reincarnated as king

Bei Gongdi waited for the three people to retreat, but there was a smile on his face.He turned his head calmly, and suddenly said to a part of Jing Xin Dian: "I don't know what my decision is? I also ask Chen Qing for advice."

A person walked out from behind a hidden screen in Jingxin Hall, but no one had noticed before.He was tall and tall in a cloth robe, with a smile on his face, but his black pupils were unusually deep. It was Chen Xiayang.He knelt down and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty is wise." Bei Gongdi quickly stood up and helped him up, and said helplessly, "Chen Qing doesn't need to be like this, I just want to hear Ai Qing's opinion."

Chen Xiayang stared at him for a long while, then suddenly smiled, with some relief in his eyes: "Since Your Majesty has the heart to learn from others, I feel at ease. As for the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, this is not Yanjing, and I should abide by it."

When Bei Gongdi heard this, he felt a warmth in his heart.Although he also knew that there was a difference between monarchs and ministers, and that today is not what it used to be, but Chen Xiayang is an old man under Bei Gongdi's command. It has been more than ten years since the two met when Bei Gongdi was 16 years old.The friendship between the two is profound, and the relationship between Chen Xiayang and him is more like half teacher and half friend.

Bei Gongdi smiled and said, "Here comes someone, please sit down! Please speak frankly, Chen Qing."

Chen Xiayang waited for Bei Gongdi to sit down before he took his seat and said, "Does Your Majesty know the beginning of the reduction of inheritance?"

"I would like to hear the details." Bei Gongdi signaled him to continue.

"The reason for the reduced inheritance is precisely because the princes of the Great Xia Kingdom ravaged and controlled the government, while the monarch was ineffective. But it was precisely because of this decree that the Great Xia Kingdom accelerated its demise.

"Why is this? Because reduced inheritance is unbearable for those meritorious earls who have not been replaced. In the end, instead of strengthening the royal power, it became more and more weak, causing the princes to refuse to obey orders, and the world fell apart."

Bei Gongdi's eyelids twitched, he can also be regarded as a model of princes who "do not obey orders".However, after the fall of the Great Xia Kingdom, the princes fought for hegemony, and the world was in chaos for hundreds of years.However, Bei Gongdi usurped the throne and ascended the throne, pushing Da Jin to the pinnacle of the prosperous age, but the situation was very different.

But Chen Xiayang was Bei Gongdi's adviser after all, and Bei Gongdi also knew that he was not alluding to himself, but he still felt slightly embarrassed.Chen Xiayang has always been so unpredictable. Sometimes he is very polite to the lord, and sometimes he is outspoken. Even in the last life, Bei Gongdi has not fully understood Chen Xiayang's affairs.

Seeing that Bei Gongdi listened very seriously, Chen Xiayang knew that he was also thinking, so he continued: "Looking at the dynasties of later generations, the reasons for their subjugation are nothing more than 'the power is not in the emperor', 'the people are unbearable to suffer from disasters', 'heavenly evil', No opportunity'. Therefore, although the founding king also knew the disadvantages of hereditary failure, but in order to support the central government, he can only continue to implement this system of titles."

Many systems of the Jin Dynasty had many disadvantages.Among them are the clan system and title succession system.

At the beginning, Jin Tai‖Zubei Gongliu also took measures to prevent the separatism of the vassal kings and threaten the centralization of power while enfeoffing the kings. Therefore, although the kings enfeoffed various places, they only enjoyed the freedom of "the land within two miles of the palace" and were not allowed to interfere in government affairs. .That is to say, 'ranking nobles but not facing the people, dividing vassals but not tin soil'.Except for the few Sai kings in the north who have the duty of commanding troops, who will hold tiger charms, the prince's guards have a strict number limit.

