August 13 of the first year of Yongchang was originally a very ordinary day, but because of a holy decree to canonize the king, this day became of great significance to Liaodong. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After months of arduous travel, Xi Jian finally arrived in Xiangguo City, where he was warmly welcomed by the whole of Liaodong.

"Lord Xi, welcome to Liaodong." Wen Qiao, on behalf of Wei Shuo and Liaodong, came to greet Xi Jian.

"I have admired Wen Taizhen's name for a long time, and today I saw it really extraordinary."

Xi Jian returned the salute, and his eyes kept looking up and down at Wen Qiao, one of the four giants of Liaodong's civil and military affairs. He knew very well that the son of the family in front of him, who was only about thirty-four years old, had been Liu Kun's staff, but he was deeply trusted and reused by Wei Shuo, and had a huge influence in Liaodong.

"Dare to ask Taizhen, I don't know where Da Sima is? A certain person has the emperor's order and has a duty in his body, and he needs to see Da Sima as soon as possible to announce the holy decree. ”

"Hehe, Lord Xi, please follow a certain into the city, Da Sima and your colleagues are already waiting for your Excellency in the city."

In fact, Wei Shuo is not very keen on the matter of sealing the king, and this kind of feudal king is not the kind of feudal state of the Zhou royal family, but just a vassal king with food, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the practical significance. But they couldn't stop others from paying attention to this matter, whether it was the pastoral officials headed by Pei Wei, or the assassins and county guards in various places, all of them were extremely enthusiastic about Wei Shuo's acceptance of the title of King Yan.

The sub-feudal system has existed since ancient times, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, inherited the county system at the same time, in order to strengthen the control of various places, Gaozu also implemented the sub-feudal system. It's just that although the princes under the Han Dynasty's feudal system still have huge power, their power has been weakened a lot compared to the feudal princes of the Zhou royal family.

The Wei and Jin dynasties inherited the Han system, and naturally there were also sub-feuds.

After Sima Yan usurped Wei Lijin, he even implemented the sub-feudal system to the peak, and wantonly divided the children of his relatives as kings. The princes and kings not only enjoyed the rich food and euphemism, but also had independent military and financial power over the feudal state, which also laid the foundation for the destruction of the Western Jin Dynasty and the rebellion of the eight kings in the north.

In fact, Sima Yan's wanton division of his relatives as kings was completely forced to helpless, in the early days of the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan's strength could not overwhelm the family, and the comparison of the strength of the monarch and the minister was obviously weak and the minister was strong.

In order to strengthen the power of the imperial family, Sima Yan had to wantonly divide the children of his relatives into princes and go out of the town to strengthen the power of the imperial family.

Soon, under the guidance of Wen Qiao, Xi Jian came to the palace of the former Empress Zhao and met the world-famous Sima. Looking at the complacent Da Sima in front of him, and then thinking about the terminally ill Son of Heaven, Xi Jian couldn't help but feel a sigh. If today's son had the same means and abilities as Da Sima, he would not have fallen to the point where he is now.

"Jian, meet Da Sima."

"Dao Emblem, don't be polite, please get up quickly."

Wei Shuo stepped forward with a smile on his face and picked up Xi Jian, looked up and down again, and said to the people around: "I knew that Hui was a famous person from the Shandong family, and today I saw that it was really extraordinary." ”

"Hahaha, the lord doesn't know anything, Lord Xi is known as one of the eight uncles of Yanzhou, and he is as famous as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest in the previous dynasty."

Where does Wei Shuo not know the name of Yanzhou Babo? Wen Qiao said that Yanzhou Babo is as famous as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, but in his opinion, Yanzhou Babo's achievements in literature are not as prominent as the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, and in terms of governing merits, Yanzhou Babo is much stronger than the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest. Yanzhou Babozhong is the most famous Zhongxing eight scholars in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, among which Xi Jian, Cai Mo and so on are the best.

"Daohui has been running around for several days, and his body and mind are extremely tired, why don't you sit down and drink a drink, rest for a while, what's the matter and wait for tomorrow when everything is ready before making plans, I don't know what you think?"

"Obey the orders of the Great Sima." Xi Jian knew that this announcement could not be too casual, so he agreed.

Immediately everyone entered the banquet one after another, the banquet was lively and vulgar, the sound of silk and bamboo was endless, the banquet was staggered, the words were happy, and they were happy. However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that almost everyone's attention is on Xi Jian, and they are especially interested in the holy decree he carries.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Mo Han suddenly asked: "Dare to ask Lord Xi, I don't know how many princes the court plans to use this time to reward my lord for his great contribution to eradicating the troubles?" It can't be the title of the county king, right? ”

Mo Han, who was born in a poor family, dared to say that he would never be so direct if he was someone else, and he would definitely have to be tactful again and again, and turn a dozen corners to inquire.

