Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 256 Qufu Forbidden Guard

On Zhoudao, three hundred armored men surrounded three chariots, and they were marching along the line from Qufu to Tuqiu.

Zai Yu was leaning on the edge of Che Shi, looking at the endlessly flowing Zishui River in the distance, he just felt that the rivers and rivers in the world would not change, and the blue sky of Lu State would still be the same blue sky.

Seeing his appearance, Zigong couldn't help asking: "The talk with Sanhuan is not going well?"

Zaiyu listened, but just curled his lips: "Where do I have the right to negotiate with Sanhuan? At most, it's just to give them some advice. As for whether the monarch and Sanhuan listen to me, it's not up to me to decide." gone."

Zigong said: "You boy have been hanging out with the domestic doctors for too long, and even the conversation between us is playing guessing games for me? What's going on? Is it because the right to subjugate Yangguan has not been taken, or is it something else? Your plan has encountered obstacles?"

Shen Ying, who was driving, heard this, and couldn't help asking: "My son, what you promised me earlier, is it also..."

Zai Yu saw Shen Zhi's embarrassed expression, and immediately comforted him: "I always follow my word and do what I say, since I said I would recommend you as a doctor to the king, then I will naturally do so.

In the process of countering the rebellion, the monarch is going to reward all those who have contributed to the public office.

Those who are ordinary Chinese will be exempted from land tax for three years.

It is a doctor's retainer. In addition to the rewards made by the doctors, the monarch will also grant an additional first-level duke title.

However, the situation of Zi Zhouyi is quite special. After I recommended you in front of the monarch, the monarch also thought that with your talents and achievements, if you are willing to leave the Zai family and return to the official office, then you should be awarded the title of doctor at the first level.

But the number of cities available in the hands of the monarch is insufficient, so it is temporarily impossible to grant you the corresponding fief..."

Hearing this, Shen Shun's heart turned cold.

"Then you mean to say..."

Zaiyu knew that this kid had serious desires, if he couldn't be comforted here, there might be troubles sooner or later.

His face is so ugly today, it is naturally because he has run into a wall in the court, and helping Shen Jian to get a seal is just one of them.

Yesterday he argued with his master in the court, but Sanhuan fully agreed on the vain affairs, but he refused to give up an inch on the actual issue of fiefs and fiefdoms.

Although the Meng family intends to recall Zijiaju and his son, and restore the Zijia clan's ancestral worship in the state of Lu.

But the Zijia family's fief has already been eaten by the Ji family, how could Ji Sunsi be willing to spit it out?

As for Uncle Sun, he is also unwilling to express his views on this issue.

To put it bluntly, he was worried that the return of a loyal and capable courtier like Zi Jiaju would make the power of the government stronger again.

As for the promotion and rewards of Shen Zhi and other heroes who fought against the rebellion, although Lu Hou was willing to promote Shen Zhi as a doctor, Zai Yu was also willing to release Shen Zhi from his name, but they could give Shen Zhi a title, but But they can't get out the cities and households.

At the beginning, Zaiyu proposed to split up all the fiefdoms of Yanghu and use them to reward meritorious officials.

But he encountered strong opposition from the Ji family on this issue, because Yang Hu's fief was basically transferred to him by the Ji family except for the part that originally belonged to the public office.

But on this issue, the Meng family, the uncle Sun family and the other doctors are on Zai Yu's side.

Seeing such a situation, Ji Sunsi had no choice but to show his bottom line.

The fiefs and fields under Yang Hu's name that originally belonged to the Ji family should be returned to the Ji family.

As for Yangguan and Shuyi in the north, the Ji family is willing to return them to the office, and the Marquis of Lu will decide how to distribute them to the officials.

The doctors in the middle school saw that the Ji family had made concessions, so they did not continue to pursue the matter, but the doctors had disagreements about the final allocation of cities.

The Meng family played a very important role in this counter-insurgency, and the Meng family's strength was also minimally damaged.

So Mengsun Heji opened his mouth and wanted to leave Juyi, and the rest of the doctors did not dare to object to Meng's actions, so they could only continue the discussion around the remaining Yangguan.

After discussing and discussing like this, the doctors dragged each other and were at a stalemate for a long time. In the end, Jae Yu had to propose a "compromise" plan.

This solution sounds very simple and easy to understand.

The doctors who contributed to the country's counter-rebellion this time must not be out of self-interest, but from the perspective of maintaining national stability and continuing the Lu Kingdom's ancestral temple and community, and finally bet their lives to fight the Yanghu.

That being the case, instead of worrying about the ownership of Yangguan, it is better to collect the taxes collected from Yangguan and use the money to support an army dedicated to maintaining national stability.

