Chapter 537: Without Xia Jun and Yimin, Still Called Zhou Tianzi?
Murong Nobunaga guessed correctly. Zhang Zhao's hereditary title was indeed not that easy to obtain.
As an emperor, except for a real fool like Emperor Hui of Jin, I am afraid everyone knows the horror of the four words "hereditary and neglect".
These four words often represent the birth of a large noble family, the great pressure on the imperial government's finances, and the inevitable birth of a blood-sucking parasite attached to the country over time.
However, Zhang Zhao still sealed out more than twenty hereditary princes, county princes and princes in one breath.
You must know that the world is not yet stable at this time. When the war is over, will the national finances still be spiraling into heaven?
Therefore, Zhang Zhao must have kept something secret. This is where Murong Nobunaga missed his guess.
According to general thinking, if you give such a generous reward, you may want to take away your power.
But if that really happened, Liu Zhiyuan would laugh to death, and Li Jing would even kneel down while skating in Jiangning City.
So in fact, Zhang Zhao did not want to take away their power, but to strengthen their power. But this power is not within China, but outside China.
Hearing that Bai Congxin was going to the river to kill the emir of Saman Persia and Zhenyuan Kingdom's advocate Bingzhong, Zhang Zhao shook his head, looked at everyone and said.
"Destroyed today, revolted tomorrow, the soldiers were extremely respectful when they arrived, but returned to their old ways as soon as they left. In the final analysis, it is because of these emirs. The ruler of the country is not one of our brothers. They have traveled thousands of miles across the river, and it is really impossible to control them.
ah!"
Alas! In order to deceive people into going to the Western Regions to open up a country, Saint Zhang affectionately called him brother. Are you moved?
Everyone became quiet. Even those of them who came back from Hezhong and Tianzhu knew that they were not wild there but were quite wealthy and lacked military force, making it easy to conquer.
But still few people are willing to stay in Hezhong and Tianzhu for the rest of their lives. What a wonderful world in the Central Plains!
It's a pity that Zhang Zhao took a fancy to them, because only these old brothers who followed him back would not regard going to Hezhong and Tianzhu as being exiled.
Murong Nobunaga blinked twice, although he felt that it was too early to talk about guarding Hezhong and Tianzhu.
But what he has always believed in is that as long as Zhang Zhao's ideas are not too outrageous, he will generally agree with them.
"Could it be that your Excellency wants to follow the story of the Emperor of Zhou in the past and gradually let his own people control Hezhong and Tianzhu in the same way as the king of Xia and his people?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Murong Nobunaga felt a dozen burning eyes hit him.
In particular, Wucheng Houwang Zongxin beside him raised his right hand unconsciously, as if he wanted to give him a big dick.
"My son is still smart! I do have this idea." Zhang Zhao nodded appreciatively.
This gave the old brothers a chill down their backs, and even a fool like Dunzhu blinked his eyes a few times, obviously not thinking that settling in Hezhong was a good choice.
"However, China is still undecided, and it is not the time for our Xiajun Yi people to go to Hezhong and Tianzhu."
After Zhang Zhao said this, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"but!"
However, this sentence stirred up everyone's hearts again.
"Although there is no need to go now, it is better to prepare for a rainy day. Hezhong and Tianzhu are not only important places for the westward trade route, but they were also won by all of us in bloody battles.
Now we have high officials and generous salaries here, but many of our brothers from the past have not survived until this day. We can't let those brothers become ghosts in a foreign country, right?"
Yan Jin put down his wine glass, stood up, and said to Zhang Zhao: "The saint is right, we who are alive and enjoying wealth cannot forget those like Huo Sheng'er and others who died in the battle long ago.
If you are willing to live in the middle of the river, then Kangju (Samarkand) would be a good place. How about the sage seal a certain Jin country to the city of Kangju!"
Ma Yaozi blinked, and he recalled the size of Kangju, wow! Good guy, that is a big city with 40,000 to 50,000 people!
Including the surrounding cities and countryside, there are at least 300,000 people in total.
Yan Jin's current bullshit Duke of Jin, plus his salary and rewards, is only 2,600 to 700 guan a year.
But if there are more than 400,000 people collecting taxes normally, it will be no problem to just get 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a year, let alone past business taxes.
If you can search carefully, you can't get hundreds of thousands of coins a year?
On the side, the little loli Sephie, who was serving wine and serving dishes with the palace servants, heard that Yan Jin was asking for Kang Ju. She immediately held up her slightly bulging belly and waved it in front of Zhang Zhao.
Little Loli thinks that her baby will definitely be a boy and will become the king of Persia in the future. This is a reminder to Zhang Zhao that Kang Ju cannot be sealed.
But it was not his turn to object, so Ma Shacai blew out a stream of hot air from his nose and said in an angry voice.
