Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2087 What is the title of Zhengguoben (Wei [-])?
"So, before discussing it with the emperor, you just spread it out with so many officials on the spot?"

In Nanning Hou Mansion, Rixin Building, Gao Yushi's study room, Liu Xin looked at Gao Yushi in surprise, and asked the above passage.

Gao Wushi spread his hands and said, "That's right, the situation at that time was enough for me, so I said it naturally, and the response was good after the fact."

"No, I don't care about the reaction." Liu Xin frowned and said, "Is it really okay for you to throw such a big issue first without discussing it with the emperor in advance?"

"Such a big deal? How big a deal?" Gao Wushi laughed and said, "Could it be that the big deal you're talking about is the 'third-class baron'?"

"Or else?"

"It's a small matter." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "If you really talk about a big thing, selling the money of the third-class foreign nobles I only explained that 'the hundred officials account for [-]%', this is a big thing."

"What do you mean, why didn't I understand?" Liu Xin felt as if she and Gao Wushi were not on the same channel.

Gao Wushi rubbed his chin, and said, "Well, let me ask you, do you think that I offer such a third-class title for public sale, which is a contemptible imperial treasure, and I didn't even mention it to the emperor before this?" However, let alone asking for his consent in advance, so the emperor will be very angry?"

"Yeah, that's what I mean, don't you think?"

Gao Wushi chuckled and said, "No rewards, but indicators."

Gao Wushi praised: "Look, that's right—jue, itself is a kind of wine vessel. Then, how did it become the so-called 'jue title' later? Why did the word title come from a kind of wine vessel?" device?"

"Okay, now I understand what 'jue' means." Liu Xin said: "Jeez is a vessel for wine. Its size can limit how much wine it can hold, but where does this wine come from? You at least You can't expect this 'jue' to conjure wine by himself.

"Oh... okay, then you say."

Liu Xin is probably the only person who speaks with such a tone and high pragmatism.Gao Wushi shook his head helplessly, and said: "The first question is easy to explain, our emperor... the imperial treasures are far less practical than silver in his eyes - especially a large amount of silver."

It is precisely because Emperor Wu of the Han did this as a way of restoring the old system, so Sima Qian only briefly expressed it when he recorded it, saying that the world was broken because of this, but he did not criticize Emperor Wu of the Han like he did for many other things.

Gao Wushi said: "Because the 'King of Spain' does not exist legally, what exists legally is the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon, but these two countries have formed a commonwealth since the time of his great-grandfather and great-grandmother. The monarchy has been established, and now the concept of 'Spanish' has been produced, so he can only clearly express the two kings and add a 'king of all the Spaniards'... This is a matter of legal ownership."

Liu Xin rolled her eyes, and said angrily: "Hey, this question is beyond the outline, and I'm not a researcher on these things... Can I trouble Teacher Gao to announce the answer directly, I guess I'm tired."

Gao Wushi sighed and said, "Do you still remember the official letter that the Spanish King Philip II wrote to me a few years ago?"

Then, some of these earls were not personally led by Philip II, so he had to distinguish these people separately, and the way to distinguish was to express the earldom he led in his title.Otherwise, if he doesn't do this, the other earls may protest that he ignores their legal territory and even glory. "

"That's too long. I only remember the first few, such as the king of Castile, the king of Aragon, the king of Portugal... and so on. I forgot later."

"I forgot, probably, so what?"

"It's not that I have the intention to remember this, but I have played in the game before, and I have played for a long time, so these territories are already familiar to me."

"Understood, I understand, what is the situation in China? Doesn't Chinese titles represent ownership? Also, there are many kings, dukes, and lords under the rule of the Chinese emperor, but I didn't see that the emperor cared about These people cannot claim to be the emperor of the country because of their property ownership.”

"However, such a thing happened: someone served Zhu and was locked up. The emperor knew about the trouble, and all the ministers demanded severe punishment. In the end, the emperor said: It is not impossible to obey Zhu, but a tax must be set and paid. Wear casually if you can afford it. Don’t persuade Zhu, so what if you wear yellow?”

"Can you be so shameless?" Liu Xin's eyes widened.

"Why didn't you get it? You got the indicator... If you don't have this indicator, but you are rich, then you will be in trouble, because no matter how much money you have, you can't buy more than [-] acres of land. Use servants, otherwise it is against the law...

"Oh?" Liu Xin became interested, she pulled a chair and sat down in front of Gao Yushi, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Gao, for teaching me."

