Chapter 5 Rewards
"Feng, the general Xiang Yan is Xiang Bo, and Xiang County is the food town, Lu III;
Feng, Xiang Zhizhi will be Xiang Zhi for the silk, Lu Qianshi;
Feng, Cai Shizhi's general Pan Wuming is the insistent silk, Lu Qianshi;
Feng, Chen Shizhi's general Chen can not be the silk, Lu Qianshi;
Sealed, the rest of the division will become a silk for the silk, Lu Qianshi;
Feng, the general of Xiyang was flawed as Zhigui, Lu 5,000 stones;
Feng, Wu Cheng's general Lu Ji as Yanling Jun, Lu III;
Feng, the general of Huiji, Qin as Wu Yuanjun, Lu III
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Feng, the general of the cavalry, Fei Jing, is the halberd, and Lu is 500 stones
Feng, the general of the cavalry, Xiang Chao, is the halberd, Lu 500 stones;
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In the early morning, when the emperor looked at the court, the servant Jiang Dai Wang read out the reward, except for Xiang Yan as Xiang Chengbo, the rest except for Wu Yue's general to give a slightly heavier reward, the content was not unexpected. Zhigui, Zhibo, Zhiji, three doctors, five doctors, seven doctors, ......, these are the unique titles of Chu State, which are different from the princes and sons of Zhou.
It's just that since King Chu Wu established the county, the lord has gradually become unsealed, and only Lu has been rewarded. Another reward is to be crowned, and the descendants of the royal family will naturally be divided into feudal titles, and some courtiers with great merits can also be crowned kings. Before Wu Qi changed the law, the feudal lords of Chu were like the princes of the Zhou people, the fiefs were hereditary, and the feudal lords had direct jurisdiction over the fiefs, and the fiefs were equal to private lands; After Wu Qi changed the law, the jurisdiction of the fief was returned to the king of Chu, and the feudal monarch only had the right to collect the rent and tax of the fief, and had no jurisdiction over the people of the fief, and the fief was not a private land.
But after listening to most of the generals' rewards, the most unexpected thing appeared:
"Sealed, Yiyang Jun is the Marquis of Yiyang, seventy miles away;
Feng, the state marquis is Yinghou, seventy miles away
Feng, the six monarchs are the six sons, and the land is fifty miles
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As soon as 'Seventy Miles of Earth' was read out by Chang Jiang, the entire Zhengchao began to buzz, and the sound became louder and louder, so loud that Chang Jiang couldn't read it. Those feudal kings who have no fiefdom are envious, jealous and hateful, where is this reward, this is simply a feudal country.
"...... minister" Ji Lingjun couldn't help but stand up with a wat, and he said loudly: "The minister respectfully tells the king, the reward of the king is too generous!" ”
"Too thick?" Xiong Jing was dressed in white, and he was not surprised by the reaction of the ministers. He asked aloud, "What's there?" ”
"The king sealed it for seventy miles of land, which is too thick." Ji Lingjun looked around, this time the doctors and officials rarely agreed on the same opinion, and nodded one after another. "Although seventy miles is small, but my Chu country is only five thousand miles, this example is opened, after a few generations, there will be no land to seal, the country has no income, this must not be, please follow the ancestral system, take back the fate."
"Please follow the ancestral system and take back your destiny." echoing Ji Lingjun, the doctors and officials spoke in unison.
"Ancestry? When was the ancestry? Xiong Jing asked with a smile, his gaze swept over the ministers, if there was substance. Perhaps because of etiquette, no courtier dared to look him in the eye. "The Marquis of Yiyang was a royal Qin person, and he was so strong that the corn rice could not be harvested and rotted in the ground; When he arrived in Xi County, he rebelled and galloped to save Yingdu; At the time of the war, he used weak soldiers to resist the Qin soldiers in front and hinder the Qin cavalry in the rear.
