At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

It seemed that he was not surprised at all that he would say such a thing——Guo Jun was so surprised.

"Ajun, you don't understand what an eldest son is, you don't know how important an eldest son is, and what kind of bloody storms this system has gone through to establish it."

Guo Peng shook his head: "You don't understand why there is an inheritance system for the eldest son. Maybe you think that if you have received a good education, you can be as good as your brother, or even better than him. My father knows you are like this." I thought about it, but that possibility doesn't exist."

Guo Jun opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

"In the early days, the dispute over establishing the superior and establishing the virtuous was very fierce. Whenever the ruler died, who would be the new ruler was a very big problem, and then people took up weapons one after another and killed each other.

All this will not end until the strongest person stands out and becomes the successor to rule everyone. This goes on and on, and every time the ruler changes, it is a bloodbath.

Later, people realized that such a long fight would only lead to the decline of the country, their lives would be threatened, and their wealth could not be preserved. They were unwilling to accept such a situation, so they began to think about ways to avoid such a situation. . "

Guo Peng patted Guo Jun on the shoulder: "This is the reason for the emergence of the eldest son inheritance system. It is not for the birth of better rulers, but for stability, for the smooth inheritance of power, and the smooth operation of the country. Facts have proved that , which works."

"Why not Lixian, but Lichang?"

Guo Jun felt that she could not accept it.

"Because Lixian is easy to be manipulated, but Lichang cannot."

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jun seriously: "Sage, what is a sage? A thousand people have a thousand opinions, and no one can convince anyone. Establishing a sage will inevitably lead to fierce disputes. The person who succeeds in the end may not be the most sage. And it must be the strongest, which is no different from the initial situation.

It is different when standing up for the elders. The elders do exist and will not be changed by anyone’s opinion. If you are born early, you are the elders. It is destined to be an elder. It cannot be changed by manpower, nor can it be touched. Everyone will accept it and have to accept it. accept. "

Guo Jun couldn't say a word.

"Of course, it's not enough to simply establish the eldest son. People have also made a decision on how to choose between the eldest son and the eldest son. The eldest son not only has the help of heaven and time, but also the help of the powerful mother family. The eldest son can integrate the father's family and The strength of the mother clan makes the family more prosperous."

Guo Peng pointed to himself: "Being a father is the eldest son. Although the meaning is not that great, but because of this, your eldest father bet all his treasures on him and tried his best to help him. eldest son."

"Eldest son..."

Guo Jun muttered to herself: "Is it really that important?"

"It's really that important, it's so important that even if you are the father, you can't change it easily, the time and people are all on the eldest son's side, not anywhere else.

This is the power, the power that you cannot change, and it is the rule that is used in the whole Wei country. From the royal family to the common people, everyone obeys it. Can you change this? "

Guo Peng did not hesitate to crush the last trace of delusion in Guo Jun's heart.

Even the last trace of delusion cannot be allowed to exist, except despair, only despair.

Guo Jun, whose delusion was shattered, could only look at Guo Peng in despair.

"Just because my son was born five years late?"

"The result is the same as long as you are born late. This is the most cruel and stable place where the eldest son system is the most stable. It must be for stability and everything is for inheritance. The eldest son is imperative."

A heavy punch hit Guo Jun's heart, giving him an extremely heavy blow.

He finally understood what the eldest son was.

"What's the point of everything the son has done?"

He spread his hands and took a few steps back: "Since you can't become the emperor no matter what, what is the purpose of studying so hard, honing so hard, and doing things?

After the elder brother succeeds to the throne, can he tolerate his son continuing to be an official like his father?Instead of imprisoning his son in Luoyang City, never even thinking of going out for the rest of his life? "

"For your future."

Guo Peng took a few steps forward and held Guo Jun's hand: "For the future, you can be the king of a country, you can build your own country, so you have to work hard!"

Guo Jun blinked her eyes, the expression of despair remained on her face, but her eyes were full of doubts.

"what?"

"The eldest son can get his father's most important inheritance, including the throne, important power, and everything in Wei, but the other children don't get nothing."

Guo Peng suddenly smiled: "Ajun, you also have your inheritance, but you can't get it so easily, you need to work hard to fight for it and develop it, so that you can finally get it.

Let you improve your studies, let you learn arts and martial arts, let you become talented people, and this is the preparation for this. Everything you have learned is not just for decoration, but for real use. "

Guo Jun was very puzzled by Guo Peng's sudden statement.

My head is full of question marks.

Before he could ask a question, Guo Peng had already taken out the world map and spread it out in front of him.

