Xuande

Chapter 746 The Weird Silence

For the matter of proclaiming emperor, the most important thing is nothing more than soldiers and horses and political foundation, plus a righteous name, but the real important thing is soldiers and horses.

The political foundation can be followed, and the righteous name can be fabricated.

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor based on the prophecy that "the one who replaced the Han should be Tu Gao".

Cao Pi took the path of abdication when proclaiming himself emperor, and prophecy also played a major role in it.

Even the fact that Uncle Liu Huang proclaimed himself emperor in Sichuan and Shu found a prophecy from an ancient book and used it as a basis.

As long as the other conditions are sufficient, the name can be found at any time. Even if it is not written in the ancient books, the imperial literati will rack their brains to find a suitable reason for you to prove that you are a natural ruler.

How do you say that?

After entering the customs, a great Confucianist debated the scriptures for me.

So regardless of the other parts, the six military regions and the troops that have been successfully deployed are already a major reliance for him to succeed in ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor. Only he has so many troops who are good at fighting and willing to obey orders.

Moreover, the place where the Son of Heaven is located is called Luoyang. Outside Luoyang City, there are eight regular troops surrounding the surrounding area. These eight regular troops are all under Liu Bei's command. They are everywhere inside and outside Luoyang City.

Moreover, it is said that Liu Bei has successfully formed three more armies recently, and is in the final preparations. The number of regular armies of Dahan has expanded to 27 armies, and Liu Bei's military strength has become stronger. The 30 army building plan is not just for fun.

To use an inappropriate analogy, if Liu Bei really wanted to be emperor, then he only needed to say a word, and within three months, the royal family would use the branch that Liu Bei belonged to as the main branch, and the original main branch would completely become a branch branch, losing all power and claims.

In the past, it was a question of whether it was possible or not. Now, whether it is possible or not is no longer a problem. The key is whether Liu Bei wants it or not.

This is something that the people in Luoyang City have understood but have deliberately pretended not to know, because Liu Bei has always behaved like Duke Zhou, conscientiously assisting the government and doing things in a down-to-earth manner, just like a capable minister who governs the world.

If Liu Bei himself didn't mention this matter and didn't show any sign of it, then others would definitely not show any sign of wanting to talk about it.

This is too sensitive, if you are not careful, you will die.

However, for this matter, it has almost achieved the state of one person's heart and tens of thousands of people's hearts, because everyone knows that if Liu Bei really wants to be emperor, then the trusted faction that is currently occupying an important position in the court that he single-handedly promoted will definitely not oppose it, but will only support it.

In the final analysis, Liu Bei's surname is Liu, a descendant of Gaozu, he became emperor, and a big Han is still a big Han. It is nothing more than the transfer of the throne from one branch to another, and the rest will not change.

What to do against him?
Is that little emperor Liu Xie really so many people who are willing to respect him, even risking their lives for it?
To put it bluntly, in the past few years, everyone has gotten used to Liu Bei's rule, the rapid development and the gradual improvement of life, and they are very clear that all this is because of Liu Bei, not because of anyone else.

How much is it good for everyone to get Liu Bei down?

How many people are willing to do things that are not beneficial?

The most fundamental problem is that Liu Bei's cronies and servants are too powerful, and the political moat he built for himself is wide and deep, which cannot be easily shaken, and most people don't want to be shaken.

Therefore, everyone is instinctively avoiding danger and the uncertain future, but they can't help but care about it. Therefore, everyone turned their attention to the core of the empire's power-the General's Mansion.

Compared with the past, the General's Mansion has actually changed a lot.

After Liu Bei replaced He Jin and entered the General's Mansion, he rebuilt the General's Mansion, bought the left and right neighbors together, opened up all the walls and slightly rebuilt the courtyard wall, making the three mansions into one mansion.

All of the other two mansions and the front yard of the General's Mansion became the working area of ​​Liubu, and the people who went in and out to work and live were all members of the General's subordinates.

