Just like the handover of the throne?

Wouldn't that mean that every gentry family is a small dynasty empire?

Guo Jin suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Guo Peng in surprise.

Guo Peng smiled slightly.

"Being an official, one can see the family status, one can see the origin, and only see the family status and origin. It is not a gentry. It is difficult to become an official than to go to the sky. Being an official is just a smoke from the ancestral tomb. What does this mean? It means that the official position has also become a blood inheritance, and the role of the emperor has been greatly weakened.

A Jin, you don’t know the past of Guo’s family. I will tell you for my father that our family in Yingchuan, governing the “Little Du Law”, is well versed in the law. Therefore, most of the positions related to the law are held by the Guo clan, and many positions are left to the Guo clan.

Just like the position of Tingwei, for more than a hundred years, because Guo’s ancestor Guo Gong served as Tingwei for many years and had good political achievements, all officials in the court believed that the position of Tingwei should be handed over to our Guo’s children.

So to date, three generations of Guo clan members have served as the Tingwei position. They and us have integrated their bloodline and knowledge together, so they can become officials. Moreover, this official position is a custom and hereditary one. In fact, there is no need for an emperor anymore, they can do it themselves."

After Guo Peng said this, Guo Jin suddenly realized that this was indeed the case.

At least for himself, he never considered why he could be an official, and everything was like a natural thing.

And there are many people like him.

"What my father said is indeed the case. Because they can be officials, they become officials. This is because of their family background, because of their social status, not because of the emperor."

"Of course, why did they dare to fight against the emperor in this way, and they would fight against the two emperors Huan Ling without hesitation, because their bloodline and origin are the qualifications to be officials. They have turned over and become masters, and even the power to select 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 group with commonalities, and the people supported by this group will become the emperor.

In this way, the emperor was just the representative of all of them in their eyes, and the officials were always them. This representative was not good. If it was his son, his son, and his brothers, uncles and nephews, if it was not good, then it would be better to change the dynasty and the generations, and they would not have any burden.

This is how Wang Mang ascended the throne. As a result, Wang Mang came to power and did something that was not in line with the interests of the powerful. It was because he did not control the standards and soon died and the country was destroyed. He lost the help of the group that supported him. Naturally, he would be replaced. Who would he be replaced? Emperor Guangwu.

Emperor Guangwu met the interests of the powerful Hebei and the powerful Nanyang. As a Han royal family, he had prestige, so he would naturally be the next emperor. They had knowledge and culture, and they also mastered a large amount of population and land in the local area. They needed people, weapons, and food to fight. Who is in the hands of these things? They were in the hands of the powerful.

Without the support of the powerful, Emperor Guangwu could not become an emperor. He would not marry Yin Lihua or Guo Shengtong. With fame and fortune, he would not have soldiers and food without the support of the powerful. How could he fight? These things were given to him by the powerful. He was the representative of the powerful and was pushed out by the powerful and governed the world."

Guo Peng carefully explained the tricks to Guo Jin.

Guo Jin nodded in surprise.

"It turns out that the emperor is just like this... But didn't my father say that the emperor has the greatest power in the world?"

"As a father, you may not be sure, and your children may not be sure."

Guo Peng shook his head: "The power is not fixed, it will change. Although Emperor Guangwu also ascended the throne by powerful people, he has civil and military talents and prestige after all, so he can suppress the powerful people with the prestige of the founding emperor, but the kings in later generations are different.

Without military merits and political achievements, where can you get prestige? If you, my father and I do not make changes, you can suppress the gentry and powerful people as a father. You may be able to help you, but your children may not be able to do it. In the end, even if you master the master's learning, you will lose the power that you should have."

"Father, son is getting less and less clear."

Guo Jin looked puzzled: "Emperor, is he the one who possesses absolute power with the power of life and death in the world? Or is it just a representative? Is Junxue really meaningful?"

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

Guo Peng patted Guo Jin's back of his hand: "Jun Xue can guarantee that the emperor will not be deceived, but whether the emperor is a real monarch or just a representative of a powerful man can be different if he puts it on any emperor.

Emperor Qin Shi was undoubtedly a real emperor, as was Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing and Emperor Wu. In the future, it may not be certain. At most, Emperor Guangwu, he can count at most half of the emperor. The emperor of Guangwu’s later generations does not count even half of it, and it is a complete representative.

The emperor's power was relatively stable from the First Emperor to the Wu Emperor, but from the Wu Emperor, the emperor's power fell all the way and fell to its current level. Why is this?

It is what my father told you before that after Emperor Wu, in the central government, scholars latched bloodlines and knowledge, monopolized official positions, and put on the shell of admonition, and made blood hereditary. In the local area, the system of magistrates and tyrants became bigger and began to embezzle the land of self-cultivated farmers who were originally under the control of the government.

The scholars embezzled the emperor's power in the central government, while the poor and powerful embezzled the emperor's power in the local area, but the emperor was powerless. As one went up and down, the emperor's power became smaller and smaller, while the power of scholars and powerful people became greater and greater.

Therefore, when Emperor Guangwu was in the reign of Emperor Guangwu, Emperor Guangwu even became half a representative of scholars and powerful people. Only by obtaining their support and the support of the land and population they have mastered could Emperor Guangwu become the emperor.

From then on, the emperor became a representative. In the future, the Han emperors were all representatives. Therefore, Emperor Gaozu dared to kill heroic officials, dared to quell rebellions in various places, and dared to centralize power because he was a real emperor and had the real power of life and death.

However, Emperor Guangwu did not kill the heroes, but instead wanted to lift them up, not because he was kind, but because he did not dare and could not do it. How many of the twenty-eight generals under his command were of ordinary origin?

Everyone has a family as a backing, and everyone has local forces as backing. They are connected to each other and build a huge network of relationships, blood is connected and the whole body is touched. This is the so-called interest group that my father told you."

Guo Pengyue said the more Guo Jin understood and the more he understood, nodded repeatedly, and suddenly realized.

"So that's it. Interest groups have grown and grown by marriage and blood. You have me and I have you, so it's so difficult to deal with... Father, then, the emperor today is also..."

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

"A Jin, to put it bluntly, the Han Emperor is just a plaything in the hands of his father. When he wants to be an emperor, he has to hand over the throne obediently, because now, being a father is chosen by scholars and powerful people, and it is also a representative that must be chosen.

Because of their father's highest prestige, they always win battles, and no one can defeat them, they are extremely intimidating in their hearts. This is the basis of prestige, and they have the strongest army for their father. The 400,000 Wei troops are only heard of as father, which is the basis of force that destroys the world.

For the father, he set up a wide range of villages in the local area, and directly sent officials to control the grassroots population and a large amount of land. For the father, he had a large amount of land and population. He did not need the cooperation of the gentry and tyrants. For the father, he could also mobilize the army alone to launch a national war. This is the basis of money and grain.

To master these three foundations is to gain power and use power for the Father. With these three foundations, being a Father is their only candidate. Even if they don’t want to agree in their hearts, they have to choose. The result of not choosing is that they are abandoned by the Father and want to replace it.

Speaking of this, Guo Peng narrowed his eyes again.
Chapter completed!