The question of who first put forward the order of grace
Grant Order-An important decree issued by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty in China to weaken the vassal power. In the second year of yuanshuo (BC 127), the father wrote to Emperor Wudi in strict terms, suggesting that the princes should be private and enfeoffment their children as liehou. In this way, nominally benefiting from kindness, in fact, it weakened the strength of the princes by dividing their countries. This proposal not only catered to the need of consolidating autocratic centralization, but also avoided the possibility of arousing the armed resistance of governors, so it was immediately adopted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the spring of the same year, in the first month, Liang Wudi promulgated the decree of promotion. After the promulgation of the canonization law, the branches of princes were mostly named princes, and many kingdoms were divided into several princes. According to the Han system, the state of Hou belonged to counties, and its status was equivalent to counties. Therefore, analyzing the kingdom as a vassal state means the shrinking of the kingdom and the expansion of the land directly under the jurisdiction of the court. In this way, the Han court could not be eager for success, but the vassal States themselves analyzed it. From then on, the kingdom only governed a few counties, which completely solved the problem of the kingdom. According to historical records, in Historical Records Biography of My Father, my father said: "Shang (Emperor Wu-the leader) said,' The ancient princes were only a hundred miles long, and the shape of strength was easy to control. Nowadays, the princes are even dozens of cities, and the land is thousands of miles away. If they are slow, they will be arrogant and prone to promiscuity. If they are in a hurry, it will hinder them from being strong and obedient to the capital. Today, if you cut it according to law, it will sprout against the knot, and so did Chao Cuo the day before yesterday. Today, there are more than a dozen princes' children, but they are suitable for several generations. Although I am flesh and blood, there is nowhere to seal, so the way of benevolence and filial piety is undeclared. May your majesty invite you gentlemen to stay. Every man takes what he needs, and where virtue comes, he really divides his country, but if he doesn't cut it, it will be slightly weaker. "So I followed its plan. The preface to the biographies of princes since the founding of the People's Republic of China in Historical Records says: Emperor Wu "issued an imperial decree:' All princes or princes who want to promote the distribution of sub-cities are named. "Ji of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" contains: in the second year of Yuan Shuo, "the first month of spring, saying:' King Liang is the same as King Chengyang, and he is willing to divide his brother with the city. If the princes invite their children to the city, I will personally look at them and rank them. "So the vassal states began to split, and the children finished their work." Wang Liusheng, a biography of King King Jing of Han Dynasty, said more clearly: Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty "suppressed the plot with his father's father, so that the vassals divided the land and divided their grandchildren, while Han was a self-defined title, so it belonged to Han County. Han has great kindness, and princes have a slight analysis of weak clouds. Enzhi was an important decree implemented during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, aiming at reducing the fiefs of governors and weakening their sphere of influence. The main content is that the former vassal States passed the fiefs and titles to the eldest son, allowing the vassal States to divide the fiefs into several parts and pass them on to their sons, thus forming a vassal state directly under the central government.