Chapter 33 5. Take the throne

Became the Duke of Wei who was above the princes and kings of the Liu family, and his daughter became the queen, and also enjoyed the super standard treatment of "praise and worship without name" and "Jiuxi". Cao Cao's status has long been inexorable. , these seem to have peaked. The possibility of becoming emperor himself has been vetoed by Cao Cao himself. Since the release of "Rangxian Self-Ming Benzhi Order", most people believe that there will be no change of dynasty in Cao Cao's hands. However, in April of the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216), Cao Cao's Duke Wei took another step forward, offering the emperor an edict, and enfeoffing Cao Cao's title as King Wei. When "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" recorded this incident, it used an intriguing sentence: "In the summer and April of the 21st year, Cao Cao Zijin became the king of Wei." "Zijin" means self-proclaimed, which is illegal.This is really superfluous. Everyone knows that neither the prime minister nor the Duke of Wei and the king of Wei are out of the emperor's original intention. However, to add a piece of history books to disgust Cao Cao is also a sigh of relief for the historians of the Han Dynasty school. .

Emperor Xian issued an imperial edict as usual, four-fifths of the edict is nonsense, but there are a few sentences at the end that are quite important: "Now Jinjun is the king of Wei, and the envoy Chijie Xing Yushi doctor, Zongzheng Liu Ai Fengce Xixuantu Society, with white grass, golden tiger talisman from the first to fifth, and bamboo envoy talisman from the first to ten. The king is the king, and the prime minister leads Jizhou Mu as before." From this passage, we know that the envoy sent by Emperor Xian to Ye County was Yushi Dafu, Zongzheng Liu Ai, who was also a relative of the Liu family, and he was the envoy, which increased the legitimacy of the canonization.Liu Ai brought not only the imperial edict, but also two important gifts, namely the golden tiger talisman and the bamboo emissary talisman.

Mobilizing the army has always been a major event, and there must be a token issued by the emperor, otherwise it is treason.The keepsakes used for troop deployment in the Han Dynasty generally included tiger talismans, festivals, feather calls, edicts, etc. Among them, the most solemn ones were tiger talismans, which were made of copper or gold. The golden tiger talismans sent this time were made of gold. pieces.The bamboo talisman is similar to the tiger talisman, the difference is that it is made of bamboo.According to Ying Wei's records, it is shaped like an arrow, each five inches long, with the words "one, two, three, four, five" written on it in seal script. The lack is unknown today.Presumably, it may have something to do with the scale of troop deployment. Small-scale troop deployments use bamboo talismans, while larger-scale troop deployments use tiger talismans.

No cultural relics have been unearthed from the Bamboo Envoy Talisman, but the Golden Tiger Talisman has been unearthed in Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province, which allows us to intuitively understand the appearance of this mysterious thing.It is small in size, only more than two centimeters high and less than five centimeters long. It is in the shape of a crouching tiger. It is divided into two parts in the middle. One half is in the hands of the emperor, and the other half is in the hands of the generals leading the troops. Can things be fully closed. Emperor Xian issued these two things to Cao Cao because Cao Cao, as the king of Wei, also has the power to deploy troops in name, that is, the state of Wei has independent military power.This is above the princes and kings of the Liu family. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, the Liu family no longer controlled the army.

Of course, now even the Han court does not actually control any troops. It is unlikely that Cao Cao would go to Xu County to apply for tiger charms every time he transfers troops. Just a symbolic meaning. Another message conveyed by this edict is that after Cao Cao became the king of Wei, the two positions of prime minister and Jizhou Mu remained unchanged, so that Cao Cao had three sets of teams running at the same time: Wei Wangfu, prime minister's mansion and Jizhou prefecture government. These three teams are very important. Now Cao Cao has no shortage of positions, only talents. Let’s talk about Wei Wang’s Mansion first. It was directly transformed from Wei Gong’s Mansion. However, after Wei Wang’s Mansion was upgraded, its internal institutions continued to increase, and its personnel also increased significantly, becoming the most important department in Cao Cao’s control of power.

As mentioned earlier, when Cao Cao was appointed Duke of Wei, he began to set up Shangshu, Shizhong and Liuqing. Perhaps because it was a principality, he did not set up Jiuqing like the Han court, but only Liuqing.Which of the six ministers is currently unknown. Zhao Yiqing of the Qing Dynasty believes that compared with the Han Dynasty, there are no Tingweiqing, Zongzhengqing, and Shaofuqing among the six ministers. There should be Taichangqing, Guanglu Xunqing, and Weiwei. , Tai Puqing, Dahongluqing, and Dasinongqing are all equivalent to the ministers of the government of the Principality of Wei.

