Chapter 1887 Preliminary exploration of the title of knighthood, worship on the altar


    The problem of anti-corruption is not a one-day cold, and it is not a one-day effort to solve it. It is like psoriasis, or like Xiaoqiang. After killing a wave, there are still waves. When you see one, Often there is already a nest underneath.


    This is a huge project, but now, Fei Qian has just started.


    Take out the big stick, and naturally also take out the carrot.


    Hurry up, the altar of worshiping generals in Longshouyuan has finally been built, and the ceremony can be held as scheduled.


    The title of Lord of Merit, who doesn''t like it?


    From the time of the Qin Dynasty, China began to move towards centralization and unification, but in fact, even with the supreme authority of Qin Shihuang and the majestic military power, it still could not completely overthrow what remained in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. Even in the Han Dynasty, the prefectures in various places were still like princes in terms of power, and the control system of the central government was very extensive and lagging behind.


    However, one thing that is not bad in the Han Dynasty is that even if the area under the control of the current court is extremely shrinking, even if the officials in various counties and counties are hereditary, they also obey the system of selecting officials in the Han Dynasty on the surface, that is, the previous chief or Its subordinates elect the next chief, or do some kind of village elder election, etc., and then report to the court-although the so-called report is to set up an altar and burn the seal. Get information and forget about it. Anyway, didn''t you say it was the "Son of Heaven"? If God is not going to tell you, who can you blame?


    Even so, from this point of view, in the Han Dynasty, only titles were hereditary, and there was no hereditary real power in counties.


    Although this is often the case in name only, it is considered an improvement.


    As for the so-called Jimi Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, in a sense, it is a kind of retrogression. After all, allowing ethnic minorities in remote areas to self-govern is a temporary measure under the traffic time limit and other issues. What''s the problem, but if the chief is allowed to be hereditary by the head of the tribe, completely laissez-faire, then what is the difference from separation?


    So after the Tang Dynasty, and later in the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, the Tusi system was formed, which made many remote areas that were included in the Chinese territory from the Han Dynasty gradually move towards separation and transfer. If you are an expert in internal fighting, but external, you have to compromise again and again, and the same is true for Cixi in later generations.


    The chieftain system, from a certain point of view, seems to have achieved a short-term peace, but in the long run, it actually formed a huge resistance to the unification of China and the continuous territorial expansion.


    Fei Qian believes that in China, where the terrain is complex, the north and south are far away, and the territory is vast, only unification is the most correct choice, otherwise it is easy to form a split, and then get out of control and no longer have the ability to expand outward. So many things Feiqian is doing now are like this. The more remote, the more it is necessary to infiltrate Chinese culture and promote enlightenment, and then after three generations, it will naturally basically belong to it.


    To form a deterrent force against counties and remote areas in various places, a strong central military strength is indispensable.


    To maintain the honor system in the army, the generals of the army, especially the outstanding commanders, should be awarded titles that can be hereditary but decrease from generation to generation. Correspondingly, civil servants can be granted on-the-ground management rights, but not hereditary inheritance rights.


    To put it simply, it is one thing, non-military merit is not a marquis.


    After all, it is unavoidable that the emperor wants to give his sons and daughters princes and princesses, but they can be treated, but not honored, nor real power. That is to say, those who have real land management rights can be hereditary, only the title of military merit, and it will decrease from generation to generation, so that it can basically be said that there will be no fighting on the battlefield, and it is not as good as the benefits obtained by flattering the emperor. , causing more and more people to choose the latter, so that the country''s martial spirit is getting worse and less.


    In this way, in terms of high titles, there are two lines of Wang with the same surname and Hou with different surnames, the king is the king, and the hou is the hou. Although both lines can obtain fiefdoms, the king is a virtual fief, which means receiving an extra amount of money, food and salary, while the marquis is a real fief, and all of them are confiscated on the newly opened territory as much as possible.


