Led by military exploits, most of the people who naturally divided the fiefs were the four relatives with surnames such as Ji and Shi, and the merits were clearly placed there, and everyone could not say anything, but could only hope that they would make some meritorious contributions in the future. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The use of fiefs instead of political rights as a reward was also to prevent the political rights of Xia Cheng from being occupied by the military meritorious class and falling into endless foreign conquests, and appropriately dividing a part of the rights to those officials as a kind of check.

The system of establishing a successor and establishing a successor seems to be full of loopholes and flaws, and even if the eldest son is a fool, he has to inherit it.

But this solid, one-size-fits-all system helps to maintain the stability of the city in an era of political obscurantism, and stability is more important than anything else, and the rest is something to consider when civilization grows up and can withstand the toss. In addition, it also helps people who are not the eldest sons to study, go into battle, etc., so as not to eat and wait for death, which is a good choice for a stable foothold in the early stage of civilization.

Once the rules are formed, they will become a way of inheritance in the cultural circle in the future, which will also be of great benefit in the future: the idiot emperor will help the bureaucracy to decentralize power, and it will also help the bureaucracy to think about the world as one family or one person after the times have developed to a certain point? Is it necessary to have an emperor? If nothing happens or the natural development is interrupted by foreign aggression, it is easy to transition into a hypocritical republic.

As for the possible things in the family because of the dispute between the concubines and the intrigue between the uncle and the sister-in-law, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law fight, that is a tragedy or farce that can only occur in the family of Zhong Ming Dingshi, the vast majority of ordinary people in this group basically do not need to think about it: those who weep for those people are just because they substitute themselves into the ruling class and ignore the fact that they may basically freeze to death in proportion in that era.

Any rule that can be maintained for a long time, the decay of the later period can not cover up the practicality of the early stage, and when this method hinders the unification, since someone will put forward the edict of Tui En or build the Palace of Versailles, the times will always let some people leave a name for eternity with proposals that conform to the times.

Xia Cheng went from having no rules, to having rules and rules, and then to having rules in the abstract sense, it took a few years, and this rule was the first real embodiment of private ownership, breaking the original inherent morality of the old era, and it was smoothly implemented through the aftermath of the separation and the enthusiasm for the inheritance of the bloodline.

Those who are eligible for these rewards are convinced, and there is not much opposition to the list drawn up by Jian Chen. Half of the people on his side are trustworthy, and the other half are the very famous original clan leaders of the rest of the clans.

Those leaders were old, and they were deprived of the rights of the clan by Chen Jian, and they were given land as compensation, but it was not enough, and after ten years, they may no longer be qualified to influence the election of the leader of Xia City, but now they are a dangerous factor.

Three or five days later, the gate of the military camp outside Xia Cheng was opened, and the wolf skin who was originally in charge of the military camp and training was sent to Yangguan and replaced it on the pretext that the white horse had been guarding outside for too long and working too much. Chen Jian took out a part of his private property and distributed it to the soldiers trained in the barracks to reward them for their hard work, and at the same time gave six or seven fiefs according to the exploits of the last war, including the stone mountain that was recaptured by the other party during the war with the steppe tribes.

There were a total of thirty people who were sealed, and Chen Jian pushed them away, but Yu Qian'er justifiably divided the four small settlements on the grounds that he was in charge of Fang City and Hongyu in exchange for silkworm seeds, and the specific division still needs to be discussed.

Around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the willow trees had already begun to spit out fluffy balls, and the snow began to melt, and it was supposed to be time to take everyone to the western and northern settlements, but Jian Chen did not set off immediately, but sent a large number of scouts and messengers outward.

Now that the stock in the summer castle is not much left after this large-scale reward and winter consumption, and Ōnozawa's budget for building the castle can only support one large-scale operation before the autumn harvest, he must ensure that there will be no movement in the four weeks before this autumn, otherwise the plan of armed colonization will be delayed for a year.

Soon, the emissaries of the Acropolis and Echeng reported that everything was normal in the two cities, and there was no sign of using troops this year. The scouts north of Yangguan have gone far into the grasslands, and the news they brought back is also very encouraging: many people and horses have frozen to death on the grasslands this year, and it is said that the tribe of Dawu has gone west in the autumn and will not return for the time being, and some small settlements are also in contact with these scouts, hoping to surrender.

After last year's fiasco, the Acropolis is quietly expanding westward to capture slaves, and Wei Yuan, who has become the leader of the Acropolis, seized this opportunity to win over and suppress a part of the Xijon tribes, stirring up contradictions and making it difficult for the Xijon people to unite, and there seems to be no possibility of war in the west.

As for the two sides of the river, even if there is any movement in Suyue, it will not be possible until the end of summer, and it will take more than twenty days to say that the news will come out, and the main goal of Xia Cheng this year is to go northwest along the Caohe Tao River to arm the colonization and the group of fugitive slaves in Onozawa, and they are not ready to get involved in the clan war this year, even if they have an oath, they can delay the harvest of autumn wheat under the pretext of a long distance.

