At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Jia Xu knew that from today onwards, he, Jia Wenhe, would become a great thief who disturbed the world, a sinner who single-handedly controlled the disintegration of the Han Dynasty.

This is not Jia Wenhe's original wish, but what Jia Wenhe has to do. Will anyone think and believe this?

I'm afraid there will be no one, because there will be very few people who even know about it.

Guo Peng will definitely not make this kind of thing public. What he has done will be buried, and no one will know. As long as he operates well enough, he can live his life safely.

In fact, Jia Wenhe had no choice.

So Jia Wenhe had to do it.

With his help, Duan Yan quickly found relevant "documentary records", and Zhang Ji also found scholars who understood this aspect.

"I see."

Duan Yan took the bamboo slips and read them one by one, word by word, and saw how the monarchs of the vassal states in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period lived, how they governed, and how they did it with the Emperor Zhou on their heads. The de facto emperor.

"In this way, the monarchs of the vassal states are actually equivalent to the emperors in their own countries. Apart from paying tribute, they don't have to do anything to the Emperor Zhou?"

Zhang Ji asked the scholar in this way, and the scholar gave him a clear answer.

"Zong Zhou moved to the east, and then Zheng Guoguo defeated the army of Zhou Tianzi. Zhou Tianzi lost his prestige, and the vassal states were naturally not so obedient. Zhou Tianzi had no real power, and the vassal states went their own way. The kings of all countries are actually the truth. Emperors of all nations."

Scholars gave such a clear answer.

So a person who didn't read much and a person who basically didn't read had a general understanding of that period of history, and had a level of understanding of the political ecology of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods that Jia Xu hoped they would understand.

Then, the day after Guo Peng's captive convoy delivered the heads of the traitors of the Yuan family headed by Yuan Shu to Hongnong along with a series of trophies, Zhang Ji found Jia Xu.

Chapter 456. 450 Six Therefore, Jia Xu resolutely opposed it (revised)

Jia Xu knew exactly why Zhang Ji was looking for Jia Xu.

So facing Zhang Ji's question, Jia Xu didn't find it strange at all.

"Wenhe, if Guo Zifeng becomes the Duke, will his status be higher than ours?"

Zhang Ji asked in this way.

Jia Xu nodded decisively.

"That's natural. According to the pre-Qin rules, the Duke is above the Marquis, and the General is the County Marquis, and he is under Guo Zifeng. Guo Zifeng is only under the Liu family kings, not under the Liehou."

"But I am the Hussar General of the imperial court, Guo Zifeng is only the general of the Peking University, and my position is still above him."

Zhang Ji was a little dissatisfied.

"That being said, in terms of titles, only Guo Zifeng can be granted the Duke title, and apart from Guo Zifeng, all those who are not from the Liu family will not be higher than him. Doesn't the general know that?"

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Ji strangely.

"That's right, but Guo Zifeng's position will also be promoted, right?"

"That's natural. A title is a title, and an official position is an official position. Guo Zifeng put down the puppet Chen Yuanshu's rebellion, beheaded him for public display, and maintained the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. If there is no reward, the court's credibility will not be preserved, and we will also face danger. So no matter what, it must be rewarded."

Jia Xu said in a low voice: "Your Majesty hesitated, but I have already drafted an imperial edict for Your Majesty and stamped the seal. By the way, Guo Zifeng also returned the seized Chuanguo Jade Seal to the court. I don't know how Yuan Benchu ​​got it." Yes, now that the seals are complete, there is no room for His Majesty to say anything."

Zhang Ji has no objection to this point, because it is their established strategy to evade Liu Xie and act in the name of Liu Xie, and the three of them have tacitly understood this.

Whenever there is something important to do, they discuss it with each other, and then notify Liu Xie, which is a formality.

Zhang Ji didn't think there was anything wrong before, but this time Zhang Ji felt something was wrong.

"We are so fanatical to give credit to Guo Zifeng, curry favor with him, flatter him, and look at his face, but the emperor is clearly in our hands, why can't we seek some benefits for ourselves?"

Jia Xu looked at Zhang Ji.

"Besides the land of Guanzhong and Guanxi, what benefits can we seek?"

"Of course I know that."

Zhang Ji looked around, lowered his throat and looked at Jia Xu: "I mean, if Guo Zifeng can become a prince, can't we?"

Jia Xu suddenly turned pale with shock.

"I was just joking before, why did the general take it seriously? Only Guo Zifeng has such a great contribution to be able to become a duke. Credit!

Moreover, making Guo Zifeng public can make him a target of public criticism, so that he has no time to care about others, so that he can no longer be distracted and do other things. It is also good for us, but if we do the same, what is the point? "

Zhang Ji pursed his lips and thought for a while, then looked at Jia Xu again.

"Wenhe, didn't you say before that as long as everyone seals the public, everything will be fine, right?"

"Everyone... I was just joking!"

Jia Xu pretended to be angry: "How can the general think this way? If all the princes are named dukes, will Liu be named king? One duke here and one kingdom over the other. Once the vassal states, large and small, are established, the world Didn’t you really return to the pre-Qin period?”

"What's wrong with that?"

Zhang Ji looked at Jia Xu with the eyes of a fool: "Isn't it like this now if you don't seal it? In those places now, the imperial court can get in? Taxes are collected? Wenhe, don't you understand? The world has become like this, just lacking a title."

When he said this, Zhang Ji looked indifferent.

It is true that what he said is reasonable, the world has indeed been divided, and everyone is going their own way. The government's decree can't control the local area, and the local powerful factions are seeking their own interests, ignoring the imperial court's decree.

It's indeed one point short.

But it was this title that stumped the heroes of the world.

If you don't have a title, you just can't do anything, if your name is not right, you are a thief!

