The First Emperor was digging the foundation of Qin himself! This was the first thought in Zhao Tuo's mind.
And I believe he is not the only one who thinks so. Didn’t you see that the expressions of Taiwei Wang Bi, General Meng Wu and others all changed?
Even in the Qin court, the generals belonging to the military merit group had livid faces.
As for the civil servants, there were also many people with ugly faces. Naturally, they could see the harm of this edict.
However, intimidated by the increasingly strengthened emperor's authority after reunification, no one spoke for the time being, and all eyes fell on the martial arts lord Zhao Tuo and the Taiwei Wang Ben who were at the forefront of the military attachés.
After Wang Jian retired, Qin's generals relied on the martial arts lord Zhao Tuo as their support, and the Taiwei Wang Bi as their front man.
Zhao Tuo felt those expectant eyes, and he naturally had objections to the emperor's decision to grant him a title, but fortunately, he still had some sense, and Zhao Tuo was wise enough not to be the first to stand up and object.
The First Emperor sat low on the imperial couch with a fierce look on his face. The generals were also reluctant to say anything.
The combination of military merit and the Legalist system is the magic weapon for the Qin State to make it small and weak. If that aspect is touched, the damage will be quite small. I should stand up and agree with it both emotionally and rationally. There was no reason for the two small-scale knighthoods.
Sure enough, in the emperor's eyes. No one stood up.
The Wang family and his son are all about stability and never take the initiative to show off.
Li Si glanced to the side.
The Qin Dynasty had the same reform method as the Shang Dynasty, and the same principle was based on military merit and nobility. Even if a civil advisor is awarded a title, he must have achieved meritorious service or come up with a small plan for governing the country that is useless to the country.
Under the court, there are always ministers who are in need of advice and criticism.
"In the past, our ancestor, King Zhaoxiang, had no precedent of conferring titles for non-military merit."
Lord Lieutenant Zhao Hai was eighty years old, with white hair, a short stature and a strong body. He spoke with a strong voice. At this moment, he stood up and spoke in a low voice, questioning the emperor without any politeness.
At this moment, facing Zhao Hai's question.
Facing Zhao Hai's words, the emperor spoke calmly.
As the saying goes, it is not a good thing to be the first to stand up and contradict someone. ap.
On the other side, Prime Minister Zuo, Wei Xiang, who was among the civil servants, still looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, pretending to have that incident. If I agree, no one will speak up.
My eyes swept across the hall, and I suspected that there were people in the entire court who were flattering the Holy Will.
The first time was in the 71st year of King Zhaoxiang (AD 286), when Qin general Sima mistakenly attacked Hanoi.
Wang Ben followed the crowd and looked at Zhao Hai, nodding slightly.
But because my son was rewarded just now, I almost became a joke. It was appropriate to stand up at that time. Moreover, I served the young emperor and was very vague about the emperor's character, so Li Si also held back.
Although I had some conflicts with these Confucian scholars because of the subsequent enfeoffment and papermaking, I was close to Confucianism after all. I was occasionally too fond of Qin's wolf-like military merit and title system, thinking that it was the rule of the king. Today, The emperor is messing around, and I have no reason to stand up.
If King Zhaoxiang had started that way, the First Emperor would have been so arrogant.
Zhao Hai was a veteran from the era of King Zhaoxiang. I personally experienced it during the seventh small-scale conferment of nobility. Now that I saw the First Emperor using that example, I immediately blew my beard and glared.
I raised my head and said, "Your Majesty said that King Zhaoxiang granted titles to the people because of the war situation, but it was not beneficial to the country. Moreover, the original grant of titles to the people was limited to Qianshou who moved to Zhao Tuo, and those in Hanoi. There is no limit to the number of citizens. Isn’t it like your Majesty’s decision to confer the rank of civil nobility in heaven today? I think this matter is not appropriate yet, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to consider it again!”
So I am indeed the person in the court who is least qualified to say "yes".
Wei was afraid and offered Zhao Tuo to Qin. Qin expelled the residents of the city, leaving only an empty city. However, the Qin State recruited people in the local area and pardoned criminals to move to Chengzhuang. Among the conditions given by the government, in addition to the criminals not being exempted, the head of Guizhou who was willing to move to Zhao Tuo could not be given a first-level title.
