Planeswalker My Plane War

Chapter 543 Canonization
In the castle in the border town, everyone was sitting in a line.

Doctor Biancheng sat at the top—although Zhang Cheng had introduced a chair for himself, it was only for his own use.People in this world are more accustomed to kneeling on the table.So in such a formal occasion, everyone still kneels and sits on the table.

At the bottom sat five or six people with strange faces.

This is the Gong clan member who moved here from afar.

In fact, it can't be considered a long distance... But in any case, moving to the border town is not a comfortable journey.

At this time, the flames of war are not extinguished, and the world is in turmoil. Naturally, there are many difficulties and obstacles during the journey.In fact, even if the world is peaceful, traveling far is not an easy task.

The Gong clan, like the Kunwu clan, used to be the ruler of the Fang Kingdom, but now it has gradually lost its status as a nobleman due to ruthless changes in the world.After the country's demise, some members of the Gong clan retained a part of their territory and degenerated from princes to doctors.However, with the changes in the political situation, wars, debts, and territorial inheritance, he gradually degenerated from a doctor to a scholar.Now even Lutian is gone.Become a traveler who has nothing but a surname to prove that he is a nobleman.

Of course, by the standards of people on Earth, the Gong family is actually not too bad. Measured by the standards of Earth, it is probably at the level of the middle class.After all, no matter how you say it, you can be on the edge of the aristocratic class, regardless of whether you are studying, becoming an official, or joining the army, you will be given priority.Even doing business is not bad, but it is not difficult to just live a good life for yourself.But for this world, this class is actually very desperate.Because there is a fundamental gap between self-perception and objective reality.

The glorious glory of the ancestors weighs like a mountain on the heart of every such traveler.The truth is brutal.For example, there are very few examples where the Kunwu clan can crack the soil and become a vassal.Aristocrats who have been reduced to the traveler class are rarely able to climb back up again.

Just like the Niu Niu country on the earth, the aristocratic class can only miss the glory of the past, and then inevitably decline slowly.

From this point of view, Gong Bo's worry is justified.

The collapse of the Kunwu clan left at least excellent smelting technology, in addition to many relics, and most importantly, the support of God Zhu Rong.The Kunwu family often has Zhurong descendants from generation to generation, so today's doctor Kunwu can re-rank among the princes as Xu Nan.

The Kunwu family has so much heritage, it took almost 1000 years to become a prince again.And Gong Shi has nothing.

Knowing this, no one would have any expectations for Gong's revival.

They themselves are very common among the many countries, neither special technology, nor special blood, nor special wealth.The country perishes...and so it perishes.

This is what happened to most nobles.The world is changing, and the sea is changing. Whether it is the Xia family's family, the Yin and Shang Dynasty's destruction of Xia, or the Zhou Dynasty's destruction of Shang, it is not a one-on-one war.There are many princes and kingdoms like Gong Guo that have been destroyed or newly established, and families like Gong's are up and down... well, in fact, in most cases, there are only downs and no ups and downs.

The reason behind it is one: class circulation is too difficult!

This is also the disadvantage of the real feudal system.Everyone pays attention to blood origin, there is actually no other good way except fighting for father.

Not to mention normal times, even in times of turmoil, such as the establishment of a new dynasty, it is difficult to improve the class.

The Zhou family entrusted a large number of princes and vassals, most of whom were surnamed "Ji".Only a very small number of people with foreign surnames can be canonized.

In the final analysis, this is because under the true feudal system, enfeoffment requires the most precious resources: land and population.If he wasn't his own son, who would give away his most precious property?

So even though Zhang Cheng was just a doctor and only gave the canonization of "scholar", the Gong family still responded.Didn't this come all the way?
But on the whole, this kind of thing didn't arouse much suspicion.Because Zhang Cheng, the newly appointed border city doctor, has a big problem, that is, he doesn't have any vassals under him.

Generally speaking, if someone is canonized as a doctor, what he lacks is land, not vassals.Because all those who are promoted to be a doctor are scholars, and a scholar always has retainers around him-a scholar usually has no vassals (the land is too small, not enough), but there will be no shortage of retainers.

When the status of the master is improved, if one person attains Taoism and ascends to heaven, the retainers will have the opportunity to obtain fiefdoms and be promoted to a level (maybe more than one level) from a wanderer.This is also the motivation for retainers to serve the monarch.

