Chapter 38: Which one is better and which one is worse?
"This question is difficult to answer, but let me first ask you what is the difference between the enfeoffment system and the county system?" Qin An asked.
Fusu sneered: "Of course we know."
"Okay, let's talk about it." Qin An said with a smile.
Ying Zheng is also waiting to see Fusu's answer.
Li Si will be back at this time.
"Village Chief, I have asked the villagers to prepare what Mr. needs." Li Si replied.
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Sit down and listen to Zhao Su explain the difference between the feudal system and the county system."
"promise."
Li Si sat down.
Fusu began to say: "The enfeoffment system originated from the Zhou Dynasty. After the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the meritorious officials and clan descendants were enfeoffed as fiefdoms. After the First Emperor unified the six kingdoms, the system of prefectures and counties began."
"Then what? What's the difference between them?" Qin An asked.
Fusang said: "The system of enfeoffment can allocate the world to meritorious ministers. Just like the Great Qin, when the First Emperor implemented the enfeoffment of the world, all his heirs and meritorious ministers could receive fiefdoms and help the Great Qin manage the world.
As for the system of prefectures and counties, there is only one court and no fiefdoms, which will chill some of the children of the First Emperor and chill the hearts of meritorious ministers.
This will chill the hearts of the heroes and princes.
Moreover, when the system of prefectures and counties is implemented and the imperial government's policies are as fierce as tigers, all the people in the world will suffer as a result.
If the enfeoffment system is implemented, only the people in one fiefdom will suffer, and the people in other fiefdoms will be safe and sound. "
Qin An nodded and said: "Actually, you haven't talked about the essence yet. In fact, the essential difference between the feudal system and the county system is that one is a multi-power system and the other is a centralized system. The two are opposite.
It's really hard to say which one is better.
This is because the enfeoffment system is suitable for stabilizing the political power in the early stages of a country's establishment, but after the political power is stabilized, it is easy for the kings to separate themselves.
Once the imperial court is powerless, each vassal king will establish his own clan and no longer obey the imperial court's orders. If the vassal king is stronger than the imperial court, then the day has come to change the dynasty.
The most obvious one is the Great Zhou Dynasty. Because the court became more and more powerless, two eras emerged, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and finally the world was unified by the First Emperor.
There was also the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Han Dynasty. It was precisely because of this Seven Kingdoms Rebellion that Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty frightened them, so his son Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the grace order to shrink their territory smaller and smaller.
The Han Dynasty was the next dynasty after the Qin Dynasty. "
Seeing their expressions, Qin An knew that he had no idea what the Han Dynasty was, so he explained that the Han Dynasty was the dynasty after the Qin Dynasty.
Ying Zheng, Li Si and Meng Tian were all unmoved. They had all heard the even more shocking news. Why should such a big Han Dynasty make such a fuss?
However, Fusu, Gongzi Gao, Meng Chongde, and Li Xiao all looked shocked.
What did this kid say? Aren't we talking about the advantages and disadvantages of the county system and the feudal system? Why are we talking about the Han Dynasty?
What's more important is that the Han Dynasty is the next dynasty of the Qin Dynasty.
Isn’t the Great Qin still there? Where did the Han Dynasty come from? Even if there really was a Han Dynasty, how could he know?
"Sir, what you mean is that there are no shortcomings in the county system?" Fusu asked.
Qin An shook his head and said: "No, the county system also has shortcomings. To be more serious, as you just said, once the imperial court collapses, the people of the entire country will suffer. At that time, the people will rise up and rebel against the imperial court because of hunger. .
In the Qin Dynasty, the laws were too strict, which resulted in the people having no way to survive. In the end, the people revolted. This was the most famous Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising in history, and it was also the first peasant uprising in Chinese history.
Because the laws of the Qin Dynasty were too strict, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were able to respond to them all. In the end, the Qin Dynasty was destroyed.
I just talked about it in a big way, but in a small way, local appointments are all made by the central government, that is, the court, which will seriously affect the efficiency of local affairs.
Especially when court officials ignore local management, it will cause local chaos.
But when it comes to who is better, I can only say that the county system is better. "
"Why?" Fusu asked.
Ying Zheng also asked curiously: "Sir, please also tell Quan Zi that he has always said that Zhou Li is the best and Confucianism is the best. I listen tirelessly, but I can't refute him. I hope that Sir can teach him a profound lesson."
Qin An looked at Fusu in shock and said, "I already feel that the village's ideas are backward enough, but I didn't expect that your ideas are even more backward."
A sullen look appeared on Fusu's face, and he said, "Sir, what do you mean by this?"
"Hey." Qin An sighed, "Xiao Su, your layout is too small. Let me ask you, is a country important?"
"Of course it is important. But what does this have to do with the feudal system?" Fusu asked.
Qin An sighed and said: "Of course it does matter. The prefecture and county system is a country. Although the enfeoffment system seems to be a country, those enfeoffed lands are the country China.
Maybe you think that even if it is a country, it belongs to the imperial court, and they are just ministers, but don't forget it.
I have also said that when the imperial court is powerless, those fiefdom owners will not give the imperial court face. Everyone wants to be the master of the world.
These are all things for later. I ask you whether the importance of a country is important. That is because when the entire country has only one voice that can make the decision, its knowledge, its land, and its sovereignty will be complete.
The imperial court could unite the country's strength at any time to fight against foreign invaders.
If you must distinguish the advantages and disadvantages, or say that the enfeoffment system is better than the county system, I can tell you clearly that there will be a period of time when the two cannot be distinguished.
But the lessons learned from the past are still fresh in our minds. Doesn’t Xiao Su think the lessons learned from the past are not enough?
During the Northern Song Dynasty, an official named Wang Anshi once put forward the conclusion of three deficiencies, namely: the inadequacy of actions to change the heavens, the inadequacy of the laws of ancestors, and the inadequacy of human words.
There is no need to be afraid of natural changes: It means that there is no need to be afraid of natural disasters.
Insufficient laws from ancestors: If the laws and regulations formulated by our predecessors do not meet the current needs or even hinder social progress, they must be modified or even abolished. We cannot blindly inherit and follow them.
There is no need to worry about gossip.
You want to inherit the Zhou rites and restore the old system. You even want to divide the world and use Zhou rites to manage the world. How ridiculous is this. "
When Fusu heard this, he said angrily: "How am I ridiculous?"
"Times are constantly improving, and people are also constantly improving, but you still use the old ideas to manage the world. Do you think you are ridiculous?" Qin An said.
"Especially the idea of governing by doing nothing is even more ridiculous, and it illustrates your stupidity. You know, by doing this you are dividing the country, killing the people's governance, and even making the world unrest."
"Impossible, you are simply deceiving the public with your lies. Hasn't Dazhou existed for thousands of years?" Fusu said loudly.
"Where is the Zhou Dynasty now?" Qin An asked.
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