Huang Quan is also from a family and has a heart of loyalty, but in the same way, he also regards the family as more important than his own life, if it is disloyalty that leads to the extinction of the clan, then there is nothing to say.

But there is no reason to talk about such a thing as imperial power, and Huang Quan feels as if he is waiting for his family to be destroyed.

Especially now that the Manchurian Dynasty is peaceful, and he can't find anyone to discuss, this kind of depression makes Huang Quan extremely uncomfortable.

……

At night, Liu Zhang found three people to enter the small pavilion, and the three of them were Fa Zheng, Zhang Ren and Zhe Lanying, who were sealed during the day.

In the middle of the pavilion is a round dining table with food and drinks.

Fa Zheng and Zhi Lanying didn't have any scruples, they each found a place to sit casually, only Zhang Ren was a little old-fashioned, and felt that Liu Zhang was now the emperor, even if he sat down, he sat upright.

"As I said before, I called the three of you here, and you know what it means." Liu Zhang opened his mouth and said.

Zhang Ren immediately said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Zhang Ren is the first to request a reduction in the title." ”

Liu Zhang waved his hand: "Let's let Yueying bring it up, I know that General Zhang is loyal, but you don't know how to turn very well, the so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, and if you continue to do this, you will offend the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty."

And I expect that as long as I propose a decreasing title tomorrow, there will be a big turmoil, and I can't make a final decision, and when the time comes, in order to let me give up the decreasing title, of course they don't dare to do anything to me, they will definitely attack you, as long as you are framed, this decreasing title will be half gone.

Therefore, the first one to come out must be able to withstand the pressure of these people, and General Zhang only needs to echo Yueying's proposal when the time comes. ”

Liu Zhang understands the pressure of decreasing titles. You must know that people in ancient times cared about a wife and son.

He is not a saint under his command. Not a robot that you make yourself. They don't want to follow themselves, who are not for a great cause.

In ancient times, fame and fame were not only to get a big official, but also to benefit their children and grandchildren, and it was obvious that the title was the most capable of sealing their wives and sons, which was also the thing they cared about the most, relatively speaking, the official position was not so important.

Decreasing titles are now in place. Liu Zhang can completely feel that kind of pressure, otherwise with Liu Zhang's character, he would not have turned like this at all.

Huang Yueying sat next to Liu Zhang and pouted, very dissatisfied with Liu Zhang, Zhang Ren was reluctant to use it, and preferred to let himself come out, with open guns and hidden arrows, Huang Yueying didn't care too much, she would definitely be scolded by the Manchu Dynasty in the future, and she was always a little uncomfortable in her heart.

As smart as Huang Yueying. Now I suddenly feel that I am afraid that Liu Zhang is not just asking her to attract the firepower of the Manchu Dynasty. After this incident, it will be difficult for him to be an official in the court, and it seems that in order to calm the civil and military grievances of the Manchu Dynasty, his official position will have to be demoted.

Huang Yueying knows that this is a matter of time, as long as she marries Liu Zhang, the harem will not be able to interfere in politics, and her official position will not be able to be kept, but being under herself and being forced are two different things, how does Huang Yueying look at Liu Zhang now, how does she feel unpleasant, is this person sharpening his head all day long to harm others?

"Actually, I can take the lead." Fa Zheng smiled and said that the reason why Fa Zheng followed Liu Zhang at the beginning was just to let the fellows who had passed from Fufeng see that he was very capable, so that those fellow villagers who looked down on him in the past knew his ability.

Later, the Jiangzhou massacre began, and Fa Zheng just wanted to complete the new deal with Liu Zhang.

Now whether it is the new deal or proving his ability in front of his fellow villagers, Fazheng has no regrets, and when the time comes, he will be hated by the Manchu civil and military, so let's hold a grudge.

After Fa Zheng finished speaking, Liu Zhang saw that Zhi Lanying was about to speak, so he immediately stopped and said: "I came to you, not for any of you to take the lead, Yueying has the highest prestige in the Sichuan army, and her adaptability is also strong, and she is not afraid of any open guns and hidden arrows."

And Yueying is about to become my wife...... Well, although Zhelan is too, but Zhelan is in command of the alien army, and her identity is sensitive, Yueying is the most suitable person, and you don't have to fight.

I just feel ashamed of you......"

