Xuande

Chapter 811 Isn't the Emperor gone?trifle!
Liu Yu looked at Liu Bei's expression of imagining the future, and could feel that Liu Bei was not dealing with him, but was really thinking like this.

So he couldn't help but sigh, Liu Bei is really thinking about something very far away.

Such an emperor is actually pretty good. Compared with those emperors who only cared about enjoying themselves, Liu Bei is undoubtedly a very competent emperor, and it can even be said that he is too competent.

If the Great Han had such an emperor earlier, it wouldn't be where it is today...

If there are a few reliable descendants of Liu Xiu, maybe Liu Bei won't be "a small sect into a big sect", right?It's not going to be where it is today, right?

when?life?
Liu Yu sighed.

Liu Yu didn't have any more entanglements, he accepted Liu Bei's appointment, chose to be Zongzheng again and presented himself to Liu Bei as Zongzheng, asking Liu Bei to seriously consider the existing Zongwang and clan issues.

He explained things more thoroughly in the performance, and he didn't worry about others saying that he was flattering. Anyway, these things are not important now.

What he deserved, he got it.

In the past, what he needed to rely on fame to fight for, he had already obtained.

Now that Liu Bei needs him, he has to stand up. If he can't stand up, the consequences will be more serious.

Compared with this, he would rather let others bear Liu Bei's anger, while he himself hid behind Liu Bei, becoming that "sexy minister" in some people's mouth.

So he put it more bluntly.

According to the practice of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Zongwang and other near-branch marquis clans are equivalent to potential heirs to the throne. Once there is no suitable heir for the main line of the royal family, it is necessary to find a suitable heir from among these Zongwang and near-branch marquis clans to inherit the throne.

In the past 100 years, because of the frequent appearance of childless emperors, such things have happened countless times, so everyone is used to it.

Isn't the emperor gone?

Little things!

There are so many candidates for the throne in the world, just choose another one. Is it possible that so many descendants of Liu Xiu after spending Sanye all died in a short period of time?

But after Liu Bei Xiaozong entered the Dazong, the situation became different.

The main manifestation is that none of the upper echelons surnamed Liu in the existing title system are close relatives of Liu Bei, they are all descendants of Liu Xiu. Although Liu Bei and Liu Xiu are both descendants of Emperor Han Jing, the relationship between the two is a bit too far away. , does not match at all.

The title system of the Liu surname created by Liu Xiu is a group of successors that his clan can adapt to. It is completely operated for Liu Xiu to continue the power of his descendants. An heir group suitable for one's own clan, otherwise...

It's not about a curse, but about the actual situation. If there is no one in the main line and you need to choose a side line to be the main line, wouldn't you choose Liu Bei's descendants?
Before Liu Bei became emperor, the emperor was a descendant of Liu Xiu, and after Liu Bei became emperor, the emperor was still a descendant of Liu Xiu. Isn't Liu Bei the emperor for nothing?
It's good if this kind of thing doesn't happen, but if it happens, it will be a major event that threatens the survival of the country, and there will be big troubles.

Liu Bei may feel offended by this, and feel that Liu Yu is an offensive courtier, but he has a loyal heart and has to raise such concerns to Liu Bei.

And looking at it now, this worry can no longer even be regarded as worry, in a sense, it can even be regarded as reality.

Liu Yu pointed out in the public memorandum that you are still alive and your sons are all well. Liu She and Liu Zhong couldn't wait to jump out and oppose your throne. This shows that the former royal family system is dissatisfied with you It is no longer an idea, but a fact.

Your throne was bestowed by the empress dowager and the abdicated emperor. It is recognized by the people of the world. The procedures are legal, the seals are complete, there is no bloodshed, and the transition is peaceful. Everyone is very satisfied.

But now there are actually a few bastards who feel that this is not good, dissatisfied, question your throne, question your orthodoxy, and even instigate the old throne inheritance system against you. This kind of thing that threatens the country, Can you accept it too?

