Chapter 96 Liu Bei's Difficulties

It's not easy to be an emperor, which is Liu Bei's first intuitive feeling now.

Liu Bei knows people, recognizes people, and employs people very well. His political talent is indeed very high. And he has an almost innate personality charm, which can make people feel relaxed and unite around him with joy and sincerity. But why did these people come to him for the practical benefit of nature. Now that Liu Bei has become the emperor, he will naturally reward them.

But when it comes to how to reward and how to balance all aspects of factions, it is difficult to do everything. Especially now, the Xuzhou faction is certainly its own patriarchal faction, but the Jingzhou faction is also very important. In addition to the Guanlong faction, which has just occupied Guanlong, and the Central Plains scholars in Yuzhou and Yanzhou, there are too many factors to consider. Even if Liu Bei is used to being a leader, it is still a little difficult to decide now.

In fact, it is easier to arrange civil servants, specifically to the position of prime minister. Judging from my own civil servants, Lu Su and Chen Qun are qualified to hold this position, whether they are qualified for this position. The rest of the candidates, such as the three public and nine ministers, are relatively easy to arrange. Zhuge Liang, Zhang Zhao, Xu Shu, Sun Qian and others all have their own strengths, and it is not difficult to hire them one by one. What really embarrassed Liu Bei was the arrangement of the general and the throne.

Among the generals, the position of general is the most respected. At present, this position is basically reserved by Guan Yu, but Liu Bei is a little uncertain about the next candidates for the cavalry general and the cavalry general. One of these two positions must be given to Zhang Fei, and the other is not easy to decide who is given to. From Liu Bei's psychological point of view, he wants to give it to Zhao Feng; but at present, his capital is Chang'an, located in Guanzhong, and Ma Chao is very famous in the area of Guanlong. If it is given to Ma Chao, he can naturally convince people more effectively.

The other is the throne. The great ancestor of the Han Dynasty has long been conclusive, that is, those who are not surnamed Liu cannot be called king. Liu Bei lived in person with the Han Dynasty all day long, so it was naturally not good to break the ancestral rules. However, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both his brothers. According to reason, if the eldest brother becomes the emperor, the brother should be the royal brother. What exactly should be done to achieve everything? Liu Bei can't make up his mind for a while. The official positions on the list have been drawn again and again, but now I still feel that they are not perfect enough.

After taking a sip of the ginseng tea handed over by Mrs. Mi, Liu Bei was ready to continue to think about it. At this moment, Mrs. Mi suddenly heard a soft voice and said, "Your Majesty, who is this Ma Chao? I haven't heard much about this man before. Now your majesty is going to make him a cavalry general?"

"Ma Mengqi is the brother-in-law of Zilong. He is famous in Xiliang and a fierce general in the world. You have been in the Central Plains for a long time. I don't know if it's normal!" Liu Bei smiled and said, and Mrs. Bu also reminded, "Sister, didn't you forget that in Shouchun that year, it was Ma Chao who was too arrogant. In order to suppress him, Your Majesty specially asked Liu Qi and Wen Ping to come to Shouchun." Finally, this lady's surname is very good, but she still remembers what happened back then.

"There is this matter. The eldest brother also told me later that he didn't think of it for a while!" Mrs. Mi nodded and then frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, since this man is so arrogant, why does Your Majesty make him a cavalry general?"

"Alas, you don't know, madam. Although Ma Chao's surname is a little crazy, he is also a hero of the Xiliang generation, and he is very famous in the Guanlong generation. Now that I'm in Chang'an, I'm naturally going to have a good relationship with Guan Longhaojie!" Liu Bei sighed softly. Hearing this, Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Bu nodded as if they didn't understand, but in the end, Mrs. Mi still said, "I think Ma Chao is powerful, I'm afraid it's not as good as General Zhao."

"Bao is both literary and martial arts. Naturally, he is more powerful than Ma Chao!" Liu Bei was not surprised that Mrs. Mi spoke to Zhao Feng. His son Liu Feng, as well as Mrs. Mi's nephew, were taught by Zhao Feng. Mrs. Mi's emotions were naturally more inclined to him, not to mention that Ma Chao was too arrogant.

Liu Bei was busy all night and finally promised that on the first morning of the next day, this long list of rewards was released as scheduled. The eunuch's unique shrill voice sounded for half an hour, and finally finished reading the list. The release of the list has also triggered a series of heated discussions.

Bai Lusu is the prime minister and the head of all officials; Chen Qun is Sikong, Zhuge Liang is Situ, Zhang Zhao is Sima, is the three princes; the next choice of Jiuqing, Mi Zhu is the big Sinong, Sun Qian is Da Hongyu, Han Song is Wei, Gu Yong is the court lieutenant, Liu Qi is Guang Luxun, Fa Zheng is Shaofu, Jian Yong is Taichang, Liu Xun (Liu The son of Zhang) is Zong Zheng, and Bu Yi is the servant, and he is Jiuqing.

Among the generals, Guan Yu was appointed as the general, concurrently Jingzhou Mu, stationed in Jingzhou to lead the military affairs; Zhao Feng was appointed as the cavalry general (the result of the pillow wind), Ma Chao as the cavalry general, Zhang Fei as the lieutenant, Zhao Yun as the general of Wei; Wei Yan as the general of Zhengdong, Zhang Ren as the general of Zhengxi, Zhang Liao as the general of the south, and the general of the north. The army (in command of the military of Ji, You and the three prefectures) is temporarily absent; Gan Ning is the general of Zhendong, Pang De is the general of Zhenxi, Wen is the general of Zhennan, and Gao Lan is the general of Zhenbei; the rest is the general of Yingwu, each with a reward.

