Above the court, there were endless arguments, all of them were expressing their opinions about what Zhao Fan should be the king, and it was a major matter of the country to be crowned a king, and King Huiwen could not make his own decisions, and he needed to make a decision after consulting with the ministers.

Therefore, after seeing that the ministers have not yet argued for a unified monarch, they are also a little impatient.

"Zhong Aiqing listens to the widow." At this time, King Huiwen suddenly said loudly, seeing him speak, the ministers were also immediately silent, and looked at King Huiwen one after another, "The monarch is a major event, representing the merits and own character of the Fan Gongzi, according to the opinion of the widow, it is better to be Wu Chengjun, Anbang Dingguo is named Wu, and the Tao and Sage Wisdom are called Cheng, Wucheng." ”

Wu Chengjun.

Hearing this, the ministers were stunned for a moment, and after a moment of astonishment, they suddenly agreed to the promise, obviously, for this title, they also felt that it was very appropriate, and it contained extremely rich meanings.

There are quite few feudal monarchs with martial arts, but they are all famous people, only people who have made great military exploits can use martial arts as their name, such as Qin Wu'anjun Baiqi, Wuxiangjun Lecheng, and even King Wuling of Zhao are all named after martial arts.

From this, it can also be seen that King Huiwen has the kind of love for Zhao Fan, and the deep brotherly affection.

Zhao Fan immediately agreed, and said loudly: "Thank you Brother Wang for personally sealing the throne, Brother Wang is willing to become the number with martial arts." ”

Wu Chengjun, when these three words came out of King Huiwen's mouth, Zhao Fan's heart also moved, just like fate, which made him involuntarily feel a sense of intimacy, and he immediately accepted it gladly.

Seeing that King Huiwen personally gave the title, the other ministers dared to raise objections again, and immediately praised loudly, and congratulated Zhao Fan, it is a big matter to be crowned, and tonight needs to prepare a banquet to congratulate the ministers, and when the time comes, major events such as food and mansions also need to be completed one after another.

Jun is actually a title, and rank is a form of class difference. Rank is a reflection of the difference in rank, and it can also be said that the rank is the regulation and division of rank. During the Warring States period, it was an era of political division, but at the same time it was an era of reform. As far as rank is concerned, the rules are very inconsistent from country to country.

Judging from the historical records, the feudal monarch of the Qin State is the highest lord of the twentieth rank "liehou", and "liehou" and "jun" can be used together. For example, Shang Jun is also known as Chehou (that is, Liehou), and Fan Sui is called "Ying Jun", also known as "Ying Hou".

The Six Kingdoms of the East are different from Qin, the feudal monarch is not within the normal rank, and the monarch title is higher than the highest title. The highest title of the state of Chu is "Zhihui". Zhuang Xinyin said that the king of Chu Xiang tried to govern, and the king of Xiang was not only "stubborn", but also named him "Yangling Jun", "and the land of Huaibei". It can be seen here that Zhuang Xin received a fief as a feudal king, not because of his lordship.

The highest rank in the ranks of the Three Jin, Qi, and Yan Jue is "Shangqing", but the feudal monarch is more honorable than Shangqing. According to the "Historical Records", Zhao Guoxian Jue Lian was quite a secretary, and later added a letter to Pingjun because of his merits. Le Yi was once in Yan as Yaqing, and later as a general, worshiped as Xiangguo, and won a great victory in Qi, and King Yan Zhao named him the king of Changguo.

Fengjun is a kind of honorary title, which is two different systems from official positions. A feudal monarch signifies that a person has attained more stable political and economic privileges in the ruling class, but a feudal monarch does not imply an official position. However, there is a very close connection between the feudal monarch and the official position. The relationship between a feudal monarch and an official position can be divided into three situations: one is to become a feudal monarch because of his meritorious service to an official position, which is based on his official position. Such as Shang Ying and Bai Qi of the Qin State, Lian Po of the Zhao State, etc.; The other is a feudal monarch and then an official, and most of these people are relatives of the princes. Such as Wei Ran of Qin, Wuji of Wei, etc.; Third, there were feudal lords who were politically active, but did not hold real positions, and were somewhat close to advisors or ministers, such as certain lobbyists with titles.

