What happened during this banquet soon spread in a small circle, and those who were interested began to feel uneasy.

People who were still a little skeptical, after seeing Luo Cheng standing on the side of Queen Shen Jiang with a clear banner, and had been staying in Taishiliao, without contact with political affairs, also believed that this new generation of Luo Hou really had a general relationship with the Son of Heaven.

As night fell, Luo Cheng was reading in the study with a bamboo slip.

What happened at the banquet and these days was nothing more than a passing moment for him.

Luo Cheng dared to provoke Ji Nie, naturally he had his confidence, even if Ji Nie was angry, but the power that should be given to him would not be less.

Power is ostensibly top-down, but essentially bottom-up, especially in this era when royal power is not very poised up.

The source of Luohou's strength in the past dynasties was, firstly, due to the trust of the successive emperors, and secondly, due to the position that the Luo's own family occupied in the system of Bangzhou.

Even in the era of King Kang and King Zhao, the two of them were able to hold great power as soon as they ascended the throne because they completely inherited the mantle of King Su and Duke Luowen.

In the past hundred years, although Luo's power has been declining, Luo's status is still special.

More than 100 years ago, there were six princes who served as regent councils in the era of Luo Wengong, and now only the descendants of the Luo clan are still holding high positions in Wang Ji.

Luo Cheng didn't like Ji Nie, the son of heaven, thinking that he was ambitious and talented, and had no self-knowledge.

Simply out of sight, go to Taishiliao for a period of time, and when the time comes, you will naturally start to contact political affairs.

The royal family now has a very mixed relationship with Rock's.

For example, Ji Nie doesn't like Luo Cheng and the former Luo Hou, but from the bottom of his heart, he knows that these two are loyal ministers who can do things.

Other people may have bad intentions, but Rock's will not, and this kind of trust at the political level has broken through the scope of people's hearts to a point of course.

Moreover, Luo Cheng is not idle in Taishiliao, and he can learn more about Wang Ji's situation and lay the foundation for subsequent governance.

Luo Cheng looked at the various recorded classics in Taishiliao, and soon found that Ho Jing's problems were much bigger than he imagined, and each of them was very tricky.

Some of these questions were already recorded in the books of Luo Wengong a hundred years ago.

Each generation of Luohou will record his life's ruling experience in books and leave it to his descendants.

The account of the Duke of Luo Wen shows a series of reforms he made to Bang Zhou.

But at the same time, he also made it clear that these reforms are only to alleviate the problem, and cannot be completely solved, and the descendants of the ruling country should pay special attention to it.

One of the most important policies of the reform of the Duke of Luo Wen was to re-enforce feudalism, a strategy that was very successful, and the land that Zhuxia was able to actually control greatly increased.

Ilo Zhirong was suppressed very badly.

However, the war against Xijon was a failure, and by the time of the Ji Ne period, the power of the dog had flourished to the point where the western states could not control it.

With the increase in the area under actual control, this problem in the west has become more serious than it was a hundred years ago.

From King Wu to the present, Bang Zhou has been more than 200 years.

Hundreds of vassal states are scattered across the vast land, fighting to the death against the barbarians.

They competed with each other for living space, and many of the jungles were carved out into arable land.

The nations of Zhuxia built cities in the open wilderness, and the barbarians lived in the unruled areas between them.

With the continuous squeeze of living space, the barbarian power in the central and eastern regions has become smaller and smaller, and even the intensity of the struggle between the countries has exceeded the intensity of the war between the Xia Yi.

But here in Hokyo, it's the other way around.

As the location of the temple of Bangzhou, a lot of land has also been developed here, but the power of the dog is getting bigger and bigger.

During the Xuanwang era, a large number of virtuous ministers were appointed, and the great vassal states such as the Jin State, the Shen State, and the Yu State were united, and good martial arts were achieved.

However, the continuous use of foreign troops also made Wang Ji's financial situation very bad, and the Chinese people began to be war-weary.

In addition, in the later period, King Xuan was deaf, as the Son of Heaven, took the lead in trampling on the patriarchal system, forcibly interfering with the succession of the princes' thrones, and even led troops to attack a vassal state surnamed Ji, which made the princes dissatisfied with him.

