Taihu distributed the brochures one after another.
Those who got the brochure were already curious about what the oath would be. After receiving the brochure, they all looked at it carefully. When they saw the contents, they couldn't move their eyes away, and their expressions became more serious each time.
The reason why Zhiyao wanted to copy homework was because of the "White Horse Oath" made by Han Emperor Liu Bang.
This is another white horse about to suffer!
The white horse is a very sacred animal in the eyes of the ancients. Using a white horse to swear an alliance means that both parties attach great importance to the oath and will never dare to violate it.
In the past, Zhao Yang was trapped in "Jinyang" by the Fan family, Zhonghang family, Handan family and other families. The Zhao family was once again in danger of annihilation. In fact, he had killed the White Horse Alliance Oath.
At that time, Zhao Yang made an oath to his subjects and slaves that once they helped the Zhao family survive the danger, they would receive an increase in status and be rewarded with land.
Zhao Yang fulfilled his vow. It seemed that the Zhao family had suffered a lot, but it also allowed the Zhao family to recover in just three to five years.
Zhiyao's subsequent plan to transform his family into a country was due to the fanatical passion for production that erupted after the land was distributed to the subjects.
Although history has been changed a lot by Zhiyao, most people still believe in the oath, let alone the specification of killing a white horse to perform the oath.
When Han Geng was reading the oath, his heart beat faster uncontrollably.
In fact, the oath drawn up by Zhiyao has two cores. One is the core of "the non-Zhi family is the king, and the world will attack them together". The second is the oath with the nobles as the king to ensure their treatment and protect them.
legal property.
This is actually Liu Bang's "White Horse Oath" model.
However, Zhiyao has made more refinements, such as distinguishing hereditary titles that will not be downgraded once they are awarded, and ordinary titles that will automatically be downgraded by one level when the first generation of knights passes away and is passed on to the next generation.
Zhiyao also emphasized the old custom of family separation that Zongzhou had implemented, which required nobles to treat their heirs well. Once the father died, the direct bloodline must share the family property, not all the family property belongs to the next generation of family heads.
Zhu Fuyan's "Tweening Order" was actually a way of putting new wine into old jars during the Zongzhou period, but no one else could figure it out.
Many people are wondering why Zhiyao deliberately emphasized in the oath that the direct bloodline must share the family property.
In their opinion, isn't that a custom that has existed for a long time? Otherwise, where would the difference between large and small sects come from?
The major and minor sects will be understood in later generations as the main family and the side branches. The difference is that in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the major sect and the minor sect were both direct lineages, while the main family and side branches in the later generations were direct lineages and concubines.
They then looked down and saw the content of sealing the country.
Han Geng, Hu You, and Zhong Wu immediately became focused when they saw Feng Guo, and the more they looked at it, the deeper they frowned.
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According to the content, Zhiyao refers to the original lands of the princes and states as the old lands of the Xia Dynasty, and will no longer establish feudal states in these places. Instead, they will be counties and counties directly under the rule and management of the central government.
If the existing and future titles are high enough, the holder of the title only enjoys the right to control the output of the land, and no longer has the power to legislate and enforce the law.
Changing a fief into a fief will inevitably have consequences, such as how many legal private armies a certain title has. Taking a marquis as an example, one can form two "divisions" and no longer have the power to issue private recruitment orders to the territory.
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The two "divisions" of the original country can arm a total of 15,000 soldiers, and they are the Marquis's personal armed forces.
It seems like a large number, but you have to know that for people like Han Geng, the Han family can not only arm 15,000 soldiers by issuing a recruitment order, but it is nothing to pull out more than 100,000 soldiers through extreme mobilization.
Although the Fox and Zhong families are weaker, it is not a problem to recruit more than 50,000 soldiers.
Han Geng almost couldn't help but want to question, asking Zhi Yao how dare he bully the Han family like that. Due to Zhi Yao's always intimidating power, he suppressed his anger and continued to read.
In addition, some people with noble titles saw that they could also form a tribe. Considering that some people's families may not have a tribe that matches their status, there are actually no so-called restrictions on tribes.
In fact, because of the changes brought about by Zhiyao, the cost of becoming a soldier is much higher than before. Many warriors under the rule of nobles do not have enough wealth or channels to be armed, and have become very dependent on the weapons and equipment provided by the state.
That is, only the Zhishi have mastered the high-end smelting technology and metal formulas, and only the Zhishi can produce superior armor stomachs and weapons.
With weapons that have strong defensive capabilities and are far sharper than bronze, not to mention whether they can tolerate the backwardness of bronze weapons, an army equipped with bronze weapons and weapons will fight against an army equipped with high-quality iron weapons, even if the equipment is backward.
