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Chapter 1306 Imperial Capital (2)

"Hey, there's no way around it. The empire is too huge. With a land of [-] million square kilometers, if a war breaks out on the border, it will take seven days to send it to the imperial capital with carrier pigeons. If cavalry troops are sent from the imperial capital to the border, at least It will take three months. It will take at least a year to send taxes from the border to the imperial capital!
"That's why His Majesty the Emperor simply divided up the counties, towns and villages. Whatever happened to these divided fiefdoms, those lords were responsible for it. I don't know how much trouble has been saved by the imperial cabinet."

"But isn't this afraid that these lords will rebel?" Zhao Hu asked suspiciously.

"Hey, don't think that the title of lord is very great. In the empire, lords are worthless, and titles of nobles are valuable. Do you know? Any officer above the school level can get a fief. Think about the names of the twenty legions across the country. In the regular army, there are countless local troops, how many officers above the school level are there."

Zhao Hu opened his mouth and was dumbfounded. Officers above the school level can be divided into territories?It took a while before he said in surprise: "Doesn't that major general own the territory of several counties?"

Emperor Buzai smiled and said: "There are so many, the imperial cabinet will never confer the entire territory to us soldiers, and these villages, towns and county governments are not together, they are definitely one in the east and one in the west.

"Also, don't think it's great to have dozens of county governments. These enfeoffments are all randomly selected. Those who are lucky will get rich cities, and those who are unlucky will have to pay money. Besides, although taxes do not have to be paid, But you are responsible for the salaries of the local garrisons and officials, urban construction, especially disaster relief, and you will not get two dollars a year.

"Besides, these territories can only be passed down to one generation. That is to say, when your son dies, all the territories entrusted to you will be taken back. Therefore, most of the officers don't care about the territories, and even there are not a few officers who have never set foot in the territories in their lives."

"Hey, listening to you say this, it seems that those officers are dying of poverty. Don't forget that the biggest income of our soldiers is to expand the territory. There is a stipulation in the merit calculation law that one-twentieth of the tax revenue of the occupied land It belongs to the general in charge of the army, one-twentieth will be rewarded to the meritorious officers, and one-twentieth will be distributed by all the officers who participated in the war according to their ranks.

Zhao Hu understood that the enfeoffments were all scattered small pieces of land, and since the empire directly occupied the most elite cities in the country, he was not afraid of those enfeoffed lords at all.

Then Zhao Hu suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, just now you said that the imperial cabinet will not confer the entire territory to the soldiers. Do you mean that the nobles can own the entire territory?"

Emperor Duzai sighed: "No way, nobles are the foundation of the empire, and they are noble and extraordinary. They are all descendants of meritorious service when the empire was established, so they can own the entire territory. The noble titles of our empire are very simple, that is, relatives, dukes, and marquises. There are seven grades of male, uncle, son, male, and honor. Like the Liberty Alliance, each level is subdivided into five grades.

"A lord can own the territory of the entire county, two counties of the baron, and three counties of the viscount. When it comes to the earl, it is the territory of one county, the marquess is two counties, and the duke is one province. These territories are the same as our military territories. They are different, but they can be brought together.

"However, they can't be unscrupulous. Unlike our military leaders, they don't have to pay taxes. Their territorial taxes have to be handed over one-third to the treasury, and the territorial troops are not allowed to leave the country. Also, if there is no meritorious service, one generation will be demoted , and except for the heir, the other descendants can only bear the title of a fake noble. Apart from a monthly subsidy of one hundred gold coins from the treasury, the fake noble has no income.

"This fake title and subsidy can only be for one generation, and the next generation will be a commoner. Like my grandfather was a fake title. Although he was born in a noble family, I don't have to fight for meritorious deeds." Di Duzai said with a sad expression.

"Where's the prince?" Zhao Hu hurriedly changed the subject.

Emperor Duzai immediately laughed and said, "Hey, the prince has no fiefdom, only a palace in the capital, and can't participate in politics or the army. He can only enjoy the blessings, but he can get one-third of the tax revenue from the national treasury of all noble territories in the country. If the empire If there was only one prince, he would be extremely rich, but the throne of prince could only be passed on to two generations, and the third generation would be directly reduced to earl.

"The prince can also be exempted from prosecution for any violation of the law, except for treason and treason, that is to say, murder, arson, and rape..."

Before Di Duzai could finish his words, he was suddenly slapped by the person beside him, but everyone pretended not to hear it, and continued to move on as if nothing had happened.

After hearing about these systems, Zhao Hu understood that even if the king of this empire is a fool, as long as these systems are not changed indiscriminately, then this empire will always exist and become stronger and stronger.

With such nagging chatter, night fell soon.

Since it was already close to the ground, the Marshal's personal guards did not camp on the spot at all, but marched overnight.Finally, in the middle of the night, he entered the camp ten kilometers away from the imperial capital, where the personal guards of officers above general were stationed.

