Unlike most Central Plains countries, the official positions of Chu State have local characteristics of Chu State in terms of their names.
Judging from the actual power held——
Although there are also high-ranking officials such as masters, state elders, Sanlu doctors, and Yuyin, these official positions basically do not hold much power.
Especially after entering the Warring States Period, rituals and music collapsed. The status of officials such as those in charge of sacrifices and regulating yin and yang became lower and lower, and many countries even no longer set up such official positions... The bureaucracy of various countries has been simplified and centralized, and basically There are only two modules left, 'military power' and 'regime'.
In the Chu State, military power was in the hands of 'Sima'.
Administrative power is in the hands of 'Ling Yin'.
For example, Zhaoju was the Ling Yin of Chu State.
And Qu Yuan once served as the "Sima" of Chu State - it is not difficult to imagine why Zhaoju and Qu Yuan were evenly matched for a time.
Now that Qu Yuan has stepped down, the post of Sima is temporarily vacant, and Qu Ping, the general of the Zhu Kingdom, takes charge of Sima's power.
This damn General Zhuguo is also the last "Qu Yuan's Party" who holds a high position in the court.
According to Zhaoju's idea - he originally wanted to support Zilan to come to power. After Zilan successfully fought the battle of Qichu Chuisha, Zhaoju wrote to the King of Chu to help Zilan ascend to the position of Sima, and completely kicked Qu Ping out of the court... It's a pity that Zilan is a waste!
Give him a chance, he will be useless!
It is said that after Xiong Wuliang was awarded the title of Marquis of Quyang, his title was unprecedentedly noble.
Now he has been given an important task by the King of Chu, serving as Zuo Yin and You Sima at the same time...
This 'Zuo Yin' and 'You Sima', as you can tell by their names, are the deputies of Ling Yin and Sima.
Translated, it is equivalent to Xiong Wuliang serving as America's Deputy Secretary of State and concurrently serving as Deputy Minister of Defense.
Zhaoju, on the other hand, lost the position of Zuo Yin held by his own son, as if an arm had been broken off...
I’m so angry! I’m so angry!
This time, it was all because of that bastard boy Zhao Kong who acted like a monster for a while, causing the powerful Grandpa Zhaoju to lose both face and face!
Zhaoju made up his mind to beat him again when he went back.
At this moment, what else can Zhaoju say? He could only bow, his face full of pain: "Old minister, I respectfully obey the king's orders."
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Zhaoju calmed his mind, glanced at the prince Mi Heng next to him, and felt a bad feeling in his heart.
I saw the old fox cupping his hands towards King Huai of Chu and praising him sincerely: "Old minister, congratulations to your Majesty for having a royal minister like Qu Yanghou!"
"For the sake of a small post official, he openly rushed into the old minister's mansion and argued with reason - Young Master Mi Liang really has the aura of a king! Even His Highness the Crown Prince is a little inferior!"
"Now in the entire Ying capital city, the hearts of the people are completely attached to the Marquis of Quyang!"
"I would like to congratulate the king for having such a strong and courageous royal minister who is not afraid of power! I would like to congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
As soon as these words came out, King Chu Huai was fine. He just patted his belly and smiled heartlessly: "Okay! What Old Ling Yin said is indeed true - Xiong Wuliang is worthy of being the son of the Chu royal family. Share the style!"
Zhaoju smiled slightly and glanced at the prince beside him unnoticeably.
King Chu Huai was a slow-witted idiot, but Prince Mi Heng was still a normal person.
Sure enough, Prince Miheng's nose wrinkled slightly, obviously not very satisfied with Zhaoju's words.
What do you mean by 'even His Royal Highness is a little inferior'?
Coupled with the fact that the King of Chu just praised Xiong Wuliang... it made Mi Heng even more unconvinced!
That Xiong Wuliang is indeed very strong, I admit that.
But I, Mi Heng, am the commander-in-chief of the three armies in this war, and I am both civil and military, so I am not bad at all, right?
Why do everyone praise him but not me?
