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Chapter 833 Follow-up

In fact, I was a little embarrassed about Pan Chongche's reward.

According to Li Jia's own arrangement, the titles of foreign ministers were divided into seven levels, namely Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron, as well as two lifelong brave captains and Xiaoyi captains.

The two lieutenants had no fief, but only had an annual salary of ten stones of rice, which was considered the pursuit of ordinary soldiers.

Li Jia is extremely stingy in the other titles.

For example, when Li Xin conquered Jinling, he was just the Marquis of Shangyuan, and when Pan Chong completely destroyed Shu, he was just the Marquis of Langzhong.

Titles are very valuable in troubled times. For example, at this time of the Northern Song Dynasty, the princes and dukes were as long as they were a military governor, and they were depreciated greatly.

Therefore, in the era of depreciation of titles, Li Jia reshaped the entire lord system of the Tang Dynasty with his own strength.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, titles were of grade, but when it came to Li Jia, they were all superb. On the surface, they greatly raised the status of nobles, but in fact, they secretly made profits.

Why?

Because if the title is of rank, then the nobles can enjoy the treatment of the same rank, such as the title of wife, son, official, land, and other mixed powers, and even interfere with local administration and court power arrangements.

There is not much power, but there is no privilege.

For example, during the pre-Tang Dynasty, the nobles were exempted from taxes, and the princesses, the princesses, and the men of the country were exempted from teaching, accounting for almost one-seventh of the total tax payment.

When you arrive at Li Jia, since you are superb, then the power will naturally be re-arranged.

Therefore, the privileges of nobles were condensed into four types: fief, guards, honor fields, and courtesy of all officials.

In terms of fief, Li Jia directly arranged for the court to distribute rice, one stone per household. For example, Pan Chongche had 5,500 households, and his annual salary was 5,500 stone.

Not to mention the guards, one baron, one viscount, two earls, one team of marquis, and one team of dukes, can be regarded as their private soldiers.

The land of honor is rewarded by the emperor and is hereditary. Even if the title is gone and the land is still there, it is not allowed to be bought or sold and taxes are still required.

The courtesy of all officials is a nominal respect for the nobles. When you see the prime minister, you don’t need to kneel down. You just need to bow your respects to the elders, and you can greatly appreciate the value of the nobles.

Therefore, even if Pan Chongche recovered Hanzhong, he still only had a fief and rewarded some land, money, and titles.

The Duke is the last gap, and there is still such a vast Central Plains that have not been recovered. Will you be named king in the future?

"Except for Mr. Pan, in the Xichuan army, there were two people who were granted this time, Han Baozheng and Gao Yanqi, eight men and hundreds of lieutenants!"

The Governor's Office of the Five Army controlled the rewards to the army with the military police department, but in fact, the summary was made by the prime ministers.

Sun Guangxian, the old Taoist of Sun Guangxian, said in a deep voice: "This attack on Hanzhong consumed 480,000 stones of rice and grain, more than 7,000 soldiers were killed and injured, and 23,000 Song soldiers were captured, and more than 70 generals and schoolmen, including Cui Yanjin, deployed in the southwest of the Song State. It can be said to be a great victory!"

"However, due to the pension issue, we need to pay another 50,000 guan of grain, and the supply and equipment cost 170,000 guan, and the 80,000 army needs to be rewarded about 700,000 guan!"

"Xichuan Prefecture sent people to say that there is a lot of food, but copper coins are very scarce and it needs to be allocated by the court!"

"This is what it means!"

Li Jia nodded and said, "This time I won Hanzhong, it greatly filled the crisis in Shu for the court, and it was worth it no matter how much loss it was."

"But, Xichuan has 80,000 troops, and there are 20,000 Song troops, totaling 100,000. Are there too many soldiers?"

The emperor asked a soft question, and the prime ministers had different thoughts.

They all knew very well that the central imperial guards in Changsha Prefecture had only 80,000 troops, and Xichuan Prefecture had 100,000 troops. How could the emperor feel at ease?

So after Pan Chongche was in charge of Xichuan Prefecture for two years, he was immediately transferred back to Changsha Prefecture and appointed as the Prime Minister in order to deal with these 100,000 people.

Without the backbone, he would naturally just take care of the court. Otherwise, why would he be rewarded with millions of dollars?

"According to my opinion, Xichuan is adjacent to Longyou, and it will still need to use troops when sending troops to Guanzhong in the future, so 30,000 troops can be retained for other purposes. The remaining 70,000 people can be abolished together!"

Zhao Cheng was the first to speak, extremely ruthless: "After all, Xichuan has endured such a civil unrest and lacks household registration, so it is extremely appropriate to let troops for the people!"

"Thirty thousand is too little!" Li Huai shook his head and said quickly: "I heard that Fengxiang Jiedushi Wang Yanchao is a first-class general. Qingniling is so dangerous that he almost made him break through. At least 50,000 troops can be safe!"

Therefore, even if Pan Chongche recovered Hanzhong, he still only had a fief and rewarded some land, money, and titles.

The Duke is the last gap, and there is still such a vast Central Plains that have not been recovered. Will you be named king in the future?

"Except for Mr. Pan, in the Xichuan army, there were two people who were granted this time, Han Baozheng and Gao Yanqi, eight men and hundreds of lieutenants!"

The Governor's Office of the Five Army controlled the rewards to the army with the military police department, but in fact, the summary was made by the prime ministers.

Sun Guangxian, the old Taoist of Sun Guangxian, said in a deep voice: "This attack on Hanzhong consumed 480,000 stones of rice and grain, more than 7,000 soldiers were killed and injured, and 23,000 Song soldiers were captured, and more than 70 generals and schoolmen, including Cui Yanjin, deployed in the southwest of the Song State. It can be said to be a great victory!"

"However, due to the pension issue, we need to pay another 50,000 guan of grain, and the supply and equipment cost 170,000 guan, and the 80,000 army needs to be rewarded about 700,000 guan!"

"Xichuan Prefecture sent people to say that there is a lot of food, but copper coins are very scarce and it needs to be allocated by the court!"

"This is what it means!"

Li Jia nodded and said, "This time I won Hanzhong, it greatly filled the crisis in Shu for the court, and it was worth it no matter how much loss it was."

"But, Xichuan has 80,000 troops, and there are 20,000 Song troops, totaling 100,000. Are there too many soldiers?"

The emperor asked a soft question, and the prime ministers had different thoughts.

They all knew very well that the central imperial guards in Changsha Prefecture had only 80,000 troops, and Xichuan Prefecture had 100,000 troops. How could the emperor feel at ease?

So after Pan Chongche was in charge of Xichuan Prefecture for two years, he was immediately transferred back to Changsha Prefecture and appointed as the Prime Minister in order to deal with these 100,000 people.

Without the backbone, he would naturally just take care of the court. Otherwise, why would he be rewarded with millions of dollars?
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