Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 862 Ploughing
The ministers gathered outside the gate of the palace, chatting in pairs of threes and threes.

Liu Heng was standing with Zhang Buyi at the moment, the two were talking in a low voice, but no other ministers dared to come forward.

As the core executives of the empire, these two people obviously knew the purpose of this court meeting, and their thoughts on Liu Chang's thoughts were also different.Liu Heng thought for a long time, and thought that Liu Chang's idea could still be implemented. Although the southwest side of Dahan is remote, poor, sparsely populated, miasma, and beasts, it is not as good as South Vietnam, but the geographical advantages here are becoming more and more obvious.

Today's Nanyue State includes Vietnam, Cambodia, and parts of Thailand. Funan extends from the core area of ​​Thailand all the way to Malay, occupying the most critical road for east-west maritime trade.

Establishing a feudal state here for governance will benefit the future development of the sea.

This is still a very necessary decision, and the country must be established here.

Liu Heng thought more than Liu Chang thought. He even thought that the border between Dian Kingdom and Funan should be sealed off so that the whole south could be connected.

As for Zhang Buyi, what he thought was even simpler.

Liu Heng thinks His Majesty is right.

But Zhang Buyi believed that everything His Majesty said was right.

While the two were chatting, another person slowly walked to their side, yes, it was Luan Bu, Prime Minister of the State.

Luan Bu has undergone great changes after being the Prime Minister of the country for so long. With a thick beard, he looks very mature and has the appearance of a real leader of officials.

When Liu Heng and Zhang Buyi met him, Liu Heng hurriedly asked: "Mr. Luan, do you know about this?"

Luan Bu let out a long sigh, "Of course I know, our Majesty, that is really what you think of. When His Majesty asked me to talk about this matter yesterday, I almost thought that His Majesty was crazy, but he explained After thinking about it, it still makes sense, what do you think?"

"I also think what His Majesty said is reasonable. I know the King of Nanyue best."

"It can be said that if the princess goes there and can get the full support of the King of Nanyue, it will be very easy to govern this place. The King of Nanyue is a low-key person, but his ability must not be underestimated. Back then, I had to rely on the support of the temple to overwhelm him. As for other issues, we can solve them together."

The two started talking, and Zhang Buji asked with some dissatisfaction, "Why didn't Prime Minister Luan ask me what I think?"

Luan Bu glanced at him, "I know what you think even if you don't tell me."

The three of them were talking in low voices, and several ministers in the distance were also observing them. Liu Li looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture suspiciously, and asked, "Mr. Tu, what is the purpose of this court meeting?" It's a big deal, those three have been discussing since they met."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture didn't care much, "It's okay, nothing happened to the Ministry of Agriculture anyway, it's not about Kaihai, it's hard to say about those Confucian scholars."

Lu Jia couldn't help but said, "Confucianism doesn't have any major issues at the moment. It's not about Kaihai, it's about Shangfang."

Chen Mai was taken aback, "There is nothing wrong with my Ministry of Industry, it should be about Kaihai."

Jia Yi looked at them unconfidently, and didn't know how to explain. He didn't remember what happened to Kaihai, but what they said, did something really happen to our business department? ? ?

When Zhao Tuo came here in good spirits, the officials were a little surprised, why did this person come?Why does it look so spiritual?Doesn't it mean that this person's time is running out? ?
Zhao Tuo took care of everyone enthusiastically, changing his usual style.

If it is said that Zhao Tuo's coming just surprised the officials, then the arrival of another person made the officials extremely frightened.

That's right, for some reason, a person who obviously shouldn't be here came wobbly.

It was Wang Tianqi who came.

Seeing Wang Tianqi, the officials paused in their hearts, secretly thinking that something is wrong, what happened? ?

Liu Li asked in surprise: "Isn't this person old?? Why do you still come here??"

Wang Tianqi stood indifferently in the distance, as if examining the group of officials in front of him, without saying a word, there was an invisible barrier around him, and everyone gave way, not daring to approach.

Chen Mai laughed, as if he understood something, he jokingly said: "If you are curious, you can ask him."

Liu Li hurriedly shook his head, "Forget it."

