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Chapter 326: Different surnames are kings

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    Liu Anguo unfolded the edict, and his eyes were fixed on the contents of the edict. In an instant, the old Zongzheng's expression changed from curiousconfusedpuzzledand finally to shocked  

    "The late emperor's edict All ministers have accepted the decree" Liu Anguo's hands couldn't help but tremble. He swallowed his saliva and his voice became a little trance-like.

    Liu Jin, together with the kings and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, all bowed their heads and waited for Liu Anguo to read out the contents.  From the reaction of the old Zongzheng, everyone felt that this edict was unusual.

    "I am humble enough to protect my ancestral home. Work hard and be vigilant at night, as if I were wading through spring ice." Liu Anguo took a deep breath and read aloud with a majestic air.  The first sentence of this edict is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's self-narration. This sentence alone has a somewhat formulaic opening, which does not allow people to guess the content of the edict.

    Then Liu Anguo's voice continued: "Emperor Gao killed the white horse and established an alliance, and he could not be king unless he was the Liu family. However, times have changed, and the teachings of our ancestors should be discussed according to the times. Today's world is in chaos, and the world is so big, I don't know how big it is? The heroes of all countries,  A strong army with millions of people is better than the Han Dynasty. We should build thatched earth separately to defend our country and our home, and to be a solid rock forever."

    After these few words, everyone in the palace was shocked. There was no doubt that this was an edict that Liu Che planned to enthrone as a vassal king.  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first mentioned the White Horse Alliance, which made everyone subconsciously glance at Huo Guang.

    "It is my intention to establish the country of Anyang on the land of the four counties in Hexi. I will grant Huo Guang, the Marquis of Anyang, the title of King of Anyang. The King of Anyang will forever control the Western Regions from generation to generation and consolidate the gate of our country. It is appropriate to order a minister to choose a day, prepare a list of gifts, and the master will execute it." Liu  Anguo said in a hurry at the end.

    This was indeed the edict to canonize Huo Guang as king, and the entire hall fell silent.  If someone else read out such a posthumous edict, it would definitely be regarded as a fake edict, but Liu Anguo read it out in person, and no one doubts its authenticity.  For a while, most people didn't understand why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would violate his ancestral precepts after his death and grant the land of Hexi to Huo Guang to establish his country.

    After reading the edict, Liu Anguo folded the brocade, and then he felt the atmosphere in the hall. During the entire reading process, the old Zongzheng kept thinking about the edict in his mind.

    Liu Anguo did not doubt the authenticity of this edict, because it was handed over to him by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty himself, and the emperor at that time was also very sober.

    In fact, after the White Horse Alliance, kings with different surnames also appeared. It was during the years when Empress Lu was proclaimed that all Lus were made kings.  However, this period of history is not regarded as orthodox by the Liu family's descendants, and all the people conferred by Empress Lu are also regarded as false kings.  Now Liu Che changes his ancestral precepts with his last edict. In fact, this approach is in line with the clan etiquette, because now Liu Che's last edict can actually be regarded as the ancestral precepts. Huo Guang, the king of Anyang with a different surname, is very consistent with the legal principles and can be considered justifiable.

    "His Royal Highness King Anyang, please accept the edict!" Liu Anguo pushed the edict forward, and his voice fell on the ears of everyone in the hall.

    Everyone¡¯s eyes turned to Huo Guang. Some people were hesitant to speak, but some people seemed to have some understanding.  On the other hand, several of the kings named Liu showed the same expressions when they looked at Huo Guang.

    Huo Guang slowly stepped forward a few steps under the gaze of everyone. He bowed to the imperial edict in Liu Anguo's hand, and then raised his hands above his head.

    "Your Majesty, Huo Guang, accepts the order," Huo Guang shouted respectfully.

    Liu Anguo gently put the edict into Huo Guang's hands. When the edict was taken away, Liu Anguo's old and rich voice sounded again, but this time his voice was not so loud and grand, just like ordinary chatting.  The general said something.

