Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

"Secondly, I declare that besides the Prince of Chu, every time Li Xin gives birth to a child, I will give him a title of heir to the king." Li Shimin said with a smile, "However, he only receives a salary and does not entrust land. , not food."

Although His Majesty Li Er's tone was very calm, the content of his words was too shocking.

What does it mean that every time Li Xin gives birth to a child, he will be awarded a noble title?

Li Xin now has the title of King Chu on his head, which is the highest title of Zhengyipin. Moreover, as early as when Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he said that this title will never be reduced.

You must know that although ordinary titles can be inherited, every time you inherit one, it will automatically be reduced by one rank. For example, Lu Guogong of Cheng Yaojin, this is the noble of the third rank. When Cheng Chumo inherits this title, he will no longer be the Duke of Lu, at most he can only be the Duke of a certain county, the fourth-rank noble.

After seven or eight generations of the Cheng family, if there are no more outstanding descendants who make new achievements and get knighted, the Cheng family may gradually become commoners instead of nobles.

In contrast, the title of the "King of Chu" of Li Xin's family will never be reduced, which means that as long as Li Xin and his children and grandchildren do not commit serious crimes such as treason, his family will be safe and sound. This title continued to the last day of Datang.

In this way, the gold content of this title can be seen. However, to be honest, it is not too much for Li Xin to get the never-reduced King of Chu position. After all, if Li Xuandao becomes the emperor, he will definitely be the crown prince.

In other words, their family could have carried on the name of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty until the end of the Tang Dynasty. It's just that Li Xuandao voluntarily gave up the throne. After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, it was reasonable and reasonable to give a first-class prince who would never be reduced as compensation.

Long story short, the key today is not the king of Chu, but Li Shimin's promise to give Li Xin's family more titles.

The title can only be held by one person. Li Xin's title of king of Chu can only be passed on to one son, usually speaking, that is, the eldest son. If other sons are born in his long life, then these children will not be able to inherit the title, at most they will share some money and property, and then they will only be commoners - of course, they can definitely be more arrogant and domineering The civilians, after all, are the brothers of the prince.

Some families with titles in their families even have brothers fighting because of the succession of the title. The second, third, and fourth all stare at the boss and want to inherit the title of the old man. Such things are not uncommon.

However, after Li Shimin sent his second congratulatory gift, such a thing would never happen among Li Xin's children—although they were not yet born, their grandpa had already made a big promise , to give each of them a title.

No need to fight, no need to grab, everyone has a share.

However, these extra titles are actually different from Li Xin's current title of King of Chu. His title is a serious prince, with land, food, salary, and all the treatment he should have. However, what Li Shimin just said to be awarded to his son was a special title with only a salary. In a sense, it can be compared to the difference between a real-time official and a casual official.

That is to say, Li Xin has full-time official positions, while his second son, third son, etc. will have scattered official positions in the future, which mainly represents the glory of Li Xin's family and Datang sharing weal and woe.