Eastern Jin Dynasty: Starting from the son of the refugee commander who returned from the north

Chapter 105 Board Award System
"Master Li, these 1000 people are too few?"

There are tens of thousands of refugees in Liyang. If they are coerced and pulled out an army of more than 1000 people, it will not be a problem at all. If [-] people want to suppress Liyang, in Zhao Yue's view, This is a difficult thing, but also a risky thing.

Li Xia naturally understood what Zhao Yue meant.

"Although there are many people in Liyang, most of them are mobs. Although the 1000 people sent by the commander-in-chief are few, most of them are old soldiers who have experienced battles. Besides, one of the five big Sewu castles in Liyang was originally myself. People, as for other people, if you want to suppress them, if there is justice in the court, it will not be difficult."

"I see."

Zhao Yue nodded slightly.

"However, Liyang is a vital place. If we take a boat, we can reach Jiankang in ten days. Yu Liang may not give such a vital place to our Tianshui Zhao family."

How can you allow others to snore on your own bed?
In front of Yu Liang, he didn't let the soldiers of Tianshui Zhao's family enter Jiankang. It was meant to guard against Tianshui's Zhao's family.

For such an important place in Liyang, Yu Liang would definitely not rest assured that his people from the Zhao family in Tianshui would control it.

"Hahaha."

Li Xia smiled disdainfully, and said: "From time to time, from time to time, Zhongshu Ling Yu Liang would definitely not agree, but the current situation is not optimistic. Even if Yu Liang has a grudge, he can't help it." Don't do it."

In normal times, why would Yu Liang pay more attention to his Tianshui Zhao family?
It's not that he is now in need of soldiers when he is employing people, so he thinks of Tianshui Zhao.

"Of course. On the bright side, Yu Liang will definitely not let our people control Liyang. According to the news from the Ministry of Education, Yu Liang intends to let his younger brother Yu Yi be the governor of Liyang and take charge of Liyang's military affairs."

Zhao Yue raised his eyebrows.

"This is to make our Tianshui Zhao family a mercenary, and to increase military power for his Yu family?"

I'm afraid no one will do this kind of taking advantage of you.

Zhao Yue knew the temperament of his cheap daddy, and he would never do anything that was not beneficial.

"The commander-in-chief is naturally not that stupid."

Li Xia chuckled, and said: "In a few days, I'm afraid there will be an imperial edict ordering you to be a friend of Wu Guoyou, and at the same time, appointing you as the lieutenant on behalf of Liyang County, in charge of Liyang's military affairs."

Zhao Yue understood the meaning.

"So, it's a deal, too."

"Not bad." Li Xia nodded slightly, and said slowly:

"According to Mr. Lang's age, he would not be able to enter the court as an official at all. After all, he has not yet been appointed, let alone go out to serve as a county captain. Even if he is only an acting county captain, to be honest, this is already beyond the limit."

of course
This overreach just means that Zhao Yue's appointment to such a dignified position as Wu Guoyou's is an overreach, and being an acting county lieutenant is not considered an overreach, after all, Zhao Yue will not receive a salary either.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about the unique system of awarding officials in this era: the system of awarding officials.

The board award system is a special and important official system that was popular during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Under the special historical conditions of continuous wars and internal and external aggression, the contradictions between the various separatist regimes, between the central and local governments, and between the opposing regimes are very prominent.

In order to ensure its imperial power, the central government must expand the autonomy of local towns to gain their support for the imperial power and jointly resist foreign enemies.

But at the same time, the central government must also control the extreme expansion of its power to prevent the emergence of a situation that threatens the central government; in order to increase its strength, the local government began to fight for more power from the central government to maintain its important existence. sex.

Therefore, in this special historical background, the ups and downs of the board grant system also changed with the ebb and flow between centralization and local power, and had an important and far-reaching impact on the social politics at that time.

This board award system naturally has negative and positive effects.

There are three main positive effects.

First, the determination of the board award system has eased the contradictions between the local government and the central government.

Due to the flexibility of his appointment as an official, the military efficiency during the war was improved to a certain extent.

In the years of constant wars, the central government's recognition of the legitimacy of the board grant system was to a certain extent a compromise with local powerful forces in order to win their support for the central government and jointly resist foreign enemies or suppress rebellions.

In foreign wars or to suppress rebels, since they can appoint themselves at any time, the implementation of board grants has effectively improved military efficiency.

In times of military crisis, the role of temporary board grants to meet military needs cannot be ignored.

In the war years when the military was the first, the flexibility of the board award system allowed it to temporarily serve as an official in a timely manner, effectively grasping the military situation and improving military efficiency, and to a certain extent guaranteed the victory of the war.

Second, it reduces the financial burden on the country.

Banguan began to become a formal official position in the Jin Dynasty and was officially included in the national official system.Although it has become an official official of the country, those who own the official are not official officials of the country, and naturally they have no real positions.

However, because he is appreciated by the board owner, he can take care of duties in the form of receiving, acting, etc.

These board officials assumed the duties of official state officials, but they had no salary.

Therefore, for the country, its existence relatively reduces the government's financial burden.

Third, it has absorbed a large number of talents for the country
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, many talented people may be rejected from official careers due to reasons such as family status. However, because the appointment of officials in the board award system does not go through the procedure of election and is mostly based on talent, it has become a It is an effective way to absorb those who are talented but have no morals, or who are of low status and low status, but who are talented and capable.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.

The board grant system naturally challenged the authority of the central government. Since then, those official positions appointed by the princes and ministers and the local government, which should have been appointed by the state, have been recognized by the central government in the system, which also marks the weakening of centralization and the expansion of local power. .

As a product of the weakening of centralization and the expansion of local power, its emergence is also the result of compromise between the central government and the local government.

Although its existence temporarily alleviated the contradiction between the two, relatively maintained the central imperial rule, and reduced the country's financial burden, its negative impact cannot be ignored.

The repeated expansion of local forces will inevitably become a heavy burden on the centralization of power, and even cause political chaos.

However, for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, his political structure was a balance between imperial power and aristocratic families, and if there was a little carelessness, there would be disasters. If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, so who cares about the floods in the future?
is the reason
The board award system has also continued.

Zhao Yue nodded slightly.

"So, this is the future that my father gave me in exchange for the lives of his soldiers?"

Tian Qi said angrily: "Brother Lin, you are right, but you are too born."

Li Xia shook her head lightly on the side, and said with deep meaning: "Yu Yi is the county guard, you are the county lieutenant, and your boss is the commander-in-chief, not Yu Yi, let alone Zhongshuling."

Zhao Yue's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood the meaning of Li Xia's words.

"That is to say, we can keep Liyang as our own?"

Li Xia narrowed her eyes slightly, said with a light smile, "It all depends on the young commander's ability."

(End of this chapter)