You can accept it, but I can't even accept it!

Although I, Liu Yu, am a descendant of the founding prince of Emperor Guangwu, my more important identity at this moment is your subject. As your subject, how can I ignore the country's major affairs for my own selfishness?

If I do this, I can certainly preserve my reputation, but if the country suffers disasters because of this, how can it not be my crime?

With such a worrying mood, I wrote this memorial to tell you my deep concern for the country. I hope you can make the right decision and don't put the country in danger because of too many scruples. middle.

Liu Bei was very satisfied after the memorial was handed to Liu Bei, so he released the memorial to the public, distributed the memorial to the cabinet, eight ministries, the Privy Council and other major central institutions of the court for discussion by courtiers, and called important officials Enter the court and discuss this matter with him.

It can be said that the shock caused by this memorandum completely surpassed the shock caused by Du Tian's decree.

Less than a month after the Dutian decree was issued, it has evolved from a political issue to a military issue and an economic issue. It is purely to use economic and military means to solve those rebels. After the solution is completed, the Dutian decree will be successful. , there is no other problem.

Once any problem erupts into a military problem, it is no longer a difficult problem in itself. Military problems can be solved militaryly. As long as all the people who raised the problem are killed, the problem will naturally disappear.

However, what Liu Yu's performance brought was not a simple military problem that could be solved. This problem involved the high-ranking title system left over from the era when the entire Liu Xiu family controlled the imperial power, and it involved the survival of the entire Liu Xiu family that has survived until now. , is not insignificant.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, especially since Liu Xiu reformed the rules of nobility, the entire existing nobility system and some neighboring marquis systems have been candidates for the Liu Xiu family to inherit the throne. This is something that everyone in the world understands.

Once there is no one in the big one, then choose someone from the small one to inherit the big one. It is simple and easy to understand. In the past 100 years, everyone has operated in this way.

But now, such a group of people actually lost the possibility of inheriting the throne because of Liu Bei's ascension to the throne, so they actually lost the necessity of existence, and even their existence was no longer the royal guard. It didn't have the effect of protecting the royal family, but became a threat to the royal family.

It's okay if this kind of thing doesn't happen, but once it happens, it will have a fundamental impact on the structure of the entire Great Han Third Empire from top to bottom.

Again, if some of Liu Xiu's descendants restored the Second Empire and overthrew the Third Reich, what would be the result?

Therefore, not only for the royal family, even for the officials who followed Liu Bei, this matter must be resolved.

Under the shock of the whole court, many people are also discussing this matter in private, and everyone has their own views on this matter.

However, because many people had already begun to consider that Liu Bei would make some adjustments to the clan system, when this happened, everyone was shocked, but it was not unacceptable.

The main thing is really not that Liu Bei took the initiative to find faults, but he insisted on taking the initiative to find faults. That was Liu Bei's fault finding against the whole world, not just against these old kings. In the end, they really stood up and rebelled just because of taxation. Those who joined forces rebelled.

Then there is really nothing they can do if they are killed and suspected. No matter how they are washed, they will not be cleared.

The key is that after this incident, at the meeting of senior officials hosted by Liu Bei, Liu Bei also confessed some of his thoughts.

He said that because he took over the throne from Liu Xie, he felt a little guilty towards Liu Xie and the late emperor, so he didn't plan to make any large-scale changes to the existing clan system.

Because of this, he did not confer any titles on the family he was born in, nor did he confer any titles on his children for the time being. The reason was because of this guilt, he wanted to make some other policy adjustments to solve this matter.

Originally, the idea of ​​the land-duling order for the clans was not to trouble them, but to collect part of the tax from them, and then take out a sum of money, pool it together, and set up a special fund for those poor people. The clansmen of the Han family who could not afford to eat were given some subsidies from far away, so that they could have enough to eat and would not starve to death.

So Liu Bei purely wanted to do something good. He wanted to let the clansmen of the Han family all over the world feel a little warmth from him as the great suzerain, and also let people all over the world not feel that the Han family was indifferent and heartless, and even his own clan could starve to death.

