Chapter 43 The Experimental County
Over the years, Ji Kang has had a clear understanding of the political system of Yan State.
In the end, it was concluded that, with the exception of Liaodi, Yan was still a semi-slave and semi-feudal country.
And it is a country where slavery is greater than feudalism.
Although during the reign of King Yan Zhao, the entire Yan Kingdom can also be said to have carried out a large-scale "change". With the assistance of the "Four Famous Ministers" and others under his command, King Yan Zhao took a step towards feudalism.
But with the death of King Yan Zhao, the Yan Kingdom was immediately counterattacked by conservative forces such as the gate lord Guixun.
The system of the state has reverted a lot.
Among the seven kingdoms of the Central Plains, the country that has entered the feudal system most thoroughly is the Qin State.
Ji Kang said at a court meeting to the ministers of Yan Xiang and other Yan countries in Jidu:
"After the Qin State changed the law from Shang Ying, according to my Liaodi, it was economically and completely privatized land. The slave owners of the Qin State in the past became feudal landlords, and the slaves gained relative freedom and became peasant households. ”
In this way, it is clear that the peasants are much more motivated to engage in production than the slaves are to engage in production. Because peasant households have their own fields, houses, grain, and products, their output is much higher than that of slaves in the fields. ”
"My Yan State is still implementing the "sub-feudal system", but in recent years, the Qin State has fully implemented the "county system". Subsequently, the national policy formulated by the court was also quickly implemented in all counties. ”
In other words, the system of the Qin state was a centralized and autocratic system. Such a system can make it easier for Qin to concentrate manpower, material resources, financial resources, and even military resources than other countries. Therefore, the Qin State can be strong and conquer the Quartet. ”
At that time, above the court, Yan Xiangsu and the ministers heard Ji Kang say this, and many people were uneasy in their hearts.
Everyone knows it's the right thing to do.
But in this way, it violates the vital interests of many people!
Seeing this, Ji Kang naturally knew what these people were thinking, so he didn't say anything more.
For the advantages and disadvantages of the two systems, no one in this era knows better than Ji Kang.
Although the officials, merchants, and all the leaders of the Liao region did not understand so many great truths.
However, the development of Liaodi in recent years has made everyone realize that their own systems and practices in Liaodi are obviously different from any country in this era. Among the countries of the Central Plains, none of them has developed better and faster than Liaodi.
Therefore, this set of systems formulated by his own princes and marquis must be adhered to and promoted in Liaodi.
In Ji Kang's father, Ji Yun, was enthroned as the king of Yan, and Ji Kang officially stepped into the political arena of Yan Kingdom.
For the current political system of Yan State, Ji Kang couldn't bear it for a long time.
For this reason, during this period of time in Jidu, Ji Kang asked Huang Yong, director of the Intelligence Bureau, to increase the collection of intelligence from various counties and counties in Yan State.
After collecting and sorting out the intelligence of various counties and counties in Yan Kingdom, and discussing with Mr. Lu Zhonglian and Mr. Su Dai.
In a conversation between Ji Kang and his father Ji Yun, they simply put forward their own ideas.
"Father, for the sake of my Yan country, now my Yan country must make appropriate changes to make the country rich and the people strong."
After listening to his youngest son's words, Ji Yun was stunned, looked at Ji Kang, and said:
"Kang'er, do you want to "change the law" in my Yan country? Do you want to be in my Yan country, and you want to implement your Liaodi system? You know that if you implement the system of your Liao land immediately, the entire Yan Kingdom will fall into turmoil. ”
Ji Kang shook his head and said bluntly to his father Ji Yun: "Father, sooner or later, the Yan Kingdom will implement the system of Liaodi. But at present, Erchen does not want to comprehensively promote the overall system of Liaodi in Yan Kingdom, there is no need to be so fast. ”
"Father, we can take small steps to implement the new policy, and slowly replace the old old system. For example, "abolition of slavery" and "burial". It's not that hard, right? ”
Ji Yun coughed lightly, pondered for a moment, and said to Ji Kang: "Kang'er, you can do this, but you can't be in a hurry." You must know that these two systems have already touched the interests of some gate lords. ”
Ji Kang looked at his father and said with a smile: "Father, the sons and daughters didn't want to implement the policy of Liaodi in Yan Country immediately. Indeed, as my father said just now, my Yan country is in turmoil. ”
But the son thought that a county could be used as an experimental county for the "New Deal". Every new national policy of our Yan Kingdom can be promulgated and implemented in this county first, and the other counties will remain unchanged. ”
"When the effect of the implementation of national government in this experimental county comes out, so that everyone can see the benefits of doing so, and then implement it in each county. In this way, on the one hand, our Yanguo can maintain stability, and on the other hand, it can also ensure the smooth promotion of the "New Deal". ”
"Father, son-in-law thinks: "The world is bustling, all for profit; Every day is bustling, all for the sake of profit. "As long as there is enough interest exchange, I think these gate lords and other interest groups will know the benefits of doing this!"
