The Zhou royal family was weak, and the vassal states gradually stopped obeying the orders of Zhou Tianzi, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States, wanting to become strong or not wanting to be destroyed and swallowed up and forcing the princes to find a way.

The various vassal states want to be strong, and they have the idea of changing the law, they are looking for people who can help change the law, and have embarked on the road of changing the law.

Li Kui's reform of Wei, Wu Qi's reform of Chu, Zou Ji's reform of Qi, Shen Buxian's reform of Korea, and Qin's Shang Ying's reform......

Some vassal states failed to change the law, such as the failure of Shen Buxi's reform in Korea, and the collapse of South Korea after the Battle of Maling, so that South Korea, which could have moved closer to a first-class power, was almost reduced to a third-rate small country, and after that, it was no longer qualified to compete for hegemony, and even had no ability to participate in great power competition.

Some vassal states succeeded in changing the law, such as Shang Ying's reform in Qin, with Shang Ying's successful reform not only recaptured the lost territory in Hexi, but also made Qin lay a solid foundation for a strong country, and within more than 100 years, Qin changed from a weak and small country in the northwest border to a big and powerful country with the strength to dominate the world, and eventually really dominate the world.

Legalism has had a period of glory, and it is also a period of heyday. The glorious period was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the order of the various vassal states was chaotic and required the law of the Legalists, and there were countless Legalist disciples who served in the countries. At that time, not only was the Qin State full of Legalist disciples, but also the Legalist disciples on the land of the countries that saw the Qin State because of the change of the Law.

If you say who is the most popular among the monarchs of various countries in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, then there are only two types of people, one is a disciple of a soldier, and the other is a disciple of a lawyer. In the context of continuous wars, soldiers are indispensable, and who will lead the troops to fight if they lose their soldiers. How can the country expand or protect itself? If you want the country to become stronger, you need to have a stable order, and you can only rely on the Legalists, and while stabilizing the social order, the Legalists can also find a way to make the country stronger.

The law within the territory of the Qin State is all the disciples of the family, and the children of each family give priority to learning the law, and then there is the activity of the disciples of the soldiers, so the families in the Qin State can usually see a phenomenon, and the children of the clan are often both soldiers and legalists.

Xu Hui is a child of the family, and the background of his growth is the era when Legalism and military families were prevalent.

Legalists tend to think more about "having one saying and one saying". That is, to make a rule for everything and follow that rule, so Legalist disciples are often single-minded, and it can even be said that Legalist disciples are all tenacious guys.

The same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, some Legalist disciples may know how to be flexible, Xu Hui is just the kind of person who doesn't know how to be flexible, because of his personality, even if he has a strong family behind him, but because of the wrong choice of road, the career is not smooth. His character and what he learned should enter the officialdom of civilian officials, but Xu Yan chose the army for him.

Xu Yan chose the development of the army for his eldest son. Is it because Xu Yan didn't observe Xu Hui's character? Actually, no, it is the social environment that needs the children of the family to develop in the army.

"Brother, the academy will conduct training for military judges in January, I don't know if my brother wants to sign up?"

"Father...... I'm afraid I won't agree. My father's hope was that I could become a man who led soldiers into battle. Military judges in the army are too narrow in their approach to maintaining the law of the army. My father wanted me to try my best, but I couldn't do it again. ”

"So?"

Xu Yang couldn't comment on his patriarch, he could even understand the urgency in Xu Yan's heart.

Empires were built out of nothing. It is not like the old countries that have so many historical precipitation and baggage. A new empire will inevitably produce new magnates, and when is it relatively easy to become a nation's magnates? It was nothing more than when that country was just founded.

The Xu clan made their choice too late, and they were like many old families. I didn't judge that Lu Zhe could rise early, and I didn't expect that Lu Zhe's rise would be so rapid, and he missed the opportunity to become the most powerful group in the new empire. Then if they want to catch up, they must put in more efforts, and they must also know how to see the situation clearly and seize the opportunity.

The military will still be the top priority in the empire in the next few decades, which is actually a very clear thing, so not only does Xu Yan try his best to let the children of the family develop in the army, but any family has sharpened its head and wants to have a place in the army, so that the development of the children of the family in the army has become the most direct strategy.

