Chapter 1463 Qin Federation
Qin Jun just returned to San Francisco from Hong Kong. His boat was loaded with spices, sandalwood, and a lot of copra, palm oil, and a lot of whale blubber, dried fish and dried shrimp.
"Is the provincial system proposed by Xiaozhong Aye's intention?"
During dinner, the father and son reunited.
There are some local products from Hong Kong on the table. In fact, these are nothing special. The output of the Nanyang Islands is similar, tropical fruits, and many dried seafood. The fishery resources of Dongsheng Island are very good. If you go there, you can enjoy a lot of top-quality seafood, but if it is dried, it is nothing special.
Of course, the two of you don’t care about this either.
The dried cuttlefish is soaked in water, and then fried in a small frying pan, it emits a good smell of seafood. It is very comfortable to tear it with your hands and chat with it.
"It doesn't matter whether it's a trip or a province, it's just the development of the situation and conforming to the current situation." Qin Lang said with a smile. He had indeed talked with many children and grandchildren, and even with the elders in Luzon, such as Provinces, such as parliaments, and colonial governors, etc., are not too new. Some things are actually just different names, and the core things are similar.
It's like the provinces that the imperial court launched for trial implementation, which was originally in the same line as the Xingtai District in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Originally, the province could be referred to as the walking Zhongshu Province, but in fact the Xichang Province that is currently being tried is different, which is more similar to the governor of the Qing Dynasty.
"At the beginning of Zhenguan, when the roads were established, the world was divided into ten roads according to the shape of the mountains and rivers and the geography of the mountains and rivers. Now, what about thirty or forty roads? The area is so wide that it has never been so prosperous in all dynasties. It is difficult for the central government to manage effectively and enrich the land. It is inevitable sooner or later to set up provinces at the provincial level and strengthen the local three-level division.”
Qin Jun asked directly, "What benefits does the establishment of a province have for us, and for the Qin family?"
"This is a game between the local government and the central government. After the implementation of the provinces, it will definitely benefit the local people. Even if the central core area does not implement the provinces, and the most border areas implement the system of vassals and towns, in general, the imperial court still delegates power. Locally, local power increases."
Qin Jun peeled and grilled dried prawns for his father. The prawns were huge and the color of the grilled ones was excellent. When the shells were peeled off, the meat was firm. Qin Lang's teeth are pretty good, and the grilled shrimp meat with Q bombs is also quite tasty.
"Then can we set up a province in Luzon, or set up a feudal town?" Qin Jundao, "I think we can also set up a province in Luzon, or set up a feudal town, which will help the development of our Qin family. Internal unity, now Grandpa separates Dongsheng, Nanshan and Xinpenglai from Luzon, I don’t think it’s good if we completely separate from Luzon. We are all Qin’s family, so we should be involved.”
"Isn't it good to set up your own business? How free?"
"Brothers in battle, father and son in battle, our Qin family in Nanyang is just one of the forces, so we should be more united."
"Are you worried that after my death, my family will fight?"
"If the division is the way it is now, one or two generations may not be able to, but after three or five generations, there may be infighting. Therefore, there must be masters and followers. We in Luzon should set up a province, or Set up a feudal town, so that Dongsheng, Nanfang, Xinpenglai, and even other overseas territories in the future will always be a whole, and will not become a scattered piece of sand."
Qin Lang pried open an oyster, revealing the plump oyster meat inside.
"Actually, I have been thinking about the future of our Qin family and the future of Luzon over the years, and even hesitated."
Qin Lang created such a large overseas business of the Qin family, how to pass it on in the future is a problem.
Generally, aristocratic families will regard the core industry as their family property and pass it on to the eldest family from generation to generation to ensure that the family will not continue to be weakened due to the division of the family. Divide away the core industries.
There are even special establishments such as family fields for ethnology, cemetery fields for ancestral graves, and Yizhuang Yitian used to help the orphans, widows, old and weak of the clan, which makes these big families have a strong ability to resist blows.
But Luzon is no longer an ordinary family property, but an autonomous overseas vassal state.
Qin Lang has no intention of self-reliance, and the Tang Dynasty does not allow it, so Luzon is still an inseparable part of the Tang Dynasty, but this does not hinder Luzon's current and future special status of self-government.
How to inherit such a feudal country?
In the future, the eldest son will inherit the title and kingdom, and then pass it on to his grandson and grandson, from generation to generation, but this seems to be returning to the old way of general family business inheritance.
The particularity of Lusong made Qin Lang think that this inheritance model belongs to putting all eggs in one basket. Although it is not easy to weaken the Qin family in Lusong, in the long run, this highly centralized model will have a stronger impact in the short term. Sharp trend, but in the long run, not all are good.
The Tang Dynasty is enfeoffed, but Luzon doesn't care?
In recent years, Qin Lang also intends to set up some small enfeoffments outside Luzon's main island, entrusting some islands to the descendants of the Qin family as enfeoffments. big power.
Even in the past few years, Qin Lang has completely delimited the three major islands of Nanfang, Dongsheng, and Xinpenglai from Luzon.
Centralization of power, then Luzon is actually just the Luzon of the Qin family's family. It has little relationship with the grandchildren of other houses, at least the interests are not so closely connected.
The advantage of the federation is that everyone will work hard to manage and develop, and work together. This is equivalent to contracting, and you must be motivated to work for yourself, but the disadvantage is that there may be civil strife in the future.
At the beginning, Qin Lang supported Li Shimin's enfeoffment system, thinking that enfeoffing the clan and meritorious officials would not only stimulate the fighting spirit of the heroes, but also reward them for meritorious service. We will work hard to develop and operate, which is also developing and stabilizing the frontier.
