Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

In the Jue Hall, servants of the court ladies shuttled back and forth carrying dishes and fine wines, and musicians tuned their instruments at the side of the hall, preparing for the banquet later in the day.

Senior officials and generals of the Han Dynasty gathered outside the palace gate one after another. Everyone laughed and talked about their friendship and congratulated those who had made great achievements in the Northern Expedition.

In the side hall, Liu Chan and Zhuge appeared to sit alone, chatting about the big man's next idea of ​​governing the country.

As time passed, the sun slanted to the west, and the palace was getting darker. Due to the intensive discussion, all the servants of the palace maid were sent to wait outside the door.Liu Chan had no choice but to get up and put the lamp behind him on the table, and Zhuge Liang also got up to help Liu Chan light the lamp.

Liu Chan held a candle and lit it on the lamp, and asked: "Father Xiang, since the Han Dynasty, most of the [-]th ranks of military merit have been discarded. I don't know how to teach them, and how to limit them?"

At the time of Shang Yang’s political reform, [-]th-class nobles were set up to encourage the people to farm and fight. In the early Han Dynasty, the titles were slightly flooded, but with the rewards of various emperors, the titles of Emperor Wu had basically lost their effect.Therefore, the twentieth-class nobility is completely divided into civilian nobility and official nobility. In the same system, it is just that the nobility of the people does not reward or grant land.

During the resurgence of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although the twentieth-class title was reused, it gradually lost its original meaning, and by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the title of title had completely collapsed.

The twentieth-class nobility has undergone several changes, and the last first-class duke to the eighth-class duke has completely become a public nobility. The people have no joy when they gain, and no sorrow when they lose, which is an honorary title.The titles of ninth-level fifth doctor and above are still official titles.

Zhuge Liang put the newly lit lamp in front of his desk, and said: "As for the twentieth rank, I have had a lot of conversations with Pan Sizhi. Although the rank of the people is useless, the common people like it very much. They often boast about it and discard it." It is useless, so it is better to ignore it. It is better to separate the civilian nobility from the military nobility, re-establish the military nobility system, reward the soldiers with military merits, and give military nobility to limit their fields."

"Can the Prime Minister explain it in detail!"

"Report to Your Majesty, in the ancient [-]th rank system, officers and men killed the enemy and won titles, and granted land to divide their officials. Now the division of officials and titles, no title can be an official, so it is better to limit the land with the title, and grant the land to mu. Nine In the next period, they are still civilian nobles, and those who have made military achievements will be clearly stated in the book, and they will be given land and military posts according to their merits, and military posts are restricted to land more than county and county officials. "

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Chan, and slowly explained the idea in his heart.

"From ninth-class officials and five senior officials, the land is limited to [-] hectares, to the [-]th-class marquis, the land is limited to [-] hectares. The marquis has a closed household, and the land limit is enough."

Liu Chan nodded slowly. It can be said that Zhuge Liang's design has greatly increased the number of limited fields for soldiers.In terms of official positions, the land limit is [-] hectares, which is equivalent to the level of a general and a prime minister. Unless an ordinary person without a title reaches the title of a prime minister or a general, he will not be able to reach the quota of [-] hectares at all.

And if you join the army, as long as you become a lieutenant or Tinghou, in addition to Shiyi, you have a limited land quota of [-] hectares, and you can directly match the quota to become a general.Of course, the generals have more food towns, ranging from a few thousand households to tens of thousands of households.

"Yes, what Xiangfu thinks is the old minister's desire to seek the country. I think it is feasible. Although the big man has a limit on the number of acres, the amount is high, and the acres are very abundant. If there are any abusers who merge the land, they will be severely punished." Liu Chan said in a deep voice. Said.

In fact, as far as the Dahan's land restriction policy is concerned, it is already very generous.For the rank of pavilion chief, the minimum quota is 1200 mu in five hectares. For example, Ma Bao, the chief of Baishui Pavilion, has nearly 1200 mu of land, plus his son’s [-] mu of land, about [-] mu of land, plus his own brother’s land. , the limit of [-] mu is enough.

After all, if the policy is to be implemented, it must benefit the lower-level officials.Fortunately, Dahan now has a vast land and a small population, and Longyou and Liangzhou are short of people in a lot of land.

