General Qin

The prisoners of war intercepted by Li Xin from western Liaoning were detained by the Qin army after entering the city, waiting to be dealt with.

In the past, many Yan people in the city conspired with each other in private, looking for opportunities to riot. But now they all put out their thoughts, Wang Jian's Qin Feng tactics frightened them and completely shattered the resistance of the Yan people.

Jicheng, completely calmed down.

After the war, there must be a reward.

Qin respected military merits, and the so-called "those who have military merits will be honored with their ranks", as long as they make meritorious service on the battlefield, they can be knighted and rewarded.

When Li Xin's troops were chasing King Yan's convoy, all the Qin troops in Jicheng had already completed their meritorious deeds, and most of them were elated with smiles on their faces.

Now that Li Xin has returned from a great victory, it is naturally time for him and his subordinates to reward their achievements.

First of all, the Qin army chased them for hundreds of miles with light vehicles and iron cavalry, and beheaded thousands of Yan army cavalry.

Among them, Shejian shot and killed two cavalrymen of the Yan Army in the chariot battle, and there were two heads in total.

Hei Hiu killed a Yan Army cavalryman with a long halberd, and killed a Yan Army coachman who resisted with a weapon.

After capturing two heads, Hei Hip can also be promoted to a rank of nobility, just like Shejian, he can become a hairpin.

However, according to Zhao Tuo's speculation, this black butt must have seen that the two heads needed for the promotion of hairpins were not enough, so he specially took advantage of the chaos of the car accident to kill a driver.

The head count is completed, but the promotion of the two is not over yet.

Captured more than 200 ministers and ministers of Yan State, and wiped out the core class of Yan State.

Such credit, no matter what, must be done by the entire army.

Therefore, all the sergeants and soldiers of this chasing army, from the leader Li Xin down, were promoted to a higher level after obtaining the title of knighthood.

Shejian and Heiyu, after a chasing battle, were promoted two levels in a row and became two unchanging.

It's a pity that they were in the rear and did not participate in the frontline fight in the previous battle to conquer Jicheng. Although he can get a lot of achievements and money rewards for helping to manufacture the giant cannon, but he can't upgrade to a title, otherwise he might be able to become a fifth-level doctor in one battle.

But even so, this also made the black-buttocks smile open, running around with pouted buttocks, constantly shouting his name of "no more black-buttocks".

Even Shejian, who has always been indifferent, couldn't help showing joy in his brows.

Moreover, Shejian's credit doesn't stop there.

He followed Zhao Tuo to hunt down Yandan, shot the horse with an arrow, and tied Yandan's uniform.

According to the character of the Qin people who deserve to be rewarded for their merits, the contribution of this assistance will never be less.

It was only because it was related to the "Mastermind Assassinating Qin", and the reward had to be decided by the King of Qin himself, so it was temporarily put on hold. But it is foreseeable that after returning to Xianyang, Shejian will definitely have rewards.

As for Zhao Tuo.

Beheading alone is meaningless for not changing the title.

It can only be promoted to a higher level by intercepting the "Yin theory" of Lord Yan.

He is now the fifth rank of knighthood, doctor!

But for Zhao Tuo, this is by no means the end.

His previous contribution to making the giant cannon has already been reported to Xianyang and needs to be reviewed.

Contributing to the interception of King Yan's convoy and the capture of Prince Dan is too special a credit, and it needs to be decided by the King of Qin after returning to Xianyang.

The two great achievements can be called the best in the whole army, and the richness of the rewards can be imagined.

Zhao Tuo is also looking forward to what kind of reward he will get when he returns to Xianyang.

"Sure enough, the battlefield upgrades quickly, and it has been upgraded to several levels in a blink of an eye."

Zhao Tuo smiled, and at the same time muttered in his heart: "Fortunately, I didn't listen to Brother Zheng's words, otherwise I'm still a little gentleman who is immersed in his studies."

The merits of the soldiers under Li Xin's command have been distributed, and the rewards should be rewarded, and the punishments should be punished.

However, he has not changed for the time being.

Because according to the military merit system of the Qin State, promotions below the ranks of five senior officials can be promoted within a few days, and new titles can be conferred.

The rewards for the acres of land and homesteads will be issued by the army and passed on to the corresponding counties, and then the county magistrates and magistrates in the local counties will be in charge. , Lidian.

The titles of five doctors and above need to be reported to Xianyang after the meritorious deeds are evaluated in the army, and will be decided by the Bangwei Mansion or Lord Lieutenant's Mansion, and finally the titles and rewards can be issued.

The reason for this operation is that Qin State's 20th-class title system seems to be able to climb all the way up by military merit, but in fact there is a strict classification inside.

The twentieth-level knighthood is divided into four classes.

