"The right prime minister's words are wrong." Zeng glanced at Deng Xi and retorted: "Your Majesty divides the princes and heroes as kings, and goes to remote places to build a state, which is for the branches!" ”

"If a towering tree is implemented, if the county system is implemented, it is a strong trunk and weak branches, although the trunk is strong, but the branches and leaves are weak, and it looks withered, how can this tree live a long life?"

"And the line is divided into seals, the branches are one, complement each other, the trunk is thick, the branches are luxuriant, and the tree may not decay for thousands of years or ten thousand years!" The metaphor that Zeng pointed out is still very vivid.

The county system is really a policy of strong cadres and weak branches. Relying on the county system, the state of Wu has indeed greatly strengthened the centralization of power, but the internal collapse has fallen into collapse, who will save the state of Wu?

Who will help the building to fall and turn the tide? As a traverser, Qingji knows how the Qin Dynasty in history fell.

The Qin Dynasty, which was once prosperous, died II! When the remnants of the Six Kingdoms revived, and rebellions broke out in various places, the Qin Dynasty was unable to suppress it.

Where did the million-strong army of Qin when he annihilated the Six Kingdoms go? This is a question worth pondering. People with foreign surnames are unreliable, only their own brothers and relatives may be reliable.

If it is the descendants of Qingji

In the way of "Jing Difficult", he won the country, and Qingji still felt that it was not a big problem, after all, he was his own descendant and his own blood and blood...... Throughout the dynasties, the dynasties of the feudal system were generally relatively long-lived.

For example, the Han Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty, and the short-lived ones were the Qin Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, and the Cao Wei Dynasty...... After weighing the pros and cons, Qingji felt that the parallel system of the county and the state was more suitable for the Wu Dynasty, after all, people's minds changed.

One generation of relatives, two representatives, three generations and four generations will be pulled down. If Qingji divides the princes, it may not guarantee that the princes and kings will not rebel in the future.

As blood ties become more and more estranged, who remembers the relatives who live in the broken household? In the face of Zeng Dian's statement, Deng Xi was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and argued with reason: "Zeng Dian, have you forgotten how difficult it is for my Great Wu to sweep away the countries and dominate the world?" ”

"Great unification is not easy to come by, and now you are instigating Your Majesty to divide the princes and heroes to build the country, what is your intention?"

"Are you worthy of those soldiers who died?"

"You!" Zeng Dian still wanted to reply to Deng Xi, but he was already interrupted by Qingji waving his hand.

"This matter will be discussed later! Tonight's feast, regardless of state affairs! ”

"No!" …… After that palace night banquet, there was an undercurrent surging between the government and the opposition in Jinling. If given the opportunity, who wouldn't want to list their territories and become a prince?

Night falls. At this time, in the house of Prime Minister Kong Qiu, there was a lot of traffic and it was very lively. The ministers and doctors in the court all received an invitation from Kong Qiu to celebrate his birthday.

As the patriarch of the Wu State, as well as the originator of Confucianism, and a generation of sages, Kongqiu's reputation is undoubted, and the ministers and scholars of the government and the opposition will basically give him three points of thin noodles.

"Who of the ministers in the court who has not been present?"

"Teacher, Wu Anjun, Wu Xinjun, and Doctor Yu Shi didn't come for some reason, but just sent someone to send congratulatory gifts." Hearing Zeng's words, Kong Qiu couldn't help frowning.

Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, and Fan Li are all smart people, high and powerful, and they are also the ministers of Qingji, and they are deeply favored veterans.

None of them came to attend Kongqiu's birthday banquet, didn't they give face? No. Kong Qiu guessed that Sun Wu and the others might have guessed what they were going to do, so they didn't plan to get involved.

After a birthday banquet came to an end, Kong Qiu sent people to invite Zuo Sima Tian Sui Tho, Dazai Fumizu, as well as the left general Wu Ming and the right general Sun Di to the spacious study room.

Kong Qiu and Zeng ordered the master and apprentice to accompany him and make tea for himself. The people here are all ministers of the Wu State, or generals on the battlefield.

Why did you come together?

"Ladies and gentlemen, in recent days, His Majesty has sent all the princes who were originally located in Hebei, the Western Regions, Longxi, Shangjun, Yuyang County, Dai County and other places to Jinling, and asked them to return to Beijing to report on their work, nominally to report on their work, and participate in the Imperial Ceremony, what does it actually mean, can you understand?" After Kong Qiu took a sip of tea, he said meaningfully.

It is indeed not simple for Qingji to let Gongzixi, Gongzifan, Gongzizhang, Gongzihong and other princes who are sitting on one side return to Beijing to report on their work.

Because, these sons of his held military power and had great prestige in the local area. The royal ceremony, the county guards of other counties are busy with government affairs, so they don't have to be there to participate.

Why did Qingji let his sons return to Beijing to report on their work?

"Prime Minister Zuo, you mean...... Your Majesty intends to implement the sub-feudal system? Sun Di asked hesitantly.

"Exactly." Kong Qiu smiled slightly and said, "General Sun, at the night banquet in the Funing Hall that day, His Majesty was noncommittal about the matter of the feudal system, which can be seen. ”

"It's not that Your Majesty doesn't want to divide the princes and heroes to build the country, but it's inconvenient to express your position immediately."

"The founding of the feudal state is a major event of my Great Wu, and there is no room for sloppiness. Like Deng Xi and his ilk, advocating the county system and opposing the division of princes and heroes, it is really against the general trend and disobedient to the will of the gods! Sun Di frowned and asked, "Prime Minister Zuo, is this true?" ”

"Can the old man still deceive the second and third sons?" Kong Qiu said slowly: "Your Majesty is a generation of heroes, an emperor through the ages. ”

"At present, the world is initially decided, but people everywhere are impetuous, such as Qi, Yan, Lu, Song and other countries, with Lilly, retaining the most basic vitality, and it will change for a long time."

"The current situation is like when King Wu was conquering and dividing the princes."

"If the remnants of the nations are not dead, and they try to make a comeback, against our Great Wu, what can they do?"

"Only by letting capable heroes and princes sit on one side and build a feudal state, can Your Majesty rule the arch."

"Your Majesty must have this in mind."

"This ......," Sun Di nodded suspiciously. At this time, Wen Chong narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully: "Prime Minister Zuo, with all due respect, whether I, Dawu, will implement the sub-feudal system or completely cancel the sub-feudal system depends on Your Majesty, and it is not something that my courtiers can control." ”

"The second and third sons can sit and wait for His Majesty's orders."

"Dazai's words are wrong." Kong Qiu retorted: "Your Majesty is virtuous, and he often follows the good as the flow, rather than blindly being rigid and self-serving. Now Deng analyzes those people and instigates His Majesty to abolish the feudal system, so that the sons and heroes are not allowed to build a feudal state, how can it be? ”

"What we have to do is to encourage the ministers to write to Your Majesty together, and let the scholars comment and ask Your Majesty for their lives. I asked His Majesty to restore the sub-feudal system, and divide the princes and heroes to various places, thinking that they would be the branches of Great Wu. Wen Chong swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, and said, "Isn't that like forcing the palace?" "This is forcing the palace!

In fact, Kong Qiu also knew that what he was doing was not in line with etiquette, but he had to do it.