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If Yan and Yun are recovered,
At least three dukedoms should be granted.
In the future, we will destroy the Western Xia and Jin dynasties.
Destroy a kingdom and appoint a prince of a different surname!
This imperial edict of reward
It was written like a bounty poster.
Official positions changed frequently during the Song Dynasty.
The titles of nobility have also been adjusted several times.
There are three systems: twelve, nine, and ten grades.
The Ming Dynasty adopted the nine-rank nobility system from the Song Dynasty.
That is: Prince, Duke, Duke of the State, Duke of the County, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron.
Emperor Renzong of Song should have been knowledgeable in mathematics.
He discovered the number of members of the Zhao Song imperial family.
It is increasing exponentially.
Therefore, it was decreed that only descendants of the ten kings could inherit the title.
It was subsequently adjusted repeatedly.
It was determined that the descendants of the fourteenth prince could inherit the title.
To put it simply, even the eldest son of a Song Dynasty prince,
They might not even be able to inherit the title!
This is true for all members of the royal family.
Titles held by people of different surnames cannot be inherited.
In Song Dynasty films and television dramas, there are often depictions of young noblemen and young marquises.
He was still waiting for his father to die so he could inherit the title.
That's pure fabrication and nonsense.
It looks very advanced.
It's just a change in name only.
My father made contributions to the country.
My father shed blood for the country.
Why don't I get any benefit at all?
This is a problem that those in power must consider.
Thus, a large number of noble descendants
Because they cannot inherit the title
I was assigned to work as a sanitation worker...
Oops, I mean, become a sanitation worker.
This lieutenant general,
That general,
They were sanitation officials in the Song Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, they're preventing you from inheriting the title.
But I'll give you a temporary military officer position.
You can receive a salary every month without working.
By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty,
Thousands of sanitation workers are online simultaneously.
They're all asking the imperial court for money to eat.
It was simply categorized under the "redundant officials" malpractice and not listed separately.
It would be better to let the eldest son inherit the title!
Anyway, titles don't pay much salary.
The title of "fief" has become an honorary one.
Only those who receive a "real food seal" can actually receive the money.
For example, I am a marquis.
The "fief of 1500 households" was utterly useless.
It only proves that I have a high status, great influence, sufficient seniority, and even greater blessings from my descendants.
Add another suffix: "500 households with food supply".
That would be equivalent to receiving real money.
They received a monthly salary of 12.5 guan (25 wen per household per month).
"Reward with actual food" was a special honor.
Among the hundred nobles,
There might only be three or five.
Zhao Yuan did not practice the system of hereditary official appointments.
That would necessitate the hereditary system of nobility.
However, we must learn from history.
Wu Song has returned to Kaifeng.
We are currently discussing the nobility title with Shi Qian.
Zhao Yuan was very accommodating.
Wu Song was granted the title of "Marquis of Juan".
Shi Qian was enfeoffed as "Marquis of Fan".
They are all named after their hometowns.
Wu Song muttered to himself, "My fiefdom consists of two thousand households, and my actual fiefdom consists of one thousand households."
"I can receive 25 strings of cash every month."
"A title is demoted by one rank every three generations..."
"Sigh, I'm too lazy to bother calculating it."
"It's more cost-effective to just give them money and land directly."
A marquis with a fiefdom,
The benefit is that I can receive an extra 25 guan in salary each month.
Shi Qian also felt it was particularly absurd.
This hereditary title is even less prestigious than that of the old Song Dynasty.
And they even implemented a system of demoting a noble title by one rank every three generations.
Although the titles of nobility in the old Song Dynasty did not bring any direct benefits,
But there are a ton of indirect benefits.
In the old Song Dynasty, the higher the noble rank, the larger the fief.
The higher one's rank in a sinecure position, the higher one's official rank (salary is based on rank).
At the same time, the higher the rank of one's descendants who hold official positions, the more numerous they become.
They could receive a salary from the imperial court and live off it for generations.
If among the descendants,
Some people passed the imperial examination and became Jinshi.
And coincidentally, they also had the privilege of receiving imperial favor.
That would be even more impressive—a candidate who barely passed the imperial examination could receive an initial official appointment at the level of a top scholar!
Chapter 1680 Old Friends
Shi Qian pondered, "The new dynasty has ended the system of hereditary official appointments."
"Shouldn't it be easier to seal a food container?"
"The number of fiefdoms is certainly more than that of the old Song Dynasty,"
"Otherwise, the ninth rank of nobility would become a complete joke."
Wu Song said, "There must be other benefits as well."
"It just hasn't been explained clearly yet."
The so-called benefits are privileges.
Zhao Yuan didn't really grant him too many privileges.
This also applies to architecture, clothing, etiquette, and other aspects.
Those who hold titles are granted special privileges.
In addition, there were government-run schools for both civil and military affairs.
Descendants of various ranks of nobility,
There are corresponding direct admission quotas.
No need to compete with children from ordinary families for a single-plank bridge.
Their starting point for reading
This may be the end for many children from ordinary families.
However, the specific appointment to an official position will depend on the exam results.
Of course, the "real fiefdom" was definitely more generous than that of the old Song Dynasty.
A nobleman with a fief of three thousand households,
The full allowance for food was only 75 kan per month.
In addition, having a title inevitably leads to a nominal post (or possibly a substantive post).
Official salaries were calculated according to rank.
This means that nobles could receive double salaries (noble salary + official salary).
Zhang Tang now actually receives a fief of 1000 households.
In addition to the salary of the Vice Minister of War,
In addition to the conferment of titles, this conferment also included the granting of land, clothing, and gold.
What they truly valued was still the marquis title!
Shi Qian was secretly delighted.
Once Shandong is completely stable,
He's going back to his hometown to repair his ancestral graves.
In addition, I will talk to my relatives about the family genealogy.
Although his family was destroyed and he died,