Everyone knows what this guy is like, so don't provoke him easily, he will come whenever he comes, the emperor didn't say anything, what else are they talking about.

The court proceedings will begin soon.

But the minds of the officials were still on Zhao Tuo and Wang Tianqi, and they didn't know what the reason for these two people came.

Liu Chang sat in the top position, and as usual, Luan Bu started the conversation. Then Zhang Buyi got up and talked about the achievements of various places, boasting about the emperor's deeds. And ask for help, while Zhang Buyi is mainly responsible for telling the achievements of various places. One person speaks good things and the other speaks bad things, which can be regarded as complementing each other.After the normal start, the ministers also talked about the things they wanted to play.

Zhao Tuo was not in a hurry, and waited until everyone had said something.

Zhao Tuo just got up and played.

"My lord, today's Nanyue Kingdom is huge and bloated, with insufficient government officials. There is no way to govern the South, but it can be governed as a feudal state. The land of Funan is the most important thing today, and it is an important way to open the sea."

Zhao Tuo spoke slowly, and everyone suddenly realized.

It turns out that this guy came here to seal a new country? ?

Zhao Tuo explained in detail, from the location, importance, and remoteness of the place, and the reasons for poor governance, and the officials did not worry too much, they also felt that this was very necessary, it was the current A new feudal state was established on the side of South Vietnam. Apart from opening the sea, it also weakened the South Vietnam State and strengthened the control of the temple on the south side.

Just when the officials kept nodding their heads, Zhao Tuo said again: "In Funan, the customs are different from those in the Central Plains. Most of the women are kings, and the three elders in the tribe are all women."

This is not because Zhao Tuo is lying. Historically, in the Funan Kingdom, the founding king was a woman, and later when he fought with his surroundings, he was also dominated by women. This kind of thinking here lasted for more than 300 years. It was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that it gradually disappeared. , the local property and land inheritance system does not leave the father's property to the son in the Central Plains, but the uncle's property to the nephew, and even after giving birth, the child will be sent to his uncle's house to be raised, that is, the husband does not One's own children, raising one's own sister's children.

This is probably because the locals cannot be sure whether their children are related to them by blood, but they can be sure that their sister's children are definitely related by blood to them.

This unique inheritance law has even continued into modern times in some remote places.

When Zhao Tuo mentioned these things, the officials were astonished, there is such a thing? ?A nephew to inherit the family property? ?
Zhao Tuo briefly explained the customs there, and finally said: "Therefore, for the convenience of governance, please make the princess canonize Funan Kingdom as king."

"what?!"

The officials almost jumped up, their eyes were full of surprise, and the temple fell silent immediately, but no one cried and hit the ground with their heads, expressing that it was determined not to be like this.

After all, this was the beginning of the Han Dynasty, not the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The queen mother at that time was like an emperor, governing the Han world, and I didn't hear anyone saying that it shouldn't be like this.

The officials thought about this matter seriously, and Jia Yi got up first and spoke.

"My lord, isn't that inappropriate?"

"Oh? Why is it wrong?"

"I have never had a queen in China. How can this barbarian system be followed because of the rites of the barbarians? The other system is because I don't know the relationship between people and my father. If we set up a queen, wouldn't it be a big man?" Do you agree with their barbarian gift?"

When he said this, many people nodded, thinking it made sense.

Zhao Tuo said loudly: "At the beginning, the poisonous Peacock King killed the king. This is their etiquette, but it does not conform to our etiquette. But we have never abolished his throne, never killed him, but recognized it. Does this mean that I, a big man, recognize their ritual of killing kings? Or is it because the Peacock Kingdom is big and Funan Country is small, so when you get to Peacock, you have to respect its style, and when you get to Funan, it’s a barbarian ritual?? Your Excellency’s statement is inappropriate.”

"Besides, there are so many things that are not Chinese rituals. Have you ever been to Tang Kingdom? Yan Kingdom? Or the Northwest countries? In these countries, there are many barbarian rituals you mentioned. You can also go to the temple and send They forbid them all, such as prohibiting the Xia people to sit cross-legged, let them all sit on their knees, let the Tang people not wear riding jackets, let them tie shin coats, and let the people of the northwest countries not wear furs. The territory of the big man will become more and more However, for different places, we should adopt different etiquette to govern. This is what we should consider. The purpose now is to govern this place. To promote the etiquette of the Central Plains, we must prioritize!"

