Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 511 Lord System
Li Jingjing nodded: "Luo Yangxing is a well-behaved person, and he is relatively reliable. As for greed for petty money, you just turn a blind eye and close it. Don't take it too seriously."

Ma Wu smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother, I know how to do it. Speaking of which, since Lao Luo joined the eldest brother, he really hasn't made the same mistakes as before.

During this period of time, Lao Luo has worked very hard and made a lot of contributions. I plan to reward him with a restaurant in the restaurant that my elder brother gave me. "

Li Jing shook his head: "It's an inheritance reserved for your children, don't reward people indiscriminately.

As for your wish to reward Luo Yangxing, you can find Zhang Ao and ask him to allocate a hundred acres of land outside the city to reward Luo Yangxing, and give him half of the tax as a meritorious soldier. "

"One hundred acres of land? So much reward?" Ma Wu asked in surprise.

Li Jing nodded lightly: "We confiscated Luo Yangxing's family property before. Although we have returned some of it, it is far from what he had back then. Luo Yangxing's family has a large population, and the salary alone may not be enough to support him. Many people.

During this period of time, Luo Yangxing has done a lot of meritorious service, and he should also buy some fixed property, so that the burden on his family will be greatly reduced. In the future, he will be more attentive in doing things, and will not make mistakes for petty gains. "

Ma Wu pondered: "But isn't one hundred acres of land too much? Those of our soldiers who have made meritorious service only reward a few acres of land each time, and no more than ten acres at most. If you reward Luo Yangxing with one hundred acres at once, the soldiers will Don't have any ideas?"

Li Jing smiled: "The reward in your name has nothing to do with the military and political department. How could the soldiers think otherwise?"

Ma Wuwen suddenly realized after hearing this: "Hey, I said why did the eldest brother ask me to find Zhang Ao for the land, so I have already considered this issue."

Li Jing smiled and said: "Of course we have to consider it. We reward soldiers with land to increase their enthusiasm for combat and improve their status. But the reward must have a certain limit, and it cannot be too high. If it is too high, the soldiers will be rewarded after they have made meritorious service. If you feel that you have no worries about food and clothing, you may shrink back when fighting. If it is too low, the soldiers will feel that it is not worthwhile to work hard. It was out of this consideration that the reward was set within ten acres.

If I came forward and rewarded Luo Yangxing with a hundred acres of land, the soldiers would think that it was unfair for Luo Yangxing to get one hundred acres of land for only doing some secret service while we worked hard on the battlefield.

But if you come forward, this problem will not arise. Although the intelligence department and the security department are subordinate to the military and political department in name, they are actually independent departments. If you reward your subordinates with land, the soldiers can't find fault.

As for the tax reduction and exemption according to the standards of meritorious soldiers, it is reasonable, because the Ministry of Intelligence and the Ministry of Security are originally the establishment of the army. "

Ma Wu nodded slightly when he heard the words.

A hundred acres of land doesn't seem like much. If it was nothing in the past, any official, be it a civil servant or a general, would have more than this amount of land in his family.

However, after Li Jing came to power, a large amount of enclosed land was confiscated, and then Li Jing ordered that in the future, the purchase of land by officials will be linked to their rank. Officials below the seventh rank shall not exceed [-] mu. An increase of [-] mu, but no more than [-] mu of land.

Li Jing formulated these standards because he did not want the official class to use power to annex land.

But Li Jing knew what the disadvantages of the feudal society were. Why did the common people rebel in the end of so many dynasties in history?The common people have no land to grow, and when a disaster occurs, the common people have no food and clothing, so they have no choice but to rebel.

Those famous peasant uprisings in history, the Yellow Turban Uprising in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Huangchao Uprising in the Tang Dynasty, the Fangla Uprising in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yang Yao Uprising in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Liu Futong and Guo Zixing Uprisings in the Yuan Dynasty (Zhu Yuanzhang was a subordinate of Guo Zixing), Wang Jiayin and Gao Yingxiang in the late Ming Dynasty This is true for uprisings (Li Zicheng is Gao Yingxiang's subordinate, Zhang Xianzhong is Wang Jiayin's subordinate).

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Ming's economy mainly relied on agriculture, whether it was ordinary people or officials, land was their main source of income, and Li Jing's standard would have been even lower.

Moreover, from this standard, it can be seen that Li Jing attaches great importance to warriors, because the land owned by soldiers has tax reductions and exemptions, but the civil service system does not.

However, if the officials have titles, honors, or scattered ranks, the amount of land they own can be added to the rank standards of the Lord and the scattered ranks.

The original titles of Daming were divided into Wang, Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, Nan and Qingche Duwei, Qiduwei, Yunqiwei, and Enqiwei.

Honors are divided into Wen Xun and Wu Xun.

Wen Xun is divided into five ranks and ten levels. The first rank is the left and right Zhu Guo, the first rank is Zhu Guo, the second rank is Zhengzhi Shangqing, the second rank is Zhengzhi Qing, the third rank is Zizhi Yin, and the third rank is Zizhi Shaoyin , the positive fourth rank is Zanzhi Yin, the fourth rank is Zanzhi Shao Yin, the fifth rank is Xiu Yin, and the fifth rank is Xiezheng Shu Yin.

Wu Xun is divided into six ranks and twelve levels. The first rank is the left and right pillars, and the second rank is the pillar country; the second rank is the upper guard, and the second rank is the guard; Lieutenant; the fourth rank is the captain of Shangqi, the fourth rank is the captain of cavalry; the fifth rank is the captain of Xiaoqi, the fifth rank is the captain of Feiqi;

Sanji is divided into Wensan and Wusan.There are a total of 42 ranks in the ninth grade of prose, and [-] ranks in the sixth rank of Wu San.

