The feudal lord system seems to be a product of relative adaptation in a specific historical stage, but how to plan and improve it has become the primary problem.

In the next few days, Lu Zhe finally slowly threw out his thoughts to the important ministers in the imperial capital, and the ministers were first confused, and then excited, and a heated discussion at a certain level began.

"It's a good idea, isn't it?" Xiao He had a smile on his face, and Zhang Liang and Jing Ju were sitting in front of him. He said: "Your Majesty mentioned a similar idea at the beginning of the founding of the country, and he really did it in the future, but some things caused a delay. ”

In fact, most of the people who followed Lu Zhe's rise had a depressed attitude towards Lu Zhe's early limit on the number of nobles, and the first batch of nobles who founded the country in the early stage, not counting the number of honorary lords, there were only forty or so people above the baron, which made many people feel extremely disappointed for a while.

After the first batch of nobles appeared, Lu Zhe was economically generous, and did not draw the land for feudal division as the kings of previous dynasties, and at that time, if the followers had no ideas in their hearts, it would definitely be self-deception.

It is estimated that Lu Zhe found that his subordinates were in the mood later, and it may be that the territory was expanded, the Han State was renamed the empire, and Lu Zhe was also called the emperor, and the nobles of the whole country, including the lord, were finally a bit decent, reaching more than 800 people.

Among the more than 800 nobles, those who are eligible for fiefs can choose where their fiefs are, and many nobles once cheered, but the cheers soon got stuck, and the original fiefs did not have the autonomy to build their own fiefs, and they could only enjoy the economic benefits brought by the fiefs. However, this time the emperor seems to be a little more generous, except for the fact that he cannot actually build a fief, every nobleman can recruit private soldiers according to his own rank and rank.

There is progress, and it is a big progress. In the past, although the emperor allowed samurai to have retainers and caretakers, the number of samurai was very strict, and many people thought in their hearts: "After all, the emperor is not confident about his dominance." ”

Did Lu Zhe ever feel uneasy about his dominance? To be honest, he was indeed very worried about the instability of his rule due to his low background for a while, after all, this is an era of "princes and generals". The rise to high positions by people of non-noble origins is not only unacceptable to the nobles, but even the small people of Shengdou are actually unwilling to accept the rule of people of non-noble blood.

It is precisely because of the social concept that Lu Zhe's bloodline is from the Jiang surname Lu, and even involves the Shi Huang family, Lu Zhe is extremely depressed on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has not thought about refuting the rumors or anything.

Now Lü Zhelai re-planned the privileges of the nobility, and in some ways he believed that his rule was unshakable, so he had enough confidence to carry out a new reform.

"Divided into native and non-native aristocrats. The power of the native aristocracy was unlimited, with only a few social privileges and honorary honors; Non-native nobles......" Jing Ju's eyes became a little bright: "That's a complete nobleman!" ”

What is a complete aristocracy? It is to have all the power that should be had. For example, if you have territorial autonomy, no one can interfere with how you build your territory; For example, if you have the power to form an army on your own, you can form as many resources and wealth as you want, but you are afraid that you will not be able to support yourself if you form it.

"Perhaps...... His Majesty has already thought of this day when it comes to the payment of military salaries to the army. Zhang Liang said playfully: "The cost of forming an army and purchasing armor and weapons is a large amount, and it is also necessary to send military salaries to soldiers every month, and the most ordinary soldiers are five hundred and five baht per month." A year is six runs. ”

The army has always been a bottomless pit, and the empire needs to spend at least 20 million yuan a year on military salaries alone. And this is not counting the weapons and armor necessary for the army, as well as the maintenance of weapons and armor. In addition to military pay and ordnance, as the construction of cavalry units was strengthened, a large number of horses were another expense, but fortunately, the number of horse breeding grounds occupied by the empire has been increasing, and wild horse herds have been found after the occupation of the grasslands. The price of a horse is not so outrageous, but the bottom line price of a horse is not lower than ten times.

Is it expensive to buy a horse for ten dollars? To be honest, it is really not expensive to need at least 30 yuan for a horse in the past, and it is not too cheap to cost 100,000 yuan (even 100 yuan for a horse in the future). But then again, it's just that ordinary horses are so cheap. A horse that can be called a good horse needs a hundred times even now.

