The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 514
In 219 AD, in order to speed up the process of unifying the world, Zhang Wu announced to the whole world that since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world has been fighting for more than [-] years.The common people have ten houses and nine empty houses, and their wives and children are scattered. They all look forward to the reunification of the world and the reappearance of peace.

Zhang Wu himself has always aimed to end the war, restore peace, and make the people live and work in peace and contentment. Thanks to the strength of all civil and military forces, this goal is expected to be achieved in this life.

Therefore, in order to commend some people for their contributions in this process, Zhang Wu decided to give them a special reward, that is, cracking the soil and making them princes!

As soon as the news came out, the world shook.

Crack the earth and seal the prince!This is not the vain titles that were conferred in the past, but the land is actually ceded to you. In this land, you have the final say. In your fief, you are the king!

The reason why the ancient Chinese society was called a feudal society was because of the implementation of the feudal system.

Feudalism, that is, "building the country by enfeoffing soil", is a system in which the emperor in ancient times allocated territory to the clan or meritorious officials according to the level of title.These fiefdoms are feudal states, and letting them defend the central government is also called "feudal system".

The enfeoffment system began in the Western Zhou Dynasty.Zhou Tianzi enfeoffed the clan and heroes, and each fief was equivalent to a small country, so that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were more than 100 vassal states in the world.

After Qin Shihuang unified China, he abolished the "feudal system" and implemented a single county system throughout the country. However, after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the overlord of Western Chu divided the feudal princes.After Han Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang eliminated all the princes and kings one by one, he established a unified feudal dynasty. While implementing the prefecture system, he also divided up some kingdoms and marquis states, which can be regarded as parallelism of the two systems.

But from a historical point of view, after the territory is entrusted to the clan or heroes, it often leads to rebellion, because the vassal state that owns the territory is relatively powerful and prone to ambition.

Therefore, since Emperor Han Jing pacified the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, he began to reduce the power and territory of the princes and kings, and then Emperor Wu of the Han implemented the "Tweet Order" to split the big princes and kings into many small princes and kingdoms, no longer posing a threat to the central government .

After that, no matter whether it is the royal family or the marquis of the hero, they no longer seal the territory, but take the fictitious food, that is, they only enjoy the income brought by the fief, but they cannot intervene in the management. All officials in the fief are appointed by the court. .

Of course, from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although the central government has learned a lesson and generally no longer assigns feudal clans or meritorious officials to establish a country, it has not been completely eliminated, but it has been dispersed and weakened as much as possible.From the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, the feudal system in this stage actually existed in name only.

It has been more than 300 years since the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion. It is the ultimate ideal for a courtier to be a marquis. He would never dream of being a marquis. He is treason.

Any powerful monarch would not be so foolish as to divide his country and give it to his subjects to build a country, because this would inevitably lead to a situation of warlords and melee.The reason for the scuffle between warlords at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty listened to Liu Yan's words and sealed many state pastors. The actual power of these state pastors was the same as that of princes and kings.

Therefore, while the people in the world were shaking, they couldn't help but have some doubts, Zhang Wu shouldn't be that stupid, right?
Cracking the soil and sealing the marquis, isn't this the way to bring disaster!
You can maintain stability when you are alive, but after you die, or in a few decades, who can suppress people's ambitions?After Emperor Hanwen wiped out the power of Zhulu, he re-entrusted the kings and princes, but not long after Emperor Hanwen died, the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out.Even during the reign of Emperor Hanwen, there were many rebellions among princes and kings.

Sure enough, the Great Chu court then released a specific implementation plan and the first batch of lucky ones who were enshrined in the cracked soil.

The land of the original thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty will not be enfeoffed to anyone, and the newly established Yazhou (Hainan) and Yizhou (Taiwan) will not be used as enfeoffed territories, not only now, but also in the future .

The territory enfeoffed this time is the new overseas territory captured by the Chu Navy, mainly in southern Vietnam.

Before Zhang Wu named Liu Bei the Duke of Pei and took Pei County as his food town, but this was a fictitious feudal title, and Pei County was still under the rule of the State of Wei. Liu Bei, the Duke of Pei, could only be regarded as a distant leader, and the court of Chu State paid him one yearly. The output of the county serves as the income of the fief.

Now Zhang Wu has compensated Liu Bei for a piece of land in the southern part of Vietnam. At the same time, he promised that after the unification of the world, Pei County in Xuzhou will still be Liu Bei's food town. Worship the ancestral temple.

Liu Qi, the original Jingzhou shepherd, had no sons after his death, but under the auspices of Zhang Wu, he adopted a son of Liu Pan to continue the incense. Now Zhang Wu is enfeoffed as Marquis of Guangyi, and his land is Guangyi County in southern Vietnam.

Sun Ce's son, Sun Shao, Marquis of Wu, was renamed Marquis of Bianhe, and his land was Bianhe County in southern Vietnam.

Liu Zhang, the former Yizhou herdsman, was granted the title of Marquis of Yiling by Zhang Wu, and his land was Yiling County in southern Vietnam.

The former Jiaozhou pastor Xie was granted the title of Marquis of Pinghe by Zhang Wu, and his land was Pinghe County in southern Vietnam.

Because of his great achievements in the battle of Huainan, Lei Xu, the prefect of Jiujiang and the general of Zhendong, was changed to the title of Marquis of Binzhi by Zhang Wu, and the fiefdom was Binzhi County in southern Vietnam.

These six Marquises can establish a marquis in their own fief, appoint officials, and recruit a guard of no more than 500 people. All the financial revenue in the fief belongs to them.

However, these enfeoffed Hou states must abide by the laws of the Great Chu State and be supervised by the supervisory agency of the Great Chu court. Every year, 20.00% of the fiscal revenue in the fiefdoms will be handed over to the court as taxes.

There are also some other regulations and system constraints, because these enfeoffment states are vassal states of Great Chu, and they are all subjects of Great Chu in name.

Even though they are subject to some restrictions and restrictions, these sealed Marquis are equivalent to kings in their fiefs. Who can't be excited?

After the news came out, the world was shocked again.

Smart people can see Zhang Wu's intentions from this list. To whom did Zhang Wu grant this title?

This was given to Cao Pi and the officials of the State of Wei.

Liu Bei and Liu Qi are clan relatives of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Qi was once Zhang Wu's boss. Although the Han Dynasty is dead, Zhang Wu has never treated Liu Bei badly. Seal, one piece is solid seal.Although Liu Qi had no son, his adopted son was enfeoffed as a marquis, and he still had a real fiefdom.

This shows that Zhang Wu is nostalgic and emotional. Whoever helped him will be remembered in his heart and rewarded generously.

Sun Shao and Liu Zhang were once hostile forces. After being defeated by Zhang Wu, they surrendered to Zhang Wu. Zhang Wu not only allowed them to continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, but now also entrusted them with territories to establish a marquis state.

This shows that Zhang Wu is a very benevolent monarch. Even if you once opposed me, as long as you surrender to me, I will still treat you kindly, not only to ensure the safety of your family, but also to let you continue to enjoy the glory and wealth.

This was sealed to Cao Pi.

(End of this chapter)