Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 835 No one is young anymore!

Of course, Luo Xian is not the only capable person in the Liang Kingdom. Xie An and others can see that there is something wrong with Xiao Yan. Not only is it not good for centralization, most of the nobles do not like to have more things on their heads. A lord.

The kings from the later Han Dynasty were basically unable to take charge of the government affairs within the fiefdom. They only ate the food and towns in the kingdom.

The person who controls the government affairs of the kingdom is the state minister, which is an official at the same level as the county governor. These state ministers are not only responsible for the government affairs of the kingdom, but also responsible for supervising the king.

But history is a cycle.

After the collapse of the Later Han Dynasty, starting from Cao Wei until Cao Wei's clan regicide occurred, various countries began to reuse clan clans.

The kingdoms established by these clan kings distributed to various places and the scholars in the kingdoms were no longer just the estranged relationship before.

Most of the scholars had experience of serving in the royal palace and were then recommended to the central government. There was a relationship between these scholars and the king as a monarch and a minister.

This kind of relationship between monarch and ministers is naturally not as good as the one with the emperor, but it is a step further than the original conquest system of the Later Han Dynasty.

This is a dual monarch that is stronger than the dual monarch of the Later Han Dynasty.

Because the master of Zhengpi is not the de facto king in any case, even if he is called a prince or a prince.

This system can ensure that the local area remains in the ruling order at a low cost, and is quite effective in suppressing local forces and ensuring the rule of the royal family.

Their reasons are also very sufficient. Emperor, if you let the king of the royal family stay here, don't you worry about any danger?

Although we nobles will sell you out at critical moments, and we will separate our kingdoms when the world is in chaos, we will not oppose the court unless it is absolutely necessary. Our loyalty can still be guaranteed when the government is normal. These kings It's different when you get there.

When I was young, I was almost fearless, and just wanted to create great achievements that the ancients could not achieve. But when I got old, I was hesitant, greedy for life and afraid of death, and only wanted to live a few more years.

In the end, without Luo Xianzhi's forcible remonstrance, Xiao Yan was forced to leave Jianye one by one. Xiao Yan looked at the sons who left and couldn't help but smile in the palace.

In this era when information transmission is not fast enough, the reaction speed of orders issued from the central government and orders issued directly at the local level is naturally different.

Sure enough, it is best for an emperor to die at the most appropriate time, lest he do something that would harm the country and the people, causing the whole world to pay a heavy price for his mistakes.

The enfeoffment system was a double-edged sword.

The kingdom, even if a lot of power is taken away, is still the undisputed king.

Once the clan king was granted a local title, it meant that in addition to the emperor, there was another monarch at the head of the gentry.

After Xiao Yan saw these reasons, he pretended not to have seen them.

Human beings are very strange creatures. They are completely different when they are young and old.

The most outrageous thing is that Xiao Yan's sons didn't have knives in their hands. Most of them had no idea at first, but Xiao Yan took the initiative to intensify this contradiction.

When you are young, you are energetic, have a strong ability to accept almost all new things, can change the world, and basically have passion in your heart. However, when you get older, you will automatically turn into a conservative, and almost everyone cannot Everything that is understood will be labeled as deviant and then rejected.

And the king.

This can be said to be the most stupid thing Xiao Yan has done in the past few decades. He is really old.

This is the true founding role.

Giving them power means handing them a knife, and the final result is beyond Xiao Yan's control.

As Luo Xianzhi said, if Xiao Yan really owed his other sons, he could give them glory and wealth, but he should not give them power.

Of course, the nobles do not want to have a royal family above them.

After Qin unified the world, if feudalism was re-established in the vast Guandong region, even if Luo and Xiang Yu wanted to overthrow the Qin Dynasty, it would not be easy.

In terms of family relationships as well, the older a person gets, the more they value the harmony in the family, and the more they like those small children, and they will become irrational, which is a very bad thing for a king.

At his age, seeing that unification of the world is far away, what he most hopes to see is that his descendants can be harmonious, and then the Buddha can grant him immortality, and other things will not matter.