Especially when it came to Bei Gongdi, he relied on the vassal kings to raise troops, and he had to guard against his descendants losing the throne because of the same thing, and he was even more merciless when he attacked the vassal kings.Being a member of the royal family in the Jin Dynasty seemed to have a noble status, but in reality he was subject to restrictions everywhere.These princes have no worries about survival, and they have no way to realize their ambitions, so they are all focused on inheriting the family.At present, the population of the imperial family is still less than a hundred, but this number has continued to increase with each generation. In the late Jin Dynasty, according to the statistics obtained by later generations Bei Gongdi, the names recorded on the Jade Document had reached tens of thousands.

Bei Gongdi nodded deeply and said: "The purpose of the establishment of the princes is to screen the central government, but it will also become a country's trouble."

Jin □ □ Bei Gongliu once stipulated in the "Ancestral Instructions" that members of the clan cannot "be an official or a businessman".The daily food and clothing and monthly salary of this huge royal population immediately became a huge burden in the later period of the dynasty, which made the finances that were already on the verge of collapse even worse.

Although Chen Xiayang does not have the ability to foresight and cannot see what will happen in future generations, he can deduce some possible disasters based on the present, which is why he is in favor of reduced inheritance.

He frowned, seeming to hesitate to speak, Bei Gongdi thought of his temper of not wanting others to interrupt, couldn't help laughing dryly, and said: "Aiqing continue."

"But at the moment, His Majesty is exercising this law without these restrictions. First, at this moment, the court is being purged, civil servants dare not exercise power, military officials are all from the north, and clan relatives have just been deterred. Your Majesty can speak freely without There will be dangers to the Great Xia Kingdom. Second, the method of reducing the inheritance was proposed by Wang Jue himself. The reason is that the blood of the clan in later generations is becoming thinner. The original intention of the country, Ping Fan Emperor's House should be changed to a reduced inheritance system."

Bei Gongdi's eyes brightened when he heard the words, and he said with a smile, "Of course! In this way, the troubles of the descendants of the Great Jin clan will be eliminated." The succession of titles is only a part of the problem of the Great Jin clan system, and Bei Gongdi naturally wants to correct this problem.However, Chen Xiayang's ability to find another way and find out all the official reasons really won the emperor's heart and made Bei Gongdi happy.

Chen Xiayang also smiled and said: "Once the prince approves of this system, those meritorious lords will naturally not refuse to follow when discussing matters. You can rest assured of your majesty's concerns."

Bei Gongdi thought for a while and then said: "Otherwise, I originally only had the titles of Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Nan in the Great Jin Dynasty, which is not conducive to the enterprising spirit of scholars. Let's do this, I decided to change to the thirteenth rank. He enjoys the title of salary, does not enjoy the title of the country, and the title of the city. In addition to the title of the thirteenth rank, plus the title of Lieutenant of Light Cars without privileges, it can be divided into third ranks. In this way, the eldest son of the first-class earl inherits the second-class title Earl. Only in this way can the Lord of Merit be cleared."

Chen Xiayang nodded and said: "The emperor thinks very carefully. The division of these titles should be carefully considered. In addition, when the court is actually discussing, someone will use the law of the ancestors to oppose the change. At this time, your majesty is not as good as this." Generally ask them, is the country extended? Is the clan well-off? After ten generations, will the clan support the treasury enough?"

Does the country stretch?This of course cannot say no.Is the clan blessed?Of course it's Fuhou's.Bei Gongdi only needs to settle accounts with those courtiers.Tai Zu Bei Gongliu had many princes, including thirteen princes.As for an imperial relative, if one person has five sons and the third son grows up, Bei Gongdi's next generation will have about sixty people.In this way, not to mention eternity, just after ten generations, the cost of the clan's support will be an extremely terrifying figure, and measured by the current treasury revenue, it must be unbearable.

Bei Gongdi couldn't help sighing with emotion in his heart: "I am so lucky to have Xia Yang's assistance!"

Chen Xiayang laughed lightly when he heard the words, but Bei Gongdi faintly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Chen Xiayang's smile this time, so after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Chen Qing, what do you want to say to me? "

"Your Majesty, these years have been a difficult time for the soldiers, and I have been devoting all my energy and energy. I am quite unable to do what I want in recent days! The Emperor must still remember that what I want in my life is to walk all over my Jin mountains and rivers. Please allow me to grant my wish!"