    The so-called prince, there is only one level, that is, the prince with the title of XX, or the princess, or the county, or the county, and the size of the fief also represents the size of the "king". According to the practice of the Han Dynasty, the king did not hold real power , the actual local government affairs are controlled by the prime minister, who has the authority to open temples and offer sacrifices, but has no actual military power. If it is a royal family from a foreign country, after surrendering, it will also be incorporated into this system. For example, the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, and even the chiefs of the Qiang and Di tribes, etc., either directly used the title of the king of the Han family, or still used their old titles, such as Shanyu, etc., whose identity was basically the same as that of the king with the same surname. The minister of state is appointed by the central court, with a term of office and assessment.


    The Marquis system adopts the Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Nan of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, plus Liehou and Guanneihou, a total of seven levels. Of course, depending on the size of the fiefdom, even the same level of Marquis can be Compete. The marquis is a famous weapon, for example, only those who have military merits can be rewarded, and the fiefdom is controlled and managed by the marquis himself. Theoretically speaking, even if you are a prime minister, if you have no military merits, you can''t be born as a marquis - there is a certain possibility of posthumous posthumous title, and this kind of posthumous title is just a title, not like The same as the Marquis of Military Merit, the actual fiefdom is obtained.


    Therefore, on the whole, whether it is in terms of actual benefits or personal glory, the Marquis is naturally the highest. In this way, on the one hand, the newly opened field entrustment of military achievements will help to use the reputation of the military general to carry out continuous development of the newly expanded land. Repression and stability, and on the other hand, the diminishing effect under the push, also allowed these lands to be gradually incorporated into the territory of the Han family, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone.


    In this way, the relationship between civil and military may be roughly balanced, because the direction of the civil and military divisions is different. Civil officials can obtain real power in local management without killing them. was transferred or demoted.


    Military generals must fight on the battlefield in order to enjoy glory, and such authority, generally speaking, follows for life, and it is sealed wherever it is captured or suppressed. As long as it does not make mistakes, it can still be passed on, but Under the twitter, it is normal to die after a few generations.


    Of course, Fei Qian''s current idea may be somewhat idealistic, but this is more or less a direction, at least compared to the kind of military general who fights life and death in the frontier, and then can only be named a Xiaoguan Neihou, and then follow the emperor. It is much better that flattering civil servants who have done all kinds of bad things can be named Liehou.


    So it’s not a military general, ordinary civil servants or ordinary people, in daily life, is it impossible to obtain a title, so they can only watch helplessly?


    Not really.


    In the next step, Fei Qian wants to continue to split the pre-Qin 20th-class Lord system, and it is a very simple split, that is, take out the two thousand stone grades of the Han Dynasty and apply them directly.


    The two thousand stones in the Han Dynasty had four grades, medium, true, yuan, and ratio. Yuan two thousand stones are the original two thousand stones, on which there are middle two thousand and real two thousand stones, and under the two thousand stones, there are more than two thousand stones. Therefore, if this set of standards is directly applied to the twentieth rank of military merit, the system of eighty ranks will be immediately expanded, which is basically enough.


    People are most afraid of not having a goal.


    The lord system is aimed at all big men, and everyone can fight for it, um, of course it is also in name. In fact, the level of birth also determines the starting position of the Lord.


    Like those false character levels in the later games, which can’t bring any benefits to real life, it’s not that there are a lot of people who will die day and night, krypton and liver, krypton and then liver, liver and then krypton, etc. Wait, if in reality there is a level of affiliation directly, and even if the corresponding treatment standard is lowered, but the real standard of living can be changed and improved, will there be a wave of crazy liver removal like the former Qin Dynasty?


    And to be popular among the people, it is necessary to have a powerful data statistics system, and then conduct an assessment every year or every three years, implement the bottom elimination system to carry out operations such as promotion and promotion, so that the Lord can flow up and down, Are you afraid that the whole people will die of liver failure?


    So, vigorously promoting mathematics is still very important and a very urgent task...


