Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 63 The Queen's Position (Special thanks to book friend Qingcheng Xiaoniao for his 2 monthly passes!)

China's title enfeoffment system, from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, was "real enfeoffment". Those who were ennobled had specific territories and the number of households. The titles at each level represented the power of the noble families in various places.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Huangchao Rebellion massacred nobles and nobles from all over the country, which dealt a heavy blow to them and made the "real feudal system" tend to disintegrate.

The Five Dynasties inherited the system of the Tang Dynasty, but it was significantly different due to years of war. It shifted from "actual enfeoffment" to "virtual enfeoffment": those who were ennobled did not have specific fiefs, but only the number of households with food towns.

After the three of them discussed for a while, Chai Zongxun finally decided on the overall strategy:

After taking over the Nanping and Wuqing armies, the imperial court officially issued an imperial edict to abolish the Jiedushi system and bring all areas under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Before that, Li Tao, as an angel, went to Daming Mansion to meet Wei Wang Fu Yanqing; Wang Zhu went to Luzhou to meet Li Jun and persuaded the two to agree to cut down the feudal vassal. Li Jun's family moved to Bianjing, and Fu Yanqing's family name was Wei Wang of Daming Mansion. .

When the two were on their mission, the affairs of the court were left to Lu Mengzheng, who had been promoted to the Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhang Qixian, who had been promoted to the Minister of Hubu, and Tian Min, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, to assist Emperor Chai Zongxun in handling matters.

As for the border defense that was previously the responsibility of the Jiedu envoys from various places, the imperial court sent troops to garrison the front division of the Forbidden Army Palace and the division of guards and pro-military troops as well as the returned troops.

After the defense change is completed, in the next few years, all the private soldiers under the former military governors of various places will be disarmed and return to their fields. The court will issue "returning silver" to them, and the government of their origin will allocate them to reclaim wasteland for their livelihood.

This move also contains the intention of completely breaking up the original factions in the Forbidden Army.

The troops stationed at the border will be dispatched by the future expanded "Longxiang Army" and "Longxiang Guard".

The management system of these two armies will no longer reduce the army to the private soldiers of the generals, and will only be responsible to the supreme ruler of the empire-Emperor Chai Zongxun.

After the agreement was reached, Li Tao and Wang Zhu resigned from the palace and began to prepare the imperial edict, gifts and "iron certificates of alchemy" that they would need to carry as envoys.

Chai Zongxun left the Huangji Hall, looked at the time, and walked to the Baoci Hall to accompany Queen Mother Fu for dinner.

After the meal, Chai Zongxun chatted with the Queen Mother Fu for a while, and took the opportunity to explain his "big plan to reduce the vassal vassal" to the Queen Mother in detail.

Chai Zongxun said:

"Mother, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been endless strife in the world and the people have been displaced.

When my father was in power, he reorganized the imperial army and attacked from all directions, laying a solid foundation for our great Zhou Dynasty to unify the world.

Now the "Dragon Xiang Army" and "Dragon Xiang Guard" created by Erchen have extraordinary combat power. It's time to rectify the Jiedushi envoys from all over the Great Zhou Dynasty and rescue the people from the sea of ​​suffering!
After I clean up these local forces in the country, I can then mobilize a large army to conquer Tang and Wuyue in the south, conquer Shu in the west, and conquer Youzhou in the north to fulfill my father's grand plan to unify the world!
After the mother-in-law, the attitude of grandpa and Li Jun was crucial this time. The son-in-law promised to let his grandpa become the king of Wei and control Daming Mansion forever.

The cousin is beautiful, gentle and pleasant, and has a deep relationship with her childhood sweetheart. She is the queen's choice for the country.

He asked his mother to come forward to inform his grandfather and make a marriage contract with his cousin as his son-in-law and queen. "

Empress Dowager Fu looked at Chai Zongxun with her beautiful eyes for a moment, and when she saw that Chai Zongxun felt a little frightened, she said:

"Your Majesty, my mother knows what you mean.

