"Huh? Why are you giving too much reward? Changle is the apple of my eye. I have said before that I can give half of the country to anyone who can cure Changle's qi disease. Now it is just a small Lantian County, Wei Zuocheng When you say the reward is too high, do you look down on me or Chang Le?"
In the Taiji Hall, Li Er frowned when he saw Wei Zheng being the first to object, paused, and snorted with an unhappy look on his face.
But how could Wei Penzi shrink back because Li Er was unhappy? This guy was the most typical thorn in the court during the Zhenguan period. Confronting Li Er had become his daily routine. "Your Majesty, I don't look down on anyone, but Lantian County has tens of thousands of households under its jurisdiction. If all of them are granted to Yong'an Marquis, then How is it different from the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty? Could it be that your Majesty wants to restore the Zhou system?"
Enfeoffment system!
Upon hearing this sensitive word, the faces of all the ministers in the palace became serious.
In ancient Chinese history, after the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, the biggest problem faced by the founding emperors of all dynasties was which system to adopt to manage the country to ensure that the country and the country remained in the hands of their own family.
In this regard, Qin Shihuang came up with some ways to abolish the feudal system and replace it with a system of counties and counties. As for the county chiefs, they were personally appointed by the emperor to manage regional stability. However, the Qin Dynasty only existed for fifteen years before disappearing. Later, many founding emperors used the lessons of the Qin Dynasty's disappearance to implement the feudal system.
When the enfeoffment system was implemented, because all parts of the country were looked after by the emperor's relatives and the relationship was very close, the people lived very well at that time and turmoil rarely occurred. But this can only be done when the founding emperor is in office. If the founding emperor dies, there will be another catastrophe. Many vassal kings will fight for the throne and start rebellions, such as the "Qi Rebellion" in the Western Han Dynasty and The "Eight Kings Rebellion" of the Western Jin Dynasty!
However, during the Tang Dynasty, despite the painful lessons of the Han and Jin dynasties, Li Er still wanted to reuse the enfeoffment system and reward his son and the ministers who helped him obtain the throne.
According to historical records, in July of the first year of Zhenguan, Li Er came to Xiao Yu to discuss the enfeoffment system. Xiao Yu highly respected Zhou rites and could be said to be the most active advocate of the enfeoffment system. He said at the time, "Chen Guan's former dynasty Guo Zuo Therefore, for a long time, it is better to grant the princes as a solid rock. The Qin united the six kingdoms, dismissed the princes and placed them as guards, and the second generation died; the Han had the world, and the prefectures and states participated in the construction, and they had more than four hundred years. Wei and Jin abolished it, and could not Forever, feudal laws can actually be followed."
Li Er was overjoyed when he finally found a like-minded person. He was about to issue a decree and start to reward his meritorious ministers. However, at the critical moment, Li Er's idea was blocked by Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and Li Baiyao. , Yan Shigu and other ministers strongly opposed it, because in their view, the enfeoffment system was the source of the country's troubles. Once this opening was opened, the Tang Dynasty would inevitably fall into a situation of chaos among princes from all over the country.
Therefore, the court at that time was divided into two major factions: the "anti-feudalization system" and the "anti-feudalizing system" advocated. However, after Li Er thought about it, he finally decided not to use the enfeoffment system for the time being. The "anti-feudalization system" group achieved a stage. Sexual victory.
Now that old things are brought up again, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others can't sit still.
"Asshole!"
How could Li Er, who was sitting at the top, not know the stakes involved? His expression changed, he stood up, pointed at Wei Zheng and said angrily: "Wei Xuancheng, don't try to confuse things. I just assigned Lantian County to Marquis Yong'an as a fief. What does this have to do with the enfeoffment system?"
Seeing that Li Er was so angry, the ministers in the court immediately gave up the idea of joining in the "fun". Now that Li Er has been on the throne for a long time and has accumulated more power, many ministers are still quite afraid of his anger.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other, and finally they both turned their attention to Changsun Wuji, but the latter actually closed his eyes, crossed his hands, and stood there as if he was asleep!
Just kidding, Changle is Changsun Wuji's niece. Now that Li Zexuan has rescued Changle, no matter what, Changsun Wuji, who is his uncle, must inherit this love! Besides, he also felt that Wei Zheng was making a fuss this time. It was just a county in Lantian County. Although it was a bit excessive compared to Li Zexuan's title, it would be too much to force it to be related to the feudal system. Far-fetched!
After "reading" and understanding Changsun Wuji's attitude, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other, shook their heads, and ultimately did not go out to "stand up" for Wei Zheng.
Poor Wei Zheng suddenly became a lonely "warrior", facing Li Er's anger on his own!
But the reason why the thorn head is called the thorn head is because it can face difficulties without fear. Wei Zheng has never been afraid of difficulties. He took a step forward and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty! As the saying goes, you can see the subtle things. Although the area of one county is not as good as that of the feudal lords in the Western Zhou Dynasty, but once this happens, I am afraid that our Tang Dynasty will repeat the mistakes of the Han and Jin Dynasties~!"
This guy is really tough, and he dares to say anything. If it were the Ming and Qing Dynasties, just by his words, the emperor could chop off his head, and even destroy all nine of his tribes!
However, even though Zhenguan was relatively free in speech, Li Er couldn't help but spit fire in his eyes after hearing this "treasonous and unethical" sentence. He pointed at Wei Zheng and said angrily: "Okay! Good! Good! Good to you. Wei Xuancheng! Do you really regard the tolerance I gave you as indulgence? How presumptuous! Come here, drag Wei Zheng out and torture him with a hundred sticks!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole palace was shocked!
Since ancient times, officials have not been punished. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, monarchs have often treated ministers with courtesy. It can be said that it is extremely rare to use punishment on ministers. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the use of rods to punish ministers gradually became more common. stand up!
"What I say is for the sake of the country. I am worthy of heaven and earth! If your majesty wants to be like Shang Zhou today, I am willing to be like Bi Gan~!"
Wei Zheng's donkey temper also rose at this time. He cocked his neck, looked directly at Li Er, and said tit for tat.
"How presumptuous! Come here! Drag him out and give him two hundred sticks! Hurry!"
When Li Er heard this, he was so angry that he almost overturned the table. He roared and roared outside the hall.
Suddenly, two silver-armored generals walked in and walked in the direction of Wei Zheng.
Fang Xuanling could no longer sit still. If he were hit with these two hundred sticks, wouldn't Wei Zheng be killed immediately? He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, calm down! Your Majesty, calm down! Wei Zuocheng is outspoken. Although his words are a bit excessive, please forgive him for the sake of his dedication to the country."
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