Chapter 785 King Wei
Guarding the fertile plains but not even having enough to eat, Qin Lang despised.
Sitting in the grass pavilion under the beach, Qin Lang began to plan and design the future Liuqiu Prefecture, starting with Danshui Port.
"Sanlang, look, this seafood is really good. The tide is low. If you go to the sea, you can pick up so much." Mrs. Anong came over with a smile, carrying a bucket, which contained a lot of seafood she had just picked up from the sea.
There are several kinds of crabs, some octopuses, some sea oysters, and even a few kelp, as well as a dozen or so sea fish, and even several starfish.
Although the things are not big, they are fresh and juicy, which makes people like it.
The accompanying wife in charge smiled and said, "The fans here didn't like to eat these miscellaneous fish and shrimps before, basically they didn't eat them."
"That's why they wouldn't eat it. If they had eaten the seafood made by Saburo, it would definitely not be so wasteful." Mrs. Anong came from the mountains of Jiaozhou. In fact, she rarely had the opportunity to eat fresh seafood before. But ever since he followed Qin Lang, he's turned on meat.
Qin Lang smiled, "It's not bad to make seafood porridge."
This reminded him of something. It is said that the poor in Shanghai before liberation could only eat hairy crabs to satisfy their hunger. Although this may be a joke, the people in the coastal areas of the Tang Dynasty were indeed more miserable than the people in the interior, especially the Central Plains. many.
Fishing is actually not easy. The most important point is that fishing not only requires tools such as fishing nets and boats, but also limited to transportation capacity, etc., and the catch is not easy to sell.
The biggest problem for fishermen is not that they cannot catch fish, but that it is difficult to cash them in time. It is generally difficult for fresh fish to leave the harbor. Fishermen can only sell the fish as dried salted fish, but the processing of dried salted fish is also more troublesome, and there is no not easy.
Most of the coastal areas lack fields, and most of the fishermen are relatively poor.
Especially when a typhoon or something comes from time to time, the simple house may be blown up.
People on the seaside have no shortage of fish and shrimp, big fish and prawns are available, but they lack food.
People in the Central Plains may think seafood porridge is delicious, but for the people in the coastal areas, it is just a helpless hard life.
How to realize the fishery products is a very important thing, of course, solving food is also a top priority. Danshui is a plain basin, and there is no shortage of fertile farmland. What is lacking here is actually farming technology.
It is necessary to bring oxen and horses from the Central Plains to plow the fields, and it is necessary to introduce advanced farming technology and high-quality rice seeds. Compared with those primitive planting techniques of slash-and-burn farming by the Fans, after the introduction of new technologies from the Central Plains, there are oxen and horses. Pull plows for deep plowing. Fertile land can immediately become a granary.
noon.
Qin Lang cooks himself, using the small seafood Mrs. Anong picked up from the sea, and made a pot of seafood.
There is no seasoning, but it is authentic and fresh.
Qin Huan was very restrained when Qin Lang called him over for dinner.
There was no sharing of meals on purpose, sitting at a table with eight immortals, just serving chopsticks and spoons, but such a small move made Qin Huan feel that Sanlang really didn't treat himself as an outsider.
I was close to many feelings at once.
"The imperial court has returned. I asked the sage for the establishment of Liuqiu Prefecture, and it has been approved. However, regarding your appointment as the governor of Liuqiu Prefecture, it was not approved. It is a pity."
Qin Huan was carrying a small octopus. Hearing the news, his hands couldn't help shaking, and the octopus fell on the table.
"Sorry, my hands shook."
"It's okay." Qin Lang said, "Your Majesty has decreed that His Royal Highness King Wei will seal Liuqiu, Haidong forever, and Shifeng Liuqiu will be the governor of the state. A city of Liuqiu will be built on the plain in the middle reaches of the Danshui River. All will be the fief of King Wei."
Qin Huan smiled reluctantly.
"Don't be disappointed, Your Majesty conferred the title of King of Wei, feudal Liuqiu, the founding of the country, and the post of hereditary Liuqiu as the governor. He will soon come to the kingdom of the vassal, build a new city upstream, and bring a lot of people, craftsmen, Slaves, etc. Of course, Liuqiu is so big, and it cannot be separated from your assistance. His Majesty appointed you as the governor of Liuqiu's governor's mansion, which is also an important position, and you must do it well."
