Chapter 339: Once a Son of Heaven and a Courtier
Since Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty cut down the feudal domain and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the Tui'en Order, there has been no real vassal state in China.
But now Zheng Sen has "thrown" overseas feudal statehood. This was completely unexpected. But he had to admit that this thing was feasible.
As for the classification and inheritance regulations of the clan titles and meritorious titles, Shi Lang didn't even look at it, he looked at Zheng Sen with shock and puzzlement.
Whether these policies are suitable or not, whether it should be established by overseas feudal domains or not, all put aside, just talk about these things, then it is not what Zheng Sen should think about now.
This is Zheng Zhilong's authority.
"Shizi, right now, right now, right now......" Shi Lang was dumbfounded, and the words couldn't go well.
Now Zheng Zhilong's 'Great Limit Day' is still an absolute secret. Not many people know.
That is, the time is coming, Shi Lang is still the first close and credible person around Zheng Sen, so he will be told. After listening to Zheng Sen's explanation, Shi Lang's eyes were really as big as a bull's eye, and his face was incredible.
If it weren't for the limitation of his identity, he really wanted to spray: It's crazy, right?
How old is Zheng Zhilong? The body is strong, the complexion is excellent, and it looks like he will live for another thirty years, how can it be that his life will be short?
Zheng Sen also shook his head, how many times have he said the same thing, but Zheng Zhilong bit it to death and didn't let go, the black ice platform was handed over to himself, and so many military and political affairs were also handed over to his hands little by little. Whether this deadline is true or not is not necessarily, but Zheng Zhilong's move to hand over power is not false at all.
Shi Lang calmed his mood for a while, his eyes gradually lit up, and his heart was jumping "poof", if everything was true, Zheng Sen would certainly be able to ascend to the sky in one step, and he would be able to save a lot of effort.
Once a son of heaven and a courtier, it is not a lie.
I only saw that Zheng Sen was involved in more and more things, but he didn't dare to think about it, because Zheng Zhilong had a good body. But now......
Shi Lang's eyes sparkled.
Zheng Zhilong is in power, and he Shi Lang can only be the younger generation, and there are many older generations in front of him.
But if Zheng Sen is on the throne, then the older generation will be outdated people, and it is their younger generation who should be on top. Even if they are nominally weaker than their predecessors, such as the military department that is about to be established, as well as the ministers of the navy and army under the military department, as well as some heads of the General Logistics, General Staff, and General Armament Department [Military Industry System], just like Zhu Ming's Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, they can all be from the older generation, but in fact, it is their younger generation who leads the troops to fight, but they give up face to earn money.
Shi Lang felt that he would also follow one step to the sky, which would save him at least ten years.
But Shi Lang didn't have the advantage of being dizzy after all, and his face slowly became serious again, "The prince of the country is in full bloom, and his body is good." How can it be that you will die soon? When the time comes, if it falls into vain, the prince ...... "Then the situation will be embarrassing."
What else can Zheng Sen do but smile bitterly? This may not be nothing, on the contrary, it is still very big. These days, he often thinks that his father is not dead when the "limit day" arrives, but Zheng Zhilong has already passed on the position and rights to him, and it will be really embarrassing at that time.
"Yu Shizi, Young Eunuch Jiang Zhejiang, please see you!"
Jiang Zhe, a person that Zheng Zhilong values very much, was immediately promoted to the secretary and supervisor of the young eunuch when he returned to Zheng Zhilong, and he can be said to be the second-in-command.
"Why is he here?" Zheng Sen Shi Lang didn't expect it, this is a great talent that Zheng Zhilong has always looked at.
"Jiang Zhe has seen the prince, and General Shi is fine."
Jiang Zhe walked into the house, first gave Zheng Sen a salute, and then followed Shi Lang. His face was calm and calm, but his heart was surging at this time.
Zheng Zhilong told him to follow Zheng Sen's orders, saying that young people should be close and close, what does this mean?
Jiang Zhe muttered a lot in his heart, but he still came to see Zheng Sen for the first time, he felt that Zheng Sen must know the answer here.
And Zheng Sen and Shi Lang looked at Jiang Zhe in front of them, and they were both surprised and emotional.
Both of them are aware of Jiang Zhe's status, which is very optimistic about Zheng Zhilong, and his status is not inferior to Shi Lang. But who is Shi Lang? His roots in the Zheng Group are deep. As for Jiang Zhe, it was purely raised by Zheng Zhilong. But people are really capable and do a good job.
Zheng Zhilong can assign the person in front of him to Zheng Sen, and he can verify that he is really not testing anything.
Zheng Sen re-said the matter of Zheng Zhilong's life again, and Jiang Zhe also intuitively absurd and ridiculous when he heard it. Zheng Zhilong is in the prime of life and is in good health, why is the limit approaching? It's funny in my heart, and it's as bitter as eating raw persimmons.
"A miracle unheard of in the ages. Is it possible for man to predict that his life and death are predestined by heaven? ”
Jiang Zhe said this, but he had to remember Zheng Zhilong's appointment to Zheng Sen at this point in time.
Jiang Zhe really found a good lord for himself.
