What happened in Gangneung soon spread to Ziling. update

When the news came back, Xiang Zhuang was studying Jingxiang's personnel issues with Xiang He and Bai Lixian.

When the Linjiang State was destroyed more than two months ago, the Chu army actually only occupied Jiangling City, and the remaining four counties and five dozen county towns were all donated by the Jingxiang clan on their own initiative.

This situation is obviously contrary to the basic power structure of the Chu State, which is now a high degree of centralization, what is centralization? That is, the imperial court or the monarch must have absolute dominance over the military, personnel, and political affairs of the whole country, and your Jingxiang's personnel are not subject to the constraints of the imperial court, so is it still called centralized power?

Jingxiang in history, once formed a huge group of scholars in the Han Dynasty, this group of scholars is so strong that even the central government can not control, the Three Kingdoms period, whether it is Liu Biao, Liu Bei, or later Sun Quan, can not really effectively control Jingxiang, as a traverser, how can Xiang Zhuang not pay attention to it?

Xiang Zhuang had just broken up the Jiangdong Shi clan, how could he watch the Jingxiang Shi clan take shape and sit big?

Xiang Zhuang's strategy to restrain the formation of the power of the scholars is very simple, but it is very effective, that is, the mechanism of serving in different places advocated by later generations, simply put, the scholars in Jiangdong can only go to Jingxiang or Bashu to be officials, and the officials in Jiangdong can only be the scholars of Jingxiang or Bashu.

Of course, this is only a magistrate, and there is no geographical restriction on the Beijing official.

The two counties of Bashu were taken by the Chu army from the Han army, and the Bashu Haoqiang, who was the internal response, had no political appeals, so the personnel arrangements for each county and county were very easy, and the officials appointed by the Yin government had already taken office, but the situation of more than 50 counties in the four counties of Jingxiang was special, and it would take a lot of twists and turns to change personnel.

However, it is still necessary to select a group of officials to prepare first.

Xiang He just submitted a list to Xiang Zhuang, this group of officials are all Taixue students selected by the national examination, and all of them have county experience, Xiang Zhuang has not had time to review this list, Qu Bucai walked in with a solemn expression, and saw Xiang He and Bai Lixian present, Qu Bucai hesitated.

Xiang Zhuang frowned and asked, "Lao Qu, what's the matter?" ”

Qu Bucai took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang read the secret letter, but he just smiled, Liu Bang Lao'er actually made Gao Chu the king of Jing? However, this thought is destined to be in vain, as the most trusted confidant under his command, what kind of person Gao Chu is, Xiang Zhuang knows best, if he doesn't have enough understanding of Gao Chu, how can Xiang Zhuang rest assured that he will be alone?

After reading it, Xiang Zhuang transferred the secret letter to Xiang He and Bai Lixian to circulate it-

Xiang He frowned after reading it, but Bai Lixian shook his head with a smile and said: "King, such a bad trick, Zhang Liang is afraid that he will disdain it, this is mostly Chen Ping's offer, but this time, Chen Ping made a mistake, or is he right, even if he really has a heart of disobedience, but he has no soldiers and no generals in his hands, what can he call the king?" ”

Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, and set up the government military system to prevent the generals from supporting the army and respecting themselves.

However, Xiang Zhuang still trusts Gao Chu, even if he does not have a government military system, he will definitely not rebel and stand on his own.

Xiang He was a little worried, and proposed: "King, Shi Zhi's loyalty to you is unquestionable, and his killing of the Han envoy in public is proof of this, but it is difficult to guarantee that he does not have any ideas in his heart, and besides, this Jingxiang War, Shi Yi wiped out Peng Yue's 100,000 army in one fell swoop, and it is indeed an outstanding battle, you see, can you crown him as a fake King Jing?" ”…,

"No, absolutely not!" Baili Xian hurriedly said, "King, this precedent is absolutely unavoidable, otherwise, tomorrow Liu Bang will be crowned as the king of Bashu, will the king also have to follow Fengziang as the fake king of Shu?" sealed the fake King of Shu, what if Liu Bang sealed the sky and released it as the king of Jiujiang? As a result, my Great Chu will fall apart, and the country will not be a country. ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "There is no need to mention the matter of sealing the king." ”

Xiang didn't say anything more, and besides, it was really not a good idea.

Seeing that it was nearly noon, Xiang Zhuang said to Xiang He and Baili Xian: "Ziyi, Ziliang, the hour is not early, you should also hurry back to the house, leave the list, and take a closer look in the afternoon." ”

"Whoa." Xiang He and Baili Xian got up together and left.

Xiang Zhuang got up and stretched, and went straight to Cao Ji's bedroom, not long after Xiang Zhuang left, a palace maid suddenly crept out from behind the screen in the corner, and then went straight to the harem.

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Besides, Bai Lixian, after leaving the palace, went to Bi Shu's mansion again, and played a game with Bi Shu, and when Bai Lixian returned to the house, it was already dark, and outside the gate, he saw his second brother Bai Limao.

Bai Lixian jumped out of the carriage and asked Bai Limao, "Second brother, why are you back?" ”

Baili Mao was responsible for training the government soldiers of Danyang County, and was stationed in Danyang in peacetime, rarely returning to Ziling.

