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Chapter 5 Rewards

"The general Xiang Yan was appointed as Xiang Bo, and Xiang County was appointed as the fief of the three generations;

The title of Xiang Zhi, the general of Xiang Zhi, was appointed as a silk man, and had a salary of thousands of stones;

The title of the general of Cai Shi, Pan Wuming, was appointed as the silk man, and his salary was a thousand stones;

The title of Chen Shishi Chen is the general Chen, who is not a good match for silk, and has a salary of thousands of stones;

The general of the Master Xi is to hold silk and pay a thousand stones;

The general of Xiyang, Zeng Xia, was appointed as the gui, and had a salary of five thousand stones;

The title was the general of Wucheng, Lu Ji, was appointed as the lord of Yanling, and had three generations of wealth;

The general of Kuaiji, Qin, was appointed as the king of Wuyuan, and the third generation

...

The general of the cavalry, Gui Jing, was appointed as a halberd, and he was given five hundred stones.

The general of the cavalry was Xiang Chao, who held a halberd and had a salary of five hundred stones;

…”

When he was looking at the court in the early morning, the chief servant Jiang Dai read out the reward. Except for Xiang Yan as Xiang Cheng Bo, the other generals of Wu and Yue were slightly more rewarded, the content was not unexpected. He held Gui, silk, and halberds, three doctors, five doctors, and seven doctors... These are the unique titles of Chu State, which are different from the Duke, Marquis, Bozinan of Zhou.

However, since King Wu of Chu established a county, the title gradually became untrue, and only the reward was the only reward. Another kind of reward was the monarch, and the descendants of the royal family naturally had to be divided into other countries, and some ministers who had great merits could also be granted the monarch. Before the Wuqi reform, the monarch of Chu was the same as the Duke of Zhou and Bozinan of the Zhou people. The fiefs were hereditary, and the fiefs had direct jurisdiction over the fiefs, and the fiefs were equal to private land. After the Wuqi reform, the fiefs were taken over the king of Chu. The fiefs were only entitled to collect rent and taxes on the fiefs, and had no jurisdiction over the people of the fiefs, and the fiefs were not private land.

But after listening to most of the rewards that will be awarded, the most unexpected thing happened:

"The king of Yiyang is the marquis of Yiyang, with a land of seventy miles;

The title of Zhou Hou was the Marquis of Ying Hou, and the land was seventy miles long.

The six kings are six sons, and the land is fifty miles away

…”

As soon as Changjiang read out, the whole court began to buzz, and the sound became louder and louder, so big that Changjiang could not continue to chant. Those monarchs who had no fiefdom were envious, jealous and hated. This was not a reward, but a feudal state was simply a feudal state.

"My name..." Ji Lingjun couldn't help but stand up with the scepter, and he shouted: "I would like to advise the king that the reward for the vassal of the king is too generous!"

"Too thick?" Xiong Jing was dressed in white and was not surprised by the reactions of the ministers. He asked loudly, "Why did Houzhi?"

"The king's title is seventy miles away, which is too thick." Ji Lingjun looked around. This time, the doctors and officials rarely agreed with each other and nodded. "Although seventy miles are small, our Chu State is only five thousand miles away. Once this example begins, after several lifetimes, there will be no land to be enfeoffed and no country can be enfeoffed every year. This is absolutely not allowed. Please follow the ancestral system and take it back."

"Please follow the ancestral system and take back the order." Assessing Ji Lingjun, the doctors and officials spoke in unison.

"Ancestral system? When was the ancestral system?" Xiong Jing asked with a smile, his eyes swept over the ministers as if there was any substance. Perhaps because of the etiquette, no minister dared to look directly at him. "The Marquis of Yiyang was the ruler of Qin, and he was so strong that the millet and rice were not harvested enough and rotten in the ground. When he arrived in Xi County, he heard that Yingdu was rebelling, and rushed to Yingdu to rescue him. During the war, he used weak troops to resist Qin soldiers and later blocked Qin cavalry.