The reason why Yang Hu was able to set off a rebellion in the country, to put it bluntly, is because the power of the current retainers is gradually growing.

As long as the retainers control the family affairs of the doctor, it is equivalent to controlling the dispatching power of the army in the clan.

Therefore, in order to guard against civil strife among the retainers, it is necessary to establish an army jointly controlled by the monarch, Sanhuan and various officials.

Only if more than half of the middle school doctors agree to send troops, this army stationed in Qufu can be dispatched.

This army should be based on the Gonggong Huben, reorganize the four apprentices of Xiulu, and absorb soldiers from Yangguan and Qufu people, so as to distinguish it from the upper and lower armies.

In order to ensure that this army will not be interfered by any party, the officers in this new army must not be held by doctors and retainers. Instead, they should be recruited in order of final grades in the form of literary and military examinations.

Because this army is only internal and not external, and is responsible for maintaining the daily security and defense of Qufu, Zaiyu proposed to name it "Qufu Guard".

When the doctors heard it at the time, they felt that this method seemed to be okay.

Since no one can win Yangguan, it's better to take out the share in your hand and support this "Qufu Guard" of Lao Shizi.

First, you can get the virtuous name of "taking credit without being arrogant, receiving rewards but resigning".

Secondly, the doctors are really worried that Yang Hu's troubles will happen to their heads.

The Ji family has a big business, and Yang Hu has to delay it for several years after such a toss.

Moreover, many of the doctors were dissatisfied with the joint control of the upper and lower armies by the three Huans. At this time, Zaiyu proposed to strengthen their voice in the army, and the doctors of course agreed.

And Mengsun Heji was also very interested in this proposal.

First, they also have the right to speak in this new army.

Secondly, since the new army doesn't need them to support them anyway, this can be regarded as a free profit.

They also agreed with this proposal, and even Mengsun Heji also proposed that they can give up all the towns as a source of tax to support the new army.

But correspondingly, the prerequisite for the Meng family to give up the city is that they hope to get three votes from the new army.

When Mengsun Heji spoke, Ji Sunsi, who was not interested in this topic just now, also felt threatened.

He proposed that the Ji clan would also be willing to take out Dongyang in the fief to support the Shangjun in exchange for three votes.

As soon as these words came out, Shusun Zhouchou couldn't sit still.

He also proposed to exchange voting rights with Uncle Sun's Boyi.

After a lot of arguing, everyone finally reached a consensus, that is, the monarch and Sanhuan each got three votes, and in order to praise Zaiyu's outstanding performance in this counter-rebellion, he got two of them.

The rest of the Rong family, Zifu family, Nangong family and other doctor families who participated in the suppression of the rebellion received one vote.

The monarch and the ministers and officials together have a total of 25 votes, that is to say, if you want to mobilize the new army, you must get [-] votes of support.

On the bright side, it seems that this new army is really used to maintain national stability.

But if you look at the distribution of ticket types, it is not difficult to see the true composition of this new army.

Although each of the three Huan had only three votes, those doctors who only had one vote, among them the Gongzhi clan and the Ji clan's close branch Xiaozong, it was almost certain that they would advance and retreat together with the Ji clan.

And Nangong, as the Xiaozong of the Meng family, also wore a pair of trousers with them.

Uncle Sun also has its own basic disk.

So 25 votes were counted, seven votes for the Ji family, six votes for the Uncle Sun family, six votes for the Meng family, three votes for the monarch, two votes for the Zai Yu, and one vote for the Rong family.

In other words, as long as the Ji family unites with any of the Meng family and any of the Shusun families, they can obtain the right to dispatch the new army.

And if the Ji family wants to target the Meng family and the uncle Sun family, it needs the support of the official and Zai Yu.

And if the Shusun family and the Meng family were in a group, they only needed one more vote to overthrow the new army.

And it was exactly this effect that Jai Yu needed.

Since Sanhuan was unwilling to give up the profits, he used the voting rights of this new army to slowly negotiate business with them.

Moreover, this is just logic on the table.

Under this new army system, Zaiyu has another theory waiting for Sanhuan.

Zai Yu said earlier that the source of soldiers for the new army will be people from Yangguan and Qufu.

The middle and lower ranks of the new army will be recruited through examinations.

Then the problem is coming.

Choose to be admitted.

In the state of Lu, who would be selected for the examination of poetry, books, rites, and music?

In the State of Lu, which part of the people will be selected for the examination of archery and imperial skills?
And for these people, if life and death were really at stake, which side would they choose to help between Sanhuan and Zaiyu?
This is a rather interesting question.