Liuqiu has been promoted to governor prefecture, and Qin Huan has changed from a prefect to a long history. There is a little psychological gap, but he quickly adjusted his mentality.
That's a prince after all.
Qin Lang told him that King Wei was an offshoot of the clan, adopted by the emperor's younger brother as his heir, so he was the emperor's nephew in terms of seniority.
With a swipe of the pen, the emperor assigned Danshui Plain to King Wei as a fief. He named Liuqiu the governor, and nominally the entire Liuqiu Island was under his control. However, the emperor also knew that the island was relatively large, so he only encircled Tamsui Plain as the direct fiefdom of King Wei.
Prince Wei will rush to Liuqiu Island before the Mid-Autumn Festival to take up the feudal domain. Such a prince will definitely bring many subordinates and entourages.
At that time, Liuqiu will be quite lively.
According to the latest law of secular feudalism drawn up by the emperor, Xu Kaiguo Jianya, the governor and governor of the world, and the establishment of subordinate officials in the shogunate.
These world-appointed heroes of the imperial family can have their own state officials.
The state officials of the feudal vassals are the team that manages their fiefdoms. All feudal state officials are regarded as grades, just like honored officials. In the Ministry of Officials, the Houguan is elected, and like the Honorary Officer, he must be demoted to the Houguan.
For example, Shangzhu Kingdom in the honorary officer is from the second-rank honor, but if he is conferred and downgraded to three ranks, he will only be awarded a sixth-rank official. The same is true for Feng Guoguan. On the surface, the quality is quite high, but in fact it is falsely high.
Below, there are also 掾, belong to, one each, and each judges the affairs of the three Caos.
There is another person in charge of the master book, who is in charge of the province's book education. There are two people who joined the army in the recording room, and they wrote books in their hands.
Below, there are also recorders, one of the Six Caos participating in the military, four and two participating in the army, four participating in the military, and two signings.
Basically, the team configuration is the same as that of the prefectural government officials. Depending on the level of the prefectural government officials, the princes may recruit their own staff, but if they are transferred to the imperial government, they have to be demoted by several levels.
In addition, the Marquis of Feng was also allowed to have his own guards, one for the Marquis Mansion and one for the Tent Nei Mansion. Each of the two mansions had two Dianjun and two deputy Dianjun, and 230 relatives in the Marquis Mansion. There are six hundred and seventy people, and there are also team leaders, brigade commanders, and school captains.
In addition, there is also a set of government officials for the heroes of the world, including family orders, big farmers, Wei, Cheng, school officials, food officials, stable shepherds, Cheng, Dian Fuzhang, Cheng, Dianwei, Sheren, Lu Shi, Officials of the government, history and other government officials.
Qin Lang received a letter from Chengqian from Chang'an, which explained in detail the adjustment of the imperial court, which was greatly changed from the previous one.
Among them, what caught Qin Lang's attention the most was the army. In the past, in addition to family affairs and the two houses in the tent, the princes and feudal states were also allowed to have guards, ranging from one to three armies according to their ranks, and the number ranged from one to three thousand.
But this time Li Shimin just gave the country's guards directly, and only kept the two guards in the tent and the relatives. The number was 900. people.
But this thousand people is just a limit. In fact, the guards of the two prefectures have to be recruited and raised by the princes themselves, and the court doesn't care about it at all.
There is also a big adjustment, that is, the two sets of princes, the government and the country, belong to the country. The imperial court directly incorporated the state official system into the imperial court system. Those who have high grades, such as joining the army, are all selected by the court officials. The princes can recommend them themselves, but the decision-making power rests with the officials.
This is actually a military blow to the princes, and then another blow to the administration.
Finally, Yushitai was specially asked to send a member of the inspector censor to each fiefdom of the feudal hero to be responsible for assessing officials and supervising lawsuits. The Changping divisions of each province also sent a transshipment envoy to each prefecture to be responsible for tax collection and payment.
The emperor granted a lot of power to the governor and governor of the world.
