At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 277 Gongda vomited blood and died, Zhongxuan challenged Yuan Xiowen

As early as in Ruyang, Xun You already knew that Yuan Shao had evil intentions and wanted to usurp the Han Dynasty.

As a top strategist, Xun You heard Zheng Tai's words and naturally knew that the man's destiny was lost and he could not change anything.

It's just that Xun You had a heart for the Han Dynasty. Even though he knew that he should not clearly oppose Yuan Shao's proclaimed emperor, he still did so.

The ending speaks for itself.

Yuan Shao ignored him and hid it in the snow. Even when he finally returned to Yecheng and summoned his subordinates and generals to discuss the matter of proclaiming the emperor, he did not consult Xun You, the military advisor.

Xun You was not in good health, so he didn't feel anything bad about being refrigerated by Yuan Shao.

But when he learned that Yuan Shao first killed Tao Qian and other loyal ministers who were loyal to the Han Dynasty, and then indulged his subordinates to intimidate the emperor and forced the emperor to abdicate the throne, he suddenly felt that his blood was attacking his heart, and he finally fell ill.

"Gongda, the Han Dynasty is dead!"

After the abdication ceremony was over, Xun Chen came to visit Xun You in his mansion, his words full of sighs.

He looked at Xun You hesitantly, but looking at the other person's face as pale as paper, he still didn't know what to say.

Think back then.

When Yuan Shao welcomed the emperor to Yecheng, Xun Chen originally thought that he was the hero who would revive the Han Dynasty, so he wrote a letter asking Xun You to come and join him.

I never thought that the final usurper of the Han Dynasty would be Yuan Shao.

Xun Chen knew the impact of this incident on Xun You, and also knew that Yuan Shao had just ascended the throne and was at the height of his success, so he might deliberately neglect Xun You for a while.

But based on Xun Chen’s understanding of Yuan Shao.

Although he was scheming and headstrong, he still cared about old friendships. As long as he did not order Xun You's death, it meant that there was still room for change.

As long as Xun You stayed in Yecheng honestly for a while, waited until Yuan Shao's anger subsided, and then went to admit his mistake to the other party, he would be able to gain Yuan Shao's respect again.

However, when Xun Chen saw Xun You's face, he still failed to persuade him.

In the end, all the words turned into a long sigh, and then he said softly: "The matter is over, the change of dynasty is a foregone conclusion, Gongda should not think too much, you should take care of yourself."

After finishing speaking, Xun Chen sighed and finally left.

The weather in the north has gradually become colder, but Xun You feels even colder in his heart.

After Xun Chen left, Xun You only felt a tightness in his chest, then suddenly vomited out a mouthful of blood, and finally screamed several times. The top strategist of a generation died on the bed in sorrow and anger.

Yuan Shao, who had just achieved imperial status and was enjoying great glory, looked very ugly after hearing the news.

He didn't expect that Xun You would risk his own life to resist his claim to be emperor in this way.

Rao is so.

Yuan Shao could only suppress the resentment in his heart, but instead went to Xun You's house in person to cry for Xun You and ordered him to be buried well.

In order to proclaim himself emperor, first Kong Rong and other officials loyal to the Han Dynasty died. Even Yuan Shao's sister Yuan Shi died after hitting a pillar. Now Xun You, the counselor Yuan Shao relied on most, also passed away.

Although Yuan Shao had known for a long time that the road to becoming emperor would not be smooth sailing and would inevitably be accompanied by bloodshed.

But he didn't expect that he would pay such a high price right from the beginning.

The emperor abdicated and Yuan Shao proclaimed himself emperor, which quickly swept through the land of China like a hurricane.

If.

In the eyes of many people, Yuan Shu's proclaiming himself emperor was an outright joke.

So Yuan Shao, who occupied the six northern states and coerced the emperor to control the princes, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, but it dealt a fatal blow to many people who still loved the Han Dynasty.

When Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, it was due to the mismatch between his ability, power and ambition. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he would inevitably fail sooner or later.

But when Yuan Shao became emperor, many people knew that the Han Dynasty's 400-year national destiny was about to stop here.

When the news reached Chang'an, Cao Cao was beating his chest, but he did not dare to denounce Yuan Shao. Instead, on Guo Jia's suggestion, he chose to remain silent and watch the changes in the world situation.

