Now that the emperor has made a decision, the ministers will naturally not hold on to it.
The ministers then worshiped one after another: "Your Majesty Fu Wei is able to do great things and bring blessings, and I will obey the imperial edict!"
This kind of treatment is also in line with the current game rules of the Han Dynasty.
Not to mention the princes and kings, even if it is only two thousand stones, if you commit a crime, as long as you are not too desperate, you can basically get a decent ending.
As for the princes and kings?
Not to mention it!
At that time, King Liu Xingju of Jibei rebelled, and General Chai Wu was ordered to capture him.
In the end, Liu Xingju was allowed to commit suicide to apologize.
In fact, if the then King of Wu Liu Bi surrendered, he might even be placed under house arrest in Chang'an.
People like King Li of Huainan who were imprisoned in a prison car and starved to death were just isolated cases.
Liu Che had no way to change this.
Because this is reality.
Not to mention it was before the Christian era, in another two thousand years, the world would be the same.
The ruling class will naturally take care of the ruling class, not the other way around.
However, this matter is not without positive significance.
Liu Che looked at the ministers and said with some sadness: "I heard that in ancient times, the princes established a country for more than a thousand years, each guarding his own land, each governing his people, rejoicing up and down, and making the people happy...Three kings and five emperors, from this
My merits will last for eternity, and my virtue will be passed down to the common people... Why today, first the kings of Jinan, Zichuan, and Jibei ruined the people, and then the king of Qi disrupted the law? How can I be so virtuous?"
When the ministers heard this, they quickly knelt down and worshiped: "I have been waiting for ten thousand deaths, but I can't help your majesty to manage the world and guide the kings to do good... I beg your majesty to punish the sin!"
This is also the rule of the Han family's game.
The emperor can never make mistakes, and the emperor can never have moral flaws.
If there is, it must be the minister's fault.
If it weren't for your inability to help, why would it be like this?
However, Liu Che naturally did not want to cause trouble for the ministers.
In fact, the ministers also knew that this was actually the emperor's preparation to reduce the power of the princes and kings.
They had already seen this kind of routine many times seven or eight years ago. Isn't this how the late emperor and Chao Cuo played?
One shouted that he had poor moral character and could not educate the princes and princes of the clan well. He was ashamed of his ancestors and the heaven and earth, and wanted to kill himself. The other immediately knelt down and said that this was not your Majesty's problem, but that the princes and kings had too much power and were domineering.
Yes, we must cut down the feudal clan.
Once these two people sang like this, the knife for cutting the feudal clan became sharper.
Finally, the public opinion campaign was completed, and the country officially reduced the vassal vassals, leading to the Wu-Chu Rebellion.
However, the current situation is different.
Today, the central power is unprecedentedly powerful, and its military force is boundless.
Apart from other things, let’s just say that the Huben guards and Yulin guards stationed in Weiyang Palace, Changle Palace, Suwei Palace, and guarding the emperor, if they are randomly pulled out, they are enough to sweep away the power of all the princes and kings. As for the princes and kings now,
That little bit of scrap metal and military strength can't even stop a single finger from these two.
What's more, no one is stupid enough to dare to resist the central government.
The emperor's monarchy is granted by heaven, and he realizes his destiny.
Whoever dares to rebel, the first to suppress him is none other than his bodyguards and even his trusted ministers!
There is no doubt about it!
Why didn't King Liu Piguang of Jinan dare to rebel in the first place?
Is he really that honest?
The reason is that no one wants to follow him.
Even his sons were unwilling to rebel.
After the Zhangqiu Incident, on the day the emperor's edict was issued, Jinan King Liu Piguang was actually placed under house arrest by his eunuchs and palace guard officers...
Therefore, today, it actually makes no sense to reduce the vassal state or not.
It is no longer possible for all the princes and kings to challenge the central government.
Their power is being reduced every year.
When you ascend the throne today, the princes and kings can still appoint Qian Shi, and even local county magistrates, to such important positions, and they can also recommend to the court a list of his two thousand Shi assistant ministers.
But by the second year of Yuande, their power was reduced to the appointment and dismissal of four hundred stone officials, and their control over the army was reduced to the point where they could not command anyone except their palace guards.
Four years after Yuan De, especially after the events of the Four Kings of Qi and Lu, they also lost most of these powers.
Today's princes and kings only have a small amount of power to appoint and remove officials with four hundred stones (basically related to the palace and garden affairs of the kingdom).
If you cut it again, you will have to cut it down to the last fig leaf of the princes and kings, the palace and palace affairs.
