two little maids on the day of eating meat this time.

It's good that Yuzhu is young, but Yi Nu's hungry eyes are green, and he started to circle around him early on.

He also held back for half a month, so he was ready to rest early, and then he received the news of Ma Zhou's visit.

Chen Jingke naturally knew the name of this commoner, and was very curious about why the other party came to visit at this time.

Is there something important?
After rearranging his clothes, he patted the furious Yi Nu on the buttocks, and said, "Wait obediently, I will be back in a while."

Then I went to meet the future prime minister out of curiosity.

(End of this chapter)