The feudal monarch participates in state affairs, and generally works through part-time work. Shang Jun, Yan Jun, Sui Marquis, Ying Marquis, Gangcheng Jun, Wen Xin Marquis, Changping Jun, and Chang Wen Jun of the Qin State; Meng Weijun, Chenghou, and An Pingjun of Qi State; Fengyangjun, Yangwenjun, Dupingjun, Wu'anjun, Xinpingjun, Pingyuanjun, and Jianxinjun of Zhao; Changxin Marquis, Lan Zhujun, Zhongshan Jun, and Xin'an Jun of Wei; Most of the Chun Shenjun of Chu State and so on worshiped the prime minister at the same time as the monarch, or worshiped the prime minister at the same time. The slight difference here is that the royal family often crowns the king first and then worships the prime minister; And most of the people who receive the title because of merit worship the prime minister first and then seal the king. This difference is clearly due to the patriarchal system at work.

Zhao Fan is different from some princes and nobles such as Zhao Sheng, because he is the lost heir of King Wuling, and he relied on his own efforts to get to his current position step by step, so he is completely in the feudal monarch first.

And the feudal monarch relies on his own merits, which is completely different from those children who rely on relationships to be crowned kings, which is why King Huiwen proposed to give Zhao Fan the crown, and there is no opponent in the court.

Zhao Fan's merits, everyone looked at it, and there was no doubt about it.

Because the power of the feudal monarch was very heavy and relatively stable, the vast majority of the ministers in the Warring States period were feudal monarchs. Zhao "Fengyang is the prime minister, authoritarian and arbitrary, obscuring the first king, and arbitrarily adjudicating official affairs." In the Qin State, King Zhao was isolated by Wei Ran's "Four Gui" group, and Ying Hou reprimanded Wei Ran for "the importance of the envoy King Ye, the decision is made by the princes, the division is in line with the world, and the government is suitable for the country, so don't dare not listen." The victory and attack are attributed to Tao, and the disadvantages of the country are vested in the princes; If you are defeated, you will blame the people, and the disaster will be on the community." And formed "those who have their own rank and above to the doctors, and the king and the king, who are nothing more than people from the country", so that the king of Zhao discussed with the ministers, and the "four nobles" group also sent people to monitor, "there are many eavesdroppers on the left and right". As a result, "I heard that Qin had the Queen Mother, the Marquis, Huayang, Gaoling, and Jingyang, but I didn't hear that there was a king."

Zhu Ying said that Chun Shenjun said: "Jun Xiangchu has been in Chu for more than 20 years, although he is famous in Xiangguo, he is also the king of Chu." Now the king of Chu is sick, and he dies in the twilight, and the monarch has few lords, so he sets up the country, such as Yiyin, the Duke of Zhou, and the king is long and anti-government, so he is called lonely in the south and there is a Chu country? This is the so-called blessing of hopelessness. "In the Yan Kingdom, it finally came to be the case of Cheng Anjun's grandson killing his king, and the Qi State also had a situation where Meng Weijun was dictatorship. Judging from the history of the Warring States Period, there are very few generals who are not feudal monarchs, and the vast majority of dictators are feudal monarchs......

Generally speaking, especially the monarchs who have seen so many things about the dictatorship of the feudal monarch, they have thought twice about the feudal monarch, and many of them are in name only, just a monarch's name, and they do not control the real power, but King Huiwen did not treat Zhao Fan like this.

The food, administrative power, and military power given to Zhao Fan were all given to Zhao Fan by King Huiwen, so that the former could basically be said to be the small monarch of the five cities, with the power of the reading force, and could make weapons, build cities and capitals.

From these aspects, it can be seen to what extent King Huiwen trusts Zhao Fan.

After coming back from the court, Zhao Fan was also a little fluttering all the way, and he didn't expect that he had become a feudal monarch, the monarch was called Wucheng, and he had a fief within a radius of 100 miles.

Regarding the size of the fiefdom, there seems to be no customization. The small ones are only ten miles, and the general ones are between thousands and thousands of households, so "ten thousand households" has become a habitual expression. 10,000 households is roughly the same as a county. As for the big one, it crosses counties and counties, and Lü Buwei's fief alone occupies 12 counties in Lantian, 100,000 households in Luoyang, Henan, and 15 cities in Hejian. The state of Chu sealed the twelve counties of Chunshen Junhuai in the north, and later changed the title to Wu.

"Warring States Policy" records that Chunshenjun has a "hundred miles of seal", and Xue Cheng, the fief of Qi Guotian Ying, is also a hundred miles away. When Qi sealed Tianying, the king of Chu had expressed his opposition, and Gongsun Yan advised the king not to stop it, on the grounds that "Qi cut the land and sealed Tianying, so it is so weak". Feudal kings lead to weak states, the scale of which can be imagined.

