Chapter 3 Fuyao (5 B)
Those who are willing to advance and retreat with the six counties can donate money and get officials! As soon as this example was opened, there was undoubtedly an additional channel for selecting officers in addition to the imperial examination. For wealthy families who have become accustomed to colluding with each other to control the place, this is tantamount to cutting a large piece of their privilege. However, whether it is the Cui family, the Zhang family, or the Wang family, a few wealthy families and their spokespersons who can stomp their feet and make the six counties shake for a long time actually did not express any objection!
With Cui Qian and Zhang Jiuyi's cleverness and practice, they would not fail to see Li Xu's other intention hidden under the name of selling official porridge. But while seeing the danger, the two also clearly saw the opportunities that this policy brought to their families. Looking at the six counties, there will definitely be no more than three wealthy people like Lin Quanzhong who can make up 24,800 stone meters at once, and the other two of them are surnamed Cui and surnamed Zhang! This also means that the benefits of Li Xu's upcoming porridge policy are not only the outbreak households in the counties. With the background of those people, at most they donated 1,600 stone meters worth of Zhengbapinsanguan, from the four levels of the seventh grade to the Zhengliupin, except for Cui and Zhang, who are traditional outdoors, others have almost no chance or courage to ask.
Compared with those small courtyards, wealthy families hope to have the opportunity to get involved in officialdom. It is true that many of their sons and nephews are in high positions, but they are only a few after all. For a large family with thousands of household registrations, it is far from enough for only a few outstanding people in each generation to go out to become officials. And Li Xu's strategy of selling official porridge is equivalent to opening a shortcut to their career in front of them.
Loose officials have no real power, but loose officials can be turned into real positions through activities and dots. Compared to those who are just rising, the connections of traditional families are far from being comparable to them. What's more important is that at this moment, Li Xu is still the governor of the six counties of the Great Sui, and the dismissal position he has granted is legally impeccable. In the future, no matter who replaces the Great Sui, in order to justify his replacement of the Great Sui, and at the same time to appease the locality, he will inevitably maintain a certain range of recognition for these casual positions.
Of course, if Li Xu can ascend the throne and sit in the palace in the future, it is more cost-effective to buy his official now. That is equivalent to the work of the dragon, and the status will be glorious for a long time with the status of a generation in the imperial court.
So, for the giants of the six counties. Buying Li Xu's official at this moment is tantamount to a very promising investment. In the worst case, it will not rise or fall, and it may soar like a cloud of smoke in summer until it is high and the sky is aligned.
'Ninety-four hundred, from eight-eight-hundred, eight-thousand-six......' Not only Cui Qian and Zhang Jiuyi can see clearly, but many well-informed local officials are no worse than Cui, Zhang and others in their sensitivity to opportunities. From the moment Li Xu's words fell, their fingers were curling and stretching behind their backs. Although he did not read out the small abacus, he gave the corresponding donation targets that had been selected by the sons of the family a long time ago.
'I also have a younger brother at home, and he doesn't look like reading material!' Fang Yannian's eyes kept rolling, calculating how long he could save enough to buy his younger brother a nine-rank job. He is now a five-grade long history, with an annual salary of 200 stones. didn't eat or drink, just enough to buy the lowest level from the ninth rank of Shilang for his younger brother. Although there is no Yulu, in the relatively hierarchical Great Sui, even the lowest-level official position can ensure that you will not be bullied by the gangsters in the yamen. Moreover, the privilege of not bowing down to the officials is something that ordinary people cannot dream of. Talking with his knees on the ground, he didn't stand up straight anyway.
Seeing that the officials below reacted so enthusiastically. Li Xu, Zhao Ziming, and Shi Defang looked at each other and smiled. After receiving a hint from Ying'er yesterday, they discussed it overnight, and finally expanded an imperfect idea into a practical decree. For Li Xu, this move is not just to raise rice and grain to settle the displaced people, nor is it just to break the monopoly of the wealthy family on officialdom. To a certain extent, the reason why he wants to implement this decree is to give the wealthy families of the six counties a step to step down.
Troubled times have come, and the two sides cannot stay in the same bed forever. Today's six counties are inseparable from Li Xu and his soldiers, and they are also indispensable to the support of those wealthy families. If the two sides continue to maintain the current attitude of hypocrisy and grievance, unless Li Xu can ruthlessly learn from Dou Jiande and uproot all the big surnames under his rule, otherwise, his internal stability will never be stable.
But in doing so, it is difficult to say whether it is more destructive or constructive for the six counties. The children of wealthy families are flying and domineering, and at the same time, they have received the purest government affairs and the most perfect strategy and martial arts education. Now that the court's appeal to the wealthy is no longer there, families are busy looking for new dependents. At this moment, if you can seize the opportunity to let them work wholeheartedly for the General's Mansion, it is equivalent to adding wings to the tiger.
At present, Li Xu's shogunate is dominated by scholars from the poor family and strong generals in the army, so he can't exchange the support of the six counties for the support of the six counties like Liu Bei back then. And out of the previous inertia of ignoring Li Xu, even if several wealthy families were forced to jump straight by Luo Yi and Dou Jiande, they couldn't pull their faces and take the initiative to go to the General's Mansion to serve. As soon as the official porridge was ordered, a bridge was built between the two sides. The children of wealthy families can move closer to Li Xu openly in the name of donating places. Li Xu can also rely on the donations of various families to justifiably recruit some well-known talents under his command.
"Dare to ask the marshal, if there are children and nephews in the family, think, if you want to donate a military position, can, can you accommodate one or two...... "People's hearts will never be satisfied, just got the opportunity to get a civilian and loose official, and immediately someone set their eyes on the Boling army.
