freenovelworld Chapter 129: Violating the decision of ancestors, splitting the land and becoming a marquis
Chapter 129: Violating the decision of ancestors, splitting the land and becoming a marquis
This method has many advantages. It is low cost and not very effective, but it can still prevent Dai Viet from rebelling for decades.
[Option 15000: Control Dai Viet and support the new King of Dai Viet. Comprehensive calculation: the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty this time: + points! ]
No!
Seeing the number at the back, Li Tian immediately rejected this plan.
What a joke, directly increasing the national fortune by 15,000?
Wouldn't that mean I'd be busy again in the next few months?
No, absolutely not!
At this time, Jia Renyi, the deputy minister of the cabinet, stepped out and said:
"Your Majesty, I think the effect of controlling Dai Viet is average. We should turn Dai Viet into counties."
"The Dai Viet region has always lacked education, and the reason for its frequent rebellions is that it has no sense of shame."
"I think we should establish a government office in Da Yue, separate the prefectures and counties, and incorporate them into the territory of Da Zhou."
"Only in this way can we manage Da Yue for a long time!"
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue immediately jumped out and said:
"Master Jia! Do you know how much money the Great Zhou will spend to divide the counties?"
The Minister of Personnel also stood up to oppose:
"Dayue is full of miasma. Where do the court find so many criminal officials to serve?"
Obviously, many ministers were opposed to Jia Renyi's plan.
The imperial court certainly understood the benefits of dividing the country into counties.
But the cost is too high.
[Option 6000: Divide the counties and bring Dai Viet under the direct jurisdiction of Da Zhou. After comprehensive settlement, Da Zhou's national fortune this time: +500 points! When Dai Viet is completely under the jurisdiction of Da Zhou, the national fortune will continue to increase by points every month! ]
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Row!
Li Tian saw option two, which only increased the national fortune by 6000 points!
Still acceptable!
As for the integration of Dai Viet, it will continue to increase the country's fortunes.
Isn't that simple?
Wouldn't it be better to send a few incompetent losers to take care of it and ruin Dayue's development?
As for which incompetent losers to send?
Li Tian looked at the ministers on the field. These guys are very dangerous!
You must consider it carefully!
As long as Da Yue does not integrate into Da Zhou, the country's fortunes will not continue to grow.
This is better than business!
Li Tian immediately said: "I think that Da Yue should be incorporated into Da Zhou!"
As soon as the emperor spoke, all the ministers shut up.
Li Tian said: "Since Emperor Taizu, Dai Viet has been disrespectful to Da Zhou!"
"The Dai Viet royal family has evil ambitions, and it's not just Hu Shengchen!"
"If we insist on controlling and governing, chaos will surely break out again within a hundred years!"
"For the sake of long-term peace and stability, I have decided to turn Dai Viet into counties!"
"The court submitted a list of names. Going to Dai Viet to take office is not exile!"
"I want to select outstanding officials!"
"If you serve as an official in Daiyue for three years, you can be directly promoted to an official in the Kyoto court!"
"Those who excel in the assessment can be promoted across levels!"
When the ministers saw that Li Tian had made a decision, they immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
At this time, Tang Xiaoren said, "The Dai Viet issue has been discussed. Your Majesty, how should we reward the expeditionary army?"
This is what’s giving Li Tian a headache.
Rand!
Li Tian thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute!"
"The entire Dai Viet Kingdom does not need to be divided into counties. I will select a few rich places and give them to you as fiefs!"
The ministers looked at Li Tian in shock.
Li Tian said, "Great General Rand, you have made a great contribution this time! I will grant Marquis Wenxin a territory!"
"The territory will be inherited by the family, and all internal and external affairs will be handed over to Marquis Wenxin!"
"Same as the King of Mobei!"
When these words were spoken, all the ministers were stunned.
Li Tian said again: "Issue an order! The ten people recommended by Marquis Wenxin for their great achievements this time will all be made marquises in Daiyue!"
"I will never be stingy with rewards for those who have made contributions to the country!"
Li Tian didn't know yet that he had decided to grant titles of nobility to people like Rand who had made contributions in order to lower the country's fortune.
What a huge response it will cause.
Divide the land and be granted a title of nobility!
The nobles of the Great Zhou only had a symbolic fiefdom.
They have no way of managing their fiefdoms.
The annual salary from the fiefdom is actually a benefit.
For example, Qin Tianyang, Marquis of Wu'an, was a marquis of five thousand households among the nobles.
In other words, he could receive taxes from 5,000 households as income every year, but all this money came from the court and had nothing to do with his fiefdom.
Marquis Wu'an also had no real power in his fiefdom.
This kind of title is generally called a virtual title.
Although the title can be inherited, there is no actual fiefdom.
This was also the national policy formulated by Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was to prevent the nobles from becoming too powerful.
But this time Li Tian made a change that went against his ancestors!
That is to choose the most primitive way of splitting the land and becoming a marquis!
It is equivalent to completely handing over the ownership of this territory to the person who is granted the title.
The marquis can enjoy all the output of the territory and has the right to manage everything independently.
This is just like how the King of Mobei divided Mobei.
Now, the entire Kyoto and even the Great Zhou were envious of Rand.
Divide the land and be granted a title of nobility!
Although he was granted the title of Dai Viet!
But that is also an independent country!
In this territory, his status is equivalent to that of an emperor!
Such power attracted the attention of many people.
The nobles in Kyoto were the most jealous.
There is a world of difference between real nobility and nominal nobility.
The nobles with actual fiefdoms had their own territories. They could serve as officials in the court or return to their fiefdoms to enjoy their lives.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away in Dai Yue. How great it is to be an overlord!
This also made all the nobles want to achieve great things.
How many chances will you have in your lifetime to become a noble?
If we don't make achievements while Your Majesty is in power, we will never have the chance again!
The nobles became more active.
The same is true for civil officials.
Their desire for land and title is even stronger than that for nobles!
The nobles originally had titles that were inherited from generation to generation. No matter what happened to their descendants, the title would always be inherited.
All civil servants had to take part in the imperial examinations.
Oh, and there are also Yinguan.
However, Tang Yan, the son of the prime minister of the cabinet, could only be promoted to a minor official.
If Tang Yan had not been favored by Li Tian, after Tang Xiaoren's death, the Tang family would have been just an ordinary scholarly family.
Instead of Prime Minister Gao’s mansion.
But dividing the land and granting a title of nobility is different!
If you can be granted a title of nobility, even if your children are not good at studying, they can still inherit the title!
This is equivalent to giving endless glory to future generations!
How could this temptation not be great!
Liu Wenzhuo has been extremely busy lately.
The victory report of the Dai Viet Campaign was published in its entirety in the Xin Di Bao.
Soon, the new newspaper was sold out.
Liu Wenzhuo had to print many more copies to keep up with market demand.
These days, many dignitaries have asked him for the Western world map.
Liu Wenzhuo once published that map in the Xindibao.
That issue received a lot of criticism, with many people feeling that this map of England was nonsense.
However, Rand's successful attack on Dai Viet from the sea also proved the authenticity of this map.
The more important point is that everyone is trying to find the next position to be granted a title of nobility!
Liu Wenzhuo had to dig out the engraving of the map and reprint more than 10,000 copies.