Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 169 The Military Merit System Will Be Changed? (seeking subscription)
Young Master Gao and the others looked at each other.

Seeing that several people were silent, Ji Heng stopped his gaze on Young Master Gao's face.

Young Master Gao showed a wry smile, and Ji Shou said: "Sir, you are serious. I don't have a title. According to the laws of the Great Qin, I am not qualified to be an official."

"To tell you the truth, my brothers and I have never thought about becoming an official."

"The only thing I want to think about is to get the title."

"If the name is not correct, the speech will not be correct."

"I have won the trust of my father and allowed me to belong to the clan, but this practice is against the law, and it is really unspeakable. The children of the Daqin clan have always been strong, and they have made great achievements in and out of the battlefield. In the past, many people with the surname Ying Due to the lack of military achievements, my son was not able to be included in the clan, and this has become a lifelong regret for many children of the surname Ying."

"Although we belong to the clan, our name is not worthy of the name."

"Fear in my heart."

"That's why I came here to ask Mr.

Ji Heng looked at Gongzi Gao and the others, and frowned slightly.

A few people still have some concealment.

But he probably knew why.

Because their clan affiliation was given by the first emperor, if one day the first emperor disappears, their current clan affiliation may not stand up to the law.

The clan of Daqin enjoyed generous treatment.

They have always been pampered.

If one day their clan registration is taken away, for them, it may be difficult to maintain their livelihood, but what the young master and his class are worried about now is not necessarily their own clan membership, but the clan membership of their heirs and future children.

The preferential treatment they are receiving now is actually abnormal.

It's also against the law.

But because of that.

What they are enjoying now is not clearly stipulated, that is, it can only be obtained through the "love" of the first emperor, but in fact they are just white bodies.

That's why they desperately want to get the title.

Because the title is real.

In the past, the ranks, fields, etc. obtained by the clan's children in Daqin were all linked to their own titles, but compared with ordinary officials, the clan's children with the same title enjoyed more privileges.

But after all, there are laws to follow.

Now that Shihuang was getting older, Fusu was getting more and more powerful.

They are increasingly marginalized.

When Fusu comes to the throne, Fusu may retain their clan status because of the brotherhood, but what about their heirs?They have no titles themselves, how can their heirs inherit them?

What else can you inherit?
This is where they feel uneasy.

Ji Heng said: "Actually, you don't need to hide it like this. This is a problem that all members of the clan must face. Especially since Da Qin still established the country by law, it is even more strict about it."

"You don't have titles, you are white."

"Your descendants are also white."

"Even because of their close relationship, your descendants may even be expelled from the ancestral temple. Not only will they not be able to shade five generations, but even three generations will be enough."

"It's normal for you to have this concern."

"However." Ji Heng paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your road to titles has actually been cut off. With the cessation of the civil war between the North and the South, it is almost impossible for you to join the army like the clan's children in the past."

"As for becoming an official, there is no chance."

"Back then when the world was unified, a new dynasty was established, a thousand wastes were waiting to be revived, and officials were scarce. The First Emperor did not allow you to become an official, and it is even more impossible to allow it now."

"As for obtaining the title through strange and obscene skills."

"It's not realistic either."

"The household registration system of the Great Qin Dynasty also prevents you from obtaining titles."

Young Master Gao smiled wryly, and his body, which was sitting solemnly, also softened.

How do they not know this?

even.

When the new dynasty was first established, they supported enfeoffment.

It's just that I dare not say it clearly.

In fact, it is not really a support for enfeoffment, but I just don't want to stay in Xianyang anymore, and I don't want to be a clan child without a title in captivity.

The high walls of Xianyang have become a prison for them.

They have been chained for too long.

just
They are not reconciled.

People are not reconciled.

Especially since they were still in the imperial family of Great Qin, they could not accept being so dejectedly willing to be silent.

They didn't dare to covet the emperor's position. They knew that they didn't have the ability, let alone get the support of the courtiers. Firstly, they didn't have such deep connections as Fusu, and secondly, they weren't very popular with their father, so they dismissed it early. That unrealistic idea.

But the laws of Daqin are strict.

Under the law, Daqin does not support useless people.

They also have a sense of crisis in their hearts.

Now they are only temporarily able to be included in the clan status through their father's love for their children, but this kind of love has a limit and a time limit. One day, these preferential treatment will be taken away.

When.

Where will their lineage go?
If you haven't been outside, you have seen the outside world.

They could have continued to suffer.

However, Ji Heng's proposal of re-taking the road of founding the country opened their hearts at once.

They want to get out!
They don't want to be kept behind high walls anymore.

So this time I came here to ask Ji Heng specifically, and wanted Ji Heng to give them an idea so that they could use this to obtain the title and avoid being kicked out in the future.

