The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 389

In the early spring of the 16th year of Jian'an, a group of civil and military officials in Yizhou, including Xu Shu, Zhang Song, Fazheng, Xu Jing, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Zhang Ren, came to admonish Zhang Wu and suggested that Zhang Wu call himself the Marquis of Chu to facilitate the management of the three states. place.

Originally, with Zhang Wu's prestige and power, he should have been named a Marquis long ago. That kid Sun Shao is Wu Hou, and Cao Cao is still Duke Wei.However, the matter of conferring titles requires an official decree from the imperial court. Cao Cao controls the imperial court, so he will not grant Zhang Wu a marquis. Therefore, Zhang Wucai only has official titles and no titles.

Zhang Wu temporarily refused on the grounds that it did not conform to the rules.

But three days later, as if they had made an appointment in advance, letters of advice from civil officials above the prefect and military generals above the generals in Jingzhou and Yangzhou were sent to Chengdu at the same time.

There are also great Confucians of the time who persuaded Zhang Wu to claim the title of Marquis of Chu himself, saying that this is an act of inheriting the imperial court and responding to the hearts of the people, and the people of the world must not be disappointed!
Therefore, Zhang Wu stopped pretending, proclaimed himself the Marquis of Chu, and enfeoffed his land as Xiangyang, and at the same time managed the military and political affairs of Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Yangzhou.

Later, Zhang Wu took Xu Jing as his envoy and brought a large number of treasures, Shu brocades and other gifts to Xudu to play and pay tribute to the emperor, hoping that the court would formally recognize his title of Marquis of Chu.

The current imperial court and the Son of Heaven are in the hands of Cao Cao. Although the Son of Heaven is no different from a prisoner, after all, righteousness is there.Cao Cao hadn't usurped the throne yet, and even Cao Cao said Wei Gong had to force the emperor to make an order, so Zhang Wu, who had always regarded himself as a Hanchen, needed to go through a procedure.

It doesn’t matter even if I didn’t get the imperial decree, anyway, I have already served the emperor, in my eyes, there is a court, and there is an emperor, but Cao Cao, a treacherous official, controlled the government and forced the emperor to refuse to grant me a marquis.

Why did you send Xu Jing there?Because Xu Jing has some friendship with Cao Cao, it would be even better if he could persuade Cao Cao to agree to grant Zhang Wu the title of Marquis.

At the beginning, Xu Jing and his younger brother Xu Shao were engaged in monthly critiques in Runan, and they often published their critiques of some characters at that time on the first day of each month.No matter who it is, once it is inscribed, its value will be doubled immediately, and it will be spread in the world.So when Cao Cao was young, he asked them to judge him.

Xu Shao's comment to Cao Cao is "a capable minister who governs the world, and a traitor in troubled times", which can be regarded as a little friendship.

Zhang Wu saw that the arrangements for Yizhou were almost done, so he prepared to return to Xiangyang.

Before leaving, Zhang Wu appointed Zhang Song as the governor of Yizhou, responsible for the civil affairs of the entire Yizhou. Control the armies.

Fazheng was the prefect of Shu County and the military advisor of the Chariot and Cavalry General's Office. He not only assisted Zhang Song in handling civil affairs, but also assisted Xu Shu in handling military affairs.

When the news came out, officials in Jingzhou and Yangzhou speculated one after another, who would be the governor of Jingzhou and the governor of Yangzhou?Although the post of governor is quite different from that of the governor of the state, but after all, the rank is high, and he can be regarded as the top civil servant under Zhang Wu. What's more, the military and government are gradually separated, and the prefect no longer leads the army.

After Zhang Wu returned to Xiangyang, he immediately called a meeting of important personnel to announce personnel adjustments.

Mi Zhu served as governor of Jingzhou, Gu Yong served as governor of Yangzhou, Mi Heng served as governor of Chuhou's mansion, Lu Su took over as governor of General Cheqi's mansion, and Huang Quan took over as chief secretary of General Cheqi's mansion.

