Zichen Palace.

The emperor took off his court uniform and changed into casual clothes and stood at the door. Seeing Chen Xu coming hurriedly with the palace servants, he came up with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I wonder what instructions do you have to summon me to the palace?" Chen Xu asked after saluting.

Qin Shihuang took Chen Xu's hand and sat down. He ordered the palace maids to make incense tea before smiling and said, "The army in the northwest is abolished and placed. My dear will give me a huge surprise. If it weren't for my dear's good plan, this matter might have been delayed for several years. Unfortunately, all the civil and military officials in the court can afford it, but I can't afford it. The way of using military forces is expensive, but I don't value much. I have finally understood the meaning of this sentence. Forty thousand pawns can eliminate hundreds of years of disasters within a year. Even I think about it now, it's like a dream!"

"Hungarian, Hu, little trouble, Your Majesty should consider more Western matters now!" Chen Xu said with a smile while drinking tea.

"Yes, I have this concern. Last time I entered the palace to present the globe, my vision suddenly opened up. I have been thinking about the disarmament for the past half month and have not chatted with me. Therefore, today I specially asked me to talk to me and discuss the matter of the Western Regions. Although I said last time that I should not be too hasty to conquer the Western Regions, I still need me to give me some advice so that I can be prepared. After all, I am not familiar with the Central Plains of the Western Regions!"

"I have also thought about the matters in the Western Regions recently, but I guessed that your Majesty might take some time to make up his mind about the matter of disarmament, so I did not come to the palace to speak to Your Majesty. I didn't expect that your Majesty was so resolute and decided to disarmament in just half a month. Today, I am very impressed. After this disarmament, the bloated army in the northwest was refined into tens of thousands of elite barons, which was lightly equipped for easy allocation. It will not only save the ration and transportation of weapons and food, but also greatly enhance Your Majesty's control over the army. Once the war breaks out, tens of thousands of barons will emerge as thunder, and no one in the world dares to take responsibility. This is a blessing for the country. Moreover, the generals and soldiers who have been dismissed can return home to farm and enjoy reunion and peace. I will also be grateful to Your Majesty for the decision made today!"

Chen Xu slapped a horse, and Qin Shihuang's smile became stronger. His little grudge against Chen Xu seemed to disappear in an instant. He put down his teacup and said happily: "The northwest army was originally prepared to attack the Huns and Hu. Now the Huns and Hus are all pacified, and it is useless to stay. The three generals Li Xin, Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu jointly submitted a letter to dismiss the army deeply in line with my wishes. The reason why he hesitated for a long time was that it was because of the evacuation and resettlement. Today, my dear my dear use three strategies to solve this matter. I naturally have to arrange this matter with the momentum of thunderstorm. If you delay it for one day, you will consume more money and food. Therefore, the dear me should make the first contribution to the defence of the army!"

"Your Majesty's words are important, this is a national policy. I am sharing your worries with your Majesty is a matter of internal affairs!" Chen Xu bowed and thanked him and continued, "When I was thinking that I could slowly plan for the affairs of governing the Western Regions like Lingnan. The Western Regions are a place where Qiang, Rong, Hu and Man live together. They are located between deserts. Although there are also places of abundant water and grass, and there are specialties that are not found in the Central Plains. However, after all, it is too far away from our Great Qin and vast territory. Therefore, the conquering countries in the Western Regions cannot adopt the same countermeasures as the Donghu of the Xiongnu. It is mainly based on the authority and patrol. It is not very suitable to set up counties and counties to arrange Qin officials to go to manage. Therefore, I suggest that the army can be used to intimidate them and authorize the Qiang and Rong tribes to be autonomous. However, the leader must obtain the recognition and permission of the Great Qin, and must obtain the orders of Your Majesty to be called kings and marquis..."

"Didn't you say that the Western Regions should adopt the strategy of enfeoffing princes?" Qin Shihuang suddenly looked up at Chen Xu.