"Yan Chengjie, you are really good at calculating accounts. You dare to ask for Kangju as soon as you make a move. A certain family also wants the city of Anxi (Bukhara)!"
That's okay! The little Loli stretched out her hand and grabbed the corner of Zhang Zhao's clothes, with a pleading look on her face. If the city of Anxi is gone, why should he be the king of Persia?
As soon as Ma Shacai's words came out, everyone laughed and cursed.
The city of Anxi has a population of 100,000. It is a majestic city in the middle of the river. There are at least nearly 500,000 people in the surrounding area. If the area is larger, there can be 1 million people.
You immediately killed the hereditary Duke of Zhangye, and you also want to be the King of Anxi?
However, in this way, these people who had seen the wealth in Hezhong and Tianzhu with their own eyes suddenly felt that it would not be a bad idea to go west to the Xiajun and Yi people.
Not to mention that it can occupy big cities like Anxi and Kangju, but it is quite safe to make a small king Dangdang with 100,000 people.
Zhang Zhao also laughed. He raised his wine glass and asked everyone for drinks, while saying with a smile.
"If you want to rule Xia and its people, you will not be able to control it for a long time with force alone. If you want to gain a firm foothold, economy and culture are both indispensable.
Nowadays, you are not lacking in force, but you are still lacking in other aspects. You need to make up for these aspects before you can control a large country with more than 100,000 people."
Wang Tongtong took a breath with a headache. He is already thirty-four years old this year. He can still fight on the battlefield, but let alone learn to govern a country. If you ask him to read, he will not be able to learn.
"Sage, I really can't learn the economy and culture you talk about!"
Zhang Shengren has invented new words like economy and culture for a long time, so even Wang Tongtong probably knows what they mean.
As soon as he finished speaking, Man Xiong, Dunzup, Qiongre Duojin and others who refused to learn immediately nodded in sympathy.
Zhang Zhao looked at them understandingly and said that he was indeed making things difficult for them by asking them to learn this.
"I also said that we are not asking you to rule the country now, but to prepare for a rainy day."
After speaking, Zhang Shengren paused for a moment before continuing: "I know that you have been fighting with a certain person for more than ten years, and you have worked hard and achieved great results. You all want to enjoy yourself after bringing peace to the world.
This is no problem, but if you enjoy it, your sons, children and grandchildren can’t just lie back and enjoy it, right?
Although the title is hereditary, it can only be passed on to one son. What will happen to the other sons?
Wang Tong says you have six sons, but only one of them has the title of Marquis of Wucheng that can be hereditary. What about the other sons?
Moreover, hereditary and irreplaceable titles can only be passed on to legitimate sons, and inheritance by concubines must be done by descendants. If possible, descendants will lose their title in three or two generations, what will happen then?"
Zhang Zhao's words go straight to the hearts of these people. With so many sons, the palms and backs of their hands are all flesh, how can a father watch his other sons become commoners, or even have no food and clothing?
"If you can conquer the barbarians, even if you only have a country of 150,000 people, you can still divide it among five sons. Each of them can rule 10,000 people and become king. Not to mention that without the territory, you can continue to conquer and expand.
I promise here that as long as those who go to the Xia monarch and Yi people outside China, not only will their concubine inherit the title without surrender, but also if they are really childless, they will adopt the son of their brother, and the court will also recognize it."
After listening to Zhang Zhao's words, Bai Congxin was the first to express his position, because this guy's biggest ideal is to restore the Bai family's throne in Kucha.
Now that Kucha is under the management of Cao Yanlu, and Zhang Zhao has plans to treat the Western Regions as part of China, it is no longer possible to restore Kucha.
But if you can go to some country (west of Samarkand) and restore the Bai family temple there, it is also possible.
"I am willing to go to the river. As long as the saint gives an order to destroy Samantha and restore the Buddhist kingdom of Tianzhu, I am obliged!"
Zhang Zhao nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and asked Bai Congxin to sit down.
"Lao Bai, don't worry, I have this idea. We started from Tianzhu in the middle of the river. Naturally, we know that there is quite affluent people there, and the people there are easy to conquer.
Moreover, the Buddhist teachings in Hexi are about to begin. With the right time and place, and with the help of people and people, everything will be unfavorable.
We have all experienced hardship and been harshly manipulated by noble masters, so we naturally know how uncomfortable it feels.
Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. The Central Plains is such a big place, and if there are too many titles, the people's power will definitely not be able to bear it.
King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty was also faced with this situation in the past, so he asked his nephews and brothers to lead troops to the east of Xia to conquer the barbarians. After hundreds of years, we finally had the land we occupy now.
I, the Emperor of Zhou, also want to conquer Xia Jun and the Yi people. Now while we can still fight and have enough force, we can open up to the west.