The Chuhou Mansion and the Cheqi General Mansion were actually Zhang Wu's shogunate, but one was responsible for civil affairs and the other was responsible for military affairs.According to the division of powers, Mi Heng is the superior of Zhang Song, Mi Zhu and Gu Yong, and is in charge of the daily government affairs of the center.

The seats of the three governors can be regarded as taking care of the interests of all parties.In this era, transportation and communications were underdeveloped, and the three states in Zhang Wu's hands were too large, spanning east and west of China, and it often took more than ten days to deliver a notice.Therefore, it is necessary to choose someone who is familiar with the local conditions and has prestige to serve as the governor, and the governor has no military power, and he is not afraid of them becoming big.

Although the officials of the Jingzhou faction did not win the position of governor of Jingzhou, they were the strongest in the army. After all, Zhang Wu relied on the Jingzhou army to start his career, and this was Zhang Wu's balance for them.

Mi Zhu is the representative of the original Liu Bei Group. Since the two companies merged into one, Mi Zhu has been in charge of Jingzhou Zhizhong, which can be regarded as a relatively high-ranking position. People are reused as always.

Guan, Zhang, Zhao and others are all generals in command now, and they don't really care about their official positions, they just want to gallop on the battlefield and fight against their deadly enemy Cao Cao while they can still ride a horse and hold a knife.

Since they took refuge in Zhang Wu, they felt that it was a lot more enjoyable to fight, and they were no longer chased by Cao Cao like they used to be.

Mi Zhu is Liu Bei's eldest brother-in-law, so he is very important among this group of people. At the beginning, he invested in Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and now he has finally received a good return.Although Liu Bei didn't repay him in the end, Zhang Wu, as Liu Bei's son-in-law, compensated the old man for a few old buddies, which can be regarded as his duty.

Apart from a few important positions, Zhang Wu asked Mi Heng, Zhao Jian, Lu Su, Huang Quan and others to formulate a plan to slightly adjust some local officials in the three states, and the officials of each state should communicate as much as possible.

He also ordered Pang Tong, Kuai Yue, Ma Liang, Lu Xun and others to count and verify their combat achievements based on the combat situation in the past year, and reward and promote those who have made meritorious deeds.

But Cao Cao personally led the army to rescue Hefei, and after a brief battle with Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang knew that it was not time to defeat Cao Cao, and the purpose of sending troops this time had been achieved, so he led his troops back to Jianye.

Cao Cao was attacked once at night by Zhuge Liang. He was a little annoyed and wanted to continue the pursuit. Fu Gan joined the army and advised: "Jingzhou and Yangzhou are in danger of the Yangtze River, and Yizhou is blocked by mountains. It is difficult to win quickly. It is better to withdraw troops for the time being and increase Cultivate literature and morality, lay down the armor, rest the soldiers, rest the army and support the soldiers, wait for the time to move."

Cao Cao also knew that after years of fighting, not only the soldiers were exhausted, but also consumed a lot of food and supplies, the people lived in hardship, and even some civil and military officials were tired, so he withdrew his troops and returned to Xudu to build a school and extend the rites to scholars.

The servants Wang Can, Du Xi, Wei Kai, and He Qia discussed together to honor Cao Cao as King of Wei.

Shang Shu ordered Xun You to say: "No! The prime minister has reached the Duke of Wei, and he has been honored with Jiuxi. He is already an extremely human minister. If he wants to be promoted to the throne, it is unreasonable."

When Cao Cao called Wei Gong, Xun Yu firmly opposed it. Later, Xun Yu was secretly killed by Cao Cao because of this matter.Although Xun You did not actively respond to support at that time, for the sake of the family, he did not object, because after all, he was still a courtier.

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and his ministers formed an alliance of white horses: it is not the Liu family who is the king, and the world will fight against it.It means that only the descendants of the Liu family's royal family can be crowned king, otherwise they will be regarded as rebellious.

(End of this chapter)