ps: Thanks to Brother Qikaan for the reward and Brother Yifeng for the monthly pass.
In mid-February, Li Zhen rushed back to Jiangzhou. It snowed heavily in Hedong, and neither Jinzhou nor Zezhou could use large-scale troops. Therefore, there was no fierce fighting between the Hedong Army and Xuanwu Army, and the battle line remained at
Near Jiangzhou and Zezhou.
This heavy snow bought Xuanwu precious time. Under the urgent call of King Liang, reinforcements from Henan entered the above two places one after another. The number of troops in Jiangzhou reached 150,000, and that in Zezhou was nearly 50,000.
During Li Zhen's mission to Xichuan for more than a month, in addition to adjusting the deployment of troops, the Xuanwu Army also drafted a title system to be promulgated under the auspices of Jingxiang. After Li Zhen returned to Jiangzhou, the civil servants in Liang Wang's account
Everyone was beaming with joy, and the whole Jiangzhou City was rejuvenated.
In fact, before Li Zhen arrived in Jiangzhou, he received a draft of the imperial edict rushed to him by his subordinates. This was an edict regarding the titles that King Liang would implement after he established the country. Of course, King Liang had not yet established the country.
, so the edict is just a draft, but this edict has already been completed and can be promulgated only after the founding of the country.
Li Zhen watched it while walking, and after reading it, he was already familiar with the title system.
In the soon-to-be-established Liang Kingdom, the titles under the Liang King were divided into seven levels, namely, Duke of the State, Duke of the Founding County, Duke of the Founding County, Marquis of the Founding County, County Bo of the Founding County, County Son and County Boy. Basically, they followed the Tang Jue
system.
The difference is that there are nine levels of princes in the Tang Dynasty, among which the princes and princes are not included. The Liang Kingdom itself is also a feudal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the King of Liang is the prince prince (also called the heir king). There are no two masters in a country, so
There is only one king in Daliang, and there are no other kings. In the Tang Dynasty, the word "Kaiguo" has been removed from the title of "Kaiguo County" and "Jianguo County Man". The meaning is self-evident. These two titles are only for the title of town but not for the country.
Therefore, among Liang Jue, the ones who can really control the country are the five-level nobility - Duke of the State, Duke of the Founding County, Duke of the County of Founding, Marquis of the County of Founding, and County Bo of the Founding. Among them, the Duke of the State and the Duke of the Founding County can enfeoff a state (county).
The land. The Duke of the country can only grant the Zhu family name, the founding county prince can grant foreign surnames; the founding county governor can grant the land of a county. The above three nobles can all be hereditary, and they are the real feudal states.
Kaiguo County Marquis and Kaiguo County County Bodhisattva can be granted the title of a county or a country, but they cannot be hereditary. After the death of the person who gets the title, the title will be returned to the king. The heirs who take the title will be reduced by one level each generation. After two generations, there will be no title.
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After Li Zhen read it, he understood. He felt that he might be able to get the position of county governor. As for the county governor, he had to work hard for it. After returning to Jiangzhou, he immediately handed over an order to King Liang to send an envoy to Xichuan.
He reported the matter to the King of Liang, and there were naturally many words of praise for his achievements. The purpose was to win the title of Duke.
From mid-February to early March, envoys to various vassal towns returned to Jiangzhou one after another. The news they brought back made the entire Xuanwu Army senior leadership feel inexplicably excited. Now it is basically certain that the strategy of "emulating the Warring States Period" has been achieved.
With the enthusiastic response from vassal towns all over the world, the promulgation of this policy is basically a foregone conclusion.
On the first day of March, a heated Xuanwu Army meeting was held in Jiangzhou. All the civil and military officials who could come came in person, and those who could not come. Such as Ge Congzhou, Yang Shihou, He Delun, Zhang Cunjing, Li Hui, Li Sian, etc.
Send your closest aides to attend.
Liang Wangxing preliminarily read out the unofficial edict on the title of nobility on the third day of March. Of course, it would have to be formally promulgated after the founding of the country.
In this edict, all the civil and military officials in Xuanwu were awarded titles one by one. It can be said that everyone was very happy.