However, judging from the historical records, Wei Gongguo once had ministerial-level officials such as Lang Zhongling, Lieutenant, and Dali, which were not among the nine ministers. Yuan Huan, Guoyuan, Zhong Yao and others served as ministerial officials of the Duke of Wei respectively. The above-mentioned people, together with Xun You, Liang Mao, Mao, Cui Yan, Du Xi, He Qia, Wang Can and others who worked at the Shangshutai of the Duke of Wei, formed a strong working team. The institution is just a decoration, and it has an important function. After the Duke of Wei was upgraded to the Kingdom of Wei, the Six Ministers were increased to the Nine Ministers, and Zhong Yao was appointed as the Prime Minister. Similar to the Prime Minister, the offices under the Kingdom of Wei were further strengthened.At this time, the Kingdom of Wei covered at least ten counties in the north, and the task of administrative management alone was very heavy. Judging from the staffing of the agencies under the Kingdom of Wei, Cao Cao not only let them manage the Kingdom of Wei, but also put the entire "Cao Tong District" in charge. " are included in the scope of management.

As a result, the functions of the Kingdom of Wei and the Prime Minister's Office overlapped.Judging from the fact that a large number of personnel from the former prime minister's mansion had been transferred to Wei Wang's mansion, the size of the prime minister's mansion was shrinking at this time, but the military-related departments were not weakened but strengthened. The Wei Palace and the Prime Minister’s Office gradually clarified their scope of functions. The Wei Palace focused on administrative management, including royal affairs, while the Prime Minister’s Office focused on military affairs, including the selection and appointment of army generals, army mobilization, military logistics, strategic planning, and campaign staff. .

As for the state government of Jizhou, it is mainly positioned to manage the affairs of Jizhou. After the abolition of Youzhou and Bingzhou, the jurisdiction of Jizhou has more than doubled, and its population and strength rank first in Kyushu.To manage such a large state, the staff must have been strengthened. During this period of time, the major adjustment of administrative divisions and the establishment of Duke Wei's Mansion and King Wei's Mansion required a large number of talents.There has been a large flow of talents in the Cao Wei camp. The shortage of talents is a very important problem. ), and in the 22nd year of Jian'an (216), Cao Cao promulgated the "Talent Seeking Order" twice successively to recruit talents extensively, known as the "Three Orders of Seeking Talents" in history.

After the completion of the "Tongque Three Terraces", the large-scale urban construction of Ye County has come to an end, and what is now presented to the world is a newer and more spectacular metropolis than a few years ago. According to the records in historical books such as "Shui Jing Zhu", "Wei Du Fu", "Ye Zhong Ji" and "Ye Du Palace Records" compiled by the Song Dynasty, we can roughly outline the names and specific locations of the palaces and government offices in the city: An east-west street is divided into two parts. The palaces and government offices are concentrated on the north side. The main hall of the palace is called Wenchang Hall, which is the place where major events and ceremonies are held in the state of Wei. Cao Cao, the king of Wei, mostly handles his daily affairs not far from the right side. The Hall of Listening to Government.Outside the gate of Tingzheng Hall is a long corridor, on which there are Tingzheng Gate, Shengxian Gate, Xuanming Gate, Xianyang Gate, Sima Gate and so on.

In front of the Tingzheng Hall, there are Shangshutai and various institutions under the Prime Minister's Mansion, which belong to confidential departments, and then outwards, until the north side of Dongxi Street, there are some offices such as Jiuqing under the Prince Wei's Mansion.Tongque Terrace is located in the northwest corner of Ye County, and the corresponding area in the east of the city is a place called "Qili". It is quite convenient if you work in the above departments and live in Qili on the north and south sides of Qili. Compared with the deserted scene in Xu County, which is thousands of miles away, Ye County is full of vitality. When Cao Cao became the Queen of Wei, Wuhuan Shanyu Pufulu led the princes under him, and the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu Huchuquan led the kings under him. They came to Ye County to congratulate them one after another. Cao Cao, the king of Wei, treated each other with courtesy , and finally left Huchuquan to live in Ye County for a long time, and asked his Youxian King to go back to the country to preside over the work (the Xiongnu Nandan Yu Huchuquan named him the king and treated him as a guest, so he stayed in Wei and sent Youxian The king went to humble his country).