Chapter 435: Le Ge escapes from Luoyi
Today's Zhou Tianzi has no land to be given to the prince Lege, and there is no official position to be given to the prince Lege. He is a hollowed out Zhou Tianzi, who has almost nothing except for the name of "Son of Heaven".
What can he give to Lege?
It's incomprehensible! is like this, and his housework is still very annoying. The concubines and princes are all fighting for their power and status, for fear of being inferior to others. In fact! What are you fighting for? What are you fighting for with nothing?
Mentality! It's all about the mentality! There is a problem with the mentality! There is a problem with the outlook on life and values.
But! According to Lao Tzu, as the sons of Zhou Tianzi, there are still some disputes. That is: an annual tribute.
Although Zhou Tianzi's power has been hollowed out, he is the nominal Son of Heaven after all. On his hand, there is also a jade seal that symbolizes power. A lot of the time! In order to achieve any goal, the princes and kings still have to use the name of the Son of Heaven. So! They are trying to tie up Zhou Tianzi.
If you don't send the tribute over, you want Zhou Tianzi to stamp the jade seal, it will be very difficult. If Zhou Tianzi hadn't taken care of the princes and kings below him, he would have no source of income at all. It's true! Then the role of the Son of Heaven will be completely lost. It's not that power is hollowed out, but! It's useless!
So! In many cases, in order to get tribute, Zhou Tianzi had to use extraordinary means to force the princes and kings who wanted to cover the jade seal to pay tribute in accordance with the regulations.
Because Zhou Tianzi still has the power in this area, so! The princess and the princes all wanted to use this power to make money for themselves. Therefore! Positions of power have become just as important!
Imagine! After Zhou Tianzi's power was hollowed out, there was no source of income in terms of land taxes, only tribute. There are many descendants of the royal family, if you don't use means, how can you live? No! It is to maintain a luxurious life.
If the descendants of the princes and kings still have land. Not to mention living on taxes, at least you can live on your own farming. Those who plant their own land and have only national taxes and no land taxes. Irs! It is a tax paid to the Son of Heaven and the king. Rent! It is the tax to be collected by the nobles who are sealed on this land.
Because you are also a nobleman, this land is your own, and you are the owner of this land. So! If you cultivate it yourself, there is no land tax. If you give your land to someone else to cultivate, they will have to pay you a land tax, and a land tax to the king and the Son of Heaven.
What can Zhou Tianzi give to Lege now?
In fact! It's just a name!
But! With this name, you can receive the corresponding "Yulu", which is actually property. It is equivalent to receiving wages and subsidies. Whatever your status, you can get the corresponding subsidy!
The word subsidy is more appropriate.
If you are divided into princes, then! No need to talk nonsense, you will receive more subsidies. If you are divided into princes, then! You have a subsidy at the level of a prince. If you are a queen, you will naturally have more subsidies than the princesses. And so on, there is no need to go into details.
When everything was ready, Zhou Tianzi asked people to call the music songs that had been waiting behind to the court for everyone to know. And then! It was divided into music songs as "Prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty".
After getting the seal, it was a matter of etiquette, and the civil and military officials gave gifts and congratulations to the prince.
Le Ge saw that he also gave him the title of "Prince of Ease", so! I accepted it.
Oh, yes! What do you reject? If you are given a piece of land, then! You can also refuse to accept it! If you are given a bunch of jade, coins, or something, you can also refuse. But this is just the name of the "Prince of Ease", so there is no need to refuse.
"Meet the Prince of Pleasure!"
"Congratulations to the Prince!"
"Congratulations! Hershey! ”
In the court, it was very lively.
Lege had to return the gifts one by one and thank you.
"Humph!" Ji Chao was very unhappy when he saw that Lege was named the Prince of Leisure. Everyone else came forward to congratulate him, but he was angry on the side. But! When the civil and military officials and other outsiders finished congratulating, he had to step forward and congratulate this brother of the carefree prince!
Lege was older than him, and he was still his brother. So! The younger brother is going to take the initiative to come forward to meet him.
Le Ge knew that this prince of the Ji Dynasty was not a thing, but it could be seen that when people came, he still thanked him politely.
The matter of the division has passed like this, Lege is still Lege, not a carefree prince. returned to the Zhou Zang Room, but Lao Tzu did not come back. He couldn't calm down, so he looked blind in the Zhou Tibetan room.
There are too many ancient books in the Zhou Library, and there are many books and many words that he doesn't know what they mean. There were also a lot of books in the university library, but he could still distinguish and know what to classify. But he didn't know how the books in the Zhou Hidden Room were classified.
Some books are like seeing a foreign language for him, and he can't understand them at all.
After a long while, Lao Tzu returned.
"Prince of Escape! You prepare first! Your father is going to give you some jade and something, you see? Where do you look? Lao Tzu smiled at Lege.
"Also? And the gift? Lege froze now.
I thought: Why isn't the seal in the court?
"Yes! Where would it not be? Isn't it? If you don't give you the title of Prince of Ease, where is the reason to give money? Lao Tzu explained.
"This?" Le Ge shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Me? What do I want to do with all this? I? ”
"You can take it with you? Don't you have a wife and children in Lu? You bring it back? ”
"Me? I brought it back to the country of Lu? I? I don't want to encounter robbers on the road! I? ”
"Hehehe!" Lao Tzu looked at Lege's anxious appearance and smiled.
After a while, as Lao Tzu said, Zhou Tianzi sent someone to send a full five carriages to give the gift.
Where is the seal in these five carriages, Le Ge didn't open it to see. Listen to the messenger who sent the number. Probably: five boxes of jade, a whole carriage, three carriages of brocade silk, and a carriage of other women's supplies.
"What am I going to do with this woman's supplies?" Lege asked puzzled.
"Hehehe!" Lao Tzu smiled on the side: "Do you have a family?" ”
"Me?" Lege didn't accept it! Immediately let the messenger send the gift back untouched. Naturally, the poor person didn't dare, so Lege had to send it back in person.
"Prince of Escape! You? You really don't want to? "Lao Tzu is just right.
"Don't!" Lege replied firmly.
Lao Tzu was very satisfied when he saw that Le Ge insisted on sending the seal back. looked at Lege's distant back, and nodded incessantly. No! Only then does the true nature of the music song be revealed: the music song is not here to ask for money and fame. But! Come looking for relatives.
Lao Tzu said in his heart: Okay! This kind of person who doesn't love money is the most sensible! I like it! I saw this person clearly, and it was not in vain for me to train him!