"Ruthless may not be a true hero, how can a poor son not be a husband? If the hero is Cao Mengde, when he is dying, can't he give up his beautiful concubine and young son? ”
According to Jiang Zhe, Zheng Sen's arrangements for his younger brothers were very proper. Regardless of whether Zheng Zhilong will die when the 'Great Limit Day' comes, Zheng Sen will put on the appearance of a benevolent and honest elder brother, which is only good and not bad.
Jiang Zhe continued to look down, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt 'tsk'. How ruthless was the Zheng family scared by Zhu Ming's set? For the clan, it is quite "harsh" to the heroes.
Hereditary recklessness is not even a thought, even if it is a first-class 'founder' lord, it can only be inherited for five generations, and then it is a downgraded lord. If the descendants are all pigs, then they can only decline from generation to generation, until they reach the baron.
The clan is even more prominent, and even the heroes are not as good as them. The prince can be a generation of knighthoods without descending, but the princes who are born out of the knighthood will not have this treatment.
If you can't make a great contribution, it will also be a generation downgrading. It's just that compared with the fifth-class 'princes and uncles' of the heroes, the titles of the royal clan are more numerous.
For example, the prince has the prince and the county prince, the duke has the prince and the county duke, the candidate has the county marquis and the county marquis, the earl also has the county and the county earl, the viscount and the baron, and then there is none. It is completely different from the light car captain, riding captain, Xiao cavalry captain, flying cavalry captain, etc. of previous dynasties.
The treatment is also more different. There was no imperial court, and when the lord was attacked, the imperial court would distribute acres of land and mansions at one time, stipulate the amount of tax-free acres, and reward gold and silver. After that, it depends on their own self-responsibility and their own ability.
Jiang Zhe felt that this move was quite ruthless, and he directly lost all the huge burden. As for the division of acres of land, to say a big disrespectful word, the Zheng family will not lack acres of land for a period of time in the future, right? It's not like he hasn't seen the world map.
And Zheng Jun's sailors have obviously won the top in the East, but they still keep building new ships, and they are all large Western-style sail warships, if Zheng Zhilong did not go to the Americas and other places to get a piece of the pie, then Jiang Zhe absolutely does not believe it.
Combined with the current plan of overseas feudal statehood, don't you understand everything?
In the future, the Zheng family will expand its territory and march to the sea. I don't know how much territory I can encircle beyond the ocean!
The two sides are too far apart, and the imperial court is directly under the central government, which is quite difficult, so it is just right to divide it into a feudal state, which can not only kick out the Zheng family's sub-clans, but also have a territory for the heroes to draw land.
And then with these vassal states as the foundation, and in cooperation with the colonial policy, don't you have garbage cans in the mainland? In this way, not to mention how much benefit overseas can bring to the Central Plains, just to say that the Central Plains can send the landless and landless poor people out of the country in waves, which has incomparable great significance to the stability and continuation of the Zheng family.
These populations can even be used as a means for the homeland to control overseas vassals. If you are disobedient, you will pinch these immigrants, and there will be no development without population, and who will dare to jump?
Although this trick can't be used forever, within a hundred years, Jiang Zhe feels that it is a big killer weapon......
As soon as his thinking was scattered, Jiang Zhe couldn't help but think about it more, then he was thinking too long-term.
After returning to his senses, he looked at the fold in his hand and said to Zheng Sen: "The prince has a long-term vision, and the blessing of the Zheng family is also the blessing of the world." It's just that Jiang feels that in addition to the clan and nobles, it is also necessary to add a civil lord. ”
Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the "Minjue" has officially withdrawn from the stage of Chinese history.
But now Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to improve the social status of merchants and merchants, not to mention the veterans in the army......
Jiang Zhe saw Zheng Zhilong's intention to raise the army, and the first thing that came to mind was the military merit system of the Qin and Han dynasties. And now from the military lord to the people, the retired soldiers are given knights according to their merits, and private merchants donate salaries, build bridges and pave roads, which are beneficial to the family and the country, and can also be given to the people......
Zheng Sen was overjoyed when he heard it, Jiang Zhe's proposal was very reasonable, a civil lord could really solve many problems. The Zheng family can stipulate that the knighthood is donated, which is the same as using money to buy officials in the past, but the title is not an official position, its only role is an honorary title, or it can be seen by the official and not worshipped. And only this one 'seeing officials and not worshiping' decency, I am afraid that it will make countless businessmen flock to it.
And to raise the social status of merchants, it must also be done step by step. But first let those wealthy businessmen and officials sit on an equal footing, even if it is just an equal on the surface, in the eyes of the people, it is all shock, and it is a big progress.
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In the Hejian Mansion, a gray-haired old man looked back at Hejian City, his eyes full of tears.
"Grandfather......" A fair-skinned boy next to him looked at him worriedly.
"Let's go, let's go. If you don't leave, you will miss the time, and it will be our family who will suffer the sin. "The old man's hair was black half a year ago, but now he is really old for more than 20 years.
The family business of more than 100 years of ancestors has been lost. Can he not feel pain in his heart? At the beginning, he lived behind closed doors, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, whoever came to worship whom, and whoever came bowed his head to his ears, and now he still ends up like this. The old man's heart was full of bitterness.
But fortunately, at least my family's life is there.
It's just that Fa Pei went to Hokkaido, to the Wa Kingdom, which is always closer to home than Luzon.
The old man held the hand of his eldest grandson, he was born to be a person with fine clothes and fine food, how can he endure the hard life in the future.