The Han Dynasty implemented a county-state system. The counties were directly under the jurisdiction of the court. The highest administrator was the county governor, also known as the prefect.

The land occupied by the enfeoffed kings was called a country, such as Chen Kingdom, Zhongshan Kingdom, etc. In the early days, these kings still had real power, and their political power was basically the same as that of the central government. Except for the Taifu and the prime minister who were appointed by the central government, since the censor

Officials at all levels below the doctor were appointed by the princes and kings themselves. The princes and kings also had certain military power, financial power, governance power, etc. After the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out in the Western Han Dynasty, the branches and counties of the princes and kingdoms were gradually reduced, and the privileges of the princes and kings were taken away.

Its status was downgraded and it became the same first-level administrative division as the county.

Since then, the princes have gradually been reduced to mere tools waiting to die. The real power lies with the prime minister appointed by the imperial court. Liu Bei has served as the prime minister of Pingyuan, as has Kong Rong and Kong Beihai.

Therefore, Li Qi's appointment of Sun Quan as King of Wu was actually of this nature.

However, Li Qi left a transition period for Sun Quan, that is, the position of Prime Minister could be appointed by Sun Quan himself. However, after the death of this Prime Minister, the court would have to appoint him; in terms of military power, Li Qi also gave Sun Quan a certain degree of autonomy.

, but there are restrictions on the number of troops, that is, the total number of troops in the three counties of Wu, Danyang, and Kuaiji must not exceed one hundred thousand. Therefore, colleagues in the imperial court affectionately called Sun Quan "Sun Shiwan".

In fact, how could Sun Quan organize 100,000 soldiers and horses, so the transitional conditions given by Li Qi were actually very loose, and basically did not restrict his personnel and military power, but only allowed him to accept the rule of the Tang Dynasty in name.

If done too hastily, it may be counterproductive.

But what did our King Wu of the Tang Dynasty think about?

What he wanted was to be on an equal footing with Li Qi, but as soon as Li Qi founded the country, this was like a dream, shattered by the wind.

However, Sun Quan is a man who knows how to be patient. Whether it is King Wu of Wei or King Wu of Tang, as long as he still has the power to govern the three counties in Jiangdong, he still has the opportunity to work hard. Maybe Li Qi's son does not have his own

How awesome is your son?

Speaking of his eldest son, Sun Deng, Sun Quan was still very proud. Although Sun Deng was only ten years old, he was courteous and eager to learn, and was very well-mannered in his dealings with others. Sun Quan ordered Jiangdong veteran Zhang Zhao to personally teach him historical knowledge, and his future was boundless.

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On the other hand, Li Qi was away fighting for many years and had very little time to accompany his eldest son Li Wei. Moreover, Li Qi was not good at understanding people and making good use of them, so he asked Jia Xu, half of his body to be buried in the ground, to teach Li Wei. Jia Xu was just a Xiaolian from Bianchui County.

Although he was not from a famous family, he had no achievements worth bragging about. However, he tricked the Han Emperor during the Li Guo Rebellion. Later, he wandered among the Xiliang thieves and bandits. He surrendered to Cao Cao along with Zhang Xiu and was captured by Li Qi.

Come here. What can such a person teach children?

Such a comparison shows that Sun Quan has high hopes for Sun Deng.

If the father is not good enough, the son will take care of him. This seems to be the parenting tradition of Chinese civilization.

Therefore, Sun Quan did not break his face and refuse the ribbon seal of King Wu of the Tang Dynasty.

However, Cao Pi was not so calm.

I, Cao Pi, was the orthodox official in the Zen position of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty. Who are you, Li Qi, to dare to be equal to me?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. With a wave of his hand, Cao Pi overturned the table to the ground.

Rather than saying he was angry, it was better to say he was scared.

Now everyone is equal in terms of political status, and the slogan for suppressing thieves has become "The public is right when the public talks, and the mother-in-law is right when the mother-in-law talks about the mother-in-law." Although Li Qi no longer talked about helping the Han Dynasty, he did talk about avenging the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, Li Qi's founding of the country made Li Jun...oh no, it seems that he should change his name to Tang Jun now, which greatly boosted the morale of the Tang army's generals.

