Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 555

"After Cao Mengde treacherous eunuch, he was also a traitor of the Han Dynasty. Since he flattered the young emperor, the emperor has become a puppet. If the court of Xudu rewards him with honors, isn't it due to his generation?"

You Heng raised his body, turned to the hall, looked left and right, and asked with piercing eyes: "My lords, this year's bloody battle and exhaustion, is it for Cao Cao? Or is it for the Lord?"

Mi Heng asked this question too suddenly, Lu Ji, Gu Yong and other civil servants didn't react immediately, they looked at each other in blank dismay, but Zhou Tai, Wang Xiong and other generals at the side immediately said in a loud voice: "Naturally, it's the work of the lord! "

Seeing this, Gu Yong raised his foot, and was about to step out of work to speak, but saw Lu Ji covered his hands with his sleeves, and dragged him back calmly.

Gu Yong turned his head slightly, Lu Ji didn't look sideways, pretending not to know, just staring at the main seat, Wang Zhengan in the hall didn't move, he saw all this in his eyes.

At this moment, Gan Ning strode out and cupped his hands, as if answering Mi Heng, but also as if saying to Wang Zheng: "What the two lieutenants Zhou and Wang said is true. The reason why our soldiers have won consecutive battles is naturally inseparable." It was thanks to Master Kai’s strategizing that he achieved this success.”

What he said was very ingenious, Mi Heng asked who they were fighting for, but Gan Ning replied that he won under the command of Wang Zheng, and he has already diverted the topic quietly.

"Xingba's words are wrong."

Wang Zheng laughed, and followed Gan Ning's words: "The reason why our army has repeatedly defeated the powerful enemy is thanks to your contributions. The three armies put their lives to the test. How can we attribute all the credit to this general? Don't speak like that."

To be honest, he didn't know that Mi Heng would suddenly mention a certain extremely sensitive topic today, so he was avoiding the truth at this time, pretending not to understand what Mi Heng meant, and passing it off.

Wang Zheng went on to say to everyone: "What Zhengping said about rewarding meritorious service needs to be fair is deeply in my heart. Let's press down on the 'official and noble needs to be equal' and "offensive and defensive needs to be equal" for the time being. Do you have any opinions? You may wish to share them one by one."

"Report to my lord." Lu Ji came out and said, "You Sima said that there are three things to pay attention to when rewarding meritorious service. The general agrees deeply, but shouldn't there be another one?"

"Oh?"

Wang Zheng looked sideways at Lu Ji, smiled and asked, "Which one should be added?"

"The reward should not be too high."

Although Lu Ji's words meant that he agreed with Ni Heng's opinion, saying that "the general will take it seriously", but among the three principles of Mi Heng, there is exactly one of "seriousness", but Lu Ji said "the reward should not be too high". It's just a tactful objection.

Wang Zheng asked, "Why?"

"There must be many civil and military officers and soldiers who have committed crimes this time. Of course, the lord should reward them heavily, but this is the first reward since the lord entered Yangzhou."

Lu Ji said loudly: "My lord, gentlemen, don't forget that in Yangzhou today, there are still four counties and 37 towns that have not been recovered. It can be predicted that there will be many wars in the future. If the rewards are too high and the rewards are too heavy, what will happen next?" What should I do?"

"My lord ordered my ministers to make a regulation. I think that this regulation should not only determine how to reward this time, but also determine how to reward in the future. Therefore, I think this reward should not be too high."

Lu Ji was actually proposing to Wang Zheng that by taking this opportunity of rewarding his meritorious service, he could simply determine the rewards of the Heavenly Army.

When he was in Xuzhou before, Wang Zheng originally asked Zhang Zhao, Guo Jia, and Mi Heng to draw up a system, but he paid more attention to or limited it to the army, and only gave corresponding rewards according to the size of military achievements. In other words, it cannot be regarded as a complete system of rewards, and there are no clear regulations and official documents.

This proposal is not only reasonable, but the key point is that Lu Ji can stand up and put forward this opinion on behalf of the Jiangdong faction, which can be said to be in the hands of Wang Zheng. He couldn't help showing joy and nodding his head again and again: "What Gongji said is true, so how should this system be formulated?"

Lu Ji said: "According to my opinion, my lord may refer to Emperor Wu's old system and make some minor changes."

"How to say?"

"According to our Han system, Marquis of Liehou and Marquis of Guannei are divided into four grades and 200 grades. Below grade 33 is a civilian title, and above grade [-] is an official title. Whenever a soldier beheads the enemy's head, he can be awarded a grade of nobility. The officers will be beheaded according to the number of beheads of their troops. [-] people will fight, and beheading the enemy's head is more than [-] points. Military exploits, now the war is in turmoil, just in time."

