Wentang

Chapter 36 Knighthood (2)

After finally sending the neighbors away, Yue Shan sat down on the bench and panted heavily.He was tired enough after this day.

During the day, I chatted with Pei Ju for most of the day, every sentence had to be weighed and reconsidered, for fear of saying something that should not be said, it was even more tiring than an interviewer facing a civil service exam.

After finally sending people away, the neighbors came again before they could catch their breath.You can't drive people out, can you?You don't need to think about the consequences of driving your neighbors out of the house as soon as you are knighted.

Receiving all kinds of people this day is more tiring than digging coal all day.

"Shanzi, you are really knighted, is this a baron?" Yue Erwa said in disbelief.

"This is the imperial edict, please take a look." Yue Shan casually threw the imperial edict into Yue Erwa's hand.

"Aiyo, aiyo, aiyo... don't dare to do this, don't dare to do this, my little ancestor. This is an imperial decree, and if people see it, they will be beheaded." Yue Erwa jumped up in fright, trembling Holding the imperial edict in his hands, he said.

Yue Shan rolled his eyes and didn't bother to talk to him.

Yue Erwa didn't mind at all. At this moment, all his thoughts were on the edict: "We must keep this thing well, and pass it on to our children and grandchildren. This is an imperial edict."

"Shanzi, you haven't told me what's going on. How did the saint know about you? Why did he make you a baron?"

"I asked Yang Goudan to make a plow, do you remember?" Yue Shan said weakly.

"Remember, that guy Yang Goudan boasted that the plow was rare in the sky and unparalleled in the earth, saying that only one person can manage it. But what does the plow have to do with your title?" Yue Erwa said.

"This plow was dedicated to the saint by the King of Qin, and he named it Wu Deli. The saint made me a baron when he was happy." Although Yue Shan didn't know what happened that day, he could still guess It was Li Shimin who dedicated Qu Yuanli to Li Yuan.

"Crack." Yue Erwa slapped her thigh, and said, "I'm just saying, how can a plow get into the eyes of a saint. It must be the King of Qin who said good things for you, and the saint will give you a title."

Yue Shan just shook his head and didn't explain to him how much Quyuanli meant to the whole agriculture.If it is really calculated according to the value, not to mention the baron, even the earl and marquis are not as valuable as Qu Yuanli.

It is the status quo in this era that inventions and creations are not taken seriously. There must be Li Shimin's factors in being a baron.So he is not wrong to think so.

"This is a great kindness. Shanzi, to be a man, you must repay your kindness. From now on, you must be loyal to the King of Qin and do things for the King of Qin. Do you understand?" Yue Erwa urged.

"Second Patriarch, don't worry, I will definitely follow King Qin firmly. Besides, you forgot that Princess Qin is still my sister." Yue Shan said.

"Yes, yes, I really forgot if you didn't tell me. Oh, with Concubine Qin as my sister, our Yue family is really going to prosper now." Yue Erwa said happily.

Scanning those trays, his eyes lit up and he urged, "Look at what else the sage has given you."

Yue Shan was also curious about what was in these trays, so he got up and lifted the cloth on the first tray, and found a red silk official uniform and a belt covered in gold ornaments.

"Is this an official uniform? It's so pretty." Yue Erwa squinted her eyes at the official uniform.

Yue Shan took off the belt, put it on his waist and found it fit well.He unfolded the official uniform again, put it on his body and gestured twice, which turned out to be very suitable.

He was stunned and immediately confirmed a guess, someone was monitoring his every move, otherwise this official uniform would not fit so well.

At the same time, he secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately, he has been cautious in his words and deeds and did not say anything out of the ordinary, otherwise what he waited for today would not be a knighthood edict but an arrest warrant.

Then he carefully folded the official uniform and put it on the tray.It's not that he has any reverence for the official uniform, but because of habit.Everyone will cherish the new clothes just bought in the previous life in the first few days, and they will be very casual after wearing them for a few days.

The reason is the same.

Open the second tray, and there are ten strings of copper coins inside.This Yueshan knew what was going on, the imperial decree said 'reward ten thousand gold', this is that ten thousand gold.

He didn't make the low-level mistake of ten thousand taels of gold.In ancient times, copper was also called gold, and Wanjin was 1 copper coins.

If ten thousand gold is really ten thousand taels of gold, the emperor would reward ten thousand gold at every turn, and the national finances would go bankrupt every minute.

Ten strings of copper coins are ten strings, and each string of one thousand coins is exactly ten thousand gold.

This is the largest sum of money that Yueshan has seen so far, so it is inevitable to take a few extra glances.Yue Erwa was not much better than him, her eyes were staring straight.

Open the third tray, which contains various documents and an official seal.Yue Shan opened the document and looked at it, and even guessed and understood the content above.

That is, a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, for what reason a certain person was knighted, what is the title, what kind of treatment is enjoyed, and the official official status certificate, etc.

The official seal is small but heavy, it should be made of copper, and when it is turned over, it is engraved with six large seal characters of Longshou Shannan's seal.

Strictly speaking, these documents and official seals are the evidence for him to become a baron, and they have more legal force than imperial edicts.

On the fourth tray was a thin paper.Yue Shan picked it up and turned it over, and found that it was a land deed.It was only then that he remembered that the nobles had Yongye land, and the baron had five hundred acres, which could be passed on to future generations.

Before he knew it, he had become a small landlord.Even if he achieves nothing in the future, he can still live a prosperous life with these five hundred acres of land.

Yue Shan took a look and found that the [-] mu of land was not far from Sixingping, which was very easy to manage.

To be honest, he was really afraid that Li Yuan would seal his Yongye Tian to a remote corner, in which case he really wouldn't have the energy to manage it in a short time.

The fifth tray was also a thin document, Yue Shan was a little curious and wondered what was written on it.

When he opened it, he found that it was actually the name of a household. The key point was that he also saw the names of Yue You, Chen Huai, Feng Luokung, Yue Erwa and others.

This is... Yue Shan thought of a possibility, and his heart started beating wildly.This can't be his family book, can it?
Didn't it mean that after the Qin and Han Dynasties, the nobles had lost their fiefdoms in the true sense, and the so-called food towns were limited to taxation?In the Song Dynasty, it was even converted into salary.

The most important thing is, is it true that his food town is sealed?Is this too exaggerated?Yue Shan couldn't believe his guess.

You must know that many princes have [-] households in name, which are all fictitious titles. In fact, there may be only a few hundred households, dozens of households, or even none at all.

He always thought that his baron's "Three Hundred Households in Shiyi" were false titles, but this household registration book told him that his three hundred households were completely sealed.

This is amazing.

If this conjecture is true, then Li Yuan's reward this time is too heavy, to the point that many princes are paying attention.

But Yue Shan didn't know that he actually paid attention to the wrong focus.What really violated the common sense of this award was not that there were three hundred households in Shishi Township, but that his Shishi Township was sealed in Chang'an County, Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

You must know that there was a national policy in the Tang Dynasty: famous mountains, great rivers, and lands within the territory of Jinai were not sealed.

Although this national policy was only useful in the early Tang Dynasty, it survived in name only.But at this time it happened to be the Li Yuan Dynasty, and the early Tang Dynasty could not be replaced by the early Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuan did not hesitate to violate the national policy he formulated and sealed his food town in the land of Gyeonggi, so he must have his plan and appeal.

However, Yue Shan didn't know anything about it, and it was too early to say whether this conferment would be a blessing or a curse to him.

(End of this chapter)