Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 405 Magna Carta ([-])
two years later
Spring of the 60th year of Marquis Yan (270 years)
Relying on the merits of destroying Shu, Sima Zhao named himself the King of Jin, and the whole process was exactly the same as that of Yuan Shao.

One year after he was named King of Jin, Sima Zhao died of illness, and his son Sima Yan became King of Jin.

Another year after he took the throne as King Jin, Sima Yan couldn't wait to ask the little emperor Yuan Zhao to abdicate after the domestic situation was roughly stable.

The abdication process is exactly the same as Yuan Zhao replacing the Han Dynasty.

Wang Ba didn't care about the situation in the Central Plains, but sent someone to send his daughter Wang'e to Luoyang, and sent a lot of colored glaze (glass) as a tribute from the vassal states to the suzerain state.

The current relationship between Yan State and Jin State is equivalent to the relationship between Wu State and Chang'an court in the former Han Dynasty.

Nominally, the State of Yan is still a subject of the Jin Dynasty. The State of Yan pays tribute to various local products and gold every year, and the State of Jin will also pay the Liao Dynasty to the State of Yan. , It is completely possible to fight a war.

Yan Palace
"Nowadays, there are voices from all over the world wanting to let go of industries such as salt and iron. What do you think, sir?" Yanhou Wangba asked Xun Biao.

"Salt and iron are important weapons of the country. How can we give them? You should follow the example of Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, monopolize salt and iron, and gather the wealth of the world!" Xun Biao replied.

Because of the civil war, Yan State’s government-run policy of salt and iron was destroyed. Some local tyrants colluded with the descendants of the royal family’s clan to embezzle the country’s salt and iron industry for private use. There are also Wang’s descendants in some cities who, in order to obtain cheap labor, regardless of long-term development, They actually abolished the centuries-old policy of [Prohibition of Land Trading], allowed and even encouraged guilds and tyrants to annex land, and watched the people of Yan Kingdom become refugees.

At the beginning, the ancestors of the Yan State invaded the big Han's salt and iron industry to develop themselves. Now that the Yan State has grown in size, it is also the turn of the Yan State's internal tycoons to invade the Wang family's salt and iron industry.

"We can hold a salt and iron conference to let everyone discuss the strategy of salt and iron. If we can persuade the people of the country, when the salt and iron official camp is rebuilt, there will be fewer opponents." Xun Biao suggested that Wang Ba follow Huo Guang's example and also hold a salt and iron conference , Unite the children of the Wang family, unite the hearts of the Yan people, and let everyone support the Yantie official camp wholeheartedly.

"What you said is very true." Wang Ba agreed with this suggestion.

Xun Biao was also very happy that he could meet a bright master who reused him, and he continued to suggest: "We should also rebuild the recognition of Confucianism by the Chinese people, so that the Chinese people still live in the order of general ethics, so that they will not rebel. , even if there are people who rebel, there will be people who maintain Gangchang ethics to stop the rebels."

Xun Biao also suggested that Wang Ba abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone, so as to unify the thoughts of the people of the country, so that the people of the country can be closely united with the Marquis of Yan, thereby strengthening the centralization of power.

Regarding this suggestion, Wang Ba hesitated in his heart.

It's not that he doesn't like Confucianism, it's just that he is simply worried that it will arouse the resentment of the Chinese people.

After all, several years ago, the people of the country were massacred by Wang Ting, who respected Confucianism, and now they have finally recuperated for a few years, and everyone has not caught their breath. As a result, the new Marquis of Yan also respects Confucianism alone. Who can not be vigilant? Woolen cloth?

Wang Ba has no feelings for Confucianism, neither rejects nor admires it. To him, Confucianism is just a means to maintain the rule.

"I'm afraid it will cause disgust among the people of the country." Wang Ba shook his head and said.

"You can promote Confucianism like Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, who is soft and gentle, but not like the usurper Wang Mang, who is eager for quick success." Xun Biao smiled slightly.

Wang Mang respected Confucianism and forcibly promoted the orthodox Confucianism in his mind, but the whole world turned against it.

