Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 654

Chapter 655: Prince Town

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on June 21, the kings and ministers of the Qin State surrendered to Xue Rengui in Kaicheng, and more than [-] Qin troops disarmed. With the opening of the gate of Chang'an, it marked that after the demise of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the descendants of Ying Qin fled to the Qin State established in Xiliang, and successively established Guzang and Chang'an as their capitals.

After Xue Rengui entered Chang'an City, he ordered people to bury Baiqi and Mengtong with the ceremony of marquis. He also took over Chang'an City Defense, sealed up the Qin Palace and household treasury, and put up a list to calm the people and stabilize people's hearts. After a series of operations, Chang'an City was finally established. calm down.

On June 22, the fifth year of Tiantong, Xue Rengui ordered a team of soldiers and horses to escort the courtiers of the Qin clan to Wancheng. Before receiving the order from Wancheng, Xue Rengui temporarily stayed in Chang'an to avoid any changes.

On June [-]th of the fifth year of Tiantong, after eight days of ups and downs, all the courtiers of the imperial family of Qin State finally arrived in Wancheng. Deng Sheng received them in the Jingyang Palace. Deng Sheng personally comforted Ying Han and the Zhao family. , Ying Han was granted the title of Marquis of Shun En, and the Zhao family was named the wife of Shun En, who lived in Wancheng in the future, and all the courtiers of the Qin State were selected by the three provinces and six ministries and assigned official positions.

After the court meeting ended, Deng Sheng summoned Qi Wang Deng Zun for the first time. A month ago, Deng Sheng announced to the world that he appointed Qi Wang Deng Zun as the envoy of Guanzhong, and he was in charge of Guanzhong. Next, Guanzhong is pacified, and it is time for Deng Zun, the Xuanfu envoy, to take office.

"I pay homage to my father!" In Qianyang Palace, Deng Zunzhang Deng Sheng saluted.

Deng Zun, born in the 11th year of Qianyuan, his mother is the queen Cai Yan, 22 years old this year, it stands to reason that he could have become an official, but when Deng Zun was born, he accidentally implanted the potential of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, which led to Deng's promotion At one time, he had the idea of ​​picking out his eldest son, Deng Hao, and making Deng Zun the crown prince. However, because of Deng Hao's outstanding performance, he was praised by the government and the public. After birth, Deng Hao's crown prince was registered, and after being proclaimed emperor, he was promoted to crown prince.

But Deng Zun himself is also very competitive, because of Li Shimin's potential, Deng Zun's various talents are very good, and he is proficient in everything. It has been suppressing that Deng Zun will not be allowed to become an official, but now that Deng Hao's position is very stable, it is time for Deng Zun to come out.

"Get up!" Deng Sheng said with a smile.

"Thank you, father!" Deng Zun thanked.

Deng Sheng said: "Zun'er, Guanzhong has been pacified. A month ago, I appointed you as the Xuanfu envoy of Guanzhong to preside over the six counties of Jingzhao County, Fufeng County, Fengyi County, Hedong County, Henan County, and Hongnong County. It's time for you to set off, as for the officials of the Xuanfu Mansion and the heads of Guanzhong counties, the Ministry of Officials will make arrangements, so you don't need to worry about it."

"Here!" Deng Zun was very excited. He had wanted to become an official for a long time, especially when his elder brothers were all seventeen or eighteen years old. When Deng Zun was just 22 years old, he asked Deng Sheng to become an official, but Deng Sheng refused.

"En!" Deng Sheng nodded, and said, "If that's the case, then in the next two days, it will be easy to settle the affairs of the mansion and bid farewell to your mother."

Deng Zun married the granddaughter of the late General Huang Biao and the daughter of the late Longwuwei General Huang Deng four years ago, and gave birth to his first son Deng Dong two years ago. Deng Sheng specially named him King of Guangping .

"Father, don't worry, my son will live up to my father's high expectations, comfort the people in Guanzhong, and let the people in Guanzhong return to their hearts as soon as possible!" Deng Zun said.

"That's good!" Deng Sheng said: "In the future, when you are in charge of the government, you should do things with your heart. Don't listen to some things that shouldn't be heard, don't think about things that shouldn't be thought, and don't do things that shouldn't be done. Do you understand?"

"Who is the father referring to?" Deng Zun asked a little puzzled, what does Deng Sheng mean by this?

Deng Sheng shook his head and said: "Don't ask so many questions, you will understand in the future, just step back first!"

