Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 718: The Rise of Yanhan
It did not take Zhuge Liang much effort to pacify Hebei. Less than a month after Zhuge Liang entered Jizhou, the unrest in various parts of Hebei had been pacified.

The only thing that bothered Zhuge Liang was the miserable state of Yecheng. After inspecting the ruins, Zhuge Liang and Ma Su both came to a conclusion.

Yecheng was abandoned. Given its dilapidated state, the cost of repairing it would be equivalent to building another similar city. Moreover, because more than half of the local nobles and residents were killed or injured, Weijun was no longer able to assume the function of Jizhou's administrative center.

So in the end, under Ma Su's proposal, Yecheng was officially abolished, and the seat of Jizhou was officially moved from Yecheng in Wei County to Nanpi in Bohai County.

At this point, Yecheng, the most important city in Hebei, left the stage of history four hundred years ahead of schedule.

At the same time, Ma Su also searched around Yecheng. It was finally confirmed that Zhong Hui, the first hero of the Han Dynasty's recovery of Hebei, seemed to be really gone.

It was understandable, after all, the local clans in Hebei were just weak, not dying. Zhong Hui was very capable of holding out for so long, with only a few men to deal with them.

It's just that Ma Su always feels like this guy is a plot killer...

In addition, Ma Su’s greatest achievement was probably rescuing the last survivor of Cao Wei, Cao Mao, who was only five years old.

Cao Mao was very lucky, as he was one of the masterminds of the escape plan with Cao Fang. In the chaos, he was responsible for rescuing Guanqiu Jian and causing trouble with him to attract attention.

However, after Guanqiu Jian came out, he did not let Cao Mao stay and wait for death together, but asked him to chase Cao Fang to the south gate and leave together. As a result, by chance, he avoided all dangers and held on until the arrival of the Han army.

Ahem, back to the point, after recovering Hebei, Zhuge Liang immediately sent the news back to Chang'an. When the victory message of the formal unification of the world came, the whole of Chang'an was in an uproar.

Although many officials from Guanxi have joined the current Ji Han court, the majority of them are still the original leadership team in Yizhou. Since these people joined the court, unification of the world has been their ultimate goal.

They also witnessed with their own eyes how this goal went from being out of reach at the beginning to being within sight of victory and now being a natural outcome. When the unification of the world finally came, all the civil and military officials of the Ji Han Dynasty felt that it was a little unreal.

On the day the news reached Chengdu, Guan Xing, Zhao Guang, Zhao Tong, Zhang Shao and others all asked Liu Chan for leave to return to Yizhou. The reasons they gave were all the same: they wanted to go back to worship their ancestors.

Their father had passed away and was buried in Yizhou, and they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Liu Chan did not stop them. While approving them to return to Yizhou to offer sacrifices, he also personally issued an edict to allow them to offer sacrifices in the Taimiao.

Compared with Guan Xing and others, Liu Chan's ancestor worship was relatively easy, because the tombs of Guan Yu and others had not yet been moved to Guanzhong, while Liu Bei's tomb had already been moved to Chang'an.

However, Liu Chan knew the importance of the matter and did not immediately offer sacrifices. Instead, he issued an edict ordering Zhuge Liang, Ma Su and others to return, summoning all officials to offer sacrifices together, and set a time for unified rewards.

Liu Chan knew very well that it was not so much that he conquered the Han Dynasty as that he laid down his arms. If it were not for loyal ministers and generals such as Zhuge Liang and Ma Su who risked their lives to save the country from collapse, he would probably still be fighting crickets in Chengdu.

Therefore, when the world is unified, major events such as sacrifices and rewards will obviously need to wait until all the important officials have returned before they can be carried out.

"I am probably the luckiest emperor of the Han Dynasty so far. I have hardly been involved in government affairs, but I have won the honor of the Three Revivals of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Chan recalled his gains and losses over the past few decades, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have won in the true sense of the word.

Especially looking at his performance alone, it can be said that he was the worst among all the emperors, and he hardly participated in the government. But looking at his achievements, they are comparable to those of Emperors Gaozu and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, which makes people sigh at the unfairness of fate.

"Your Majesty is the one destined by heaven to revive the Han Dynasty. All this is normal." The attendant next to him immediately replied.

"Stop talking nonsense. This is all the credit of my father and the general. What credit do I have?" Liu Chan saw it clearly and shook his head to interrupt the attendant's compliments. However, Liu Chan suddenly thought of something that interested him. That is, what kind of temple name and posthumous title would he get after his death?
According to the kingdom and achievements he gained through hard work, he probably couldn't escape the temple name "Zhongzu".

During his reign, the territory of Ji Han expanded from Yizhou to the rest of the world in just 20 years. Although it has little to do with him, the "Wu" in his posthumous title is probably necessary.

And according to his current behavior... perhaps it should be Zhaowu?

"His Majesty!"

Just when Liu Chan was concentrating on thinking about his temple name and posthumous title, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Fei Yi suddenly walked in and interrupted his fantasy.

"Minister Fei, is there anything important?" Liu Chan immediately sat up straight and asked with a serious expression.

Looks like it's time to work again...

"Your Majesty, today the world is unified and the Han Dynasty is revived. This is the time when the Mandate of Heaven is upon us. Therefore, we have written to the Shangshutai, requesting a change of era name and a Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai to make the Mandate of Heaven of the Han Dynasty known!"

Fei Yi cupped his hands and made a serious report to Liu Chan.

"Ah? Fengshan at Mount Tai? I?"

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Fengshan on Mount Tai is the highest honor for every emperor. Only the emperor who has truly achieved supreme achievements has the face to go to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods.

Well...Emperor Zhenzong of Song doesn’t count.

Liu Chan was very clear about himself. He was the Emperor Zhongzu who came to power by lying down. So Liu Chan, who knew that he was not virtuous, politely refused the offer.

However, it was obvious that the people in the Secretariat had misunderstood. After Liu Chan refused, the Secretariat immediately came up with a more radical plan for Fengshan at Mount Tai and submitted it to Liu Chan again.

This made Liu Chan a little bit amused and helpless. He was not just pretending to ask for permission three times, he really didn't want to go. However, the Secretariat and even the entire court did not allow it. Fei Yi even went to ask for Zhuge Liang's opinion on the third request.

Liu Chan did not dare to refuse and could only nod and agree. This Han emperor, who had the best luck in history, was forcibly carried to the top of Mount Tai by his subjects...

But, overall, everything turned out fine.

Although Ji Han was still extremely poor, and the situation in the northern border had not eased much, and the Huma in the northern border kept moving southwards as the weather turned colder, the crisis still existed.

But at least, the Chinese land was reunified, and it was not the Sima family that ruled this regime.

This is enough.

A new chapter is about to begin on the land of China!
(End of this chapter)