Military merit can be rewarded, but what about Wenzhi? For example, Xiao He and his subordinate officials, who are busy with their work in order to fight smoothly, some people who have contributed to the growth of national strength, and some people who have achieved achievements in special fields, should they also be rewarded for their efforts and rewarded with state actions?

Sima Xin was a first-class viscount, Ji Bu and Luo Shao were first-class barons, and some generals of the military also received the titles they deserved, such as Zhou Wen, Wu Liang, Tang Jie, He Yi and other people who had obtained military merits.

Xiao He, a person who made special contributions to the war and civil affairs, was made a second-class baron by Lu Zhe.

Kuaitong, a military advisor, was also named a third-class baron by Lu Zhe because of his advice in the war.

Mian Bi, a person who played a good role in governing and dredging the business under Lu Zhe's rule, was named a fifth-class baron by Lu Zhe.

This time, more than thirty people were knighted, the highest being a viscount of the first class, and the lowest being a baron of the fifth class, and the lord was not counted in the knighthood benefits because it was a special honor.

In fact, the title of reward will be relatively low, on the one hand, Lu Zhe feels that there is still too much land that has not been occupied, and the reward is too high now, and there will be no reward in the future. On the other hand, it also has a little bit to do with the fact that Lu Zhe is now a marquis, otherwise how could there be a few marquis after expanding such a large area, but their forces want to appear marquis-level courtiers, unless Lu Zhe is the king or becomes the emperor, otherwise how can there be a situation of "one mountain and two tigers".

One after another, the names of the knights were read, and they went out to accept the rewards with excited expressions, and everyone must have to kneel on their knees when accepting the knighthood award, and Lu Zhe put his sword on his shoulders and then performed a set of general etiquette of swearing allegiance.

Don't think that Lu Zhe's set is imitating some knight canonization in the West, as early as the Xia Dynasty, such a system has been produced in China, which is a kind of vassal behavior. The general idea is that when and when such and such a person became a certain person's courtier, to whom that person was given status, property, and land, and to whom he would be effectively loyal. At the same time, the ownership and security of the property and land of the canonized persons are guaranteed.

Taking an oath is a very sacred act, because people believe that there are ghosts and gods in the world, and solemnly reciting the oath will be "endorsed" by the ghosts, and once the oath is violated, it will be punished by the ghosts.

After the courtiers took the oath, Lu Zhe would also recite a passage similar to "From this moment on, the identity of so-and-so is recognized by me, and his private property is protected by me", similar to "private property is sacrosanct".

Lu Zhe knew that this set of etiquette was part of "feudalism", and it was also the longest and most widely circulated thought, not the kind of person who had everything in the world as an emperor. The emperor took away whatever he wanted, and "centralization" or "slavery" was what he wanted.

To be honest, the contradiction between the two types of ideas to ensure the sanctity of private property and the ownership of everything belongs to the emperor is very strong, and the dispute between the Qin state over "separation" and "centralization" is also an extension of it.

The people in power naturally like everything that belongs to them, and as the emperor can give the supreme thing he wants, even Lu Zhe likes this kind of system. However, he also knew the importance of the sanctity of private property, and that only with private property could society be stable and people would have the motivation to work hard.

If property can be taken away at will, people will live in a constant state of fear.

Not only that. In the future, the country will also revolve around the emperor, if the emperor is virtuous, it will be fine, and when he encounters such a bastard as the emperor, the country will definitely be completely chaotic. Meantime. The emperor determines the supremacy of all things in the world, and the probability of traitors must also be infinitely raised.

Lu Zhe originally looked at the envoys with the eyes and thoughts of later generations, but the more he understood what "feudalism" was, the more he dared not choose the national system at will. So how to strike a balance from this will take a long time to observe.

After reading the list of thirty-four knighthoods, many people were surprised to find that there was no name of the co-lieutenant among them, and they peeked at the co-lieutenant with strange eyes. Then he looked at his own master, who had nothing to say for the time being.

Both civil and military have gains, especially the military generals who are the commander of the corps have been rewarded the most, and the only thing that has been omitted is the co-lieutenant who is also the corps commander, so it has to make people have many associations. They wondered if it was Gongao's jumping up and down that caused the Gongwei's reward to be missed, otherwise even if the Gongwei did not gain military merits in foreign wars, the credit for maintaining the stability of the northern border was not small.

The lieutenant was extremely embarrassed in his heart, and the expression on his face was relatively stiff, he also thought that it was because of his father's influence that he would be missed from the reward, otherwise even a newly promoted lieutenant like He Yi could be awarded the title of fifth-class baron, how could he not be rewarded for his efforts for the stability of the northern border?

