Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 790

In this era, the soil wrapped in white grass was awarded to the sealed person, which symbolized the granting of land and power.

Now, Bo Tong proposes to entrust Qingji's sons to integrate the counties and counties in Wu State. Is it reliable?

Before Qingji could speak, Prime Minister Zuo Wenzhong stood up with an angry expression on his face, "Ridiculous!"

"Your Majesty, what Yu Shi Zhongcheng said is really a great mystery in the barren world!"

"Since the Great King's Reform and Reform, our country of Wu has banned the feudal lords, and implemented the system of prefectures and counties in the local area. It is Ji Zi, Sun Zi, and Wu Zi who have made great contributions to the great Wu. They only enjoy food, not an inch. manor!"

"If the great king is restored to the throne, and the lands are sealed off by the princes, wouldn't it be the same as repeating the same mistakes, making the place bigger and the power in the court small?"

"The fiefdom of the sons is equivalent to the feudal state. The king is still alive, but if the king dies, the sons will definitely support themselves and separate themselves, or our country of Wu will be like a piece of scattered sand!"

"My Majesty please enlighten me!"

Hearing this, Bo Tong snorted and said, "Prime Minister Zuo's words are wrong!"

"The ancients split the land and divided the grass to repay the meritorious service of the people and ministers, so that their descendants can inherit it, so they reward the ancestors and hang down the descendants."

"My country of Wu now implements the system of prefectures and counties. The prefects and county magistrates have great powers. However, how can they win people's hearts and quell disasters?"

"The territory of Great Wu has a vast territory and a population of over ten million. During this period, there are many survivors from other countries, and the tribes are also different!"

"Big and small tribes, at least six hundred!"

"If the people are not convinced, how can we educate? If there is a rebellion, how can we calm down?"

"Only when the princes split the soil and divide the grass, act on behalf of the king, sit in various places, and practice the king's way, can we prevent the lapse of time!"

Bo Tong's claim is not unreasonable.

The current population of Wu State has exceeded 1000 million, with many tribes and a large land area.

How to digest those new Li Shu became Qingji's biggest headache.

This is also the most difficult thing for Wu Guo now.

Relying on the governance of those county guards and county magistrates can only be done slowly.

Once a local rebellion occurs, troops must be dispatched from Jinling, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there is a possibility of resurgence of the rebellion.

It would be different if Qingji entrusted the princes to sit in town.

As feudal monarchs, they have the right to conscription, taxation, and administrative power. Except that they do not have diplomatic and legislative powers, they will be entrusted to princes at that time, which is basically the same as the king of a country.

In this way, if a rebellion breaks out in the local area, the princes can send troops to suppress it at any time, instead of waiting for Wu to send troops...

It is worth mentioning that the implementation of the prefecture and county system was something that Qingji did at the beginning of the reform.

If it is overthrown at this time and the monarchy system is restored, wouldn't it be inconsistent and slap yourself in the face?
The most important thing is that once Qingji entrusts the princes, the existing power of the Wu state will inevitably be dispersed, which is not conducive to the concentration of royal power.

Qingji's lifetime is not bad, after all, none of the princes dared to disobey their father's orders.

If the crown prince Heng inherits the great rule in the future, how can the princes not make trouble?
For Wu, the matter of splitting the soil and sealing the territory to the princes has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it saves worry and effort, allowing Wu to quickly digest the new population.

The disadvantage is that each locality becomes bigger, which is not conducive to great unification.

"There is no need to discuss the matter of splitting the soil and sealing the border with the princes. My widow...forbid."

Qingji made this decision.

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

The officials couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly agreed.

After all, the Huaxia kingdoms have not yet been unified, so Qingji was in a hurry to divide up the princes. If the soil was broken and the borders were sealed off, wouldn't it be possible for Wu to fall into civil strife, or even fall apart?

To be honest, between the county system and the enfeoffment system, Qingji is still more optimistic about the enfeoffment system.

No, to be precise, it is "county-country parallel system".

Looking at the dynasties in history, the unified dynasties that implemented the enfeoffment system included the Western Han, Western Jin, and Ming dynasties.

However, its nature is different from the enfeoffment system in the pre-Qin period.

In the Shang Dynasty, feudal princes began to be enfeoffed, with the titles of Hou and Bo.

After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, because his capital was far in the northwest, which was not conducive to controlling the vast territory and ruling the descendants of the Shang Dynasty, he rewarded the royal children and heroes with fiefdoms and residents on a large scale.

The feudal princes enjoy the hereditary ruling power in their feudal country, and also have the responsibility to obey the orders of the emperor, pay tribute regularly, provide military taxes and labor, and maintain the security of the Zhou family.

In the subsequent enfeoffment system, the king may have the right to lead the army, or have the administrative power, or enjoy the territory, and the county is the country...

The size of power and influence cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

History always has a strange circle, like an endless loop.

The Zhou royal family entrusted the feudal vassals, which led to the feudal hegemony among the vassals and their final collapse.

Qin Shihuang learned this lesson and implemented the system of prefectures and counties. As a result, the huge Qin Dynasty died with almost no power to fight back.

Because the Ying clan has no power in their hands, no soldiers and horses, what can they do to defend the great Qin country?

Therefore, Liu Bang, who established the Han Dynasty, learned a lesson and enfeoffed his clan relatives who were related to him as princes and kings, and the local government implemented a parallel system of prefectures and states.

Then, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu stood together, and the Three Kingdoms belonged to Jin.

Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, believed that one of the most important reasons why the Cao Wei regime did not last long was the lack of protection from the clan and vassal screen.

Therefore, Sima Yan enshrined the children of the same clan as kings and made the county the country, and then continued to expand the power of the clan kings, resulting in the "Eight Kings Rebellion"!
As for why Zhu Yuanzhang drove the retrograde car of history to entrust the enfeoffment, it was probably to prevent the military power from being sidelined and not to trust outsiders...

If Qingji establishes a unified empire, it is estimated that the princes will be enfeoffed, but it is impossible to consider confiscating the country within the domain.

If his sons want to seal the country, they must personally expand the territory, occupy the barren land, and then rely on themselves.

Five Hua Zhuxia!

Such an idea had already arisen in Qingji's mind.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what your Majesty intends to keep those more than 3 Persian prisoners of war?"

Dazai Jiran asked.

"Transfer to Shu, and cooperate with the Bu merchants to dig Dujiangyan."

"inappropriate."

Ji Ran shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I always believe that the matter of Dujiangyan should not be rushed."

"After all, the Dujiangyan project is in the land of Shu. Shu is just a vassal state of my great Wu. Once Dujiangyan is completed, the people of Shu will benefit a lot. If my country of Wu can't take down the land of Shu, wouldn't it be a waste of money for the people of Shu?"

Hearing this, Qing Ji said with a faint smile: "The Wu and Shu families are not separated from each other. Dazai, sooner or later the Shu Kingdom will be in the widow's pocket, and sooner or later it will become a county of our Wu Kingdom."

Regarding the ambition of encroaching on the land of Shu, Qingji is very clear.

Make no secret of it!

The Dujiangyan project cannot be completed within three to five years.

Qingji didn't believe that Wu would not be able to annex Shu by then.

"Ugh!"

Seeing that Qingji insisted on helping the Shu people build Dujiangyan, Ji Ran could not help but sigh, feeling helpless.

(End of this chapter)