SanjitNovel Chapter 697 Encouraging Li Ke
Chapter 697 Encouraging Li Ke
If the enfeoffment system follows the Zhou rituals, in short it is the enfeoffment and the founding of the country.
Regardless of whether the recipient is a king with the same surname or a king with a different surname, he has the right to dominate all military and political affairs within the territory of the feudal state.
This old system was not replaced by the future county system until Qin Shihuang unified the six countries.
However, Liu Bang's unlucky market guy restored the old system abandoned by the times for his own selfishness.
Just because he believed that the reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty was that the children of the royal family were not entrusted, which led to some people rebelling and being isolated and helpless.
Therefore, he re-appointed some of his brothers, nephews and nephews as kings, and made an oath to kill the white horse with the ministers, agreeing that anyone who is not named the king with the surname of Liu will be punished by the world.
Therefore, from the Wenjing period, the main hidden danger of the Western Han court came from the countless vassal states.
After all, princes and kings have absolute power in their own country, and can appoint most officials and collect taxes by themselves.
It even spanned several counties and counties, far beyond the counties and counties directly under the central court.
During the reign of Emperor Wen, the problem of the power of the princes and kings became increasingly prominent, and several kingdom rebellions had already occurred.
After Emperor Jing came to the throne, he used the minister Chao Cuo's proposal to cut down the feudal vassals to reduce the jurisdiction of some vassal states.
So Wu, Chu, Zhao, Jiaoxi, Jiaodong, Jinan, and Zichuan joined forces to launch a rebellion in the name of Zhu Chao Cuo in the third year of Emperor Jingdi, which was known as the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu in history.
King Liu of Wu, the leader of the Seven Kingdoms, is Gaozu's nephew. He has been running Wu for more than [-] years, and his strength once surpassed that of the central court.
Emperor Jing was forced to kill Chao Cuo, but who knew that the Seven Kingdoms still refused to stop.
Fortunately, at this time, the society in the Western Han Dynasty was stable, and the imperial court had begun to take effect in recuperating.
A few months later, Emperor Jing took Taiwei Zhou Yafu as his commander, and led the imperial army to quell the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.
In less than three months, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion was suppressed.
Emperor Jing took this opportunity to return the power of appointing officials in the kingdom to the imperial court, which greatly weakened the power of the princes and kings.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he vigorously strengthened the centralization of power.
The most important measure is to follow the strategy of the master's father-to weaken the princes of the world with the order of grace.
However, the princes of the world did not dare to resist after experiencing a major defeat, so they could only be forced to accept this conspiracy to weaken their own strength.
Even under a series of blows that followed, only the right to collect clothing, food, rent and taxes remained, and they could no longer participate in the political affairs of the country.
After decades since then, the threat of the various countries to the central court was basically lifted, and the aristocratic family had the opportunity to take the opportunity to grow bigger.
Li Ke naturally understood the changes, and also knew the damage to the Li and Tang courts caused by the restoration of the old enfeoffment system.
But in the face of today's crisis-ridden situation, is there any possibility for him to choose?
"Ugh!"
Thinking of this, Li Ke sighed heavily like a little adult, turned back with a lonely expression, walked back to the small couch and sat down.
What Li Yuanfang said was too important, and he didn't know how to make a decision for a while.
"Uncle Zhou, it's not that my nephew is trying to evade.
It's just that the enfeoffment of the various state committees is too serious, even if the younger nephew agrees now, the court ministers will definitely not agree in the future! "
Li Yuanfang smiled bitterly when he heard the words, and guilt flashed across his eyes again.
Seeing this, Li Yuanli frowned, and hurriedly said loudly: "Xiao Ke, you don't need to worry, the two of us will have our own way to deal with this matter.
As long as Xiao Ke doesn't forget today's oath after ascending the throne, we are willing to give up our lives to help Xiao Ke achieve success. "
"Ascension to the throne?!"
Hearing this, Li Ke felt short of breath, and his mind was full of pleasure after dominating the world.
It's a pity that such extreme fantasies quickly faded from his mind after thinking about Li Shimin and Li Jing.
After all, with these two people in power, his wish to rule Datang is nothing but a dream.
