Chapter 1066 Chu Wu and Sun Shangxiang

When planning to change the dynasty, Chu Tian met Sun Jian at the Xia Palace to discuss their titles and official positions.

Chutian does not plan to set up a prime minister, but a cabinet and six ministries.

As for generals, there are still official positions such as general and hussar general, but the power of general is weakened, and general is more of an honorary official position.

The titles are divided into king, duke, and marquis. Marquis is divided into county marquis, township marquis, and pavilion marquis. It is generally not easy to be crowned king unless the merits are against the sky.

For example, Huo An attached himself to the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and helped Chutian unify the Han Empire. This kind of credit is no longer comparable to the duke, so he can be named king.

Sun Jian's contribution is still a little bit short, and he was named Wu Gong.

Tongque surrendered to the Jiangdong Army, and was also granted the title of Duke Pingyuan.

Xu Fengnian pacified Liangzhou, but because of his own lack of power, he was only named Duke, Duke of Longxi.

Mu Ke's contribution was given to Huo An, so he was granted the title of Marquis of Dianchi.

Crown Prince Yan named Yuyang Hou.

Liu Bei did not surrender until he was completely defeated. He was not granted the title of Duke, but was granted the title of Marquis of Zhuo County. Zhuoxian County is the hometown of Liu Bei, and for Liu Bei, it can be regarded as the hometown of glory, the glory of the ancestors.

Liu Bei fought for sixteen years, and it was not completely unsuccessful.

The county marquis is second only to the prince, and is already above ten thousand people.

The lords Gong Ziwen, Zhao Gongzi and others who surrendered to Chutian earlier were also named Marquis.

Sun Ce, because of his marriage, was Marquis of Wucheng.

Cao Cao, Zhou Yafu, Li Guang, Wei Qing, Xue Rengui and other generals who followed Chutian earlier also had titles.

The princes and princes are only honorary titles, without fiefs and eunuchs. Instead, they provide annual salaries and enjoy corresponding privileges to prevent the descendants of these princes and princes from rebelling in the future.

The purpose of conferring a large number of marquises is to win people's hearts and smooth the way to become emperor.

Fang Xuanling was appointed as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

It's not that Fang Xuanling is the most capable minister, but that he has senior qualifications, hard work, and political capital.

If Chu Tian proclaimed himself emperor, then Xia Liang would be the queen, and Fang Xuanling had supported Xia Liang at the beginning, and now he was rewarded? Sit firmly in the position of chief assistant.

Fang Xuanling is not just a counselor? He is also a senior politician who knows the exchange of interests.

Wang Meng, Sang Hongyang, Li Kui, Zhang Zhao, Li Si and others entered the cabinet.

Chutian implemented the separation of military and government? It began to prohibit the entry of generals and ministers.

All the soldiers and horses of the empire are responsible to Chutian? The Imperial Guard is a direct line of soldiers and horses, and the commanders of each regiment of the Imperial Guard are directly responsible to the emperor? The military leaders of various places are responsible to the emperor and need to report to the emperor every six months.

The generals, military masters, and regimental commanders of the Imperial Guard? All are directly appointed by the emperor.

Chutian established the Military Strategy Division, Armament Division, Logistics Division, and Supervision Division to exercise military power.

As for the Ministry of War among the six ministries, it has no real power and has been emptied by Chu Tian.

Military strategy department, with Sun Bin, Jia Xu, Zhang Bin, and Guo Jia counselors as the core? To formulate campaign plans? To dispatch supervising troops in wartime to supervise each legion.

The Weapons Department is responsible for the production of various weapons and the management of the arsenal.

Logistics Department, responsible for transporting food and grass? Building fortresses and city defenses.

The Supervision Department is responsible for supervising the armies at ordinary times.

The four divisions are also responsible to the emperor to strengthen centralization.

Chu Tian did not appoint the candidate for the general.

Except for Chutian's military exploits, no one has a military exploit that surpasses other generals.

There are many generals in Chutian's forces, and their military achievements are also very scattered? It is difficult to decide on the candidate for the general? So Chutian simply vacated the position of the general.

