The official position of the feudal monarch's territory that Qu Yuan just mentioned refers to the people who help the feudal monarch to come out of the internal affairs of the feudal domain, and the courtiers who are subordinate to the feudal monarch appointed by the feudal monarch. These courtiers obeyed the orders of the feudal monarch, but not the king of Chu, and the king of Chu could not command the courtiers of the feudal monarch.

One of the most representative things is the Yangchengjun incident.

King Chu mourned the death of illness, Wu Qi lost his support, and the nobles of Chu besieged Wu Qi. As a result, Wu Qi had no way to escape, lying on the corpse of King Chu Mourning, and when the feudal monarchs shot Wu Qi, they also shot the corpse of King Chu Mourning.

Wu Qi died, but the feudal nobles who shot Wu Qi did not end well, and the nobles of the three clans who were wiped out by the king of Xinchu reached more than 70.

Among them, Yang Chengjun saw that something was wrong and ran away in advance. The king of Chu sent people to recover the territory of Yangchengjun, but was rejected by Meng Sheng, the giant of the Mo family, on the grounds that the king of Chu did not have a token of Yangchengjun.

Although the king of Chu finally recovered the territory by force, the characteristics of the feudal monarch system can be seen.

"Xianqing, how many feudal monarchs do we have in the Chu State now?" Xiong Huai asked.

"Great King, when Weichen was serving as a disciple of Zuo, he once counted the number of feudal monarchs in Chu State, because of the rebellion of the ministers, the first king Su Wang exterminated dozens of feudal monarchs who attacked Wu Qi. Because of the defeat of the Chu State and the loss of the country, there are more than a dozen feudal monarchs who have lost their fiefs. However, King Su, King Xuan, and King Wei have successively canonized some feudal monarchs, and now there are still more than 100 feudal monarchs in my Chu State. ”

"And among the more than 100 feudal monarchs, there are more than 80 who have fiefs, and some other feudal monarchs, for various reasons, no longer have fiefs, only the name of the feudal monarch, and they are all involved in court politics."

Xiong Huai nodded, there are more than eighty powerful feudal monarchs, and they don't know how big their fiefs are and where they are.

"Do you know where the current feudal monarch is?"

Qu Yuan had already done his homework on this, and said easily: "Great King, the fiefdoms of our Chu State and the fiefs of the northern countries are all on the border Gongwei Zongguo. Because the feudal monarch was worried that the fief was located on the border, and once faced with a war, he would lose the fief, and requested that the fief be placed inside the Chu State, so most of our Chu feudal lords were in the heart of the Chu State. ”

"The fiefs in the middle of the Yangtze River and the Hanshui basin and the fiefs between the Yangtze River and the Huai River have the most, and these places are all densely populated and fertile land, but they are occupied by feudal monarchs, and the country has lost its financial resources and military resources."

"Once there is something wrong in the country, the king will be shirked in every way to collect money and food from these feudal lords, and he will refuse to offer it for a long time. When the king requisitioned troops from them, they would also delay, and even if they sent troops, they would not send the elite of their fiefdoms, but all of them were untrained farmers who were not vulnerable to attack. ”

After Qu Yuan's explanation and the memories of his predecessor, Xiong Huai had an understanding of the feudal monarch, which was a small feudal country. And it is not a feudal country that is used as a barrier, it is basically in the center of the Chu State, absorbing the essence of the Chu State, but not doing anything for the Chu State.

"A swarm of moths." Xiong Huai gritted his teeth with hatred.

Thinking about why Qu Yuan's changes failed in the past few years, it is easy to understand just by looking at the ministers of the Chu State.

Yin Zhaoyang, the commander of the state of Chu, was born in the Zhao clan of the Duke of Chu; Sima Jingli, Gong Jing; Zhu Guo Jing Cui, Gong Jing Clan; The general is bent, and the prince is bent; General Zhao Rat, Gong Zhao Clan; Gong Yin Zhaoju, Gong Zhao clan; Si defeated Tang Yu, aristocratic Tang clan, Shangdafu Shangguan doctor, aristocratic Shangguan clan...

