Fantasy: Prince Peerless, Conquer the Heavens!

Chapter 394 Strategy

After Jia Xu's 'torsion', the court meeting ended quickly, and many clan officials left with a relaxed pace.

In their view, they had prevented a fatal crisis for all the clans in Da Qin.

To their delight, they did not realize that Zhuge Liang, Xiao He, Guo Jia and other important ministers did not return to their offices, but went to the Imperial Study Room.

The general meeting handles small things, the small meetings handle big things!

Usually, plans that determine the future direction of the country are discussed secretly in Qin Wudao's imperial study room.

No force will call a large number of people when discussing important matters, and you and I will discuss each other word by word. Not to mention whether the results of the discussion can be achieved, even if there is, everyone will know that it will cause trouble.

There are so many people talking, and no one can guarantee that there are no spies planted by other forces within the force.

In the Imperial Study Room, the aroma of tea overflows, refreshing the mind!

After the monarch and his ministers took their seats, the barrier automatically opened, and while sipping tea, they talked about the upcoming events.

"Your Majesty, I apologize. If Master Jia hadn't found out earlier, I wouldn't have known that there were so many clan officials in the court!"

Zhuge Liang was the first to review, his face full of shame.

Out of trust, Qin Wudao handed over the power of appointing and removing court officials to the prime minister, and he was only responsible for the final seal.

However, as the prime minister, he failed to keep an eye on the court and allowed clan officials to occupy half of the court, which almost led to serious consequences.

You must know that they have specially discussed the proportion of court officials and allow at most 30% of officials to come from clans.

"You should pay more attention. You haven't noticed such a big problem in the court!"

Qin Wudao angrily accused him, but he thought that a lot of things had happened recently. Zhuge Liang and others were busy with state affairs and would inevitably ignore the appointment and dismissal of officials, so he gave him a slight reprimand and no punishment.

However, he became strongly curious about the speed of expansion of clan officials in the court.

No matter how busy Zhuge Liang, Xiao He, and Guo Jia are, they will definitely review the list of court officials. So how did the clan escape the sharp eyes of these three people?

To know the answer, I’m afraid we have to figure this matter out completely!

"Your Majesty, in just two years, more than half of the clan officials in the court have been appointed. I infer that they may have formed a clique and have a careful plan!"

Zhuge Liang organized his thoughts, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.

In the past two years, due to the rapid development of Da Qin, many new official positions were added to the court, so more than 2,000 people attended the court meeting.

He thought about the clan officials who stood up today. Most of them were of low rank and were concentrated in newly established official positions.

These official positions all have a typical characteristic, and their main responsibility is to liaise with the local government.

There is no way, Da Qin is too big. For each domain, there are three to five liaison officials, called the Military and Political Department, who are mainly responsible for local military affairs and are equivalent to the second-level imperial court.

Fortunately, when he first set up the official position, he was worried that he would have too much power, so he only had the right to make suggestions but not to make decisions.

"Everyone, I want to abolish the clan system and continue to use a single imperial examination system!"

Qin Wudao put the tea cup in his hand, felt the hot temperature, and said solemnly.

The clan's selfish desires are too great. It is the excessive selfish desires that lead the clan to continuously increase the number of officials in the court and want to control greater power.

He even suspected that if the power of the imperial court was not too strong, the number of Daqin clan officials would have doubled.

Only the imperial examination can ensure fairness!

"Your Majesty, the prerequisite for abolishing the clan system is to dismantle the clan's strength. You saw it today. Mr. Jia just proposed a thorough investigation of the clan, but he was strongly opposed by the clan!"

Xiao He pondered: "A strong man can create a powerful clan! We need to control the evidence of the clan's crimes, suppress the strong men of the clan with the hand of thunder, and then arrest the clan officials who committed the crimes. Only on this basis,

The clan system can be abolished!"

The clan is an interest group. They pursue becoming a special class and are dependent on the imperial power, but they have great privileges.

