Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 362 Award (3000)

Pao Ding slaughtered the black bull that had been prepared, and Gao Cheng stood on the altar and read out the enthronement edict aloud:
"The emperor, Chen Cheng, dared to use Xuan Mu to tell the emperor and empress that the Wei family lived in 160 years, but since the dawn of justice, the country's dynasty has been in trouble, and the people's lives have been devastated.

"At the time of the tyranny of Erzhu, the ministers and fathers offered their weapons, raised their troops in anger, destroyed Erzhu Zhao in Hanling, and helped the country; drove Yuwentai to the Weishui River, mixed the principles of the border, and had the merit of rebuilding the Wei family.

"Emperor Wei's fortune-telling was over, and Heaven hated his virtue, so he gave Chen Cheng an artifact. Chen Cheng was afraid of the fate, and there were nine speeches. Emperor Wei and the princes asked ten times, and Xian said: "The fate of heaven cannot be dismissed, and the position of heaven cannot be emptied. The ministers cannot be without a master.'

"Chen Cheng went to the altar to receive Zen on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. He set up a sacrifice to tell the great god that he will be known as Qi in the world. I pray that Qi Zuo will prosper forever."

On New Year's Day in 548 A.D., King Gaocheng of Qi accepted Yuan Shanjian's abdication at Shouchantai, that is, the throne of emperor, changed the name of the country to Qi, and named it Zhaode. (year number chosen by lottery)

Because the situation of my family is similar to that of Cao's father and son, the father laid the foundation and the son won the country, so following the story of Cao Wei, he took the foundation as Taizu, named Gao Huan the temple Taizu, and posthumously named Emperor Wu.

As for Yang Jian and Li Yuan crowning Yang Zhong and Li Hu with the temple name of Taizu, it is natural to regard them as the people who created the foundation.

However, Yang Jian and Li Yuan, who founded the country, followed Cao Pi's old practice to harvest the temple title of Gaozu. It is conceivable that after Gao Cheng's death, they must also be honored as Gaozu by their descendants.

After all, the temple name of the founder of the country needs to be the ancestor, and the temple names such as Shizu and Taizong include the meaning of Xiaozong inheritance, such as Han Taizong Liu Heng, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, Ming Taizong, and Ming Shizu Zhu Di are all inherited by Xiaozong, which is impossible Put it on Gao Cheng, the eldest son.

As for Gao Huan's posthumous title of Emperor Wu, Gao Cheng, like Cao Pi, planned to keep the superior Emperor Wen to himself.

I want to come to Cao Pi's posthumous posthumous title as Cao Cao, but also has his own ambition to unify the world, surpass his father, and let his son posthumously.

It's just that this ambition brought regret into the coffin because of its short life.

Gao Cheng and Cao Pi did the same thing, and they also had the same ambition. After all, the greatest credit for the unification of the north was attributed to Gao Huan. Mix north and south.

On the day of the Zen seat, Yuan Shanjian moved out of Miyagi, and Gao Cheng arranged a large mansion in Luoyang to temporarily settle down.

On the second day of the first month of the first year of Zhaode (548), Luoyang Gongcheng ushered in his new master.

On the third day of the first lunar month, the first court meeting of the Gaoqi Dynasty was held in the Mingguang Hall. Emperor Gao Cheng issued the first edict of the emperor, rewarding the soldiers in the army. A piece of silk.

Gaoqi Zhongbing has 11 Gyeonggi Army, 31 Xianbei soldiers, 62 Navy troops, [-] Liao soldiers, [-] Jinyang garrisons, [-] Longyou garrisons, and [-] Guanzhong garrisons, totaling [-] soldiers. , A total of [-] pieces of cloth and silk were given.

After many years of abolishment of foreign troops, there are 30 state and county soldiers in the Kanto region, and 40 state and county soldiers in the Guanlong region, a total of 40, and a total of [-] pieces of silk cloth.

Just this one edict requires [-] million bolts of cloth to be appropriated from the national treasury. This is why Gao Cheng is not willing to usurp the throne until today. Without the recuperation of the past few years and the accumulation of salt and interest, he really can't bear it. burden.

