Iron Armored Emperor

In fact, the reason why Di Qiye's reward was astonishing was purely because it was too generous, not that Gu Lie had treated other heroes badly.

Back then, Gu Lie scolded Lu Yi angrily, saying that he was not worthy of the title of Marquis, but in fact he was just not worthy of the title of "Marquis". You must know that the first three titles of Wang Gonghou are all super ranks, one rank higher than the first rank.And it is a real seal, which means that the land must be granted.

Gu Lie had just conquered the world, and there were so many precedents of failed feudal entrustment and heroic rebellion. It is absolutely impossible for Da Chu to implement enfeoffment and divide the country to reward meritorious officials.

Therefore, with the exception of Di Qiye, no matter whether they were Chu Gu family officials or foreign military generals, they were all given relatively generous annual salaries, and the lowest level was higher than that of the first-rank officials of the Great Chu Zheng.

Moreover, Gu Lie falsely conferred the third-class titles of "Jianguo County Marquis", "Jianguo County Marquis" and "Jianguo Township Marquis" for them according to the degree of merit.Although this third-class title is far inferior to Di Qiye's Marquis title, it is still a nobleman after all.

And these rewards are not counted in the real job, and the meritorious officials who enter the court and take a real job also have an annual salary.

For example, Jiang Yang, who declined the reward from the waiting position, is now the prime minister of the Great Chu and an official of the first rank, so in addition to his annual salary for meritorious officials, he can also receive a regular first-rank annual salary.

Another example is Zhu Beihe, who also declined the title of "Marquis of Founding County". He was granted the title of Minister of Dali Temple.

For the descendants of heroes, Gu Lie also promised the system of yin and yang, as long as they have the ability, they don't have to worry about the descendants having no officials to do.

Therefore, Gu Lie's rewards for the heroes are actually extremely generous.

These generous rewards are also an important reason for being able to suppress the hero's ambition to become kings and marquises.In addition, because Gu Lie himself is one of the greatest heroes who conquered the country, has a very high personal prestige, and is the only king in the hearts of the Chu people. Under the current situation, there is absolutely no possibility of being replaced.

In this way, it further reflects the astonishing rewards Di Qiye received.

Many people are guessing the deep meaning behind Gu Lie's move.

The first is "Marquis of Dingguo". The word "Dingguo" has never been used before or since. It is not that there were no heroes who conquered half of the country in the previous dynasty, but none of them could use the word "Dingguo".The reason is very simple, if you have settled the country, what is the emperor?You are a military general who has settled the country, so what are civil servants?

Moreover, in the process of awarding meritorious officials, Gu Lie obviously promoted civil servants and did not let the generals dominate. Only one Di Qiye broke the balance.

This is already strange enough, and what is even more strange is that Gu Lie made an exception and gave Di Qiye a fief. Instead of enjoying the taxation of the fiefdom, it is clearly written "Enjoy the taxation and garrison of Yunmengze Field".

What is this concept?This is tantamount to saying that the tens of thousands of elite soldiers following Di Qiye will not be broken up into formations at all, and will be included in the jurisdiction system of the Great Governor's Mansion, which is now in charge of the army in Da Chu, but Gu Lie will directly help Di Qiye raise the elite soldiers in the military. After leaving Yunmengze, he went with his own navy elite soldiers.

However, at the same time, Gu Lie did not give Di Qiye the real right to manage Yunmengze, so although Yunmengze was Di Qiye's fiefdom, it was not a "country within a country" in the traditional sense. He did not control the administrative management of Yunmengze.

Is this to guard against Di Qiye, or not to guard against Di Qiye?People can't understand.

Second, Gu Lie also named Di Qiye the crown prince and tutor.

This official position has existed in the world since the pre-Qin period, but it has long been a false title, belonging to one of the three orphans.

However, the crown prince Taifu that Gu Lie bestowed on Di Qiye was of the first rank, and he even bestowed him in the East Palace. Shang Dynasty director.

Although everyone has heard that Di Qiye is the little prince's uncle, but Di Qiye is already such a great hero, and if he is given a real job, how can Gu Lie exclude him from government affairs? ?

It can't be said that Gu Lie trusts Di Qiye to this extent, right?

However, at the same time, the matter of granting the East Palace is worth pondering.

Allowing Di Qiye to live in the East Palace means that Di Qiye's every move is under the supervision of Gu Lie. Let alone conspiracy, you must be extremely careful in every word and action. If you make a mistake, you will be immediately arrested. will be caught.

Therefore, many people think that bestowing the East Palace is the key to future success.

With such concerns, although the Great Chu Dynasty Hall has not yet been fully formed, everyone has almost clearly stood in line.

The heroes of the Great Chu can be roughly divided into two groups, one is the Chu Gu family minister group, and the other is the foreign generals group. The former is headed by Jiang Yang, and the latter is headed by Di Qiye. However, the interior of these two groups is not monolithic .

The Chu Gu vassal group is divided into civil and military.

