Chapter 494: The Ambition of the Kings (2)
"I actually knew about this a long time ago." Li Liangzuo said to Li Xiaoren.
Li Xiaoren asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, since you already know, why did you not deal with King Guangyang? If other kings know, they will probably follow suit. The hidden dangers here are too great."
"Brother, do you still have ambitions?" Li Liangzuo asked.
Li Xiaoren knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Majesty clearly understands that I have no inappropriate thoughts."
"Brother, get up." Li Liangzuo helped Li Xiaoren up and said, "There are no outsiders here, so you and my brothers can talk well, and I will also tell you what I think. I ask you if you have ambitions, not to test you. Today, there are only brothers here, no monarch and ministers."
After Li Liangzuo finished speaking, he said to Xiao Fuzi: "Xiao Fuzi, go and prepare a table of wine and food for me. I will drink and chat with the emperor brother."
"Slaves receive the order..."
Soon a table of food was served, without any big fish and meat, just some ordinary vegetables; Li Liangzuo and Li Xiaoren drank and said, "Emperor brother! My Great Xia Empire has been around for decades since the rebellion of the Song Dynasty. For so many years, my Great Xia Empire has been in the northwest corner and never entered the Central Plains. After more than ten years of bloody battle with the soldiers, the current situation of the Great Xia Empire was found. The Emperor brother knew how difficult this process was;
However, looking at the ancient and modern times, there are many dynasties that are stronger than our Great Xia Empire, but from ancient times to the present, which dynasty has the national destiny that can last for more than four hundred years. Take the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. The Han Dynasty implemented the policy of uniting counties and counties, which allowed the descendants of the Liu family of the Great Han to spread all over the world. It is precisely because of the demise of the Western Han Dynasty that the Eastern Han Dynasty had risen; the same is true for the Jin Dynasty, which was the existence of princes and kings everywhere in various places, and after the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was in the south of the Yangtze River. Let’s look at the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was indeed very powerful, with a vast territory and a strong combat power in the Tang army, but the final result! After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty had to use the power of the Uighurs to regain the two capitals and was captured by the Tubo twice;
The reason why such chaos occurred in the late Tang Dynasty was because the place was no longer under the control of the court. Under such a crisis, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to reborn, it could only be destroyed and established. If the Tang Dynasty was like the Han and Jin Dynasties, they would be granted the kings in various places, when such a crisis occurred in the world, would the princes and kings of various places sit still? Even if they had bad intentions, the world would still be in the hands of the Li family! The national destiny of the Tang Dynasty could still be continued..."
After hearing this, Li Xiaoren nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right, but have you ever thought about it? There were rebellions in the Western Han Dynasty and the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty. It was precisely because of the royal family fighting with each other that the national strength declined, resulting in chaos in the Central Plains, and thus gave foreign enemies an opportunity to take advantage of it. If no one could turn the tide, there would be a danger of destruction of the country!"
"The emperor's brother is right," said Li Liangzuo; "It is inevitable that the princes will be robbed, and it is inevitable that they will be robbed by brothers and sisters. This is the price that must be paid; but this is also one of the ways to choose a qualified emperor. Look at Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Li Longji who did not rely on politics to become the throne. Only with ability can he be able to start a coup. Due to the legitimacy of the throne, these emperors who have become the throne through politics will pay more attention to their political achievements, so as to win the hearts of the people and make up for the mistakes they have made..."
"Your Majesty, although the princes who are now enfeoffed outside are calm on the surface, they have already been secretly pinched. I am worried that if this continues, it will probably affect Your Majesty's great cause of unifying the world!" Li Xiaoren said worriedly.
"Unify the world?" Li Liangzuo smiled, "Brother, do you know how big my world is?"
"I don't know, please give me advice..."
"Actually, I don't know how big my world is. I want to build an unprecedented empire with China as the center. The army of our Daxia Empire must expand indefinitely, from north to west, south to east, and cross the mountains to meet mountains and across the sea. As long as the sun can shine, the territory of the Daxia Empire is;
Whenever I arrived, my Daxia Empire would build cities locally, migrate my people and assimilate my local people, and spread my Chinese culture. Such a large territory is not something that every local court can manage. For those remote areas, where should I enfeoff the princes and let them garrison one side. Only in this way can those places belong to my Daxia Empire forever and be in the hands of my Tuoba Li family;
These princes are not all my sons. You should not expect it in your lifetime, but my nephews have hope. As long as they are willing to work hard to break up the land and become kings in the future, it is necessary. These vassal states are the guarantee of our Daxia Empire and Tuoba Li family. Once one vassal state has something to do, other vassal states can support it. If the emperor's rule is threatened by external threats, these vassal states can also rescue each other, and of course they can also compete for the throne. In this way, our Daxia Empire can achieve eternal foundation..."
"Although Your Majesty has a good idea, but has Your Majesty ever thought about it. As time goes by, the royal bloodlines that were enfeoffed will become further and further. By then, large-scale wars will inevitably break out between the vassal states, just like during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the whole world will be completely in chaos."
"We can't control the matter at that time; in fact, in addition to enfeoffing the children of the royal family, the aristocratic families also need to be enfeoffed, but their fiefs should be smaller, and they only have management rights, and they must be supervised by the vassal states." Li Liangzuo said; "Justice just now said that bloodlines would be alienated. In fact, I have a way to go. The princes who are enfeoffed in the future must come back to worship the emperor every five or ten years, and a prince with inheritance rights must come to the imperial capital for education. In this way, they will get close to each other since childhood;
I want to stimulate other princes and arouse their ambitions through Qing'er's incident. I want to use this incident to tell them that as long as they can make military achievements and have the ability, they can get everything they want; as long as they are used properly, this will be of great benefit to the exhibition of the Daxia Empire;
In the future, the Great Xia Empire cannot be just a country. It should be a huge empire composed of the Sect Master and the vassal state. The Sect Master is directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and the emperor is also the commander of the entire empire. The vassal state is responsible for protecting and protecting the Sect Master..."
Li Liangzuo told Li Xiaoren what he thought. In fact, Li Liangzuo wanted to reveal this news through Li Xiaoren's mouth. This news can not only stimulate the royal family, but also stimulate which aristocratic families can have a piece of land that he can control and break up the land and become king. It has always been the dream of these aristocratic families. Li Liangzuo needs to constantly stimulate them and let them expand their territory for themselves and thus establish a huge empire in Li Liangzuo's heart.
Of course, there are also great hidden dangers in this. If you are not careful, you may cause the entire Great Xia Empire to fall apart. It is precisely because of Li Liangzuo's policy that the Great Xia Empire has continued to fight in the later period. Of course, this is a later story.
The last update today is that I am too busy with work today and it is a bit late. Please forgive me...
Chapter completed!