Whether it is the six counties at present or the six counties for a long time in the future, the military generals will definitely be more open than the civilian officials. This is a troubled time, and it is better to master anything in troubled times than to master a sword. This can be seen from the rise of Dou Jiande, Luo Yi, Li Xu and others. It's just that the Boling army is not like the armies of other imperial courts, and it can't be mixed in as an official with the shadow of his father's generation. The promotion criteria within the Boling Army are completely based on combat merits, and it is easy to become an official, so you can fight on the battlefield with a knife. Even if your background is lower than that of Zhou Da Niu, as long as you can cut the heads of more than 100 enemies in a row in a few years without dying yourself, you won't be able to stand out!
"If you just donate some money, you can be awarded a military position. If the thieves come, will anyone fight for the six counties? Li Xu glanced at the person who was asking, and answered as calmly as he had prepared before.
"Now my six counties are weak, and the world is in chaos. It is necessary to defend oneself by martial arts. The strong will be kept at war, the old and weak at war, the dead without remorse, and the living at bay. If I can do it and congratulate the people when they hear about the war, who in the world dares to invade me. If all the soldiers can get rich by war, who else will hide when they hear the golden drum? He smiled, skillfully combining the wisdom of the ancients with his own experience.
Back then, if the imperial court could really do "fame, but take it right away!" "There won't be so many people fleeing the battle of Liaodong. The reason why he has been tireless on the battlefield all these years is inseparable from the fact that His Majesty has always been able to reward him with appropriate encouragement. Therefore, no matter what the general trend of the world is in the future, the six counties under his rule must be martial, and the people must be proud of having children and nephews in the army. Let those who shed blood and sweat for this land never shed tears of grievance again.
"The lord actually quoted the words in Shang Jun's book?" Shi Defang was overjoyed when he heard this, and suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Li Xu.
He found that he hadn't seen him for a few hours, and his lord's eyes were a lot less confused and a little more mature.
As if sensing everyone's attention, Li Xu looked around with a smile, and then continued: "For the sake of the future of the six counties and you, even if I can't let the people see the war, like the hungry wolf sees the meat, I will never wronged the brothers under my command." Therefore, I have decided that from now on, those who have made meritorious contributions in actual combat will never be awarded martial arts! ”
Martial arts are not sold, but fame is taken immediately. This has been said for countless years, and finally someone has seriously made it a reality! In an instant, Zhang Jiang, Lu Qin, Wang Xuba, Zhou Daniu and others all straightened their bodies and raised their heads high in the envious eyes of everyone.
They are not ruffians, they are the protectors of the land and the builders of peace in troubled times. Without them, all the prosperity would be a thing of the past.
As if he didn't see the excitement in Zhang Jiang, Lu Qin, and Zhou Daniu's eyes, Xu Zi paused and continued: "Not only can martial arts and martial arts not be obtained through donations. In addition, from now on, 50 acres of land will be granted to military positions above the rank of lieutenant of Jiupin Escort, which can be resold or leased to others. Regardless of whether the military position is real or virtual, for each level of promotion, another 50 acres of land will be granted. Every time a soldier turns around, he will be rewarded with five acres of fertile land and a horse of silk, and it will never be capped! ”
"Coax!" At this time, not only did some low-level officials whisper because they couldn't stand the shock, but even some local officials such as county guards and county officials couldn't bear it anymore and quickly joined the discussion. The "Book of Shang Jun" and the strategy of respecting martial arts and cultivating warriors quoted by Li Xu today are all from the Great Qin, which has been extinct for nearly 800 years. At that time, it was with the way of martial arts that Daqin, located in the west, finally swept Liuhe, and the six kingdoms of Shandong, which were much richer than the land and several times higher than him, were wiped out one by one.
From the Han Dynasty onwards, people talked about the rapid demise of Great Qin, but intentionally or unintentionally ignored his great martial arts. He swept through Liuhe and mixed with Unai. He built the Great Wall in the north and collected the fence, so that when the Qin Dynasty died, he still did not dare to go south and herd horses!
It can be said that without the martial arts of Daqin, there would be no glory of the Great Han. Not to mention that for hundreds of years to come, everyone will be proud of having the surname of the Central Plains.
Literati can ignore all this, but as a martial artist, Li Xu can't help but admire the glory of his predecessors!
"The general's strategy for raising troops is very good!" Cui Qian hesitated for a while, and finally at the behest of his colleagues, he came out on behalf of everyone to admonish, "But the land of the six counties is limited, and our Boling soldiers are brave, and there are no less than 100 people who are awarded for meritorious service in each battle. So far, the number of people who have been dismissed from military service due to the war has reached nearly 1,000......"
What he meant was very clear to Li Xu. Raising armaments for war in troubled times will not be opposed by anyone with brains. But if the resources needed to raise the army, or even the land, hurt the interests of some people, they will definitely have to cover their pockets.
That's not ten acres and twenty acres, in the way of calculating the merits of the Great Sui, three songs are killed in each battle. If the third transfer of the Celestial Commander is promoted, he will be promoted to one level. It won't be long before all the idle land in the six counties of Boling will fall into the hands of the soldiers. Others who want to carry forward their family business will have no land to buy and no tenants to hire!
If it had been yesterday, Li Xu would not have been able to solve this dilemma.
But today, he has found the right answer.
"Zhuojun!" Pointing to the map hanging high on the wall with her hand, Xuzi replied loudly. Lead everyone's attention to the tens of thousands of miles of beautiful rivers and mountains inside and outside the Great Wall!
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