After a pause, Liu Chan asked: "I don't know when this order of restricting land will come out, the sooner the better."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, and said: "Pan Sizhi has inquired about the classics recently, and the quotas for officials have not been clearly defined, and the restrictions on military positions and fields have not been clarified. The number of acres of fields can be distributed to counties at the same time after the formulation is completed."

When talking about the people's limited fields, Liu Chan also thought about it, saying: "I also thought about it on the way back to the capital, and asked the people about the land many times. Therefore, I think that the people's land restrictions are due to the state's quota of land. It buys and sells the land, and the father and son inherit it."

As he said that, Liu Chan took out the relevant content about the field system that he had written before from the pile of bamboo slips and scarves and silk documents behind him, and handed it to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang took the scarf, opened it, and looked at it. When he reached the beginning, he looked up at Liu Chan in amazement, and then lowered his head to read it carefully.

Liu Chan picked up the teacup, tasted the tea, and waited for Zhuge Liang to finish reading.

After a while, Zhuge Liang closed the scarf, pondered for a long time, and said with a sigh: "My Majesty, the relationship between the farm and the farm is really wonderful. If it can be implemented, the law will not be abolished, and after a hundred years, the people of the Han Dynasty will also have land to cultivate. If we implement this law today, we won’t go too far if we don’t seize the land of powerful and powerful people, and they’re just complaining.”

Liu Chan put down his teacup, looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "This policy still needs to be refined, and it can be combined with the policy of restricting land for the common people. However, I still have concerns about the words of slaves and servants. There are many powerful and powerful slaves in Yizhou. Don’t know how to do it.”

After a pause, Liu Chan added: "Longyou and Liangzhou have very few people. Xiuzhao thinks it can follow the example of Emperor Guangwu of the later Han Dynasty to release slaves and maidservants, so as to enrich the population of Liangzhou and Longzhou."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "The edict to release the slaves is just a drop in the bucket. If the big man doesn't take the slaves, the slaves released by the edict are only old people. What's the use? Restrict slaves, or when the land system can be implemented, corresponding policies should be implemented."

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Chan, bowed his hands and saluted.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. When I was in Gaoping, I often thought about these matters. As far as the rebellion against Wei is concerned, I am a big man, regardless of official position and land system. Therefore, please leave the matter of filling the population of Longyou to the old minister. As for the detailed land system, official The memorandum on the two matters of the body is still being considered by the veteran, and it should be presented to His Majesty at a meeting in a few days for His Majesty's review and discussion on the policy of the Great Han."

Before Zhuge Liang got Liu Chan's proposal to limit the land, when he met Xu Shu, he talked about the Han and Wei countries, and he compared the Han and Wei systems and reflected on them.Compared with Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang understands the system he built by himself better.

If this system is regarded as a country, it has some shortcomings. If it is accurately described, it can be said to be a war machine serving the Northern Expedition.Now that the Northern Expedition has gone smoothly in the past few years, Zhuge Liang pondered how to optimize the Han system when he was in Gaoping City.

For example, in the Dahan system, there are few upper-level officials and many middle-level officials. The reason is that Jingzhou was lost at that time. Zhuge Liang also made the mess of the Dahan like a country in order to appease people.Subdividing the counties of Yizhou, Guanghan County was divided into two counties of Dongguanghan and Guanghan County, Ba County was divided into Fuling County, and the five counties of Nanzhong became the seven counties of Nanzhong.

Expanding from 12 counties in the Eastern Han Dynasty to 21 counties (excluding Hanzhong County, which has been included in Qinzhou), Zhuge Liang established so many counties at that time. On the one hand, it was to strengthen local management, promote local development, and appease the South medium; on the other hand, it is bluff to meet the needs of a huge bureaucracy.

After all, a small Yizhou has successively influx of a large number of foreign population.The Dongzhou School during the period of Liu Yan and his son, the Veteran School and the Jingzhou School of Lao Liu’s entry into Shu, and the Local School of Yizhou, if the previous administrative divisions are still followed, where can so many jobs be provided?

Hearing this, Liu Chan nodded, bowed his hands forward with a solemn expression, and said, "There is also Lao Xiangfu to rule the country and reform the system, so as to promote my great man's foundation."

"The old minister is terrified!" Zhuge Liang quickly returned the salute, with a respectful attitude and did not dare to overstep.

"Report to Your Majesty, the banquet will begin." Huang Hao shouted outside the door.

Liu Chan held Zhuge Liang's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Father, please go with me, don't refuse!"

"promise!"