Time flies, and it's a one-year-old New Year.

According to the traditional Chinese chronology of the sexagenary branches, this year is the year of Gengyin, which in later generations belongs to the Year of the Tiger.

The annual pilgrimage ceremony is being held at this moment.

On the solemn court, Liu Che sat on the throne, high-sounding, majestic, in the hall, hundreds of officials bowed their heads, and the ministers bowed.

Countless people are surging and can't help themselves.

Because, the Son of Heaven is about to reward the heroes of the first emperor according to tradition.

In this matter, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Historian Yamen have long been angry with the ministers.

Although, it was not revealed that those people would be awarded and what titles they would be given.

But countless people who think they are heroes are looking forward to today.

The big guy worked hard for the Liu family, dedicated his youth and children and grandchildren, isn't it just for this moment?

It is precisely because of this that recently, public opinion in the government and the opposition has even set off a wave of praising and touting the merits of the previous emperors.

Among them, the hardest working people are, of course, those who think they are 'meritorious heroes'.

Liu Che looked at the ministers, pursed his lips, and then looked down at the list of vassals that had been drawn up.

The list is long, dozens of people.

Of these, eleven will be made princes.

The rest, all of them belong to high-ranking feudal monarchs, and their titles range from Zuoshu to Guannei Marquis.

The so-called feudal monarch refers to the nobles who have food and eup.

According to the provisions of the Han law, except for the marquis of Guannei and the liehou, the other nineteenth-level titles could not have fiefdoms of food and yi.

But there are exceptions to everything.

At some point, there will be a group of nobles who are not marquis of Kannai or above, but enjoy fiefdoms of euphoria.

Such nobles are called feudal monarchs.

In the Han dynasty, the feudal monarch was a special type of nobleman, and their status was generally higher than that of the Guannei marquis. Second only to liehous.

Automatically enjoy the status of a courtier, can participate in national affairs, and can also serve as Jiuqing and county guard.

However, the feudal monarch cannot be hereditary, only the recipient himself benefits, and after the death of the recipient, his descendants will be restored to their original title. You can no longer enjoy all kinds of benefits as a feudal lord.

For example, during the period of Emperor Gao, Kong Teng, a descendant of Confucius, was once enshrined as a monarch.

But Kong Teng's son Kong Zhong, as well as his grandsons Kong Wu and Kong Anguo, are all white.

Despite this, the status of the feudal monarch is still not much the same as in the Warring States period.

Countless people flock to it.

There are even people who would rather not have the title of Marquis of Guannei, but also get a feudal king.

The reason is simple, in the past history. More than seventy percent of the men who received the title of prince were eventually made liehous.

In addition, in reality, claiming to be a certain gentleman is undoubtedly higher than claiming to be a certain Hou in Guannei.

In particular, the vast majority of female royal relatives and the nursing mothers of Emperor Laozi will eventually be crowned kings.

This situation has undoubtedly contributed to the world's pursuit of feudal monarchs.

Generally speaking. Military generals make meritorious contributions, if the merit is not enough for the time being, they will be sealed by the marquis or liehou.

So. The emperor of the Han dynasty will make him a feudal monarch.

Now, those feudal lords in the list belong to this case.

For example, there is no doubt about it.

Three years ago, Wu Chu rebelled, as the then middle doctor. Zhi Budo also fished a general to lead the troops out to fight soy sauce - he didn't even go to the front line, Zhou Yafu defeated the entire main rebel army in Xiapi......

In his case, in any case, he is not suitable for a marquis.

But as Jiuqing, especially Jiuqing who is in such a key position as the Great Agricultural Order. Don't be a high-ranking nobleman, it's not like words.

This is as ridiculous as the fact that the director of the Planning Commission of the Celestial Empire did not join the party.

So Liu Che casually made an excuse and stuffed Zhi Budo into the list.

In addition to being undoubted, other people's military exploits are real.

It's just that someone makes Liu Che quite embarrassed.

This person is Li Guang.

Li Guang's performance and military exploits in suppressing the Wu Chu rebellion can make people have nothing to say.

But he accepted Liang Wu and Liu Wu's general seal and reward, but it was a big mistake, and he couldn't give a big word to it!

Although later generations defended Li Guang, saying that Li Guang was a pure soldier and did not understand politics or anything......

However, no matter how much you wash the floor.

It is also impossible to remove this stain.

Only the name and the instrument, not the dummy.

This sentence alone is enough to crush all the arguments that defend Li Guang.

The lessons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were told to all emperors.

If Grace comes out from below, and the Lile conquest is in the hands of the princes, then what kind of situation will the country face?

