Chapter 549: Ascend to the extreme

On the 28th year of Qianyuan, on the first day of the first lunar month, King Yingzhuang of Qin called himself the emperor in the Tai'a Palace in Chang'an, and claimed to be the 19th generation of Qin. The news reached Wancheng. The civil and military officials led by Cui Hao once again persuaded Deng Sheng to advance, but they were rejected by Deng Sheng again. However, Cui Hao and others were not discouraged, and they asked for three requests and resigned. Now it has been the second time. As long as they do it again, everything will come naturally.

"My son pays homage to my father!" In Jingtai Hall, Deng Hao bowed to Deng Sheng.

"Get up!" Deng Sheng nodded and said, "How have you been outside these days?" Since rejecting the second persuasion of civil and military officials, Deng Sheng hid in Jingtai Hall and saw no one. The more this time, the more silent he had to remain.

"Return to my father, since he was rejected by his father for the second time, all the officials outside have become in a state of great emotion. Many officials have found my son, hoping that my son can make suggestions to my father, but they have all been rejected by my son." Deng Hao said.

"It seems that they will persuade you for the third time soon, but this is all a matter of later. Today, the father came to you to discuss with you." Deng Sheng said.

"I don't know what?" Deng Hao asked in confusion.

Deng Sheng said: "It is imperative to call the emperor, but after calling the emperor, you will be conferred great titles on the ministers according to convention. It is inappropriate for me to discuss this kind of thing with the ministers, so I can only find you."

Deng Hao instantly understood that it is the most difficult to satisfy everyone in the great clan. Even if Deng Sheng asked the ministers about their opinions, they would not dare to make any suggestions casually. After all, it is easy to offend people.

Deng Hao thought for a while and said, "Father, although Da Deng is the most powerful country in the world, he has not yet completed the unification. If he is enfeoffed at this time, then when the world is unified, how should someone make immortal contributions be rewarded? However, it is a happy event for the whole world to celebrate. The ministers tried their best to persuade him to advance, and he also hoped to be promoted. If it is not rewarded, it would not work. My son thought, can we select a group of ministers who have made the most contributions since the father ascended the throne to reward him. The rest will reward him after he destroys Zhao and defeats Qin, and then reward him after he completes the unification?"

Deng Sheng carefully considered Deng Hao's proposal. As a minister, the most terrifying thing is that the reward is unpaid. If the contribution is so great that there is no room for reward, then the emperor will have to be ruthless in the end. Deng Sheng was unwilling to go to this point, so he was so embarrassed. But Deng Hao was right, it would not be possible to not be rewarded. Since Deng Sheng ascended the throne, he has been enthroned by many ministers, most of whom were at the beginning of the throne. There have not been many rewards in the past decade. This time, if the emperor does not give a large reward, it will definitely make the ministers disloyal.

"Hao'er, actually my father has an idea in his mind." Deng Sheng said: "I plan to formulate an eighteenth rank system and grant it to the ministers."

"I'd like to ask my father to show me!" Deng Hao immediately expressed his attention when he saw that Deng Sheng had an idea.

Deng Sheng said: "These eighteenth ranks have nothing to do with official positions. They only look at merits. If merits or abilities are not enough to be promoted, then they will be awarded ranks and added honors. In addition, you also know that there are actually many officials below who have sufficient abilities and merits to be promoted, but because there are a group of ministers in the court that cannot be promoted. If this continues, you will inevitably feel dissatisfied, and the award of ranks can also be a little relieved."

Deng Hao nodded repeatedly after hearing this. The officials and ministers of Deng State had indeed had some difficulties in promotion over the past decade. The main reason was that when they followed Deng Sheng, most of the ministers were young people. Although they had been in the spring and autumn, they were still prosperous and far from abdicating and giving way to the wise. This led to some capable officials staying in one position for more than ten or twenty years. It was normal for them to feel resentment in their hearts. Now Deng Sheng introduced the 18th rank system to alleviate the dissatisfaction of all officials to a certain extent.

"Father, this policy is very good. In this way, although officials cannot be promoted for the time being, they can still let officials know that the court has not forgotten them." Deng Hao said.

"There are also titles!" I thought of getting my son's recognition, Deng Sheng let go of his heart and then said: "After he was called emperor, the titles of some ministers will be promoted. Now my great titles are divided into Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, Dukes, and Dukes. After he was called Emperor, I would add Princes, Princes, and Dukes, and the total number of Kings was ten. Among them, Princes, Princes, and Princes should not be granted the titles of Kings, and the titles of Kings could be awarded to meritorious officials, and should not be inherited. If they were to stabilize the country, they would not be awarded the contributions of expanding territory."

"The father is as wise as the sea, and the son is not in a hurry!" Deng Hao gave the rainbow fart in time, including the duke, lord, marquis, count, and viscount, in time, and the king's title is the title of the king of a country in the past, and it is not impossible to have the title of the king of the previous country. Only the title of the honor has never been seen, but the title of the honor can solve the embarrassment of being unrewarded in the future to a certain extent.

"However, I still have to discuss the specific reward list. You can go back first!" Deng Sheng said.

"Here!" Deng Hao knew that the following things were not something he could participate in, so he consciously stepped down.