But Zhang Cheng is a rare exception.Before he obtained the status of a border town doctor, the number of retainers was very small.

His corporals, sergeants, and doctors jumped so fast that they had no time to gather his retainers.In fact, from the beginning to the end, Zhang Chengcheng never got together his own army to serve the monarch.As a corporal, he had his chariots together, but not his pawns.After the sergeant, he set out almost immediately to catch the big witch.

In short, he is now a polished doctor with many retainers, but no vassals.

And it is not possible to directly promote a few of the current group of retainers.Because identity is not enough.

Normal people would only enshrine as vassals the retainers who knew the basics, or made great contributions.

In terms of status, Zhang Cheng's subordinates were originally the most qualified to be canonized by Yellow Wolf, because he has the status of a wanderer, and he is a second-level Sima, which means he has the status of "lower sergeant".

However, Yellow Wolf's first experience under Zhang Cheng is too low, second, his past experience is tainted, and third, his own talents are not particularly outstanding.

The other is Jia. Although he is diligent and trustworthy, his weakness is that his status is not high enough.Although he is a retainer, he is just a "common man", that is, a common man.Don't look at it is not easy for a scholar to be a corporal, but it is even more difficult for a commoner to be a scholar.The former only depends on whether the lord himself is reluctant to part with the territory, while the latter is not only a matter of territory, but also involves public opinion.

In fact, in the eyes of Zhang Cheng and the little girl, vassals are unnecessary.But even if it is not necessary, it is necessary to find a few retainers to act as a front, so as not to be criticized.

Everyone has heard that the doctor wants to canonize several vassals-this is a reasonable thing.

Because their own conditions were not suitable, the doctor found a few old people and became his vassals.

There are always various distant relations such as marriage and friendship between different families.So Zhang Cheng made this announcement.Of course, this did not affect the deep jealousy and envy in the eyes of everyone looking at the few members of the Gong clan in the distance.

No way, this is a real canonization.

"Crack the earth" directly from the lord and become an official vassal.

Among the five Gong clan members, the one at the front is called Gong Hui, who is also the direct descendant of the Gong clan and the current patriarch.Three brothers, the other two are distant cousins.

Although his face is very calm, it seems that there is no wave in the ancient well.But you can tell the truth just by the joy in the depths of his eyes.At this moment, he was extremely happy and excited.

Five people, he was canonized as a sergeant, the other two were canonized as a corporal, and the other two were not immediately canonized, but only got the status of retainers.Well, now Zhang Cheng is in urgent need of educated subordinates.

He knelt down on the ground and saluted with the most respectful gesture.An attendant brought the canonized documents and corresponding ritual vessels to him.He got up and accepted it, and then held the sacrificial vessel in his hand again, and saluted Zhang Cheng, who was much younger than him, again - when he saluted this time, his whole body was trembling slightly, obviously his heart was extremely restless.After losing Lutian for many years, the Gong family gained another place to settle down.

Since then, the two sides have settled on the titles of monarchs and ministers.As a sergeant, he must provide the monarch with an army commensurate with the territory in the war, and he must also serve the monarch himself.

But it's all worth it.You don't need anything else, just look at the undisguised envy, jealousy and hatred on the faces of Zhang Cheng's retainers around you.Witnessed by all the people, it is proved that the three of the Gong family obtained the corresponding Lutian from Zhang Cheng, the doctor of the border city.This is also the most orthodox canonization ceremony.Relatively speaking, the canonization ceremony that Zhang Cheng accepted at the beginning was much simpler, and many ceremony procedures were simplified by Dr. Kunwu.After all, Dr. Kunwu was very busy at that time, always preparing for battle.

After being entrusted, the ceremony was over, and the next step was for the three vassals to take over their fiefdoms.But Zhang Cheng did not directly announce the dissolution, but looked at the queue of his vassals.The first few are the people I am most familiar with.

"Jia, come out." Zhang Cheng said.

Jia came out of the team, faced Zhang Cheng, and gave a salute.His heart was beating wildly, and he knew that he was either going to hit the jackpot, or he was going to be unlucky!

Because the common people...even the servants of a doctor are not very qualified.Being a retainer of a scholar is enough. After all, a scholar is just a small nobleman, and he can't be too picky.Public opinion will not be harsh.But the doctor is already the lord of a city and a place, and his retainers must at least be wanderers, right?
People on the modern earth sound a bit bastard, but in this society that pays attention to blood birth, things are so bastard.