    The above three title systems can be said to basically cover most aspects of the dynasty’s needs, and whether it is a prince, marquis, or lord, they all represent a certain level of “superior” authority. It''s all basic, and it also involves all aspects of life. For example, the title of the former Qin Dynasty stipulated how many bowls and dishes to eat, etc. If it is subdivided, there are different regulations for different levels, corresponding portal buildings, chariot and horse clothing, and even ritual specifications and daily expenses. If one dares to exceed one''s own level, it is called "exceeding the system". , is a crime. Another special advantage of the title is that it can be offset, unless it is a crime that cannot be forgiven, it can be offset according to the law.


    At the same time, the Lord system can in turn restrict the King and Marquis system. After all, the Lord system has the most people, and in a sense, the Lord group is issued in the name of the country, so only this Only when the country exists, the Lord system can exist, just like the last generation who do not want the server to shut down, naturally it is an ordinary user who is full of passion and krypton...


    Not to mention the prince, the prince without real power basically cut off the possibility of rebellion.


    Most of the marquises who were able to rebel and rebel were formed by the solid bond between the upper and lower ranks in the army, and the reason why such a faction relationship could be formed was mostly because the generals in the feudal dynasty had great authority to reward and punish their subordinates. caused by. And if it is not the general who commanded the army himself who made the registration and verification and issued the rewards, can the general in command still have the conditions to rebel?


    It’s like the current Hussar Army, but all soldiers know that the nameplate hanging around the neck is used to record meritorious service. What standard of meritorious service has been fulfilled? Go to the military meritorious officer to register, and exchange for land or money, you can get it without the commander-in-chief’s approval. The general in command is more like the GM in the server. Although he controls the military law in the army, he is thunderous, and he can also farm monsters and equipment to give players certain benefits. change server...


    Then hehe.


    Of course, the project volume of this title system is not much smaller than the anti-corruption project, but it is much better to have such a direction than to go in any direction.


    The etiquette standards of these titles, the daily treatment, and even the detailed rules such as penance, etc., are things that Fei Qian can entrust to Confucian scholars to improve in the next step.


    Isn''t Confucianism the best at "rituals", so formulating and cultivating these "rituals" is the main responsibility of Confucianism, and there is no need to worry about Confucian children doing nothing to do things and pondering about prophecies? It is enough for Confucianism to keep busy such a huge stall if it needs to be refined and stabilized, constantly supplemented and repaired, and propagated to enlightenment.


    Then from the original gentry children, within the Confucian system, some people were eliminated, similar to Xu Yue, who were specially responsible for auditing and auditing. In the civilian area, they were auditing the people''s livelihood, and in the army, they were auditing military merits. In fact, they were basically the same. Yu assumed the responsibility of supervision and inspection.


    Finally, in addition to the fact that the retired members of the army serve as the local armed police, according to the established "rituals", according to the issues that have been reviewed, they exercise the power of arrest, punishment, etc., and separate the law enforcement power of the local gentry and clan. Basically, a system of separation of powers under the feudal dynasty was established.


    Although somewhat idealistic, this is the most suitable system of decentralization for the Chinese feudal dynasty that Fei Qian can think of, and if this system is really established, Fei Qian feels that it is far better than killing men and stabbing women, or On the contrary, it is more or less taller.


    For the whole society, there are actually certain rules, which are fair from a certain point of view.


    The most fearful thing is that there are rules, but some people are not punished after breaking them. This is the root of the disaster. It''s like queuing for a bus. If someone can jump in the queue at will without penalty, will there be anyone queuing afterwards? When the cost of doing good is far higher than the cost of doing evil, will the whole society be good?


    The biggest problem in the Chinese feudal dynasty has always been what "the law does not blame the public", so that "all people" break the law and it is not called breaking the law? In the name of "everyone" to carry out their own selfish desires, have there been fewer in the past dynasties? Why is there this "law does not blame the public"? Isn''t it because the **** is sitting on the basis of the noble family, these noble family names that dominate the place and gather the population, naturally represent the "people" at all times, how can the "law" be blamed on these people?


