Xuande

Chapter 589

After listening to Zhang Rang's words, Liu Bei thought for a while.

"You mean about rebellion and usurpation?"

Zhang Rang nodded.

"At that time, the story of Luo Yang's biography was very popular. Many people had some opinions in their hearts, but you didn't have any opinions?"

Liu Bei did not shy away, shook his head and said, "Old Zhang, I am a loyal minister of the great man, how can you treat me like this? Do I have any actions to show that I want to usurp the throne?"

"That's not true, but..."

Zhang Rang shook his head and said: "Anyway, pay attention to yourself, the tree attracts the wind, sometimes the credit is too high and the power is too great. If you don't want to, someone will force you to think about it. Even if you are in a high position, many things are not what you want. of."

Liu Bei stopped and looked at Zhang Rang.

"Old Zhang, why do I feel like you have something to say? What do you mean?"

Zhang Rang took a few steps forward, stopped again, and looked back at Liu Bei.

"It's not interesting, it's just that I, like you, am also a loyal minister of the late emperor."

Liu Bei squinted at Zhang Rang, and suddenly smiled.

"Well, I know, but Lao Zhang, I really didn't do anything, you have to believe me, everything I do now is something that a courtier can do, I didn't do anything out of line, so, Do not suspect me."

"That's natural. You Liu Xuande is a person who keeps what you say. I never doubt what you said to me."

Zhang Rang nodded and didn't say much.

After Liu Bei and others left the empress dowager's bedroom, Dong Zhong, who had already left, turned back and asked to see the empress dowager.

Regarding Dong Zhong's return, the Empress Dowager Dong who had changed her nightgown was very helpless.

"Heavy, I know what you're going to say, but you'd better not say it, I've already decided on this matter."

"But Auntie, in this way, the power of Youzhou and Jizhou will also be controlled by Liu Xuande. He already controlled the west of Luoyang, and now adding Youzhou and Jizhou, wouldn't it mean that half of the Han Dynasty is under his control? among?"

Dong Zhong said worriedly: "Don't worry, I will worry about you! Is it really okay to let the ministers have such a great power? In the past dynasties, such things happened, it is not a good thing. There was Huo Guang before, and Huo Guang later. Aren't you worried about what happened to Yuan Kai?"

Empress Dowager Dong shook her head.

"Heavy, don't you understand what I mean? He is not the one who caused the chaos in Jizhou and Youzhou, but he is the one who restored the stability of the two states. The big man needs stability in the world, and he is the one who can make the world stable. I don't know." Appoint him, do you appoint you?

I still say the same thing, I'm old, I don't want to worry about it anymore, I just want to live a comfortable life, the current life is very comfortable, Xuande can calm everything down for me, that's enough, I also want to appoint you, but can you do it? ?can you make me comfortable "

Dong Zhong couldn't answer this question.

"Auntie, I..."

"Okay, stop talking, I'm going to sleep, you should go back to sleep early, there are still many things to do starting tomorrow."

"I……"

"Enough! If you talk about these things again, don't come to see me again!"

Empress Dowager Dong flicked her sleeves and returned to her dormitory, ignoring Dong Zhong again.

Dong Zhong had no choice but to leave the bedroom dejectedly.

This night, Luoyang City was not peaceful, few people could sleep soundly, most people slept restlessly, but that was useless, because the pace of history was constantly moving forward.

At the Great Court Meeting the next day, Zhang Rang announced the rewards for Liu Bei on behalf of the royal family.

Because of Liu Bei's success in the Northern Expedition and the elimination of traitors, he was able to add [-] households to the original Fanyang County Marquis, and sealed [-] households before, becoming the highest-ranked hero since the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Before that, only Zhang Liang was promised to get [-] households of Shiyi, but Zhang Liang knew the rules of shooting the first bird, so he didn't want [-] households of Shiyi.

But Liu Bei got this food city by virtue of his accumulation of credit.

At the same time, both Liu Bei's mother and his wife, the Han family, were granted titles because of Liu Bei's contributions. The original titles remained the same, but the Shiyi of the titles doubled.

Liu Bei's mother's title of Liangxiangjun has increased to [-] households, and Liu Bei's wife Han's Yangxiangjun title has increased to [-] households.

Relying on Liu Bei's credit, the status of these two women seems to have surpassed the tens of thousands of women of the big man.

Then there are some simple property and land rewards, which are not a big deal.

On the contrary, the rewards for the meritorious personnel set by the military merit policy presented by Liu Bei are more eye-catching.

