Spring and Autumn I Am King

Zhao Wuxi bowed to Zhang Mengtan and gave a solemn salutation, "Thanks to Meng Tan for tonight's incident! You are the first in Dinglu, but you only got a small family slaughter and Tian Zhai, I really wronged you. [full text] read..】"

Zhang Mengtan hurriedly avoided returning the salute: "This is the wish of the minister. The lord can listen to the words of the minister and implement the policy of the minister. It is too late for the lower minister to rejoice, so how can he complain!"

That's right, everything tonight was actually discussed by Zhao Wuxi and Zhang Mengtan in advance, and they temporarily played a part of the double reeds.

For the past two months, Zhao Wuxi has been worrying about how to divide the merits of the Empress Ding Lu. People are unpredictable. In the Spring and Autumn Period when conferring honors and honors is commonplace, it is difficult to use the same set of later generations to demand the scholars of the Spring and Autumn Period. At this moment, Zhang Mengtan took the initiative to ask for advice and advocated that the territory of more than 100 miles should not be divided.

"Concentrate the land and the people in the hands of the lord, and when he is defending the enemy, he can strike out like a fist. If it is divided into four parts, it will become five fingers of his own accord. There is a city doctor here, and a monarch there, although he has a city. It is the loyal heroes, but everyone has selfishness, and once they are recruited to contribute money and resources, they will not do their best.”

"Meng Tan's words are exactly what I want!"

The two coincided with each other, and Zhao Wuxi was greatly relieved. Yes, although the course has changed, the young Zhang Mengtan is still the national scholar in history who said "never forget the past, and be the teacher of the future". After the siege of Jinyang, Zhang Mengtan insisted on Zhao Zong, so he advised Zhao Xiangzi to limit the fiefdom and prestige of his retainers. He even gave up his first achievements, abandoned his territory and power, and took his family to avoid and live in seclusion until Zhao Zhao. When Shi was besieged by Qi, Chu, Wei, and Han, he came forward to relieve the siege.

Historically, it was his sacrifice that allowed the Zhao family to complete the final step of turning a feudal family into a state of centralization!

But now, Zhang Mengtan's indifferent temperament to fame and fortune prompted him to make the same choice when Zhao Wuxi was facing difficulties in the state of Lu.

Zhao Wuxi added: "But if you say so openly, I'm afraid the soldiers will be chilled and the ministers will be disappointed..."

"The same thing is said in different ways. The effect is very different. The subordinate has a suggestion. It's better to be like this..."

So there is tonight's performance. Zhao Wuchen is grateful to Zhang Mengtan for his sincerity. Zhang Mengtan's intention to push for the reward also came from the heart, so everyone did not see the fake, but was very moved.

After establishing a moral role model like Zhang Mengtan who made great contributions but declined the award, the rest of the people would not be able to boast and ask for this and that, and Zhao Wuxi's plan could be unfolded slowly.

The two sat opposite each other. Starting to discuss family and state affairs, Zhao Wuxi said: "Meng Tan is right, the beauty of rewarding merit by imitating the Zhou Dynasty's enfeoffment looks good at first glance, but it conflicts with the Qi family and the way of governing the country, and makes the meritorious officials hereditary. The replacement of the city owner is not only unfavorable to the integration of the state of Lu, but also easily leads to the confrontation between the city owner of Jin and the people of Lu. In the long run, it is even more troublesome. In sight, these lessons, I dare not forget!"

"Then how does the lord plan to solve it?"

Wu Xie said: "I thought about it for a while. People who are eager to confer merit can be roughly divided into four types of people. Let me start from the bottom to the top."

"The main body of military pawns are professional pawns recruited from Song and Lu. They originally joined in pursuit of land, money and silk, and they do what they want."

"From what he wants?"

"That's right, I want to establish the system of military meritorious land in the form of a written law. And implement it on the territory!"