When Ji Kang said this, he secretly said in his heart: "If this doesn't work, don't blame me for overturning the table next." ”
Yan Wang Ji Yun thought for a long time, looked at the serious expression of his youngest son in front of him, and knew that this was the last bottom line of his youngest son.
After Ji Kang arrived in Liaodi, Ji Yun still knew what his youngest son did in Liaodi.
Not to mention the two counties of Liaoxi and Liaodong, let's just say that in other counties and counties, those gate lords and nobles who do not cooperate with Liaodi's policy, the final encounter is not very good!
I don't know how I got this little son? Anyway, it was very smooth in Liaodi, and a set of national policies that he couldn't understand.
But Ji Yun also knows that it is under the impetus of these new policies that Liaodi has been able to develop so quickly and rapidly, and it is rich and powerful in the past ten years.
Thinking of this, Ji Yun secretly sighed: "Anyway, his health is not very good, this Yan Kingdom will be handed over to him sooner or later." Let him carry out his own ideas according to his own ideas! ”
Ji Yun looked at the youngest son in front of him, and said to Ji Kang with a smile: "Kang'er, this is very good!" Don't make one county a test county, two counties! I will leave the two counties of Youbeiping County and Yuyang County on the border with you Liaodi to supervise the implementation! ”
The next day, above the court, Yan Wang Ji Yun issued an edict and ordered the two counties of Beiping and Yuyang to be the experimental counties of Yan's new policy. The new policies of these two counties were supervised and implemented by Liaocheng Jun Ji Kang.
Although these two counties are still under the jurisdiction of the Yan State court, Ji Kang has absolute power to appoint and dismiss personnel.
The other counties and counties of Yan will continue to maintain the original system, and after the implementation of the new policy, they will see its effect and make a separate decision.
It can really be said: one stone stirs up a thousand waves!
When they heard that King Yan was going to carry out the so-called "law change" again, many gate valve nobles were a little panicked. But this subsequent decision of King Yan Xiao made many people's hearts settle down again.
King Wucheng was buried in mid-November, after the coffin of Ji Kang's grandfather, King Wucheng, was buried.
Ji Kang's father, Ji Yun, made Ji Zhao the queen of Yan.
After discussing with Ji Kang, King Yan decided not to declare Ji Kang the crown prince for the time being, at Ji Kang's request. But it was clearly decreed that Ji Kang had the right to supervise the Yan State.
After all the things in Jidu were arranged, Ji Kang discussed with Lu Zhonglian, Su Dai and other people in Liaodi, and prepared to return to Liaodi.
Because his mother Ji Zhao was made queen, he couldn't return to Xiangping City with Ji Kang this time.
After Ji Kangyu played his father Ji Yun, he clarified the identity of Qingzhu and Qingmei as concubines. Let the two of them serve their mother Ji Zhao in Jidu, and after staying for more than two years, they married Ji Kang together with Su Ya.
On the way back to Liaodi, Ji Kangshun inspected the two counties of Youbeiping and Yuyang, and met with Su Peng, the county guard of Youbeiping County, and Sun Zhi, the guard of Yuyang County.
After talking, both of them happily accepted Ji Kang's arrangement and went to Xiangping College to study first.
If you're not happy, you can't help it! In the past few years, because these two counties are close to Liaodi, in the face of the thriving situation in Liaodi, many people have gone to Liaodi, and the pressure on these two people is not ordinary.
Immediately, Ji Kang wrote to his father Ji Yun.
Song Hai, the commander of Ling'an County, who is excellent in the assessment and familiar with the situation of the right Beiping County, was appointed as the county guard of the right Beiping County, and Zuo Zong was the military and horse governor of the right Beiping County;
Wang Xian was transferred to be the county guard of Yuyang County, and Rong Yan was the governor of Yuyang County.
Subsequently, Ji Kang ordered that Youbeiping County and Yuyang County should implement the same policy as Liaodi, and the people of the two counties could enjoy the same preferential treatment as Liaodi. When the people of the two places heard this, they were all happy and encouraged, and they rushed to tell each other.
At this point, the vast northeast area along the Yanshan Mountains in the west of Yuyang County, north to the Great Xing'an Mountains, and then east to the Outer Xing'an Mountains were essentially under the jurisdiction of Ji Kang.
At the end of the year, Ji Kang and others finally returned to Xiangping City.
The first year of King Wuxiao is approaching.