A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 492 The kingdom’s soldiers are customized by Sima, and the bald and chaotic Wu Kingdom is weakened.

Xianning three years
Sima Yan met Sima You, the king of Qi, and relied on his talents and methods to win over talents, and his reputation in the court became higher and higher.

He was afraid that after his sudden accident, there would be a dispute over the successor to the throne.

With the strength and means of Prince Sima Zhong, there is no way he can fight against Sima You.

He decided to grant the title of prince and prince of the Sima clan in Beijing in advance in order to weaken his influence in the center of the court.

However, in order to prevent the great powers of the vassal states from becoming too prominent, other sub-states and small states could not suppress it, which would have the consequences of being the last to fall in the early Western Han Dynasty.

So he once again modified the enfeoffment system:

1: The feudal kingdoms of the kings are still divided into three categories: major kingdoms, secondary kingdoms, and lower kingdoms.

Two: Increase the original limit of 5,000 households in the lower country to 10,000 households, which is the same as in the sub-country, and the source of households will be filled up from the nearby counties.

Three: In the third-level kingdoms, lieutenants are appointed to command the kingdom's army. Lieutenants need to be approved by the central court and cannot be appointed without authorization.

Four: Following the example of the Western Han Dynasty, the order of Tuenen was implemented, but it was only limited to large countries. After the kings of the big countries, except for the eldest son who inherited the king's title from generation to generation, the other sons were all granted the title of Duke by Tuituen.

Secondly, in order to create checks and balances at the local level, the strength of princes with different surnames was added.

That is to say, for those who have meritorious deeds and become dukes, the feudal system is like that of a king of a small country, who also leads the army with a lieutenant. A county or prince can also establish an army of 1,100 people in the country. The lieutenant still needs to be approved by the central government.

After the modification was completed, Sima Yan thought it was necessary to show it to others to avoid mistakes.

He summoned Xun Xu, the supervisor of the Zhongshu, and asked him for his opinion.

Xun Xu said: "Most of the kings serve as governors of various places. If they are allowed to return to their respective countries, the power of the imperial court to control local areas will be weakened;

Moreover, dividing counties and counties to enrich the feudal state will make the displaced people complain; and if the kingdom establishes an army, it will also weaken the number of the national army. "

"What does Xun Qing think?"

"I believe that the governor system can be modified to supplement the feudal system."

As early as the Yan-Han Dynasty, there was a governor system, but it did not form a customization, but was intermittent. Large governor areas spanned prefectures and counties, and small governor areas only had a radius of more than a hundred miles.

And they are all temporary, with few long-term settings. After the world was settled, most of the Han's military governorship system had been eliminated. Except for the military governorship areas on the Han-Wu border, the rest of the areas had been turned into prefectures, counties or military governorates.

Now that the Sima clan has usurped the imperial power, its control over local areas is incomparable to that of the Han Dynasty. It has always been worried about local chaos, so it has set up multiple governorships across the world, filled with Sima clan's descendants to supervise the local areas.

Most of these governors were granted the title of king or duke. If they were really granted the title, some chaos would inevitably arise in the world.

Subsequently, in constant discussions with Xun Xu, Sima Yan finally settled on the governor system to more closely integrate it with the feudal system.

The governor is appointed by the central government and awarded the Fu Jie by the emperor. He is also called the governor who holds the festival.

There are three levels of military governors: the military commander is the highest, the military commander is the second, and the military commander is the subordinate. Both hold festivals, indicating the power granted by the imperial court to the governor.

And holding the festival is divided into three levels: making the festival is the highest, holding the festival the second, and false festival being the bottom.

Envoy Chijie has the power to kill officials below two thousand stones (prefect, prime minister);
Chijie has the right to kill people without official status. If in wartime, his rights can be the same as those of Chijie;

On holidays, only during wartime, those who violate military orders can be killed. In ordinary times, they have no right to kill at will.

In addition, there is the "fake yellow axe", which is a higher symbol of power than Chijie.

If you are awarded a fake yellow ax by the emperor, you can kill the generals (that is, the governors who hold the festival).

