The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 652 General

When Cao Mao looked at Sun Hao, Sun Hao could only kowtow to him.

Cao Mao laughed and pointed to the distance, saying, "I have built a mansion for you in Luoyang, and have been waiting for you to move in for a long time."

Sun Hao raised his head and looked at Cao Mao, who was smiling in front of him, and saw the mocking attitude of everyone looking at him, and he immediately felt a little angry.

"I have also built a similar mansion in the Southern Kingdom, waiting for Your Majesty!"

When Cao Mao heard this, he burst into laughter.

"Yes, when I go on an inspection tour to the south in the future, I will definitely go and take a look!"

After hearing Cao Mao's words, several generals who were originally a little angry also laughed. Sun Hao's face turned red, but he didn't dare to say anything.

Cao Mao ignored Sun Hao and asked the three generals to follow him to pay a visit to the empress dowager and meet with many royal family members. Finally, he ordered the three generals to ride in the same carriage with him to the palace.

When everyone arrived at the Taiji Hall, Cao Mao sat in the upper seat, the three generals sat on his left, and the other ministers took their seats in an orderly manner.

Cao Mao looked to the right.

Sitting here are Liu Chan, Huo Qubing, Sha Mohan and other four people.

Sun Hao was once again pushed out to surrender to Cao Mao, and this time it was a formal surrender. Sun Hao recounted the fact that the virtue of the world was in Wei, and talked about his lack of talent and strategy, and the mistakes he had made, and even wanted to go against the will of heaven. Now he understood right from wrong, and was willing to become a minister of Wei and lead Wu to surrender.

Cao Mao then ordered the pardon of Sun Hao's past crimes against him, appointed Sun Hao as Guiming Hou, and pardoned the rest of the Wu royal family, allowing them to become subjects of the Wei Dynasty and hold official positions.

Liu Chan looked at the familiar scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

But when he heard that Sun Hao had just been granted the title of Guiming Hou, he was secretly delighted. Fortunately, I surrendered early and became a Duke. But this guy couldn't even become a Duke, but only became a Marquis!

Sun Hao had no objection to his enthronement.

After becoming emperor, Sun Hao no longer attached so much importance to the title. He had already lost, so why would he still want to seek a high title under the other party?
Sun Hao also sat next to Liu Chan, Huochequan and others.

When he took his seat, even Cao Mao could not suppress the curled corners of his mouth.

The world is divided into three parts, and will eventually belong to me.

From now on, there will no longer be any Wei State, only one Wei Dynasty.

Just thinking about it made Cao Mao feel very excited.

Cao Mao said to his ministers, "If Wu surrenders, the world will be unified. I will hold a sacrifice to inform our ancestors of the great event of the unification of the world. I will also spread the word to the local areas so that the whole world can celebrate together."

Wang Chang stood up and said, "Someone in Yanzhou said that there are more and more elderly people in the area, and there are already more than a hundred people over the age of seventy."

"This is because the heavens have sent down nectar, which has granted longevity to the elders here."

"I have heard that when peace reigns, sweet dew falls, as condensed as fat and as sweet as joy, prolonging life! This is Heaven's sign for Your Majesty's unification!"

"As the prince said, after the prosperous era comes the peaceful era. Today, the world is unified, the country is prosperous, and the Great Wei will surely last forever. Therefore, the sweet dew from heaven nourishes the world! I hope Your Majesty will change the name of the era to Ganlu to conform to the laws of the operation of heaven and earth!"

The ministers requested to change the era name more than once. When the Shu Kingdom was destroyed, they wanted to change the era name, but were suppressed by Cao Mao.

Now, they want to change the era name again.

The Ganlu Year sounds a bit unlucky.

But Cao Mao did not object anymore. He nodded and agreed to Wang Chang.

Just as the ministers were about to report other matters, Cao Mao turned to Guanqiu Jian and the others and said, "We can discuss the rest later, but the three generals have made an invaluable contribution to my victory over the enemy!"

"We should first reward the meritorious soldiers, and then deal with the rest."

All the ministers immediately agreed and dared not say anything more.

Hu Zun couldn't help licking his lips, feeling a little nervous.

Finally, the time has come for this reward.

Cao Mao looked at the three generals in front of him.

Wenqin can skip this for now.

Although Wen Qin has made great contributions this time, he has just been promoted once, so it is not easy to promote him further. He can be awarded a title first, and then when he accumulates other merits, he can be promoted to the ranks of the three generals.

The only ones to be formally promoted were Hu Zun and Guanqiu Jian.

Hu Zun has made many contributions over the years. In addition, in this war to annihilate the country, he formulated strategies and coordinated the overall situation. There is no need to say much about Guanqiu Jian, who destroyed Wu alone.

Cao Mao narrowed his eyes and had already made up his mind about the reward.

"General Hu Zun of the Cavalry has made outstanding contributions and is deeply loved by me. During this campaign to pacify the State of Wu, he led the generals and deployed them effectively, engaging the Wu army and achieving unparalleled feats."

Hearing Cao Mao's words, all the ministers couldn't help but stick their heads out.

Everyone was actually guessing who would take the position of the general.

Guanqiu Jian was more favored by the emperor and had made the greatest contribution this time, while Hu Zun also had considerable experience and military achievements, but he was a recent surrenderer to Cao Mao and could not be compared with Guanqiu Jian.

