Of course, there are some detailed divisions in the specifics, which need to be continuously improved in the later stage. But overall, everything is in the same way as it is now, and what kind of position you are is at what level.

This is Zhang Chao's decision to reward officials, and it has indeed been supported by Guo Jia and Lu Su, two advisers. They believe that such rewards are very specific and regular, so that most people can't find anything wrong.

Naturally, no decision will satisfy everyone, but once the majority of the people have passed it, the original requirements will be met.

The two military advisors had no opinions, and Zhang Chao immediately said: "If this is the case, let's announce this decision, if you want to be fast, just say that this is the final decision." ”

In order to avoid trouble, Zhang Chao decided to do it quickly. At the same time, he added: "There are also matters related to the establishment of the country, which must also be grasped. After that, we will have corresponding big measures, and some people will not keep them busy, for fear that they will be cranky. ”

Zhang Chao's idea is to use war and other things to divert everyone's attention, if you just stay around, I'm afraid that someone will come to make trouble.

Guo Jia and Lu Su both understood Zhang Chao's thoughts, and seeing that the matter had been decided, the two of them immediately clasped their fists and said, "No, the ministers can do it." ”

The matter of the official's reward and grading was announced as soon as Zhang Chao returned to Jinyang City, which made many people who were still waiting and inquiring about the news have a sense of helplessness, after all, this decision came too quickly, so fast that they had not made any preparations, and it was already over.

Zhang Chao finally returned to the General's Mansion.

As soon as they entered the mansion, the four ladies led by Cai Yan rushed out to greet them. (Among the six ladies, the second lady Bai Tong is still busy shouting in the Tianyan headquarters, and the sixth lady Sun Shangxiang is still on the way back to Jinyang City.) ）

Seeing several ladies come out to greet him, Zhang Chao's face was overjoyed, and he hugged everyone with a smile, and then said with a smile: "In the evening, everyone will have a group meal, and when the time comes, call the children back." And now, I'll talk to Yan'er first. ”

Several ladies also knew about the establishment of the country, and they would also have a hierarchy as Zhang Chao's women. Presumably, this is the important matter to be discussed at this time.

It was a big deal, Zhen Mi and Xiao Qiao both knew the courtesy and retreated, and Zhang Chao and the eldest lady Cai Yan also went to her small courtyard to discuss business.

"Zhang Lang, what you want to say must be the matter of sisters' titles." As soon as he entered the house, Cai Yan helped Zhang Chao get off the white robe and cloak, and asked cautiously.

"Yan'er is still smart, exactly, but I don't know what you think?" Zhang Chao looked at Cai Yan with an interesting gaze and asked out loud.

"It doesn't matter what I think, the important thing is that I believe that Zhang Lang will not treat the sisters badly." Cai Yan smiled, although it is true that she is Zhang Chao's wife, but such a matter about their future status cannot be nonsense. It's like you're fighting for something.

Cai Yan's cleverness was seen in Zhang Chao's eyes, and he smiled with satisfaction: "Well, even if Yan'er doesn't say it, then listen to my opinion." You are the queen, this is inevitable, the official is the first grade. Bai Tong is the second lady, the concubine of Fengde; Zhen Mi Feng Li Guifei; Da Qiao Feng Xian Guifei; Xiao Qiao is a concubine; Shang Xiang is a gorgeous concubine, and the commander is a second grade, what do you think? ”

Listening to Zhang Chao had already prepared everything, and even gave out the title, Cai Yan knew that everything was predetermined, and thought that she finally became the queen, and was overjoyed, but she was still a little worried and said, "I am the only one who has become a product, will the sisters be unhappy." ”

"Haha, it won't. The queen is going to be different, okay, this matter has been decided, for their titles and ranks, I will talk to them one by one, the queen can rest assured. Zhang Chao began to call Cai Yan the queen.

This also caused a shy look on Cai Yan's face, "Okay, everything is up to Zhang Langde." ”

"Hehe, okay, call me Zhang Lang in the future, don't call me emperor." Zhang Chao also laughed after hearing this.

The matter of the reward was decided so quickly, and then it was about the founding of the country. Fortunately, the General's Mansion was already very luxurious and atmospheric, covering an area of dozens of acres, just a simple change, in the expansion of dozens of acres of land, it is the palace.

With the palace, the next thing is the etiquette of the founding of the country, which is naturally presided over by Guo Jia, Lu Su, and old people like Cai Yong, so it is not difficult.

Under Zhang Chao's quick request, a month later, everything was well prepared, and then in May 203 AD, that is, the first year of the Celestial Empire, Zhang Chao officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself the first emperor.

On that day, the courtiers bowed and bowed to the heavens, which was a lively event.

