Chapter 1049: Can’t Eat Alone (Thanks to 20221003001632837 for the reward)

The huge bronze chariot was suspended above the rugged mountain road, moving in one direction.

The chariot carried a small palace.

The palace is made entirely of bronze and has quite good defensive capabilities.

This palace is Wang Mingxin’s residence.

As the technology passed down by Wang Ming spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, it gradually gained benefits.

The technology of scientific and technological civilization has opened up the thinking of people in this world.

people!
Being weak doesn't mean you are really weak.
The greatest advantage of human beings is the use of tools.

The people of this world combined the technologies of scientific and technological civilization and immortal cultivation civilization to create this mobile bronze palace for Wang Ming.

The bronze chariot beneath the palace was engraved with countless weight-reducing runes and levitation runes.

In the center of the bronze hall, there is a huge purple gold incense burner. Precious spices are burning in the incense burner, filling the entire hall with a refreshing fragrance.

The purple gold incense burner is actually just a cover. Below the incense burner is a spirit gathering array.

The Spirit Gathering Array provides energy for the Bronze Palace, allowing it to remain suspended for a long period of time at a height of three to four meters above the ground. It can reach a speed of 40 kilometers per hour at full speed, but that consumes a lot of energy. After two hours at most, the Spirit Gathering Array will be overloaded.

There are also many small airships around the palace for protection.

Wang Ming sat in an ice-blue jade-back chair, with a simple but exquisitely embroidered blanket draped over him.

He looked at the scenery outside the hall with a calm expression, and no one could see the slightest emotional fluctuation on his face.

After repatriating the previous 100,000 Black Armor Army, the rear area sent another 100,000 soldiers to Wang Ming's front line.

Also included are this time's suspended palace and airship.

Seeing that the equipment had been updated to this level, and his own cultivation had reached the bottom at this time, Wang Ming directly dismissed 9 Black Armor Army again.

Wang Ming only brought 1 Black Armored Soldiers on this trip.

The role of the Black Armor Army at this time is more to take over the enemy rather than to fight.

The direction in which the army was marching was exactly the legendary Kingdom of Women in Xiliang.

"Just say what you want to say!" Wang Ming glanced at Li Zhi who was standing next to him.

"Father, why do you want to distribute fiefs so extensively? I can accept distributing fiefs to other brothers, but why do you distribute fiefs to so many people who are not surnamed Li?" Li Zhi thought for a moment and said.

Wang Ming understood Li Zhi's thoughts after hearing this.

Li Zhi realized that dividing the states would bring great trouble to his rule in the future, so he said these words at this time.

Wang Mingdao: "Why do you think the Qin Dynasty fell in the second generation?"

Li Zhi said: "The Qin laws were too harsh, and the second emperor, Hu Hai, was too incompetent."

Wang Ming shook his head and said, "You are only talking about the surface. Look at how long it took Yang Guang to cause the previous dynasty to collapse, and how the Qin Dynasty was destroyed in just a few years. From this you can see that the fall of the Qin Dynasty was related to Hu Hai, but it was not the main reason."

Li Zhi thought for a moment, then said, "I can't think of it."

Wang Mingdao: "The reason why the Qin Dynasty collapsed so quickly was because it implemented the county system instead of the feudal system."

Li Zhi retorted: "From a historical perspective, feudal rule is always followed by mistakes and troubles that cannot be eliminated."

Wang Mingdao: "You must combine the external situation with the feudal system before you can judge whether it is good or bad. The early days of every dynasty are extremely dangerous. A wrong choice will lead to chaos and power dispersion. Although my Tang Dynasty is flourishing now, you must understand the fact that we have only been established for two generations.

The people of the world have not completely submitted to the Tang Dynasty.

