Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1317
However, the imperial court's treatment of the barbarians in the southwest, or how it is now dealing with Xiqi and Mohe, or the upcoming battle to levy Piao, is fundamentally different. The territory of the Tang Dynasty should be ruled for a long time.

Anyway, each has his own thoughts.

Qin Lang's letter to the court also attracted the court's surprise, but Emperor Li Yin was very happy. After all, although Qin Lang had left the court for more than ten years, he still had a high reputation in the court and the public. One good thing.

Therefore, the emperor Li Yin also knew the elegant meaning by hearing the string song, and directly gave Qin Lang a decree to set aside a large area where the four business houses of the Qin family were located, and gave them to the Qin family as the territory of the Qin family. Anyway, Qin Lang There are also many sons. Four sons were selected, each of whom was awarded a piece, and then a noble.

With a flick of a pen, the imperial edict encloses 20 mu of land for each of the four territories of the Qin family, making up 20 mu.Compared with the huge territory of Pyu, which is three or four thousand miles from north to south and two thousand miles from east to west, [-] mu of land is not worth mentioning, and [-] mu of land is just a larger village or a smaller township.

It's just a square plot with a side length of more than ten miles.

In fact, the emperor's [-] mu was calculated based on a ten-mile radius, and fifty thousand mu was slightly larger than a square with a side length of ten miles.

Li Yin is actually quite generous in this regard. Over the years, the Tang army conquered Sanhan, recovered Liaodong, and crusaded Xiqi and Mohe. Yongyetian has also given many hereditary fiefdoms.

The emperor not only generously gave the Qin family four fiefs of 20 mu of land, but also issued an edict to all the merchants and people of the Tang Dynasty, granting the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty the franchise to freely plunder the merchant ships of the Pyu Kingdom and the territory of the Pyu Kingdom. Meritorious service can be awarded.

You know, the honors of Datang are very valuable now, not in Zhenguan's time.There was a period of time in Zhenguan, when honors became less valuable. Many meritorious second generations could inherit the honors of their fathers and ancestors, and some relatives of honors had no military merits at all, and were awarded honors because they were relatives of the emperor, and even the actual benefits of honors were greatly reduced.

However, Li Yin reformed the system of lords, integrating real titles and military merits. All real titles must first receive military merits, military merits [-] ranks, and honorary officers [-] ranks.After twelve revolutions to the top of the Shangzhu Kingdom, every two revolutions can be promoted to a rank of nobility, starting from Jianguo County Male.

Gong Guogong, Duke of Hou County, Zixian County, Nanxian County, has a total of six ranks, and two ranks of meritorious service are promoted to a noble, and it takes twelve turns.

So today's military merits are constantly accumulating. As long as you earn 24 military merits, you can be promoted from ordinary civilians to actual feudal princes.

Of course, it is more and more difficult to accumulate military merits above the Shangzhu Kingdom, and more and more merits are required, but this is clearly stated there after all, and there is a detailed standard condition.

As long as everyone strives for it, there is still a chance.

What's more, if there is a honor, there will be a reward, and there will be Yongye Xuntian and the territory of the honor, which can be passed on to the descendants. No matter what the emperor takes is the newly conquered land in Liaodong, the imperial court, Haidong, Nanman and other places, But after all, it is the real honored territory and Yongye Xuntian.

Therefore, after the prosperity of Zhenguan, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and the Forbidden Army have not only not weakened in the slightest, but have become stronger.

Just because there is enough power.

Nowadays, in the South China Sea, there are many nobles and powerful merchants like the Qin family who open business houses and set up colonial strongholds everywhere. Some of them directly obtained the titles of overseas territories from the imperial court, and some did not report to the imperial court. Seal, so that you can not be supervised, and you don't have to pay taxes to the court.

But at sea, the Tang ships were indeed very powerful. A license to plunder, coupled with the promise of honors, would definitely arouse the excitement of countless Tang ships, which would add a powerful force to the court to attack the Pyu country at sea.

The Emperor Kaiyuan wanted to build a large territory for the Tang Dynasty, and he wanted to add new achievements to the achievements of his father, the emperor.

The emperor was ambitious.

Taishi Qin Lang rarely expressed his support. At this time, many people remembered that Qin Taishi started to lead the army at the age of 16. He won the great reputation of the God of War with one knife and one gun. This is a firm pioneer.

What's more, after opening up the Wu'an fiefdom, these years have been devoted to overseas Luzon, but they have never stopped conquering the Luzon Island.

This man is no less obsessed with expanding territory than today.

Luoyang.

In the autumn of the 14th year of Kaiyuan, officials from all over the country and the clans of feudal towns came to Beijing to set up court one after another.

Zhao Wang Li Jue came from the northern fiefdom of Yanshan Mountain. After the uncle Xu Wang Lizhi was involved in a conspiracy and was killed, the second prince Li Jue was re-entrusted to Chengde, the former fiefdom of Li Zhi. This land north of Yanshan Mountain was originally the land of the Xi clan. Later, Li Shimin set aside a piece of land for his son Li Zhi to become a vassal, and he managed it for many years, but in the end it was cheaper for Li Jue.

Although the imperial court launched the third large-scale crusade against Xi Qi, using 20 troops, and the privy envoy Li Ji personally took command, it had no effect on Li Jue.

Although he changed his title to Chengde, under the two previous crusades by the imperial court, the Xi clan had already retreated steadily and retreated all the way north. Chengde, the border fiefdom north of Yanshan Mountain, had already become the rear.

