Three Kingdoms

Earlier, as the sound of horse hooves sounded on the official road, a Fuyu hugged the horse's neck, almost pressing his body against the horse's back, ignoring that the horse was already covered in sweat, and even Already a little foaming at the mouth, he still urged the war horse forward, forward.

Bearing feathers means carrying two long feathers on the back.

There are several modes of messengers. One is a point-to-point ordinary order, holding a small flag.

The other type is to run around to deliver orders, usually holding a medium flag or carrying a flag.

Fuyu, for example, is responsible for emergency military situations, or for emergency dispatch and orders on the battlefield.

As for Ye Bu Sheng, such a shameful title, it was not until the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to negative feathers, there were also negative seals in the Han Dynasty. That is to say, a square wooden badge representing the identity of the grassroots commander is carried behind the back to identify the identity.

Under Fei Qian, basically all have now been changed to colored silk ribbons, and there are color distinctions on the armor scales. However, for the soldiers in Sichuan, Shu and Hanzhong, many of them still follow the Han Dynasty habits and have not completely changed. come over.

In order to prevent someone from not being seen due to poor visibility when running at night, the negative feather half who is responsible for delivering emergency orders will also hang a copper bell around the horse's neck. When it runs, it will jingle. In this way, no matter it is Anyone can immediately know that the military situation is urgent and get out of the way.

With Fei Qian's development of Hanzhong and Sichuan, whether it is from Sichuan and Shu to Hanzhong, or from Hanzhong to Chang'an, after a long period of blasting mountains to open the road, the walk is much easier than before, and it is half way Above, about two hundred miles apart, relay stations were built specifically to serve the military...

When the tinkling of copper bells and the sound of horse hooves came from the official road, the soldiers on duty at the transfer station were already alerted. They ordered two more torches to be lit for illumination, and at the same time they were ordered to go up to the guard tower and carry out Wait and see.

In the blink of an eye, Fu Yu arrived at the relay station, almost flew off the horse, and roared hoarsely: "Water! Horse!" He staggered twice. If the relay station's postman hadn't stepped forward to hug him, Almost eating it to the ground.

"Hurry up! Water! Ergouzi, saddle up the horse in the backyard and bring it over!" the leader of the post station shouted loudly.

Although there is a rush of 300 miles and a rush of 600 miles, it does not mean that the messenger ran to death in one breath without changing horses, but it was true that he did not rest, so he drank some water and ate half a piece of cake. Afterwards, seeing a new war horse being brought in, Fu Yu immediately struggled to get up, threw the remaining half of the pancake in his hand to the postman aside, got on the horse, and immediately continued to run forward. .

"Ah... this..." The young postman looked at the half piece of cake and water bag in his hand, then looked at Fu Yu who had gone away, and then turned to look at the team leader.

The leader of the team stood and watched Fu Yu go away. He turned around and saw the stupid young postman. He shouted, turned around and left, "It's an advantage for you...keep it..."

"Why don't you bring this..." the young postman said stupidly. For him, he was reluctant to throw away this good piece of bread. Naturally, it was impossible to understand why Fu Yu only ate a little and then threw it away.

"You are new here, so you don't know..." the veteran on the side explained, "If you can't take me with you, on this journey, you can go to the ground when changing horses, eat and drink, and leave when the horses arrive! Otherwise, it is against military law. , I’m going to lose my head!”

"Ah?" the new postman asked, "You don't even get off your horse? What about the urine?"

"What do you think? It seems that I couldn't bear to eat at the inn, so I took a few more bites here..." The veteran laughed twice, then stopped laughing, and looked to the south with some worry, where the negative feather running figure was. The direction he came from, "I just don't know, what's going on? Oh, is it true that you don't have a happy life?"

Most young people are not afraid of big things, no excitement or joy, while older people basically look forward to peace and stability. Life is so strange.

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Naturally, Fei Qian was not like Lao Cao, who first decided to make friends with other people's wives by seeing how they were doing. Instead, if he could use women as officials, his scope would almost double!

And imagine, originally men were still holding back, and some were still deciding whether to do it or not. Now if a woman grabs an official position first, she will inevitably have to face the situation of a female boss, and there may even be a tiger's roar at home: "You old coward and young coward, I'll do it myself!"

Isn’t it fun?