    "Since King Anyang has accepted the order, prepare as soon as possiblethree days laterleave Chang'an with the other kings to join the country"

    "I will return to the country in three days" This sentence suddenly made everyone in the palace suddenly enlightened.

    It can be said that Huo Guang's position in Chang'an is very embarrassing today, and the real embarrassment is not Huo Guang himself, but Emperor Liu Jin and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.  Huo Guang was the late emperor's personally appointed auxiliary minister and the emperor's teacher. In the past year, all major affairs in the world were decided by Huo Guang, allowing him to take over all power.  And now that Liu Jin has ascended the throne, there is no way he can ask Huo Guang to hand over his power, let alone directly ask Huo Guang to leave.  As for whether Huo Guang will take the initiative to hand over his rights and whether he will leave Chang'an, no one knows.

    Even though there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Chang'an now, General Huo Guang still has more than 200,000 elite troops surrounding the Han Dynasty.  Such a general who holds great power internally and has powerful troops externally makes the entire Chang'an dignitary somewhat at a loss as to what to do.

    ??And the vassal king must return to the country, and he is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without permission. Every word and deed will be monitored by the people of the world.  If Huo Guang is named King of Anyang, he will no longer be able to stay in Chang'an.  Moreover, now that the war in the Han Dynasty has basically subsided, only the war between Hexi and Anxi remains. As long as Huo Guang returns to take charge of the overall situation, his 80,000 cavalry in the north will definitely return to Hexi. At that time, Huo Guang's Anyang Congress will continue to fight withThe Parthian army was depleted, while the Han court east of the Yellow River could develop and recuperate in peace.

    Although the Anyang Kingdom based on the four counties in Hexi was not small, it was still very large among all the feudal states.  But after all, it was just a vassal state. It was okay to separate the land west of Hexi, but it was far from enough to use it as a basis to dominate the world. Even if the entire Western Region was added, its foundation and potential were not enough to fight the entire Han Dynasty.

    "I accept the decree" Huo Guang accepted Liu Che's last edict.

    "Since it is the late emperor's last edict, then Anyang King is justified. I will also grant Anyang King Nine Tins and exempt Anyang King from the 'Spring Dynasty'." Liu Jin's mind suddenly changed. After Huo Guang received the edict, he also acknowledged the edict, and  He also symbolically added the gift of nine tins to Huo Guang, and exempted Huo Guang, King Anyang, from his "Spring Dynasty" obligations.

    Jiuxi refers to nine kinds of ritual utensils, including crown robes, chariots, axes and axes. These are usually used by the emperor. However, the kings of the Western Han Dynasty could also use crown robes and other objects, and their specifications were not different from those of the emperor.  Da, even if there is no reward like Liu Jin, Huo Guang can arrange it himself. Such rewards have only symbolic meaning.

    Huo Guang glanced at Liu Jin. He frowned slightly, his expression not very good, and then replied lightly: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"

    Liu Jin¡¯s real intention in exempting Huo Guang from his obligations in the spring court was that he didn¡¯t want to see Huo Guang again.  The kings were not allowed to live in Chang'an for a long time, which made Liu Jin very happy. Since he ascended the throne, he has become increasingly unwilling to see the teacher who single-handedly helped him to the throne of emperor.

    Only when Huo Guang was gone did Liu Jin feel that he was a real emperor and the master of this empire.  Whenever Liu Jin saw Huo Guang, he couldn't help but feel that he was just a puppet, and that his throne was more like a gift.

    "King Anyang and all the kings will return to the country in three days, so tonight I will host a banquet in Weiyang Palace to honor the kings. All your ministers, please come with us!" Liu Jin felt that his long-term depression had been relieved a lot.  , if you are in a good mood, you must practice it for the kings.

    "I would like to thank Your Majesty for the banquet!" All the kings bowed their hands and saluted, including Huo Guang.

    ??????????????? From today on, the Han Dynasty will lose a Great Sima General and gain an additional King Anyang.

