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    Although all this seems too simple now, Pei Shiju feels that it is not completely a fantasy. As long as the operation is done well, it is very possible.  The Zhou Dynasty was feudal for many years, and then it took eight hundred years before Qin unified the six countries.  If the grassland is divided into feudal states, it will be difficult for the grassland to be unified again. What's more, as long as the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains is strong, it will be even harder for their tribes to stand out.  Yi Feng said to Pei Shiju, "Pei Qing is an expert in diplomacy. Please help me think through my plan and make up for the shortcomings. Let's rest at home first. We can leave the capital later. We are not in a hurry." "I'm in a hurry."  Not tired." Pei Shiju quickly thanked Yi Feng, "To be honest, after hearing His Majesty's strategy on the grassland, my blood is boiling and my whole body is excited. I wish I could go back to the grassland immediately to contribute to His Majesty's strategy.  If your Majesty's plan really succeeds, it will be a great success for the present and a benefit for the future. From now on, the Central Plains Dynasty will be able to bring the grasslands that have been threatened for generations under its rule, expand its territory tens of thousands of miles away, and solve the problem of the north once and for all.  It is extremely exciting just to think about it. Thousands of years later, it will definitely be passed down in the history books. "" Don't worry about it now. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. A good plan must be implemented well.  The imperial court's focus is still on the battle in western Liaoning, and it must first recover the western province of Liaoning before concentrating its efforts on another northern expedition," Yi Feng said to Pei Shiju.  Later that day, Yi Feng summoned all the prime ministers from the Political Hall to discuss matters in the Ganlu Hall.  "The purpose of calling you all here today is actually to discuss one thing." Yi Feng said to the nine prime ministers, "This matter is to discuss the re-determination of the titles of the three dynasties of the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the ones inherited since the Sui Dynasty."  Yang Su was pinched by the new emperor last time because of the earthquake, and was fined not only a year's salary.  And he had to apologize, saying that the earthquake was because he, the prime minister, had not done a good job.  As a result, God gave a warning.  When I heard the emperor mention the matter of ennoblement today, I immediately felt sensitive.  The emperor is going to continue to attack the wealthy families of Guanlong.  The Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties were all established by the Guanlong Group, with the Yuwen family and the Yang family being the core families.  Moreover, because the Northern Zhou Dynasty was abdicated by the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Sui Dynasty inherited from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the royal family changed into three families, but those who had made outstanding achievements were always mainly aristocratic families of the Guanlong Group.  It has been nineteen years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, but those top aristocrats still have nothing to lose.  Many families still maintain the titles they were granted during the Western Wei Dynasty.  Some of the top families, such as the twelve generals of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, have inherited the titles of their families since the Western Wei Dynasty.  After three dynasties, many big families now have many titles. Some families have several country dukes and a large number of county dukes.  There are even more Hou Bozi men walking around like dogs.  The country's noble titles have already become abundant.  Too many enfeoffments and too many inheritances have caused dissatisfaction among many of the new dynasty's ministers who are now following the emperor to conquer the world.  They shed blood and sweat for the new dynasty.  Fighting hard to conquer the country, maybe it's just a son or an uncle or a marquis, but it can be like the Li Mu family or the Yang Su family, the Dugu family, etc.  A little kid with no hair at all may already have the title of Duke of the Country or Duke of the County.     on the other hand.  Due to the large number of nobility, it also led to a large number of food fiefs.  This put a lot of pressure on the imperial treasury. These many feudal towns occupied many tax payers. The taxes they originally paid to the country were handed over to the vassals.  Another thing is that these titles are inherited from generation to generation, and the titles are inherited by the legitimate sons. The remaining descendants are also eligible to become officials directly according to their family background. This also squeezes out many official positions and makes the politics of the court gradually controlled by these wealthy families.  In his hands, a huge aristocratic group was formed. The tail was too big to lose, and it posed a great threat to the royal family. This was one of the reasons why the Yuwen family and the Yang family easily usurped the throne.  Yi Feng sat on the couch, glanced at the nine prime ministers, and took the list of imperial titles reported by the Ministry of Rites. It was a thick book.  He asked, "Is excessive titles good or bad for the world?" Liu Wenjing, the imperial censor, is best at figuring out the holy will. And although he is also a member of the Guanlong Group, he is at the bottom of it at most, so he  He regarded himself more as a direct descendant of the emperor, and he naturally supported the emperor's desire to clean up these indiscriminate titles in the past three dynasties.  Only by cutting off the titles of those people can they, the direct descendants of the new emperor, advance to the throne.  Moreover, he believed that the biggest reason why the emperor allowed him to take charge of Baitai and enter the political hall as deputy prime minister was that he was willing to fight for the emperor regardless of his reputation.  He immediately spoke up and said, "Looking back at the past, there are currently the most people with titles of nobility. In the Zhou Dynasty, the Dukes and Bozis had fifth-level titles, in Qin they had the twentieth-level military merit title, Cao Wei abolished the twenty-level title and re-established the five-level title system, and then in the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to the present day.  , generally follow this example, but none of the dynasties have the same titles and titles as ours. All dynasties have no great achievements, and they are not allowed to use the world for private purposes, which is not the way to control things.  