The majestic king doesn't even have the power to decide matters in his own court. Whose face is this slap in the face?
It must be the face of the old Liu family!
Therefore, all the ministers were puzzled.
Only Chao Cuo worshiped with great interest: "Your Majesty, I mistakenly thought that this was because the princes and kings had no virtuous and talented people to assist them. I asked your Majesty to send learned and moral people to the world.
The princes and kings will teach them carefully, and this will surely lead them to do good..."
This is obviously to raise the princes and kings like pigs.
Take away all their authority.
Let them be idiots and idiots who can't do anything else except eating, drinking and having fun.
If Chao Cuo's suggestion is approved, then the power of the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty will be able to control Smecta.
Like their Song and Ming colleagues, they will be imprisoned in the palace and raised in the gentle countryside.
Apart from fighting cocks and lackeys, drinking and drinking, they are unlikely to have any other abilities.
However, this is not the result Liu Che wants.
Liu Che knew very well that today, he was raising his brothers and uncles like pigs.
Tomorrow, his son will raise his sons like pigs.
Eventually, all his descendants will turn into pigs.
Look at the princes and kings of the Han family.
Apart from those ridiculous and corrupt tyrants and faint kings, it can be said that since Liu Bang, there have been a large number of talented people.
In terms of culture, the father and son King Wen of Chu and King Chu Yi are respected all over the world. They are even unique in the cultural world of the Han Dynasty, creating and strengthening the Chu Poetry School.
Scholars of the Chu Poetry School traveled all over the world and made great contributions to the dissemination and system of poetry.
Without their efforts, Mitsukoshi today would not have such a strong sense of identification and centripetal force towards China.
It is impossible for Liu Che to regard Mitsukoshi as one of his own.
In terms of military affairs, the late Liu Zhang, King of Chengyang Jing, also had great military exploits.
Liu Ze, King of Yanjing, repaired and improved the Yanji defense line for the Han Dynasty, and firmly defended Youbeiping, Liaoxi and Liaodong.
Although Dai Xiaowang Liu Shen was rated as mediocre, his stance and attitude were very firm. At least, no matter what, he defended Jinyang and Taiyuan for the country.
Outsiders say he is mediocre, but who knows how this unpopular son of Taizong stood at the top of the city and inspired the army and the people?
And now, Liu Che's younger brother Liu Fei is a complete martial arts idiot. As long as he is allowed to fight, he will not care about anything.
Even among those princes and kings who plotted rebellion, there were actually many talented people.
The most typical example is Wu Wang Liu Bi.
Fifty years ago, when Liu Bi was appointed King of Wu by Emperor Liu Bangce, the Kingdom of Wu he accepted was a hell filled with desolation and war-torn.
At that time, due to years of war and destruction.
Throughout the Wu Kingdom, household registrations were withered, the economy collapsed, public security was chaotic, and even everyone was in danger.
Not to mention normal production and life.
Ordinary people don't even have the courage to settle down.
Countless people fled to the deep mountains and forests, large tracts of fertile farmland were abandoned, and cities became deserted.
As a result, at that time, Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, was so complacent that he had no fear of encroaching on Wu's territory.
When he was still under Empress Lu, he brazenly went to war with the Han army.
In such a dangerous environment, Liu Bi took the lead, leading the army to fight back against the encroachments and provocations of the South Vietnamese Kingdom, while reorganizing the entire Wu Kingdom.
He took corvee lightly and paid little tax, constantly introduced various preferential policies to attract refugees, and also vigorously carried out construction and repair projects of water conservancy facilities.
In just ten years, the country of Wu was brought back to earth from hell.
By the time Taizong of the Han Dynasty came to power, Wu State had fully recovered in terms of population, economy and culture.
After the death of Emperor Taizong of the Han Dynasty, within twenty-three years, Wu had become the most powerful country in the world.
Among the various vassal kingdoms, Wu State ranks first in economy, population, territory, and even welfare.
How strong was Wu Guoqiang back then?
Mitsukoshi was his younger brother, and the surrounding kings of Chu, Qi and Lu, and even the nobles in the Huaisi area were basically controlled by him.
As soon as he started to raise troops, he mobilized an army of 300,000 people, which was overwhelming and fierce.
So much so that even the counter-rebellion troops led by Zhou Yafu could only stay away from the enemy for the time being and did not dare to confront him head-on.
As for the Liang army, they were beaten to the point where they lost their armor and were in such a miserable state that Liang Wang Liu Wu sent five envoys to Chang'an to complain one day, shouting that they could not hold on any longer.
