Chapter 1048: Conferred the Title of Duke (Part 2)
Originally, Huangfu Chaobo thought this was a simple matter, but he did not expect that the two sides argued for a day and a night without a result. In the end, Huangfu Chaobo overcame all objections and gave up the "Jin" that he disliked very much, leaving the "Tang" that he liked more, and finally gave him the title of Duke of Tang of Dingguo.
In fact, the title of Tang was much earlier than Jin. The first generation of Tang State appeared in the era of Emperor Yao. According to the "Yuanhe Xingzhuan", the situation of Liu Lei, a descendant of Emperor Yao, was introduced: "At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the country was in Tang. King Cheng of Zhou destroyed Tang and moved to Du, and became Du Bo." (The capital was in Yicheng, Shanxi today).
The center of Tang Yao's country was in Yicheng County and Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province today. The Taosi site in Xiangfen County, according to radiocarbon dating and correction, is about 2500-1900 BC. Many experts and scholars have proposed that the Taosi site is the location of Emperor Yao's capital and the earliest "China". The famous archaeologist Su Bingqi once commented: "Taosi culture not only reached the era of the 'Fangguo', which was a higher stage than the late Hongshan culture society, but also established its central position among the Fangguo at that time. It was equivalent to the Yao and Shun era in ancient history, that is, the earliest 'China' that appeared in the pre-Qin historical records, and laid the foundation of Huaxia."
Tangguo was originally the descendant of Yao. When King Cheng of Zhou was in power, he gave the land where Tangguo was located (today's Yicheng County, Shanxi Province) to his younger brother Tang Shuyu, and moved the descendants of Yao to Duguo. Jin was established at the location of Tangguo, and then Jinguo came into being.
After deciding the title, Huangfu Chaobo handed over his choice to two envoys. In order not to offend another person in Chang'an, Huangfu Chaobo also emphasized that the reason for this choice was just because he liked "Tang" more and not for other reasons.
The two envoys returned to Chang'an soon. At the same time, the envoy of Dong Huang of Bingzhou had also arrived in Chang'an, so the three parties began to present a memorial to the Han Emperor, indicating that General Dong Huangfu Chaobo was the Duke of Tang.
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Li Jue, the Grand Marshal, the Commandant of the Sili, the Acting Imperial Guard, and the Marquis of Chiyang, together with Guo Si, the General, the Commander, and the Marquis of Meiyang, and Dong Huang, the Former General, the Commander, the Governor of Bingzhou, and the Marquis of Jingyang, jointly submitted a petition, saying that Huangfu Chaobo, the General of the Eastern Expedition and the Marquis of Wenxi, had first rebuilt Luoyang, then pacified Sizhou, and then destroyed the false dynasty of Yuan Shu, and his merits were outstanding, but his title was only the Marquis of Wenxi County, which was not what the world expected. "It is appropriate to promote him to the title of Duke of the State, and give him the Nine Gifts to honor his special merits."
Under their planning and proposal, Emperor Xian of Han was forced to send an envoy with a seal to appoint Huangfu Chaobo as the Duke, and named the country "Tang". He was granted the Nine Gifts, which symbolized authority, and used Hedong, Henei, Weijun, Henan, Hongnong in Sizhou, Chenliu, Jiyin, Shanyang in Yanzhou, Yingchuan, Runan, Chenguo, Liangguo, Peiguo and Qiaojun in Yuzhou, and Lujiangjun in Yangzhou as the territory of the Duke of Tang, and built the capital in Luoyang, Sizhou.
According to the edict of Emperor Xian of Han, the Duchy of Tang could set up a group of officials directly under the prime minister of the duchy, and the system and status were the same as the various princes of different surnames in the early Han Dynasty. Subsequently, the Duchy of Tang began to set up officials of the duchy.
The news that Huangfu Chaobo was named Duke of Tang once again caused a stir in the game. In fact, everyone had long known that his status as the number one player was unshakable, leaving everyone behind. Not only that, Huangfu Chaobo is now not only the number one player, but also the number one prince in the world.
