Establish a county.

The interests involved are extremely huge, not just an ordinary two-thousand-stone county guard, but at least one princely state!

I have already mentioned a lot about how fragrant the feudal lords of the Han Dynasty were. As long as they did not commit treason, they could at least guarantee a family's top-notch glory and wealth for more than a hundred years. Compared with ordinary officials, it was really a golden rice bowl.

In the process of the feudal system of the Han Dynasty from its inception to its gradual improvement, the supporting feudal system gradually formed rules, which were adapted from the system of Shangqing in the state and Zhou Dynasty. In the counties directly under the imperial court and the vassal kingdoms, the three princes of Shangjun were formed. , a system of dividing the counties and marquises between two marquises in the middle county and one marquis in the lower county.

Although the emperor did not say anything about enfeoffing the princes, there must be a country if there is a county. This is the current iron law of politics. Unless the emperor is willing to risk the disapproval of the world and break this iron law, such a completely useless thing, the emperor will definitely not will do.

When the emperor's imperial decree came out, everyone in the palace knew that the world would no longer be peaceful. There would be huge debates just over whether to establish a county. Not everyone had such great courage and vision.

Gongsun Hong brought the imperial edict to the prime minister's house. The prime minister has great power. The emperor's edict needs to be sealed by the prime minister before it can be sent to various counties. If the prime minister disagrees, he can even directly reject the emperor's edict, but this is generally done. Once a prime minister encounters a powerful emperor, he is not far away from stepping down or dying.

But if the emperor really commits suicide and forces the prime minister to death.

In this world influenced by Luo, someone may directly assassinate the emperor in order to rectify the world.

Although no emperor has been assassinated yet, there were seventy-three princes, county guards, and princes and kings who were assassinated in the past fifty years!

This is an extremely terrifying number. On average, one and a half high-ranking nobles die in assassination every year. The first website is m.

This kind of behavior is of course a serious crime, basically equivalent to treason. If caught, at least one family will be killed. Even if the crime is serious, the whole family will be exiled.

But at this time, something terrible happened.

Among these seventy-three people, the imperial court only pursued thirty-three assassination cases. After the truth of the other forty cases was found out, they could only say that they deserved to die. This was completely in line with the moral custom of repaying grievances directly and killing an independent husband. In the end, there was no pursuit.

Among these people, the one with the highest status was one of Liu Che's younger brothers. He was famous among the counties for his cruel treatment of his subordinates and many wanton insults. As a result, he was killed by his subordinates. This kind of regicide , Liu Che was furious and naturally wanted to punish him.

However, this incident was so consistent with the Confucian concept of justice and benefit between the monarch and his ministers that the people headed by Jia Yi forcefully saved the person. Not only that, they also gave the princes and kings a bad posthumous title, commended the murderer, and recorded it in the classics. among.

How could Liu Che accept this?

He naturally rejected Jia Yi's suggestion.

Then when Liu Che met Jia Yi, he saw Jia Yi looking at him in disbelief, as if he didn't understand why he favored the princes and kings.

Liu Che understood at that time that he was not fighting against Prime Minister Jia Yi, but against a concept in the world.

In the end, Liu Che didn't say anything more, but just ordered the princes and kings to pay attention to their own virtues.

Jia Yi finally resigned due to physical discomfort, but the impact of this incident was too great.

This is the fashion of this era.

This is the reason why Liu Che is delaying the appointment of a prime minister, but he can't delay it any longer. A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a king cannot be without a prime minister for a day. This is the conclusion drawn from studying Su Wang's classics.

After Gongsun Hong used the seal, he sent it to the four counties and counties. Some of the counties were very remote, such as Jiangdong and Lingnan, and it would take at least a month to receive the imperial edict.

But Chang'an City was almost immediately attracted by this imperial edict. As the undisputed political center of the Han Dynasty, it has a quarter of the princes in the world, as well as three public officials and nine ministers, countless two-thousand-stone, thousand-stone-level officials, and There are two thousand stone county governors who have come to Chang'an to report on their duties, and there are also many virtuous and upright people recommended by various counties although they do not have official positions, as well as the bosses of various schools in Taixue Palace, all kinds of people are here. here.

This imperial edict was like a huge stone hitting the lake, causing huge waves in an instant.

The first is about the issue of establishing a county. Although it cannot be compared with that of Liehou, the position of two thousand stones is still very attractive, especially those with sharp thinking. They all realize that the imperial court will definitely vigorously develop Ma Zheng next, so this The two counties established in Henan are very critical.

And that is horse administration. The current horse administration is so small in scale, but it is already one of the most powerful and powerful departments. If a large-scale horse farm can be established in Henan, the power of the governors of the two newly established counties will be And the oil and water will rise straight up.

Ordinary officials are thinking about how much benefit they can get from the establishment of a county, while the top people are thinking about what the princes and emperors of these two counties are going to do.

