As we all know, the Western Jin Dynasty was established with the support of the great clans.

Then, in order to take care of the interests of the family, a lot of benefits must be given, and the knighthood system is one of them.

A year before the usurpation of the throne by the Sima clan, that is, in the first year of Xianxi (264), the king of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Zhao, ordered the scholar to shoot Pei Xiu to establish the fifth-class lordship, which can be regarded as the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty title system.

Before that, only the Cao Wei clan could be awarded the title of fifth-class lord (duke and prince), and the meritorious heroes were awarded the rank of the princes of Cao Wei - the rank of the princes of Cao Wei, the prince and the prince (the first rank), the second rank was vacant, the county marquis (the third rank), the township marquis (the fourth rank), the Zhuting marquis (the fifth rank), and the Zhuguan Neihou (the sixth rank).

The lowest baron in the fifth rank is higher in rank than the highest county marquis among the princes, but the number of households in the liehous is not necessarily less than that of the fifth rank, and the grades and economic interests do not correspond completely.

Let's get down to business.

Sima's move can be regarded as a move to win people's hearts.

It is worth mentioning that although the Western Jin Dynasty has only been a few decades, the title system has undergone several reforms, which is very complicated, and will be described one by one below.

264 Edition:

"Emperor Wen of Jin was the king of Jin, and ordered Pei Xiu and others to establish a five-class system, but Anping County Gongfu Yi ten thousand households, such as the Wei kings. In the rest of the counties, there are 1,800 households, and the place is 75 li; There are 1,600 households in the great country, and the place is 70 miles; 1,400 households in the second country, 65 miles in place; 1,200 households in the big country, 60 miles in place; 1,000 households in Boyi, 55 miles; There are 800 households in the country, and the place is 50 li; There are 600 households in Ziyi, and the place is 45 li; There are 400 households in the male town, and the place is 40 miles. ”

To put it in a simpler way:

The first level: the county prince, 10,000 households.

The second level: county duke, 1,800 households, 75 li of fiefdom.

The third level: the great marquis, 1,600 households, 70 li of fiefdom.

Fourth level: sub-princes, 1,400 households, 65 li of fiefdom.

Fifth level: Dadaobo, 1,200 households, 60 miles of fiefdom.

Sixth level: sub-national uncle, 1000 households, fiefdom 55 li.

Level 7: Big country, 800 households, 50 li of fiefdom.

Eighth level: sub-kingdom, 600 households, 45 li of fiefdom.

Level 9: male, 400 households, 40 li of fiefdom.

There is also a tenth-level saying: the second country man, 200 households, 35 li of fiefdom - but there are contradictions in historical records.

The number of people who were divided this time was: "More than 600 people above the cavalry governor are sealed." ”

Unlike the feudal lords who only enjoyed economic benefits during the Cao Wei period, this time there was land.

For example, Pei Xiu, who formulated the fifth-class lord system, was renamed from the Marquis of Luyang County to the Marquis of Jichuan, with a place of sixty li and 1,400 households, with Jichuan Market in Gaoyuan County as the marquis. ——60 li is equivalent to the big country in the system, and it has not reached the scale of 65 li of the sub-kingdom marquis, maybe the place of Jichuan Market happens to be that big.

Please note: At this time, the Sima clan had not yet usurped the throne, and this division in 264 was actually the sugar before the change of dynasty.

Version 265:

In December of the second year of Xianxi/the first year of Taishi (265), Sima Yan ascended the throne and changed the dynasty. The day after he succeeded to the throne, he issued an edict abolishing the title system in the first year of Xianxi and replacing it with a new fifth-class title system.

"In the first year of Emperor Wu's reign, the kings of the feudal kingdom took the county as the country. The 20,000 households in the city are a large country, with three armies of the upper and lower, middle and lower levels, and 5,000 soldiers; 10,000 households are sub-country, and the upper army is placed under the army, with 3,000 soldiers; 5,000 households are a small country, with an army and 1,500 soldiers. Wang Buzhi's country, the official is in Beijing. In the system of rebalancing the fifth class, more than 10,000 households in the Gonghou Yi are large countries, more than 5,000 households are sub-countries, and less than 5,000 households are small countries. ”

This time, a total of 27 kings and 11 founding princes were entitled, and a number of the following were "more than 500 princes and princes".

Level 1: County Princess.

Level 2: County Princess.

Level 3: County Marquis.

Level 4: County Bo.

Level 5: County.

Level 6: County male.

Note 1: If the word "founding" is added before the title, the grade is higher than that of the title without "founding", and the founding knight is mainly sealed at the time of the founding of the country.

Note 2: There is also a special rank in the Western Jin Dynasty, that is, the county marquis.

In the entire Western Jin Dynasty, there were only two people who were awarded the title of county marquis: Xun Miao and Gou Xi.

