"Alas, this is also a helpless thing, who called the empire too huge, 30 million square kilometers of land, there is a war on the border, it will take seven days to pass it to the imperial capital with carrier pigeons, and if you send cavalry troops from the imperial capital to the border, it will take at least three months. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info it will take at least a year to send taxes from the border to the imperial capital!

"So His Majesty the Emperor simply divided the counties, towns and villages, and those lords were responsible for whatever happened in these divided fiefs, and the imperial cabinet didn't know how much trouble was lost because of this."

"But aren't you afraid that these lords will rebel?" Zhao Hu asked suspiciously.

"Hey, don't think that the title of lord is great, in the empire, lords are worthless, and the title of nobility is valuable. Do you know? Any officer at the rank of colonel or above can receive a fief. Think of the regular army of the 20 regiments in the country, as well as countless local troops, and how many officers at or above the colonel level there are. ”

Zhao Hu opened his mouth and was dumbfounded, can an officer above the school level be divided into territories? After a while, he was surprised and said, "Doesn't that one major general have the territory of several counties?" ”

Emperor Bu Tsai said with a smile: "How can there be so many, the imperial cabinet will definitely not canonize the entire territory to us soldiers, and these villages, towns and county governments are not together, they are definitely one in the east and one in the west."

"Also, don't think that there are dozens of county governments that are remarkable, these sub-feudal territories are all selected at random, those who are lucky get rich cities, and those who are unlucky have to post money, and although you don't have to pay taxes, you are responsible for the salaries of local garrisons and officials, and you are responsible for urban construction, especially disaster relief, and you can't get two dollars a year.

"Besides, these territories can only be passed on for one generation, that is to say, until your son hangs up, all the territories that are divided into your territories will be recovered, so the vast majority of officers don't care about the territory, and even the officers who have never set foot in the territory in their lives are not a few."

"Hey, listening to you say this, it seems that those officers are dying of poverty, don't forget, the biggest income of our soldiers is to expand the territory, and there is a provision in the merit calculation law, one-twentieth of the tax revenue of the occupied territory belongs to the general of the unified army, one-twentieth is rewarded to meritorious officers, and one-twentieth is distributed by all participating officers according to their ranks, if you occupy a rich province, the gold coins are rolling in."

Zhao Hu understood that the feudal lords were all scattered small pieces of land, and since the direct leaders of the empire occupied the elite cities of the country, they were not afraid of those feudal lords at all.

Then Zhao Hu suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, just now you said that the Imperial Cabinet will not canonize the entire territory to the soldiers, does it mean that the nobles can own the entire territory?" ”

Emperor Duzai sighed: "No way, nobles are the foundation of the empire, and they are noble, they are all meritorious descendants of the establishment of the empire, so they can own the entire territory." The noble titles of our empire are very simple, they are seven levels: pro, duke, marquis, uncle, son, male, and honor, like the Freedom Alliance, each rank is subdivided into five ranks.

"The lord would have the whole county, two counties for the baron, three counties for the viscount, and in the case of the earl, the domain of one county, the marquis for two counties, and the duke for one province. These territories are different from our military territories in that they can be gathered together.

"But they are not unscrupulous, unlike our military who do not have to pay taxes, their territorial taxes have to be paid to the treasury by one-third, and the territorial army cannot leave the country. Also, if there is no meritorious service, the next generation will be reduced to one knight, and except for the heir, the other descendants can only hang the title of a false knight, and the false lord has no income except for a monthly subsidy of one hundred gold coins from the state treasury.

"This false lord and subsidy can only be one generation, and the next generation is a commoner. For example, my grandfather was a false knight, and although he was from a noble background, I didn't have to fight hard to get merit. Emperor Duzai said with a gloomy expression.

"What about the Prince?" Zhao Hu hurriedly changed the topic.

Emperor Du Tsai immediately smiled and said: "Hey, the prince has no fiefdom, only one palace in the capital, and he can't participate in politics or the army, he can only enjoy happiness, but he can get one-third of the tax revenue of the national treasury in all the noble territories in the country." If there is only one prince in the empire, it will be rich, but the prince throne can only be passed on for two generations, and the third generation will be directly reduced to an earl.

"There are also princes who can be exempted from prosecution if they violate any law except for plotting rebellion and selling abroad, that is, murder, arson, rape ......"

Before Di Duzai's words could continue, he was suddenly slapped by the person next to him, and everyone didn't hear it, and continued to move forward as if nothing happened.

After listening to these systems, Zhao Hu understood that even if the king of this empire was a faint monarch, as long as he did not change these systems indiscriminately, then this empire would always exist and become stronger and stronger.

Under such chatter, night soon fell.

Because they were already close to the ground, the marshal's personal guards did not camp on the spot at all, but marched overnight. Finally, in the middle of the night, he entered the camp ten kilometers away from the imperial capital, where the personal guard troops of officers above the rank of general were stationed.

