Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1204 Started to be lonely today

   Before crossing the sea, Qin Lang had already drawn up a strategy to calm the chaos.

In the past, I looked down on the natives, but I got into trouble. Fortunately, there is Qin Yong in San Francisco, and Lao Huang in Xinjinshan. These two are veterans of the Qin family who started fighting at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Each of them has rich experience. They all stayed in Wu'an Mansion for more than ten years, and under their leadership, the situation was under control.

   Originally, I planned to appease the natives, but I didn't expect them to join forces to drive the Qin family away.

  In order to deal with these natives, Qin Lang had no choice but to take out his strongest trump card, summon all the old knights and vassals of Wu'an, and cross the sea to calm the chaos.

   To build Luzon, it is enough to have a group of managers and shopkeepers from the Qin family, but to fight a war, you need professional people.

The emperor canonized Qin Lang as the governor's office of Lusong. The white hemp book was placed in the hall, and the gold book and gold treasures of the world were placed on one side. The book was the most important of the seven edicts of the Tang Dynasty. Princes, feudal lords, and chiefs of surrounding feudal vassals were ordered, and the emperor used them in Linxuan. Also called, policy book.

   Compared with the second-class edicts used for great rewards and punishments, granting high officials and titles, reforming the old government, and pardoning captives, it is also called a book-making book. (During the time of Wu Zetian, the imperial edict had the same pronunciation, and it was only said that the imperial edict was no longer used when making books.)

Li Shimin's policy letter to Qin Lang is very special. It does not start with the usual opening of the sect, Zhiyue, but the beginning of my order to Haotian. This is written directly in the emperor's tone. Yes, but the general system under the sect is represented by the ministers of the Zhongshu Sheren of the Zhongshu Province.

  Edicts and edicts are both oral orders from the emperor.

   Order is system, order is edict.

  Book-making is about the system and major canonization, while book-making is about dealing with daily government affairs.

  The general orders of the emperor are written in written form, and there are also edicts and edicts that directly send servants to convey oral orders. It is also stipulated that the order of the prince is called order, the order of the prince is called teaching, and the order of the province is called Fu.

The emperor's special decree, all the princes and princes in the inner world are called teaching, and the princes are called His Royal Highness in the territory, and the dukes are called the next, and they all call themselves widows, and the state officials of the feudal territories are not allowed to be ministers to their masters, and they are renamed Xia official.

   Outside the world, the feudal lords will proclaim, and within the territory, they will be called the next, and they will call themselves widows.

  Secretary feudalism is divided into internal and external feudalism, inner feudal feudalism, feudal feudal lords are divided into one-third of the tax and one food, and external world feudal, the feudal feudal princes are taxed and feudal princes are divided into two-thirds of the food.

   For those who are enfeoffed in the inner world, the clan is not enfeoffed unless it is the son of the emperor, and the meritorious officials with different surnames are not enfeoffed unless they are the duke of the state.

  For those who are granted titles from other worlds, the word "founding the country" is added to the previous title.

  The non-world titles can be divided into two types: regular titles and loose titles. Full titles are conferred by lower ranks, while loose titles are lifetime titles that cannot be inherited.

  In the previous example of Zhengjue, the word "Jianguo" was added. There were real seals and a small number of officials, but no land.

  Sanjue does not add the word "founding the country", there is no actual feudal township, official status and fiefdom, only false feudal townships.

   This is actually a major reform of the title system. The titles of the Tang Dynasty are divided into four classes, inner-world titles, outer-world titles, real titles, and false titles.

  Internal titles are given to princes and great heroes with different surnames. Princes, princes, and meritorious officials are granted the title of governor, governor, etc., and let them enjoy one-third of the taxation of the fief.

As for foreign feudal titles, it is Qin Lang who established territories overseas, and the emperor granted their territories to them. These overseas territories are called foreign feudal titles. Treasure Island, an overseas territory of his family, set up the Luzon Governor's Mansion, and granted Qin Lang the Luzon Governor, and at the same time gave a Luzon County Duke the title.

  Qin Lang himself already had the title of Duke of Wei, but when he got a foreign title, the imperial court granted him another title.

This kind of practice is actually a characteristic of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. At that time, there were frequent wars in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the melee between the North and the South made the system of titles more complicated. seal system.

For example, Duan Shao, the famous general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was already the county king when Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty was Gaoyang, but the queen was conferred the title of duke four times in a row, and the same is true for the Lanling king Gao Changgong. Don't be a duke several times.

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the system of five-class nobility was practiced, and later the system of founding and loose titles was developed. The founding title was a real title, and the loose title was a false title. When the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty were separated, wars became more frequent, from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to After the melee of the Three Kingdoms, the war also produced a large number of military exploits and titles, and the titles depreciated rapidly in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The Northern Qi Dynasty was full of princes, and the founding princes were no longer a rare thing, and the loose ones were even worthless. At that time, the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou Dynasty were fighting each other, and there was a Southern Dynasty in the south. I had to patch it, so I made another seal.

  Some ministers have made meritorious service and have risen to top titles. For example, Duan Shao and Gao Changgong have both been crowned kings. If they perform meritorious service, they will be awarded a suitable founding title to increase compensation such as Shiyi fiefdom. And some people with titles such as dukes and marquises have made new achievements, but they can't reach the next level, so they are granted another low-level title to compensate.