Those who were granted the title of Duke were Zhu Yougui, Duke of Ying, Zhu Youzhen, Duke of Jun, and Zhu Youzi, Duke of Kang, all sons of Prince Liang. Zhu Youning, Duke of An, and Zhu Youliang, Duke of Guang, were nephews of Prince Liang.
Those who were granted the title of County Duke were Jingxiang, Li Zhen, Zhu Yougong, Shi Shucong, Ge Congzhou, Kang Huaiying, etc. Those who were granted the title of County Duke were Pei Di, Zhang Cunjing, He Delun, Yang Shihou, etc.
Those who were granted the title of County Marquis were Li Si'an, Li Hui, Wang Yanzhang, Wang Yanqiu, Zhang Guihou and the other county magistrates, who were over ten.
The county prince and the county baron did not mention it this time. Because there are so many people involved, it will be promulgated after the founding of the country.
When Li Zhen returned to his dormitory, he ordered someone to get a map of the mountains and rivers of the world. However, he was told that the map had been borrowed and the painters were rushing to make it. This shows that the map is now in great demand. After waiting for two days, Li Zhen finally got it.
A map, regardless of the fact that the ink on it has not dried yet, I quickly started to take a closer look.
Weizhou... Weizhou... Weizhou is here. Li Zhen pointed at Weizhou with his finger, poked it hard, and then drew a circle around Weizhou.
Seal the country for two hundred miles!
Duke Wei is Li Zhen's future titleholder. As a Duke, his future territory will be the entire Weizhou, which also means that he will be the founder of Wei State in the future.
Li Zhen leaned heavily on the back of the chair and let out a breath of turbid air. He felt that his body was in a state of ecstasy. The feeling of joy was indescribable. He stared at the map again and began to wonder, should the capital be located in Weizhou City or in Weizhou City?
Is Gongcheng better? As a county town, Weizhou City is more prosperous and grand, but it is near the border of Weiguo - Li Zhen has already called Weizhou "Weiguo"; although Gongcheng is not as good as Weizhou City, it is
Weizhou Central is safer.
After much deliberation, he still couldn't make up his mind, so he decided to ask Yuan Xiang about the situation first, so he wrote a letter. Yuan Xiang and Jiang Xuanhui were involved in the internal rebellion in Huainan. Although the King of Liang had not decided to punish him yet, Li Zhen knew that
This was because the King of Liang wanted to secretly find out whether the two of them were involved with Lu Long. Thinking of this, Li Zhen hesitated again. Writing a letter to Yuan Xiang at this time was tantamount to giving someone a handle. So he burned the letter again
I decided to go to Weizhou in person when I have the opportunity in the future to understand the situation on the spot before deciding on the capital. Anyway, I am not in a hurry.
Li Zhen suddenly stood up and lay down on the map to look for the location of Chenzhou. Although he was familiar with Chenzhou, he still looked at it again.
It was also two hundred miles away from the feudal state, but the Chenzhou obtained by Jingxiang was different from that of Li Zhen. Chenzhou was adjacent to the south of Bianzhou and was the center of the hinterland under the control of the Xuanwu Army. Not to mention rich products, the key was the location.
The important thing is that it can be said that the elbow is between the abdomen and the armpit. Li Zhen slowly tasted the profound meaning, nodded and shook his head secretly.
Setting aside the fertile Chenzhou for Jingxiang to establish a kingdom, the King of Liang must have been in pain. According to the situation of this feudal state, most of the important officials of Xuanwu were granted feudalism outside Henan. To put it bluntly, it was theirs.
The fiefdom is not yet in Xuanwu's hands, or it is in the midst of a war, and is not entirely in Xuanwu's hands. For example, Weizhou, where Li Zhen was granted the title, was on the battlefield of the confrontation between Xuanwu's army and Lulong's army. Another example is Suizhou, the fiefdom of Shi Shucong.
Most of it is still under the control of Hedong.
If you want a real country, you must conquer it first. This method of enfeoffment is the best bait for King Liang to encourage his subordinates and generals to die. When the edict of enfeoffment is issued, Uncle Cong will fight to the death to attack Suizhou, and Li
Zhen Zhen himself had the idea of personally requesting troops from King Liang to go north. He could not wait to drive Lu Long's army out of Weizhou.
