Amid the cheers and cheers of thousands of people in the stands, the twelve preliminary horses galloped wildly.
No telescope was needed, and soon everyone saw a tall and splendid Jurchen horse. It rode like a horse, leaving other horses behind. The rider on its back was graceful and undulating like waves, which aroused the enthusiasm of the whole audience.
Of course, the spectators who bought lottery tickets with other numbers couldn't help but curse, wishing that such an arrogant Jurchen horse would lose its front hooves and fall down.
However, this is not an early lock in the championship. Experienced spectators all know that on a five-lap track, the initial lead does not mean anything. Those who know the field are worried, thinking that this is precisely a manifestation of the rider's unqualification.
Sure enough, after only two circles, the Jurchen horse began to slow down, the distance gradually narrowed, and gradually merged into the three horses in the first echelon.
"Rush--Rush!
"
The most popular player, the fifth seed, seemed to be in the first echelon, following closely behind the Jurchen horse. He seized the opportunity in the third lap and successfully overtook the opponent, becoming the leader.
This immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the crowd. Countless people waved their hands and cheered for it, and the sound rose to the sky.
"Haha, I'm going to win! I'm going to win!"
Especially those who bought lottery tickets and danced with joy. Those who heard Zongze’s comments on the high platform before looked over triumphantly, showing a demonstration: “Don’t talk nonsense if you don’t understand!”
Zongze was calm and calm.
There is really no need to rush, because the situation is full of twists and turns. The fifth lap has just started, and it is in the second echelon. The No. 9 Hexi Ma, who had been taking his time before, suddenly exerts his strength, first joining the first echelon, and then making a bold comeback in the midst of silence.
, successfully passed No. 5 and became first, and the distance was obviously widened in the second half of the lap.
It is simple to say that the horse comes first, but any onlooker who is familiar with the habits of horses knows how difficult it is to be able to explode like this after four laps of running. Lin Yuanjing couldn't help but admire: "Hexi Horse is truly worthy of its reputation."
!This horseman’s riding skills are also quite impressive!”
"meaning!"
Zongze verified his guess and smiled, but the man who just thought he was a sure winner trembled in his limbs, looked at the amount of the lottery ticket in his hand, and was about to fall back.
Fortunately, there was also a man next to him who had lost all his money. The two of them supported each other and pinched each other before they could barely stand still.
"Oh, it's such a pity that we were overtaken at the last moment..."
When the No. 9 horse crossed the finish line first, not to mention the complaints in the stands, there were sighs of disappointment in the VIP seats in the box.
Among them, the one with the highest status and the worst loss was none other than King Jian of the previous dynasty and now Duke of Kang, Zhao Si.
After Li Yan ascended the throne, he promulgated the title system and awarded titles to reward clan members and people with different surnames.
At first, I wanted to try the titles of the Tang Dynasty, such as the king of the first rank, the heir king and the prince of the first rank, and the descendant of the clan. The highest minister after that was the Duke of the first rank, and then the founding county Duke of the second rank.
From the second-rank founding county magistrate, from the third-ranked founding county marquis, from the fourth-ranked founding county uncle, from the fifth-ranked founding county son, from the fifth-ranked founding county male.
However, after careful consideration, Li Yan still divided the titles of heroes with different surnames into three levels: Duke, Marquis and Bo. They only had title and salary, but no title.
