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After a brief
return to the
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vassalage
system, Liu Bang,
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officially
known as Gaozu, relied
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on the shi to
create a more
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centralized
administration.
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Subsequent
rulers continued his
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policies by
weakening the
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position of
landholding
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aristocrats and
granting greater
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authority to
appointed officials.
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