Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 860 Means
After the decisive battle, Hanoi County fell under the rule of the Han.After the soldiers left Hanoi, the local counties and counties returned in hope of the wind, and within a few days they arrived at Anyang City in Wei County, which was less than a hundred miles away from Ye City, the capital of Wei.

As dusk approached, the army set up camp on the spot, and the atmosphere in the barracks was filled with smoke and harmony.

Du Yu entered the account, turned to Liu Chan who was sitting on the couch, and said, "I want to report to Your Majesty, to send envoys against Wei to beg for surrender."

"Beg surrender!"

Liu Chan put down the scroll in his hand, with a hesitant expression.

Liu Chan was not surprised by Cao Wei's going out of the city to beg for surrender. If they did not surrender and held on to the city, Liu Chan would be surprised instead.

The reason why Liu Chan hesitated was that he hadn't figured out how to deal with the surrendered Cao Wei clan.These Cao Wei clans are not the general clans of the former dynasty, but the clans of the former dynasty with a special relationship.

The Eastern Han Dynasty died at the hands of Cao Cao and Cao Pi, who belonged to usurpering the Han to stand on their own.

According to the law of succession between brother and brother, the Dahan only considered the Western Han to be the ancestor and the Eastern Han to be the elder brother.

For the big Han, Cao Wei is actually a usurper and a rebel, and the new dynasty they established cannot be recognized by the big Han.

We must know that the unified dynasties in China all recognized the legitimacy of the previous dynasties.For example, the Ming Dynasty recognized the Yuan Dynasty as a legal dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty recognized the Ming Dynasty as a legal dynasty.

This difference has a lot to do with how the big Han treats Cao Wei's clan, especially when Cao Wei usurps the Han to stand on his own.

According to common sense, his attempt to usurp the throne is a traitor, and the Han Dynasty needs to liquidate Cao Wei, otherwise the orthodox status of the Han Dynasty cannot be realized, or the seriousness of the usurpation cannot be demonstrated.

Therefore, Liu Chan actually hoped that Cao Wei would not surrender, so that the big man would have an excuse to attack Cao Wei and carry out liquidation.But Cao Wei now wants to surrender to the great Han. If Liu Chan forces Cao Fang to liquidate, it may cause turmoil in the Central Plains.

Therefore, Liu Chan has a dilemma at the moment. If he wants to liquidate Cao Wei, his Wei Emperor Cao Fang will bear the brunt.But with the current situation, he can't liquidate Wei Emperor Cao Fang.

"His Majesty!"

Seeing that Liu Chan hadn't spoken for a long time, Du Wang said again: "I don't know how Your Majesty will deal with the envoy Gao Rou who went against the Wei Dynasty to beg for surrender."

After hesitating for a while, Liu Chan said: "Let the envoys against Wei wait outside the camp, and first call all civil and military officials to discuss matters in the tent."

"promise!"

Not long after, the soldiers, Chinese and military officers gathered in the camp, and Du Yu took a pen to record on the side couch.

"I think that Cao Cao and Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty. If the masterminds are not severely punished, they will not be able to suppress the power of destiny; however, if they send envoys back against Wei today, if they severely punish and liquidate the false emperors, they may shake the hearts of the people in the Central Plains." Liu Chan went straight and put himself The thoughts in my heart were spoken.

Liu Chan's attitude is very obvious. He not only wants to eliminate the masterminds who usurped the throne, but also wants to prevent the Central Plains from causing chaos.However, it was Tranquility who responded to Liu Chan, and the Ministers of Accounting, Chinese and Military Affairs were all silent, and it seemed that everyone was also troubled by this question.

Seeing that everyone was embarrassed, Liu Lin said murderously: "It's better to kill them all. If there are those who refuse to accept, I will personally lead the troops to eradicate these thieves for Your Majesty."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Liu Chan couldn't laugh or cry, and scolded Liu Lin.

Regardless of Liu Lin's strategy, he is purely lazy and can't think of a way to directly solve people with problems. How is this different from some stupid officials.

Next, people are killed so that they dare not resist. In order to prevent people from discussing right and wrong, is it necessary to engage in literary inquisition?

Liu Lin smiled awkwardly and didn't care.Now that he really has a clan status, this kind of random words may have an impact on other ministers, but it really doesn't matter to him.

When everyone was in a dilemma, Liao Li said, "I would like to report to Your Majesty, I may have a plan to solve the current difficulties."

"Sure!" Liu Chan straightened his back, ready to listen carefully to Liao Li's suggestion.