Ten people were granted the title of "gong"——
Zhao Si exposed Li Zong's evil act of matricide, told the world, and made Kang Guogong;
Gongsun Zhao made decisions for the people, enforced the law impartially, exterminated the bandits in Wuyou Cave, monitored the movements of the Jurchens, and granted the title of Duke of Geng;
Ding Run eliminated the violence, recruited Liangshan righteous men, liberated Yanyun, and wrote to the Duke of the country;
Gao Qiu makes decisions for the people, has a reputation as a blue sky, liberates Yanyun, and is granted the title of Duke of Yun;
Cai Jing guarded Daming Mansion when the Liao army invaded, protected the safety of the people in Hebei, and was granted the title of Duke of Wei;
Lu Junyi led the Xiangyong, liberated Yanyun, fought against the Liao people, made great achievements in battle, and was granted the title of Duke of Wei;
Hua Rong led the local soldiers, liberated Yanyun, defeated the gold thieves, made great achievements in battle, and was granted the title of Duke of England;
Shi Qian assisted in military affairs, ascertained the enemy's whereabouts, knew ourselves and the enemy, and was granted the title of Duke of Lu;
Chai Jin helped build the township corps to ensure logistics, abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, and was granted the title of Zheng Guogong;
Chao Gai pacified Guanzhong, stabilized the people, surrendered to Dayan, and became the Duke of the country;
In addition to the ten princes, there are also twenty-four "hous", most of whom have meritorious service in civil and military affairs and have made great contributions to the founding of Yan.
Zhu Wu was granted the title of Marquis of Dingyuan, Wu Yong was granted the title of Marquis of An, Ling Zhen was granted the title of Yanling Marquis, Suo Chao was granted the title of Xiong Wu Marquis, Xu Ning was granted the title of Yongjia Marquis, Zhang Qing was granted the title of Zhangde Marquis, Qin Ming was granted the title of Wu'an Marquis, and Shi Wengong was granted the title of Anping Marquis.
Yang Zhi was granted the title of Tianbo Marquis, Hu Yanzhuo was granted the title of Patron Marquis, Guan Sheng was granted the title of Shouting Marquis...
There were another fifty-eight "Uncles" who followed, most of whom were meritorious officials in various ministries. During the period of unifying the world, they were dedicated to their careers and did their best for the country.
This is not all about rewards based on merit. News was released from the palace that the imperial court was also planning to list the most meritorious ministers in the Qilin Pavilion of the Western Han Dynasty, Yuntai Pavilion of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty and offer sacrifices to heaven.
But that will have to wait until the Jin Kingdom is destroyed before the reward can be given.
The above are all heroes with different surnames, as well as members of the royal family.
Nowadays, there are so few clans that among the nine temples, Zongzheng Temple is the least busy, with very few royal relatives and relatives.
Lin Yuanjing's family members, Li family members, and Li Qingzhao's relatives, not counting those who are too far away to reach, the total number of them is only a few hundred, and the direct royal family is even less.
Very well, this is also the reason why the courtiers asked for more concubines to spread their branches.
But Li Yan knew very well that if there were too many clans, it would be extremely difficult to reduce them. If there were too few clans, if they wanted to grow, wouldn't it be easy? Three generations and four generations can flourish, and five and six generations can make the number soar.
When the time comes, it will become a drag on the court...
In this regard, the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly a typical negative example.
Zhu Yuanzhang treated the descendants of the Zhu family very well. In addition to the eldest son, all the clans were granted titles, and all his sons were granted the title of prince. The son of the prince was granted the title of county king. The son of the prince was the general of the country, his grandson was the general of the auxiliary country, his great-grandson was the general of Fengguo, and his great-great-grandson was the general of the country.
He is the lieutenant of Zhenguo, his fifth descendant is the lieutenant of Fuguo, and his sixth descendant and below are all awarded lieutenant of Fengguo and are hereditary.
In the ninth year of Hongwu, it was stipulated that the prince should be granted fifty thousand shi, the county king 10,000 shi, and the general of the town should be given 60 hectares of land as a permanent enterprise, exempt from rent and taxes.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But this is too exaggerated, so in the 28th year of Hongwu, the annual salary amount was re-determined: 10,000 shi for the prince and 2,000 shi for the county prince.
, the general of Zhenguo has one thousand shi, the general of auxiliary state 800 shi, the general of Fengguo 600 shi, the lieutenant of Zhenguo 400 shi, the lieutenant of auxiliary state 300 shi, and the lieutenant of Fengguo 200 shi.