As for civil servants and military generals, they are mostly rewards from titles.

Before the Gao family succeeded the Wei Dynasty, following the practice of the late Northern Wei Dynasty, only the descendants of Tuobagui, the founding monarch of the Northern Wei Dynasty, could receive the title of king. The so-called kings with different surnames were only father and son Gao Huan and Gao Cheng.

Now that the Gao family has established the country, it is naturally impossible to strictly limit the advancement of honorable officials to the rank of king. In the history of the Northern Qi Dynasty, although the kings were granted indiscriminately, the rewards they got were huge. Keep a close eye on Gao's family business.

Before Gao Cheng won the kingdom, he had already agreed with his confidantes that the king would only last for one life, to show his merits, and his heirs would inherit, regardless of their closeness, they would all be degraded to the public. No exception.

If the descendants of the ministers make great contributions, the Duke can still be promoted to the King, but it can only last for one life.

Gao Huan's sons were the first to be awarded titles. Gao Cheng changed Gao Yang to Danyang County King, Jianzhou Governor Gao Jun was named Yong'an County King, Jiaozhou Governor Gao Yan was named Pingyang County King, and Gao Wei was named Pengcheng County King. .

The eldest son, Gao Xiaozhang, was named King of Taiyuan County (Jinyang), the second son Gao Xiaoyu was named King of Jingzhao County (Changan), the third son Gao Xiaowan was named King of Guangping County (Yecheng), the fourth son Gao Xiaoguan was named King of Lanling County, the fifth His son Gao Xiaocong was the king of Hanoi.

This batch of canonization belongs to the direct canonization, that is, no matter whether there is merit or no title, no matter whether there is a title before, they can be canonized as king based on their birth.

Gao Cheng did not include the rest of the clan and relatives into the direct feudal system. Whether or not they bestow titles on princes is the same as that of other generals and ministers, all depends on their merits.

After all, Gao Cheng is different from Gao Yang. In order to win people's hearts, Gao Yang, whose foundation is not stable, has made all his clansmen princes, such as Gao Xianguo's "Shenwu Congzudi".There is no talent, just because the clan is sincere, and in the first year of Tianbao, it is absolutely impossible for Gao Cheng to make Xiangle king.

As for the ministers who can be crowned kings, Gao Cheng promulgated three criteria. Those who have participated in the Xindu Jianyi, made outstanding contributions, and were in the position of county princes before the founding of the country, should be crowned kings.

For example, his uncle Lou Zhao was posthumously named King of Puyang County.

Awarded to the Commander of the Navy Commander Shedi Ganzhangwu County King, Shizhong Dou Taiguang'a County King, Xuzhou Governor Gaoyue Qinghe County King, General Gao Ao Cao Yongchang County King, General Peng Le Chenliu County King, Qinzhou Governor Pan Lehedong County King, etc. Wait.

The only exception is Duan Shao's father, Duan Rong, who did not receive the title of duke of the county during his lifetime, but Gao Cheng still made him the king of Pingyuan County, and shared the Gaohuan Temple Court with Lou Zhao, Wei Jing and others. The first class of nobles was granted the title of Duke of Pingyuan County.

Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, Gao Jishi and others were all too low in title before the founding of the People's Republic of China and were not included in the list of kings.

However, Hou Yuan, Hou Jing, Ke Zhu Hunyuan, Liu Feng, Wang Sizheng and others had never participated in Xindu Jianyi, so they were not included in the list of kings.

Gao Cheng encouraged everyone that after the founding of the country, if they make great contributions, they can also be crowned king, and they are no longer restricted by the status of a hero. Now that the Southern Expedition is imminent, he also hopes that the generals will work hard and make contributions on the battlefield.

Gao Cheng's three closest generals, Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, and Gao Jishi, all strictly abide by these three standards.

The only person who was upset was Wei Can, the son of Wei Jing, who hoped that Gao Cheng would pursue his father as a prince. Wei Jing did meet the two conditions of Xindu Jianyi and being a duke, but he was not among the outstanding meritorious deeds. Rejected.