Liu Xiu also promoted Confucianism, but won the support of the majority of people, and the world gradually adored Confucianism.

Why Wang Mang and Liu Xiu both promote Confucianism, one is opposed by the world, but the other is admired by the world, this is the difference in means.

Xun Biao believes that you can’t promote Confucianism as hard as Wang Mang and Wang Ting. This will only arouse public anger. You can learn from Liu Xiu and promote Confucianism subtly. People don’t know that you are promoting Confucianism, but slowly, everyone will naturally be Confucianized up.

"If we can establish the principles of monarch, minister and minister, rebels should ask themselves before rebelling, whether what they do is in line with the monarch, minister and minister. In this way, the number of rebels will be much smaller." Xun Biao said slowly. Daolai said: "The chaos in the Yan Kingdom was all due to the confusion of the people's minds. The Yan people did not respect the emperor and love the country like the people in the Central Plains. They had no psychological burden when they rebelled."

"Women can adopt male favourites, but their husbands cannot serve the country with peace of mind. If women can be made to obey their husbands, then husbands will not dare to betray their own country for the sake of their wives and children. Therefore, our country of Yan must establish a husband's guide."

"If a son refuses to obey his parents, we can't use his parents to blackmail his son. Therefore, we have to establish a father's guide so that everyone in the country of Yan obeys their parents. The prince only needs to control his parents to control himself. Effect."

"Now in some cities of the Yan Kingdom, the local people are unwilling to get married. This is wrong. They are unwilling to marry and have children to form a family. How can you use Gangchang ethics to control them?"

"The sons and daughters refuse to obey their parents, the wives refuse to obey their husbands, and the subjects refuse to obey their rulers. These are the reasons why the country of Yan is always in turmoil."

"As long as a layer-by-layer hierarchical order is established, the interior of the Yan Kingdom will be as stable as Mount Tai, and there will be no more rebels in the country like a few years ago."

Xun Biao's words made Wang Ba thoughtful.

Wang Ba is not a selfless saint. He overthrew Wang Ting not to save the country of Yan, but to become the second Wang Ting, or to become a Wang Ting who would not be overthrown.

It is the dream of most monarchs to grasp the supreme power, be able to lay down millions of corpses in a fit of anger, and follow the law when they speak.

From Qin Huang to Han Wu, from Wang Mang to Han Guangwu, and then to Emperor Huan and Lingdi, and finally to Yuan Shao and Sima Yan, who wouldn't want to keep their promises?
Naturally, Wang Ba is no exception, but he also knows the national conditions of the Yan Kingdom, Wang Ting, who was forced to centralize power and beheaded by the guillotine, will be the end.

So this kind of thing, don't be in a hurry, you have to take your time like boiling a frog in warm water.

Seeing that Wang Ba was moved, Xun Biao continued to suggest: "It is possible to implement the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the Central Plains, so that the people of the country can perform their duties and fulfill their responsibilities, and the upper and lower levels will not intermarry, then the following things will not happen in the future. If there are the following restraints, then the rites will not break down and the music will break down, and if the rites will break down and the music will break down, then the emperor will be the emperor all his life, the princes will be princes all their lives, the nobles will be nobles all their lives, and the slaves and commoners will be slaves and commoners all their lives. , there will be no turmoil in the world, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the world will naturally reach the rule of saints."

Xun Biao is worthy of being a Confucian scholar who has studied the way of saints deeply. His strategy of governing the country should be the best strategy in the world.

"As the master said, as long as the benevolence and righteousness of the sage are practiced, the rule of the sage will reappear." Wang Ba began to look forward to the fact that all the people in the world would honestly abide by the hierarchical order of the monarch, ministers and ministers, and serve as cattle for the Wang clan from generation to generation. Looking at the bright future of being a horse, I can't help but sigh: "This is really a great rule of saints, and it is also the ideal that Wang Ba has pursued all his life."

After the heartfelt emotion was over, Wang Ba immediately held a salt and iron meeting.

(End of this chapter)