Therefore, this time, Li Guang still said goodbye to the Marquis Lie.

Liu Che doesn't want to do the same in the future.

In that case, the division of the feudal town will not be a disaster for a long time.

But in order to avoid someone chirping in the history books in the future that Li Guang would be difficult to seal, Liu Che put Li Guang into the list of feudal kings.

Anyway, in a few years, open a copy of the Huns, with Li Guang's current age and qualifications, as long as he is not too stupid and can't keep up with the development trend of the times, I believe that he will still be able to brush up on the feudal marquis with enough military exploits.

Except for the two special circumstances of Li Guang and Zhi Budo, the rewards of other people are very normal and in line with their own merits.

"The first emperor set up great virtues, Jia to the world Yuan Yuan, since I was ordained, I often think about the virtue of the first emperor, want to worship the Huangshi worship and praise Xiao Cao's sage, the scholar general, the emperor of Zuo, in addition to the thief minister, the external punishment of Di, the merit in the community, its order has a division, the first emperor of the meritorious heroes, before the performance, I will be rewarded for meritorious service, in order to praise the meritorious heroes!" Although the list had already been drawn up under the black box operation of Liu Che, Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo, and even submitted to the East Palace and approved by the East Palace, the necessary cutscenes were still a walk.

At least I have to fool the people of the world, so that everyone thinks that the rewards of the Lao Liu family are all open, fair, just and transparent.

Meritorious service will be rewarded, and fault will be punished.

But it's just a formality.

Prime Minister Zhou Yafu immediately took out a copy of the recital that had been prepared a long time ago, presented it to his hand, and bowed: "Your Majesty, the ministers and the ministers discussed together, and the ministers all thought that Emperor Renzong Xiaojing established great virtues in the world, and Shi Longen was in the four seas. Jia Yuanyuan, caring for orphans and widows, except for thieves and ministers, and Yidi outside, is really a rare saint in the ages. Jinjiang Duguo Lieutenant Chenjia, Da Honglu Chen, Zhao Nei Shi Chenjia. Therefore, the general Tejin veteran ministers, Chu Taifu Yiwu, Zhao Cheng Prime Minister Jiande and other auxiliary emperors, benevolent government, orphans and widows, except for thieves, meritorious Sheji, should be a liehou...... Today's great farmers are not suspicious, and Wei Weichen is wide. It is appropriate to be a feudal king...... The foolish knowledge of this minister, played in His Majesty, presented in front of the emperor, the minister Yafu, the imperial historian and the minister, the death of the please, please announce to the world, in order to show that Your Majesty admires the great virtue of the first emperor! ”

Liu Che pretended to think about it. He said, "Yes! Please ask the prime minister and hundreds of officials to discuss and draw up a title. Written on bamboo silk, salty to the world! ”

So the ministers bowed their heads joyfully and said: "Your Majesty will always think of filial piety, and the ministers will always bow their heads and congratulate the world!" ”

On the same day, the Han family gave birth to seven new lieges in one go.

They are Shangling Hou Zhao Yiwu and Shanyang Hou Zhang Shang. Jiangyang Hou Su Jia, Yu Hou Luanbu, Jianping Hou Chen Jia, Pingqu Hou Gongsun Kunxi, Xinshi Hou Wang Shen.

These seven new lieges are not a big deal in themselves. But the descendants of these seven. Historically, there have been many heroes and political giants.

For example, Shang Linghou Zhao Yiwu's eldest son, named Zhao Zhou, once served as the prime minister of Little Pig in history.

The son of Pingqu Hougongsun Kunxi, who was later the most famous oil bottle in the Weiqing Group, was jaw-dropping for his powerful soy sauce.

Of course, among them, the most famous is the youngest son of Shanyang Hou Sujia.

This baby, who is still in swaddling clothes and is named Su Wu, has finally become the spokesperson for the backbone and discipline of the Han people in the past.

In addition to these seven princes, the new feudal lords also have great backgrounds.

Uncle Tian was named Changxinjun, with 300 households, and it can be determined that when he retires, at least one Guan Neihou will not be able to run.

Wei Wei Li Guang was named Jianwu Jun, and it can be seen from this title that Liu Che has high expectations for him.

The great farmer order was undoubted, and he was named Yang Hejun.

In total, the number of feudal lords is eleven.

Therefore, this time the feudal monarch has become the largest number of feudal monarchs at one time since the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

In addition, there are four people who won a consolation prize and were named the Marquis of Guannei.

