strictlysupreme Chapter 809
Chapter 809
Chapter 809
Back in the camp, Li Daozong didn't ask Li Chengqian to rest, but took him to the commander's platform in the army.
The purpose of Li Chengqian's visit this time is not only to reward the army, but also to read out Li Shimin's rewards for the meritorious soldiers.
Accompanied by Zhang Liang, Li Chengqian boarded the general platform.
Li Daozong led the generals to stand in a bowed position, waiting for Li Chengqian to read the imperial edict.
"The edict said: Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng County, led the army to conquer the Turks, won consecutive battles, promoted the prestige of our country, made contributions to the country, and moved to Jiangxia County King, with three thousand households in the city."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Daozong bowed and saluted.
He used to be the county king of Rencheng, but now he is named the county king of Jiangxia. It seems that there is no difference between being the county king, but in fact there is a big difference.
Many people may be surprised that the titles of many military generals have been changed frequently in history, but the titles have not changed. They don't know the significance of doing so.
In fact, since the Han Dynasty cut down the vassal, the title has no actual territory.
Like in the Zhou Dynasty, enfeoffment of titles had a solid territory, and the military and government took control of their own territory, so they were called vassals.
Those countries in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods were the princes of the Zhou Dynasty, but after continuous annexation, there were only seven kingdoms left.
Things in the Han Dynasty also learned from the Zhou Dynasty, except that the clansmen were enfeoffed.
That's why many county names in the Han Dynasty were XX countries.
It's just that after the Han Dynasty abolished the vassals, although the names of those countries were still preserved, those clansmen no longer had control over them, and the only thing they could enjoy was food towns.
In the Tang Dynasty, apart from the princes, no matter whether they were county kings or state dukes, there were no fiefdoms, only Shiyi.
Many people don't understand Shiyi very well. Shiyi is also called Shilu, and it has the right to tax food, so it is called Shiyi.
To put it simply, the number of households in the city means that the people do not need to pay taxes to the court, and the taxes belong to the lord.
However, some places are rich and some are poor. The income of the people is different, and the taxes paid are naturally different.
How do the people in this food city choose?
What you see is naturally the title.
Li Daozong was the king of Rencheng County before, so the food town can only be divided in Rencheng.
Now that the title of Jiangxia County King is changed, Shiyi will naturally come to Jiangxia.
And Jiangxia is much richer than Rencheng, which means that his annual income has also increased virtually.
To put it simply, Shiyi is like the company shares of future generations.
The titles represent different companies.
In the case of the same shares, it is natural that the more valuable the company is, the more valuable the shares will be.
Of course, three thousand households in a food city does not mean that there are really three thousand households.
Normally, half of the sealed cities are false, and only half of them are real.
Li Chengqian handed over the imperial decree to Li Daozong, picked up another imperial decree, and read it.
"Su Guogong Cheng Zhijie led the army to raid the Mukun tribe, and then broke through 20 troops. He also assisted Li Daozong to break through Tong'e and set up [-] troops. He contributed to Sheji and moved to Lu Guogong, where [-] households lived."
"Sir, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Cheng Yaojin was very excited, and Lu Guogong had extraordinary meaning to him.
He is from Dong'e County, Shandong Province. Their hometown was called Lu State in ancient times, and now he is named Duke Lu. One can imagine the significance to him.
Li Chengqian continued to take out the imperial decree and said: "Zhao said: Hou Linxuan of Jingyang County, assisted Cheng Zhijie to attack the Mukun tribe, defeated the enemy's 20 cavalry, and offered a plan to defeat the enemy's [-] cavalry. One thousand households."
Li Shimin was a little embarrassed about Lin Xuan's reward.
Normally, if Lin Xuan married Li Lizhi, even if he was only white before, he would be a county prince.
That's why Li Shimin married his daughter to the important officials in the court. On the one hand, it was to win over and appease them, and on the other hand, it was also to give them some benefits.
However, Lin Xuan was different. According to his merits, if he was not too young, he would have been named a county prince.
Li Shimin was worried that if he made great contributions again, there would be no rewards, so he deliberately suppressed him. Even when he married Li Lizhi, he was not promoted to a noble.
But Lin Xuan made a lot of contributions this time, if he rewarded others but did not reward Lin Xuan, it would inevitably leave a reputation of unknown rewards and punishments.
And not rewarding all of them is obviously not okay.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Xuan bowed.
He didn't take these things very seriously, the important thing about titles was hereditary succession.
Even if the descendants do not live up to expectations in the future, having a title can guarantee the family's prosperity.
But since ancient times, how many people can really be hereditary?
Besides, Lin Xuan didn't like Shiyi's income either.
"Zhao said: Ashina Sheer abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, captured Tong Eshe alive, and made many military exploits. I am very relieved. I worship the General Zuo Xiaowei, make Bi Guogong, and a thousand households in the city. I also marry Princess Hengyang and return to the court as a teacher. Choose a day to get married."
Princess Hengyang is Li Yuan's daughter. It is said that after Li Yuan ascended the throne, Li Shimin had many younger brothers and sisters.
Girls are okay, and they can be used to marry people, but boys are different.
After all, he was his brother, he had to be crowned king, and he had to have food, even according to the minimum standard, it made Li Shimin feel very distressed.
Fortunately, Li Yuan has grown up in the past two years, so he didn't have any more siblings.
Closer to home, Ashinasheer originally thought that Li Shimin would confer him a Duke of the county at most, but he didn't expect not only to confer him the Duke of the State, but also to give him the title of General Zuo Xiaowei, and to marry him as a princess.
This made Ashinasheer completely convinced Li Shimin, and vowed to repay Li Shimin's kindness.
It's not that Ashinasheer's vision is so narrow that he was bribed for a little advantage.
In fact, as the nephew of Jieli Khan and a member of the Turkic royal family, Ashinasheld has a very noble status.
It's just that Li Shimin's reward far exceeded his expectations, and Ashinasheer completely returned to his heart.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"The rest of the generals have rewards, so I won't read them one by one. An official will tell you later." Li Chengqian said.
Li Daozong, Cheng Yaojin, Lin Xuan, and Ashina Sheer contributed the most, so Li Chengqian naturally had to read it out in person.
The contribution of the rest will be much smaller, and with the large number of people, naturally there is no need for him to read, otherwise he will not do anything, and he may not finish reading in a day.
"His Royal Highness is exhausted, go and rest first."
Li Daozong led Li Chengqian to rest, while Du He led the officials of the Ministry of Rites to read out the rewards of the others.
When Hou Junji heard his reward, his expression was very ugly, but Xie En had to force a smile.
His reward is nothing more than adding some food.
Li Ji is the same as Hou Junji, but Li Ji is very flat about it.
But the others are different, they are not like Cheng Yaojin and the others, they basically don't have any rewards when they reach the state, they just change their titles and add some titles.
Basically, those who have a title are promoted to a title, and those who do not have a title also have a title.
However, their titles cannot be hereditary, they can only be passed on to three generations, and they will be gradually reduced.
But for them, this is already a matter of honoring their ancestors.
Even Xue Rengui, who has no title, has earned the title of son of Longmen County.
(End of this chapter)