Chapter 378: Rewarding the Lord for Meritorious Service

Xu Fuyuan's words benefited Chen Cao a lot, he was still thinking about rewarding Jiannu after he completely eliminated it, but now he also thinks that what Xu Fuyuan said is very reasonable, first knighthood, and then the situation of military merits to reflect whether it is a hereditary title, whether it is decreasing, whether it is a knighthood, whether it is a knight, which can also greatly increase the degree of life of the soldiers in front.

After the Qianqing Palace went down to court, Chen Cao called Xu Fuyuan, Zou Weilian, Chen Yan, Qian Qianyi, Ruan Dayue, Qu Shiyun, Liu Zongzhou, Fang Yizhi, Huang Zongxi, Ma Shiying and other ten people, and there was only one topic, about knighthood.

It can be clearly seen that the ten people present are not directly related to the knighthood except for Xu Fuyuan, and they have no foundation in the new army, and they will not show favoritism to others.

I have to say that among the ten people, Ruan Dayue and Ma Shiying are a little dirty, but in Chen Cao's view, their current small contradictions have not yet developed to the indescribable level of the Hongguang Imperial Court in later generations.

The two worked together in the new dynasty relatively harmoniously, after all, the new emperor's attitude towards things was obviously not so easy to be handled.

What's more, except for Xu Fuyuan, Zou Weilian, Chen Yan, and Qian Qianyi, the rest of the people present have no foundation here in Chen Cao, and they can't talk about forming a party for personal gain.

"I believe you also know the purpose of my calling you, in fact, before I ascended to the pole, there was a matter of knighthood in Shanghai, but at that time it was only about military merit, and the military merit of my dynasty are all false positions, and there are not too many pleasures, I don't know if you ministers have good proposals, come, give you a seat..."

All were seated, and everyone was ready for a long meeting.

After sitting down one by one, Chen Cao spoke: "And speak freely, don't hide it." ”

Qian Qianyi relied on his oldest qualifications and spoke first: "Your Majesty, in the past, the Great Qin Empire was awarded a twentieth-rank military merit, which created the invincible merits of the Qin army in the world. ”

"Oh, what does Qian Qing think?"

Qian Qianyi sat down and arched his hand: "The minister has seen His Majesty's military merit reward system back then, but he agrees very much, ordinary sergeants are impossible to directly confer the title of knight, but it is also a great thing to be awarded for military merits, so that they can enjoy the knighthood of the imperial court after retirement, so that the sergeant can serve the country at any time and under any circumstances;

It is the ministers who think that this method should be practiced..."

The other few who knew were also finished by Qian Qianyi, and those who didn't know didn't dare to interject indiscriminately, so they avoided talking about it.

Seeing this, Chen Cao nodded in agreement, so he asked Zhao Xin to send a notice for them to watch one by one, and then said to himself: "The military rank system should be implemented in the army, in order to facilitate the normalized management of the huge army in the future.

There are a total of 20 military meritorious officers, from the first to the last, they are the general soldier, the deputy general soldier, the deputy general, the staff general, the commander of the commander, the commander of the general, the guerrilla general, the thousand households, the thousand generals, the capital division, the garrison, the hundred households, the general general, the trial hundred households, the town general, the assistant guard, the general flag, the chief, the small banner, the commander and other twenty military meritorious officers;

These 20th rank of military merit are divided according to their ranks, of course, it is not impossible to enjoy them before they retire, I believe you also know that military merit and their military rank and position are two different things..."

The ten people looked at it carefully, and Ruan Dayue spoke: "The military merit knight proposed by His Majesty is good, but even the general soldier and the commander are classified as a virtual merit knight, so our army will be in the future?" ”

Chen Cao understood Ruan Dayue's words, so he said: "I thought of such things as early as when I was in Shanghai, and I had already made a decision in my heart, in the future, all armies and divisions are standing forces for national defense, collectively known as the 'Ming National Defense Army', and the army cannot suppress the locality, so in addition to the National Defense Army, an internal guard force will be built, called the 'Ming Internal Guard Army', the internal guard army is responsible for the security of the provincial garrisons, assisting the local yamen in handling affairs, and all under the command of the imperial court.

In addition, all local security forces such as the Ya Servant and Kuaishou were reorganized, such as Shangyuan County, and the Shangyuan County Police Bureau was set up separately to be responsible for public security, anti-theft, arrest of criminals, and assist in the work of the Yamen in Shangyuan County. ”

"Police?"

Everyone was surprised, and they didn't know what this novel policeman meant.

Chen Cao said solemnly: "The police are warnings, inspections are pickets, the police, is to warn whether there are criminals in the place, and whether there is a crime in the picket place, I have already said before, the three classes in the yamen will be classified into the police station after the arrest, and the central court will set up the Ming Public Security Department, which is in charge of all the police in my Ming Dynasty;

Of course, the meaning of the Ministry of Public Security is the public security department, and you don't have to be angry, this new type of ministry does not have a book, only a minister, and the rank is three grades, which is two levels lower than the book;

By the way, speaking of which, I will diverge from the topic, in the future in my Ming Dynasty, only civil officials are divided into grades, and military generals are not divided into grades. ”

Everyone here understands it, and the meaning is obvious, only after the civil officials are divided into grades, the civil and military will be completely separated, and the civil officials can no longer have the habit of being a high-ranking military general since Jiajing, and they don't know if the civilian official will be able to lead the military generals to fight in the future.