The highest title of the reward is a first-class viscount, and the recipient is Sima Xin, and he is also thinking about a question in his heart, there are only seven people who have won the baron, and the rest are honorary lords, so does it mean that it is very difficult to obtain the title on Lu Zhe's side?

At the same time, opening up the territory and expanding such a large area is a first-class viscount, how to look at the reward is too low, if it is a thorough wait in Daqin, it is a thing that should be, Sima Xin did not think about it, is his own monarch too stingy, or the threshold of the title is too high, it is not so easy to get a high title.

It's not just Sima Xin who is thinking about the title, in fact, everyone present has doubts in their hearts.

When it comes to the baron's title, then the title is not only an honor, but also the reward of wealth and acres is secondary, and each level of the title has corresponding privileges and benefits.

What to see the official does not worship, what to go to whose mansion is the military attache to get off the horse and the civil official to get off the sedan chair, and so on is not yet available, but about the title is a certain indicator, what kind of title will have the corresponding privileges by Shusun Tong is more detailed.

Lu Zhe didn't listen to his uncle and grandson Tong at length, if he finished talking about the privileges and benefits from the lord to the first duke, it would be at least half an hour, he took this opportunity to think about the question of the co-lieutenant, and also to observe what the co-lieutenant looked like when he was not rewarded.

Gongwei has been supervising the military in the north for a long time, and for a time he was in charge of the army and the people, and under his supervision, Hengshan County has always been calm, and there has been nothing wrong with the north. Logically speaking, although he did not have any commendable military merits, just maintaining peace in the north and defending the north so that there would be no chaos in Lu Zhe's conquest of the south and the north were all considered a great achievement.

Meritorious service must be rewarded is the premise of Lu Zhe to maintain the stability and centripetal force of the group, no matter how Gong Ao jumps up and down, he can't erase the credit of Gong Lieutenant, but Gong Ao's performance in recent times is really too unsatisfactory, first as the commander of the army in the north of the territory, he did not perform his duties and ran back to Nanling to wait for the chief, and he has been too depressed recently.

Of course, Lu Zhe has a corresponding reward for the merits of the common lieutenant, and his temporary refusal to announce the reward for the communist lieutenant is actually a warning. It's not a warning to the lieutenant about his own pit, it's a warning to the lieutenant's non-performance of his duties.

Legion commander, and it is also a corps commander who is related to the safety of the northern border, and at the same time, whether Wei and Han are safe, and whether Wei Han can maintain obedience depends on whether the northern army commander operates properly. Fortunately, the Battle of Lingnan broke out, and the time for Wei and Han to agree on an alliance is imminent, so it should be a critical period, right? The lieutenant actually took a burden because of his pit father, is this what a corps commander should do?

The behavior of carrying the burden cannot be encouraged, and even needs to be punished at some point, Lu Zhe is quite reluctant to abolish the co-lieutenant because of the pit father, after all, the co-lieutenant's ability has been recognized when he supervised the northern border, so he can only use such a series of behaviors to try to correct his mentality.

What kind of title has what kind of privileges and benefits, Shusun Tong is still continuing to introduce, and with the deepening of the introduction, everyone understands that this reward is not stingy at all, and in some respects it is even very in line with the actual situation.

Take Sima Xin's first-class viscount as an example, after he was awarded the first-class viscount, he will have the qualification to participate in the national sacrifice of heaven and earth in the future, the first-class viscount can legally own two hundred private arms, and can also have a great choice when obtaining the land, and at the same time, there will be a certain amount of national dividends every year.

Let's not talk about anything else, just having the qualifications to participate in the sacrifice of heaven and earth is enough to make people tremble with excitement, after all, not everyone has the qualifications to participate in the sacrifice of heaven and earth, that is the treatment that only kings have, except for the prince, the rest of the royal family is each. From this you can see how enviable this treatment is.

Shusun Tong said that he vaguely asked Lu Zhe for instructions later, and only then continued to talk after Lu Zhe nodded.

The title is not capped when it reaches the duke, there is a prince after the duke, and on Lu Zhe's side, the prince has the power to build a country, but the location of the country's territory depends on how Lu Zhe arranges it, and it is not so simple to be crowned king.

Again, this world is very big, not only a small territory in China, Lu Zhe's feudal statehood is of course there are its considerations, in the era when trains and airplanes have not been invented, a country's territorial expansion is not unlimited, but also depends on what kind of range of control can reach.

The feudal state in Lu Zhe's thinking is still immature, but it is probably to let people with corresponding merits go to extremely distant places to establish a state, and its founding is similar to the form of a Western colonial governor, rather than the traditional Chinese king, that is to say, it is completely impossible to obtain land and feudal kings within the territory of the empire.

How to perfect the planning in thinking seems to have a very long way to go...... (To be continued......)