In Qin Dynasty, the hero of the bright moon dominates the world

Chapter 395 Military Merit
Huayang Palace.

When night fell, the prime minister of Daqin rushed to the palace of the Empress Dowager Huayang, but the owner of this palace did not show the proper manners of the owner.

"Xiong Qi, why don't you let Fan Yuqi rush to help Yang Duanhe?"

Mr. Changping frowned slightly, he didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Huayang called him here to talk about this matter, and it was in front of everyone.

For a moment, Mr. Changping felt a little emotional, is the Empress Dowager Huayang old?
"Dongjun came to report that there was a change in Wei's army, and the Xiang family raised troops to the north. In order to prevent the princes from taking the opportunity to cause chaos, Fan Yuqi did not take any action. This matter has already been reported to the king. Why is the queen mother doing this?"

The Empress Dowager Huayang looked at Mr. Changping in front of her and narrowed her eyes.

"You have become the prime minister, it's really different, have you learned to speak bureaucratically with me?"

"I dare not!"

Empress Dowager Huayang looked cold, waved her sleeves, and everyone in the palace retreated.

"You want to sit back and watch the tens of thousands of heavily armored troops be destroyed in order to weaken Zhao Shuang's power in the army, but what is the result?"

Seeing everyone retreating, Mr. Changping changed his appearance and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Although I didn't expect Zhao Shuang to be able to turn defeat into victory, but there is no flaw in this matter."

"You are confused!"

The Empress Dowager Huayang let out a low cry, and the pent-up anger in her heart burst out.

"Do you think it's good if you don't reveal anything about it? This thing itself is wrong, so what can you do no matter how good you are?"

Mr. Changping froze there, it was the first time he saw the Empress Dowager Huayang behave like this.

"The Empress Dowager..."

"Before Lu Buwei left, he gave all his property in Guanzhong to Zhao Shuang. Can't you see such an obvious sowing dissension? Although he is in Sanchuan, his eyes are always on Guanzhong, waiting for you to fight .”

The Empress Dowager Huayang spoke in a hurry, but Mr. Changping didn't take it seriously.

"Lu Buwei is a dead tiger now, and he has already lost the prestige of the past, so what? Don't worry about the Queen Mother."

The current Lord Changping is already the prime minister of the Qin State, and he is no longer the obedient son of the Chu State who needed the protection of the Queen Mother Huayang's wings.

The Empress Dowager Huayang felt powerless.After Lu Buwei was expelled, the power of the Chu family became stronger and stronger, and Lord Changping's mansion was full of people, but Lord Changping did not see the crisis after the prosperity.

"Although Zhao Shuang doesn't serve in the court, he is a feudal monarch, owns [-] households, occupies hundreds of miles of land in Yongdi and Nanzheng, and now he wants to engage in business routes... In Xianyang City, the children of the aristocratic families often look up to him. With his breath, many old and young people in the clan are very close to him, and there is no shortage of his tribe in the army. He thinks that Zhao Shuang will be greeted by everyone when he enters the court. Suffering."

Having said that, Mr. Changping leaned over and cupped his hands.

"Even if the Queen Mother doesn't think about her ministers, she should also think about her elder son Fusu. Before it becomes a serious disaster, let's weaken its power first."

Mr. Changping spoke clearly and logically, but Empress Dowager Huayang sighed slightly in her heart.

"But what happened? Did you succeed?"

"This……"

"Your actions not only did not weaken Zhao Shuang's power, but also made him a great success. All the heavy armored soldiers who followed Yang Duan and went north this time, although none of them were enlisted, they were all given a hectare of land. .”

In the [-]th-class military title system of the Qin State, the lowest-ranking public servant was given an hectare of land, a house, and a servant.Basically, the public servants can already work half-time without having to work in the fields all day.And after reaching the fourth rank, you can become a professional warrior without charging.

Don't bother to work hard, rely on military exploits to accumulate wealth, and then buy more elite weapons and armor, and even war horses and chariots.

Relying on the huge base of the middle and lower ranks of the army, Qin established an army of hundreds of battles.And then, these huge number of military nobles gradually gathered.

And as the line of entering the rank goes up, it becomes more difficult to be promoted.There are quite a few middle-ranked nobles, but the number of high-ranked nobles above Zuo Shuchang is quite rare, let alone the top-ranked Marquis of Guannei and Marquis of Che.

It is only in theory that normal people want to be promoted from the first rank to the top rank.When Lord Shang designed this system back then, in order to prevent nobles from taking advantage of loopholes, and to prevent too many top titles from affecting the operation of the system and making it extremely difficult to promote mid- and high-level titles, there were many rigid rules.

Basically, except for some special circumstances, such as when the prime minister brings his own marquis, and the respected elders in the clan will give honorary gifts such as virtual titles when they retire, it is almost impossible to reach the full level purely by military merit .

of course there are exceptions.

Why did Bai Qi die in the past?Because he can really reach the full level by relying on military merit.

Bai Qi is victorious in all battles, is there no reward for him?In fact, the Qin kings of all dynasties were very cautious about conferring high titles.Bai Qi was the head of Zuo Shu for a long time, and even in the end, he was only granted the title of Lord Wu An.

It's not that Bai Qi has no rewards, but that King Qin Zhaoxiang didn't give him what should be given to Bai Qi at all.

Over the past hundred years, a huge force of military aristocrats has formed within the Qin State.

Relying on military exploits to prosper, naturally these military nobles will also rely on generals who can win battles.

Bai Qi has been fighting for many years, winning every battle, and has great influence and prestige among these military nobles.Based on his military exploits, he should have been bestowed upon the marquis long ago.

But if once he bestowed a marquis to seal the country, and these military nobles gathered around him, who would be able to control him afterwards?
Of course, there are very few examples of this kind of influence on the military merit system, and there have been few such peerless generals as Bai Qi for hundreds of years.Most of the time, generals who are good at fighting have a positive circular impact on this set of military merit title system.

Meng Ao is from Qi, but he was able to serve as a general in Qin State, and let the Meng family take root in Qin State, that's how it is.

These military aristocrats don’t care what country you are from, whether your blood is noble or not, your status is prominent or not, your background is strong or not, you can’t fight, you can’t fight, you can’t win battles, they are nothing.

"This……"

Mr. Changping understood what the Empress Dowager Huayang meant, and was a little bit dumb.

"After this battle, Zhao Shuang's reputation has grown. After that, he will definitely stand out among the ministers. Can you compare?"

Seeing Mr. Changping like this, the Empress Dowager Huayang sighed and shook her head.

"Even if you are the son of the Chu state or the prime minister of the Qin state, but you haven't made any military exploits or fought a big battle, in the eyes of those big bosses, you are nothing."

"Army is impermanent. I don't believe that anyone can win every battle. Even if they can do it, Xiheshou and Lord Wu'an can't resist the enemy's open and hidden arrows, and they will die in the end. Although Zhao Shuang and our clan There are in-laws, but he has to get rid of them. Why should the queen mother help him!"

Mr. Changping was out of breath, so he bowed his head and said goodbye.

The Empress Dowager Huayang sighed slightly.

"I'm not helping him, but saving you!"

(End of this chapter)