When entering the camp, Zhao Hu, who was slightly at the front of the team, saw more than a dozen officers of the marshal's personal guard division who came to greet him, and the lowest one was with the rank of major general.

An imperial capital boy whispered his knowledge: "Hey, if it weren't for the fact that the city gate had been closed, the main officers of the General Staff Department, the Military Police Department, and the Logistics Department of the Marshal's Mansion would definitely come to greet the marshal. ”

After a period of commotion, the troops settled down.

After the gate of the imperial capital was closed, even if the marshal came forward, it would not be opened, and the school officials and imperial capital boys who had families in the city originally planned to leave for the city overnight to settle down, but now they had to muttering and complaining and lived in the barracks.

Zhao Hu, who had lost his belonging, could only wander around the camp after dinner.

Zhao Hu felt very strange.

This camp, which is specially stationed for guards above the rank of general, actually doesn't care about this guy with weapons on his waist and scurrying around, aren't they afraid that spies will sneak in?

Zhao Hu, who couldn't figure it out, could only shake his head helplessly, and in the end, he had no choice but to stay in the grass pile of the stable for one night.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, Zhao Hu woke up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw several horsemen looking at him with strange expressions.

However, since these horsemen all had the rank of non-commissioned officer, they didn't dare to do much to Zhao Hu, the second lieutenant, so they could only get together and muttered to Zhao Hu's back.

After patting the straw on his body, Zhao Hu casually found a food stall to get breakfast, and after eating, he went to the marshal's camp in the center.

He hoped to be able to meet the marshal's staff, preferably the marshal, and see how to arrange himself, otherwise it would be really troublesome to do nothing like this.

Zhao Hu wandered around the central barracks for a long time, and he didn't see a staff officer he knew, if it wasn't for the guards who guarded Zhao Hu, I am afraid that he would have been arrested long ago.

Just as Zhao Hu was about to leave, the staff officer who read Zhao Hu's promotion suddenly appeared.

When he saw Zhao Hu, he couldn't help but be stunned, but quickly smiled and beckoned to Zhao Hu. After saluting each other, the staff officer handed Zhao Hu a bag of things and said with a smile: "I was about to look for you, open it and take a look." ”

Zhao Hu opened the bag and found that there were four documents and dozens of gold coins inside.

The staff officer smiled and said, "Of the seventy-five gold coins, twenty-five are your second lieutenant's salary this month, and the remaining fifty are given to you by the marshal." In the future, on the 15th of each month, you will go to the logistics department of your unit to collect it.

"This is your military status certificate, which says the unit you want to serve, this is the registration card, this is the temporary pass of the imperial capital that is only valid once, and the other is the certificate of distribution of orderlies, that is to say, with this certificate, you can receive a corps of orderlies in the reserve department of the imperial capital."

"Imperial Capital Reserve? Do you say that the orderly soldiers below are from the imperial capital? Zhao Hu asked in surprise.

The staff officer nodded with envy: "Yes, the reserve personnel of the imperial capital are all from the imperial capital, so your orderly soldiers are also from the imperial capital, which is specially taken care of by the marshal. ”

Hearing this exact reply, Zhao Hu was dumbfounded.

After being promoted to second lieutenant, Zhao Hu knew that he could have a corps of orderlies, but he only thought that he would be rationed when he went to other troops, but he never thought that his orderlies would be from the imperial capital.

"Remember, you have a month to get to the service, don't be late, or you'll be punished. In addition, the personal guards of officers below the rank of general are raised by the chief officer at his own expense, generally speaking, one gold coin per person per month, if you feel that you are tight on hand, you can only need one or two personal guards, like me, there are only twenty personal guards......"

After the staff officer explained clearly, he said a polite word about everyone gathering when he was free in the future, and said goodbye to Zhao Hu.

After seeing the staff officer leave, Zhao Hu immediately looked at his military registration certificate, only to see that it read: Second Lieutenant Zhao Hu, logistics chief of the Fifth Brigade of the Fifth Brigade of the Fifth Division of the 20th Army Corps.

Seeing the first line of words, Zhao Hu also laughed at himself for entering a brigade at the end of the imperial army, but when he saw the words "logistics chief", he couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise.

He is actually the logistics chief of the brigade! Even if he was ordered to attack a brigade alone, Zhao Hu would not be so shocked.

Zhao Hu, who was a little stunned, found a piece of paper on the back of the military registration certificate at this time, which read: "From the time you receive this order, you must arrive at Sishi County, Chengqiu County, Wenbei Province, where the service wing is located, on September 15 to report for duty, otherwise you will be severely fined." "There was also a bright red seal on the side, which was the seal of the Military Command Department.

Wenbei Province? It seems that he has to go to the imperial capital to recruit a few orderlies, otherwise he doesn't know how to go to Wenbei Province at all......