I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 164 Chehou, Wanhuhou!

In the Han Dynasty, Che Hou can almost be said to be the apex of foreign surnames.

Except for the princes and kings with foreign surnames in the early Western Han Dynasty, and the great Han Wei King in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, if you are not surnamed Liu, even if you have the merits of opening up the territory and helping the community, you can only have tens of thousands of households, otherwise the whole world will attack it.

However, except for a few major events such as ancestor worship and the enthronement of the new emperor, princes and kings are not allowed to enter Gyeonggi, and even approaching Guanzhong will be regarded as having treasonous intentions.

Therefore, the political core of the Han Central Committee belongs to the Chehous.

For example, a tacit political rule in the early and mid-Western Han Dynasty, only Chehou could not be the prime minister.

Xiao He, Cao Can, Wang Ling, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, Xia Houying, Zhang Cang...

The positions of prime ministers have been passed down in one continuous line, and they are all founding princes.

Even Shen Shiqi who popped up in the middle was granted the title of Marquis of Piyang, and Fang served as the prime minister.

This practice lasted until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and was broken by Gongsun Hong, who "made the prince with the prime minister". It has been nearly a hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Chehou is undoubtedly the top political force of the Han Dynasty.

Even if they gather together, they can influence the court situation!

The power of Chehou is unusually strong, correspondingly, the position of Chehou is extremely difficult to obtain.

If you don't get the free ride of the big rewards, then if you want to have the position of Chehou again, you need to make convincing achievements, and the difficulty is not the same.

At this time, Liu Bang's distribution of feudal titles was the first large-scale conferment of marquises by the Han Dynasty.

Although in the course of the wars in previous years, he granted Fan Kui the title of Marquis of Linwu, Xia Houying the title of Marquis of Zhaoping, Cao Can the title of Marquis of Jiancheng, and posthumously named Fan Zeng the title of Marquis of Chenggu, but they were only titled Marquises in name, not real titles, let alone corresponding territories.

And now Liu Bang is the real hero of the world!
Accompanied by the sound of simple and solemn rites and music, Liu Bang slowly unfolded the silk script in his hand and began to read it out.

"The world is stable and the world is peaceful, because there are virtuous ministers and heroes.

You may stabilize the country with benevolence, or advise me, or conquer the Quartet for me.

Therefore, I reward all of you as my great Han princes. Even if the river is as thin as a belt and Mount Tai is as flat as a whetstone, your meritorious service will not be forgotten. Your feudal kingdom will be peaceful with the great man and will last forever. Your descendants will enjoy the grace. "

In an instant, there was an eruption of "Thank you, Your Majesty" like a tsunami, which did not stop for a long time.

Even Liu Bang, who was holding the silk book in his hand, also stopped reading and waited until the silence returned before continuing to speak.

"Chen Luo was enfeoffed in Yangxia Ye, where there are [-] households in the city.

Han Xin, who was entrusted to Huaiyin, had tens of thousands of households in the city of food.

Xiao He was enfeoffed in the land of Feng, and there were tens of thousands of households in the city of food.

Cao Shen was enfeoffed in Pingyang, with six hundred households in the city of food.

Zhang Liang was enfeoffed in Liudi, where tens of thousands of households lived in the city.

Zhou Bo was enfeoffed in the land of Jiang, with [-] households in the food town.

……

Those who are entangled in items are sealed in Sheyang Ye, and the food town is [-] households.

Xiangzhuang was enfeoffed in Pinggao, with [-] households in Shiyi.

……

Fan Kuai was enfeoffed in Wuyang Ye, with [-] households in Shiyi.

Xia Houying was enfeoffed in Yingyin, with [-] households in Shiyi.

Chen Ping was enfeoffed in Qu Niye, with five thousand households in Shiyi.

Longqie was enfeoffed in Ningdi, with five thousand households in the city of food.

Those who were Zhonglimei were enfeoffed in Dongmaoye, with five thousand households in Shiyi.

