According to the traditional Chinese calendar system of heavenly stems and earthly branches, this year is the year of Gengyin, which in future generations will be regarded as the year of the tiger.
The annual great ceremony is taking place at the moment.
In the solemn court hall, Liu Che sat on the throne, with a majestic crown. In the hall, hundreds of officials bowed their heads and ministers kowtowed.
Countless people's hearts are filled with excitement and they can't help themselves.
Because the emperor is about to reward the former emperor's meritorious officials according to tradition.
Regarding this matter, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Censor's Office had already expressed their anger with the ministers.
Although, it was not revealed which titles those people would be awarded and what titles they would be awarded.
But countless people who think they are heroes are eagerly looking forward to today.
Isn't it just for this moment that all of you have worked hard for the Liu family and dedicated your youth to your children and grandchildren?
Because of this, the public opinion between the government and the public has recently set off a trend of praising and touting the late emperor's achievements.
Among them, the ones who work the hardest are of course those who consider themselves to be ‘meritorious ministers’.
Liu Che looked at the ministers, pursed his lips, and then lowered his head to look at the list of ministers who had been entrusted with the title.
The list is very long, with dozens of people in it.
Among them, eleven people will be named princes.
The rest all belong to high-level feudal lords, with titles ranging from Zuo Shuchang to Guannei Marquis.
The so-called feudal lord refers to a nobleman who owns a settlement.
According to the provisions of Han law, except for the Marquis of Guannei and the Marquis of Lieutenant, the other 19th-level titles cannot have food fiefs.
But there are exceptions to everything.
At some point, there will be a group of nobles who do not hold the title of Marquis of Guannai or above, but enjoy the title of fiefdom.
Such nobles are called lords.
In the Han Dynasty, the feudal lord was a special kind of noble. Their status was generally higher than that of the Guannei marquis, and second only to the lie lords.
Automatically enjoy the status of courtier, can participate in national affairs, and can also serve as Jiuqing or county governor.
However, the title of king cannot be hereditary, and only the person who receives the title benefits. After the person's death, his descendants resume their original titles and can no longer enjoy various preferential treatment as kings.
For example, during the period of Emperor Gao, Kong Teng, a descendant of Confucius, was granted the title of Sacrifice King.
But Kong Teng's son Kong Zhong, grandson Kong Wu, and Kong Anguo were all white.
Despite this, the status of the feudal lord is still the same today as it was during the Warring States Period.
It makes countless people flock to it.
Some people even prefer not to have the title of Marquis of Guannei but to gain the title of Lord.
The reason is very simple. In past history, more than 70% of men who were granted the title of lord were eventually granted the title of lord.
In addition, in reality, calling yourself Mr. So-and-so is undoubtedly more powerful than calling yourself Marquis So-and-so in Guannei.
In particular, the vast majority of female royal relatives and wet nurses of the emperor will eventually be granted the title of king.
This situation undoubtedly fueled the world's pursuit of the title.
Generally speaking, if a military general performs meritorious service, if his merit is not enough for the time being, he will be granted the title of Marquis of Guan Neihou or Lieutenant Colonel.
Then, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would make him a feudal lord.
Now, those lords on the list belong to this situation.
For example, there is no doubt.
Three years ago, Wu Chu rebelled. As the then middle doctor, Zhi Buyi also hired a general to lead the army to fight for a while. He didn't even go to the front line. Zhou Yafu defeated the entire main force of the rebel army in Xiapi...
In any case, it is not suitable for him to become a marquis in a situation like his.
But as a Jiuqing, especially one who is in a key position like the Da Nong Order, it would be outrageous not to be granted the title of a high-ranking noble.
This is as ridiculous as if the director of the planning committee of the later dynasty did not join the party.
So Liu Che just found an excuse and stuffed Zhi Buyi into the list.
Except for Zhi Buyi, the other people's military exploits are real.
However, someone put Liu Che in a difficult position.
This someone is Li Guang.
Li Guang's performance and military exploits in suppressing the Wu-Chu rebellion leave people speechless.
But when he accepted the general seal and reward from Liang Wu and Liu Wu, it was a huge mistake that made people unable to say anything good about him!
Although later generations defended Li Guang, saying that Li Guang was a pure soldier and did not understand politics...
However, no matter how hard you wash the floor.
It is also impossible to remove this stain.
Only names and implements, no fake people.
Just this sentence is enough to defeat all the arguments used to defend Li Guang.
The lessons of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods should be told to all emperors.
If grace comes from below and the conquest of rituals and music is in the hands of the princes, what kind of situation will the country face?
