The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 360 The Fanaticism of the Family

Soon, Wang Xizhi made a decision about Liu Tai with trembling hands, that is, after the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, he promised to give feudal titles to the heroes who destroyed the Jin Dynasty.

Because the newspapers controlled by Wang Xizhi are distributed to the entire Yanhan forces, especially some aristocratic families, and even have independent subscriptions, they will not receive news more slowly than the local government in the area.

Therefore, families such as the Five Families and Seven Wangs, the Four Surnames of Jingzhao, and the Four Surnames of Hedong suddenly opened their eyes because they suddenly discovered that the feudal system that had been buried had been dug up again by Liu Tai.

You must know that as Liu Tai brought order to the chaos and re-established Yanhan, although the aristocratic families in the North suffered heavy losses, they were not as if their foundations were more or less replaced by foreign races after three hundred years of chaos in China.

After all, after the Wuhu rebellion in China, all the aristocratic families in the north, even the Kong family, may not be able to tell whether they are direct descendants of Confucius.

The reason is very simple. Shi Hu once brutally massacred the Shandong area. No one can guarantee whether all the Kong family members have escaped, or whether someone took this opportunity to pretend to be one of the Kong family members.

Of course, the most typical one is the Bohai Gao family. Basically, except for the name, which belongs to the family, all the people inside have been changed.

But it's different now. Because of Liu Tai's existence, although Qingzhou is in chaos, it is the first area to restore stability.

Although the Xiongnu and Han Dynasties were established and divided, Liu Tai directly pushed him all the way, which was passed down to many northern Han families.

These aristocratic families may not be prosperous, but this does not mean that the aristocratic families do not understand the meaning of enfeoffment.

Therefore, they originally used the land equalization system to divide Liu Tai's acres, and established the government and military system to check and balance themselves. Even the emergence of military history and imperial examinations prevented them from using the "Nine-grade Zhongzheng System" to become officials easily, but Having to take exams with those from poor families and those with military history made the aristocratic family very unhappy.

After all, the noble son of an aristocratic family that he has inherited for thousands of years actually has to take the exam in the same examination room as the poor family and the mud-legged son. The most important thing is that he still fails to pass the exam. How can this pair of people who have mastered the means of production since they were born accept it?

For young men from aristocratic families, what they have learned is either how to adapt to the rules, how to master the rules, or to make their own rules and let the whole world revolve around them. Why should they compete with these lowly guys? ? !
Not to mention, after the imperial examination system is over, you need to go to the grassroots level to polish it. The best thing is to stay in the capital and write history. The second is to serve as a patrol censor, inspect a state, and then report the contents of your inspection. To the censor.

The worst thing is to go somewhere to write the county chronicle, because no one knows when there will be a vacancy and he can be dispatched back to the capital or other places.

After all, it is not like an ordinary family where the couple live in two places, and after plating the bottom layer with gold, they can arrange to return to Chang'an and Luoyang.

Now, for all the aristocratic families with inheritances from the Warring States Period and above, there is no need to continue to follow the poor families and the common people to fight for the flying camp and the dog Gou, because they have seen a bigger stage and a bigger space.

Even though the enfeoffment system introduced by Liu Tai is not very popular now, because only when the military merit system is fully achieved and reaches the point where no enfeoffment can be achieved, then there will be a chance of enfeoffment.

But it doesn't matter to the aristocratic family, because Liu Tai has already opened a gap for enfeoffment. In the future, with the passage of time, or the aristocratic family's penetration of the court and rules, this gap will inevitably become wider and wider.

It may be difficult to completely restore the enfeoffment system of Emperor Zhou, but some minor titles such as Baron, Viscount and Marquis may also be enfeoffed in the future. At most, the islands entrusted according to the etiquette system are a bit small.

But it doesn't matter to the aristocratic family, because as long as it allows their family to survive, an island that can support hundreds of people is enough.

After all, no matter how small the island you own in the future is, it will still be your own fiefdom.

And no matter how high your official position is in Yanhan and the more back cover you have, it will also be the land of Yanhan that needs to pay taxes. The aristocratic family is naturally aware of the gap between the two.

To put it simply, for ordinary people who know that they can become kings if their military merit is reached to the extreme, it is just one more goal, but for the large and small aristocratic families under Liu Tai's influence, it is completely different. .

Capture all the hermits in the family for me. Those who are talented in the art of war will be enlisted in the army, and those who are talented in the imperial examination will be educated for me.

The civil and military branches of the Han family are not so clearly differentiated. No matter which one is done well, one can become a general or a prime minister.