When Jia Yi heard Zhao Tuo's words, although he could continue to defend himself, there was no need for it. He took a step back, expressing that he had nothing to say.

But Jia Yi opened his mouth, and naturally another minister got up, this time it was Liu Li who got up.

"My lord, the princess is the king. If we talk about the local old system, it is appropriate, but how will this be inherited in the future? Isn't this the king with a different surname?"

"My surname is king? My surname is also king. Your Excellency means that I am not worthy?"

Zhao Tuo asked, and Liu Li blushed immediately, "I didn't mean that, you contributed to the country."

"There are so many kings with foreign surnames in the Han Dynasty. I contributed to the country, but the Dian Kingdom is not, but the Dian King is not Liu surname, and those princes under the Xiting Kingdom are not Liu surnames, and they are poisoned. What does it matter if the countries in China are not named Liu? Should all these countries be abolished because they are not named Liu?"

"If you don't use a different surname as the king, then it can be abolished gradually, starting with me."

Liu Li blushed and didn't dare to say anything more.

The officials looked at the superior emperor, and then at Wang Tianqi standing among the ministers, and vaguely understood something in their hearts. In fact, the selection of princes and kings is not as important as it used to be in the Han Dynasty. The princes and kings are trembling. The country's major affairs are completely in the hands of the prime minister. Many princes and kings exist in name only, just like Liu Jian, the king of Jiaodong, who was directly blocked in the palace by his own prime minister. The big man is not the old man, nor is the princes. The princes and kings of the past.

Don't look at Liu Ci clamoring for millions of cavalry all day long, but the command of the army is not in his hands at all. Don't look at King Yan being so arrogant and domineering, but many decisions must be agreed by the state minister. Look at King Zhao, Yuan With a single order, he can be escorted to Chang'an. Moreover, the concept of clan at this time is not just blood relationship. Stepchildren have no blood relationship, but they have the same inheritance rights. They can even obtain inheritance rights by bestowing surnames. When Xiang Yu surrendered Later, Emperor Gao bestowed the surname Liu on many clans of Xiang Yu, and included them in the clan of the surname Liu. In history, after the defeat of the Xiongnu, the high-level officials were also included in the surname Liu. Therefore, there was such a situation that the Huns of the Han Dynasty were Shanyu Liu Yuan. .

In the early Western Han Dynasty, etiquette was not strict, and many things were ignored, such as seniority in marriage, as long as they were not of the same surname, everything else depends on whether the individual can accept it. Many different names for relatives of different generations came later. What appears is the result of the strengthening of etiquette.

The ministers were mainly worried about Wang Tianqi. It seems that the queen mother is also very concerned about this matter, which is also true. After all, the queen mother is a typical example of a woman who is the king. When Chen Ping and others visited Queen Lu, they all called her majesty.

In addition, the Funan country is too far away, and in the eyes of the Central Plains, the backcountry is not even counted.

The ministers said no more.

Liu Chang was very satisfied with this. He sat in the superior position and opened his mouth to confirm the matter, "In this case, we will handle it according to the Nanyue King's instructions. As for the specific matters, we need you to discuss together."

After the court meeting ended, the officials were all shocked. They had witnessed a brand new era. After these years of development, the officials could accept more things, but they obviously never thought of such a thing. passed.

When Liu Chang returned to Houde Hall, Sangong stood in front of him.

Liu Chang looked very happy. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect it to go so smoothly today. I thought all the ministers would stand up and object!"

Luan Bu said helplessly: "The princes have come out, whoever dares to object openly will suffer for the princes, and they still come out from time to time at this age."

Zhang Buyi hurriedly said: "This is mainly because of your majesty's merits and virtues. Your majesty is wise. Why don't the officials follow suit?"

Liu Chang raised his head, his face was full of complacency, but Liu Heng on the side said: "The enfeoffment of the princes and kings is not important, as long as the princes and kings don't cause trouble for the local government, the important thing is the candidate for the country's prime minister. He is the real ruler of the vassal states, for this place, it is necessary to select a very qualified prime minister, this place is not easy to govern, even with Zhao Tuo's help, he must have an excellent prime minister."

