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In the Crystal Palace, Li Jing raised his glass: "Originally, this reception banquet was going to be invited a long time ago to welcome Cui Gong and several other governors, but I have been busy with the big wedding recently, and I have not been a little free until today." Simply, today's banquet, that is, the reception banquet, was set up together with the banquet of the new officials of the princes. To put it mildly, this king doesn't say much, all the princes talk about age, and they are lonely elders. In terms of qualifications, he is also a lonely senior, so let's have a good time today! ”

Li Jing took Cui Anqian's hand and said, "With the help of Cui Gong and others, our Generalissimo's Mansion has another strength." ”

Cui Anqian said modestly: "We have been young for a long time, and we have only learned lightly, and we have not helped the King of Qin much so far, but we are so loved by the King of Qin that I am really ashamed to entrust the governor with the important responsibility." ”

"It's only when you come to Japan, get used to it first, and then you have to invite a few leaders to take command, put on armor and go into battle, and make meritorious contributions to the enemy." Li Jing said with a smile.

At the banquet, everyone drank and enjoyed each other!

Later, in the study room of King Qin's Mansion, Li Jing was talking with Jing Xiang and others.

Gongsun Lan reported to Li Jing the movements of the hundred officials observed by the Supervision Department, "The marriage between His Royal Highness and the Yu clan has been unanimously approved by the officials of the Qin Domain. However, for Cui Anqian and others to vote, Yanjing is now basically divided into two factions. One faction supports and trusts Cui Anqian, they think that Cui Anqian and others are all foreign ministers in the world, and advocate that they should be reused. The other faction is suspicious of Cui Anqian, believing that Cui Anqian and others are important ministers of the Tang court, and their performance has always been loyal to the court. Now they come to vote, it is nothing more than a temporary expediency, and their hearts are still towards the court. Sooner or later, it will not be with us. ‘

"You think the same way. Think Cui Anqian and others are not credible? Li Jing asked.

"With all due respect. I think that the belonging of Cui Anqian and others will largely depend on the attitude of His Royal Highness. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Gongsun Lan Zhengse said: "Cui Anqian and the others are all from high-ranking families, and they have been eunuchs for generations, and they have also served the court for most of their lives. Now I come to vote, not entirely for personal fame and fortune, but for the people of the world. I want to do my part to help quell the rebellion. At this time, if you adopt an attitude of guarding against suspicion towards them, it will definitely cause them to be disappointed, knowing that this place is not a place to stay for a long time, and if you have the opportunity, you will have the opportunity to leave, or have other plans. Although they came to vote out of helplessness, in a short period of time, they could not find a better opportunity than this. Therefore. With a little reassurance, they can be stabilized temporarily. His Royal Highness's current banner is Zun Tang. Therefore, as long as they do not immediately oppose the imperial court, in the current situation, they will still be willing to stay and contribute. In my opinion, Cui Anqian and others are not untrustworthy and cannot be reused. It's to see what position they put on, if they are allowed to fight against the imperial court and the Son of Heaven, with their attitude of loyalty to Li Tang, they will definitely not be willing. But if His Highness asked them to do other things, such as dealing with the Khitan, crusading against the Hu people, or crusading against the rebellious and pseudo-Qi, or even confronting other feudal towns, they would have no problem. They are loyal to the imperial court, rather than to the community, so as long as they are under this banner, they will follow under the command of King Qin. Even, more civil officials in the world, wealthy families, will choose to follow His Highness. ”

These words are actually telling Li Jing that Li Tang's qi is not exhausted, or that although the mainstream society is dissatisfied with Tang Ting, these people at the top are also more afraid of too much change, so they would rather guard Tang Ting. If Li Jing moves too much now, and engages in such a thing as becoming the emperor or setting up another son of heaven, it may make many people who are swaying and watching be afraid. And if you continue to do things under the banner of respecting the Tang Dynasty and carrying the banner of the Tang Dynasty, and be relatively gentle, then those people may choose to support it by default.

Jing Xiang also agreed: "Now, if we continue to carry out the banner of the Tang Dynasty, then we can command the towns. But if we oppose Tang at this time, we will lose a lot of support, and this will outweigh the losses for us. ”

"It's good like this now, boiled frogs in warm water. The Son of Heaven has just issued an edict for sin, and has given several titles to the princesses and county lords, and has just issued an edict to revoke those official titles that were indiscriminately rewarded before. These actions show that the Son of Heaven is already afraid, he knows the situation and does not dare to provoke us. This is a good thing, since we can force him to back down, as long as he doesn't give us too much trouble for deliberately confronting us, then we don't need to make things too hasty. ”

Gai Yu was very satisfied with the result that the last time a prison proposed to force the Son of Heaven to be condemned, and also revoked the previous reward. Although it is said that in this way, his title of county king is gone, but that is nothing.

"The Son of Heaven withdrew the news and rewarded himself, which offended all the Qin Domain soldiers and officials. The title and official position that had just arrived had not been revoked before it was hot, and everyone had a breath of anger in their hearts. Many soldiers even scolded their mothers directly. If the Son of Heaven wants to get some tricks in the future, I am afraid that no one in the Qin Domain will believe it. Gongsun Lan also reported the following attitude towards the revocation of the reward.

This matter will end like this, and Li Jing is also a little surprised. However, he is very satisfied with this. As Gongsun Lan said, the Son of Heaven's rebellion has reduced his prestige in the Qin Domain to the extreme. On the other hand, it also solved the matter that Li Jing had been bothered for a long time.

"Your Royal Highness, I think that since the Son of Heaven has revoked the previous reward, why don't you give another order to the soldiers as Shang Shuling, fake Huang Yue, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses. In this way, everyone has a grudge against the Son of Heaven, but they must be full of gratitude to His Highness. Gaiyu proposed.

