The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 604 Create a name cleverly and hide it from the sky

The paper in the market is still sold in large quantities, and the business is getting better and better.

Word of mouth has always been a difficult thing to obtain, but once obtained, it can be easily converted into performance.People who have used it say it is good, so they will naturally buy it again.

However, the strategy of limiting the purchase of [-] copies caused a lot of complaints from scholars, but they had to assign domestic servants to queue up for purchases every day, repeating the cycle.

These domestic servants held the copper coins given by the owner, and carried the owner's hospitality on their backs. They began to line up in front of the shop from midnight, and some even took winter clothes and quilts to live in front of the door.

If Lin Chao sees this scene, he will definitely feel a little bit... the sense of sight of buying train tickets in future generations.

Of course, there are also some little clever ghosts in the market, who can't read a word but are clever. Although they don't need paper, they keenly sense the opportunity to make a fortune.

Seeing that this kind of paper is so popular, he gritted his teeth and borrowed some money from relatives, and stood in line for a day in the cold wind. Finally, he bought a hundred sheets of paper and sold them directly to scholars at a high price.

Ever since, the earliest scalper in the world appeared...

In the state capital, Lin Chao was idle for another two days, but suddenly received a letter from Liu Bei.

The general content is that he has won the battle and is about to lead his army back from Qingzhou. At the same time, he asked Lin Chao to prepare. It is time to reward the heroes who have played this war.

At the end of the letter, Liu Bei didn't hide anything, and directly told about Kong Rong's election of him as king, and asked Lin Chao to prepare in advance.

After reading this letter, Lin Chao had a look of dumbfounding on his face.

He asked Guo Jia to do this, just to pick himself out.Fortunately, now that Guo Jia admitted that he was the mastermind, Liu Bei actually wanted to pull himself into the game again.

But that's fine, at least he, Liu Daer, took the initiative to pull himself into the game, and when the result came out, he wouldn't suspect himself.Anyway, it's impossible for Jia Xu not to have a backup player, so he can just go through the motions by himself.

Since Liu Bei sent a letter asking him to prepare, Lin Chao had no choice but to take the letter to the Government Affairs Office to announce the news.

At the same time, Xun Yu also received a letter, but it was from Guo Jia.

After reading the letter, Xun Yu instantly regretted why he opened the letter.

Because Guo Jia told Xun Yu all about Jia Xu's three-step plan in the letter, which almost shocked Xun Yu's jaw.In particular, Guo Jia's last sentence made Xun Yu burn after reading it, and at the same time, he also asked him to do his best to facilitate this matter.

"King Xiao..."

Putting down the letter, Xun Yu had an unusually wonderful expression on his face, and mixed feelings in his heart.

Why didn't he know the meaning of this title? Although he also felt that it was no big deal to be called a king, he didn't want to act like this behind Liu Bei's back.

It's just that Guo Jia has already made it very clear that Liu Bei also intends to be king...

At this time, if he reported to Liu Bei and exposed Guo Jia's conspiracy, Guo Jia was certainly guilty, and Liu Bei would not like it.

But if Liu Bei and Guo Jia are colluding behind Liu Bei's back, it violates his principles of life.

People with too high a moral bottom line are always prone to push themselves into a dilemma.

"Feng Xiao, if you don't go on the upright avenue, you insist on doing some shameless things and dragging someone into the water..."

For a while, Xun Yu even regretted getting to know Guo Jia.

But the matter has come to this point, of course he can't expose Guo Jia, instead he has to help him to settle the matter together.

After burning the letter, Xun Yu also came to the state capital, and arrived at the gate of the state capital at the same time as Lin Chao.

"Zi Chu, why are you here?"

Seeing Lin Chao, Xun Yu showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Why, the sun came out from the south today?
Lin Chao almost laughed angrily at this sentence, and said with a worried face: "As the head of the Taiwei's mansion, why can't you come here?"

"Of course I can."

Xun Yu replied with a smile, and walked back to his seat without arguing with Lin Chao.

Lin Chao smiled and said to the outside: "Junyi, summon the officials of the inner court, and there is something important to announce."

"only!"

Zhang He's answer came from outside.

After a long while, all the members of the inner government in the government affairs hall put down their work, and all the officials from the minister above arrived.

It is worth mentioning that this was the first time Lin Chao had seen those family officials since they were promoted.

To be exact, it was the first time he met Wang Yun and Sima Fang.

However, Lin Chao's gaze didn't stay on them for too long, and he smiled directly at the crowd, "Everyone, calling everyone here today is an important announcement."

Hearing this, everyone looked over.

It is really rare that Lin Zichu can call it a big event.

Lin Chao didn't hold back, he coughed twice, then stood up and cupped his hands in the direction of Chang'an: "The former master was ordered by the emperor to go north alone to punish the rebels in Qingzhou and save the people of Li from fire and water.