"Here!" Deng Zun responded and left.

After Deng Zun left, Yao Guangxiao came out from behind the side screen. Obviously, Yao Guangxiao heard everything Deng Sheng and Deng Zun talked about just now.

"Yao Qing, you said King Qi understood what I said?" Deng Sheng asked.

Yao Guangxiao shook his head and said: "I don't know, but with His Highness Qi's intelligence, even if you don't understand it today, you will understand it in the future. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much."

Deng Sheng smiled wryly and shook his head, and said, "I'm afraid that by the time he figured it out, it would be too late, let's not talk about it, what happened to Hu Weiyong's party recently?"

Yao Guangxiao said: "Recently, Hu Weiyong sent people to encourage Jinshi of the Imperial Academy to ask the imperial court to go to Guanzhong with His Highness King Qi. Among them was Liu Luan, the son of Liu Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Hu Weiyong and Liu Jian are related to the same party."

"Boom!" Deng Sheng patted the desk vigorously when he heard the words, and said with a livid face, "You are really daring!"

Long after Deng Sheng announced the appointment of Deng Zun as the Propaganda Envoy of Guanzhong, Der Spiegel had a secret report that Hu Weiyong and Liu Jian secretly sent people to contact Deng Zun. But now it's getting more and more blatant.

"Your Majesty, did you send someone to take down Hu Weiyong?" Yao Guangxiao asked with a cold look.

Deng Sheng thought for a while and said: "No, firstly, the crime is too far-fetched, and secondly, I also want to know what King Qi is thinking, but during this time, let the people of Mingjing keep an eye on Hu Weiyong's party, Do not relax!"

"Here!" Yao Guangxiao responded.

After Yao Guangxiao left, Deng Sheng thought about the officials and garrisons in Guanzhong and Xiliang alone. However, since Xiliang is a vast and sparsely populated land, it seems redundant to set up two roads, which made Deng Sheng very distressed.

In addition to the division of Guanzhong and Xiliang, Deng Sheng also had a very distressing problem, that is, in terms of local management, whether to continue to use the Daoxian system or restore the pre-Qin enfeoffment system.

This is a question worthy of consideration. In the history of the previous life, although it was said that after the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, the system of prefectures and counties became the mainstream, but those who are familiar with history know that the enfeoffment system was actually in the orthodox dynasty of China. It has always existed, especially in the Han dynasty, except for a few, there are basically enfeoffments.

For example, in the Han Dynasty, the clan was canonized as princes and kings, and the land was divided; Canonize the place where the prince sits.

These are all enfeoffment systems, but when the concept of the country is becoming more and more stable, the impact of local forces on the central government is getting smaller and smaller, so the form of enfeoffment system has also undergone different changes. The princes and kings of the Han Dynasty had as few territories as a county. , as many as several counties, in the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king basically had no territory, only military power remained, this is the change.

Regarding the demise of the Qin Dynasty, many people have different opinions. Some people say that it was because of Qin Shihuang's brutality, building large-scale construction projects, and excessive consumption of people's power.

These are the reasons for the demise of the Qin Dynasty, but Deng Sheng believes that there is another very important reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty, and that is the nobles of the six countries.

The time for the Qin Dynasty to rule the world is too fast. From 230 BC, Qin Wang Yingzheng dispatched Neishi Teng to destroy Korea, until 221 BC, when Qin General Wang Bena surrendered to Qi Wangjian and entered Linzi, it only took ten years. Time, and after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he did not appease the survivors of the six countries. Instead, he successively conquered the Xiongnu in the north and conquered Baiyue in the south. There is a new grudge.

In addition, after the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms, it abolished the enfeoffment system and chose to implement the prefecture and county system throughout the country. The prefecture and county system has been implemented for 1000 years in the history of China. Perfect on the basis of county system.

However, although the system of prefectures and counties was good, it was not suitable for the Qin Dynasty at that time. After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms were still powerful. Opportunities to grow stronger, but the local lack of heavy military suppression led to the fact that the peasant uprisings in the last years of the Qin Dynasty were basically ignited at one point, and in the last years of the Qin Dynasty it was said that they were peasant uprisings, but except for a few who were really farmers, most of them were The aristocrats of the six countries, rather than saying that the Qin Dynasty died in the peasant uprising, it is better to say that the Qin Dynasty died in the aristocrats of the six countries.

