I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 454 The foundation of civil rights
Li Heng laughed, very kindly, but his voice was a bit sarcastic: "Your Excellency, the Han Dynasty's recovery of Yong, Bing, Jing, Yang, and Long was Cao Wei's surrender to us?"

"This... of course it's not."

If Fan Jian dares to say yes, the generals present will probably unite to beat him.

Moreover, Guanzhong, Longyou and Bingzhou were all recovered under the coordination of the prime minister.

Doesn't it mean that the prime minister has no merit?

Li Heng asked directly: "Then what do you mean by what you just said?"

"There is no other intention, just to speed up the recovery of the Central Plains."

"What do you mean, your Excellency, as long as we no longer promote equalization of land, we can speed up the recovery of the Central Plains?"

"We can let the Central Plains nobles know our sincerity!"

"General Xiahou!"

Li Heng said again: "General Zhenxi!"

Fan Jian immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

"The imperial court treats me sincerely, and I am willing to sacrifice my life to serve the country!"

Li Heng's eyes instantly fell on Xiahou Ba, who had been drinking and silent.

Zhang Hu immediately stepped out: "General!"

Liu Chan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "What do you two think?"

Li Heng glanced at Wen Qin, Guanqiu Jian, Zhu Ju, Wang Guang, Zhuge Ke and others again.

Li Heng's eyes fell on Fan Jian and Chen Zhi and said, "I guess you two want to be benevolent and righteous and conquer the world with virtue?"

Chen Zhi also said: "The general is right."

"Your Majesty!" Li Heng ignored Fan Jian and Chen Zhi. He stood up directly, walked to the middle, saluted, and said seriously, "I think what Fan Shangshu and Chen Shangshu said is not unreasonable. You can let them go to Luoyang and show their kindness to the Lord of Wei, and maybe the Lord of Wei will be willing to return to the Han Dynasty!"

As for Fan Jian and Chen Zhi, they were panicked and embarrassed, as if there were insects crawling all over their bodies.

The other generals couldn't help laughing, even Wei Yan laughed out loud.

Liu Chan opened his mouth wide for a moment, not knowing how to answer Li Heng's request.

"Your Majesty is a benevolent king, the Prime Minister is a sage in the world, the general is unparalleled in the world, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. I have never seen such a scene in Cao Wei. I killed the Han army on the battlefield, but Your Majesty and the Prime Minister never gave up, allowing me to Ronghua, I am grateful! The man treats me with sincerity, and I will sacrifice my life to serve the country!"

"How sincere is the court?"

"Is the court's sincerity still good?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang almost spit out a mouthful of wine.

Xiahou Ba was stunned for a moment and said quickly: "General."

Everyone immediately expressed their stance: "The imperial court will not give up, and we are willing to go through fire and water for the Han Dynasty."

"So is I, minister."

"Your Majesty... I'm afraid I won't be able to do the job because I'm so humble." Chen Zhi said immediately.

"General, I'm afraid this won't work." Liu Chan said with a smile.

Li Heng saluted again and said: "Then, your majesty, please ask me, is there anyone else here who can make the leader of Wei return to the Han Dynasty with benevolence and righteousness?"

Liu Chan nodded.

Li Heng then turned around and asked: "You are all loyal and loyal men. Now some people say that practicing benevolence and righteousness can restore the Central Plains. Who can take on this important task?"

He swept over Jiu Qing one by one.

Wherever his eyes passed, people were too late to dodge. Who dared to reply to him?

Li Heng asked doubtfully: "Why don't you seize such a good opportunity?"

Wen Qin, Guan Qiujian and others exchanged glances. This was the first time they saw the general in the court.

They are completely different from when they are making strategic arrangements in the military.

When marching and fighting, the general is calm and composed with a sense of strength, making everyone feel at ease. But at this time in the court, people always feel cheap.

He is the kind of person who can say outrageous things very seriously and without changing his face or heart.

There was dead silence in the hall.

After a while, Zhuge Liang said: "The country should be governed with benevolence and righteousness. To eliminate Cao's thieves and regain the Central Plains, we rely on elite divisions with strict military discipline, generals who are willing to share weal and woe with the soldiers, as well as diligent officials in the rear, and countless The support of the people is not as simple as benevolence and justice.”

Everyone nodded.

Zhuge Liang continued: "Your Majesty, since the first problem of equalizing land can be solved, I feel that the second problem is not a problem. If the land of the world can be equalized after returning to Han Dynasty, the court should be more patient."

Liu Chan said: "What Xiangfu said is reasonable. We will not discuss the matter of equalizing the land anymore. Everything will be as usual."

Then everyone said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The banquet continued and the laughter continued.

But there was something strange about the laughter.

After the banquet was over, everyone dispersed.

Li Heng and Zhuge Liang were riding together.

Zhuge Liang asked: "What you said last time is that before issuing a government decree, we must first collect opinions from the people and listen to the majority."

"The official did mention it."

"I tried it in Guanzhong in the past two years, and the effect was very good. Especially before the "Yongzhou Real Estate Deed Law" was promulgated, the Yongzhou officials had different opinions. I sent people to ask many businessmen and ordinary people, and I got the answer. I came to a conclusion, but I have a doubt.”

"What are your doubts, Prime Minister?"

"If you listen to most people, then the source of power is not the court." Zhuge Liang's tone was calm and his eyes were calm. He looked at Li Heng.

"Prime Minister, please speak out boldly."

"It doesn't matter if you say so."

"Dong Zhongshu is wrong!"

"Dong Zhongshu was wrong?"

"Yes, he said that the power of kings is given by gods, and is influenced by heaven and man. But suppose that if there are no people in the world, even if the king is given power by gods, who will the power be given to?"

"How can there be no people in the world?"

"There are people in thirteen states in the world. Now the Han Dynasty has five states: Youyi, Jing, Yang, Yong, and Yong. The emperor has the power to govern the people in the five states, but has no power to govern Yuzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other states." Li Heng said, " The power depends on whether the people are there or not. Otherwise, they have no power to govern their people. If they are there, they have the right to govern their people.”

This was the first time Zhuge Liang had heard of such a theory.

This theory is actually easy to understand.

That is to say, Liu Chan has power over the five states, but not the world.

Having no power over the world has nothing to do with whether he is the emperor or not, but lies in the fact that the people are not under his rule.

In other words, if power has no implementation object, it means no power.

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and said, "Go on."

"If the people are absent, they have no rights. Why?" Li Heng said, "Because rights are recognized by both parties and the court. If the people of Yuzhou do not recognize them, they have no rights."

This theory is also easy to understand, just like the people of Yizhou do not recognize Cao Wei now.

Even more popularly, the boss orders the subordinates to do things, but the subordinates do not agree with the boss's order and do not do it.

At this time, the superior's power does not exert its effect on the subordinates.

For the boss, he feels that his authority has been challenged.

This challenge is denial!

With unilateral denial and actual actions, power will temporarily disappear.

(End of this chapter)