Now that the campaign against thieves has begun to bear fruit, the Qingzhou celebrities, headed by Beihai prefect Kong Wenju, went to the emperor a few days ago and asked the lord to be the founding king of the country. "

Lin Chao's words sounded calm and steady, but the pot exploded immediately below.

The lord wants to be king?
This news is really shocking!
But after being shocked, everyone began to calculate in their hearts again.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, the princes and kings were only responsible for eating, drinking and enjoying themselves, and the government affairs in the feudal country were all represented by the prime minister or the prefect.Even if it is a king, the power in his hands is limited and tight, at most he is a rich and idle person.

But in today's current situation, if Liu Bei establishes a country and becomes king, he must be very different from the previous princes and kings, and he is the real king of real power.

As for everyone in Yuan Cong's old department, the position under the buttocks will naturally be moved up.

After all, if one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.

Looking at the important ministers in Xuzhou, even Lin Chao, who is the leader of the ministers, is now only the governor of Taiwei's mansion with a rank of one thousand stones, and only a few people are ranked as county guards with a rank of two thousand stones.

What's more, the minister of the five departments of the inner government is only six hundred stones.

So when Lin Chao announced the matter, all the people present jumped up and down with joy. After all, no one disliked his own insignificance.

Of course, there are also people who are sober, such as Xun Chen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stood up immediately and asked, "What does Chang Shi think about this matter?"

What Xun Chen asked was not Lin Chao's attitude towards this matter, but what we should do next.

After all, from the moment Lin Chao said this matter, it means that the matter has been settled, and the next step is how to implement it.

It is enough for a group of ministers to go to the table together, or it is enough for some important ministers to go to the table.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chao pretended to be ignorant with his understanding, and after thinking for a while, he finally shook his head and said, "You Ruo, we are ministers, how can we have the right to discuss this matter rashly, and besides, the lord has no fate, we wait How can we act rashly. I want to tell you today that we don’t want to talk about the matter of Kong Wen asking the lord to be king, just concentrate on doing things.”

What do you mean?
After listening to Lin Chao's words, the officials were stunned.

Did Lin Zichu disapprove of the lord becoming king?
Even Xun Chen frowned slightly, his face full of puzzlement.

If you don't agree with it, don't say anything at all, why did you call everyone over.

Lin Zichu, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?

While everyone was wondering, Xun Yu stood up and said with a straight face, "Do you think Lin Changshi's words are inappropriate?"

Seeing Xun Yu jumping out to object, Lin Chao called him a good guy in his heart.

It turns out that Guo Jia and Jia Xu's backers are here!

"What's wrong?"

Xun Yu replied solemnly: "From the beginning of the theory of the world, the Dong thief rebelled, and the lord raised righteous soldiers to punish the rebellion and assist the royal family. This is the work of the five hegemons!
A righteous man has the thought of saving his roots, and a million people cherish the sorrow of the past.On this occasion, to serve the Son of Heaven to be respected by others is Da Shun;

My lord is so smooth, bold, and virtuous, how could he not establish a country and become king? "

Although Xun Yu's remarks could not be said to be deafening, the sharpness he displayed was quite different from his usual image of a gentle gentleman, causing everyone to look sideways.

In addition, what he said was indeed reasonable, so someone stood up and echoed: "Long Shi, the master's achievements are so great that he can build a country and become king. The words of Xunfu's order are reasonable, and I second my proposal!"

"Second!"

"Second!"

……

Until the end, except for Lin Chao and the other ministers who did not express their views, almost all the members of the inner palace stood up and expressed their approval.

Seeing this, Lin Chao smiled at the crowd and said, "You all think that the lord can be called king?"

Everyone nodded in unison.

"Well, it's just such an important matter, but I dare not make a claim. Wen Ruo took out a pen and paper, asked everyone to sign their names, and sent it to Qingzhou to report to the lord. When the lord Jun's order is issued, we will go to the emperor together. , to establish the country and become king for the lord.”

The purpose of signing is naturally to let Liu Bei see the mind of his subordinates.

But to a certain extent, it was also an excellent opportunity to show their loyalty, so everyone rushed forward one after another.

First Xun Yu, then the five ministers of the inner government, and finally the servant.As for the three censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who have not returned from abroad, Lin Chao signed their names for them.

After everyone had signed their names, Lin Chao didn't write down his own name.Instead, he waved his sleeves to everyone, signaling the end of the meeting.

At the same time, he walked out with the signatures of all the officials, and went to the Military Aircraft Mansion to consult the opinions of the generals.

All of this reveals Lin Changshi's businesslike attitude everywhere.