Later, the administrative regions of the world were re-divided, but they were roughly the same as those of the Han Dynasty, only differing in details.

Administrative regions are still divided into three levels: state, county, and county, but this is only when there are no metropolitan areas.

When there is a governor system, the governor is the highest local official, and everything is done under the orders of the governor.

Opening the map of the world, Sima Yan re-divided the world into nineteen states and one hundred and seventy-three counties based on the local conditions provided by Yousi and the new situation after the river changed its course.

When a governor is appointed in a state, the subordinate officials are responsible for driving, governing, and engaging in work, etc.; in a county, the prefect is in charge.

If it is the place where the kings granted a kingdom, the county will be called the country, and the prefect will be renamed the internal history. The subordinate officials will have the main book, the record room, and the recorder, etc.; in the big county, there will be the magistrate, and in the small county, there will be the chief. Shi and other subordinates.

March
Most of the kings of the Sima clan left the capital and returned to their own feudal kingdoms, but there were still some who did not return to their feudal kingdoms due to their duties. Sima Yan ordered that for those princes and kings who did not return to their feudal kingdoms, one hundred people would be appointed to guard the land for the big country and eighty for the sub-country. There are sixty people in the country.

While the imperial court was constantly adjusting administrative areas, and the princes and kings were still on the way, the time was closed.

The leader of the Bald Hair Tribe of the Xianbei tribe near Liangzhou and Qinzhou, Bald Hair Tree Function, took advantage of Qin Liang's vacancy to launch a rebellion in the name of revenge for the Han Dynasty, and gained the support of many nearby Qiang and Hu tribes.

April
The Bald-headed Tree functioned in Wanhudui, and attacked and killed Hu Lie, the governor of Qinzhou, and occupied many counties and counties in Qinzhou.

April 23
He also defeated Su Yu, the governor of Liangzhou, in Jinshan. Su Yu retreated with only dozens of people to the government station and waited for reinforcements.

The defeat of the officers and soldiers of Liang and Qin Prefectures brought the Xianbei people's momentum in the two prefectures to its peak. Large cities and small counties could only defend according to the city and did not dare to leave the city at will. When the urgent news reached the capital, Sima Yan was furious. He immediately appointed Sima Jun, king of Ruyin, as the general to suppress the west. He was the commander-in-chief of the military forces in Yong, Liang and other states. He was stationed in Guanzhong to quell the rebellion in the northwest.

However, it would take time for Sima Jun to raise an army and reach Qin Liang, so Sima Yan appointed General Qian Hong as the governor of Liangzhou. Sima Jun went to Liangzhou first to resist the bald tree function.

Xianning four years
February
Qian Hong led an army of 30,000 people to attack Bald Hair Tree Function's main force near Qingshan.

Unexpectedly, they were ambushed. Bald-headed tree function united with other Hu tribes and surrounded Qianhong in Qingshan with 80,000 soldiers.

March 14

Qianhong's army ran out of supplies and had to break out, but was strangled by the Hu cavalry. Qianhong, the governor of Liangzhou, died among the rebels.

September
Sima Jun's army of 70,000 people arrived in Qinzhou.

After a series of victories, Tufa Shuji thought that the Jin people were nothing more than this, so he immediately led a hundred thousand coalition troops from various tribes to attack Sima Jun's advancing army in Didao.

However, the Jin army reacted very quickly and quickly formed a formation relying on grain trucks to withstand the first wave of impact from the Bald Tree's function.

Then Sima Jun's general Wen Yang led more than 10,000 elite troops to break through the Xianbei army and directly targeted the headquarters of Bald Tree Function.

Seeing the ferocity of the Jin army, Baldy Tree function decisively ordered a retreat.

In this battle, the Jin army beheaded 3,000 people.

Baldy Shuji, who returned to his tribe, was ready to gather the coalition forces again and fight the Jin army to the death, but he hesitated under the persuasion of his subordinates.

Because winter was about to begin, the Hu people's horse advantage would be greatly weakened at this time, and the Han people only needed winter clothes to maintain their peak combat power, so after careful consideration, he decided to surrender.

