Another year has passed.

It is worth mentioning that after the establishment of the Dacang Dynasty, the previous chronology was no longer used, but directly replaced by the year.

This year is the second year of the Great Cangli calendar.

Yang Mu is still a young man who is a fierce tiger, and the woman who has cultivated female skills among the concubines has not seen much old age.

Twenty years have passed, from a small country in a remote corner to a unified and huge Dacang Dynasty, no one can believe it unless most people have experienced it personally.

The world was initially decided, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the Dacang Dynasty won the widespread favor of the people and won the unanimous love.

It's just that among the twelve departments of the imperial court, there are a group of officials due to their old age, after seeing the establishment of the Dacang Dynasty with their own eyes, they gradually rose a heart of retreat, and a large number of officials died of illness or resigned in the past two years, and the imperial court also gave a certain amount of compensation and recognition, which can be said to be a very happy ending.

Among them, there is Ge Lie, the secretary of the Ministry of War, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Qin Changfeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce...... And so on, as for the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang Ying, this is an alternative to the imperial court, and he should have been paid to the official ten years ago, but considering that he is a representative of the old aristocracy, the imperial court has always allowed him to cultivate at home, and he is still hanging on his post.

Just half a year ago, Wang Ying, who had been in a mess for a long time, died suddenly at home.

Yang Mute issued a holy decree and posthumously made him a duke.

At this point, after Yang Mu consolidated the imperial power and won the palace change, the two homeopathic veterans Fan Hongji and Wang Ying have passed away.

Among the old nobles at the beginning of the Cangguo Kingdom, the proportion of high-ranking officials in the court has further declined, and there is also a Chen You of the Chen family who still serves as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, which can be regarded as a representative figure in the old aristocracy.

However, what made Yang Mu quite embarrassed was that before Wang Ying died, just like Fan Hongji at the beginning, he left a letter of advice, the content of which was similar, all of which suggested reforming the meritorious lord system.

In Yang Mu's view, he felt very emotional.

At the beginning, the old aristocracy was the biggest opponent of the meritorious lord system, but now it is for the perfection of the meritorious lord, and their hearts are broken.

It is not that the meritorious lords are beneficial to these big families, but at this time, the lifeblood of the old aristocracy and the Dacang Dynasty are closely combined, and when these meritorious veterans come to the end of their lives, their feelings for the country and the world are the most sincere and simple.

Originally, as early as a few years ago, Yang Mu had thought about the issue of the Meritorious Lord, although Fan Hongji's letter of advice at that time had caused a very wide influence, but at that time, when the war was fierce, Yang Mu could not touch such a sensitive thing as the Meritorious Lord, which would inevitably shake the morale of the army, so he did not discuss this issue in the court.

However, now that the situation has settled down today, it's time to think a little more.

At the beginning, the meritorious lord system of Cangguo was not bad, on the contrary, it was also very reformed, which can be said to be a magic weapon for the Cangguo army, and now it is necessary to reform and adjust, it is not that there are problems in the past system, but that the present is different from the past, even if it is a good system, it will become different because of the passage of time.

Before the establishment of the Dacang Dynasty, the meritorious lord system was very good, and the incentive effect on the soldiers was very obvious, because as long as some small merits, they could get a high title.

However, after dominating the world and establishing the Dacang Dynasty, it was a little not good.

It can be compared to the Qin State and the Qin Dynasty in history, the former is mainly to attack and develop, the latter is mainly to defend the world that can be governed, the system before and after must be different, but the Qin Dynasty is not, the offensive and defensive trend has changed, but the attitude towards the people of the world is still the same, which has occurred a systematic error.

After that, loopholes erupted one after another, and a powerful empire fell apart and disappeared in a short period of time.

In Yang Mu's view, the historical Qin Dynasty was actually an exploration of a completely new system, but unfortunately the exploration failed, and it was too late to realize the problem.

The meritorious lord of the Cangguo was originally set up in imitation of the Qin State, and it was improved and combined, the offensive can be said to be very strong, the soldiers will be eager to fight, and the people will also be eager for war.

It's like holding your breath, it's fine at first, but once you get to a point, it's painful.

Therefore, the Dacang Dynasty cannot make this kind of mistake, a country from vitality to a pool of stagnant water, the main thing is the solidification of the class, if the Dacang Dynasty can not solve the problem of meritorious lords, sooner or later it will be in a big situation.

Of course, in this regard, the Dacang Dynasty is different, because the Dacang Dynasty has an independent Ministry of Education, and there is a road to the imperial examination that can recruit talents from all over the world, and it is more perfect than the imperial examination in history, all walks of life can be promoted through the imperial examination, and the number of admitted people is also very large.

In addition, today's Dacang Dynasty has not yet been able to fully enter a state of peace, and then it is necessary to deal with the difficulties from the three dynasties of Daqing, Dade and Datong, and the war will still exist, although compared to the war of the princes in the past, this kind of war is much lighter than the burden on the people, but the opportunity for war and soldiers is real.

Nowadays, the main problem with meritorious lords is the hereditary way.

Originally, in the early days of the establishment of the meritorious lord system in Cangguo, in order to directly motivate the soldiers and the people, the title obtained by the meritorious lord of Cangguo was extremely valuable, that is, in the process of passing it on to future generations, it was almost impossible to reduce the title.

For ordinary people, even if the points cannot be exchanged for a knighthood, there is a very flexible space, that is, after they die, they can pass half of the points to their sons.

In the past 20 years, in the process of Cangguo becoming the Great Cang Dynasty, it has experienced countless wars, large and small, and naturally batches of lords have been born.

Take Wei Zhongquan as an example, after the establishment of the Dacang Dynasty, he was awarded the title of the Duke of the Kingdom - the Duke of Zhenguo, and was given the identity of the Pillar State.

The generalissimos of the other six legions also received the title of Duke of the Titled State.

In today's court, the number of lords who were born as military generals has reached ninety percent!

This is a very scary ratio, and the military is too powerful, which is definitely not a good thing.

One of the reasons why there are so many founding emperors in history who cook rabbits and dead dogs.

According to this method of inheritance, Yang Mu can suppress these military lords, but what about his descendants?

In the long run, won't there be problems?

Although the country is large, the belligerent will die, not much else, the emperor's control over the country is limited, and it is also possible for the officials and generals under him to fabricate some rebellions because they want to earn some credit, and then lead troops to quell them.

In history, there are many examples of good and meritorious deeds.

Besides, with the current size and economic capacity of Cangguo, it can still afford the gifts and gifts of these lords, but what about the future?

In the Ming Dynasty, for example, a country had to take one-third of its fiscal revenue to support a group of lords and nobles.

Therefore, in Yang Mu's view, if you want to use the meritorious lord, you must first do things in the hereditary way.

This point also coincides with Fan Hongji and Wang Ying's deathbed letters.

However, the interests involved were too great, Yang Mu did not make a noise, and after half a year of brewing, it was arranged at this time.

The first thing he did was to summon the generalissimo and deputy marshals of the six major legions to return to Beijing to report on his work.

The military is different from civilian governance, and if there is a consensus at the top and then compromise at the next level, the impact can be minimized.

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