"All the land on this map can actually be counted as the inheritance left to you by your father. This is our country of Wei. This is the most important inheritance, so it must be left to the eldest son, and to your elder brothers. He's coming to be emperor.

These other unclaimed lands are all explored for my father and are going to be handed over to your brothers as inheritance. These places are all unowned lands, waiting for you to explore.

Before and after the abdication of the father, you will be named dukes, these lands will be granted to you, let you establish a state, and be the king of the state for you, so that you can develop your own country and make your own decisions. "

Guo Peng patted the shoulder of Guo Jun who was already stunned.

Chapter 1426 One Thousand 330 Six You Can Be the Founding King

The words "Fengbang Jianguo" are really extraordinary to the Guo brothers.

Because Guo Peng established hegemony until he finally became an emperor, that was with the feudal state and the founding of the country as the initial turning point.

The first country Guo Peng established was a principality, the Dukedom of Wei.

Then after a series of game battles, the Duke of Wei became the Kingdom of Wei, and finally the Empire of Wei.

Guo Peng jumped up step by step, accumulating meritorious service step by step from the Guanneihou and Liehou in the Han Empire system, and finally became a real military nobleman with a solid seal. Based on this, he was successfully awarded the duke.

This is his way.

As his sons, they don't want to follow their father's path again. They are born to stand on their father's shoulders and continue to move forward. They don't need to retreat, and they can directly be named dukes.

It's even okay to become kings with them. This is how the former Han Dynasty treated their clan.

And Guo Peng intends to seal his children in these unowned lands, let them become the masters of these places, let them establish a state, establish a principality, and be the actual king.

The land Guo Peng arranged for Guo Jun was India, the subcontinent of South Asia, a fertile land.

Historically, India basically did not have a regime that completely unified the South Asian subcontinent. There was a huge gap between South India and North India, and the language, civilization, traditions and living customs of the ethnic groups were almost completely different.

It's as if the Guishuang Empire now rules some parts of northern India, but other parts of India are full of small countries and states, and there is no unified regime.

The so-called Shendu Kingdom in China is actually a geographical term, not a regime name. It is not that India really has a unified Shendu Empire, but a geographical name, transliterated from ancient Chinese.

There is no unified regime, which means that the power is scattered and it is very easy to conquer.

Give Guo Jun an army, and he will be able to sweep all the way with an elite army, destroy those small countries that stand in a row, quickly crush them with absolute force, quickly expand the occupied area, and soon, he will be able to establish a country territory.

Guo Peng decided to let Guo Jun lead a part of the population of the Wei Empire to land in southern India.

After gaining a firm foothold in southern India, it began to establish city-states, city by city, and gradually moved northward, eliminating small countries and states along the way, and gradually expanding its sphere of influence.

Starting from the point to the surface, starting from the city-state, and finally establishing a Han civilization country.

This may not be something that Guo Jun can do alone, nor can it be done in a few decades.

But in Guo Jun's lifetime, it is not difficult to establish a small country with several cities or ten cities.

"The country of Wei belongs to your elder brother, and this place belongs to you. As a father, he will give you all the help you need, such as army, population, supplies, and technology, to help you gain a firm foothold."

Guo Peng patted Guo Jun on the shoulder: "Then, you need to use local resources to develop yourself and build your own country, which is why your father makes you study hard and work hard, which is very important.

You have to learn these things and master them before you can become the founder of a country. Of course you can’t stay in Wei State, but you can flex your muscles in other places. You can also be the founding king, but you are not in Wei State. "

What Guo Peng said was too strange.

Without the slightest precaution, Guo Jun was told suddenly that she would leave Wei State to fight in a foreign country and create her own country.

Start your own business and build your own country in a strange place that you have never met before.

This……

Is father joking?

This is just a joke, right?

Guo Jun looked at Guo Peng to confirm that he was not joking.

Because his eyes are very serious.

"Ajun, don't think that Weifu is joking with you, Weifu is seriously discussing with you."

Guo Peng said: "I have fought for my father for many years, and I have summed up a rule. If the distance between the political centers of two countries exceeds three months, then there will be no large-scale disputes and military conflicts between the two countries. .”

"This……"

Guo Jun was in shock and didn't know how to express her emotions.

Guo Peng didn't give him more time.

Guo Peng began to explain his thinking to him.

"Before this, the dynasties and dynasties of our Central Plains Empire governed this territory. There were two models. One was feudalism and the other was counties and counties. The heroes feud the state and build the country.

Let the princes govern the place, the emperor resides in the center and controls all the princes. This is indirect rule. On the basis of very slow transportation and communication, this model is conducive to expanding the country's territory.

