warring states careerist

Chapter 746

All the subordinates seemed to understand the meaning of the emperor's father Yueling.

Comparing families to countries, Song, Wei, Chu, and Han are all close neighbors, just like thatched huts.

Now there are too many dry firewood and thatch piled up in the thatched huts of the Song Dynasty, and it only takes a little fire to burn, so that the neighbors around will be affected.

Before, the emperor's father Yueling took the initiative to ask the countries of Wei, Chu and Han for help. The general idea was that I asked you to help me move the firewood out of my hut. Otherwise, if there is a fire, something will happen to my house.

However, Wei Chuhan and other countries looked at the remuneration offered by the emperor's father Yueling, and after considering it, they rejected it because of insufficient benefits.

The emperor's father Yueling now thinks clearly, since you don't help, it's easy, my thatched cottage is already full of firewood, you won't help, right?I light a fire myself, and when the time comes, the fire will reach the sky, and if you don't pay attention, it will affect you. Even if I don't do you any favors, won't you come to help?

Such things as Chinese riots are not instigated by a small group of people. The purest and professional "revolutionaries" have always been nobles and the like.

The state of Song is now like a house full of firewood, and the slightest spark will explode, making it difficult to control.

It's just... whoever lit the fire, that's the question.

There have been many aristocratic coups. In the era when the princes and generals really had a sense, the aristocratic coups were reasonable, and the old system and rules were recognized.

However, if someone outside the aristocratic circle, or even a commoner, lit the fire, it would exceed the existing rules.

People from Song State rioted, Qi State rioted, Zheng State rioted, and even Zhou Tianzi had a national riot, but the result of the riot was to choose another person from the palace or nobles.

Such a result is acceptable to the rulers of the old era.For example, Bao, the son of the Song Dynasty, staged a coup d'état after inviting the people's hearts, and killed the king with the help of his lover, but the countries did not interfere, and quickly recognized his throne.

The meaning of the emperor's father Yueling is that the Song Kingdom, which is now full of firewood, is just a change of master in the eyes of outsiders. Although it is somewhat overstepped, it is still within the rules of the nobility.

For example, if Dai Cong came to power, it would be nothing more than Dai's taking Song, not Huang's taking Song. After Tian's generation from Qi and the division of Jin from the three families, all countries have seen it a lot, and they are not surprised when they are used to it. I am too lazy to express any opinions on this, and it is logical to give him the title of an official duke.

But what if it wasn't an aristocratic coup?Wasn't it even a national uprising disguised as an aristocratic coup?What if it was a more violent riot that drove away even the nobles?

At that time, the princes of all countries will have to send troops to intervene not for the sake of the emperor's family, but for themselves.

If not, since the state of Song can do this, why not elsewhere?
All the confidantes understood the meaning of the emperor's father Yueling.

One person said: "It makes sense to say so."

"Although Sishang is powerful, four years ago, he had a grudge against Wei, Han and Qi, managed the South China Sea and destroyed Lou Yangyu. There were many rebels in the local area who had not been subdued; the power was strong and he sought the Song Dynasty, and he had a grudge against Chu."

"They seem to be powerful, but they don't want to fight. If not, why do they need to support Dai Cong? There are many Song people among the Mohists, and there are many ignorant people among the Song people who want to submit to Sishang. If they are really willing to fight, Entering the Song Dynasty is extremely simple."

"The change in Shangqiu more than 20 years ago, the Mohists' wolfish ambitions have not yet been exposed, they borrowed the coup of the nobles to seek personal gain, in order to prevent the shock of the world."

"Now I'm afraid it's the same method, trying to use the name of the coup to prevent shocks in various countries."

The rest of the people also nodded, and after being reminded by the emperor's father Yueling, they all understood the meaning of this.

The Mohists wanted to pretend that the events of the Song Dynasty were "brothers fighting each other" and the nobles were in civil strife. Even though all countries knew that this was not just a simple civil strife among the nobles, the Mohist made a show and gave the princes a step down; The princes of all countries are really unable to move. Since the Central Plains War five years ago, the vitality of all countries has not yet recovered, and most of them may obey at a certain level.

A group of counselors and confidants looked at the emperor's father Yueling with horror.

If the emperor's father, Yueling, set the fire, it would actually be easy to do.

Grab the most popular Dai clan who jumped up and down; announced the ban on Mohist activities in the Song Dynasty; forcibly disbanded all township schools; forbid anyone to promote the morality of Mohism; execute some people who are quite prestigious among the people; entangled people.

Now Song State is on the brink of complete chaos, once it does this, the consequences can be imagined.

Some quite radical people in Shangqiu would rise up immediately, and after the execution of the Dai family, the leaders could only be ordinary people who had no right to touch the throne.

The nobles can coup at will, as long as they can win.

But if the common people take the lead, it will break the rules that princes and generals do have.

Especially the more ruthless the killing on his own side, the more serious the revenge on the other side will be.

However, the aristocrats in several fiefdoms have very little power. As long as they can be dragged into the water, a group of people who think of equality will be killed in Shangqiu. In a situation that is completely out of control, it is best to kill a few nobles with little power.

If people could be sent to mix into the crowd and use hatred to hang those nobles to death, dismember their corpses, behead them, etc., there would be an uproar in the world.

At that time, it would be impossible for the princes of various countries not to show up. The common people cut off the heads of the nobles, and even carried out a terrorist confrontation by the common people. It is impossible for the princes of all countries to sit still.

Because the heads of the nobles of the Song Dynasty were beheaded today, and if they were not punished, their own heads might be hung up tomorrow.

The nobles who strike first will not be blamed by the princes, but will be praised for a good kill.But if civilians retaliate, it is breaking the rules and messing up the world, so they must be killed.

