The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 484 The King of Chu
After some preparations, Zhang Wu finally accepted the persuasion of the ministers reluctantly after performing the old trick of making three concessions and three resignations, and decided to establish himself as the king of Chu, and asked Qiao Zhou to choose a good day and a good time.

In the spring of 215 A.D., Zhang Wuyu built an altar outside the city of Xiangyang, beside the Han River, with a radius of nine li, distributed in five directions, each with a banner and guard of honor.

Civil and military ministers and representatives of major aristocratic families lined up in order. Pang Tong, Lu Su, Zhang Song, Xu Jing, Gu Yong and others invited Zhang Wu to go to the altar. After entering the altar with the crown and seal, he sat facing south and was congratulated by civil and military officials as Chu. king.

After Zhang Wu became king, he made Ma's queen queen and made his eldest son Zhang Ming his son.

After Zhang Wu became king, he was no longer a courtier of anyone, but the lord of a country, and he could freely confer official positions on his subordinates.

Civil servants and military generals basically still have the same official positions, but they used to be officials of the Great Han, and now they are officials of the Great Chu.Although Gan Ning, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Mi Heng and others are not very high-level now, lower than the officials under Cao Pi, they are still the top in the entire Chu Kingdom.

They also knew that the reason why Zhang Wu did not confer high-level officials such as Sangong and General was because he wanted to save them for later when he became emperor. And judging from the current situation, wouldn't all those official positions belong to them in the end?
What really excited Zhang Wu's civil and military officials was that after Zhang Wu became king, he began to grant marquisships!

The ancients' desire for being a marquis is indescribable, just look at Li Guang in the Western Han Dynasty.Fenghou has become a desire and ambition of the ancients to be recognized for their military exploits and abilities, and has become the ultimate goal of the ancients.

The soldiers braved arrows, swords and guns, and went through life and death with their heads in their belts. Wasn't it just for the sake of their outstanding performance in battle and the opportunity to be promoted to feudal lords?After becoming a Marquis, not only can he become an aristocrat, but even his own children and grandchildren can be shaded. This is the most risky and profitable business in the contemporary era.

Zhang Wu announced that the titles of Great Chu are divided into five classes, which are "gong, marquis, uncle, son, and male", and they are divided into hereditary and non-hereditary. They are used to reward those who have made great achievements. It is "nobility".In addition, three classes of "Honorable Honors" were set up, namely "Sergeant Sergeant, Sergeant Sergeant, and Corporal Sergeant", which were used to reward meritorious soldiers.

The hereditary title can be passed on to the descendants. After the death of the old nobleman, the eldest son inherits the title. The other sons can only get some family property. If they want to become officials and nobles, they can only rely on their own ability.

Non-hereditary titles need to be inherited by a lower class. For example, the title of an old nobleman is "Hou", then his son can only inherit as "Bo", which decreases from generation to generation, and finally "Corporal" will be retained forever.

If the old nobleman has no direct descendants, he can adopt one of the collateral descendants to inherit his title after reporting to the court for approval.

It is matched with the political and economic treatment enjoyed by the titles of various levels, such as what kind of clothes they can wear, what size carriage they can ride in, the size of the house to build, how much salary they get a year, how many concubines they can marry, etc. wait.

Military men were named "nobles" and "honored nobles" because of their military merits, while literati were promoted to "officials" and "scholars" because of their knowledge and official positions. These are "people" who are different from ordinary people.

According to the laws of the Great Chu State, no Marquis can be granted except for military merit, and military merit is divided into the following categories.

The first-class military merit is to expand the territory and expand the territory of the country.Of course, the current war with Cao Wei is not counted, because it is a civil war. Only when Cao Pi is defeated and China is unified, and then expands around China, can it be regarded as an expansion of territory.

The attack on the South China Sea that the Great Chu Navy is currently undertaking belongs to the expansion of territory.