This time, there are those who rewarded the great achievements, such as the General; those who rewarded the loyal ones, such as the Marquis of Yiyang, and those who rewarded the brave and the warriors, such as the honorary soldiers in the army. Ji Qing said that there are many kinds of ancestral systems, and it is not only adopted the ancestor system of the ancestor King Wu and Wen, but not the ancestor system of the ancestor King Zhuang."

After saying these words in one breath, the ministers were dissatisfied with dissatisfaction. The Lord Yiyang was indeed loyal enough, and no one could deny this. It was just that the ancestral system followed by the king was too old. The ancestor King Wu was five hundred years ago.

"I read "Jiaowu" everywhere. Only when I was the ancestor of King Wu, my Chu State was the most heroic and powerful at the time of King Wen, so I followed the ancestral system at this time." Xiong Jing said again: "What is the fiefdom of seventy miles? Is it very big? If we balance the Chu State with five thousand miles, it is indeed very big. But our Chu State has only five thousand miles?

Ji Qing, you will see in the future. Today, our Chu State rewards are seventy miles and hundreds of miles. In the future, our Chu State rewards meritorious ministers will use a ruler on the map. One inch is hundreds of miles. At that time, everyone will compete for a few inches, not a few miles."

"I dare not think." An inch is hundreds of miles, and the battle will be several inches. This is a fiefdom worth thousands of miles.

"I dare not think?" Xiong Jing looked at him and shook his head repeatedly, and shook his head repeatedly at the ministers. "Ji Qing, why are you like frogs in the well? You jumped out of the water and rested at the cracks between bricks and stones at night; you would swim happily when you fell into the water, and you would take a comfortable walk when you stumble on the mud; you would also say, "I am happy!"

What is there to be a cozy place? Sitting at the bottom of the well, you only see a three-foot sky. I thought the sky was so big, only three-foot sky. I said last year: Today, it is just a corner of the east side of Zhongzhou, which is what Zou Yan, a native of Qi, called the Nine Provinces.

These nine provinces are blocked by quicksand and mountains, and it is difficult to go west. However, have you ever thought about where the silk from Shu Kingdom was sold in the past? Where did you come from when you wait for the Lu Li pearls in your home? Where did Lao Dan ride a green ox out of Hangu?

Starting from next month, Zaofu will start the sea boat. With the sea boat, our Chu people can bypass the quicksand and the mountains, and go from the sea to the south of Zhongzhou, west of Zhongzhou, and even to the west of the west and east of the continent. What is the five thousand miles of Chu State? What is the purpose of Chu State? The Chu State is 50,000 miles."

Xiong Jing's bold words made the ministers not know how to deal with it. Although he had no impression of the world, Chu State was not a China like Lu State after all. In a vague way, some people could feel that there were other civilizations or other countries besides the world. These countries were not the barbarians mentioned by the Zhou people, and they also had exquisite artifacts.

"Ji Qing, if you want a fief, just take the big blade to take it." The ministers did not respond. Xiong Jing said a little embarrassedly, and then continued to ask Chang Jiangnian to reward the list. Without exception, the feudal kings who led their troops back to Yingdu that day actually sealed the land, either seventy miles or fifty miles. These lands were no longer the land of Chu, but their private land.

Such rewards were only a few hundred years ago. Today, even the former general Bai Qi of Qin was just a false title, without land, and only fortune. Xiang Yan was not a public clan. He just repelled the Qin army and then granted Xiang Bo, using Xiang County as his fief, and had three generations of Lu. Xiang County said it was a county, but it was a fief of the Central Plains before, and it was a fief of the Central Plains.

During this reward, the ministers also saw some tricks: the highest fiefdom, such as Yi Yangjun and others, each of which was dozens of miles away, was all fertile land in the town; the second was the fief of food, which was for three generations; the second was the simple title, without a fief of food, and only gave it a grain of money, and died of money.

The descendants of the princes and nobles, and the few common people who were lucky enough to have been awarded honorary scholars, titles, fiefs, and even land. These are all rewards for military merits, but they are the lords and doctors who have no land and no soldiers, and the officials who cannot fight with the army have nothing to catch. While they were disappointed, Yin Nao coughed a few times and said, "Wang Ling: From now on, if the lords, officials, and scholars report to the Grand Sima Mansion, they can build private soldiers..."