   These titles are also allowed to be donated to brothers, nephews, etc., and even Duan Shao once gave his title to his stepmother and younger brother.

  In the final analysis, the title system itself is for rewarding merit and winning people's hearts.

  The titles of the Tang Dynasty ranged from the virtual titles of the Wude Dynasty, to the real titles and virtual titles at the beginning of Zhenguan, and then to the world titles to reward the clan princes and important heroes.

In particular, the hero who has won the title of the world is the real duke of the state who has already reached the top, so one more level is given to the world, and another piece of land is given to the outdoors of Shiyi, although later this world title is only for the third person who can obtain the fief. One of the taxes, but it also increases a lot of benefits.

   Now the emperor has introduced internal and external feudalism in this secular feudal system, which is actually a regulation for the newly established overseas territories.

  An important feature of the hereditary fiefdom is hereditary succession and the enjoyment of fief taxes. The two points are separated into internal and external. It is also because the nature of the territories of the two external fiefs is different, and the rights and interests they enjoy are also different, so they are separated.

Since the internal titles are both dukes and princes, there is no need to add the word "founding the country". Although the titles of external titles do not directly indicate that the title can only be below the Duke of the State, in fact, the highest is the Duke of the county, and the lowest is the earl. .

Inner world titles generally have the number of households that are actually enfeoffed, ranging from one or two hundred to one or two thousand, and then have the enjoyment of fief taxes, but external feudal titles have no real entitlement and only the retention of fief taxes. .

  By the way, the imperial court also sorted out the non-world titles, and divided them into real titles and false titles.

  In fact, the word "founding country" is also added to the title of nobility. There are food towns but no fiefdoms.

  The false title is just an empty title. It has neither fiefdom nor eunuch, not even basic subordinate officials. Even this title is lifelong and cannot be inherited.

  False titles and loose titles are generally awarded to high-ranking officials, such as officials of the fifth rank or above. Old seniority may be awarded to a false title male. With the promotion of the official position, he will be promoted to a viscount or earl.

  If you enter the Zhengshitang as the prime minister, but you don't have a real title, you will be awarded a false life title of a county or state duke, and the name is pretty good.

   Of course, it’s not all without any practical benefits.

Even if it is a false title, although there is no territory and food, the court will give another sum of money, that is, how much money will be paid each month for each level of title. Qianqian, a vain prince, may give fifty or one hundred guan a month, and will retain a little economic benefit.

   But it is worse than Zhengjue.

Basically, if you don’t have military merits in the future, you won’t be able to be granted titles. If you don’t have great achievements, you won’t be able to seal them in the inner world. As for the outer world titles, it depends on who has the ability to grab them. You don't have to pay anything as an outsider, you enjoy one-third of the tax paid by the outsider's territory every year.

  The false title of loose title for life is obviously set up for those high-ranking civil servants. Anyway, they have no chance to make military exploits. A false title of loose title cannot be inherited, and it doesn't feel bad for the court.

  In the past, the titles of the imperial court were actually divided into two types: real titles and false titles, but now it is more standardized.

  If you add the newly-implemented reform of granting feudal lands by lords, including the twelve ranks of honorary officers, it is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty's lord system, which is actually divided into five categories.

  Heroes in the world, they were all taken into his hands by Li Shimin.

  Qin Lang became the first vassal in the Tang Dynasty to receive a different title, both internal and external.

  As a feudal vassal, Qin Lang can call himself a widow in the future, and his order will be declared, and others in the fief will call him Di Xia.

  The word "Diaxia" is similar to Your Majesty, His Highness, etc. It means that the status is too noble to dare to talk directly. Instead, it is conveyed to the attendant standing under the house outside the house to show respect.

  The prime ministers also have such a unique title, Your Excellency.

  As for the widow, this is the traditional self-proclaimed name of the princes since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Relatively speaking, it is one level lower than the lonely. For example, a prince can be called an orphan or a widow, but a prince without a king cannot be called an orphan.

  As for the emperor, calling himself Zhen is even more exclusive.

   Later, because the king of Korea was a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty, the king could only be called His Royal Highness, so their eldest son could only be called Di Xia. This Di Xia originally meant exactly the same as Di Xia. It's just that in the Central Plains, the word "Diaxia" was no longer used after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was later picked up by North Korea.

  Although Qin Lang is not the prime minister now, he is also the Taibao of the Three Masters. In ancient times, the Three Masters and the Three Open Courts built a mansion, so he can also be respected as Your Excellency.

  Qin Yong and the others were even a little uncomfortable with these new titles for a while.

   "Next!"

"Your Mightiness!"

  Qin Yong and Shan Sili spoke several subjects at the same time, but ended up addressing each of them by the same name.

   "There is no need to be so formal." Qin Lang laughed.

   "That won't work. Our Luzon Mansion has officially opened, and we still have to regulate it as much as possible in the future. If the imperial court doesn't allow us to be ministers, then we will all be called subordinate officials."

   "In the future, I will call myself a widow, especially in formal occasions. There are no rules, and etiquette is very important." Jia Wu also said.

   "Okay, then I'd better discuss with you the deployment of suppressing the Tibetans first."

  (end of this chapter)