People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 294 Welcoming the Emperor
"Fu Xie, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao have both sent envoys to ask me to move forward. The ministers in the court have been discussing it endlessly but to no avail. So you tell me, what should I do?"

In the main hall of Luoyang Imperial Palace, only a few candles were not enough to illuminate the entire hall, so it was a little dark inside. However, Liu Xie, sitting on the imperial chair, looked a little immature in such a gloomy environment.

Standing at the bottom of the hall was Fu Xie, who was now relied upon by Liu Xie as his confidant.

When Liu Xie didn't know how to deal with many things, he was unwilling to get close to other ministers and only wanted to listen to Fu Xie's words.

This trust certainly did not come out of thin air. When he was held hostage by Dong Zhuo in the past, Fu Xie was the only one he could trust. Later, it was Fu Xie who helped him assassinate Dong Zhuo. With such an experience, Fu Xie naturally became one of Liu Xie's most trusted ministers.

Just now, the court officials were arguing over the issue of moving the emperor, but there was no result.

This matter concerned himself, so Liu Xie did not dare to take it lightly. After the court was dismissed, he was worried. He did not keep any of the ministers, but only kept Fu Xie to ask questions.

However, Fu Xie was somewhat helpless about this kind of problem.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are all the same kind of people. It makes no difference where they go. Even the princes in the world are all the same kind of people. Among the princes with real strong soldiers and horses, who can truly respect the emperor?

But if I don't leave, I can't stay in Luoyang.

Luoyang and Chang'an have both suffered great disasters and are now in ruins. Even though the situation here is slightly better than Chang'an, it is only slightly better.

The current situation of the imperial capital can only be described as shocking. The former prosperity is long gone, and the people have either fled to other places or died in the unrest. Nine out of ten houses are empty and the population has been dwindling.

Even the imperial palace, which symbolized the center of the world, was in ruins. The emperor was reluctant to light even a few more candles. The situation was so bleak that it was difficult to describe.

Today's Luoyang is no longer suitable to serve as the center of the imperial court.

Now it was not right to leave, nor was it right to stay. Fu Xie could only sigh: "The court officials will make a final decision on this matter sooner or later. Your Majesty just needs to wait patiently."

In the darkness, Liu Xie's voice was heard again: "If I agree, will Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, or anyone else become the second Dong Zhuo?"

Fu Xie was shocked and looked up at the young emperor.

It turned out that the young emperor had begun to grow up unknowingly.

After moving there, will Cao Cao and Yuan Shao be the second Dong Zhuo? Of course they will.

Fu Xie knew the answer in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud, so in the end he could only answer with silence.

Liu Xie also sensed this silence, and he clenched his fists unconsciously. He felt that he had always been a puppet manipulated by others along the way, and he was unwilling to continue like this.

"I don't want to go. I can appoint Fu Qing as the general. I can recruit soldiers to build a new army. This will surely suppress the rebellion and revive the imperial power!"

Liu Xie's voice echoed in the empty hall, his tone was passionate and full of expectation.

Upon hearing this, Fu Xie just smiled bitterly and said, "I am willing to die for the trust of your majesty, but the construction of the army requires countless money and food, and the court now needs Cao Yuan's help for its expenses. I am afraid we need to consider this later."

Fu Xie's words were very tactful, but Liu Xie obviously didn't understand and continued to ask: "All the governors and provincial governors in the country are my ministers of the Han Dynasty. They should be supported by money and food. Now that I want to train a new army, how can you not respond?"

Fu Xie had a headache and didn't know how to answer.

Should we tell Liu Xie that the world is ruled by fists, and that expecting people to send money and food and form an army just by relying on the emperor's name is just wishful thinking.

All the princes were ambitious people. They just wanted to use the emperor's name to facilitate themselves, but they did not want to see an emperor out of control, and they would never be stupid enough to spend money and effort to help the emperor build an army.

It can only be said that although Liu Xie has grown up a bit, he is still naive. "Ahem, Your Majesty, I'm afraid the timing is not right for this. Ministers like Cao and Yuan are all strong and powerful, and they are important ministers that Your Majesty can rely on. Your Majesty should first use their power to stabilize the world, and then it won't be too late to do this."

Although Fu Xie knew that he would inevitably be controlled once he went to Cao Yuan, he had no choice.

As for using their power to stabilize the world and then plan for the future, that is just self-consolation.

If the princes really stabilize the world, the emperor will be useless at that time. Not to mention doing anything, it will be a question whether he can even keep his title as emperor.

Of course, nothing is absolute in this world, at least Fu Xie has the idea of ​​waiting for the opportunity in his heart.

No one can predict how the world will develop, and who knows if there will be a turning point. Once Fu Xie finds an opportunity, he will definitely help the emperor restore his majesty!
Liu Xie seemed to understand Fu Xie's words and realized that his idea was too naive. Although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to give up.

But even if he had to consider moving, there was something else that made him angry.

"I have heard that Yuan Shao had planned to establish Liu Yu as the emperor in the past, but Liu Yu was killed by the Yellow Turbans and the plan was abandoned. Since he has no intention of respecting me, why did he come to welcome me? Isn't that shameless?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Xie immediately understood that Liu Xie was holding a grudge against Yuan Shao, and was probably more inclined to move to Cao Cao.

This was indeed the case at the beginning, but for princes like Yuan and Cao, propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame were just slogans they shouted, and in reality no one really took these things seriously.

Now that Yuan Shao has suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Xuan Xia and his prestige has been greatly damaged, this is the time when he needs to increase his voice, and the importance of the emperor is highlighted.

However, some things may not be decided by Liu Xie's preferences.

While they were discussing, a eunuch suddenly came running in with a report: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shao, the governor of Jizhou, has sent an envoy with a large army to the capital to welcome Your Majesty to Yecheng!"

"What!" Liu Xie was shocked and stood up from the dragon throne with a look of shock and anger on his face: "What does he want to do? Is he here to welcome me or to hold me hostage?"

Fu Xie also frowned immediately, and was quite unhappy with Yuan Shao's approach, but he also understood that the court had no choice at all.

No one expected that the envoy sent by Yuan Shao was just a feint, and the army behind was the real means. This guy had no intention of letting the emperor and the court make the decision, but instead forced his way in.

With such a large army coming, the imperial court and the emperor would have to obey even if they didn't want to.

Sure enough, not long after, the court officials returned to the hall. When they saw the emperor, they hurriedly advised Liu Xie to issue an edict to move the emperor to Yecheng and commended Yuan Shao for welcoming the emperor.

Liu Xie's face changed with anger, but under the unanimous persuasion of his ministers, he finally agreed.

Yuan Shao was so powerful that Liu Xie should not only not get angry, but he had to actively cooperate with him. Otherwise, after the conflict became public, it would be Liu Xie himself who would be embarrassed.

The emperor's relocation was decided in such a muddled way.

In fact, Yuan Shao was able to succeed in this matter only because he reacted faster.

Right behind Yuan Shao's army that was welcoming the emperor, following closely behind was actually Cao Cao's army that was welcoming the emperor.

In this matter, whoever seizes the initiative first will win, but Cao Cao still lost this one.

As for how Cao Cao was so angry when he heard that Yuan Shao had taken the emperor away that he turned his bowl upside down on the table, there is no need to elaborate on this.

(End of this chapter)