When entering the camp, Zhao Hu, who was slightly ahead of the team, saw more than a dozen officers from the Marshal's Personal Guard Division who came to greet him, and the lowest one was a major general.

A son of the imperial capital showed off his knowledge in a low voice: "Hey, if the city gates hadn't been closed, the main officers from the General Staff Department, Gendarmerie Department, and Logistics Department of the Marshal's Mansion would definitely come to welcome the Marshal, and then the stars would shine. Those are general-level figures."

After a while of excitement, the troops settled down.

After the city gate of the imperial capital was closed, even if the marshal came forward, he would not open it. The school officials and the imperial sons who had families in the city originally planned to leave overnight and rush back to the city to settle down, but now they had to complain and live in the barracks .

Zhao Hu, who lost his belongings, could only wander around the camp after dinner.

Zhao Hu felt very strange.

This camp, which is dedicated to the guards of generals and above, doesn't care about this guy with weapons on his waist and running around. Aren't they afraid of spies sneaking in?
Unable to understand, Zhao Hu could only shake his head helplessly. In the end, he had no choice but to stay in the haystack of the stable for one night.

The next day, Zhao Hu woke up just after dawn, and when he opened his eyes, he saw several grooms looking at him strangely.

However, since these grooms all held the rank of non-commissioned officers, they didn't dare to be troublesome to Zhao Hu, a second lieutenant, so they could only get together and mutter to Zhao Hu's back.

After patting the straw off his body, Zhao Hu casually found a food stall to get his breakfast, and then wandered to the Marshal's camp in the center after eating.

He hoped to meet the Marshal's staff, preferably the Marshal, and see how to arrange himself, otherwise it would be really troublesome to do nothing like this.

Zhao Hu wandered around the central barracks for a long time, but he didn't see a staff officer he knew. If the guards hadn't seen Zhao Hu, they might have arrested him long ago.

Just when Zhao Hu was about to leave, the staff officer who read Zhao Hu's promotion file suddenly appeared.

When he saw Zhao Hu, he couldn't help being taken aback, but soon smiled and waved to Zhao Hu.After saluting each other, the staff officer handed a bag of things to Zhao Hu, and said with a smile, "I was going to find you, open it and have a look."

Zhao Hu opened the bag and found four documents and dozens of gold coins inside.

The staff officer smiled and said: "Of the 75 gold coins, 25 are your second lieutenant's salary this month, and the remaining 15 are given to you by the marshal. From now on, you will go to the logistics department of your army to collect the No. [-] every month.

"This is your military registration certificate, which states the unit you want to serve in, this is your registration card, this is your temporary access card to the imperial capital, which is only valid once, and the other is your orderly assignment certificate, which means you have this It proves that you can receive a corps of orderlies in the reserve department of the imperial capital."

"Reserve in the imperial capital? Are you sure that the orderlies below are from the imperial capital?" Zhao Hu asked in surprise.

The staff officer nodded enviously: "Yes, the imperial capital's reserves are all from the imperial capital, so your orderlies are also from the imperial capital. This is specially taken care of by the marshal. When they come to the imperial capital to do business in the future, these imperial capital people can be of great help. "

Hearing this exact answer, Zhao Hu was dumbfounded.

After he was promoted to second lieutenant, Zhao Hu knew that he could have a squadron of orderlies, but he only thought that he would be assigned to other troops, but he never thought that his orderlies would be from the imperial capital.

"Remember, you have one month to arrive in the army. Don't be late, or you will be punished. Also, the guards of officers below the general rank are paid for by the chief officer. Generally speaking, One gold coin per person per month, if you feel tight, you can only need one or two personal guards, like me, there are only twenty personal guards..."

After the staff explained everything clearly, he said goodbye to Zhao Hu after saying a few polite words for everyone to gather together when he had time.

After watching the staff leave, Zhao Hu immediately looked at his military registration certificate, and saw that it read—Second Lieutenant Zhao Hu, the logistics chief of the Fifth Battalion, Fifth Brigade, Fifth Division, Fifth Division, No. 20 Legion.

Seeing the first line, Zhao Hu laughed at himself that he wanted to enter the last brigade of the Imperial Army, but when he saw the words "Logistics Officer", he opened his mouth in surprise.

I am actually the logistics officer of the brigade!Even if he was ordered to attack a large group alone, Zhao Hu would not be so shocked.

Zhao Hu, who was a little dazed, found a piece of paper on the back of the military registration certificate, which read: "From the time of receiving this order, you must report to Sishi County, Chengqiu County, Wenbei Province, where the service regiment is located, on September [-]th. Otherwise, you will be punished severely." There is also a bright red seal on the side, which is the seal of the military command department.

Wenbei Province?It seems that I have to go to the imperial capital to recruit a few orderlies, otherwise I don't know how to get to Wenbei Province...

(End of this chapter)