For example, General Huqi Zhonglang and Zhang Fei, the general who fought against the rebels, made great contributions this time and captured a lot. Therefore, the food town of the Marquis of An County increased to [-] households, which is one step away from the Marquis of Wanhu.

There is also Pang De, the general of Xiaoqi Zhonglang, who has made great contributions before and after, so he was added the title of general as General Yangwu, and was promoted to the title of Marquis of Kandao County, and the number of food towns increased to [-] households.

Also Huben Zhonglang General and Yangwei General Xu Huang were rewarded with promotion to the rank of title for their military exploits. The title was also promoted to Marquis of Yangxian County, and the number of food towns increased to six thousand households.

Then came Xuanjia Zhonglang General Cheng Pu, who was promoted to the title of Marquis of Tuyin County because of his successive military exploits, and the number of food towns increased to six thousand households.

Then Yingyang Zhonglang General Cao Ren was promoted to the title of Marquis of Daze Township because of his successive military exploits, and the number of food towns increased to [-] households.

Later, because of their military exploits and the capture of Yuan Shao, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Shi Huan were promoted to the ranks of school lieutenants, and then the original title of Duxianghou was increased to [-] households.

Gan Ning and Zhang Ren, officers from General Liu Bei's mansion, were promoted to school lieutenant because of their military exploits.

Then came a series of officials of the general's mansion who had worked so hard for this battle. Because of their joint military exploits, they were awarded the title of Marquis of Guannei, and they gave food to [-] households in a unified way.

Led by Man Chong, Mao Jie, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Zhong Yao, Chen Qun and others, all successfully obtained the title of Marquis of Guannei as clerks because of their sweatshop-like labor and abundant achievements.

After that, a series of hundreds of middle-level and low-level military officers were rewarded according to Liu Bei's wishes, and the court did not make any changes.

Bingzhou Mu and former general Dong Zhuo was rewarded with an increase of one thousand households in Shiyi for his successive military exploits.

The later general Lu Bu was rewarded with an increase of [-] households in Shiyi for his military exploits.

These two people did not get any promotion in their positions, and the reason is well known.

And Lu Bu's three subordinates, Li Su, Zhang Liao, and Zhang Yang, have been promoted to the ranks one after another, and all have become Marquis of Ting, and their food counties have increased to varying degrees.

Qiao Mao and Liu Yu's troops who helped Liu Bei fight also received corresponding rewards. Bao Xin, Yu Jin, Tai Shici and others all received title awards, and Qiao Mao and Liu Yu also received more title rewards.

Then, according to the previous internal discussions, the imperial court began to appoint a series of officials to the positions of Youzhou and Jizhou based on Liu Bei's recommendation.

For example, according to Liu Bei's opinion, Xiahou Dun, the former prefect of Anding County, was appointed as the governor of Youzhou, leading Wu Sheng Zhonglang.

According to Liu Bei's recommendation, Qiao Mao, the governor of Yanzhou, was transferred to the governor of Jizhou.

Fourteen prefects and 78 county magistrates missing from Youzhou and Jizhou were appointed.

Those who know the inside story noticed that most of the people who were recommended as county magistrates and county magistrates were former officials and students of Liu Bei, or had a deep relationship with Liu Bei. In short, they were all Liu Bei's people.

But some of them came from various factions in the court, such as the ancient literature school, such as the eunuch's sect, and even people close to Liu Yu and Qiao Mao.

Among them, in Youzhou, most of Liu Bei's former students and former officials served as county guards and county magistrates, obviously because Liu Bei wanted to control the administration of Youzhou, but in Jizhou, Liu Bei only appointed three officials who were his own former students and former officials as the country's prime ministers. , the others were not involved much, and were handed over to other forces.

For example, he appointed Cai Yong, a leader of the ancient literature school, as the governor of Bohai, Fuqian, a leader of the ancient literature school, as Zhao Guoxiang, and Shi Yiguan, an official who was closer to the eunuch group, as Qinghe country minister.

At the same time, Liu Bei recommended Lu Kang, the former governor of Lujiang County, as the governor of Yanzhou.

The reason for this is more general.

Because Lu Kang arrested the family members of Sun Jian, an important member of Yuan Shu's rebel group, and some of Yuan Shu's remnants who fled to Lujiang County in Lujiang County, sent them all to Luoyang, and was ordered to be executed by the court.

Liu Bei looked at the list of arrested persons and saw Sun Quan's name in it.

Yo, Sun Shiwan, where are you?
(End of this chapter)