If Zhou Yafu hadn't made a surprise attack on the Wu Chu army's grain road and directly hit Liu Bi's vital point, it might be unclear who the emperor of Chang'an was at this moment.
And if Liu Bi had chosen to divide the river to rule, then it is very likely that a situation of dividing the north and the south would have formed.
This is by no means an unfounded worry, but the reality at the time.
With Liu Bi's talents and skills, if he had been born during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, he might have been a figure like King Zhuang of Chu or Duke Mu of Qin.
Obviously, it is a complete waste to raise people like King Wen of Chu, King Chu Yi and his son, and even King Liu Bi of Wu as pigs.
They should have a broader stage to realize their life value.
Looking at Chao Cuo's eager eyes, Liu Che stood up, waved his hand, and said: "Your suggestion is all right, but I think it is more than that!"
"Shang Shuling..." Liu Che looked at Ji An and ordered: "Go and get the "Picture of the Han Dynasty Unifying the World"..."
"No!" The latter immediately respectfully accepted the order. A moment later, four warriors came to the field carrying a huge map engraved on the screen.
Liu Che stood up, walked off the field, and looked at the map.
On the map, there are mountains and rivers everywhere, and beyond Kyushu, there is grassland, which is vast and boundless. Beyond Hexi, the style of the Western Regions is intoxicating.
"Here comes the pen!" Liu Che said while staring at the map.
Someone immediately offered a writing brush, and Liu Che took it and drew a straight line on the map. This line, along the Guan Mountain of the Great Wall, directly divided the entire world into two.
Then, he waved his hand, and someone handed him a brush dyed with blue ink, and he drew a line on the map. This line, along the green ridge, divided the world again.
Then, Liu Che put his hands behind his hands, looked at the ministers, and said: "This is my division of the world!"
"Within the Great Wall, the land of China, the foundation of the late emperor and the place where the ancestors' tombs are located, is the foundation of all Xia, and among the world, it is also called China..." He said slowly: "From now on, I will no longer entrust an inch of land to China...
Except for the original princes and princes, all noble lands are outside it... The same is true for extending grace orders..."
Liu Che knew very well the mentality of the Han aristocrats, especially the old aristocrats.
Of course, among these people, some are actively pioneering and hoping to make new achievements, but there are also many people who are just lying on the merits of their ancestors, living in a dream and waiting to die.
If he did nothing, these scumbags would definitely be happy to enjoy the dividends of a powerful country while continuing to eat and wait to die. Back then, Liu Che discovered this mentality of these scumbags when he used the grace order.
Many people were not willing to go to Anton to open up the country at all. They just sent a bastard or even a side branch to manage the feudal country in Anton. They continued to live in Chang'an, or indulged in horse racing, betting on horses, or being obsessed with singing.
Ji's gentle hometown.
Anyway, they have no shortage of money to spend.
Victory in foreign wars made their wealth more and more abundant.
If this is the case, then they must be unwilling to move.
They are not even willing to go to Anton, so how can they be expected to take the initiative to explore outside the Great Wall or even the Western Regions and Central Asia?
Stop dreaming!
But these people hold a large amount of social resources and wealth in their hands.
Liu Che definitely can't sit back and watch these guys take these resources and wealth underground.
He had to find a way to pry it out of their hands.
And the same is true for the princes and kings.
Look at the kings of Qilu!
One by one lives in intoxication and dreams, and one by one is corrupted and degenerated.
And that King of Yan, Liu Dingguo, completely disgraced his father and ancestors.
Ultimately, Liu Che felt that the lives of these scumbags were too easy and comfortable.
Still have to throw it out.
Let the hardships outside temper them.
Only in this way can you become talented!
After hearing this, the ministers all started talking at once.
Many of the fat-bellied princes suddenly looked ugly.
Fortunately, the emperor did not immediately drive them to the outside of the Great Wall, but only asked their heirs to go outside the Great Wall.
Thinking about it this way, they didn't object.
And those who wanted to pioneer and enterprising, especially the emerging military aristocrats, suddenly became excited.
What is the emperor doing?
There is no doubt that it’s time to share the cake!
This is something everyone has been waiting for for a long time!
Many people immediately stretched their necks and looked at the three worlds on the map.
The emperor has now made it very clear that from now on, the mainland of China will no longer be enfeoffed. In other words, in the future, the princes, princes, princes, princes and even princes and grandsons will no longer have feudal states within the Great Wall.
Everyone has to go out together and build their own foundations and kingdoms.
This is tantamount to a brand new reshuffle.
For those who are comfortable with the status quo, this is a disaster.
But for those who can’t wait to build their own business, this is the sound of nature! (To be continued.) 8
