A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 357
In Tianci City in the Western Region, with the Tianci spring water, the surrounding Gobi Desert has also turned into fertile farmland.Coupled with Wang Zhuo's governance over the past few years, this god-given city has become a paradise.

Within thirty miles outside the city, all the crops have been planted, and ditches crisscross the land, finally extending to the oasis further away.

Tianci City is full of people coming and going, and life is flourishing. A large number of natives from the Western Regions and barbarians from the grasslands come here.These were all people who had already believed in King Haotianwen, and many of them came even dozens of miles away from the city, kowtowing one step at a time.

A large number of foreigners and locals also came to settle in the oases around Tianci City.The originally barren desert Gobi has also become extremely prosperous.

Even several surrounding Western Region countries have surrendered and are willing to believe in King Haotianwen and pay tribute to Tianci City every year.

Just after Tianci City was established, several surrounding Western Region countries saw a large oasis suddenly appearing here, and they immediately became greedy for it.

Unlike the Central Plains, only oases can survive in the Western Region. If you want to grow, you must occupy more and larger oases to feed a larger population.

This sudden appearance of the oasis attracted their attention, and several Western countries joined forces to capture Tianci City.As a result, they were defeated by Wang Zhuo's [-] Guardian Knights.

Several countries in the Western Region were swept by his army. If it were not for lack of manpower, Wang Zhuo would have directly occupied these countries.

However, although they did not occupy it, they succeeded in making these small countries in the Western Regions vassals and forcibly converted to King Haotianwen.

Tianci City has successfully taken root and grown in the Western Region.

Luoyang, the capital of God.

It has been 18 years since the last feudal state was established, and 18 years since Wang Ke ascended the throne.

With the support of the Central Plains imperial court, the Minyue, Dian, and Yan states had also established a firm foothold and developed.

These feudal states also began to pay tribute to the Central Plains court along with the Nanyue Kingdom.

The major events of the country are in the army and in the sacrifice.

The meeting of princes with the emperor is one of the most important events in the country.This signifies that the Central Plains is orthodox, and the princes and kings must pay tribute to the Central Plains.

The princes and kings came to Luoyang to pay tribute. The etiquette of Daqian was very similar to the etiquette of Bangzhou. After the establishment of Daqian, it absorbed many of the etiquette of Bangzhou and then modified it based on the habits of Daqian.

In China, the beauty of clothes and seals is called Hua; the great etiquette is called Xia.This set of etiquette is a must.

The ministers walked into the hall and then came to their respective positions. It was a very complicated procedure for the emperor to receive tribute from the princes. This procedure must show the majesty and magnanimity of the Central Plains Kingdom.

Paying tribute to the emperor has always been very important, and many of these officials wanted to take this opportunity to go further, and even be valued by the emperor and become his confidants.

Therefore, many ministers will take this opportunity to present some treasures to the emperor.

The first vassal state to pay tribute was the Nanyue Kingdom. The Nanyue Kingdom was entrusted by the previous king and had been established for 30 years. Over the years, the court had exiled a large number of criminals to Lingnan. Today's Nanyue Kingdom is no longer what it used to be.

Tributes from the South Vietnam Kingdom were quickly delivered. Various pearls, ivory, corals and some Lingnan specialty spices were priceless, and Wang Ke was very satisfied.

The treasures presented by the Minyue, Dian, and Yan kingdoms were also similar, and with the addition of some precious items unique to each place, they were all extremely valuable.

The last one to come to pay tribute was the Western Regions. After seeing the large amount of jewelry, jade and war horses that the Western Regions paid as tribute, the officials in the hall realized for the first time that the Western Regions were so rich.Many ministers have already made some plans in their minds, planning to organize manpower to go to the Western Regions immediately after returning.

After decades of development, the blood aristocrats of the old era have basically disappeared, and the new nobles, officials and powerful officials have gradually found ways to continue their families.

Because of the restructuring, it is no longer possible to rely on bloodline nobles.Therefore, many families began to focus on the academy after studying the rules of selecting talents and granting official positions in the imperial court.

With Wang Ke's continuous adjustments and the feudal clans dividing the world, the role of the academy became prominent.

In the past, because of the existence of the Gong clan, the royal family had great trust in the Gong clan, which caused many people who wanted to be high officials to seek to marry noble girls with the surname of the Gong clan.

As for why you don't directly ask to marry the princess, one of the important reasons is that after marrying the princess, you will not be able to serve as prime minister, general, censor, censor and other important ministers.

Therefore, these people set their sights on the public family, and most of the noblewomen in the public family are virtuous, virtuous and virtuous women.The person seeking marriage is almost crossing the threshold.

In later generations, those high-ranking families with five surnames and seven hopes were so high that even the emperor wanted to marry them.What's more, these noble families are genuine noble families.

If you marry a daughter of a noble family, the emperor will trust him more, and there are inextricably linked relationships between these noble families.

Although most of the princes were enfeoffed, the status of the princes who stayed in Luoyang became more noble.

Many powerful families who came to Luoyang came to visit one after another. Some wanted to become officials in the court, and some wanted to use their public relations to enter the academy to study.

Although in name, anyone can sign up for the academy and study if they pass, there are so many people who want to join the academy, but each academy has a fixed number, which makes it impossible for many people to enter. of.

At the same time, many smart people have discovered the path of becoming a Doctor of Classics.

After the decline and disappearance of the bloodline nobles, the Confucian classics families began to quietly rise.

These nobles, officials, and powerful men began to study ways to continue their families for a long time.After these years of changes, they have discovered that the emperor has begun to reuse those scholars who are good at Confucian classics.

These people who are familiar with the classics, know how to be an official, and know how to do things develop quickly in the court.Many people have already sat in high positions at the level of Sangong and Jiuqing.

These scholars did a good job in governing the place.

Seeing this situation, many families began to focus on classics.At the same time, they also discovered another benefit of classics.

In the past, no matter how hard these families were trained, their descendants would have mediocre talents, which would lead to the decline of the family. However, after reading through the classics, you can basically tell who has more potential.

So these families will vigorously cultivate better offspring.As long as each generation can produce talents, it will naturally ensure long-lasting wealth.

The imperial court reused these students who were familiar with the classics, which made those families very excited.After some observation, I decided to follow this model.

Even if there are a few outstanding talents in the family, if they can master the right to interpret scriptures through this method, it is very likely that they will truly become a glorious family for hundreds of years.

(End of this chapter)