"A household is actually sealed for a year, and only gives two stones or discounted money, will it be a little less?" asked Fang Xuanling.

The feudal system is a reward for meritorious heroes, and rewards and punishments are also extremely important for the imperial court.

"There are also a lot, Jingguan is a product, Lu rice is only 900 stones, and each product is a hundred stones, and the fourth grade is only 300 stones. As far as the eighth grade, it is only fifty stones, and the nine from the eighth grade below the nine are from the nine, and they are not even given Lu. ”

Lu is Lu rice.

It is given annually and is issued twice a year.

And it is money, which is paid monthly, but at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, officials did not have money. Later, although this amount of money was increased, it was very small.

So in general, the Sui Dynasty officials' salaries were not high, but fortunately, there were also officials Yongye Tian, Zhi Fen Tian, Gong Dian Tian, Gong Dian Qian, Jue Tian, and Xun Tian.

Luo Cheng meant, although it is still under the banner of Sui, there are things that can be done, especially in terms of the system, must be set at the beginning, otherwise it will not be easy to change in the future.

Therefore, Luo Cheng is now changing the knighthood system, re-promoting the ninth-class knighthood, and has already begun to award knighthoods to officials and generals.

Du Ruhui believed that the title should be awarded less, and he agreed with Yang Guang's approach, giving less knighthood to make the title precious, and at the same time increasing the treatment of the marquis.

Luo Cheng, on the other hand, believes that the title should be awarded back, and it can't be too covered, and it can't be like Zhu Yuanzhang, who only awarded six dukes in the founding of the country. On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang's treatment of those princes and lords is indeed high, although the princes are also the same as raising pigs, but this is a historical reason, since the Song Dynasty, the marquis actually have no privileges.

This is a historical trend, and we can't turn back history, and give the feudal lords a real fief to open the country.

Therefore, Luo Cheng's idea is that the title can be sealed more, anyway, there is a ninth-class, and the knighthood is rewarded for merit, and it is also glorious. But on the other hand, in terms of the treatment of the marquis, it is necessary to cut it.

For example, the actual closure of the household, it has to be controlled, and the income of the closed household has also changed the practice of directly transferring it to the people in the past, but only the number of households, which is distributed according to the number of households, so that there is no direct connection between the feudal marquis and the people, and they are not allowed to collect the feudal rent themselves, which can also prevent the feudal marquis from having the opportunity to directly oppress the people, and even cut off their personal dependence.

This is naturally of great benefit to the imperial court.

Of course, there are still a lot of other benefits for the marquis, such as the corresponding Yongye field can be granted according to the title, but the quantity must also be changed, the original king granted 10,000 acres of Yongye field, and now Luo Cheng feels that it is necessary to launch the actual grant. It's the same as the feudal household of the feudal marquis has a false seal and a real seal.

The prince falsely sealed 10,000 households, but the actual seal often may only have 1,000 households, so Luo Cheng also introduced the concept of real seal into the Fenghou Yongye field, and the false seal of 10,000 mu, the actual seal may only be one to two percent, and the Yongye field is granted 1,000 mu or 2,000 mu, and these lands must be granted to the border land with few people, and it is forbidden to grant the seal in the Central Plains.

In addition to the knighthood Yongye Tian, the marquis also has the advantage of being like a door, the children can enter the country to study, they can enter the family Xun Yiwei as a guard, and even in the future, they can directly elect for official positions, which are all preferential treatment for the children of the nobles.

Even if they commit a crime, as a noble marquis, they can also negotiate nobles, so that they can enjoy special interrogations, enjoy noble treatment, and can also get certain reductions.

Because of this, there are twenty-two marquis of three counties, and Luo Cheng really has nothing to be reluctant to.

The Yongye fields of these princes, Luo Cheng directly gave them on their own territory, as for the bit of sealed household rice, this is only a little bit, and under the mutual market trading with them, there is more than that.

"Is their title hereditary?"