The reason why Da Qin suppressed clans was to create a relatively fair social environment and protect the people in a vulnerable position. Take the Huang family as an example, they murdered hundreds of thousands of people for their own selfish desires.

"This is just a countermeasure at this stage. How to prevent the restoration of clan power?"

Qin Wudao looked at the room full of ministers with burning eyes.

"this"

Regarding this issue, everyone frowned. They were all the smartest people in Da Qin, but they were still very cautious when facing this issue.

For a minute, everyone frowned!

For ten minutes, the atmosphere in the palace was solemn!

After half an hour, the tea tasted warm and cool, but no one spoke!

Qin Wudao sat in the first place and did not rush. He pondered secretly. The existence of the clan has a long history. From the birth of the primitive continent, the shadow of the clan has been there.

In the early days of ancient times, various major races competed for hegemony and formed the original clan situation, with one race as a clan.

As the race became stronger and the population increased, it began to divide internally, forming ethnic groups tied by blood relations, which completed the clan.

The ultimate formation of clan power is the privatization of exercises and martial arts, forming powerful ethnic groups and controlling powerful forces.

This group of people is a minority, but they control the vast majority of the power of the ethnic group.

"Your Majesty, it is better to block the situation than to block it. Using strong force to suppress it will only have a temporary effect!"

An hour later, Guo Jia stood up and talked in detail: "I suggest dividing the clans and breaking them up. At the same time, families with more than fifty people must pay more head tax!"

"As a result, clans that are unwilling to disperse will have to pay taxes several times or even dozens of times until they can no longer bear it!"

"Once the clans are separated and their respective interests are involved, it will be difficult to integrate them together. There will be no contact outside of the fifth server!"

Qin Wudao listened carefully and nodded frequently, but in the end, his brows knitted together again.

He had to admit that implementing Guo Jia's plan would severely damage the clan's power.

But when it comes to clans, the largest clan in the Great Qin Holy Court is the Royal Family!

Every king is the head of the Qin clan. Three years ago, Qin Wudao read the genealogy and found that there are now more than 30,000 people in the royal family. If Guo Jia's plan is implemented, the royal family will be severely damaged.

The royal family can be excluded, fearing that the clans in the world will not accept it.

"Your Majesty, the royal family can adopt the order of favor, canonize titles unique to the royal family, and grant titles based on blood and merit. The successors will be demoted one level, and when there is no title, they will be eliminated from the royal family!"

"The greater the number of the royal family, the greater the burden on the country. If there is no corresponding system, it may be difficult for the country to support the royal family in ten thousand years!"

Guo Jia seemed to see through Qin Wudao's worries and came up with another plan.

There is no way. The children of the royal family are supported by the state. They do nothing but give birth to children when they have nothing to do. A prince will give birth to dozens of sons, and his sons will have hundreds of grandchildren. There will be endless descendants. Sooner or later, the country's economy will be brought down.

"Okay, this is a very good suggestion!"

Qin Wudao also understood the reason and asked the other ministers: "What do you think?"

Seeing Qin Wudao's satisfied look, the other ministers expressed their support.

For the clans in the world, this is a desperate plan, so they can only endure it obediently. Should we separate the clans even if we don’t see the royal family? As for resistance, we need to weigh our strength.

As for the royal family, this is a conspiracy, but they have to dig into it because no one can resist the temptation of a title.

There is a saying that goes well, after I die, the flood will come to the sky!

Two strategies and one can equalize the power of the clan!

At the same time, members of the royal family can be assigned to places to strengthen the influence of the royal family.

After all, the royal family is different from other clans. As long as Qin Wudao is still the king, he can bring the members of the royal family together, which is unmatched by the clan leader!

Of course, the clan leader will also try his best to maintain the cohesion of the clan, but as long as the court operates and disperses the clan members without seeing each other, how can they cohere?

(End of chapter)