This time, there are those who reward those who have done amazing things, such as generals, etc.; There are rewards for the faithful, such as the Marquis of Yiyang, etc.; There are those who reward brave warriors, such as honorable soldiers in the army. Ji Qing's so-called ancestral system has many kinds, and it is not only the ancestral system of the first monarch Wu Wang Wen Wang, not the ancestral system after the first monarch Zhuang Wang. ”
After saying these words in one breath, the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the ministers disappeared a lot. Yiyang Jun is indeed loyal enough, no one can deny this, but the ancestral system followed by the king is too ancient, the first monarch and the king of Wu, that was five hundred years ago.
"I don't look at "Han Zhu" all over the place, but I feel that when the first king Wu and King Wen were kings, my Chu country was the most heroic, so I followed the ancestral system at this time." Xiong Jing said again: "What is seventy miles of fiefdom? Is it big? If you balance it with the five thousand miles of Chu Kingdom, it is indeed very large. But my Chu country only has a land of 5,000 miles?
Ji Qing, you'll see it in the future. Today, the reward of my Chu State is 70 miles and 100 miles, and the reward of meritorious officials in my Chu State is measured with a ruler on the map, and an inch is hundreds of miles, and at that time, everyone will fight for a few inches, not a few miles. ”
"I don't dare to think about it." An inch is hundreds of miles, and the fight will be a few inches, which is a fiefdom of thousands of miles.
"Don't dare to think about it?" Xiong Jing looked at him and shook his head again and again, and shook his head again and again at the ministers. "How are Ji Qing and Zhu Qing like frogs at the bottom of the well? Jumping on the water and grass, resting in the cracks of the masonry at night; If you enter the water, you will swim freely, and if you wade in the mud, you will take a comfortable walk; And he said, 'I'm happy! ’
What's the coke? Sitting at the bottom of the well, he only saw three feet of sky, thinking that the sky was so big, only three feet. I didn't say it last year: Today, it is just a corner of the east of Central Continent, and this Qi people Zou Yan called Kyushu.
This Kyushu is blocked by quicksand and mountains, and it is difficult to go west, however, have you ever thought about where the silk of Shu was sold in the past? Where did you come from? Lao Dan rode a green ox out of the Han Valley, where did he go?
From next month, the government will start to build a sea boat, with the sea boat, our Chu people can bypass the quicksand and mountains, from the sea to the south of the Central Continent, the west of the Central Continent, and even to the extreme west and the extreme east. What is the 5,000-mile Chu State, what you don't want is the 50,000-mile Chu State. ”
Xiong Jing's bold words made the ministers not know how to respond. Although I don't have much impression of places outside the world, Chu is not China like Lu after all, and vaguely, there are still some people who can feel that there are other civilizations or other states besides the world, these states are not the barbarians that the Zhou people say, and they also have exquisite utensils.
"Ji Qing, if you want a fiefdom, take it with a huge blade." The ministers did not respond, Xiong Jing said a little embarrassed, and then continued to let Chang Jiang read the reward list. Without exception, the feudal monarchs who led their troops back to Yingdu that day all sealed the land, or seventy li, or fifty li, and these lands were no longer the land of Chu, but their private land.
Such a handful of rewards were only available a few hundred years ago. Today, even Bai Qi, the former general of the Qin State, is just a false seal, with no land, only Lu. Xiang Yan is not a prince, he just repelled the Qin army, so he named Xiang Bo, and took Xiang County as his food, Lu III. Xiang County is said to be a county, but it was a feudal country and a feudal country in the Central Plains.
In this reward, the ministers also saw some doorways: the highest fiefdom, such as Yiyangjun and others, each of them was dozens of miles, and it was all the anointed land of Benyi; the second to seal the eup, Lu III; Again, it is a simple knight, no food, only Lu Valley, and he dies.
The down-and-out sons of the ministers and the few common people who took the shit luck were all awarded honors, knights, food estates, and even lands for the nobles who would lead the way. These are all rewards for military merits, but they are the only ones, the feudal kings and doctors who have no land and no soldiers, and the officials who cannot fight with the army. When they were lost, Yin Nao coughed a few times and said: "Wang Ling: From now on, if the feudal monarchs, doctors, scholars, etc. report to the Great Sima Mansion, they can build private ......."
