Li Xingchen seemed to notice her embarrassment and waved his hand: "I can just wash my hands when I go back."
Shen Wuhua plucked up the courage and walked straight over, carefully helping Li Xingchen wipe the oil stains from the corners of his mouth, and then dipped a handkerchief in warm water for Li Xingchen to wipe his hands.
This time Li Xingchen did not refuse, and allowed Shen Wuhua to serve him. He said with a smile: "I looked at Chen Shuling's large study, and I was also thinking about whether it should be a county-based system or a feudal system for governing the world."
The prefecture and county system had already sprouted during the Warring States Period. After the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, it governed the world with the prefecture and county system and divided the world into thirty-six counties. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang learned the lessons and believed that The Qin Dynasty had great problems in its local rule. The most important thing was that it trusted local officials too much. In the end, the Qin Dynasty fell because the various places were like scattered sand and could not gather together as a force to resist.
Therefore, Liu Bang enfeoffed his relatives all over the world, forming a pattern of coexistence of feudal states and counties. Facts have proved that these Liu clan relatives, who Liu Bang originally hoped to consolidate the rule of the Han Dynasty, not only became a disaster to the local , one of the main forces that disrupted Chaogang, and had repeatedly tried to destroy the rule of the central court and replace it. The famous Rebellion of the Seven Kings was a typical example. Affected by the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, the Han Dynasty The national strength could not be restored for a long time, which naturally caused the problem of border troubles that could not be solved for a long time.
What is even more frightening is that hundreds of years later in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eight Kings Rebellion, a replica of the Seven Kings Rebellion, was once again staged in the land of China. The result was naturally a chaotic world that lasted for three hundred years and the tragedy of the Five Husbands disrupting China.
Li Xingchen even felt that the most indifferent sentence in history, but also the most tragic, was that "this promoted national integration."
The Eight Kings Rebellion was able to turn the Western Jin Dynasty into the most insignificant unified dynasty in China because the feudal system gave these royal members of the Sima family too much power.
It is precisely because the lessons of the Eight Kings Rebellion were learned that there were no large-scale examples of enfeoffment in the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties. Even in the Tang and Song dynasties, the power of the princes was greatly restricted, so that there were The "Sixteenth Prince's Palace" kept these princes in a state of semi-imprisonment.
Now the Han Dynasty is completely implementing a three-level system of prefectures, counties and counties that is a replica of the county system. This is no different from the administrative management system of later generations. But now Li Xingchen also has to face a problem, that is, as the territory of the Han Dynasty continues to expand, is it necessary to enfeoff? To ensure the stability and continuity of the Han Dynasty.
But Li Xinchen also had to face another problem, that is, he had no brothers or uncles at all. If it was really a blood relationship, only the Hongnong Yang family might have a certain connection with Li Xinchen, and Li Xinchen had The possible biological father Yang and the Yang Su lineage of the current Hongnong Yang family are not actually closely related. It would be a bit far-fetched to use this as an excuse to directly confederate the Hongnong Yang family.
What's more, Li Xingchen also knew what Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan was in history. It can be said that this guy laid a "solid foundation" for the disintegration of the Sui Dynasty.
Therefore, Li Xingchen couldn't completely let go of Yang Su and the Yang family. After all, they had such a cheating son.
Therefore, even if he wanted to enfeoff, he would definitely do so to those with more loyal surnames such as Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie.
However, history has proved that even if people with the same surname are possible, they may even rebel to a large extent, let alone those with different surnames. And even if people with different surnames do not rebel, can the court really feel confident about them? Is it right to feel reassured about them? Are their children safe?
After all, once they were enfeoffed, the kings with different surnames would have considerable power. In addition, the emperor was far away, so the court could not control them. Even Chen Shuling could do such unethical things under the eyes of the Nanchen court, so what? The rest of the places are far away from the surveillance of the imperial court. Who knows what will happen?
Therefore, Li Xingchen has also been worried about this issue for a long time.
"Your Majesty may be overly worried," Shen Wuhua said after considering, "Qin's demise was not due to improper management of the county and county system, but because the hearts of the six countries were not in Qin. Qin's laws were too harsh, and the people's hearts were suppressed in the long run. But when there was an outbreak, people's hearts naturally fluctuated, so Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were able to rise up, and the people gained food and followed. However, the reason for this is that the laws of the Qin Dynasty were not flexible, and the Qin Dynasty failed to determine the people's hearts and minds of the six countries. It lies in the prefectures and counties. In contrast, the Rebellion of the Seven Kings of the Western Han Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Former Jin Dynasty were caused by the greed of the royal family, which instead caused turmoil in the country."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly. The demise of the Qin Dynasty was due to the fact that the people did not want to obey the strict laws of the Qin Dynasty. In the same way, the demise of the Tang Dynasty was also due to Huang Chao and others being dissatisfied with the court's exorbitant taxes and policies that made it impossible to see the way forward. , in fact, it has nothing to do with the system of prefectures and counties or the feudal system. On the contrary, the Rebellion of the Seven Kings almost led to the destruction of the Han Dynasty itself, not to mention the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, which was the tragedy of the times.
Although it was not Cao Mang Buyi who succeeded in the end, Cao Mang Buyi was indeed the first to stir up the world.
At least judging from the historical context, the enfeoffment system was not implemented again in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so it was naturally against the laws of history for Li Xingchen to use the enfeoffment system to stabilize the local area.
If this problem mainly focuses on the common people, then it would indeed be meaningless for Li Xinchen to dwell on the difference between counties and enfeoffments here.
"As long as Your Majesty can calm the hearts of the people, implement benevolent policies, and punish the poor, the people will definitely be inclined to live and work in peace and contentment. And if the imperial court sends officials to manage the place, even if these officials have evil intentions, it will be difficult to get the support of the other officials and people under his command." Shen Wuhua said in a deep voice, "It is impossible for just one person to control the jurisdiction of a place. As long as local officials and people express opposition, it will be difficult for him to succeed. If the imperial court can establish a complete supervision and prosecution system, system, then these officials are in awe of the imperial court, and naturally they will not have other thoughts."
After a pause, Shen Wuhua then said: "On the contrary, once Your Majesty entrusts others to the four directions, you will inevitably give them the power to act expediently. In this way, local officials and people will know that benevolent government comes from others, not Your Majesty, and they have the intention to do so." If you are grateful, you will also appreciate the kindness of others, and will not miss your Majesty's rain and dew. Once others have wrong thoughts, the people and officials will not follow them."
Historically, King Zhu Di of Yan launched the Battle of Jingnan, and was able to use the isolated city of Yanjing to resist several attacks from the imperial court. In the end, he was even able to take Jinling all the way and replace Emperor Jianwen, which established the hegemony of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.