    The reason why Confucianism has become more and more **** is that on the one hand, it formulates various etiquette laws, and on the other hand, it wants to remove itself from this etiquette law and avoid various punishments, so it seems to set up some backdoors all day long. Take some loopholes or something, and then hang the signs of Confucius and other so-called saints outside the holes drilled by these people to hide their shame. In the end, the national dam collapsed, and these guys fell down and scattered to find the next family.


    Rules, and obeying the rules, are equally important.


    In the third year of Taixing, on the fifth day of the seventh month, everything is suitable and there are no taboos. Fei Qian led the ministers to the Longshou Yuan worship altar, and began to formally confer the honors to the generals, which also represented Fei Qian''s first step in promoting the reform of titles. Amidst the excitement of the crowd, he quietly moved forward.


    The first thing to be held is naturally the worship of heaven and earth, and the tribute to the emperor. The imperial power still needs to be maintained, at least in terms of face, this is not only aimed at the emperor Liu Xie, but is related to the recognition of the entire country. At least for now, maintaining the image of a big man is far easier for ordinary people to accept than slandering a big man.


    After the ceremony of sacrificing the Son of Heaven and Earth, the war drums rumbled, and the horn players in the army stood under the altar of worshiping the generals, raised their horns amidst the sound of the drums, and rang together.


    Sixty-four lineups of Liangjiazi from Chang''an gentry families and students from Shoushan Academy stood against the wind in the square under the altar, chanting loudly:


    『War in the south of the city, die in the north of Guo, if you die in the wild, you can eat crows without burying them! 』


    Under the stage, Zhang Liao, who was in the queue, couldn''t help but tremble when he heard the sound, and couldn''t help but also raised his head and sang in a slightly hoarse voice: "Call me Wu, and be a guest!" If you die in the wild, you won’t be buried, but if you carrion, you can go and escape...』


    Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Liao, sighed softly, lowered his eyes slightly, and his expression also changed slightly, maybe he remembered something.


    Han Yuefu Zhanchengnan was learned by most of the gentry''s children, and even the soldiers in the army had learned it to some extent. At this moment, they all responded, "The sound of water is exciting, and Pu Wei is dark." The owl cavalry died in battle, and the poor horse lingered and croaked...』


    For a moment, the sound shook the whole field, and the sound was mournful and heroic, rolling like thunder.


    Earlier, Fei Qian used the song "Same Clothes and Same Robe" from the pre-Qin period as the repertoire to commemorate the fallen soldiers, but later someone suggested that it was inappropriate, and finally replaced it with "War City South" by Han Yuefu.


    On the square in front of the altar, the music of Zhanchengnan gradually came to an end. With the last sentence of "going out to attack at night, and returning at night", the drums changed again, and then the trumpeters retreated, and the bells, chimes, bamboos, etc. Joined in, and the sixty-four dancers, also in the middle of the bell and drum music, began to move forward and backward.


    Today''s dance is the dance that Huang Yueying decided on that day. Although it was a small dance, when the sixty-four people danced together, especially the sixteen of them held up high the long-handled wooden parapets inlaid with gold and jade and hung with multicolored silk, shining brightly in the sun. , is still quite colorful, eye-catching, and soul-stirring.


    The overall uniformity is generally not bad.


    Fei Qian stood on the worship altar, condescending and could see it clearly. After all, it was a temporary queue of dancers formed by Liang Jiazi. In the case of short time and heavy tasks, it was not bad to polish to such a degree.


    The magnificence and variety of the dance dance reconciled the sadness of the original sacrifice to the souls of the soldiers. When the dance ended, with the roar of the bells and drums again, the altar went up and down, left and right, and sang the three sentences of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty together. Famous words and chapters, representing the official opening of the worship ceremony!


    『When the strong wind blows, the clouds fly, Vega comes back to his hometown, and the warriors guard the four directions! 』


    Although this poem is only three short lines, it is accompanied by the powerful bell and drum accompaniment under the choral singing repeated three times.


    (end of this chapter)