And Xi Jian was obviously stunned, and after a while, he came back to his senses and replied: "Naturally not, Da Sima has made countless meritorious achievements, and this time he wiped out the Hu in one fell swoop, ending the northern Hu trouble, and he has made great contributions to the imperial court, how can the imperial court only take the title of the king of one county?" Isn't this an insult to Da Sima? ”

"Well, this is about the same, the Son of Heaven is wise, and he has not buried my master's merits."

"Yes, yes, only Da Sima is worthy of the title of prince."

"Humph! If the Son of Heaven dares to lose the title of county king, my hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Liaodong Army will definitely not agree. ”

Listening to everyone's discussions, and even some rebellious words, Xi Jian's face did not change, and he didn't seem to be dissatisfied with it. However, through this incident, Xi Jian can see clearly that Liaodong has a long history of lack of good impression of Jiangdong.

"Okay, what are you talking nonsense?!" Wei Shuo saw that the more everyone talked, the more unspeakable they became, and he hurriedly reprimanded.

Now, although Liaodong no longer takes Jiangdong in his eyes, he has not left the Jin family for a day, and some superficial etiquette should still be maintained.

Seeing that everyone was silent under Wei Shuo's reprimand, Xi Jian was a little shocked by Wei Shuo's words. As early as when he was in Jiangdong, he heard that Da Sima was famous in Liaodong, whether it was a century-old family or a civil and military subordinate, almost no one dared to be presumptuous in front of Da Sima.

Originally, Xi Jian was a little skeptical about this, but now when he saw the scene in front of him, he realized that all this was true. From this point of view, the Great Sima Weishuo is more like the emperor of a country than Sima Rui, the Son of Heaven.

"Dao Hui is not strange, these people are used to being arrogant and indulgent on weekdays, I didn't care much about them in the past, but I didn't expect to be presumptuous in front of angels today, which is really a bit rude."

"Da Sima is serious, the vassals of Liaodong are concerned about the court's reward for Da Sima, which is something that loyal ministers and righteous people should consider. Originally, I felt that you were loyal, and you should tell everyone the details, but the court has its own laws, and it does not dare to destroy it easily, and I hope that the great Sima and you will forgive me. ”

Listening to Xi Jian's words that were neither humble nor arrogant, Wei Shuo couldn't help nodding secretly, he is worthy of being a capable minister who has assisted three generations of emperors in history, and his mind, bearing, and talent are all extraordinary.

This banquet for Xi Jian lasted until the end of the evening, and Xi Jian, who was very drunk, was supported by the servants and came to the side room to rest. The people of Liaodong also dispersed, quietly waiting for the arrival of the second day of the king's reign.

Early the next morning, after bathing and changing clothes, Xi Jian held the holy decree in his hand, solemnly opened the bright yellow silk in the curling cigarette, coughed lightly and read aloud: "The edict of the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty said: I have heard of praise and virtue, reward the material, Da Sima Shuo has eliminated Hu Lu, has outstanding achievements, is loyal and upright, declares virtue and grace, observes festivals and takes friendship, and I am very committed." ”

"He was specially promoted to the king of Yan, and the two counties of Liaodong and Yanguo were his food towns."

"Jicheng Palace is the palace of Yan Wang, Mrs. Pei Yinger is the princess, and the eldest son Zheng is the son."

When Xi Jian made everything public, everyone at the scene, except for Wei Shuo, was shocked by the court's generosity. Not to mention that Wei Shuo has set a precedent for the king with a different surname since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, just from the perspective of food, the freshly baked King Yan has also set a precedent.

In the Jin Dynasty, the highest food enjoyed by the prince was Sima Cambodia, the king of Qin, with 80,000 households.

Under normal circumstances, most of the food estates for the title of prince are about 50,000 households.

It is the first time that Wei Shuo has directly expanded to the two counties of Shiyi, you must know that as the two richest counties under his rule, the population has already exceeded 500,000, which means that the number of Shiyi enjoyed by Wei Shuo is at least 100,000.

But Wei Shuo still felt a little regretful, originally he thought that the imperial court would allow him to establish a feudal state in the north, but now it seems that the imperial court knows the powerful relationship.

If Liaodong feudal states were allowed to establish a state, it would be equivalent to openly acknowledging that Wei Shuo had independent military, political, and economic power in the north, except that Liaodong was nominally part of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the relationship between Liaodong and the imperial court was generally the same as the relationship between the princes and Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Unless it comes to a critical juncture, the court should not let Wei Shuo feudal state, after all, there is a big difference between private independence and public recognition.

"Chen Weishuo is grateful!"

Wei Shuo respectfully received the holy decree from Xi Jian's hand, and his heart was full of emotion, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he himself would gradually grow from a small leader of the Laoshan homeless people to the king of Yan who ruled the entire northern land. I'm afraid only he knows how much effort has been put into this.

"Your Majesty, don't forget Your Majesty's kindness to you today." Xi Jian said meaningfully.

"Hehe, Dao Hui is worried, the meaning of the Son of Heaven, something is known, and it will be expressed when the time is ripe." Wei Shuo solemnly promised. (To be continued.) )