Xun Miao was originally named the prince of the county, but he insisted on not accepting it, and Sima Yan used his high merit as an excuse to make the county marquis, which is equivalent to creating a rank for him, that is, the county marquis.

The county duke and the county marquis have 3,000 households, and there is no difference in power.

Gou Xi was awarded the title of Marquis of Dongping County because of his contribution to the eradication of Jisang.

In the end, there were only two people.

Note 3: There is another special level in the Western Jin Dynasty, the county king, such as the king of Sui, is slightly more than the county marquis, but it is also rare.

In addition, why didn't I write about the number of food at each level here, because the regulations are regulations, and the actual ones are the actual ......

Let's give an example.

Du Pre, Hou of Dangyang County, 9,600 households.

Zhang Hua, Hou of Guangwu County, 10,000 households.

Tang Bin, Shangyong County Hou, 6,000 households.

Liu Song, Liangzou County Hou, 1,500 households.

Wenxian, Daling County, 1800 households.

Gaoguang, Yanling County, 1800 households.

Fu Chang, Wuxiang Tinghou, 2,200 households.

The number of food is different, and there are basically reasons.

Some were added during the Ping Wu period, such as Zhang Hua, Du Pre, etc.

Some fathers could have sealed the county duke, but they insisted on not accepting it, so they were demoted by one level, and 1,800 county dukes were closed, leaving 2,200 households for their sons, so there was a strange scene of 2,200 households in Tinghou eating and sealing.

If it is normally sealed, the county government is 1800 households, and the other levels are similar to the 264 version.

Version 265.1

To be honest, the title system of the Sima family is said to include the meritorious heroes with foreign surnames who could only be awarded the title of liehou (the highest county marquis) in the past.

But then people found out that what is the difference between changing the soup and not changing the medicine? The number of food towns is about the same as that of the liehou - some township towns have 1,000 food estates and seven or eight hundred pavilion marquis, and the number of food towns is actually higher than that of the founding son and the founding man.

Moreover, the Jin Dynasty itself also had a system of liehou (the highest marquis), such as the marquis of the township, the marquis of the pavilion, the marquis of Guannei, the marquis of Guanzhong, the marquis of Guanwai, etc., which was very messy.

So Xun Miao suggested that the titles below the prince and marquis should be dismissed, that is, except for the county duke, the county duke, and the county marquis, it would not be sealed.

Sima Yan agreed.

But - there is also a but, theory is theory, reality is practice, readers should not see "strike XX" and think that this does not exist. The Great Jin Dynasty had its own national conditions, and the edict was never properly executed, in fact, it was still sealed, but the number was indeed greatly reduced.

According to the Book of Jin, the Western Jin Dynasty was entitled.

5 cases of Xianghou and 25 cases of Tinghou,

Among the townspeople, there are 2 cases of food and eup, both of which are 1,000 households.

Among the pavilions, there are 6 cases recorded in the eup, namely 1 case in 3,000 households (county prince and county marquis level), 1 case in 2,200 households (between county prince and county prince), 3 cases in 1000 households (founding uncle level), and 1 case in 700 households (founding sub-level).

Normally, the most senior township marquis in the Western Jin Dynasty should be 1,000 households, and the pavilion marquis is 700 households.

Therefore, Xun Miao felt that this system was designed too nonsense, don't seal it.

But how can you say it, the liehou is actually an important way for a warrior from a humble background to get promoted, how can you cancel it?

But Sima Yan just canceled it.

After Sima Yan, I have the impression that only Li Ju was the marquis, and there may be other people, so I didn't bother to look for it.

Version 265.2

In the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the knighthood system suddenly opened up again.

From Sima Lun's indiscriminate sealing of slaves, to a large number of martial artists being knighted for merit, titles are becoming more and more indiscriminate.

For example, Gou Xi was the second county marquis of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the history books recorded that he had 10,000 households, but I can't believe it - this book uses 3,000 households.

But don't think that this is Secretary Shi's mistake, it's really hard to say, it's still possible.

Finally, let's talk about the Western Jin Dynasty's feudal land.

There is a rule in the Western Jin Dynasty that if the princes are not in the country, there are no officials in the country, and according to the size of the country, there are 100, 80, and 60 guards.

If the country, then the official.

The kingdom officials are the most complete.

Principality Lieutenant, Permanent Attendant, Three Armies (General).

Hou Guo is a small farmer and a waiter.

"Bozi Nan is only the following book."

After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty (265), the specific size of the "more than 500 countries" is not recorded in the history books, let's think it is the same as the 264 version - I don't know the size, but the land is really there, because there are "guards".

There are no lieutenants and generals of the three armies, but there are armies.

"Its public system is like a country of 5,000 households, and if the system of Hou is less than 5,000 households, there is also an army and a thousand people."

"There are differences between the uncle, the son, and the male", but "there is no army." ”

If there is no country, "the county marquis and the county prince are also like the small country system", and there are 60 guards. ”

Therefore, the country of non-existence is an important criterion.