"However, the [-]th rank at the fourth level is a bit too much. It is better to keep it simple. In the past, Emperor Wu once changed the title of the [-]th rank to the eleventh rank. suspicion of trespass."

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to encourage soldiers to fight against the Xiongnu, and to reward military merit again, the eleventh level of martial arts was launched.This indeed played a certain positive role in resisting foreign invaders at that time.

However, because it is easy to obtain high ranks under this kind of production, and can be bought and sold, it deviates from the original intention of conferring military merits. Therefore, after the founding of Guangwu, it was restored to the [-]th rank system.

However, because the titles of the Eastern Han Dynasty were limited to generals, ordinary soldiers had no reason to care about them.Even if you get a low title, there is no benefit, especially at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in addition to the original Liehou and Guanneihou, many false marquises were added, and because they did not pay rent and were worthless, the recipients could not benefit Therefore, the soldiers are not very interested in this.

Later, Wang Can, one of the seven sons of Jian'an, wrote "Jue Lun" to criticize the titles of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The noble matter is abolished, and the people don't know what the noble is. If it is taken away, the people will not be afraid; if it is given, the people will not like it. It is useless to set up documents."

According to Lu Ji, the old government of Emperor Wu has been in existence for a hundred years, and it will be fine to change it slightly and change its name. Even if Cao Cao and Emperor Xian in the capital were dissatisfied with this, they would not choose to fight with Wang Zheng at this time, they would just turn a blind eye and close one eye.

Undecided, Wang Zheng looked at Guo Jia first, saw him nodding his head slightly, then looked at Mi Heng and asked, "What does Zhengping think?"

At this time, Mi Heng also looked at Lu Ji with admiration. Seeing Wang Zheng's inquiry, he cupped his hands and said: "Lu Junshou's proposal coincides with my minister's, but in the process of using it, it is still the "need to be peaceful", "Shang Jun There is a saying in "Book": "When the husband and the people exhaust their strength, the noble will follow, and the meritorious service will be rewarded. If the king can make the people believe in this like the sun and the moon, the army will be invincible."

"As long as the rewards and titles are purely based on military law and do not involve the personal feelings of the superiors, it will definitely be of great benefit to encouraging military achievements and building morale."

You Heng paused, and then said: "Speaking of which, my lord's rewards to soldiers who have made meritorious service in the army are similar to the old system of Emperor Wu. Most of the soldiers who have made meritorious service, my lord rewarded them with the land of Pengcheng and Langya. Not only rewards meritorious deeds, but also helps the king to transform the country, which is similar to what Emperor Wu's heroes saw. The hero is wise, martial, and talented, and I admire him deeply."

When a straightforward person like Mi Heng came to flatter him suddenly, Wang Zheng didn't even realize it for a while, he laughed dryly, and asked again: "You can reward people according to this, how should you reward officials?"

Lu Ji on the side said: "During Emperor Wu's reign, there were eleven nobles, divided into high and low. The high rank was the official rank, and the low rank was the common rank. Soldiers, common people, and officials could get the common rank, but not the official rank. Only generals and officials can confer official titles. Regardless of whether they are civilian or official titles, anyone who wins a title can get corresponding rewards. Those who have made great achievements, regardless of whether they are officials or civilians, can shadow their sons.' There are ten days in the sky , People are divided into ten classes.' Don't judge a person's high or low according to his birth, but only reward his military merit. Although the title is low, he will be promoted if he has meritorious service. Even if the title is high, he will be punished if he fails."

Speaking of this, Lu Ji said solemnly: "My lord, Hu Ben is already a first-class strong soldier in the world. If he uses his martial arts to encourage the three armies, he will be like the invincible army of Western Qin sharp warriors. In the world!"

The so-called martial arts of Qi cannot meet the soldiers of Wei; In the hands of "Zhao Bianqi", it is only the best to have the last laugh. The only Zhao Bianqi who can rival it finally disappeared into the dust of history with the decline of Zhao State, but Qin Ruishi followed the Qin Dynasty It is not an exaggeration to say that the world is invincible after unifying the world and standing at the position of the strongest.

Before Wang Zheng could speak, Gan Ning heard a question and came out and asked, "Didn't the governor of the county say that martial arts titles are only awarded to military merits? It is natural for soldiers to get titles, but how can common people and officials get civilian titles?" ?”

Lu Ji said with a smile: "There is a system for the rank of martial arts. If the officials and the people donate a certain amount of millet, they can get a rank of rank." When marching and fighting, the importance of food and pay is needless to say. Speak again.

"Gongji's opinion is very good."

After pondering for a long time, Wang Zheng had already made a decision: "It's been a long time since the Martial Arts Master. If it is copied today, there will be many people who don't understand the meaning. It loses its solemnity, so the titles of titles at all levels need to be changed, and in addition, the title of 'Martial Arts Lord' cannot be used as a whole."

