When Fu Su heard Yin Shang's reminder, he felt a little uneasy.
Because in the past, under the influence of his PhD teacher, Chunyu Yue, he was very determined to support the restart of the enfeoffment system.
The reason was simple.
According to the theory of the Confucians, the enfeoffment system had already been proven and could be implemented in the Nine Provinces!
The people of the Central Plains now had a kind of habitual acceptance of the enfeoffment system.
There was also the Confucian clan system, which was deeply rooted.
The Qin country's prefecture and county system, to a certain extent, even needed to make some compromises with the patriarch system in order to allow the country's basic administrative efficiency to operate normally.
For example, the Qin officials in the various prefectures and counties of the Central Plains were often under-employed.
Perhaps out of a hundred Qin officials, only fifty could be sent down.
Then what if the Qin officials were not enough?
Naturally, they needed some local people with fame to assist the low-level officials of the Qin country.
However, as long as they were famous or experienced people in the wild.
Basically, they were the old and young survivors of the original Six Nations.
In other words…
The imperial power did not go to the countryside. In the bottom-level villages of the various prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, the power was still in the hands of the old and young of the six countries.
Under such circumstances.
The Confucians felt that it was better to completely implement the enfeoffment system and restore everything to its original state.
In this way, the foundation of Qin Country's rule would definitely be greatly strengthened.
After all, the old and young of the six states, as well as the officials, all supported the enfeoffment system.
As for the commoners and slaves at the lowest level…
In the strict clan society, they had no right to speak for the time being.
Lastly…
Rites were the foundation of Confucianism!
The enfeoffment system was the cornerstone of etiquette!
Therefore, the Confucians were destined to be extremely inclined to restart the enfeoffment system. No matter how Chunyu Yue raised the banner of serving the country and the people, it could not cover up the Confucians 'selfish desire to return to the old-fashioned ways!
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"Little scholar."
"What do you think is the essential law of the evolution of the system?" Yin Shang asked gently.”
The system in history was indeed forced by great people at a certain time.
However, the nature of the law was definitely not something that could be easily affected by any one person.
Fu Su thought about it seriously and said,""Currently, the enfeoffment system is evolving towards the prefecture and county system. Looking back, the prefecture and county system actually originated from the Central Plains. It was only brought into Qin by Shang Jun and vigorously implemented.”
Fu Su instinctively wanted to say that the enfeoffment system was all because of Shang Jun's promotion!
However…
In the end, Fu Su changed his perspective and said,""Headmaster! From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, the scope and intensity of the war began to increase. As a result, the various feudal lords began to attach importance to the concentration of power, which led to the emergence of the prefecture and county system. Therefore, I feel that the fundamental law of the evolution of the enfeoffment system towards the prefecture and county system lies in war!”
"Very good."
Yin Shang nodded his head in agreement. Then, he said,""It's not easy for you to come to the conclusion of war, but it's far from the essence…For example, why did war happen?”
Fu Su blurted out,"It's because of the collapse of etiquette and music!"”
"Then why did etiquette collapse and music break?”
"Because…because people are evil?”
"Hahaha! You little scholar, you're starting to play tricks with this old man!”
Yin Shang raised his hand and tapped Fu Su twice."The fundamental reason for the collapse of propriety and music lies in the system of enfeoffment. The feudal lords are destined to become more and more independent and powerful. The central court would gradually become weaker. It then evolved into the inevitable situation of the kings fighting for hegemony and the collapse of etiquette and music.”
The prerequisite for the prosperity of rites and music in the Spring and Autumn Period was that the Zhou royal family had to have sufficient prestige.
However, the enfeoffment system would definitely weaken the central government.
In this way.
It was only a matter of time before etiquette and music fell apart.
"Junior has learned from the words of the Headmaster.”
Fu Su lowered his head slightly. Then, he said hesitantly,""However, Master, I heard from the elders of the scholarly faction that the collapse of propriety and music caused by the enfeoffment system is actually because the world is bound to be united for a long time. It was like the rotation of the four seasons. This was the Heavenly Dao.”
The scholars of the Hundred Schools of Philosophy had a deep understanding of the rise and fall of the Zhou Dynasty over the past eight hundred years.
The scholarly faction naturally responded to this.
That was, it was not that the enfeoffment system could not work.
Instead, it was the reincarnation of the heavens, the change of dynasties, and the change of stars. It was irreversible.
"Little scholar, you must remember this. When a Confucian old-fashioned person started to instill the words of the heavenly dao into you, he was just fooling you.”
"Today, let me teach you what the fundamental law of the evolution of the system is!" Yin Shang said in a deep voice.”
Hearing this, Fu Su immediately stopped what he was doing and began to sit by the side to listen.
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