There are more than 20 winners of the encouragement award, and all of them have been able to become senior lords of the seventh doctor or above.

Except for Li Guang and Gongsun Kunxie, who were more surprising, everyone else was in line with the predictions of the government and the opposition in advance.

Li Guang's surprise was not because he only got the title of Jianwu Jun of two hundred and twenty households, but - he could actually be crowned as a feudal monarch?

This shattered the eyes of countless people.

In the prediction in advance, Li Guangke will have no results.

As for Gongsun Kunxie, it is even more surprising.

You must know that Gongsun Kunxie has just finished a year-long sick leave, and if he is reasonable, he can get a feud at most.

But this time he was actually named a liehou, which is really beyond people's imagination.

But how did they know that Gongsun Kunxie's title of Liehou was the most stable and unsurprising of all the vassals.

Because Liu Che knew through the intelligence of Wei Shang and Yi Zong, as well as some information he learned from Yi Zhixian, the identity of Gongsun Kunxi, the son of the former Kun Evil tribe, was still very selling.

In the four Qiang tribes living inside the Great Wall and the Kun evil tribe outside the Great Wall, the identity of Gongsun Kun Xie still has appeal.

Even if it's just for the sake of the united front, you have to throw a bone for him to gnaw.

Not to mention, in the past year, Gongsun Kunxie has reflected very well.

Almost every five days, give Liu Che a deep reflection on his mistakes, every month, come to the palace to ask for peace, and kneel and lick to this point, and it is not appropriate to hold on to it.

In addition, Gongsun He did a good job in Jiangdu Kingdom, at least he didn't lag behind, and he did some things.

In addition, when Wu Chu rebelled, Gongsun Kunxie did make a lot of efforts and made a lot of contributions.

For these considerations, it is normal for Gongsun Kunxi's position to be the marquis.

After the ceremony of canonization, it is customary for the local county to report on their duties and the court invitation of the princes and kings.

Locally, Liu Che is currently mainly concerned about the construction of the iron-smelting base in Nanyang County.

Zhang Tang did not return to Beijing this time, but only sent his deputy Ning Cheng back to report.

Although Zhang Tang did not come back to report in person, the various documents and archives that Ning Cheng brought back were piled up in a whole car - all of them were blank papers.

This car of official documents alone is enough to be worth dozens of cars of documents in the past.

Half of these documents. It is all about the construction of the iron-smelting base and the bills of various expenses.

This is the characteristic of the Legalist bureaucracy.

The bureaucrats of the Legalists, even if they make money, will do a very beautiful job in the procedure, so that people can't make mistakes.

Liu Che handed over these file books of Nanyang County to Ji Di and asked Lantai to complete the review within seven days. Give a briefing.

At the same time, Liu Che ordered Ning Cheng to carefully explain to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs the expenditure of Nanyang County in the past year and the construction of the iron-smelting base.

After all, the construction scale and investment amount of this iron-smelting base in Nanyang County will be the largest national investment in industry since the establishment of the Han Dynasty.

The total investment amount and the expenditure of additional projects may even exceed the scale of Xiao He's construction of Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace back then.

Don't explain the problem clearly, and put the importance of Nanyang's iron-smelting base on the table. Striving for the support and escort of the government and the opposition, Liu Che is more worried that in the future, some second-hand goods will be damaged or made a big deal in the middle.

Especially his cousin Bo Dou Chen.

After explaining the problem clearly, and making it clear, there are still people who dare to stretch out their hands in this, then don't blame Liu Che for being ruthless and tearful.

Ning Cheng was very well prepared.

In front of the ministers, Ning Cheng put in front of the ministers the project that had been started in Nanyang County: the final plan of 132 blast furnaces that might be a total of 132 blast furnaces.

"After it was built. Nanyang County can produce at least 1.5 million catties of crude iron and more than 100,000 catties of refined iron per year. Tens of thousands of catties of steel......" Ning Cheng not only said with his mouth, he also brought an imaginary map of the Nanyang Iron Smelting Base drawn on paper and took it out.

Countless liehou generals, looking at the giant iron-smelting industrial park painted on paper, couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Ning Cheng pointed to the industrial park on the paper and continued to paint a bright future for the minister: "After the iron smelting base is completed, the lower officials and others will be near the base. Hundreds of ordnance workshops of all kinds have been built, with an annual output of hundreds of cuirasses, tens of thousands of crossbows, countless spears and halberds, and countless arrows. It is enough to meet more than fifty percent of the military needs of the future imperial court! ”

Hearing this, the generals immediately decided from their hearts to fully support this plan.

