However, Li Xingchen knew better that if he did not set the tone to suppress the aristocratic family now and then unify the north, everything would become more complicated and troublesome!
Because the truly powerful family with descendants all over the world is still in the north.
When the Jin Dynasty moved to the south, many aristocratic families only sent some of their children to go south. In addition, the southern aristocratic families continued to shuffle their cards. Therefore, although the reputation of the southeastern gentry was still there, the person who presided over the southeastern gentry was no longer the Wang Xie family.
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In contrast, the Yang family, the Pei family, the Cui family and even the Yingchuan families in the north have continued their inheritance for three hundred years.
The most important thing about a family is inheritance and accumulation!
Three hundred years of personal relationships and interest entanglements have made their control over the north and the family's own accumulation greater than that of the aristocratic families in the south!
Not to mention that although the north has experienced wars for a long time, its population is still higher than that of the south. Having a population often means prosperity.
It is not the prosperity of ordinary people, but the prosperity of aristocratic families.
The financial lifeline of the north and even the lifeline of the country were in the hands of aristocratic families, and the latecomers also followed this pattern. After the six military towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved south, the families in the military towns also continued the legacy of the Central Plains aristocratic families.
For example, various aristocratic families in the Guanlong Group are more or less related to the original Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and even came from the Six Towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty themselves.
As long as the aristocratic family still exists, the court will not be able to use all its strength to develop the economy and consolidate its rule, so poverty will still exist. The problem of food and clothing has always been the most acute problem in society. If even the problem of food and clothing cannot be solved, then society will also
It can't be safe and sound.
The reason why the past dynasties were controlled by aristocratic families was because the imperial court did not have the power to solve the problem of food and clothing, so it could only rely on the power of aristocratic families to complete its rule at the grassroots level. What the people obeyed was not so much the orders of the imperial court, but the orders of the aristocratic families.
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Take the Xu family in Wu County, which has been developing for many years, as an example. Wu County is a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, but even so, the local people are full of poor people, and the people know that the Xu family exists but do not know that there is a court. For the people,
The Xu family is their food, clothing, and parents. It actually has little to do with the court and who the person sitting on the throne is.
Therefore, under the system of aristocratic families and the nine-level Zhongzheng system, the court is not so much relying on policies to govern the local area, but rather relying on the power of aristocratic families to maintain local peace and stability. However, such peace and stability do not rely on the people's trust in the court.
In terms of loyalty, it rests on the family's loyalty to the court.
The loyalty of aristocratic families should be one of the most unreliable loyalties in the world.
After all, the connection between the imperial court and the aristocratic families is more, or accounts for the vast majority, the connection of interests. The imperial court relies on giving the aristocratic families enough benefits to keep the aristocratic families loyal to itself. But if the aristocratic family has enough ambition, then no matter how big the family is,
It is impossible for the interests to satisfy their needs, so the aristocratic family will inevitably seek to replace the imperial court.
Looking at the changes in the various dynasties of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it is actually a process in which the strongest aristocratic family and a group of younger brothers replaced the weak court.
So it is not because this era will not end, people in this era like troubled times, but because as long as this system is not changed, there will always be ambitious people, and there will always be people who are not satisfied with vested interests. The newly rising aristocratic family
, there are many people who think that they can reach a higher level and eventually command the world!
It's not just because the southern or northern courts don't want to unify, but because sometimes, or in most cases, there are too many obstacles.
So Li Xinchen must end all this!
If the Jiangnan side cannot be pacified, then going north will definitely face greater threats. Because the northern aristocratic families change slowly, the power they accumulate will only be greater than those in the south.
"Your Majesty, let's have a meal." Yuan Lexhang interrupted Li Xingchen's thoughts.
Only then did Li Xingchen realize that the steaming meals had already been placed on the table.
"Have you all used it?"
"I'm not here yet. Today I'm taking turns to follow His Majesty, so I've been waiting for His Majesty to come back." Yuan Lexhang said with a smile, "The rest of the sisters have already gone there to rest."
"How are Xiang'er today?" Li Xingchen realized that it was already late. Because the sky was cloudy after the snow, it got dark very early, so that Li Xingchen almost forgot the time and didn't even take a look at Xiao Xiang.
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"Your Majesty, don't worry. Concubine Xian will take care of you every day. There will be no problem." Yuan Lexhang replied hastily, and at the same time subconsciously reached out and touched his lower abdomen.
It was shriveled and there was no movement at all.
Although her movements were not big, Li Xingchen still saw her.
"So you want kids?"
Yuan Lexhang was so upset that he lowered his head and did not dare to look at Li Xingchen.
Li Xingchen took her hand and said, "Come over and have a meal together. Only when you have eaten and drank enough will you be strong."
"Ah?" Yuan Lexhang hasn't reacted yet.
Li Xingchen smiled and said: "If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiang'er and Fan'er, they will tell you why."
Yuan Lexhang was startled for a moment, probably realizing something, and pursed his lips.
Li Xingchen's hands began to be dishonest: "You tell me whether I eat first or you first."
"Eat, eat."
"Eat you, okay, then I won't be polite!"
Yuan Leshang half-pushed, and was directly thrown to the mat by Li Xingchen.
After not being allowed to write for a long time, Li Xinchen stood up and knocked on his rice bowl: "I'm hungry, let's eat first."
The winter wind is cold outside the door, but inside the door, laughter is everywhere.
Li Xingchen put on his clothes.
The road ahead is difficult, but for this tenderness, I have to keep going.
Jiankang Mansion, Cuiwei Palace of the Han Dynasty.
Cuiwei Palace was built on the basis of Taicheng Imperial Garden, where Chen Shubao once lived and enjoyed himself. From Cuiwei Palace, you can see two towering pavilions. Chen Shubao's favorite Zhang Lihua and Kong Bin once lived here.
The two pavilions are connected by a complex road in the middle. It is not the most magnificent building in the palace, but it is definitely the tallest, so it also has the reputation of a fairyland.
Now these two pavilions have been transformed into places for climbing high and looking far away, and Cuiwei Palace is as its name suggests. Compared with those two pavilions, Cuiwei Palace is hidden by the trees in the Imperial Garden. If it were not for the cornices of the main hall, it would be difficult to detect it.
its existence.
There are many mosquitoes here in summer, so the harem and concubines prefer to come here in winter.
It also snowed in Jiankang Prefecture for a short while. There was some snow in the dark places on the ground, but most of it had melted away.
The doors on the side of the main hall are push-pull. After opening, you can directly see the small lake in the imperial garden. There is now a thin layer of ice on the lake, and the water is calm, like a bronze mirror that has not been polished.