At that time, even if he is transferred from Shangshu Ling to Taiwei, and then leads troops to fight, it is not impossible.

All in all, the most important thing is that these aristocratic families, large and small, really want to bet on the Yanhan Liu family at this moment.

Even if it is too late for the talents in his own family to enter Liu Tai's army, a centurion or a formally compiled military history is the kind of military backbone that even Liu Tai longs for. , these aristocratic families must have made it together.

For the aristocratic family, although the destruction of the Jin court has come to an end, after the Jin court is over, it is not that Xianbei has not been completely killed. After Xianbei has killed all the Qiang people, it is not that they have not yet been completely killed. After the Qiang people have killed all the Nanman people, it is not that they have not yet been completely killed.

All in all, for the family, it doesn't matter who the enemy is, but killing the enemy to gain merit is really important.

If Liu Tai had held high the banner of Yanhan and suppressed the aristocratic family in various ways, the aristocratic family would have really hindered Liu Tai.

But now that Liu Tai has revealed the news that he wants to be crowned king, these aristocratic families are eager to throw all their family power into it!
But even if all the family's power were thrown in, it seemed like it would be too late.

Because they have already accumulated many meritorious deeds, the few people who can successfully entrust them are basically the core of Liu Tai who started his career.

Even Su Jun is still a few points behind. From a certain perspective, Tian Tian is more qualified than Su Jun to be enfeoffed.

Relatively speaking, it is obvious that the Xianbei tribe was left to Tian Tian, ​​while the Jin court was left to Su Jun by Liu Tai.

If the family wants to produce a capable general in a short period of time and realize the so-called enfeoffment, it may take a long time.

Because the aristocratic family is resistant to cooperating with Liu Tai, they may use their talents to enter Liu Tai's court to ensure a certain status of their own family.

But they won't devote enough resources to Liu Tai, because Liu Tai's policies restrict the family, and they will wait patiently for Liu Tai to die before eroding the rules.

But now, when Liu Tai's card of encouraging enfeoffment is revealed, the family will make crazy bets even if they feel they are at a disadvantage.

It's like stocks have started to grow wildly. Although you can still make money if you continue to buy now, you can only play in the long term after all, and you still need to continue to invest in the long term. This is too painful for the family.

But no matter how painful it is, the aristocratic family will follow, because the family that has already become a prince and wants to maintain its status through the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System" will never give up the opportunity to break the earth and become a prince.

Naturally, this news reached the ears of Wang Sang, a veteran who had always seemed silent but was stationed at the border as a shield, and the eyes of the aristocratic family were also looking at the Wang family of Donglai.

The reason is very simple. Wang Sang is old enough to follow Liu Tai and has a high enough status. He is also the representative of Liu Tai's empress Wang Wei's relatives. If Wang Sang can qualify for enfeoffment, then if these aristocratic families follow their example, they will always be eligible for enfeoffment.

To be honest, when the wind blew to Wang Sang's side, Wang Sang was in a daze. He was not a very conspicuous person in the Wang family in Donglai, and he was almost fifty or sixty now. How come he was so unexpected? There is also a chance to break the earth and become the king.

When I made up my mind to follow Liu Tai, I really didn't think that Liu Tai would have a chance to reestablish Yanhan. The Wang family of Donglai became a relative inexplicably.

As for his own abilities, it was easy to fight a defensive battle with a well-established defense line, but if he took the initiative to attack, it went smoothly a few times. Not to mention, he was beaten to pieces by Tao Kan.

But no matter what, Wang Sang can also feel Liu Tai's fear of his relatives, as if he has never been able to return to the center.

At the same time, my relationship with Wang Wei is actually not close, but we are all members of the Donglai Wang family. We both prosper and suffer.

Even so, Wang Sang still hopes that after this war, he can split the earth and become a lord of the island.

This is not for himself, but for his own descendants. However, he is not Liu Tai's direct descendant. Even if he has some connections with foreign relatives, he is still behind the few elders who have been following Liu Tai.

It's just that those elders can't compare, but I am much stronger than Su Jun. Wouldn't it be unfair if Su Jun enfeoffed him but didn't enfeoff himself?

But soon, Liu Tai sent a decree, saying that his next attack would be with his war department. Judging from his performance in the fight with Tao Kan, Wang Sang knew that whether he could be enfeoffed or not would depend on it. Can I pass Tao Kan's test?

It can be said that Liu Tai's vague hint of restarting enfeoffment quickly refreshed the will of the wealthy families.