"It's the same, it's all downgraded hereditary, and every time it is inherited, it's downgraded by one level. When the title is reduced to a baron, it will be called a knight or obtain the same political power as a baron, and can give the children and grandchildren the qualifications of the door, and can let the children and grandchildren enter the country to study, and enter the three mansions to elect guards, but they no longer enjoy the economic power of eating the feudal household, the title of Yongye Tian, etc., and they are no longer eligible to directly elect for official positions. ”

"All downgraded to hereditary?"

"Yes, there is no hereditary succession, if there is a feudal marquis with great merits, the emperor can issue a special decree to make his title not downgraded to his son, but a special decree is only inherited once."

If you have great meritorious deeds from generation to generation, you will naturally be able to ask for a special order from generation to generation without being demoted, but if you do not have special meritorious deeds, you must be demoted by one level in each generation.

Until he was reduced to a baron, he was only called a knight, and the title could no longer enjoy the eternal field and food fiefdom.

"Then after this downgrade, the number of food seals and Yongye Tian of this title? Also want to fall? ”

"Well, according to the title, the number of closed households and Yongye Tian will be reduced accordingly, and the rest will be recovered."

Everything must have a system, and if there is a system to follow, there will be no chaos.

"A different surname cannot be crowned a king."

Luo Cheng finally put forward this point, this is a rule that many dynasties will set at the beginning of the founding of the country, although it is often broken in the end, but when it comes to that era, it is actually impossible to control it, and generally that time is a time of national disaster and national crisis.

At the same time, all the feudal marquis who have won the title do not enjoy the right to open the country, that is, they do not really establish a feudal state, and the princes are not allowed to have their own private armies, not even state officials.

In this way, this title is actually equivalent to an additional official, an honorary title, which can get some practical economic benefits and political privileges, but it will not have much power. is like a national prince, the income that may be obtained by the household is equivalent to the income of a first-class official.

Now the Liaodong Imperial Court has only sealed a few titles for the time being, but the original titles of the officials and generals are still recognized. Luo Cheng is brewing to readjust the title, such as awarding knighthoods to many meritorious soldiers, after all, Yang Guang changed the knighthood before, so that there are very few knights.

Knighthood, of course, can also inspire the soldiers.

Before Wei Zheng proposed to give Luo Cheng the title of King of Qin, Yang Jun had no objection, anyway, he is staying in Liuhe Palace now, in fact, he is under house arrest in the palace, don't say that he can't come out, even the people in the palace can't get out, and the people outside can't get in.

Luo Cheng basically didn't go to see him, so that this person now understands Luo Cheng's responsibility, but what can be done.

To crown the King of Qin, Luo Cheng didn't agree, he thought that now was not the time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Buyeo City has been taken, although there are still surrounding cities that have not yet been taken, there is no need to worry, I think that now we can start to adjust the deployment and prepare to enter the customs and go south." Luo Chengdao.

Fuyu City has also been laid, and the three feudal clans of Xi Qifei have now completely fallen to their side, and the troubles in Liaodong have been lifted, and Luo Cheng thinks that the time has come.

"It's going to be winter soon, will you send troops in winter?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"Winter is not suitable for sending troops, but Dugu usurped us and stabbed us, and the stab was very hurt, we must respond, defeat Beiping Fanyang, we can connect with Zhuojun and Yunnei of the heirs, so that the Liaodong Zhongwu Army, the Dingxiang Xuanwu Army, and the Daibei Yiwu Army can be combined to sweep the Central Plains!"

The three armies are combined, but there is no need to worry about being broken by each.

The grain in Liaodong can also support the Yiwu Army in Daibei and the Xuanwu Army in Dingxiang, and the strength of the two armies can strengthen the military strength of the Zhongwu Army.

"Okay, let's start planning."

"Hasn't Yuan Taizuo responded yet?"

"I have already replied, his envoy has just arrived in Liaodong City, saying that he wants the commander to dismiss the army and is willing to negotiate peace."

Luo Cheng smiled, "Don't worry, hang him first, wait for Shixin to sweep and capture the entire Buyeo River, and then we will talk to Yuan Taizuo, and then the initiative will be all mine!" ”