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"Actually, this is a system that has been implemented in the military for a long time. According to the meritorious service, military soldiers can get various awards. Let me use an analogy, and a third-class meritorious service can be exchanged for meritorious deeds for ten acres of land and a house. At the same time, you can be promoted due to merit, and enjoy more military pay. You can also get the corresponding money and silk if you don’t want to be promoted. Second-class merit, first-class merit increases in order. You can also get subordinates.”

"Wonderful!" Zhang Mengtan praised: "In this way, the arrangement is not based on relatives, so it is rewarded, but if you have food and work, and you have merit, the morale will be greatly increased, and the military soldiers will be happy when they hear the battle. If things go on like this, the military soldiers marry in the state of Lu. Wife, take root, and in various villages and villages, Lu has become a generational soldier with soil and fields, and their descendants will be the most staunch supporters of the Zhao family, so that they can compete with the xenophobic Chinese!"

In fact, the first batch of military soldiers has reached the three-year contract period with Zhao Wuxi. Most of them chose to stay, and only a few chose to leave and return home. For those people who were recruited from Song Guoxin, Zhao Wuxi half-deceitfully made them sign a five-year long-term contract, and the military pawns of Lu nationality had to serve until they could not retire. Fifteen to join the army, eighty to return, this is professional recruiting!

Zhao Wuchun smiled and said: "Meng Tan, you should always stand in the Jin people's point of view, don't completely oppose the Wuzu and the Lu people. Because the Wuzu will be expanded sooner or later, and more and more Lu people will be accommodated, and so on. After the veterans of the military army became basic military officers in Yibing and Tingshu, and each brigade was assigned two soldiers who recorded merits and demerits, they could implement this system of military merits in the You Army.”

Zhang Mengtan sighed and said: "The scene of ten thousand people rising up and fighting hard for the meritorious farm house, I really can't imagine..."

Zhao Wuxi's subordinates, Tian Ben, Yu Xi, Mu Xia, Wu Jing and others, were originally from the lower classes of society from Lungmu and concubines, and they got to this day step by step by virtue of their ability and merit. As long as Zhao Wuxi did a little propaganda and these people set an example, this system would soon gain the trust of the soldiers at the bottom of the Right Army. On the battle front, they are no longer just pawns fighting for soy sauce, but tigers and wolves fighting for the money and silk of the fields...

In the "Shiqing Shilu" state of Lu, when selecting talents, including military generals, apart from the grassroots scholars who rose up by their outstanding performance in the village s ceremony, they mainly followed the line of "kinship, respect and respect", mainly in the selected from the scholar-officials.

Feudal lords at all levels in cities and towns were officers at all levels in wartime. The military merits on the battlefield are all recorded under the lord's name, and whether the benefits will be distributed to the subordinates depends on the personal festival c. Generally speaking, no matter how much credit ordinary people make in war, it is regarded as an obligation, and military merit will not change their quality of life and social status.

However, military merit is awarded to Tianzhai, and promotions are not the same.

Zhao Wuxi intends to imitate the military merits of Qin, but his foundation is still small, and his title is only a minister, not to mention the 20th rank, even the 10th rank can't be spread. In the Spring and Autumn Period, if the first merit was proposed early, it would be madly sprayed by the moral gentlemen, giving the opponent an excuse to kill and beat him, so it can only be implemented in disguise...

But this alone is enough to make the military veterans under him become the first batch of military meritorious landlords in Lu, and they will start from the grassroots. Let Lu Guo make a new face! The military merits are granted, and it can effectively strike the old aristocratic privileges of Lu State and stir up the ups and downs of the social hierarchy. Wash away the stagnant and timid folk customs.

If things go on like this, maybe in ten years, maybe twenty years, the state of Lu may change from the weak image of the old state of ritual and music, and become a country of great merit that is warlike and seeks war!

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The two chief ministers had an empty seat to talk. The candle light gradually melted, but the two people in the hall became more and more excited.

Once upon a time, they played battle formations against a chessboard in Xintian, and talked freely about their aspirations and the current situation of the princes. Now, it is finally time for the old boy to really take charge of a country.