At least at this moment, they really hope that Liu Tai can defeat the Jin Dynasty. As long as the enfeoffment policy is really implemented, the big and small aristocratic families in the world will definitely not mind being used by Liu Tai.

For these aristocratic families, if they have the opportunity to actually get their own shares or even own their own house while working on their own, why not work for the capitalist Yan Han?

Even if Yanhan wants to take a rest one day, he has to make enough coffee. I haven't assigned an island yet, how can you take a rest!
In Yanhan, because of this order, even the families that least cooperated with Liu Tai showed signs of actively cooperating with Liu Tai at this time.

Even if they only simply became centurions or military historians when they invaded, it is not easy to directly become senior generals in the army now. After all, it is too late to invade.

But those aristocratic families that have already made plans, like to see if any of their descendants have reached the level of generals and colleges. Even if they cannot afford to send armor, they still prepare more bodyguards to protect families who have climbed to the level of captain or above. The disciples protected him with all their might.

After all, after defeating the Jin Dynasty, there are still foreign races that can fight. They are not afraid of not having meritorious service. Even if there is no war, as long as they must ensure that they can live longer, even if they rely on age, they must find a way to survive until there is a war. when.

And Yan Han began to completely become entangled with Liu Tai's revelation of the news of being crowned king.

Even some aristocratic families who wanted to have secret affairs with Jin Ting, although they did not completely cut off the relationship with Jin Ting, were still thinking about how to sell the other party so that their own family's children could take a step forward.

After all, betraying allies has become a traditional skill for the family after Sima Yi taught it.

It's just that when Wang Xizhi's newspaper was delivered to the Jin court, the aristocratic families in the Jin court, who had gone south, looked so ugly that they were dripping with tears.

For those Jiangdong wealthy families, because they have seen too much of the world from a narrow perspective, and because they originally lived the lives of wealthy locals in the three-acre land of Jiangdong, they do not feel that the enfeoffment system is precious. .

They don’t know it, but the aristocratic family occupying the center does!

Why did I create the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System"? It was not to ensure the dignity of the family and to distinguish it from the mud-legged ones.

But I didn't expect that I had always considered myself a conservative, and I was quite resistant to seeing Liu Tai's radical restructuring.

But now, as soon as Wang Xizhi's newspaper came out, they immediately discovered that Liu Tai's side was the real conservative.

Those who want to maintain their current status by relying on the "Nine-grade Zhongzheng System" are the real radicals.

This is what conservatives say: radicals are too conservative...

The exchange of the two identities and attitudes shocked the upper-class families in the imperial court who were traveling south.

Because all aristocratic families want to maintain their power, knowledge and wealth and pass it on to future generations, but look at the princes Liu Tai created, and look at the Langya Wang family being kicked out of the center by Sima Shao...

Comparing the two, for the aristocratic family, there is no need to use a more specific adjective for what people's hearts want. How can people in the court not be moved by people's hearts!
Sima Shao was also a little dumbfounded based on the information he found. He had no idea how Liu Tai could do it. At least people shouldn't casually touch the enfeoffment system that was banned by their ancestors. Isn't he afraid of being punished by his ancestors for sticking to it? !
Oh, it is called inheritance, but it is actually creation. Wasn't the Shu Han destroyed by his own Jin Dynasty? Since it can be revived, the so-called ancestral law is probably not the patriarchal law established by Liu Tai himself!

At this moment, Sima Shao wanted to ban the newspapers published by Wang Xizhi, and wanted to suppress the news.

Because only Sima Shao, who belongs to a noble family, knows best how much turmoil this news will cause to the Jin court.

Because the Jin court itself is a power organization composed of countless aristocratic families, but only the Sima family can be the emperor!

Now Liu Tai has thrown out the bait of enfeoffment, even if it is just a little bit, it is enough to attract the family, not to mention that Liu Tai is so good at fighting, he will start to implement it after conquering the Jin Dynasty.

This made Sima very insecure.

But Sima Shao found that even if he just wanted to ban Wang Xizhi's newspaper, he couldn't do it.

Because Liu Tai's business with the Jin court was originally in the hands of Wang Dun, but after Wang Dun's death, it was still in the hands of the Langya Wang family.

As long as the Langya Wang family doesn't nod, then naturally the news cannot be suppressed. Even the Langya Wang family does not need to contradict her own order. After a little delay, there is no need to suppress the news.

And he had just suppressed the Wang clan of Langya, and even Director Wang was demoted to his home...

Hey!
(End of this chapter)