As for the throne, in Liu Bei's group, since Liu Biao died of illness a few years ago, in addition to Liu Bei's father and son, there are only Liu Zhang, who is still enjoying the public security, and Liu Qi are the true Han clan. As for the question of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei put forward an extremely novel concept: the prince.

"Prince, prince?" These two concepts put forward by Liu Bei made everyone a little at a loss. Then Liu Bei explained in detail: "The so-called pro-king is the clan of the Han Dynasty, the king of the surname of Liu; the king of the county is specially awarded the throne by the people with foreign surnames. The reason why it is called a prince is that the land of food should not be greater than one county. And it stipulates that the prefix of the throne must be two words. Note: In history, the implementation of princes and princes began in the Western Jin Dynasty, and this is the difference between princes and princes. Now it's only a few decades in advance to the Three Kingdoms period. It's not too early, hehe) "So that's it!" In fact, everyone knows that Liu Bei did this, that is, he tried to try to explain one of his two brothers to him. This compromise method can still be accepted by everyone, and there were not many people who objected to it for a while. Then, Liu Bei introduced in detail the qualifications and conditions for being awarded the title of prince.

"Those who open up more than a hundred miles for the Han Dynasty can be the prince; those who add more than 100,000 yuan to the Han Dynasty can be the prince..." Liu Bei described the conditions for wanting to be a prince in detail. According to his conditions, there were four of the first batch of princes in the Zhangwu court: in addition to Liu Bei's two brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and Zhao Feng, the remaining one was selected, but Huo Jun was unexpectedly.

"Zhongmiao paced Yizhou and expanded the territory for the Han Dynasty, but he could be a prince! Although Bo Tao pacved Nanman and Jiaozhou, although he did not expand his territory, he also added hundreds of thousands of people to the Han Dynasty, and he could also be the prince. Liu Bei took it for granted. Of the four, the first three are fine, but the last Huo Jun was so unexpected that Gan Ning, the general of Zhendong, often sighed afterwards that if he had personally led people to kill Yizhou to quell the rebellion of the Baiyue people, instead of lending the boat to Huo Jun, then how could he get a prince to have a good time? It's cheaper for Huo Jun. At present, Guan Yu was awarded the title of King of Xiangyang, Zhang Fei was awarded the title of King of Fufeng, Zhao Feng was awarded the title of King of Guanghan, and Huo Jun was awarded the title of King of Gaoliang. The fresh release of these four princes immediately surprised people. In addition to envy, the generals are also secretly preparing to expand their territory.

Liu Bei's employment art has finally been vividly reflected in this long list. Like Sun Qian and Jian Yong, these old ministers who have followed him for many years, their talents are relatively average, so they let them serve as some of the virtual titles among the nine ministers. At the same time, the prince's proposal also ensures that while appeasing the generals under the premise of not completely destroying the ancestral system, it also greatly stimulates the active surnames of the generals. Even Qiao Zhou's magic stick was arranged to be a Taishi order, and the absolute person did his best.

After counting, the long reward edict reached Chengdu, and Xichuan was also full of joy. Lao Liu, Lao Liu, you have become the emperor. It's just around the point of calming down the world. Brother, it's almost time for me to retire!" Looking at the edict in front of him, Zhao Feng also muttered in his heart. I know that Lao Liu is interesting, but I didn't expect it to be so interesting. This is the cavalry general and the prince's, which is really a little dizzying. The cavalry general just returned it, and it was still what he expected. The problem is that Zhao Feng never thought that he would become a prince one day.

It is said that outside Chengdu, Zhao Feng ascended the altar and officially became the king of Guanghan. Guan Yu of Xiangyang also served as the king of Xiangyang at almost the same time. Huo Jun in Yizhou is too far away, and he has not been awarded the altar for the time being. In addition to their four princes, Lu Su was named Duke of Liang, Zhang Zhao was named Duke of Wu, Zhang Liao was named Duke of Runan, Wei Yan was named Duke of Donglai, Ma Chao was named Duke of Jincheng, and some other important ministers were also awarded Dukes. Of course, now these princes, or princes and princes, are at most not the land of one county. Like Zhang Liao, the Duke of Runan, there are only a few counties in Fengyi, which means a little. There are Fengyi, but there is not much real power. Even the personal private army is not allowed to exceed 3,000 according to customization. Liu Bei was not so stupid. He tore apart his hard-won territory. At this point in history, the era of princes and princes has almost come to an end, and it has begun to enter the period of centralization. Both the Han Dynasty and Cao Wei are like this. Didn't you see that among all of Cao Pi's brothers, Fengyi was also slapped. As for the troops, they are basically concentrated on the border. The internal states and counties, such as Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Jiaozhou, have relatively limited permanent troops, in order to prevent local officials from supporting their own soldiers.

is in sharp contrast to the singing and dancing in the Central Plains and Hebei. At this time, Sima Yi's son is not so good in the place of Hanzhong. In Nanzheng City, Sima Yi, Guo Huai, Wang Shuang and others are all present. After a long silence, Guo Huai finally said astringently, "Master, now that Liu Bei has entered the customs, where to go next step, I'd better ask the master to make a decision as soon as possible!"

(to be continued)