Liu Chang laughed, "Actually, I already have a good candidate."

"Oh? Who are you going to appoint as the Prime Minister?"

"Xiahou Stove."

"what???"

As soon as this remark came out, Liu Heng was not calm anymore, and suddenly lost his usual composure, he hurriedly said: "No!"

Luan Bu looked almost the same, except Zhang Buyi, who frowned and began to think.

Liu Heng didn't have such a big reaction when he heard that Liu Chang wanted Liu Jie to be king, but now he heard that Xia Houzao was going to be his prime minister, he couldn't bear it at all. What kind of idiot is Xia Houzao? ?Let him be the prime minister, isn't it fatal? ?In the short term, Liu Jing will definitely not be able to govern the country, and the state affairs must be handled by the prime minister. If Xia Houzao goes there, the country will perish within three months! !
Luan Bu also had the same idea. He had watched these guys grow up and knew their personalities very well.

He said: "Xia Houzao can be a general, but he must not be a chancellor. He doesn't understand the principles of governing a country at all!"

Liu Chang nodded, "I know that Xia Houzao is free and unrestrained, unsteady, and impetuous, but Funan Kingdom is not a good place in the first place, and it hasn't been long since it surrendered to the big man. There are bandits everywhere, and they are the biggest water bandits. In addition, there are more ferocious beasts here than people. It seems that all the ferocious beasts from South Vietnam have moved here. The leaders here are not harmonious. In order to compete for water sources, they often fight with each other. Sometimes, when they fight, even the temple dispatch all the officials will die in the brawl"

"I can canonize the queen according to their etiquette, but I also want to put an end to their barbarism and let them know the truth of the big man."

"The people here are different from Xia Guo. People in Xia Guo know some etiquette. Fu Qing treats them very well, so they are willing to fight to the death for Fu Qing, but the people here don't even understand these etiquettes."

Although the big Han has always looked down on the nomads next door, in fact, compared with the civilization of Funan and other areas, the Huns are already very advanced. Compared with these places, Funan is simply a savage, no different from Wa Island. In the jungle, they adopt the most primitive way of life, fight with each other endlessly, refuse to obey discipline, and are difficult to govern. At least the Xia people have a perfect marriage system, but these people have lived in a society where they don’t know their fathers but their mothers for nearly a hundred years. People shake their heads when they see it.

"To kill water thieves, quell fights, make them obedient, and get rid of ferocious beasts, you need a person who is not afraid of things, dares to fight and kill, and can quickly establish a close relationship with the local people. Xia Houzao was poisoned back then, and even those Nobles that ordinary people can't understand can get along well with him. His character is like this. He is the best candidate to do such a thing. Before Liu Ji goes to the country, the situation here must at least become normal. It is necessary to turn these beasts and beast-like people into real people."

"Therefore, I want Xiahou Zao to go there. What do you think is wrong? To open up an arable land, you don't just plant seeds when you go up, but to clean up the weeds. Isn't Xiahou Zao's ability to clean up the weeds insufficient?? "

Liu Heng immediately understood.

This is not letting Xiahou Zao to rule the land, what the hell is going to plow the land over there! !
ps: I don’t quite understand. When I wrote about the poisonous expedition, I wrote about the guide of Funan Kingdom and mentioned the queen system of Funan Kingdom. It was foreshadowing at the beginning, because the guide will be in Xiahou Zaozhi Appeared at the local time. I didn't expect it would cause such a big controversy among readers. What's wrong with letting the Queen dominate in Southeast Asia.
As for the outflow of inheritance rights, the princes and kings have nothing to do with the inheritance rights. There are many princes and kings with foreign surnames in the Han Dynasty. After the death of the son and grandson, it started with his brother and his brother's heirs. The right to inherit the throne has nothing to do with the princes and kings, and the princes and kings have no real power.

The well-designed plot caused such a big controversy, which made me feel a little bit helpless. I couldn’t write last night. I didn’t know how to write. After much deliberation, I decided to write according to my original thought. After all, I have no choice Satisfy every reader, but if the brothers are not happy watching it, it is not because I am too arrogant, but because my ability is limited, and I can't write what you expected, so please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)