It's that serious.

The 400 years of the Han Dynasty not only left the world with starvation everywhere, but also left a lot of rules.

Although the Han Dynasty has declined, the rules are still running by virtue of its strong inertia, which is not so easy to break.

If the rules were so easy to break, there would be no talk of Han inheriting the Qin system.

The dynasty is gone, but the rules are still there, and the rules are the soul of the dynasty, the rule in the hearts of a generation.

If you want to be disillusioned, you must wait for the passage of time, the old generation dies, and the new generation changes, or you forcefully abandon it, or turn the table, or face the desperate counterattack of interest groups, and play reforms.

The majesty of the Han Dynasty was completely lost, but since the pre-Qin Dynasty abandoned the enfeoffment system, the system of prefectures and counties became the mainstream. Although the Han Dynasty still had feudal states, it was no longer the vassal state that really had real power in the early Han Dynasty.

At this time, playing the system of enfeoffment is turning back the wheel of history, and it is to apologize to the "people" of the whole country.

But it is precisely in this era, in this era of great division, that what the real power faction needs to look forward to the stars and the moon is this title.

With this status, they will let the birds fly with the breadth of the sea and let the birds fly. How much the scholars who let you take the central route disapprove, and the real power factions all agree with it.

This is to eliminate the meaning of the existence of the Han Dynasty from the soul. If it works, the Emperor of Han will become the real Emperor of Zhou, and the meaning of the 400-year existence of the Han Dynasty will become a symbol.

The world will usher in a real split.

From the soul to the body, the all-round split is enough to bring about the real split of the Warring States Period, instead of the current split of the body, the soul is still tied down.

The significance of Han Tianzi's existence is very small, and it is no longer possible to become the star of hope in the eyes of some scholars who insist on taking the central line, which can bring the era back to the rule of the world by scholars.

This is something that Zhang Ji cannot see, this is what Jia Xu sees through Yan Rou and what Guo Peng sees.

Guo Peng wants to completely split the Han Dynasty and the Han Empire in fact, so that the old and the young have no time to summon the soul of the Han Dynasty, and they will be forced to face a world of great struggle.

They will really go from the central to the local, and have to give up the meaningless central, and go to the place that actually becomes a small central, and do their best to safeguard their interests.

No time to take care of the Han Dynasty.

This made Jia Xu shudder, he never thought that Guo Peng's ambition and desire were so terrifying.

But he will become the most important trader among them.

It is impossible for someone who has not received a truly high elite education to understand all this.

Only those who have received the real elite education of this era and understand the essence of power and status can understand what this series of operations means and what results it will bring.

Jia Wenhe was talented and intelligent, and after enlightenment, he understood all of this, but it was impossible for Zhang Ji, a big bastard, to know.

Duan Yan may not know.

He claims to study every day, but without the guidance of a famous teacher, without a famous teacher telling him the essence of power, he would not understand this truth.

They only see the surface of power, but they don't understand what power is, what is the basis of power, and what kind of check and balance effect does righteousness have on power.

The Xiliang warlords don't understand this. The Xiliang warlords want the best, the highest, and the best.

As for the consequences.

They take it for granted that there are no consequences, that everyone gets what they want, and continue to maintain the balance.

No one will tell them what this means, Jia Xu is impossible, and the others are even less likely.

So Jia Xu knew that her persuasion would only have the opposite effect.

Therefore, Jia Xu firmly opposed it.

"I will never agree to this matter!"

Chapter 457 450 Seven I Disagree

"I absolutely agree with this matter."

Jia Xu remonstrated resolutely, and said in a more serious tone, with a serious face, "Only Guo Zifeng can do this kind of thing, how can we do it?"

"Why can't we do it?"

"Guo Zifeng has made great contributions, does the general have any?"

"The merit of saving the driver doesn't count?"

"In the eyes of the world, it doesn't count."

Jia Xu speaks righteously.

Zhang Ji was bumped by Jia Xu, very unhappy, but he didn't know what to do, so he walked away angrily.

"Humph!"

Looking at Zhang Jiyuan's back, the anxious and worried expression on Jia Xu's face disappeared instantly, she shook her head expressionlessly, and looked away.

Almost at the front and back, Duan Yao also came.

The same thing happened after meeting Jia Xu.

"If I give Guo Zifeng the title of Duke, wouldn't Guo Zifeng's status be higher than mine?"

Duan Yan was literate at any rate, had received general education, and had more common sense. Jia Xu thought he would ask something different, but the result was the same as Zhang Ji.

So Jia Xu's answer is also normal.

"That's natural. According to the pre-Qin rules, the Duke is above the Marquis, and the General is the County Marquis, who is below Guo Zifeng."

Later, Jia Xu realized that ambition and desire have nothing to do with cultural level.

Guo Zifeng is a high-ranking student of Lu Zhi, and his cultural level is among the top in the country. He is a standard celebrity. Zhang Ji doesn't know a lot of characters, and he doesn't even have a word, and his ambition is not much worse.

There is a Duan Simmer in the middle, which is actually the same.

Duan Yan also showed the ambition that should be on the same level as Guo Peng and Zhang Ji.

Going up to a higher level, those who have higher pursuits, the pursuits in the Han Tianzi system.

Become the king of the vassal states and have a good time.

This is really an irresistible temptation, really hard to refuse.

It is not ordinary people who can refuse.

At least Jia Xu thinks so.

In the face of the huge temptation, Duan Yan failed to stick to his heart, but obeyed his instinct.

"I have the power to save you, the greatest power is to save you, isn't it like this?"

Duan Yan looked at Jia Xu seriously and eagerly.

As always, Jia Xu tried to persuade him with various reasons, saying that this is digging a hole for Guo Peng, why do you jump down?