An adviser suggested: "Li Qi heard that Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was dead, so he founded the country and paid homage to him. Your Majesty, why not send Liu Xie, Duke of Shanyang, back to Xudu, otherwise he will cause chaos."

Cao Pi sneered and said: "That's ridiculous! So what if Li Qi returns the throne to Liu Xie? At that time, all the people in the world will attack me, Cao Wei. After that, he will evade the emperor and let his son usurp the throne. Wouldn't it be wrong?

Is it logical?"

Conquer the world in the name of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time evade the rights of the Emperor, allowing the next generation to usurp the throne. People with the surname Cao should not be too familiar with this operation.

Of course, Liu Xie is also very familiar with it.

So even if Li Qi is willing, Liu Xie is not willing - it is already very shameful to be the king of subjugation, but you want me to be the king of subjugation twice?

Cao Pi could only think about how to defeat Li Qi militarily, but it seemed difficult.

If Cao Cao is still here, there is still a glimmer of hope.

But how did such an awesome person like Cao Cao lose Guanzhong step by step?

Cao Pi often thought about it, thinking that Cao Cao underestimated or even completely ignored Li Qi from the beginning.

After Cao Cao took the emperor to command the princes, his number one enemy was Yuan Shao. There was no problem. If Yuan Shao was not destroyed, Cao Cao would not dare to go south at all.

However, after destroying Yuan Shao, Cao Cao set his sights on Liu Bei, who was still in his infancy. At this time, Li Qi sent troops from Xichuan and began to sneak attack on the four counties of Jingnan, gradually strengthening his power, and even taking advantage of the opportunity.

After the Battle of Chibi, Jingzhou was swept across. This time point was chosen very well, and Cao Pi even suspected that Li Qi had predicted that Cao Cao would suffer a defeat at Chibi.

I still remember that when Guo Jia was dying, he reminded Cao Cao that Li Qi must be destroyed first. Cao Cao thought about it and decided to adopt it. However, Liu Biao died suddenly of illness, which made Cao Cao change his mind. Because Cao Cao believed that it would be very difficult to capture Jingzhou while Liu Biao was newly dead.

It is possible that Liu Bei will get the better of him first. Compared with Liu Bei and Li Qi, Cao Cao believes that Liu Bei will be more troublesome after getting Jingzhou. After all, "the only heroes in the world are the emperor and Cao". Therefore, Cao Cao did not listen to Guo Jia's last suggestion and use

Li Qi sat up.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi sighed: "If Fengxiao was here, why would I do this?"

But Cao Pi was not Liu Chan after all. The country was in danger, and what he could think of was definitely not surrender.

Now that Cao Ren and Zhang He have led their troops to block Sun Quan's further encroachment in Xuzhou, the Guandu battlefield will become an important turning point for Cao Pi and Li Qi.

Cao Pi decided to go on a personal expedition again. He didn't think he was very good at fighting, but what he needed now was to boost the morale of the entire army.

In the spring of 219 AD, the snow in the north had not completely melted, and the shallow grass emerging from the ground had just covered the horses' hooves.

Cao Pi gathered together all the generals in Hebei who were capable of recruiting and good at fighting. Xia Houyuan, Cao Zhen, Guo Huai, etc. were among them, and rushed to Guandu with 100,000 troops.

Li Qi also accepted the decisive battle with Cao Wei in Guandu, leaving Zhuge Liang to supervise the country. With Pang Tong and Fazheng as military advisors, Guan Yu as the vanguard, he led Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Pang De, Gan Ning and other 70,000 troops to Guandu to meet the enemy.

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A new round of the Battle of Guandu is about to begin. This will be the battle that determines the fate of the Tang Dynasty and the Wei Dynasty. Li Qi must participate.

Ren Xu took his son and daughter and said goodbye to Li Qi, saying: "I hope this is my husband... Your Majesty, your last expedition. After this battle, the world will be peaceful and everyone will live and work in peace and contentment."

Li Qi smiled and said: "The queen cares about the common people, which is a blessing to all people."

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