Bai Li Mao pulled Bai Li Xian to the corner of the gatehouse, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, I heard that Gao Chu is going to be crowned King Jing?" ”

Baili Xian frowned for a moment, and asked in a deep voice, "Second brother, who did you listen to?" Big brother, how come I don't know? ”

Baili Mao looked around at no one on the left and right, and said in a low voice: "The little brother just entered the palace to see the little sister, it was the little sister who said it." ”

"What, what did my little sister say?" Bai Lixian frowned more and more when he heard this, he only found out about this in the morning, how could the little sister know? Did the king tell her? But it's not right, the king has always been disgusted with harem politics, how could he tell his little sister this? Does anyone want to make a fuss about this?

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Almost at the same time, Xiang Tuo's general's mansion also came to several visitors, including Xiang Tuo's henchman alpaca, but since Xiang Tuo became a general, a large number of Xiang Tuo's henchmen such as alpacas have basically been idle, and even the errand of training the soldiers of the county government cannot be their turn.

The treatment is unfair, and these henchmen will inevitably be full of complaints.

Speaking of which, the factions in the court of Chu are also quite complicated, in terms of the big one, there are the old Chu line, the old Qin line, the old Wei family and the old Qi line, among which the old Chu family is the most powerful, but it is divided into multiple factions, there are other factions, Xiang Tuo line, as well as the family lineage, the meritorious relatives lineage, etc., which are extremely complicated.

However, in general, these major factions are under the effective control of Xiang Zhuang.

After drinking a few liquors, the words of the generals gradually increased, and the words of the alpaca were particularly explicit: "General, this kid from Gao Chu has been crowned king, you should also consider it for your own consideration." ”

"Llamas, shut up!" Xiang Tuo frowned and said, "When did Gao Chu become king?" ”

The alpaca pursed his lips and said, "General, now the whole Ziling has spread all over it. ”

"That's a rumor." Xiang Tuo said categorically, "I asked Ling Yin, and the king has no intention of dividing the seal at all. ”

"The king has no intentions?" The alpaca said, "But he has a heart at the beginning of his career, what he said is very explicit, what I really have the heart of self-reliance, but I have no soldiers and no generals, how can I be king?" Listen, the implication is that if he has soldiers and generals under him, he will really want to establish himself as a king, he is clearly a threat, can the king not be scrupulous? ”

"You know the." Xiang Tuo didn't have a good breath and said, "Gao Chu is showing loyalty to the king!" ”

"Show loyalty?" The alpaca and several generals looked at each other, and they had never heard of such a show of loyalty. ..., Xiang Tuo sighed, and said a little lonely: "You don't know Gao Chu, let alone the king, the king is wise and wise, you want to deceive him and hide it from him It's wishful thinking, Gao Chu is because he knows this, so he has something to say, he said it, the king is more relieved, if he refuses to say, the king will be suspicious." ”

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The next morning, the palace of the king of Chu went to the study.

Xiang Zhuang's expression was gloomy, and he asked Qu Bucai: "Old Qu, what's going on?" Where did the rumors of Gao Chu's title to King Jing come from? ”

Originally, only Xiang Zhuang, Xiang He, and Bai Lixian knew about the matter of being crowned king at the beginning of the year, but they never thought that it would spread all over Ziling overnight, almost making the city full of wind and rain! Xiang Zhuang's political sensitivity is not high, and he immediately realized that someone was deliberately spreading the news, and this was to build momentum.

What do they want to do? Is it to build momentum to put Gao Chu on the throne? Or do you want to kill Gao Chu with a stick?

Obviously, this matter must involve the struggle between several factions, speaking from the heart, for the factional struggle, Xiang Zhuang is still happy to see it happen, as long as it does not exceed his control, does not lose national strength, the more fierce the factional struggle, the more the superior can control the situation, and firmly control the overall situation by mediating in the middle.

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang knew that several major factions had been formed in the court, and he did not interfere with them.

It's just that now this matter is a bit out of line, spreading rumors like this, it is like forcing the palace, whether it is to build momentum to put Gao Chu on the throne, or to take the opportunity to kill Gao Chu, this is challenging his royal power, this is absolutely intolerable to Xiang Zhuang, whether to seal the king or not is something that he Xiang Zhuang should consider, how can he allow others to put their beaks?

Qu Bucai arched his hand and said, "King, the rumors were spread from the palace. ”

"Scattered in the palace?" Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice, "Shiman Palace? Yishui Palace? Or is it another palace? ”

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang was really a little surprised, he didn't expect that the factional dispute in the Chu State had actually infiltrated the harem? This is not a good thing, in all dynasties, it has always been taboo for the harem to interfere in politics, but all the heroes have never strictly forbidden the harem to interfere in politics, this is not without reason, because the harem interferes in politics, and the harm is too great.

"This, the villain really doesn't know." Qu Bucai is really a little embarrassed, if it doesn't involve the inner palace, Qu Bucai has a hundred ways to quickly find out the source of the rumors, but once it involves the inner palace, he has nothing to do, Ebony Cliff can't arrest the queen, the princess or a dozen ladies, and serve the big punishment, right?

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