As a former son of the Marquis, He Weixian missed the "beautiful" life of his father and grandfather very much...

In the early days of Mongolia's invasion of the Central Plains, Han marquis depended on the Mongolian court and had to fulfill seven obligations to the Mongolian Khan's tent, namely, collecting qualities, assisting the army, exporting grain, setting up post offices, setting up household registration, setting up Daluhachi, and entering the court. If they do not follow, they will be destroyed and hit. Of course, they have military, civil, financial and judicial powers in their jurisdiction.

When Mongolia conquered this large territory of East Asia, the surrendered Mongolian and Han people made great efforts, which was the obligation to "assist the army". Mongolians attacked and destroyed the Jin Dynasty, and the surrendered Mongolian and Han people formed a large army to join in the conquest, which was of great effect. Especially some cities and villages that were particularly difficult to capture mainly rely on the Han army; Mongolian soldiers were good at cavalry shooting in the field, but were not good at fighting tough battles.

During the Mongolian war, although the Marquis of Shihou sent troops and money, and even some of their children were killed in the war, they also brought good life. In addition to the war, the Marquis of Shihou of Han not only fulfilled their obligation to assist the army, but also encouraged farmers and sericultures in their jurisdiction to appease refugees, actively develop social production, and maintained the stability of the Han area in Mongolia during the war and turbulent era.

Within their own sphere of influence, the Han Shihou tried to maintain the traditional agricultural production in the Central Plains, and except for the original group of dependent populations who were both soldiers and farmers. After forming a sphere of influence, they further recruited the scattered population in the war, distributed it to land, houses, oxen and agricultural tools, and restored agricultural production within the territory. They built warehouses and accumulated grain, and even used force to protect the harvest. But at the same time, the working population dependent on the Shihou had to bear heavy taxes and labor.

During the wars in various places, the Han Shihou also used many prisoners and captured people in the war under the influence of Mongolian nomadic nobles as exorcist slavery. The Shihou occupied hundreds or thousands of exorcist slavery to deal with the military service and service of the Mongolian rulers, and was usually used to engage in agricultural labor. Their status was lower than that of ordinary farmers and they did not have personal freedom. However, after a period of service, the Shihou also "delegated them as good" and transformed them into ordinary dependent populations.

In order to effectively control the country within their own sphere of influence, the Shihou people set up shogunate and appointed scholars and officials who were lying in various places. During the decline and rise of the Jin Dynasty, the remaining Jinyuan scholars and officials, except for a few retreating in remote areas, a large number of people successively joined the Shihou's staff and became the Shihou's staff aides. Shihou relied on these aides to govern the local area and start the school to raise scholars. They gathered together to respect and support Confucianism, pay attention to classics and history, and promote Meiji's teachings.

The "superior people and talents" preserved in the Shihou Shogunate later entered Kublai Khan's residence one by one, making great contributions to Kublai Khan's establishment of the Yuan Dynasty. Many of the new Confucian scholars they trained later became officials of the Yuan court. They assisted the Mongolians in implementing Han laws and establishing ambitions for the founding of the country. Of course, they still maintained close relations with the former benefactors, echoing each other in the court and local areas, forming interest groups.

But as the saying goes, when the prosperity is over, the birds are declining, and the bows are hidden. He Weixian's record is still a ignorant young man. His family suddenly has all the slaves, and his father and uncle moved out of his family like a loss of his parents. He also left the Central Plains where he lived in the world and went to the deep northern part of the bitter and cold land to take up his post. When he was young, he was summoned and returned to Dadu to serve in the Qyxue Army, and never returned home.

He Weixian didn't understand why this was the case, but after entering the dynasty for many years, he gradually understood that as a tool for the Mongolian Khan's indirect rule of the Central Plains, the Han Shihou played a positive role in stabilizing social order at the end of the Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. However, as the Shihou who ruled the country in separatist, as the rule of the Great Mongolian Kingdom gradually deepened, the contradiction between the transformation of the Shihou and the castle of the vassal state and even the Khan court became increasingly prominent.

At that time, due to the need for war and the Mongols could not determine how far they could go when accepting non-Mongols as fully trustworthy soldiers and generals, they were also worried that local separatist rule would grow up legitimately, and that the threat to the central government would be threatened within the scope of civil officials. Han officials could take on the main daily work, but they were not absorbed into the circle of senior officials involved in decision-making.

As for integrating the Han people into the army, even as low-level officials and soldiers, it is still a particularly sensitive issue. The Mongols are unwilling to establish any military force among the Han people that may deviate from the military tradition. Deviating from the military tradition obviously detracts from the Mongolians' priority. Moreover, the conflict between the Mongolian World Bank's policy of surrendering the monarch and the Han people's Marquis became increasingly acute.

Taking tax payment as an example, Ogedei Khan conducted a household count in the past year. The purpose was to compile household registrations from various places, thus preparing for the subsequent Bingshen division, and to determine the tax system content in the Central Plains. Under this circumstance, the Han Shihou had to release the hidden population. Although the Han Shihou released slaves one after another, there were still hidden people and underreported household counts.

