Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 548
Chapter 549: Imminent ascension
In the 28th year of Qianyuan, on the first day of the first lunar month, Yingzhuang, the king of Qin, proclaimed himself emperor in the Tai'a Hall of Chang'an, calling himself the nineteenth of Qin. The news spread to Wancheng. He was rejected by Deng Sheng once, but Cui Hao and the others were not discouraged, they asked for three times and resigned three times, and now it is the second time, as long as they come again, everything will fall into place.

"My son pays homage to my father!" Deng Hao saluted Deng Sheng in Jingtai Hall.

"Get up!" Deng Sheng nodded, and said, "How's it going outside these few days?" After rejecting the second persuasion from civil and military officials, Deng Sheng hid in Jingtai Hall without seeing anyone. The more this time, the more you have to keep silent.

"Returning to my father, since the second time I was persuaded to come in and was rejected by my father, the officials outside have been raging. Many officials have found my son, hoping that my son can speak to my father, but they were all politely rejected by my son. .” Deng Hao said.

"It seems that it won't be long before they will persuade you to come in for the third time, but this is all for later. Father came to you today to discuss something important with you." Deng Sheng said.

"I don't know what's going on?" Deng Hao asked puzzled.

Deng Sheng said: "Proclaiming the emperor is already imperative, but after proclaiming the emperor, according to the usual practice, it is necessary to enfeoff all the officials. It is not appropriate for me to discuss this kind of thing with the officials, so I can only ask you gone."

Deng Hao instantly understood that the most difficult thing is how to satisfy everyone, even if Deng Sheng asked the ministers for their opinions, they would not dare to speak casually, after all, it would be easy to offend people.

Deng Hao thought for a while and said, "Father, although Great Deng is already the most powerful country in the world, after all, it has not yet completed the unification. If you seal up all the officials at this time, when the world is unified in the future, someone will establish an immortal How should meritorious deeds be rewarded? However, being called the emperor is a happy event celebrated by the whole world. The officials tried their best to persuade them to advance, and they also hoped to be able to increase their ranks. The top ministers will be rewarded, and the rest will be rewarded slightly, and the rewards will be awarded after Zhao defeats Qin and the unification is completed?"

Deng Sheng carefully considered Deng Hao's proposal. As a minister, the most terrifying thing is that there is no reward. If the credit is so great that there is no room for reward, then the king will have to deal with it in the end. , Deng Sheng is unwilling to come to this step, so it is so embarrassing, but Deng Hao is right, it will not work without rewards. It was at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, and there were not many rewards in the past ten years. This time, it was said that if the emperor did not reward generously, it would definitely make the officials alienated.

"Hao'er, in fact, the father has an idea in his heart." Deng Sheng said: "The widow intends to formulate an eighteen-rank system and award it to the officials."

"Father, please show me!" Seeing that Deng Sheng had an idea, Deng Hao immediately expressed his willingness to listen.

Deng Sheng said: "These eighteen ranks have nothing to do with official positions, they only look at meritorious service. If meritorious service or ability is not enough for promotion, then ranks will be awarded to increase honors. In addition, you also know that there are actually many officials below who have sufficient abilities and abilities. The merit promotion is just because there are a lot of ministers in the DPRK who control the position, which makes it impossible to be promoted. If things go on like this, it is inevitable that there will be dissatisfaction in the heart, and the awarding of ranks can also appease a little."

Deng Hao nodded after hearing this. It is true that the officials and ministers of the Deng Kingdom have had some difficulties in being promoted in the past ten years. The main reason is that when they followed Deng Sheng, most of those ministers were young people. It was still at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was far from the point of abdicating. This has caused some capable officials to stay in one position for more than ten or twenty years, without a chance for promotion. It is normal to have some resentment in their hearts. Now Deng Sheng The introduction of the eighteen-rank system can also alleviate the dissatisfaction of the officials to a certain extent.

"Father, this strategy is very good. In this way, although the officials will not be able to get promoted for the time being, it will also let the officials know that the court has not forgotten them when they are promoted in rank," Deng Hao said.

"There is also the title!" His son agreed with his idea, so Deng Sheng let go of his heart, and then said: "After becoming the emperor, the titles of some ministers will definitely be promoted. Now my Da Deng's titles are divided into kingdoms Duke, County Duke, County Duke, Jun, Hou, Bo, Zi Qi, etc. After being called the emperor, the widow is above the Duke of the country, and the prince, county king, and Xun Wang are added, making a total of ten ranks, of which the prince and the county king are not Members of the royal family cannot be granted titles, but the honor of a king can be awarded to meritorious officials, and cannot be hereditary, unless it is the merits of establishing the country and expanding the territory."

"My father is as wise as the sea, and my son is not in a hurry!" Deng Hao sent the rainbow fart in time. Dukes, monarchs, marquises, earls, and viscounts have existed since ancient times. The honorary title is not bad, but the honored king has never been seen in ancient times, but once the honored king comes out, it can also solve the embarrassment of not being rewarded in the future to a certain extent.

"However, the specific list of rewards is still to be discussed. You should go back first!" Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Deng Hao knew that he could not participate in the following matters, so he stepped back consciously.