"Uh..." Liu Xin frowned and pondered for a while, and finally said helplessly, "I'm already in a daze, why don't you just say it straight?"

"What the hell? Indicators?"

Gao Wushi laughed and said, "It's time to test my skills in playing strategy games. Listen carefully, his full title is: Felipe, blessed by God, King of Castile, King of Aragon and all Spain King of the People, King of Portugal, King of Sicily, King of Naples, King of Sardinia and Corsica, King of Jerusalem, King of the East and West Indies, Duke of Burgundy, Duke of Brabant, Duke of Lorraine, Linda Duke of Fort, Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Gelderland, Count of Alsace, Marquis of Namur, Count of Flanders, Count of Delos, Count of Barcelona, ​​Count of Charolais, Count of Avatou, Burgundy-Pfau Counts of Zeus, Count of Hainault, Count of Holland, Count of Zutphen, Count of Roussillon, Grand Master of the Knights of the Golden Fleece."

Then, our Qin court can turn a blind eye and close one eye, and it does not rule out arresting you at any time for questioning.In this way, if you are a rich man, are you also very anxious, and then think that you have to do some meritorious service to get some titles to ensure that you can legally own these properties? "

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "The emperors of the Ming Dynasty really don't follow the usual path." After a pause, she continued: "But what do you mean when you say I don't understand Chinese titles? ? Isn’t he the son of Gonghou Bo… Then Daming only has Gonghou Bo, why don’t I understand this?”

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "That's the problem - do Chinese titles really express property ownership?"

"That's natural, but as long as it's not Dahong...oh, and Minghuang, other rules basically exist on paper."

"It's still wrong, for example, since the King of Aragon has already said it, why should the lords of Aragon such as the Earl of Barcelona and the Earl of Roussillon say it again?
Isn't this nonsense, you are already the king of Aragon, what's the point of repeating the territory under your rule?If this method is followed, will the Emperor of Ming Dynasty put the two capitals, thirteen provinces, and even hundreds of prefectures into his title? "

"What is Jue?" Gao Wushi said seriously: "Let me ask more clearly: Jue, what does this word originally mean?"

"It's not close." Gao Wushi said, "I have to tell you one thing before I can clarify this issue."

"That's right, it's an indicator, which means... Now that you have made meritorious service and become a first-class nobleman, that is, a public servant, then you can legally own a hundred acres of land, a house and a servant." Gao Wushi said here He strengthened his tone and said, "However, King Qin doesn't care how you obtain these."

There is also the long list of earls in the back. Although I can't remember them all, I feel that he should have at least calculated the entire Netherlands separately, but the question is why is this necessary? King' is not the end of it?So why is this, just to appear more majestic? "

"Very good, then do you remember the long list of titles before the inscription of Philip II?"

Liu Xin was stunned for a while, then wondered: "You actually have the heart to memorize this, what's the use?"

"What we have learned before is that as long as the soldiers of the Qin State capture the head of the enemy's "Jiashi", they can obtain a first-level title, that is, a public official, and then get an hectare of land, a house, and a servant. wrong?"

"What's the point of this?" Liu Xin's eyes widened: "It's like I didn't get a single hair?"

"Oh, that's it, I see...it's really sick."

Gao Wushi laughed and reiterated: "In short, you just need to understand that the root of their long list of titles is that those expressions are equivalent to indicating their own property... Europeans value property ownership, understand?"

This shows that even after the founding of the Han Dynasty for so long, this kind of ethos or the old system is still taken for granted among the people... So you say that Qin is shameless in doing so, but you are actually asking for it from the current point of view The ancients of Qin State. "

"Yes, and then what?"

Looking at the Europeans again, take Philip II as an example. You just said that his title is preceded by "King of Castile and King of Aragon". Isn't the sum of these two lands equal to Spain? Would you like to add the phrase 'King of all Spaniards'?Should the land and the people be counted separately?

"Yes, but isn't that a lack of money?" Liu Xin said.

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Smart, that's right."

"Don't worry." Gao Wushi waved his hand and said, "People in Ming Dynasty have color restrictions on their clothes. You know that. Although the rules are not so strict now, there are some colors that can't be worn casually. For example, you Ordinary people wearing bright red and walking on the street, they must be arrested by the patrolling censor and put in prison, right?"

