Otherwise, how could the imperial court not under Guo Peng's control make such a reward?

Is it purely to win over and praise Guo Peng, and to show the credibility of Hongnong Central Court?

Jin Jue became a public, feuding a state and establishing a country. This is something that only happened in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period. Under the enfeoffment system of the Zhou royal family, the feudal state and the founding of the country became the monarch, and controlled the local military, financial and administrative powers, and were not subject to the Zhou royal family. intervention.

In name, Zhou Tianzi is the master, pays tribute, and fights for the emperor.

That was true at first, but not so soon.

Zong Zhou moved eastward, the authority of the emperor was lost, and the vassal states went their own way. The monarch was equal to the emperor in his own country. The Zhou royal family lost control and influence over the vassal states and gradually declined.

This is the beginning of the hundreds of years of great controversy. It has been more than [-] years since Qin unified the country, abolished the system of enfeoffment, and established the system of prefectures and counties.

The ghost knows how the Hongnong Central Court picked up the enfeoffment system from the garbage dump of history and rewarded the meritorious officials.

This is a big matter, and many people don't even know what is a duke, what is feuding a state and establishing a country, and what is the significance.

So Guo Peng asked the envoy to stay overnight temporarily, hold a banquet to entertain him, and then summoned his subordinate civil servants and generals to preach the award.

The speaker is Guo Jia who has received a good education. Guo Jia first briefly introduced the basic history of the pre-Qin period, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Then it focuses on the meaning of feuding a state and establishing a country, as well as the meaning of the enfeoffment system.

"In short, feuding a state and establishing a country is equivalent to making a general the king of a country, which is equivalent to being the king of the pre-Qin states, such as Qi, Chu, Zhao, Wei, and Yan, and the imperial edict also sets the generals according to the configuration. The following hundred officials are just like the old pre-Qin system.

The country entrusted by the general will become a principality of the Han Dynasty. In the territory of the Principality, the emperor of the Han Dynasty will not interfere with administration, military affairs, tax collection, etc. All government affairs, military affairs and finances are the responsibility of the monarch, and the monarch needs to pay tribute to the emperor, and Follow the orders of the emperor and lead the army to fight. "

Compared with the civil servants who knew this past better, the military generals woke up like a dream, and only then did they understand what happened on the land under their feet 400 years ago.

What does this system mean.

Cao Hong was very excited.

"Does this mean that the general will be the king?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the generals who led the army started discussing with joy on their faces. They all thought this was a very good thing.

Even the emperor of Han can't interfere with what happens in his own territory. This is tantamount to an independent country, the kind that justifies its name, as long as it pays tribute, and then fights a war, it's over!

Their understanding is still relatively superficial.

But that didn't stop them from being happy.

They really should be happy.

As Guo Peng's status improves, they will also rise, improving their status and power.

Guo Peng became the king, wouldn't they get corresponding rewards?

"General! This is a great thing!"

Cao Ren looked at Guo Peng excitedly.

"My subordinates congratulate the general!"

"Congratulations, General!"

"The general is overjoyed!"

The generals stood up one after another, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Xi, Gao Lan and other generals expressed their sincere happiness at this incident.

They have almost completed the military's statement, which is full support.

The civil servants were not in a hurry to express their opinions, but looked at Guo Peng's plain face and carefully figured out Guo Peng's thoughts.

Unlike the generals who just learned about the history of the enfeoffment system, some well-born civil servants had a deep understanding of this history and understood what the birth and demise of the enfeoffment system meant.

It's not simple.

Especially in the Han Dynasty, no one had ever received such a reward, and Guo Peng became a precedent when there was no precedent. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, no one knows.

So caution is required.

Chen Gong advised Guo Peng very cautiously.

"This matter has a lot to do with it. It is debatable whether the imperial court did this for the general's benefit, or to put the general on fire."

