Zhang Ji was very annoyed by Liu Xie's resistance.

His eyes became sharper, and his hand holding the knife couldn't help but move, almost pulling his sword out of sheath to scare the little emperor.

Duan Wei coughed and signaled Zhang Ji not to do this with his eyes.

Zhang Ji snorted and didn't say anything, while Duan Wei spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, people always have times when they are involuntarily. Your Majesty is like this, so are my ministers. I am not very willing to do this matter, but this contribution is too great. It has maintained the orthodox Han Dynasty. If there is no reward, will anyone still be willing to maintain the orthodox Han Dynasty in the future?"

"The orthodox Han Dynasty is in the hearts of the people!"

Liu Xie gritted his teeth and said.

"The orthodox Han Dynasty is not in the hearts of the people, but in the morale of the army!"

Duan Wei's tone suddenly became stern, which shocked Liu Xie.

"You are threatening me! The emperor who threatens the great man!"

“So what?”

Zhang Ji couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, Zhang Ji is a rough man and doesn't understand so many great principles, but he also knows what it means to reward merit and punish me if he is wrong. If a meritorious minister does not give a heavy reward, he will be disappointed and the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Why don't you ruin me! Be the emperor yourself?"

Liu Xie angrily overturned the case in front of him and shouted at the three of them.

Zhang Ji and Duan Wei looked at each other, but they didn't know what consensus they had reached, so they turned around and left.

The remaining Jia Xu looked at Liu Xie with a plain expression, with a sense of pity in his eyes.

"Your Majesty is willing to take care of yourself. I can no longer protect Your Majesty."

Jia Xu respectfully gave Liu Xie a great gift to him, and then turned around and left.

Liu Xie looked sadly at the departure Jia Xu's back, remained silent for a long time, covered his face and collapsed on the ground and started crying.

He did not have the power to draft the edict, nor did he hold the emperor's seal. Guo Peng seized the imperial seal and sent it to Hongnong. He didn't see it. He knew that even if it was not his intention, there would be a legal edict to Guo Peng with complete procedures and seals.

The feudal state is now, not at any time.

They had finished discussing the discussion, and they just knew it a little, and had no other meaning.

In the future, maybe I won’t even know.

Liu Xie seemed to have foresaw such a future.

Such a future is really here.

A day later, the usual court meeting was held. The main topic of this court meeting was how to reward Guo Peng. The ministers participating in the court meeting knew in their hearts that some things had been decided and were not something they could discuss, but they just knew.

It is impossible for the person who wants to discuss to appear in the court.

However, what surprised these tamed ministers was that the emperor did not attend this court meeting.

The Secretary of the Shangshu and the de facto Prime Minister Jia Xu declared everyone that the emperor was unwell and he would preside over the court meeting on his behalf.

And this statement also made some smart people realize something.

Sure enough, Jia Xu came up and announced the explosive news.

Guo Peng was appointed as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and was appointed as the official, and was appointed as the state of vassal and founded.

In addition, the former General Duan Wei of the Cavalry was promoted to General of the Cavalry, and the former General of the Cavalry Zhang Ji was promoted to General of the Cavalry.

Compared with the reward of promoting Guo Peng's title to the public and allowing the country to be established, the latter two seem a bit insignificant.

The officials who had made up their attention to keep silent all raised their heads in surprise, looked at Jia Xu with a dull look on his face in shock, and Duan Wei and Zhang Ji who stood in front and pretended not to hear about this, as well as their confidants.

Are they really kidding?

Not to mention that the Duke was not among the sequence of titles of the Han Dynasty. Before that, only Wang Mang was granted the title of Duke, but it was said that the country was established...

Is this true?

Some people even suspect that the court has been controlled by Guo Peng, otherwise how could such a decision be made?

Did Guo Peng spend money?

Have you made a dirty deal with this court that has deep hatred for him?

If there is no transaction, just by making such contributions, can we imitate the old rules of the Zhou Dynasty to establish a country and become a king of a country?

Those who liked the old system so much did not plan to feud the country and establish a country and return to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. What exactly did the three giants in Liangzhou do?

Because I was so shocked, some officials stood up and asked clearly.

"Since the founding of this dynasty, there has never been a case where a meritorious official from another surname was granted a title of public office and founded a country. Now that this is the first, is there any evidence?"

Jia Xu said coldly: "Isn't this the greatest achievement for the court to quell the rebellion of the pseudo-Chen Yuanshu, maintain the orthodox Han Dynasty, and eliminate the rebels? The Han Dynasty valued the most military merits, and General Guo was already the highest marquis. If he did not reward him with this, people in the world would be disheartened by the court."

"Don't be sad? Shangshu Jia, this is why I'm afraid it's not sad, but shocking! Since the pre-Qin period abolished the county and county counties, it has never happened like this in four hundred years!"

Another official stood up.

"When the Han Dynasty was established, there were still princes of different surnames who were founded in the country and established kingdoms. Emperor Gaozu even adopted the feudal system. What would you make a judgment?"

Jia Xu refuted.

"But later, the rebellion of princes of different surnames broke out. Emperor Gaozu led his troops to quell the rebellion. Afterwards, he killed Baima and swore that he would not be granted a king unless he was a surname Liu, and he would not be granted a marquis unless he was a hero. If anyone violated his traitor, he would attack him together!"

The third official stood up to retort.

"God-Emperor Gaozu said that he would not be granted a king unless he was a Liu family, and he would not be granted a marquis unless he was a meritorious official. When did he say that he would not be granted a meritorious official from another surname and would establish a country?"

"This... you are sophistry! The great man has no duke!"

The official was angry and pointed at Jia Xu and scolded him.

Jia Xu's expression remained unchanged. Instead, Zhang Ji turned his head and stared at the official for a while. He was stared at by death. The official trembled all over and felt scared. He slowly lowered his head and stopped talking.

Although many people had the idea of ​​"Is this court bribed by Guo Peng?", they soon discovered that they were wrong.

Things are not that simple.

The court sent the legitimate reward edict with legal effect to Shouchun, where Guo Peng was located. Guo Peng quickly received the reward edict. Under the entourage of the generals and ministers, Guo Peng learned about the content of his reward.

He was promoted to General of the Cavalry and Cavalry, promoted to Duke, and was granted a feudal state and established a country.

The edict was not very much, and the words were not gorgeous, but the content of the award was as incredible as a magnitude ten earthquake.

The title of Duke and the country was established. This was the first time that the Han Empire had been awarded a great hero since its founding.

The generals and ministers looked at the envoys who read the edict with shocked eyes, and then focused their attention on Guo Peng.

Not everyone among them understands the significance of feudal states and founding a country, because some people read a lot, some people read a little, some people have some understanding of the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, while others do not understand that history.

After all, more than four hundred years have passed, everyone only knows the current reward regulations of the Han Empire, and suddenly there is an additional reward rule in the pre-Qin period, which makes a considerable number of people confused by monks.
Chapter completed!