Because, this is equivalent to the imperial court re-establishing an ordnance and military industrial base in Nanyang County, which is no less than Shaofu.

Of course, it is not without doubts.

"The investment is too big...... isn't it?" muttered many ministers in their hearts.

This iron-smelting base in Nanyang County not only swallows up all the tax revenue of Nanyang every year, but also allocates tens of thousands of dollars from the central government and provides tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen.

The total construction cost is as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the construction period is as long as five years (although Ning Cheng promised that the first batch of 30 blast furnaces will start smelting in June next year).

But the stakes are still too great.

If it is not as expected after completion, the imperial court will have to bear heavy financial pressure.

But, on the other hand, the base needs to be built.

Then, the Han family will be able to recoup all its investment within ten years, and there will be a new source of finance and taxation.

So, there was little opposition.

After talking about Nanyang County, in the face of Nanyang County's huge investment plan, the reports of other counties seem very weak, and they are not even worth paying too much attention to.

But in the subsequent princes' court invitation procedures, Liu Che encountered a big problem.

This year, except for the acting king and the king of Yan, the other princes and kings did not invite the court.

But......

Liu Che also has three dear younger brothers who have not been crowned kings so far and are stranded in Chang'an Weiyang Palace.

And, of course, their mothers.

The tenth brother of the emperor Liu Yu is six years old this year, the eleventh brother of the emperor Liu Yue is three years old this year, and the twelfth brother of the emperor Liu Ji is under two years old.

When the three fans, with pigtails, and even needed the support of their subordinates, they came to the palace and shouted crisply: "Brother and others respectfully ask Your Majesty Sheng'an!" At that time, Liu Che's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.

Not for any other reason.

It's because my dear brothers, especially Liu Yu, have reached the age where they can be crowned kings.

He's six years old!

Last year, I could also say, 'I am fortunate to love my brother, and I want to comfort and stay in Chang'an, so as to fulfill the responsibility of the eldest brother and enjoy the brotherly affection'.

But not this year.

The six-year-old royal brother is not going to be sealed out quickly.

When the world sees it, there are only two thoughts:

First, the Son of Heaven did not like his brother, so he did not seal him, and he was especially humiliated.

Second: Your Majesty hates the house and Wu, because of his mother, so he will not seal it.

In either case, you're going to be sprayed.

Bullying the young with the elders, bullying the small with the big, and bullying others with power are behaviors that are despised by traditional Chinese culture.

Even Donggong couldn't bear it anymore.

Especially the Empress Dowager Bo, she has urged Liu Che several times to make plans early.

But Liu Che really didn't dare to plan early.

These three younger brothers are nothing, they are not sensible yet, what can they know?

And at such a young age, it does not constitute a threat to the imperial power.

But the problem is their mother.

If you go out and put on a green hat for the emperor's father, the face of the old Liu family will be thrown to Java.

Looking at the three cute younger brothers, Liu Che sighed in his heart, he knew that he couldn't drag it on.

If it drags on any longer, if the Wang Wan sisters run to the crying temple, it will be a big ugly.

And Sister Wang Wan definitely has the courage and wisdom to cry the temple!

Scratching his head, Liu Che moved his gaze to Liaodong and Xinhua, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate.

The younger brother is far away, which is easy to criticize.

"It seems that Huainan and Zhao Guo can only be dismantled to seal Liu Yu and Liu Yue brothers." Liu Che thought to himself.

And that's all it can be.

But Sister Wang Wan made it difficult for Liu Che.

It's not that Liu Che has the heart of a villain and spends the belly of a gentleman.

It's really the strange tradition of the old Liu family that is too long, and the Wang Wan sisters know at a glance that they are not the masters of peace.

"That's it, that's it, it's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, and I can't care about it so much......"

After Liu Che ascended the throne, he felt the emperor's helplessness for the first time.

There is no way, although the emperor has unlimited power, but in the face of family affairs, he must be restrained and handled carefully, otherwise, if something goes wrong, the discussion of the people of the world will come soon.

Especially after the story of Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, the old Liu family is even more sensitive to the handling of their brothers.

Today, no emperor dares to embarrass his brother on some minor issues.

Just like Liu Duan, who was restless in his own feudal country, Liu Che didn't have to help him wipe his buttocks, and he couldn't even punish him.

Fortunately, Liu Duan is very smart and knows what can and cannot be done.

Otherwise, Liu Che faced his own problems, and his younger brothers would have their heads exploded by them. (To be continued.) )

PS: Excessive first, how do you feel that the state is not very good in the last two days, adjust and adjust, look at the book first~