Han Dao world

Chapter 1107
Jia Xu really wanted to restore the military merit system.

As Liu Xie said, the system is to solve the problem.He wanted to restore the military merit system, and he wanted to establish the status of Liangzhou people in the court in the form of a system.

It is also a historical necessity for the military meritorious military meritorious service to reward military merits, which is beneficial to Kansai, where the folk customs are aggressive and martial.The decline of the military meritorious ranks in this dynasty is also inseparable from the Kanto people's governance style of emphasizing literature over military affairs.

The Son of Heaven began in decline and attached great importance to military merit, which is a good opportunity to restore the military merit system.

Otherwise, once the world is peaceful, there will be fewer opportunities for warriors to perform, and the current good situation will also be lost.

Unless it is established in the form of a system.Even if the successor king wants to change the law, with the prestige of today's emperor, it will not be possible to do it within a hundred years.

But his worries are real.

When the emperor first used people from Xiliang, he was said to be the return of the Qin Dynasty.The Son of Heaven had to repeatedly declare that he had no intention of overthrowing Confucianism, and he hurriedly advocated Mencius' kingly theory. Later, when he targeted the Kanto states, he also kept restraint and did not commit mass killings. This dispelled some people's worries.

After arriving in Nanyang, similar sayings appeared again.

One of the reasons is that the emperor deprived Nanyang of the honor and gift of being the emperor's hometown, and deprived more than a dozen heroes who followed Emperor Guangwu's revival in one breath. The reason was that they did not perform their due duties when the emperor was in trouble.

There are good reasons, but private criticism is still unavoidable.

Some people say that this is the emperor's desire to carry out the Qin government and destroy his own barriers.

Under such circumstances, Jia Xu is of course unwilling to use the military merit system, which clearly has the characteristics of the Qin government, to stimulate public opinion.

What he didn't expect was that the emperor seemed to have thought of this, and seemed more interested than him.

"Your Majesty means..."

Liu Xie smiled and raised his hand, signaling Jia Xu not to be nervous.

He knew that Jia Xu had selfish intentions and wanted to win more and longer-term benefits for Liangzhou people, but he believed that Jia Xu's overall view would not harm the public with selfishness.

When Jia Xu was in charge of reforming the military system, he had been thinking about a related issue.

How to provide soldiers and craftsmen with a status comparable to that of civil servants, especially those in the middle and lower ranks who have skills but are difficult to become officials.

What he thought of was the professional title rating system of later generations.

But the title rating system also has a pain point: retirement benefits.

The professional title is not only linked to the salary at work—now the salary—but also to the retirement salary. This is a huge expense, and I am afraid it cannot be afforded with the current financial capacity.

Officials in the Qin and Han Dynasties retired, and they only had institutionalized retirement benefits above two thousand stones, which were about one-third of the normal salary.No less than two thousand stones. On the one hand, the system is not perfect and has not yet developed to this point. On the other hand, the level of productivity is limited, and the court cannot afford it.

If the scope is suddenly extended to middle and lower-level soldiers and craftsmen, the middle and lower-level officials must also be included. This financial expenditure may be the same as Monkey King's somersault cloud. If it has to increase more than ten times in a row, the financial system will suddenly collapse.

Therefore, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is skinny. You must live within your means and not be overheated.

The military merit mentioned by Jia Xu gave Liu Xie an inspiration.

Why can Qin rule the world?The meritorious service is indispensable.To put it bluntly, it is the activation of grassroots forces.

Although the means are cruel.It is better to say that it is activated than forced to live. Ordinary people have no other way out but military exploits, and they have no choice at all.

But the means can be discussed, but the ideas can be used for reference.

Military merit actually includes two aspects of benefits: one is real, that is, real benefits such as farms and houses; the other is imaginary, such as the etiquette brought about by the title, and high-ranking titles can exempt some etiquette constraints, including clothing level restrictions.

Taking this opportunity, he had an in-depth discussion with Jia Xu on this issue.

The problem must be solved. On this point, he and Jia Xu have something in common.

It's just that the issues he thinks about are more grand and far-reaching than Jia Xu's, and they are not limited to Xiliang people, or even soldiers.

Martial arts are only superficial, and pragmatism is fundamental.Without the development of productive forces, a mere military will not go far, and it will inevitably become militaristic, and belligerents will die.

Not only did Liu Xie not object, but he raised the issue to a higher level. Jia Xu was both surprised and delighted.

The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, with such lofty vision that ordinary people can guess.

It also put more pressure on him.

If he can't take this good opportunity to let Liangzhou people gain a firm foothold in the court, he will be a sinner through the ages.

Such emperors don't come around very often, and it's not an exaggeration to have one in five hundred years.

Jia Xu felt that the matter was too big to be rushed, so he asked Liu Xie to give him more time to think.

As for how to arrange the soldiers under Zhang Ji's command, there is no need to be so anxious. As long as they know that the court has not forgotten them and is trying to solve it, the emotions of the relevant personnel will be appeased.

Besides, there are not too many household registrations, and there is still room for farms and houses. It is still possible to solve the problems of some people.

Liu Xie agreed.He also felt that this matter should not be rushed, it should be carefully calculated.

He didn't want to do the slapping of the head beforehand and buttocks afterwards, and he couldn't do it either.

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After Jia Xu saw him, he quickly informed Zhang Ji of the emperor's arrangement.

Just as he expected, although Zhang Ji failed to get a definite answer, he knew that both the emperor and Jia Xu had the sincerity to solve the problem and were working hard for it, so he accepted the reality.

Zhang Ji immediately went to the table to see you.

Goodbye, monarchs and ministers, looking at each other's changes, are a little bit embarrassed.

Liu Xie is not only taller and stronger, but also has the heroic spirit of looking down on the world.In contrast, Zhang Ji was fatter, his hair was half white, and the hostility in his eyes was mostly gone, leaving only a little greed and cunning.Even these, he hid well, leaving only a bit of insincere kindness.

After some half-truth and half-fake politeness, the two sat down.

Zhang Ji began to talk about his experiences over the years, from fighting in Nanyang under the imperial edict, to marching into Jiangling, and then to conquering Yizhou, one by one, one after another, he took the trouble to detail it.

Before meeting him, both Jia Xu and Zou had reminded him in different ways that his official position had come to an end and it was impossible for him to be promoted any further.Not only is it not beneficial to take credit for yourself, but it will also make the emperor feel threatened and disappoint his subordinates.

Instead of this, it is better to pass the credit to his subordinates, so that the emperor will feel that he is modest and prudent, and let his subordinates get promoted. He is grateful for his support and will repay his kindness in the future.

Therefore, he gave Ding Chong the credit for the overall planning, Sun Ce and Huang Zu the credit for breaking Yizhou, and he also greatly appreciated Pang Tong and Zhou Yu, who were ordered to train in the military.Local governance was given to a group of Jingzhou officials, such as Huan Jie from Changsha, Dong He from Nanjun, and some Yizhou people.

Liu Xie listened very carefully, and wrote down the names of a few people that Zhang Ji emphasized in his notes, saying that he would definitely promote them in the future, and let them know that it was Zhang Ji's recommendation.

Zhang Ji was satisfied, and finally expressed Lian Po's lofty ambitions despite his old age, and expressed his willingness to serve the emperor.

Liu Xie expressed his gratitude and immediately announced the imperial edict.

Zhang Ji was transferred to Zuli County Marquis, with three thousand households in Shiyi.

He gave his wife Zou's imperial order, and worshiped one of his children as a man to reward his Zuo Fu's achievements.

(End of this chapter)