Chapter 108: Founding a Kingdom and becoming a Marquis (I)
October is the season of high and clear autumn.
At this time, Shu once again ushered in a major event, bringing joy to the original harvest and rushing all the way.
In the north of Wenyang Prefecture, in an afternoon, a few tea lovers were playing cards.
By the way, card games were found in the Tang Dynasty, but playing cards were not as popular as poker. The cards in this world were very mature, which was a great pleasure.
"Hey, have you heard that?" A tea chef said, "There is a big deal in Chengdu!"
"Chengdu Prefecture? Didn't it be occupied by the general? What happened this time?" Another tea guest was drinking tea. After hearing this, he burst out.
An old tea chef who had been lying halfway on the bamboo chair closed his eyes to rest, heard this, sat up and said, "Don't you know yet? General Dingyuan is going to be called Shu Hou. I'm afraid this behavior will be a disaster!"
"A big disaster? I don't think so. The generals in Shu towns have been fighting for a long time. It's not our suffering. It's not our blessing to pacify the general. It may not be that we have the blessing of Shu..."
At this time, a scholar felt very uncomfortable and said angrily: "But if you call Shu Hou privately, you are a rebellion, and the court will send troops."
At this time, a middle-aged man with small eyes heard this, smiled disdainfully and said, "The imperial court? Now there are many battles in old Jingzhou. The commander Deng Pingyuan attacked Wuling and defeated Wuling County. This is a private fight. The imperial court doesn't even care about this. Can it control our Shu area?"
At this time, the shop owner ran and said, "Oh, dear guests, stop talking. This is not what we said. By the way, Zhang Er, the charcoal fire here has been used up, so you can buy some back."
Zhang Er stood up and said loudly: "I understand, I'll go now!"
At this time, there was a trace of autumn rain in the Song Dynasty in Chengdu.
Today is the day to issue the Song family’s original property. This is a happy event, but Song Han and Song Heng are sad. Walking in the empty old house, they remembered the seventy-three people back then.
I am full of remembrance, wanting to go one by one, and crying from time to time. When I arrived at the back garden, I saw that I didn’t say anything on my face, and I felt unhappy. Now the general is about to be the marquis of Shu, and it is unknown if you become king and emperor in the future... Isn’t your unhappiness the root of disaster in the future? Isn’t this accumulating more and more of these things, and no matter how much blessings and affection are, I will lose it.”
Song Han scolded him, and before he finished speaking, Song Heng understood as if he had been enlightened.
Among the king and the minister, the most precious thing is not merit, but love. With the relationship between the king and the minister, one can start and end well. Without love, one is to accompany the king and the tiger.
Sure enough, he listened to Song Han continuing: "The general has killed three tribes and avenged my Song family. Don't talk about this anymore. When encountering this matter in the future, say that the great revenge has been avenged and will not be remembered again."
Song Heng came to his senses and said, "I've been taught, what my brother said!"
As the two were talking, they heard the raindrops turn into a tight spot and hit them down. Song Heng asked again: "Is it too early for the general to call Shu Hou this time?"
"There is a good thing early, and the good thing late. Besides, it is called Shu Hou, not Shu King, so there is room for room. Moreover, Shu Zhong is different from other places."
"Other places are well-connected and have many vassal states. If they lose their reputation, they will be polite and besieged by the towns. Therefore, they have to respect the righteousness. However, Shu is closed and as long as they have an advantage, the court will not be able to intervene. Now the general is called Shu marquis, which is extremely wonderful to adapt to local conditions. With this status, only by unifying Shu can Shu early and fight for the world in the future. If the status is not determined now, it will be too late." Song Han said.
After hearing this, Song Heng nodded.
Shu Royal Palace.
Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo responded to their orders and entered a huge study room. When they met Wang Hongyi, they both gave great gifts.
Wang Hongyi was wearing a beige wide-sleeved robe and a golden crown on top. When he saw the two of them coming in, he seemed very easy-going. He stood up and walked around for a few steps. He looked at him and said, "We are all very energetic. I heard that you all work hard and handle the county government until late at night."
Seeing that Wang Hongyi was calm and kind, Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo couldn't help but feel relieved and said, "Lord, I am young and not in trouble. To serve my lord, this little bit of suffering is nothing."
"You should pay attention." Wang Hongyi smiled and did not sit immediately. He took out a few folds of the unveiled letters from the desk and handed them, saying, "Look at it."
The attitude was as good as before, and the two of them felt completely relieved. They took the note and looked at it, and when they saw it, they changed their color: "This kind of crazy guy!"
These memorials were written by scholars in some places, and they either persuaded or cursed Wang Hongyi to call himself Shuhou.
But Wang Hongyi returned to his seat, served tea calmly and said, "It's nothing. They are talking about the ways of the king and the ministers, and they are all right, but they don't know the current affairs and the destiny of heaven, so there is no need to be too much."
When Wang Hongyi wanted to call himself the Marquis of Shu, he had already expected that some people in Shu would be dissatisfied.
