After disposing of the Rongya case in the Qianyuan Palace, the emperor was in a good mood. When everyone left, he took Guangluqing and Chuntuo to the imperial garden to relax. The emperor walked for a while, felt a little hot, and took off the big hat he was wearing outside.

"Your Majesty, you have to cherish the dragon body, it's still very cold." Yu Yuan said.

"Out of the way. It's mid-spring, and it's going to be summer in another twenty days. My body is very strong. Xiao Tuyou smiled and said: "This case is finally settled." I don't think they have any complaints. How is the king of Beiling over there? ”

"Your Majesty, the King of Beiling County has been very calm these days, and there is nothing unusual."

"Don't take it lightly. My brother is different from all others. Don't look at his appearance of being a fairy every day, in fact, he thinks very deeply in his heart. Wait for Tingwei and Zong Zhengqing to prepare the final document, you find someone to send a copy to all the clans, so that the king of Beiling County can know what happened in detail. Otherwise, with his careful thinking, he will inevitably find loopholes. ”

Luo Yuan suddenly realized, it turned out that the emperor ordered Zong Zhengqing to sort out the case files and distribute them to the various clans, but in fact, there was still a hidden purpose, nominally to rectify the style of the clan, but in fact it was just to let the king of Beiling County know the facts of the case. This technique is upright and unaware. Although this is a trivial matter, the emperor's thoughts, the depth of the intentions, and the lack of traces of the means, are really clever. This Emperor Chongjing, it seems that he is really not the previous Prince Yongcheng.

Yu Yuan waited carefully. The emperor suddenly asked, "By the way, how did you plan the list of clans of the county kings?" ”

"The minister has prepared it."

"Very good, you hand it over tonight, I'll take a look first."

"Whoa."

Xiao Tuyou looked into the distance and said, "It is absolutely impossible to divide so many county kings at once and not clamp them down." The lessons of the previous dynasty are all lessons from the past, and they are vivid. At that time, you and I were aware of the predicament of the emperor and the imperial court. Speaking from the heart, the first emperor cut the domain, including the late Longwu period, the first emperor planned to fully implement the county guard system, and in my heart, I actually completely agreed. ”

Yu Yuan was shocked. The emperor's thoughts had not been revealed at all before. At that time, the reason why Yu Yuanji, several county kings, and other clans supported Prince Yongcheng and opposed Emperor Longwu was because Emperor Longwu was bent on cutting down the feudal domain and becoming more and more mean to the clan nobles, and Prince Yongcheng tried to maintain the county system and treat the clan favorably. At that time, Prince Yongcheng Tuyu also fell out with Emperor Longwu for this reason. Why did the emperor say that he agreed with Emperor Longwu's idea of cutting the feudal domain at this moment? If so, wouldn't the power base for the throne be lost? In this way, is the national policy of restoring the county system formulated by the emperor and several county kings a few days ago to be overturned? But the emperor obviously asked about the list of county kings just now. What the hell is going on? Luo Yuanji was shocked, confused and frightened, and didn't dare to say a word, so he silently followed forward.

Xiao Tuyu noticed Yu Yuan's panicked expression, and said with a smile: "You don't have to be surprised. By saying this, I do not mean to change the established new national policy of restoring the county system. However, it is not possible to restore to the county system of the county kings with different surnames in the Dagao period of the previous dynasty, nor can it be restored to the system that the county kingdoms of Beiling and Ganzi want to be completely independent of the imperial court. ”

Luo Yuan still didn't understand the emperor's thoughts, stopped, bowed, and said, "The minister is stupid." Your Majesty, please make it clear. ”

"You were born in a wealthy family, and you have always been in the center of the Holy Capital, and you have never been in the feudal county, so you don't understand the true meaning of the county system. Do you know that the King of Beiling and the King of Ganzi are in their counties, and they are no different from me in the Holy Capital? Why? Because the people, affairs, military, and financial powers in the county are all in the hands of the county king, and the court has no right to intervene in them at all. As long as they don't make trouble, the court can't do anything to them. Although I am nominally the emperor, I am not alone, and I share this world with these county kings. ”

"Your Majesty's holy candle shines, and it is beyond the reach of ministers."

