Three Kingdoms

The problem of anti-corruption did not arise in a day, nor can it be solved in a day. It is like psoriasis, or like Xiaoqiang. After killing one wave, there will still be another wave. When you see one, Often there is already a nest underneath.

This is a huge project, and now, Fei Qian has just begun.

When you bring out the big stick, you also have to bring out the carrot.

Hurrying slowly, the general worship altar in Longshouyuan was finally built and the ceremony could be held as scheduled.

Who doesn't like the meritorious status?

Since the Qin Dynasty, China has begun to move towards centralization and unification. However, in fact, even with the supreme authority of Qin Shihuang and the majestic military power, it still cannot completely overthrow the legacy of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. In the system of decentralization of power among princes, even in the Han Dynasty, the powers of local governors were still like those of princes, and the central government's control system was very extensive and lagging behind.

However, one thing that is good about the Han Dynasty is that even though the area that the court can control is extremely shrinking, even if the officials in various counties and counties are hereditary, they still follow the Han Dynasty's official selection system on the surface, that is, they are elected by the previous chief or Their subordinates will elect the next chief, or hold some kind of election by the village elders, etc., and then report to the court - although the so-called reporting means setting up an altar and burning the seal, as for whether the emperor can get the news from heaven. Just get the information and forget about it. Anyway, isn't it said that he is the "Emperor"? If God is not prepared to tell you, who can blame you?

Even so, from this perspective, in the Han Dynasty, only the hereditary titles were hereditary, and there was no hereditary real power in counties and counties.

Although this is often the case in name only, it can be considered an improvement.

As for the so-called Jizhou Prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, in a sense, it is a setback. After all, allowing ethnic minorities in remote areas to self-govern is a temporary measure taken due to transportation time constraints and other issues. There is no What's the problem? But if the chiefs allow it to be hereditary by the tribe leader and completely let it go, what's the difference between it and separatism?

Therefore, after the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty, the chieftain system was formed, which made many remote areas of China's territory included in the Han Dynasty, and gradually moved towards splitting and separatism. Of course, it was also a good thing done by Wu Zetian, an old lady. He was good at fighting internally, but externally, he had to compromise again and again. The same was true for Cixi in later generations.

From a certain perspective, the chieftain system seemed to have achieved short-term peace, but in the long run, it actually formed a huge resistance to the unification of China and its continued territorial expansion.

Fei Qian believes that when the terrain of China is complex, the north and south are far away, and the territory is vast, only unification is the most correct choice. Otherwise, it will easily form divisions, which will get out of control and no longer be able to expand outwards. So many of the things Fei Qian is doing now are like this. The more remote the place, the more it needs to penetrate Chinese culture and promote enlightenment. Then after three generations, it will naturally basically convert.

To form a deterrent force against various counties, counties, and remote areas, strong central military strength is indispensable.

To maintain the honor system in the army, it is necessary to give military generals, especially outstanding commanders, a hereditary but declining title as a real reward. Correspondingly, civil servants can be granted on-the-ground management rights, but they cannot be given hereditary inheritance rights.

To put it simply, it’s just one thing: you can’t be ennobled without military merit.

After all, it is unavoidable that the emperor wants to give his children princes and princesses, but they can give them treatment, not honor, and not real power. In other words, the management power of real land can be hereditary, and the title is only for military merit, and it decreases from generation to generation. In this way, it can basically be said that there will be no risk of death in the battlefield. The benefits are not as great as those obtained by flattering the emperor. , leading to more and more people choosing the latter, so that the country's martial spirit is getting worse and worse.

In this way, in the high-level titles, two lines were formed: Wang with the same surname and Hou with different surnames. The king was the king and the marquis was the marquis. Although both lines can obtain fiefs, the king is a virtual fief, which means he will receive an extra amount of money and salary, while the marquis is a real fief, and as many as possible canonize the newly opened territory.

