At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Duan Yan's reaction was exactly the same as Zhang Ji's.

So Jia Xu retorted Duan Yan angrily, saying that he would not cooperate.

The reaction worked well.

Duan Yao also walked away angrily.

Looking at the back of Duan Yan leaving, Jia Xu deeply understood how powerful power is to a person.

The two of them would never let it go, their eyes full of desire told Jia Xu that this matter was not over yet.

The reward for Guo Peng has been decided, all that remains is to go through the motions and tell Liu Xie.

Liu Xie himself was also very happy. He was very happy to learn that Yuan Shu was dead, and that Guo Peng had exterminated Yuan Shu for him and maintained the status of the Han Dynasty.

But only for a short while, when the three giants Zhang Ji, Duan Yan and Jia Xu came to visit him together, and presented him with incentives to make Guo Peng a duke and to establish a state and a country, Liu Xie was stunned for a while.

He knew that he had no right to speak on this matter, and what he said about becoming a king before was also because he had no actual right to speak, so he blurted out angrily.

He never thought of making Guo Peng king, even if he holds real power.

But he didn't expect that the three giants of the Liangzhou Group would actually decide to make Guo Peng the duke, and then split the soil to seal the country and establish a pre-Qin type of vassal state with actual power.

On the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Since the concept of great unification has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the enfeoffment system in the pre-Qin period has not been accepted by scholars. The ruling class in power does not agree with the substantive enfeoffment system, because it is the greatest enemy of the unified central government .

They know it all.

The actions of the three giants in Liangzhou are blatantly turning back the wheel of history, are they blatantly going back to the past, or are they going back to the past that has all harm but no benefit.

Therefore, Liu Xiechu's anger was rare, and he couldn't control his emotions.

"Cracking the ground to build a country, this is something that has never happened since Gaozu! How can I set a precedent?"

Liu Xie is young, but he has received the emperor's education anyway, and he can vaguely understand the essence of these things.

"Your Majesty, the contribution made by General Guo is really too great. Besides, there is no better way to reward. If the reward is light, or not rewarded, it will make people in the world question His Majesty's fairness in dealing with affairs, and let the people in the world question the justice of His Majesty. The hearts of the people in the world are chilled, and they no longer want to fight for the great man."

Jia Xu said neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty, don't you know whether the hearts of the world are important or a mere country is important? If General Guo is not rewarded heavily, there will be rebels who rebel and claim to be emperors in the world again in the future. Who will?" To crusade for His Majesty?"

Liu Xie was stunned by Jia Xu and didn't know what to say.

after awhile.

"That's the case, it's enough to confer official positions, general chariots, generals, generals, prime ministers! Whatever position he wants, give it! But feuding a state and founding a country is a rule that only existed in the pre-Qin period. Abandoned it!"

Liu Xie frowned tightly, and clenched his fists tightly.

Jia Xu didn't speak, just lowered her head in silence, and then Liu Xie saw the unfriendly eyes of Zhang Ji and Duan Yan.

These two people are still polite to themselves, but as time goes by, the degree of this kindness is slowly decaying.

"Your Majesty is still young and does not understand the importance of this matter. It is understandable."

Duan Jian said a word neither salty nor bland.

"Your Majesty is young, so he doesn't know how important it is to reward meritorious officials. It's like we seem to be escorting and keeping His Majesty safe. Don't we get a little reward for such a great contribution? Your Majesty still doesn't object. Alright, otherwise it's not a good thing to chill the heroes."

Zhang Ji stared at Liu Xie, his tone was stronger than Duan Yan's, and he felt very threatening.

Obviously, this is a matter discussed by the Big Three. The rules are the same as before. Liu Xie knows that this matter is just a formality. No one takes it seriously. No one cares about his feelings. He just needs to know. None are in his hands.

Liu Xie was angry, but he was powerless to resist.

The blatant threat came from Zhang Ji's mouth, Liu Xie was trembling with anger, but he couldn't help feeling a little fear.

I don't have any guards, and I rely entirely on the protection of these people. Without them, my safety is a huge problem.