Therefore, this time, Li Guang still said goodbye to the title of Marquis.
Liu Che didn't want someone to imitate him in the future.
In that case, the separatist rule of the feudal towns will soon lead to disaster.
But in order to avoid people in the history books complaining about Li Guang being difficult to confer in the future, Liu Che put Li Guang in the list of conferees.
Anyway, the Xiongnu dungeon will be opened in a few years. With Li Guang's current age and qualifications, as long as he is not too stupid to keep up with the development trend of the times, I believe he can still gain enough military exploits to become a feudal prince.
Except for the two special circumstances of Li Guang and Zhi Buyi, the rewards given by others are very normal and consistent with their own merits.
"The late emperor established great virtues and praised the world for his great virtue. Since I was appointed, I have always thought about the virtues of the late emperor. I want to worship Huangshi and praise the virtuous Xiao Cao. I am a scholar-official general and assist my imperial father. I will eliminate the traitors at home and punish the barbarians and Di.
The merit lies in Sheji, and the order has a secretary to represent the meritorious officials of the late emperor. Report it to me, and I will discuss the merits and reward them to praise the meritorious officials!" Although the list had already been drawn up under the black-box operation of Liu Che, Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo.
, it was even submitted to Donggong long ago and got Donggong’s consent, but the necessary cutscenes still need to be done.
You must at least fool the people of the world and make everyone think that all the rewards given by the old Liu family are open, fair, fair and transparent.
Those who have merit must be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes must be punished.
But it's just a formality.
Prime Minister Zhou Yafu immediately took out a memorandum that he had prepared a long time ago, handed it to his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, I am going to report this to you. I have discussed it with all the ministers. They all thought that Emperor Renzong Xiaojing established great virtues in the world.
Shi Longen traveled all over the world, Jiayuanyuan, cared for the orphans and widows, eliminated thieves and ministers at home, and controlled the barbarians and Di. He was actually a holy emperor who was rare to see in all ages. Today, Chenjia, the lieutenant of Jiangdu Kingdom, Hunxie, the minister of Dahonglu, and Chenjia, the internal history of Zhao,
Therefore, the general specially invited the veteran ministers Bu, Chu Taifu, Chen Yiwu, Zhao Prime Minister, Chen Jiande and others to assist the late emperor, implement benevolent policies, care for the orphans and widows, eliminate traitors and ministers, and have contributed to the country. They should be honored as nobles... Now the great peasant minister has no doubts
, Wei Wei, Chen Guang, etc., should be crowned kings... The foolishness and ignorance of these ministers are reported to your majesty and presented to the emperor. I, the prime minister Yafu, and the imperial censor, I made a mistake and died in ignorance. Please inform the world.
This shows that Your Majesty admires the great virtues of the late Emperor’s meritorious officials!”
Liu Che pretended to think about it and then said: "Yes! Please discuss it with the prime minister and all the officials to draft a title, write it on bamboo and silk, and tell the world!"
So all the ministers kowtowed with joy and said: "Your Majesty will always remember your filial piety. I will bow my head and congratulate the world!"
On that day, the Han Dynasty gave birth to seven brand-new princes at once.
They are Zhao Yiwu, the Marquis of Shanling, Zhang Shang, the Marquis of Shanyang, Su Jia, the Marquis of Jiangyang, and Luan Bu, the Marquis of Yu. Chen Jia is the Marquis of Jianping, Gongsun Kunxie is the Marquis of Pingqu, and Wang Shen is the Marquis of Xinshi.
These seven brand-new princes themselves are not a big deal. But the descendants of these seven people have produced many heroes and political giants in history.
For example, the eldest son of Zhao Yiwu, Marquis of Shanling, was named Zhao Zhou, and he once served as Xiaozhu's prime minister in history.
The son of Pingquhou Gongsun Kunxie later became the most famous oil-puller in the Wei Qing Group. His soy sauce skills were jaw-dropping.
Of course, the most famous among them is the youngest son of Shanyang Hou Sujia.
This baby named Su Wu, who is still in his infancy, eventually became the spokesperson for the integrity and integrity of the Han people in history.
In addition to these seven princes, the new princes also have great backgrounds.
Uncle Tian, the Nei Shi, was granted the title of Lord Changxin and was granted a settlement of 300 households. It is certain that when he retires and becomes an official, at least one Guannai Marquis will not be able to escape.
Weiwei Li Guang was named Lord Jianwu. It can be seen from this title that Liu Che had high expectations for him.
Da Nong ordered Zhi Busuo and was named Lord Yanghe.
In total, there are dozens of people who have been granted the title of monarch.
