Like a transfer of the throne?

Doesn't that mean that every family of scholars is a small dynastic empire?

Guo Jin's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Guo Peng in surprise.

Guo Peng smiled slightly.

"To be an official, to look at the family, to see the background, and only to look at the family and the background, not a scholar, if you want to be an official, it is difficult to go to the sky, and if you can be an official, you are all smoked from the ancestral tomb, what does this mean, it means that the official position has also become a bloodline inheritance, and the role of the emperor has been greatly weakened.

Ah Jin, you don't know the Guo family's past, but my father told you that our Yingchuan Guo family, who governs "Xiao Du Law", is well versed in the law, so most of the positions related to the law are held by the Guo family, and many positions are reserved for the Guo family.

Just like the position of Tingwei, for more than a hundred years, because the Guo family is well versed in the law, Guo's ancestor Guo Gong has served as a Tingwei for many years, and his political performance is good, so the court officials all think that the position of Tingwei should be handed over to our Guo's children.

So far, there have been three generations of Guo clan people who have served as court lieutenants in a row, and they, and us, have integrated their blood and knowledge inheritance, so they can be officials, and this official position is conventional, hereditary, in fact, there is no need for the emperor, they can do it themselves. ”

As soon as Guo Peng said this, Guo Jin suddenly realized that this was indeed the case.

At least as far as he is concerned, he has never considered why he can be an official, everything seems to be logical.

And there are many people like him.

"What my father said is true, because they can be officials, so they become officials, all because of their family background, because of the social status of their family, not because of the emperor."

"Of course, why do they dare to confront the emperor like this, and they have to fight against the second emperor Huan Ling at the expense of the party, the reason is that their bloodline and background are the qualifications to be officials, they have turned over and become masters, and even the power to elect officials and be officials is controlled by them.

What's more serious is that in this way, the emperor has gradually become a representative elected by a large common group, and the people supported by this group will become the emperor.

In this way, the emperor is only a representative of all of them in their eyes, and the people who are officials are always them, this representative can't do it, change his son, his son can't, change his brothers and nephews, if it doesn't work, then just change the dynasty, they won't have any burden.

This is how Wang Mang ascended to the throne, but Wang Mang took the throne and did things that were not in the interests of Haoqiang, and it was also because he did not control the scale, and soon died and the country was destroyed, and he lost the help of the group that supported him, so naturally, he was going to be replaced, who would he be replaced? Emperor Guangwu.

Emperor Guangwu met the interests of Hebei Haoqiang and Nanyang Haoqiang, and as a Han royal family, he had prestige, so he was naturally the next emperor, they had knowledge, culture, and also mastered a large number of people and land in the local area. It's in the hands of Haoqiang.

Without Haoqiang's support, Emperor Guangwu can't be the emperor, he doesn't marry Yin Lihua, he doesn't marry Guo Shengtong, just has fame, without Haoqiang's support, he has no soldiers, no food, how else can he fight? These things were all given to him by Haoqiang, he is the representative of Haoqiang, and he was pushed out by Haoqiang to govern the world. ”

Guo Peng carefully explained the doorway to Guo Jin.

Guo Jin nodded in amazement.

"It turns out that the current emperor is nothing more than that...... But didn't my father say that the emperor held the greatest power in the world? ”

"If you are a father, you are not necessarily, and your children are not necessarily."

Guo Peng shook his head: "Power is not fixed, it will change, although Emperor Guangwu also ascended the throne by Haoqiang, but after all, he has civil and military talents and prestige, so he can more or less suppress Haoqiang with the prestige of the founding emperor, but the kings of later generations are different."

If there is no military merit or political achievement, where will the prestige come from? If you and my father and son don't make changes, the father can suppress the strong and powerful of the scholars, you may be able to help the father, but your children may not be able to do it, and in the end, even if you master the king's learning, you will lose the power that you should have as a king. ”

"Father, son is getting more and more confused."

Guo Jin's face was full of puzzlement: "Emperor, is he the person who holds the absolute power of life and death in the world, or is he just a representative?" Junxue, does it really make sense? ”

"Yes, it is naturally meaningful for Junxue to learn."

Guo Peng patted the back of Guo Jin's hand: "Junxue can ensure that the emperor is not deceived, but whether the emperor is a real monarch or just a powerful representative may be different in any emperor."

There is no doubt that the first emperor is the real emperor, so is Gaozu, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jingdi, and Emperor Wu, and then later, it is not necessarily, to Emperor Guangwu, at most half, the king of Emperor Guangwu's later generations, not even half of it, a complete representative.

The power of the emperor from the first emperor to the martial emperor is relatively stable, but from the beginning of the emperor to the emperor, the emperor's power has fallen all the way to the current level, why is this?

It is what my father said to you before, after Emperor Wu, in the center, the scholars linked the bloodline and knowledge, monopolized the official position, and wore the shell of the inspection to engage in the hereditary bloodline.

The scholars embezzled the emperor's power in the center, and the poor and powerful embezzled the emperor's power in the localities, but the emperor could not do anything about it.

So, by the time of Emperor Guangwu, Emperor Guangwu even became half of the representatives of the scholars and the powerful, and only with their support, with the support of the land and population they controlled, could Emperor Guangwu be the emperor.

From this time on, the emperor became a representative, and the successive Han emperors were all representatives, so Gaozu dared to kill heroes, dare to quell rebellions in various places, and dare to centralize power, because he is a real emperor and has real power over life and death.

But Emperor Guangwu did not kill the heroes, but wanted to hold it high, not because he was benevolent, but because he didn't dare, he couldn't do it, how many of the 28 generals of Yuntai under his command were from ordinary backgrounds?

Everyone has a family as a backing, everyone has a local force as a backing, and they marry each other, building a huge network of relationships, which is connected by blood, and affects the whole body, which is the so-called interest group that my father told you. ”

Guo Pengyue said, the more Guo Jin understood it thoroughly, nodded again and again, and suddenly realized.

"I see, interest groups develop and grow by marriage and bloodline, you have me, I have you, that's why it's so difficult to deal with...... Father, if you say that, the current emperor is also ......"

Guo Jin looked at Guo Peng, and Guo Peng nodded.

"Ah Jin, to put it bluntly, the current Han Emperor is just a plaything in the hands of his father, and when his father wants to be the emperor, he has to obediently hand over the throne, because now, his father is chosen by the scholars and the powerful, and it is also the representative who must be selected.

Because the prestige of the father is the highest, he always wins battles, no one is invincible, and he is very deterrent in their hearts, which is the basis of prestige, and the strongest army is in charge of the father, 400,000 Wei troops, only listen to the father, which is the basis of force that destroys the world and destroys the world.

For the father, he set up a wide range of villages in the local area, directly sent officials to control the grassroots population, and controlled a large amount of land, and the land and population controlled by the father were extremely large, and he did not need the material cooperation of the noble clan, and the father could also mobilize the army alone to launch a national war, which was the basis of money and food.

Mastering these three foundations is the basis for the father to grasp power and use power, with these three foundations, the father is their only candidate, even if they don't want to agree with it in their hearts, they have to choose, and the result of not choosing is to be abandoned by the father and want to replace them. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Peng narrowed his eyes again.

"But, Ah Jin, although they must and can only choose to be their father, because their father controls more land and people than them, but despite this, his father will still not be a real emperor, just a representative of relatively large power, and he is not a real emperor."

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