In addition, the state also built palaces and tombs for the clan, provided accompanying officials, servants and other benefits.
According to the evaluation of later historians, Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking was very similar to that of Qin Shihuang. He thought that the descendants of the Zhu family could rule the country and the country for thousands of generations without interruption.
The subsequent development was somewhat similar. The second generation was in chaos. Fortunately, it fell into the hands of the Zhu family and died without the second generation.
Unfortunately, as soon as the "Jingnan" came out, after Zhu Di came to the throne, he not only lifted the military power of the vassal kings, but also strengthened the restrictions and supervision on the clan, forming a "confession but not land, nobility but no people, no salary"
situation without taking care of things.”
To put it bluntly, I started raising rice bugs that did nothing but had extremely high welfare benefits...
So forget about the end of the Ming Dynasty. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were too many people in the clan. Those royal families had nothing to do and had children to play with all day long. They wanted the country to enrich them after they were born. They also competed to illegally occupy land, ranging from thousands of hectares to tens of thousands of hectares.
With thousands of hectares of land, the imperial court became poorer and poorer, and social conflicts became more and more intensified.
Later, in order to breathe a sigh of relief, the imperial court no longer cared about the ancestral system, and opened the ban on clan officials, allowing generals and below to take the imperial examination, hoping that the clan would support itself and no longer be a parasite.
But after raising them for so many years, the descendants of the Zhu family have basically become useless. How is it possible to expect them to be self-reliant at this time?
In the end, the Ming Dynasty fell and there were many reasons for the country's subjugation. It is undeniable that the clan system was one of them. Emperor Hongwu wanted to have descendants for eternity, but it was these descendants that brought down the entire country to a certain extent. It is really ironic.
Dayan must learn a lesson. He cannot see other clans absorbing the people's blood. He would hate it deeply. If he did it himself...
For Zhao Si, he does not care about those important national affairs. After being named the Duke of the country, he can be a cool and unrestrained rice bug in his life. Recently, he loves horse racing, but he has failed to win consecutively. He can't help but sigh: "If I had known that Hexi
If the horse is so brave, you shouldn’t trust this No. 5 Khitan horse..."
A young guard behind him suddenly said: "The riders are still very skilled, but the rider No. 10 was too eager. The Jurchen horse has good endurance, and it suddenly lost its momentum in the first two laps."
Zhao Si raised his eyebrows slightly, turned around, and looked at the speaker carefully: "What's your name?"
The guard immediately knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, my surname is Zhang Mingjun, courtesy name Boying, from Fengxiang Mansion."
Zhao Si looked at him and then looked at the other guards: "You all bought lottery tickets, right? Which number did you buy? Open it up and show it to your father-in-law!"
Several guards behind him opened their lottery tickets one after another. They all had the same number 5 as their master, but Zhang Jun bought numbers 9 and 10.
The corners of Zhao Si's lips raised: "You are special. Aren't you afraid that my father-in-law will be angry?"
Zhang Jun said without hesitation: "The Duke is a magnanimous man. Since he asked us to choose, he hopes that we will be chosen. How can he be angry?"
Zhao Si laughed: "Yes, yes, it's just a game, why do you want to be so serious? Come on, tell me your opinion!"
Facts have proved that in Zhao Si's eyes, horse racing is indeed a game, but he just wants to win, so after Zhang Jun analyzed it, he felt that it was reasonable, especially in the next five games, Zhang Jun actually won four of them.
, and looked even more impressed at this attendant.
When the gongs and drums sounded, today's horse racing came to an end. People left the arena and went to other buildings in Wa City, such as hook bars and shops. Lin Yuanjing invited Zongze, Zhao Si and Zhang Jun, and headed towards
Go to the restaurant.
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A seemingly ordinary day passed by the Emperor Xianyu and Duke Xiaoyao.