"Yes, General, there is no precedent for this matter. Although Wang Mang was awarded the Duke of An Han, he did not establish a state. Now that something like this happened suddenly, the General has to think carefully."

Xi Zhong also looked at Guo Peng seriously.

Guo Peng was silent for a while.

Just a while ago, he saw the attitude of the civilians and generals under his command.

Army generals are not very sensitive to these things. As long as their status improves, they are happy. This kind of feeling is very simple.

It is beneficial to me, and if I make good use of it, it will become my magic weapon for victory, but it is also dangerous, so use it with caution.

Civil servants are generally worried about this, but they are not out of pure opposition, but out of instinctive concerns about unprecedented incidents. They are worried that this matter will affect my career and cause adverse effects. They are still thinking about me. .

Guo Peng is not worried about their loyalty.

At this time, their loyalty can be guaranteed, just because the level of knowledge is uneven, and the degree of understanding is also different.

But there is no doubt that at this juncture, every step I take will cause widespread doubts and worries. How to dispel such doubts and worries is what must be done.

From this point of view, Guo Peng felt that his previous layout and ideas were very necessary.

One person is too dazzling, so we have to come together.

Use the muscular men of the Liangzhou Group to tear up the world, make the people of the world have no control over the changes in the current situation, let the world get out of control, and let the ambitions of all the warlords fly.

Then someone Guo will harvest all the ambitions of all the warlords.

Come to a beautiful reunification.

Now is not the time to accept. According to the traditional three-way rule, the first time is definitely unacceptable and must be rejected.

Then release the news and let the people in the area under your jurisdiction know, let the scholars, the children of the poor family, and the common people know.

Then, launch the propaganda offensive of the public opinion and propaganda organization to build momentum. At the same time, launch the Linzi camp to monitor internally, register and compile books of scholars and bureaucrats who are highly resistant, and are always ready to use appropriate excuses to destroy humanely.

It is imperative to feud a state and build a country, and so is political cleansing.

If this wave is not cleaned up, the road ahead will only be more difficult. Therefore, this wave requires an internal ideological integration, selecting forces that have their own hearts, isolating the forces that have the Han Dynasty in their hearts, and gradually eliminating them. Lay a further foundation for yourself.

Chapter 460 They don't know themselves (revision)

As long as military wars are won, political and ideological wars must also be won.

The gun has completed its task, and the next step is the task of the pen.

Propaganda agencies that have been in operation for many years must play their due role at this time.

And several crucial points of propaganda, Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan and other influential Confucian masters must also win over and speak for themselves.

If they express their views publicly, they will be able to win more supporters for themselves.

In the final analysis, this is not a rebellion, but a change within the existing political framework of the Han Empire. It did not shake the co-lord status of the Han emperor, but only made this reality more skinny.

Compared with Yuan Shu's hasty act of proclaiming the emperor and building a country, this approach is much gentler, and it was proposed by the court on its own initiative. In essence, Guo Peng did not exercise power.

He is innocent.

The generals group headed by Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others expressed their clear support for Guo Peng, and they were happy to see Guo Peng further become the king.

They represent the opinion of Guo Peng's mainstay of power - the army, which supports Guo Peng.

This steel behemoth that swept the world supported Guo Peng.

This in itself is a kind of great confidence, and it is also a manifestation of Guo Peng's direct and thorough control over the army.

In troubled times, the barrel of a gun is obviously more meaningful, stronger, and tougher than the barrel of a pen.

But civil servants are mainly worried and uncertain, as for opposition and acceptance, it is secondary.

They worried that this was a conspiracy by the Hongnong court to frame Guo Peng as the second rebel after Yuan Shu, and called on the people of the world to resist Guo Peng.

Although Guo Peng is the most powerful force in the world and is invincible, but if he really wants to become that situation, there will be a lot of troubles.

Youzhou and Bingzhou that have not yet been fully grasped, Yuzhou that has just been grasped, and some centrifugal forces that have not yet shown their feet.