Once someone incites the people, it is easy for rebellion to occur again. Liu Bang's later decision to establish counties and kingdoms in parallel was correct. Although the mistakes of enfeoffment will still become troublesome in the end, it can at least get through the chaos in the early stage. "

Li Zhi said: "It would be fine if we only enfeoffed the Li clan, why did we divide up the land for Li Jing and Yuchi Gong?"

Wang Ming laughed and said, “We can’t eat alone, or we’ll choke to death.

Power is never formed by one person. Power is a group of interests. If you want to stabilize the imperial power, there must be a core ruling class.

The county system achieved better centralization, but the heroes who followed Qin to conquer the world did not gain any benefits.

Li Zhi was silent for a moment and then said, "Father, what you mean is that the Qin Dynasty fell because of the betrayal of the people and officials?"

Wang Ming nodded and said, "That's right! Before the reform, Qin relied on the royal family and relatives, and after the reform, it relied on the military nobles.

You also understand how harsh Qin law is.

The Qin people lived under this harsh Qin law and finally completed the unification of all countries. As a result, they found that they had not gained any benefits at all, but instead increased their own burden.

From that moment on, the Qin royal family lost the support of the people at the grassroots level.

Therefore, when the Qin Dynasty fell, the old Qin people no longer had the unity of the Warring States Period and faced the national crisis together. Instead, the people directly surrendered to Liu Bang.

The middle class suffered the most from the implementation of the county system. They made greater contributions to the six kingdoms, but in the end they did not get the titles they dreamed of.

In addition to benefiting a group of princes, enfeoffment can also further prevent the restoration of the nobles of the six countries. The princes and meritorious officials who were enfeoffed to a certain place will naturally clean up the nobles of the six countries in order to protect their own interests. They will definitely not be as perfunctory as those officials who communicated with the nobles of the six countries.

The Qin high-ranking officials were engaged in a fierce battle for the crown prince's succession, and they did not care about the approach of external enemies, and were determined to eliminate their military and political enemies.

There were also high-level officials who resisted passively. When Xiang Yu fought Wang Li's Great Wall Army at Julu, Wang Li was mentally retarded and offline the whole time.

Zhang Han's convict corps watched coldly. Once Wang Li's Great Wall corps was defeated, Zhang Han surrendered quickly.

Zhao Tuo, who had hundreds of thousands of troops in southern Xinjiang, just watched the whole show, closed the passage, and proclaimed himself the King of Nanyue.

If the Qin Dynasty does not divide the world, it will perish. Even if Fusu comes to power, he will not be any better than Hu Hai.

The crazy tours during the last stage of Ying Zheng's life were all intended to shock the world and suppress the rebellious intentions in various places with his own prestige. "

Li Zhi said: "I understand."

Wang Ming nodded and said, "I am old and will not live long. This world will be yours in the end. If you do not want to implement the policy of enfeoffment of kings and princes, you can stop this policy yourself.

But you are trying to centralize power through the county system and only care about your own prosperity for generations to come. So don't blame the Tang people who are working hard for you for rebelling against you.

My mission is to conquer the Western countries and unify the culture and thoughts of the people of these countries. You need to take back the power yourself, and I believe in your ability. "

Li Zhi was a little unsure and said, "Does your son really have this ability?"

Wang Mingdao: "You have to believe in your ability."

He is not Li Shimin, and he is not from this world. After Wang Ming successfully breaks through to the Golden Immortal level, he will find a way to escape from this world.

After all, if there is no catastrophe to disrupt the will of heaven, it would be too dangerous to continue living in this world.

However, Wang Ming did not want the entire Tang Empire to collapse because of his sudden departure. It can be said that this was a precautionary measure to prevent Li Zhi from being incompetent and causing chaos in the world.

From a historical perspective, it is correct that the county system and the feudal system existed in parallel.

Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang, and even the Qing Dynasty stabilized the country by enfeoffment of kings and marquises in the early days of its founding.

Although Wang Ming did not care about the imperial power in the mortal world, he did not want the world to be in chaos because of his departure.

(End of this chapter)