Liu Yu sighed: "Actually, think about it, when we joined the army to serve the country, or when you exposed your belly in the street, it was just for the opportunity to enter Commander Xuan's military mansion and serve as his civil and military assistant. Why do we obviously have the ability?
But we can't take the normal road to get ahead? Isn't it because we have no titles and are inherently inferior to those children from aristocratic families? Huanxuan is just a young man without any merit. He can be among us just by inheriting his father's title.
Is it fair to be the governor of a county when we first met? If the feudal system eventually evolves into a situation where the merits of the fathers and grandfathers are always placed on the heads of truly capable heroes, the world will be in chaos.
, it must be right in front of you!"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, the title system is to recognize a person's meritorious service, and it can partially take care of the welfare of his descendants, but if it becomes a matter of being superior to others for generations, allowing others to no longer
If there is no chance to stand out, then it will go to the opposite direction. The sage said that a gentleman will be killed for five generations, but in fact, even for three generations, or even two generations, relying on the title to suppress others will inevitably destroy the order of the country. This is what we had back then.
They are all victims, so you cannot harm others like this after you gain power."
Liu Yu said seriously: "So, this title must be reduced. The distinction between the founding title and the fifth grade title I mentioned is not the current system. The founding title can be granted the title of Maobaotu, open a government, transfer officials, or possess
The actual tax revenue of a certain place refers to this inheritance."
Liu Muzhi frowned: "Do you want the founding title to be passed down forever, but the ordinary title will have to be reduced by one level every generation? Or will the civilian title be reclaimed after death?"
Liu Yu's eyes were shining with a resolute look: "Yes, the rank of civilian nobility is the twentieth-level nobility system of Qin and Han Dynasties. The advantage of this is that it can give titles to ordinary people. As long as they serve in the army, they can have it.
Jue can be obtained, like in the Qin Dynasty, if you kill the enemy's first level, you can be awarded the first-level civil nobility to the public servant. But if you are promoted to public service, you have to kill hundreds of enemies, which is not so easy. We don't need to be like the violent Qin Dynasty.
The only theory is to be beheaded, but if you serve in the army and have achieved military merit, you can also be awarded civilian titles at all levels based on a comprehensive evaluation based on merit and service time."
Liu Muzhi smiled and said: "For example, all the soldiers in the Northern Expedition, whether they have gained something or not, are you prepared to give them to the people, right?"
Liu Yu curled his lips: "This regulation has not been formulated yet, so we cannot give it out casually. Let's give money first this time. This is something we have discussed with Miaoyin, but in the future, we can refer to this for implementation.
Depending on the level of the civil nobility, different amounts of tax can be reduced or exempted, and more land can be allocated. However, attention should be paid to setting an upper limit, and to avoid the situation where having many sons and nephews occupy more titles, leading to the embezzlement and annexation of the fields of fellow villagers.
When he was in Jingkou, Zhuge Changmin often did this kind of thing, which caused many brothers to have no land to farm. This kind of situation must never happen again in the future."
Liu Muzhi nodded: "This is very important. I have written it down. The title level of this civilian is related to the future tax-free service and the upper limit of land allocation. However, the relationship between the civilian and the knight is
How are you going to tell the difference?"
Liu Yu was silent for a while and said: "I haven't fully thought about this yet, but the fifth rank of nobility needs to be demoted on behalf of others, and if the fifth rank is not demoted to the ninth level like the Qin and Han Dynasties, it will not be demoted. If it is demoted to
The lowest rank, that is, the county baron, if the next generation has no merit, then it will be reduced to the rank of civilian."
Liu Muzhi frowned: "That is tantamount to demotion from the gentry and sending slaves. This is a radical move that has never been done in previous generations. I am afraid it will cause a strong backlash from the entire gentry class, not only the high-ranking members of the aristocratic families.
, even the current Jingba brothers, after they have a title, they definitely don’t want to fall out and become common people. Do you want to think about it again, for example, only allow one legitimate son to inherit the title, and retain the lowest title of a scholar, and the other sons will
I don’t enjoy this treatment anymore.”
Liu Yu said with enthusiasm: "This is a principle and must be abided by. There is no need to discuss it. If after being promoted to a knighthood, droughts and floods will ensure the harvest, it will always be guaranteed that at least one legitimate son will succeed the knight, which means that the number of knights will never decrease, and there will always be such a number of knights.
A group of people is at the top of the entire world and has become a rentier class that has no worries about food and clothing for generations. Fatty, don’t you think this is terrible? In this way, within a few decades, there will be tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.
A person occupies the lowest baron position, but can still enjoy hundreds of acres of tax-free land, and can eat and die. Correspondingly, the country's land is getting less and less, and a large number of common people have no land to divide.
The land can be planted, but in the end we can only run away or sell ourselves into slavery and become tenants of these parasites. Then what is the meaning of everything we strive for?"
Liu Muzhi was silent for a long time before sighing: "You are right. As time goes by, if we cannot demote people to the rank of the people, there will be more and more rentiers in the country.
So now it has become a scourge to the country, and that’s how it came about. Although the truth is true, after all, it is something that has never happened in previous generations. How to operate it will probably take a lot of thinking."
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Is it fair to deprive all the people after their death? The land for the survival of the people of the Jin Dynasty has always been distributed by the state. If these lands cannot be taken back, how can they be distributed to new people?
The common people only want to take over the common people's land, but the nobles have more and more land, which will leave more and more common people without land to cultivate, and allow evil organizations like Tiandao Alliance and Tianshidao to have more and more power at the lowest level.
The greater the influence, the country will have neither food nor soldiers to fight, so if you let these scholars go to the battlefield, will they do it?"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, it is true. Taking advantage of the people to enrich the nobles will make the country weak in the long run. However, if you reduce the rank to the people, the backlash will indeed be huge. I'm afraid, you still have to
We have to reach a consensus with the high-ranking families and the Beijing Eighth Party at the same time. Otherwise, it will be a problem if no matter how good the policy is, it cannot be implemented or even cause a large-scale backlash."
Liu Yu nodded: "I will discuss this with my wife and the Jingba brothers. As long as we establish the principle of no reward for no merit, wealth and honor on the battlefield, everything will be easy to talk about, and we can do something else."
Concession, but there is no discussion about the privileges of exchanging titles for tax exemption and land occupation. I can give a one-time sum of money as compensation to the nobles who have been demoted to civilian status, but I will never let them continue to retain their titles.
Suck the blood of the country and its people forever!"
This chapter has been completed!