Although today's Cao Cao has moved people from Yanzhou, Yingchuan, and Chen to Guanzhong, which greatly enriched the population base under his rule, he still cannot compare with Yuan Shao.

According to Guo Jia's suggestion, Cao Cao should continue to lie dormant, wait and see the situation in the world, and then take the opportunity to seize Longxi, and then look for opportunities to compete in the Central Plains.

As for Liu Bei who occupied Xuzhou, after learning the news, he burst into tears. Regardless of the disparity in strength between the two sides, he directly denounced Yuan Shao as ungrateful and a traitor, and called on all the princes in the world to punish him.

Yuan Shao killed Kong Rong and other great scholars, and threatened the emperor to proclaim himself emperor, which also angered many people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty.

After Liu Bei, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, spoke, many scholars who loved the Han Dynasty flocked to Xuzhou, regarding it as the Han Dynasty's only hope.

Among these scholars was Chen Gong, a famous scholar from Dongwuyang in Dongjun who did not follow Cao Cao into Guanzhong.

Although Chen Gong's resourcefulness was not as good as those of the top counselors, he still occupied a place in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In addition, he was quite talented and famous, so he was highly valued by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei gained Chen Gong, which made up for his own shortcomings.

Chen Gong advised Liu Bei: "Now Yuan Shao has killed the descendants of the saints in vain, intimidated the Han Emperor, and arrogated the title of Emperor, causing the scholars to alienate and the people to resent him."

"I have trapped you in Xuzhou. This is the place where the four battles are fought. If you don't think of a strategy to break the situation, you will be a turtle in the urn sooner or later."

"The envoy took advantage of the fact that Yuan Shao was claiming the title of Emperor and was losing the hearts of the people. He clearly invited the princes to attack him with troops and march north to capture Qing and Yanzhou. Only in this way could he have the opportunity to fight for the world and revive the Han Dynasty."

Liu Bei also knew that Xuzhou, as the place of the Four Wars, would never be able to become a king, and he also wanted to expand his territory. However, he was surrounded by strong enemies before, and he was the weakest.

Now after hearing Chen Gong's advice, he said: "Although I am determined to fight against thieves, how can I seize Qing and Yanzhou because Yuan Shao is so powerful and the people in Xuzhou are so small?"

Chen Gong said: "It may not be possible at other times, but now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Otherwise, once Yuan Shao stabilizes his title as emperor and works hard in the north for several years, it will be difficult to succeed."

"At that time, the emperor was trapped in Xuzhou and was a pawn for others. Sooner or later he would surely perish. If so, it would be difficult for the Han Dynasty to flourish again!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he was silent for a long time, and then he bowed deeply to Chen Gong: "In order to revive the Han Dynasty, why should I cherish this life? I am about to raise all the soldiers in Xuzhou, even if I hit the stone with an egg, I still want to fight against the old thief Yuan Shao. !”

Chen Gong hurriedly returned the gift and said, "Since you are so loyal, I am willing to serve you to the death!"

Later, Chen Gong made suggestions to Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to send Zhuge Jin as envoy to Xiangyang, while he himself went to Chang'an in order to persuade Zhou Qi and Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shao together.But Chen Gong traveled day and night, hungry for meals and thirsty for drinks. After a long journey, he soon arrived in Chang'an.

Chen Gong and Cao Cao had quite a friendship. It was Chen Gong and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin who welcomed Cao Cao into Yanzhou to pacify the Yellow Turbans. This gave Cao Cao a place in troubled times.

Although in the end Chen Gong did not surrender to Cao Cao due to political disagreements, due to historical changes, Cao Cao did not kill the famous scholar Bian Rang, and Chen Gong did not welcome Lu Bu to Yanzhou. Therefore, Cao Cao and Chen Gong did not turn against each other, but instead became enemies. There is a hint of incense.

It was precisely because of this incense love that Chen Gong took the initiative to invite Ying to come as an envoy to Chang'an to lobby Cao Cao.

To know.

Today's Cao Cao is still technically an ally of Yuan Shao, and can even be regarded as Yuan Shao's little brother. In the eyes of normal people, lobbying Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shao is basically impossible to succeed.

But Chen Gong knew that there were tigers in the mountains, so he went to the tiger mountains.

At the same time, Zhou Qi, who was far away in Xiangyang, also learned about Yuan Shao's massacre of Kong Rong and other celebrities, forcing the emperor to pretend to be emperor.

