"Your Majesty comes to the palace, and all the officials kneel to greet you."
The unique high-pitched voice of the eunuch came, and the emperor's arrival was announced loudly in the palace. Then all the ministers knelt down and saluted in tacit agreement: "See my emperor, your majesty will live forever."
"Everyone is safe." Liu Xie glanced at Li Xiang, who was standing there quietly with his eyes closed, and then said slowly.
Li Xiang has already had these privileges such as being able to praise and worship without fame, entering the court without following the rules, and going to the palace with swords and shoes. It's just that Li Xiang has never used it before. What other ministers should look like, that's what he should look like!
As long as you are strong enough, you can get any privileges. And when you are not strong enough, even if some privileges are given to you, you should be an honest person, and you have to be an honest person!
Although Li Xiang was already the number one prince in the world before, if all the princes in the world unite, he still has no confidence that he can fight against the whole world with the strength of one family. Therefore, he is far from being arrogant and domineering.
But today, Li Xiang did not bow down together like other courtiers. He paid homage to no one, entered the court without hesitation, and went to the palace with swords and shoes. He lacked none of these items today!
Moreover, it is not only Li Xiang who is abnormal in the court today, many people who should not be in this court are almost here now.
In addition to Meng Tian, the governor of Hezhou, other major governors such as Yue Fei, Su Lie, Bai Qi, Li Jing, and Xue Rengui had already gathered. Even deputy governors such as Chang Yuchun, Qin Qiong, and Wu Qi were also present at this time.
The chief and deputy governors of these states were all those who made contributions in this war. Li Xiang took this opportunity to gather them all back and reward them for their contributions. These people are currently the highest-ranking and most powerful generals under Li Xiang.
In addition to these people, there are also Zhuge Liang, Yu Qian and other generals who have made great achievements.
Although he has temporarily transferred these people back, he is not afraid of something happening. The Guandong princes and Liu Che have just been beaten back by him and will not send troops in a short time.
Moreover, even if these people are gone for the time being, there are still people like Li Mu, Huang Feihu, Li Keyong, Feng Yi, Lian Po and others who are responsible for the defense of each state on their behalf.
"Your Majesty, the Grand Master is sitting in the sky this time and is ordering the three armies to attack the north of Jing in the south, attack Liu Yu's rebels, drive Liu Xiu's rebels in the south, and then supervise Generals Bai and Su to attack Liu Che in the south, and supervise General Li Jing to attack in the east. Attacking the thieves in Guandong is a great achievement and cannot be denied. I hope Your Majesty will make a decision!" Guan Zhong stepped forward and spoke first.
"The merits of the Grand Master must not be unrewarded! Then I will give the Grand Master a hundred beauties, ten thousand taels of gold, and a title of food for a thousand households!" Liu Xie instinctively felt something bad, but at this time, he was no different from a puppet. That was all he could say.
Hearing this, whether it was Guan Zhong, other people in the hall, or even Li Xiang who closed his eyes and meditated, pretending to be wandering, they all sneered in their hearts.
Liu Xie's reward is no different from sending a beggar. It's really an iron rooster that never plucks its hair. No, it shouldn't be called an iron rooster. It should be called a sugar rooster. Not only does it not pluck its hair, but it also sticks to Li Xiang. After all, everything the little emperor uses now comes from Li Xiang, and even his queen was given to him by Li Xiang.
The maids, the gold, aren't they all Li Xiang's own after all, but in the end they have to be taken from Li Xiang himself, which is tantamount to using Li Xiang's things to reward Li Xiang!
As for the last food town, it's even more ridiculous. The entire territory controlled by the Jin army was conquered by Li Xiang, and it all belongs to Li Xiang. He doesn't need the little emperor to give it to him!
"Your Majesty, the grand master's effort in holding the great man to his knees should be greatly enhanced!" After Guan Zhong, Wang Meng came out suddenly.
"Jiuxi! Hiss!" These two short words, these two keywords, made many people in the court have other ideas.
The few remaining loyalists headed by Yang Biao felt as if the sky was falling at this time. They thought that Li Xiang could no longer contain his ambition. But, even if this is true, what can they do? With their current power, how can they stop it?
And more, almost 90% of the power in the court were promoted by Li Xiang. At this time, everyone became excited. Obviously, they were mistaken and thought that Li Xiang finally wanted to go further.
For civil and military officials like them, only Li Xiang can take a further step, and they, as ministers of Conglong, can follow suit and take a step further. As long as Li Xiang goes one step further, they can then legitimately become the founding generals of the country, gain promotions, and be named in history books. All these life pursuits can be realized.
Similarly, when these people saw other colleagues who were also suddenly enlightened, they couldn't help but secretly sigh that Wang Meng and Guan Zhong had done such a good job in keeping this secret. They didn't receive any news in advance, and they didn't Get any hint.
Wang Meng and Guan Zhong are Li Xiang's most trusted right-hand men. These two people are not only strong in ability, but what is even more valuable is that their abilities are comprehensive enough and can help Li Xiang deal with almost 99% of things. People like Liu Ji, Zhang Liang and others cannot compare with them in this regard.
Wang Meng was Li Xiang's first counselor and one of Li Xiang's earliest ministers. Although Guan Zhong did not join as early as Wang Meng, he had already joined after the princes challenged Dong. In total, he had also followed Li Xiang for nearly ten years.
"Jiuxi" refers to the nine kinds of utensils used in etiquette and honors given by the emperor to ministers who have made great achievements. It's just that this minister's contribution is too great. He has reached the highest level of promotion. If he is promoted again, the emperor will have to come down and let him go up. This is obviously not possible.
Therefore, under the premise that the official position cannot be promoted and the title cannot be promoted, using this kind of ceremonial utensil indicates that the status of this minister is higher than other civil and military officials. This is a symbol of honor.
Although "Nine Tins" has no practical significance, kings in history were unwilling to give this set of things to ministers, because most of the ministers who were given "Nine Tins" were not given by the emperor to be honest. The emperor gave it to him when he had no choice but to give it.
The person who gets the "Nine Tins" is usually a master with more power than the emperor, and is always thinking about getting rid of the emperor.
Especially since Wang Mang, Jiuxi has become a powerful minister to dethrone the emperor and hint at his own rise to power.
It is precisely because of this that when Wang Meng proposed adding nine tins, the atmosphere in the entire hall was suddenly ignited.
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