"Congratulations, my lord!"

"Congratulations to my lord!"

"Congratulations to the lord, take the position of Duke Chu!"

"Congratulations to my lord, a great cause is in sight!"

…

All of Liu Xiu's civil and military generals congratulated with smiles on their faces, and their own lords were promoted to the Duke of Chu, and their courtiers were naturally rising, especially the many clans and speculators under Liu Xiu's command, in their opinion, this meant that their investment was about to pay off

A month ago, with Zhang Song, Xue Rengui, and Chen Zhen returning to Xiangyang from Luoyang, there was also Liu Xie's holy decree and many sealed things.

It is a complicated and troublesome matter to enter the duke, not only to sacrifice and other rituals, but also to choose a date, and everything can be officially entitled...

In the middle of March, it is auspicious.

On this day, Liu Xiu officially entered the Duke of Chu, was awarded the title of Jiuxi, and set up a temple to worship the god of Sheji and his ancestors of the Liu family, in Xiangyang, the feudal country was established [Chu], according to Liu Xie's edict, the Principality of Chu can be set up directly under the feudal state of the prime minister below the group of officials, and the institutional status is like the princes and kings with different surnames in the early Han Dynasty.

On top of the sacrifice, Liu Xie's edict of thousands of words was read, and Liu Xiu began to seal the ministers.

Under the principality, it was originally to establish the positions of prime minister, Shang Shu Ling, Shang Shu, Shang Shu Servant, Yu Shi Dafu, Yu Shi Zhongcheng, Dasi Nong, Hu Ben Zhonglang General and other positions, but Liu Xiu's command has always used the three provinces and six ministries system, although the three provinces have not yet been established, but also established six ministries, as well as the Military Aircraft Department, the Supervision Yuan, and the three auxiliary institutions of the Wenwu Museum to help him govern the state and county.

Now, he was crowned the Duke of Chu, built the principality, and had the right to reward the ministers under his rule and set up hundreds of officials under his command, but he still did not use the system of the imperial court, but began to set up the real three provinces and six ministries, which was used in ancient times for thousands of years The central official system.

Thereinto. The three provincial departments where Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province are all the most important authorities, so Liu Xiu directly arranged some close ministers such as Liu Bowen, Fang Xuanling, Zhao Pu, Liu Muzhi, Liu Yan, and Changsun Wuji.

Among the six departments and twenty-four divisions, except for the key positions, the rest were respectively included in dozens of children of the clan and talents from Jingshu and other places, in order to appease and lure the clans and those big and small forces in Nanyang!

In short, Liu Xiu took advantage of outsiders' unfamiliarity with the three provinces and six ministries. Let his cronies control the key positions, and the other official positions are all separated, which shows Liu Xiu's thoughts to solve the problem of the clan...

……

"Father!" Liu Xiu was dressed solemnly and respectfully saluted Liu Biao.

Today's coronation and knighthood ceremony, the first thing Liu Xiu did was naturally to meet Liu Biao's father.

Liu Biao's body, which was already terminally ill, was almost healed as early as when Sun Simiao came to Xiangyang. Although he was still injured, he survived after all.

"Yes." Liu Biao experienced a period of resentment and a period of heart congestion for Liu Xiu's original actions. also began to slowly let go, and it was indeed time for him to be glad to have such a sharp-edged son who was crowned the king and worshiped the prime minister.

"Big brother, third brother!" Liu Xiu smiled. I also think that Liu Qi and Liu Cong arched their hands.

Father and son are filial piety, brothers are harmonious! This is what Liu Xiu wants to express.

"Second brother (second brother)!" When the two heard this, they hurriedly bowed and saluted back.

Liu Qi and Liu Cong. One is incompetent and the other is cowardly, it is really not worth Liu Xiu's trouble, so the two have also become Liu Xiu's means to express himself.

"Today," Liu Xiu turned around with satisfaction, holding the golden seal in his hand, dressed in a red silk ribbon, wearing a distant travel crown, condescendingly, looking down on everyone,

"I, Liu Xiu, have been gifted by Your Majesty to receive the position of Duke of Chu,"

"In the future, I should be diligent, set my Han country, protect my clan and society, and comfort my people!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, you should be persuaded by this public!"

Liu Xiu spread out his arms and waved, with a heroic posture.

"Lord Rende, meet Lord Lord!"

"Duke Chu is benevolent, meet Duke Chu!"

Everyone suddenly shouted and worshipped, and the voice resounded through Xiangyang, and no one knew it.

……

In the evening, after the banquet, the ministers retreated, but Liu Xiu did not go back to the backyard to sleep, but recruited close advisers to discuss important matters again, just because the battle reports of Wuguan, Shangyong, and Hanzhong had been delivered again

"What do you think?" Liu Xiu asked bluntly.

"What does the lord mean?" Everyone passed the battle report one by one and was thinking about it carefully.

"As soon as the battle at Wuguan is over, it will be much easier for our army to enter the customs in the future, and after controlling Shangyong, our army's encirclement of Hanzhong has also been completed,"

"And with the old man's ability, presumably Hanzhong can also be captured as soon as possible..."

"In this way, our army will be connected into one piece, and there will be no worries about dispersing troops!"

Liu Xiu gave a rough introduction, and then slowly said what he was thinking, "But, according to the report, Liu Bei is strictly guarded at the passes in the west and south of the Guanzhong, plus our army has fought hundreds of thousands of troops last year, and it has almost reached the point of running out of ammunition and food..."

"I'm afraid Guanzhong won't be able to capture it in the near future! …”

Liu Xiu was very sorry in his heart, "Guanzhong, that is where the western capital Chang'an is located, especially for his Han clan relatives, it is of extraordinary significance!" ’

Moreover, this is not the key, it is more critical

"The lord is worried that Liu Bei will soon gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong?!" The eldest grandson Wuji said bluntly, guessing Liu Xiu's thoughts.

"Hey..."Liu Xiu sighed, "It's a pity that our army is powerless to follow, and everything is unprepared!" ”

"In less than ten years, the lord has achieved a hegemony, the strongest among the princes in the world, and he is invincible and invincible!" But it was Liu Bowen who was praising Liu Xiu, "With such a great achievement, why should the lord be in a hurry?!" ”

"As the saying goes, 'it's easy to fight the world, but it's difficult to defend the world', the lord's hard work and efforts at this time, the world will be calm in the future, and there will always be a reward..."

"Berwyn is right!" Liu Xiu slowly recovered his eagerness.

"As for Liu Bei, since the lord can't send troops to attack openly now, then think of another way, Xiliang and Guanzhong are not only valued by Liu Bei!"

"The lord only needs to exert a little force on the side, presumably it will be enough for Liu Bei to be busy..."

"Too"

"The most important thing for the lord now is to straighten out the rule of his subordinates, so that the people will be healthy and the granaries will be sufficient!"

"In short, it is [build a high wall, accumulate grain, An Limin, and set the community]!"

"And Hanzhong, as the last battle of the lord in the near future! For the rest, food and grass must not be wasted unless necessary! ”

"Yes!" Liu Xiu listened and nodded slowly, it seems that it is indeed time for a period of steady development in the near future

"In that case, then after the war in the old Hanzhong is calmed down, we will discuss other things," Liu Xiu sighed and said: "As for rectifying the rule of officials and various contradictions under the rule, you can first think carefully about a complete program for me, which will be convenient for us to discuss at that time..." )