"Jue is martial arts!"
"The city has six thousand households!"
As soon as these two sentences came out, all the waiting officials in the court were shocked.
The old prime minister's Wei-like feet shook, Wang Wan's neck became stiff, and Li Si swallowed...
Even Taiwei Wang Bi and Lieutenant Zhao Hai opened their eyes wide in surprise.
This time the Qin Army achieved a complete victory in the Northern Expedition, and the meritorious officials should be rewarded with titles. Among them, General Zhao Tuo was the greatest meritorious official. His merits were first discussed by the Lieutenant and Taiwei Palaces, and they were considered to be worthy of promotion. Lun Hou.
After the deliberation process between the two governments is completed, the emperor will make the final decision.
The edict said: Yes.
As for the marquis name of martial arts.
A warrior is a powerful soldier.
"Poetry" says: The king fought vigorously and vigorously, as if shocked and angry.
Those who work hard have merit.
"Li" says: National merit is called merit.
The great achievement of establishing a country through the power of military force is precisely "martial arts"!
Zhao Tuo entered Qin in the 20th year of Qin Wangzheng's reign, and now it is the 28th year of Qin Shihuang's reign.
For eight years, Zhao Tuo fought for Qin in the north and south, and experienced dozens of battles, large and small.
Attack Yan, defeat Wei, destroy Chu, overthrow the dynasty, and swallow Qi.
Now he is leading the Northern Expedition to wipe out the Hu troubles and open up territory for the Qin State. It is reasonable and appropriate for such an army to strive for great achievements and call it "martial arts".
No one disputes this.
What shocked and disbelieved everyone was mainly the sentence that followed the title of Marquis Lun, granting 6,000 households in the city!
This was added by the emperor himself later. This was not included when Wang Ben and Zhao Hai discussed their merits!
"Marquis Lun has no food!"
All the ministers in the palace were shouting in their hearts.
Zhao Tuo was also surprised by this sentence.
He raised his head that had been lowered when listening to the imperial edict, and he saw the emperor on the imperial couch smiling at him.
Those usually majestic eyes were now full of gentleness and love, and they were revealed unabashedly.
Yes, a normal Lunhou has no food.
The so-called Lunhou was the former Guanneihou. After the unification of Qin, the emperor issued an edict to change his name.
The Marquis of Lun has a lower rank than other marquises. He has a title but no land.
This is the difference between Qin and Han. The so-called Han inherited the Qin system, not a complete inheritance, but a change based on causes.
In the Han Dynasty, the marquises in the Guan Nei Kingdom had food towns, and the marquises in the Han Dynasty had feudal states.
But Qin didn't. To be precise, he once had it, and then it disappeared because of some people.
As far as Zhao Tuo knows.
This matter changed in the ninth year of Qin Wangzheng's reign.
Before that, the marquis of Qin had settlements and feudal states, and the scale was quite large.
For example, Lai Ai was granted the title of Marquis of Changxin, and was granted the title of Shanyang. His palaces, chariots, horses, clothes, gardens, and hunting grounds were all restricted. Everything, no matter how small or big, is decided by Ai, and Taiyuan County in Hexi Province is replaced by Ai State.
Another example is that Lu Buwei was granted the title of Marquis of Wenxin and lived in Luoyang, Henan Province, with 100,000 households. Guests and envoys from the princes looked at each other on the road.
One county was designated as the Marquis of Changxin and one hundred thousand households were designated as the Marquis of Wenxin.
Then, the great rebellion occurred that shook the country.
After that incident happened, Qin Wangzheng was deeply disgusted, so he took this as an opportunity to not only increase the difficulty of becoming a marquis in Qin, but also to abolish the privileges of marquis.
In the current Qin State, the status of Marquis Lun is higher than that of the public ministers and officials, but he does not have a city. As a top-level noble title, the princes had food and town taxes, but they did not have a feudal state.
Therefore, even if Wang Jian had extraordinary achievements and was awarded the title of a lord, he still had no country to return to. He could only use the land, house and food taxes awarded by the emperor to provide for his retirement.
Zhao Tuo is now named Lunhou.
According to the current marquis system, he does not have a fief.
But after being granted the title of Marquis, the emperor gave Zhao Tuo six thousand households of food, which was completely the treatment that a feudal lord would receive.
The name of Lunhou.
The truth of Liehou.
Zhao Tuo, the martial arts lord, was an unusual Lun lord who violated the system.
But at this time, no one dared to accuse the emperor of not acting according to the system.
Qin is a country ruled by law, and the king is above the law.
The so-called laws, systems, and rules are all the will of the emperor.
The emperor said that Marquis Lun could not have food, so he could not have it.
The emperor said that the marquis of martial arts can have a food town, then the wugong marquis can have a food town.
This is Dharma!
The ministers did not dare to object, and they knew very well what the emperor's actions meant.
"The emperor falls in love with the general as a father loves his son."
"It's better than treating the young masters!"