As for the hierarchy of the empire? There are still four levels: imperial court, prefecture/duhufu, prefecture, and county.

Sun Jian took Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and his daughter Sun Shangxiang to visit the Xia Palace, intending to let Sun Shangxiang meet Chu Wu.

Sun Shangxiang was only about eight years old at this time, followed Sun Jian, looked around the Xia Palace curiously, and said to Sun Jian: "Father, this is bigger than our mansion."

"Of course, after all, it will be upgraded to a palace soon. In a few years, you will live here too."

It is very common for aristocratic families that Sun Jian took his own daughter with him and relied on his daughter to ascend to the throne.

"Um?"

Sun Shangxiang still couldn't understand.

Chu Tian hosted a banquet for Sun Jian and his party, and Chu Wu, Chu Xuan, and Chu Qi's sons and daughters also participated in the family banquet.

"Jiangdong Army is under the command of Wentai, internally determines Baiyue, and externally calms the world, and we have to trouble Wentai."

Chu Tian toasted Sun Jian.

Sun Jian was regarded as in-laws, so Chutian was quite polite to him.

"The minister must be effective."

Sun Jian was terrified, because Chutian would soon become the emperor, replacing the herdsmen of the sky, and surpassing tens of thousands of people.

Chu Wu was about ten years old, sitting beside his father Chu Tian, ​​looking at everyone in the Sun family. These few people can be valued by their father, and their identities are probably very prominent.

When Chu Wu saw Sun Shangxiang, who was about the same age as him, he couldn't help but linger for a while longer.

Even though he was young, Chu Wu could tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, and Sun Shangxiang already had the potential to be a beauty embryo.

Sun Shangxiang seemed to notice that Chu Wu was peeking at her, so she widened her eyes and looked at Chu Wu, who turned her head quickly.

However, Sun Shangxiang was just curious.

Sun Ce knew about the marriage, so he was looking at his brother-in-law.

Sun Quan didn't know about it, but he was also curious about the future crown prince.

The importance of an heir is self-evident for an empire.

The emperor will pour resources on the crown prince, train him to become a qualified emperor, and arrange teachers to assist him.

If something bad happens to the crown prince, it is easy to fall into the chaos of seizing the heir. The successor who seized the heirloom may not have the ability to govern the country because he has not received qualified training and teaching since he was a child.

One of the most obvious examples is Sun Quan in history.

After Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, he made his eldest son, Sun Deng, the crown prince. Sun Deng handled government affairs cautiously and decently, but he died at the age of 33. Since then, Sun Quan shed tears whenever he talked about Sun Deng.

After Sun Deng's death, Wu Guo had a struggle for the crown prince's position. In addition, Sun Quan was old and not sober when he was young, and Wu Guo's officialdom was in chaos.

As the eldest son of Sun Deng, Sun Quan fully cultivated him, ordered Sun Deng to marry Zhou Yu's daughter as the crown prince, and appointed Zhuge Ke, the son of Zhuge Jin, Zhang Xiu, the son of Zhang Zhao, Gu Tan, the grandson of Gu Yong, and Chen Biao, the son of Chen Wu, into the palace. , lectured poems and books for Sun Deng, and his followers rode horses to shoot and hunt. Celebrities Cheng Bing and Zhang Wen successively became the prince and Taifu. Lu Xun lectured for Sun Deng.

Sun Quan went to fight Hefei, and Sun Deng guarded the rear.

Therefore, Sun Dengying's early death was definitely a heavy blow to Sun Quan, and the fate of Wu State also changed.

Chutian's cultivation of Chu Wu is somewhat similar to Sun Quan's cultivation of Sun Deng.

Chu Tian also used a lot of resources to cultivate Chu Wu. Chu Wu had six characteristics at the age of ten. Wu Qi, Le Yi, Sun Bin, Jia Xu, Xun Yu and others gave lectures to the prince. Zhuge Liang was Chu Wu's senior brother.

Chutian also retained two tokens of the Iron Eagle Sharp Warrior and the Cowardly Xue Army, which can be used as Chu Wu's exclusive arms.