In the Spring and Autumn Period, all ethnic groups in Chu State had private pawns, and every time they fought a battle, they were all private pawns, and sometimes even private pawns took the lead, and some private pawns of large clans violently beat some small countries. After the rebellion of the Ao clan of King Ruo of Chuzhuang, he began to strictly prohibit private pawns, but the number of private pawns who could fight on the battlefield gradually decreased, leaving only some swordsmen, doormen, family members, and strong servants, and now Xiong Jing suddenly wanted to restore private pawns.
The reward is smacking, and now as soon as the private pawn order comes out, the ministers immediately change color. People who have family wealth and fiefdoms are happy in their hearts, and the family members in the clan finally have a formal establishment, although they still have to pay for food and grass out of their own pockets, but at least they can go out openly, and they can fight with the army and get rewards; Those who have no money and no land are like mourners, and with such a generous reward for military merits, I am afraid that they will lose more and more power in the court.
"Tell the king, the minister thinks this order is inappropriate." A person who no one expected stood up, it was Yin Guanyou of Yingdu City. "The rebellion of Jinghua last year was caused by private pawns, and the ministers and scholars all built private pawns, how can I be safe in Chu State? King Ho An? ”
"No, it's very safe." The language involved rebellion, no matter how much others supported it, they didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, only Xiong Jing spoke. "Guan Qing thinks that once there are private pawns, all the private pawns will attack Yingdu and establish themselves as kings?"
"Indeed." After leaving the ranks, Guan Yu found that there was almost no one to support him, and he paused: "If there are private soldiers, not to mention that they attack each other." If someone does the things of Jinghua and Ruo Ao again, what should the king do? ”
"Jinghua's rebellion has nothing to do with Jing's. If the Ao clan is indeed a rebellion, what is the result? Xiong Jing said coldly. Just Jinghua, with only one own strength, can plot rebellion in Yingdu, it can be seen that it is not important whether you are a private soldier or not, the important heart of all ethnic groups.
If you don't act like the ancestor of the king, what if you are naturally unacceptable and in the wilderness? If you are not virtuous, such as the first king, King Wu and King Wen, what if you have a private pawn? Which clan's private pawns have not shed blood for the Chu State and expanded the territory?
It is a great fallacy for those who choke to death and want to abstain from eating in the world. Guan Qing's intention, don't you collect all the soldiers of the Chu State and kill the soldiers of the county, so that the Chu State is safe, not the peace? ”
That's not what the minister meant. However, if a private pawn is built, it is not a rebellion, and he relies on his private pawn every day, does not abide by the law, bullies the weak, and harms the public with his own interests, which should be the trouble of my Chu country. Guan Yu paused again, he didn't have any selfishness, and some of them were all public.
"Guan Qing is ridiculous. The law is made by the strong, and it is the strong who bullies the weak, so why not keep it? The state of Chu is a collection of large and small ethnic groups and families, how can it be public? Xiong Jing's tone softened, "Since ancient times, the weak should bow down and obey orders, and use the law as a shield?" Do they deserve it? ”
"Minister......" The head of the head of the head of the Guan Yu was speechless, he raised his head slightly, the king in the distance seemed to be out of reach, and the whole vision was different from the past, as if something was upside down.
"Tell the king, the minister thinks otherwise." was speechless, but someone else jumped out, it was Meng Zhao, who was ridiculed as a spy by Xiong Jing last time.
"What you want to say, you don't know in your heart." Xiong Jing looked at him and was disgusted. "I just want to tell you that there are only two kinds of people in my Chu State in the future, one is those who can fight with a spear, and the other is a person who cannot fight with a spear. The former is a countryman, and the latter is a slave. ”
"A servant is a man who shall not fight with a spear, a slave." Meng Zhao also knew that the king didn't like him, but he knew that this king was not a tyrant, but rather quite virtuous, so he had to argue with him, because it was safe. "Most of the courtiers present are not allowed to fight with spears, they are all slaves, and the king is invited to our post."
"Since you asked yourself to work, then you go home." Xiong Jing sneered, and then shouted: "Retreat!" ”