The New Year is approaching, and the magistrates of the Tang Dynasty have also entered the Beijing Dynasty, and the civil and military generals have gathered in Xiangyang. Among them www.biquge.info there are many military generals who have been born and died for the country, and there are also many civilian officials who have been conscientiously managing civil affairs in the local area for many years.

But none of them have yet been knighted.

There is not even a first-generation knighthood, let alone a hereditary knighthood and a real title.

And what about the Li family?

Fourteen dings in one door, fourteen real titles. Li Chao's old son Li Tiegun, when he was four years old, he was just the head of a government army, and now his father is expensive with his son, although he has retired, but he has also been promoted to the Duke of Luoguo and has a fief of 100 miles in the north of Yan. Even his youngest son, Li Yue, who was only two years old, was the founder of the country and owned dozens of miles of real fiefdom.

Li Chaojue was awarded the title of Duke of Zhao, the title of Taibao, and he held a fief of 300 miles alone.

His eleven sons, the eldest is only three years old now, and the youngest is only half a year old, but they are all titled dukes and earls, three dukes, three marquis and five earls, all of which are real titles.

The fiefdoms of the Li family in Bashang add up to a thousand miles and have fourteen fiefdoms.

In the city of Xiangyang, it was boiling.

Li Chao's meritorious deeds are right, Li Chao's prestige is also good, and Li Chao's popularity is also a fact.

However, like Li Chao, who is only twenty-six years old now, the whole family has a total of fourteen men, and as a result, all the men of the three generations, regardless of their age, have to be sealed with titles and real territories, adding up to a thousand miles of family fiefdoms, which is really amazing.

Especially this time, the emperor gave the Li family's sons who were less than one year old all the real seals, and all gave them the title of Marquis, it was really about to turn the world upside down.

When did Datang's title become so worthless?

Nowadays, there are three kinds of titles in the Tang Dynasty.

The first grace lord is a hereditary knight, but it is only a title that cannot be inherited by the first generation, and there is no fief. Such a title is generally given to Wenchen, especially the central Shangshu Prime Minister Jiuqing, etc., who occupy a high position, but without much merit, they will add a Shifeng Enjue, Jiuqing Fengbo, Shangshu Fenghou, and the Prime Minister Fenggong. In this way, the royal reward is displayed.

The second type of title is the hereditary title of the unreal fiefdom, which has great merit, especially the title of war merit. The title can be passed on to the son, usually as a degraded knighthood. They will have a sealed field, but no territory.

The most precious is the hereditary title of the real fiefdom, which is the most rare and precious, the title can not only be hereditary, but also in addition to the eldest son who is downgraded to the hereditary level, the rest of the sons can also be reduced to about three degrees to divide the title and territory.

Even in this kind of hereditary real title, those with the highest merits, the general descendants of the knighthood, can also get a special purpose, that is, to allow no downgrading of hereditary titles.

If a top minister like Li Chao dies in the future, the emperor will definitely give a special decree to allow Li Chao's eldest son Li Jing to inherit the title of Duke of Zhao without being demoted.

Li Chao will pass on the title to his son without demoting the title, everyone can accept it, and even Li Chao's fief will be divided into feuds in the future, and other sons can also be crowned a marquis or something.

But now that the emperor has given Li Chao's other sons all the princes, and all of them are real fiefdoms, it is difficult for everyone to accept it.

According to the current knighthood system of the imperial court.

The Li family now has fourteen fiefs, which means that in the next generation, the eleven fiefs of the Li family may become dozens of hundreds of fiefs, and the fourth generation of the Li family may have hundreds of large and small fiefdoms.

Isn't that a joke?

Others defend the frontier, fight for the country, pacify the local government for the imperial court, govern civil affairs, and work hard, many people have not even gotten the founding man of the world.

Ba Shang Li is already a full man.

This situation of the Li family has caused public anger.

But in the midst of these boils, while everyone's music was presented like snowflakes, a strange scene appeared.

The prince was all left behind.

Then it was already announced that he was recuperating in the palace, but the emperor who did not care about political affairs directly issued a decree, the emperor said that Li Chao's merits were brilliant, and he could have been crowned king on merits, because the Tang Dynasty system was not sealed, but the Tang Dynasty would be rewarded for his merits, so Li Chao's merits were transferred to his son.

Not only that, Li Shimin also personally issued a solemn edict to re-entitle the Li Chao family, and attached the fourteen fiefs of the Li family in detail.

This unprecedented edict was issued, and none of the seven prime ministers under the Zhongshu Gate objected, and as soon as the will arrived in the Zhongshu, they all stamped and signed their names, and all of them passed.

The edict of the Tang Emperor requires the emperor's jade seal and the signature of the prime minister under the Zhongshu Sect, as well as the unanimous signature of the governors and vice-officials of the three provinces, and even the signature of the Zhongshu She.

An official edict must be signed with dozens of names and dozens of seals, and only after these procedures are completed is the real edict, otherwise it can only be regarded as the emperor's private decree.

When this official edict was issued, the Beijing officials and local envoys in Xiangyang City were silent.

They were holding their breath in their hearts, but they were helpless.