Now the Ji family has planned to cleanse the deep-rooted retainer forces in the clan, and is also preparing to widely use the underprivileged soldiers of the state of Lu.

And the newly formed new army has this element.

If this result is obtained in the end, Zaiyu really has to consider who will own the ownership of Yangguan.

But in this way, it will be hard for Shen Cheng.

In line with the idea of ​​brother, what can't be suffered, Zaiyu, after unanimous discussion with the doctors, decided to simply enrich the Chinese nationals who performed brilliantly and made outstanding contributions in the process of countering the rebellion into the new army.

As for Shen Shu, he will be treated according to the treatment of a guest doctor, that is, he will still be awarded the title of Xia Dafu, and a salary of two thousand shi per year will be taken from the taxes of Yangguan and other places, and no additional fiefs will be granted to him. up.

Zai Yu informed Shen Shun of the results of the discussion between the doctors, and he, who was still pale just now, showed some anger on his face.

"Doctor Ke..."

Zaiyu said: "Zi Zhou, if you think this is still unacceptable, I can ask you to ask Mencius to allow me to build a city for you in the outskirts of Tuqiu in the name of Da Sikong.

After the city is built, I will hand over all the households that Jizi handed over to me to you.In this case, you can be regarded as a real landed doctor. "

"This... me, you..."

Shen Shun did not expect Jae Yu to be so generous.

Not only was he willing to build a city for him, but he also handed over five hundred households to him in one breath.

Zaiyu didn't wait for him to speak, and continued: "But if you want to be a local doctor, then you can't stay in the new army.

Because according to the agreement between me and the monarch and all the officials, in order to prevent the new army from being disturbed by the family forces, all landed officials and their retainers are not allowed to serve as officials in the new army.

And the officials in the new army, even if they want to confer titles, they are all conferred with the titles of guest ministers.

If you are willing to serve in the New Army now, according to the original plan, although the size of the New Army is not comparable to the 25 brigades of the first army of the upper and lower armies, there are about one division and five brigades.

In addition to granting you the title of Hakka doctor, the monarch also intends to appoint you as the assistant officer of the new army, that is, the deputy commander.

As for the candidate to be handsome, a decision must be made only after the monarch and the other officials have discussed together. "

"New officer?"

When Shen Shun heard these three words, he felt his heart tremble.

When it comes to generals, it's hard not to think of the Jin State's Six Ministers system, and the strength of the Jin State's Six Ministers is well known to the world.

Do you choose to take the fiefdom and households from Zaiyu safely, or go to the new army to fight hard?
Shen Sheng fell into sweet distress.

But after thinking for a while, he finally replied with a blushing face.

"My son, although my master always said to me: 'You want to be strong, how can you be strong?'

My desires are a bit more, but in the past few years, you have always been supporting me and helping me.

If I cut off households and fiefdoms from you at this time, I would be too sorry for the teachings of my master in the past. Where is the principle of repaying kindness and revenge in the world?
I am willing to obey the monarch's order and go to the new army as the new army assistant. "

When Zai Yu heard this, he couldn't help showing a gratified smile.

He was not afraid that Shen Shun would take his land, but that Shen Shun would not want to go to the new army.

Now that Shen Shu is willing to serve in the new army, he will have a trusted confidant in the senior management of the new army.

Among the low-level officers in the new army, Zaiyu knew with his ass that apart from the bastards of various families, the most numerous were Confucian students.

Moreover, in fact, the identity of the bastard does not conflict with the students of Confucianism.

Still the same sentence, from the upper level to the middle level, and then to the grassroots level, they are all my people, what do you use to fight me? !
Voting rights are just a deception on the table!
Ji Sunsi, Meng Sun Heji, Uncle Sun Zhouchou, you three still want to play tricks with my son and the number of votes?

But it's also thanks to the intrigue between the three of them there, if they didn't take me seriously at all, maybe they really saw something wrong.

Shen Shu was delighted to be fooled by Zai Yu's pancake, and asked while waving his horsewhip.

"By the way, my son, this so-called new army should not meet the standard of the first army in terms of numbers.

And if the news of our country's establishment of a new army spreads, a big country like Jin and Qi might send troops to attack me on the grounds that a small country is privately serving as the three armies.

In my opinion, is it better for the new army to change to a different name? "

Jai Yu shook his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this. We have already discussed it."

Shen Shun asked, "What's the name of the new army?"

Zaiyu sneered, and said, "He is in charge of the palace ban, so naturally he should be called the Imperial Guard. The name of the new army is the Qufu Imperial Guard."

　I know it's coming, so I wait.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)