Chapter 130: Life and Death (11)

Under the watchful eye, Yin Ji and Yin Yuan were named princes on the same day, although Yin Yuan was already twenty-three at this time, but for a prince who was not taken seriously, it could be regarded as a head-out. Yin Ji is eighteen years old, and he does things in an orderly manner, which has to make the prince and his henchmen take precautions.

"Fourth, that is, you remember to come and see the eldest brother. My mother died of an illness twenty years ago, and I was placed in foster care with the Queen. Yin Yuan said: "I am not as capable as others, but in this imperial city, smart people have the advantage of being smart, and those who are not smart also have the advantage of not being smart, right?" ”

"What the eldest brother said is that people like us who are not as good as others will of course not care. The crown prince and King Xuan's succession will definitely become the first major event in the court in the future, and it is not unreasonable for the emperor to arrange it this way. Yin He, the fourth prince, said: "You should also know how the guards are selected, two people are locked up in the house, either one is left behind, or both die, then the one who survives must be very powerful." ”

"What about you, what are your plans?"

"I'm only seventeen this year, and I don't have the same favor as your father, so I have no intention of participating in the seizure of the heir. General Lai Wu took over the military in the south, and the danger of the black country should not be underestimated, so I decided to ask my father's permission to join the army. ”

"Your current age is when you are crowned a king, why do you want to go out at this time?"

"Your brother, I care so much about titles?"

Speaking of titles, the ancient monarchs of the Central Plains Continent conferred titles on nobles and meritorious heroes. It is a feudal hierarchy implemented by successive monarchs in order to consolidate their ruling position and adjust the internal relations of the ruling class. A title is a title that indicates the status and status of a nobleman or meritorious person, and is divided into different ranks, and some titles can be hereditary. Knighthoods usually give them a diet or a considerable amount of wealth. The feudal system has developed and changed considerably in the history of the Central Plains Continent for thousands of years in ancient times.

When the ancient feudal system originated in the Central Plains Continent, the academic community has not yet reached a conclusion. The traditional belief that it originated in the Xia Dynasty has been rejected. There is also a belief that it originated in the Shang Dynasty. The territory of the Shang Dynasty was divided into internal and external services. The internal service was directly ruled by the Shang king, and the outer service was distributed to the marquis, uncle, etc., and the sub-feudal was the original title. Another opinion is that the division of feuds in the Shang Dynasty did not amount to knighthood. Because in the Shang Dynasty, there were several types of people such as the wives and sons of the Shang kings, the officials of the outer frontier (Hou and Bo), and the officials of the suburbs (men and fields). There is no strict distinction between Hou and male, and there is no difference in rank. Even in the Western Zhou Dynasty, duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male were only the general names of the monarch, not the lord. Until the Warring States Period, there were five barons, such as duke, marquis, earl, son, and male. In fact, the knighthood system is a gradual process of improvement, and the different views are mainly due to the different standards taken. The fifth-class lord system was not completed until the Warring States period.

The knighthood system is closely related to the patriarchal system, and the original recipients are only the royal family. "Zuo Biography" in the twenty-eighth year of Zhaogong: "In the past Wuwang Keshang, there is only the world, there are five out of ten people in the country of his brothers, and forty people in the country surnamed Ji, all of whom are relatives." During the Warring States Period, after the Qin State changed the law from the Shang Dynasty, the royal family was abolished and the 20th rank of knighthood was established to reward merit (mainly military merit). From the highest twenty to the lowest first class, the order is: Che Hou, Guan Nei Hou, Da Shu Chang, Carriage Shu Chang, Da Shang Zao, Shao Shang Zao, Right Watch, Middle Change, Left Change, Right Shu Chief, Left Shu Chang, Five Doctors, Gong Cheng, Gong Dafu, Official Doctor, Dafu, Bu Change, Hairpin □, Shangzao, Gongshi. After the Western Han Dynasty, the royal family knighthood and the meritorious knighthood coexisted, which continued until the Qing Dynasty.

Before the Qin Dynasty, the monarch was the king, and the highest rank among the knights was the duke. Qin Shi Huang was called the emperor, and after the Western Han Dynasty, the highest title was the king, and they were all crowned with the prince. After the Western Jin Dynasty, the titles of the royal family and the titles of meritorious heroes were merged, but the kings and princes of the highest level were only crowned with the royal family.

Titles have a certain relationship with official positions. The dukes, marquis and other lords of the Western Zhou Dynasty were called vassals to Zhou Tianzi, and they were monarchs in the feudal country, and the officials and lords were one. Since then, the general trend has been towards a gradual separation of officials and lords, with exceptions in certain periods. In the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the clan kings had military and administrative power in the feudal country, and their power gradually expanded, resulting in the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms", "The Rebellion of the Eight Kings", and "The Change of Jingnan", which seriously threatened the imperial power. In other periods, the title was only an honorary title, which was divided into high and low by its kinship with the emperor (royal knighthood) and merit (meritorious knighthood).

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Fenghong County.

Master Huang knocked on Liu Jinlong's head: "It's only been a long time, I can't bear it, I told you, the tomb is not an ordinary danger, you and Yu Mengxi only entered the periphery at that time, and they fell into such a curse, can you imagine it?" ”

Yu County ordered: "Master Huang, don't be angry, isn't it that you haven't gone yet." ”

"I didn't go, but it was too late. Do you know what the consequences are? If you two don't do it, you're going to be wiped out. Master Huang said: "This wolf tomb is not an ordinary tomb, the things that people and ghosts see in it are different, and the two of you are in a state of wandering between humans and ghosts, neither humans nor ghosts, so what you see in it is different from others." Legend has it that the wolf clan created multiple spaces in the tomb of the gods, isolating different species such as people and ghosts, so no matter who enters, they can't find the main tomb and coffin, as well as the location of the main one. ”

Liu Zhenlong thought to himself: We are not going to rob the tomb, we are going to lift the curse and seal!

Yu Mengxi pulled Liu Jianlong's arm: "Shenlong, you listen to Master Huang, bear with me, aren't we okay now, some things can't be done quickly, don't you say?" ”

"I've practiced everything you taught me, and I've learned almost enough, and I understand how dangerous it is." Liu Jinlong said: "If it was for her, even if I was a ghost for the rest of my life, I would have to lift the curse on her." She saved me once, can't I save her once? ”

Master Huang said: "Okay, if you want to send you to death, I won't stop you, but there are only the two of you who can go there, and people and ghosts live together, entering a space that is different from both people and ghosts, and when you get there, no one can help you." According to legend, if you enter the tomb as a human-ghost symbiote, you will face 7749 mechanisms based on the 49-headed ancient beasts, are you ready? ”