warring states careerist

Chapter 728
At this time, the guards had already dispersed, besides the beautiful young boy, there were only some confidantes of Lord Linwu who were waiting for them.

Lord Linwu was not originally a lord, but he was also a powerful nobleman. There are seventy or eighty lords in the Chu Kingdom, and they are all the top nobles in the Chu Kingdom. The circle is not far behind.

It is said that he is the beneficiary of the military meritorious title, and he is also the beneficiary of the reform of the King of Chu, otherwise, how can he be granted the title of Linwu?

However, once he climbed to the position of fengjun, his attitude was completely different from when he was not fengjun.

Now the nobles of the entire Chu State are opposing the reform, thinking that it is a "conspiracy to go against morality, good at using weapons, going against the way of heaven, and violating the law of the ancestors."

Of course the minor nobles and scholars hope to reform, but their strength is not strong enough. The real powerful ones are the royal family, Qu, Jing, Zhao and other big families.

Many aristocrats whose fiefdoms were originally in the elite areas were forced to migrate to the frontier. If it was a place like Lord Linwu, if the Mohists hadn’t opened up the South China Sea and made it an important trade transfer station, and there happened to be gold mines in the nearby mountains, his life would not be as good. will be better.

From Chu's point of view, doing so can indeed increase Chu's power, enable the development of frontier areas, expand the number of troops, and strengthen the power and wealth of the central government.

But the state of Chu is not a single person, but a collection of countless people with their own interests, and whoever moves their interests will bite.

Originally, the nobles expected to lobby Prince Zang, but Prince Zang's status as prince was derived from his father rather than from these nobles, so he had to follow the king of Chu, obey his words, and firmly support the reform.

The king of Chu was seriously ill a while ago, but he did not die. After he was cured, many nobles started their activities.

On the one hand, it is said that the prince Zang is barren, and I am afraid that it will lead to the disaster of Xiao Qiang in the future. Let alone the distant ones, let’s talk about the nearby ones. Wasn’t the chaos in Zhao Guo caused by the death of brothers?Isn't the rebellion of the five princes in Qi also caused by the young prince?Chu State itself had a succession war, and the prince's decision was vividly remembered, so the nobles hoped that the King of Chu would think about it again.

On the other hand, the nobles set their sights on Prince Liang Fu, who could not become King of Chu unless Prince Zang had an accident, became their goal.

This time, it was very strange and strange to let Wang Ziliang's husband patrol the border on behalf of the king.

Many people felt that this seemed to be a signal that the king might have the intention of replacing the prince.

Some people think that this may just be an intentional act of misjudgment, in order to suppress the nobles who oppose the reform, give them a false impression, don't let them toss, and give them a chance to pin their hopes on the next King of Chu. illusion.

But regardless of whether it was true or not, many nobles began to contact Prince Liangfu, either half-covered, or directly opposed the political reform in public.

The king of Chu was also helpless, whoever opposed the reform would be arrested?If there is such an ability to centralize power, then what else can be done? The worst possible solution given by the Mohists back then was to make half of the Chu kingdom rebel.

Furthermore, Chu's external environment does not allow it. Chu is not Qin, so Wu Qi, Sheng Chuo and others can use the most violent methods to reform.

Originally, when the Mo-Chu Alliance was still in existence, the Mo family could still use the slogan "reform to benefit the people" to ask the Mo family to send troops, but after the alliance was formed four years ago, the Mo family's slogan was a bit too scary, and the king of Chu also began to shrink back. I'm afraid that something big will happen if we continue to do it.

The aristocracy is deeply entrenched, and it is far from being able to be dealt with by a single king.In the external environment, all countries are staring at each other. Chu does not dare to learn from Qin, guarding Luoshui and Weishui, and bringing about a vigorous change. Anyone who opposes will be killed, bearing the name of tyranny.

Under such circumstances, Prince Liang Fu was suddenly asked to patrol the border, and many nobles had to have a lot of ideas.

Xiong Liangfu himself cited the example of Shen Gong and Wu Chen, but he was actually catering to Lord Linwu.Shen Gongwuchen wanted Xia Ji but couldn't, so he rebelled; but why didn't these nobles want their own hereditary power and hereditary fief?

The balance between kings and nobles is difficult to grasp, especially when the theory of Mohism spreads all over the world.

The people are strong, the scholars are strong, and when they overwhelm the nobles, they will think about curbing the royal power and making it a symbol.

If the nobles are strong, they will think about continuing to divide the feudal system and take the road of Xiaoxi Zhou.

Once this balance is not done well, accidents are easy to happen.The former is easy to be deceived and used by the Mohists, causing the chaos of the Song Dynasty more than 20 years ago; the latter is a situation that the monarch does not want to see. It will not be long before the kingship loses its dignity.

Originally, Xiong Liangfu had no intention of competing for the throne, because his elder brother was better than himself in terms of background and popularity.

However, with the undercurrent of Chu's political situation suppressed by several victories, coupled with the support of those nobles, Xiong Liangfu naturally had other ideas.