Fei Qian laughed a few times, and finally added when Pang Tong's eyes widened more and more, "There is another third... In fact, it is also the same as what Shi Yuan just said, it is 'sir', But this 'heir' is not a son, but an heir! If a woman can also be an official, then with the grace, there will be twice as many heirs! Hehehe... when the time comes..."

"Excuse the order!" Pang Tong almost jumped up and said with sudden realization, "This is a strategy of using yin to transform yang! It turns out that this is where the lord's intention lies!"

If only men can be officials, then over time, only men will have the right to inherit. But if women can also be officials, this inheritance right will be interesting...

The so-called hundred secrets also have sparseness. Although Pang Tong is said to have outstanding intelligence, there are times when he falls down in Fengpo, right? So when Fei Qian said his true purpose, Pang Tong couldn't help but sigh, and then his fat body trembled.

This move is a bit cruel.

Nowadays, in the Beidi, Guanzhong, and Longyou areas, and even in parts of Hedong, Hanzhong, and Heluo, the system of military titles is adopted, which is almost similar to the order of grace. If you cannot continue to obtain military titles, then one generation after another will lose military titles. It will transform from low-tax lord land to high-tax private land...

At the same time, this is also a move that is almost equivalent to tying these farmers to the Feiqian chariot. In order to ensure the inconvenience of having a jue land, at least one member of the yeoman family must serve in the army. If he goes to the battlefield and has a first-level merit, he will be added to the military title. Of course, if he dies unfortunately, the jue land share will also be increased under the pension. Compare.

If you have better luck, you can make outstanding achievements in battle, and you can even use your achievements to transfer farmland, so that your family can live a better life. So basically speaking, these yeoman farmers in Junjue Field are closely related to Fei Qian and are connected in one place.

However, it should also be noted that because the historical legacy conditions vary from place to place, in some areas where there are many unclaimed lands that were abandoned due to wars, it is the homesteaders who dominate the land under the feudal system, and things like In areas such as Hedong, Heluo, and Hanzhong, Sichuan, and Shu, there are still many local nobles who are powerful. Although they reluctantly accepted the jue land system due to the situation, it may not be without recurrence in the future.

If I can't beat him now, I have to hold my nose and admit it. In the future, it will be more or less a hidden danger...

Moreover, these powerful nobles also had some adaptable strategies, such as letting more children from their families join the battle, or serving as local officials, so that they could obtain a share of the land, and they would not lose much in the end.

The female official system that Fei Qian is planning to implement now is aimed at the powerful nobles in these places...

The power of the princes and kings left over from Liu Bang, a half-empty gangster, became increasingly powerful and gradually fell out of control of the central government. Therefore, the essence of the Tuen Order was a measure introduced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to control the princes and kings.

Feiqian's female official system, on the surface, seems to give women more opportunities and room for advancement. In fact, it is essentially to better restrict the large landowner class.

Before there was no order of favor, there was only one successor to the princes and kings, that is, the eldest son. If the eldest son unfortunately burps, then it will be the second son. No matter what, there can only be one successor.

After the favor order was issued, the princes and kings in various places were divided into several kingdoms. The descendants of the princes and kings shared the land in turn until the land was exhausted. Those with a large land and few descendants would have a false title of country and wait for their descendants to be divided among them after their birth. Before the Han Dynasty, the area under the jurisdiction of princes in various places was only inherited by their eldest son. Under the Tuien Order, the eldest son, second son, and third son inherited it jointly.

Therefore, naturally the points become smaller and smaller.

As a result, for example, after Liu Bei, the majestic King of Zhongshan, when he grew up, the only thing he could be praised for was a crooked-neck tree...

However, the order of favor is only aimed at the princes and kings, and is not used for powerful nobles. Fei Qian's strategy of appointing female officials is almost equivalent to the "order of favor" aimed at the powerful nobles...

If women can be officials, it almost means that women have the right to inherit. At the same time, it also avoids the bad behavior of gentry families who are exterminated.

Normally speaking, in a marriage where both parties are well matched and have similar status, if a woman has no room for advancement, then no matter how much dowry is given as her capital, the woman will still be at a low level in her husband's family, and she has to serve the elder and the middle class. She has to serve her husband and take care of her children, and being a mother-in-law for many years is not just talk.