Therefore, in the history of China, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang implemented the parallel system of prefectures and states. Didn't the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty know the dangers of the enfeoffment system?Obviously I knew it, but at that time, the Han Dynasty had very limited control over the local area, so enfeoffing the princes was beneficial to the control of the local area to a certain extent.

Now, how similar is the situation facing Deng Guo to that of the Qin Dynasty?Although the State of Zhao still exists now, the State of Deng has become the dominant power in the world, and the State of Zhao is just dying.

In the first year of Qianyuan, Deng Sheng led an army of 33 troops to attack Jing with Yue Fei as the main general. It has been [-] years since Tiantong five years ago. The countries that were destroyed by Deng include Jing, South Korea, and Chen. , Xiang State, Wu State, Shu State, Yue State, Nan State, and Qin State, which was just destroyed, there are nine countries in total. Except for the state that was destroyed by Deng State, there are more than a dozen countries that were destroyed by other countries, large and small. Most of these countries were established after the demise of the Qin Dynasty. It has been hundreds of years. The local people have no concept of unifying the world at all, and even hate people who destroy their countries, so they want the world There is still a long way to go before the common people have a sense of identity with Deng Guo.

It is even predictable that in the future there will be turmoil among the adherents of various countries. If the local area is not guarded by heavy troops, problems may arise. Therefore, it is very important to place heavy troops in the local area at this stage.

But there is a question, who will lead the army?There are many famous generals in Deng country, and it is more than enough to guard the place, but there is also a disadvantage. Their abilities are too strong. Although there is a system, Deng Sheng is not worried that these generals will betray him, but he is not young after all. In the future, when the crown prince ascends the throne, will they still be so loyal?

If you don’t need a general, you can only use the clan to lead the army, but Deng Sheng came from later generations. The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the Han Dynasty, the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, and the Jingnan Battle in the early Ming Dynasty were all a profound lesson. The disadvantages are too great.

Deng Sheng also thought about this question for a long time. In the end, Deng Sheng decided to use the clan to guard the place. After all, they were all surnamed Deng. It adopts the vassal system of the early Ming Dynasty and the general manager system of the Tang Dynasty.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings were seated in the place where they were feudal vassals, but they had only military power and no other powers. In the Tang Dynasty, although the governor of a state was in charge of military and political power, it was only an official position, not a feudal vassal. Not in name.

Combining the Tang and Ming dynasties, Deng Sheng decided to set up a governor's mansion in the local area. The governor has one army, but has no other powers, and the money and food are controlled by the court. In addition, the kings stationed in the local area are based on local official positions, not The title, and Deng Sheng also specifically explained that the governor's mansions in various places are only temporarily set up, so why are they temporarily set up?It is only established in a special period, and it does not exist in a normal period. That is to say, as long as the imperial court feels that these Governor's Mansions are no longer necessary, they can be revoked without any burden. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, there is an emperor's ancestors press.

After having an idea, Deng Sheng decreed that Jingzhao County, Hedong County, Fengyi County, Fufeng County, and Hongnong County were the five counties of Guanzhong Daozhi in Chang'an; Wuwei County, Tianshui County, Jincheng County, Longxi County, and Anding County , Beidi County, Dunhuang County, and Jiuquan County belong to Xiliang Road, and Guzang is the governing place; in addition, the Governor's Mansion of Guzang is temporarily set up, and Deng Han, king of Jin, will be the governor of Guzang, and the governors of Wuwei County, Jincheng County, Tianshui County, and Longxi County , Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, Beidi County, and the eight counties of Anding County, the military forces of the eight counties, the Qianniuwei under the Jin King's command was renamed Xiliangwei, and they were seated in Xiliang. They were not allowed to leave Xiliang Road without an edict. Xiliangdao is available.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, the whole court was in an uproar, thinking that Deng Sheng was going to re-enable the enfeoffment system, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were instantly divided into two factions, one supported the enfeoffment system, and the other opposed the enfeoffment system.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on the second day of the seventh month, officials from the two factions quarreled endlessly at the court meeting in the Palace of Jingyang, each with its own point of view, and this time the argument was deadlocked.

In the end, Deng Sheng couldn't see it, and said: "You misunderstood, I didn't want to restart the enfeoffment system, but because of the strong power of the old local nobles, the people's lack of recognition for Deng, and fear of changes, so Only the prince guards the place, and I also explained that the governor's mansion is temporarily set up, and it can be abolished when Deng's rule in the place is stabilized in the future."