Without the support of the nobles, the throne would not be stable. How many people in the world are as loyal to the country as Ye Gongzigao back then, willing to retire after success?

The nobles were actually more anxious. After appropriate reforms, the king of Chu greatly expanded the number of royal teachers. The originally elite Che Guang also trained a powerful cavalry and chariot soldiers, plus artillery directly under the royal power. , have made the nobles increasingly feel threatened.

The king of Chu is not dead, so naturally he dare not rebel.

But the king of Chu will die one day, and every day that is delayed, the power of the kingship will increase by one point, and the threat to their interests will be greater.

Lord Linwu is fine in the frontier, but even in the frontier, King Quan has already begun to extend his hand here.

Originally, according to the rules, the tax revenue of the pass belonged to the lord, but the royal power began to directly govern the tax revenue of this pass.

Originally, according to the rules, the feudal monarchs only needed to fulfill the feudal obligation of sending troops, and the fiefdom itself was used as their own salary, but there were rumors that the fieflords of the fiefdom would soon be required to pay a certain amount of military tax every year.

This was not the case in the past. In the past, the military system determined that a small number of elites directly under the royal power, plus the private soldiers of the nobles and the county soldiers of the county magistrate, could be the main force in the battle.

When going out, you can directly recruit the people, and the cost is not much.

But since the military reform of Chu State, there is a king teacher who directly belongs to the king of Chu, and the method of long-term training is also adopted.

Military uniforms, muskets, gunpowder, swords, bronze cannons, tents...all of these are on par with Sishang. The war a few years ago has proved the strength of Sishang's military system.

But... it's made with money.

Sishang paid salaries plus compulsory service, and replaced military nobles with full-time officers. Instead of granting land, money was distributed, because money could buy almost everything in Sishang except land.

The king of Chu didn't have that much money, and now he still owed a large amount of usury to the merchants in the Sishang area, which has not been paid off.

But the king of Chu has land, so he needs to let the king roll to the border and give up the land close to the capital in order to control this elite king's teacher. This is a contradiction.

As for the rest, cotton cloth, muskets, and swords all need money to buy, and the original military tax collection is not enough, and those old craftsmen can't do many things.

This requires money, who will pay for it?You can't pick it from the hands of elite king masters, and the king of Chu still understands how powerful it is.

It is even more unreasonable to follow the example of the Mohist School to engage in government-run industry and commerce. The goods of the Mohist School are sold everywhere along the Yangtze River, even if Chu State does it, it will never be able to do so.

If you want to monopolize salt, you need the ability to centralize power. It is simply unrealistic in the current situation where the emperor is everywhere and the land is sparsely populated.

So the King of Chu wants to extract money from Feng Jun, but Feng Jun understands what the money is used for... that is to train the army, once the number increases, the next step is to take power, let alone Might be willing to trade your own money for buckshot shot at you in the future.

It can be said that this change of the king of Chu was really "angry and grievance", the nobles were extremely dissatisfied, and the entire Yingdu was on the verge of turmoil.

At this time, the prince and good husband whom the nobles had always been friends with were suddenly sent on tour, which had to make many nobles think about it.

Lord Linwu had also received letters from other lords before, and many lords were secretly colluding. If the list is listed, they are all county officials with real power and fiefdoms.

Xiong Liangfu is also a person who has received the education of royal power, how could he not know that cooperating with nobles is seeking skin from tigers?However, the water has been muddied, and he, who had no ambitions before, gradually developed ambitions that he shouldn't have.

And from his point of view, his father might have given up on him on this tour, throwing him out as a bait to keep the nobles from opposing him too much, because as long as there is still a chance, it is not good to turn his face.

If the nobles support him, they can associate with him in Yingdu. Nobles are not officials, but nobles with their own fiefs and soldiers. The monarch has no way to control many things.

Of course Xiong Liangfu knew that these nobles were using him, but why didn't he want to use these nobles to put pressure on his father?
If his elder brother is really barren and he has the support of the nobles, Xiong Liangfu feels that his father will have to consider the affairs behind him.

Now there is great chaos in the Song Dynasty, the theory of the Mohist school is popular all over the world, and the feudal system can still be the king of Chu, but if the Mohist group incites the people to rebel, they may be killed. With some pressure, Xiong Liangfu believed that his father might make another choice.

If his father really used him to keep the nobles from jumping around for a while, then he just happened to express his attitude to the nobles.

My elder brother also made a choice back then, and the two of them had to choose to stand with their father, because if the elder brother didn't stand with his father at the beginning, he would naturally stand.

As for Chen Caiping, Cangwu Dongting, and Xinjun Risheng, the elder brother of the prince took the lead in expressing his attitude, and it would be useless for him to express it again.

Today, Lord Linwu secretly told the story of the hunting dog. Xiong Liangfu immediately responded to the defection of Duke Shen and the witches, and he was telling Lord Linwu his attitude: If I were king, I would feed you well.

(End of this chapter)