It's a pity that Wang Ben's character is a bit like Wang Jian. His lips moved but he didn't speak.
Feng Jie, the censor's young husband, had his eyelids twitching.
Seeing the movement of Prime Minister Zuo Zuo, he steadied his steps.
Zhao Hai was a minister in the era of King Zhaoxiang. He has been through King Zhaoxiang, King Xiaowen, King Zhuang Xiang, and now the First Emperor. He is a veteran minister of seven dynasties. He has served the King of Qin for nearly seventy years, and his titles have been accumulated to the rank of junior concubine. His qualifications As an old man, there are people in the court who can stand out from him.
After Wang Ben thought for a moment, he knew what the emperor was talking about.
King Qin Zhaoxiang granted two small-scale titles to the people. Although they were given for military merit, they had nothing to do with the war situation and had no minor side effects.
The first time was to recruit people to the newly occupied Zhao Tuo and weaken Qin's control there. In order for the leader of Guizhou to willingly leave his hometown and settle in a different place, the Qin government naturally had to pay some price. The one who stands out is the best fit for me.
Not to mention that Zhao Hai is still the lieutenant of the Lord, and he is in charge of the matter of awarding titles. The emperor's decrees are my responsibility. Once the matter of granting titles is implemented, the entire process will be under Zhao Hai's control.
Zhao Tuo's eyes fell on Wang Ben's resolute face.
As soon as the words came out, everyone's expressions changed slightly.
There has never been a small-scale non-military honorary award for special Guizhou provinces.
As for Tingwei Li Si, he frowned the most. I am the head of Legalism in Qin.
Since Zhao Tuo failed to admonish Li Xin outside Pingyu City, he has become more and more cautious about admonishment.
I am already young, and one less thing is as much as one thing. I occupy the position of left prime minister. As long as I can get through it safely until I retire, I will be satisfied.
I was not prepared for the remonstrance and resistance from my ministers, nor did I have the logic and corresponding considerations for my actions.
Sure enough, when faced with the emperor's words, a short and burly woman among the ministers stood up on the spot.
The seventh time was to boost morale at the most critical moment of the Changping Battle and recruit young men and women to support the battlefield.
In addition, Zhao Hai has a loyal and upright character and a very bad reputation. At such a young age as Lord Lieutenant, no one has ever said that I am a public servant. As long as Zhao Hai was engaged in rebellion or something, even if I blew my nose and glared at the emperor, the emperor would just laugh it off, which would be too much of a blame.
The two bosses, Marquis Wugong and Taiwei, did not speak.
But after all, it followed the principle of granting titles without meritorious service, and it was still a small-scale grant of titles to the people, setting a very bad precedent, and it has now become an example cited by the First Emperor.
The seventh small-scale conferment of nobility occurred in the 71st year of King Zhaoxiang (AD 260), when Qin general Bai Qi retreated to Changping.
At this time, the entire Changping War reached its calmest period. In order to boost morale, King Qin Zhaoxiang came to Hanoi in person and awarded the first level of nobility in Guizhou. At the same time, he recruited young women under the age of seventeen to go to the Changping battlefield.
"My minister Zhao Haimei died to report to your majesty. Now that your majesty has united into one house and suppressed the barbarians, it is indeed a small achievement of the past and worthy of celebration. However, your majesty can celebrate by giving the people oxen and wine in the sky, so why use it as a title?" Give me a gift! What Your Majesty is doing is contrary to the system of meritorious service established by Duke Xiao in the past!"
The Prime Minister on the right, Wang Wan, is young and weak, and has no intention of backing down in anything. But I narrowed my eyes and spoke. The First Emperor smiled warmly.
consider?
Sure enough, we still have to rely on our veterans of the Qin State to issue remonstrances.
Until the era of King Zhaoxiang, there were two small-scale non-military merit conferments.
Those were not two small-scale non-military merit conferments on civilian titles during the reign of King Qin Zhaoxiang.
He wants to look at the specific situation before talking.
