Chapter 296: Turmoil in the Imperial Court
The reward that Emperor Han Xian prepared for Zhao Hao was really rich, and even it was a little unexpected with Zhao Hao himself.
First of all, because Zhao Hao is really outstanding this time, his record is brilliant, almost to the extent of the unprecedented, even compared with the previous killing of **** Dong Zhuo, it is still surpassed.
Therefore, the little emperor was very ingenious and set up a new military rank for him - God-given God General!
Of course, this military rank sounds quite like that, but because Zhao Hao himself is a general of the Han Dynasty, at least nominally, he commands the soldiers and horses in the world.
Therefore, this so-called God-given god general is actually just a false name, which is quite good.
In terms of military merit and rank alone, Zhao Hao is already unsealable, and there is no room for growth, and a false title is given, and the little emperor is also a little helpless.
And the next thing is the main event, what Zhao Hao didn't expect was that Liu Xie would directly seal him the title of a duke.
His name is called, Zhenguo Gong.
The so-called male, marquis, uncle, son, male.
In addition to the title of "Wang", which was no longer available to people with different surnames by the Han family at the end of the Han Dynasty, Gong was already the biggest title.
And even if it is a "public" position, in this era of the world, it has long ceased to exist, and the title of an official with a different surname is at most up to the level of "waiting".
For example, later, in the era when the Three Kingdoms were established, the reason why Cao Cao was idle and snubbed his chief strategist Xun Yu was because the other party opposed Cao Cao and claimed to be in the public position.
It's good now, the little emperor in front of him actually took the initiative to seal Zhao Hao such a title, which is really surprising to Zhao Hao.
And the so-called "male" is actually divided into many kinds.
But if the cage is unified, "duke" can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is the real power of the duke, and the other is the title of the duke with a fictitious title.
Zhao Hao's Zhenguo Duke here is the kind of grand duke who has real power, and the fief under his hand is very widely praised.
And the scope of its fiefdom is exactly the large piece of land that was personally defeated by Zhao Hao in the previous Northern Expedition, including part of the Hetao area south of the Yellow River, as well as the entire Mongolian steppe!
Although since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the "Tui En Order", from the founding emperor Liu Bang, the scourge of the old system of partitioning has been almost eliminated.
But the little emperor's move in front of him seems to have the meaning of restarting the sub-feudal system.
Well, to say that it is a sub-seal or something, in fact, is an exaggeration.
But that's also because the fief he gave to Zhao Hao is a bit too big, so big that people want to use the word Guang Bao to call it.
But~
If Zhao Hao really wants to manage that land well, the price and energy he has to pay will be very huge, after all, although that land has been controlled by foreign races for a long time, the overall degree of development is not high.
In this way, Zhao Hao, the general of the Han family, can fully feel the attention from the imperial court and the affirmation of his Northern Expedition achievements.
can also effectively restrain Zhao Hao's next energy because of the vast and barren fiefdom, so that someone can no longer do whatever he wants in many cases.
There is no doubt that this is an act of grace and power, a dignified conspiracy, and a means of checks and balances.
Zhao Hao can be sure that with such a high-level move, on the side of the little emperor Liu Xie, if it weren't for the blind cat encountering a dead mouse and relying purely on luck, it would definitely be a master behind him.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Emperor Han Xian, who was still young and ill-informed on the dragon chair, to figure out such a plan.
And the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, it is not that Zhao Hao looks down on them, just relying on the strategy and strength of Wang Situ and others who have obviously occupied a good situation before, and can lose them with their own hands.
They definitely don't have the mind and courage, and they are reluctant to take out such a large piece of land outside the northern Xinjiang as a reward.
For example, according to the development of the original plot, if Zhao Hao did not appear, then Wang Situ would divide Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo with beauties in the past few years, and finally induce Lu Bu to kill Dong surnamed ****.
But later, this Lord Wang buried the good situation on his side with his own hands, and refused to vote for the more than 100,000 troops of Li Dao and others.
and eventually caused the city of Chang'an to be broken, and the Han royal family was completely contained in a crisis situation.
Since then, the Han royal court has been completely swept away and has lost its original deterrent effect on the princes of the Quartet.
It doesn't matter if it's a happy grudge, or it's okay to say he's stupid.
People like Wang Situ are actually relatively smart, and there are few ministers in this Manchu Dynasty who can surpass him in terms of strategy and overall wisdom.
People like this kind of conservative, easy to be rash, and lack a sense of the overall situation are unlikely to help the little emperor draw up such a reward will.
After thinking about it like this, Zhao Hao also quickly came to a conclusion, that is, the recruitment order that he had suggested to the imperial court to issue seemed to have played a big role.