Liao Li pondered for a while, and said: "Those who I think are guilty, but Cao Cao and Cao Pi's father and son, although they are dead, they should still kill their heirs, and kill them all, so as to correct the prestige of my great man's destiny. At that time, Cao Pi was persuaded to succeed 46 ministers. Except for Gaorou, Xiahoushang, Xu Shu, and Huchuquan, when discussing the merits and demerits of their ancestors, those who committed serious crimes were demoted to official slaves by their descendants; those who committed minor crimes moved to the frontiers as a deterrent."

What Liao Li meant was to hold Cao Cao and Cao Pi accountable for the crimes of inheriting the main line, kill all the descendants of the founding emperor Cao Pi, and spare the descendants of Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi.

Investigate the descendants of the 46 ministers who instigated Cao Pi to usurp the throne, such as Hua Xin, Jia Xu, Wang Lang, Cao Ren, Liu Ruo... Zhang He, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Cheng Yu, Zhong Yao, Xu Chu and a series of important officials of Cao Wei who signed the petition .According to the magnitude of their crimes, they were demoted to official slaves, or they moved to the frontier.

"If Cao Cao and Cao Pi's descendants are destroyed, the puppet emperor Cao Fang may not be spared?" Huo Yi asked.

Liao Li stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's not difficult. Cao Fang is the grandson of Cao Zhang and the son of Cao Kai. Because Cao Rui had no children, he had to be adopted by Cao Rui. Now Cao Fang can be returned to Cao Kai's name. In this way, Cao Pi will be severely punished." Heirs will do."

If Cao Fang returned to Cao Zhang's name, Cao Rui would have no sons, and he would be extinct, and Cao Pi's descendants should be held accountable now.Cao Pi had eight sons and one daughter. Among the nine children, only Cao Lin, Cao Ling, Cao Xun, Cao Qi, Cao Mao, Cao Wen and other grandchildren survived.

Liao Li cupped his hands and asked, "I don't know what your Majesty thinks?"

Liu Chan frowned and asked, "Not as good as Cao Cao's other heirs?"

Liao Li thought about it and said: "Cao Cao committed a heinous crime, but if all his descendants are executed, the Central Plains may be plunged into turmoil! Your Majesty is not as good as benevolent, and only kills Cao Pi's descendants."

Cao Cao has 25 children. If Cao Zhen and other adoptive sons are added, after decades of reproduction, Cao Cao has hundreds of descendants, such as Xiahouhui, Xiahouxuan and others.Although his mother Deyang Township Lord is Cao Zhen's sister, she also has the title of clan princess and belongs to Cao Cao's daughter generation.

Of course, Liu Chan's intention was not to exterminate all Cao Cao's children, but to think about whether to impose other punishments on Cao Cao's children.

After thinking for a while, Liu Chan said: "Yes! Although Cao Cao is a traitor of the Han Dynasty, the usurper is Cao Pi. Now Cao Pi's lineage will be killed, the false emperor Cao Fang will move back to his family, and pardon the Queen Mother Guo's family. However, Cao Cao committed a heinous crime. , the descendants of his side, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, so the descendants of the Cao family and the Xiahou family will be moved to Guanzhong. How?"

It is really worrying to put these descendants of Cao Cao in the locality. It is impossible to say that someone will cause trouble in their name. It is better to move directly to Guanzhong, close to Chang'an, so as to facilitate supervision.

Deng Ai replied: "Your Majesty, this is still unstoppable! There are three generations of Cao Weili, and there are many benefactors. Now it is better to dig out the tombs of Cao Pi and Cao Rui, dig out their bones, expose them to the sun for three days, and follow Wang Mang's example. Take their skulls and hide them." In the treasury, as a warning to others."

Liu Chan raised his eyebrows slightly, Deng Ai's strategy was ruthless enough, he was almost slapping Cao Wei in the face, but it could also force those bloody loyal Wei elements out and wipe them all out.

It is unrealistic for the big Han to swallow Cao Wei, and it is bound to leave a large number of Cao Wei's old ministers. It is unrealistic to move them all to Guanzhong, and it is even more unrealistic to solve them all.But letting these people occupy the place is always not conducive to the rule of the big man.If some means of screening or deterrence are used, it will be enough to make these people honest.

Liu Chan saw that the general remedial measures had come out, and also saw that other people had no objections, so he said: "The business discussed above is tentative, and anyone who disagrees can speak up."

"No!" Everyone responded.

Liu Chan ordered: "Xuan Gaorou and other envoys against Wei are entering the account."

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)