The so-called kings have only one level, that is, a prince named by someone, or a princess, or a county, or a county. The size of the fiefdom also represents the size of the "king". According to the practice of the Han Dynasty, the king does not hold real power. , the actual local government affairs are controlled by the prime minister, who has the authority to open temples and offer sacrifices, but has no actual military power. If it is a royal family from a foreign land, after surrendering, it will also be integrated into this system. For example, the chiefs of Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei and even Qiang and Di tribes, etc., either directly use the title of the king of the Han family, or still use their old titles, such as Chanyu, etc., and their status is basically the same as that of the king with the same surname. The state minister is appointed by the central court and has a term of office and assessment.

The marquis system uses the dukes, marquises, uncles, sons, and sons of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, plus the lieutenants and guannei marquises, for a total of seven levels. Of course, depending on the size of the fiefdom, even marquises of the same level can be divided into seven levels. Score high and low. A marquis is a noble and important person, and only those with military merit can be rewarded. The fiefdom is controlled and managed by the marquis himself. Theoretically speaking, even if you are a prime minister, if you have no military merit, you will not be able to be granted a title after death. There is a certain possibility of being granted a title after death, but this kind of title is just a title and cannot be compared to others. It is the same as a marquis for military merit who obtains an actual fief.

Therefore, overall, whether in terms of actual benefits or personal glory, the marquis is naturally the highest. In this way, on the one hand, the military merits can be entrusted with the newly developed fields, which will help to use the reputation of the generals to continue to control the newly developed areas. Suppression and stability, on the other hand, the diminishing effect of push and grace, also allowed these lands to be gradually integrated into the territory of the Han family, which was a matter of killing several birds with one stone.

This may be able to generally balance the relationship between civil and military officials, because the paths separated by civil and military officials are in different directions. Civil servants can gain real power in local management without having to fight to the death. However, civilian officials may be elected every three years, or they may not be able to do their jobs directly. They were transferred or demoted.

Military generals must fight on the battlefield in order to enjoy glory, and such authority generally lasts for life, and is sealed wherever they conquer or quell rebellions. As long as they make no mistakes, they can still be passed down, but It is normal for them to die out after a few generations due to pushback.

Of course, Fei Qian's current vision may be a bit idealistic, but this is more or less a direction. At least it is better than the kind of general who fights life and death on the border, and then can only be granted the title of a small pass and then follow the emperor. It is much better that a flattering civil servant who has done all bad things can be granted the title of Marquis.

So if you are not a military commander, but an ordinary civil servant or an ordinary person, in your daily life, do you have no possibility of obtaining a title, and you can only watch helplessly?

Not really.

Next, Fei Qian wants to continue to split the pre-Qin system of twenty-level lords, and it will be a very simple split, that is, take the Han Dynasty's two thousand stone level and apply it directly.

Two thousand stones in the Han Dynasty were divided into four grades: Zhong, Zhen, Yuan, and Bi. The original two thousand stones are the original two thousand stones, with the middle two thousand and the true two thousand on top, and then under the two thousand stones, there are two thousand. Therefore, if this set of standards is directly used for the 20th-level military merit title, it will be immediately expanded to the 80th-level system. Basically, it is almost enough.

People are most afraid of not having goals.

The Lordship system is open to all Han people, and everyone can strive for it. Well, of course it can be done in name only. In fact, the level of birth also determines the Lord's starting position.

Like those fake character levels in later games that cannot bring any benefit to real life. There are a lot of people who will spend their lives day and night. Wait, if there is a direct level affiliation in reality, and even if the corresponding treatment standards are lowered, the real living standards can be changed and improved, will there be a craze for liver removal like the one in the former Qin Dynasty?

To achieve national enthusiasm, we must have a powerful data statistics system, and then conduct an assessment every year or every three years, and implement the last elimination system to carry out operations such as promotion and lowering, so that the Lord can move up and down. Are you afraid that the whole people will die from being so heartless?

Therefore, vigorously promoting mathematics is still very important and an urgent task...