The country can be a soil emperor.

If not, then you can only enjoy the income of rent - one-third of the tax on food, which was reduced to one-ninth in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

When the Western Jin Dynasty was first established, there were very few kings in the country, and they did not want to be a country.

What can you do when you go?

The high-grade officials in the kingdom are all selected by the imperial court, and they are also responsible for supervising the kings.

But in 290, the situation changed, and before Sima Yan died, someone played a game, asking King Yizong to "defend the imperial family".

So most of the kings of the sect were in the kingdom.

There are not many records of this in the history books, but there is a high probability that the system has been relaxed, and the internal history of the kingdom, the lieutenant, the big farmer, and the generals of the three armies have all turned to King Zongwang and become almost a retainer.

In the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, in addition to mobilizing the soldiers of each metropolitan governor, the kings also mobilized a large number of their own soldiers and horses, and appointed their own officials and generals as their cronies, which can be seen.

Is there a country for a foreign hero? Of course.

Recently, the plot mentions Yuzhou, there is a Lu country in Yuzhou, which is the fief of Jia Chong's descendants, and now it is Jia Zhan, and he is the country.

The feudal state of the Wei clan in Hedong was in Jiangxia, not long after the Xiongnu occupied Hedong, I had the impression that Wei Jue was still who, and he took his old mother south to Jiangxia.

Finally, the vast majority of the "more than 500 countries" in the Western Jin Dynasty have no historical records, and when writing books, they can only be treated as non-existent, or when they do not have a country, and there are only dozens of guards in the fief.

There are clearly recorded feudal states, which can be written, such as the kingdom of Zhuzong, and the Lu state of the Jia clan in Yuzhou.

That's all, where you want to write it, it may not be a system, and you will just look at it.

Finally, when I wrote this book, I often mentioned that every dynasty is different.

Many people like to say "how did it happen in ancient times", and at this time you have to shout stop! Which "antiquity" is "antiquity"?

The systems, customs, and productive forces of different dynasties are completely different, so how can they be mixed up?

Even in the same dynasty, there may be earth-shaking changes in the early, middle, and late periods.

For example, some people say "what is the Tang Dynasty", at this time you have to distinguish it, the early Tang Dynasty, the Middle Tang Dynasty, and the late Tang Dynasty are almost like three dynasties, and the difference is too great.

Many people's impression of the Tang Dynasty only stays before the Anshi Rebellion, and then regards this hundred years as the entire Tang Dynasty, but what about the nearly three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty, where did the rest go?

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was a rent-yong regulation, and after the Middle Tang Dynasty, it was a two-tax system.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was a government military system, and after the Middle Tang Dynasty, it was a conscription system.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the agricultural society was relatively colorful, and in the late Tang Dynasty, commerce was prosperous.

Wait a minute.

The Western Jin Dynasty is the Western Jin Dynasty, not the "ancient" of the Great and Transformational.

Completely using the Han and Wei dynasties to trap the Western Jin Dynasty will make mistakes.

If you take the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties as a set, you will also make mistakes.

Just like family politics, it originated in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, began to develop greatly in the Three Kingdoms and Western Jin Dynasty, reached its peak in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and slowly declined after the Southern Song Dynasty, until the Sui and Tang dynasties completely declined.

The last years of the Western Jin Dynasty in the book were the stage when the family's politics climbed to the top - and the Eastern Jin Dynasty completely reached its peak.

This alone has created a difference in the social atmosphere.

On this parabola, which has lasted for hundreds of years, the families of different time periods are not the same thing.

Some readers like to talk about the Sui and Tang families, but to be honest, the Tang Dynasty families are weaker than the Wei and Jin families, okay?

Cui Xinggong during the reign of Tang Zhongzong said that they no longer live together and eat.

The amount of land has also been drastically reduced, perhaps by more than seven or eight percent.

I don't know if the number of slaves and maids is one-tenth of what it used to be, and it may be less than one percent at the extreme.

The family of the Tang Dynasty no longer had the strong influence of the Wei and Jin families.

It may be more accurate to say that they are a family of bureaucrats, not the "land, sea and air" families that controlled troops, money, and official positions during the Wei and Jin dynasties, and there is an essential difference.

Let's write so much first.

By the way, Sima Yue still did a good thing, he packed up the kings and went to Luoyang.

In the local area, the internal history of the kingdom and the county are coexisting, and even there is only the imperial guard, but there is no domestic history of the kingdom.

The current king of Yuzhou, Sima Xi, King of Liang, Sima You, King of Runan, Sima Zi, King of Pei, and Sima Qu, King of Xincai, were basically killed by Shi Le in history, and only Sima You, King of Runan, successfully escaped.

The fate of Jia Zhan, the prince of Lu County, is unknown, but the removal of the Lu State at the end of the Jin Dynasty should not be good.