jdhmnovel Chapter 873 Taigong was enfeoffed in Qi, and five generations were buried in Zhou.
Chapter 873 Taigong was enfeoffed in Qi, and five generations were buried in Zhou.
The garrison system of the Ming Dynasty is actually quite interesting.
Fun fact: The garrison system was a tactic that Liu Bowen presented to Lao Deng.
Fun fact: Deng Xiaoping has been criticized for centuries because of the garrison system, while Liu Bowen is known as "Zhuge Liang who divided the world into three, and Liu Bowen who unified the country".
From this perspective, it's not unjust for Lao Liu to have fallen from grace.
Yang Shaofeng snapped out of his thoughts and turned his gaze to Zhu Biao, asking, "How many people does Your Highness plan to send to Liaodong? And what are your plans for their placement after they are sent there?"
Zhu Biao chuckled twice and said, "I don't know how many soldiers I can persuade to go to Liaodong."
After all, Liaodong was a notoriously cold and desolate place.
Now, Hu Weiyong has brought people to Dengzhou Prefecture to complain about poverty and cause trouble.
It would be very difficult to persuade people to go to Liaodong again, especially if they want them to go voluntarily.
"However, I have already figured out how to settle them."
Zhu Biao put on an air of self-righteousness and said, "First, the imperial court will arrange their food, clothing, lodging and transportation on their way to Liaodong, and give them ample resettlement allowance."
"Furthermore, we will allocate them a few more acres of land, and the extra portion will not be taxed according to the progressive tax system."
"In addition, we must provide enough oxen, seeds, farm tools and the like."
"In short, they'll give you more benefits."
"After all, Liaodong is bitterly cold, so it is only right to give them some extra benefits."
"As for what happened after they arrived in Liaodong..."
Zhu Biao smiled meaningfully and said, "Once they arrive in Liaodong, we will reorganize them directly into the Liaodong Reclamation Farm, and we will focus on both training and farming."
"Anyway, there are examples of Ningyang County Farm and Dengzhou Farm ahead of us, so I just need to copy them."
Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but glance at Zhu Biao.
Excuse me, how dare you, a mere black sesame dumpling, say something like "copying"?
And you said it so confidently.
Li Shanchang couldn't help but reach up and scratch the back of his head.
If His Highness the Crown Prince personally intervenes and persuades the soldiers to settle and cultivate land in Liaodong, theoretically, he should be able to convince some of them.
but!
Theoretically, the number of people who can be persuaded should not exceed five figures.
Especially if everything is done on a voluntary basis, this number could be even lower.
As for prisoners and gentry, although they could be sent to Liaodong, the question is how many prisoners and gentry there could be.
Most importantly, the soldiers who voluntarily migrated to Liaodong could copy the farm's operations, but what about the prisoners and gentry?
These people need to be supervised by additional personnel!
This is really troublesome, damn it.
Just as Li Shanchang was secretly having a headache, Zhu Biao muttered under his breath, "It's still my father's fault."
Ok?
Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and Yang Shaofeng all unconsciously looked at Zhu Biao.
Theoretically speaking, even if the problem in Liaodong is Sima Yi's fault, it can't be blamed on your father, right?
So how did you manage to blame this on your father?
Zhu Biao snorted and said, "Isn't that right?"
“If he had given me a few more brothers, he could have made a few more princes in Liaodong.”
"When a vassal king takes his fiefdom, he must bring his entourage to Liaodong, right?"
“Even if two vassal kings were to separate from the territory of a provincial administration, the problem in Liaodong would not be as difficult as it is now.”
As Zhu Biao finished speaking, Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and Yang Shaofeng were all stunned.
Good guy!
You black sesame dumpling, you really dare to think and say things!
But you know what, the method suggested by the black sesame dumpling is actually a good way to break the deadlock.
It's just a bit too much of a grand display of filial piety!
Just as Yang Shaofeng was inwardly complaining, Zhu Biao stroked his chin and said, "We can't count on the second and third sons; they have to go to Qin and Jin to take up their fiefs."