How much land the feudal monarch occupies has already been mentioned above. As for the location of the fief, during the Warring States period, some people talked about the seizure of the Qin State Shang Ying and Wei Ran, which was the reason why the fief was too close to the capital. It can be seen that the fiefs of some feudal lords during the Warring States period were quite large, and the fiefs were not all in the border areas.

However, Zhao Fan's fiefdom is on the border, close to the Qi State, which is the only place for Qi to enter Zhao, the terrain is dangerous, it is the southeast of Zhao State, one of the few passes, which is extremely important to Zhao State.

Because, if there is a war between Qi and Zhao, as long as Qi breaks through this pass, there will be an endless plain inside, and the cavalry of Qi can completely drive straight into Handan, Zhao State, and King Huiwen will hand over this land to Zhao Fan, which can be seen King Huiwen's trust in Zhao Fan.

Although he was happy in his heart, Zhao Fan had not yet reached the point where he couldn't distinguish things, he clearly knew that although the status of the feudal monarch was the highest existence in addition to the monarch, it had not yet reached the point where he didn't care about anything.

Generally speaking, since the feudal monarch is divided by the monarch and its power is much smaller than that of the monarch, the feudal monarch depends on the monarch.

There was once a diner who saw Jing Guo Jun and vividly used the relationship between fish and the sea as a metaphor for the relationship between the state and the feudal monarch. He said, "If the big fishing net can't be stopped, the hook can't be pulled, and if the water is lost, the ants will be proud." Now the husband is Qi, and the water of the king is also. Jun Chang has Qi Yin, Xi Yixue? If it is out of order, although the city of Longxue reaches the sky, it is still useless." What he means is that the king is like the sea, and the feudal king is like a fish, and after the fish leaves the water, even ants can eat it, thus further indicating that if the feudal king loses the protection of the state, he will quickly lose everything.

According to historical records, Zhao Hao killed nine "users" of the Pingyuan Jun family, and Pingyuan Jun wanted to kill Zhao Hao, Zhao Hao said: "Jun Yu Zhao is a noble son, and now the Jun's family is not in accordance with the law, and the law is weak, and the country is weak, and the princes will increase the troops, and the princes will add troops without Zhao, and Jun An will have this wealth?" With the dignity of the king, the public is like the law of the upper and lower levels, the upper and lower levels are equal, and the national frontier is Zhao Gu, and the monarch is a noble relative, how can it be lighter than the evil in the world?" It's also about the relationship between fish and the sea.

Zhao Fan thought of this, and his heart also calmed down, because the matter of the feudal monarch came too suddenly, he didn't have time to think about it, so he accepted all this ignorantly, now thinking about it carefully, he suddenly remembered that this monarch is acceptable, as for the fiefdom, it may not be acceptable.

Because he clearly knows very well that the feudal king's food is not the slightest benefit to the governance of the country, and the fief will lead to a weak country, this Zhao Fan knows very well.

The expansion of feudal power and the tendency to read power have attracted the attention of politicians. Han Fei pointed out: "The vastness of the princes is also the harm of the Son of Heaven; The ministers are too rich, and the monarch is defeated. He came to the conclusion that "there is a king of a country, but there is not a big capital." The so-called "capital" refers to the divided feudal capital, and it is believed that the power of the feudal monarch must be limited and weakened, otherwise it will be detrimental to the centralization of the monarch's power. There are also many similar opinions and propositions in the "Warring States Policy".

In order to weaken the power of the feudal monarchy, the monarchs took a number of measures, the most common of which was not to allow the feudal monarch to occupy his fiefdom for a long time. Wu Qi stipulated in the Chu Reform Law that the grandson of the prince would be "the third generation and receive the lord". Some countries have taken advantage of the fact that they have won the title in the world. Yu Qing said when he said that Chun Shenjun said: "Qin Xiaogong was a merchant king, and Xiaogong died, and then he was inevitably killed; King Hui of Qin sealed Ranzi, King Hui died, and then the king took it. "Historical Records. The Biography of Meng Weijun records that after Meng Weijun was restored, the King of Qi "and his hometown" can also prove that his fiefdom was once taken away.

During the Warring States Period, although countries continued to divide the same surname and different surnames, at the same time, they took back their fiefs and stripped their power for various reasons. Therefore, it is not easy for the feudal monarch to develop into a deep-rooted local power. But the struggle between the feudal state and the feudal monarch still went through a tortuous road. From the perspective of the general development trend, with the strengthening and expansion of centralized power, the feudal monarchy system of the Warring States gradually declined, and the economic domination and political power of the feudal monarch were reduced, and this trend was particularly significant after Qin Shi Huang unified China.