Wensan and Wusan Zhengyipin are the same as Congyipin. Zhengyipin is awarded as Special Jin Ronglu Doctor at the beginning, and promoted to Special Jinguanglu Doctor.

The distinction starts from below the second grade of Zheng, and above the fifth grade of prose is a doctor.

The second grade of Wensan is the doctor of three capitals, namely the doctor of Zishan, the doctor of Zizheng, and the doctor of Zide.

From the second grade to the three serving doctors, that is, the middle serving doctor, the general serving doctor, and the right serving doctor.

The three grades of Zhengyi are Sanyi doctors, that is, Jiayi doctor, Tongyi doctor, and Zhengyi doctor.

From the third grade to the third grade of middle school, namely, Yazhong doctor, middle doctor, and big middle doctor.

The fourth rank is Zhongshun doctor, Zhongxian doctor, Zhongyi doctor, also known as the top three middle school doctors.

From the fourth rank, there are officials of the court, officials of the court, and officials of the court, that is, the officials of the three dynasties.

Zhengwupin is Fengyi doctor, Fengzheng doctor,
From the fifth grade to Fengxun doctor, Fengzhi doctor.

Below the fifth grade is Lang.

The sixth rank is Chengzhilang and Chengdelang.

From the sixth rank to Chengwu Lang and Ru Lin Lang.

Zhengqipin is Chengshilang and Wenlinlang.

Cong Qipin is Cong Shi Lang and Zheng Shi Lang.

The eighth grade is Di Gonglang and Xiuzhilang.

From the eighth rank to Di Gong Zuo Lang and Xiu Zhi Zuo Lang.

Zhengjiupin is Jiang Shilang and Deng Shilang.

From the ninth grade, there are General Shi Zuo Lang and Deng Shi Zuo Lang.

The second rank of Wu Sanzheng is General Hussar, General Jinwu, General Dragon and Tiger.

From the second rank, it is General Zhenguo, General Dingguo, and General Fengguo.

The third grade is General Zhaoyong, General Zhaoyi, and General Zhaowu.

From the third rank to General Huaiyuan, General Dingyuan, and General Anyuan.

The fourth grade is General Mingwei, General Xuanwei, and General Guangwei.

From the fourth rank to General Xuanwu, General Xianwu, and General Xinwu.

The fifth rank is General Wude and General Wujie.

From the fifth rank to General Wulue and General Wuyi.

Zhengliupin is Xiaoxin Xiaowei and Chengxin Xiaowei.

From the sixth grade, he was Zhongxian Xiaowei and Zhongwu Xiaowei.

In Daming, titles are the most honorable and hereditary.The honor is only awarded to the person and cannot be passed on to future generations.Sanjie is equivalent to an honorary title and has nothing to do with the position. Many officials will never get an honorary title in their lifetime.

After Li Jing came to power, the system of lords was still retained, but the awarding of honors and titles was much stricter than before.

It turns out that as long as you are related to the emperor, you can be knighted. Foreign relatives like the father of Queen Zhou and the father of Concubine Tian Gui can get the title of knighthood.

However, Li Jing stipulates that only those who have made military achievements can be conferred titles and honors. So far, only five people have received titles. , Xu Guangqi, Cao Wenzhao and Huang Taiji.

Among them, Yuan Keli was Li Jing's teacher, and Xu Guangqi was Li Jing's half teacher, which was of great help to Li Jing's entry into the main center, so Li Jing asked Zhu Youjian to seal them as first-class princes.

In the past few years, Cao Wenzhao has conquered the north and the south, and has made countless military achievements. Li Jing originally intended to make him a Duke, but Cao Wenzhao didn't want to show off or dare to compete with Li Jing, so in the end he only accepted the title of Marquis.

Huang Taiji was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. In order for him to help govern Liaodong, Li Jing specially named him Marquis of Dingliao.

Li Jing retained the lord system to stimulate soldiers to fight bravely and make meritorious service during wartime, and retained the scattered rank system to encourage officials to work hard.However, Li Jing abolished the hereditary system of titles and stipulated that they could only be passed down to three generations at most.In addition, Li Jing set a very high standard for being knighted, and not too many people could get the title.

For most people, they can only fight for honors and ranks. Although honors and ranks cannot be passed on to their descendants, they can obtain land quotas other than their positions.

Don't underestimate this land quota, because the land quota is related to how much land an official can own.

According to the standards set by Li Jing, a seventh-rank official is allowed to buy a maximum of [-] acres of land if he only has a position, but if he still has a seventh-rank lord or loose rank, he can buy an additional [-] acres of land, that is, Say he can own two hundred acres of land.

If the official did not violate the law and purchased two hundred acres of land with his own salary or other means, then the two hundred acres of land could be passed on to future generations.

If he didn't have a lord and a loose order, then he could only buy a hundred acres of land at most.

If the amount of land owned by an official exceeds the prescribed standard, he will be punished as a crime of enclosing land, and those who are less serious will be dismissed from office for investigation.

In an agricultural society, the allure of land is great.With this system, if an official wants to own more land, he has to work hard to obtain a lord or a loose rank, so that he can buy more land.

Luo Yangxing can own [-] mu of land, but most of his original property has been confiscated, and it is not easy to repurchase [-] mu of land.

Li Jingfeng rewarded land mainly for those soldiers who fought bravely and made meritorious service. Now it is a great grace for Ma Wu to reward Luo Yangxing with a hundred acres of land.

(End of this chapter)