Besides, Chen Cao is a new gentleman, and when everyone present saw Qian Qianyi's old qualification, they didn't speak, so they all gave up the reason for asking.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Chen Cao continued to the next topic: "What do you think the kingdom is divided into?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, only then do I know that I have only entered today's topic now, but the ten people thought about it, as if they did not have a military general to win over, and they couldn't help but feel a little pity in their hearts, and missed a good opportunity to win over military generals.

However, smart people can see the clues that Chen Cao called them to come, and the emperor in front of him must have a slander in his heart, and the purpose of letting everyone come is to improve the proposal he has decided, not to really let the people present decide.

So they were all waiting for Chen Cao to speak.

Seeing this, Chen Cao looked at Qian Qianyi: "What does Qian Qing think?" ”

Qian Qianyi was not stupid, seeing that everyone else was staring at the ground silently, his heart was also bitter, so he gave his hand: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that what Lord Xu said before is almost the same, and he only needs to decide whether it is hereditary, decreasing, or liujue according to the amount of meritorious service." ”

Chen Cao nodded with a smile on his face, and then motioned to Zhao Xin to take out the notices and send them one by one: "The national lord is divided into the duke, the prince and the male five permanent lords, and the five permanent lords are divided into hereditary, decreasing, and liujue, and the distinction between the three five permanent lords, Xu Fuyuan also mentioned it before, Fuyuan..."

Xu Fuyuan arched his hand: "The knighthood of the dynasty is evidenced by the iron coupon of the Danshu, the book of rites, since it is divided into grades, the gold book can be increased, and those who are hereditary will be awarded the Danshu, iron coupons, and the three treasures of the gold book, and those who decline will be awarded the Danshu and iron coupons; Liujue I died, and only the Dan book was awarded;

On top of the distinction, the five permanent lords are divided into three classes, the first rank is hereditary replacement, the second class is decreasing, and the third rank is the stream lord, so it is simple and practical..."

Everyone in the hall nodded silently and said yes, Chen Cao also agreed, Xu Fu saw this and continued: "List all the dukes, the second rank is reduced, in order, the county duke, the county duke, the captain of Zhaowu, the lieutenant of Zhaowu, and the sixth lord confers the honorary title of so-and-so, such as Wu'anjun, Xinlingjun, etc.;

All marquises, the second successive titles, in order for the township marquis, the pavilion marquis, the Zhaoyong lieutenant, the Zhaoyong lieutenant, the sixth lord awarded the honorary title of Guannei Marquis;

All earls will be succeeded by decreasing the title of the second, in order of Yongxing Bo, Yongchang Bo, Zhaoxin Lieutenant, Zhaoxin Lieutenant, and the sixth Lord will be awarded the honorary title of Guan Neibo;

As for the viscounts and barons, the one who is a lord may be appointed to the sixth end;

Of course, if the person who is hereditary knight has made meritorious service or has other major performances, he can be canonized again on the top of the decree. ”

"Good..."

Chen Cao couldn't help but shout: "Fuyuan's estimate is good, the imperial court can't serve these lords forever, what have you seen the lord of the Zhu family become?" But there is still a trace of the style of the ancestors? ”

Everyone in the hall began to have a little confusion, taking advantage of what you said, what should the Chen clan do in the future?

Chen Cao seemed to notice their abnormality, coughed lightly twice, and then asked Xu Fuyuan: "The lord of the dynasty is changing like this, but in order to prevent the great tomorrow from being dragged down by the descendants of the clan and the lord like the Zhu family's royal family, I have decided that in the future, the Chen royal family will take the lead as an example, except for the prince and the prince of the county who can be hereditary by the holy decree, all the descendants of my Chen royal family will be attacked..."

Ooh...

Liu Zongzhou didn't speak, and when he heard this, he knelt down first, and wept three times: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

With the leader, everyone else knelt down, although Chen Cao had explicitly forbidden not to bow down at will, but it was obvious that the decision he made was definitely a major breakthrough in the thousands of years of history of the Huaxia Dynasty.

The fact that members of the royal family cannot be hereditary without a holy decree is not only a good idea to put an end to the proliferation of the clan, but also to greatly alleviate the country's financial problems, which is definitely a good idea for the benefit of the country and the people.

Xu Fuyuan was surprised, he didn't know about this matter at all, let alone him, Chen Cao didn't even mention this idea to Huang Chunyao: "Your Majesty, the ministers congratulate hundreds of millions of people for the Great Tomorrow, I have a holy king like Your Majesty, why don't you worry about the great rule of the Ming Dynasty?"

Goodbye, minister..."

"Wait and say goodbye... Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

"Wait and get up, sit up, there are still many systems for our monarchs and ministers that have not been perfected, although I have thought of Liujue, but how to do it in the future, so that it can be seen that my current approach will not be criticized by future generations, especially if I say that I am ungrateful, and get up, let's discuss carefully..."