When he thought of this, Zhao Fan also got up from the house and walked all the way out of the mansion, because he felt that this time he might be able to incorporate the changes planned by him and Lin Xiangru and others, so he immediately wanted to discuss with Lin Xiangru.

It was cold outside, Zhao Fan was wrapped in a big coat, wearing thick fluffy clothes, he felt extremely cold, and he couldn't help but look at it and shiver, at this moment, it was the coldest time of the year in Handan.

The heavy snow outside kept falling, and the cold wind whined, giving people a kind of vicissitudes of life and sadness.

Due to the tight wind and rain, there are almost no pedestrians on the road, and every family closes their doors, all spend the winter in their houses to resist the cold, although it is only evening, but some wine shops and teahouses have also closed, at this time, where will there be any customers.

The entire city of Handan is wrapped in a piece of ice and snow, with blue-gray streets, tall city walls, and wine flags fluttering in the wind, giving people a picture of ancient artistic conception. Zhao Fan lowered his head and walked towards the Fake Minister's Mansion in the face of the cold wind.

Bypassing a few streets, a popsicle-like thing suddenly appeared in Zhao Fan's sight, the former's pupils shrank slightly, and a feeling as if he had knocked over a five-flavor bottle rose in Zhao Fan's heart.

It was the corpse of a man who had froze to death, with only a thin shirt on his body, and the corpse was thrown on the street like this, not only without a quilt, but also without a straw mat, directly exposed to the corpse and the blue sky.

Zhao Fan's footsteps are difficult to move away, this is not the first time he has seen a dead person, even Zhao Fan has killed countless enemies, today, seeing such a corpse, his heart is very uncomfortable.

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, I'm afraid it's the scene in front of Zhao Fan's eyes.

As the son of Zhao Guo, and today he was also named Wu Chengjun by King Huiwen, although Zhao Fan's life is not luxurious, but at least it is also rich and well-fed, so he never thought about how to live in this cold winter on such a cold day, those lower-class working people who have no money.

Seeing such a frozen corpse today, Zhao Fan's feelings in his heart can be imagined.

Because in his previous life, he was for the children of ordinary families, and he didn't know much about the life of the lower class people. Due to the war in the Warring States, the taxes were extremely serious, and the civilians could not save any food or clothing for the winter in the summer and autumn.

That's why we have this scene in front of us.

Zhao Fan moved his steps with some difficulty, walking forward with heavy steps, along the way, Zhao Fan's heart almost every few steps, his heart would involuntarily pinch it, as if he was clenched by a big moral hand, making it difficult for him to breathe.

Along the way, Zhao Fan saw no less than ten corpses, all of them were frozen to death or starved to death, and the corpses were thrown on the street like this, not to mention quilts, not even a decent piece of clothing or straw mat.

These things are more useful to the living, so their families have kept these things for the living to use to survive this winter.

When Zhao Fan's body touched the first dead body, he stayed on that person, praying in his heart, hoping that there would be no war and no cold in heaven. However, what he didn't expect was that there were so many dead bodies behind him, so he had to watch them expose their bodies on the street.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Fan was no longer in the mood to talk to Lin Xiangru about the food, and immediately returned to the Pingyuan Jun's Mansion, called all the generals and servants in the mansion over, and each of them assigned several straw mats to transport all the dead bodies in Handan City and on the street out of the city and bury them on the spot.

Although it is said that the death of a person is great, the quilt is still reserved for the living, so these dead bodies have to be wrapped in straw mats and put into the ground for peace.

After doing all this, Zhao Fan immediately found King Huiwen and Zhao Sheng and others, told these situations in Handan City, and suggested that all the ministers of Zhao State donate clothing and food and distribute them to the civilians in Handan City who have no food and clothes to spend the winter.

Zhao Fan's suggestion, King Huiwen very much agreed, and immediately brought a large amount of food and clothes from the palace, took them to the street for distribution, and informed all the residents of Handan City of the news.

King Huiwen took the lead, and the other ministers dared to watch it, and immediately, all the officials from well-to-do families were doing these good deeds to the residents.

The entire Handan City, under this kind of behavior, is undoubtedly lively, and everyone knows later, the promoter of this kind of good deed is Wu Chengjun Zhao Fan, immediately all the residents came to the palace gate, chanting King Huiwen and Zhao Fan's good deeds, praise like a landslide tsunami, even in the main hall of the palace, King Huiwen and others, still heard the praise of the residents outside the door. (To be continued.) )