After the Qin army conquered Shu, Xiao Yuan's strength increased greatly, not only sitting on two places, expanding his territory, but also exceeding 10 million people under his jurisdiction.

The army under his command has also reached 200,000 people.

Among them, plus the army that stayed in Qin, the Qinzhou army totaled 140,000, and the Shu army was about 60,000.

For these 200,000 troops, Xiao Yuan naturally went through some adjustment and integration, so that the Yizhou Army and the Qinzhou Army were completely integrated, and they were collectively referred to as the Qin Army.

Subsequently, he rewarded his subordinates at all levels of civil and military affairs, which was naturally based on his military exploits.

His original intention was to give some high-ranking generals the title of marquis, but he was stopped by Shangguan Wenruo and Liu Yuzhi.

Seeing that the two of them were blocked, Xiao Yuan immediately frowned, and said with slight displeasure: "The generals under your command, follow me from birth to death, now Qin and Shu have been decided, and it is not natural to reward the title?" ”

"Of course, but...... No, my lord. Liu Yuzhi is embarrassed.

"Why is that?" Xiao Yuan asked rhetorically.

Liu Yuzhi said: "The lord is now, the official position is only Qinzhou Taishou, strictly speaking, there is no qualification to give the title, the duke, the marquis, the uncle, the son, the male, these five titles, are all orthodox, and they must be given by the king." ”

"What if I want a reward." Xiao Yuan said unhappily, and said in his heart, where did he come from so many rules.

"This ......" Liu Yuzhi glanced at Shangguan Wenruo, who saw this, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "If the lord has to do this, it is not right, and even if the generals are knighted, I am afraid that there are flaws in their hearts." ”

"Trouble!" Xiao Yuan frowned.

The two civil officials were actually right, in terms of the empire at that time, the power of justification was very great, and the orthodox title represented the powerful, not something that you could seal if you were too guarded.

"And what do you mean?" Xiao Yuan asked again.

The two glanced at each other, and Liu Yuzhi said, "Unless, the lord is the king." ”

"Yes, after the lord wins the throne, the whole world will know, and at that time, he will be able to confer the power of the king of Qin, confer the title of a hundred officials, and confer the title of marquis and worship the prime minister." Shangguan Wenruo received it.

"King Qin?" Xiao Yuan's eyes flashed, he is also a human being, if he can be called the king, how can there be no fluctuations.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a condensed voice: "But if you are called king, will the Heavenly Council recognize it?" The people of Qin and Shu have no opinions? ”

It's not a trivial matter, and of course he has to think it through.

When Liu Yuzhi heard this, he immediately said: "The lord's prestige is now winning, although he is not a king, but he has long been far superior to the king, therefore, the people are definitely supportive, as for the kingdom of heaven, at that time, by the emperor of heaven, the next edict of the son of heaven, the lord will be given the throne, that is justified." ”

"Shang Rui?" Xiao Yuan called him by name and said, "Last time my Qin Jun was in front of Shanyu Pass, I beat him up, how could he agree?" ”

"The Son of Heaven will definitely agree." Shangguan Wenruo took over and said.

"Oh?"

"Because the lord now has 200,000 troops and owns Qin and Shu, he has to agree if he doesn't agree." The meaning of Shangguan Wenruo's words is already very clear.

After hearing this, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but ponder, he first paced back and forth in front of the desk with his hands behind his back for a few steps, then glanced at the two of them, and then suddenly burst out laughing.

Because he suddenly reacted, these two literati were deliberately pushing themselves to the throne by taking advantage of the matter of giving the knight!

There is no doubt that now Liu Yuzhi is the governor of Qin, and Shangguan Wen is a military advisor sacrificing wine, but if Xiao Yuan is the king, then the two of them will not be their current identities, and when the time comes, they will be ministers of state!

Can that be compared?

After coming back to his senses, Xiao Yuan also looked at the two of them and smiled, and said, "Let me think twice about this matter." ”

"This ......" The two looked at each other again, and Liu Yuzhi said hurriedly: "At the beginning, the lord only had Qin Land, which was not enough to be the king, but now, the Central Plains War has not ended, and the countries are strife, if it is not the throne, Qin, why go east?" ”

"Yes, the lord, only the king can command the king, and the lord is called the king, it must be the desire of the people, the hope of the people, and the hope of the ministers." Shangguan Wenruo followed.

"Alright, you two should step back first." Xiao Yuan didn't say anything more, but waved his hand.

"This ...... The subordinates retired, please think twice. The two bowed.

Liu Yuzhi and Shangguan Wenruo are right, the current Xiao Yuan can no longer be called Qin Taishou, and if his status is not improved, he will not be able to govern the two places.

And he asked the two to step back, not to say that he rejected the two, but to prepare to ask other important backbones.

Because it was so important, he had to listen to everyone.

Subsequently, Xiao Yuan was the first to call Lian Xiao over.

Lian Xiao is now the general of the Qin army, and he followed Xiao Yuan back to Qinzhou, and after he came over, Xiao Yuan also directly brought up the matter.

After hearing this, Lian Xiao immediately said: "The lord should be the king." ”

"Oh?" Maybe he didn't expect him to say this, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Lian Xiao said: "The lord's various decrees in Shu, the people are obvious to all, they are all cheering, and Huang Songyuan is not popular with the people, now the people are more identified with the lord's governance, if the lord is not the throne, then the lord should be called Qinzhou Taishou, or should he be called the lord of Shu?" If Qin Taishou, how to govern Shu? If it is the lord of Shu, how can he govern Qin? Therefore, the last general believed that only by establishing the country could the people and the army be united, and the two places could be completely reunified. ”

His question was very critical, Xiao Yuan nodded secretly after listening to it, and said, "Okay, what the general said, I know, and let's step back first." ”

"Yes, the last general will retire." Lian Xiao clasped his fists and saluted.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Yuan summoned Su Yi again.

After the latter came over, after listening to Xiao Yuan's question, he knelt directly on the ground, and said: "The last general pleads with the lord, that is, the throne of Qin, if the lord should not, the soldiers of the three armies will not follow......"

"Okay, okay, I know, you can step back first." Xiao Yuan waved his hand again.

Next, it was Zhao Mu, Peng Shuang and others.

After people came over, they heard about it, without exception, they all urged Xiao Yuan to be king, and so far, he has understood the thoughts of Wen Wu under his command.

Outside the mansion, after Xiao Yuan summoned everyone one by one, they did not disperse, but gathered at the gate of the mansion together, discussing something in twos and threes.

"The lord summoned me and others just now, what did you say here?" Zhao Mu took the lead in asking Su Yi.

"Naturally, it is recommended that the lord be the king, what about your side?" Su Yi asked rhetorically.

"It's the same on my side, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages of being king at this time." Zhao Mu said.

"Yes, the world is in turmoil, the countries are vying for hegemony, and if Qin wants to go east, the lord must command the Qin army as a king......"

"It depends on what the lord thinks......"

"We have so many civil and military audiences, the lord will not disobey......"

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