The social hierarchy in the Tang Dynasty was very strict. It can be said that it was divided into Dajiu and Dajiu.
The highest one is naturally the royal family, but this royal family is limited to the direct descendants of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The rest of the royal family, such as brothers and sisters, are naturally the second-class royal family. In other words, they have become high-ranking noble families.
Next, there are scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.
Further down, there are maids, servants, tenants, and slaves.
Each category is further divided into nine grades, and there are also intersperses in between. For example, second-class craftsmen are definitely higher than fifth-class scholars. First-class peasants are actually not farmers anymore, but agricultural technicians. They are different from third-class craftsmen.
When the scholars are on equal footing, if you want to go further, you must become a scholar.
The conditions for advancement are: 1. Great contribution to the Tang Dynasty. 2. A special gift from the emperor. 3. The legitimate son of a first-class peasant became an official based on his talent. After reaching a certain official position, he was granted the status of a scholar. Then this first-class peasant was awarded the title of scholar.
Meng also became a scholar.
Every level has the opportunity to move up. Even the lowest-level slaves have the opportunity to improve their social status.
Among them, literary examination, martial arts examination, official service, military merit, and land reclamation are the five ways that ordinary people have the best chance to advance.
For example, when cattle arrive and establish their homes overseas, the slaves who come here, even the lowest ninth-class slaves, will definitely have the status of a ninth-class peasant as long as they work for five years. In other words,
Common people.
Soldiers are among various ranks. Soldiers can be farmers, workers, or merchants. Generally, when they reach the general level, they have the status of a soldier, so soldiers are listed separately. Professional soldiers are those who have retired.
At that time, an identity will be assigned to him based on his family and his military exploits.
If you join the army at the age of 18 and retire at the age of 50, and serve the Tang army all your life, even if you don't have any military merit, based on this hard work, you will be given a consolation rating of a ninth-class soldier.
When the Goguryeo people came to Palembang, their status as civilians should be in service or below the seventh-level peasant or worker level. But after they stepped into Palembang and officially started to work, no matter what their previous level was,
All of them were promoted to three levels in a row, and some of them, including captains and lieutenants, had even reached the edge of sergeants.
The new guard general of Palembang is named Li, and he is considered to be a member of the royal family, but he is a very marginal one.
In order to win this position, he waited at the entrance of the military department for a day and a night and wrote a 5,000-word essay on port defense.
The deputy general of Palembang, whose surname is Cui, is the legitimate son of the Cui family in Peninsula, and is closely related to the Cui family in Qinghe. If he is not in the army now, he is a ninth-level nobleman, and he came here just to raise his status to a higher level.
After taking over the defense and arranging the various armies, the general named Li naturally wanted to meet the King of Qin.
It was not that Vice General Cui did not want to meet the King of Qin, but that he was not qualified to do so, so he went to meet Cui Junsu, the leader of the Cui clan in Qinghe.
"It's been a hard journey!" Cui Junsu said politely.
"Chief, during the recruitment process in Dandong, my nephew had made some merits for patrolling the border, and Governor Xiao recommended him. However, there was a bribery incident, and as many as thirteen people were bribed. Whether they were generals or school officers,
, whether it is the selection of non-commissioned officers or the selection of ordinary soldiers, there are people who want to fight for this opportunity to fight."
Cui Junsu nodded as he heard this. He was not surprised by the news.
Not to mention Dandong, even Chang'an has some matters that are managed privately.
"The Pu family is in trouble and appeals. The Sun family has suffered heavy losses. The Pu family has sent seventy of their children to Nanyang this time. Among them, there are forty-three military attaches and only twenty-seven of them are ordinary soldiers. Before departure,
I heard that the Jin family of Silla submitted a petition and thought that this selection of troops was unfair, as only soldiers from the Goguryeo tribe were selected and no soldiers from the Silla tribe were selected."
