Chapter 671: The King and the Minister
Qin Feng sits on the land of eight states and has supreme rights, even if it is Emperor Han Xian in the Yedu Palace, he has to stand aside.
However, three days after the news of Yuan Shu's proclamation as emperor reached Yedu, Qin Feng convened a great court meeting to discuss this matter. This made all the officials have their own thoughts, and they only thought that Prime Minister Qin Feng wanted to take the opportunity to kill Liu Bahan.
New Weiyang Palace, Deyang Palace.
Outside the hall, the pedestal of more than ten zhang is divided into three layers, and on each floor, there are hundreds of elite Qin soldiers standing.
In the hall, there are hundreds of officials, but the quiet needle drop can be heard, and the whole hall is filled with a strange atmosphere.
Qin Feng stood at the head of the hundred officials, and he didn't speak, so no one was careful not to speak.
On the three-zhang high dragon platform in the main hall, Emperor Han Xian's face was extremely ugly, and he had already thought about all the vicious words. As long as Qin Feng opened his mouth to abolish the stand, he scolded regardless of life and death.
Everyone thought that Prime Minister Qin Feng was fully prepared.
Because this is a rare opportunity, there are two courts in the world, and there is no need to recognize one, but only the other can be put to death.
However, Qin Feng was an important minister of the two dynasties, and if he deposed the Han family, it would be a great blow to his prestige.
However, he didn't plan to abolish Emperor Han Xian now, at this moment, he glanced at Emperor Han Xian on the dragon platform.
Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was frightened, and his whole body tightened, and a rush of urine poured up on his crotch.
Qin Feng's expression was solemn, and he said: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shu is arrogant, it is a rebellion." Please march south, punish him, and set an example! ”
Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty suddenly ignored a qiē and jumped up from the dragon seat, wanting to scold regardless of a qiē. However, it is immediately like a male duck who has been clamped by the neck. There was no sound. He originally thought that Qin Feng was talking about his own affairs, but he never thought that it was to crusade against the rebellion.
The officials were stunned for a while. The heart said that what is the situation, what are you doing when you jump up?
Fortunately, Emperor Han Xian was witty. immediately said: "What the prime minister said is very true, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family actually rebelled against Yuan Shu, I thought that all the gifts of the Yuan family should be removed and demoted to the Shu clan!" ”
"What does the Prime Minister think?" Emperor Han Xian finally said.
Qin Feng nodded slightly.
Only then did the hundred officials know that it was His Majesty who jumped up excitedly, and someone else called the emperor should indeed be excited. When they saw the prime minister, they did not mean to abolish the Han family. So the tone was set. Everyone condemned the Yuan family of the fourth world and the third duke, and in the end, such a brute came out, and he must be eliminated, and the Yuan family was removed from the scholar clan.
At this time, Guanglu Xunhuaxin, one of the nine Qings, came out of the class and said: "Weichen has something to play!" ”
Emperor Han Xian glanced at Qin Feng and said, "Quasi-play!" ”
Hua Xin saluted, and then said: "In the past, when Dong Zhuo and Li Guo were in the past, the Han Dynasty was late. Gangwei is absolutely unbeatable, the Holy Dynasty has no supplement, and there is no tendency to break the humerus. Within Fanggi, the minister of conciseness. They all hang their heads and shake their wings, and they don't rely on it; Although there are loyal and righteous ministers, they are threatened by tyrannical ministers. How can you show your festival? ”
Hua Xin said this, looking around and saying, "What about now? The prime minister is modest and courteous, and the corporal is courteous. All the people admire, like the return of water to the sea. and generous. Benevolent government and love the people. It is actually the auxiliary of the Holy Dynasty and the model of the humerus. The prime minister fought more than 100 battles, fought against the barbarians, conquered the grassland, and promoted the prestige of my Han dynasty. ”
"In the first battle of the Central Plains, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and other generations were invincible, and this is why there is now the restoration of the land of Bazhou. The prosperity of the Han family is actually the merit of the prime minister. ”
Qin Feng just smiled, and said in his heart that it was good to have a confidant, and he didn't have to worry about it, so he thought of all the words.
And Emperor Han Xian, listening carefully on the surface, had already scolded in his heart, and said that Qin Zijin was a national thief, and only a rebel like you would praise him.
The hundred officials began to think, Hua Xin first said Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and then said that Qin Feng's merits, obviously not just talking, there must be something else.