Therefore, the King of Liang granted Jingxiang to Chenzhou, which not only showed his trust in Jingxiang, but also concealed his wariness towards him. If Jingxiang had any objections, the army could leave Bianzhou at any time and the decision would be decided in a battle.
As far as Li Zhen himself is concerned, if he was given a choice, he would rather be farther away from Bianzhou. For example, the current Weizhou is good. It would be better if it could be further away. But it cannot be too far, too far, and it will not be able to get
The protection of Xuanwu Army was not safe either. Thinking of this, he felt lucky that he did not say a word in the festival hall that day about "following the Warring States Period".
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Guannai, Qizhou South, Chencang.
Guo Qiqi, the Fengxiang Ya general who was stationed here, was discussing matters in the tent. More than a dozen generals in the tent did not say a word and stood blankly on both sides. Under the tent, two Fengxiang juniors were kneeling, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Guo Qiqi had a cold face. After the two junior high school commanders had finished begging for mercy, Fang said: "I have stated military law before the expedition. Anyone who neglects the army will be killed without mercy. There is no need for you two to say more. Just bow your head and plead guilty. As for your family,
You can rest assured that I will ask His Highness to treat you kindly." After that, he waved his hand and ordered the sword and axe-hand to drag him out and kill him.
In terms of personal bravery, the Fengxiang Army was actually worthy of a battle, but this group of soldiers was too naughty, and there were many people who did not obey military orders. The main reason for their repeated defeats at the hands of Xuanwu during the Tianfu years was this. Later, King Qi accepted Guo Qiqi's advice.
He remonstrated and tried hard to rectify military discipline, but the effect was not obvious. This time Guo Qiqi led the army, in addition to wanting to cut off the connection between Qinzhou and Xuanwu, he also wanted to take the opportunity to declare military law. These two small colonels were on the edge of a knife.
, Guo Qiqi beheaded the two men just to warn the entire army.
After killing two small schools, Guo Qiqi once again reiterated the military order. The general in the tent obeyed the order solemnly, and the effect was very good. He nodded secretly and was about to announce that he was leaving.
Here’s an urgent message.
Guo Qiqi hurriedly started to look at it, and was immediately stunned. The official document was issued by Prince Qi's Mansion, stamped with the gold seal of His Highness Prince Qi, and signed by Prince Qi Li Maozhen, so it could not be faked. Guo Qiqi read it several times and asked the envoy:
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
The envoy replied: "Your Highness did not say anything about it. He only said that we would discuss urgent matters after the general returns to Fengxiang."
Guo Qiqi sighed and was lost in thought for a long time. He shook his head and issued an order to the generals under his tent: "Every army will get ready and set off tomorrow to return to Fengxiang."
Twenty thousand troops left Fengxiang and headed south. They stayed in Chencang for more than a month, but then returned inexplicably the same way they came. Guo Qiqi was puzzled.
After he quickly led his troops back to Fengxiang, he handed over his military talisman and hurriedly asked to see King Qi.
"How is this trip going?" King Qi asked.
"Fortunately, everything went well. It has been found that Xuanwu used the Chencang trail to secretly communicate with Qinzhou, so I have led my troops to intercept Chencang. In another ten months, I am afraid that Qinzhou Zhang Cunjing will no longer be able to hold on. By then,
We can also give an explanation to the King of Jin and the King of Yan. It’s just that we withdrew our troops for unknown reasons, but all our previous efforts have been wasted..." Guo Qiqi asked doubtfully.
King Qi stared blankly at the heavy snow falling outside the window. After a long time, he recovered from the sound of the oil lamp breaking and said quietly: "The King of Liang wants to ask the emperor to order him to implement the policy of 'following the Warring States Period'
. The envoy came to say that the Guanxi prefectures, Longyou and other places can be established in the Qi State Sheji."
Guo Qiqi was shocked all over and was speechless for a long time. He couldn't tell what it felt like.
After a while, King Qi said again: "On the first day of April, the King of Liang and the vassals all over the world will gather in the Eastern Capital. The emperor will offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, report to the Ancestral Temple, and issue an edict on enfeoffment of state affairs. There is still more than a month left. You go to Haosheng to prepare, and lead the army then.
With military escort, I want to go to Luoyang in person." (To be continued...)