Cui Junsu pressed his forehead, thinking that there were still people competing for the job of leaving home.
"There is news from the Ministry of War."
"Ministry of War?" Cui Junsu has been away for many days. He seriously knows nothing about the news about Chang'an in the past few months.
"Second-class sergeant, General Cheng made him a duke and added a first-class sergeant. Moreover, General Cheng's eldest son will directly inherit the title of second-class sergeant. If he has merit in battle, I am afraid that when old General Cheng is still alive, he will be guaranteed a first-class sergeant family.
The reason given by the Ministry of War was that guarding thousands of miles of sea territory for the Tang Dynasty was a reward for his hard work.
Cui Junsu took a breath of cold air.
You know, for the Tang Dynasty gentry, it was said that it was more difficult to build the Changyi Railway from the third level to the second level. The improvement from the second level to the first level did not have the merit of expanding the land thousands of miles, and did not have the merit of conquering the land for ten benefits. There was no possibility at all.
This is the tenth benefit of governing the land, which is to govern an area of at least a thousand miles, and increase the income of the people and the treasury tenfold.
"It seems that there are many treasures overseas." Cui Junsu said with emotion. He also said: "A certain person is a first-class scholar. When the eldest son of a certain person has nothing to do, if he inherits the title of a certain person, he will become a third-class scholar, an official, and a third-class scholar."
A general can be considered a second-class scholar. If he is not a legitimate son, he will be demoted three ranks in a row. In other words, if the Cui family is mediocre for three generations and has nothing to do, the Cui family will become a low-class scholar. Within two hundred years, there will be no aristocratic family.
It’s Ms. Cui.”
Lieutenant General Cui of Peninsula lowered his head and did not know how to answer the question.
"Children of the Cui family, you should be careful. The first clan of a hundred scholars in this dynasty must be my Qinghe Cui family."
"Yes, my nephew must be careful!"
A clan of a hundred scholars means that the family is a first-class scholar clan. And it has the status of one hundred first-class scholars. At present, in the Tang Dynasty, the only ones who can truly reach this level are the Cui family of Qinghe, the Wang family of Taiyuan, and the remaining five
Home, unless there is a chance encounter, it is almost impossible in Li Er's dynasty.
Ordinary Goguryeo soldiers did not have such great ambitions.
When we came to Palembang, the soldiers' pay was higher and the food was better. And here, except for the merchants of the Tang Dynasty, all the people in charge were lower-class natives. In terms of appearance, the Goguryeo soldiers also felt that they could hold their heads high.
The Chang'an household registration of one hundred outstanding soldiers in Palembang every year is more attractive than the reward of a year's increase in pay.
When receiving the money, a sergeant saw a housing subsidy on the form, and it immediately attracted many people, not because of the money he received, but because of the houses built by soldiers, all of which were used to live in military barracks.
After asking, an officer replied: "Here, a piece of white flax can be exchanged for a big girl. No matter how poor you are, you can marry two wives and buy two slaves. There is no military camp here in Palembang, but a piece of land.
It’s called a military area. You can bring your family here, or you can settle down here!”
Most of the Goguryeo soldiers were poor, and they were very poor.
Getting a wife is almost impossible for the lowest-ranking soldiers.
Even if you were to marry a girl from a commoner family in Goguryeo, they would be too poor to pay a bride price.
"You can advance one year's military pay." The junior officer in the logistics camp slapped a stack of banknotes on the table. Everyone in Goguryeo knew that this thing is money. It is common in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and is recognized by merchants all over the world. It needs to be exchanged for copper coins.
, or if it’s silver coins, Datang Bank will exchange them for you. If you don’t want to exchange them, you can use the banknotes to buy things.
The first building was built in Palembang, either a chamber of commerce, an inn, or a bank. Coins piled up like a hill, and large boxes filled with banknotes were carried down by these soldiers and are still guarded by these soldiers.
Buy a wife and settle down in a home!
