Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 162: Claiming public status and enfeoffing the country

The memorandum of merit sent to Jiankang was sent out of Chang'an by fast horse, and the journey was still 300 miles expedited.

The actual distance from Chang'an to Jiangling is 1460 miles. There is a post station every 20 miles along the way. There are more than 70 inns distributed in total. Through the relay of the postmen, it will be delivered to Huan Wen in about five days.

The official titles of father and son were not decided by Huan Xi himself, so he naturally had to ask Huan Wen for permission.

No matter how little status the old slave had in the family, Huan Xi could not help but take him seriously.

Huan Xi attached great importance to the timeliness of news. Within his ruling area, there were five 300-mile express roads, namely Chang'an and Jiangling, Tianshui, Hanzhong, Puban, and Tongguan. They were also the five official roads that Huan Xi focused on repairing at the beginning.

There are nearly 200 post stations distributed along these five official roads. Each post station is equipped with two post soldiers and three post horses, so the cost is not large.

After taking over Liangzhou, Huan Xi will also set up a post station on the official road from Dunhuang to Chang'an to ensure that news from the Western Regions and Liangzhou is delivered to his desk as soon as possible.

The actual distance between Chang'an and Dunhuang is 3500 miles. At an accelerated speed of 300 miles, Huan Xi will be able to know what is happening in the Western Regions in less than twelve days.

Of course, if it is an urgent situation of 600 miles, the speed can continue to increase, such as a -mile emergency, which requires the postmen from various places to change people and horses, and the relay must not be delayed at all along the way.

Normally, Huan Xi mainly delivers messages within a 300-mile express route.

In their memorials, Wang Meng, Quan Yi and others named Huan Wen the Grand Sima, granted him the title of Duke of Chu, and granted him twenty-two counties in Jingzhou and ten counties in Jiangzhou, a total of thirty-two counties.

He also reported that Huan Xi was the general and granted the Liang Kingdom. Seven counties in Yongzhou, eight counties in Liangzhou, six counties in Qinzhou, and Hedong County in Bingzhou, a total of twenty-two counties, were designated as Huanxi's feudal state.

Liangzhou is still Zhang Yaoling's foundation in name, so naturally it will not be included in Huan Xi's feudal state.

Not long after the memorial was sent, Huan Xi and Xie Daoyun finally welcomed their second child, but Huan Xi no longer had the joy of becoming a father for the first time.

This is also a common problem among many parents. They prefer their eldest son and spoil their younger sons when they are old.

Of course, Huan Xi still valued his second son.

Aman has been smart since he was a child, and Huanxi is not too worried about his intelligence.

However, the mortality rate of children in ancient times was high, and no one could say for sure how long their life span would be. If Aman was ahead of him, he would have to place his hopes on his second son.

Therefore, Huan Xi will naturally not relax his education. Just like his brother Aman, when he reaches the age of studying in the future, he will be taught by Huan Xi, Wang Meng, Quan Yi and his mother Xie Daoyun.

The second son's nickname was Xianghaier. Huan Xi was worrying about what nickname he should give him when he smelled the incense in the house and suddenly had an idea and named him such a name.

The birth of Xiang Hai'er also made Huan Xi's generals happy. He and Aman provided double insurance for everyone's future wealth.

Aman is still young now, so looking at his infant brother, he is naturally filled with joy.

Huan Xi watched Aman holding Luo Niang with one hand and teasing Xianghai'er in the wet nurse's arms with the other. He also hoped that Aman and Xianghai'er could live in harmony as brothers.

This will test his ability as a father.

Aman couldn't let Aman feel like a thorn in his back because of Xianghaier's existence.

We cannot let Xianghaier mistakenly think that he also has opportunities while receiving elite education, thus giving birth to undue extravagant hopes.

Five days passed quickly, and the memorial request for sealing was also sent to the General Zhengxi's mansion.

Of course Huan Wen knew that his official title had not moved, and he had blocked Huan Xi's way, making it difficult for him to rise further.

Of course Huan Wen was satisfied with Huan Xi's arrangement.

If Huan Xi really only cares about monopolizing credit and putting his official title over Huan Wen, there will inevitably be conflicts between father and son.

And Huan Xi now lied in the memorial that he was following Huan Wen's order and waiting for an opportunity to take over Liangzhou. The credit will naturally be shared between them and his son, and everyone will make progress together.

When the memorial for Huan Wen and Huan Xi was sent to Jiankang, it immediately aroused heated discussion in the court. The father and son followed the path of seeking to usurp the throne step by step, but everyone in the court was unable to do anything about it.

Merits must be rewarded, especially for such a great achievement as the restoration of Liangzhou.

However, the father and son are both generals with the title of Zheng, and they have also been jointly ranked as county princes. If they go up, they can only be granted the title of country, and worship the chief minister and the general. .

Jiankang, Taicheng.

In the main hall, Queen Mother Chu looked at everyone and asked:

"Gentlemen, what do you think of this memorial?"

Everyone was silent. Even Wang Tanzhi, who had always taken a clear stand against the Huan family, could not find a reason to object.

At least the Huan family father and son did not directly ask for Wang Jue and Jiuxi.

At this time, the young emperor Sima Dan, who had always just sat next to his mother and watched the government, finally couldn't bear it anymore and said:

"The Huan clan's ambition to seize the country is so obvious. Why do all the civil and military officials in the dynasty say nothing?"

The officials were ashamed and had to lower their heads, not daring to meet the little emperor's eyes.

Empress Dowager Chu quickly reprimanded:

"Your Majesty, stop talking nonsense!"

She was worried that if these words reached the ears of Huan Wen, Huan Xi and his son, they would feel resentful.

Seeing that there was no objection from the ministers, Empress Dowager Chu hurriedly issued an order and agreed to the petition. She appointed Huan Wen, Huan Xi and his son, as well as Huan Xi's generals and subordinates, and immediately announced the dissolution of the court.

Empress Dowager Chu dispersed the crowd, not even the serving maids were left. Only mother and son were in the palace. She said sternly:

"No matter how angry you are in your heart, you cannot speak rudely to the Huan family father and son in public."

Sima Dan was not convinced:

"I am the emperor, Huan Wen and Huan Xi are just ministers!"

Empress Dowager Chu asked:

"Do you know how the Sima family came to dominate this world?"

Sima Dan was startled when he heard this. He really didn't know.

His grandfather, Emperor Jin Ming, also ascended the throne. After listening to Director Wang's story, he learned that Sima Yi violated the Luoshui Alliance and Sima Zhao attacked and killed the emperor in the street.

Emperor Jin Ming even hid his face and sighed:

As the Qing family said, Jin Zuo'an can last for a long time.

After all, the Sima family was very secretive about the scandalous things they had done, so how could they be willing to let future generations know about it.

When Queen Mother Chu told Sima Dan how his ancestors created the country, Sima Dan was greatly shocked.

At this time, Empress Dowager Chu sighed:

"What Huan did today was just to imitate your ancestors. As a mother, I only want you to be the king of Chenliu. Don't try to imitate the noble country prince."

Later generations praised Gao Guixiang for his righteous death, but despised King Chenliu for living an ignoble life. However, for the Queen Mother Chu, Sima Dan was her only concern in the world, and she only hoped that he could be safe.

　The next chapter is 4,000 words long. There will be another chapter before twelve o'clock in the early morning.

　　

　

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