Zhaoju observed the changes in Mi Heng's expression and couldn't help but smile secretly and sinisterly——
King Huai of Chu was too slow to pry open the gap. It doesn't matter, then I'll take a roundabout way and start with the prince!
I heard that Prince Mi Heng and Xiong Wuliang have a very good relationship. One or two sentences should not have much effect... But these two are of the same age, so they are inevitably young and energetic. If I praise Xiong Wuliang in front of the prince all day long, no matter how intentional Unintentionally belittling the prince...
Then the prince will definitely be unconvinced! If things go on like this, they will also develop a suspicion towards Xiong Wuliang——
It's like a certain classmate next to you is very good at studying, so the teacher also praises him, your parents also praise him, and everyone around him praises him and calls him like a flower. At the same time, he keeps belittling you with his words, saying that you are not as good as him here and not as good as him there...
This kind of bullshit approach is enough to make you take the initiative to learn from 'other people's children' - but it is very effective in making you hate 'other people's children'.
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The Marquis Ceremony was held as scheduled.
As the first powerful marquis in the history of Chu State, Xiong Wuliang’s Marquis Ceremony was unambiguous in the slightest!
Especially since his father, Xiong Wei, died in the Battle of Danyang indiscriminately fought by King Chu Huai, King Chu Huai seized the opportunity this time and tried various ways to compensate Xiong Wuliang——
The King of Chu even waved his hand and sent out the imperial guards as a guard of honor for the ceremony!
"In the Muqing Temple, Su Yong appeared. He helped the monks and upheld the virtues of literature..." The official holding the ancient scroll burst out a series of long and elusive words from his mouth...
Xiong Wuliang rode a bronze chariot and climbed onto the sacrificial platform in front of hundreds of officials.
At this time, Xiong Wuliang had been eating vegetarian food for three days in a row, and his eyes were glowing green... He saw the plump, juicy cubes of meat in the huge lacquer plate used to worship heaven and ghosts...
I almost didn't walk down the road.
In front of the 'angel' sent by the Emperor of Zhou, King Chu Huai stood up with his fat body and personally presided over the ceremony of ennobling Xiong Wuliang, demonstrating his favor towards the latter to the extreme.
So much so that all the civil and military officials looked at each other, deeply feeling the great favor of Xiong Wuliang.
Finally, the bronze seal of "Quyangjun" on Xiong Wuliang's waist was replaced by the Quyanghou seal; the Jun flag, which symbolized status, was also replaced by the Hou flag.
Great Chu Quyang Houliang!
In the high-spirited and long-lasting bell music, the ceremony ended successfully. Prince Mi Heng came to Xiong Wuliang with a mixture of joy and jealousy in his eyes——
"Brother Wang, congratulations!" Mi Heng's mood was very complicated.
He was both happy and relieved for Xiong Wuliang, but also a little bit unconvinced.
Zhaoju and all the court officials, maybe they took the wrong medicine, but now they are all saying in unison that the prince is not as good as Quyang Hou Miliang... I have to prove myself sooner or later!
Prove that you are no worse than Xiong Wuliang!
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After the Marquis Ceremony, Xiong Wuliang officially became the top nobleman of the Great Chu State, Quyang Marquis.
From the king to the marquis, a qualitative leap was completed.
Not only did he gain face, Xiong Wuliang also gained some credibility during his trip - Zuo Yin and You Sima were both prominent officials with real power.
Of course, for Xiong Wuliang, these two official positions are just empty duties now - Zhaoju can't let Xiong Wuliang really go to Ling Yin's house to serve as his deputy and take away his power; there is no war now, Qu Ping There is no need for Xiong Wuliang to contribute there.
Xiong Wuliang and everyone returned to the fiefdom and went straight back to the 'Quyanghou Mansion' where the plaque had been replaced.
The house was full of joy, so there was no need to talk about it.
"Marquis Quyang, you made me wait so hard——"
Xiong Wuliang took a closer look and saw a familiar figure in the house...
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