Even if we don't go, our descendants will go.
And not only your descendants are going, but my descendants are also going.
However, we can’t just throw them to death, so we need to prepare for a rainy day from now on.
I plan to set up a Longtao Academy to teach the descendants of the hereditary family the geography, humanities, products of Hezhong, Tianzhu and even further west, as well as our own culture, Buddhism, etc.
Of course, we must also learn how to be a good king and how to lead troops to fight.
Each family must send their children to study, and at the same time, each family must contribute a few percent of their prosperous business and talents on the westbound trade route, as well as some of the benefits from the annuity from the title and the land grant.
We will make overall plans, and when the Central Plains is pacified, we will let our descendants go to the west and spread their branches, let them become kings, and leave a few sons to provide for us in the Central Plains until we die."
Murong Nobunaga understood clearly. No wonder the Lord is so generous and throws away money for those who don't want it. It turns out that he is waiting here. Isn't this just asking everyone to pay for it?
Originally, to stabilize Hezhong and Tianzhu, the imperial court and the emperor must pay for it, but now everyone has to contribute.
Good guy, half of the rewards and salary were taken away before I could warm myself up.
However, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.
Of course Murong Nobunaga felt that there was nothing wrong with it, because his Murong family had been in Guazhou for many years and had long been as rich as the enemy.
His wife, Princess Yongle, brought a large amount of dowry. He didn’t have a family to support. He didn’t care at all if he had to spend some money to build a country.
But for others, this money is a bit distressing, especially those who spend a lot of money on weekdays.
Of course, Zhang Shengren would not embarrass anyone. He looked at everyone understandingly, and an accountant from the Volunteer Army who knew how to do accounting immediately came forward.
"If you have any difficulties with money, the bank will be willing to help you."
This is a chariot that is determined to tie everyone up and go west to Xia Jun and Yi people!
Seeing that Zhang Shengren was so considerate, these ministers who had followed him for more than ten years and started from nothing had no objections.
After all, these people have always been accustomed to Zhang Zhao's command. They go forward to fight and often get good benefits.
"I am willing to donate 30% of the revenue from the trade routes, and also 30% of the annuity from the honorary title and the output of this place, to open up the river for the Xia monarch and the barbarian people."
Bai Congxin, who had always wanted to restore the Bai royal family, was the first to stand up.
Zhang Zhao was immediately overjoyed. The Bai Congxin family was from Qiuci (yellow-headed Uighurs) and was very powerful in Anxi. Besides the Zhang family and the Cao family, the Bai Congxin family had the most Lilan people on the Silk Road.
"Lao Bai is indeed the most loyal, so as the emperor, I will also donate the 200,000 acres of private land in Ningyuan.
I have already informed Zhang Zhong and Song Zhongyi that if Xia Jun and Yi people want soldiers or food, they can supply them in Ningyuan.
In addition, we have collected two thousand orphans this time, and there may be more in the future. After selecting and training them, they can be used as soldiers of various countries.
As for Lao Bai, you have to make more contributions. In the future, you will inherit the title of Prince of Changhua County from your ancestor Bai Gong's filial piety.
As for the land in the river, whichever piece of land you like, I will grant it to you, and I will give you the title of Zheng, and I will make you the King of Zheng."
Bai Congxin claimed to be a descendant of Bai Xiaode, and the prince of Changhua County was Bai Xiaode's title.
Later, most of Bai Xiaode's descendants lived in the Xinzheng area, and Bai Juyi was born in Xinzheng.
However, Zhang Zhao felt that Bai Congxin's self-proclaimed name was very watery, but this is normal and human nature.
Moreover, Bai Congxin has the face of a Kucha man, and he even started looking for famous people to be his ancestors. What is this? This is the influence of Chinese culture on him!
Otherwise, the average Kucha person would not pay attention to this at all.
Bai Congxin was overjoyed when he heard that Zhang Zhao had promised him the title of Prince Changhua and Prince Zheng.
He is currently planning to recognize Bai Juyi as his ancestor, so that his cultural status will rise instantly, and he will be both civil and military!
The Prince of Changhua County and Prince Zheng also have the feeling of being recognized as saints.
It's just that poor Bai Letian has been trying hard to find his ancestors all his life because he is afraid that others will say that he is a descendant of the Kucha people.
But when he got here, Zhang Shengren immediately overturned his life's hard work.
With Bai Congxin taking the lead, the old brothers also figured it out, mainly because they were no strangers to Hezhong and Tianzhu.
It is always good to spend some money and let your descendants go there to be kings, so they all expressed their support.
So the institution that Zhang Shengren used to carry out armed colonization and Xia Jun Yimin was established.
It can be said that there are people in Longtaoyuan who have guns and money, and they are just waiting for the opportunity to start their journey.