After talking about the placement of the soldiers at the bottom, Zhao Wuxi also talked about the military officials who have made more contributions, but the field house alone may not be able to satisfy them.

Huhui, Yang Tongrong, Tian Ben, Yu Xi and other Jin people, as the old team, have no doubts about their loyalty to Zhao Wuxi. They have never forgotten that the west of Taihang Mountain is their homeland. Many people's families are still in Jin. Zhao Wuxi planned to use Zhang Mengtan as an example to persuade them to "do not return riches and honors to their hometowns, like brocade clothing at night." If the Jin retainers were guided by Zhao Wuxi and aimed at assisting the lord to return to Jin, then they would pursue their pursuit in the state of Lu. It is not the territory that cannot be taken away, but the vast soil fields, many ministers and concubines, and then the honorary lord, and more money and silk.

Zhao Wuxi had millions of mu of food fields in his hands, and he also controlled the finances of Lu State. The above desires can fully satisfy them.

"Even, in order not to let the military officials lose their enterprising spirit, they can seal a hundred households of food towns." Zhang Mengtan added and suggested.

The so-called food city is not a real seal of hereditary rule. Only taking the false seal of taxation, he is nominally a lord, but he can only collect millet, and has no right to govern the people. This situation is also generally practiced by the ministers of the Jin state, in general. Jin's system should be one hundred years ahead of Lu's! In the Warring States period, Sanjin, like Qi, was also the core area for the outbreak of science and technology, culture and ideas.

"Yes! In this way, the soldiers will not be chilled. After returning to Jin, I will let them get their due status."

Then, there are Zi Gong, Ran Qiu, Gong Xihua, Fan Chi, Zai Yu and others. In Zhao Wuxi's opinion, these Confucian disciples are the easiest group to dismiss...

They were born in the middle and lower classes of society, and most of them were civil servants. Influenced by Confucius's repeated refusal of fiefdoms, the disciples of the Confucian utilitarian school held the idea of ​​"learning and becoming an official". The ambition is not so great.

With Zigong as the head, these people seem to treat him with courtesy, and then they will be satisfied with enough salary. These contented Confucian officials are an important medium to help the Zhao family gain a firm foothold in the state of Lu. At the same time that Lu Guo changed blood, he had to use these people.

Zigong will serve as a pedestrian and an official in charge of goods and farming, Gong Xihua will take over Confucius' post, Zai Yuhui will be transferred to Fei Yi, and Ran Qiu is already a teacher... A group of poor people almost jumped to the doctor class, and most people are satisfied , they deliberately avoided discussing the differences between Confucius and Zhao Wuxi, and worked conscientiously in their duties.

At the time of jing, the candles were about to burn out. Zhao Wuxi had already introduced three different ways of awarding rewards. In the end, there were only some people who were greedy and not very good at killing them.

"Those doctors who participated in the Xilu League~www.wuxiahere.com~ Qinyi, Gaoyu, Jiyi, etc., and even my Yue family, Zhenyi Zhen, and the elders of the various cities have now become real people. Zhao Qing's vassal."

"They felt that they had meritorious deeds, so they gave birth to a bigger mind. Yizai and Sima wanted to be a doctor, a junior doctor wanted to be a middle doctor, a middle doctor wanted to be a doctor... In addition to the title, they also wanted a real title, and Xiaoyi wanted to be a doctor. Dayi, I want to increase one city to two. These people are accustomed to the system of the State of Lu, and I am afraid that they will not be able to accept the military merits of the land and the false seal of the food city. For these people, they cannot be killed or sealed. idea?"

Zhao Wuchun smiled and said: "It's very simple, I want to set up a county in the State of Lu, I just need to merge the small towns into a big county, if they don't want to be overtaken by the new county officials, these people can only move their places obediently. !"

ps: I got dark early today, um... In addition, the author's background has been changed to a new version. When uploading, I can't see whether the double quotation marks are positive or negative. If you have any questions, let me know.

(To be continued.)

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