Although the voice in the matter fell, the sound lingered in the magnificent hall.
All the ministers, civil and military officials, listened attentively and did not dare to miss anything. Today, everyone in the palace and those present have received awards.
The classification of military merit and political merit by granting titles has been a tradition of the Qin State for more than a hundred years, and it is also a slight change to the tradition. The twenty-level military merit titles of the Qin State initially fell. Even if they are members of the clan and have no military merit, it is not
Can have a title.
Later, during the years of King Huiwen, there were slight changes, such as Gui Gu Zhang Yi. Although he did not achieve great military success, his actions were extraordinary and could be compared to attacking a city and destroying a country.
Was named Lord Wu Xin!
Later, there was Fan Ju, who was waiting for him. Compared with Wu'an Jun Bai Qi's illustrious military exploits, Fan Ju's military exploits were few or even none, but he was able to rank as a marquis.
That is the contribution that has been made, which cannot be compared to nothing!
If King Zhaoxiang hadn't hesitated, Qin would have been able to destroy Zhao before the Battle of Changping. The person who planned this was Yinghou Fan Ju.
Without Fan Ju's plan, how could Lord Wu An destroy the country no matter how great his military achievements were?
Therefore, political merit is not inferior to military merit. It is a great honor to make plans thousands of miles away. The sergeants fight in the front, and the civil servants dispatch food, grass and baggage in the rear to make it unimpeded.
It is a great achievement to make the soldiers fight with their heart. Looking at the hundreds of wars since the Spring and Autumn Period, how many defeats were caused by the lack of logistics, food and baggage?
The first person to be awarded military merit.
Wuzhenhou Xuanqingzi?
Now he is the Marquis of Wuzhen County!
Eat in Bajun?
Five generations of non-destruction!
Demoted to Chehou!
Prince?
There was no such title before the Qin State. According to what was said in the matter, this title still belonged to the Marquis of Che, which seemed to be a higher level.
How will Marquis Wu Zhen be granted the title today?
He has been expected by the ministers for a long time. Even if Marquis Wu Zhen has not failed to achieve any achievements since he entered the Qin Dynasty, and he is ranked as the Marquis of Che by virtue of the two university palaces, no one will say that it is not the case.
In recent years, the importance of the two university palaces has been highlighted. The generals and generals promoted in the army in recent years, who are above the sixth or seventh level, all go to the academy.
In addition, the Central Academy also dispatches thousands of officials with good abilities to various counties every year. Among various places, their abilities are rated at the lowest level by the national government and are in the middle-low range.
There are also many people who are rated as middle or upper, upper or lower, or superior. It greatly consolidated Qin's control over the lands in Shandong, and its role is needless to say.
What's more, Marquis Wu Zhen himself has the ability to attack cities and destroy countries.
Since Wuzhenhou was promoted to Wuzhenjunhou?
Your majesty is truly a great honor!
It seems that the meaning of "junhou" is to directly eat the land of a county.
Berkshire!
It is not a wealthy place, and the number of households there naturally exceeds the six counties in Pinyang where General Wang Jian lived. However, the entire Ba County is too big.
Your Majesty has now opened this hole. Sure enough, there are ministers who have made great contributions. It is impossible to say that there are also princes and princes appearing. Now it is the land of Bajun.
What if it is a wealthy county such as Nanyang County or Shu County?
Those kinds of rewards are tantamount to splitting the earth to create princes, which is equivalent to the princes bestowed by the emperor of Zhou Dynasty.
Perhaps the king has a deeper meaning. After all, the sudden appearance of a title is a quite big signal.
As for the position of duke above marquis, the ministers also thought about it, but later thought it was unlikely.
Zhou Qing stood at the top.
Lord Wuzhen!
This was something I had discussed with Brother Wang.
Brother Wang also joked at that time that he would give the duke the title of Duke Wu Zhen.