The matter itself can be regarded as the wool out of the sheep, using the money of the wealthy Han people to subsidize the impoverished Han family clan groups.

But who knew, some people rebelled directly after this wave of Du Tian Order was pushed down.

It can only be said that not only did they not have the slightest trust and gratitude for Liu Bei, but they were also full of hostility, resistance and conspiracy. Three Empires version of "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms".

This incident broke Liu Bei's heart.

"It can be said that people are harmless, but tigers hurt people. I don't want to use any coercive means against them. I just collected their taxes, but they directly rebelled. My good intentions were wasted, and I also drew out so much. The hidden dangers of disasters are worthy of their villainous hearts."

Liu Bei said with emotion: "Sure enough, carnivores are contemptible, and they can't think far. For such things, they will never think of a better place, and they will always only think for themselves. This shows how failed our previous education is."

The ministers dare not speak, and they don't know how to speak. To put it bluntly, this matter has a personal interest with them. If Liu Bei's succession cannot be done well, they may not worry about it themselves, but their descendants will have problems. .

Therefore, if Liu Bei is willing to take action to solve this hidden danger, how can it be considered a good thing for them?

Therefore, during the entire meeting, no one made any objections to Liu Bei's handling of this incident.

As a result, several important conclusions were drawn from the meeting.

First, remove all the existing kings and kings, and then carry out targeted investigations to see if they have anything to do with Liu She and Liu Zhong's anti-thief group. Acts that violate the laws of the court.

If there is, the crime will be punished according to the law. If there is no violation of laws and disciplines, it will be demoted to the county marquis, and the place of enfeoffment will be changed to counties in remote areas such as Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou. It is not allowed to enfeoff in the core areas of the Central Plains .

Second, all the princes and princes of the existing royal family should also be investigated. If there is any violation of law and discipline, they must be seriously questioned. The remote areas of the three states of Jiaozhou.

The result of this disposition against the clan is not serious, and Situ and Zongzheng Liu Yu were the first to agree, and also praised Liu Bei for being wise and decisive. One policy relieved the country from the crisis for the great man.

The following officials also expressed their support to Liu Bei one after another, agreeing with the decision made by the court.

After leaving the palace, the officials gathered together in twos and threes to have a second discussion on what happened today, and some people who were close to them expressed their true thoughts.

For example, Cao Cao and Yan Wen, the representatives of the two relative factions have their own views on this matter.

"Meng De, do you think what the emperor said before is true?"

"whats the matter?"

"It's about using tax money to help those impoverished Han family members."

Yan Wen frowned and said: "I always feel that although the Son of Heaven has always been benevolent, there is really no need to do such a thing. For many years, the Han Dynasty has never cared about these distant clansmen, and suddenly said that it will, you Do you think this is true?"

Cao Cao walked a few steps and nodded slowly.

"I believe."

"Do you believe?"

"Bo Jian, don't you believe me?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Although the emperor acts decisively and often has a reputation for violence, I always think that he has a heart of compassion for the common people in the world. Can't this be seen from the abolition of the oral tax before? "

"Having said that, is it really necessary to help those impoverished Han family members?"

Yan Wen said slowly: "The reason why the Han family implemented the Tweeting Order back then was because they didn't want to bear the living expenses of so many Han family clan relatives. Now it is somewhat inappropriate to help them? I think the emperor meant that he wanted to It's going to be done like this."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "It's not the first time that clansmen help each other, and it's all money from the Han family clan. As the emperor himself said, the wool comes from the sheep. Wouldn't it be nice to use the tax money of the rich to help the poor?"

"It makes sense to say that."

Yan Wen shook his head and said: "However, once this policy is promulgated, those Liu clan kings and princes in the local area may cause a wave of turmoil. I don't know how many people will die because of this? Meng De, what do you think?" ?”

(End of this chapter)