Regarding Dong Cheng's behavior, Gao Shun laughed and dismissed it, even if he was crowned King of Wei, everything was false, and strong military strength was real.

However, some careerists do not think so, and jointly publicly support Gao Shun to accept the title of king, especially some people with low official positions, hoping to get Gao Shun's attention and occupy a place in politics.

Dong Zhao publicly shouted that the Marquis of Gao Jun pacified the barbarians in all directions, protected the northern states from being slaughtered by war, and worked hard and made great achievements, and should accept the title of king.

Of course, there are also divisions within the Tushi clan due to disagreement, some oppose it, and some support it.

The matter became bigger and bigger, and even the military advisors from all over the country joined each other to support Gao Shun to be crowned King of Wei.

Gao Shun resolutely rejected anyone's proposal.

The reason why it was the king of Wei was because the political center of Gao Shun was in Yecheng in Wei County.

Emperor Liu Xie hated Gao Shun very much in his heart, and when he heard that Gao Shun couldn't resign, his heart also made waves, in the end, Gao Shun was a big man? Or does Gao Shun want to replace the Han court in one step and directly claim the emperor?

Indeed, as Liu Xie thought, the reason why Gao Shun did not accept the throne was because he did not want to leave hidden dangers for future generations, so that future generations would follow suit, and wanted to do it in one step and directly claim the emperor.

Things got worse and worse, and even the emperor sent envoys to persuade Gao Shun to accept the throne of King Wei.

Emperor Liu Xie's mind is very simple, very simple, and it is also a very helpless approach, if Gao Shun accepts the throne, he is still a Han minister, and he has the obligation to save the court, otherwise, he can call on the world to fight against him.

Everyone supported it, but they didn't know what Gao Shun was thinking, which upset Gao Shun.

However, in the autumn of the seventh year of Xingping, the state pastors and assassins all supported Gao Shun to be crowned King of Han, while Dong Cheng and Zhong Xuan had been living in Yecheng and did not return; At this time, Li Qiang also suggested that Gao Shun be crowned King of Wei, but Ma Gui took a step back and suggested that he could temporarily accept the position of Duke of Wei.

In fact, whether it is the King of Wei or the Duke of Wei, they have seriously exceeded the system. Since the "White Horse Alliance", the king with a different surname is illegal; Beginning with Wang Mang, "Gong" was also synonymous with plotting to usurp the government in the Han Dynasty and was a precursor to rebellion.

Ma Gui seemed to have seen through Gao Shun's thoughts, and said bluntly that the future affairs will be handled by future generations, and there is no country for 10,000 years, so there is no need to worry too much.

In the end, Gao Shun accepted the persuasion of everyone, but only accepted the title of Duke Wei; Everyone is happy, whether it is the King of Wei or the Duke of Wei, as long as Gao Shun accepts it, it is a good start; Dong Zhao, Xun You and others were even more happy; Hua Xin and others even regarded themselves as heroes.

Dong Zhuo and Liu Xie were very happy, and each had their own plans.

In the spring of the eighth year of Xingping, Gao Shun entered the Duke of Wei, and was given the gift of nine counties and nine tins, established the principality, and set up a hundred officials.

After Dong Cheng passed on the decree, he happily returned to Changsha County; Gao Shun privately promised him that he would never attack the territory of the Taishi and make friends with the Taishi I; Gao Shun believes that after the stability of the north, without external pressure, Dong Zhuo's internal chaos will inevitably occur, and his life will not be long, and any commitment will not affect the process of his unification of the world.

And Zhong Xuan stayed directly in Yecheng.

The happiest people are the people of Jiangbei, as long as Gao Shun does not fall, their lives will be stable and prosperous, and there will be no disaster of war.

Xianbei, Xiongnu and Han Sui all sent envoys to congratulate Gao Shun on receiving the title of Duke of Wei.

According to the emperor's edict, the Duchy of Wei could set up hundreds of officials below the prime minister who were directly subordinate to the feudal state, and the institutional status was similar to that of the princes and kings with different surnames in the early Han Dynasty.

In order to strengthen his military control, Gao Shun first worshipped Cao Shan, Zhao Xiong, Xiang Rong, and Zhao Yun as generals of Andong, Anbei, Annan, and Anxi.