Zhang Ren's mouth opened, and he was about to speak, but Liu Zhang waved his hand to stop: "Yueying and Zhe Lanzhen won't talk about it, they are all my Liu Zhang's wives, Fa Zheng and Zhang Ren, who have followed me since the Battle of Fucheng, without you, I can't even take Jingzhou, and I don't want Yueying to serve."

Ten years have passed, and your meritorious deeds should have been divided into royal titles, but now not only will they become decreasing titles, but they will also require you to take the lead, and I really feel indebted to you. ”

"Your Majesty, Zhang Ren only wants to assist His Majesty and achieve the great cause of the world, to have today, Zhang Ren is already content, and the princes with different surnames are not conducive to the authority of the court, and it is also not what Zhang Ren wants."

Fa Zheng smiled and said, "As long as Your Majesty remembers the original Jiangzhou Garden, then you are definitely worthy of Fa Zheng." ”

"Okay." Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I knew that you would say this, and I can also tell you frankly that although I am dedicated to the great cause, I am not a merciless person."

Flying birds do their best to hide this kind of thing, I Liu Zhang will not do it, now that the Han Dynasty is unified, we share the wealth, come, do. ”

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Liu Zhang raised his wine glass and drank it all with Fa Zhengzhang, because the world was not unified before, he had never drunk so freely, but now he finally relaxed a lot.

Fa Zheng said suddenly: "Your Majesty, I remember that when I was in Fucheng, Your Majesty was a glass of wine and gave the military power of Fucheng officials, and now it's our turn, hahaha." ”

……

In Liu Xun's room, because Zhou Budo and Cao Chong are about to take up the post of Military Aircraft Department, these days, Zhou Budo and Cao Chong have stayed in Liu Xun's mansion and studied with Liu Xun, and now Zhou Budo and Cao Chong are not only teaching Liu Xun something, but also friends.

Later, when I went to the Military Aircraft Department, I am afraid that there will be no way to enter Liu Xun's bedroom.

Liu Xun was reading a book on the side, Zhou Budo was teaching Cao Chong a math problem, the two of them are now almost familiar with what Liu Zhang said, but from Liu Zhang's knowledge, they feel that there is still endless room for advancement, anyway, Liu Zhang can't teach them anymore, and now the two of them are exploring each other. “”

But suddenly Cao Chong frowned, and said to Zhou Budo: "No, I've thought about it for a day." I thought you'd speak first. But you never said it. I thought there was something going on in it, so I kept thinking about it, but I still can't figure it out. ”

"What can't you figure out?" Zhou Budo asked casually.

"Don't you think the title of the emperor's reward is too high?" Cao Chong said: "It turned out that the military advisor had sealed the king of Yan, and I thought it was too high, but I also knew at the time that it was to cover up Beijing's project and facilitate the relocation of the capital.

And Huang Junshi's exploits, it is nothing to give a Yan King.

But today four more kings have been crowned. Zhang Ren, Wei Yan, Fa Zheng, Zhe Lanying, King Qin, King Qi, King Wu, how big is this title? All sit on one side, and the King of the North Sea is even more in charge of the grassland, is this really okay?

According to the title determined by His Majesty. The throne is divided into five ranks, and the Huang Junshi is the first class. Zhang Renfazheng Wei Yanzhi Lanying is the second class, and there is also a third-class prince.

Don't think about it, the five tiger generals, the six good generals are the third-class lords, then there are also fourth-class kings and fifth-class kings.

There is no doubt that before you joined His Majesty, you gave Your Majesty a lot of ideas, and then officially joined the service to assist Xun Gongzi, if you didn't doubt you, I am afraid that Your Majesty would have been a mess when he returned to Chang'an.

And before, you were defeated by Zhe Lanying with an army of 100,000, and you have been gossiped and ridiculed, coupled with your companion status, there is no doubt that you can be crowned a king. ”

Zhou Budo knocked on his forehead: "When you say this, it seems that I can really be a king, and I can be crowned a king?" In the past 18 years, I really didn't expect it, is there green smoke coming from the ancestral grave? Zhou Budo laughed twice when he spoke.

Cao Chong looked solemn: "To tell the truth, there is no doubt, if this prince really falls on your head, do you dare to accept it?" ”

Without waiting for Zhou Budo to answer, Cao Chong said again: "I have been thinking since the dispersal of the dynasty, seeing that you didn't speak, I always thought that there was something hidden in it, but I didn't doubt that you didn't say it, the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, if I didn't say it, I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, don't doubt, do you know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”

"What does Your Majesty think, how do I know, I actually feel that something is wrong, I didn't say it just because, I don't think Your Majesty is the kind of person who abuses the seal, and he must have a plan in his heart." Zhou Budo said.