The emperor can still persuade if he insists on going his own way, but even the prime ministers under the Zhongshu Sect, the main and minor officials of the three provinces all have an attitude on this matter, what can they do?

Li Shimin's impression of Li Chao now is excellent.

"If they also give me 20 million yuan, I will also give him a knighthood, no matter whether his family is three generations or four generations in the same house, how many men are counted, and even the illegitimate son I will give him a knight."

Twenty million is not a small number.

This greatly alleviated the urgent needs of the imperial court.

When you have money, how do you spend it?

Thirteen million guan is still in the treasury.

"Dai Guan, how do you say that I have a wave of heroes in the world?" Li Shimin suddenly said to Dai Guan.

Dai Xuan couldn't keep up with the emperor's train of thought.

At this time, the princes of the world?

What does that mean?

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more excited he became, the hundred miles of land in southern Liaoning were given to the Li family, and he made three million yuan at once. One mile of fiefdom sold for 30,000 yuan.

This is a business without capital, that land is Goguryeo, not to mention selling for 30,000 guan and one li, it is selling for 3,000 guan and one li, and he Li Shimin is not distressed.

"Now there are still many civil and military attachés in the imperial court, and they have also made a lot of meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty has not rewarded them, and I feel a little regretful. Now that the Tang Dynasty has just defeated Goguryeo in the east, broken in the north and broken in the Turkic, Southern An, Tubo and Tuguhun, I think it is the time to reward a wave of heroes. ”

Li Shimin was ready to sell Goguryeo again.

Take the territory of Liaodong as a real fief for the heroes, and those courtiers who were not able to reach the real fief territory will pass through them a fief.

Of course, this fief cannot be given for nothing, even if it is Goguryeo's, and the Tang Dynasty is not sealed in vain.

According to the price given to the Li family's fief, 30,000 yuan of fief per mile, and it was divided among those courtiers. Of course, if it is too expensive, you can also negotiate it, and it is okay to be cheaper.

After Dai Xuan came to understand, he was simply impressed by the emperor, and he was able to come up with such a way to make money.

Sell the knight.

And also sell fiefdoms.

I gave it a rub.

Emperor, you are simply a genius.

It's still 30,000 miles away, why don't you grab it.

But if you think about it, it seems to be really funny.

In the past, the emperor had a very strict control over the title, especially the actual title was even more rare, at the beginning there were only 36 real title nobles, and later it rose to more than 100.

Don't look at the fact that the Li family has sealed fourteen real seals this time, but that's because Li Chao's merits are too high, and Li Chao has a lot of merit and money.

That's a special case.

Under normal circumstances, it would be good to have a real seal, but it would be even more difficult to have a territory.

Such as Zhenguan Eight Nobles, Ba Shang Li, Luoyang Changsun, Jinan Qin family and other eight upstarts, in addition to Li Chao's family, the other family has one or two knights, Qin Shubao's family has only one real knight, and the fief is only 200 miles. Cheng Biting Jin has two families, but his son Cheng Chumo, the founding marquis, also earned it with Li Chao, and the fief is only a hundred miles.

As for the other nobles other than the eight nobles, it is great that a family can have a real title. Those five surnames and seven families, it sounds like a bull, and many of them are still a lifetime reward.

Not even a hereditary lord was mixed, let alone a real fiefdom.

It was precisely because of this that those officials before reacted so much to the Li family's knighthood.

"A real baron, give Liaodong five miles of fiefdom, need to pay 150,000 yuan."

"A real viscount, give Liaodong ten miles of fiefdom, need to pay 300,000 yuan."

"A real earl, giving a fief of twenty miles in Liaodong, needs to pay 600,000 yuan."

"A real marquis, giving Liaodong thirty miles of fiefdom, needs to pay 900,000 yuan."

Li Shimin even thought about the price, from barons to marquises, these fourth-class lords can be sold. Of course, there is a premise for this sale, and not anyone who wants to buy it. There must be a qualification restriction, and it must be a meritorious service who already has a hereditary title or a hereditary title but has not been awarded a knighthood, or a civil and military official of the fifth rank or above who has a high meritorious title but has not yet been knighted, can be eligible.

Or, if you are a lord who already has a knighthood, you can buy one for your father or son.

It doesn't hurt for the cub to sell Yetian, and Li Shimin is not distressed at all when he sells Goguryeo's territory. Although it is true that the feudal princes are not only given fiefs, but also enjoy a lot of privileges. However, now the imperial court has a lot of restrictions on the marquis, and I am not worried about the situation that the tail will not fall.

He was thinking in his heart that if he sold Liaodong, it was estimated that the money from the sale would immediately solve the financial problems of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, is anyone willing to buy it?" Dai Zhou asked, 30,000 guan and a mile of fiefdom, this one mile refers to a square with a side length of one mile, but it is actually not that big. But considering that this real fiefdom can be hereditary, even if it is to be divided into feuds in the future, it can be divided back and forth, and it is all in the hands of a family, so I can't say whether it is cost-effective.

"You go talk to those ministers to see who is willing to buy it, and tell them that this is the opportunity, and if you miss this village, there will be no shop." Li Shimin said confidently.