Even if you can defeat it, you will pay a heavy price in casualties.
The Han family was unwilling but took no action. One of the reasons was that it lagged behind the Zhi family in terms of weapons and equipment. Needless to say, Zhi Yao had more troops in his hands, and the Zhi family had no shortage of well-trained soldiers.
"Imitate the enfeoffment books of the Zhou Dynasty?" Han Geng looked at this and Tong Kong couldn't help but shrink.
In the original country, not only princes were granted enfeoffment, but marquises could also apply for enfeoffment.
Han Genghui believed that it was to imitate Ji Zhou's enfeoffment strategy, and the fundamental core was that the places that could be enfeoffed were outside the Zhuxia.
Ji Zhou's enfeoffment had several stages. At the beginning, the original rights and territories of the "eight hundred princes" were recognized; after the "Wu Geng Rebellion", a new round of enfeoffment was carried out, and many people of Ji Zhou's blood and different surnames had meritorious services.
The ministers were assigned to areas full of foreign races; later, the foreign regimes that established the country were recognized and they were absorbed into the feudal system and became one of the princes.
"Maybe... I can split one out and give it a try?" Han Geng thought to himself.
The Han family has had some of its fiefdoms reduced, and counties have been established in core interest areas.
In the past, when Han Geng saw that he only retained economic rights and interests in the fiefdom, he actually had the consciousness that the fish and the net would be destroyed.
It’s no wonder that Han Geng suddenly became so determined. In Han’s remaining knowledge, Han and Zhi were originally equals. One accident made Zhi Yao play a big game, and he lost at one step and then got into trouble every step of the way.
Lose and fall into the current situation.
Due to the strength of the Zhi family, they can only endure and give in. Really, they only have economic rights and interests. Even if there are two "divisions", it is no different from fish and meat on a eucalyptus board. It is better to directly engage in cruelty.
The fish is dead and the net is broken, right?
Zhiyao knows very well the thoughts of classical aristocrats!
Therefore, Zhiyao came up with Ji Zhou's enfeoffment policy. Firstly, he wanted to spread the branches and leaves of the Xia Dynasty, and secondly, he wanted to give these classical nobles new hope.
Ji Zhou carried out the enfeoffment, and most of the princes disappeared in the waves of the long river of history. Now, even the Zhou royal family has been swallowed up by the waves of the long river of history.
Some people may think that Ji Zhou suffered the same fate, and the descendants of some princes suddenly became the new common masters of the world. Can their descendants also replicate the same?
Another most real point is that the power Zhishi controls now is too terrifying. If the fish is killed and the net is broken, no matter what, the fish can only flapping a few times and then die, but the fishing net may not be broken.
Having hope and having no hope are two different emotions. If you are destined to die, it is better to die early than to die later to avoid suffering more. As long as there is hope, people will set countless worries for themselves and are more inclined to wait and see.
Han Geng suddenly heard the sound of gasping. He frowned and looked in the direction of the sound. What he saw was Hu You with an excited face.
When Hu You noticed Han Geng looking over, he took a deep breath and whispered: "This enfeoffment policy seems to be tailor-made for my family."
Han Geng was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: "It seems...it is indeed true."
How should I put it? The Fox family's own fiefdom is actually not very big. After establishing counties, it will only be a little larger than a county.
The Fox family was trying to change towards farming, but they found that progress was slow, and there was little hope of catching up with other families in farming.
No matter how you look at it, it is very beneficial to the Fox family to be able to obtain a fiefdom assigned by the king and to seek resource support from the country.
The Fox family doesn't have much in the original country. Changing to a completely unfamiliar place is just a new exploration and then occupying that territory. Except for the lack of diplomatic rights, all rights and interests are their own.
The Han family and the Zhong family are different. They have too many pots and pans to worry about.
Take the Han family as an example. Even if they are willing to migrate abroad and establish a feudal state, the country is still willing to provide financial or other material compensation. How can they ensure the initial survival conditions for more than a million subjects, and what place can accommodate more than a hundred people?
Inhabited by thousands of people?
Zhiyao knew Han Geng's concerns, but she didn't have the ability to read minds and couldn't hear Han Geng's thoughts, otherwise she could have given her an answer.
The small breaking ball is very big. How could there be no place for the Han family outside Zhuxia?
Not to mention anything else, if the Han family is willing to go to Lingnan, the population of more than one million is simply not enough to fill the land.
There is also the area in Hexi. To be honest, it is a land suitable for survival, especially since the Han family has mastered farming technology and can live a very good life no matter what.
