Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 727 Returning to Luoyang and Liu Wei Proclaiming Emperor

"My lord, Luoyang, the eastern capital, is right in front of you!"

Looking at the tall city gate of Luoyang, Yang Jindao asked fascinatedly.

"Well, after so many years, I really didn't expect to be able to come back!"

Looking at the city gate of Luoyang, Liu Wei was also full of emotions. He started his career here and was appreciated by Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty. Hong had already gone west in Hebei, and his son Liu Xie had died indirectly by his hands. Now he, Liu Wei, came back here and became the owner of this place.

Liu Wei watched outside the city for a while, then ordered: "Go into the city!"

Luoyang City was burned to pieces by Dong Zhuo at the beginning. Cao Cao later spent a lot of manpower and material resources on repairing Luoyang, and Luoyang was restored in sevens and eighties.

However, in order to resist Liu Wei, Cao Cao resorted to military force and increased the taxes of the people. Looking around, the people who entered and exited from the small gate were all pale.

"Alas! Prospering the people is suffering, but dying the people is suffering!"

Liu Wei sighed.

As soon as he entered Luoyang City, Liu Wei led the army to the former imperial palace.

Cao Cao repaired Luoyang City, but did not repair the imperial palace. The imperial palace was still in decline, with ruins everywhere, and even the Weiyang Palace in the previous dynasty was leaking from all sides.

Liu Wei looked back at Juhu meaningfully, meaning you asked me to come back just to tell me to look at this dilapidated palace?
Juhu stood up and said embarrassingly: "My lord, it's not that the lower officials are not good at doing things. It's just that the palace is too large. It can't be repaired in half a day, and it needs a lot of money. Now is really not the time to repair it!"

"Humph!"

Liu Wei snorted coldly, and said, "Who told you to fix it, and I don't plan to stay here for a long time, so let's scrap this broken place!"

"My lord, how can this be done? This is the place where the emperors of the Han Dynasty handled their affairs. Luoyang is also the capital of the Han Dynasty. There is no need for you to live here forever when you become emperor in the future!"

Juhu said quickly.

"Is this the capital city?"

Liu Wei looked at Juhu suspiciously, and asked, "Who told you that I'm going to build a capital here?"

"Ah? No, my lord, it's so difficult for you to go back to Hebei? Or do you want to establish your capital in Yecheng?"

Liu Wei replied: "No, the capital will not be in Yecheng!"

"Then my lord wants to return the capital to Chang'an, it's not impossible, Chang'an is also the capital of our great man, if you...!"

Juhu thought that Liu Wei was going back to Chang'an to build his capital, and he wanted to talk about the benefits of Chang'an.

Liu Wei interrupted Juhu impatiently: "What are you guessing here! It's not Chang'an, and it's not Luoyang. I want to build the capital in Jixian County! Rename Jixian County to Jing, and Beijing will be the capital of the Han Dynasty in the future!"

"what?"

Juhu was startled, and after a pause for a few seconds, Juhu hurriedly said: "Master, you must not, Ji County is a place of bitter cold, and it is far away from the Central Plains. If there is turmoil in the Central Plains or Jiangnan in the future, the Lord will be too far away! "

Guo Jia, who had always been in favor of Liu Wei, also changed his mind and persuaded Liu Wei: "Yes, my lord, Master Ju is right. Although Hebei has excellent soldiers, Ji County is too far away from the Central Plains! Establish the capital in Ji County I'm afraid it's not right!"

"I hope the lord will think twice!"

All the civil and military personnel following Liu Wei knelt down in front of Liu Wei.

Liu Wei saw that everyone was determined and couldn't continue to say anything, so he changed the subject and said, "Isn't this king still not proclaiming emperor! Why are you discussing this?"

When Liu Wei said this, Xu Shu hurriedly took over the words and remonstrated: "My lord, now Liaozhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Sili, and Yanzhou have all fallen into the lord's control." In the hands of the fourteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, only Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yuzhou, and Jiaozhou are not in the hands of the lord. At this time, if you don’t proclaim the emperor and maintain the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty! I hope that your majesty will ascend the throne and proclaim the emperor as soon as possible. Restore the orthodoxy of the great Han!"

"Yuanzhi, you...!"

The incident happened suddenly, Liu Wei was caught off guard, looked straight at Xu Shu, pointed at Xu Shu and remained silent for a long time.

But this news was too shocking, and all the generals present were not prepared at all, and they all looked at Xu Shu and Liu Wei dumbfounded.

Guo Jia coughed lightly, pulled everyone back from the shock, knelt down to Liu Wei and said, "I hope that the Lord will ascend the throne as soon as possible and restore the orthodoxy of the great man!"

After Guo Jia knelt down, all the generals were relieved, knelt down one after another, and said in unison: "I hope that the lord will ascend the throne as soon as possible and restore the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty!"

"Nonsense! It's all nonsense!"

The incident happened suddenly, Liu Wei was unprepared, and could only say that they were messing around.

"My lord, if you don't claim to be emperor, how can you occupy the land of Kyushu? If your name is not justified, no one in the world can trust you, my lord!"

Guo Jia said.

"Um..., this, um... this!"

Liu Wei faltered for a long time, but didn't think of an excuse.

"My lord, don't refuse. If you look around, there is no one in the world who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the lord. If you don't claim the title of emperor, is there anyone else in the world qualified to be the emperor?"

Juhu asked Liu Wei back.

"But, but you let me proclaim the emperor in this dilapidated place? It's windy and rainy every day, and those who don't know think it's a beggar meeting!"

Liu Wei pointed to the open roof above his head and said.

Juhu replied: "My lord can build a palace first, discuss matters in the palace, and my subordinates will find craftsmen to build the palace on the same day!"

"I said, I don't plan to set up the capital in Luoyang, I want to build the capital in Jixian!"

Liu Wei flatly rejected Juhu's request to repair the palace.

"My lord, I really don't understand why you want to build your capital in Jixian County. Jixian County is a bitterly cold place and it's on the border. What's so good about it!"

Xu Shu asked.

"What's so good? Let me ask you, once the big man is pacified, who is the big man's foreign enemy?"

"My lord, if the world is in peace, there will be no foreign enemies!"

Xu Shu replied

"If there were no foreign enemies, then we would not be far from subjugation. Don't you hear that Mencius said that he was born in sorrow and died in peace. Besides, for hundreds of years, foreign races have been the enemy of my great man. Since Zhao Wuling King Hufu rode and shot Since then, our struggle with the alien races in the grassland has never been interrupted! I built the capital in Ji County to hang a knife on my head, and always be vigilant to myself.

"My lord, you...!"

Xu Shu wanted to refute, but Liu Wei's words made him speechless.

"I have made up my mind, either I will not ascend the throne and become emperor, or I will become emperor in Ji County!"

After Liu Wei finished speaking, he passed through the generals and walked outside the Weiyang Palace regardless of the generals' astonished gazes.Only a group of generals who hesitated to speak were left behind.

(End of this chapter)