Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 295

"Second and third sons, I invite you to a banquet tonight. Apart from finalizing the matter of making the king of the Western Regions, there is one more thing..."

Qingji looked around and looked at Jizha, Zhuyong, Jianyu, Shenxi and Beili who were sitting under the altar.

These five people can be said to be the ministers of the old family of Wu State, and they have the largest fiefdom in Wu State.

At this moment, seeing Qingji's erratic gaze, Ji Zha and the other five couldn't help but feel their scalps go numb.

The ominous premonition in my heart became even more intense!

"If the widow changes the fiefdom of the king to a food town, what do the second and third sons think?"

Hearing this, the people present couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts!
Is Qingji going to attack them, the old families of the Wu Kingdom?

The eunuch Shen Xi immediately objected: "Your Majesty, no! Absolutely no!"

"The fiefdom of the emperor is hereditary, and it shares weal and woe with the country. How can the king seize it without authorization? If it is like the great Sima Sun Ping, the imperial historian Sun Wu, the court captain Wu Zixu, etc., it is for outsiders, and the king bestows it with food. It’s not a fiefdom, and there are reasons to be excused.”

"However, my country of Wu's fiefdom has existed since ancient times, and it has been passed down for hundreds of years. If the king changes it to a food town, I am afraid that people will not accept it, and the country of Wu will be in chaos!"

"Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

The young mansion was followed by Li and echoed: "Your Majesty, what the servant said is very true. If the fiefdom of the minister is inherited from the ancestor King Shoumeng, the fiefdom enjoyed by generations of ancestors, if the king changes it to Shiyi, this...others in Jiuquan Under the circumstances, how should I explain to my ancestors?"

Ji Zha, Jian Yu, and Zhu Yong are close to Qing Ji, so they didn't say much.

However, how could Qingji not understand the thoughts of these native lords of the Wu Kingdom?
Shiyi, also known as fiefdom and fiefdom, is fundamentally different from fiefdom.

There are three major differences between Shiyi and fiefdom.

First, the number of people they belong to is different.

A feudal city is usually a kind of preferential treatment given to meritorious officials by the monarch. Usually there are only a few hundred households, and at most ten thousand households (ten thousand households); and the fiefdom can be large or small, with a population of more than [-].

Second, the rights enjoyed vary in size.

Fiefdoms can only collect harvests from the labor income of the population where they are located; while fiefdoms can enjoy everything, including farmers' land, means of production, and farmers themselves are also fief owners.

Third, the scope of management is different.

The fiefdom can only be responsible for collecting rent and taxes; while the fiefdom has real power, can make laws, has an army, and has its own bureaucratic system, so the power is very powerful.

This is what Qing Ji cannot tolerate.

Because apart from not having the right to diplomatic relations, the other powers of the feudal monarchs are exactly the same as those of the monarchs!
Especially the power to recruit soldiers. If the monarch wants to recruit troops to fight, he needs to issue a conscription order, and then wait for the lords from all over the country to gather troops and horses.

This coming and going will inevitably waste time, and the mixed army must not be very powerful, and the good and the bad are mixed.

This is not conducive to Qingji's further reform of Wu State.

"Dazai, what do you think?"

Qingji set his sights on Dazai Jizha again.

He believed that the selfless Jizha would definitely give him a satisfactory answer.

Sure enough, Ji Zha took a deep breath, bowed to Qingji and said, "Your Majesty wants to change the fiefdom of the king into a food town, and the veteran has no objection."

"The old minister may set an example by turning the state into a fiefdom!"

"good!"

Qingji looked at his two uncles again, Jianyu and Zhuyong.

The two of them shook their heads and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am also willing to convert the fief into a food town!"

If Qingji wants to do this, how can Ji Zha, Yanyu and Zhuyong, who are family members, not support it?
They have to support it!

Because over the years, Qingji has continuously weakened the power of the lords. In the local area, the administrative power of the county magistrate is completely greater than that of the lord.

In terms of military affairs, Qingji's standing army also replaced the right to recruit soldiers that each feudal monarch should have enjoyed.

Except for the daily hundreds of private soldiers, they have no extra troops to rebel!

If they don't obediently follow the trend, what awaits them will either be nothing, or their family will be wiped out!

Don't doubt whether Qingji can do such a thing, the Yangrong Rebellion in the past is a clear proof!
It is destined to be difficult for the lords to twist into a rope and cause chaos.

Even if there are individual feudal monarchs who try to do something wrong, they will be suppressed by the local county magistrate, and they will not threaten Qingji's status at all, so as to shake the foundation of Wu State.

The only fly in the ointment is that the state of Wu will no longer have a monarch, and if there is no fiefdom, the scholars who seek the welfare of their wives and sons must carefully weigh it if they want to work in Wu.

"Private servant, young mansion?"

Qing Ji put his expectant eyes on Shen Xi and Bei Li again.

Seeing that even the three of Ji Zha agreed to this matter, and were forced to apply for interest and leave, they could only bite the bullet and agree.

Qingji's move is undoubtedly to let them set an example, voluntarily hand over the fief and transform it into a food town.

Of course, it is not impossible for those who are unwilling to hand over the fief.

It's just that Qingji can't guarantee that any accidents will happen in the future!
It can be said that Qingji's "release of the right to seal the wine" is well-intentioned.

Why not do it if you can use peaceful means to remove the power of the lords?
In the future, Qingji will further improve the Shiyi system.

……

Passing on.

When Qingji decided to change the feudal lords of the West to the mainland of Wu, such as Chao Jun, Zhong Li Jun, Zhen Shu Jun and other feudal lords, they couldn't help being shocked.

"How unreasonable! How could your majesty be so tyrannical? My nest was a country in ancient times. Although it was destroyed by the Chu people, it still enjoys fiefdoms and remains unchanged for generations!"

Lord Chao said indignantly: "Now how can the king change my fiefdom to the state of Wu with a single edict?"

"Exactly!"

Mr. Zhongli echoed, "I've never heard of such a truth! As the saying goes, if the country is destroyed, the sacrifices will not be destroyed. If the king wants to transfer our fiefdom to Wu, won't it make us unable to inherit the sacrifices of our ancestors?"

"In the future, under the Nine Springs, how can we have the face to see our ancestors again?"

Excited!
More than a dozen lords of the West Land all vented their dissatisfaction in one go.

Jiao Hua, who came to proclaim the edict, just watched with cold eyes, without saying a word.

"Second and third sons! There must be treacherous ministers bewitching the king! Let's go! I will enter the palace together and meet the king for an explanation!"

Under Chao Jun's suggestion, all the lords immediately wanted to leave Chuanshe out of righteous indignation, and prepared to go to the Wu Palace.

At this moment, Jiao Hua clapped his hands, and the soldiers of the Wu army, who had been waiting for the battle, immediately entered the Chuanshe and surrounded all the princes.

Seeing the sharp spears in the hands of the Wu soldiers and the murderous look on their faces, the lords couldn't help being terrified.

"Commander of the CRRC, what are you doing?"

Jun Chao asked very dissatisfied.

Hearing this, Jiao Hua just sneered and said, "Everyone, please stay calm."

"The king's edict cannot be changed. Before the second and third sons are confirmed, please stay in the Chuanshe temporarily and wait for the good news. Don't go out for half a step!"

This is house arrest!
The faces of all the princes turned green with fright!
(End of this chapter)