After fighting for so many years and basically never stopping, it was time for him to enjoy himself.

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Such a big thing happened in Nanliang. Naturally, it was impossible to hide it from other countries. After Wang Meng learned the news, he was overjoyed and said: "This is the way to cause chaos in Nanliang. Although I don't know that Gusu County Duke Luo Xianzhi Why it wasn't stopped doesn't matter anymore.

This is a good opportunity for me, Dayan, to take advantage of the internal disagreements in the Liang Kingdom and immediately march eastward. As long as we can control the Luliang Mountains, we will have a natural barrier in Guanzhong, which is the real land of four fortresses. "

The terrain of Guanzhong has always been very superior. It is surrounded by mountains. As long as you guard a few passes, you can sit back and relax. However, many people think that the barrier in the eastern part of Guanzhong is the Yellow River, but it is not.

The Yellow River has never been comparable to the Yangtze River in terms of natural dangers. The Yangtze River has more rapid currents and the water surface is much wider than the Yellow River.

The Yellow River that separates Hedong and Guanzhong will freeze in winter. You can rush directly from Hedong to Guanzhong. In the distant Bangzhou period, the reason why the Yellow River was not easy to cross was because the two a reason.

The first is that the shipbuilding technology at that time was relatively poor, so the ships crossing the Yellow River were prone to capsizing on the Yellow River. A small force was fine, but a large army naturally could not take this risk.

The second is that the flow of the Yellow River at that time was much larger than it is now. The climate at that time was very warm, and there were even creatures like elephants in the Central Plains. It is conceivable that the Yellow River at that time was not easy to freeze.

But as the climate gradually gets colder, the flow of the Yellow River gradually becomes smaller, not only making Hangu Pass gradually deserted, after all, the river bed has been exposed, and even crossing the Yellow River has become much less difficult. The real barrier in Guanzhong is Luliang Mountain.

Bingzhou has always been called the mountains and rivers inside and outside. There are four or five basins sandwiched between Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain. It is a natural separatist land that is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But think about it on the other hand, if the country that controls those basins does not control Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain, then the result may be that it can only imitate the original Zhao State and move the capital from Jinyang to Handan.

If the country that controls Guanzhong owns Hedong and then controls Luliang, wouldn't it mean that it would completely enclose itself in the terrain surrounded by mountains?

This is the most perfect national power of Xiyan in Wang Meng's eyes. If it has such national power, he will have great confidence whether it is to advance eastward to compete with the imperial court or compete with Liang Guo.

Is it difficult to capture Hedong?

It was certainly difficult for Liang Guo, after all, this land had never belonged to Liang Guo, but for Murong Chui, it was not particularly difficult.

Before, this land belonged to the State of Wei, and although Murong Chui was the royal family of the State of Yan, he inherited almost the entire territory of the State of Wei, as well as the gentry of the State of Wei, etc. Secondly, those who now rule Hedong are basically the State of Yan. Many of the high-ranking officials were members of the emperor, but these people could not be called die-hard loyalists. Murong Chui's identity was too convenient for seizing the throne.

His prestige in the Yan Kingdom did threaten the emperor's existence, and facts proved that he really had the ability to change dynasties. Murong Chui led the army in Guanzhong, including many nobles from Guanzhong and others. The army rushed forward in a show of force. After crossing the Yellow River, a city in the east of the river surrendered directly.

Those who were loyal to the emperor and resisted would just die when facing Murong Chui. If there were no people in the world who could defeat Murong Chui head-on on the battlefield, there would be no one in the world. Even if Murong Ke was resurrected, he would still be no match for Murong Chui in a simple fight. hang down.

Murong Chui took over the entire Hedong in less than three months. At this time, the army that the Yan Kingdom withdrew from Qingzhou finally arrived belatedly.

Was the Emperor of Yan cruel?

In the eyes of those who were killed, it was naturally cruel. Many people felt that they had suffered an unreasonable disaster, but in fact, the actions of Emperor Yan did not affect too much.

He was an orthodox emperor, so naturally he had die-hard loyalists. Even when half of Hedong surrendered, there were still people willing to die for him, which was enough to show.