The tax system of the Great Mongolian Kingdom stipulated that the ministry not only had to pay taxes to the state, but also the households in the fiefs also needed to pay five households. The Han Dynasty's behavior of hiding the population caused losses to the vested interests of the Mongolian nobles. In addition, the Han Dynasty's Marquis enjoyed the power of "the titles, people, officials, life, death, and death, and all of them were taken out by themselves", so it is not surprising that there was a conflict between the Han Dynasty's Marquis.

At that time, in the war between Mongolia and the Jin Dynasty, Han families such as Liu Heima, Shi Bingzhi, Guo Kan, Li Yu, Dong Jun, Zhang Rou rose one after another. Their total troops exceeded 300,000. Not only did they destroy the Jin and the Song wars, they also participated in the western expedition of Mongolia. There were hundreds of Han marquis, and the six most famous and powerful ones were: the Zhending Shi family, the Shuntian Zhang family, the Dongping Yan family, the Yidu Li family, the Xijing Liu family, and the Gongchang Wang family. At that time, people called it: Dafan.

As the contradictions continued to intensify, the Yuan court realized that Shihou was very gentle and loyal in the early days, but he would definitely rebel and threaten the central government later. After Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, he began to change his policies and began to suppress and divide the forces of Shihou. After years of development ambitions expanded, Li Yan of Shandong started a rebellion. Although he was quickly extinguished, it also made the Yuan court determined to reduce the vassals. Han marquis were forced to give up their power and the army collapsed.

From then on, the Wang family lost again and again, and finally became a powerful landlord. The Wang family escaped the reduction of the vassal state by chance in this storm, but they were alone and could not support themselves and survived for so many years. Now, due to the decline of the court, they became unjust and actually did not obey the imperial edict for their own selfish interests, and even ignored the safety of the prince. This was obviously a taboo...

"What do you think about restoring the Han Dynasty's Marquis system?" Just as He Weixian was constantly imagining, Zhen Jin suddenly asked.

"I... I think you should be cautious!" He Weixian was shocked. This question was too sensitive and he was a Han man. He couldn't figure out whether the question of halal gold was intended to test, or did it really mean it.

"Why did you say this?" Zhen Vajra sucked enough opium, his spirit was strong and his mind was clear. He was not thinking about the Han Dynasty's Marquis, but because of the current financial difficulties of the court, the restoration of the Marquis system could allow them to raise their own troops, and then they could accept the conscripts and wars, which could save a lot of money and food. He thought He Weixian was also considered a young Marquis, so he would agree happily, but unexpectedly hesitated.

"Khan, in the past, the kings of the sects on the grassland accepted the court's recruitment and assistance to the war. They all came when they had something to do and returned to their fiefdoms without any trouble. However, this time our sects lost too much force and almost exhausted their elite troops. Boyan's current approach is to let the kings of the sects move into the Central Plains and station on the border of the Southern Dynasties to prevent the invasion of the Southern Dynasties. They were to stay for a long time rather than temporarily. Then they used only two ways of origin. One was to give the fiefdom again so that they could be self-sufficient; the other was to allocate money and grain from the court to become the regular army of the court."

"Well, you're right. Boyan's intention was to give the land of the past troops to the Zongwang Army, so that they could be self-sufficient, guard the important areas, and garrison the capital. This would also reduce the burden on the court." Zhen Jinyan said.

"I think this is also a way to quench thirst." He Weixian said, "Firstly, the troops stationed in the past were all dispatched by the Privy Council. In addition to their own use, the farmlands must also be handed over to the court. Now the sect king has fiefs, military, government, and finance and taxation, and local provinces cannot control them. They are already like the Han marquis. Apart from routinely making contributions to the Khan, the court has no penalties."

"Secondly, the people of the kings of the grassland sect all let their horses and shepherds for a living. How could they cultivate the land? If there is no output, they still have to reach out to the court or even plunder the place. Wouldn't it cause civil strife? At this time, the Khan then enthroned the feudal marquis. The land in the Central Plains was full of princes and the court had no prestige, and they would inevitably feel unjust." He Weixian smiled bitterly, "I heard that after hearing that the sects of the court were to divide the feudal land, they were now running around and giving gifts everywhere to gain a wealthy land. The court did not get any benefits in this matter, but it became a tool for some people to make money."

"Oh, no wonder this is so!" Zhen Jin was silent for a moment after hearing this thoughtfulness, and then smiled, "Is anyone giving gifts to my dear?"

"I dare not hide it. It is true that someone asked me to give me a generous gift. But I thought it could not be used for public use in private, and I never agreed. However, I am not afraid to refuse, and I offended all the sects. I had to pack and seal the gifts and gift lists in the mansion, and wait for them to be presented in the palace afterwards, or return them one by one." After hearing this, He Weixian quickly stood up and said with a tribute.

"No need to do this, I believe in you. You have never mentioned this in front of me for so many days, and you have never pleaded for someone." Zhenjin raised his hand and asked him to give him a gift. He thought about it and said, "As for the money sent to your house, please keep it for your own use. You spend a lot of money for me to ask for medicine, so it will be used as compensation!"
Chapter completed!