Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 201 Taking the emperor as a tiger, two tigers compete for food

Chuping three years, the end of May.

Rumors suddenly arose in Youji that Emperor Guangwu dreamed of granting the King of Hejian the Imperial Jade Seal to Liu Kai.

In the third year of Chuping, at the beginning of June.

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao paid homage to their ancestors in Zhuocheng.

He angrily denounced Dong Zhuo for wantonly killing the young emperor. In the name of Hejian Wang De Guangwu Emperor's dream to grant the jade seal of the country, he supported Liu Kai as emperor, established Zhuocheng as his capital, changed the year name to the first year of Jianwu, granted civil and military awards, and announced it to the world.

Gongsun Zan proclaimed himself General, Marquis of Yi, and Governor-General of the Han Dynasty.

He enfeoffed Yuan Shao as Chariot General, Marquis of Ye, and Shepherd of Jizhou.

Feng Gaogan was named General Zhengxi and Governor of Bingzhou, and ordered him to send troops to Bingzhou.

Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao's cronies, civil and military, were also granted titles one after another.

Liu Yu, the great Sima, was also named Zhu Xuhou. Because of his advanced age and cold, Liu Kai ordered him to go to Zhuxu County, Beihai, Qingzhou to recuperate.

As soon as the call to action came out, the world was shocked.

Changan.

Dong Zhuo was furious.

"Gongsun Zan's bastard not only killed angels indiscriminately, but now he dares to support a new king!"

"Yuan Shaopi, who doesn't want to serve the country, actually joins forces with Gongsun and the dog thief."

"Hateful! Annoying!"

"Master Wang, I regret that I should have listened to your stupid tricks, so that now I have shamed the emperor and the big man!"

Wang Yun, who was in the court hall, was scolded by Dong Zhuo, his hands trembled in shock, and he murmured: "How could this be! How could this be!"

The scholar Sun Rui was killed by Gongsun Zan, but Wang Yun hadn't figured it out yet.

Now that Gongsun Zan is impatient to support Liu Kai as emperor, it is even more difficult for Wang Yun to understand.

Wang Yun couldn't figure it out.

Why did Gongsun Zan take the risk of supporting Liu Kai as emperor instead of choosing a less risky and profitable solution.

The current general, Yihou, governor Qingjiyou and the soldiers and horses of the four states are really inferior to supporting Liu Kai as emperor?
Most of the civil and military ministers in the imperial court also had complex expressions.

Obviously.

Gongsun Zan's eagerness to support Liu Kai has exceeded the expectations of these officials.

To know.

It took less than five days from when the deputy envoy sent back to Chang'an the news that Gongsun Zan had killed the scholar Sun Rui, and then when the news that Gongsun Zan proclaimed himself emperor and proclaimed himself emperor to the states was sent back to Chang'an!

That is to say, after Gongsun Zan killed the scholar Sun Rui, he quickly supported Liu Kai and proclaimed himself emperor.

I'm afraid that something will happen in it!
However, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the people.

If there are two emperors of the Han family in this world, they both come from the same source.

Who is Jun again?Who is the thief?
For the civil and military ministers in Chang'an City who were still loyal to the Han Dynasty, such a change was unacceptable.

What is the purpose of staying in Chang'an and being humiliated by Dong Zhuo?
It is for one day to be able to kill Dong Zhuo and become a hero of the country in one fell swoop.

From then on, he took power and left his name in history.

Today, Liu Kai, the king of Hejian, is supported by Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao as the new emperor of the Han family.

For the people of the Guandong, Liu Kai, who has the jade seal of Chuanguo, is more orthodox than Liu Xie, and it is easier to be recognized.

Yuan's disciples and old officials spread all over the world, and Yuan's prestige spread to all states in the Guandong.

And Liu Xie in Chang'an was only supported by Dong Zhuo, a national traitor who killed the young emperor arbitrarily, so he will not be recognized.

The new emperor is more orthodox than the old one, so how should they, the officials of Chang'an City, deal with themselves?

Liu Xie, who was sitting on the throne, also had a pale face.

Compared with the worries of the ministers about their official careers, Liu Xie was worried about his own life.

Would Dong Zhuo still care about an emperor who was no longer worth a puppet?