If it is said that Datang has laid down such a large territory now, it has a lot to do with it. After all, everyone has been enfeoffing over the years. The frontier feudal leaders of meritorious deeds, how many of these seals have been released, and how many meritorious soldiers have been stimulated.
"If your Dongsheng Island is the Dongsheng Kingdom, are you willing to be controlled by Luzon in the future?"
"As long as Aye, you set a fair enough and just rule now, and everyone can accept it, it will be no problem to act according to this rule in the future."
"Ah Jun, do you know why I insisted on letting you and Allen be filial and loyal to stand on your own? Why did you ask the imperial court to entrust you with an overseas fiefdom, or even a kingdom?"
"I can guess some, but it's definitely not as comprehensive and thoughtful as Aye thought." Qin Jun said truthfully.
"I hope that our Qin family in Lusong can turn our attention to the outside world, instead of the excellent family children all fighting for the position of the head of the family, fighting for fiefdoms and fiefdoms."
"I understand, but I still think that it should not be completely separated, otherwise, it will be broken up."
Qin Lang nodded, "What you said makes sense. If you go out completely independently, the relationship will become weak after a few generations, and it will be difficult to sit together again. I thought that Lu Song has the Nanyang Xuanwei Envoy. Titles, Dongsheng, Nanfang, etc. will still be in the Nanyang box in the future, and now it seems a bit simple."
"Then set up the province of Luzon, and then govern Luzon, Dongsheng, Xihe, Nanfang, Xinpenglai, and Ningbo. The king of Luzon is also the envoy of Nanyang, the governor of Luzon and the governor of Luzon. Metropolitan Governor."
"In this case, Luzon Province is too big."
"Heishui, Bohai, Xianbei, and Zhenbei are also very vast, right?" Qin Jun said.
Qin Lang nodded.
"It seems that I have to revise Luzon's method of enfeoffing retainers."
Qin Lang thought about it, and the existing enfeoffment system needs to be adjusted slightly. In the future, Luzon can be considered to be divided into three categories: feudal fiefs, feudal territories, and outer feudal dominions.
For example, the general retainers of the Qin family and Luzon officials can be awarded feudal fiefs, and officers and soldiers can also be conferred feudal fiefs after meritorious service. This kind of fief only enjoys economic benefits, such as enjoying one-third of the fief tax revenue.
This kind of fiefdom can be further subdivided into several classes. For example, the lowest grade is only land fiefdom, for example, five hundred acres of land, only fields. At a higher level, in addition to the fields, it also includes some ponds, woods, etc. This kind of land belongs to a stretch of manor fiefdom, a whole piece of land, and the higher level is a larger area of land, including mountains, forests, rivers and streams. , the fief owner can also enjoy one-third of the benefits of the accompanying fishing and forest mineral resources.
Then seal the territory, that is, in addition to economic benefits, you can also enjoy certain autonomy, such as some administrative power.
And the highest outer feudal dominion is equivalent to the current state of Qinjun Dongsheng, which belongs to Luzon, but has the right of autonomy, and the tax revenue becomes two-thirds of the lord, one-third of Luzon, and even owns the land. Tuanlian and Baoding's local armed forces.
In this case, in fact, the independent kingdoms of Dongsheng will be turned into Luzon's fiefs again, and the benefits will be reduced a lot. For example, one-third of the taxes must be paid to Luzon. The outer self-government has the powers of conscription, garrison, tax collection, judiciary, and supervision.
However, if Dongsheng Prefecture has already been enfeoffed to Qin Jun, then the entire Dongsheng Island will belong to Qin Jun’s autonomous territory in the future. It doesn't matter if the basic charter of enfeoffment.
Moreover, it must be stipulated that as long as these feudal princes do not rebel directly, then the future king of Luzon will not have the right to abolish their titles and take back their fiefs.
But the fief must also maintain the Luzon Kingdom and the Tang Empire, and must faithfully fulfill taxes and other obligations.
If this is the case, it is actually going to be a full-scale feudalism. No matter how many levels of feudalism it is, it can be divided out, but it cannot be changed and taken back at will.
However, as long as Qin Lang adds an ancestral system, such as the Luzon main island is not allowed to enfeoff the Dominion, then the general feudal feudal fiefs and actual feudal lords will not threaten the core interests of the Luzon Kingdom.
As long as the main island of Luzon is well controlled, and those smaller or remote islands are divided out as outer dominions, then the dominions will not threaten the Kingdom of Luzon.
"You can think about it. Now your Dongsheng Kingdom is at the same level as the Luzon Kingdom. They are both the autonomous kingdoms of the Great Tang Overseas. If you let me change it now, it will become the Luzon Kingdom's jurisdiction when you come back. Luzon From now on, King Song will be the vassal of King Dongsheng, and King Dongsheng will be the vassal of King Lu Song."
"What's there to consider? We can't write two characters of Qin in one stroke. We are a family. This is the most reasonable way. Let us go out and establish our own family completely. I think we have been abandoned by the Qin family. "
"But if this is the case, Dongsheng will have to pay one-third of the annual tax revenue to the Kingdom of Luzon in the future, and the Kingdom of Luzon will also have the right to interfere with the administration, military, taxation, and judiciary of Dongsheng Kingdom."
"I have no objection, I believe Qin Lun and Xiaozhong will have no objection." Qin Jun still has that attitude. "Grandpa, our Qin family must work together as a group, so that we can be stronger."
"Okay, I will convene the Luzon Knights Conference next, to formally discuss and revise the details of enfeoffment, and you will stay together."
(end of this chapter)