What about the population of these two counties?

In Changle Palace.

Liu Che was also thinking about these two issues. The simplest way was to use the method Gongsun Hong hinted before, create a large number of criminals, and then use the name of exile to send them to Henan to herd and guard the border.

But if you want to move 200,000 people there, at least four or five princes and kings must participate in the rebellion. I have to say that this is a bit difficult. After all, the power of the princes and kings now is far from what it was back then.

"Currently, there are no more than 20,000 prisoners in Chang'an and various counties who have been sentenced to exile for crimes. These 20,000 people will migrate to Henan first. The key is the powerful and powerful people who have committed crimes in various places. These powerful people can easily number in the thousands. Since the land of those hidden farmers cannot be found out, let these powerful men take them away directly, and most importantly, move some clan members there."

Liu Che kept pacing in Changle Palace, thinking about the personnel composition of the newly built county. He valued Henan far more than Lingnan. Lingnan simply moved prisoners there, and then ennobled several princes, and nominally ruled in Under the command of the imperial court, he paid no more attention to him.

This is really normal. The old lands of Chu State further north from Lingnan, namely the north and south of Dongting Lake, Jianghuai, and Jiangdong in later generations, have not yet been developed.

Liu Che's goal was to fully develop Nanyang and the Han River in his lifetime, turning these two lands into mature soil and completely turning them into granaries. If he achieved this goal, he would be considered successful, and the rest would be left to future emperors.

With this kind of strategic goal, how can one have the energy to develop Lingnan? The main reason is that the barbarians in the south pose no threat to the Central Plains. They can only occasionally attack the Han Dynasty's prefectures and counties. Once the imperial army and horses are dispatched, they basically have to hide in the mountains and forests. .

As for the land of Henan, it was an important position related to the life and death of the Han Dynasty, so it was natural to be extremely careful.

Thinking of this, Liu Che's eyes began to look cold. He stopped pacing and slowly sat down. He picked up his pen and slowly wrote down the key points he had just thought about.

"First, relocating prisoners is a very simple matter and no one will object to it.

Second, to move powerful people, we need to send people to Shandong. There must be powerful people in Shandong in recent years. As long as we have a handle and give them a way out, it will not be a problem for them to migrate.

Third, the enfeoffment of feudal princes still needs to be considered, but the city has not been built yet, so it can be considered later.

Fourth, the clan is going to move, but should it be sent there in the form of a sitting ceremony, or should it be moved directly?"

Liu Che listed these four items. The first two are very simple. With the current strength of the Han Dynasty, it is very simple to do these things.

This is not only the development of a new area, but also the weakening of local power. There are many things that need to be considered.

"together."

After thinking for a long time, Liu Che finally wrote the word "Qi" on the paper.

The wealth of Qi is well known all over the world. From hundreds of years ago, Linzi was one of the richest cities among the Xia kingdoms. Qi was famous for its wealth. After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Qi was the weakest imperial power. One of the two places, the other is Chudi.

Even though the Liu family princes and kings were later enfeoffed in Qi, the uncrowned king of this land was actually the Lu family. The Linzi Lu family inherited from Lucheng was one of the only two dukes at present. The Jimo Lu family was the Han Dynasty. One of Jianguo's major shareholders, a descendant of Lu Ze, currently holds the title of Marquis of Lu. His ancestor was posthumously granted the title of Duke and was buried with the etiquette of princes and kings.

There are too many descendants of the Lu family and the Liu family in this land.

The other counties are counties within the counties, and Qidi is a county among the countries mixed with the imperial court, just like a small boat in the sea.

This is not an adjective, but the imperial court really only has one county here, and the rest are all kingdoms and princes, one after another, and countless powerful people are dependent on the kingdoms and princes for survival.

During Liu Heng's time, they had taken action against each other, and the three Chehous of the Lu family were all exiled from the country for committing unpardonable crimes and being punished by law.

Liu Che had long been dissatisfied with the current situation in Qi. He wanted to change it. He wanted at least half of the number of counties in the imperial court, equal to the number of the kingdom, and the number of princes in Qi. The Lu family could not be allowed to gather together in Qi. , it’s really terrible.

"Except for the main branches of the Lu family in Linzi and the Lu family in Jimo, the rest of the princes must migrate."

Liu Che quickly determined the scale of the migration.

As time goes by, the brothers who came from the same lineage in Lucheng gradually drifted apart.

Some are moving forward bravely, becoming more and more prosperous in the current situation, and some are just waiting to die, gradually declining, reducing the number of households today, and reducing the number of households tomorrow, until the country is eliminated.

Others committed evil and ended up in exile. They are all different, but different choices will naturally bring about different results.

A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest. There is never any sudden disaster in this world. Everything has a reason. Liu Che sent people to Shandong.

Luo Wuji arrived at Huo Qubing's residence.
Chapter completed!