Some real people of insight, such as Xun Yu and Chen Gong, came one after another.
And it seems to have been reused!
The subsequent rewards were all inconsequential things, such as some gold, silver and jewelry, colored silk silk, maids and maids, and rewards for those middle and lower-level generals and soldiers who participated in the Northern Expedition with Zhao Hao.
And, when it came to the final content of this will, he also made a little suggestion to Zhao Hao very vaguely, which meant that he hoped that someone could take the initiative to step down from the post of general
In fact, this request is also very legitimate, after all, if Zhao Hao accepts this reward and reward, he will definitely not be able to stay in the central capital like before.
Moreover, the Grand Duke, who controls such a large piece of land, and the Great General who commands the soldiers and horses of the world, these two important titles obviously cannot be added to the same person.
And in this case, even Zhao Hao has to think about it very seriously.
After all, he didn't come to this world for this mere official position, or for that seemingly large fiefdom.
These things may be great to others, but they are not even fart in his eyes.
What Zhao Hao needs to consider is which of the position of the great general and the title of the so-called grand duke is more in line with the needs of his next task.
However, it is a pity that the officials above the court do not seem to have left him much time to think, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are obviously not of the same mind.
After the absence of Dong Zhuo as an external threat, they were naturally divided into multiple factions, representing their own different interest groups.
It seems that the will of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty to reward this time seems to be different from the results they discussed before, and the difference may be a bit big.
So much so that when the little eunuch next to him finished reading this holy decree, a large group of ministers suddenly jumped out and began to openly oppose the little emperor's questioning.
It is said that Zhao Hao is young and difficult to take on big responsibilities.
It is said that Liu Xie's will was a little rash, and he was asked to withdraw his order and act prudently.
Others went a little too far, and simply counted Zhao Hao's no, taking someone who was out on the Northern Expedition at the beginning, and repeatedly made an explanation of the disrespect for the will of the imperial court to call him back.
In vain, he tried to deceive the king and disobey the king's order, so he wanted to remove Zhao Hao from his position as a general and seize his military power.
In addition, he also wanted to send someone to the southern Xinjiang border to fight against the barbarians.
And the minister who made this suggestion seems to be surnamed Yuan~
What is the specific name of the little old man, Zhao Hao didn't remember, he only knew that the other party seemed to be the Yuan family represented by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, a talker in the capital, and an uncle of the two of them.
Zhao Hao remembered that if it was developed according to the original plot of the Three Kingdoms World, this minister surnamed Yuan seemed to be killed by Dong Zhuo with a sword because of something not long after Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an.
It's good now, because of Zhao Hao, Dong Zhuo is gone, this guy is jumping up, and he still wants to put him to death, and he wants to send him to Southern Xinjiang!
In fact, Zhao Hao also knew what the other party's plan was.
It is nothing more than trying to rely on so many reasons for disrespect to the order, in a vain attempt to offset the merits of Zhao Hao's Northern Expedition, so as to leave someone with a situation of no reward and no punishment.
In the development and process of the entire Chinese history, it seems that it is not uncommon to make a small mistake and make a big achievement, and it is a routine practice.
If he really wants to do it, then in this way, after the Northern Expedition, the Xiongnu and the large tract of land left after Xianbei was destroyed will become a beautiful woman to be married.
Although nominally, that fresh territory belongs to the Han Dynasty, there is always someone to take care of it, right?
At this time, the representative of his Yuan family, Yuan Shao was a dignified Bohai Taishou, with heavy troops, and he was close to the sphere of influence of the Xianbei clan, so he could get a lot of benefits by stretching out his hand.
You know, it's a vast grassland terrain, which is very suitable for raising all kinds of livestock, as well as war horses.
The land of China has been short of horses since ancient times, and after having such a piece of land, it is equivalent to having great war potential, and has won a fully strategic place for the cultivation of the strongest army ~ cavalry in this era.
The purpose of this Lord surnamed Yuan is naturally to fight for more benefits for the Yuan family behind him.
Even if the Yuan family can't take the whole grassland because of the checks and balances of all parties, it must at least take a piece of the big cake.
And the little emperor's will seems to be to seal the whole land to Zhao Hao.
This is obviously not in the interests of the Yuan family and even more forces, so he stood up and opposed it fiercely at this time.
But it's a pity that Zhao Hao's guy is undoubtedly not a master who will suffer.
The minister surnamed Yuan in front of him may be a high power in the era of peace, but if it is in this late Han Dynasty, the era of troubled times.
He dared to play this game with a general like Zhao Hao, who controlled the actual military power in his hands, and was also responsible for guarding the security of the central region, which was tantamount to looking for death. (To be continued.) )