That is, the empire can also buy horses with horse breeding bases, like the version that history has not been changed, at the beginning of the huge Han Empire, except for a small number of horses in the military, the prime minister wanted to buy a few horses and couldn't do it, so he could only use oxen to pull the cart. In the dynasties after the Han Empire, except for some dynasties established by the Hu people, or dynasties established by the hybrid descendants of the Hu and Han, the price of a horse was usually more than 100 guan.

Why is Zhang Liang playful? That's thinking of Qin Fengguo and Wei Fengguo, Fusu has a formation of 100,000 troops, and Wei Ji has a formation of 30,000 troops, he really doesn't think that the two feudal kings can afford to raise the existing troops.

Fusu has 100,000 troops, and it needs to spend 50,000 yuan a month on basic military salaries, which is 600,000 yuan a year. However, 600,000 yuan is only the expenditure of military salaries, and the necessary ordnance of the army is not counted, nor is the army's military food consumption counted, in fact, there are many more places that need to be counted.

"I heard that the King of Qin is selling his property on a large scale, a large amount of land is thrown out, the rich man of Guanzhong has eaten a part, and more land has been purchased by the local government~ government, and he has made up about 14 million guan?" Zhang Liang pulled the beard of his chin and said word by word: "Fourteen million guan, it took six million guan to purchase ordnance, one million guan to buy military rations, and the remaining seven million guan can maintain the military salary of 100,000 troops for eleven years, but......

"But the accounts are not calculated like that, because the expenses incurred by the accident cannot be calculated, and the necessary precautionary funds need to be left, and the bereavement of the fallen soldiers is also a large expense." Jing Ju smiled evilly and said, "So I heard that King Qin felt that his wealth was insufficient, and he took out a batch of treasures and was planning to auction them. ”

Soldiers who died in battle need to be compensated, this is the first initiative of Lu Zhe, before the soldiers died in battle, only a very small number of cases can be led by the general private pension, the country has never thought that soldiers died in battle need to bear the follow-up.

The state does not pay compensation to the fallen soldiers, in fact, it is not stingy. It is because of the characteristics of Chinese culture. What are the features? Isn't it that the soldiers of the army are serving conscription, and since it is conscription, it is equivalent to an obligation, what kind of pension do you want if you die in battle? Pensions are something that only the conscripted (conscripted) army has.

"In addition to the expenditure of the army, King Qin needs an extra sum of money." Zhang Liang said: "But there are hundreds of thousands of people who are willing to follow the king of Qin to the feudal state. Since these people are willing to follow them out of affection, King Qin can't say anything to treat them badly, right? ”

Xiao He nodded with a smile. He said: "The concubine privately funded some. ”

The concubine is Yangzi, and what she funded to Fusu was not "some", but as much as one million. Of course, one million guan is not a small amount, so Yang Zi alone does not have so much at all, she took out her own accumulation, and also "robbed" part of her son Lu Shao, and begged for part from Lu Zhe.

Everyone knew what was going on, and they pondered that the emperor was clearly intent on funding. Perhaps there are some meanings in it that deserve their serious consideration.

Wei Qi is a little better, he only needs to spend the basic military salary of 180,000 yuan a year, but including ordnance and military rations, and tens of thousands of people who follow him, the cost will definitely not be a small amount.

Wei is not like Qin, although Qin was not happy before accepting the annexation, but at least it enjoyed the middle for hundreds of years, Wei Ji has been in exile since becoming a king, and has no fixed land. I don't think I have any possessions.

"Your Majesty has funded 500,000 Guan ...... in the name of your concubine," Jing Ju deliberately lowered his voice: "In addition, he also funded the purchase of a batch of ordnance and food for the King of Wei." ”

Wei Shuang, the daughter of Wei Wang, also married Lu Zhe, but Wei Shuang was not canonized as any of the four concubines. At the same time, Wei Shuang and Lu Zhe have been married for nearly ten years and have not given birth to a son and a half daughter.

The emperor is really strongly supporting, otherwise he would not borrow his own woman as a cover, and many people are speculating why the emperor is like this.

