Chapter 36: Growing Pains
"However, compared to the laws of Great Xia," Xia Xing pretended to think for a while, and said, "This three hundred miles of land is still a good deal." ”
"Zhao Xi did such a thing, according to the laws of Great Xia, the Zhao family where he was located would be 'demoted by one level'. ”
"The Zhao family was originally a landlord, with more than 100,000 fiefdom households. And if he is demoted to become a Quartet Marquis, the people in the fief are not allowed to exceed 100,000 households. This is really a headache. ”
Zhao Lingwu almost vomited blood.
Nowadays, the control of the royal family is relaxed, and many princes have annexed through wars, and the scale of their fiefs is much larger than before, while some small princes are gradually divided up until they disappear. After a long time, the situation of the existing fiefdom was acquiesced by the royal family. Of course, such wars are almost eternal and will certainly continue to exist in the future.
Therefore, the scale of the fiefs of many great princes is already extremely staggering. The most powerful Qin family and Chu family have more than 30,000 li of fiefdom, and the number of people has reached more than 200,000 households. It's just that many areas in the fiefdoms of these two families are sparsely populated and not rich in products.
The Zhao family followed closely behind, occupying a fiefdom of two thousand miles, and many places were densely populated and rich in water and soil. Therefore, there are no less than 200,000 households in the Zhao family's fiefdom!
However, if the laws of Great Xia are really strictly enforced and the Zhao family is reduced by one title, it will be a big problem.
Downgrading one level is the Quartet Hou, and the Quartet Marquis is just the "Wanhu Hou". From the perspective of the law, the number of people in the fief is not allowed to exceed 100,000. Even if your people are 99,900, you are not allowed to exceed 100,000.
Reducing the number of households from 200,000 to less than 100,000 means that the Zhao family's fiefdom will be cut out by more than half. Then, the Zhao family's two thousand miles of fiefdom will be directly divided into thousands of miles?!!!
In fact, this kind of law is not strictly enforced, and once it really takes back so much, the Zhao family will definitely be forced to rebel. But since it is discussed on the bright side, it is a problem that needs to be faced.
Zhao Lingwu got up immediately, and even ignored the face of Hun Tianhou's summer punishment, and said angrily: "Tianhou, is this to wash my Zhao family with blood?"
"No, no, wait for Ben Hou to finish. Xia Xing definitely couldn't break the bow, and said with a pleasant face, "Ben Hou is just talking about this truth, everyone knows that it will definitely not work to divide more than 100,000 households." Even if the royal family wanted to do this, Benhou didn't agree, how could he let Brother Lingwu suffer such a loss. ”
So what do you want?
Xia Xing continued: "Actually, three hundred miles of fiefdom is too much. Two hundred miles, what does Brother Lingwu think? Moreover, this fief is not given to the Qin family, but only taken back by the royal family. ”
Qin Yang immediately pretended to be anxious: "Tianhou, what do you mean by this? If you don't say that it has fallen to two hundred miles, you have to confiscate it all to the royal family?"
Xia Xian pretended to be serious: "You must know that Zhao Xi violated the laws of Great Xia, not the laws of your Qin family!"
Qin Yang was a little dumbfounded, smacked his lips and stopped talking.
On Zhao Lingwu's side, on the other hand, he felt a lot better in his heart -- the land cut was reduced by a hundred miles, and the opponent Qin family couldn't get it! The royal family just took it away, at least the Qin family didn't get any benefits. Hmph, Qin Yang, didn't you just get three hundred catties of star stones in the end?
And the summer punishment also gave Zhao Lingwu some face, saying: "In order to make Brother Lingwu's face look better, I will not say that it was taken back by the royal family, but call it Zhao Xi's 'dowry' and give it to the prince." In this way, the Zhao family and the royal family are all happy, and the Zhao family's face is not a big problem, right?"
Well, that doesn't seem to be that shameful.
In the end, under this kind of kneading, Zhao Lingwu agreed to the final condition - the fief was returned to the royal family for 200 li, and 300 catties of star stones were given to Qin Yang.
Deals, negotiated.
The three hundred catties of star stones were secretly sent to the Qin family by the Zhao family on the same day under the personal witness of the summer punishment, and it seems that the Zhao family is still stronger than the Qin family in terms of wealth, and of course it has been blackmailed to the limit;
Subsequently, Zhao Lingwu played the dynasty, saying that the wedding of the prince and Zhao Xi was imminent, and the Zhao family was willing to take out two hundred miles of fiefdom as a dowry.