The retainers have five surnames, Jiang Zuo and Zhong Zhuzhuang, among which Jiang Zuo is from a family of military generals, and Zhuzhuang is from a family of civil servants. The Zhong family can be said to be both civil and military, or they can be said to be relatively mediocre.

Right now, the head of the civil servants of Great Chu is Jiang Yang, who was born in the Jiang family.

At present, there are not too obvious contradictions among the retainers, and they are still considered to be united.

In contrast, the group of foreign military generals can be said to be a mess.

The foreign military generals among the heroes of the Great Chu can be roughly divided into three categories: Xinzhou surrendered generals, Shuzhou surrendered generals, and active defectors.

Xinzhou has lost Ao Ge, and its power is not as good as before.

The biggest hero among the generals from Shuzhou is undoubtedly Lu Yi, but Lu Yi still has the identity of a Chu, so the other two generals from Shuzhou don't have much contact with him.

Among the foreign generals who took the initiative to defect to the Chu army, apart from Di Qiye, who was not close to anyone, the greatest hero was Yan Fagu, who had both sides.

But after Yan Fagu avenged his daughter, he was already in a state of wanting nothing. He even wanted to take the deputy position as a full-time job. He told Gu Lie that he wanted to take charge of the Qin Tianjian, expecting him to lead the foreign generals to fight for power. It's not as fast as going up by yourself.

So the current court situation is clear at first glance, but in fact it is somewhat unclear. How the ministers stand in line has to be observed slowly after the court opens.

Fortunately, there is enough time. After the king of Chu ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, everyone will move to the capital of Zhongzhou to officially open the capital of Chu.

The original plan was to temporarily live in the Yan Dynasty Palace, and then move there after the Zhongzhou Palace was completed, but Gu Lie thought that the channels for local and central documents and letters had not yet been established. Time, it is better to go directly to Chudu to find out.

In fact, Jiang Yang was worried that the Zhongzhou Imperial Palace hadn't been built yet, but since Gu Lie didn't care about these nonsense, the officials naturally followed suit.

When the cold spring gradually faded, Gu Lie ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the former imperial palace. His reign name was Chuchu, and his capital was Zhongzhou Shuntian Mansion.

Chu early April [-]rd.

The Golden Palace of the former imperial palace.

Gu Lie was wearing a dragon robe, with a hanging crown, and walked slowly amidst the sound of bells and zithers.

Di Qiye and Jiang Yang, one on the left and the other on the right, led the officials to kneel down to meet them, and greeted them in unison.

Di Qiye watched the man step up the golden steps and sit on the dragon chair.

He looked down on the world with arrogance, without anger and prestige. He was obviously the god-killing emperor of the Huofeng Chu people, but he looked like a dragon god carved out of ice.

"Flat body."

All the ministers shouted long live and kowtowed to thank them.

Jiang Yang read aloud the seal form to inform the heaven, earth, mountains, rivers and all peoples, and so far announced that the great Chu established the country.

The officials knelt down again, congratulating Long live, congratulating Da Chu.

Gu Lie decreed to set the year, set the capital, and give banquets.

The officials kneel down again, thank you.

That night, all the heroes drank and laughed together like a family. Some people cried when they thought of their colleagues who fought together but failed to make it to this peaceful day. Some people wept with joy, while others just drank wine in silence with a smile on their face.

After the banquet, the cups and dishes were messed up, and many of these generals and officials were drunk and shouted after the case.

Gu Lie's jug was filled with white water, and he watched all this soberly.

Gu Zhao had already asked his servants to take him back to the palace to sleep.

Di Qiye didn't know where he had gone.

Gu Lie shook his head and smiled, stood up, and told the servants to take good care of the drunk heroes, then, without letting the group of ceremonial servants follow, he walked slowly towards the Golden Palace.

He's going there to wait for someone.

This is probably called sitting on the sidelines and waiting for the rabbit.

It's still the golden palace, the full golden dragon chair, and the cold fluorite floor tiles.

The festive red carpet during the day has been removed, because Gu Lie has planned to burn down the place, so all things that are usable, useful, and valuable will be taken away.

Di Qiye listened to his discussion with Jiang Yang that day, and sighed not so positively: "You are really diligent and thrifty in managing your family."

Thinking back on it now, Gu Lie thinks it's not bad, it's much better than Di Qiye's comment of "who told you to be stingy" in his previous life.

The translucent dark purple fluorite under the sunlight is like a bottomless pool under the moonlight.

Gu Lie walked up the golden steps, sat on the dragon chair, and silently thought about the situation in the court.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the white crane finally waded in.

"Gu Lie."

This time, Gu Lie directly ordered a white robe for the Marquis of the Ding State, a simple and neat dress, embroidered with flowing clouds and dark patterns of gold thread, so as to save all officials from always participating in the non-compliance of the Marquis of the Ding State.

The first-grade Baihe Buzi is also suitable.

Gu Lie looked at this person who was made by himself from head to toe.

He was happy, but also hungry.

"Di Qiye."