Counting Qu Yuan, the leftist disciple who was also born in Qu Shi, the state power of Chu has been divided between the three major clans of Zhaojingqu, among which the Zhao family is the most powerful.

Outsiders can't meddle in the political situation of Chu at all, just like Chen Zhen, even if Yin Zhaoyang invites the minister of Chu State, with the support of Ling Yin Zhaoyang, he only serves as a guest secretary, and has no real power at all.

In the face of this political situation in the Chu State, no matter who wants to change the law to become strong, strengthen the royal power, and weaken the nobles, they will be besieged by the nobles.

The attitude of the minister of Chu towards the change of the law, not to mention support, even if there are few people who do not oppose it.

Therefore, Wu Qi was killed, and the day before yesterday, many ministers demanded that Qu Yuan be killed, all of which were caused by changing the law.

If it weren't for Qu Yuan's background in the Gong clan and his deep love from his predecessor, I'm afraid that the moment Qi Guo destroyed Yan, he would have been killed by others.

In this case, if you want to change the law to become stronger, unless you first weaken the power of the noble feudals, there will be too much resistance.

Seeing Xiong Huai's face change, Qu Yuan gritted his teeth and said again: "Great King, for the Chu State, the fief of the monarch is not the most serious, for my Chu State, the most serious situation is the nobles themselves. ”

"What?" Xiong Huai was taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Qu Yuan in puzzlement.

"Aristocrats?"

Could it be that there is anything more serious for the Chu State than the small independent kingdoms of the fiefdoms?

Qu Yuan nodded and asked, "Great King, do you remember the first king Shengwang?" ”

"Of course I remember, in the sixth year of King Sheng, he robbed and killed King Sheng, and the people mourned the king." This piece of information was particularly profound in the mind of the predecessor, and as soon as Qu Yuan mentioned it, Xiong Huai immediately recalled it.

King Chu Sheng, the former king of the state of Chu, was killed by thieves just six years after he ascended the throne.

Stealing and killing the sound king, these four words are easy to make people think about it, and the next five words are also powerful.

Chinese people are a group of free people who have the right to participate in the government, the army, and education.

In history, the most famous Chinese people participated in political actions was the Chinese riots, they overthrew King Zhou Li and expelled King Li from the capital of Zhou State, if it were not for the current Zhao Gong Zhao Mu Gong to replace the son of King Zhou Li with his own son to be killed, I am afraid that even King Zhou You and his father King Zhou Xuan were also killed by the people.

Because King Zhou Li fled and did not die, the crown prince of Zhou Li could not ascend the throne, and then joined the people did not allow King Zhou Li to return to the capital, the Zhou Dynasty experienced fifteen years of the era when there was no King Zhou in the capital, and the Duke of Zhou and Zhao Gong jointly presided over the government, which is known as the republican era in history.

It was not until King Zhou Li died in Yidi that King Xuan of Zhou was able to ascend the throne, and the capital of the Zhou Dynasty had King Zhou again.

Now that the people of Chu have once again supported the king of Chu, you can imagine how serious the matter inside is.

You must know that in the capital of Chu State, but there are so many princes and nobles, when will the matter of the King of Chu be established, the clan of Chu State will not interfere or not interfere, and the nobles will not interfere either, and the people of the country need to come forward to support the King of Chu?

That's not all, even more outrageous things are yet to come.

After the death of King Chu Sheng, the whereabouts of the murderer were unknown, and King Chu Mourning, who had just been supported by the people, did not investigate who the murderer was, nor did he intend to avenge his father King Chu Sheng, so King Chu Sheng died in such an unknown and confused manner.

You must know that after the death of King Chu Mourning himself, just because the nobles and feudal monarchs killed Wu Qi and injured the body of King Chu Mourning, the enthroned King of Chu Su destroyed more than 70 feudal monarchs and nobles.

The treatment of King Chu Sheng and King Chu Mourning was compared, and it was terrifying to think about it.