The foreign enemies in the north and south were all pacified, and the Great Wei entered a period of prosperity and development.

Zhang Beichen rested for three years.

In the past three years, something happened in the territory of the Great Wei Dynasty.

He and Wei Yao's sons were angry and resentful because of their misconduct in the territory, and the local generals went to suppress them. Seeing that the situation was not good, the vassal king simply raised his troops to rebel.

The rebellion was quickly suppressed, but the problem also exposed.

Wei Yao has too many children, and now there are more than twenty-five children alone!

Moreover, the oldest child already has children. If this continues, will the Great Wei become a situation where there are many princes?

...

In the Great Wei court, all the ministers were also discussing this issue.

Gongsun Yan said: "Your Majesty, there are dozens of vassal kings today. They annexed land and trained soldiers. It would be fine if they were loyal and filial people. But it is inevitable that some people will be bewitched by villains, which is not good for Your Majesty."

"Please reduce the territory and power of the vassal kings to avoid causing a disaster!"

Wei Yao was also very hesitant about this. These vassal kings were her children, and she was born after several months of pregnancy. She definitely hoped that the children would live a better life, so she gave fertile land and enough when the reward was given.

power.

She was quite proud before, and she had several times more offspring than Ying Yinren and Han Mengshu!

Now I have a headache. It’s not good to have too many children. So, there are children who are unwilling to be the vassal king and want to rebel!

"Then let's follow what you said!" Wei Yao said helplessly.

[Gongsun Yan and other court officials formulated policies to reduce the vassal states and vigorously reduced the fiefs and power of the vassal states, which caused dissatisfaction among the vassal states. Two more vassal states rebelled, and other vassal states were also preparing secretly.]

[The Emperor of Wei had to send a large army to suppress the rebellion and captured the two rebellious vassal kings back to the capital.]

...

In the prison, Wei Yao met her two children, one man and one woman.

She loved both of these two very much, and she kept them by her side for ten years before she was sent to the vassal state.

"Why do you betray me? I am your mother!" Wei Yao was heartbroken.

Both of them were respectful and filial to her, but at this moment, they looked at her with great hatred.

"Mother? Haha, you are unfair. Whether it is literary or martial arts, your elder brother is not as good as me. Why don't you make me the crown prince?"

"The child is in the fiefdom and has no idea of ​​causing trouble. But the mother wants to cut off half of the child's fiefdom at once. How can the child raise his own slaves? Those evil officials received the order to reduce the vassals and were in the palace.

The child really couldn't stand being arrogant and was able to take action against them. Unexpectedly, he was called rebellion and the child was completely forced!"

The two have their own opinions, and Wei Yao is difficult to tell.

But the fact that they rebelled was also true. In the end, Wei Yao reluctantly ordered the execution of his two children.

She thought this could intimidate other vassal kings, but who knew that the other vassal kings were even more panicked when they learned that their mother was really willing to execute their children.

The spies reported that several more vassal kings were preparing to rebel, and they were actually preparing to join forces to overthrow Wei Yao.

Wei Yao was exhausted and she no longer knew what to do.

In the court, Gongsun Yan suggested: "Your Majesty must not be kind. Anyone who has a rebellious heart will be killed without mercy! In this way, the world can be stable!"

Wei Yao looked at Zhang Beichen and asked, "Prime Minister, they are all our children. How can I bear to execute them? What do you think should I do?"

Zhang Beichen was also thinking about this problem. Among these children, there were Chongming and smart, and some were filial and well-behaved, but once they were in a vassal state, they could betrayed.

In the final analysis, after the vassal state, they have their own interest groups. For this interest group, even the loyal and filial children will be betrayed.

It is impossible to destroy this interest group, and they also disagree.

Zhang Beichen had no choice but to use a big move, and he said to Wei Yao: "Your Majesty, the reason why the vassal kings cause rebellion is because their territory is too large and their strength is too strong."

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"Your Majesty, you think that the vassal kings have been annexing the land and adding new population. It only takes more than ten years to form a country in the country! At that time, even if he does not want to cause trouble, someone will instigate him and deceive him."

"And Your Majesty has many descendants, and the number of vassal kings has been increasing. In this way, most of the land in the world had to be distributed to vassal kings. What is the difference between this and the enfeoffment of princes?"

Wei Yao asked, "What should I do? I can't help but give the children fiefs, right?"

Zhang Beichen said: "The fief can be given, but the method needs to be changed."

He continued: "Please issue a decree. The children of the vassal kings, regardless of their age, are qualified to inherit the vassal kings' territory. If they have no merits, their titles must be demoted. If they commit crimes, they must also be demoted and demoted to

Civilians, territory is taken back to the state.”

When the ministers heard this, they immediately understood Zhang Beichen's intention.

Each vassal king has a large number of descendants, and in the past they made their eldest sons the heirs. In this way, the vassal king's strength continued to expand.

If the territory of the vassal kings is distributed to many children, the strength of the vassal kings will be weakened at once. It is inevitable that these people will make some mistakes and reclaim their land, and the powerful vassal kings will be weakened step by step.

Until it disappears.

The most important thing is that the vassal kings cannot refuse this government. Because once they refuse, their own children will disagree and cause chaos within.

Gongsun Yan sighed: "The Prime Minister's plan is really a peerless plan! And it was Yang and Gongsun Yan's body provoked!"

Wei Yao also understood and said, "Mr. Beichen is really smart, I will give the order now!"

[The Emperor of Wei issued a grace order: After the death of the vassal kings, in addition to the eldest son inheriting the throne, other children can also divide part of the land of the kingdom into marquises and be governed by the county magistrates.]

"The order to give up the favor? This is not the order to give up the favor. Mother is blatantly reducing the vassal states!" When the vassal states saw the order to give up the favor, they felt powerless.

"Forget it, for the time being, as long as I live a comfortable life, my children and grandchildren will be blessed!"

"After I die, do you care about the flood?"

Some vassal kings also disagree with the execution of the order to redeem the favor, and at this time, the Great Wei would forcefully help the execution. However, the vassal kings did not have the strength to oppose the Great Wei, and they could only be obedient in the end.

[After the implementation of the order to promote the favor, the problem of the King of Wei Guofan was solved.]

Zhang Beichen breathed a sigh of relief. Now he can continue to find ways to improve his national strength.

He focused on the Western Regions.

After destroying the Huns, the Great Wei mastered the Hexi Corridor, the passageway of the Western Regions.

Through the river corridor, you can reach the Great Yuezhi and the Western Regions.

[You wrote to Emperor Wei and asked to go on a mission to the Western Regions to open up a trade route from the Central Plains to the Western Regions.]

In the palace, Wei Yao reluctantly pulled the corner of Zhang Beichen's clothes and asked, "Mr. Beichen, are you really going to leave? Can't you change someone to serve as a mission?"

Zhang Beichen nodded seriously and said, "Others cannot deal with the complex problems in the Western Regions, so I must go!"

He had to leave because he was overdrawn when he stayed with Wei Yao. As a holy realm, he had a lifespan of hundreds of years, but every year he stayed with Wei Yao, his lifespan would be reduced by several years! If this continues,
Chapter completed!