What's more, although he is the imperial vassal, Emperor Li Yin has a lot of restrictions on these secular clan vassals. He can neither manage the people nor command the army. With the tax revenue from fiefdoms and some supervisory power, the enfeoffment of the clan is actually like being raised by the emperor.

Without an imperial edict, you are not allowed to leave the fiefdom, let alone enter Beijing without authorization, and you are not allowed to make friends with local officials. It is not forbidden to do business or anything, but you are not allowed to bully people and compete for profits with the people.

Those in the imperial clan who are county dukes or above can neither take part in the imperial examination nor join the army, unless they belong to a clan other than the fifth rank, and the restrictions are reduced.

Although the clan and vassals are divided into various places in the frontier, they also have two teams of government officials and state officials, and they also serve as world governors and governors, but in fact this is at best a backup, only in the most special circumstances. Under certain circumstances, such as rebellion in or near the fief, or the overthrow of the capital, these suzerains and vassals can obtain temporary special powers and play some limited roles.

In fact, Li Jue already knew about these things.

The princes entered school at the age of five, crowned at the age of 12, left the palace to open the mansion, and then went out of Beijing to become a vassal at the age of 16. Every three to five years, they took turns to enter Beijing to meet the emperor.

Looking at the end of my life, I can't even enjoy the prosperity of the capital. What I have is only the desolation and loneliness of the frontier, and there is even the danger of some Hulu barbarians invading and harassing me.

This is not allowed in the fief, and that is not allowed.

After waiting for three years, finally waiting for the imperial edict to return to Beijing to face the emperor, Li Jue immediately set off south without delay. The journey was very enjoyable, even hunting while walking, which was very enjoyable.

After passing the Hulao Pass, it is regarded as entering the territory of Luoyang.

Li Jue also restrained himself a lot in his actions. After all, even though he was the second son of the emperor, he did not dare to be careless. If he accidentally did something wrong and was impeached, he might face punishment.

As the prince who was adopted and raised by Empress Su himself, Li Juezi regards his mother as the most precious, and his mother is the empress, so his status is naturally more noble, but the undercurrents in the court over the years have also made him aware of Empress Su's posthumous position. It is not stable, and even his nominal eldest brother Li Xiang's reserve position has always been in jeopardy.

The big and small Qin concubines in the palace are extremely favored in the palace, and they have huge natal family influence. The two concubines of Qin gave birth to eight princes, all of whom are extremely favored by the emperor, especially the fourth old king of Jin and the seventh old king of Wei.The fourth child even repeatedly spread the news that he would be established as the crown prince, forcing Li Xiang to ask the emperor to resign as the crown prince several times.

Although Li Jue was also a little surprised, why the abolishment and replacement of the reserve had been going on for more than ten years, and even ruined the reputation of many prime ministers and veterans such as his uncle, grandson Wuji, but now it has subsided.

But no matter how much he fights, Li Jue won't be able to get the reserve position anyway.

"Well, what a beautiful little lady, what a scent!"

Li Jue rode a large Turkic horse with a brocade robe and jade belt passing by a market, a carriage passed by, and a burst of fragrance came over him. Li Jue saw a young woman behind a corner of the curtain of the four-wheeled carriage.

Young and beautiful, with a charming temperament, especially the fragrance, which made Li Jue's heart skip a beat.

The carriage passed by, but the figure of the little lady made him hard to forget.

"Check it out for me right away, whose family owned the carriage just now, and who is the little lady in the carriage?"

The carriage was very luxurious, it looked like an extraordinary family at first glance, and the young lady in the carriage was beautiful and charming, but it was obvious from the style of her hair that she was not married.

Li Jue's entourage soon found out that the carriage was indeed not owned by ordinary people.

"That is the carriage of Wei's family in Jingzhao. The girl's father is Wei Xuanzhen, who is currently serving in the army in Puzhou. Her grandfather Wei Hongbiao is a Dianjun of Cao Wangfu. His mother is Boling Cui, and his maternal grandfather is Cui Fengju, a member of the Ministry of Rites of the Sui Dynasty. That little lady is the eldest daughter of Wei Xuanzhen, nicknamed Lianniang, it is said that since she was a child, she has been very fragrant and can attract bees and butterflies, and now she is twenty-eight years old, she can write poems, compose poems, play chess and piano."

Li Jue was moved when he heard that.

Jingzhao Wei's family, this is a well-known family in the world, second only to Qiwang, the five surnames in Shandong, and one of the six surnames in Guanlong. It is as famous as the Jingzhao Du family, Hongnong Yang family, and Hedong Pei family.

The Prime Minister Wei Ting also appeared in the Zhenguan Dynasty, and concubines Wei and Concubine Wei were also extremely favored concubines in the harem of the Holy Ancestor.

"Are you with Wei Ting and Concubine Wei?"

"Same family and branch."

Li Jue nodded. Jingzhao Weidu was once very brilliant, but Zhenguanzhong was also involved in the reserve case, and was hit hard together in the end. It has been greatly weakened over the years, but it is still one of the top famous families after all.

"Is Lian Niang married?"

"It is said that the suitors have stepped on more than a dozen thresholds of the Wei family, but the Wei family has not taken a fancy to it, and it has not been settled yet."

Li Jue was overjoyed when he heard this, "Hurry back to Luoyang, I want to find a great matchmaker to propose to Wei's family for me."

(End of this chapter)