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Chapter 913 Luo Su talks about enfeoffment

In Lingtian Pavilion, when Luo Xuanchen knew that Luo Su wanted to practice feudalism again, he was shocked, and then immediately recalled why Luo Su looked at him with pity when he proposed the imperial examination system.

The feudal Daxing and the imperial examination Daxing are in extreme conflict.

At the end of the imperial examination, there must be a stable civilian government that suppresses everything. This cannot be justified by a simple national policy of emphasizing civility over military affairs.

Even if we don't emphasize literature over military affairs, literature is still the first choice for most people and even most nobles.

After a little comparison, you will know where the advantages of Wen Biwu are -

The obvious upper limit is higher, and you can rise all the way to the prime minister.

There is no life-threatening danger, no need to fight, no need to worry about dying on the battlefield at any time.

There is no need to go to the bitter cold land to defend and perform meritorious service, you can stay in the colorful world of the Central Plains.

The inheritance of generals is also unstable, relying too much on talent, and war is a zero-sum game. Those with stronger talents take everything, and failure means death. This is not the case in the political arena. It can accommodate more people, even if it fails temporarily, There is also a chance to come back.

The Shandong gentry and the Jiangnan gentry used their own personal experiences to prove the importance of passing down poems and books to family members. Even those prominent people on the battlefield were turned into ashes, and they were still alive.

Needless to say, in the subconscious mind of almost everyone, talent is about poetry, song, and governing the country, not marching and fighting.

This was the case even in the Tang Dynasty, which was so martial. If its external development had been stagnant, the civilian officials would inevitably suppress the military attachés easily. This was an objective fact and was not based on human will.

Moreover, the civilian government is better than the military government, so in a big country, the civilian government is the final outcome.

Of course Luo Xuanchen, or Luo Shi, knew this.

Those who can fight against the civil officials are not the military officers who have been promoted in the same way. When there are no large-scale wars in the future, especially when the king's control over the army declines, he will trust the civil officials who will not rebel more, and the military officers will definitely be suppressed.

Those who can fight against civil servants are the hereditary nobles, or in other words, this group of people fight against civil servants who have come out of the imperial examination.

The nobles took another path.

Civil servants in the imperial examination did not rely on blood inheritance, while nobles relied on blood inheritance. During the Zhou Dynasty, those hereditary nobles were deprived of their privileges by the scholars during the reform, and the hereditary system of ministers was abolished. In the end, military nobles and scholars became the symbols of the times. main character.

The imperial examination is the most extreme form of examination. Those who can pass the examination are considered good. Those who cannot pass the examination are not even qualified to be on the stage. This is the imperial examination!

A system with the broadest sources and the best ability to select talents, a system that is better than all previous official selection systems, a system that is the fairest, a system that only evaluates based on talent and nothing else, any country that wants to be stable The inheritance is destined to follow the path.

Even Luo Su would touch Luo Xuanchen's head and say, "The imperial examination system will be remembered forever. It is an advanced thing that will eventually spread in the land of Zhuxia and bloom its brilliance."

Luo Xuanchen said with some difficulty: "But it is about to hit. As you said, even if I am right, I am also wrong if it collides with your plan because it is out of time."

Luo Xuanchen's voice was very low. Luo Su once taught him, which allowed him to make an accurate judgment about the Tang Dynasty.

That was the social environment of the Tang Dynasty. The economic foundation had completely begun to transition to the common people, and the common people could enter the political stage. It was not like the Han Dynasty, which had white ministers on the surface but was actually in an aristocratic society.

Instead, civilians participate in politics from the central to the local level on a large scale, obtain official opportunities that are almost the same as those of nobles, and will not suffer political discrimination.

There is no problem with his judgment, especially with the emergence of woodblock printing and the reduction of the cost of Japanese paper, it has matured economically and politically.

According to the normal historical process, it is enough to seize the political power belonging to the common people step by step. Just like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period for hundreds of years, the result is destined, that is, the civilian class with a talent spurt will overthrow the aristocratic class. The beating was all over the place.

Just like the scholar class in the past, they beat the officials and officials to pieces.

But Losu showed up.

He wants to enfeoff.

What does it mean to enfeoff?
open up.

Developing the outside world is different from founding the country in the Central Plains. Just giving benefits is not enough.

If the sky is high and the emperor is far away, if an extremely close community of interests cannot be formed, then the people who go out together will never mind if there is a different boss.

In other words, in that kind of environment, if you still want to play with centralization, it is just a dream, but everyone who goes out will definitely ask for land and population.

And there is actually no need for them to ask for it, because the leaders who go out will "take the initiative" to give it themselves. After all, there are not just one person going out. If you don't give it, they will naturally find someone who is willing to give it and conquer the world together.

