Chapter 319 Jia Yi has changed in this world line
Looking at the scroll of "Memorial on Conferring a Relative as King" in his hand, Luo Xin laughed heartily. He was so happy that he even said directly after reading half of it: "Jia Yi, no, Jia Sheng, Jia Sheng, you are really a talent who can assist the king."
Upon hearing this, Jia Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was exactly the scene he had expected. He had been doubting his life before.
If a person with a low IQ reads these two memorials of Jia Yi at the same time, he will definitely doubt his life.
Because just now in the "Memorial to Establish the Princes", Jia Yi passionately expounded the harm of enfeoffment of princes to the world, and requested the court to weaken the princes, and even to cancel their titles after generations and turn them into commoners.
From this memorial, it can be seen that Jia Yi was against the enfeoffment and demanded strengthening of the court's power.
However, in "Memorial on Enfeoffing Relatives as Kings", he talked at length about the necessity of enfeoffment of princes, and stated that every generation of emperors should enfeoff princes, and passionately stated the benefits of enfeoffment of princes to the world.
Ordinary people would probably think that Jia Yi was schizophrenic, but Luo Xin did not think so. There has never been a perfect policy in this world, and things always have two sides, so politicians cannot be either this or that, and everything must be considered from multiple perspectives.
This is the feudal system.
It is not the scourge that many people see it as, but a normal dynasty ruling policy and a normal way of dynasty governance. It also has many advantages, such as reducing governance costs and being far superior to the rule of itinerant officials in suppressing local opposition forces. There are countless of them.
There has never been a saying in this world that the world will be in chaos as soon as the feudal system is implemented, especially in the current Han Dynasty, there are very few references.
The Zhou Dynasty had feudal system for a thousand years, the Qin Dynasty had counties for more than a dozen years, and the Han Dynasty had counties and kingdoms in parallel for decades and were still on the rise.
When big countries like Jin, Luo and Qi were all in power, the Zhou royal family experienced several turbulent times but still managed to hold on and even experienced a revival.
When the State of Jin was destroyed and the States of Luo and Qi were unable to provide support, the Zhou royal family was finally destroyed by the armies of the Qin Dynasty.
This ironclad fact has left many people who clearly feel that there is something wrong with the feudal system at a loss as to what to say.
All this can be blamed on the fact that the emergence of Luo State infinitely elevated the role of clan relatives, and the demise of the Qin Dynasty was too swift and tragic.
One emperor and two treacherous ministers can make a huge empire shaky.
Who wouldn’t feel sad?
Liu Bang went too far in correcting the wrongs and rewarded many meritorious officials and relatives of the clan. He was really frightened by the miserable situation of the Qin Dynasty.
Luo Xin put down the memorial in his hand, looked at Jia Yi in front of him with satisfaction, and asked: "Tell me everything you think in your heart."
Ji Zhao had already read the memorial in Luo Xin's hand and sighed slightly. Jia Yi in this world line had also changed a lot. The power of Luo's example was really too great.
"Grand Prime Minister, although Yi suggested that we establish vassal states to weaken their power, the existence of vassal kings is necessary. What if treacherous people like Zhao Gao and Li Si appear in the court?
Only the princes can raise an army to purge the emperor's side.
What should we do if a tyrant like Hu Hai appears in the court who can even destroy an entire dynasty?
It still requires the princes to rise up and overthrow him.
If Emperor Fusu had not led the army back to Xianyang to kill Hu Hai, the Qin Dynasty would probably have been destroyed without even being able to put up a last-ditch resistance.
Will the Han Dynasty ever see this day?
Will there be a usurper who has great power like you, but is not as loyal as you?
He would directly usurp the Han Dynasty's throne and people, but the Liu clan would have no power to stop him and could only watch their ancestors' throne fall into the hands of others.
Isn’t this the most terrible thing?
Yi believed that this was possible, as this had happened more than once during the Zhou Dynasty.
The undisputed overlord of Jin died in this way, as did your in-laws, Qi. If your ancestors had not stopped the Tian family, I'm afraid the Lu family's Qi would have ceased to exist long ago.
Yi has studied these princes who lost their countries. They have one thing in common: their royal families are weak!"
Finally, Jia Yi came to the second stage and took a deep breath and said, "Grand Prime Minister, after the Zhou Dynasty was divided, the princes of the first generation were closely related by blood, so they were able to work together to fight against the barbarians and help each other.
However, as the feudal lords were enfeoffed from generation to generation, their relationships became more distant, they no longer trusted each other, and even began to attack each other.
This is the disadvantage of feudal system as seen by most knowledgeable people in the world, because it is inevitable and the estrangement of blood ties between people of the same clan is inevitable.
Later, Duke Wen of Luo allowed the princes to marry the same people as the emperor in order to promote the blood ties between the princes and the Zhou emperor, but this system eventually became ineffective.