Cao Mao looked at Hu Zun and said with a smile, "I appoint you as the Grand General."

Hu Zun shuddered, staring blankly at Cao Mao. Wen Qin, who was standing beside him, quickly reached out and pushed him, and Hu Zun finally reacted.

He stood up, flustered, completely losing his usual composure and the majesty of a tiger.

After becoming a general, his momentum was greatly reduced.

He kowtowed to Cao Mao.

The voice was shaking.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

"This old minister will definitely live up to your majesty's high expectations!!"

Cao Mao personally came down and helped him up.

"General, there is no need to do this. From now on, you will stay in Luoyang and take charge of all military affairs."

The ministers were very surprised. Most of them thought that Guanqiu Jian would be the general, but they didn't expect that the old man Hu Zun would actually be promoted!
Speaking of which, Cao Mao himself also found it strange. He originally wanted to use the most convenient tactic of outlasting the old man to get rid of this person. Who knew that the longer he outlasted him, the more powerful this person became. In the end, he actually survived. This was the first time under his command!
Many people hurriedly looked at Guanqiu Jian, trying to see the change in his expression.

But Guanqiu Jian remained unmoved and just looked at the emperor and Hu Zun with a smile on his face.

Hu Zun suddenly fulfilled his ambition that he had been looking forward to for many years, but at this moment it felt very unreal. When he returned to his position, he looked a little confused.

Cao Mao looked at Guanqiu Jian again and said with some emotion: "The General of Chariots and Cavalry is my reliance. It has been so in the past and will remain so in the future."

"The loyalty, bravery, trustworthiness, and righteousness of the General of Chariots and Cavalry are the highest among all the armies!"

"I specially appoint the General of Chariots and Cavalry as the Grand Marshal, establish a government office, and jointly manage military affairs."

The officials were in an uproar.

The title of Grand Marshal is a very ancient official title. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che abolished the Grand Marshal and replaced it with the Grand Marshal. Throughout the Western Han Dynasty, this position was usually held by a relative of the emperor's wife, and also held the title of general, such as the Grand Marshal General of Chariots and Cavalry, the Grand Marshal General of Piaoqi, etc.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Grand Sima became one of the Three Dukes. Until the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Grand Sima became one of the Supreme Dukes, ranking above the Three Dukes and being of the first rank.

In the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Grand General and the Grand Sima were on equal footing. In the later Northern Dynasties, the Grand Sima and the Grand General were collectively referred to as the Two Greats, and were at the head of all ministers and generals.

During the Cao Wei period, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen both served as Grand Marshal.

Cao Zhen was even promoted from general to grand marshal.

It is difficult to say which one is higher or lower.

Guanqiu Jian was very calm. He stood up, bowed and thanked the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I am unworthy of this."

"If even you don't dare to take the responsibility, who else can take the responsibility?"

"With these two generals in the court, what else do I have to worry about?"

Guanqiu Jian also took a seat quickly.

Hu Zun watched all this with a smile. He had no complaints about Guanqiu Jian being promoted to the same level as himself.

Guanqiu Jian was already very polite to him.

Moreover, although he was the commander of this war, there was no clear superior-subordinate relationship between Hu Zun and Guanqiu Jian, either in terms of rank or battle deployment.

They were in two different war zones and were both commanders. We cannot say that Hu Zun was leading everything just because he was a little older.

Hu Zun looks rough, but he is careful. He knows that Guanqiu Jian deliberately pushed the credit to himself, and he also knows that the emperor is showing him enough favor by saying that he led the army to complete the war of annihilation.

When Guanqiu Jian sat down beside him again, Hu Zun said with a smile, "Grand Marshal, how are you?"

Guanqiu Jian also laughed, "General, I'm fine!"

Cao Mao also announced rewards for the rest of the people.

Wen Qin did not get any further promotion in military rank, but his title of General Zhengdong became Grand General Zhengdong. At Wen Qin's age, it was already very remarkable to be able to reach this level. Hu Zun and others had not reached the level of the Four Towns when they were Wen Qin's age.

Originally, Wen Qin was famous in Luoyang because he had a son loved by the emperor, but now, he has truly reached the top level with his own strength.

Everyone knew that at Wen Qin's age, as long as he didn't follow Deng Ai's example and behaved himself, he would definitely have a chance to become one of the Three Dukes or even a kilometer-high official in the future.

Who knows, when he reaches Hu Zun's age, he might still be able to serve as a general for some time.

Of course, the person who should be most underestimated is Guanqiu Jian.

Guanqiu Jian was only in his sixties, but he had already become the Grand Marshal, ranking first among all the ministers! There was no room for promotion!
In the future, his clan will surely rise because of him.

Although Wen Qin was unable to be promoted, his title was greatly improved. At present, it is very difficult for Xiaoniao to catch up with him.

After Wen Qin, Cao Mao talked about Wang Ji.

Wang Ji did not make any contribution in this war, but Guanqiu Jian and others took the initiative to give him some of their spoils.

It was probably about pacifying the local area, involving military forces, quickly taking over the fleet, preventing the tower ships from being destroyed, persuading the enemy generals to surrender, recovering Jiaozhou, etc.

(End of this chapter)