However, the joke is a joke after all. Since the Qin Dynasty was divided and the country was established, he was first held the position of earl. Later, after Xiaogong's reform was successful, the emperor of Zhou sent him to congratulate him, and he was still called Uncle Qin.
As for the Duke of Qin from generation to generation, it was just a posthumous title. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the title of Qin State was always earl. Later, the rituals and music collapsed in order to expand the promotion of ministers.
He established himself as Duke of Qin.
Then he became the king of Qin.
Unfortunately, none of them were recognized by the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty.
Etiquette is inconsistent.
Duke?
What's more, the emperor conferred the title of earl?
It should be inappropriate. Instead of doing this, the marquis should once again open up a new line among the twenty-level military meritorious titles in Qin State and add him as a county prince.
After all, the Qin State's own twenty-level military meritocracy was different from the Xia dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons that the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty used, and the system was wrong.
Nineteenth-level title, Marquis of Guannei, no fiefdom, but a town!
The 20th level title, Chehou, has fiefdom and food, but the land that can be fiefted is limited to the county area!
The title of Duke and Marquis, ranked twenty-first!
There is a fiefdom, a food town, and the fiefdom is a county. For the sake of safety, a relatively not wealthy county - Bajun was chosen.
Sure enough, granting Nanyang County and Hanzhong County the title was too much.
"The announcement of the title of king has been completed. Do the ministers have any objections?"
Give the high-level words in the matter a loud voice.
"Long live the king!"
"Long live the king!"
"..."
There are endless voices praising Nahe.
Long live those.
"The Book of Songs" has a legend - the longevity test is ten thousand years, the emperor is ten thousand years, and the longevity is boundless. Today, the king has so many marquises and concubines, there are nearly twenty!
Since the Qin Dynasty's reform, has this happened before?
Never before.
During the reign of King Zhaoxiang, the number of marquises granted to him was more than the number of marquises on one hand. Today, your Majesty, the king granted you more than a century's worth of titles.
It's unheard of.
Lord Wu An had such great military exploits, but before he died, he was just Lord Wu An! He did not receive the honor of a marquis, and he wished he had been born in the years of a great king.
Qin Wangzheng looked at the palace with a slight smile on his face. As a meritorious minister, he would never be stingy and would never give less.
"If there is no objection, then the second matter of the meeting is to discuss the strategy of Qin's governance over the Xia."
He said loudly again.
"King!"
"I have objections!"
Suddenly, in the bustling atmosphere of the hall, which was gradually calming down, a person walked out from the end of the hall. He had bright eyebrows and a high-level crown. Although his rank was not high, he could tell at a glance that he was a doctor from the academy.
Today, there are also high-level officials from two university palaces!
This person... Zhou Qing seemed to know him. He was Bao Bailingzhi from the Central Academy. He had traveled extensively and studied in hundreds of schools of thought, and was quite proficient in their ways.
Therefore, the Central Academy is quite famous.
Does he have any objection?
It seems that they are still dissatisfied with the document that Brother Wang showed them yesterday. Now that they can't get a specific reply, do they want to step forward?
At the same time, in the palace, one after another's gazes were looking over and falling on that person. Some people knew him and some didn't.
All right, any objections?
"Your Majesty, Dr. Bao Bai Lingzhi from the Central Academy of Sciences has something to say."
"Your Majesty, now the Great Qin has wiped out all the other countries and unified all the Xia. The Qin State is the country where all the Xia are co-lords, and the King of Qin is the co-lord of all the Xia. He is the same as the Emperor of Zhou and is the lord of all the Xia!"
"For three generations, the emperor has always granted titles to the emperor when he founded the country, and there have always been three major titles to be inherited."
"First, give titles and rewards to the descendants of the three ancient emperors and the five emperors!"
"Second, the fiefdom of the previous enemy country!"
"The third is to reward the princes for their meritorious service. The founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty has nearly a hundred princes, as evidenced by this."