"Yuan Benchu ​​did it after all."

Zhou Qi was not too surprised when he heard the news.

In history, Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shu. When Yuan Shu was desperate, he sent someone to present the imperial seal and imperial title to Yuan Shao.

At that time, Yuan Shao was far less powerful than he is now, and he still wanted to take over the two.

It was only that Cao Cao sent people to intercept Yuan Shu in advance and force Yuan Shu not to go north, so this matter could not be accomplished.

Otherwise, if Yuan Tan really takes over Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao gets the imperial seal and the imperial title, perhaps the historical Yuan Shao will also proclaim himself emperor.

"Yuan Shao arrogated the title of emperor, which is unfaithful; forcing his sister Yuan to death is unfilial; killing the descendants of the sage Confucius in vain is unkind; forcing his hero Xun Gongda to death is unjust."

"The general was highly valued by the late emperor, and entrusted him with the important task of entrusting him to the emperor before his death. Now one of the two sons of the late emperor died at the hands of Yuan Shu, and the other was forced to give up the throne by Yuan Shao."

"The fourth generation and the fifth generation of the Yuan family in Runan, the men in the clan are not as loyal and honest as the women."

"My lord should raise an army to fight against those who are unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, and unjust!"

After Bian Rang learned the news, he immediately felt sad and said loudly to Zhou Qi.

Today, Bian Rang's official position is the governor of Jingzhou, and he is also the disciple of General Zhou Qi, so his status is very respected.

If Yuan Shao only proclaimed himself emperor, Bian Rang would not be so angry.

The only strange thing is that Yuan Shao killed Kong Rong and others, which touched the bottom line of the great scholars of the world. Naturally, celebrities like Bian Rang and Chen Gong would not just sit idly by.

Therefore, Bianyi, who had always been a mascot who was obsessed with academics, changed his mind today and directly asked Zhou Qi to send troops to conquer Yuan Shao.

Hearing this, the other civil and military officers in Jingzhou also said in unison: "Yuan Shao has arrogated the title of emperor, and I ask the general to punish him!"

They worked together not because they were loyal to the Han Dynasty, but because they knew that sooner or later there would be a war between Zhou Qi and Yuan Shao, the two most powerful princes in the world.

They followed the general to conquer the north and south, and naturally hoped that the final winner would be Zhou Qi.

Now that Yuan Shao has proclaimed himself emperor, scholars from all over the country have criticized the Han Dynasty. This is the best time to attack Yuan Shao.

It was for this reason that the civil and military forces in Jingzhou made concerted efforts to request the general to send troops to conquer Yuan Shao.

Zhou Qi looked sad and said: "Gu Zheng wants to raise an army to conquer Yuan Shao, rescue the emperor, and revive the Han Dynasty. Which of the generals is willing to be the vanguard?"

"The end will be willing to go!"

The generals under his command all wanted to fight, hoping to make great achievements.

Zhou Qi immediately appointed Huang Zhong as the rebel general, Yan Yan and Wenpin as deputy generals, and ordered the three of them to lead [-] troops to march eastward from Nanyang County to attack Yuzhou.

At the same time, Zhou Qi recruited soldiers and horses from various places, recalled Wang Can, the prefect of Wuling, and ordered him to draft a message to punish the thieves.

Since we are conquering the treasonous traitor Yuan Shao, we naturally have to make a huge noise and scold him bloody. Only in this way can we boost morale and demonstrate our justice.

Wang Can, as the Seventh Jian'an Son in history, was not inferior to Kong Rong and Chen Lin in literary talent.

These literati usually can't do big things, so this is the best time to show off their talent and learning.

Wang Can was greatly refreshed when he learned that the general had summoned him specifically to draft a memorandum against the thieves.

This shows in disguise how extraordinary his literary talent is in the eyes of the general.

Most literati are dull and coquettish, so how could they not try their best to express themselves when given the opportunity to shine?
Therefore, Wang Can locked himself in the room and spent a day drafting a petition against the thieves. The content is as follows:

Gai Wenming's master wanted to control the situation by threatening the situation, but the loyal ministers were worried that it would be difficult to establish power.Therefore, there are extraordinary people, and then there are extraordinary things; there are extraordinary things, and then there are extraordinary achievements.