After Sima Jun received the letter of surrender, he believed that his army was not on a stable footing and was not familiar with some situations, so it would be difficult for him to fight again. Moreover, after winter, the military supplies consumed would increase exponentially.

He agreed to his surrender, but asked him to send his son to Luoyang as a hostage.

Bald Tree Function agreed.

At this point, the war in the northwest has come to an end for the time being.

Xianning five years
The court and local areas have been pacified by Sima Yan's methods, and Sima Jun is also resisting in the northwest. He begins to plan for Sun Wu who has been entrenched in Jiangdong for decades.

According to the descriptions of the surrendered generals from Soochow who have continuously taken refuge in the Jin State over the years, Sima Yan has obtained the most accurate intelligence in the Wu State and believes that today is the best time to completely eliminate the Wu State and reunite the world.

The current Lord of Wu is named Sun Hao. He is very unpopular with the people of Wu. He is also lewd and cruel. He is the son of Sun Quan, the deposed prince Sun He.

The original Lord of Wu was not him, but Sun (wan), the son of Sun Xiu.

Under the rule of Sun Xiu, Emperor Wu Jing, the Kingdom of Wu was originally prosperous, with an explosion of talents. The land east of the Yangtze River was greatly developed. In a few years, the population soared by hundreds of thousands.

And because Sun Xiu attached great importance to education and farming. Therefore, when Sun Xiu was in power, the monarchs and ministers of Wu State were in harmony, and the people were stable and united. This was also the reason why Sima Yan refused to use troops for many years.

However, the good times did not last long. Sun Xiu, who was only thirty years old, suddenly fell ill. On his deathbed, he entrusted the ten-year-old prince Sun to the prime minister Puyang Xing, asking him to assist the prince and prosper the country of Wu.

However, everyone in the Wu Kingdom saw that the Jin Kingdom was becoming more and more prosperous under the development of Sima Yan, and the rebellions that had arisen one after another were quickly put down by him. When the Jiaozhi Governor of the Wu Kingdom heard that Sun Xiu had died of illness, he launched a rebellion.

At this time of internal and external troubles, the officials of Wu State urgently needed an older monarch to lead them.

At this time, Zuo Dianjun Wan Yu recommended him to Prime Minister Puyang Xing and Zuo General Zhang Bu because he had a good relationship with Sun Hao, Marquis of Wucheng when he was the commander of Wucheng.

It is said that he was raised by Concubine He and grew up in the palace since he was a child. He was talented and judgmental. He had the style of King Huan of Changsha at that time. He was also studious and obeyed the laws. He was the best candidate for the new king.

Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu were persuaded and recommended to Empress Dowager Zhu that Sun Hao should succeed to the throne instead of Sun.

Although Empress Dowager Zhu was unwilling, Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu were the only auxiliary ministers, and the situation was stronger than others, so she had to agree.

At this point, Sun Hao successfully succeeded to the throne of Emperor Wu.

When Sun Hao first succeeded to the throne, he quickly resolved the Jiaozhi Rebellion, won over the courtiers, and subsidized the people. He also opened warehouses to alleviate the poor during the disaster years, reduced the number of palace maids, and released unnecessary rare birds and animals in the palace. He was known as the Ming Lord for a while.

However, it didn't take long for Sun Hao, who was successful in governing the country and was satisfied with his ambition, to reveal his rough, arrogant and violent nature in governing the country, and he was also fond of drinking and womanizing.

The change lasted only one year, and the people were greatly disappointed by this.

Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu, who supported Sun Hao, also secretly regretted it.

However, someone informed Sun Hao that they wanted to change the throne to the former crown prince Sun Hao.

Sun Hao immediately ordered the two men to be killed. Hearing that Zhang Bu's daughter Zhang was beautiful, he pardoned Zhang alone, named her a beauty, and brought her into the palace.

In the days that followed, Sun Hao believed in his own way, and even went further. He ordered the ministers' daughters to be selected by him first, and the beautiful ones should be put into the harem for his own enjoyment, and the remaining ones could be discussed in marriage.

Such absurd behavior made Sun Hao quickly lose the hearts of his ministers and the people. This was also the time when the most generals of Wu State turned to Jin State.

(End of this chapter)