Due to the strength of Qin Feng's recent territorial expansion, Lu Su, Fa Zheng and others were all transferred to other places to govern the place. In this court, for the time being, there are only Hua Xin, Kong Rong, Wang Lang and others.
At this moment, Confucius's grandson, his mouth was wide open, and he almost understood what Hua Xin was going to say next.
And Wang Lang stroked his beard and smiled, saying in his heart that this is the best time.
Ma Riyan, one of the three princes, and his old body began to tremble.
Sure enough, I only heard Hua Xin say: "In the four hundred years of my Han Dynasty, no one's merits can be compared with the prime minister, but the prime minister is only a county marquis, which makes the court disappointed, and even the young people have dared to cut the land and become the emperor." His Majesty should announce to the world that he should be the prime minister. The people of the four seas must clap their hands and praise, and the virtuous people, who are clothed in liver and gall, will be wiped out! ”
"Excuses, here's excuses!" Emperor Han Xian was furious in his heart, in his opinion, Qin Feng's proposal to be called the prince at this moment was completely using the matter of Yuan Shu to become the emperor to threaten himself.
Although everyone thought about it, they were still shocked when they heard it.
However, Hua Xinyu was not shocking, and said: "The prime minister's feudal country, when in accordance with the specifications of the king with a different surname at the time of Gaozu, set up a temple of Shejizong, and set up a civil and military hundred officials ......." ”
"What!" Emperor Han Xian's face changed greatly, and he actually stood up from the dragon platform, trembling all over. It turns out that Qin Zijin is going to be called a duke, and it is also the specification of the king with a different surname when he was a high ancestor! At this moment, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty roared in his heart, "Qin Zijin wants to be crowned the prince, is the next step to be the king, and I, the emperor, should abdicate!" ”
The civil and military officials in the main hall gasped. Because of the high standard of the feudal kingdom of Gaozu with different surnames, it directly chased the princely kingdoms under the feudal system. Two hundred years have passed since the Eastern Han Dynasty, and no one has such a feudal state, even if they are the descendants of the Han family. The marquis at this moment is already the limit of a human minister.
It's no wonder that Emperor Xian went crazy and the officials were shocked. Just because the title of "Gong" comes from the 800-year-old Zhou Dynasty, when the Son of Heaven was not called the emperor, but the king. Zhou, on the other hand, was not a unified country in terms of political power, but was actually an alliance of vassal states under a feudal system. The world was controlled by each principality, which gave rise to the later Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
At that time, the principalities were completely autonomous, and only nominally required to obey the orders of the king of Zhou, and the duke was the king.
The well-known ones include Qi Henggong, Qin Mugong, etc., but it is worth mentioning that the public representative of the family is the seat. And the "gong" of the Duke of Xuande is almost the same as the Duke of Ouchi. It's just good.
Later, Qin Shi Huang unified the world, and he feared that his empire would be overthrown by some powerful vassal state like Zhou. Therefore, he did not use the feudal system, but the county system. Therefore, from that time on, the title of duke was vacant most of the time, and the ultimate of the people and ministers was the marquis.
And, although the marquis of the Qin Empire had fiefs, they had no autonomy in the fiefs. The fiefdom is called a food eup, as the name suggests. You can only eat and drink in the fiefdom, and everything else is managed by the central government.
However, when Liu Bang founded the country, several different surnames were already kings before the founding of the country, and Liu Bang couldn't unload the mill and kill the donkey as soon as the country was founded, so he gritted his teeth and let them establish a vassal state, and completely ruled the feudal country, and only needed to nominally obey the central government.
Later, these feudal states became more and more powerful. Even an emperor like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty couldn't suppress it. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty found an opportunity to tear up the covenant of his ancestors and wanted to return the vassal states to the state. A big war ensued. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is still capable, and in the final victory.
Since then, the Han Dynasty has not been a feudal state in the full sense of the word. Under him, he is considered the prince of the clan. At most, there is a bigger place to eat and drink.
Therefore, when Hua Xin proposed to Jin to entitle Qin Feng as a duke, and establish a vassal state under the feudal system. It means a lot to anyone. In this way, Qin Feng can break through the category of people and ministers, and truly become a monarch with a country, a society, a temple, and a hundred officials.
