Rule the world with the aristocracy

Build a hierarchical, well-rounded nation.

Thinking about it this way, this is indeed a serious weekly ceremony.

Isn't the content of Zhou Rite the world of Zhou Tianzi, princes, ministers, doctors, scholars, and countrymen?

"Establish a noble assembly, and all large state affairs are decided by the noble assembly? Isn't this just a reduction in the power of the monarch and an increase in the power of the nobility? The nobles will certainly not oppose such a reform. The head of the Zhao family said directly.

However, in this way, can Chu Hou be willing?

Feeling the doubts of the head of the Zhao family, Chu Hou clapped his hands, and after a few breaths, Wang Jujun and his junior brother Zhu and another junior brother Zeng appeared in front of several people.

"Reform is the redistribution of a country's interests, and the image is to divide the pie."

"In the past, the big cake of Chu was mainly distributed by the marquis of Chu and the nobles. At that time, the fiefs of the nobles belonged to the nobles, and the places directly under the jurisdiction of other monarchs belonged to the Marquis of Chu. Theoretically, the two sides do not interfere with each other, but this is only a theory. ”

The reason is that in Wang Jujun's view, if they can really not interfere with each other, then the state of Chu will not be able to exert three percent of the ten-layer strength, and the remaining seventy percent will be in internal fighting.

However, in reality, the nobles were always thinking about encroaching on the interests of the areas directly under the jurisdiction of the Marquis of Chu. Most of the officials in the Chu State are nobles, and the nobles will naturally think about how to dig the corners of the Chu State and strengthen themselves. ”

"In the same way, if the state of Chu wants to develop, it is necessary to centralize power, in order to better centralize power, in order to strengthen the authority of the central government, the marquis of Chu has always had a suppressive attitude towards the localities and the feudal monarchs."

"This makes the two sides distrust each other, wary of each other, and if they want to do anything, they have to exchange interests first, and the behind-the-scenes exchange is over, and there are all kinds of changes in the front desk."

Therefore, the state of Chu in the past was big but not strong.

The area is indeed very large, the first in the world. The entire Central Plains countries taken together may be about the same size as the Chu State.

The strength on paper is also very strong, but most of it is used for internal friction.

"Now that Yingdu has been broken, Fengjun and the Marquis of Chu have a common goal, at least before driving out the Wu army, there is the possibility of sincere unity."

"For a long time, some people have suggested that the Marquis of Chu cut the feudal domain and deal with the feudal monarch directly." As he spoke, Wang Jujun looked at Chu Hou.

Chu Hou nodded slightly: "Yes, the reform of the Wei clan has been seen by my own eyes." ”

"In the past fifty years, the changes in the land of the twenty counties will be checked every day."

"How the twenty counties are getting stronger little by little, Lone also knows in his heart."

"The reforms of the Han, Zhao, Wei, and San clans and many countries, including the Qin State, are actually Li Kui-style reforms."

"The content of these reforms is also similar, and the core idea is to centralize power, increase the strength and authority of the central government, and weaken and suppress the local government."

"The specific strategy, that is, the three axes."

"First, suppress the small and medium-sized aristocracy, deprive the hereditary nobility of their fiefs, or at least deprive the hereditary nobility of their right to administer under their rule. Taxes can be divided among them, and they can be allowed to retain some privileges and troops, but the land and population must be handed over. ”

In history, Gongzisi did even more excessively, and many nobles of the Wei family were killed by Gongzisi. He also keeps giving talented clan women to attract talents.

"Second, pay attention to agriculture, which is the same as Yancheng."

"The good seeds of Yancheng, they copied them and bought them. They bought and copied the agricultural equipment and magic tools in Yancheng. The large-scale planting method in Yancheng, they learned and copied it. ”

"Third, it goes without saying that we attach importance to the military."

How can we not attach importance to the reform of the armed forces?

In Chu Hou's view, the reform of most countries is just like this. Even if it is the reform of the Qin State Shang Ying, it is only a more thorough squeezing, squeezing as much as possible all the forces that can be squeezed, so as to enhance the national strength of the Qin State and enhance the strength of the army.

As for ploughing warfare, most countries, as long as they are not faint, encourage agriculture and attach importance to the army.

It's just that the degree of attention is not the same.

There are few countries that directly attach as much importance as the Qin State.

"Therefore, in the past, Gu also often wondered if the Chu State should also be reformed like the Han, Zhao, and Wei San clans."

Hearing this, Wang Jujun shook his head slightly: "The national conditions are different, and the reform naturally cannot be completely copied. ”

"The three clans of Han Zhao and Wei are the great feudal monarchs of the Jin Kingdom, and the land occupied by the nobles in their territory is not much."

"The number of lands occupied by the large and small feudal lords in the Han clan accounts for about two percent of the Han clan as a whole, the Wei clan is two into five, and the Zhao clan is two into three."

"With the strength of the Han Zhao Wei San clan, it is easy to crush the feudal monarchs in the country. As long as the feudal lords still have a choice, they will not rebel. ”

"And the State of Chu, the feudal lords of the country occupy as much as sixty percent of the land of the State of Chu, but because they are too scattered and not united, it has always been the Marquis of Chu who has been in charge of the State of Chu."

Otherwise, it would have turned the world upside down.

"Although there are not many of these feudal lords who are loyal to the Marquis of Chu, most of them are loyal to the State of Chu."