Therefore, this enfeoffment has become the largest number of people to be enfeoffed at one time since the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
In addition, four people won a consolation prize and were named Guannei Hou.
There are more than twenty recipients of the Encouragement Award, all of whom have become high nobility or above.
Except for Li Guang and Gongsun Kunxie, who were more surprising, everyone else was in line with the predictions of the government and the opposition.
The surprising thing about Li Guang is not that he only received the title of Lord Jianwu of 220 households, but that he was actually granted the title of Lord?
This made countless people's eyes shattered.
In the prediction beforehand, Li Guang would get nothing.
As for Gongsun Kunxie, that is even more surprising.
You know, Gongsun Kunxie has just ended a year-long sick leave. To be fair, he can get a title at most.
But this time he was actually named a prince, which is indeed beyond people's imagination.
But little did they know that Gongsun Kunxie's title of marquis was the most stable and least unexpected among all the vassals.
Because Liu Che knew from Wei Shang, Yi Zong's intelligence and some information from Yi Zhixie that Gongsun Kunxie's identity as the heir apparent of the Kunxie tribe was still very selling.
Among the four Qiang tribes living within the Great Wall and the Kunxie tribe outside the Great Wall, Gongsun Kunxie's identity still has appeal.
Even if it is just for the sake of united front, I still have to give him a bone to gnaw on.
Not to mention, in the past year, Gongsun Kunxie has done a very good job of introspection.
Almost every five days, Liu Che was given a lesson to deeply reflect on his mistakes. Every month, he came to the palace to greet him, but he had already kneeled down and licked him to the point that it was inappropriate to hold on to him any longer.
In addition, Gongsun He also did a good job in Jiangdu Kingdom. At least he did not hold back and accomplished some things.
In addition, when Wu Chu rebelled, Gongsun Kunxie did make a lot of efforts and made a lot of achievements.
Due to these considerations, it is normal for Gongsun Kunxie to be given the title of Marquis.
After the conferment ceremony, it was the customary local governor's performance report and the court invitations from the princes and kings.
Locally, Liu Che is currently focusing on the construction of the iron smelting base in Nanyang County.
Zhang Tang did not return to Beijing this time, but sent his deputy Ning Cheng back to report.
Although Zhang Tang did not come back to report in person, the various documents and files that Ning Cheng brought back filled a whole cart full of blank paper.
This carload of official documents alone is worth dozens of carloads of documents in the past.
Half of these documents are about the construction of the iron smelting base and bills for various expenses.
This is the characteristic of Legalist bureaucracy.
Legalist bureaucrats, even if they make money, will do a very good job in procedures, making it impossible for people to make mistakes.
Liu Che handed over these files and accounts of Nanyang County to Ji An and asked Lantai to complete the review within seven days and give a briefing.
At the same time, Liu Che ordered Ning Cheng to carefully explain Nanyang County's expenditures in the past year and the construction of the iron smelting base to the Manchu civil and military officials.
After all, the construction scale and investment amount of this iron smelting base in Nanyang County will be the largest national investment in industry since the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
Its total investment and expenditure on additional projects may even exceed the scale of Xiao He's construction of Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace.
If he does not explain the problem clearly, put forward the importance of Nanyang's iron smelting base, and win the support and escort of the officials in both the government and the public, Liu Che is more worried that some idiots will cause trouble or make a fortune in the future.
Especially my cousin Bo Dou Chen.
After explaining the problem clearly, if there are still people who dare to put their hands on it, don't blame Liu Che for being ruthless and killing Ma Su with tears.
Ning Cheng was very well prepared.
In front of the ministers, Ning Cheng put in front of the ministers the project that had already started in Nanyang County: the final plan for a total of 132 blast furnaces.
"After completion, Nanyang County can produce at least 1.5 million jins of crude iron, more than 100,000 jins of refined iron, and tens of thousands of jins of steel every year..." Ning Cheng not only said it with his mouth, he also brought a drawing on the
I took out the imaginary picture of the Nanyang Iron Smelting Base on the paper.
Countless generals looked at the giant iron smelting industrial park painted on the paper and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Ning Cheng pointed to the industrial park on paper and continued to describe a bright future for the minister: "After the iron smelting base is completed, Xiaguan and others will build hundreds of various ordnance workshops near the base, with an annual output of hundreds of breastplates.
There are tens of thousands of crossbows, countless spears, swords and halberds, and countless arrow clusters, which are enough to meet more than 50% of the military requirements of the future imperial court!"
Upon hearing this, all the generals immediately decided from their hearts to fully support this plan.
Because this is equivalent to the imperial court re-establishing an ordnance industry base in Nanyang County that is no less than that of Shaofu.