During the Spring and Autumn Period, all ethnic groups in Chu had private soldiers. Every time they fought, they would have private soldiers. Sometimes they even took the lead. It was no problem for some private soldiers from major clans to beat some small countries. After the rebellion of King Ruoao of Chu, private soldiers began to strictly prohibit private soldiers, but the number of private soldiers on the battlefield decreased day by day, leaving only some swordsmen, disciples, servants, and strong servants. Now Xiong Jing suddenly wanted to restore private soldiers.

The rewards were so high that it was shocking. Now that the private soldiers were ordered to be released, the ministers immediately became disgusted. People with wealth and fiefs were secretly happy. The family members of the clan finally had a formal organization. Although they still had to pay for food and grass from their own pockets, they could at least show them openly and fight with the army and get rewards. Those who had no money and land were as if they had lost their parents. With such generous military merits, they would probably lose their power more and more in the court.

"Tell the king, I think this order is inappropriate." A person who had never expected it stood up. It was Yin Guanyou, the city of Yingdu. "Last year, Jinghua's rebellion was caused by private soldiers. All the officials, ministers and others established private soldiers. Who is the state of Chu? Who is the king?"

"How can you be so unscrupulous?" Yu talked about the rebellion. No matter how much the others support him, he dared not speak randomly. Only Xiong Jing spoke. "Guan Qing thought that once there were private soldiers, all private soldiers would attack Yingdu and become kings?"

"It's true." After leaving the list, Guan You found that almost no one supported him. He paused and said, "If there are private soldiers, let alone attack each other. If someone goes on Jinghua again, what should the king do about Ruoao?"

"Jinghua's rebellion has nothing to do with the Jing family. If Ao is indeed a rebellion, what is the result?" Xiong Jingleng said. "Jinghua can only rebel in Yingdu by his own strength. It can be seen that it is not important for private soldiers not to be private soldiers, but the important hearts of all races.

If you are not as singular as the ancestor King Ling, you will naturally not accept the Jimen and will only be in the wilderness, so what if you are not as singular as the ancestor King Wu and King Wen, so what if you are not as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singular as singularity? Which clan's private soldiers have never shed blood for the Chu State and expanded their territory?

Some people who died of choking and wanted to ban food from the world, which is a big mistake. Guan Qing's intention is not to collect all the troops from Chu and to cancel all the soldiers from counties and towns. In this way, the Chu State is safe, and the unscrupulous one will be safe?"

"I did not mean this. However, if private soldiers are established, they will not rebel. In the future, they rely on private soldiers, do not abide by the law, bully the weak, and use private harm to the public. This will be a problem for our Chu State." Guan You paused his head again, but he had no selfishness, some of them were all public.

"Guan Qing is wrong. The law is determined by the strong. It is to hold the strong and bully the weak. How can we not guard it? The State of Chu is a gathering of all ethnic groups and families, and who has it?" Xiong Jing's tone eased. "Since ancient times, the weak should bow down and submit to the orders and follow the law as a shield? Are they worthy?"

"My name..." Guan You was speechless when he paused his head. He raised his head slightly. The king in the distance seemed out of reach, and his entire vision was different from the past, as if something was reversed.

"Tell the king, I think it's not the case." Guan You was speechless, but someone else jumped out. It was Meng Zhao, who was ridiculed as a spy by Xiong Jing last time.

"What do you want to say? Buying understands it in his heart." Xiong Jing looked at him and became disgusted. "Buying just wants to tell you that there are only two types of people in the Chu State in the future, one is: a person who can fight with a spear, and the other is a person who cannot fight with a spear. The former is a Chinese man, and the latter is a slave."

"I am a slave who cannot fight with a spear." Meng Zhao also knew that the king did not like him, but he knew that this king was not a tyrant, but was quite wise, so he wanted to argue with him because it was very safe. "Most court officials present should not fight with a spear, and they were all slaves. Please ask the king to take our post."
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