sweeping the world

Chapter 352 Want a hero, not a saint
Before, Liu Yan was in a state of "not high enough to be low enough". If he wanted to marry a high family, he would be looked down upon by others, but if he wanted to marry a small family, his followers would object even if he wanted to.

As the territory under Liu Yan's rule became larger and larger, and it was on the verge of founding a country, he couldn't marry a wife purely out of his own preference.

The so-called king has no family affairs, everything will involve or affect the country, whether it is for political significance or for marriage considerations with other countries, there are too many particulars about what kind of woman the king should accept.

The king's wife can blow the pillow, and this alone seems to have a profound impact.Let's talk about the emotional issues that arise from getting along day and night. Many times, other people say that even if they spit on each other, they may not be able to achieve their goals, but the king's woman may not be able to decide the king's choice on something inadvertently.

Everyone loves beautiful women. After all, everyone loves beauty. It has been said in the "Book of Songs" that gentlemen are fond of fair ladies, but even gentlemen love beauties.

It is very easy to want beauties when one's status reaches a certain height, and a large number of beauties may pounce on one's fingers.In the same way, rich people can attract bees and butterflies no matter what they look like, so we can't blame beautiful women. Men like beautiful women, and there is no shortage of women who like material things.

To say that the Han tribe seemed a bit uncertain before, after the battle with the Qiang army, the Han tribe could be regarded as showing its power to the world.

Under Liu Yan's rule, after everyone learned about the victory on the front line, no matter what their mentality was before, knowing that their side won the victory with a small number of enemies, their morale and pride increased slowly, and in conjunction with the official's deliberate propaganda, they immediately There is a sense of security as a citizen of a powerful country.

Don't underestimate the sense of security of the people of a country.

On a larger scale, making society stable will help the people accept rule, and can also make the people feel a sense of belonging to the country, and the country will have a more solid basis for unity when encountering difficulties.

To put it in a small way, if you feel safe, you will have more expectations. If you don't worry about sudden accidents that will destroy your plan, the stable development of people's hearts will naturally come up.

The stability and unity of the country are more important than anything else. A country that is united as one and a country that is in a state of disunity are definitely one in the sky and one in the ground.

From the perspective of frequent wars in any country now, it cannot be considered stable, so the confidence of the people in the country is extremely important, which is reflected in the victory or defeat of foreign wars. To be able to continuously win foreign wars must be full of confidence , the failure of foreign wars is unavoidable.

On the way Liu Yan rushed to District 1 of Huang 1 Island, he didn't need to observe deliberately. The people everywhere broke free from the previous panic or worry. Apart from the victory of the war, a kind of frenzy was spreading.

The people are fanatical about the war, but every family with relatives participating in the war, every family is looking forward to what rewards their relatives will receive.

Of course, there is no lack of worries about the death of their loved ones, but in fact, because of the pension system of the Han army, the worries are not based on the worry that their relatives will die in battle and their families will lose their pillars.There is not only a kind of anxiety that their relatives may die in battle, but also an inexplicable sense of pride. All of them can say with confidence that their family has done their duty for the king and the country.

Seriously speaking, due to the complex structure of the Han Dynasty, there are actually far more people who are single than people with families. After every battle, public sacrifices are held to provide incense and blood food to the fallen soldiers. The reason why this is done by the official government is to recognize this kind of ceremony. The starting point of this approach is that many fallen soldiers have no relatives.

The news about the founding of the country has spread all over Liu Yan's rule, and it is not a secret that needs to be kept in Linzi for the time being.This has created a phenomenon that people who can move freely already have plans for the future. They will first go to District 1 of Huang 1 Island to participate in the memorial ceremony for the fallen soldiers, and then go to Linzi to see if they have a chance to settle down.

The origin of the population under Liu Yan's rule destined one thing, that is, most people would be fixedly restricted to a certain area, and only those with noble titles could move freely.

There are actually many ways to obtain a knighthood, not just enlisting in the army to obtain meritorious service on the battlefield.Law can also get the title if he contributes more to the country, but it seems more difficult.Those who make contributions to the country in certain fields, such as in the field of technology or science, can also obtain knighthoods.