In many cases, there will be a choice because of the need, and even if you know that the candidate is not so appropriate, you should always strive and strive for it when you are in urgent need. Xu Yan knew that Xu Hui might not be able to do it or still demanded it, was it only Xu Yan like this? No. Now those people in the empire who can be called a family, every patriarch is so demanding that the children of the clan are so demanding.

"General Meng Tian led the army to defeat Touman, and such a great merit can only be awarded the merit of a second-class viscount in the evaluation......" Xu Hui seemed to be still thinking about the matter of distinguishing between his own and foreign clans in the imperial law, and his mental state was a little trance-like: "With so much merit, he only gets the treatment of a second-class viscount, and it is conceivable that it will be more difficult to become a nobleman in the future." ”

Xu Yang could see that his clan brother was a little absent-minded, he sighed in his heart, but finally said: "There are two people in the list of knights this time who will become fifth-class viscounts, they are people from the navy, one is knighted as a general, and the other is knighted as a captain. This is an outlier in the military, perhaps ......"

That's right, the group of knights in the army does not mean that there are no knights at the rank of captain, but even if there is a rank of captain, at most they have a lord, and the lord is an honorary nobleman, and he cannot be called a nobleman in the true sense. The fact that a lieutenant of the Navy received the title of Viscount of the Fifth Class was a shock to many people and made them look to the Navy.

"I know what Brother Xian is going to say." Xu Hui smiled bitterly: "Father has already made up his mind, several clansmen have already applied for the Naval Academy, and if my brother can't be developed in the army, he will have to report to the navy in two years at the latest." ”

Xu Yang really didn't feel that his patriarch uncle was a real person or a philistine, and almost all the people with some ability were doing similar things, especially some families who had just been incorporated into the empire's territory, they knew that it was difficult for their family to develop in the army, and the energy of the entire family was almost devoted to the study of the navy. It's trying my best to fight for a piece of the world.

"In fact, Wenzhi can also develop...... Xu Yang didn't say anything, he thought to himself: "The empire attaches great importance to the military, but all military affairs are based on internal stability and development. The king already has disarmament in mind, maybe the military is not the best way for everyone to think? ”

Li Liang stood at the fork in the street in front of him, he obviously saw Xu Yang, raised his hand and shook it constantly.

Xu Yang, who was riding a horse slowly, could easily see Li Liang in front of him, and that was because Li Liang was wearing a new military uniform.

The so-called new military uniform is actually the new clothing of the firearms unit, which is a kind of military uniform with separate upper and lower body. The new military uniform has a white shirt underneath and a jacket that looks like a jacket on the outside. The main color of the coat is gray, and the trim is some red trim embroidered into a pattern; The lower body is a modified version of the corset, a fabric made of wool thread, which looks a bit like a corset cotton trousers, the main color is blue-gray, and the sides are red trim to the soles of the feet. In addition to the upper and lower body matching, the feet are made of cowhide leather boots, and the length of the boots reaches the knee area.

The clothes Xu Yang was wearing at this time were actually the same as Li Liang's, and their military uniforms were currently only used by the firearms unit. People who don't know the details will only think that it is a novelty private style.

Li Liang seemed a little surprised to see Xu Hui accompanying him? However, he didn't say much, and after greeting each other, he turned on his horse, and then the three of them left the city and went to the outskirts of the firearms unit.

The firearms unit was stationed in the northeastern suburbs of Nanling, about 50 miles away from Nanling. It is only thirty miles away from Jingling, and next to it is Hanshui, and it seems that it is not too far from a certain ferry?

Jingling is still one of the important water hubs in Nanjun, and it is also the largest shipbuilding base in the empire's inland waters. At least two-thirds of the production of inland river vessels in the empire came from the Jingling Shipyard, and this was only after the construction of new shipbuilding bases on both sides of the Yangtze River, before the shipyards along the Yangtze River were established. The ships produced by Jingling accounted for a larger share of the inland river vessels of the empire.