In addition, Chutian married the Sun family in Jiangdong and the Ma family in Xiliang, and used the daughters of the Sun family and the Ma family as concubines in the future East Palace to strengthen Chu Wu's team.

The crown prince does not have enough power to control the ministers in the future.

None of the ministers of the Chutian faction are good, they are all big figures from various dynasties, and ordinary people really can't control them.

"Wu Er, wait for you to accompany the daughter of the Sun family to meet your mother in the backyard."

"yes."

Chu Wu didn't understand why Chu Tian asked him to take Sun Shangxiang to the backyard to meet Xia Liang, but he didn't dare to disobey Chu Tian's intention.

Chu Tian and Sun Jian are still discussing the distribution of benefits, and the future conquest of Annan and other places.

Chu Wuze took his younger sisters Chu Xuan, Chu Qi and others back to the backyard, as well as the young Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Shangxiang did not have any restraints, and was not afraid: "I heard from my father that this is the Xia Palace, so are you all the sons or daughters of Xia?"

Chu Xuan nodded, and said to Sun Shangxiang who was about the same age: "Well, my name is Chu Xuan, how about you?"

"Sun Shangxiang. What's your name?"

Sun Shangxiang tugged at the corner of Chu Wu's clothes.

"Chu Wu, there is no sign yet."

"I often hear my father mentioning you. I really don't understand why. You are obviously just a little kid."

Sun Shangxiang crossed her hands, pretending to think, but in fact, at her age, thinking is futile.

Xia Liang is holding a tea party with Hua Mulan, Xiao Chuo and others in the backyard. It is rare for the world to be peaceful.

Roufu Diji is taking care of her newborn son, who is also Chutian's third son.

Xiao Chuo is somewhat envious of Roufu Emperor Ji Zhao Yuanyuan, because she also wants to have a son.

Xiao Chuo touched his flat belly and sighed helplessly.

"mother."

Chu Wu took her two younger sisters and Sun Shangxiang back to the backyard, Chu Xuan sat beside Hua Mulan, and Chu Qi threw herself into the arms of Joan of Arc.

Xia Liang put down her teacup and saw a little girl carved in pink and jade following Chu Wu, probably Sun Shangxiang, the daughter of the Sun family.

Xia Liang calmly said, "Sit."

Chu Wu was sitting upright, and Sun Shangxiang saw that everyone was sitting down, so he had to imitate Chu Wu and sit upright.

Xia Liang looked at the two little guys, and they seemed to be in a good match.

However, she must train Sun Shangxiang well, so that Sun Shangxiang can become a qualified princess in the future.

Sun Shangxiang seemed not used to sitting upright, so she couldn't hold back any longer, tugged at the corner of Chu Wu's clothes, and said in a low voice, "How long are we going to sit like this?"

Chu Wu replied in a low voice: "Wait for mother to speak."

"oh."

Sun Shangxiang bowed her head, and under Xia Liang's invisible momentum, she didn't want to move around.

Xiao Chuo knew that Xia Liang was beginning to establish authority in front of Sun Shangxiang, so he watched the play from the sidelines.

Joan of Arc is teaching her daughter to read.

Letting Sun Shangxiang sit down quietly seems to be a difficult task, Sun Shangxiang said to Xia Liang: "Sister, do we have to sit like this all the time?"

Xia Liang smiled slightly, asked the maid to prepare a pen and paper, then wrote down an agreement, and said to Sun Shangxiang: "My sister doesn't know your name yet, can you write your name in the blank space and let my sister see it?"

"Uh-huh."

Seeing that Xia Liang finally broke the calm, Sun Shangxiang picked up the brush and wrote it into words.

"It turned out to be Sun Shangxiang."

Xia Liang looked at the black and white words with satisfaction, and it was too easy to fool Sun Shangxiang, who was only eight years old.

Xia Liang said to Chu Wu: "Wu'er, you have to take good care of this little sister in the future."

Chu Wu was puzzled: "Why?"

Xia Liang knocked on his ineffective son: "You will understand in the future."