Hearing this, Chu Hou was also speechless.

The other heads of the family also looked up at the sky or looked down at the ground at this moment.

Regarding everyone's reaction, Wang Jujun said that it didn't matter. It was originally a relationship of mutual use, as long as the Chu State was successfully reformed, it could help him practice what he had learned and become a great real person.

At that time, even if you run away, the trip will not be a loss.

"Therefore, the successive generations of Chu marquis have changed, and the feudal monarchs don't care at all. If it weren't for the destruction of Yingdu this time, the feudal monarchs would not have rallied around Chu Hou so sincerely. ”

"Now is a great opportunity for reform."

"Fengjun is the foundation of the Chu State, and it can't be moved."

"However, if the Chu State is not reformed, then the Chu State will only become weaker and weaker in the future."

"Therefore, the Marquis of Chu should share the world with the feudal monarch next."

"For example, the formation of a noble assembly and the direct transfer of some power to the noble assembly, such a reform, the feudal lords will definitely like it."

"On the other hand, you can directly ask the feudal lords to transfer the seal."

"Ask the feudal lords to give up their current fiefs and open up new fiefs."

"As long as the nobles who are willing to give up their fiefs and go further south to open up new fiefs, on the one hand, they can increase the area of their fiefs, originally one county, and in the future to two counties. Moreover, you don't need to give up as soon as you come up, you can completely give up while developing. ”

"Through resealing, centralization can be achieved indirectly. It can make the land within the territory completely unified and completely obey the orders of the Marquis of Chu. ”

"In addition, through the meeting of the nobles, the power is delegated to the nobles, so the nobles have to give up the position of the local taishou and the county order."

"These positions can be used to attract talent."

"Think about it from another angle, the nobles have strong blood and strength. If used wisely, this is an extremely powerful force. ”

"After recovering Yingdu in the future, the Marquis of Chu can build a noble academy. After the nobles from all over the country, especially after reaching a certain level, they must go to the noble academy to be trained. ”

"In addition, from now on, the whole country will allocate 10% of the treasury to the cultivation and training of nobles, and allocate it to the noble assemblies throughout the country."

"In the future, every county and even every county will have a noble assembly."

"The orders of the county order, the county guard, and even the order of the Marquis of Chu must also be implemented with the consent of the noble assembly."

"But at the same time, only the nobles who have passed the assessment can succeed the nobles."

"Those concubines who have been trained, but are unable to inherit the title, can join the army, fight for the Great Chu, and become the new nobles."

"The core of this reform is the exchange of interests."

"The Marquis of Chu recognized the strength of the feudal monarchs, and really took out the power to share it with the feudal monarchs. How to share it depends on the internal setting of the noble assembly. ”

"For example, the Marquis of Chu can stipulate that only those whose fiefdom is in one county or above can join the central noble assembly."

"However, these nobles only have the right to vote, not the right to make proposals, and each person only has one vote."

"And the nobles who are willing to transfer the land of a county will have two votes in the next thousand years."

"There is only one core idea, the greater the contribution to the Chu State, the stronger your own strength, the louder your voice in the noble assembly, and the more votes you have."

"At the end of the day, if a policy wants to pass, it has to be guaranteed to have more votes in favor than against."

"And once the assembly of nobles passes, whoever dares to continue to oppose it will be against the entire Chu State."

"In this way, the rules of the state of Chu in the future will become: you can oppose a certain decree, and you can frantically lobby others to oppose this decree before this decree is introduced. However, when a certain decree has completely passed the approval of the noble assembly, to oppose this decree is to oppose the nobles of the entire Chu State. ”

This kind of person doesn't live long!

"At the heart of this reform is the centralization of power through decentralization."

The Marquis of Chu ceded some power to the noble assembly, and the nobles as a whole became more patriotic and more willing to contribute to the country.

Because, now the most powerful thing in Chu is no longer the Marquis of Chu, it is the meeting of nobles.

And in the aristocratic assembly, all of them are nobles.

In a sense, this reform is equivalent to a direct acknowledgement: the Marquis of Chu is no longer the most powerful in the Chu State, nor is it the strongest in the Chu State. The master of the Chu State has changed from the Marquis of Chu to the nobles of the Chu State.

After the reform, Chu Hou is more like a big housekeeper.

The assembly of nobles completed the centralization of power and strengthened the national strength of the Chu State, and the Chu marquis and the nobles were no longer like in the past, thinking about killing each other every day, and the internal friction was greatly reduced.

"In addition to the noble assembly, the state of Chu should establish a complete system of noble promotion. This set of promotion system must be made public and become the foundation of the Chu State. ”

"It is necessary to strictly enforce this system, what kind of mistakes have been made, beheadings, what kind of crimes have been committed, and even the recovery of the territory together will be strictly carried out in accordance with the laws and regulations in this system."

"In the same way, what merits can be promoted to nobility should also be specified in detail."

"In addition, in addition to resealing, you can also learn from Yancheng and redeem it. It is not necessary to give money to redeem the fief, but also to give exercises, authority, and voting rights to the noble assembly, as long as it can be discussed. ”

"In the future, this noble promotion system and the noble assembly will become the two most important aspects of the Chu State. As long as these two systems are not shaken, the state of Chu will be able to firmly unite the current nobility and the future aristocracy. ”

"If the reform succeeds......"

(End of chapter)