The previous time Cai You was in charge of counting the meritorious citizens of the Han Dynasty. The number was over [-].

The meritorious people of the Han Dynasty are actually those who have at least the title of Duke, which means that more than 2 people have become emerging nobles.This is not a small number, and the accumulated land, money, and servants that need to be rewarded is an astronomical number. Fortunately, there is no shortage of Han during the expansion period.

"Should there be meritorious officials above the seventh level for this meritorious service?"

"Back to your majesty, it's not yet known."

Liu Yan has already arrived at District 1 of Huangyi Island, where he has too many memories.

It was so difficult at the beginning, and I was forced to relocate to overseas islands many times. I don’t know how many times I just went back and forth.

District 1 of Huang 1 Island was once considered to be a temporary administrative center, so the Hall of Valor would choose this place.

Thanks to previous considerations, Liu Yan also has a place to stay after arriving in District 1 of Huangyi Island, so he doesn't need to live in a tent anymore.

That was the previously built residence, the name was East Palace (not the Prince's East Palace), and it was actually just a manor.It was built in the northeast of District 1 of Huang 1 Island. It is built on the mountain and you can see a long sea view, and the view of the inland is also very wide. The only disadvantage is that the sea breeze is too strong.

The Han Dynasty adopted the twentieth-class knight system, and each rank of knight title has a threshold.

You can become a first-level official by capturing one of the enemy's heads.The threshold for obtaining the first-level official here is actually lowered. If in the pre-Qin army, it was necessary to kill an enemy soldier (officer) to obtain the title, but the soldiers of the Han army only needed to kill any enemy. Army can get this title.It will lower the threshold, because Liu Yan desperately needs a group of emerging vested interests.

On the contrary, because the threshold for obtaining the title of Duke of the first level is lowered, the threshold for the title of the second level is raised.

After the original soldiers of the pre-Qin army became dukes, as long as they participated in enough battles, they could get a promotion in title and become the second rank of the twentieth rank.

On the side of the Han army, if a public official wants to become an officer, he needs to behead an enemy army as a basis, and then participate in at least one battle-level battle and five small battles below the battle-level.

It can be called a battle level, it must be that the enemy and the enemy use more than 10 troops, and a battle with more than [-] people can be called a battle.

In fact, unless there is great chaos in the world, there will not be too many battles involving more than 5 people from both sides, and even fewer battles involving more than [-] people from both sides.It is normal to have border frictions involving dozens or hundreds of people, and major frictions involving thousands of people are relatively rare.

Those who want to make contributions are fortunate that they live in the autumn of troubled times and are on the side of the implementation of the twenty-level nobility system. It is especially fortunate that Liu Yan's contribution statistics here are unless it is a mistake. Not necessarily meritorious service must be rewarded.

"The chief officers, chief historians, and lieutenants in several local battlefields will inevitably be promoted in their titles." Liu Yan is actually more aware of who has contributed. It is impossible for him to know everyone's promotion. His promotion has already been decided, but he can't say it.He had to ask: "How is the arrangement of the fief?"

After the Great War, meritorious deeds are the cornerstone of a country. Every time, one or more models and role models must be found, but there should not be too many people.

What Liu Yan meant was that this time there would be one high-level civil and military officer each, and then look for some people with special merits from the bottom, and launch a propaganda machine to let everyone know what kind of service they have provided.

The so-called fiefdom is not a fiefdom. A fiefdom is a reward that only has taxation rights. For example, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, a certain title had a certain number of households.

After a very long and serious thought, Liu Yan confirmed that he would not take out the land for "feudalism", at least not until the scope of his rule reached its limit.

Every empire has its own maximum actual control range, beyond a certain range, it will be beyond reach.Usually it depends on how long the army can reach where it is. Generally, the position that the army can reach within three months is ideal. Even if it is more than three months, the day lily will be cold.

The largest rule area of ​​the empire is called "Jibi". The Western Han and Eastern Han adopted the strategy of setting up the Protectorate when facing the empire's Jibi. The Sui and Tang Dynasties also dealt with it in the same way, but the Sui and Tang Dynasties created a policy of confining the prefectures. .

