Fengshen Wendaoxing

In this way, Lu Chuan stayed in the study for almost a day.

In the evening, he invited Wen Zhong to the mansion to discuss matters.

After Wen Zhong passed the mansion, he said in surprise: "Junior brother, you came to me so late..."

Lu Chuan looked serious: "Brother, I have something to do now, you must support me."

"What is it?"

"I want...to abolish the system of enfeoffment!"

"What did you say?" Wen Zhong looked at Lu Chuan in surprise.

Lu Chuan shook his head: "I'm not joking. This system may have helped to stabilize the current order, strengthen the king's authority and rule the world at that time, but the shortcomings are also obvious. You see, I have listed it for you to take a look."

He handed Wen Zhong a bamboo slip.

Wen Zhong took the bamboo slips, opened them and looked at them seriously, his expression becoming more and more dignified.

"It is true that the king has absolute authority, but the power of the princes is too great now, and the power in their fiefs is too independent and no one can control it."

Lu Chuan walked over to close the door, and said: "A man's ambition will grow. It seems that the princes are not peaceful, and wars often occur. Brother, let me ask you, why did you suppress Yuan Futong in the north?"

Wen Zhong said in a deep voice: "Yuan Futong disobeyed the king's order and started a war to annex the surrounding princes. His heart is to be punished!"

"That's right, this is what I said that the strength of the princes will also increase a little bit. Look at how far the four princes have grown this time."

Lu Chuan said with emotion: "The power of these princes is too great, so we must take it back into the hands of the king."

"No matter what, if you want to abolish this system, you have to replace it with something new." Wen Zhong's eyes moved.

He was tempted by Lu Chuan's proposal.

He is not a fool, Lu Chuan has analyzed the pros and cons so clearly, what else is he thinking?

The only problem is that to abolish a system, there needs to be a substitute, and even better.

Otherwise, if the entire Yin Shang Dynasty is abolished, there will be complete chaos.

Lu Chuan smiled and said: "I thought of a state and county system, you can look behind the bamboo slips."

Speaking of this, he also has a plan. He chose to abolish the enfeoffment system first, otherwise the abolition of the current "hereditary system of officials" will touch the cake of the aristocratic class.

Then this group of officials dare to turn against him no matter whether they have friendship with him or not. After all, under the current system, their official positions can be hereditary, regardless of the ability of their descendants.

But if the world official system is abolished, wouldn't future generations not be able to be officials directly?

But to move Lu Chuan is definitely to move them.

But it's not now, it won't be too late for him to deal with these noble moths after the implementation of the state and county system.

Um?

He has a feeling like a woodpecker. He used to catch bugs in teaching and now he comes to catch bugs in business.

Wen Zhong opened the back and stared: "State and county system, state, county, county..."

Gradually, Wen Zhong's eyes brightened, and the light in his eyes became brighter as he went back: "Junior brother, did you come up with it here? It's okay!"

Lu Chuan coughed dryly: "I was inspired by others. Junior brother, I think on the shoulders of giants."

Whether it is the county system or the state system, there are only two levels: county, county or state and county.

But this is a fairy world!

Not to mention anything else, the whole of Shenzhou is really too big. The Central Plains area alone is vast for tens of thousands of miles, not to mention the southern borders and northern borders.

It is definitely not enough to use only two levels, so he integrated the two systems into three levels.

Of course, below the county level, townships, kiosks, and lis can be subdivided.

Compared with the enfeoffment system, this system of prefectures, counties, and prefectures is more significant. It can strengthen centralization and local management, prevent local separatist regimes from splitting, and help political stability and economic development to unify Kyushu.

While talking, Wen Zhong hesitated again: "But now that the rebellion has just ended for many years, and the world is initially settled, do you think it would be better for the people to stabilize for a while?"

"On the contrary, those princes are now defeated and afraid that even if they resist, they will not have the strength to resist, so it is time to abolish the enfeoffment system."

Lu Chuan's eyes flickered and said: "But waiting for a while is equivalent to giving them a chance to breathe. If we want to abolish it at that time, they will definitely resist desperately."

"good!"

Wen Zhong nodded immediately: "Just do as you say!"

Lu Chuan smiled and said, "Okay, I will rely on my brother to support me tomorrow."

The abolition of the seal is of great importance, and he must communicate with Wen Zhongtong in advance, otherwise it would be a bit sudden to say it directly in the court, making it difficult for people to react.

The next day, early morning, although it was early spring, the weather was still slightly chilly.

After the succession of the new king, the ceremony of rewarding meritorious deeds began.

"This time, the Shang Dynasty was able to put down the chaos of the princes for eighteen years, and the contribution of the lonely teacher, Dr. Lu, is indispensable."

Wu Geng looked down, and said: "Today Gu will seal Master Lu as the sub-prime position, I hope Master Lu will live up to Gu's expectations."

All the ministers silently exchanged glances when they heard the words, and nodded secretly, an unexpected look flashed in their eyes.

They can see Lu Chuan's merits, and among the civil servants in Dashang, the grand master is the first, followed by the prime minister, followed by the sub-prime, ranking above all civil officials.

The grand master is still Wen Zhong, a grey-haired old man, but now he is living younger and younger, which makes them very envious.

The opposite of him is that the prime minister has done it. The older he is, the older he is now.

After a few years, when Bigan retires, who else can be the prime minister besides Lu Chuan?

"Thank you King Ron!"

It was also at this time that Lu Chuan came out of the class to play: "Report to Your Majesty, I have something to play!"

"Master Lu, what's the matter?" Wu Geng was taken aback.