    The practice banquet in Weiyang Palace was the first entertainment event in Chang'an after the burial of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.  It seemed that the emperor and the courtiers had been holding back for a long time. The atmosphere of this banquet was unusually relaxed and warm, and Huo Guang, the newly promoted King of Anyang of the Han Dynasty, seemed to be the protagonist of the night. Not only did the emperor toast, but also the kings and important ministers of the court.  He even toasted to Huo Guang without hesitation.

    It wasn¡¯t until the moon reached its zenith that the banquet in Weiyang Palace came to an end.

    "Your Majesty, take off" Huo Guang sat on his original chariot, but the soldier under the chariot shouted something strange to Huo Guang.  Only then did Huo Guang realize that the flag on his car and the accompanying honor guard had completely changed.

    The carriage drove slowly through the silent Chang'an Avenue. Huo Guang was no stranger to Chang'an Avenue at night. Even for more than a year, he often traveled between Wutai Palace and Anyang Marquis Mansion in the middle of the night.

    Every street here, and even every stone slab, is deeply imprinted in Huo Guang's mind.

    However Huo Guang found that when he walked down Chang'an Avenue again tonight, he felt strange here, as if he didn't belong here

    The car slowly stopped outside the gate of Anyang Hou Mansion. Huo Guang looked up out of habit and glanced at the plaque on the door of the mansion.  But when he looked up at this moment, he didn't see the plaque with the words Anyang Houfu engraved on it. There was only an empty door frame there.

    "You have wealth, what's going on?" Huo Guang didn't know whether he was drunk or in a daze. He looked at the doorframe with a dull expression and said.

    "Your Majesty, the King is prohibited from owning a private residence in Chang'an. The kings who come to Chang'an for court will have their residence arranged in advance by Da Honglu." Zhen Youcai replied respectfully from the side.

    Huo Guang glanced at Zhen Youcai strangely. Huo Guang was not used to it when his childhood friend suddenly called him "King".

    Every word and deed of the kings of the Han Dynasty will be closely monitored, and there is no private land in Chang'an. What they are afraid of is that these kings keep private slaves and hide their weapons.  However, considering Huo Guang's special situation, Su Wu did not arrange a new residence for him, but only removed the original Anyang Marquis Mansion plaque.

    Even now, the mansion where Huo Guang has lived for decades is no longer strictly Huo Guang¡¯s home. The mansion has become the property of the royal family again.

    King Anyang cannot have a palace in Chang'an, let alone a home. His home can only be in Anyang Kingdom, west of the Yellow River.

    Huo Guang nodded and walked straight into the mansion without saying anything.  He found that even though it was late at night, the entire mansion seemed extremely busy, and the servants and maids were busy collecting goods.After picking up things, she even looked around for the golden bottle, and took away all the things she felt necessary to take away. A large number of utensils were put into wooden boxes, and then carried away by the strong slaves.

    Huo Guang didn't pay attention to the moving matter. He might have been really drunk. He fell into a deep sleep when he returned to his room and slept until midnight.

    "Your Majesty, the Emperor has sent someone to convey the order. Since the King has not woken up, the person has been waiting and has not returned to the palace." Jin Ping in front of the dressing table was combing Huo Guang's hair while telling the waiter outside to convey the order.  .

    "What is the decree?" Huo Guang took a nap and almost forgot that he was no longer a general, but King Anyang.  He only reacted when he heard Jin Ping's name.

    "It is said that His Majesty invited the king to come to the palace for a brief talk, but he did not say anything specific." Jin Ping finally smoothed out Huo Guang's gray temples and said with satisfaction as he looked at Huo Guang's meticulous hair.

    Looking at his no longer young appearance in the bronze mirror, Huo Guang found that his gray hair was getting more and more. He turned his head to the bronze mirror and said, "Just tell me that I will go later."

    Huo Guang raised his chin slightly and smoothed his long beard. He called himself the king and seemed to have fully integrated into his new identity.