The second-class military merit is to resist foreign invasion, which also does not apply to Cao Wei.The third-class military merit is to pacify civil strife, and fighting Cao Pi should be regarded as the third-class, but it must be higher when calculating credit, after all, Cao Pi's power is not small.The fourth level of military merit is to exterminate the bandits, which is relatively easy, because the combat effectiveness of the bandits is simply not comparable to that of the regular army.The fifth level of military merit is logistical support, such as conscription and training, transporting food and supplies, and inquiring about the enemy's situation, etc.

The military advisers and clerks who went out with the army are considered to have the same military merit, but they are definitely not as good as the soldiers who went to battle in person when evaluating the credit.

Zhang Wufeng's first title was Liu Bei's "Pei Gong", which was hereditary. This was not only because Liu Bei was the emperor's uncle of the Han Dynasty, but also because of Liu Bei's status as a relative.

Pei Gong is the title after the capture of Pei County during Liu Bang's uprising, not a title.Later, after Liu Bang took refuge in Xiang Liang, he was named Marquis of Wu'an, and after the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang was named King of Han by Xiang Yu.When this great man had just perished, it was also of special significance for Zhang Wu to make Liu Bei the Duke of Pei.

The first is to comfort the emotions of Liu Bei and the original Liu Bei's team, so that they can feel at ease and at ease.

The second is to repay the kindness of the Han Dynasty. After all, Zhang Wu has accepted the official position and title of the Han Dynasty in name, and he can be regarded as having received the favor of the Han court and the emperor.Now Liu Xie is named Duke of Shanyang by Cao Pi, and Liu Bei is named Duke of Pei by Zhang Wu. No matter which side wins in the end, the Han clan can still have at least one duke title, which can offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple.

Now that Liu Bei has been made Duke as a foreign relative, then the Ma family as Zhang Wu's wife's relatives can't be worse, but the Duke is currently the highest title in Dachu, and Zhang Wu does not intend to make his subordinates Duke before he unifies the world. .

Liu Bei was granted the title of Duke because of his special status. Of course, after Zhang Wu unified the world and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the title of "King" would appear in Chu, but the title of "King" was generally only granted to the clan.

Therefore, Zhang Wu made the deceased father of the Ma brothers a public servant, which was not hereditary.According to regulations, this duke is inherited by Ma Bochang, the eldest son of the Ma family, in descending order. Since Ma Bochang has died of illness, Ma Bochang's eldest son should inherit by one less degree.Zhang Wu showed special kindness and allowed Ma Bochang's son to inherit the title of marquis.

Zhang Wu confers the second, third, and fourth members of the Ma family as marquises at the same time. In this way, although the Ma family does not currently have any conferred princes, the four marquises of the Ma family are already the number one wealthy family in Chu.

Then came the feudal lords of the generals, Chen Sun, Gan Ning, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, Zhu Huan, Zhang Ren, Li Yan, Yan Yan and other generals were all conferred Hou.

Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Kuai Yue, Lu Su, Fazheng, Lu Xun and other military advisers were also granted titles based on their military merits.

Except for Liu Bei, there is no second living Duke in Da Chu, but the generals got the information from Zhang Wu's words, that is, after the world is unified, the founding heroes will be granted the title, and those who have made great contributions will be granted the title of Duke. Hereditary opportunity.

This news made the officers and soldiers very excited. Although there has been the title of "Gong" since ancient times, it is basically used to reward the clan. People with foreign surnames are generally not granted the title of duke, and being able to confer the title of marquis is their top level. target.

The laws of the Da Chu State stipulate that no matter who they are, no matter how high their title or official rank is, they must pay taxes according to the law according to their property and income. Those who evade taxes will be fined and reprimanded in mild cases, and dismissed from office and sentenced in severe cases.

This regulation is to prevent noble officials from annexing land and embezzling people's property.

Zhang Wu also specially stipulated that men who have reached the age of [-] must perform military service, especially the children of nobles and nobles. If they want to inherit the title, they must perform military service and pass the examination.

Of course, these nobles and nobles, as well as future officials and scholars, also have some privileges, that is, they can spend money to exempt other corvees, and they don't have to go there themselves.

(End of this chapter)