As the land of, Nangun was the first county to be built by road transportation, and some areas that were included in the early days under the rule of Lu Zhe all had national highways directly to Nangun, and the traffic within Nangun was even more extensive. On the basis of the roads in the surrounding counties, every time there is a new place under the rule of Lu Zhe, the roads will always be extended, and there is a popular saying to describe this phenomenon, that is, all roads lead to Nanling.

Because Nanling is the capital of the empire, there is never a shortage of people on every road leading to Nanling, and the three people who want to go to the firearms unit station, they see the most people on the road divided into left and right directions, and the number of caravans in the flow of people is especially large.

"There have been more people coming to Nanling recently!" Li Liangyi pointed out.

Although the wind was blowing in his ears, Xu Yang listened carefully, and he also raised his voice: "Yes, there will be a triumphal ceremony in the near future, and then there will be a knighthood ceremony, all of which are here to participate in the grand event." ”

Li Liang slowed down a little: "There will be nearly six hundred knights this time, excluding honorary lords, including barons, there will be one hundred and thirty-nine knights. ”

Xu Yang could see that there was a trace of satisfaction on Li Liang's face, that was because Li Liang was also on the list of knights, and he would become one of the many lords.

The number of lords under the title of the empire this time is almost 450, excluding the military system that profited from the war, accounting for nearly 300, and the rest are the civilian group and some people with special contributions.

"In the past, there were less than forty people in the empire, including the lord, but after this knighthood, it has increased by at least ten times." Li Liang sped up a little faster: "Compared to the 45 million people who are about to break through the empire, there are really not many nobles with less than 500 people in the whole country. ”

How many in one? One in ninety-thousand, or almost ninety-thousand, is one nobleman who is at least a lord. The empire is still aggressively encouraging fertility, and there are related speculations that the total population of the empire will exceed 100 million in the next ten years, or even more, so the ratio of nobles and commoners will definitely increase.

Xu Yang still has a hint of envy for Li Liang. Although he made some achievements in Yanmen County, Li Liang was first active in the Central Plains, and then Li Liang also went to the grassland for a period of time, and then Li Liang went to the northwest of Qindi to participate in the battle against Touman, I don't know what Li Liang did, but Li Liang can occupy a place on the list of knights must have his matching merits.

You must know that the patriarch of the Xu clan is also a lord in the merit evaluation, and it is Xu Yan who is included in the empire with hundreds of thousands of Central Plains legions, so that they can only get lords, and it can be seen how big the empire's requirements for knighthood are.

"That's not the final list, what it looks like depends on the final verification, some nominations will not decrease but will increase, but the title is not set in stone." Li Liang seemed to be showing off his well-informed.

Xu Yang was immediately attracted: "Where did the news come from?" ”

"Ha, you can't say that." Li Liang had a mysterious smile on his face, and finally said, "But who made you a brother?" It was the news that the prince got from him. ”

Xu Yang smiled, he knew that Li Liang would go to play with the princes and daughters as long as he had free time, so it was not so surprising to get some mouth. The reason why he laughed was because he understood the hidden meaning of Li Liang's words, and he was more relieved: "That's right, no matter what my uncle says, he will take the Central Plains Army to join the king, and there are examples of Zang Di, Liu Bang, Chen Sheng and others in front, how can my uncle only be awarded the title of lord?" ”

Although it took some time, it took about an hour and a half for the three of them to go out of the city and see the outline of the firearms unit.

"It is already a well-known fact that empires need elites, and elites will inevitably become aristocrats. It can be seen from the fact that the empire allows the nobles to expand outward, and if they want the family to get a better opportunity for development, becoming a nobleman is the top priority. Li Liang raised his hand and headed to the barracks: "That will be the foundation for us to go further, and we must master the tactics of the new army as soon as possible before a new round of war against the Hu people in northern Xinjiang breaks out!" ”

Xu Yang nodded heavily, what Li Liang said was not wrong at all, there are a group of elites in every era, those people in an emerging country can become nobles under the strict requirements of the layers, none of them rely entirely on luck, it is everyone's wish to become a master, the firearms unit is a new type of troops, but looking at Lu Zhe's expectations for the firearms troops, whether he can become a member of the nobility in the future, it really depends on whether he can master the new weapons in the shortest possible time, and then perform well in the war in Northern Xinjiang. (To be continued......)