Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

When Sun Wu is an extremely human minister and becomes unsealable, it will inevitably threaten the status of King Wu.

During Qingji's lifetime, Sun Wu could not threaten his status.

However, what if Qingji passed away first?

Faced with Sun Wu, who is highly respected and has trained many generals for Wu, can the successor be able to control him?

Qing Ji is not a mean and ungrateful person like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. He can treat his heroes well.

In history, Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang killed the heroes of the founding of the country because of their humble origins, it was difficult to control the arrogant soldiers, and they were afraid that the successor king would not be able to convince the public...

However, Qin Shihuang and Li Shimin had extraordinary backgrounds and prominent generations, so there was no need to worry about the rebellion of the founding heroes.

Qing Ji was not worried about the rebellion of heroes like Sun Wu and Wu Zixu, he was just arranging a way out for Sun Wu earlier.

Now among all the heroes of Wu, who has the most food?
Nothing is better than Sun Tzu!
For example, generals such as Tian Yanju, Xiong Zidan, Meng Ben, Heifu, etc., the generals who started their careers with military merits have more than [-] households, but less than [-] households.

And Sun Wu's food town was five thousand households before.

Is Qingji still going to continue to seal a thousand households to Sun Wu?

The rules are now set by Qingji, and it will be difficult to say in the future.

So this time, taking advantage of Wu's complete unification of the south, Qingji intends to restore the fief.

It's just that the conditions for truly becoming the king of Wu State are very harsh.

Like Sun Wu, there are more than five thousand households in Shiyi.

Continuing to add one thousand households to one thousand households may cause Wu Guo's financial problems...

The current population of Wu State is 170 million households.

There are very few heroes with more than a thousand households in the city.

As far as Qingji knew, there were only 20 people.

The food city will not be hereditary, and will be returned to the country after the death of the owner of the food city, so there is no need to worry about the long-term burden on Wu Guo.

Fief is different.

The feudal monarch of Wu State enjoys the right to govern and tax the land, and the right to conscription has been withdrawn.

However, fiefdoms are hereditary and irreplaceable. As long as Wu is not destroyed, fiefdoms can be passed on from generation to generation.

In the past, when Qingji took back the fiefdoms of Wu's native ministers and officials, he was criticized by the world, saying Wu Wang Qingji was too stingy.

Now why restore the fief rewards?
In addition to Sun Wu's hard work, Qingji also wanted to use Sun Wu as a typical case, so that the heroes of Wu State can continue to work hard and make new contributions to the country...

"Your Majesty!"

At this time, Ji Zha, who was the grand master, came out and bowed to Qingji on the majesty's platform and said: "The old minister thinks that in our country of Wu, we should not have fiefdoms!"

"The old minister asks the king to take back the fief from the state and change it to a food town!"

"..."

What is Ji Zha doing?
Doesn't this embarrass Qingji?
Fortunately, Qingji is not a narrow-minded person. He knew that Sun Wu and Ji Zha refused the title because he was thinking of himself and the country of Wu.

"Father, my son thinks that what the Grand Master and Guowei said is absolutely true!"

At this time, Gong Zihong came out and said: "When treating the heroes of the country, the humerus of the country, the father and the king should treat them equally, not differently."

"Those who have made meritorious service to the country should be enfeoffed as Shiyi, but not enfeoffed, it should be ancestral system!"

"In addition, different from special cases, such as Yuehou, Jingchuhou and other princes, their food towns can be hereditary, and there is no cap!"

Is Gongzihong's proposition feasible?

feasible!

Historically, since the reform of Shang Yang in the State of Qin, titles have been linked to military merits.

"Historical Records: Biography of Shang Yang" records: The clan cannot be a member unless it has the theory of military merit.

The ranks of Ming Zun and Bei Jue are ranked according to the difference between the fields and houses, and the clothes of the courtiers and concubines are named according to the family.

Those who are meritorious will show their glory, and those who have no merit will be rich but have nothing to do with prosperity.

Shang Yang's reform broke the Shiqing Shilu system and linked the title to military merit. This is the military merit system, and the highest title is the lieutenant.

However, Shang Yang left a back door, that is, he did not explicitly abolish the popular monarchy system in the Warring States Period, which is equivalent to retaining the exceptional granting power of King Qin.

The feudal monarchs of the Qin State are different from those of the Six Kingdoms, and their rights are limited very little.

For example, the lord of the Qin State can only enjoy the taxation of the fief, but cannot have his own personal armed forces like Lord Xinling...

"What do the second and third sons think?"

Qing Ji squinted his eyes, looked around, looked at the officials under His Majesty's platform and asked.

"My lord, I think what Young Master Hong said is very true!"

Fan Li, the royal historian, came out and said: "There are now more than 170 million households in my Wu Kingdom, and they are entrusted with food, but they can't be capped!"

"Or the superposition of military merit titles, wealth, and fertile land, and hereditary fiefdoms should be banned except for special circumstances!"

"My minister agrees!"

All the ministers stood up one after another and agreed with Gong Zihong's proposition.

Seeing this, Qingji finally stopped insisting.

For subjugated kings like Xiong Zhen and Gou Jian and their descendants, Qing Ji needed to keep their ancestral temples for sacrifices, so it is understandable to give hundreds of thousands of households food towns, hereditary.

However, when dealing with heroes, Qing Ji would do this.

If things go on like this, how many counties in the state of Wu can be sealed off as fiefs for meritorious officials?
Qingji originally planned to canonize Sun Wu as Lord Wu'an to highlight his achievements.

Now it seems that there is no need.

After Sun Wu is promoted to the last rank of the Marquis of Wu's [-]-level military merit system, Qingji may consider canonizing Sun Wu as Lord Wu'an...

However, this matter is extremely difficult.

Jun is not the same as Hou.

"Hou" has a greater gold content than "Jun".

Because Qingji can designate his son as "Jun" at any time, as a title.

To become a Marquis requires a lot of military exploits, accumulatively superimposed.

For example, Huo Qubing in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was basically impossible to become a marquis in World War I.

Is Li Guang hard to seal?

No, no!
In today's Wu State, the degree of difficulty of being a Marquis is far greater than that of that era.

"Sun Wu stepped forward to listen to the seal!"

"Chen is here!"

After Qingji pondered for a moment, he looked at Sun Wu who was kneeling under his majesty's platform, and said in a clear voice: "From now on, Sun Wu will be re-appointed as a captain of the state, promoted to a grand master, added [-] households in the city, and rewarded with a thousand acres of fertile land and gold. Five hundred, one hundred bolts of silk and satin."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Minister Sun Wu, thank you Lord Long En!"

Sun Wu finally thanked him and accepted Qingji's reward.

He has made great contributions to the state of Wu, and he deserves such a reward.

"in addition……"

Qingji paused for a moment, put his eyes on Jizha, and said slowly: "Grand Master Jizha has made great contributions to the country, and he changed the fiefdom of Zhoulai to Shiyi, and still titled 'Zhoulaijun'. Give food to six thousand households in the town!"

"Thank you king!"

Ji Zha followed suit and was granted the title.

Ji Zha couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at Qingji's reward.

At this time, among the many heroes of the state of Wu, Sun Wu and Ji Zha had the most food towns, each with [-] households.

Not to mention Ji Zha, in Sun Wu's lifetime, he might be able to break through the ten thousand households and become a veritable "ten thousand households"!