    "I obey the decree." Jin Ping Yingying bowed and said.  Overnight, the original Hou Mansion seemed to have completely changed, and even Jin Ping was no longer an ordinary concubine.

    The vassal kings of the Western Han Dynasty also had a harem system. The mothers of the kings were the queen mothers, and the wives of the kings were queens. There were also different levels of beauty, beloved, etc. below.  Huo Guang already has a wife, and the queen is naturally Li Yan who is far away in Hexi. After returning to the country, Jin Ping will also be officially canonized as the Golden Beauty.

    Half an hour later, Huo Guang arrived at Weiyang Palace.  But this time Liu Jin was not meeting Huo Guang in the dormitory hall or Xuanshi Hall, but in Tianlu Pavilion.

    Tianlu Pavilion can be regarded as the Royal Library Pavilion. As Huo Guang's disciple, Liu Jin met the teacher here, and he seemed to want to show that he respected Huo Guang as a teacher.

    Huo Guang looked up at the plaque with the three characters "Tianlu Pavilion" hanging on it. The waiter waiting at the door chanted: "King Anyang has arrived." Then he walked into Tianlu Pavilion.

    The main hall of the pavilion is extremely empty, with nothing else but a few desk tables and a few screens.  Huo Guang's steps were light, but he still made a creaking sound when he landed on the wooden floor.

    Huo Guang walked a few steps and saw Liu Jin behind the screen.  At this moment, Liu Jin was wearing regular clothes, and beside him sat Princess Jiangdu, who was dressed in a costume.  And a few feet away, there was another person sitting behind the plan.  Huo Guang had met this man several times, and he was the current Taishi Ling Deng Ping.

    "Your Majesty, Huo Guang, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor." Huo Guang slightly raised his hands and said. Apart from these three people, there was no one else in the Tianlu Pavilion at this moment.

    When Liu Jin and Liu Xijun saw Huo Guang salute, they both stood up. At the same time, they bowed slightly to Huo Guang and said, "I have met the teacher." The two of them had not called the word "teacher" for a long time.

    "I pay homage to His Highness Prince Anyang." Deng Ping stood up and bowed from a distance.

    "Taishi Ling is also here. It seems that the emperor wants to record today's events in the annals of history?" Huo Guang just nodded slightly to Deng Ping, then looked at Liu Jin and said with a half-smile.

    "Teacher will leave Chang'an to return home in the near future. In the future, he will not be able to listen to teacher's teachings all the time. Today, I am waiting here with my royal sister to ask teacher to teach my disciple another lesson!" Liu Jin looked at Huo Guang with a sincere face and finished speaking.  After saying these words, he solemnly bowed to Huo Guang.

    Liu Jin is already the emperor, and he should not treat Huo Guang with such a great gift, but Huo Guang still accepted his bow calmly, and then said calmly: "Since it is His Majesty's wish, I should obey it. After this, Your Majesty and  Eldest Princess, please do not use your teacher as a courtesy to your courtiers."

    Huo Guang¡¯s words were a bit euphemistic, but the meaning was very clear. Today they can still be master and apprentice, but after today, after leaving Tianlu Pavilion, the relationship between master and apprentice will be over!

    "Please teach me, teacher!" Liu Xijun bowed first and accepted Huo Guang's proposal.

    "Please take a seat." Huo Guang didn't say much, and sat behind the nearest table with a flick of his sleeves. He then gestured for the two of them to take a seat with his palms empty.

    Liu Jin and Liu Xijun sat across from Huo Guang. Deng Ping, who was far away, also quickly sat down. He picked up the brush that had been prepared on the desk.  Deng Ping didn't know what the emperor and King Anyang were talking about, but it would definitely be a major event that would affect the Han Dynasty for decades to come. As a historian, Deng Ping was extremely looking forward to such things.

    Because it¡¯s coming to an end, updates have been a bit slow lately.  The book should be finished this month
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