Those who are extraordinary are indeed extraordinary.In the past, the Qin Dynasty was strong and the ruler was weak, Zhao Gao was in charge, and the power was authoritarian, and the power and prosperity were his own. People at the time were coercing him, and no one dared to speak out. In the end, Wang Yi was defeated, his ancestors were burned, and his humiliation is still a lesson to the world.In the second year of Zhenlu Hou, Zhanlu took over the dictatorship. He controlled the two armies internally and controlled Liang and Zhao externally. He was good at predicting all opportunities and decided on matters without prohibitions.So Zhu Xu, the Marquis of Jiang, raised his troops and raged, punished the barbarians for their rebellion, and respected Taizong. Therefore, the king's rule was prosperous and the light was clear and harmonious. This was a clear sign of the minister's establishment of power.

(This paragraph tells the story of Zhao Gao’s autocratic power and the infamy; Lu Lu and Lu Chan’s autocratic dictatorship bullied the superiors, but Jianghou Zhou Bo and others raised troops to kill the rebels, revived the country, and finally became famous in history. The general Zhou Qi was originally a Jianghou After Zhou Bo, quoting this allusion at this time also pointed out the justice of the general's northern expedition against Yuan Shao.)
The Yuan family of Runan was the fourth generation and the fifth prince. He lived in Han Dynasty and received many favors from the emperor.The Yuan family did not know how to repay the favor of the imperial court. Yuan Shao's father, Sikong Yuan Feng, and his uncle, Taiwei Yuan Wei, colluded to deceive Yuan She, a member of the clan who was a member of the clan. They worked together with Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others to act as evildoers. They indulged in gluttony and abused the people. , taking advantage of the party's imprisonment to collude with eunuchs, so that all the children of the Yuan clan obtained high officials, and their disciples and former officials were spread all over the world.

When it comes to Yuan Shao, in order to clear his name, he ignores Yuan She's past kindness and instead takes it as his own duty to kill the eunuchs and remove the shackles of the party. It is extremely ridiculous!

Yuan Shao, a short-sighted man, lured Dong Zhuo into Luoyang, causing the invaders to invade the country and tyrannize the country. The emperor was robbed, hundreds of officials were forced, and the people were in dire straits.Later, he gathered the princes to challenge Dong, with the name of killing the national traitors and reviving the Han Dynasty, but in fact he was very ambitious, recruiting heroes, inviting them to buy fame, and wanting to bring chaos to the world.

Shao captured Han Fu's Jizhou and turned to killing people to avoid future troubles. He was dishonest, unjust, shameless, and extremely despicable.

The two Yuan Dynasties are fighting each other, causing cholera in the world. They welcome the emperor from the west. They are arrogant and domineering, do all kinds of evil, cut off Yuan Yuan, destroy the virtuous and harm the good.

Therefore, the prime minister of Beihai, Kong Rong, was a descendant of the Miao Emperor Kong. He was talented and handsome and well-known in the world. He was outspoken and upright, and never flattered. His body and head were hanged by an owl, and his wife and children suffered the death penalty.Naturally, the scholars were angry and the people's resentment was getting heavier.

Killing the virtuous man first, forcing his sister to death later, coercing His Majesty, and arrogating the title of Emperor, which is unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust.

Xun Gongda of Yingchuan was the most talented and learned man in the world, and was Yuan Shao's right-hand man. Without Gongda, he could not wipe out Gongsun and occupy Hebei, but he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, causing the talented man to vomit blood and die on his bed.

When Shao proclaimed himself the emperor, he cut off his words, commanded and killed without any thought of serving the country, usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself on his own, which led to the tears of the Holy Dynasty and the sadness of the people!

Today is the autumn when loyal ministers are in ruins and martyrs have made meritorious deeds!
The general was entrusted with an important task by the late emperor to follow the example of Jianghou in punishing the rebels. On that day, he mobilized troops from Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Yizhou to attack the rebels.When the letter arrived in Xuzhou, he gathered his troops and coordinated with the general.The prefectures and prefectures organize their righteous soldiers, bring them to the realm, raise their weapons and show their power, and unite the country and the country. This is a very great achievement!

Those who win the title of chief minister will be granted the title of 5000 households and be rewarded [-] million yuan.Don't ask any questions about those who are partial to the generals and officials in the school.Guangyi Enxin, Banyan Fu rewarded him, and announced it to the world. The Xian envoy knew that the Holy Dynasty was in trouble.

Like a law!
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