This move of the Emperor of Yan State really destroyed not himself, but the possibility of the entire Yan State to unify the world while he was alive.

It is naturally impossible for a divided Yan State to unify the world.

The Yan court withdrew its troops from Qingzhou, losing half of the benefits of the original destruction of Han, in order to start a civil war.

This was originally a war between the central and local governments, but when it actually started, it was like a war between two countries. The reason is very simple, because the interest groups between the two sides are completely different. It can even be said that It’s the ruling group that is completely different!

Murong Chui led a small number of people into Guanzhong and finally achieved his current status. What could he do?

Is it to ask Guanzhong to accept what he brought from Yan State?

of course not!

He is the weak one, and all he can do is accept the culture and policies of Guanzhong and fight for the interests of the people in Guanzhong!

Even if he is a Hebei person, even if he is born in the royal family of Hebei, no matter what his previous identity was, when he became the leader of the Guanzhong people, this was his mission.

Unless one day, such as now, he can defeat the imperial army and return to Jicheng, then he will become the emperor of the entire Yan Kingdom. At that time, he will be qualified to represent the people of Hebei.

This is not only a war between Murong Chui and the emperor, but also a war between Guanzhong and Hebei. However, most people do not have this awareness now. Most people still hold the idea of ​​following Murong Chui and becoming the founding hero of the country. I didn't think about it from the deepest level, because the occurrence of these events was too confusing.

Not only the people in Guanzhong didn't react, but even the people in Hebei didn't react. The emperor's actions were very wrong, and their reaction to Murong Chui was also wrong. This was more like a struggle for power within the royal family.

In the world today, only Luo Xiuzhi can see through this, because in history books, there have been such battles, and the ancestors have recorded them and analyzed the reasons.

Murong Chui marched eastward in the unknown. His purpose was simple, which was to completely defeat the imperial army. He wanted to return to Jicheng, depose the emperor, and then exile him to the deepest and most remote jungle in Liaodong.

As for killing the emperor, there is no need.

After all, he is the emperor of the Murong clan, so killing him would not be a good thing. This is completely different from killing Cao Chengsi.

Killing a foreign monarch who made people angry would increase his prestige, but killing his own monarch would only weaken the dignity of his own emperor. This was unacceptable to Murong Chui, who would become the emperor in the future.

After the Guanzhong army and the imperial army met, they both stood still. The imperial army was a little afraid of Murong Chui, but Murong Chui was simply cautious. After all, the imperial army looked stronger than him.

The imperial court owns complete Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou and half of the grasslands. It can also draw those barbarians from Liaodong to fight. Its combat effectiveness must not be underestimated.

Just Youzhou and Jizhou can make the entire Guanzhong stand ready, and they are known as the first of the nine states in the world. This is definitely not a deserved reputation.

Murong Chui personally commanded the army and circled the mountains and rivers with the imperial army, looking for opportunities. Naturally, the Emperor of Yan would not go out personally. He was in Jicheng, waiting for news from the front line.

But everyone has overlooked one thing, that is, when the army is outside, isn't it when the inside is weak?

Most of the nobles killed by the emperor were from Jizhou. After all, the area where the nobles of Yan State were the strongest was in Jizhou.

Just as the front lines were confronting each other, no one expected that three rebellions broke out in Yan Guozhong at the same time!

The sources of these three rebellions are completely different. Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the Jizhou gentry. In addition, there is also an army rebellion!

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At almost the same period, the "War of Two Emperors" suddenly broke out in the Yan State, and the "Six Kings Confederated" appeared in the Liang State. These two major events greatly weakened the two countries' organizational and mobilization capabilities and external relations. With the expansion capability, the pace of unification of the world has to be extended backward again.

If we delve into the reasons, this actually has a lot to do with the extremely chaotic ideological trends in society at that time.

"The southern king is powerful, the northern king is fierce." These two talented kings and assistants of the same generation are both responsible for the political ability to bring peace to the world, but they cannot change this trend of thought, and it is even difficult to realize it. ——"Zhu Xia·Southern and Northern Dynasties"

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