"Your Majesty's words are wrong!" Chen Qun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out and said: "The prince holds a heavy army and sits in a local area, which will inevitably weaken the strength of the central government. Strong branches and weak branches are not good for the country. If your majesty is worried about local chaos, you can Choose important ministers to govern, implement benevolent government, and over time, the people will recognize me, Deng, so why bother?"

"Your Majesty, what Chen Shangshu said is justified. The prince has a heavy army in his hands. If he has a different heart, what should he do if he raises his troops to rebel?" Fan Zhongyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, echoed.

"Presumptuous!" Deng Sheng was furious when he heard the words. Deng Sheng also considered these things and was the most worried about them, but it was a little inappropriate to say these words from the mouths of his courtiers.

"Are you trying to drive a wedge between my Tianjia family?" Deng Sheng said angrily.

"I dare not!" Everyone heard the words and said hastily.

"Hmph!" Deng Sheng snorted coldly, and said, "I've made up my mind, you don't need to say more! Retire!"

After the dynasty was over, Deng Sheng invited Cui Hao and Zhang Bin over, and said to them, "Do you know why I did this?"

Cui Hao nodded. Although he hadn’t communicated with Deng Sheng beforehand, Cui Hao and Zhang Bin also guessed one or two. It’s not that Deng Sheng couldn’t see the disadvantages of the place where the prince is in charge, but why did Deng Sheng insist on letting the prince be in charge? Woolen cloth?It is nothing more than worrying about those generals who founded the country. These generals fought south and north, and made great contributions. Fang Yan, the whole country of Deng, except Deng Sheng, no one can stop them. Where are you?So after thinking about it, Deng Sheng decided to let the prince sit in the place.

The princes of Deng Guo are all sons of Deng Sheng. After Deng Hao succeeds to the throne in the future, he will be both the lord and the eldest brother. He will take the utmost righteousness, and even if he raises troops to make trouble, he will be unpopular. Therefore, it is easier for Deng Hao to deal with his brothers than heroes. a lot of.

"However, what Chen Shangshu and Fan Shangshu said at the court meeting today is not unreasonable. If His Majesty insists on letting the prince sit in the place, he must give the court enough reliance." Zhang Bin said.

Zhang Bin did not oppose Deng Sheng's decision, but reminded Deng Sheng.Now that it has been decided to let the prince sit in the town, it is necessary to consider the possible harm caused by doing so, and the court has enough reliance.

Deng Sheng nodded and said: "I understand, that's why I said that the governor's mansion is temporary. If the prince feels that these governor's mansions are no longer necessary in the future, he can directly abolish them. If someone refuses to accept it, he has his own court system. , Whether it is appeasement or sending troops, it is fine, and besides, the money and food of the Governor's Mansion are all controlled by the imperial court, without money and food, how big a threat is it to have soldiers and horses?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Cui Hao and Zhang Bin said.

Because of Deng Sheng's insistence, the imperial decree of the place where the prince sits was promulgated. In addition, Deng Sheng also sent someone to issue an decree to Xue Rengui, ordering him to lead the army back to the court. Xiliangwei temporarily stationed in Chang'an, Jin Wang Deng Han returned with the army Wancheng.

As soon as the imperial decree for the prince to sit in the town came out, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the public, especially the officials of the Eastern Palace who reacted the most, because their future was on the prince Deng Hao. The threat to the imperial court is too great. First, King Qi was in charge, and now King Jin is guarding Xiliang.

Qi Wang Deng Zun is okay, at least he has no military power, but Jin Wang Deng Han has a heavy army. Once the crown prince ascends the throne, these princes with heavy soldiers will undoubtedly be the biggest threat, so all the officials of the Eastern Palace have asked Deng Hao I hope that Deng Hao can persuade Deng Sheng to take back his life.

But Deng Hao didn't take it seriously. First, Deng Hao knew very well that once Deng Sheng made a decision, it was impossible to change it. Second, after so many years, Deng Hao already had a certain understanding of his father. Yes, since Deng Sheng has established himself as the prince, as long as he does not have any major problems, Deng Sheng will not be easy to reserve, but will consolidate his position. Military power, you can definitely see the harm in it, and you will leave enough bargaining chips for yourself to deal with these younger brothers, so Deng Hao is not worried about this at all, besides, Deng Sheng's imperial edict has been issued, so he ran over to let him take it back Didn't he tell Deng Sheng that he was afraid of these younger brothers, and he didn't have the confidence to hold them down?This is not looking for a draw, Deng Hao is not that stupid.

(End of this chapter)