Chapter 120: Enfeoffment and fiefdom are different
Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said: "What you said is absolutely true. The First Emperor unified the six countries with the power of six generations. However, the same goes for the nobles. They also accumulated six generations. In Xianyang City, the total number of large and small nobles does not amount to a thousand." There are also eight hundred.
The entire Qin Dynasty adds up to more, and the court spends a lot of money every year to support this group of nobles, which actually puts a lot of pressure on the court. "
"The village chief knows a lot." Qin An joked.
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "There are records in the village."
"I see." Qin An said, "But the village chief is not the First Emperor. Otherwise, these nobles can be allowed to support themselves without wasting the court's food."
"Sir, what's your clever plan?" Ying Zheng was moved.
"Didn't I say, let them fend for themselves." Qin An said.
"What I want to ask is how to support oneself?" Ying Zheng asked angrily.
Qin An smiled and said: "There are two ways. One is to cut the knot with a sharp knife. The First Emperor directly announced to cut the salaries of the nobles and reward them with fiefs."
"Wait a minute, sir, didn't you say that the enfeoffment system is not good?" Ying Zheng immediately followed.
Qin An smiled and said: "Of course the enfeoffment system is not good. The fiefdom I am talking about is different from the enfeoffment system. The enfeoffment system enfeoffs the country, and the fiefdom directly confers the land.
In the feudal China, those who were granted the title could form their own imperial court and take charge of any military and political power in the country. This was a time bomb and very bad.
The fiefdom directly rewards them with land. In fact, this land does not belong to the recipient, but to the country.
However, the recipient can enjoy the tax revenue from the land. To put it simply, he does not have to do anything, and someone will support him. "
"I seem to understand what you mean, sir." Ying Zheng said, "Seal a city for nobles, and all the taxes in this city will belong to these nobles.
However, this honorable nobleman does not have any power in this city and can only act according to the officials arranged by the court? "
"Yes." Qin An said, "But you must not grant a city to the nobles. In this way, the court will lose a city's tax revenue. Give land, grant a thousand acres, or ten thousand acres.
The most important thing is that the court also wants to collect taxes from these nobles. "
"Sir, can you please be more specific?" Ying Zheng said.
Qin An nodded and said, "Of course there is no problem."
Then Qin An talked about the reward uniforms of the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty's reward system actually had a reward system that combined real and virtual titles. Qin An only talked about some virtual titles.
"Haha..." Ying Zheng laughed loudly, "What a false title system, only giving titles. If no real officials are given, the nobles will decline within a few years.
After their decline, the land will return to the hands of the court again, which means that the court has only raised them for a few years. "
"Absolutely." Qin An said, "But I heard that the nobles of Great Qin are very united, otherwise the First Emperor would not have been able to unify the six countries."
"Yes, it is indeed the case." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "According to the village records, the leader of the nobles is none other than Right Prime Minister Feng Quji.
How much do you know about this person? "
"Not familiar." Qin An said, "But his end was not good. He was killed by Qin II. No, it seems that he committed suicide because Zhao Gao wanted to arrest him and he committed suicide because he refused to be humiliated."
"He is the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. He has experienced several Qin kings. He is not easy to deal with. How do you plan to deal with him, sir?"
"It's too simple. Beat a group of people, pull a group of people, and let Feng Quji become one of the group of people being beaten. Wouldn't there be some estrangement in the hearts of those who were beaten?
Then after a while, if Feng Quji is turned into a group of people to be beaten, it would be best to make them lose a little more profit and make them suffer, so that they will resent Feng Quji. "
"Haha... I thought you were a gentleman, but I didn't expect you to have such a scheming mind." Ying Zheng laughed.
Qin An also smiled.
Then he said slowly: "Those who treat me with sincerity, I will repay with my heart, and those who deceive me with falsehood, I will abandon them like shoes.
The village chief treats me with sincerity, so please rest assured that I will train talents for the village and help the village become rich.
When the roads in the village and outside are repaired, I will definitely impress people outside. "
Ying Zheng was very moved. In fact, he was also a man of temperament, but his identity did not allow him to attach too much importance to friendship.
"Okay, I'm waiting for that day, waiting for my husband to invent water and electricity for the village."
"This is what I should do."
A Black Dragon Guard ran in at this time and said: "Reporting to the village chief, there is smoke in the mountains. Third Young Master and the others have found Mr.'s suitcase."
Qin An and Ying Zheng stood up at the same time.
Ying Zheng said excitedly: "Hurry, send someone to help. We must not let Mr.'s suitcase be damaged in any way."
"promise."
The Black Dragon Guard immediately turned and left.
Qin An said: "It's great. My mobile phone can finally be used again. This time I will go to the mountain to check if there is a signal."
Ying Zheng's expression changed and he said: "Sir, actually you don't have to try. If there was a signal, people from outside would have already come in."
"No, even if I know it's forbidden, I still have to give it a try. I won't give up until I'm sure." Qin An said resolutely.
Ying Zheng asked Qin An to be so determined, so he stopped trying to persuade him.
So the two of them waited for Jiang Lu and the others to come back.
After more than two hours, they finally arrived at Jianglu.
"I've seen you father, I've seen you sir." Jiang Lu, Hu Hai and Zhang Han saluted Ying Zheng and Qin An at the same time.
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "No need to be more polite, where are the salutes? Why don't you quickly take out sir's salutes."
"No." Jiang Lu responded.
Then he ordered the people outside to bring over all the things he picked up.
Ying Zheng saw a big package and asked, "What is this? I want a suitcase?"
Jiang Lu said: "Father, for some unknown reason, my husband's suitcase has been damaged, and the child only found this."
Hu Hai immediately responded: "Father, I saw your husband's things first, and the third brother also secretly hid one of your husband's treasures."
Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng glared at Jiang Lu fiercely.
Jiang Lu was startled, so he obediently took out the treasure from his arms, handed it to Ying Zheng respectfully, and then stared at Hu Hai fiercely.
As if to say: It seems you haven't been beaten enough by me.
Hu Hai trembled all over, and suddenly showed a fearful smile that was uglier than crying, and said: "Third brother, I was wrong."
"snort."
After Ying Zheng took the treasure, he handed it to Qin An and said, "Sir, please don't blame Zhao Lu."
Qin An recognized what this treasure was at a glance, and immediately smiled and said: "Isn't it just a small mirror? It's not a treasure, it's just a piece of trash on the street.
Zhao Lu, if you like it, just take it, it's not worth anything. "
Hearing this, Jiang Lu was overjoyed. Just as he was about to speak, he saw the cannibalistic look in Ying Zheng's eyes. He smiled awkwardly and said, "I'd better give it to my father."