"What's even more terrifying is that these clan kings who have been separated are even less credible than those county kings with different surnames." Tuyu shook his head and said.

"Oh?" This is a question that Yu Yuan has never thought about.

He put on a big coat, sat down on a big stone facing the sun, looked at the eaves of the towering Qianyuan Palace in the distance and said, "Who in the world doesn't want to sit on the throne in the Qianyuan Palace?" The more revered the status, the closer to that throne, the more uncontrollable the obsession with that throne in my heart. Once these clansmen are separated and become county kings, they are only one step away from the throne. They have a correct bloodline and a high rank, and their hopes for the throne are more blazing and prosperous than those of those county kings with different surnames. If it is not checked, the kings will surely raise an army. I think, I don't have to wait until three or four generations later, during my reign, it is estimated that the county kings who are divided by these clans will not be able to wait. ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... Worried about it, right? Yu Yuan said boldly.

"Humph!" Xiao Tuyou pointed at Yu Yuanxuan with his finger, and said with a smile: "Too worried? You! These clans supported me to succeed to the throne, and all of them thought that they had great merit and deserved a huge reward. I just made them the kings of the counties, and expanded the territory of their counties, how could they be grateful? Especially Beiling and Ganzi, they were originally the most respected founding meritorious county kings, and I just gave them more territory, how could they afford a little wave in their hearts? For them, sitting on the throne of the county king, what they thought in their hearts was the position of Qianyuan Palace. ”

Emperor Chongjing's strength is that he knows people's hearts well, and when he was Prince Yongcheng, he used this leniency that knew people's hearts well and put himself in his shoes to rub those clans together and obey them. At that time, Yu Yuanyi and those clan relatives just felt that Prince Yongcheng was generous, and even some women were kind, but now that they think about it, isn't it Prince Yongcheng's deliberate and intentional strategy?

However, as for the emperor's judgment that the clan was more unreliable than the county king with a different surname, Luo Yuanyi could not fully accept it, so he said: "But these clan relatives are more reliable than those county guards with foreign surnames, right?" ”

Tuyu breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Well, I can't say it. I haven't worked with those county guards, and I haven't been a county guard myself, so I don't know what they think. But there are at least two things that are desirable in the county guard system. The first is that the appointment power belongs to the imperial court, and the power is exercised, and the county guard is removed from the throne with a holy decree, which is much more convenient to control than those hereditary county kings. Second, in those places where the county system was implemented, there were many taxes paid and tributes were paid, which was absolutely incomparable to those counties. But you're right, they're all outsiders after all. Moreover, these county guards were all famous ministers and famous generals when they were originally out, and they were all able to hang out of the pile of dead people, and let them monopolize power in a county, if they commit a rebellion, it is much more difficult to deal with than those clans who have grown up in the rich and noble pile. Therefore, I don't feel very comfortable with those county guards. ”

"Your Majesty. So what should I do? "Luo Yuan has a very strange feeling, the emperor he sees today may be the real appearance of Xiao Tuyou, and the previous Prince Yongcheng is probably just a role that Xiao Tuyou can play. Yu Yuan gathered all his spirit and listened to the emperor's political opinions. In the past twenty or thirty years, Luo Yuan had never heard Lu Tuyu seriously discuss any political affairs. In the previous Luo Yuanxuan's view, Xiao Tuyu was a vassal of Xiao Tuli, who was then Wei Weiqing, and Prince Yongcheng who indulged in lust under the grace of Emperor Longwu. But since he succeeded to the throne, Luo Yuan felt more and more that he might be very wrong. Yu Yuan felt that the emperor's heart was too deep to be explored, and even his own core think tank, which was always by his side, had not explored one ten-thousandth. This made Luo Yuan extremely afraid, an invincible fear from the bottom of his heart, more even more indissolvable than the majestic and magnificent fear of Emperor Longwu.