Guo Peng needs time.

Qingyan and Yanzhou are the birthplaces of Guo Peng, where the power is most deeply rooted. No one dares to resist Guo Peng. Jizhou is also under strong control, and there are more cooperators, but it is hard to say whether there will be resisters.

There will definitely be problems in Youbin Erzhou and Yuzhou, and the northern half of Yangzhou just mastered is also difficult to say.

Not to mention there is Xuzhou Tao Qian.

If the Hongnong court were to plot against Guo Peng, Guo Peng would be in serious trouble.

They are also sincerely thinking about Guo Peng.

Naturally, they didn't know what preparations Guo Peng had made for this day.

Today, Guo Peng, who has a large enough population, is not as worried about public opinion as he was a few years ago.

However, Guo Peng is not very sure about this kind of thing. He also has a gambling element in it. He is betting on human greed. He believes that greed will drag people into the abyss until they die.

Guo Peng, who has been a dog for 18 years and became an adult, deeply understands that if morality is not matched, people will die.

Virtue is truth, and truth is strength.

If you are greedy for status without matching strength, you will die.

But few people have an accurate assessment of their own strength.

Anyway, Guo Peng thinks that Zhang Ji and Duan Yan are not like people with self-knowledge.

They are not alike, they are not.

On the third day after the reward envoy set off for Shouchun, Zhang Ji and Duan Yan joined hands to visit Jia Xu.

It seemed that the two of them had a conversation and breathed it out. Jia Xu was very clear about this and easily predicted it.

"If the two generals came to ask me about the previous incident, my reply would still be the same. This is not the correct approach."

Jia Xu still objected.

Duan Yan smiled and said, "Wenhe, since you fought with Xiangguo, you have made a lot of contributions, but you don't want rewards or status. We all feel very sorry, so this time, General Zhang and I I have decided to ask for credit for you, and I will submit the form to His Majesty, and I ask His Majesty to ennoble you as a public servant and establish a state."

Jia Xu pretended to be shocked.

"What? You..."

"Wenhe, I know your concerns, but it's okay, with Guo Zifeng with us, the four of us together, it won't look so awkward, right?"

Zhang Ji smiled and held Jia Xu's hand: "Wenhe, don't you want to honor your ancestors, build your own family's ancestral temple in your feudal country and worship your ancestors?"

Jia Xu looked speechless.

But I was quite disdainful in my heart.

He still wanted to drag himself into the water together.

In fact, the three giants have always negotiated with each other. In terms of speaking power, Zhang Ji, who has the most troops, is the first, Duan Yan is the second, and Jia Xu, who is not in charge of the army, is the third.

However, because Jia Xu is the smartest, Zhang Ji and Duan Yan often use Jia Xu as their mastermind and follow his advice.

Having said that, once a conflict really occurs, Jia Xu will definitely not be able to fight against these two people. The previous fight was just a gesture, it was to lure the enemy deep, make them unable to extricate themselves, and make them fall into their own trap involuntarily. middle.

Now that they have reached this point, it is time to show weakness and increase their ambition and determination.

Under the coercion of the eyes of the two, Jia Xu let go of his tense expression and let out a long sigh.

"You can do whatever you want, but I don't want to do that. The two generals want to establish a state. No one can stop it, and of course I can't."

Jia Xu took out the emperor's seals in his possession and put them on the case table, and let Zhang Ji and Duan Wei take them away.

Zhang Ji and Duan Yan looked at each other and smiled.

"Wenhe is still our important arm. We will never treat Wenhe badly. Wenhe is a big matter. We still need to discuss with you more. Don't refuse!"

"That's it, hahahaha!"

Seeing how the two of them got what they wanted, Jia Xu sighed secretly, besides that, he also felt a little bit of joy in his heart.

Everything went as expected, and the two had no idea what they were about to do.

Still the same sentence, reading and understanding history are really important.

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