"I can't think of anything to worry about." Cao Chong is a smart person, and at the same time, he is also a cautious person, he can't think of it, and he will never think about it like Zhou Budo, he thinks that Liu Zhang will definitely have considerations, and then he doesn't care about anything else.

Seeing Cao Chong's frowning, Zhou Budo said, "Cao Chong, what are you thinking?" Are you wondering if Your Majesty will learn from Emperor Gaozu and cook as a cunning rabbit and a dead lackey?

Let's not talk about it, how troublesome it is to go to bulldoze one by one after such a large-scale closure, even if this is the case, you have no merit, you will definitely not be able to mix up a prince, what are you afraid of? ”

"I ......" Cao Chong didn't say a word, but looked at Liu Xun on the side, Liu Xun found that Cao Chong was looking at him, and turned around: "Don't doubt brother, Cao Chong, what are you talking about?" I know that you are all dedicated to helping me, no matter what, my father will definitely not be unfavorable to you, don't worry. ”

Liu Xun heard Zhou Budo say something about the cunning rabbit dead lackey, of course he understood these truths, and thought that Cao Chong was worried about this, so he was relieved.

Although Liu Xun is not very smart, he has heard Fa Zheng talk about his father's character before, he is jealous on the outside and lenient on the inside, and ruthless to outsiders, but he is very good to his own people.

In Liu Xun's view, Liu Zhang is indeed like this, although it hinders the New Deal, it is undoubtedly killed, but in addition to this issue of principle, Liu Zhang is still very tolerant, whether it is a nerd like Wang Ti or an offense by a peddler's pawn, Liu Zhang can endure it even if he is very unhappy.

Far from the impression of the tyrant rumored by the outside world.

Zhou Budo and Cao Chong both knew that Liu Xun would be wrong, and sighed in their hearts, in fact, the reason why they were willing to help Liu Xun wholeheartedly was precisely because Liu Xun had one of the biggest advantages, that is, knowing who was good to him.

Just like when Xiao Furong taught him martial arts, he was very reluctant to learn and hated it very much, but he also knew that it was for his good, and he had been practicing martial arts all these years.

Such a master is worthy of allegiance.

"Cao Chong, I know what you mean." Zhou Budo said, just by the look that Cao Chong looked at Liu Xun just now, Zhou Budo didn't understand anything.

If so many titles are sealed, with Liu Zhang's prestige, as long as Liu Zhang is alive. No one dares to rebel. But if Liu Zhang is gone. Can these kings with different surnames still hold it down?

All the troubles were piled up on Liu Xun.

Cao Chong was not thinking about anything else, but considering Liu Xun, such a big trouble, left to Liu Xun, it would be devastating.

Although Zhou Budo didn't believe that Liu Zhang would be so confused, he was still a little relieved in his heart and had worked so hard. Use knowledge to lure Cao Chong.

When someone framed Cao Chong at the beginning, he was helping him and increasing his sense of closeness, when Cao Chong took charge of the Hebei project, he encountered many difficulties in manpower and material resources, and it was Zhou Budo and Liu Xun who helped him, otherwise Cao Chong would not have been so smooth since he was a newcomer to the throne and was still so young.

And now, it's finally paying off. Cao Chong can think like this, which shows that he is also really helping Liu Xun.

Zhou Budo suddenly felt like a boulder had fallen to the ground in his heart. Zhou Budo has a bad premonition about himself, and he understands the truth that he is very easy to break, and Zhou Budo understood it when he was a child.

And even if those things don't happen, with his own character, he has no scruples when he speaks, just by talking about Liu Zhang's "cunning rabbit dead lackey cooking" just now, it is definitely taboo in the royal family, and if he changes to a stern king, he will have already finished playing.

In fact, if it weren't for Liu Zhang's taboo on the outside and forgiveness on the inside, he would have died hundreds of times if he said so many taboo words in front of Liu Zhang.

Zhou Budo knew the reason why Liu Zhang arranged himself and Cao Chong to the military aircraft, although he didn't speak after saying it during the day and being refuted by Cao Chong, he and Cao Chong both knew that it was paving the way for Liu Xun.