He also killed ministers indiscriminately, causing loyal ministers to abandon him as well.

In the end, he lost the support of the princes, suffered another thousand mu defeat, and Wang Ji's military strength was completely lost.

The dog Rong, which had only been temporarily suppressed before, became rampant again and began to migrate towards Wangji.

There are also more and more Inurong tribes gathered between the cities of the various vassal states.

The Rong people gathered around the city, which was a very dangerous sign.

Ji Ne relied on Yu Shi's father to govern and collect money, and there may have been an idea of suppressing the princes of Jinai, but this is unwise.

He had no prestige among the nobility, and his countrymen were angry with him.

Without the support of these two, Wang Ji's military strength is in deficit, and any small matter may cause irreparable consequences.

Now Ji Ne can still sit in the palace peacefully, and it is completely the complete system of Bang Zhou to protect him.

Even if his power is eroded, he is still the Son of Heaven.

For more than 200 years, the feudal system, the patriarchal system, and the ritual system have made the majesty of the Son of Heaven deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Although King Xuan was deaf in his later years, he did not cause irreparable consequences, and he can still be regarded as a master of Zhongxing, but Ji Nie is not good at all.

Under the protection of the system, he can still be considered safe.

So his first choice should be to strengthen the system and seek opportunities to weaken the power of others.

Instead of what Ji Nie is doing now, pampering Bao Xi, alienating Queen Shen Jiang, and even wanting to abolish the queen, make Bao Xi the queen, and let Bao Xi's son be the prince.

This is another blatant trampling on the Bangzhou system, the initiator, and there is no aftermath?

"I really don't know whether to live or die!"

Luo Cheng's clear support for Queen Shen Jiang and Prince Yi is to tell the whole world that the patriarchal system of Bang Zhou is still there, and the Luo family is still there.

In the hearts of all people in Bangzhou, Luohou of all dynasties was the defender of patriarchy and Zhou rites.

But the successive Luohou himself knew in his heart that the patriarchal law and the Zhou rites were both tools to maintain the rule of the Son of Heaven.

If the eldest son is very poor and wants to change another one, this is a very reasonable request, after all, the ancestors of the Luo clan have been troubled by the incompetent king for so many years.

But not so blatantly.

When King Su set the system back then, he actually left a secret door.

There are many examples of non-inheritance in the system, the most common being the inability to have a significant disability.

His ancestor Luo Wengong was the second son of the grandson, because the eldest son had a disabled leg, so he inherited the position of Luohou.

At that time, Luo Wengong hinted that Nanshenhou would change the heir, and it was the same reason.

Really dissatisfied with the heir, even if he does something quietly, no one will know if it was an accident or deliberate.

But neither King Xuan nor Ji Nie understood this truth, or they didn't care, and they didn't understand the importance of the patriarchal system.

A big interference, and a well-known to the court before he even made a move, the means are too rough.

The situation has reached this stage, and Queen Shen Jiang has become vigilant.

Luo Cheng is the king of Su, at this time, he must stand on the side of the patriarchy clearly, and he must firmly maintain the orthodox status of the prince.

Moreover, the Shen Kingdom behind Queen Shen Jiang is one of the most powerful princes around Hojing Wanggi.

Luo Cheng also doesn't like Shenhou, but politicians never decide the country's strategy based on personal preferences.

Ji Ne, a son of heaven who is basically unstable, dares to offend a great prince with a strong military and located on the side of the couch while challenging the patriarchal law.

Luo Cheng could only say "good death".

"The problem is much more serious than when the ancestor Wengong was there, and it is unrealistic to solve it all.

But slow conditioning can still alleviate some of it, and if Bang Zhou can stop getting worse, Lone can be regarded as doing his best. ”

Luo Cheng is very self-aware and understands that he can only be a pastemaker.

His ability to govern the country is very strong, and as long as he follows the step-by-step process, at least these problems in Bangzhou will not expand.

As for the future, it will depend on the wisdom of future generations.

