On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 411
Cui Che was walking in the Jinyang Palace, and the guards behind him were wearing armor and sharpened. As they walked, there was the sound of armor leaves rubbing and swishing.

In the main hall of Jinyang Palace, the emperors and ministers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty were all waiting for Cui Che's arrival.

Yang Liang has already learned that Wang Wei jumped off the palace wall and died for the Lord, which made Yang Liang feel an unprecedented sense of loneliness.

Just now Wei Zheng has sent in the canonized imperial edict drafted on behalf of him, requesting military merits to worship Cui Che as the great prime minister, grand master, fake yellow axe, commander of Chinese and foreign military forces, and hereditary governor of Bingzhou.

The six prefectures of You, Yan, Ping, Xuan, Heng, and Yi are Cui Che's feudal states.

Familiar and unfamiliar official positions can be regarded as standard for powerful officials since Cao Wei.

Yang Liang knew that when Cui Che made some meritorious service in the future, he would add special gifts, bestow nine tins, worship without being famous, enter the court without going, and go to the palace with swords.

For hundreds of years, seeking to usurp the throne has been this set of procedures.

But what can I do, now that I have become a bird in a cage, I can only be at the mercy of Cui Che.

Heavy and uniform footsteps sounded outside the hall. It was not Cui Che who rushed into the main hall first, but his personal guards. These people lined up on both sides, standing behind all the civil and military officials with swords in their arms.

This made everyone terrified, fearing that these warriors would push them out of the city, and there would be a Sui version of the Heyin Change.

Fortunately, Cui Che's move was only for his own safety. After all, he didn't have the special gift of going to the hall with sword shoes. If he really wanted to walk into the main hall alone and be surrounded and beaten to death, that would be called injustice.

Cui Che removed his armor outside the hall, handed over the sword to the eunuch for safekeeping, and finally entered the main hall.

"My humble minister, Cui Che, greet Your Majesty!"

Cui Che's angry voice echoed in the hall, his posture was submissive, and there was nothing wrong with him.

Yang Liang suppressed the disgust in his heart, raised his hand and said:
"Prince Yan, please stand up.

"Since King Yan raised his army, he has defeated Li Jing and Lai Huer successively in Hebei. Now he is pursuing Yang Su and recovering the lost land. He has made great contributions to the country. Thanks to King Yan, I was able to preserve the country."

As he said that, Yang Liang looked at Shen Jundao, who was from Zhongshushe, Shen Jundao understood, and came out with the edict, and read out the edict of grace for Cui Che in a loud voice.

Cui Che was very satisfied with the content of the imperial edict, after all Wei Zheng followed his orders and drafted it on his behalf, but he asked Yang Liang to seal it.

But Cui Che still declined in front of civil and military officials:

"How dare I receive this honor with my humble merits."

Everyone knew that Cui Che had started to act, so they scrambled to persuade Cui Che to accept the order. Yang Liang felt even more disgusted seeing them all flattering Cui Che.

At the same time, Cui Che was observing everyone's reactions.

Those who speak out and persuade may not be loyal to themselves, but those who are indifferent and stand on the sidelines will definitely not agree with him.

Under everyone's persuasion, Cui Che reluctantly accepted the canonization.

The Sui Dynasty has followed the system of three provinces and six ministries for 25 years. It will not be deposed, but it will also be temporarily deprived of power, just as a vacant post.

Instead, the Prime Minister's Office will be in charge of government affairs, and the Chinese and foreign governments will oversee the military.

Of course Cui Che knew that the system of three provinces and six ministries was a trend of historical development and a product of the imperial power's containment of prime minister power.

But now, as a powerful minister, what he has to do is to firmly hold power in his hands, and naturally he has to go against the development trend. When he seeks to usurp the throne in the future, he will abolish the position of prime minister again, and re-establish the system of three provinces and six ministries. to run.

Cui Che was not the only one who received the title, after all, following Cui Che and taking the risk of annihilating the whole army, wouldn't it be glory and wealth?

After Cui Che kowtowed and received the decree to thank him.