No matter how turbulent it was, in the two hundred years of Dayan, there were always people who were loyal to the emperor. They called themselves the Marquis of Shu and wanted to unify Shu. In the eyes of some people, it was naturally no different from rebellion.
But these people are a minority. The vassal states have been in power for fifty years, and there are not many people who can be loyal to the emperor.
Those who follow the news are just fencemen. As long as their careers are booming and their management skills, these doubts will gradually disappear.
Yu Liangbo calmed down and knew that this time he called Shu Hou, there were some surprises, some praises, some spitting, and some wanting to come and seek refuge, but he still said: "Lord, these comments must be ignored. If you collude with others and form a momentum, it will be bad."
Zhang Youzhi also said: "I am discussing this kind of thing, but I still can't let them go."
Wang Hongyi smiled and said, "I will call him Shu Hou in three days. After I call him Shu Hou, I will be famous. If someone colludes with me, it will not be too late to search again... I will leave this in advance. I will call you back this time, and it will be a problem."
"The secretary-general is not nice. I have ordered the change of the Secret Wen Pavilion. You should come back to be the Secret Wen Pavilion's lecturer, and you are still in the seventh rank. You have been promoted very quickly, so I won't be given a seal this time."
Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo kowtowed and said, "I have only been in the seventh rank for office for only two years. I thought to myself that I was very frightened and afraid that I would be subject to discussions. The lord has room for us. This is my blessing."
"According to my wishes, you were going to work as the county magistrate for a whole year, but now the central government is first established, so it's not a good idea. You will be in the Secret Palace today and help me with some things." Wang Hongyi said.
"I have already appointed Li Gang as the ward of the official department, Wang Yan as the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward, Yu Zhao as the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward, Hu Ce as the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the ward of the rank of the 5th rank, but now it is just an agent. After I ascend to the throne, it will be officially released, and your duties will be the same."
After hearing this, Zhang Youzhi and Yu Liangbo felt excited. This was the establishment of the country and the system. I didn’t expect that the lord would be able to establish the country and the system in just two years. Seeing the chaos in the world, there were very few people who could establish the country and the system. If they could seize the opportunity, the king’s hegemony was right in front of them.
Seeing the two of them, Wang Hongyi smiled and said, "The six counties and six prefects in this prefecture must consider it. Now there are only two candidates, one is Chen Da, and the other is Pei Chengyan. They are all demoted and four candidates. What do you think?"
Zhang Youzhi did not say this. Although there was no clear division of labor, Zhang Youzhi was mainly responsible for military information, while Yu Liangbo was responsible for internal affairs. Zhang Youzhi was naturally unwilling to leave an unhappy impression on Wang Hongyi.
Yu Liangbo said in contemplation: "Because Lu Yan died in battle in Zhengding County, the general took back and appointed Fu Ting as the magistrate. Fu Ting has served as the county magistrate for a long time and has a strong qualification. He can be promoted in the eyes of his ministers."
This is a very fair opinion, without any prejudice. Wang Hongyi thought about it and thought it was good.
"There are also Lai Tongyu and Xue Yuan who follow the lord early and have reasons to be promoted."
After hearing this, Wang Hongyi pondered silently. He actually did not forget his old minister. Lai Tongyu didn't have to worry. It would be possible to be promoted to the prefect, but Xue Yuan's fate could be the prefect?
After pondering for a moment, he said, "Fu Tingke is the prefect. When the Lishu Department considers how to allocate it. Lai Tongyu and Xue Yuan are promoted to the first rank, both of whom are the sixth rank prefect and acting as the official affairs of the second county. If they can govern the government, it will not be too late to promote it. As for Chai Maosen, they will be promoted to the county magistrate."
"There are two more prefectures, so let's consider it later... Let's talk about military information. Old Jingzhou and the Grand Governor Deng Pingyuan have conquered Wuling County. Now there are two counties." Speaking of this, Wang Hongyi was a little worried.
The Grand Governor Deng Pingyuan, however, occupied the entire Jingzhou and was called the King of Chu. According to the original history, in the thirteenth year of the lunar calendar, the Battle of Wuling broke out in Deng Pingyuan and began to dominate Jingzhou.
I thought that the navy general Zhang Fanzhi was pulled by him and would be postponed, but I didn’t expect that it would break out after only one month later.
According to the original history, after obtaining two counties, Deng Pingyuan was out of control. The only gratifying thing was that Jingzhou and the court bordered the court, and the court and Wei Yue did not allow him to unify quickly, which was very restrained.
Even so, this is a dangerous sign.
When Wang Hongyi said this, he found that he was bleeding a little, and said, "The same is true for Qin. Guo Wentong now has three counties and is very powerful!"
Zhang Youzhi asked: "Is the lord worried about the future?"
But I was happy in my heart. The dragons appeared in Shu, one was Jingzhou and the other was Qinchuan. Now that the lord pays attention, it means that he has great ambitions and the locking dragon that he had worried about before seemed to have little impact.
Chapter completed!