He continued to look through the complicated materials, thinking about countermeasures while reading, "First of all, we must first get the waste of Father Yu Shi, in such a critical period, a person with mediocre ability is not qualified to stay in a high position." ”

The strength of the princes of Hojing Wangji has far exceeded that of the Wengong era, and the power of the royal family has been usurped a lot, and there is even a tendency to overthrow the emperor of heaven. ”

At that time, the civil and public reform greatly eased this process.

But more than 100 years later, the problem has returned, and the royal family's economic base in Hokyung is about to be hollowed out.

Suppressing the princes of Kinai is something that must be done, but there must be a limit to the suppression.

When there is no decisive force, it is impossible to break through the bottom line of the princes of Kinai.

Father Yu Shi didn't have the ability to grasp this, so he wasn't a nobleman that Luo Cheng needed to unite.

At that time, Duke Wen took advantage of the Xiongdun Rebellion and when the power of the princes in Jinai was empty, he brought in the power of the princes outside Jin, so that he had enough strength to carry out reforms.

Now Wangji's political power is also unbalanced, and King Huang and King Xuan have seen this problem, but the solution is wrong.

Although the royal power has declined to this point, the Son of Heaven is still stronger than any prince in the world, and stronger than any of the Qing clans in Wangji.

The two kings of Huang and Xuan then chose to directly suppress the nobles by violent means, which led to their joint rebellion.

In Luo Cheng's view, all kings have to face a very real problem.

That is, once the Son of Heaven forces everyone to the opposite side, he himself becomes the weaker side.

Established from Bang Zhou, although the power of the Son of Heaven was the strongest, it was not as strong as the alliance of the princes.

This reality is not caused by the sub-sealing system, but because of this reality, it is necessary to implement the sub-sealing system.

Through a series of institutional designs, King Su made the Son of Heaven a transcendent existence, and as long as the king sat on the throne, he could always maintain his strong influence.

But there are always monarchs who like to fight on their own.

The Wild King and the later King Xuan, through a series of operations, successfully pushed all the princes and ministers to their opposites.

This is extremely stupid.

"Ji Ne's maternal clan is the Qi State, and the wife clan is the Shen State, these are all forces outside the Qi that can be relied on.

However, there is still a lack of the Jin State, the most important big country surnamed Ji in the Central Plains, and it cannot have its own interests in Wangji.

This is not conducive to uniting the power of the clan. ”

Luo Cheng shook his head a little helplessly, all monarchs want to be autocratic, and they always feel that relying on others means sharing power.

Some succeeded, holding greater power, and some failed, and all of them died and the country was destroyed, and the king of the wilderness is such a typical example.

He did not want to use the power of the Kinai princes to fight against the Kinai princes, but to do it himself.

As a result, he was finally pushed down by a rebellion secretly led by the princes of Kinai.

King Xuan understood this truth in the early stage, so he prospered temporarily.

In the later stage, he wanted to kick out the princes who helped him seize power, so he was defeated.

The monarch of Shen did want to use his daughter's status as the queen to obtain greater benefits, but in Luo Cheng's opinion, this was a very reasonable behavior.

If the country pays the price, it should get the corresponding benefits.

Bang Zhou was originally fought by the princes of the world, and the princes did not dare to usurp the king, and they did not have the power to overthrow the rule of the royal family surnamed Ji.

They want to reap the benefits of the system, and the Son of Heaven should be happy, after all, he is the biggest beneficiary of this system.

As long as the Son of Heaven sits firmly in the Diaoyutai and uses his high position to bestow on those prominent princes outside the country, and balance the nobles and nobles of the Kinai provinces, it is very simple to take power.

Moreover, Shenhou is the northwest barrier of Wangji, and the communication between Shenhou and some tribes of Inurong is fully responsible for Shenhou, and maintaining good relations with Shenguo is very important to the safety of Wangji.

King Xuan saw this, so he chose Shenhou's concubine as the queen for Ji Ne, but Ji Ne actually wanted to destroy.

"First of all, the common enemy, the conquest of the dogs, this is the righteousness of Bang Zhou.