Mai Tiezhang, the general under his command, bestowed the title of Lord Wu Guogong with three thousand households in Shiyi for his meritorious deeds in defending Gaobi Ridge.

At the same time, Yang Liang, according to Cui Che's wishes, donated the second son of Mai Tiezhang, Mai Zhongcai, as the Marquis of Shixing County, and the third son, Mai Jicai, as the Marquis of Guiyang County. Experienced by Cui Che.

Liu Fang, who guards Xiangzhou, is the history of the governor of China and foreign countries. In addition to the state of Zhu, he bestows on Lu Guogong, and three thousand households in the city.

Among Cui Che's many civil and military confidants, only Mai Tiezhang and Liu Fang were conferred the title of duke of the state, and the highest among the others was the duke of the county.

Mai Tiezhang can understand, not only has he followed Cui Che in the South and North Wars for many years, he has made outstanding achievements, he is also the leader of the first battle of Gaobiling, he persisted for eight days, made extraordinary achievements, was named Duke of the Kingdom, Shangzhu Kingdom, and Tai Tuo, too. He deserves the honor.

And Liu Fang mainly lies in his status. Before Cui Che raised his troops, Liu Fang was the Duke of Dingzhou, and he was the governor of Dingzhou. His identity supported Cui Che's raising of troops, which was the greatest credit.

Otherwise, the first heroes of the founding of the Sui Dynasty were not Wei Xiaokuan, Gao Jiong and others who put down the Yuchijiong Rebellion.

But it was Li Mu who was the governor of Bingzhou at the time and controlled the land of Hedong, but between Yang Jian and Yu Chijiong, he chose to support Yang Jian.

Standing in line has always been an art.

Apart from Mai Tiezhang and Liu Fang, Shi Fangxuanling, the head of Yan Wang's house, was named the head of the prime minister's house, Ganayan, that is, the servant, and bestowed the title on the Duke of Licheng County, with [-] households in the city.

In terms of official position, Fang Xuanling still occupies the position of Cui Che's number one civil servant.

His father, Fang Yanqian, is the Duke of Zhu'a County, with eight hundred households in Shiyi. Fang Yanqian's title will definitely be passed on to his grandson in the future.

Wei Zheng, as the head of the prime minister's mansion, Bo, also said that he made great contributions to the supply of logistics, and he bestowed the title on the Duke of Julu County, and [-] households in the city.

Li Jing was the Sima of the Chinese and foreign governments. With his contribution to defending Gaobiling, he added to the Zhu Kingdom and bestowed the Duke of Longxi County with [-] households in the city.

Cui Che was in charge of the political affairs of the prime minister's mansion with the long shi Fang Xuanling and the lord Bo Weizheng, and the military affairs of the Chinese and foreign mansions with the long shi Liu Fang and Sima Li Jing.

The rest of the people have their own rewards.

At the request of Cui Che, Yang Liang opened the treasury of Jinyang and generously rewarded the three armies, including the [-] cavalry who followed Cui Che to help Hedong, as well as the soldiers from Hedong who fled from Guanxi.

Although the reward was awarded in the name of Yang Liang, the soldiers of Hedong knew that it was the Prime Minister Cui Che who asked for it for them.

Big rewards are always the most convenient and effective way to buy troops.

Cui Che sent Mai Tiezhang to lead the troops to the north, and took Yang Liang's edict to take over Daizhou, Shuozhou and other places. He was the governor of Daizhou and ruled Yanmen (now Daixian County, Shanxi).

He also took Qin Qiong as the governor of Puzhou, ruled Puban, granted the title of Duke of Hedong County, and had [-] households in Shiyi.

The eldest son, Cui Qiji, was made the prince's son, formally establishing his status as the heir.

The second son, Cui Yanzong, was the Duke of Taiyuan, with [-] households in Shiyi, the general manager of Liaodong, and the governor of Liaodong's military forces.

The third son Cui Yanqing is the Duke of Boling County, with [-] households in Shiyi, and is the governor of Xiangzhou.

(End of this chapter)