His own personality is really not suitable for assisting, and Cao Chong's personality is obviously different from himself, Cao Chong's thinking is much more cautious than his own, with Cao Chong helping Liu Xun, Zhou Budo feels very relaxed.

"But I still think that Your Majesty will not leave such a big trouble for Xun Gongzi, don't worry."

Cao Chong glanced at Zhou Budo, and sure enough, Zhou Budo had no scruples when he spoke, if this sentence was spread, it would be another handle, but it was not easy to say Zhou Budo at this time, he just shook his head and said:

"No doubt, we are not stupid, even we can't figure out what Your Majesty is going to do, if you really seal the prince tomorrow, it will be a matter of endangering the Han Dynasty.

Didn't you say that the emperor was jealous on the outside and wide on the inside? In this case, why is it possible that the emperor wantonly divided the feudal seal in order to appease the previous meritorious civil and military forces?

Well, the emperor is very ruthless to the enemy, but he is kind to his own people, just like you Zhou Budo, you have offended the emperor so many times, and I haven't punished you for anything, I think it's really possible to do this thing. ”

"And what are you going to do?" Zhou Budo said, Zhou Budo has always known that Liu Zhang is sensible, and he should not blindly reward him because of any gratitude for meritorious service and martial arts, even if Liu Zhang blindly rewards him, Huang Yueying and others will persuade him.

But today, in the court, not only did they not persuade them, but Huang Yueying, Zhang Ren and others accepted the reward calmly, which is extraordinary, there must be something hidden.

This is also the reason why Zhou Budo has not spoken.

But now that he has listened to Cao Chong's words, although the possibility of indiscriminate sealing is very small, if it happens, the consequences will be too serious, and Zhou Budo also wants to hear what Cao Chong plans to do.

Cao Chong frowned and thought for a while: "I think no matter what, we can't do nothing.

According to my analysis, if you continue to be rewarded like this, after those civil and military forces who have been sealed are sealed, it will be absolutely difficult to recover, and even if there are any tricks, you can't use it.

So if the emperor has any tricks, he must be persuaded when the seal is divided, otherwise it will be too late.

But we can't wait for this to happen, if we start to recite the titles, we won't have a chance to speak, as long as the rewards go on, it will be impossible to deprive those titles, and then it will offend the public.

So we have to stop it before the canonization starts tomorrow, I think we will go to court tomorrow, so we will start the concert and ask for the reduction of the titles of Huang Yueying, Zhang Ren and others.

If the emperor has any tricks, we can be an introduction, and if there are no tricks, we will persuade them at all costs. ”

After Cao Chong finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Budo fixedly, and Liu Xun also heard that Cao Chong and Zhou Budo were discussing a major matter, and they also came over to listen carefully.

Zhou Budo propped his hands on the table and said slowly: "You're right, as long as the canonization begins, and we stop it, it will be a tiger's mouth, it's too late, and there will be endless troubles."

But have you ever thought about us asking for the consequences of Huang Yueying and the others being knighted? That is the civil and military who offended the entire court, whoever dares to enter this admonition, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the court in the future, and even ......"

Zhou Budo did not continue, as the saying goes, it is better to violate the rules of heaven than to commit the anger of the public, throughout the ages, the reformer will definitely die.

As a Han man, he has the highest dream of being knighted, and now he is asking to lower the title of Huang Yueying and Zhang Ren, which is equivalent to lowering the title of all civil and military personnel.

It's a self-defeating end.

"I've thought about it, so tomorrow I'll give advice to the emperor as the chief of Hebei." Cao Chong said.

Zhou Budo thought about it for a long time, he still didn't believe that Liu Zhang would abuse the title, but even if there was only a one in a thousand chances, it would be endless troubles, and it would still be left to Liu Xun.

And the timing is only in a blink of an eye, once the knighthood begins, no one can intervene, after the knighthood, the titles of all civil and military personnel have arrived, and then to ask for the reduction of all civil and military titles, it is a stunned joke.

The time is fleeting.

Thinking of the situation that there are kings with different surnames everywhere in the world, even if there is only a one in 10,000 possibility, Zhou Budo will not allow it.

Cao Chong is right, no matter whether Liu Zhang has a backhand or not, he will admonish first, and if Liu Zhang has a backhand, his own admonition will definitely become an introduction. (To be continued......)