But the problem is that once the traffic is improved and the exchanges between the two countries become closer, there will be conflicts and confrontations, and then there will be an annexation war.

The prefectures and counties first appeared in the Warring States period and were carried forward by the Qin State. Compared with the indirect feudal rule, the prefectures and counties were directly ruled, which greatly expanded the power of the emperor and strengthened the centralization of power.

This model can eliminate the local princes, so that the princes cannot split the country. The so-called princes who steal the country change the princes into county officials.

These two models were practiced in Zhou State and Qin State. Zhou existed for a long time, but his power fell to the side, and he lost his status as the emperor of Zhou. Qin was the final victor, but died in the second generation.

Finally, in the pre-Han period, Liu Bang and his officials could not decide whether the feudal system or the county system was better. After a period of disputes and wars, he chose the county and state parallel, and adopted the county system and feudal system at the same time. "

Guo Peng took Guo Jun's hand and led him forward slowly, explaining slowly while walking.

"Liu Bang believed that the parallelism of prefectures and states could realize the advantages of feudalism and prefecture and county systems at the same time, and could keep Liu Han alive, but the facts have proved that whether it is feudalism with different surnames or feudalism with the same surname, they all eventually led to wars.

Later, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the world was actually dominated by prefectures and counties, supplemented by feudalism. However, in the last years of the First Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne, which led to the fall of the First Han Dynasty. After the founding of the Later Han Dynasty, everyone thought that the clan was restricted too much. It would lead to a situation where no one stood up to defend the Han Dynasty when Wang Mang usurped the throne.

So in the later Han Dynasty, the prefecture-state parallel still existed, but the prefecture-state parallelism in the later Han Dynasty deprived real power more simply and completely than the early Han, with the prime minister as the actual head, and the king had no real power. "

Guo Peng stood still and looked at Guo Jun.

Guo Jun nodded in understanding.

"Father, our country of Wei is a pure county without feudalism, so my father thinks that counties are better than feudalism, so that none of the clan's children can become kings, and there are very few people who become dukes?"

"Ajun, many things are not so simple good and bad. Above the king is the emperor. Once you are crowned king, there is no way forward except to be the emperor. This will breed people's ambition, so I refuse to give it to anyone. It is absolutely impossible to become a king."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Counties and counties are not necessarily better than feudalism in all aspects, and feudalism may not be all shortcomings. In conclusion, for my father, counties and counties are conducive to ruling the existing territory, while feudalism is conducive to expanding territories."

"I see……"

Guo Jun nodded slightly.

"Not only that, my father thinks that Liu Bang's thinking is correct. Feudalism has its own need to exist, and prefectures and counties also have their own need to exist. If they are cleverly set up at the same time, counties, counties and feudalism can coexist, and the country's power will be further promoted. pushed to the point of invincibility."

"Can it still be like this?"

"of course can."

Guo Peng nodded, and said: "But there is an important premise, which determines everything, and Liu Bang just failed to grasp this important premise, so that the prefectures and states of the Han Dynasty had nothing to do, and they failed completely. , but for their own harm."

"What premise?"

Guo Jun hurriedly asked.

"Three months."

Guo Peng said, "That's what my father told you, the insurmountable distance of three months between the capitals of two countries must be such a distance.

Only if this distance is exceeded, the parallelism between the suzerain state and the feudal state can be realized. If this distance is not exceeded, the parallel state of the county will inevitably fail and cause civil strife. "

Guo Jun frowned.

Guo Peng took him to the small stone table in the other courtyard, spread the map on it, pointed to the map and said: "With Luoyang Emperor Capital as the core, extending in all directions, using all means, anyone who can reach it within three months The place is Wei soil.

Within this range, feudalism is not allowed. Once feudalism is established, it will be fine in the short term, but in the long run, it is definitely a way of bringing disaster on oneself.

Whether it is a clan or a meritorious official, it is relatively safe. As long as there are no major changes in traffic, the feudal state will not conflict with the suzerain emperor, and they can live in peace and coexist. "

Guo Jun had never heard of such a statement.

"Why three months?"

"Because there is no successor, it will take more than three months to dispatch troops to reach the destination. The army's energy is exhausted, and the logistics supply has become a huge problem. There is no way to continue, so we can only retreat. This is the extreme wall of the empire and the county. Under the county system, the empire's insurmountable wall."

Guo Peng said firmly: "Liu Bang didn't realize this, so he sealed the country in the Central Plains, and sealed it in a place that can be reached within three months from Chang'an, thinking that this would better defend the central government. .