After Deng Hao left, Deng Sheng considered the list of rewards. It was obvious that the prince's title was not enough except for his sons. Even his half-brothers were at best a title for a prince. Deng Sheng did not intend to reward him now, but at least he had to wait until the unification was completed before rewarding him. As for the Duke of the State, Deng Guo can get more, but Deng Sheng did not want to reward him at one time.

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

On the 18th year of Qianyuan, on the 18th day of the first lunar month, King Zhao proclaimed emperor in Jinyang. For a moment, Wancheng became the most eye-catching place in the world, and everyone was waiting for the day when Deng Sheng became emperor.

"Everyone, the time has come. Please follow me to enter Jingtai Hall and respectfully ask the king to be the emperor!" In the Secretariat's official office, Cui Hao summoned all the civil and military officials of the court and prepared to persuade him to go in again.

Leading Cui Hao, a group of people came to the outside of Jingtai Hall. Seeing this, Gui Xiang hurried into the hall to report to Deng Sheng. Deng Sheng raised his lips and said, "Let them come in!"

"I am here to pay homage to the king! I am a king for thousands of years!" A group of ministers knelt in Jingtai Hall.

"Don't give me a gift, what's the matter with you here?" Deng Sheng waved his hand and said.

However, everyone did not obey the orders, but continued to kneel on the ground. Cui Hao said loudly: "Go back to the king, I am here to invite the king to ascend the throne!"

"No need to say too much, didn't I say it? One emperor is not a person with both moral integrity and talent, and I know that I lack virtue and embarrass myself to a great responsibility. One emperor must not!" Deng Sheng said deliberately with a stern face, which was also his remark that he had always refused to persuade him to advance.

"The king is not weak!" Zhang Bin beside Cui Hao said: "In terms of talent, when the king ascended the throne, Da Deng was still a small country for a moment. Under the leadership of the king, he became the most powerful country in the world. With talent, the king is not weaker than anyone. In terms of virtue, since the king ascended the throne, he has repeatedly implemented benevolent policies, benefited the people, and was deeply supported by all people. How can he not be the emperor with such virtue and talent?"

"That's right!" Jiang Wan also said: "Now the King of Qin and King Zhao have successively called themselves emperors. They are far inferior to the King of Kings in terms of talent and virtue. The war in the Central Plains is about to rekindle. After the King of Kings is called emperor, they will definitely be able to boost the morale of the front line and will be of great benefit to the future war. I also ask the King to follow the heavens and respond to the people and become the emperor's throne!"

"Please follow the king and respond to the people and become the emperor!" As soon as Jiang Wan finished speaking, the ministers bowed their heads and said.

"This... you are trying to get me wronged!" Deng Sheng said in a difficult situation: "Well, since that's the case, I will fulfill your wish today!"

"I'm going to see Your Majesty!" Seeing that Deng Sheng had let go, everyone hurriedly bowed and called Deng Sheng the Majesty.

Deng Sheng nodded with a smile and said, "The matter of ascending the top is fully handed over to the three provinces and six ministries. However, the war in the Central Plains is about to rekindle, so the matter of ascending the top must be kept simple. In addition, after ascending the top, the Great Deng will enter a new era and need to change the era. The New Year's name will be drafted by the Ministry of Rites for everyone to choose."

"Here!" everyone responded.

The news that Deng Sheng was about to ascend to the top and became emperor was heard, and the entire Deng State suddenly became excited. Before the King of Qin and King Zhao successively called Emperors. Deng State saw it and was anxious in his heart. If Deng State refused to be emperor, in the future, Deng State would be humble for no reason when facing people from other countries. This was unacceptable to Deng State. After all, Deng State has always been proud of being a Deng State for decades. The gap is so big that it is definitely unacceptable. Now, Deng Sheng is going to be emperor, and this problem will be solved in an instant.

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

Chen Qun said: "I have reported to the king, and I have set a grand ceremony to hold the second day of the second month. In addition, the governors and prefects of various places will personally enter the capital to congratulate, and the generals on the front line of the Central Plains will also send envoys to congratulate. In addition, on the first day of the second month, the king needs to personally lead the royal family and civil and military officials to the Taimiao to worship the previous kings of all dynasties, and at the same time give honor to the previous kings of all dynasties."

Deng Sheng nodded. It is necessary to worship the Taimiao. As the saying goes, one person will attain enlightenment, and even if a chicken or a dog is ascended to heaven, Deng Sheng will be called emperor. Of course, he will have to be honored as his ancestors. After all, although Deng Sheng is the greatest king in the history of Deng State, he is not the founding king after all. There are eighteen kings in front of him. These are all posthumous posthumous one by one, and they cannot be careless. And the temple name needs to be set. However, not every former king can have the temple name, which is very rigorous.

"The title of the former kings of all dynasties was formulated by the Ministry of Rites, and must be evaluated based on the merits and demerits of the previous kings of all dynasties, and there must be no difference." Although the title of the former king was decided by Deng Sheng, the specific title of the Ministry of Rites was still formulated by the Ministry of Rites, which has always been the rule, and Deng Sheng only has the right to choose.
Chapter completed!