Thinking of the young emperor Liu Bian who was poisoned, Liu Xie couldn't help feeling sad.

Liu Xie didn't want to die.

I don't even want to be poisoned by Dong Zhuo's poisonous wine like Liu Bian.

"Loves, what should I do?" Liu Xie asked, looking at the civil and military ministers with different expressions.

Dong Zhuo's eyes were uncertain, and he didn't want to pay attention to Liu Xie at this time.

Wang Yun was still muttering to himself, and didn't hear Liu Xie's inquiry at all.

Most of the ministers, civil and military, lowered their heads and dared not speak, for fear of inadvertently breaking Dong Zhuo's taboo.

In case Dong Zhuo got angry and vented his anger on them, wouldn't there be no place to complain about his injustice?

"Father Shang." Liu Xie looked at Dong Zhuo again, his tone weak.

Dong Zhuo snorted coldly: "Behead Wang Yun first, to make a warning to others!"

Wang Yun woke up suddenly: "Grand Master, why did you want to behead the official?"

Dong Zhuo scolded: "Because of you, Shangshu servant Sun Rui was beheaded, which also prompted Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan to support the new monarch. Such a ruin of the country's prestige, how can you convince the people if you don't beheaded?"

If you want to add a crime, why don't you have any trouble?
Wang Yun couldn't help cursing secretly, and eagerly defended Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, the old minister was wronged! If Lu Shangshu hadn't changed the plan of the old minister and sent Ma Teng, Zang Hong, Liu Bei and Chen Bing to go north, how could Gongsun Zan have been forced to support him so eagerly?" Make Liu Kai the emperor?"

"This matter is Lu Shangshu's fault, not the old minister's fault!"

Wang Yun threw the pot away.

Everyone couldn't help looking at Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi raised his head unhurriedly: "Master Wang, are you resenting me for impeaching you as a Situ?"

"When you offered a plan, you didn't say it was the old man's merit; when the plan failed, you said it was the old man's fault. How can you be a role model for all officials with such a broad mind?"

Wang Yun's chest heaved with anger.

Dong Zhuo was quite displeased with Wang Yun because Wang Yun secretly let his nephew Wang Ling enter Bingzhou.

Now that he has seized the opportunity, he naturally refuses to let it go.

"Master Wang, you are so stupid and want to frame Lu Shangshu."

"How do people like you have the qualifications to gain a foothold in the palace?"

"Come here, take Master Wang down and kill him!"

Dong Zhuo gave a cold look, which made Wang Yun dumbfounded.

Just now.

Lu Zhi spoke again: "Grand Master, the most urgent task is to solve the problem of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan supporting the new emperor."

"Now all the officials are worried, it is not appropriate to kill more."

"Look at the official face, please spare the life of Wang Zishi for now."

Dong Zhuo glanced at the Chaodian civil and martial arts, and seeing the fear in everyone's eyes, he also knew that killing Wang Yun at this time would make the Chaodian civil and military collapse even more.

So Dong Zhuo took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, and scolded Wang Yun: "Looking at Lu Shangshu, my Grand Master doesn't care about you today. You are so open-minded, my Grand Master dismissed you from the position of Situ, and I have wronged you?"

"Get back quickly!"

Wang Yun was ashamed and angry, but he also knew that this was not the time to care about, so he could only bow his head and retreat resentfully.

Dong Zhuo looked at Lu Zhi again: "Lu Shangshu, do you have a countermeasure?"

Lu Zhi saluted slightly: "Master, the great Han Dynasty has been established for 400 years, and there were dozens of false emperors, all of whom were exterminated by the imperial court."

"Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao stole the Jade Seal of the Inherited Kingdom and set up a false emperor without authorization. This is an act of rebellion."

"Since it's a rebellion, then we should send troops to put down the rebellion, so as to enhance our military prestige in the Han Dynasty!"

Lu Zhi was very satisfied with the result of Gongsun Zan proclaiming himself emperor.

Dong Zhuo, who stayed in Guanzhong, gradually recovered his extravagant nature because there was no threat around him, and his fighting spirit to compete in the world was gradually wiped out along with the ease.

How can we calm down the world if we are not prepared for danger in peace?

