Establishing an institution and administration is equivalent to building beams for building houses, and the so-called foundation is those self-cultivated farmers who long for peace and landlords.

That’s right, the landlord and the right are really the foundation. Don’t doubt others just because they have a lot of land, occasionally evade taxes, and bully others by relying on their power.

For example, if a fertile land of 10,000 mu and an ordinary person has about 10 mu of land, solving the problem of 10,000 taxes is equivalent to solving the problem of 10,000 taxes, and it is natural for local prefectures to respect politically.

So, to a certain extent, taming the local power will basically settle the local area.

After the bone frame is finished, most of the problems are solved, and the next step is to reward.

Isn’t it just for the sake of making achievements?

However, Li Jia did not directly reward the generals at the beginning, but instead awarded titles to the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall who were responsible for logistics taxation.

"At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu took Xiao He as his first merit and recruited troops to govern the people, so he achieved victory in all kinds of battles. I sent four groups of troops and horses to go north in Jiangling. I never expected that there was a shortage of money and food. This was all the power of all the people."

Li Jia respectfully bowed to the prime ministers, looking like an ancient saint king.

The prime ministers dared not sit anymore, so they quickly got up, bent down and worshiped deeper.

"Prime Minister Zhao Cheng has made great contributions. I have asked him to be the Marquis of Tengzhou and has a fief of 3,000 households."

"I thank the emperor for your kindness--" Zhao Cheng knelt down tremblingly, raised his buttocks, crawled and bowed to the ground. This is the greatest etiquette now. It is usually only during the winter solstice meeting.

On weekdays, officials just bent down slightly and bowed their backs and heads down. Their heads are dozens of centimeters away from the ground.

Of course, from the side point of view, the monarchy has not reached its extreme yet.

At this time, Tian Fu took out the imperial edict and read aloud:

"The Prime Minister Sun Zhao was named Kangzhou Bo, with a fief of two thousand households—"

"Prime Minister Sun Guangxian was named Guizhou Bo, with a fief of two thousand households—"

"Prime Minister Deng Bin was named Fuzhou Bo, with a fief of two thousand households—"

The other people were also happy, but they didn't expect that they could get a title, which was a huge joy.

"I am going to thank the emperor for your kindness--" The few people quickly knelt down and shouted.

At this time, Li Jia glanced at the envious other people, smiled, and waved her hand.

Tian Furan quickly took out the imperial edict and enthroned it:

"Li Huai, the Minister of the Military Affairs Department, was appointed as the Yongzhou Bo, with a fief of 2,000 households."

"The conferred transfer commander Hu Binwang was the son of Zhongqian, with a fief of 800 households——"

Li Huai and Hu Binwang were also overjoyed and quickly bowed.

Now, six top civil officials also had lords and fiefs.

The other civil officials cast their envy.

A rare title!

"Many heroes must be called "not without titles. I mean, whether it is Bo Zinan or other titles, they are all plus titles to "restore the country's loyalty and righteous heroes" to praise their loyalty."

Li Jia thought for a moment and according to the tradition since the middle and late Tang Dynasty, he gave such meritorious officials the title of meritorious officials.

The so-called title of meritorious officials is actually a praise for ministers. For example, the Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan, appointed him as the emperor, and used the founding of the emperor as the "meritorious officials of martial virtue", the soldiers who raised troops in Taiyuan were "Taiyuan Yuancong", the founding of the country and the reign of the country to recommend sincerity" and the Ming Chengzu's "recommendation of the emperor's ancestors in Fengtian Jingnan".

To put it bluntly, it is a kind of certification of qualifications, artificially differentiating and distinguishing heroes, thus forming a sense of honor.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has finally restored the country, Li Jia is not willing to go against the tradition, so he gave the meritorious officials the title of "restore the country and assist the heroes", which is neither long nor short, and is just right.

In order to appease these civil officials who did not receive titles, Li Jia also gave some financial rewards, and those who were sitting there were given the title of "Heroic Captain", which was 10 stone of rice a year, and it was enjoyed for life, but it could not be passed on.

The civil officials are relatively simple, and the top few can be named as a mausoleum, but the military officials cannot be careless, and their contributions are real.

For example, Pan Chongche pacified Houshu and helped pacify Hunan. He was promoted from the original Marquis of Langzhou to Duke of Lu, with a fief of 8,000 households.

Li Xin's main contribution was to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, pacify Hunan, and threaten Wu and Yue, so he was promoted from Shangyuan Hou to Liang Duke with a fief of 8,000 households.

Li Wei granted him the title of Duke of Deng and had a fief of 7,000 households.

Zhang Weiqing was named Duke of Teng and had a fief of 7,000 households.

Fu Yanqing was named Duke of Wei and had a fief of 5,000 households.

Li Jia, who was far away in Guanzhong, did not forget Wang Ning, who was preparing for grain transportation, promoted him to Bo, and named him Bo, Xingzhou Bo, with a fief of 2,000 households.

Yang Shifan, Chen Bing and other generals were marquis, Yang Shifan was the Marquis of Xuzhou, Chen Bing and Shanzhou, Huangyang was the Marquis of Luzhou, Gao Yanqi Bo of Bo, Huangyang was the Bo of Shuzhou, etc. They were worthy of this as heroes and meritorious officials.

In addition, Zhou Kui, the commander of the Hailong Army, was also named Marquis of Dengzhou. Zhang Wanghai also became the Hezhou Bo for his contribution to transporting grain from the Yangtze River.

According to the convention, these old ministers of Yuan Dynasty had a count of less than 3,000 households, and in fact they were about 2,000 households. Although their titles were different, their fiefs were always different, and they were all on the verge of 3,000 households.

Those who take the initiative to surrender, such as Pan Mei, Cao Bin, Wang Quanbin, Yang Tingzhang Zhang, Guo Shouwen, Guo Congyi, Wang Yanchao, Gao Xingzhou, Li Chuyun, Wang Shenqi, etc., or those who have military strength in their hands will be granted their sons, which is considered the third echelon.

Viscount is less than a thousand households,

As for a personal guard like Zhang Huzi, Li Jia never forgot his guard's achievements and got the position of a viscount.

As a baron, Li Jia made a big fuss.

For example, old ministers such as Zhao Zan, Han Chongyun, and Han Lingduo were all barons and had fiefs of 300 households.

In addition, there were nearly 137 soldiers who made meritorious service in the army, and there were also 156 such lifetime titles.

In other words, from the fifth-class merits of Gonghou and Bo Zinan, there are nearly 400 people in total.

There are only 150 heroes signed by the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the fourth year of Hongwu.

Of course, Li Jia's situation is quite special. The old forces need to be bonded, so they need to issue some small titles to win over.

And titles and money are the best practices.

What's more special is that the title of Li Jia was hereditary and replaced, while the nobles in the early Ming Dynasty were hereditary and replaced.

In this way, the titles of the Tang Dynasty were far less valuable than those of the early Ming Dynasty.

For example, a baron only needs three generations, his son is the Captain Xiaoyi and his grandson is the Captain Wang Yong. By the fourth generation, he became a civilian.

However, there are exceptions in everything. For example, the Yuan Cong heroes who were given the title of "Restoring the Country and Assisting the Meritorious Officials", Li Jia decided to reduce the replacement to a certain extent according to their distance, closeness and distance, and their performance.

For example, if a slave from a family background like Li Xin is reduced to a baron, and his inheritance will not be reduced. Of course, the fief of the family must be changed to the prescribed 300 households, which can be considered as a divorce with the country!
Chapter completed!