"So, in fact, the army in the fief is not owned by the princes?"

"Of course, the armies in the princes' domains belong to the imperial court, and their mission is to protect the fiefdom and the people of the princes and fiefs from being violated."

The fourth child smiled, "I have to add one more, monitor the princes, right?" ”

Luo Cheng didn't speak, he acquiesced.

It's good to be willing to give real fiefdoms, how can you really give them military power and army again.

Luo Cheng then roughly told the fourth child about the rights and obligations of the princes to open the country, and the actual feudal founding princes after the Great Qin revised the lord system are similar to the feudal princes of the Western Han Dynasty, but they are not as powerful as them.

First of all, they could not directly command the fiefdom army.

Secondly, the fief must implement the same legal taxes as the imperial court, and the imperial court will send special officials to be responsible for the rent tax, and one-third of the rent tax obtained will be handed over to the imperial court, one-third will be reserved for the princes, and the other third will be reserved for the fief to raise the army and support the officials.

In terms of politics and people, the imperial court would send officials to serve as state officials of the princes, serving as lieutenants and ministers, and the princes were nominally their superiors, but in reality they were required to act in accordance with the system of the central imperial court, and the power to transfer personnel was vested in the imperial court.

"Doesn't that sound interesting?"

"It's still a big change." Luo Chengdao, "Real fiefs are always given, and besides, the titles and fiefs of the princes can be hereditary." ”

"Substitution or hereditary replacement?"

"Let me tell you this, you are the king of Wei, I will give you 500 miles of land outside the frontier to make a fief for you, and then give you 5,000 people, and then give you 500 guards. After you arrive at the fiefdom, the imperial court will also send officials to serve as your state officials, help you govern the fiefdom, collect taxes, one-third of the income tax will be directly given to you, one-third will be reserved for the officials of the fief and the army, and the remaining one-third will be handed over to the imperial court. ”

"After a hundred years in the future, your eldest son will inherit the throne of the king of Wei, and your other sons-in-law will be conferred the title of prince and the king of the county, and a piece of land will be allocated from your fief to him to build a county kingdom, and your concubine will be awarded the title of duke, and the same will be assigned to build a duke on your fief."

The fourth child began to hear that his son could be the hereditary king of Wei, and he was very happy to hear that other sons-in-law could also be crowned kings of the county, and his concubines could be crowned princes of the country, but he felt that something was wrong when he heard it.

Why is it that the king of the county and the prince of the country also have to divide the feudal kingdom on his Wei kingdom, so that when the Wei kingdom is inherited by his son, although his son is still the king of Wei, the Wei kingdom is already much smaller and has been divided a lot by his brothers.

"Your sons are divided into feudal states, and the kingdoms they have established are loyal to the court. Your eldest son, King Wei, has no right over his brother. ”

"Moreover, when your son passes on the throne to your eldest grandson a hundred years later, your eldest grandson will inherit the title of King of Wei, but your other grandsons can only be divided into princes of the country, and other grandsons can only be divided into county princes."

Each generation, except for the eldest who can be hereditary Wei Wangjue, the other descendants are to be demoted to hereditary.

The generations of Wei kings remain unchanged, but under the tui en order, the Wei kingdom will become smaller and smaller, and become countless fiefs of all sizes. The Wei kingdom of the sister-in-law has become smaller, and the other county kingdoms of the sister-in-law will also be divided from generation to generation.

What is the purpose of this?

Of course, it is to avoid a few generations later, the descendants of the King of Wei and the descendants of the emperor will not have a good relationship, or even these princes and kings will rebel against the central government after accumulating strength for several generations.

Therefore, under the order of Tui'en, the feudal kingdom of the princes and kings became smaller and smaller, originally a Wei kingdom, and a few generations later, it became a Wei kingdom plus several county kingdoms and a bunch of principalities and county principalities, but the fiefdom was still so large, so the strength of the kings was even smaller.

Even if they are all the same sons and grandsons of the prince of Wei, the king of Wei has no jurisdiction over those brothers and nephews, and they must obey and be loyal to the imperial court, making them powerless to fight against the imperial court.

On the other hand, in addition to the feudal frontiers, the princes will not occupy the Central Plains, but can also expand their territories and guard the border passes.

"It's too complicated." The fourth sighed, he had to admit that the fifth child always had extraordinary talent in this regard.

"Are you willing to accept the original knighthood, or are you willing to accept the current knighthood?"

The fourth smacked his mouth.

I thought about it for a long time.

"Although, I think you're still too guarded against the marquis by doing this, but in general, it's still better than the previous knighthood."

In any case, the emperor always took out the real land to divide the feud, and this title is still hereditary, not only the eldest son can be hereditary, but the other concubines can be demoted and divided.

As long as the Great Qin Dynasty is not extinguished, the descendants of Luo Cheng will be the emperor from generation to generation, and the descendants of Luo Cunxiao will guard the frontier as princes from generation to generation, and they will always be nobles.

It's good, even the income of the fiefdom has increased.

One out of three.

The only bad thing is that the fief has to be in the wilderness outside the frontier, which is too remote and desolate, and maybe one day it may be destroyed by the barbarians.

But the emperor said that when Zhou Tianzi divided the princes, they were not all divided into various places to expand the territory, and they couldn't hold the country, because they had no ability, of course, the court would not sit idly by and watch the princes be destroyed by the barbarians, and would rescue, and even help them restore the country.

But the princes have the responsibility to defend the land, and whoever dares to take the initiative to abandon the land and flee will be regarded as automatically giving up the fief.

"In addition to the clan, other heroes with different surnames are also divided like this?" The fourth asked.

"Those who have made great contributions to the country can be awarded the hereditary title of real feud with the founding of the country, and those who bring the founding of the country are granted the actual fief and grant the population to move to the fief to establish the country. The eldest son of a prince with a different surname can inherit the title, but among the other sons, only the son-in-law can be demoted to the second rank to be crowned, while the other concubines have no right to take the title. ”

"And those who do not have enough merit will be awarded the title of a fictitious knight without the words of the founding of the country, this kind of knight has no real fief, but the jue Lu jue has been raised, the original is that each household is given a real seal of 30 wen per month, and now it is increased to 100 wen, and the number of jue fields is increased."

"Then can this non-founding virtual knight be hereditary?"

"All of them are demoted by the eldest son, and the rest of the sons are not sealed."

After listening to this, the fourth child was thoughtful.

Of course, the most advantageous is the Luo family clan, followed by the real heroes, and the virtual knights have also become hereditary, and Juelu and Juetian have also been promoted.

It can be said that such a change has greatly improved the interests of the feudal nobles compared to the beginning.

Now Luo Laosi is most concerned about only his five hundred miles of fiefdom, where can it be sealed.

"I think it's good, let's discuss how to rescue the heir industry now, I don't want to be in command of the army, you give me a pioneer position, and I will ride to the rescue first." The fourth child has made such a big promise, and now he is very satisfied, so he is full of fighting spirit and ready to fulfill the responsibility of being the king!