For hundreds of officials, Gao Shun hopes to improve slowly, Jia Xu is Shangshuling, Chen Gong, Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan, etc. are Shangshu; The judge was appointed as the Imperial Historian; Lu Yu is the official department; Most of the remaining official positions are held by senior civil servants of the system

If this is the case, Gao Shun can follow the example of the ancient Zhou Zhao, Taigong, Wuba, etc., and use the name of the feudal country to conquer the Quartet under the banner of the feudal imperial family.

Since the key positions were all held by the civil officials of the system, Gao Shun accepted the position of Duke Wei without encountering any resistance; In order to avoid being emulated by future generations, Gao Shun did not reuse Dong Zhao, Hua Xin and others, and was determined not to reuse them forever.

It is Gao Shun's consistent policy to suppress the scholars, and the first measure is to introduce cheap white paper, followed by printed books, so that the poor can afford to use paper and read books. Of course, the price is not a one-step process, it is a gradual process from high to low.

On the political front, to put pressure on Jiaozhou Shixie, he must give up the position of Taishou in the three northern counties.

He ordered Gao Wei, the governor of the navy, to lead Hainan Island, and set up Zhuya and Dan'er counties as Qiongzhou County, build a port, and promote the trade and development between Qiongzhou County and the mainland; Counties were set up along the periphery of the island to strengthen control and serve as an advance base for the occupation of Jiaozhou.

Ordered Qin Guan to attack Nanhai County, force the Sun family to surrender, and be sure to occupy Nanhai County.

If you occupy Nanhai County, you can follow the Pearl River and easily enter Cangwu County and Yulin County.

People in the world don't know that Qin Guan is Gao Shun's lineage, and they also think that Gao Shun is so domineering after being named Duke of Wei, some people are happy, and some people are surprised.

However, Sun Quan and Shi Xie were helpless, they wanted to resist but did not dare to resist, and they wanted to give up their rights but were unwilling.

The consequence was that Gao Shun was too persecutive, which made Sun Quan and Shi Xie have a tendency to unite.

Sun Quan was most anxious, after a few years, his officers and soldiers had completely degenerated into farmers, without combat effectiveness, if Qin Pass came to attack, it would be defeated; Therefore, he first sent an envoy to Jiaozhi County, wanting to befriend Shixie.

And Shi Xie wanted to use Sun Quan's Nanhai County as a shield to see how Gao Shun's forces were going to treat Sun Quan, and to see how strong Qin Guan was and whether it was possible to resist, so he ostensibly agreed to form an alliance with Sun Quan.

Dong Zhuo admired Gao Shun's attitude very much, and as soon as he accepted the position of Duke of Wei, he started a new round of attack, but he didn't expect that if Gao Shun finished integrating Jiaozhou, he would be completely surrounded.

Li Ru was in a hurry and hurriedly proposed to Dong Zhuo not to let Gao Shun interfere in the affairs of Jiangnan, and asked to send an envoy to Jiangdong to form an alliance with Qin Guan and rule the river with Gao Shun.

Qin Guan was Gao Shun's last hidden chess piece, and he couldn't be exposed too early, so he accepted the opinion of Dong Zhuo's forces on the surface, and temporarily ruled with Gao Shun, but the benefits sent by Gao Shun were not in vain, leaving a foreshadowing for accepting Gao Shun's assistance.

Dong Zhuo was very satisfied with Qin Guan's attitude, feeling that this person from the Yellow Turban Thief was short-sighted and too easy to fool; He was still very glad in his heart to be with the Yellow Turban Thief, and now he had the common interests with Qin Guan, formed an alliance, and jointly resisted the southern invasion of Gaoshun's forces, and it became possible to rule the river.

Qin Guan proposed to attack Jiaozhou and divide the territory equally.

Li Ru and Dong Zhuo readily agreed, they are now more people and less land, eager to expand their territory, and promised that after defeating Jiaozhou, Dong Zhuo only needs Cangwu County and Yulin County, and the remaining territory will belong to Qinguan.

The two sides reached an alliance and decided to jointly march into Jiaozhou after the autumn harvest of the eighth year of Xingping.