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On the Ba, the whale ditch, the peach forest flowers on the hillside are in full bloom, and they are beautiful.

In the forest, set up a folding table, spread a tablecloth, and put a few chairs on the side, Li Chao and Su Dingfang's master and apprentice talked about tea in this colorful peach forest, enjoying the good spring.

"This empire was built by us with blood and sweat, and now the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden, the cunning rabbits are flying, and the lackeys are cooking." Su Dingfang is in his early forties, and he seems to have gained some fortune when he enters middle age, and his waist is stronger. "Teacher, we can't say yes."

On the table in front of Su Dingfang, there was a newspaper.

Beijing News.

This is a newspaper that was only published yesterday, and it is also an official newspaper run by the Ministry of Rites, and its circulation is far less than that of several major newspapers such as The Times and Banyuetan, but its influence is still quite large. There are often many official news, and there is an important piece of news in this newspaper today.

Tui En Decree and abolished the door shadow system, and removed the three internal guards of the pro-Xun Yi.

These are all aimed at the nobles, and the Tui En Decree is similar to that of the Han Dynasty, and the territory of the princes and lords is inherited by the eldest son, and it is changed to the joint inheritance of all the princes' sons, and the sons of the princes can also be divided into knights.

A national duke is therefore divided into a county duke of the eldest son and several county dukes of the sons-in-law, and the county duke and the county duke are independent of each other and have no subordinate relationship. Even the knightly collars of the concubines are independent from it.

This edict is to weaken the strength of the princes, avoid getting stronger and stronger, and forcibly let the princes divide their families.

In this way, after a few generations, even if it is a prince like Li Chao, the territory will be divided into quite a lot and become extremely small in the future, and it will be difficult to pose a threat to the imperial court.

Coupled with the abolition of the door shade system, the edict issued by the imperial court this time can be said to greatly violate the rights and interests of the nobles.

Su Dingfang, who is the king of Jiangjun, is also very dissatisfied.

On the Ba Shang in March, the scenery is indeed very good.

The former barren ditch slope has now become a rice grain river.

Dozens of miles long bathing ditch, after more than ten years of renovation, now here has become a scene of Chang'an, is full of rice grain river. On both sides of the ditch slope for dozens of miles, nearly 10,000 acres of terraced rice have been reclaimed, and the water from the Whale Gully Reservoir has been used for irrigation. Further up, there are patches of fruit trees that have become forests.

In spring, the peach blossoms here are beautiful.

The wind blows the peach blossoms, and the falling flowers are colorful, making people mistakenly think that they are in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Your Majesty is indeed in a bit of a hurry." Li Chao saw that the water on the small tandoor on the table was boiling, so he lifted the pot and began to brew tea.

The door shade system is indeed an important system for electing officials in the Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even this system still exists in the Song and Ming dynasties.

It's just that historically, after the Middle Tang Dynasty, the door shadow system was no longer the mainstream, and the imperial examination system replaced it as the right way for officials to enter the ranks.

The imperial court used to dismantle the Guanlong group was the imperial examination system, although the door shade system has been retained, but in later years, it is often difficult for the children of the nobles who rely on the door shade to get promoted.

Sanwei was appointed for eight years and ten years, and only a small official was released, and even ten years could be appointed as a full official. Often can only hold some idle positions, there is a saying that you can't be a county lieutenant for ten years.

Therefore, in the later years, even if many noble children have the qualifications of the shadow, they often give up this way of entering the official ranks and choose the imperial examination or the army.

It can be said that the imperial court did not explicitly abolish the door shade system, but it did stifle the door shade system.

That kind of method can be called a bit more clever. And now Li Shimin has directly abolished the door shadow system, so simply and decisively, but it has also offended the anger of the public.

This is not a pity at all, and the slightest opportunity is not given.

It is no wonder that top ministers like Su Dingfang all think that the imperial court is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, and the bird is hiding from the bow.

The edict in the newspaper was issued in the name of the imperial court, but Li Chao knew that this must be what Li Shimin meant. Cheng Qian would certainly not take the initiative to put forward such a radical plan, and the prime minister did not have the courage to do so.

You must know that the fall of the Sui Dynasty is the death of reform.

Emperor Wen began to set up the imperial examination, which was only the beginning at that time, and only a few people were selected a year, and most of them were children of noble scholars. Countless nobles have already been dissatisfied, and later Yang Guang's further bold reforms angered the entire Guanlong group, and finally buried the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were both kings with the same lofty hearts, and they both loved to toss.

The end is very different, if Li Chao says the difference between them, that is, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has always been tossing with the princes, nobles and wealthy businessmen, but he is very good to the people, and he also rewards military meritorious soldiers, and he has won over a large number of them. Therefore, although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reigned for decades and tossed the anger of the heavens and the resentment, it never aroused the opposition of the whole world.

The expansion of Han Wu laid a large amount of land, relocated many landless people to reclaim and pioneer, divided the land and gave the land, and gave those military meritorious soldiers generous rewards, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tossed the treasury very empty, and even bankrupted countless merchants, but the lives of many people were better, and they had their own land.