"If the general is the emperor's biological son, I'm afraid he won't directly establish a prince, hiss..."
The courtiers sighed in their hearts. Many of them looked at the young man in his early twenties with red eyes, wishing they could take his place in his place.
Even Taiwei Wang Bi, who had inherited Wang Jian's always calm temperament, was breathing heavily.
What a Zhao Tuo!
His king, Ben, had been fighting for the state of Qin for more than ten years, fighting fiercely against the three Jin Dynasties, defeating Chu and Wei. He was also a famous general in the world, but up to now, he only held the title of concubine and chief, and could not even be granted the title of marquis.
Where is Zhao Tuo?
Wang Ben thought that during the battle to destroy Wei, Zhao Tuo was only a small fifth official under him, but a few years later, he had climbed to his head.
Marquis Lun was more noble than the noble ministers. When he saw Zhao Tuo in the future, he had to bow and salute and call him "Junhou".
Even though Wang Ben admired Zhao Tuo's achievements, he still couldn't help but pout when he thought about this.
He thought to himself: "Could it be that I, Wang Ben, will never be granted the title of Marquis in this life?"
Compared with Wang Ben's complicated mood, today's Tingwei Li Si is in a strange state.
He stared blankly at the young Marquis Lun in the palace.
Inexplicably, Li Si thought of his son Li You, and Li You's figure once again overlapped with Zhao Tuo in front of him.
It seems that Princess Shang became the emperor's son-in-law. The one who was favored by the emperor was not Zhao Tuo in front of him, but Li Si's son Li You.
"Youer."
Li Si whispered in his heart, he hoped that the person standing in front of him was his son.
It would be great if Zhao Tuo was his Li Si's son.
Compared with the complicated mood of all the ministers.
At this moment, Zhao Tuo was also filled with excitement and his face turned red.
The emperor wrote a poem specifically for him.
The emperor changed the system for him so that Lunhou should not have a seat.
Who wouldn't be moved by such an approach?
Zhao Tuo looked at the First Emperor.
The First Emperor was also looking at Zhao Tuo.
At this moment, both of them thought of the scene during the 20th year of Qin Wangzheng's reign.
"A true man lives in this world, and when he is alive he will be a prince, and when he dies he will be the food of the temple!"
The fifteen-year-old boy had a strong voice in front of the then King of Qin, and his impassioned words showed the ambition and pride of a young man.
Eight years have passed, and the heroic words spoken by the young man in the past have become a reality.
The young man traveled thousands of miles to search for a title, and conquered nine states on horseback.
"I did it."
Zhao Tuo looked at the emperor.
"you did it."
The emperor looked at Zhao Tuo.
Then, a faint smile appeared on both of their lips.
The visitor continued to read out the edict of rewards. In addition to the martial princes, Wang Li, Guo Qing and other generals who were on this expedition were also rewarded with promotions.
Even Sugasha, the noble daughter of the Yuezhi who performed extraordinary feats in the Northern Expedition, was awarded an unprecedented title by the emperor.
He led the Xiumi Yuezhi to surrender to the Qin Dynasty as a meritorious service.
It is a meritorious service to defeat Xiong's clever strategy.
It was a great achievement for the undercover Huns to kill King Zuogu Li at the critical moment and defeat the Huns army.
Returning with the head of the Xiongnu Chanyu is also an achievement.
The sum of these contributions is not small.
The emperor did not hesitate to reward this noble girl of the Yuezhi who surrendered voluntarily and made many meritorious deeds.
Given to Sugasha, she was given the title of Zuogeng of Qin State.
The title of Zuogeng belongs to the true high nobility of the Qin State. Even if he does not hold other positions, he still has the qualifications to participate in political affairs in the court.
This edict surprised many people, but no one had any objections.
Because Sugatha's contribution in the Northern Expedition was indeed quite great, leaving people speechless. Moreover, the Qin State gave preferential treatment to foreigners who actively surrendered, so as to win over these foreigners and stabilize the border.
Qiang Yu is one of the examples, so it is appropriate for Sugasha to receive the title of Zuogeng.
As for the identity of a woman, the existence of the Bajun Widow Qing, who is "more powerful than a lord", and the fact that Sugatha was given the title Zuogeng, are nothing.
What really surprised the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and attracted their attention was the appearance of Sugasha, a woman from the Yue clan.
A high nose, deep eyes, slightly curly hair, and blue eyes.
With such a strange appearance, even the First Emperor moved his eyes away from Zhao Tuo and fell on this woman's face.
"Historical Records: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin" Suoyin: Lunhou, a person whose title is lower than that of other princes and who has no title.
In the thirteenth chapter of "Tongdian·Zhiguan" Liu Zhao said: "Lunhou, but he has a title but no city."
"Book of Han·Biao Officials and Officials" notes that Yan Shigu said: Guannai Marquis, it is said that he has a marquis title and lives in the capital, but has no state.
(End of chapter)
