Emperor Liu Hong

After the matter of the () scholar was confirmed to be completed, Liu Hong thought about it. Since he had undergone a major operation, I might as well change the knighthood system directly, so as to save trouble in the future.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong spoke directly, and said, "Dear dears, since we have confirmed the title of knight, we might as well reset the title of title."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean, let's just abandon the previous title system and re-determine some new titles?"

"Yeah, that's what I mean."

The title system of the Han Dynasty was the twentieth-class nobility of the Qin Dynasty.They are the first-level official, the second-level Shangzao, the third-level hairpin, the fourth-level non-changing, the fifth-level doctor, the sixth-level official official, the seventh-level public official, the eighth-level public carrier, and the ninth-level official. The fifth doctor at the first level, the left shuchang at the tenth level, the right shuchang at the eleventh level, the left watch at the twelfth level, the middle watch at the thirteenth level, the right watch at the fourteenth level, the Shao Shangzao at the fifteenth level, the tenth level The sixth rank is Da Shang Zao, the seventeenth rank is Siche Shuzhang, the eighteenth rank is Da Shuzhang, the nineteenth rank is Guanneihou, and the twentyth rank is Chehou.Later, in order to avoid the name taboo of Emperor Wu, Chehou was changed to Liehou.

Strictly speaking, if this knighthood system can be strictly implemented, it can be regarded as a good system.After all, it has been scored in great detail from low to high.Unfortunately, due to the poor implementation of the system, the current title system has almost existed in name only.Especially for low-level titles, there is almost no difference between having and not having one.

Therefore, Liu Hong felt that if he wanted to re-establish the function of the title, he had to start a new business again.

After everyone's consideration, Liu Hong also divided the titles into nine grades, from high to low, namely, Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, Nan, Lord, Associate Lord, Honored Member, and Meritorious Officer.Since the names of Duke and Sangong overlap somewhat, the two must not coexist.So everyone confirmed that the day when the new titles were implemented was the day when the official system was reformed.

To be able to obtain the title must be a meritorious person.Because this title itself is a kind of reward from the imperial court.Therefore, the privileges of those who have titles must be much more important than the privileges of taxis that have just been tinkered with.

After everyone's discussion, each rank of title not only fully inherits the privileges of the same rank, but also increases the privileges to show the dignity of the title.

The ancient people valued the glory of their ancestors the most, which is quite a glorious thing.Therefore, Liu Hong gave them the right to glorify their ancestors even for the lowest rank of meritorious officials.

Although glory is glorious, it cannot be eaten as a meal. In order to ensure that those who have the title have a worry-free life, if they have no job, they can have a certain amount of living allowance according to the rank of the title.

As for the lords, they don't have to worry about life at all, because they all have fiefdoms, which are enough to guarantee a superior life.Moreover, the higher the title, the larger the fief, and the more secure the life.Moreover, all fiefdoms are hereditary, as long as you don't sell them directly to others, they will never be reduced, so this is a permanent guarantee of life.

Moreover, the honor of a noble of the same rank is greater than that of an official of the same rank.If you are a rank nine official, you don't need to bow down when you see a rank nine official, you just bow your hands and salute.As for ninth-rank officials and ninth-rank scholars, when they see the same ninth-rank meritorious officials, they must first bow their hands and pay tribute. This is respect for the title.

The privileged class, relying solely on scholars, cannot fully meet the needs of the people.As for officials, because they need to manage the country, this requires talent, so they cannot be given lightly.But there is no such scruples about titles, so Liu Hong deliberately reduced the difficulty of obtaining titles, so that the common people can see their own opportunities to be knighted, so as to meet the needs of the people for the privileged class.

Officials and non-commissioned officers all come through assessment, and it is easy to form a standard.The acquisition of the title is obtained through meritorious service, which is usually difficult to obtain.Therefore, in the past, except for the relationship with the emperor, other titles were basically based on military merits.

For Liu Hong, if the previous method is used, it will not be able to supplement the privileged class at all, so he needs to find another way.

After some deliberation, there was no good solution.In the end, it was Liu Hong, who thought of those cultivation sects in the novels of his previous life, all of which were managed with contribution points.In the end, after discussion, the contribution points were improved and used in the canonization, and all the problems were solved.

To implement contribution points, meritorious deeds need to be quantified.The origin of meritorious service is mainly obtained by making contributions to society, and various contributions have corresponding meritorious points.

In order to promote morality, Liu Hong specially stipulated that moral value can be converted into meritorious value.Even if you can't contribute to society, as long as you can be strict with yourself, reach the height of morality, and let people agree.After the vote of the House of Representatives, which level you think you can get, you can get the merit points of that level.

In order to expand the privileged class, Liu Hong made a bold rule that merit points can be bought with money.After all, giving money to the country is also a kind of contribution.

However, there is a limit to the number of merit points that can be bought with money, and they cannot be bought and sold indefinitely.Otherwise, those rich people will all get very high titles. In that case, titles will lose their sacred side and lose the value of enhancing people's sense of honor.

This kind of regulation is to allow ordinary people to get the opportunity to be knighted, thereby expanding the privileged class.Therefore, the lowest third-class titles, meritorious officials, honored officials and quasi-nobles, are actually people's nobility.Like scholars, they can be achieved very easily, in order to let the common people see hope and play a motivating role.

However, because it is too difficult to obtain this kind of title, this kind of title cannot be inherited.If you want to get it, you can only fight for it yourself.

The three levels of lord, man, and son are considered real titles, because his descendants can inherit them.However, although this title can be inherited, it is not once and for all.Every time you inherit it, you need to lower it by one level until you are down to meritorious officials.However, the status of nobility can be permanently retained.

Since he can become a permanent nobleman, and in order to show the dignity of the title, the difficulty of obtaining it has risen sharply.In order to make it more difficult to obtain, each of these three levels is divided into two levels, divided by county and county, with the county noble being the lowest and the county being the highest.

As for the three levels of Bo, Hou, and Gong, they are absolute nobles.After they can directly inherit the fifth generation, they need to be downgraded to inherit, and at most they will be downgraded to the county nobility and will not be downgraded again.

In order to increase the difficulty of obtaining it, each level is divided into three grades, divided by country, county, and county, with the lowest county official being the highest.

However, the changed fiefdom policy is completely different from before.The recipients only enjoy the taxation of the fief, and do not participate in the management of the fief, let alone form an army.After the tax department collects the tax, as long as the necessary expenses on the fief are removed, all other money will be transferred to him. The whole process is supervised by the House of Representatives, so there is no need to worry about anyone making trouble.

Although the recipient does not directly manage the fief, he is the owner of the fief and has the highest power in the fief, and the management of the fief also directly affects the income of the recipient.Therefore, the recipient has a veto power over the officials in his fiefdom.As long as the officials in his fief are not good enough to satisfy him, he has the right to directly ask the court to replace them, and he will continue to do so until he is satisfied.