"No, too many rewards will cause great harm to the country." Li Zhendao.

Gai Yu smiled: "King Qin is sealed again, of course, he can't be as indiscriminately rewarded as the Son of Heaven." Titles are extremely precious, and if they are more, they lose their original meaning. Therefore, a certain proposal is that it is better to retain the new fifteenth-class title system established by the Son of Heaven this time, and set up the fifteenth-class titles of king, county king, state duke, county duke, county duke, county marquis, county marquis, to the founding uncle, the founding son, the founding man, as well as the knight, knight, and samurai. However, if the king of Qin is to be crowned again, then the number of knights must be controlled. ”

"A certain proposal. Directly reduce the list of knights by ninety. and lowers the Knighthood by one or two levels. It turned out that there were more than 3,000 Jin Jue. Now it is controlled within 300, and the highest is only the title of the prince. ”

"In this way, ninety percent of the original knights cannot be sealed, will there be resentment because of this?" Gongsun Lan asked.

"No, it turned out that all the recipients had their titles revoked, and now the King of Qin has re-titled them, so that a percentage of them have regained their titles. In this way, at least one percent of the people are grateful to Dade, and the other ninety percent of the people will only hate the Son of Heaven for going back on his word.

Li Zhen pinched his beard and said with a smile: "As long as we are fair and fair." If all the recipients are the ones who are expected to return, then not only will there be no trouble, but there will be a more positive impact. Everyone must understand that the dignity and hard-won title of knighthood are not easy to come by. ”

Li Jing also became interested in this proposal, and the emperor sealed and withdrew, and he Li Jing came to seal it again, so that only the prestige of the Son of Heaven would be lost, but it would make his prestige more prosperous in the Qin domain. And in this way, it can also solve the problem after this bounty incident. The resentment in the hearts of the officials and soldiers of the Qin Domain.

"One out of ten, that's a fitting number. I have one point to make. That is, this resealing must not only be fair and just, but also make the title system stable and make the title more precious and honorable. Therefore, the person who is knighted must not only be famous, but also beneficial. Whoever is knighted will no longer be given real food and fiefs. Titles at all levels are not paid, and all are transferred to Yongye Tian. The fifteenth rank of knighthood, the lowest knighthood, the samurai title is 400 acres, the knight is 600 acres, the knight is 800 acres, and the knight is 1,000 acres. ”

"The founding man is 2,000 acres, the founding son is 3,000 acres, and the founding uncle is 4,000 acres."

"Five thousand county marquis, seven thousand county marquis, and ten thousand thousand acres of national marquis."

"The county is 15,000 acres, the county is 30,000 acres, and the national government is 50,000 acres."

"The king of the county is 100,000 acres, and the king is 300,000 acres."

Li Jing said a series of numbers, but added another sentence at the end. "Considering that the land of the Central Plains is difficult to seal, all the knighted Yongye Tian are sealed outside Yanshan. The sealed Yongye field can be passed down from generation to generation, and enjoy the grace of tax reduction.

Land has always been the most precious heirloom, Li Jing was knighted, in addition to giving the title glory, this time simply canceled the Yulu and Shiyi, so that the actual benefits are only land. However, in order to prevent the nobles from occupying too much land, Li Jing specifically proposed that Yongye Tian be sealed outside the Guan. There is land there, and if you give the land to the nobles, you can also use their strength to develop and prosper outside the border. Moreover, Li Jing only gave them a nine-percent discount on taxes, and the land they developed had to pay taxes at the very least. This is a long-term strategy.

Although the conditions are a bit harsh, something is always better than nothing.

"King Qin added it very well, not only to solve the immediate problems, but also to leave future troubles. I fully support it. Li Zhen nodded in agreement.

The next day, the royal decree of the generalissimo Li Jing, the king of Qin, came out of the Forbidden Palace.

The sergeants posted notices in Yanjing City and the provincial capitals, announcing that Li Jing was ready to reward meritorious soldiers for meritorious deeds and give them knighthoods. However, this time, Li Jing does not intend to make a decision. Instead, it is necessary to let the soldiers and officials of the whole clan come together to decide on the reward.

Li Jing announced the list of more than 3,000 titles and recipients who were rewarded and revoked by the emperor last time, retained 300 large and small titles, and then gave ten candidates for each title, publicized their resumes and achievements, and then accepted everyone's judgment, and then summarized the opinions after the most reckoning, and submitted them to the joint meeting of the provincial cabinet and government to summarize, draw up a list of 300 people, and then hand it over to the King of Qin to make a final decision and award the knighthood!

As soon as this list came out, the crowd was surging.

However, after the shock, the officials and soldiers who had just been entitled, and whose titles had been revoked, became excited one by one.

Who would dare to say that they don't care about fame and fame?

What's more, 3,000 people compete for 300 titles, and 10 people compete for a title, even if they really don't care about this title, now they don't have to fight for steamed buns anyway.

The entire Qin Domain instantly became lively again, but Li Jing sat firmly in Diaoyutai. For him, although this time it is said that the important right of knighthood has been delegated, in fact, the candidates who can compete for this title are all designated. Again, the Provincial Cabinet and he have the final decision. On the surface, some other problems that will be produced by one of the ten seals will be prevented in advance with the "fairness", "openness" and "justice" of this public competition for knighthood.

No matter who can be knighted in the end, they will be grateful to Li Jing. If it can't be sealed, they can't spread their grievances on Li Jing. If you want to blame, you can only blame the Son of Heaven for not believing in his words! (To be continued......)