Ji Han Liu Zhang

King of Qin.

From the official perspective of the Han Dynasty, the word "Qin" means the tyrannical Qin that exterminated the six kingdoms. The fact that Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, killed the white snake and started an uprising to resist the tyrannical Qin was a natural political correctness, and there was no one in the world who did not agree with it.

For this reason, Liu Zhang himself had some reservations about becoming the King of Qin. After all, the King of Qin was no match for the King of Han. Even the King of Hanzhong was inferior to him. Besides the Qin and Long areas, Hanzhong was also in Liu Zhang's hands. It was also appropriate for Liu Zhang to be the King of Han or the King of Hanzhong.

However, considering that the one who was currently in charge of the government was the heroic Cao Cao, Liu Zhang estimated that apart from the titles of King of Qin and King of Shu, he could not even think about the titles of King of Han and King of Hanzhong. After all, the political significance of King of Han and King of Hanzhong was too great.

But Liu Zhang didn't care too much about the title. A king is a king, King of Qin or King of Han, it made no difference to him.

This is because titles are similar to posthumous titles, in that a title determines a person's status or inferiority. Why is Zhongwu unique among military generals? It is because Zhuge Liang's posthumous title is Zhongwu, while few people are willing to be associated with Zhongxian since the Southern Song Dynasty, which is because Qin Hui's posthumous title is Zhongxian.

It is not limited to posthumous titles either, some events of great political significance are also determined by the nobleness or humbleness of the person.

For example, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu single-handedly elevated the sacredness of the Luoshui Oath, but then Sima Yi went there, and the Luoshui Oath was no longer practiced in later generations.

For example, Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of Han made the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai a symbol of the emperor's achievements. Then Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Zhao Heng, went there once, and as a result, no emperor of the Ming and Qing dynasties went to Mount Tai for Fengshan again, as they simply could not bring themselves to do so.

Therefore, for Liu Zhang, who was granted the title of King of Qin, there was nothing wrong with being the King of Qin. Wasn't Li Shimin also the King of Qin? He was very happy to have the same title as Li Erfeng.

On the second day after the imperial edict was issued to Liu Zhang, Cheng Yu expressed his intention to resign.

"Mr. Cheng, why don't you stay a few more days? You leave so early, which shows that you don't know how to entertain guests." Liu Zhang politely tried to persuade Cheng Yu to stay.

Cheng Yu bowed and smiled, "I am sent by the emperor. Now that the decree has been read out, I should return to Xudu as soon as possible and report to the emperor."

"Well." Liu Zhang nodded and waved his hand. Then several attendants came out with gifts. "These are just some vulgar things. Please don't despise them, Mr. Cheng. Just accept them."

"In that case, thank you very much, Your Majesty." Cheng Yu was not polite and he frankly accepted the gift handed to him by Liu Zhang.

Next, Liu Zhang asked Zhang Ji, the governor of Chang'an, to send Cheng Yu away on his behalf. He had no intention of persuading Cheng Yu, Cao Cao's die-hard friend, to accept him, nor did he force Cheng Yu to stay. He calmly let Cheng Yu return to Xu Du.

After seeing Cheng Yu off, Liu Zhang began to arrange official positions in the shogunate according to his new identity. The first was the most important position of prime minister, which was naturally held by the chief secretary Wang Shang.

After all, Wang Shang was the hope of Shu and had served Liu Zhang for a long time. He was loyal and diligent, and there were few mistakes or unsatisfactory aspects in what he did.

Therefore, Liu Zhang awarded Wang Shang the position of prime minister, which was second only to the emperor, to reward his loyalty and diligence.

Next are the positions of Inspector and Governor of provinces. As the King of Qin, Liu Zhang no longer held these positions concurrently. As before, he gave the post of Inspector of Yongzhou to Xun You and the post of Inspector of Yizhou to Huang Quan to highlight meritorious officials. As for the civil and military officials, they were rewarded according to the size of their official positions.

When one person succeeds, everyone around him will benefit. Liu Zhang became the King of Qin, taking a step closer to becoming an emperor. His daily life was the same as before. He was busy with paperwork and always had to deal with affairs until late at night. In comparison, it was no different from the past.

For Liu Zhang's ministers, this was an exciting thing. Liu Zhang was promoted to the title of king, and they were also rewarded and bestowed with gifts. At the same time, they could see a bright future.

Xun You, the chief clerk and governor of Yongzhou, came to the restaurant of the yamen after dealing with documents for a whole morning. During lunch time, a group of officials in the restaurant started chatting, not avoiding the common saying of not talking while eating.

After drinking a glass of wine, Zheng Du sighed and said, "It's a pity that he is not the King of Han. Even the King of Hanzhong would be good. But he is the King of Qin. Sikong Cao Cao is really short-sighted and stingy."

Everyone present laughed when they heard Zheng Du's complaints. Zhao Ang smiled and responded, "Cao Cao held the emperor hostage and wanted to establish himself. How could he grant the King of Han to you? Isn't this clearly saying that the Mandate of Heaven is in your hands?"

Jiang Jiong also smiled and said, "Don't be disgusted, in the past, the King of Han was respected, and in the future, the King of Qin will be respected. Just wait for a while."

"That's true." Zheng Du nodded. He was very satisfied with Jiang Jiong's words. The title of King of Han became honorable because of Emperor Gao, and the title of King of Qin also became honorable because of his Lord Ming.

Xun You listened to everyone's discussion, but he just kept a gentle expression and did not join in. As a child of a noble family, he always adhered to the commandment of not talking while eating or sleeping.

After the meal, Xun You took a walk in the courtyard of the government office to digest the food. After a while, he returned to the meeting room where he handled cases and buried himself in them.

The clerks Meng Jie and Cheng Yu would take light steps from time to time and quietly place the latest documents and letters on Xun You's desk so that Xun You could read them.

Among the newly delivered documents and letters, Meng Jie and Cheng Yu sorted them according to their importance and placed them in different positions on the desk according to their distance from Xun You's body, doing what a clerk should do.

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When Xun You saw a new document being delivered, he reached out and picked up the seal with the bird feather between it, indicating that this was an important document, and he began to read it first.

"Sun Ce, Ling Tong, Xu Gong, retainers..."

After roughly scanning the contents of the document, Xun You picked up the document and walked to the left wing where Liu Zhang was, because the contents of this document had to be reported to Liu Zhang as soon as possible.

Soon, Xun You arrived at the left wing. Due to his current status and the fact that Liu Zhang never liked red tape, Xun You walked straight into the house without informing anyone.

"Your Majesty." The title and greeting are still required when meeting, and Xun You bowed to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang had noticed Xun You's arrival early on. He nodded and said, "Xun You, is there anything important?"

Xun You stepped forward and handed the document in his sleeve to Liu Zhang's desk, while briefly reporting the contents of the document.

"In the past, three retainers of Xu Gong, the governor of Wu County, wanted to avenge Xu Gong because Sun Ce had killed him, so they set an ambush when Sun Ce was out hunting. However, Sun Ce was a master of martial arts, and the three retainers were not able to kill him, but were killed by him instead." (End of this chapter)