"Your Majesty understands this way. The population of our Central Plains is only 20 million, with a large area and a sparse population. If we continue to adopt the county system, we will inevitably immigrate and become naturalized. However, the land in the Western Regions is even wider than that of our Great Qin, and the Qiang, Rong, Hu and Man are both savage and disobeying the king's transformation. It is not appropriate to implement the same strategy as the Central Plains. On the contrary, a large number of immigrants will also cause insufficient population in our Central Plains to lead to various people's livelihood problems. What's more, the homeland is difficult to leave, and the migrant people are mainly prisoners. Once these people feel resentful to Your Majesty, killing officials and rebelling and supporting Qiang, Hu and reincarnating, it will inevitably cause greater turmoil, which is very unfavorable for the future conquest of Western countries."

"Well, my dear words are reasonable!" Qin Shihuang nodded slightly.

"We must first settle the internal situation, maintain the country, be stable in the country, be rich in people's livelihood, and be strong in the army and food, and there will be no disadvantages for the outside world. The tribes of the Western Regions were originally the ancestors of the Chinese. If they want to naturalize, they must first conquer their hearts and adopt the feudal system to accept the rule of our Great Qin. At the same time, they will be more feudal. These princes will inevitably not obey the rule and become enemies of each other. It is exactly the same as the Great Zhou Dynasty. The princes each dominate their own affairs and restrain each other. In the past ten years, they will inevitably be dispersed. For example, Yuezhi, now the Yuezhi King is united in tribes, and commands hundreds of thousands of troops are more powerful than the Hungarians and Hu. But if our Great Qin is under the brink of the territory, Yuezhi will inevitably panic and bow down to his subordinates. Your Majesty specially grants the title of a group of sons of the King of Yuezhi as marquis, allowing them to establish themselves as kings, and Yuezhi will collapse instantly..."

Qin Shihuang picked up the teacup and drank tea while looking at Chen Xu with a strange expression.

This plan is so poisonous.

Just like the Jin State in the past.

Jin State dominated the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and neighboring countries such as Qin, Chu, Song and Qi were beaten to death and almost knelt down and called him dad. Later, the six nobles fought endlessly and the Jin royal family declined. The King of Zhou was afraid of the power of Jin State and the bastard attribute of whoever beat him, so he deliberately showed weakness and named the three nobles of Han, Zhao and Wei as princes, promising them to be called kings. A country of Wancheng that dominated the Central Plains collapsed.

Although the Zhou royal family had begun to decline at that time, it was not yet at the point where the vassal states were completely disobedient. At least on the surface, they still respected the Zhou royal family very much. Although the three Qings of Han, Zhao and Wei were suspected of forcing the Zhou king, if the Zhou king did not agree to enfeoff the three surnames as princes, Han, Zhao and Wei would not dare to do anything to the Zhou royal family. After all, there were Qin, Qi, Chu and Song next to them, who were capable of dominance, and were eyeing them fiercely.

In fact, the division of Jin by the three families was not only a chaotic situation in Jin State, but also the unanimous wish of the other vassal states that were beaten up by Jin State. In addition, the Zhou royal family was also happy to see the collapse of Jin State, so with the flow, Jin State, a vassal state that almost dominated the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, collapsed.

Under the feudal system, the best way to deal with disobedient vassal states is to constantly enfeoff the nobles in their country and make the country chaotic. This strategy was implemented in the Han Dynasty in later generations, which was the famous order of grace. The court constantly enfeoffed the sons and grandsons of the princes. Because each king must have his own fiefdom, these vassal states became more and more, and their territory became smaller and smaller, and finally slowly collapsed and invisible.

The name is to give up grace, but in fact it is the most vicious way to dismantle the opposition forces.

"It is not impossible to enthrone the tribes of the Western Regions, but this is not a long-term plan, which can make them chaotic for a while. If a talented and stubborn person suddenly appears, there will inevitably be another disaster..." Qin Shihuang said after he thought about it.

"What Your Majesty said is that after all, the Western Regions are vast, and after the feudalization, our Qin Dynasty cannot be managed directly, which will indeed lay some hidden dangers. In fact, I have a more clever method, but it may cause misunderstandings from many colleagues when implemented..." Chen Xu thought for a while and said.