However, the tax on one-third of the food fiefdom has not changed. This is the greatest economic benefit for the princes.
Forty-eight ministers of the world, the imperial court confirmed forty-eight states at one time, the land of the clan king was the kingdom, and the land of the meritorious officials was the principality.
The twenty-four meritorious officials were all appointed as vassals, while the twenty-four clans temporarily only ordered seven princes to become vassals. There were originally eight princes, but Li Shimin was still reluctant to let King Wei Li Tai take the vassal.
Only let Li Ke be the governor of Nanning Prefecture, and Li You be the governor of Dongning Prefecture. Although Li Tai was feuded as the hereditary governor of Xining Prefecture, he only sent officials such as Chang Shi and Sima to the fief, and Li Tai continued Stay in the capital.
Chengqian was very dissatisfied with this, but he couldn't say it out. His mind was full of troubles, so he could only tell Qin Lang in a letter.
Qin Lang took out the map, carefully compared it with Chengqian's letter, and marked the forty-eight feudal states one by one on the map.
Generally speaking, this big division of feudal lands can be regarded as a complete finalization of the matter of secular feudal states, the list is set, and all fiefdoms are finalized.
Then the vassals either had to go to the domain in person, or they had to send their family officials to start the management of the fief.
The places chosen by the emperor are not bad.
It is true that these are borderlands where birds don’t shit, but for the imperial court, these are marginal places, such as Songzhou, such as Haiyan by Qinghai Lake, such as Yanjin in the northeast of Liaoxi, and Liuqiu. , and the border land near Linyi, and even Hainan Island has been entrusted with a clan prince.
The lands entrusted by Li Shimin's three sons are all in Nanzhong, all on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Xichang, Guiyang, and Qujing are the strategic throats of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.
Hou Junji was enfeoffed in Dali, and Zhang Liang was enfeoffed in Kunming, both of which are two important places.
This enfeoffment was obviously an act of the imperial court grabbing land and expanding borders. It was true that the enfeoffment did not go to the mainland, and it was all the territory that was still completely in the hands of the barbarians.
If the forty-eight vassals can gain a firm foothold in the frontier like Qin Lang and Qin Qiong, then the significance will be far-reaching.
Forty-eight nails were driven into the sky, the south, the sea, the north, and all directions, and slowly they will become the giant pillars of the Tang Dynasty.
The fiefdom of Wu'an Prefecture is considered stable.
Qin Lang heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. Now that the dust of the feudal system has settled, he can finally let go of the things that he has been worried about for a long time.
Before that king of Wei arrives, hurry up to fight some fan clubs, grab some people, and occupy more land. It is true that Liu Qiu was granted to King Wei, but before King Wei came, there was still no land, and whoever grabbed the land would own it.
For Qin Lang, after King Wei came, he needed to start paying taxes, and one-third of the taxes paid would eventually be distributed to King Wei.
"I have already finished the design drawings of the new Danshui Port, please arrange people to start construction as soon as possible."
"I think we should grab a few more votes as soon as possible. Before King Wei comes, grab more land and people, and enclose the land. At that time, we can apply for the land deed to confirm the right. After King Wei comes, we will set sail Set sail, go to other places in Liuqiu to grab a few more votes, and build a few new ports, wouldn’t it be more free and enjoyable, why do we have to build a new Danshui port here?” Zhang Chao was puzzled.
"Since King Wei is sealed in Liuqiu Danshui, and the imperial court has approved the establishment of a supply port for the East China Sea Fleet in Jilong Port, then this place will definitely become the center of the island in the future, so we naturally need to make more arrangements."
As for Taichung, Tainan and other places, of course he knows that there is a bigger plain there, and he will take it step by step without rushing.
Originally wanted to support Qin Huan as a governor, but he didn't expect that the emperor would entrust a vassal king here. This slightly affected Qin Lang's plan, but not much.
Liuqiu is directly set as Zhengzhou, and it will not have much impact. The future is still far away, but the Qin family has already seized the opportunity and is one step ahead of others. Others will definitely not be able to compete with the Qin family.
Of course, Liuqiu Island is so big, even if there are some more forces, there is no need to worry about losing points.
(end of this chapter)