At this moment, Emperor Han Xian is going crazy. How could he, who had received royal education since he was a child, not know that this was Qin Feng encroaching on the Han family. It is logical for him to be called a public state today, and to be called king in the future, and it is reasonable for him to be called emperor later. However, at this moment, Emperor Han Xian was full of powerlessness.
"Called the Duke and the Feudal State, Qin Zijin is the prince of the princes recognized by my Han Dynasty!" Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty finally sat on the throne.
The princes who are recognized by the imperial court are the princes who are justifiable.
And the summary of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others as princes is called out in general terms according to their complete control of the territorial rights.
In the later Han Dynasty, except for Cao Cao, the Duke of Wei, the imperial court never recognized anyone else as the princes of the Han Dynasty.
And at this moment, if Emperor Han Xian announced to the world and canonized Qin Feng as "duke", it would be a complete recognition of his status as the lord of the princes. Qin Feng has become the only real prince in the world who has been recognized, and it is justifiable for him to split the earth and seal the country, and he only needs to nominally obey the decrees of the Han family.
And others, who dares to say that they have torn the earth and sealed the country? Who is a rebel and a thief! Therefore, people like Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others, before they ascended the throne, even if they completely ruled the huge land, no one said openly that they were princes.
Only by establishing the temple of Jizong and placing the feudal state of civil and military officials can it be truly called a monarch and break through the restrictions of people and ministers. And before, even if the Han clan had the throne, no matter how big the feudal country was, there would be no sheji, to put it bluntly, that is, the Son of Heaven rewarded you with a place to eat and drink for nothing.
Han Tianzi, Qin Guojun, one country and two societies. Ma Riyan was anxious, because there can only be one Sheji in the world, and that is the Sheji of the Han family. The cane in his hand struck the ground and shook the sky, and he said angrily: "Qin Feng, Qin Zijin, you ...... You're just from a border minor, what qualifications do you have...... Ahem, cough, cough ....... ”
The officials were in an uproar, and said in their hearts, old guy, what are you talking about, what's wrong with the border people? Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was also a ruffian back then, and the prime minister was generous and benevolent, a hundred times stronger than him!
Establish your own society and become a real monarch, which is of great significance to Qin Feng, no less than the decisive battle in the Central Plains. His face changed, this matter had been launched, and there must be no hesitation or retreat. It seemed that it was time to remove the last thorn in the court, and he sneered: "Ma Sikong, you are old, and it is time to go home and enjoy the blessings!" ”
Hua Xin was furious and scolded: "Ma Riyan, you ask the prime minister what qualifications he has. When the Han family was in exile, there was no tile on the top and no land under it, and it was the prime minister who welcomed the Son of Heaven to this Yedu. Now that there are eight states again, it is all the credit of the prime minister! The credit is still on top of several kings with different surnames in the past, and the ancestors were able to divide the land. Could it be that today, after the revival of the Han Dynasty, I want to boycott the meritorious ministers of Zhongxing? ”
"It's ......." Ma Riyan was speechless for a while.
Wang Lang also said: "In the past few years, Master Ma will move his mouth, I don't know what you have done for my big man!" ”
"Ahh Ma Riyan screamed, covering his chest with his hands.
At this time, Kong Rong seemed to be talking to himself, and said: "My Confucianism pays attention to benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and piety. ”
"Wow!" Ma Riyan was a Confucian scholar, but now he was said by the chief of Confucianism, he couldn't bear it, rolled his eyes, and passed out.
The samurai on the left and right immediately dragged the unconscious Ma Riyan out, and no one has seen him again.
At this time, Hua Xin said again: "Your Majesty, please tell the world that the prime minister is the public and protects the country and the people!" Speaking of this, his heart moved, and he said: "The prime minister has made outstanding achievements, entered the prince of the country, and prepared nine tin to show his honor!" ”
"Add nine tin!" At this moment, Emperor Han Xian felt that his body had been completely hollowed out. He wanted to roar loudly and ask, did he give Qin Feng all the land of the Eight Prefectures to Qin Feng to build a country? However, his eyes lost their last of brilliance, and he stared vacantly out of the main hall.
Hundreds of officials shouted together: "The prime minister is the public, protect the country and the people!" ”
Emperor Han Xian's face changed.
Outside the hall, the soldiers of the Qin army who guarded the palace waved their weapons to the sky, and their voices shook the four fields, "Carry the position for the public, protect the country and the people!" Carry the position for the public, protect the country and the people! (To be continued......)