Among the entire mansion, only the backyard of the former General's Mansion is Liu Bei's home.

If there is any benefit to this structure, it is that it completely saves the commuting time of General Liu himself. He only needs to walk a few more steps to arrive at his office and start passionate work with his subordinates.

In order to accommodate more people to work in the General's Mansion and smoothly transfer power to the General's Mansion, this level of reconstruction is actually a matter of course. Today, there are more than 600 people in the Six Departments handling official duties.

People who usually go to and from the government departments and the six departments to carry out work come and go here, coming in and out, making this new General's Mansion very lively.

After the relevant rumors spread, although everyone was still in a hurry, the government affairs handled were still the same as before, the efficiency was not reduced, and even the content of the conversation did not change, but everyone had concerns in their hearts.

Regarding the rumors that Liu Bei's purpose of gathering power is to usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor, everyone has their own opinions, and everyone has their own considerations, but no public communication has been made on this matter.

Even private conversations should stay away from the general's mansion and crowded places, and only dare to have some conversations with the closest people.

For the group of people closest to Liu Bei, this kind of thing is even more sensitive, because they are very concerned about Liu Bei's reaction after he learns about it, and it is said that Liu Bei has known about it for a long time.

But in the past few days, Liu Bei didn't respond to this. He just worked silently, went to work overtime as usual and then left work, his face was calm, without any wavering.

This feels weird.

So sensitive and so terrible, your old man continues to work regardless of it?

Everyone was very surprised, and even a little bit anxious, but Liu Bei didn't do anything or say anything, and they couldn't rush up and catch him and ask "Are you going to be the emperor?"

So, how will this matter end?

no one knows.

It's just that Liu Bei can sit still, but some people can't sit still.

The group of people closest to Liu Bei was the first to be unable to sit still.

After watching for a few days and finding that Liu Bei had no reaction at all, Han Rong, Cao Cao, Yan Wen, Gai Xun, and Zhen Yan formed a group of five to visit Liu Bei first.

Taking advantage of the lunch break, the five of them entered Liu Bei's study together and discussed the matter with him.

Because there is a family relationship between each other, the political alliance is more compact, and it is completely a state of binding interests. Now that such a big thing has happened, Liu Bei is not in a hurry, they are all in a hurry.

So they visited Liu Bei together, and wanted to find out who he was, Chou Yinmao.

When everyone gets together, there is nothing to worry about. Anyway, what is said is each other's internal information and will not be leaked.

"It's nothing, what are you worried about him doing? If there is actual evidence, they would have reported it a long time ago. Now they only dare to spread rumors secretly, which can only show that this is something without any basis. What do I have to worry about?"

Liu Bei looked at the five of them with a smile and said, "It's because you all came to my place and spread the word, I'm afraid some people will be uneasy."

"Xuande, do you know who did this?"

Han Rong took the lead in asking as the father-in-law: "If there is really no such thing, then this is the most vicious slander, even more vicious than the slander of today's literary school. We must not let those who spread rumors go! We must kill them all!"

Han Rong's opinion was also the opinion of the other four, and they nodded together.

Liu Bei pondered for a moment.

"It's Zheng Tai. Before he sent someone to spread the rumors, my people noticed him. Of course, I'm not surprised that someone would do this. It's just that Zheng Tai would personally order his subordinates to do this. I find it strange. Could it be that they are gone?"

Han Rong was furious when he heard this.

"This thief! How dare you do such a despicable thing! Xuande, can you tolerate him?"

Zhen Yan took a step forward.

"If you have plans to kill him, please allow me to do it for you!"

Gai Xun also stepped forward, expressing his willingness to replace Liu Bei.

On the contrary, Cao Cao and Yan Wen were relatively calm.

Cao Cao said in a low voice: "Xuande, this matter is quite embarrassing. If one is not good, it is easy for people to misunderstand your intentions. If... Xuande, what do you think about this matter?"

(End of this chapter)