Even, Dong Zhuo was so bored that he indulged Xiliang soldiers to massacre the old clan in Guanzhong.

He also built Meiwu, and stored all the looted grain in Meiwu.

All kinds of actions are turning offense into defense.

Being so unwilling to make progress is against Lu Zhi's original intention.

Therefore, when Liu Bei sent a message that Chuan Guo Yuxi was at Liu Yu's place, and Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan put Liu Yu under house arrest.

Lu Zhi guessed Zheng Ping's intentions.

Yuan Shao had long thought of supporting Liu Yu as emperor, but because Liu Yu refused to agree, Yuan Shao had no choice.

It is not righteous enough to support other clan kings.

But Chuan Guo Yuxi gave Dayi.

To be ordered by the heavens and pass on the national jade seal means to be recognized by the heavens.

Yuan Shao must not be able to stand this temptation!
It is inevitable for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, who have obtained the jade seal, to support the new emperor and proclaim themselves emperor!
When there are two emperors in the world, whoever persuades loses.

therefore.

When Wang Yun put forward the strategy of "lure it for profit", Lu Zhi deliberately added a strategy of "deterring it with prestige".

Gongsun Zan was Lu Zhi's disciple.

Lu Zhi was very clear about this student's personality.

Typical eating soft but not hard.

The more deterrent, the easier it is to provoke Gongsun Zan!

Once Gongsun Zan was angry, this thought would be unbelievable.

Wang Yun firmly believes that Gongsun Zan will weigh the pros and cons, seek the advantages and avoid the disadvantages.

But Wang Yun didn't know that for a frontier military general like Gongsun Zan, face was more important than weighing the pros and cons, seeking the advantages and avoiding the disadvantages!

If he does not "intimidate him with prestige", Gongsun Zan will weigh the pros and cons, seek the advantages and avoid the disadvantages.

But if Dong Zhuo wanted to show off his military power and the authority of Emperor Chang'an, Gongsun Zan couldn't bear it!

Prompting Gongsun Zan to support the new emperor will certainly affect the authority of Emperor Chang'an.

But at the same time, it will also prompt Dong Zhuo to send his troops eastward to maintain the authority of the Chang'an emperor by fighting.

As Zheng Ping asserted.

Dong Zhuo won, and the prestige of the emperor increased.

If Dong Zhuo loses, then take the opportunity to get rid of Dong Zhuo.

No matter what the result is, for the Han Dynasty, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Dong Zhuo paced back and forth in the hall, quietly thinking about the pros and cons of sending troops to suppress the rebellion.

This is different from resisting the Kwantung Allied Forces before!
Sending troops to quell the rebellion is tantamount to capturing Liu Kai, who was supported by Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, back to Chang'an to demonstrate the orthodoxy of Chang'an.

This is a war that can only be won but not lost.

If it is defeated, people in the world will not recognize the court of Chang'an.

But if no troops are sent to suppress the rebellion, the people of Kanto will recognize that Liu Kai is the orthodox emperor as time goes by.

After all, Dong Zhuo didn't even dare to come out of Guanzhong, who would recognize the orthodox throne of Emperor Chang'an?

As Zheng Ping asserted: Dong Zhuo has already entered the game and cannot help himself!

Whether Dong Zhuo is willing or not, he must fight this war that can only be won but not defeated!

Liu Xie stared closely at Dong Zhuo who was pacing back and forth, feeling uneasy.

And in the crowd.

Jia Xu, who was appointed as the Taifu, also had a shining light in his eyes.

As the Taifu, Jia Xu received a lot of controversy.

After all, how could he not be criticized if he became a tutor without merit or prestige.

But for Jia Xu, saving his life is the only thing that needs to be considered.

Jia Xu glanced at Lu Zhi, her heart was like a mirror.

"The grand master can't help himself now, he can only send troops to suppress the rebellion."

"However, with the abilities of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, it is difficult for the Grand Master to win alone."

"Although you can order Ma Teng, Han Sui, Cao Cao, Zang Hong, Liu Bei and others to send troops, but these people are all heroes in the world, how can they easily work for the Grand Master?"

"What a plan of two tigers competing for food, using the emperor as a tiger, is more ruthless than this old man!"

