Chapter 621: Build walls high, accumulate grain widely, slowly become king

"Call me King of Han?"

After knowing the meaning of this decree, even Liu Cheng couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

This was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Liu Cheng had already considered the rewards he would receive after returning this time.

I feel that my official position may rise a bit, becoming a cavalry general or something like that.

As for the title, it may change from Tinghou to Xianghou.

He didn't even think about becoming a duke.

After all, at this time, titles and titles are starting to become less valuable.

But those are basically ordinary marquises at the entry level, and the titles above are relatively rare.

Maybe get yourself a country prince.

Xianghou doesn't sound like much, but it's actually very rare.

Prime Minister Zhuge, who left such a great reputation in history and died of exhaustion, was nothing more than a Marquis of Wuxiang.

County marquises are even rarer than township marquises.

As for ennobling the public, it is even more difficult.

Today, there is no such existence in the entire Guanzhong, or in other words, the entire Han Dynasty.

The highest point of title in the Han Dynasty was the county marquis.

There is no duke.

At that time, Cao Cao also fought in the south and north for a long time, captured many places, and had many generals under his command. Finally, he began to plan for Wei Gong, a title that this big man did not have.

The establishment of a duke is not just a duke, but more importantly, a series of powers connected behind it.

After becoming Wei Gong, Cao Cao was equivalent to a common existence among other countries.

Have a fiefdom, form your own officials, and administrative system...

Xun Yu strongly opposed Cao Cao on this matter, and eventually died because of it...

At this time, the title of duke is a real seal. It is really necessary to demarcate the scope and establish a principality for you.

It is different from the Tang Dynasty and other later princes, and it is fundamentally different.

Later, the founding fathers and others were all castrated after being castrated.

It's just a virtual seal, not a real seal.

It is a symbol of honor.

Liu Cheng knew these things and also knew that the title of Duke was of great significance and extraordinary.

Therefore, I didn't think about it. I felt that by being granted the title of Township Marquis, or becoming a County Marquis greater than the Township Marquis, I would have reached the pinnacle.

It is impossible to ennoble the public.

From various aspects, it is impossible to become a public official.

Liu Cheng is self-aware.

If you want to be granted the title of Duke, the time will not come yet.

I still need to continue doing other things.

But who would have thought that all of a sudden, he would meet a messenger and bring him a piece of news!

The township marquis and county marquis were all jumped over, and the title of duke was also jumped over for me.

He immediately made himself the king!

Moreover, the one who was granted the title was still the King of Han!

No matter how ignorant Liu Cheng was, he still knew how extraordinary the King of Han was.

Especially in Dahan.

After all, Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was the king of Han before.

The name of the Han Dynasty came directly from here.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Chengcai was confused.

Some people don't understand what happened in Chang'an City.

How come I haven't done anything here?

Why are you suddenly calling yourself the King of Han?

This... this improvement is a bit too big, right?

The meaning of naming yourself the King of Han is really too important!

Doesn't this mean that he is a figure like the emperor of the Han Dynasty?

Is it a matter of course to inherit the great rule of the Han Dynasty from now on?

This is equivalent to directly laying the foundation for himself to become the Emperor of the Han Dynasty in the future!

Although when Liu Cheng met someone, he liked to drag them along and say something like "The Emperor Gaozu got Fan Kuai, the ovary of Zhenwu."

But he really never thought that one day he would really become the King of Han.

The King of Han is really too extraordinary for a big Han!

Moreover, since Liu Bang became emperor, he has not established the title of King of Han.

As a result, now, he directly named himself the King of Han...

Is this a prophetic statement?

Liu Cheng thought so in his heart.

In order to win over people, I compared myself to Liu Bang, but now, I have been awarded the title of King of Han!

This is really extremely surprising.

Even with Liu Cheng's temperament, he was stunned for a moment.

This is really out of common sense!

"Father-in-law, why...why do you suddenly want to make me the King of Han!

This thing... is really too abnormal..."

After Liu Cheng heard the meaning of the edict, he looked at Cai Yong and asked this question.

That's right, the person who came all the way with the edict and delivered the news to Liu Cheng as an envoy was none other than Cai Yong.

Situ of the Han dynasty.

Cai Yong's Situ actually had much greater power than Xun Shuang's Sikong.

According to Liu Cheng's understanding, it is directly equivalent to the existence of a prime minister...

At this time, the current Situ brought an edict and became an envoy, coming to convey the news to Liu Chenglai.

Just from this incident, we can see how big Liu Cheng's cards are at this time!

Cai Yong said: "This matter is a long story and it was really sudden.

It’s not just you, Kede, everyone feels it’s so sudden, I myself feel dizzy now and haven’t fully reacted…”

Cai Yong said to Liu Cheng with a wry smile.

Listening to his father-in-law talking to him in such a conversation, Liu Cheng was slightly stunned.

Your father-in-law didn’t even react?

Feel like your head is buzzing?

It seems that this thing is really sudden.

Immediately, I asked Cai Yong what was going on.

Cai Yong asked Liu Cheng to find a secluded place where Liu Cheng and the others were alone, and then he began to tell Liu Cheng about this matter.

"...Xun Shuang and Xun Sikong suddenly raised this matter?"

After listening to his father-in-law Cai Yong's account of what happened that day, Liu Cheng also looked a little surprised.

At first, he thought that Dong Zhuo had caused this incident.

Dong Zhuo had been interested in handing these things from the Dong family into his own hands.

Moreover, this kind of sudden shocking move is very consistent with his usual behavior.

After all, he has done this kind of thing a lot in the past few years.

No matter after entering Luoyang, he suddenly took control of the political power and obtained the fruits of victory.
To be continued...