Thinking of such a situation, many people showed unbearable expressions and showed compassion.

At that time, Shangqiu will inevitably be bleeding like rivers, and those who have prestige and ability among the people will be thoroughly arrested and slaughtered first, and the remaining people will be able to control the situation even if they riot.

Blood flowed into rivers in Shangqiu, which meant that blood flowed into rivers in some aristocratic fiefdoms other than Shangqiu. Once the common people were incited, some people mixed in to incite hatred. The nobles could kill the common people, and the common people could also kill the nobles.

Until then, great things can happen.

It is even possible to call out Mo Weidao, and the Wei, Chu and Han countries must send troops, and it is impossible to choose to reconcile with the Mo family.

As long as Wei, Chu and Han send troops, Qi Yue will also send troops, and then the state of Song can be preserved.

Although the vitality may be seriously injured, or even destroyed in the flames of war, with hundreds of thousands of casualties, that is not important. What is important is that the royal family will become the only ones who can recognize the power of the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Yueling considered Sishang's strength, even if Wei Chuhan sent troops together, it was impossible to completely occupy Sishang.

But in the same way, Sishang has absolutely no power to defeat the coalition forces of Wei, Chu, Han, Qi, Yue, Song, and Wei.

Under the stalemate, all countries will inevitably choose the need for an existing Song State as the front line against Sishang, and the emperor's father Yueling can seize the time to complete various centralized reforms and stabilize power.

In the future, when the world changes, it may be possible to restore the hegemony of Duke Xiang in the past, and even the glory of Cheng Tang.

The emperor's father, Yueling, was convinced that if he didn't make up his mind, either the Song Dynasty would be divided up, or he would perish in Sishang in name only.

As for the future of the Song Kingdom, Emperor Yueling had already made plans.

If you really want to be ruthless, let the Song Dynasty blood flow into rivers and then be reborn from the ashes, then what you have to do now is to repair the rest of the nobles who had conflicts because of the need to centralize power, and tell them to fight against the real enemy and put out the riots at the bottom. flames.

To centralize power is at best to take back some power, and it can always preserve the strength of the family.

But if there is a riot at the bottom, it will be turned upside down, and every family will be destroyed by uncontrollable anger.

When Wei Chu, Han Si and other countries were all tired, he also had his own ideas.

Nowadays, all countries are reforming their laws, and the means of reforming in each country are also different.

There are generally only a few kinds of Sishang that is impossible to learn.

The reform of the State of Wei started from Xihe, and the corresponding military system was Xihe military pawns, which was a semi-recruitment system and continued the military merit system of the Three Jin Dynasties.

The current reform of the Qin State is the same, exactly the same, and it is also a military merit system.

But Song Guo's path is no longer feasible.

Because the situation facing the Song Dynasty is that the land has been divided up by the nobles, and there is no room for victory in foreign wars. Unlike Qin, Wei and even Chu, there is room for external expansion to maintain the military merit system.

And because this time it needs to be reconciled with the previous nobles, it leads to no place to be divided.

The Qin State packed up a group of nobles, vacated part of the land, and then expanded westward.

The reform in the early stage of the Wei State was to directly seize Xihe, drive out the Qin nobles there, and free up the land for the rest.

The state of Song has no land to occupy and no land to divide, and now it wants to reconcile with the nobles, so it is impossible to affect their interests.

Since this is the case, the emperor's father Yueling thought, why can't he go another way?

His own fief is the largest and most numerous in the entire Song Kingdom, and he grants his own fief to the farmers on the fief in exchange for their service.

Apart from serving, they do not need to pay any taxes, only the blood tax obligation.

And taxes come from farmers, industrialists and merchants.

Constantly inciting conflicts between those who pay taxes and those who do not pay taxes.

By continuously squeezing those self-cultivating farmers and industrial and commercial people, causing them to lose their land and wealth, and thus becoming serfs with nothing, then taking away their land and awarding them as military rewards to private soldiers to cultivate the land, expanding the size of the population and land under their control .

At that time, a private soldier who is completely loyal to himself and has a personal attachment relationship with himself will be raised.

The rest of the nobles can do the same, but they have less land and less population, so they have fewer private soldiers. The royal family with the most private soldiers in the entire Song Dynasty can suppress the rest of the nobles with those private soldiers. Thus the family dominates.

In order to protect part of the interests of the rest of the nobles and gather some power, it is possible to continue the existence of the Advisory Council, so that the various nobles can send people to serve as officials, cut off the path for the bottom to rise, and make all the families consistent in the matter of fighting against the bottom. Attitude.

Because the land-grant farmers on their own land do not need to pay taxes, and they can get more land for military exploits, so they must be loyal to themselves.

Those self-cultivating farmers, industrial and commercial people who resisted had to bear taxes, and those private soldiers who had no taxes but only needed to serve would never be relentless in killing these people. The interests of the two were fundamentally different.

The emperor's father, Yueling, felt that this was a kind of nostalgia, a restoration of the antiquity of the country and the wild;

At that time, those self-cultivating farmers and industrialists and merchants will be like savages, who only pay taxes and have no right or obligation to join the army.

The private soldiers who granted the land joined the army and controlled the force. Because they had land and did not need to pay taxes, they did not have the interests of land and non-payment of taxes, thus completely dividing the bottom of the Song Dynasty into two types, making them mutually exclusive. Fight, accumulate hatred.

In the selection of talents, the policy of emphasizing talents is not adopted at all, but the nobles are given priority, so that the nobles of each family monopolize the high-level of the entire Song Dynasty, relying on their own military power and family power to rank and enter the power center.

Only by being so old-fashioned can it be possible to maintain the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)