Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 859

"So, in fact, the army in the fief is not owned by the princes?"

"Of course, the army in the prince's territory is owned by the imperial court, and their mission is to protect the land, the princes, and the people in the land from being violated."

The fourth child chuckled, "I have to add one more thing, monitor the princes, right?"

Luo Cheng didn't speak, it was a tacit agreement.

It's not bad if you are willing to give them a real fief, but how can you really give them military power and an army.

Luo Cheng then roughly explained to the fourth son the various rights and obligations of the princes who founded the country. After Daqin revised the nobility system, the feudal princes who founded the country were similar to the feudal princes in the Western Han Dynasty, but they were not as powerful as them.

First of all, they cannot directly command the fiefdom's army.

Secondly, the fiefdom must implement laws and taxes consistent with the imperial court. The imperial court will send special officials to be responsible for the rent and taxation. One-third of the rent and tax revenue will be turned over to the imperial court, one third will be reserved for the princes, and the other three will be paid to the court. One of them was kept as a support for the army and officials in the fief.

In terms of administration and politics, the imperial court will send officials to serve as state officials of the feudal lords, such as lieutenants and ministers. The vassals are their superiors in name, but in fact they have to abide by the system of the central court, and the power of personnel transfer belongs to the imperial court .

"After listening to it, it doesn't seem to make any sense, does it?"

"There are still great changes." Luo Chengdao, "The real fiefs are always given, and besides, the titles and fiefs of the princes can be hereditary."

"Succession or inheritance?"

"Let me tell you this, you are the king of Wei. I will set aside five hundred miles of land outside the frontier for you as a fief, give you another 5000 people, and then give you five hundred guards. After you arrive in the fief, the court will still Send officials to serve as your state officials to help you manage the fiefdom and collect taxes. One-third of the income tax will be paid directly to you, one-third will be reserved for the fiefdom officials and support troops, and the remaining one-third will be turned over to the court .”

"A hundred years from now, your eldest son will inherit the throne of King Wei, and your other sons will be conferred titles on Tween, the county king, and a piece of land from your fief to build a county kingdom for him. Your concubine will be granted the duke of the country, and you will also allocate land to build a duchy on your fief."

The fourth child was very happy when he heard that his son could inherit the kingship of Wei. He was very happy to hear that the other sons could also be the king of the county, and the son of the concubine could be the duke of the country, but it sounded wrong.

Why does the king of the county and the Duke of the state want to divide his kingdom into feudalism? In that way, when the kingdom of Wei is inherited by his son, although his son is still the king of Wei, the kingdom of Wei is already much smaller , I was separated a lot by my brothers.

"Your sons divided up the feudal state, and the state they established is all loyal to the court. Your eldest son, King Wei, has no power to govern his brothers."

"Moreover, when your son passes the throne to your eldest grandson a hundred years later, your eldest grandson will inherit the title of king of Wei, but your other grandsons can only be entrusted as Dukes of the state, and the other grandsons can only be entrusted as Dukes of the county."

Every generation, except for the eldest son who can inherit the Wei Wangjue unchanged, the other descendants must be reduced to hereditary.

The kings of Wei have not changed from generation to generation, but under the decree of grace, the Kingdom of Wei will become smaller and smaller, turning into countless fiefdoms, large and small.The kingdom of Wei of the son-in-law becomes smaller, and the counties and kingdoms of the other sons-in-law will also be entrusted from generation to generation in this way.

What is the purpose of doing this?

Of course, it is to avoid that after several generations, the descendants of the king of Wei will have a bad relationship with the descendants of the emperor, and even these princes and kings will rebel against the central government after several generations of accumulation of strength.

Therefore, under the order of Tween, the feudal councils of the princes and kings became smaller and smaller. It was originally a Kingdom of Wei. After a few generations, it became a Kingdom of Wei plus several county kingdoms and a bunch of duchies and duchies. But the fiefdom is still so large, so the strength of the kings is even smaller.

Even if they are all princes and grandchildren of Wei, the king of Wei has no jurisdiction over those brothers and nephews, and they must obey and serve the court, making them no longer able to fight against the court.

On the other hand, apart from enfeoffing the frontiers, the princes will not occupy the land of the Central Plains, but can also expand the territory and guard the frontiers.

"It's too complicated." The fourth child lamented, he had to admit that the fifth child always had extraordinary talent in this area.

"Then are you willing to accept the original knight system, or the current knight system?"

The fourth child smacked his mouth.

I thought about it for a long time.

"Although, I think you're too defensive about being a Marquis when doing these things, but in general, it's better than the previous nobility system."

In any case, the emperor always took out the real land for enfeoffment, and this title is still hereditary, not only the eldest son can be hereditary, but the other sons and bastards can be degraded and entrusted.

As long as the Great Qin Dynasty lasts for a day, the descendants of Luo Cheng will pass on to be emperors from generation to generation, and the descendants of Luo Cunxiao will guard the frontiers from generation to generation as princes and nobles forever.

Pretty good, even the income of the fief has increased.

Take one out of three.

The only downside is that the fiefdom is in a wild land outside the frontier, it is too remote and desolate, maybe one day the country may be wiped out by the barbarians.

But the emperor said that when the emperor of Zhou enfeoffed the princes, they were all entrusted to various places to expand the territory. If they couldn't defend the country, they had no ability. Of course, the court would not sit back and watch the princes be destroyed by the barbarians, but would rescue them Even help them restore their country.

But the princes are responsible for guarding the land, and whoever dares to abandon the land and escape will be regarded as giving up the fief automatically.

"In addition to the clan, are other meritorious officials with different surnames divided like this?" the fourth child asked.

"Those who have made great contributions to the country can be granted the hereditary title of leading the country. Those who lead the country are granted real fiefs and the population is given to move to the fiefs to found the country and build a mansion. The eldest son of a prince with a different surname can be hereditary. Nobility, but among the other sons, only the legitimate sons can be lowered to the second rank to inherit the noble title, and the other sons have no right to inherit the noble title."

"Those who have insufficient merit will be conferred false titles without the words "Founding the Country". This kind of title has no real land, but the land of Jue Lu Jue has been increased. It used to be that each household was given [-] cash per month for real seals, but now it has been increased to [-]. Wen, and increase the number of juetian."

"Then can this false title that did not found the country be hereditary?"

"All the eldest sons will be descended to be the nobles, and the rest of the sons will not be granted titles."

After listening to the fourth child, he was thoughtful.

Of course, the clan of the Luo family took the most advantage, followed by the real meritorious officials, and the false titles have also become hereditary demotions, and Juelu and Juetian have been promoted.

It can be said that such a change has greatly improved the interests of the feudal nobles compared to the original.

Now Luo Laosi is most concerned about where his fief of five hundred miles can be sealed.

"I think it's good. Let's discuss how to rescue Siye first. I don't want to be in command anymore. Give me a vanguard position, and I will go to the rescue first on light cavalry." The fourth child got such a big promise, Now I am very satisfied, so I am high-spirited, ready to fulfill the responsibility of becoming a king!
(End of this chapter)