What a shame?

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie was very aware of his limitations, but he never thought that his limitations had reached this point.

Confessing a state and establishing a state on the land of the Han Dynasty, or a vassal state like the pre-Qin period, is this ignoring the merits of Gaozu and Emperor Jingdi and Emperor Wudi?

"I disagree."

Liu Xie resisted Zhang Ji's threatening gaze and words, and stared at Zhang Ji firmly.

Chapter 458. 450 Is this imperial court bought by Guo Peng?

Zhang Ji was very annoyed by Liu Xie's resistance.

His eyes became sharper, and the hand holding the knife couldn't help moving, almost drawing the knife out of its sheath to intimidate the little emperor.

Duan Yanqing coughed and signaled Zhang Ji not to do this with his eyes.

Zhang Ji snorted, but did not speak, while Duan Yan spoke unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, people, there are always times when you can't help yourself. Your Majesty is like this, and so are the ministers. The ministers are not very willing to do this. It's just that the credit is too great. It has maintained the orthodoxy of the great man. If you don't give a heavy reward, In the future, will anyone still be willing to uphold the orthodoxy of the Great Han?"

"The orthodoxy of a big man is at ease!"

Liu Xie gritted his teeth and said.

"The orthodoxy of the great man is not in the hearts of the people, but in the hearts of the soldiers!"

Duan Yan's tone suddenly became severe, which surprised Liu Xie.

"You are threatening me! Threatening the emperor of the big man!"

"so what?"

Zhang Ji couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ji is a rough man. He doesn't understand so many principles, but he also knows what meritorious deeds must be rewarded and demerits must be punished. If meritorious officials are not rewarded heavily, the consequences will be unimaginable once they are chilled."

"Why don't you abolish me! Be the emperor yourself?!"

Liu Xie overturned the case in front of him angrily, and shouted at the three of them.

Zhang Ji and Duan Yan glanced at each other, they didn't know what kind of consensus they had reached, so they turned around and left anyway.

Jia Xu was the only one left, who looked at Liu Xie with a flat face, and there was some pity in his eyes.

"Your Majesty wants to take care of himself, minister, I can no longer protect Your Majesty."

Jia Xu respectfully gave Liu Xie a royal gift, then turned and left.

Liu Xie looked sadly at the back of Jia Xu who was leaving, and was silent for a long time, then collapsed on the ground covering his face and began to cry.

He does not have the power to draft edicts, nor is he in charge of the emperor's seal. Guo Peng seized the Chuanguo Yuxi and sent it to Hongnong. To Guo Peng.

The feudal state and the founding of the country are at the moment, not at any time.

They have finished discussing the discussion, and they just know a little bit about it, there is no other meaning.

In the future, maybe you won't even know it.

Liu Xie seems to have foreseen such a future.

Such a future is indeed here.

A day later, the usual court meeting was held. The main topic of discussion this time was how to reward Guo Peng. The ministers participating in the court meeting knew in their hearts that some things had already been decided, and they could not discuss them, but they just knew about them.

It is impossible for those who want to discuss to appear in the court.

But what surprised these tame ministers was that the emperor did not attend this court meeting.

Shangshutai Shangshu and de facto prime minister Jia Xu announced to everyone that the emperor was unwell, and he would preside over this court meeting on his behalf.

And this statement made some smart people realize something.

Sure enough, Jia Xu came up and announced the explosive news.

Enter Guo Peng as a general of chariots and cavalry, and he is added as a prince, and he is quasi-feudal and state-building.

In addition, Duan Yan, the former general of chariots, was promoted to general of hussars, and Zhang Ji, the former general of hussars, was promoted to general of hussars.

Compared with the promotion of Guo Peng's title to the public and the approval of the feudal state and the founding of the country, the latter two seem a bit insignificant.

Officials who had made up their minds to keep their mouths shut all raised their heads in surprise, and looked in shock at Jia Xu, who had a calm face, and Duan Yan, who stood motionless at the front, as if they hadn't heard about it. Zhang Ji, and the cronies around them.

Are they really kidding?