"Your dear is fine. Today, I am the only one of you, so everything can be discussed. If I think it is indeed inappropriate, it will not be spread!" Qin Shihuang looked at Chen Xu with great interest.

When an emperor, you will not be afraid of his ministers being unhappy or oppose him. The most important thing is to have sufficient reasons to make the emperor feel that this matter can be done or cannot be done.

"After the founding of the Qin Dynasty, the county system was adopted and the feudal system of the previous week was abolished. This strategy greatly strengthened the court's control over the whole country, but it also had a huge hidden danger!"

"Where does the hidden danger come from?" Qin Shihuang's face suddenly became serious.

At the beginning, the county system proposed by Li Si was adopted by the county system. Now the court and the people still objected very loudly. Occasionally, there were still noisy in the court. Although this sound is getting smaller and smaller, the ministers and princes representing an old traditional force are unwilling to give up. In this way, the people are naturally more turbulent. The students of the hundreds of schools, led by Confucian disciples, oppose more violently. A large number of Confucian disciples are unwilling to serve Qin and do not want to govern the country for Qin Shihuang. In particular, Kong Yu, the eighth-generation grandson of Confucius, a contemporary Confucian leader, ordered tens of thousands of Confucian disciples in the world, but hid in Lu and cursed the emperor all day long. However, given that his reputation was too great, Qin Shihuang had no choice but to block his ears and pretend to be inaudible.

Two years ago, the emperor toured Mount Tai in the southeast of Fengshan and summoned 72 respected Confucian disciples from Lu. Qin Shihuang hoped that they would write an article praising the emperor's benevolence to worship the world, but these Confucian scholars pointed at the nose and scolded them. Qin Shihuang was angry and drove all these Confucian scholars down from Mount Tai, and then asked Li Si to write a flattery article engraved on Mount Tai, completing the Fengshan ceremony.

This incident has been known to everyone in the world, and the emperor's actions have been ridiculed by all students.

Although the emperor would not surrender his identity to argue with these students, he must have a lot of anger in his heart.

Otherwise, Li Si would have proposed a plan to burn books last year, and the emperor would have agreed immediately.

The students jumped up and down among the people, opposing magic, opposing county systems, opposing large-scale labor, opposing extravagant tombs, and opposing all court orders that they believed were not in line with their philosophy of governing the country.

The existence of these people made the emperor very annoyed, and even became angry. It was best to curse these disciples of hundreds of families in the palace every day.

Today, the Qin Dynasty seems stable, but in fact the people are still anxious. The abolition of the feudal system is the main reason, because it does not conform to the ancient rituals inherited from the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Moreover, from the historical trajectory of later generations, completely abolishing and extermination of feudal dynasties was actually very unfavorable to the rule of the feudal dynasty.

The feudal rule without blood relationships will not have a sense of belonging to the central dynasty by relying on the county system alone. Once the emperor dies or the successors have problems and the court is in turmoil, forces from different surnames may rebel, and the people will become even more panicked and panicked. Even if there are places loyal to the central dynasty who want to respect the king and protect the country, they can only wait and see.

To completely achieve the success of the county system, we can only implement a democratic electoral system. Under the framework of the constitution, the emperor can take turns to sit. However, if we want to inherit the royal dictatorship for generations, we need to have a huge family force to maintain the cohesion of the empire from the perspective of blood ties.

Although there will be chaos and struggles, it can at least ensure the inheritance of blood ties.

There is no system or empire that can last forever.

This is the general trend of the world.

However, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been passed down for a full eight hundred years with the feudal system, which shows at least one problem, that is, feudalism has great appeal among the people and great centripetal force, which is the basis of public opinion.

The Qin Dynasty is indeed stable at the moment, but the power of the royal family is too weak, and it depends entirely on Qin Shihuang to support and control it independently. Once Qin Shihuang dies, the royal family does not have enough power to maintain the operation of the empire. If you encounter a second-generation master like Hu Hai, it will be a matter of time before collapse.

To strengthen the power of the royal family, the best way is to enfeoff the princes.
Chapter completed!