"Ugh!
If this little matter can be exchanged for the help of the two Uncle Wangs, the younger nephew will naturally not be stingy with this bit of authority.
It's a pity that the military power in the world is now in the hands of the emperor, and the only unfettered prince, Liu Shuai, is also in the hands of Li Jing.
Is it too unrealistic for me to talk about this ascending the throne and monopolizing power at this moment? "
Li Ke pretended to shake his head helplessly, but his words were full of temptation.
Since Li Yuanli and Li Yuanfang wanted to help him start the incident, they definitely wouldn't be unprepared.
What's more, in his hands, he also holds a power that others don't know.
Once Li Yuanli and Li Yuanfang were really powerful, he wouldn't mind letting them participate this time.
"Cough cough~"
Seeing that Li Ke was quite moved, Li Yuanli coughed twice and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang dares to speak so frankly, so naturally he won't be aimless.
As long as you, Xiao Ke, come forward to take care of this matter, Uncle Wang and others will naturally handle the rest. "
"This……"
Li Ke heard that the front of his chest heaved violently, suppressed his excitement and said calmly: "Since it is for this king, Uncle Wang wants this king to take care of it.
But there are only more than a hundred personal soldiers in the palace, so I want to...
I'm afraid it's tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg! "
"Hehe~"
Li Yuanli chuckled lightly, and said with deep meaning: "That day, His Majesty led all the generals to kill their brothers and imprison their fathers, and only then did they win the Great Tang Dynasty.
With His Majesty's example before him, how could Uncle Wang not know that military power is the most important thing in seizing the throne.
And if Xiao Ke couldn't bear to hurt His Majesty, he could imitate His Majesty's actions afterwards and treat His Majesty kindly as the Supreme Emperor.
Xiao Ke, you've seen it too, hasn't the Supreme Emperor lived well these years?
Even if he loses his power in the past and has a slight decline, he can still play with his grandson to support his life. "
Li Ke heard the words, but his heart became calmer, staring at the calm Li Yuanfang and tried again: "What Uncle Zheng Wang said is very true, and this king also agrees with it.
It's just that I don't know what Uncle Zhou's opinion is, after all, it was Uncle Zhou who brought up this matter first. "
"Um?!
Now that the king still has a choice? "
Li Yuanfang seemed to have recovered after hearing this, raised his head and looked at Li Ke with a guilty conscience, then quickly turned his head and said: "Xiao Ke also knows that this matter was proposed by this king, how can this king stay out of it.
What's more, now that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are all staring at you, Xiao Ke, aren't you just like me, Xiao Ke, and you have no way out?
If you don't want to be ransacked and executed like Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in the future, you can only stand up and resist now.
Otherwise, once you let Li Jing take over, your fate is doomed to be extremely miserable. "
"Whoo~"
Hearing Li Yuanfang mention Li Jing's name again, the veins on Li Ke's face popped instantly.
The enmity between him and Li Jing is now irreconcilable, if he can get revenge, he would rather give up everything.
"Since that's the case, Zhou Wangshu doesn't have to talk about him anymore.
The king has agreed to this matter, please ask Uncle Zhou Wang to enlighten me! "
"Hehe~
Your Majesty is wise! "
Li Yuanfang smiled, stood up and whispered, "I met a man a few days ago, and he and His Majesty have been at odds recently.
Moreover, this person holds more than ten thousand soldiers, and he is now stationed in this camp.
Does Your Majesty think it is possible to accomplish anything with these ten thousand soldiers? "
"This……
Who is this person? ! "
Li Ke looked up in surprise.
Li Yuanfang smiled and whispered one person's name.
Li Kezhi's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said dumbfounded: "He...
Is he really willing to help the king? "
"nature!"
Li Yuanfang smiled and nodded.
A gleam flashed in Li Ke's eyes.
"This king also has someone in his hand.
If these two people help each other, great things can be expected! ! !
Hahaha~"
"Since this is the case, I wonder when the king will launch it?"
"Humph!
It's not too late to do this.
Since both Li Jing and his father look down on this king, this king will let them take a good look at it tonight, and this king can also lead the Tang Dynasty! "