In the case of Dr. Kunwu, Jia has another trick, which is to mix it with the Kunwu clan—because the Kunwu clan has a large number of people in Kunwu City, if Jia becomes the retainer of Dr. Kunwu, it will be easy to be misunderstood. , was "automatically grafted" into a nobleman, and automatically had the status of a tourist.This is also a common promotion method, although it is not very legal, but it is actually quite common.Even if he is not, at least his descendants can become wanderers.It will be regarded as a branch of the Kunwu family.

But Zhang Cheng is different, he only has himself here in the border town, he has no fellow clan!Even if you want to play a side ball, you can't play it.

To make matters worse, the status of a commoner is no longer high, and Jia still has a disgraceful history of being demoted to a slave.And it can't be justified, because if you pursue it, you will know that Jia was a soldier of Dr. Kunwu but did something against the master.That would be even more disgraceful.

So Jia has been working very hard and never slack off.On the one hand, this is his allegiance to Zhang Cheng, on the other hand, he also has fear in his heart, and wants to use his best efforts to cover up his past disgrace.

Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, looking at Zhang Cheng's mouth.Everyone knows that Jia's fate depends on Zhang Cheng's decision.

"Since you followed me, what a credit!" Zhang Cheng said. "I've decided to make you a corporal and Sawamura to you!"

Jia opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time.

Although he knew that Zhang Cheng valued him very much, he almost thought he heard it wrong.

"Congratulations!" Huang Lang took the lead and was the first to express congratulations.Others also congratulated.

In the end, Jia managed to control herself, not being overwhelmed by ecstasy and doing something stupid.Like the others from the Gong family just now, he immediately knelt down and saluted.Immediately, the maid next to him brought several related items to him.

Everyone could see that his hands were shaking so much holding these items that he almost knocked them over.

These things are actually very simple, a document representing the canonization, written and signed by his monarch Chengcheng himself, with a magic imprint certificate.A rough map showing the location of the fiefdoms.A few pieces of jade represent that he can wear it on himself as a scholar (common people do not have this qualification).A wooden box containing clods symbolically represents the ownership of the land.A bronze ingot, indicating that nobles have the qualifications to cast ritual vessels.

But it is not simple when these simple things are put together, because when they are put together, they represent a dream.A dream that is extremely difficult to realize in this class society.It is simply the final version of the common people's dream!

He is finally a nobleman!Just like in his wildest dreams, he was sealed off by Zecun.Since then, there has been an insignificant little nobleman in the Zhuxia noble system, the corporal "Ze Shi".He is the originator of the Ze clan.

Although insignificant, he is a real and irrefutable nobleman of the Xia Dynasty.This is a high reward that is worth a common man's life and death, risking all possible dangers, even death.

This is also the scene that only appeared in Jia's countless nights and countless dreams.Now that his dream has come true, how can he not be happy and excited?
Jia held the item and saluted again.His eyes were already full of tears.These are not tears of pain, but tears of joy.

So far, Li Cheng!
Zhang Cheng looked at everyone and said in a very calm voice. "Congratulations!"

Gong Hui immediately got out of the queue.He knew very well that he would usher in the first task of his lord.This is also an important task that must never go wrong.Otherwise, his status and ability will be greatly questioned.If it is messed up, it will be normal for the fief to be taken back.

"I have a pair of white dogs and a pair of white raccoons," Zhang Cheng said. "I accidentally got it from hunting, and I plan to dedicate it to the emperor. You go there for me!"

Of course, people here in the border town knew very well that the "Son of Heaven" was referring to Prince Yijiu, not Prince Yuchen.Gong Hui immediately bowed his head and accepted the order.This appointment itself also shows the importance the lord attaches to himself.

Zhang Cheng watched as the two pet cats and pugs bought from the pet market were placed in a wooden cage and brought to Gong Hui.These are worthless on Earth, but in this world, they are definitely rare.

"Other lords should work harder!" Zhang Cheng said. "I will never begrudge rewards!" After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to signal everyone to leave.

"Brother Zhang Cheng, are you going out?" The little girl beside him noticed Zhang Cheng's movements.

"Come back tomorrow." Zhang Cheng replied.

(End of this chapter)