In the side hall of Jingyang Palace, Bei Gongdi was sitting on the couch in silence, with a chessboard in the middle, on which the black and white pieces were intertwined.The one who played against him was none other than Fang Jingxuan.

It was already midnight at this moment, Fang Jingxuan was suddenly summoned to the palace, saying that it was Bei Gongdi who was looking for him, so she naturally had doubts in her heart.When Bei Gongdi saw him coming, he asked him to play chess with him. Although Fang Jingxuan was a little puzzled, he also knew that Bei Gongdi must have something extremely important to ask him.But what happened yesterday is still vivid in my mind, when the two met, they were both silent and did not speak, and the atmosphere in Jingyang Palace was a bit awkward for a while.

"Sir, do you know that Chen Xiayang resigned from office in the afternoon?" Bei Gongdi suddenly spoke, and Fang Jingxuan's eyelids twitched as soon as he revealed the information.

Fang Jingxuan said: "I don't know."

Bei Gongdi was so quick-sighted that he ate Fang Jingxuan's second son, and then he continued: "I summoned the kings this afternoon, and the kings proposed to change the title succession system to a reduced inheritance. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiayang bid farewell to me afterwards, saying that he had been fighting for years. , I can't bear the fatigue, and I need to recuperate in the mountains and rivers." When he said this, his tone was muffled, as if he was extremely depressed.

Fang Jingxuan's brows moved slightly, and he said lightly: "The reduction of inheritance is recorded in the "Li", and it can be done."

Bei Gongdi glanced at him, feeling a little inexplicably dazed in his heart.He said: "Xia Yang has been with me for many years. He is half teacher and half friend. Before I rewarded him, he abandoned his position and left. But do you know what he said to me in the end?"

Taking advantage of the reversal of the situation, Fang Jingxuan immediately took Bei Gongdi's sons in. At this moment, she lowered her eyes and said casually, "I don't know."

Bei Gongdi stared at him for a while, as if a flower had bloomed on Fang Jingxuan's face, and said slightly angrily: "Chen Xiayang said to me, 'Fang Jingxuan is a unparalleled national soldier, I hope your Majesty will use it and treat him favorably.' I don't know." Xiaofu, when did you get so familiar with Chen Xiayang? Before he left, he recommended you to me!"

Fang Jingxuan was silent for a while, then raised her head and sighed, and said, "Xia Yang knows me."

"You!" Bei Gongdi was rendered speechless by him for a moment, and made a move in resentment.However, this step seemed to be expected by Fang Jingxuan, who had been prepared for a long time, and immediately caught up with the first son very quickly, and took the second son Bei Gongdi.

Seeing that the game was likely to be lost, Bei Gongdi immediately stopped making moves, and flicked his sleeve calmly to mess up the game.He leaned back, squinted at Fang Jingxuan, and said, "Is there nothing you want to say, sir?"

Fang Jingxuan was angry and funny at the same time, this game was about to win, but was forcibly disrupted by Bei Gongdi. Bei Gongdi's behavior was so similar to that of his ten-year-old eldest son Fang Kongjia playing chess.However, he didn't point it out, straightened his sitting posture, and said to Bei Gongdi: "Reducing inheritance is one way. I think that since the title of meritorious lord requires military service to be awarded, maybe the prince can follow suit."

Bei Gongdi raised his eyebrows, sat up, Zuo Chang went into the side hall of Jingyang Palace to collect the white jade chess sets, and put on two cups of hot tea.Bei Gongdi just picked up the porcelain cup, took a sip, and said with interest: "Tell me carefully."

Fang Jingxuan said: "The princes of this dynasty are inherited by the eldest son of the clan. However, after changing to a reduced inheritance, under the prince and county king, they will fall back into the rank of meritorious lords. From the public's point of view, this is certainly a good thing for the prince. The country is beneficial, however, there will be an embarrassing situation where there will be no one to replace the princes and nobles in future generations. It is better to combine the princes and meritorious nobles as one, so that the clan can rely on military merits to stand on their own, and can also select capable talents."