"These three awards have always been the three founding awards for the emperor. I dare to ask the king, will you forget these awards? Or abandon these three awards?"
Bao Bailingzhi.
He was about forty years old, with a half-foot-long gray-black beard swaying. He stood up from his position, entered the center of the hall, bowed deeply, and said what he said.
It is a common practice for the emperor to grant three titles.
Now, I see that the king has received many awards, but there are none at all.
It's not in line with ancient etiquette.
"Your Majesty, I think that the emperor has three titles!"
Afterwards, another doctor stood up from the back of the hall, spoke loudly, walked to Bao Bailing's side, nodded and said.
Zhou Qing also knew this person. He was a doctoral scholar in the academy and was quite famous.
"Your Majesty, unite all the Xia and unite the world. This is the great cause of the sage kings in the past three generations. Your Majesty, you should imitate the emperors of the past dynasties, and the world will celebrate!"
"In this way, it can calm the hearts of the subjects, stabilize the hearts of the remaining countries, and stabilize the great events of the Qin Dynasty."
Another person got up and walked to the palace.
He is also a doctor from the academy.
Afterwards, several more academic doctors stood up and said similar words, hoping that the king would receive the emperor's three titles and demonstrate the emperor's benevolence.
This is not only for the sake of Qin, but also for the sake of the Xia.
This has been a tradition for three generations.
The Great Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty and granted Wu Geng the title of a prince in the east.
This is proof!
Afterwards, although Wu Geng had the rebellion of the Three Supervisors, his righteousness was lost and he was directly put down by the Zhou Dynasty, which did not affect the Zhou Dynasty's control over the Xia.
Wang Chenggong, who was standing at the top, was still young. Faced with this situation, it was difficult to deal with it, so he could only bow to the king's case.
"Everyone, why do you say this?"
"Three seals from the emperor? This matter is related to the strategy of governing the Xia that I will announce next. Let me think about it and make a decision. As for the things that you and others think are inappropriate, you can make suggestions for the national government and the imperial palace for later decision."
Qin Wangzheng stood up from behind the king's case, stood on the high platform, and looked at the doctors in the palace. He did not scold them, but said solemnly.
"This...here!"
"Here!"
"..."
Since the king has said this, each of the doctors looked at each other. Since the king has said this, things may turn around. Let's wait and see.
After a while, everyone returned to their places.
"More than a month has passed since General Yang Duanhe, General Wang Ben, and General Bai Qianhong led the troops to decide the affairs of Qilu. The Shandong kingdoms have ceased to exist, and the Qin Dynasty has unified all Xia."
"Qin has become the focus of all Xia."
"However, I have always found it very difficult to govern the new Xia. I have been thinking about this issue since the Qin Dynasty destroyed Chu."
"Why is it difficult?"
"The years of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Great Xia, the Great Shang, and the Great Three Dynasties have never experienced hundreds of years of struggle and conflict, nor have they experienced changes in thousands of years."
"The rituals and music collapsed, the cauldrons thundered, the high banks turned into valleys, and the deep valleys turned into mausoleums. Is it all like this? Is this what you want to see?"
"No!"
"It's not something that only a few people can see!"
"The reason is that the position of the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty seems to be respected, but in fact the feudal princes have a lot of autonomy. In this case, why is the Emperor the emperor?"
"Three generations may seem like a long time, but in fact, the emperor's position is empty and the Xia Dynasty has not made any major changes for thousands of years. This is what I think is wrong."
"Yes, whether Great Qin will follow the old path of three generations or embark on a new path since the Great Qin Reform is a difficult question for us."
"It's also Zhu Xia's problem."
Qin Wangzheng put his hands behind his back, looked down at the ministers, spoke in a gentle voice, and talked about the strategies for governing the Xia.
With that said, he walked down from the high platform and walked into the palace. Da Qin... is a brand new Da Qin, not an emperor like the three generations of Da Qin or the Emperor of Zhou.