Among them, the title of the first-level public servants does not change to the fourth level, which belongs to the lowest rank among the titles, similar to the "scholar" class in the previous feudal era.

Those who have this kind of title can hold official positions below 500 masters in the army, and can also serve as officials below the township miser (township head) in the local area.

The fifth-level doctor to the ninth-level fifth-level doctor can be compared to the ancient "doctor" level, and one or two can be seen from the names of their titles.

People with this level of title can live a more prosperous life in Qin.

According to the corresponding rank of title, one can hold official positions ranging from five hundred masters to school lieutenants in the army.

If it was in the past, the title of five doctors would even have the right to lead troops to fight alone.

For example, when King Zhaoxiang of Qin attacked Handan, the capital of Zhao, Lord Wu An said he was ill, so King Qin sent the five doctors Wang Ling as the main general.

It's just that with the continuous war between Qin and the Six Kingdoms, many high-ranking people have emerged in response to the situation, resulting in the fact that the title of five doctors is no longer as good as it used to be.

In the local area, this level of title can be held by all levels of officials, assistants, and even county officials.

Of course, the two thousand stone level of the county guard is not acceptable, and a higher level of title is required.

From then on, it starts from the tenth level Zuo Shuzhang to the eighteenth level Da Shuzhang.

Most of these nine levels of titles are named after the elders, and their essence is similar to the level of "Qing" in the feudal era.

Belonging to the real elite class of Qin State.

They can serve as generals from generals to generals in the army, but the number of these positions is limited. There is only one general, and there are only a few generals. If there are too many nobles, they can only be ranked from high to low. The lowest rank Zuo Shuchang can only be a school lieutenant.

This is also the reason why Huan Zhao had always wanted to be directly promoted to the head of the right concubine before. In the state of Qin, only when the title is high enough can he get a higher position.

Locally, the county guards of two thousand stones and the nine ministers in the center are all active stages of the noble class of "Qing".

And further up, there are the nineteenth-level Guanneihou and the twentieth-level Chehou. They belong to the top "hou"-level titles.

the difference between the two.

The Marquis of Guannei said that he had a title of Marquis, but he lived in Wangji and had no country.

Chehou, whose title is the son of heaven, has a feudal state.

Since then, the titles of the Qin State have been graded up and down.

Hou, Qing, doctor, and scholar are layered on top of each other.

Military merit worship is the basis for Qin's ability to sweep the six countries, so it attaches great importance to conferring titles.

The titles below the Qing level are not too important, and all procedures can be completed directly by the army to which they belong.

But it is not good for those who are above the Qing. It is too important for them to serve as the governor of the county, the nine ministers, and the heads of various government officials. Their promotion must be reported to the central government and approved by special evaluation.

So Li Xin made great achievements this time, whether it was supervising the construction of giant cannons to break through Jicheng, or chasing the Yan army and capturing a lot of money, he will not be able to get the corresponding rewards for the time being, and has to wait patiently for Xianyang's decision.

In the big tent of the Qin army, the generals discussed matters.

Xin Sheng and other generals congratulated Li Xin for his great achievements, and there was no lack of envy and admiration in their words.

Li Xin stood in the tent, facing the praise of his colleagues, he smiled and nodded slightly.

He has enjoyed too much glory in the past few days, even the soldiers in the army are talking about him leading the army to fight for hundreds of miles, like an eagle hitting the sky and soaring into the sky, secretly calling him the "parachutist".

Under all praises.

Li Xin's nature, which was suppressed by Wang Jian, revived again.

Especially when looking at the old enemy Qiang Li in the past, now he dare not even look at him.

Li Xin is gone.

His heart is extremely swollen.

Looking at the chief general, the old general who was clutching the silk and coughing non-stop.

General, old.

At this moment, a voice sounded in Li Xin's heart.

Whispering incessantly.

He can be replaced.

While writing the rewards, straighten out the title system.

The title system in this chapter refers to "Research on the Military Merit and Noble System", and its source is "The Noble System" written by Liu Shao, a scholar of the Cao Wei Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms.

Liu Shao's "Noble System" can be mutually verified with "Shang Junshu" and many Qin and Han bamboo slips, and its credibility is very high. In his article, he divided the titles into four levels: Hou, Qing, Dafu, and Shi, which is basically agreed by the academic circles today.

One thing to note is that due to the lack of materials in the Qin and Han Dynasties, there are very few specific materials about titles.

Therefore, the positions corresponding to the titles in this chapter are mostly appropriate inferences made by the author according to the needs of creation, and are the author's own views (private goods).

But there should be little deviation, logically speaking. "Scholar" can only be a small official in the village. It should be no problem for the central government and county guards to need "Qing".

Correspond to the needs of the intermediate titles and county positions.

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