If the Han family were willing to migrate further and go directly to the Siberian region in later generations, their descendants would thank their ancestors for their efforts and be able to enjoy countless natural resources.
There is another option. The Han family can go to the place called the Western Regions. Even if they just grow grapes, learn to brew wine and make raisins, they can sell the goods back to the Central Plains or further west, whatever.
Won't starve to death.
Not to mention that the current environment in the Western Regions is not bad. It is really not the wind and sand everywhere in later generations. Otherwise, it would be impossible for forty or fifty city-states to survive.
Zhiyao knows too much and often feels that she has more than enough ambition but not enough power.
The population of the original country is still too small, and the basic market cannot be filled. How can it expand abroad?
There are families who are willing to entrust far away. They have their own leadership team, and basic strength. They can get the support of the central country. I dare not say that they can dominate the local area, but they can still gain a firm foothold.
The discussion atmosphere in the hall was very intense at first, but gradually became quiet, and everyone looked at the king who still closed his eyes to rest.
Zhiyao opened her eyes after there was no sound and asked, "Do you have any doubts, sir?"
The main hall remained quiet, and most people looked at each other with people they were close to.
Most people definitely have no objections, and even hope that the oath will be carried out quickly and the relevant oaths will be implemented as soon as possible.
Those who feel dissatisfied or even completely reject it will not dare to make a difference for a while when they see that there is no success.
From the position Zhiyao was in, he could see everyone's expressions clearly. The ones he was paying close attention to were Han Geng, Hu You and Zhong Wu.
This is only the Han family, the Hu family and the Zhong family in the Yuan Kingdom that can make a slightly bigger noise. It may be that after a large-scale war broke out between the Yuan Kingdom and the Chu State, a large area within the Yuan Kingdom was disrupted. The Yuan Kingdom was fighting against the Chu Kingdom.
In the background, there is Guo Zuo who may overthrow the Zhi family.
After no one spoke for a long time, Zhiyao asked Taihu to open the curtain on the wall on one side of the hall, revealing the map of mountains and rivers hanging on the wall.
Zhiyao walked over first and then called the ministers to come over.
These ministers knew that the map was a map of mountains and rivers, but they were all stunned when they saw it.
In that mountain and river map, the territory representing the original country seems very small, only accounting for about three-tenths. Each of the seemingly unfamiliar country names, or regional place names, takes up the vast majority of the map.
Most sectors.
Hu You was the first to speak and asked: "Your Majesty, is this outside the world?"
The "tianxia" they recognized specifically refers to the known range, and generally refers to the countries in the Xia civilization system, as well as those foreign countries that appear in historical materials.
Because Zhiyao had limited knowledge of the late Spring and Autumn Period, many countries on the mountain and river map used names that he knew well, and there were many places where the names were incorrectly labeled.
For example, Loulan, Wusun, Dawan, etc. appeared in the Western Region. In fact, these countries do not exist at all now. There are now the active areas of the Segaroli and Tocharians.
In South Asia, Zhiyao simply used many country names from the Ming Dynasty. It is particularly important to note that there is a place name marked "Jiaozhi" without using the name of a country's power.
It is not a big problem that the wrong country names are labeled on the mountain and river map. Zhiyao used his own knowledge to introduce it to the ministers. Naturally, there are some confusing descriptions in it. For example, the two territories of South Asia and Northeast China are said to be able to survive by throwing seeds casually, especially
In South Asia, even if you don't farm, you can still live an extremely nourishing life relying on gathering.
South Asia is indeed like that, and the land in the Northeast is also very fertile. It is not that Zhiyao is deceiving. What he did not say is that the local climate is not necessarily suitable for people from the Central Plains.
Based on the current situation in South Asia, people from the Central Plains were only suitable to stay along the coast in the past. If they went deeper, there would be no return.
As for the Northeast? It is a very bitter cold place. Cotton has not yet been found. There is no strong warm clothing. In the past, the people of the Central Plains probably had to stay indoors on the kang for three seasons out of the year.
The nobles didn't know about these issues. They were surprised at how Zhiyao knew the distance so well, and they were curious about how Tiqi could go so far in his exploration.
"If the people under my rule are sufficient, why do we need to enfeoff? The ancestors have achieved great results in enfeoffment. I know the thoughts of some ministers and think about following the old rules." Zhiyao looked regretful and annoyed.
Most of them nodded their heads after saying this.
Who says it’s not the case? No one wants to possess good things, so how could they give them away to others?
Their minds started to get excited, thinking that maybe they could send someone to actually take a look?