Decades have passed since Wei Wenhou appointed Li Kui to carry out the reform, and the composition of the ministers in the Wei court has also undergone great changes.

If Wei Feng had proposed the comprehensive implementation of the county system decades ago, he would have encountered huge resistance from the court.

As later generations said, the essence of the reform is actually a process of interest redistribution.

In this process, some people will gain more benefits, while some people will lose benefits.

It is obvious that the comprehensive implementation of the county system has affected the control of local nobles in various places, causing them to lose the benefits they originally had.

Of course, the full implementation of the county system does not mean that these nobles completely lose control of the local area. They can also use other means to control the officials sent by Wei Feng, the monarch.

It's just that in this confrontation between officials representing the monarch Wei Feng and the local nobles, there are variables that neither side may have expected.

In fact, this kind of game between the central and local governments has existed for thousands of years in later generations, but the people sitting on both sides of the chessboard are constantly changing.

Turning our attention to the current situation of the Wei Dynasty again, we have to say that Wei Wenhou appointed Prime Minister Li Kui to carry out reforms decades ago, which really started a great change that has not been seen in thousands of years.

With the strong support of Marquis Wen of Wei, Li Kui abolished the Shiqing Shilu system that had been implemented for nearly a thousand years, and instead attracted a large number of talented and low-born scholars to enter the Wei court.

Although Marquis Wen of Wei passed away and Marquis Wu of Wei succeeded to the throne, he tended to appoint ministers with noble backgrounds, but those former scholars and their descendants were still active in the Wei court.

From this we can know that today's Wei court is by no means monolithic. There are ministers who represent the interests of the nobility and important ministers who represent the scholar group.

This seemingly complicated court situation, coupled with the prestige accumulated from previous wars, gave Wei Feng, as the king, the opportunity to fully implement the county system and gradually concentrate power in his own hands.

Some people may say that Wei Feng was so cautious even in this first step, and how could he be as vigorous and resolute as Shang Yang during the Qin Dynasty's reform in his previous life.

In this regard, Wei Feng, who had personally witnessed Shang Yang's various reforms, just wanted to say that the state of Qin is the state of Qin and the state of Wei is the state of Wei. The two cannot be compared.

If the state of Qin in the previous life was like a patient suffering from serious illness, it could not be cured without strong and urgent medicine;

So at this moment, Wei Guo is more like a patient whose symptoms are still latent. If a strong dose of medicine is still given at this time, let alone treating the disease, the final result may be counterproductive.

As gentle as the spring breeze, as caressing as the flowing water, as if pushing the boat along the current, the huge Wei State of Wei will change step by step. This is what Wei Feng hopes to see.

If there is anything that gives Wei Feng the most confidence in resurrecting his life, it should be everything he has experienced during the fifty years since he succeeded to the throne in his previous life.

In this life, it took five years from the beginning of his succession to the throne. Wei Feng relied on two battles to defeat the powerful enemies around him, and also created a relatively peaceful external environment for Wei State.

At worst, it will take another twenty years to change the country bit by bit, so that the Wei State will have a more solid foundation than the Qin State in the previous life.

While thoughts were flowing in his mind, a faint cold light appeared in Wei Feng's eyes, and the face of a Wei court official came into his eyes below.

Those with worried faces at this moment should be ministers from noble families.

These people were naturally unwilling to do anything about Wei Feng's comprehensive implementation of the county system and his actions that harmed their interests.

However, if they stood up to oppose, they would not only be likely to encounter rebuttal from Wei courtiers who were from the scholar group, but they would also be more likely to directly confront Wei Feng, the proposer of this policy.

Faced with Wei Feng, the Marquis of Wei, who had gained a high reputation in the Wei Kingdom due to two wars, these courtiers did not have that much confidence in their hearts.

Contrary to these noble ministers, the faces of others were full of approval.

For those Wei ministers who had no talent themselves and only relied on their bloodline to obtain official positions, these courtiers who were once scholars had always looked down upon them.

Now as the king, Wei Feng wants to fully implement the county system, which means tearing a hole in the place that was originally controlled by the nobles.

Perhaps at first these places were still controlled by county magistrates with aristocratic origins, but these courtiers who represented the interests of the scholars believed in one thing.

As time goes by, and more and more capable and talented scholars come to serve in Wei, a large part of these official positions will belong to them and their colleagues.

Just when the faces of the two groups of people in the Wei Dynasty Hall showed smiles and sadness, a voice appeared in everyone's ears.

"I report to your Majesty that I agree with the full implementation of the county system."

Gongsun Qi had just been worshiped as Prime Minister by Wei Feng. The impact of his standing up at this moment can be said to be decisive.

His eyes lightly swept over the surrounding comrades, and he looked firmly at Wei Feng above, and heard Gongsun Qi say: "As your Majesty said before, our Wei State has indeed seized a large piece of land from the Qin State.

land."

"And how to transfer them from the original territory of the Qin State into the territory of our Wei State is the top priority of our Wei State right now."

"Because this matter is not only related to the current stability of Wei State, but also closely related to the future westward expansion policy."

After adding more importance to the matter, Gongsun Qi directed everyone's attention to the west of the river.

"Your Majesty, in fact, there are precedents for how to deal with this matter, including the late monarch Wenhou and the famous prime minister Li Kui."

"In the past, after our Wei State captured Hexi from the Qin State, in order to consolidate this hard-won land, we established Xihe County here and sent General Wu Qi as the county guard."

"I believe that your Majesty's imitation of the previous monarch's move to implement the county system in the land of Qindong is not only beneficial to our country, Wei, but also justifiable."

Gongsun Qi's words and the old events of Wei Wenhou and Li Kui further confirmed the rationality of Wei Feng's implementation of the county system in the land east of Qin.

But before Gongsun Qi could continue speaking, a voice from among the ministers seemed to have seen through the loopholes in his words.

"Then according to what the Prime Minister said, our Wei State only needs to establish counties in the east of Qin. How can we implement the county system in the entire Wei State?"

Following this voice, an old man sitting among the officials slowly stood up from his seat.

"My eldest uncle, Wei Zhi, pays homage to your Majesty."

Zong Bo is one of the six officials in Zhou Li, responsible for in charge of the etiquette of a country, and has a very high status even above the court.

The old man named Wei Zhi in front of him not only held the official position of Zongbo, but also had another identity.

He is the son of Wei Si, Marquis of Wei Wen, and the younger brother of Wei Wu Marquis, Wei Ji. Naturally, he is also the uncle of Wei Feng, who is currently in power.

Seeing Wei Zhi, who had never expressed opinions on government affairs, standing up, although Wei Feng was a little shocked, a smile still appeared on his face.

"Uncle, you don't have to be like this. If you have anything to say, you can just say it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After thanking him, Wei Zhi looked at Gongsun Qi who was standing aside with obvious unkindness, "I wonder if the Prime Minister can answer the question I just asked?"
Chapter completed!