"100 meritorious deeds can be exchanged for a lord, and such a standard lord, the territory area is 1 square kilometer. The mayor said indifferently.

Zhang Zhongjun blinked his eyes, damn, I seemed to have heard someone say that the Lord was a territory of 100 square kilometers? How did it become a territory of 1 square kilometer when I got here?

But if you think about it carefully, that lord is very unreliable with a territory of 100 square kilometers, but it is a territory of 1 square kilometer that is more reliable. Because 100 square kilometers is huge, Zhang Zhongjun knows very well, such a large piece of land is so allocated to a lowliest lord, what about the baron, what about the viscount, what about the earl, what about the marquis, what about the duke, and how huge will their territory be?

The emperor of the Great Chen Dynasty would not give these nobles such a huge territory if they were able to endure it, because this was tantamount to splitting the land and cutting the land, and no matter how idiotic the emperor was, he would be careful to cling to his own land, and whoever sold his meow's cub would not feel distressed, and any lord would get 100 square kilometers of territory? You must know that if this territory is cut out, it will not be able to get it back! Even if people are treasonous, they have to be invaded to take it back!

Zhang Zhongjun felt that it was normal for the Lord to have 1 square kilometer of territory, so he nodded and waited for the mayor to continue.

"As for our nobles, in addition to having some power on the scene, other benefits have to be exchanged for merit. The mayor continued.

"All other benefits have to be exchanged for meritorious deeds?This, what are these benefits?, and how are they exchanged?" Zhang Zhongjun asked curiously, as for the power on the scene, it is estimated that it is about the same as the aristocratic power of the imperial world, so Zhang Zhongjun is only curious about this benefit that can be exchanged for meritorious service.

After taking a sip of tea, the mayor said: "The first one is, of course, to promote the title, the difference in the title, not only the size of the territory, but also the right to speak in the government of the Great Chen Dynasty and other powers are very different. For example, the power of the duke in the official face is equivalent to that of the deputy prime minister, the marquis is equivalent to the Jiuqing, the earl is equivalent to the ministers of the ministries, the viscount is equivalent to the governor of the provinces, the baron is equivalent to the government of the prefecture, and the lord is equivalent to the county order. ”

Zhang Zhongjun didn't say anything, but he was secretly surprised, he knew how awesome the power of this official was equivalent to that of the chief officials at all levels, although he definitely couldn't dictate the affairs of other territories, but he had the same power. For example, the government has the power to issue wanted warrants, has the qualifications to participate in the provincial military and political discussion meetings, can write to the cabinet, and can live in an eight-person sedan chair, so the baron will also have this power.

To put it simply, in addition to the fact that the nobles can't manage the specific affairs of the locality, the others are as awesome as the local chiefs, and they are more awesome than the local chiefs, because the nobles are one of the shareholders of the country, and they have the right to ask about everything, but they don't have to take the blame, they are very noble, and they can point their noses and scold when they see that the magistrates can't do well, but they don't get involved, and the most excessive thing is that the nobles can have private soldiers.

It seems that there seems to be no difference between nobles and gang leaders, gang leaders can be powerful and powerful, and they also don't need to bear anything, and they also have private soldiers.

But the difference is that the nobles can roam the world with their private soldiers and be entertained everywhere, while the gang leader dares to leave his own territory, and no one knows how he will die. The territory of the nobility can be inherited by hereditary succession, without rebellion, and this territory can be passed on from generation to generation as long as the Great Chen Dynasty is there. As soon as the gang leader is weak, he will be pinched to death, and it is a matter of minutes for the gang to change the leader, or even to annex it.

"This title is promoted, it is enough to scare people to death, don't look at 100 merits to get the title of a lord, but a baronial title requires 10,000 merits, and a viscount title is 1 million merits, 10 million for an earl, 50 million for a marquis, and 100 million for a duke. ”

Hearing the mayor of the town say this, Zhang Zhongjun couldn't help but raise his hand and asked, "My lord, why is there a hundredfold increase in front, a five-fold increase in the promotion of an earl to a marquis, and a two-fold increase in the promotion of a marquis to a duke?"

The mayor smiled: "It's very simple, when the rules for the promotion of nobles were formulated at the beginning, all of them were increased by a hundredfold, but if they were all a hundred times, the earl would get 100 million merits, and the marquis would get 10 billion merits. ”

Zhang Zhongjun pouted in his heart, damn it, the baron wants 10,000 meritorious deeds, this can still fight hard, the viscount has become a million meritorious service, the earl is 10 million, the marquis is 50 million, and the duke is 100 million, these titles are still forgotten!

"The first effect of meritorious service is to exchange for titles, and the second is to exchange territory, according to the exchange price of 100 meritorious deeds and 1 square kilometer, of course, this price is to choose land at will, generally speaking, it is to choose the wasteland area, not only can not be connected with their original territory, the land is also very poor, of course, it will not be the choice of desert land, otherwise the nobles may jump their feet. ”

"So just like doing business, if you want to exchange for a better territory, the price will naturally be high, not to mention the most expensive land in the country, just the territory that can be exchanged near Quang Nam City will reach the point of 1,000 meritorious deeds and 1 square kilometer. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhongjun shook his head speechlessly, damn, I thought that his 8,300 points of merit were a lot better, but he couldn't change a baron, and he only got 8 square kilometers of land in Guangnan City.

"There is a third thing that can be exchanged, and that is the number of subjects. The mayor said calmly.

"The number of people?!" Zhang Zhongjun was shocked: "Isn't it true that the people on the land assigned to it are the people of the nobles?"

The officials present all laughed, and the mayor explained: "There is no such thing, but everyone who has a household registration is a citizen of the country, and it can even be said that it is a person of a certain place, for example, those who have a household registration in Magong Town are the people of Magong Town, and all the people have a household registration, how can it be that with such a stroke, they all become the subjects of a certain noble?" For example, before you became an official, you were a citizen of Longwo Town, and suddenly a nobleman took a fancy to Longwo Town and turned it into his own territory, and you became the other party's subject for no reason, and you had to pay taxes to the other party and serve in the military for the other party, are you willing to do so?"

Zhang Zhongjun thought about it, a good free people, people who can work freely and go to exams freely, suddenly became the private property of a certain nobleman, and it is definitely not a matter of jumping to oppose it, but a matter of directly rebelling!

So Zhang Zhongjun was very curious and asked, "So where did the nobles' lords come from?"

"Some of them are purchased by the nobles themselves from the official people, but these people belong to the servants of the nobility rather than the people, and only the people who are exchanged for meritorious deeds are the real people. The mayor said.

"What's the difference here?" asked Zhang Zhongjun suspiciously.

(End of chapter)