Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 138 Fief Area
After understanding the emperor's thoughts, Wang Tiqian did not dare to say no, but kept saying that the emperor was wise.

Because he has already heard that the title of Chengtian not only includes sons and knights, but also princes and princes.

In fact, because the Chengtian nobles and Shuntian nobles were similar, some civil servants regarded them as chieftains. The difficulty of becoming a knight will be lower, and it will be easier to move up the ranks.

So of course Wang Tiqian supports this very much and looks forward to obtaining a higher title.

Because the title of Chengtian is not that precious, and in order to reflect his own value, Wang Tiqian reminded the emperor:

"Your Majesty, there are seven grades in the ninth grade of worldly official, and the eighth grade of son-in-law and nobleman does not correspond to them."

"I think that one hundred households can be granted the title of third-class male, so just test one hundred households, and those who control them can be granted the title of knight."

"There is no need to have high-level knights, they are all called hereditary knights."

Zhu Youjian thought it made sense when he first heard it, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there were too many barons and it became too cheap, so he said:

"There are 2908 thousand-household units. There are ten hundred-household units in one thousand-household unit. There are at least hundred-household units."

"Based on the baron's calculation of a hundred square miles, each person's territory is ten thousand square miles."

"The total is 29080 million square miles, which is much larger than the current area of ​​Ming Dynasty. It is really too much."

"If hundreds of households are granted the title of baron, it will require too much territory!"

29080 million square miles, that is, 7270 million square kilometers, close to the area of ​​two Asias. Of course Zhu Youjian would not dare to seal it out.

After all, there are more than a hundred households, and there are thousands of households and commanders. They need a larger territory.

Even if the clan wants to move overseas in the future, each one will need at least 500 miles. Zhu Youjian could barely draw it out for thirty vassal kings, but there was really nothing he could do for hundreds of county princes.

Therefore, in Zhu Youjian's view, the title of the county king must be reduced, at least to the level of earl, and the vassal king will be allowed to provide territory in the future.

Wang Tiqian listened to the emperor's thoughts and knew the reason why the emperor designated Baihu as a knight, but he still reminded the emperor:

"The princes have five temples, the officials have three temples, and the scholars have one temple."

"The knight only has one temple, which is far different from the baron's five temples. I'm worried that hundreds of households won't want to do it!"

It turned out that he was worried about this, and Zhu Youjian thought it would be easy to solve, so he immediately ordered:

"The hereditary knights own the territory and are also regarded as lords and lords, and are allowed to build five temples."

"In this way, the sixth-grade hundred households will be transferred to high-level knights, and the sixth-grade trial hundred households and the ministers will be transferred to knights. Both of them are hereditary knights. What's the problem?"

If there are five temples, the only difference will be the rank and the size of the territory. Wang Tiqian felt that it was acceptable, and that he had made a contribution to winning the Five Temples for the Jazz, so he immediately said:
"So fitting."

"Your Majesty clearly sees thousands of miles away, and the ministers you worry about cannot reach you."

Ignoring his flattery, Zhu Youjian continued:
"From the fifth-grade Qianhu, he was transferred to the second-class male, and from the fifth-grade deputy Qianhu, he was transferred to the third-class male. Both are hereditary barons."

"The commander of the third rank, the envoy, was transferred to the first rank, the commander of the third rank, Tongzhi, was transferred to the second rank, and the commander of the fourth rank, Qianshi, was transferred to the third rank. All three are hereditary viscounts."

"But these commanders must be qualified to inherit from generation to generation. Otherwise, they will be awarded titles according to their original worldly positions, up to first-class men." Zhu Youjian had no choice but to formulate this regulation. Because under Wang Tiqian's reminder, he noticed that there were too many officials in the Ming Dynasty. If they were all granted fiefdoms of one hundred and two hundred miles, they would probably not be able to seal them all.

So Zhu Youjian limited the number of viscounts and calculated in his mind how much territory he needed:
"The Ming Dynasty has 493 guards. If each guard has an average of eighteen commanders, there will be 8874 viscounts. Each viscount is two hundred miles across, which is 8874 million square kilometers. The area of ​​​​two Asias is enough. Viscount fiefdom.”

"If calculated based on seven commanders per guard, that would be 3451 viscounts, requiring 3451 million square kilometers of fiefdom. Although the numbers are also terrifying, one Africa can barely satisfy it."

This is the reason why Zhu Youjian limited the number of viscounts, but the fundamental problem has not been solved yet. Because he noticed that there were 2908 thousand-household offices in the Ming Dynasty. If each thousand-household had one full-thousand-household and two deputy-thousand-households, that would be 8724 barons, requiring 2181 million square kilometers of fiefdom.

This number was also a bit scary, making Zhu Youjian feel that even if he was canonized at one hundred miles or two hundred miles, he couldn't do it, so he added:
"The number of miles previously specified is the upper limit. In fact, it is at least ten miles. Whether the specified upper limit can be reached depends on the strength of the princes and lords."

"Wang Qing's fiefdom is in Dongningwei, and that place will be opened up as a guard station first. After it is safe, the official of the guard station will be turned into a prince by the princes and lords, and the territory and people will be divided."

"So Wang Qing needs to help with overseas matters and let them open a guard station as soon as possible and then convert them to a title."

"Wang Qing also needs to keep the matter of the title a secret first. Just know it yourself and make preliminary preparations first."

Feeling that the setting of the Chengtian title was not perfect yet, Zhu Youjian decided to let people practice it first and then finalize the system.

Not only did he have to divide territories for overseas nobles, but he also had to watch out for them to attack each other and cultivate powerful lords who would threaten the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian decided to slow down a little and first try it out in Dongningwei and other places to determine the specific system.

This made Wang Tiqian a little disappointed, knowing that it would be a little later for him to wear a hairpin.

It also made him a little lucky to know that he had more time to prepare for the attack from the outer court.

He plans to recruit more people to become Chengtian nobles to help him spread the attack.

Asking Wang Tiqian to sort out the negotiated Chengtian title system, Zhu Youjian began to think about where it would be suitable to try it out:

Tian Ergeng can be counted as one, and he can be asked to lead the thousands and hundreds of households that were previously canonized to open health centers overseas.

Li Zunzu can be counted as one. Although Jinjiaowei is on the mainland, it is too far away from the capital and is a bitter cold place. It can be sealed off in the future. Places further north can also be sealed off.

Mao Wenlong can be counted as one. He is now living in North Korea, and he has been granted territory in North Korea. Then ask him if he can win over some North Korean nobles and confer those people with the title of Chengtian.

If North Korean ministers can be canonized just like Lin Dan Khan’s subordinates, North Korea will never be able to jump off the Ming Dynasty ship again. It can also disperse North Korea's power and prevent it from threatening the Central Plains.

With these plans in mind, Zhu Youjian was going to have a serious discussion with Mao Wenlong to see if he could be knighted in North Korea.

And he also has a ready reason, that is, the Korean royal family is in civil strife. Ming Dynasty can rely on its status as the suzerain to canonize the Korean clan and solve the Korean crisis.

Today's North Korean monarch is still characterized as a treason by the Ming Dynasty. If the North Korean monarch wants to solve this problem, he must be more obedient and allow the clan and ministers to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty.

　"History of the Ming Dynasty": Later, the capital of the world was designated as a guard post, with a total of 21 capital posts, two left-behind guards, 493 internal and external guards, and 359 guard posts for thousands of households in the field...

　　"Da Ming Hui Dian": Shiguan: Commander, Tongzhi, Qianshi, chief and deputy of a thousand households, guard and governor, actual professor and trial of a hundred households, governor and governor, all nine grades.

　　
　
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