As for Yang Guang, he not only tossed the Guanlong nobles, but also tossed together with the people of the world, but everyone rebelled together, so the extremely powerful Sui died all of a sudden.

Now Li Shimin is also starting to toss.

But it is obviously the path of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is to weaken and suppress the power of the princes and nobles, to weaken the fiefdom strength of the nobles, and to abolish the door shade, which greatly weakens the nobles' right to speak in the court.

On the other hand, the imperial examination was carried out, the industry and commerce were greatly developed, the border was expanded by immigrants, the imperial court vigorously developed the economy, and the people also enjoyed many dividends. To say that now the Tang Dynasty court and the emperor are indeed extremely supported by the people.

In this situation, Li Shimin wants to toss the nobles, and there is really nothing anyone can do.

"If you have your own territory, you can rest assured that you can live your own small life behind closed doors, what does it matter if you don't get in. Anyway, now under the order of Tui'en, no matter how many sons are born, at least they can inherit a territory and be a knight lord. Li Chao said with a smile.

Li Chao is the biggest vassal in the world, and he has so much prestige, everyone wants to see his attitude.

But Li Chao has any attitude of his own, and he will not say anything if he has an opinion.

At least, the current situation, Li Chao is still acceptable.

"The imperial court has just given us an increase in the number of troops and a reduction in taxes, and we have received a lot of benefits. Now the imperial court wants to push favor and abolish the door shade, which can be regarded as an exchange of interests, and we have to compromise. Li Chao said to Su Dingfang.

"But it's so uncomfortable, it feels like eating."

"Hmph, real is definitely worse than that. Come on little by little, it's hard to keep the door shade system anymore. ”

"But in this way, will we, the nobles, still have a place to speak in the court in the future, and will we still have influence? How can our rights and interests be protected in the future? Su Dingfang asked.

Everyone threw their heads and spilled blood for Datang, of course, they also hope to reciprocate. The nobles laid a foundation for the emperor, and they also hoped to have a place in this world, and even be able to share weal and woe with the country.

Li Chao picked up the teacup, blew it, and sipped it gently.

The tea was nice.

"Dingfang, in fact, if you want to ensure the interests of our nobles, it will not work by relying on the original method. As it is now, I think we should come together. ”

"How?"

"You know, you know?" Li Chao asked with a smile.

"Well, over the years, there have been chambers of commerce all over the country, and their influence is not small." 、

The Chamber of Commerce can be regarded as an organization of businessmen established by Li Chao. Businessmen established chambers of commerce and held up groups, and their strength and influence were indeed getting stronger and stronger.

"Dingfang, merchants have their own chambers of commerce, and we, lords and nobles, should also have our own organizations."

Su Dingfang was a little puzzled, did he want to establish a noble association.

"Parliament, there is a parliament in Lingnan, you know that."

"I know that the council was also set up by the teacher when he pacified Lingnan, and the wealthy and powerful people of the Fan Han Dynasty and even the local wealthy businessmen were elected to join the council, and they could discuss current affairs and speak to the court and government on behalf of the locality."

"That's right, the Lingnan parliament is indeed like this, representing the local slang barbarians, the Han Chinese and the wealthy people, as well as the local industrial and commercial classes. I think we noble lords can also set up such an organization, of course, with the permission of the imperial court. We can ask the court to set up a council, and all our fictitious nobles can become members of the parliament, and the councillors can participate in politics. ”

As soon as these words came out, Su Dingfang fell into deep thought.

Now that the imperial court is engaged in these new policies, even if the children of the nobles inherit the title and territory in the future, they will not be given the rank of dismissal to the actual position, the lord is a knight, and the official is an official.

This means that they will really lose their position to speak in the future, and if there is such a council, then it doesn't matter if the nobles are not officials, they can still participate in politics and have the opportunity to speak out.

"Actually, as real nobles, even if we don't have an official position, we still have grades. We are also qualified to make a contribution to the court, so if the court establishes a council, it will not change much, but it will only allow the nobles to sit down and discuss together often under the auspices of the court. ”

The imperial court was centralized, and its jurisdiction was over the prefectures and counties directly under the Central Plains. The princes were divided into frontiers, had noble councils, and could participate in politics.

This is also something that Li Chao is promoting.

The executive power of officials does not conflict with the parliamentary power of the aristocracy.

If he could, Li Chao also hoped that in the future, industrial and commercial landlords would also be introduced into the parliament. In this way, the Senate and the House of Deputies, the aristocracy, and the industrial and commercial landlords, could also form a limit on the supervision of the imperial power and the administrative system of officials.

On the other hand, with a noble council, it can also form a protection for the lords and nobles.

"Then we will unite with the nobles and ask the court to set up a parliament, and as long as the court is willing to agree to the establishment of a parliament, then we are willing to accept the abolition of the door shadow system." Su Dingfang gritted his teeth and said.

Li Chao smiled, "It's not easy for you and me to come forward in this matter, you can find some people to come forward and propose." ”

"Don't worry, teacher, I'll find someone to do this."

For the sake of his own rights and interests, Su Dingfang is also willing to fight hard with the imperial court.