It is not difficult to understand the policy of Jimi Prefecture. It is nothing more than a certain place that belongs to the territory in name, but it is actually a state of autonomy.Under normal circumstances, in Jimi Prefecture, the central government appoints a local strongman as the highest official, and confers a certain official position, but how to govern it is actually beyond the control of the central government.

In fact, the policy of Jimi Prefecture is very cunning. It can be understood in this way, turning a certain place into a "sacred and indivisible land", retaining the right of sovereignty when it is too far away, and waiting for enough ability to talk about what is "" Since ancient times."

So, "since ancient times" is too good a word to complete with "sacred and indivisible land".The meaning of a passage is "I don't have the strength to bear it now, no matter how you go to toss a certain place, that place belongs to Laozi at least in name."Well... in name!

Occupying a hole is a very meaningful invention, just like Bangzi likes to say that the whole universe belongs to them. One day Bangzi really rises, maybe the universe really belongs to them.

This time there will be multiple middle ranks. Xu Zheng must be promoted to the eighth rank of public servant, Ji Chang will be promoted to the seventh rank of public official, Lu Tai, Huan Wen, and Sang Yu will be promoted to the sixth rank of official official. Twelve people including Yi Yi, Xie An, Cai You, Li Tan, Li Kuang, Tian Shuo, Zhang Shi, etc. were promoted to the fifth level of doctor.

Twenty ranks of nobility, the first to third are low-level nobility, the fourth to eighth are middle-level nobility, the ninth to No. 14 are high-level nobility, No. 15 to No. 19 are prominent nobility, and the Marquis of Guannei can only It can be regarded as a distinguished nobility, so the Marquis of Che (renamed Liehou in the Western Han Dynasty) can only be regarded as a super rank.

There are nearly 200 people who have won the title of the fourth level, and they are all middle-level officers in the army.

The third-level title of hairpin has more than 700 winners, and they come from the middle and lower ranks of the army.

For the second-level knighthood, more people have been awarded this title, reaching more than [-]. They are grassroots officers such as team leaders and commanders, and some soldiers who are lucky enough to kill the opponent's officers.

Ji Chang is already doing relevant reward calculations. According to the first-level duke title, one can get one hectare of fields, one house and one servant, so that is at least 2 hectares of land, 2 houses and more than 2 land. official slaves.The title treatment from the second level to the eighth level increases with each level, and the value of the title of each level is also reflected in the social status.

For example, after reaching the third-level non-renewable title, you can be exempted from some corvee services. That is why Liu Yan couldn't abolish the corvee after thinking about it. After all, what happened to abolishing the corvee after establishing the twenty-level nobility system.

Another example is the title of fifth-level doctor. People with this title can participate in the political affairs of a certain county. After all, in the vassal states in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were three levels of ministers, officials and scholars under the king. The doctor was equivalent to the country at that time. A certain minister or doctor of some small vassal states was even the civil or military director of the country, so the title of doctor had obvious political significance.

The rest will not be stated one by one, only each level of the twentieth rank has its own treatment and social status.In this way, a special group seems to have appeared in the country, and they will become the cornerstone of the country, and anyone with the [-]th rank can participate, even slaves can build merit to change their own destiny.What's more, the country also has a set of rules of order outside the law.

Liu Yan will personally preside over some people's nomination ceremonies, mainly to find some people who can serve as role models and role models, not for the group of high-level officials who have won the highest title this time.Of course, he did this for publicity needs. A qualified leader always needs to grasp a thing that can play a role in the morale of the country, and use time and time again to set an example to cultivate the spirit of the country and the nation.

It is not difficult for rulers to find a special role model. It is really a wonderful thing to have nature. If there is no such thing, one can be created.

The real situation is that the propaganda in general countries has a certain false and beautifying nature, but don't pay attention to the details, as long as it can play a positive role in encouraging the good side, the goal will be achieved.

In fact, heroes with flaws and imperfections are more likely to be accepted, and those with no flaws at all are called saints.And saints should not exist in the world, they are too far away from ordinary people, far enough to be daunting.

(End of this chapter)