It can be said that the above three major title systems basically cover most of the needs of the dynasty, and whether they are kings, marquises, or lords, they all represent having certain "over-control" authority. They are all basic, and they also involve all aspects of life. For example, the title of the former Qin Dynasty stipulated the number of bowls and dishes to eat, etc. If it is broken down, there are different regulations for different levels, corresponding portal buildings, chariots and horses, clothing, and even sacrificial specifications and daily expenses. If you dare to exceed the level you are in, it is called "exceeding the regulations." , is a criminal act. Another special benefit of a title is that it can offset sins. Unless it is an unforgivable sin, it can be offset according to the law.

At the same time, the Lord system can in turn restrict the King and Marquis systems. After all, the people in the Lord system are the most numerous, and in a sense, the Lord groups are all distributed in the name of the country, so there is only this Only when the country exists can the Lord System exist. Just like the people who least want the server to shut down in future generations are naturally the ordinary users who are greedy and excited...

Not to mention Wang Jue, Wang Jue without real power basically eliminates the possibility of rebellion.

Most of the marquis who are able to rebel are those who have formed a solid bond between superiors and subordinates in the military. The reason why such factional relationships can be formed is probably because most generals in feudal dynasties have great power to reward and punish their subordinates. caused. And if the person in charge of the registration and verification is not the general in charge of the army who decides and distributes the rewards, then can the general in charge still have the conditions to rebel?

Just like in the current Hussars Army, every soldier knows that the nameplate hanging around the neck is used to record merit. If the merit reaches a certain standard, go to the military merit officer to register it, and in exchange for land or money, you can obtain it without the approval of the commander. The general in charge is more like the GM in the server. Although he controls the military law and is thunderous, he can also spawn monsters and equipment, which will bring certain benefits to the players. However, if the data is traced and the data is censored, he may even encourage a group of players to change jobs. Change server...

That's it.

Of course, the project volume of this title system is not much smaller than that of the anti-corruption project, but it is much better to have such a direction than to go in no direction at all.

As for the etiquette standards of these titles, daily living treatment, and even the details of atonement, Fei Qian could leave it to the Confucian scholars to perfect in the next step.

Aren't Confucians the best at "rituals"? So formulating and educating these "rituals" is the main responsibility of Confucianism. Why do we need to worry about Confucian children doing nothing and thinking about prophecies? If such a huge stall needs to be refined and stabilized, constantly replenished, repaired and promoted, it will be enough for Confucianism to be busy.

Then from among the original gentry children, within the Confucian system, some people were eliminated, similar to Xu Yue, who were specifically responsible for auditing and accounting. In the civilian world, they audited people's livelihood, and in the army, they audited military merit. In fact, they are basically the same. Yu assumed the responsibility of supervising the prosecution.

Finally, in addition to the fact that retired military personnel serve as local armed police, in accordance with the established "rituals" and based on the issues reviewed, they can exercise arrest, punishment and other powers to separate the law enforcement rights of local gentry and clans, then it is Basically, a system of separation of powers under the feudal dynasty was established.

Although it is a bit idealistic, this is the decentralization system that is most suitable for the Chinese feudal dynasty that Fei Qian can think of. And if this system is really established, Fei Qian feels that it will be far better than killing men and stabbing women, or On the other hand, it is somewhat taller.

For society as a whole, there are actually certain rules, which from a certain perspective are fair.

The biggest fear is that there are rules, but someone breaks them and is not punished. This is the root cause of chaos. It's like queuing up for a bus. If someone can jump in line without being punished, will there be others lining up in the future? When the cost of doing good is much higher than the cost of doing evil, will the entire society still be good?

The biggest problem in the Chinese feudal dynasty has always been that "the law does not punish the public". If "the public" breaks the law, it is not called a crime? Are there many people in all dynasties who have used the name of "everyone" to carry out their own selfish desires? Why is there such a thing as "the law does not blame everyone"? Isn't it just because the buttocks are sitting on the basis of the noble family? These noble surnames that control places and gather the population naturally represent "the people" all the time. How can the "law" be blamed on these people?