Liu Xin was even more puzzled: "No reward? Did Shang Yang say something wrong?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Let me give you an example. For example, I gave you a lake in Huzhou City, a mansion in Dingnan City, and a courtyard in the capital. Give you a manor in Shenglong City, etc...Finally, now you have to count the property, can you summarize the above real estate in one sentence?"

Gao Wushi waved his hand: "But now I'm not going to say how familiar I am with European geography, but I want to ask you one thing: Do you know why there is such a long list of titles for these monarchs in Europe, and this This situation does not exist in China?"

"Hey, don't tell me, I've always been curious about this matter, but I have no place to ask." Liu Xin said puzzledly: "Look at our emperor, how simple his title is——Emperor, just two words and it's over. .

"There is a saying you should have heard: my vassal's vassal is not my vassal, right?" Gao Yushi asked.

"He may also value rules, but in the final analysis, rules are nothing more than money in his eyes." Gao Wushi said: "I just need to give you an example. Said that the money could not be paid, in the end the emperor took a lot of money from internal funds, and then he searched everywhere, I told you this, right?"

"That must not be the case. This mess is everywhere. How can I summarize it? I can only list them one by one." Liu Xin was taken aback when she said this, and thoughtfully said: "Oh, you mean... These titles of European monarchs are not so much titles as property?"

"The Qin Dynasty rewarded military merits after Shang Yang's reform and divided them into [-] ranks. You know that?"

Liu Xin nodded and shook her head first, and said, "I've heard this sentence before, but does it have anything to do with the issue we're talking about now?"

Liu Xin was stunned. She had never thought about this question before, but she was shocked after thinking about it casually: "It seems impossible. Let's talk about the Battle of Changping. Hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops were wiped out. This is not a sea of ​​heads." Go? One hundred acres per head, the whole of China doesn’t know if it’s enough or not!”

"But it's not right, just like I asked just now, Castile plus Aragon is Spain. He said that it is enough to say that the king of Spain is not enough. Why did he divide it into two kings and then add the sentence of all Spaniards?" king?"

"You mean the letter that Spain negotiated with us on the Nanyang trade-related cooperation agreement? Then I naturally remember."

"So, this is what I want to say. The 'field one hectare, one house and one servant' mentioned here in Shang Yang's reform is not the Qin State or the King of Qin rewarding you."

"A noble is a title... Uh, wait a minute." Liu Xin frowned and said, "You are asking about the original meaning of this word? Then... a noble is a wine vessel."

Gao Wushi snorted twice before saying: "In the early Han Dynasty, the Huang Lao ruled the world. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came up with the "Shu Mian", people in the world were required to declare their personal property, and those who exceeded the personal standard had to pay a certain percentage of taxes... ...This incident is actually restoring the old system of Zhou etiquette to a certain extent. That is to say, just like the Qin State, your property cannot exceed a certain regulation, and this regulation is related to your status.

"Ah..." Gao Wushi sighed, shook his head and said, "This means that you don't understand our emperor, nor how China's titles have developed to this day."

"That's a big problem." Gao Wushi said: "How many battles did the Qin State fight after the reform? They won a lot of battles, but the Qin State is only so big, does it have so many fields and servants to provide? Especially this 'Tian Yiqing', you If one head is exchanged for one hundred acres of land, the Qin State has already won many battles when it was only in one pass, does the King of Qin have so much land to reward him?"

"It's related, it's very important." Gao Yushi said: "Because of the relationship between the vassal and the vassal of 'my vassal's vassal is not my vassal', so...well, for example, the king of Aragon, whose name is There must be more than the Count of Barcelona, ​​the Count of Roussillon, and maybe the Count of Zaragoza, the Count of Tortosa, and so on.

Liu Xin doubtfully said, "Isn't it? Isn't there no rules at all? He is the emperor, shouldn't he attach the most importance to rules, just like Zhu Yuanzhang."

Therefore, the meaning of knighthood also evolved from the meaning of "jue", which means that I will give you this upper limit, but whether you can reach this upper limit is your own business. "

Gao Wushi clapped his palms and said, "Congratulations, you now know what a title is, then think about it again, does the so-called 'third-class outer title' I gave also come from this significance?"

"Understood, now I really understand." Liu Xin sighed: "You just gave the third-class index, which is essentially the same as the [-]th-class noble in the Qin Dynasty. , he will definitely like this idea, so you don't have to worry about him not agreeing at all."

Gao Wushi smiled and nodded: "Of course."
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