My son is wise and powerful, wise and decisive. He is far-sighted and capable of doing things. He is my Holy Lord of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the future, he will surely magnify the prestige of your father and the Great Zhou Dynasty!
It's just your prince, the queen wants to hear what's in your heart right now. Do you really like your cousin Zhen'er? If you marry her as your queen in the future, will you always treat her with respect and respect?

Your Majesty, in the past few years, my mother did not worry about this.

However, in the past one or two years, the Queen Mother has become more and more aware that my son is as wise as the sea, as determined and as strategic as the heart. The Queen Mother is deeply afraid that you only married Zhen'er as a temporary expedient. If this is the case, like the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Gillian, the queen mother does not want to bring disaster to the future of her natal Fu family! "

Chai Zongxun knew that his mother was imprisoned in the palace and at the peak of power. Although he did not hold power for a long time like his father, he also saw a lot of intrigues, ruthlessness and ruthlessness for the sake of power. However, in his soul, after all, he retained the knowledge that everyone had in his previous life. The mark of equality will not be as common in this time and space: the habit of not treating other people as human beings when they are in power.

Chai Zongxun took Empress Dowager Fu's jade hand and said with a smile:

"Mother, don't worry! You should know best the nature of my son and my ministers.

For example, when it comes to my aunt, I have to go through a lot of trouble to save her and consider her future happiness. Isn't this because I'm afraid that my mother will be sad because of my aunt?

I really like my cousin, and my cousin is my childhood sweetheart. I grew up together. Since my son is determined to marry his cousin as the queen, he will naturally treat her well throughout his life. "

Queen Mother Fu nodded and said:
"Your Majesty, I still believe what you said, otherwise I wouldn't have spoken frankly to you. It's just that the matter is serious and involves the life and death of my future mother's family, so I have to be cautious.

The queen mother believes that my son will never be like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty. At least he will be comparable to Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Now that the emperor has thought about it, the queen mother will send someone to your grandma tomorrow to confirm that Zhen'er will be the queen. "

Chai Zongxun was overjoyed and chatted with his mother for a long time before he resigned from the palace.

While walking on the road, Chai Zongxun thought to himself:
"My mother's kindness to me is as great as a mountain, and I will never let her down.

Since my grandfather can retain the throne, and I have asked my mother to propose marriage to my cousin as queen on my behalf, I should be willing to put down my troops.

Li Jun has always been loyal to our imperial family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and after I gave my aunt to marry his son Li Shouchie, the Li family has become relatives of the emperor and should be able to lay down their troops.

At worst, I will make him a duke again. Compared with the people of my great Zhou Dynasty living and working in peace and contentment, and commerce prospering, the title, food, and town are insignificant.

This time, I hope that these Jiedu envoys will be willing to exchange high-ranking officials and noble titles for the troops in their hands. Otherwise, I will have to follow the example of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and force these local forces to rebel, and then eliminate them one by one. "

When Emperor Chai Zongxun of the Great Zhou Dynasty was planning to reduce the vassal state in Bianjing, Hu Yanzhan, commander of the First Army of the "Dragon Xiang Army", and He Yao (Xiao Liuzi), the eunuch of the supervisory army, left Bianjing in mid-May. He led 30,000 Longxiang troops to march for more than half a month and arrived in the Xiangzhou area on June 7, the fourth year of Kaixi.

Because the new water conservancy policy was implemented in the Great Zhou Dynasty, wasteland was reclaimed on a large scale, and the court had sufficient food.

Bianjing is more than 1,300 miles away from Nanping. Hu Yanzhan's First Army went on this expedition, carrying enough rations for the entire army of 30,000 soldiers for nine months.

After more than three years of rigorous military training and good food, the sergeants of the First Army of the First Corps have grown into strong young men of 3 or years old who are proficient in martial arts and especially superb in archery.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Huyan Zan ordered the entire army to prepare for a meal and gather in the commander's tent to discuss the military situation.

Hu Yanzan opened his mouth and said:

"Our army will be able to enter Nanping territory tomorrow afternoon.

Your Majesty has already ordered someone to pass on the message to Nanping King Gao Jichong, ordering him to take advantage of the road.

I wonder if Gao Jichong will obey me, Da Zhou tomorrow? "

(End of this chapter)