After Deng Hao left, Deng Sheng considered the list of rewards. It was obvious to Prince Yijue that other than his own sons, no one else could reach him. Even his half-brothers were at best one It’s just the title of the county king, and Deng Sheng doesn’t intend to confer the reward now, at least he has to wait until the unification is completed. I don't want a one-time reward.

Just when Deng Sheng was considering the issue of rewards, a piece of news from Jinyang, the capital of Zhao State, made Wancheng boil again.

In the 28th year of Qianyuan, on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, King Zhao proclaimed himself emperor in Jinyang. For a while, Wancheng became the most eye-catching place in the whole world. Everyone was waiting for the day when Deng Sheng became the emperor.

"Everyone, the time has come. Please follow me into the Jingtai Hall and respectfully invite the king to be called the emperor!" In the official office of Zhongshu Province, Cui Hao summoned the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, ready to persuade him to enter again.

A group of people, led by Cui Hao, came down to the Jingtai Hall. Seeing this, Gui Xiang hurriedly entered the hall to report to Deng Sheng. Deng Sheng raised his mouth and said, "Let them in!"

"I will pay my respects to your majesty! My king is Wannian!" A group of ministers knelt down in Jingtai Hall.

"Excuse me, why are you here?" Deng Sheng waved his hand and said.

However, everyone did not stand up as ordered, but continued to kneel on the ground, Cui Hao said loudly: "Go back to the king, I am here to respectfully invite the king to ascend the throne!"

"You don't need to say too much, didn't you say that? You have to be an emperor, and you can't be a person who has both ability and political integrity. I know that I don't have enough virtue, so I can't bear the responsibility. I must not be an emperor!" Deng Sheng said with a straight face on purpose. It is also the rhetoric he has always refused to persuade.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong!" Zhang Bin, who was beside Cui Hao, said, "In terms of talent, when Your Majesty ascended the throne, Deng Deng was still a small country. Weaker than anyone else, in terms of virtue, since the king came to the throne, he has repeatedly implemented benevolent government, benefited all people, and is deeply supported by all people. With such virtue and talent, how can he not be the emperor?"

"That's right!" Jiang Wan also said: "Now Qin Wang and Zhao Wang have successively called emperors. They are far inferior to the king in terms of talent and virtue. The war in the Central Plains is about to reignite. After the king becomes emperor, he will surely inspire the morale of the frontline troops. It will be of great benefit to the future wars, and I also ask the king to obey the sky and respond to the people, that is, the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, please obey the sky and respond to the people, that is, the emperor!" Jiang Wan's words fell, and the officials bowed their heads and said.

"This... you are making the widow unrighteous!" Deng Sheng pretended to be embarrassed and said, "well, if that's the case, then the widow will fulfill your wish today!"

"Your Majesty, wait for me!" Seeing that Deng Sheng let go, everyone quickly bowed and called Deng Sheng His Majesty.

Deng Sheng nodded with a smile, and said: "As for the ascension to the pole, the three provinces and six ministries will have full power to preside over it. However, the Central Plains will soon resume the war, so the matter of ascension to the pole must be kept simple. In addition, after ascending to the pole, Deng will enter a new era and need to change , the New Year's name will be drawn up by the Ministry of Rites for the widow to choose."

"Here!" Everyone responded.

When the news that Deng Sheng was about to ascend to the throne and be called the emperor came out, the whole country of Deng was in a state of turmoil. Before that, King Qin and King Zhao successively called themselves emperor, and the people of Deng country saw it and were anxious. If Deng Sheng refused to be called emperor, In the future, when facing people from other countries, Deng Guoren will be humble for no reason. This is unacceptable to Deng Guoren. After all, for decades, Deng Guoren has always been proud of being a member of Deng Guo. It is definitely unacceptable to be so big. Now that it is all right, Deng Sheng will also be called the emperor, and this problem will be solved at once.

A few days later, Cui Hao brought Chen Qun, Minister of Rites, to Jingtai Hall to meet Deng Sheng.

Chen Qun said: "My Majesty, the ministers have decided to hold the ascension ceremony on the second day of February. In addition, the governors and prefects from all over the country will go to Beijing to congratulate them in person, and the frontline generals in the Central Plains will also send envoys to congratulate them. In addition, on the first day of February On that day, Your Majesty needs to personally lead the clan, civil and military officials to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors of the past generations, and at the same time honor the titles of the ancestors of the past generations."

Deng Sheng nodded. Worshiping the Taimiao is a must. As the saying goes, one person attains the Tao, a chicken and a dog ascend to heaven, and Deng Sheng must be called the emperor. Of course, he must honor his ancestors. After all, although Deng Sheng is the greatest king in the history of the Deng Kingdom , but after all, he is not the founding king. There are eighteen kings before him. They all need to be chased one by one. It is not sloppy, and a temple name needs to be set, but not every king can have a temple name. , this is very strict.

"The honorary titles of the ancient kings were drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. They must be evaluated according to the merits and demerits of the ancient kings in their lifetime, and there should be no slight difference." Although Deng Sheng decided on the honorary titles of the ancient kings, the specifics still had to be drawn up by the Ministry of Rites. According to the rules since then, this Deng Sheng only has the right to choose.

"Here!" Chen Qun replied.

(End of this chapter)