Not to mention that the duke was not in the ranks of the Han Dynasty. Before that, there was one and only Wang Mang who was granted the title of duke, but it is said that the feudal state and the founding of the country...

is this real?

Some people even suspect that the court has been controlled by Guo Peng, otherwise how could such a decision be made?

Did Guo Peng spend money?

Had a dirty deal with this imperial court with whom he had a deep grudge?

If there is no transaction, just relying on such merits, can one follow the old practice of the Zhou Dynasty to feud a state and establish a country and become the king of a country?

Wang Mang, who likes the old system so much, has no plans to return to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. What are the three giants in Liangzhou going to do?

Because it was too shocking, some officials stood up and wanted to ask clearly.

"Since the founding of this dynasty, there has never been a case where a meritorious official with a different surname has conferred the title of duke and founding the country. Now this is the first of its kind. Is there any proof?"

Jia Xu said coldly: "General Guo put down the puppet Chen Yuanshu rebellion for the imperial court, maintained the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, and wiped out the traitors. Isn't this the greatest achievement? The Han Dynasty has the most important military achievements, and General Guo is already the highest. With this heavy reward, the people of the world will chill the court."

"Chilling? Jia Shangshu, in this way, I'm afraid it's not chilling, but shocking! Since the pre-Qin abolished the division of feudal counties, 400 years! There has never been such a thing!"

Another official stood up.

"At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, there were princes and kings with different surnames who established the kingdom, and Gaozu still adopted the system of enfeoffment. How do you judge?"

Jia Xu retorted.

"But then a rebellion broke out among princes and kings with different surnames. Gao Zu led the army to put down the rebellion. Afterwards, he killed the white horse and made an oath. No one can be named king unless he is the surname of Liu, and no one can be named a marquis unless he is a meritorious official. If there is any disobedience, the whole world will attack it!"

The No.3 official stood up and retorted.

"Gaozu said that non-Liu family members are not allowed to be named kings, and non-heroes are not allowed to be named marquises. When did he say that meritorious officials with different surnames are not allowed to be named princes, and the country should be established?"

"This... you are sophistry! The big guy doesn't have a duke!"

The official got angry and pointed at Jia Xu and berated him.

Jia Xu's face remained unchanged, but Zhang Ji turned his head and stared at the official for a while, stared at by death, the official trembled all over, his heart shuddered, and he slowly lowered his head and stopped speaking.

Although many people thought in their hearts "whether this imperial court was bought by Guo Peng", they soon found out that they were wrong.

It's not that simple.

The imperial court sent the legally valid edict of reward to Shouchun, where Guo Peng is located. Guo Peng soon received the edict of reward. content.

Promoted to general of chariots and cavalry, promoted to the rank of prince, and quasi-feudal to the state.

The content of the edict is not much, and the rhetoric is not gorgeous, but the content of the reward is as incredible as a tenth magnitude earthquake.

This is the first time since the founding of the Han Empire that he was promoted to the public and feudalized the state and established a country.

The generals and ministers looked at the envoy who read out the edict with shocked eyes, and then focused their eyes on Guo Peng.

Not everyone among them understands the significance of feuding a state and establishing a country, because some people read a lot, some people read less, some people know something about the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, and some people don't understand that period of history.

After all, more than 400 years have passed, and everyone only knows the reward regulations of the current Han Empire, and suddenly there is an extra reward rule from the pre-Qin period, which makes quite a few people, the second monk Zhang, puzzled.

For example, the generals who followed Guo Peng on the march.

Chapter 459. Chapter 450

Most of the generals are just from poor families and Li Shu. Before joining the army, some of them could not read a single character. After joining the army, they received basic education and became literate, but they were blind to the past history.

They basically don't know what that means.

They don't know what a duke is, and they don't know what it means to feud a state and build a country. They do know that the chariot general has a high status, but they don't know anything else.

However, quite a few of the advisers and officials knew what this meant.

Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, Chen Gong, they know what it means.

At the same time, they also wondered whether the imperial court was bought by Guo Peng or controlled by Guo Peng.