"If we really want to do that, we can first change the title of the fourth prince to the Prince of Liao and send him to Shenyang to take up his fief."
"Forget about the fifth brother. He's only thinking about how to take down the short and ugly one. We can't count on him even if we let him take up his fief."
"However, we can place his fiefdom in Jinzhou, which is not too far from the fourth brother and not too far from my brother-in-law's place."
"As for the sixth son, we can send him to Taining (later Jilin) to serve as his fief."
"Seventh Prince can go to Long'an Prefecture to take up his fief."
"And there are also the Eighth Brother and the Tenth Brother..."
Apart from Prince Zhao, Zhu Qi, who died young in the third year of the Hongwu reign, the rest of his brothers were all dealt with clearly.
Zhu Biao even planned out where the eleventh and twelfth sons, who were not yet three years old, would go.
He even thought about his future brothers, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifth brothers who hadn't even been born yet, and he didn't even know how many there would be.
As he spoke, Zhu Biao couldn't help but rub his forehead and sigh, saying, "I still feel like it's not enough."
"After all, these brothers were all enfeoffed in the north, so it was difficult to take care of the south as well."
"If we had a few dozen more, we could cover all four directions: east, west, south, and north."
"..."
Yang Shaofeng really wanted to applaud Zhu Biao.
You, Black Sesame Dumpling, have really figured out how to implement the feudal system!
Is this some kind of feudal lord system?
No!
This is the distribution of hard labor!
Just like the Zhou royal family's enfeoffment system back then.
Fun fact: What you might think of as a fiefdom is simply being given a piece of land where you can collect taxes, live a life of luxury, and occasionally bully men and women, doing whatever you please and enjoying yourself to the fullest.
In reality, enfeoffment... in reality, enfeoffment was roughly equivalent to exile.
“Thinking of our ancestors, who braved frost and dew, cleared thorns and brambles, to acquire even a small piece of land.”
“In the past, our late King Xiong Yi established himself in the Jing Mountains. He cleared the way through brambles and thorns to live in the wilderness, and traversed mountains and forests to serve the Son of Heaven.”
In particular, the sentence recorded in "Zuo Zhuan: Zi Ge's Reply to King Ling" contains the phrase "serving the Son of Heaven," which may seem funny to others, but to King Ling of Chu, it must have been incredibly upsetting.
The phrase "to serve the Son of Heaven" not only signifies that the ancestors of King Ling of Chu were to expand the territory for the Zhou emperor, but also to pay tribute to him.
It's roughly equivalent to the gang leader saying to you: "In my name, I hereby appoint you as the King of Yindi'an. Alright, now take your family and go to your post. Remember not to get killed, seize as much territory as possible, and don't forget to pay your dues to the gang every year."
Then?
And that's it.
You won't get support from a heavy combined arms brigade, you won't get funding from the national treasury, and you won't even get a few officials under your command.
You can be king as big as the territory you can seize back.
Even if you can collect a lot of taxes, you have to first deduct the portion that goes to the national treasury, then deduct the budget you need to use to develop your fiefdom, and only what's left is what you can enjoy.
There is a legend in Zibo that goes, "Taigong was enfeoffed in Qi, and five generations later he was buried in Zhou."
You think it expresses how deep Jiang Taigong's feelings were for the Zhou royal family?
In reality, if you walked around the east gate of the capital of Qi at that time, there was a high probability of encountering the Dongyi people. If you dared to be buried in Qi, the Dongyi people, who harbored deep hatred for you, would definitely dig up your grave!
The same applies to the State of Lu; the ruler was buried directly in the capital, because if he were buried outside, Xu Yi would definitely dig up his grave.
To put it bluntly, when Old Deng distributed his dozen or so sons to others, the real scheme resembled a massive transfer payment.
And now, Zhu Biao, the famous black sesame glutinous rice ball maker, has even started thinking about his younger brothers.
Of course, Zhu Biao treated his younger brothers quite well in the end. The fiefdoms he devised for them were all territories that had already been or were about to be completely incorporated into the rule of the Ming Dynasty, unlike the Zhou royal family which simply pointed to a piece of land on a map and granted it out.