Of course, not everyone has doubts.
"The investment is too big..." Many ministers muttered in their hearts.
This iron smelting base in Nanyang County not only swallows up all of Nanyang's tax revenue every year, but also requires the central government to allocate tens of millions of dollars and provide tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen.
The total construction cost is hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the construction period is as long as five years (although Ning Cheng guarantees that the first batch of thirty blast furnaces will start smelting in June next year).
But the risk is still too great.
If it is not completed as expected, the imperial court will be under heavy financial pressure.
But, from another aspect, as long as this base is built.
Then, the Han Dynasty will be able to recover all its investment within ten years, and will have a new source of finance and taxation.
Therefore, the opposition voice is very small.
After talking about Nanyang County, in the face of Nanyang County's huge investment plan, the reports from other counties seem very weak, and they are not even worthy of too much attention.
But during the subsequent application process for the princes and dynasties, Liu Che encountered a minor problem.
This year, except for King Dai and King Yan, no other princes or kings came to court.
but……
Liu Che also has three dear younger brothers who have not yet been crowned kings and are stranded in Weiyang Palace in Chang'an.
Of course, including their mothers.
The emperor's tenth brother, Liu Zhi, is six years old this year, the emperor's eleventh brother, Liu Yue, is three years old, and the emperor's twelfth brother, Liu Ji, is under two years old.
When the three pink-collared emperor's brothers, who were wearing braids and even needed help from servants, came to the palace and shouted: "I'm waiting to send you your Majesty's greetings!"
, Liu Che's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.
It's not for any other reason.
It's because my dear brothers, especially Liu She, are old enough to be crowned kings.
He is six years old!
Last year, we could have said, "I am fortunate to love my brother, and I want to comfort and stay in Chang'an, so that I can fulfill my eldest brother's responsibilities and enjoy the love of brotherhood."
But that won't work this year.
The six-year-old emperor's younger brother should not be sealed out as soon as possible.
When the world sees it, they will only have two thoughts:
First, the emperor did not like his younger brother, so he did not grant him the title, which was a great insult to him.
Second: Your Majesty hates the house and crow, so he did not seal it because of his mother's death.
No matter what the situation is, you will be criticized.
Using the elder to bully the young, using the older to bully the younger, and using power to bully others are behaviors that are despised by traditional Chinese culture.
Even Dong Palace couldn't bear it anymore.
Empress Dowager Bo, in particular, had repeatedly urged Liu Che to make plans in advance.
But Liu Che really didn't dare to make early plans.
These three younger brothers are nothing, they are not sensible yet, what can they know?
And at such a young age, he does not pose a threat to the imperial power.
But the problem is their old mother.
If he goes out and puts a green hat on the emperor's father, the old Liu family will lose their face to Java.
Looking at his three cute little brothers, Liu Che sighed in his heart. He knew that he couldn't drag it out any longer.
If we delay it any longer, if the Wang'an sisters go to the crying temple, they will make a huge fool of themselves.
Sister Wang Ao definitely has the courage and wisdom to cry in the temple!
After scratching his head, Liu Che turned his attention to Liaodong and Xinhua, but after thinking about it, he felt it was inappropriate.
The younger brother is far away from home, so it is easy for others to criticize him.
"It seems that the only choice is to separate Huainan and Zhao and grant brothers Liu She and Liu Yue." Liu Che thought to himself.
That's all it can do.
But the Wang Nuan sisters put Liu Che in trouble.
It’s not that Liu Che uses the heart of a villain to judge the belly of a gentleman.
It is true that the old Liu family has a long tradition of producing weird things, and sisters Wang Quan, it is obvious at a glance that they are not peaceful masters.
"That's all, that's all, it's going to rain, my mother is getting married, I can't care so much..."
After Liu Che ascended the throne, he felt the emperor's helplessness for the first time.
There is no way. Although the emperor has unlimited power, he must restrain his hands and handle household affairs carefully. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, people in the world will talk about it immediately.
Especially after the story of Huainan Li Wang Liu Chang, the old Liu family became even more sensitive to the issue of how to deal with their brothers.
Today, no emperor dares to embarrass his brothers on some minor issues.
Just like Liu Duan, Liu Che had to bite the bullet and wipe his ass when he made trouble in his feudal country, and he couldn't even punish him.
Fortunately, Liu Duan is very smart and knows what can and cannot be done.
Otherwise, when Liu Che faces his own problems and his brothers, their heads will explode. (To be continued.)
ps: Let’s get over it first. Why haven’t I felt so good in the past two days? Adjust and read a book first~