Yi studied many examples and found that except for very few exceptions, most of the princes in the first two generations were usually loyal to the Zhou emperor, and the estrangement of blood ties began from the third generation.
In this case, we should continue to grant fiefs to brothers and descendants who are close to the emperor to replace those princes who have gradually become alienated.
Moreover, there is no need to divide the entire country into fiefdoms as Emperor Gao did. The world is now stable, so it is only necessary to divide the key cities into fiefdoms.
In important transportation routes and dangerous mountain passes such as Xingyang, Luoyang, and Shangyu, these people do not have the power to rebel and have close relations with the emperor. They are naturally the emperor's vassal guards. Rather than being princes, they are more like inspectors. With these close relatives around, the world will surely be stable.
The only drawback is that if these princes unite and rise up in rebellion, even the emperor may not be able to quell the rebellion.
But if it really comes to that, even these close relatives of the emperor will rise up together to oppose the emperor, then Yi will not know who is right and who is wrong. "
yes.
If a monarch is deserted by his friends and relatives to this extent, no matter he is right or wrong, he will no longer be able to rule.
The last king who reached this point was King Zhou of Shang. From slaves, countrymen, the military, nobles, to the Shang royal family, everyone opposed him.
No one knew what Zhou would be like, but they didn't want to stay under King Zhou's command, so they all welcomed the royal army. This strange sight was truly rare.
Although the result after welcoming the royal teacher was not very good, they rebelled again. This was originally the most difficult plot for the players in the early stage, but they encountered Ji Zhao, a player with cheats, and it was solved in no time.
Ji Zhao looked at this scene. Jia Yi actually took the initiative to propose the establishment of a long-term mechanism for enfeoffment. Regardless of whether this method could be implemented, this change made Ji Zhao feel inexplicably moved.
It was as if he was walking in the long river of history, stirring it with his hand, and causing the world's tributaries to meander. Perhaps that drop of water was someone's life. This allowed Ji Zhao to truly feel the disparity in the world and feel his changes for the future.
After listening to Jia Yi's idea, Luo Xin smiled and said, "Your idea is very imaginative, and no one in the world has ever proposed it.
No one knows how effective your policies are, and even I can't give you an answer.
Only through practice can right and wrong be proved; this is the first realization of the ruling class.
But today I am still very satisfied with you. If these two memorials had been submitted separately, you would still be a talent, but my evaluation of you would have been much lower.
The fact that you are able to realize the harm that the princes are doing to the world today is already better than many others.
You didn't kill all the princes with one blow, and that's what I admire most about you. From tomorrow on, you will serve under the Marquis of Shouguang as a doctor and will first handle government affairs with him."
Upon hearing this, Jia Yi bowed and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for your grace."
Although the position Luo Xin gave to Jia Yi was not a high-ranking official, it was just a role similar to an advisory secretary under Luo Chen.
But according to the principle, the closer you are to the center of power, the greater the power you have.
He had just entered the official career and was able to become an advisor to Luo Chen, a powerful figure comparable to one of the Three Dukes. It was inevitable that he would be reused.
Luo Chen was Jia Yi's sponsor and now works under him.
As long as Luo Chen deliberately cultivates Jia Yi, it will be very easy to achieve results.
At that time, Luo Xin would be able to directly bring Jia Yi to the palace to serve as a close minister, and his status and position would change drastically in an instant.
Luo Chen took Jia Yi away. Looking at their backs as they left, Luo Xin knew that as Liu Heng grew up, it was time for him to prepare a new ruling team for him.
Among the old ministers now, only some mature and steady people are left.
After the other princes such as Chehou were established and their resistance was eliminated, it was time to let them return to their respective fiefdoms.
“I wonder how many years I can live?”
How many unfinished undertakings in this world have been changed drastically due to the sudden death of a great leader, and even led to the fame of another person.
There are simply too many!
Luo Xin felt that he was in good health, but illness can come like a mountain, so who can say for sure?
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In our country where ancestor worship is deeply rooted, the relationship between people in the clan is of paramount importance, both in ancient times and modern times. Even industrial civilization cannot completely break up this connection.
If I were to describe this relationship, each of us is the center of a circle, and we share power and wealth around the center according to the closeness of our kinship.
Everything in ancient times, whether it was a small family or a dynasty's regime, operated based on this circle. It was so clear that everyone knew where they stood, what they should pay, and what they should get.
Most people in this system are in a dependent position, and "if one person succeeds, the whole family will prosper" is the best description of this system.
In the face of modern industrial civilization, this distribution system has been largely broken up. This phenomenon cannot be said to be good or bad, it can only indicate that the survival soil of ancient dynasties and modern countries has undergone a qualitative change. —— "Analysis of the Operation of the Ancient Dynasty System"
(End of this chapter)
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