At the same time, you can enter and exit the imperial city as a noble.

Ji Heng looked at the dejected people and knew what they were thinking.

All dynasties have been trying to figure out how to deal with the prince.

In the end, there are actually two ways.

One is to become a prince.

The other is to raise the capital in captivity.

Both have their pros and cons.

Dividing out the entrustment can certainly cut off the connection with the ministers of the court, but at the same time it is easy to cause the vassal king to be too powerful. Even if it is just a false entrustment, because of the title of the clan, they can also amass money in the local area. This kind of thing is not uncommon.

As for keeping the capital in captivity, it is easy for the prince to get in touch with the ministers. If the emperor is weak, he may even be forcibly interfered in the government affairs.

Both have their own merits.

Daqin is actually raising the capital in captivity right now.

But no matter which one you choose, the established system will eventually be broken.

Systems are created by people.

The living are not bound by the system set up by the dead.

As long as the interests are big enough, someone will overstep.

This has been the case since ancient times.

Qin Shihuang's so-called prohibition is within.

Give the clan's children a good life, but strictly restrict their freedom.

Not allowed to join the army, not allowed to go out.

This is actually influenced by his younger brother Cheng Yu.

In fact, a large part of Cheng Yu's feudal lord was fought on the battlefield by himself. Although it is very likely that he picked off-the-shelf peaches, he still went to the battlefield after all.

Precisely because of being stabbed in the back by Cheng Yu.

The first emperor was very wary of the clan's children enlisting in the army.

In the past, most of the children of the clan obtained titles by enlisting in the army and gaining military merits.

As such.

The first emperor almost cut off the title of the clan's children.

Whether Daqin's current clan children can obtain clan membership depends entirely on the emperor's face. If the emperor gets close, he will naturally get clan membership.

This move greatly strengthened the emperor's voice in the clan.

But it will also cause panic among the clan's children.

Ji Heng didn't have much opinion about the clan's children.

Be it the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty.

In the end, the system went astray, so that the follow-up had to be frantically patched, but in the end it was still unavoidable. After the rapid expansion of the clan's children, it caused a great loss to the government.

Tang Chaoshang is fine.

With Li Shimin, Wu Zetian, etc. beheading the clan's children, the number of clan's children has been controlled. In addition, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty's finances gradually became poor.

The Tang Dynasty is a special case.

However, the Tang Dynasty is the most enlightened and has the most reference for the treatment of the clan's children.

It's just that under the influence of the current Zong Zhou patriarchal legal system, many ideas of the Tang Dynasty will encounter great resistance in the implementation of the Qin Dynasty, and they cannot be directly copied, otherwise the "era" will definitely be dissatisfied.

Ji Heng's eyes moved slightly.

He recalled the situation in the Tang Dynasty in his mind, and the corner of his mouth gradually raised a curve, which was very small and quickly disappeared.

He said: "It is impossible for you to obtain the title through the normal way, but the usual method is not feasible, and it is not necessarily impossible to find another way."

When Young Master Gao heard that 'it is feasible to find another way', he immediately became interested again, with an excited expression on his face, and his limp body stood up again.

Young Master Gao bowed quickly and said, "Sir, please speak frankly."

Ji Heng shook his head and said: "Some things are not yet in time, nor is it now. The only thing I can tell you is that military merit will gradually change, and on the way of change, there will be a lot of changes. If you can borrow If you grasp these changes, you may not be unable to obtain the title."

"It may not be impossible to become an official at that time."

"Military merit system is going to be changed?" Young Master Gao was taken aback for a moment, he looked at Ji Heng suspiciously, with a look of surprise in his eyes, he had never heard of this news, how did Ji Heng know?
But he didn't doubt it.

Ji Heng's talent.

He does understand.

Ji Heng has said so, presumably it should be so.

It's just that Ji Heng's words were too general, and he didn't give any information at all. Even if they wanted to take advantage of the changes, they couldn't talk about it at all.

Hu Hai said, "Mr. Ji, explain your words."

"How will the rank of military merit change?"

Ji Heng glanced at Hu Hai, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said lightly: "The military merit system is no longer suitable for Daqin, but it is still implemented according to the habits of the world, but it is actually difficult for Daqin to support the military merit system to continue. It works."

"So the military merit system will certainly change."

"However, before the change, Daqin will gradually fulfill its past promises."

"Part of the real reward, part of the false reward."

"In the end, rewards of equal or slightly inferior value will be used to honor them. At that time, there will be a large number of people in Guanzhong who will receive real rewards and false rewards. The imperial court will have to deal with this part for a long time to come."

"One of the key points is to allow the children of the lower ranks to enroll."

"Your opportunity lies within."

Ji Heng slowly expressed his thoughts.

(End of this chapter)