But after Lin Chao left, Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

It's dangerous... Judging from Zichu's reaction just now, he probably doesn't know Fengxiao's plan.But fortunately, the first step of this clever name was to go out.

The next step is the second step, cheating the sky.

After Lin Chao left, the Government Affairs Hall started a new round of busy work.

However, where no one noticed, a memorandum quietly appeared on Xun Yu's desk.

After Xun Yu picked it up and looked at it for a while, he ordered someone to pass the memorial table to Wang Yun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

But at this moment, Wang Yun couldn't be in the mood to look at this thing. The news of Liu Bei's proclaiming the king came first, and the impact of the new paper on the aristocratic family came second. At this moment, he was full of thoughts on how to solve this matter.

But since Xun Yu assigned it to him, he couldn't help but read it.

After opening it, I found that there were only some trivial matters such as the reform of the division of administrative regions, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

The battle of the Three States is actually not just a war between Xuzhou, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao.Later in the fight, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and Yuan Shu of Yanzhou also joined in, which caused some problems in the current territory.

For example, when the Lin Dynasty deceived Gongsun Zan to send troops to attack Jizhou, the purpose was to let him restrain Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses left in the north of Jizhou.

Lin Chao also made a promise, that is, as much territory as Gongsun Zan can lay down, it will belong to you.If you can win the entire Jizhou, then Xuzhou will designate you as Jizhou Mu.

Of course, this is actually just a picture of Lin Chao, because the follow-up war ended too quickly, and Gongsun Zan did not have time to capture the entire Jizhou.

But even so, a large part of Boling County and Hejian County in the north of Jizhou was also included in Gongsun Zan's pocket.

Now that the war is over, the territory in Gongsun Zan's hands will naturally not come back, so he can only reintegrate the remaining territories of the two counties to form a new administrative region.

Another example is that although Lu County was originally owned by Yuzhou, after this battle, not only Lu County was acquired by Xuzhou, but also a part of Pei County, which borders Pengcheng in the south of Lu County, was also taken together.

And this part of the area is not enough to be designated as a county, so it can only be attributed to Lu County or Pengcheng County.

Of course, in this memorandum passed over, it was suggested that the inner government should place this place under the ownership of Pengcheng County, and suggested that the integrated Pengcheng County should be changed to Xiao County.

The reason given is also very good, because Pengcheng was originally the capital of Xiang Ji, the overlord of Western Chu.

However, Xiang Ji was cruel and ruthless, and committed chaos. He not only slaughtered the city wantonly, but also committed a great rebellion. He killed the righteous emperor Chu Huai Wang Xiongxin!
Now that the lord Liu Bei wants to show righteousness to the world, all traces left by such a tyrannical king will be erased, and it is only logical that his capital city name will be banned.

As for why it was changed to Xiaojun, it was because there was a city named Xiaoxian on the land included in Pengcheng County this time, which was said to be the location of the ancient Xiao Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Having said that, there are good reasons.

Since you want to correct the hearts of the people in the world, then you have to revive the ancients and revive the etiquette, and it is not reasonable to call it the name of the ancient country in the Spring and Autumn Period!
Although Wang Yun feels that this kind of formalism is useless, he also feels that there is no need to oppose it.

Seeing that Wang Yun had finished watching the play, Xun Yu asked with a smile, "What do you think, the prince?"

After all, Wang Yun is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. For such things as name changes, he still has to go through his cutscenes.

"This presentation is reasonable and reasonable. The old man has no objection. The government order is arbitrary."

Unable to understand Xun Yu's intentions for a while, coupled with his absent mind, Wang Yu naturally replied with a smile.

"Since the prince has no objection, then the Ministry of Rites will draft and write a decree, and then use the seal to announce it to the public, so it is justified."

"Obey!" Wang Yun cupped his hands.

So far, this seemingly insignificant matter has been settled.

The internal government is busy with government affairs, and Xun Yu only consulted Wang Yun in a symbolic manner. In addition, the area where the name was changed was not limited to this one, so it did not attract the attention of others.

After that, the government affairs hall resumed its busy scene, but Wang Yun was still a little absent-minded.

It wasn't until the sun was setting that Wang Yun, who had been brewing emotions all day, finally found a suitable opportunity.

He stood up, cupped his hands and said to everyone: "Have you ever heard that a new type of paper is being sold in the market today?"

After hearing these words, everyone still had no reaction, but Xun Yu frowned slightly, and his eyes were already three points cold.

Here they come, those people are finally going to attack the new paper!
Xun Yu thought in his heart, and the coldness in his eyes became even worse.

Today, after all, such a major event as Liu Bei becoming king happened, Xun Yu thought that Wang Yun would delay his action for a few days, but he still underestimated the greed of the family.

After all, these people are unwilling to wait even a day.

(End of this chapter)