After careful analysis, on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the new army in Xia Cheng issued a new set of linen clothes, all the horses and ox carts were gathered together, carrying a large number of daily necessities, seeds, etc., and together with the new army, they went west along the grass river and began an armed march with a deterrent meaning.

When those people went to the settlement in the autumn and winter of last year, one of the settlements robbed some of the goods, and this happened when Yu Qian'er was in charge of affairs in the city, she could not use the army without a military talisman, but she was very clever in fermenting this matter, so that people spread the news that the robbed clan was going to be wiped out in those settlements, and the people of that clan still ignored it after the people apologized.

Naturally, this settlement was the best example of killing chickens and monkeys, and the two hundred soldiers who had left their jobs took half a day to complete the promise of extermination, leaving not a single slave behind, and letting the fast horses take these heads to the rest of the distant settlements, and according to a radius of a hundred miles, the leaders of the various clans were required to gather by the river in a few days.

This time is completely different from a few years ago, at that time, the population of those clans was still needed, and what kind of kinship and blood were there, this time under the crushing of strength, it directly became an order.

The roads are not repaired, and if you want to take control of these clans with armed colonization, you can only do it along the river.

When advancing about two hundred miles to the west, another small river flows into the Caohe River here, and there are about thirteen or fourteen settlements nearby, the language is similar to the language of the clan when Jian Chen first came to this world, but there are many new words missing, but with the arrival of Ji Song and others and the exchange of furs in the autumn and winter, words such as salt, pottery, and copper are also subject to those of Xia Cheng.

Kuaima had informed the leaders of the nearby clans that they had agreed to gather here in three days.

After the army set up camp, Jian Chen took Yu Qian'er and Hongyu to leave the group in the name of walking around, and drew a circle with his feet on the sandbar at the confluence of the two rivers and said: "A fang city will be built here, and there is no need to garrison troops, and these clans will send people to garrison them." ”

Yu Qian'er frowned and said, "Do you want to build a city and a city?" Where are there so many slaves? ”

"All you need is to build some houses where you can eat and live, so that these clans know where to get good things. Besides, you have to do it, because I want to divide the land here between the two of you, with this direct stream of the Grass River as the boundary, the east belongs to you, and the west belongs to the red fish, with a radius of fifty miles. ”

"There are three or four clans within fifty miles, and they will all be yours in the future. Those who go east here are not divided for the time being, and those that go west are given to others. ”

After finishing speaking, Chen Jian whispered: "The land here is fertile, and it is by the river, and those clans that have not been separated to the east do not need to force them to migrate as before, and after a long time, the fang market here will naturally become a small city." I will divide the rest of those people outside, as long as Xia Cheng is still strong, there is no need to garrison troops here at all, and the people assigned to the outside will naturally block the enemies outside for your fiefdom. Obviously, only two or three settlements will be allocated to you, but in fact, it will take less than five years for all the settlements in the vicinity that no one cares about will migrate over. ”

Yu Qian'er also whispered: "Those settlement clans, will they be willing to have one more person to take care of them?" ”

"You've been out of the cave for so long that you forgot that we just had to fill our stomachs. Who would think about these things until they had their stomachs filled? Besides, I'm here with my soldiers, and I've killed a lot of people before, and they'll agree. Here you have to be careful, you have to exchange goods on time in the early stage, and in the later stage, you have to build a shrine here and the like, and teach the people here the rules, language, and etiquette of Xia City. In the future, this place will become the center of these nearby fiefdoms, not seeking to expand outward, but only as a transit connecting Xia City. ”

Yu Qian'er sighed, shook her head and said: "If those children in the school have learned, there are more than a dozen like me, why bother to divide them, just like when Xia Cheng was established, divide someone to take care of it." ”

The red fish on the side sneered and laughed, walked over and touched Yu Qian'er's hair and said, "How can it be so simple?" Your brother is looking forward to this place being strong, but he is also afraid of this place. If half of the people in Xia Cheng were to come here, in a few decades, Xia Cheng would be split in two. Divide them, the two of us will divide the goods of Xia City here, and those people are not allowed to build pottery ponds, stone tools, mills and other things, even if they are divided into dozens of people, your brother does not have to be afraid. But if you rebuild a summer city here, it will be completely different, I'm afraid that your brother won't be able to sleep well every day at night. ”

Jian Chen's mind was seen through by Hongyu, and he smiled generously: "That's it, that's why I divided the two of you here, and what they want must be obtained from you." I don't care about the west side, they toss around at will, and it's better to put all your mind on the west side. ”

In general, just one sentence: these places that are divided can only be planted, livestocked, and cut down. What you want is exchanged for grain, furs, meat, milk and wood. Summer City is a big tree, and they can be sheltered by it, but they are never allowed to grow roots on their own. But I can only tell you these things, and I can't make rules to tell everyone, so it's up to the two of you. It has nothing to do with trust, is it the cat's fault or mine to let the cat take care of the dried fish? ”

Yu Qian'er squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "Brother, then you are not afraid of me?" ”

"I was scared when someone married you, and I'm not afraid now." (To be continued.) )