……

Zhang Xiangru was enfeoffed in Dongyang, and there were [-] households in the food town.

Lu Matong was sealed in Zhongshui, and there were a thousand or three hundred households in the city of food.
Yang Xizhe was enfeoffed in Chiquan, with a thousand and one hundred households in the city of food.

……

The extension of Yangcheng was enfeoffed in Wudi, and there were five hundred households in Shiyi.

Those who applied for Tujia were enfeoffed in Gu'an, with five hundred households in Shiyi. "

At this point, Liu Bang put down the silk book in his hand.

The group of people below who heard their names all showed joy on their faces.

Even if he only received the award of five hundred households, it would still make countless people jealous.

Many people don't lack the annual taxes of the five hundred families, but what they lack is the identity of the princes!
The origin of the Marquis of the Han Dynasty can be traced back to the five-level nobility system in the enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty, and its direct source is the twenty-level nobility system of the Qin Dynasty.

However, the Marquis of the Han Dynasty was not equivalent to the Marquis of the Qin State's [-]th-rank system. It was also influenced by the Chu Jue and was the product of the fusion of the Qin and Chu Jue systems.

This can be seen from the naming of Liehou in the Han Dynasty.

The names of the marquises of the Qin State, such as "Wu'anhou" by Bai Qi, "Wuchenghou" by Wang Jian, "Tongwuhou" by Wang Ben, and "Wenxinhou" by Lu Buwei, are all named after merit.

The title of the Chu State is the name of the fiefdom before the title of the monarch, so that one can intuitively understand the location of the fiefdom, which is an important feature of the Chu State's feudal monarchy system.

For example, there were Lords Luyang Wen and Lord Yongye during King Hui of Chu; Lord Jiang, Lord Pengcheng, and Lord Anling during King Xuan of Chu; Lord E and Lord Ying under King Huai of Chu;

This is exactly the same as the naming method of Liehou in the Han Dynasty.

However, the most important influence brought about by the integration of the Qin and Chu nobility systems is a power of the Chu State's feudal monarch.

Regardless of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they had direct control over the fiefdoms they belonged to.

The princes of the Han Dynasty inherited this power!
In their own country, they have the right to appoint officials, hereditary rights and certain legal immunity.

Even in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty in history, Chehou did not use the imperial court's year name, but set the time when he was named a Marquis as the first year, and used their unique year name as a chronology in the Hou Kingdom.

It can be seen from this that the power possessed by the princes in the early Han Dynasty is not much different from that of the lords on the land of Jingchu, just like a country within a country.

It’s just that the reason why the distribution of feudal lords in the Han Dynasty is a fusion of the Qin and Chu nobility systems is because most of the feudal lords in the Chu State originated from blood relations, which was predestined by nature, and most of the lords in the Han Dynasty were promoted through their own military merits, just like the Qin [-]th-class nobility system.

At this time, the excited mood of the crowd calmed down a little, and they began to be curious about the content of the reward.

Chen Luo, Han Xin, and Xiao He belonged to the top Wanhuhou.

But Wan Huhou already belonged to the apex, why did these three people have some extra food?
Those who didn't know the inside story wanted to break their heads, but they couldn't guess the real reason.

Only some marquis and princes and kings with more than [-] households in the city are worthy of knowing.

Chen Luo and the others voluntarily gave up their qualifications to become kings and chose to become marquises!

Therefore, the extra small part of the city is not only a compensation for them, but also a highlight of their uniqueness.

At the center of everyone's discussion, Chen Luo squinted his eyes halfway, with a calm expression and an indifferent expression, as if the person who was granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households just now was not him, but a passerby who had nothing to do with him.

When he first heard his name, he was excited for a moment, and then he forcibly calmed down.

Only by thinking more than others can you go further.

According to the list of marquises given by Liu Bang, Chen Luo was constantly brainstorming in his mind.

(End of this chapter)