He respects Lu Chuan very much now, not only because he knows that this teacher is powerful, but also because his father Di Xin asked him to listen to the teacher more when he had a secret talk with him at Sishui Pass.

And after returning this time, his mother, Concubine Huang, also wanted him to respect him immensely.

Lu Chuan said: "I think that the princes are in chaos this time because the enfeoffment system has given them too much power and made the princes' states stronger and stronger.

Therefore, I thought that after experiencing this chaos, the king should abolish the enfeoffment system and the vassal states, and reform a new system to rule the world! "

As soon as he said a word, it was like a spring thunder resounding in the hall, and all the civil and military eyes of the court looked over at once.

Except for Wen Zhong who knew in advance, the eyes of the other ministers were full of astonishment and surprise.

Change the new system?

The origin of this enfeoffment system has long been unknown, but it is said that it was implemented during the time of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi, and this Lord Lu actually wants to replace the saints with a system that has been used for thousands of years...

The ministers exchanged in low voices.

"Another change... a new system?" Wu Geng's expression was slightly condensed.

There is never a winner in war!

Although they killed countless rebels and suppressed the princes, the price Yin Shang paid was not insignificant.

Not only did hundreds of thousands of soldiers bury their bones in Xiqi, the Yin and Shang Dynasties almost perished, and even his father Di Xin failed to return during the Yujia's personal conquest.

"What do you think?" Wu Geng looked at the others.

Although he was young, this trip to Xiqi saw so many killings, bloodshed, and dead bodies. After the war, his immature face became more mature, and he had the demeanor of a king.

The ministers were still discussing in low voices, their expressions were serious and serious.

After Bigan frowned and pondered, he whispered something to Wen Zhong in front of him.

Lu Chuan looked at them with a calm expression, not in a hurry.

These ministers couldn't be more clear about how much damage this vassal rebellion has caused to Yin and Shang. Even the former king, Emperor Xin, died on Zhengxi Road.

Therefore, these ministers will consider his proposal very seriously.

If he can still come up with a new system to replace it, then everything will basically come to fruition.

"My Majesty, the veteran thinks this matter needs careful consideration."

At the critical moment, Wen Zhong cooperated and sang bad faces. He looked at Lu Chuan and said, "Master Lu, the reform of the new system is of great importance. If you want to change it, you need an alternative system. You can't change it just because you want."

Lu Chuan nodded inwardly, took out a roll of notes from his sleeve, and said, "My Majesty, this is a new system that I have painstakingly devised to replace it. Please take a look at it with your lords."

The servant passed the memorial to Wu Geng. After reading it, Wu Geng felt that he didn't understand it but thought it was very powerful.

So he showed it to the officials again, and then the memorial was passed on among the officials one by one.

"State and county system..."

After the ministers finished reading, there was a touch of shock on their faces and eyes, and they looked at the tall and straight man standing in the hall in surprise.

Although it was not the first time they had seen Mr. Lu's outstanding talent, every time they were shocked.

State and county system!

There are prefectures under the central government, and there is a prefect in each state; there are counties under the prefecture, and a prefect in each county; there are counties under the prefecture, and there are magistrates in each county!

In addition, there are two officials who are responsible for administrative, military affairs, and supervision duties, and no longer hold power in the hands of one person.

Many ministers think that such a system is feasible without changing their interests.

Very doable!

They also now understand that too much power is never a good thing, and the lesson this time is profound and painful enough.

"This system is simply...the old minister has no objections."

Wen Zhong originally wanted to brag a few words to his younger brother about business, but after thinking about it, he stopped talking.

After Bigan looked at it, he looked relieved when he looked at Mr. Lu again, as if he had a successor: "The old minister has no objection."

"I have no objection!"

"I don't have any..."

"Okay!" Wu Geng said in a deep voice, "Then follow Master Lu's instructions, abolish enfeoffment, and implement the state and county system."

For the princes who killed his father, he now hates as much as he wants.

Next, Lu Chuan and the ministers took out a map in the court hall and divided the Yin and Shang territories into thirty-six prefectures, one hundred and eight counties, and more than 1,500 counties.

This is only a preliminary formulation, and the number of these states, counties, and counties will increase in the future.

After the agreement was reached, the royal decree to abolish the enfeoffment system also began to be issued to the princes.

The prefectural and county system was formally implemented throughout the country.

At the same time, Mr. Lu also prepared a troop to prepare for a rainy day. As long as any prince did not follow this system, he would lead people to destroy him.

In fact, now he only needs one man, one horse and one sword to conquer a city without even using the Zhuxian Sword.

Unfortunately, this ultimately disappointed him.

One month later, the decree to replace the new system was communicated everywhere, but as he said to Wen Zhong, those princes were afraid of pain not long after being beaten, and how dare they resist when they are still hurting before their injuries are healed? Who has the strength to resist?

So the princes were abolished.

It is better not to be reconciled than to have no life. They have already seen Lu Chuan's strength. Of course, there are some who are more cooperative, such as Jizhou Hou Su Quanzhong, Beibo Hou Chong Heihu and others.

These were all people who had not participated in the rebellion earlier, so Lu Chuan specially played Wu Geng and gave them a state pastor's official position in No. 36 Middle School, but they must have been transferred from the original fiefdom.

In addition, the implementation of this new system has created many new vacancies.

In the past, there were too many official positions in Chaoge, but now this way can make many noble children have official positions.

After visiting Mr. Lu's house and praising Mr. Lu's gift, these ignorant noble children happily took up their duties.

In front of the gate of the National Teacher's Mansion, Master Lu smiled and waved goodbye, watching their carriage drift away.