It is worth mentioning that just before January, Cao Cao proclaimed himself Emperor Wen of Wei and his country name was Wei. Obviously, he already knew that the Han family was declining, and he couldn't convince the public when he used someone surnamed Liu as the emperor, so it was better to go from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.

The establishment of the Celestial Empire and the Wei State also represented the near decline of the Han Dynasty, which naturally caused Liu Bei, who was in Yizhou, to be very dissatisfied. For this matter, he even had to raise troops to attack Zhang Chao and Cao Cao, he wanted to tell the world that the Han family was not dead, and there was still the capital to compete for the world and repeat the glory.

It's just that Liu Bei's request was persuaded by Zhuge Liang and the ministers.

Liu Bei's strength is not the strongest, and it is not as good as Cao Cao, let alone compared to Zhang Chao, who occupies the six states. If you take the initiative to attack, it is equivalent to looking for death.

Liu Bei also knew that the Han family was withering, and this was far from the time to use his anger, so after being angry under the pressure, he asked Zhuge Liang to recruit and train soldiers, and he wanted to consolidate his strength, hoping that one day he could wrestle with these Han thieves.

Cao Cao has the same thoughts, he also knows that Zhang Chao is extremely powerful now, and he may not be an opponent, but what he has to do now is to consolidate his strength as quickly as possible, find an opportunity to hit Zhang Chao hard, and regain the banner of the first prince.

Compared with the cautiousness of these two, Zhang Chao is also starting to recruit troops and expand his strength.

In terms of national politics, it is to recruit talents, recruit talents, and requisition a large number of civilians for their own use.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the Wenchen were basically from rich families, in other words, the landlord class, and they were all wealthy families, and they all had family support behind them, so it is difficult to say that the interests of the lord will be above their family.

Zhang Chao was worried that some wealthy people would think more about their own interests, so he began to use some ordinary literati who had no roots and no power, which naturally attracted the dislike of some scholars. But fortunately, in the territory of the First Emperor of the Heavens, except for some wealthy scholars in the Jizhou region, there are no powerful scholars in his region, and their existence cannot hinder his decision.

In terms of soldiers, Zhang Chao began to recruit soldiers across the country, but all young and middle-aged people can enlist in the army, what he wants is to make the current legion from 150,000 to 200,000, and the strength of the legion has increased, and the natural combat power has been strengthened.

In addition, Zhang Chao also formed a new dragoon army, and the position of the commander of the legion was Ma Chao, the first brave general in Xiliang. This will be a nail inserted into the Western Regions in the future.

It is to expand the legion again, and to form a new legion, for a time more than 600,000 soldiers need to be conscripted in the six states, but fortunately, there are many people in Yong and Liang, plus he has been committed to people-oriented, and the population under his rule is already a lot, but there will be no problem of unsustained soldiers for a while.

Zhang Chao began to expand his army frantically, which also made everyone in the Celestial Empire have to follow suit.

As soon as people were busy, their attention was shifted, and the matter of rewarding and determining the rank was naturally diluted.

To say that Zhang Chao's reward seems to be very fair, but it is indeed impossible to satisfy everyone. Just like in the corps commanders, everyone's contribution is different. For example, Zhang Liao, the commander of the Seventh Legion, he used to bring the Pingyi Legion, and he fought the Xianbei and Xiongnu in the north, will his contribution be poor? But why is it the same as some other legion commanders?

Of course, this is not to say that Zhang Liao is unhappy, this is just an analogy. It seems that Ma Chao, who has just arrived, has not made an inch, but has just been appointed as the commander of the Dragoon Legion, and he has also been awarded a second-grade military attache position, how can this make people feel at ease?

There is also the fact that Lu Bu and Zhao Yun were named Zhengyipin.

To say that Lu Bu has strong ability and high force, Dong Zhuo was captured alive by him, but he is also very capable. But how can Zhao Yun be virtuous, he is also the commander of the legion, why should he be rated as a first-class product? Is it just because he followed Zhang Chao the earliest? Does this mean nepotism?

All kinds of injustices, in the end, may add up into a big mess.

For this reason, Zhang Chao's solution is to solve everything with a quick knife to cut through the mess. first accelerated the time for himself to become emperor. Originally, everyone thought that it would be prepared for half a year, or even longer, and the emperor was completed in just one month, and the simplicity of the ceremony made people feel a little shabby, just some civil and military officials above the third grade visited the so-called palace hall in the general's mansion, and said a few words to the meaning of Fengtian by Scholar Cai Yong, and he became the emperor.

Everything was extremely concise and beyond people's expectations.

When everyone was still thinking about how Emperor Feng could be so brief, Zhang Chao had already begun to exercise the power of the First Emperor of Heaven and began to recruit and train soldiers across the country.

This is a big project, so big that more than 60 percent of the civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty have to participate, so that everyone has something to do and takes care of everything else.