It’s been a long time since it’s been a long time. Since you want to bypass the imperial court to avoid overreaching, it’s inevitable to change your name. Everyone can understand and nod their heads one after another. You Heng asked: “My lord, how do you think it should be changed?”

"Um"

Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I mentioned the "military rank" when I was in Qingzhou. All veterans in the army know about it. How about picking it up again?"

He had an idea, thinking that using the term "military rank" in this way could be interpreted as a reform of the military system, and it could be regarded as an internal matter of the Heavenly Army, which had nothing to do with any titles.

"Military rank?"

"It's just like the distinction between officials and nobles. Generals and lieutenants are officials, and eleventh ranks are the titles. Is that good?"

Everyone immediately understood what Wang Zheng wanted, and they all nodded in agreement.

"As for officials and titles, food can be given. It doesn't have to be at least three hundred households, thirty households is enough, and the maximum can't be more than one thousand households. The amount of money for each household will be distributed together with the salary on a monthly basis. You can discuss it later. Decide on the details as appropriate."

Wang Zheng took a sip of water from the teacup, and said with a smile, "It is said that civil and military needs to be balanced first, but was interrupted by Gong Ji, but the officials were discussed first, everyone, let's get back to business, what do you think of 'civil and military needs to be balanced' ?”

Although the official and noble system is important, it is a long-term matter. In the immediate future, "civil and military needs to be equal" is the most important thing, which involves the vital interests of everyone.Therefore, not only Wang Zheng is interested, but everyone is also refreshed.

Mi Heng said: "Since the name is 'Ping', of course 'Ping' should be the most important thing. What is 'Ping'? It can be divided into five or five. I think that this time, the award is divided into half civil and military, which is the best." it is good."

To put it bluntly, Wang Zheng was able to complete the soaring power within this year. Civil servants such as Zhang Zhao have contributed a lot. Of course, the Celestial Army fought thousands of miles in the three states of Qing, Xu, and Yang. It is also almost spinning continuously, which can be regarded as an indispensable contribution.

But Mi Heng's words fell into the eyes of Huang Zhong and others, but they felt that he was speaking from the perspective of civil servants, and they were immediately dissatisfied.

In the absence of Xu Fang, Wu Sheng and others, Huang Zhong, the highest official, did his part, and immediately jumped out and shouted: "Half and half in civil and military? You Sima said it lightly!"

"In several battles this year, our soldiers fought bravely, shot arrows and stones, killed thieves in blood, and killed tens of thousands. Although you have made contributions in the rear, you have remained peaceful and there is no danger at all. How can we say the same thing?"

After speaking, he turned his eyes to Wang Zheng, and said in a vibrating voice: "Based on the words of the last general, the credit is not as good as seven-thirds, which is reasonable!"

"General Huang's statement is absurd."

You Heng sneered, and said lightly: "Haven't you heard that the old Emperor Gao said: a husband hunts down a beast, a dog is a dog, and a man is a man who traces the beast. Now all the kings can get the beast's ear, and the dog is also good." .Even like Xiao He, whereabouts and instructions are meritorious.”

This is too much.
Not only Wang Zheng frowned slightly when he heard this, but Huang Zhong was furious, even Wei Yan, Zhou Tai and others on the side also changed their colors one after another.

Wei Yan retorted directly: "How dare a Confucianist be compared with the sages? Let's say that strategizing and winning thousands of miles away is also the merit of the lord, and Guo Jijiu's contribution!"

Even Wang Xiong, who was as calm as Wang Xiong, couldn't help but said: "According to what you Sima said, the bloody battles of tens of thousands of soldiers are insignificant?"

You Heng sneered: "My so-called 'five-five points' originally refers to the rewards of officials and ranks. What's the matter with soldiers fighting hard?"

"Soldiers who bathe in blood have their own honors to reward. Moreover, only when the civil and military are equal can we show the master's respect for Confucianism and literature. It will be of great use in attracting talents from all over the world. Master, this must be five or five."

Wang Zheng was noncommittal, and asked lightly: "If it is divided into five and five, how do you divide it?"

"The five civil servants can be divided into Xuzhou and Yangzhou."

Mi Heng said: "Xuzhou is the center, you can get seven of them, and the rest can get three. Xuzhou is also the main place for the lower Pi, and it is also the most important place for transshipment of supplies. The officials are in charge of dispatching, and they have made great contributions."

Wang Zheng heard the implication of Mi Heng's words, this is to let Zhang Zhao and his family overshadow Guo Jialai to make the first contribution to civil servants, he understood it clearly, and asked again:

"Then how should the military officers be divided into five?"

(End of this chapter)