Why is Lu Zhe like this? Isn't he holding the meat and would rather rot in the pot than be bitten by an alien race! Whether it is Qin Fengguo or Wei Fengguo, it is actually an experiment conducted by him, and it is a very important experiment for the ethnic group.

"Your Majesty is going to legislate recently." Xiao He had been listening quietly, waiting for everyone to calm down. Brought up a conversation.

Lu Zhe has been making a lot of moves recently, and after throwing out the draft of "private property is sacred and cannot be plundered", he didn't wait for everyone to discuss a framework, and he mentioned one more thing, that is, the emperor should also have private property.

Should the emperor have private property? If only in an era when the centralized system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Everyone will wonder what private property the emperor wants, and the whole country doesn't belong to the emperor? However, in the days when the centralized system was not enforced, it was recognized that the king needed to own his own estate.

In fact, it was Confucianism who first put forward this concept when it came to saying that the emperor was rich and something, but the starting point for them to put forward this concept is a bit like that. Confucianism put forward this view, firstly, to strengthen the imperial power, and secondly, to curry favor with the king. However, was the emperor really rich? It is not the emperor himself who is rich, but the officials who borrow the emperor's appointment of official positions, and the emperor wants to legitimize the robbery of officials.

Confucianism likes to talk about all empty big words, such as "self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world" has been shouted for so many years, but how to cultivate oneself has not been said, and there is no standard for how to Qi family, as for governing the country and peaceful the world, it is a false and empty proposition.

That's right, there is no standard, and all topics without standards are general, and then ambush from facts rather than an empty thought, which is equivalent to the same thing can have countless interpretations, and how to interpret it as beneficial to oneself.

In these days, no one would say anything like "the emperor is rich" or "he should not compete with the people for profit". The reason why "we should not compete with the people for profit" was put forward was that some officials used this sentence to block the emperor's mouth, but in fact, it was the officials themselves who competed with the people the most.

It is in such a year that the emperor should also have private property deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but there is still no subdivision of what is the emperor's private property and what is state-owned assets. Lu Zhe took the lead in proposing that he should own private property, and strictly separated private property from the treasury, and everyone was shocked at the same time, everyone thought that it was very good to do so.

"It's dividing." Zhang Liang said with a smile: "Your Majesty has done the necessary filing before, and the proportion of shares in any industry established must be specified. ”

Many people who hadn't noticed it before were stunned, and they looked at Zhang Liang with some puzzlement.

"Liang also found out when I recently checked the file." Zhang Liang obviously knew that he would be asked, and he had prepared in advance. He said: "On the farm, His Majesty took out the wealth for purchase, and each piece of land has a formal document process. He paused, and his heart was extremely impressed, not for anything else, but for the emperor to pay for it, and to buy it at the normal price. He waited for the others to digest the previous words, and continued: "In terms of industry, the workshops and factories built by His Majesty at private expense are ......"

Isn't the Yangtze River basin of the empire developing an industrial base? As the deployer, Lu Zhe was not soft when he should take benefits, at most he followed the normal legal process. In some emerging industries, he basically went to the front, and then led a group of people who dared to follow to move forward together.

"It seems...... That's what everybody does. Xiao He smiled bitterly and said: "I have talked to Your Majesty before, thinking that some industries should belong to the state, but Your Majesty obviously does not think so. ”

Xiao He mentioned that he could not compete with the people for profit, but he was refuted by Lu Zhe at the beginning, because in Lu Zhe's view, it is a bad idea to say that the establishment of an industry does not compete with the people for profit, and the industry itself has products that are produced and sold by the people.

"Your Majesty thinks that state-run enterprises can only be confined to a few heavy industries." Xiao He actually doesn't understand what heavy industry is, he said: "I also think the same way later, after all, there should be healthy competition in everything, and there can be no situation where the product is inferior to the private industry, but because it is a state-owned enterprise, it oppresses people with power." ”

Jing Ju smiled evilly and said, "Your Majesty is the leader, so everyone is in general situation." ”

What's the situation? Isn't it that in emerging industries, most of the first to invest in official capital? And this is also a very helpless thing, industry has always been a toy for the rich, Lu Zhe does not drive this group of people with capital to take the lead in building industry, who to drive? (To be continued.) )