89 Pacify the vassal king

During this time, for the people of Dahan, the exciting news came one after another.

First, the general and the Taifu rebelled, but before they could do anything, they were put down by a group of eunuchs. I thought that the emperor was young, and the power would definitely be completely controlled by the eunuchs. But within a few days, this eunuch completely withdrew from the stage of history. Then it was even more remarkable, as soon as the little emperor took power, first the separation of military and government, then the selection of talents in the imperial examination, and then the tax reform.

There are so many explosive news, and before people can catch their breath, the newspapers are making big news again. The Han Dynasty is about to reform the title and implement a new title policy.

The new title policy is nothing, after all, there have been a lot of reforms in recent times. But this time the news was very different, because the emperor not only wanted to reform the title, but also made the scholar into a class of scholars, and gave them great privileges.

It is said that such a thing, the people are just watching the excitement. But through this news, after they saw the possibility of having a knighthood and becoming a soldier, they were completely interested in this news.

In the past, these were all out-and-out privileged people, and they couldn't even dream of it. And now, they all really see the hope they have. You say how can they not be excited, so people are looking forward to the day when the new policy will be implemented.

All of them are preparing, having the money to prepare money, having the skills to hone their skills, and they all want to be able to successfully join the privileged class when the new policy is implemented.

It can cause this effect, all because the privileges given by Liu Hong are too attractive. It is the instinct of people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and if someone is developed, it is something that everyone wants to see.

But if someone from his own tribe commits an offense, and the whole clan is involved in the distribution, or if he is directly executed, no one wants to do it.

But in the past, you couldn't decide whether you wanted to or not, and that's what the law stipulated. But now it's different, as long as you join the privileged class, you don't have to be afraid of being affected by others, do you say people don't want to join this privileged class.

Liu Hong can be regarded as reforming a lot of things, and there are many people who support it this time. However, Liu Hong also knows that no matter what kind of policy, it is impossible to win everyone's support. Just like this time, although the majority of the people, and even many family valves, are happy to see this policy come to fruition. However, there are still many royal families with thrones, and they are not interested in title reform.

But they can't be blamed for this, after the reform of the title, there will be no throne. This certainly means that their throne is gone. And that's not all, they will also lose the right to manage the fiefdom. In this way, they have lost all their face, and it would be strange if they were willing.

This policy, which will cause dissatisfaction among the royal family, was considered as early as when everyone was deliberating. But for the sake of stability in the future, Liu Hong thought about it for a long time, and decided to do it head-on.

The harm of too much royal family was already very serious as early as the Jingdi period. Otherwise, there would not have been the famous Edict of Cutting Domains, and the later Edict of Tui'en.

But after such a long time, it is now the end of the Han Dynasty. If it weren't for Liu Hong's crossing, the Han Dynasty would have been destroyed, but now in the Han Dynasty, there are still more than a dozen people with thrones.

The vassal kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although there were still feudal states, but in fact, they were no longer able to eat. Speaking of which, even if they are left behind, it is not a big problem.

However, even if the vassal king only eats and does not cure, he still has subordinates, which will pose a threat to Liu Hong's official reform. So Liu Hong was ruthless and simply eliminated them completely. After the province, what problems will arise, so that future generations will be embarrassed.

However, these vassal kings are also Liu Hong's relatives. Especially Liu Li, the king of Hejian, can be regarded as Liu Hong's closest relative, so Liu Hong must appease them.

But how to appease, Liu Hong made a difficult mistake now. Speaking of which, Liu Hong is very uninterested in these royal relatives. Even if it is the same line as his dear King of Hejian, for so many years, he has not seen them take the initiative to help their orphans and widows, let alone other royal relatives.

After some consideration, people like King Zhongshan and King Xiapi are dying and have no heirs, so they don't need to be ignored. And the King of the River, no matter what, is also a close relative. Let him take advantage of it, but it can be justified.

But for the other vassal kings, Liu Hong has never been able to make up his mind. Liu Hong is not familiar with them, and the relationship is not close, and this situation is the most difficult. If they suffer, they will not want to, and others will say that he is unkind. But if they get naked, won't Liu Hong lose, so Liu Hong is unwilling.

At the king of Hejian, Liu Hong sent Liu Qi to negotiate in person. promised, although the throne of the King of Hejian has become a duke, but the fief will not become smaller. And not only Liu Yi, the eldest son of the king of Hejian, can inherit the title. Even the second son Liu Kang and his younger brother Liu Tuo could get the title of duke.

In this way, two more dukes were added as compensation for the cancellation of the vassal king, and the king of Hejian was also satisfied. But if he knew that the two people in history, one was named the king of Jinan and the other was named the king of Rencheng, he didn't know what he would think.

With the example of the King of Hejian, the other vassal kings will be easy to do. If the fief remains unchanged, it is also compensated by increasing the title. However, they don't have the treatment of the king of the river, so they can only add a few more marquis to compensate. If the treatment given to them exceeds that of the King of the River, they will be scolded for not distinguishing between inside and outside.

Liu Hong's compensation plan, the vast majority of vassal kings were basically satisfied. In the vassal system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the vassal kings basically existed in name only. Moreover, according to the imperial court's long-standing policy towards the feudal kings, they had long been prepared to be completely cut down.

Now the new policy is out, although they are no longer called vassal kings. However, the actual benefits have not decreased, and they have received additional compensation, so they have nothing to complain about.

But there are exceptions to everything, and Liu Xu, the king of Anping, was very dissatisfied with Liu Hong's compensation. not only openly made nonsense, but even recruited troops and wanted to openly rebel.

Anping Wang Liu continued, Liu Hong was a little impressed. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was captured by the rebels. was finally redeemed, and was killed because of great rebellion, absolutely unlucky.

Now it seems that he is not only an unlucky ass, but he is a pure fool. Even if you are dissatisfied, when you don't have the strength, don't show it. Now that you are openly rebelling, if you are not destroyed, will Liu Hong still have prestige, so he is purely looking for death.

Liu Hong easily and neatly killed King Anping, and also played a role in killing chickens and monkeys. All the vassal kings have seen Liu Hong's ruthlessness. didn't care about the feelings of the clan at all, so they didn't dare to show dissatisfaction, and the matter of the vassal king was completely resolved.

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