In this case, a large number of truly great nobles will be created. The top one will be the king, and then, layer by layer, they will all be nobles who have their own land, and they will build their own kingdoms, and that's it.

Luo Xuanchen didn't even have to guess, he knew that his ancestor would definitely choose this method, because it was the fastest way to develop.

This is called horse racing. Wherever you hit and conquer, it is yours, which can stimulate the passion for fighting to the maximum extent.

But the final result is to create a large number of nobles who are born noble. The existence of these nobles will seriously hinder the advancement of the imperial examination. After all, the emperor cannot let these nobles stay outside, and some of them will definitely be recalled in the future.

Otherwise, two or three generations will not know each other.

Now Emperor Li Shimin is not only marrying his sister and daughter to heroes, but there will be even more such marriages in the future.

Those people would occupy all the official positions in the Tang Dynasty. Luo Xuanchen shuddered when he thought about that scene.

He couldn't help but ask: "Ancestor, is there any other way? After so many years, we have achieved the current results. Isn't it too costly to go back to a thousand years ago?"

After hearing this, Luo Su was silent for a moment and then asked: "When I persuaded the emperor to enfeoff King Yan Ke to Mobei, did I think that there would be a bloody storm in the future?"

Luo Xuanchen was speechless, and then whispered: "The Holy Ming has nothing to do with you, of course you know."

Luo Su breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Yes, I know, but I still have to do it. You have been prime minister for perhaps many years. You have been dismissed twice and resurrected twice, but you still haven't understood one thing.

You remember, never think about having the best of both worlds.

There is no best of both worlds in this world, and any policy will bring about bad outcomes in the future.

I know the disadvantages of enfeoffment better than anyone else, but I also know the benefits of enfeoffment better than anyone else. When I am determined to do something, I will no longer consider its impact.

That's just mediocrity.

Enfeoffment is such a thing. The world is constantly moving forward. I say that the imperial examination system you proposed is destined to shine. This is destined.

But it was not destined that Zhuxia would obtain enough land.

It was not destined that the family would gain enough foundation to sustain itself for the next many years.

Let me give you an example.

In front of you, there is a piece of gold. Get it and you will get extremely considerable wealth. It is here, unmoving, waiting for you.

On the other side, there is another piece of gold that is rolling over, but you must chase it immediately, otherwise it will fall off the cliff and never be found again.

What would you choose? "

Luo Xuanchen said solemnly: "I will chase the rolling piece of gold. After catching it, I will go back and get the previous piece of gold.

Ancestor, I understand what you mean.

Enfeoffment requires the right time, place, and people, and now the Tang Dynasty has shown you the right time, place, and people, so you would rather sacrifice other things to spread the curtain of enfeoffment. "

Luo Su walked around in the Lingtian Pavilion and sighed slightly: "I came to the Tang Dynasty to serve as the national advisor. Promoting enfeoffment is one of my biggest missions. I traveled around the world just for this day. The Tang Dynasty did not give up. I was disappointed. After solving Dong Turk and Xi Yan successively, I knew the time was ripe.

Therefore, I advised the emperor to send King Yan Ke to Mobei, not only to Chineseize the Mobei people, but also to stabilize Mobei and not to disturb future plans.

As early as more than ten years ago, I sent Xuanzang to the Western Regions, and the current results are quite satisfactory to me.

How much luck can our Luo family leverage from this?

There must be a lot.

We need more foundation, more luck, and continue to deepen our presence in Li Tang. The share of Li Tang’s founding has basically been eaten up.

The foundation given to you for being promoted to Duke is not enough.

I guess that as the Tang Dynasty continues to flourish, as long as we can participate in it, we can get a lot of luck.

The Tang Dynasty has become more glorious, even surpassing the Han Dynasty, and our Luo family has also become more glorious. Isn't this a win-win good thing? "

Luo Su has never forgotten that one of the big goals of his birth is to enrich Luo's depleted luck resources again, so his layout is often in the direction of grabbing luck points.

This was the case when Luo Xuanxing was asked to help Yan Wang Ke, it was the same when Luo Xuanzang was asked to go to the Western Regions, and it is also the case when he is now preparing to enlarge the enfeoffment.

In the process of helping the Tang Dynasty expand its influence and become more prosperous, it also benefited the Luo family. This benefit was not ordinary fame and fortune, but supernatural luck that others could not understand.

Luo Xuanchen has been the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and in recent years, Luo Shi has no longer had the same sense of crisis as before. For a moment, he didn't realize that Luo Shi was still in a period of lack of luck points.

Only Luo Su, the ancestor, still remembers this incident. It can be said that the Luo family has integrated into the Tang Dynasty quite well, even better than Luo Su imagined.

(End of this chapter)