Because there is no room for advancement, it is useless even if the parents deliberately want to give the woman inheritance rights. Some other elders in the family will still marry the woman off, and then the family property left by her parents can be divided.

Once women have the right to be officials, and with such space, the form will naturally be completely different. Many capable women do not have to be completely dependent on men, and they have the right to speak, which subverts the original heir structure of the gentry where inheritance rights are passed on to men but not to women...

Invisibly, the successors of the large landowning class such as the gentry will be like the princes and kings, from having only one successor to multiple successors. For several generations, if there is no outstanding person in the family from generation to generation. To prop up the facade, the rate of decline will naturally be accelerated a lot.

"But this way..." Pang Tong thought for a moment and said, "There are also disadvantages..."

Fei Qian nodded and said: "Yes, there are indeed disadvantages... However, everything in the world is like this, the sun and the moon have clouds and sunshine, and people also have their strengths and weaknesses... As long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, it is feasible... not to mention the world. If it is big, there will be more positions and more officials will be needed..."

In addition to what Pang Tong said before, that it is difficult for women to manage politics when they are pregnant and giving birth, there are also issues such as women's idiosyncrasies and personalities, which are not suitable for all positions and so on.

There are also various troublesome matters such as how to make adjustments at the beginning, and even how to arrange...

Taken together, even though there are disadvantages to promoting female officials, the overall benefits are obviously greater in both the medium and long term.

Just like the system of nobility and land, the system of military merit and military honors, don’t they have any drawbacks?

Same thing.

However, the transformation of land from dispersion to concentration eventually led to social unrest, causing the whole of China to fall into cycles of stability, then chaos, and then stability again, which is not conducive to the lasting development of Chinese civilization...

What's more, judging from the experience gained from later civilizations, it is normal for women to serve as officials. Female wisdom is also part of Chinese wisdom, why should it be suppressed? Why not release this shackles before Confucianism has formed an absolute ban on women?

As the old saying goes, when there is no other way, the only suggestion is the best way.

For Pang Tong, he and Xu Shu and others were the first to realize the disadvantages caused by land annexation and gentry monopoly. However, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others could not think of a better way to reform and evolve, and Fei Qian It is nothing more than standing on the shoulders of future generations and proposing some measures and methods...

Pang Tong was silent for a while and nodded, basically agreeing, but how to proceed next still requires further discussion.

This was also expected by Fei Qian. After all, it is still the Han Dynasty, and it would not be difficult for people like Pang Tong to accept the improved system of female officials. If we go further back, especially after the Tang Dynasty, it will be hard to say...

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Just as Fei Qian and Pang Tong were talking, Fu Yu had already rushed in and headed towards the Hussar General's Mansion!

Under the rapid sound of horse hooves and the sound of bells, passers-by took cover one after another. Even the guards in front of the General's Mansion Square moved out of the way, allowing them to run directly into the front square.

However, Fu Yu did not dare to go straight to the central gate of the General's Mansion. When he reached the stone steps in front of the door, he jumped off his horse and almost hit the bluestone board. However, he still did not dare to rest. He just panted and quickly tied the straps to his chest. Take off the cloth bag and hold it high!

"Take it!"

The leading guard in front of the General's Mansion came out, stepped forward to take it, and then ordered his subordinates to place the extremely tired Fu Yu in the gatehouse to rest, while calling a few colleagues to prepare to go to Qinglong Temple.

If it was an ordinary official document, it would be fine. The worst case scenario would be to leave it in the government office until Fei Qian comes back to read it. However, sending out negative feathers to convey military information must be a big deal. The commander of the guards in front of the mansion did not dare to delay at all. He immediately relayed the message and rode on The war horses ran towards Qinglong Temple!

Naturally, no one dared to stop us along the way, but it also attracted the attention of many people, who started whispering while trying to avoid it...

Huang Xu couldn't help but frown when he heard the chaos outside. He turned around and saw the guards escorting the military information. He immediately felt his heart skip a beat and took the military information without saying a word and delivered it to Fei Qian.

Fei Qian opened the package, first checked the fire paint seal, and then looked at the secret mark on the bottom of the label. After confirming that no one had tampered with the bamboo tube, he broke open the fire paint, took out the brocade silk and took a look at it. After looking up and down a few times, he couldn't help but feel... The color changed, and he slapped his palm on the table!