Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 164 Yuan Shu Proclaims Emperor
Guan Yu and others continued westward towards Xuchang, and Zhou Cang turned north to return to Peijia Village after a long absence.

Pei Yuanshao and Liu An had already buried Liu Quan. Zhou Cang paid homage and prepared to return to Guangling. Liu An proposed to stay with his wife to observe filial piety. Liu An left behind rations.The tombs of Pei Dahu and Zhou Cheng have not yet been repaired. When they visited the grave, they just mourned a few words in front of their father's grave and planted some new soil.

There is no need to stay in Mengshan. Zhou Cang sent Zhou Ji to Mengshan to bring back those who are willing to move south to Guangling. Those who are unwilling to leave will leave two years of food and live there by themselves.Then return to Guangling with Pei Yuanshao and Mi Fang.

Guangling has added two more talents. Sun Gan is in charge of the college and released Zhou Wen. Sun Qian is very satisfied and interested in the new job.According to Mi Zhu's request, Mi Fang was unwilling to participate in military affairs, so Zhou Cang appointed Mi Fang as a Tuntian Captain, who was in charge of Tuntian.The Dow Brothers' fruit wine research still has no progress, so Zhou Cang has to ask Mi Fang to join in the research of fruit wine, and postpone the promulgation of the prohibition order.

Zhou Wen reported to Zhou Cang that Zhang Jiong had returned to Huainan after returning from Xiapi for a long time after Zhou Cang did not return. Zhou Wen praised Zhang Jiong greatly and went to Xiapi to convince Hao Meng that he almost let the majestic Lu Bu enter the gutter. It's a rare talent to capsize.

Zhou Cang said: "I still have errands for Zhang Jiong, and I can come back to help you after I finish. Liu Bei has already gone to join Cao Cao, and he will definitely persuade Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu. Zhang Jiong will go back, and Yuan Shu is not far from proclaiming himself emperor. One step depends on whether Cao Cao will attack Lu Bu or Yuan Shu first, and we must make preparations early."

"Don't worry, my lord. We now have [-] well-trained soldiers, [-] cavalry, and [-] cavalrymen in Xu Sheng's daily drills. The soldiers are fine and well-fed enough to fight against anyone. We will see Cao Cao's movements." , and then decide whether to take Huainan or Xuzhou."

"How about the tournament?"

"I am going to ask my lord about this matter. If we are only in the Guangling area, we can start it in a month, but it is inevitable that there will be a shortage of outstanding people. If we expand the scope, we will issue a notice. Depending on the scope of the issue, it will take three months to arrive." Half a year."

Zhou Cang thought for a while, "After all, the territory of Guangling is too small, so let's send an announcement to all places. This time, only Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Jingzhou and Jiangdong will be sent, and the time will be set in half a year. When the announcement is sent out, how many people can come will count." How much, everything is difficult at the beginning, and it is not so difficult to start well."

Although Zhang Jiong didn't complete the task assigned by Yuan Shu satisfactorily, he still had something to say. When Yuan Shu heard that Hao Meng had failed, he was very sorry and called it a pity.

Zhang Jiong said again: "My lord, don't worry, this is not necessarily a bad thing for us, even if it fails, it will not cause us any loss, and I have already persuaded Chen Gong, Hao Meng failed, Chen Gong has not been exposed, and can still play a role , can help us persuade Lu Bu to fight against Cao Cao. After this catastrophe, Lu Bu will no longer trust his subordinates so much, and will definitely seek alliances with the princes in order to stabilize the situation. Now we have no foreign troubles, everything is ready, just wait The lord ascended the throne and commanded the world."

Yuan Shu laughed out loud and applauded repeatedly.

In the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu finally proclaimed himself emperor and named him Zhongshi.In order to prepare for the enthronement ceremony, Yuan Shu's subordinates built a nine-foot three-story high platform in Shouchun, all of which were built with white marble strips. It took a thousand stonemasons and ten thousand soldiers to complete it in two months.The carved beams and painted buildings built in the major palaces of the imperial palace are resplendent and resplendent. Countless skilled craftsmen are used to make ceremonial guards, clothing, and utensils, and countless gold and silver threads are consumed. Young and beautiful people are selected from the people to fill the inner palace. two.

Correspondingly, the originally prosperous Jianghuai area was looted, the common people had no food and clothing, the rewards and military rations of the soldiers were withheld, and there were complaints everywhere.Zhang Jiong quietly gathered these skilled craftsmen in his mansion, and secretly sent them to Guangling in batches.

Yuan Shu didn't care about the lives of ordinary people. He was very satisfied with the preparations for the enthronement ceremony. He pretended to be dressed in a dragon robe, a crown on his head, and a jade belt around his waist. Zhang Jiong read out the succession edict.

Originally, there were still many procedures, but Yuan Shu and the generals omitted them impatiently, and went directly to the enfeoffment link: Yuan Shu made his wife Feng the queen, and his son Yuan Yao the prince.Zhang Jiong is prime minister, Yang Hong is minister, cousins ​​Yuan Yi, Yuan Xu, Yuan Yin and nephew Yuan Huan are ministers, Zhang Xun is general, Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Li Feng, Liang Gang and Le were appointed generals, but Yang Feng was not rewarded and was dissatisfied with Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu also took Shouchun as his capital, and the governor of Jiujiang as Huainan Yin.

After half a year of repairs and renovations in the inner city of Shouchun, there are no poor people in the city. They are not out of poverty, but evicted. It's a refugee camp.Yuan Shu couldn't see it, he rode a dragon chariot pulled by eight white horses, and patrolled around Shouchun City, Yuan Shu ordered people to throw copper coins to the surrounding people in the car, watching the common people lower their heads and looting the copper coins, Yuan Shu laughed happily .

At the first court meeting, Shangshu Yang Hong suggested to Yuan Shu that through marriage and alliance with the feudal lords, Yuan Shu picked it up and felt that he had enmity with Cao Cao and Liu Biao, and that Zhou Cang was too old and had no heirs, which was not suitable.Lu Bu was quite suitable, and Lu Bu had a daughter, so Qiao Rui was sent to Xuzhou to ask Lu Bu to marry him.Sun Ce's career in Jiangdong was in full swing, so he sent Yang Hong to Jiangdong to propose marriage to Sun Ce to marry his daughter to Sun Ce's fourth younger brother Sun Kuang.

Qiao Rui came to Xuzhou to explain his intentions to Lu Bu and said, "Your Majesty, if your majesty hadn't gone out to attack Liu Bei before he ascended the throne, how could he have taken down Xuzhou? Your majesty thought the general was a martial artist, so he didn't pursue it. Instead, he recommended you as the shepherd of Xuzhou. Your majesty's attitude. Now your majesty has only one son, and your majesty promised that the young lady will be the queen in the future, and the young lady's son will be the grandson of the emperor, which shows how much your majesty attaches importance to the prince."

Lu Bu couldn't make up his mind for a while, and Yuan Shu was undoubtedly not a good guy, but now that Yuan Shu had soldiers and food, he desperately needed an ally to stabilize his position in Xuzhou.He was really reluctant to have only this one daughter, so he invited Chen Gong to discuss it.

Chen Gong strongly agreed, "The general has just acquired Xuzhou and is in need of foreign aid. Now Yuan Shu has enough troops in Huainan to form an alliance. Our joint efforts against Cao Cao will surely succeed." In Chen Gong's heart, there is only one enemy, and that is Cao Cao.

Lu Bu mused, "Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, and it might be inappropriate for us to form an alliance with him."

(End of this chapter)