Abusing nobility makes the country bigSuffer.  " Yi Feng was very happy with Liu Wenjing's cleverness, nodded and said, "As the emperor, I really don't want to see this situation.  Therefore, the clan title system has been rectified before. Now, no one who is not a descendant of Taizu can be crowned king. The highest clan member who is not a descendant of Taizu can no longer be granted the title of Duke, and only one son can be demoted to the title.  No concubines or concubines were granted title, only Chengyin's qualification to become an official was retained.  The descendants of Taizu also divided the border areas into Guoping vassals.  Now that all the clans have been ennobled and ennobled, the vassals with different surnames in the imperial court must also consider the country.  " Yifeng asked the prime ministers to discuss how to reform the title system for meritorious officials with different surnames, and clean up and reclassify the overflowing titles. After half a day of discussion, the last nine prime ministers made a preliminary plan based on Yi Feng's wishes. First, the court  For those who are not the descendants of Taizu, other clans cannot be granted the title of king, and the highest title can only be granted to the Duke of the country.  They are divided into seven levels: prince, county prince, duke, marquis, county uncle, county son and country boy. Princes and county princes can only be granted the title of descendants of Taizu. The rest of the clan can only be granted the title of duke at the highest level, and those who are descended to the first level can only be granted the title of prince.  If the direct descendant inherits, the remaining sons, regardless of the concubine, will not be granted the title. Only ministers with different surnames will be granted the title of Duke. The fifth-level titles for male princes and uncles cannot be hereditary.  It is divided into two categories: hereditary and lifelong. Hereditary is the inheritance of the first-class title, while the lifelong title is limited to oneself and cannot be inherited after death. At the same time, in addition to hereditary and lifelong titles, the fifth-class titles are also divided into virtual titles and real titles.  For those who have a false title, the word "Kai Guo" is added before the title. The grade of the title of "Kai Guo" remains the same as that of the real title, but there is no land, no salary and no land. Generally, there is only one title for life.  It is a virtual title, and it does not add the word "founding the country" unless it is a special purpose. It is a real title, and it can include Shiyi households and Yongye fields. In addition, the existing titles of each family were reorganized and reorganized.  All the titles granted before the founding of the People's Republic of China were revoked. For the titles granted to each family after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, each family retained a quota of titles. However, the specific title had to be re-evaluated.  It can be retained, but each family is still limited to retaining only one. For titles inherited from the previous dynasty, if the recipient has not made great achievements in the current dynasty, he will be reduced to one level. The duke will be directly reduced to a marquis, and the marquis will be reduced to an earl. All inheritances will be made.  All the titles were changed to virtual lifelong titles. There was also a special stipulation that all those who were worshiped as prime ministers and did not have a title would be granted a virtual title of duke for life. If they had merit, they would be awarded another title. This plan was handed over to Yi Feng.  After that, Yifeng personally added two more. All the food entitlements for the nobility were no longer collected by the Feng family directly from the enfeoffment. Instead, each household was given twenty-five cents of food entitlements, which were distributed by the court with their salary.  Vassals. The real vassals no longer granted Yongye fields, but instead were given two tons of millet per mu, along with their official salary. In this way, the vassals who received titles had nothing to do with those feudal households.  There are no feudal households at all. The food towns and Yongye fields of each vassal are just a number, which is recorded in the court's files. In the end, the court directly gives the vassal money according to the number of their real feudal towns and the number of acres of Yongye fields.  Money and millet. The vassal management of households and the collection of grain were all abolished. Originally, two-thirds of the grain of the vassal's real estate went to the vassal, and one-third went to the court. Each household with more households could have it.  Sixty-seven ding, based on the annual rent of two shi, two feet of silk, and three liang of cotton for each ding. If a household has an average of five ding, one household can harvest ten shi of millet, two and a half bolts of silk, and fifteen taels of cotton.  Even if one-third is finally handed over to the court, one household can still receive more than six shi of millet, more than six feet of cotton, and ten pieces of cotton.  But now, Yi Feng has made a one-size-fits-all decision. Regardless of whether there are more or fewer sons, the calculation is directly based on twenty-five cents per household. Moreover, Yongye land is no longer given according to the title, but two bushels of millet per mu of land are directly given.  Originally, one mu of land could yield at least one stone of millet. Although if rented out, the rent rate for land based on position was six liters per mu, and the two buckets per mu given by the court was more than three times the rent rate for land based on position, but one could not own it.  In the Yongye field of nobility, only two measures of millet per acre were collected.  "These two items added by the emperor can be said to have greatly reduced the gold content of the title. In addition to the political benefits, the title has no economic benefits.  Minister Zuo Pushe and Taifu Yang Su are now Dukes of Chu, with 5,000 fiefs and 2,500 households in Changshou County.  According to the original system, Yang Su had a real fiefdom in Changshou County, where there were 2,500 farmers. They did not pay taxes and rents to the court every year, but gave these rents to Yang Su's government.  Official, and then Yang Su transferred one-third of it to the court. Yang Su had certain management rights over his 2,500 households.  (Students who have votes, please vote for support, monthly votes, recommendation votes are required!) (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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