Chapter 965 Granting Nine Tins

"Great joy! Xu Zhenbei sends Yuan Thief's body to Beijing!"

"A great victory in Youzhou, a great victory!"

A knight shouted loudly and rushed into the city of Luoyang on horseback. He shouted loudly all the way. All the people on the streets of Luoyang heard it and couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

"The general's rule has really brought peace to the world. Didn't Yuan Thief just confer his head on it?"

"When will the Cao thief be wiped out? The general's achievements will be comparable to those of Emperor Shizu!"

The carriage carrying Yuan Shao's coffin had already entered the Northern Army camp, and hundreds of cavalry escorted Liu Ye and others and rushed inside.

"General, please look, this is the body of Thief Yuan!" Guan Hai said to Liu Ye.

"Yuan Benchu, the fourth generation and the third prince, what a pity." Liu Ye looked at Yuan Shao's pale corpse and shook his head. After Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi accepted Chen Qun's suggestion, the entire Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were ruled by the nine-level Zhongzheng system for hundreds of years, which was the so-called clan politics.

Under the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, talents from aristocratic families can be rated as first or second grade, while even the most outstanding people from poor families are only ranked sixth or seventh grade, and are inherently inferior to others.

According to the luxurious lineup of the fourth and third sons of the Yuan family, they are one of the best even among the noble families, comparable to Wang Xie and other big families, but the curtain call came too early.

"Please ask your Majesty for an imperial edict and inform the world." Liu Ye waved his hand.

On that day, the emperor issued an edict: The Yuan family of Runan was originally a famous family. The traitor Yuan Shao invaded Hebei. He was born with martial arts. When the general came to the world, the king's army headed north, and the enemies fell.

In the palace, Guo Jia stood in front of the emperor Liu Xie and bowed.

"Your Majesty, Guo Jia, pays homage to your Majesty."

"Guo Qing is exempt from courtesy, what's the important thing?" Liu Xie said solemnly.

Today, Liu Xie is no longer the child who knew nothing. He has grown into an eighteen-year-old young man with a handsome face and a steady expression. At that time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and Dong Zhuo liked Liu Xie so much. The former wanted to remove his eldest son and make him the prince. The latter even deposed the emperor Liu Bian and made Liu Xie the emperor instead. Liu Xie's handsome appearance naturally improved. Quite a few effects.

Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia with a hint of dissatisfaction, because he was an accomplice of "thief Liu", but Liu Xie tried hard to hide this dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, there are two rebels from the Yuan family. First, Yuan Shu separatized Yangzhou and caused trouble in the area. Later, Yuan Shao occupied Hebei. The people were miserable. Thanks to the general, he eliminated the traitors. Please ask the emperor to give the general nine tins and make him a public servant. Demonstrate his great contribution to the country!" Guo Jia looked at Liu Xiandao.

"What?" Liu Xie frowned, not wanting to agree.

The so-called Jiuxi is not pronounced as xi, but as "Nine Gifts". Xi is the Chinese character for Tongci, and Tongci are nine kinds of ritual objects given to ministers by the emperor. Only the ministers who are most valued by the emperor can get Jiuxi.

However, Jiuxi has long since deteriorated. Generally speaking, a set of procedures that a minister must follow to usurp power is to grant Jiuxi - a title of Duke - a title of King - and abdication and enthronement.

For example, Cao Cao accepted Jiuxi and was named Wei Gong. Because of this incident, Xun Yu was very dissatisfied and disagreed with Cao Cao being granted the title of Duke of Wei. He believed that this was a precursor to Cao Cao's dethronement. Later, Cao Cao was named King of Wei, but he died before he could ascend the throne and become emperor, so his son Cao Pi completed the project.

The so-called Jiuxi refers to chariots and horses. Refers to the golden chariots and large chariots and the military chariots; the two black horses, namely eight black horses, indicate that the ministers are highly virtuous and respected. The second one is clothes, which refers to the robe of Gon Mian, plus a matching pair of red shoes, which means that the minister can calm the people. The third is Le County. The Zhou Dynasty paid attention to etiquette. The so-called etiquette and music combined music with Zhou etiquette to bring harmony to the people. It was also called "Lexuan".

The fourth is Zhuhu, which is the red painted door. As the saying goes, "the wine and meat of the Zhumen smell bad", in ancient times, the high-ranking officials and wealthy families used Zhumen. On the fifth day, there is Nabi. There are two ways to say this: one is that the emperor's level is specially cut when ascending to the palace, so that the climber does not reveal his body, which is similar to today's VIP channel. The second is a wooden staircase with a shorter height, so that the climb will not be too steep. It is awarded to ministers who can make contributions to the emperor. Liuyue Hu Ben, this is naturally easy to understand. It refers to the guard army of hundreds of Huben guards, usually three hundred people. For example, it is recorded in "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, The Benji of Taizu" that rewards To ministers who can eliminate evildoers.

Seventh refers to bows and arrows, among which Tong bow has hundreds of arrows and Xuan bow has thousands of arrows, which refer to special red and black special bows and arrows, specially given to ministers who can conquer injustice. The eighth day is the axe, which is very common. It can be held by the four generals who hold false festivals, hold festivals, and envoys hold festivals. They can kill generals in battle and intimidate their subordinates. Jiuyue 鬯, pronounced as jùchàng, refers to the fragrant wine used for sacrificial rituals. It is brewed from rare black millet and tulip grass, which is very rare.

Once Jiuxi is rewarded, it means that the minister's merits have reached the point where he cannot be promoted or rewarded. Otherwise, how could Jiuxi be given to him?

"It is indeed a great achievement to kill the Yuan family. You can confer the title of Grand Sima on the general and the title of ten thousand households. Jiuxi is not necessary, right?" Liu Xie said.

Guo Jia's tone remained unchanged and he insisted: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. The general has made such great contributions to the imperial court and the country, how can he not be rewarded heavily? If there is no reward for meritorious service, then the imperial court will have no prestige. How can your Majesty command the people?" "

Liu Xie frowned, looked at Guo Jia for a while, and said helplessly: "Well, in that case, let's make a decree to give Jiuxi to the general." He couldn't compete with Guo Jia, and now he was everywhere inside and outside the court. With Liu Ye's eyes and ears, he didn't even have anyone he wanted to talk to, so what else could he do?

The corner of Guo Jia's mouth raised slightly: "The emperor is wise and rewards ministers with meritorious service. In this way, the world's talented people will be greatly encouraged, and everyone will want to be used by the emperor."

"I hope so."

If you read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, you will find that in fact Guo Jia's status and role in Cao Wei's camp is far less than what is described in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Chen Shou believes that the three most important counselors in Cao Wei are Xun Yu, Xun You's uncle and nephew, and Poison The scholar Jia Xu therefore listed the three people in the same biography, while Guo Jia was listed in the same biography as Cheng Yu and others.

However, Cao Cao valued Guo Jia very highly. When Xi Zhicai died, Cao Cao was very depressed and asked Xun Yu who could make plans for him. Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia. Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately spent the whole night with Guo Jia. Talk, even after the defeat in the Battle of Chibi, he sighed: If Fengxiao was here, Gu would not be like this. Therefore, many people in later generations are lamenting, if Guo Jia was still there, would the outcome of the Battle of Chibi be different?

The reason why Cao Cao trusted Guo Jia was actually for another reason.