With a glow on his face, he smiled and said, "I thought of a way." Combine these two systems. ”

"Your Majesty's meaning, is it still the coexistence and co-governance of the county and the county? Ministers are ignorant, isn't that the same as the national policy of the first emperor when he first founded the country? ”

"Nope. It's not coexistence, co-governance. It is to coexist, but to divide and conquer. The emperor spread out his hands, then put them together, and said, "I mean, the county system and the county guard system, into one." Each county has both a county king and a county guard appointed by the imperial court, which is coexistence. The emperor raised his left hand and said: "The power of sacrifice and military affairs belongs to the king of the county; Raising his right hand, he said, "The administrative and financial powers are in the hands of the county guard." This is the partition. Xiao Tuyu shook his hands and said: "The county king and the county guard do not rule each other, and they are all responsible for the imperial court. In this way, the king of the county has a position and a soldier, but has no power or wealth; The county guards have power and wealth, but they have no positions and no soldiers. Moreover, the county king and the county guard coexist in the same county, which is bound to be full of contradictions. In this way, the imperial court can coordinate in the center, meet the source left and right, and give what is needed. ”

Emperor Chongjing's words made Yu Yuan enlightened. Yu Yuan lifted his placket, knelt down, and said, "Your Majesty is far-sighted. Shengming has no fault with His Majesty. Your Majesty, O Shengming! O Shengming, Your Majesty! The courtiers are happy and convinced, and the hearts are happy and convinced. Your Majesty, the minister dares to assert that once the law of coexistence and division of the county and the county is implemented, it will not take ten years, and the prosperity of Chongjing will inevitably come. The ministers are fortunate for the subjects of the world. The minister congratulates the people of the world. Your Majesty, congratulations! These are the words that Yu Yuan said from the bottom of his heart. Yu Yuan never thought that he had been a dog and a horse, drunk and lying on the flowers, where did these profound considerations about the political system come from? He boasted that he was a very gifted man, and he thought about the art of power and the way of governing every day, but he could never have imagined such a wise political approach to the design of the political system. The Emperor's awe of the Emperor was further enhanced, and at the same time, the Emperor's incomparable sage was inspired by the Emperor's ambition.

Xiao Tuyu helped Luo Yuanxuan up, and said excitedly: "Hahahaha." Get up. As I just said, there are many things that you haven't experienced, so you don't have a deep understanding. I am with those county kings every day, and I know best what they think. You're not in his position, aren't you in power? The emperor almost said it in passing, even if it was himself, after he succeeded to the throne, after sitting on the throne in the main hall of Qianyuan Palace, he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night in the east of Qianyuan Palace, and he couldn't sleep under ten thousand pressures. It was not very clear whether this "new county system" was really feasible, but seeing that the scheming Luo Yuan sincerely complimented Song Sheng, he was finally completely confident.

Xiao Tuyou stood up, looked around, and said in a good mood: "In the holy capital, the ground is still too cold, this is mid-spring, and it is almost the beginning of summer, and there is still nothing to see in the imperial garden." ”

He was also very excited, looking forward to a bold new deal and a prosperous era just around the corner, which would be a new deal carried out under his planning and promotion, and it would also be a prosperous era that he helped the emperor create. Luo Yuan smiled and replied, "Your Majesty, during the mourning period, no flowers can be placed in the palace. However, there is a hot spring water in the Yulin Garden to warm the earth, and there are many precious flowers, so Your Majesty will move and go to the Yulin Garden to enjoy the flowers. ”

"I won't go to the Forestry. I'm going to take a look at those Ryukawa Maihimes. ”

"Your Majesty, ah... However, the minister has not yet prepared the secret medicine...... The minister is guilty......"

"It doesn't matter. My heart is glad today. The case was handled beautifully, and the political affairs were also cleared, and I felt relieved. Today, I'm just going to see them and let them dance for me. Liuchuan Dancing Princess, people's housekeeping skills are still 'dance'. Hahaha. Don't make a noise, no one else needs to follow, and there is no need to declare the law to serve, let them stay in the Taimiao for a good life, the great funeral of the first emperor is important. It is not only unlucky to let the mourners in the temple come to serve, but if outsiders know about it, they don't know what good words will come out. Just you and Chuntuo, it's enough to bring a team of Nangong guards with you. Anyway, it's all in the palace, and nothing can happen. "The Emperor seemed to be in a good mood. Chun Tuo and Luo Yuan understood that the emperor didn't want to make a big fuss, so as not to make a public announcement and be criticized.