So that night, Zhao Xi, who had been imprisoned for more than a day, was sent back to Zhao's house. But it is said that Zhao Lingwu, who couldn't breathe a bad breath, was angry when he saw Zhao Xi, and slapped Zhao Xi to the ground. It seems that the hatred of three hundred catties of star stones and two hundred miles of fiefdom has converged on this slap.
However, this seemingly closed deal is not really over.
Because just a few hours later, the royal family suddenly found a reason to "gift" the Qin family's fief for a hundred miles. It is said that the king of Great Xia felt that the Qin family had lost its head and took pity on the orphans and widows of the Qin family, so he gave him a hundred miles of fiefdom to show his benevolence.
In other words, the royal family obtained two hundred li of fief from the Zhao family, and then ceded one hundred li to the Qin family from elsewhere as soon as it changed hands. Although the fief is not the same piece, the meaning is too obvious - the benefits of the fief obtained from the Zhao family are equally divided between the royal family and the Qin family!
A hundred miles of fiefdom, it doesn't sound much. But if it is really captured on the battlefield, how much blood will have to be left? How many people will die? Mountains and rivers will be thousands of miles of blood, but Qin Yang's soldiers will take a hundred miles of land without blood, which is enough to earn!
And the Qin family's 3,000-mile fiefdom was not all taken again and again, little by little, and the foundation was built by gathering sand into a tower?
So much so that even the soldiers of the entire Qin family felt that the eldest prince's hands were really black and really good, but we liked it! Moreover, from the style of the eldest prince, everyone once again found the original passion -- although my Qin clan does not have an old marquis at present, but so what? My iron-blooded territory of Great Qin still has not stopped the pace of expansion!
Instead of falling, we haven't flinched, on the contrary, we're still attacking!
......
In the Qinhou Mansion, late at night. Several core members of the Qin family couldn't sleep, their eyes widened and they looked at the pile of dazzling star stones, and they were a little drunk.
Mrs. Qin Hou couldn't help but smile bitterly: "A few days ago, I was still worried about a thousand catties of star stones. It's good now, but it's already overpowered. ”
yes, super.
The Qin family made up two hundred catties by themselves, the Reincarnation Hall sent three hundred catties, and the Zhao family sent another three hundred catties. Now these 800 catties of star stones are piled up in the Qin family's underground treasury, which is really visually stunning.
In addition, the King of Great Xia also personally promised that once he really performed reincarnation again, the dynasty would subsidize three hundred catties. Although it doesn't need to be transported, the Great Xia King will not go back on what he promised.
Then, the star stones that Qin Yang can take out have reached 1,100 catties. What could have been a death story, that's it!
"By the way, where is Xiaoyang?" Mrs. Qin Hou was happy, but suddenly found that Qin Yang had slipped away.
Everyone didn't know, only Qin Xing shook his head and said, "My brother went back to his small courtyard, but he didn't say anything, the gods chattered." He just told me not to bother him, not to bother all night. ”
Mrs. Qin Hou smiled, and said in her heart, this eldest son, it seems that there are always so many secrets on his body.
However, the little sister Qin Xu was a little speechless, and finally stuck to her mother's ear and whispered: "Mother, I know what the eldest brother is going to do." ”
"What are you doing?" Mrs. Qin Hou was stunned.
Qin Xu said mysteriously: "I saw just now that the eldest brother had also kicked away all the attendants in his small courtyard. In the entire courtyard, there were just two people, him and that Xiao Yingqing's sister. And ordered someone to boil hot water, which should be a bath. ”
"Sew your mouth on, what crazy are you talking about!" Mrs. Qin Hou's face turned slightly red, and then her face turned cold, so frightened that Qin Xu didn't dare to speak. Qin Xu is still a little girl, but girls from big families always mature earlier, even if they haven't seen some things, they have always heard of it.
However, Mrs. Qinhou's heart was a little chaotic.
Well, my son is grown, but he's only sixteen years old after all. If you indulge in that kind of thing at such an age, it's not good for your health, and it's not good for your cultivation?
Can...... What can a mother say?
Hey, growing up is always a trouble. And parents who watch their children grow up day by day also have troubles.