Huangfu Chaobo no longer had time to care about the reactions of other players in the game. For this Duke of Tang, he could only sigh that he came too timely.
Now he is immersed in the benefits brought to him by the title of Duke. One of them is that the issue of setting up a state government that he has been struggling with these days has finally had a perfect solution, because now all the fifteen counties he occupied belong to his fiefdom, so these places can be said to be whatever he wants.
First, he divided the fifteen counties into three states, among which Henan, Hongnong, Weijun, Henei and Hedong were set up as Sizhou, with the state government in Luoyang. Huangfu Chaobo appointed Tian Feng as the governor of Sizhou, in charge of the internal affairs of the five counties and eighty cities in Sizhou.
Chenliu, Jiyin and Shanyang in Yanzhou, plus Liangguo and Peiguo in Yuzhou, a total of five counties and countries were merged into one state.
Because the Jishui River passed through four of the five counties, it was finally named Jizhou, and the state government was set in Dingtao City, Jiyin County. Huangfu Chaobo appointed Kong Rong, the former governor of Qingzhou, as the governor of Jizhou, in charge of the internal affairs of five counties and fifty-one cities.
The remaining five counties of Yuzhou Yingchuan, Chen State, Runan, Yu County and Yangzhou Lujiang were also merged into one county to become the new Yuzhou, with the seat of government still set in Pingyu City of Runan County, and the governor of the state was still the former governor of Yuzhou, Kong Rong, in charge of the internal affairs of the five counties and ninety-six cities of Yuzhou.
In this way, the fifteen counties under the rule of Tang State were divided into three states, with five counties in each state, and three governors managing their own states, and then the Duke's Office managed the three governors of the states, plus the fifteen county governors were all extraordinary people, so it should not be difficult for the three governors to manage.
After arranging the personnel at the state level, the next step is to arrange the officials at the county level. The old county governors basically do not need to be changed. The main thing is that the relevant personnel of the five newly occupied counties need to be arranged. In addition to the people who came back from Beihai and Donglai, the three counties need to re-arrange personnel.
Huangfu Chaobo had already arranged it a few days ago.
The governor of Jiyin County was Wang Xiu, the former governor of Donglai, and the county magistrate was Sun Shao. As for the commander, Huangfu Chaobo appointed Sun Guan, a newcomer from Mount Tai, because the former commander of Donglai was transferred to the war camp. In addition to the arrangement of internal affairs personnel and commanders, Xu Rong's Qianniu Camp also moved into Jiyin. However, the Qianniu Camp changed from the original five-cohort army of four infantry and one cavalry to four-cohort army of three infantry and one cavalry.
The governor of Qiao County was Cheng Huan, the former Xiang of Beihai. The chief secretary Chen Rong and the former Beihai Duwei Wu Anguo were also transferred to the war camp. Zang Ba's younger brother Zang Quan was appointed as the Duwei of Qiao County. The war camp of Qiao County was Zhenwu Camp, with the chief general Huangfu Li, the general of Fenwu, and the deputy general Guan Hai. The organization was still a five-school organization of four infantry and one cavalry.
Shanyang County was governed by Changyi. The new governor Pang Tong's brother Pang Shanmin, the county magistrate Liu Yixun, and the Duwei Li Feng. Shanyang's war camp was Canglang Camp, with the chief general Meng Gang, the general of Zhenshuo, and the deputy general Liu Yi. The military force was changed from the original five schools of four infantry and one cavalry to three schools of two infantry and one cavalry.
Pei State was governed by Xiang County. The governor was Zhang Zan, who was also an old man who had served under Huangfu Chaobo for several years. He was promoted step by step from county magistrate to county magistrate. The county magistrate was Liu Kongci, and the Duwei Zong Bao. The battle camp of Pei State was a newly formed camp named Guangwu Camp. The choice of the chief general surprised everyone under Huangfu Chaobo. It turned out to be Zang Ba, who had just joined the army for less than half a year, and Geng Wu, the deputy general. Although it was only a small camp of two schools of infantry, it can be seen that Huangfu Chaobo valued the former Taishan governor very much.