Stabilize Shenhou, unite with relatives Shenhou and Qi Hou against the nobles of the Qi Dynasty, the territory of Qi Hou is far away, so it is ......not enough to let Qi Hou confront Shenhou, and unite with Jin Hou to ensure that the situation is stable, so that the sword and soldiers will not meet each other, it is not enough."

Luo Cheng began to think about the new political forces and the exchange of interests.

He didn't care much about the power gained by the princes outside the kingdom, and Luo's consideration of the problem has always been calculated in tens or hundreds of years.

For such a long time, without the support of a huge clan, the power of the ruling princes of Kiwai would eventually be lost.

The position of the three princes inherited by the Luo family for seven consecutive generations was also lost during the Luo period after the passage of time.

"Huh?"

Looking at the information on the bamboo slips, Luo Yuan's face gradually became serious, and the bamboo slips recorded the natural disasters that occurred between Feng Ho in the past few years.

From the records one by one, as if the heavens no longer favor Bang Zhou, since Ji Ne's accession to the throne, many natural disasters have occurred in Hokyo one after another.

"Scourge!"

Countless serious natural disasters occurred in more than ten years, the most serious of which was the earthquake that occurred in the second year of Ji Ne, which triggered the diversion of the Jing River, the Wei River, and the Luo River, and finally caused the silence of the three rivers in the land of Feng Hao.

"When the country is about to die, there will be demons."

Because of Ji Zhao's existence, Luo's family completely believes in the destiny of heaven, and now Luo Cheng's heart is clouded.

Putting down this bamboo slip, Luo Cheng picked up another bamboo slip related to the disaster, searched for it, and sure enough, he found what he expected.

As a result of these disasters, a lot of land between Feng Ho is no longer suitable for survival, and even Dr. Youqing and his family have been moving eastward one after another.

"Trouble!"

Luo Cheng's face was not very good, and his fingers couldn't help but pinch the bamboo slip hard, he knew that he might have encountered a big problem that could not be solved.

Geographical changes caused by natural disasters!

This is the most important thing in the ruling book left by King Su to Luo, and each generation of heirs will study it deeply.

It is mentioned in the book of government that as long as the problem is caused by human behavior, there is a solution.

If you think a problem can't be solved, it's either not enough ability or identity is limiting you.

Lovan used his decades of experience in government to annotate this passage.

The situation caused by King Li is a man-made disaster, including the entrenchment of the princes and nobles of Wangji, the strength of the princes outside the province and the centrifugal force of the Son of Heaven gradually becoming stronger, these are all man-made disasters.

He listed his own methods of solving the problem, and he also listed the problems that he could not solve due to his status as a nobleman.

These valuable governance experiences can quickly raise the level of the heirs of Lowe.

But again, if a problem is not caused by human behavior, then it is a big problem.

Farming was the foundation of the dynasty, and in this book of governance, King Su mentions a point that few people will pay attention to.

He believes that a qualified ruler should always pay attention to changes in temperature and rainfall, the diversion of rivers, changes in mountain ranges, and these factors that affect the grain output of the fields.

These changes are beyond the control of man, they are the will of God, and the dynasty on earth must obey the changes of God's will and find the most suitable place to survive.

Now Luo Cheng feels that he has encountered this serious problem.

The princes and doctors migrated because their mining was no longer enough for them to survive, so they preferred to migrate.

In this era of thorns, forests, jackals, tigers and leopards, it is very painful to leave the land that has been cultivated and build a new city in the wilderness.

Hojing is located at the confluence of Jingshui and Weishui, and the breakdown of these two rivers will destroy the entire land of Fenghao.

If there is no water source, food production will be reduced, the population will not be maintained, and if the population is insufficient, the military strength will be further reduced.

Luo Cheng couldn't keep his composure a little, he held the bamboo slip in his hand and began to pace in the room.

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During the Western Weekend Period, a series of natural disasters dealt a serious blow to the economic production of the Weihe Plain, the strength of Wang Ji declined sharply, and the life of the Zhou people at the bottom was difficult. - "Those Things in the Western Zhou Dynasty"