The Goguryeo soldiers were a little tempted.
"I signed a contract to guard the port for five years and receive three years of military pay." A soldier ran to the logistics officer and shouted.
The logistics officer knocked on the table: "Go to your chief officer to use the seal. Within the next five years, you can only receive 40% of the military salary every month, and the rest will be advanced to you. Don't forget the military regulations. It is a felony to just reach out to get money."
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When the news spread, local people in Palembang heard that the bride price was a bolt of snow-white cloth and three feet of silk. The man who wanted to marry his daughter knocked down the walls of the military area.
"Your Highness is wise! Nanyang can be determined!"
"It's not that I'm wise, it's that people must have hope. Without hope, there will be no direction to live. The Goguryeo people are inferior to others in the Tang Dynasty, just like Xi Junmai back then, who can rise from slaves to generals. The Goguryeo people are also inferior to others in the Tang Dynasty.
Those who can become the nobles of our Tang Dynasty can naturally integrate into our Tang Dynasty. Those who are just waiting to die will be treated as untouchables until they die. Whether they are Goguryeo, Japanese, or people of our Tang Dynasty!"
Li Yuanxing's answer made Wei Ting nod his head.
Only the best can rise to the top, and only in this way can the Tang Dynasty become stronger and stronger.
"Your Highness, there is news from Chang'an. Central and southern regions are divided into two provinces. Some ethnic minorities who are proficient in Chinese and have considerable knowledge are competing for the position of state chief officials. The Holy One has added an exam and said that he would like to hear your Highness's opinion."
"Yes, but the chief officials in Zhongzhou and Shangzhou are from the Tang Dynasty. Ten points will be added. In Xiazhou and the county level, some will naturally be released. The officials in the most important positions in the governor's offices are still mainly from the Tang Dynasty."
Li Yuanxing expressed his attitude.
Wei Ting saluted: "Your Highness, why don't you go to Shangzhou and release one?"
"It's feasible, a good suggestion. We can appropriately put ethnic minorities in positions of power. The Japanese, Gaochang, and Yiwu are not considered for the time being. There are no good candidates for civil officials in the Turks. Silla has just surrendered, so don't choose them. A chief official in Shangzhou
Give it to the Goguryeo people. Pick one or two outstanding people from the Turks, and give it to an important position in the army in the Governor's Mansion. You guys have an opinion on how to balance it. The emperor's brother will just report it truthfully."
"Yes!" Wei Ting replied seriously.
"Goguryeo, Japanese, or Turks still need a process to integrate into the Tang Dynasty. We can't rush it, and we can't leave it alone. It is also feasible to give important positions to those who are truly proficient in the culture of the Tang Dynasty. These garrison troops stationed abroad
, those who are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, naturally also want to give them some sense of pride of the Tang people."
"I will make arrangements now."
"One last thing, this time the ship returns to the Central Plains, bring an order. The Tang Dynasty allowed merchants to manufacture ocean-going ships, which were divided into two types: sailing ships and steam ships. They were further divided into armed merchant ships and ordinary merchant ships. Those who need technology can build it in Yaozhou
Go get it over there. Each ship must have a separate number and be registered with the Maritime Safety Administration. The owner of the ship must also record it accordingly."
After hearing Li Yuanxing's instructions, Wei Ting thought that the ship coming this time was in a mess.
There are many ships that are not suitable for running in the sea at all and will not survive when encountering some wind and waves.
Without enough ships, it would be impossible to have enough ocean-going trade. The official shipbuilding speed alone had far caught up with the Tang Dynasty's demand for ships.
Wei Ting withdrew from Li Yuanxing's study. On the surface, it was Gao Baiyang who came forward to deal with these nine ports, but in fact, it was the Qin Palace that controlled the matter behind the scenes. It was not just as simple as occupying a port, it was for the future to turn Nanyang into a For the land of the Tang Dynasty, foreshadowing must be laid in advance. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)