The reason why Confucianism behaves more and more like bastards is that on the one hand, it formulates various etiquette laws, and then on the other hand, it wants to separate itself from these etiquette laws and avoid various punishments, so it keeps trying to set up some backdoors all day long. Taking advantage of some loopholes and so on, and then hanging the signs of Confucius and other so-called saints outside the holes dug by these people to hide their shame. In the end, the national dam collapsed, and these guys fell down trees and scattered to find the next one.

Rules, and following them, are equally important.

In the third year of Taixing, on the fifth day of the seventh lunar month, everything was appropriate and there were no taboos. Fei Qian led the ministers to the Longshouyuan General Worship Altar and began to formally worship the generals. It also represented Fei Qian's first step in promoting title reform. He quietly moved forward amidst the excitement of everyone.

The first thing to be held is naturally the worship of heaven and earth and the tribute to the emperor. The imperial power still needs to be maintained, at least in terms of face. This is not only for the emperor Liu Xie, but also for the recognition of the entire country. At least for now, maintaining the image of a big man is far easier for ordinary people to accept than slandering a big man.

After the ceremony of sacrificing the emperor of heaven and earth, the war drums rumbled. The trumpeters in the army stood under the altar of worship, raised their horns and sounded together with the drums.

Sixty-four members of the Chang'an gentry family, as well as students from Shoushan Academy, stood in the square under the altar facing the wind and chanted loudly:

"Fight in the south of the city and die in the north of Guo. If you die in the wild, you can eat without being buried!" 』

Zhang Liao, who was in the queue under the stage, couldn't help but trembled when he heard the sound. He couldn't help but also raised his head and sang in a slightly hoarse voice: "Call me a black man, and be a guest of honor!" The wild dead will not be buried, but the carrion will be able to escape..."

Zhao Yun looked at Zhang Liao, sighed softly, lowered his eyes slightly, his expression also changed slightly, he didn't know what he thought of.

The Han Dynasty Yuefu Battle in the south of the city has been learned by most of the noble clansmen, and even some soldiers in the army have learned it. At this moment, they all responded, "The sound of water is surging, and the pampas grass is dim." The owl cavalry dies in battle, the rogue horse wanders and cries..."

For a time, the sound shook the surrounding areas, its sound was tragic and heroic, rolling like thunder.

Earlier, Fei Qian used the pre-Qin song "Same Clothes, Same Robes" as a piece to commemorate the fallen soldiers, but later someone suggested that it was inappropriate, so he finally changed it to Han Yuefu's "War in the South".

On the square in front of the altar, the music of Zhancheng South gradually came to an end. As the last line "attack in the morning and return at dusk" came out in three stacks, the drums changed again, and then the trumpeters retreated, bells, chimes, silk bamboos, etc. Joined in, and the sixty-four dancers also began to advance and retreat amid the music of bells and drums.

What I used today was the dance that Huang Yueying decided on that day. Although it was a small dance, when sixty-four people danced together, especially sixteen of them held up high the long-handled wooden bows inlaid with gold and jade and hung with colorful silks, and they sparkled in the sun. , is still quite colorful, eye-catching and touching.

The overall neatness is generally pretty good.

Fei Qian stood on the altar, and he could see clearly from his high position. After all, it was a temporary dancer formation formed by Liang Jiazi. In the case of short time and heavy tasks, it was considered good to have polished it to such an extent.

The gorgeousness and variety of the bo dance softened the original sadness of paying homage to the souls of the dead soldiers. When the bo dance ended, with the bells and drums roaring again, people up and down the altar shouted out the three lines of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. The famous words and seals represent the official opening of the ceremony!

"The strong wind is blowing, the clouds are flying, the powerful warriors are returning home, and the warriors are guarding the four directions!" 』

Although this poem only has three short lines, under the chorus repeated three times, and accompanied by the powerful bells and drums, the majestic momentum rises to the sky, shocking all directions...