Quick travel: I am bound by the longevity system

In the third year of Taichu, the Xixia Kingdom invaded the border and was repulsed by Qi Mingsheng stationed at the border. Qi Mingsheng took the opportunity to march straight in, and spent three months to break through the Xixia Palace and destroy the Xixia country. The Hexi Corridor was returned to the rule of the Central Plains.

In the fifth year of Taichu, the Jin Kingdom established by Wanyanda was forced back to the Changbai Mountain area by Oara and Jin. Wanyanda knew that the Central Plains was not accessible, so he had to fight on the Siam Peninsula. Wanyanda claimed to be the reincarnation of the ancestor of Goguryeo, and he was in Siam according to God's will. The peninsula rebuilt the Jin Empire.

At this point, the territory of the Jin State from Huanglong Mansion in the east to Xijing Road in the north, as well as all the land of the Xixia State, was under the rule of the Jin Dynasty.

Also in the fifth year of Taichu, Oara, Tatar and other tribes traded with the Jin State on the border. After the opening of the mutual trade, the Jin Dynasty had friendly exchanges with the northern tribes for a hundred years, which solved the problem of northern barbarians harassing the border from time to time.

For a hundred years, there was no longer any threat to the borders of the Jin Dynasty.

In the sixth year of Taichu, Qi Mingjing wrote a letter to abolish the hereditary system of military household system, and proposed a system of voluntary military service and compulsory military service. Families who voluntarily join the military and perform military service are exempted from part of the tax. The period of compulsory military service is three years. After three years, they can choose whether to retire. After retirement, they will also be given certain financial compensation.

After seeing Qi Mingjing's memorial, Qi Xiuwen summoned ministers to discuss it repeatedly. After slightly modifying some of the suggestions, he agreed to Qi Mingjing's memorial and abolished the hereditary system of military households.

"Ajiu, the emperor's uncle wrote to me and asked me what I thought of the vassal king." On this day, after Qi Mingjing received Qi Xiuwen's secret letter, she directly showed it to Lin Jiu.

"My father also wrote to me a few days ago, hinting that the emperor's uncle might regret entrusting the southwest to me. My father meant for me to take the initiative to ask the emperor to withdraw from the vassal."

Lin Jiu opened the letter and read it. The letter mentioned the Seven Kings Rebellion in the Han Dynasty, and there was a lot of concern about the future of the Jin Dynasty.

"Your Majesty wants to withdraw from the feudal vassal? It seems that your Majesty wants to pave the way for the future prince. But why do you ask you to do so? Do you know that once you write the letter of withdrawing from the feudal vassal, all your brothers will regard you as a thorn in their side? .”

Lin Jiu closed the secret letter. It was obvious that someone mentioned the dangers of the vassal king to Qi Xiuwen, and the current prince Qi Mingxu was a scholar. Qi Xiuwen was obviously afraid that Qi Mingxu would not be able to suppress his brothers with great military achievements after he ascended the throne. , so he thought of weakening the power of his other sons during his lifetime.

The other princes were all his sons. If they took action rashly, they might have the same consequences as the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Only Qi Mingjing, this adopted son, was the most suitable.

"Ajiu, the separation of vassal kings is not conducive to the future development of the country. Since I am the first vassal king with a fiefdom assigned by the emperor's uncle, the elimination of the vassal naturally has to start with me."

Lin Jiu did not agree with Qi Mingjing's remarks. Of course Lin Jiu knew that the vassal king was very harmful, but since ancient times, the first person to propose the withdrawal of the vassal had a bad end.

These kings are very strange. If their brother is a vassal king, then they will find it difficult to sleep and eat well, and keep suppressing the vassal king. But after they pull their brother down, they keep rewarding their own sons. , and then new vassal kings were formed one after another, and the next emperor continued to cut vassals and grant vassal kings. A good country was weakened by such endless internal fighting, which eventually led to increasingly fierce conflicts and the dynasty's demise.

"Ming Jing, the court can reduce the vassal status, but you can't take the initiative to do so. Now that the southwest has been stabilized, you can write to your Majesty to send officials to take over the government affairs in the southwest, and slowly transfer the power in your hands, but you can never propose the reduction. Fan. Mingjing, you have to know that you are not just yourself, you also have to consider those who follow you. It is your responsibility to arrange a good place for them. "

If they were the only family, Lin Jiuda could make Qi Mingjing a wealthy prince, but the followers behind them have been with them from the beginning, and they have long been regarded as the same family. Once Qi Mingjing doesn't care, they will have It's really hard to predict what the outcome will be.

"But Ajiu, Your Majesty's hint is so obvious, I can't refuse this matter. I can't put you in danger." Qi Mingjing pursed her lips. The situation between him and Ajiu was too special to sit in such a high position. It's okay, but once a person sits in that position, there will inevitably be no suspicion.

At this moment, he finally understood the true meaning of what Ajiu had always told him in his previous life: no emperor could tolerate the union of civil servants and military generals.

In fact, he should have understood this from the moment he was about to marry Ajiu and the emperor adopted him to his father.

Feeling chilled? Qi Mingjing thought that he was probably disappointed, otherwise when the emperor asked him to give him a fiefdom, he chose the southwest without much thought.

But if he really wanted to rebel against the imperial court and stir up civil strife, he and Ajiu couldn't do it.

"If there really needs to be a person to take the lead in the matter of withdrawing the vassal vassal, no one is more suitable than dad." Lin Jiu couldn't help but hate Qi Xiuwen at this time. He didn't believe that Qi Xiuwen didn't know that Qi Xiuwu was involved in the matter of withdrawing the vassal vassal. It would be more appropriate to bring it up.

"Ming Jing, arrange a good place for you and my soldiers, let's go into seclusion!" Lin Jiu had never felt so tired for a moment.

"Okay, let's go into seclusion."

In the seventh year of Taichu, after Qi Mingjing arranged all the people who would follow them, Qi Mingjing handed over the last military power in her hands and went into seclusion with Lin Jiu.

Qi Xiuwen looked at the military talisman handed over by Lin Yu in his hand, and when he heard the secret guard reporting that the people from the Southwest Palace had left the building empty, Qi Xiuwen knew that he had completely broken his son's heart.

But for the sake of his status as prince, he had to do this.

In a small mountain village somewhere in Shu, a kite landed on Qi Mingjing's hand.

"Brother Six has a letter? What does the letter say?" Lin Jiu walked up to Qi Mingjing with her stomach raised. She and Qi Mingjing lived here in seclusion five years ago. No one except Lin Yu knew their contact information.

"The prince is seriously ill and the imperial hospital is helpless. The emperor has posted a list to seek famous doctors. The sixth brother said that the third prince and the fifth prince have been secretly wooing the courtiers during this period. The Lin family's children have also been a little impetuous recently. The sixth brother is worried that once the prince dies, the court will There's trouble." Qi Mingjing handed the letter to Lin Jiu expressionlessly.

"Let Sixth Brother warn the Lin clan not to get involved in the fight between the princes. The Lin clan has always been loyal to the person who sits on the throne. Let alone the prince who is still alive, even if he is dead, then who can As the next prince, that is also your Majesty’s business.”

If most of the disciples of the Lin family were not in the court, Lin Jiucai would be too lazy to care about this mess. The life and death of the prince would have nothing to do with her.

Qi Mingjing looked at Lin Jiu and hesitated to speak.

Lin Jiu held her belly, but did not see Qi Mingjing's expression.

half a month later

"Ajiu, the prince has passed away."