Liu Yu looked at Wang Miaoyin's face. Under the moonlight, her beautiful face was filled with tears, full of sincerity and a bit helpless. Liu Yu felt a pity in his heart. Thoughts flashed through her mind and she said softly: "I'm sorry, Miaoyin, I've really suffered you so much these past years and wronged you so much. I really don't know how to compensate you."
Wang Miaoyin sighed quietly, turned her head, and did not face Liu Yu's eyes again: "You are a great hero in the world. You have too many responsibilities on your shoulders, and Murong Lan and I have too many responsibilities. Why not? I am responsible for the rise and fall of the Xie family. She has no choice but to take care of the life and death of the Murong family and even the Xianbei clan. And our destiny is also ruthlessly manipulated by these responsibilities, in front of our family and country, and we as individuals My happiness has been sacrificed for it. Brother Yu, I no longer blame or hate Murong Lan, because she may be more pitiful than me, but what we are talking about now is not love, not our future, but the world. The future. Brother Yu, I have the blood of the Xie family and the Wang family, just like the blood of the Xianbei Murong family flows on Murong Lan. This is an unchangeable fact. You have probably already thought about what to do with her family, but Have you ever considered the future of our Xie family?"
Liu Yu looked solemn and nodded: "I understand what you mean. You want to fight for a future for the Xie family. Under the system I envision in the future, you can still have power and determine the general trend, right?"
Wang Miaoyin gritted her teeth: "Not only our Xie family, Wang family, but also hundreds of small and medium-sized aristocratic families, including those rich families in Wu, all need to clarify their family status in your future world. They are in charge of You have had the world's power, land, and population for hundreds of years. Just because of your ideal of equality, who would be convinced? To be honest, our Xie family has been approached by countless aristocratic families and wealthy families. I want to appoint Liu Yi to replace you, and this time I want to take so many children from aristocratic families with the army as the queen, what do you think it is for?"
Liu Yu sighed softly: "Miaoyin, let me ask you, if the Xie family's nephew is unworthy and has no talent, neither the ability to fight the enemy nor the ability to govern the country, then do you think he should continue to occupy the country?" Should the position of the No. 1 family in the world continue to be as it is now, with high-ranking officials such as the Queen, Pu She, and Shangshu all descended from the Xie family? Should they continue to occupy the land of Wu forever by relying on hereditary titles as they do now? Tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of villagers and tenants?”
Wang Miaoyin said in a deep voice: "How do you judge this talent and ability? Just like Yu Yue, according to your opinion, this is just a big straw bag with embroidered pillows, but this time you have also seen how he performed after joining the army. , writing orders goes without saying. Even on the battlefield, when the enemy finally came to kill him, he did not turn around and run away. He even led his soldiers to fight to the end. This shows that these children of the aristocratic families are not completely useless. , maybe, many people just lack an opportunity that allows them to make contributions. In any case, the education they received since childhood, at least in terms of writing and writing, is far better than ordinary people. "
Liu Yu said calmly: "Miaoyin, we have discussed this issue many times. I will say it again today. I do not discriminate or hate the children of aristocratic families. On the contrary, I also admit that many of them have the talent to govern the country. Now the country needs We can't govern the world without them, so I also give them opportunities and official positions, and I don't deprive them of the power and land within their titles. This time I will give Yu Yue, the children of the aristocratic family who have made meritorious services, according to their military merit. In return, as long as you do things that are beneficial to the country in accordance with the laws and regulations and make contributions to the country, you will get corresponding rewards."
At this point, Liu Yu changed his subject: "But I must also make it clear that the kind of title remains hereditary and descendants follow one another. You can even use the power you have when you are in office to give titles to your nephews indiscriminately. Slowly, It has embezzled most of the land and population in the world, resulting in the powerlessness of the country and the strength of the family. This situation will no longer be allowed when I am in power. This rule that no one can get an official position without a title and no one can get a title without merit cannot be distinguished. The iron law must be implemented to the end. This is true for the Xie family, this is true for the Wang family, and it is true for my Liu family!"
Wang Miaoyin gritted her teeth: "If you become the emperor, can you do this?"
Liu Yu said loudly: "Even if one day, for my great cause, I really want to stand on behalf of the Sima family and become the founding emperor of the new dynasty, what I said will definitely be implemented by law. That kind of thing that does not rely on talent, Relying on hereditary power only by blood is the greatest greed of people, and it is also the culprit of the chaos in the world. Only by breaking this point can we realize the world that I want. Even if I become the emperor, or the supreme ruler, it does not mean that My children and grandchildren can continue to sit in this position. Maybe by then I will set a five-year or ten-year term for myself and then transfer it to Liu Xile or Wuji, which is the way to realize my ideal."
Wang Miaoyin's eyes widened: "What are you talking about? Do you want to cancel the inheritance model where the father dies and the son succeeds? You don't even want the emperor?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Is this strange? The emperor is succeeded by his father after his father dies, and his power lasts forever. So who has the right to ask the princes to demote their titles? The world is supposed to be a public institution and holds the power of the world. It should be considered It is the people of the world who seek the welfare of the people of the world, rather than the other way around, occupying high positions is sucking the people's fat and anointing. If you really want everyone to come to power based on their own ability and descend from generation to generation, then you must start with the emperor. That’s only fair.”
Wang Miaoyin shook her head: "Crazy, you must be crazy. What you are talking about only existed in ancient mythology, the period of the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors. It has been thousands of years since Xia Qi established the pattern of father's death and son's succession. Well, not only the Central Plains, but also the Hu people in the grasslands maintain the inheritance of power through blood. Brother Yu, after all, you are not one of those ancient saints and kings who want to do something like this that has changed the world's perception for thousands of years. It's not your ideals or sincerity that can change! Even if you are willing to give up your position of power to Liu Yi, can you be sure that he will be like you and be willing to give up his power and pass it to others when the time comes?"
Liu Yu took a deep breath and looked at Wang Miaoyin's eyes, which became extremely determined: "You also said that in ancient times, there was no such pattern of fathers dying and sons succeeding. Xia Qi changed this rule. Later generations of kings They think this is good for themselves and just follow it, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be changed.”