"This Chang'an is not peaceful anymore."

"I have to think of a way to retire."

Jia Xu's eyes were burning, and suddenly became cloudy again, looking like a rotten scholar who only knows how to read and write.

a long time.

Dong Zhuo finally made up his mind and said to Liu Xie, "Your Majesty is the orthodox and only emperor of the Han Dynasty!"

"One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, how can there be two emperors in one world?"

"Your Majesty also invites you to issue an edict to order Liu Yan, the governor of Yizhou, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, Cao Cao, the governor of Yuzhou, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, Zang Hong, the governor of Yanzhou, Ma Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, and Liu Bei, the governor of Qingzhou, to send troops to fight against the puppet kings. Emperor Liu Kai, execute Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan, the courtiers of the false emperor, to warn the world!"

"The old minister will also lead the sons of Xiliang to kill the traitors for His Majesty!"

Liu Xie secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If Dong Zhuo wanted to issue an edict, he would issue an edict.

As long as I still have value to use, I won't be poisoned to death like Liu Bian.

Liu Xie always remembers that when an emperor has to learn to be patient.

In the past, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, also endured for many years before he killed his relatives in one fell swoop and regained power.

"According to my father's words!"

"All dear friends, we must work together to help Shangfu kill the treasonous traitors."

Liu Xie cleverly flattered Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly: "It is an honor for the old minister to gain His Majesty's trust! Hahaha——"

Arrogant laughter resounded in the court hall.

The timid ministers could not help but shudder.

Lu Zhi couldn't help but smile a little more at the corner of his mouth.

Dong Zhuo, the fierce tiger, finally didn't have to harm Guanzhong.

Let's fight, let's fight fiercely with the pack of wolves in Guanzhong!
Back to Xiangfu.

Lu Zhi also recommended to Dong Zhuo: "The Grand Master wants to fight against the rebels in Guanzhong, and he needs a good military strategist to come up with a plan. The lower officials recommend one person, which can help the Grand Master defeat the enemy!"

Dong Zhuo immediately said happily: "To be recommended by Lu Shangshu, you must not be an ordinary person. I wonder which hero it is?"

Lu Zhi condensedly said: "The former servant of the Huangmen, Xun You and Xun Gongda from Yingchuan!"

Dong Zhuo's eyes darkened: "Lu Shangshu, this person once assassinated my Grand Master. If Xun You is ordered to accompany the army, wouldn't it mean letting my Grand Master sleep soundly on the side of the couch as the assassin?"

Lu Zhi smiled lightly: "Grand Master, this moment, that moment!"

"Xun Gongda assassinated the grand master in the past because he thought the grand master had no way."

"But now, the grand master is willing to conquer the rebels in the Guandong for His Majesty. It is a moral act. How can Xun Gongda assassinate the grand master again?"

"The lower official once heard that Guan Zhong, the chancellor of Qi in the past, was also an enemy of Duke Huan of Qi. Later, Guan Zhong was recommended by Bao Shuya to serve as the Minister of State, assisting Duke Huan of Qi to become the head of the Five Hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period."

"Now it's time for employing people, and I'm a low-ranking official, so I would like to compare myself to Bao Shuya and recommend Xun Gongda to the Grand Master."

Dong Zhuo was delighted to hear that.

Lu Zhi compares himself to Bao Shuya, and compares Xun You to Guan Zhong. Doesn't that mean that Dong Zhuo is like Duke Huan of Qi?

"Haha!" Dong Zhuo laughed loudly: "It was just a joke! How can my grand master hold grudges because of Xun Gongda's rudeness in the past? Lu Shangshu, take my warrant and go to prison to persuade Xun Gongda. My grand master will host a banquet tonight !"

Xu County.

Cao Cao looked serious.

Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Mao Jie, Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun and others are all on the left and right.

"Benchu ​​and Gongsun Zan actually supported Hejian King Liu Kai as emperor."

"Now Chang'an has sent an edict to let me march northward to punish the rebels."

"And at the beginning, I also sent someone to deliver a letter, asking me to be the general who conquers the south and crusade against Yuan Shu."

"Now there are two emperors, how should we choose?"

(End of this chapter)