Wei Can cried and said, "If the Son of Heaven doesn't make his father king, Wei Can would be better off dead." Gao Cheng sent Duan Shao, who was sent back to Beijing to report his post, to bring a white silk. Seeing his cousin coming, Wei Can finally shut up. No more fuss.

The old grievances between Gao Cheng and Wei Jing are well known all over the world, but Chaozhong Xungui didn't care about this farce.

This time, most of the kings were military generals. After all, although civil servants were promoted quickly, their titles were far less than those of military generals. Only Gao Longzhi, Sun Teng, and Gao Gan, who had just stepped down from the governorship of Youzhou, were the only ones who could be crowned kings.

Where there is promotion, there is demotion. The Gao family replaced the Wei, and the Yuan and Wei clans descended from the princes to the next rank according to the law.

Yuan Shanjian, the last emperor of the Yuan and Wei dynasties, was conferred the title of Duke Pingyang, who retained the etiquette of the emperor, allowed him to worship Wei Zhengshuo in his fief, and built a Wei ancestral temple to worship Wei.

Of course, the [-] bolts of cloth owed to Gao Cheng still had to be repaid slowly with Shiyi.

Gao Cheng made meritorious service in persuading people to advance, and bestowed the titles of dukes on Yang Min, Chen Yuankang, Cui Jishu, Cui Xian and other confidants.

The rest of the ministers, civil servants and military generals who have not won the king's title, followed the old example of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Wei Dynasty, and all retained their original titles, neither promoted nor demoted, and most of them were given material rewards.

After the men's rewards were arranged, the next one would naturally be the harem of Emperor Daqi.

Gao Cheng respected his aunt, Lou Zhaojun, as the queen mother. Considering his relationship with Rouran, he made Princess Zhuzhu, who was pregnant, as the queen. However, Princess Zhuzhu was always in poor health. The usurper of the country has no time to distract her.

Yuan Zhonghua, Erzhu Ying'e, and Song were also established as the third wives, below the empress, and the most in the harem.

The next nine concubines are Yuan Mingyue, Xiao Erzhu, Li Changyi, Li Zu'e, Yuwen sister, Wang Sizheng's Queen's family, Yuan Yuyi and Yuan Shanjian's two young daughters.

With the old system of Yao and Shun, and the story of Cao Pi, Gao Cheng still followed the rules, but the two former princesses of Wei were too young, the oldest was only eight years old, and the youngest was only six years old, so they were just raised in the palace. Anyway, he didn't do this kind of thing less, and he waited until he became an adult before saluting.

There are 27 wives under the nine concubines, such as Yuan Jingyi, Li Zuyi, Lu Daoqian's daughter Lu Shi, Xiyu Dayoubai, etc., but Gao Cheng never brought the women of Yaoguang Temple into the palace. The last loyal minister of the Great Wei, His Majesty the Emperor Daqi, has never had any relationship with Yaoguang Temple before, now and in the future.

Of course, after living in the palace for a long time, it is understandable to go out of the palace at night to get some fresh air. After all, it is a private visit to observe the people's sentiments.

Below the 27th wives, there are still 81 imperial wives, but now even the seats for the wives are not filled, let alone the imperial wives.

Since there were so many vacancies in the harem, it was natural to find a way to fill them up. Gao Cheng ordered Wen Zisheng to go to Nanliang again to ask Xiao Yan to marry his granddaughter, the daughter of Prince Xiao Gang and Princess Liyang Xiao Miaochun.

It is rumored that although this princess of Nanliang is only twelve years old, she is very fond of Xiao Yan because of her good temperament, love of poetry, and her appearance is better than flowers.

The main purpose of Wen Zisheng's trip was to inform his neighbors of the changes in the northern land. Gao Cheng also sent people to Rouran, Tuyuhun, and Goguryeo.

Only he didn't go to Bashu. After all, from Gao Cheng's point of view, Yu Wentai and others had already surrendered to Nan Liang, and became Liang ministers, so there was no need to make another trip.

　It took a lot of time to conceive the previous enthronement edict, and it was too late to revise and revise it. Let’s send 3000 first, and the first update will be around [-] pm tomorrow.

　　
　
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