Jagged hegemony of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 942 Regent Liu Peng

After the death of Liu Wei, the great emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, the five princes committed a rebellion when the new emperor Liu Rui ascended the throne to offer sacrifices to heaven, and surrounded Liu Rui on Panlong Mountain. Three of them were arrested, and the three princes who were captured were beheaded at the entrance of Caishi in Kyoto, and their heads were hung on the gate of the city for public display.

"Regent, since the civil strife has been put down, dare to ask the regent, when will the late emperor be buried?"

Above the court hall, a minister asked Liu Peng who was sitting in front.

"Father's tomb is still under construction. The king has sent people to speed up the construction of the tomb, but it will take a few months at the fastest. Fortunately, it is winter and the weather is cold. Father's body can be preserved intact!"

After Liu Peng finished speaking, he remembered that Liu Wei had not yet conferred a posthumous title and established a temple name, so he asked Xu Guang: "The late emperor passed away on a crane, and he has not yet had a posthumous title or a temple name. How does Master Xu think that he should be granted a posthumous title?"

Xu Guang heard the words, thought carefully, and then replied: "The first emperor lived his life as a soldier, and he acted in an upright manner. He can be posthumously named Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty! The temple name is Mingzu!"

Liu Peng nodded in agreement, and immediately named Liu Wei Emperor Mingwu of the Han Dynasty in the name of Liu Rui, and established a temple.

A few months later, the construction of Liu Wei's tomb was completed, and Liu Wei was buried in the imperial tomb.

After Liu Wei's burial, in order to pay homage to Liu Wei, the people of Hebei put up Liu Wei's portrait in every household, offering offerings every [-]th day of the Lunar New Year. Every county has a temple of Emperor Mingwu of the Han Dynasty, and the incense is endless.

The people in the north respected Liu Wei from the bottom of their hearts. It was Liu Wei who unified the north and made them come out of the wars and chaos caused by the separatist rule. It was Liu Wei who gave them the land. Therefore, the people under the Northern Han Dynasty The common people are so grateful to Liu Wei.

However, the people in Hebei support Liu Wei, which does not mean that the people in other places also support Liu Wei.

The people north of the Yellow River are grateful to Liu Wei, the people south of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River have no opinion of Liu Wei, and the people south of the Yangtze River hate Liu Wei deeply, especially the people in Yangzhou. The reputation here is like a mouse crossing the street, everyone reviled.

When Liu Wei died, the people of Yangzhou all clapped their hands and applauded. What's more, they even wept bitterly with joy, facing the north, and crying for death.

Liu Wei's death made the people in the south happy, and the princes in the south even more happy. After Liu Bei learned of Liu Wei's death, he crossed the Yangtze River by boat and moved the Jingzhou government back to Xiangyang. Sun Ce disregarded Zhou Yu's advice, Reached an alliance with Liu Bei, dispatched [-] water troops, gathered by the river, and prepared to join Liu Bei in the Northern Expedition.

On this day, Liu Bei invited Sun Ce and Zhou Yu to discuss matters in the tent.

"You two, once Liu Wei died, the Northern Han threat to us was reduced by half. Liu Rui, the new emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, was not yet eight years old, and he was still a child. You know, Liu Wei's other sons don't agree with the new emperor at all, and the five princes openly rebelled, almost burning the little emperor to death in Panlong Mountain!"

"King Chu, I have heard about this matter a little bit, but I am very surprised why Liu Wei wants to make his grandson the new emperor. He has so many sons, why he just passed the throne to his grandson, and what kind of regent did the second son do? Wang, is this any different from directly making the second son emperor?"

Sun Ce asked suspiciously.

Zhou Yu replied first: "Bo Fu, Liu Wei has been fighting abroad all year round, and he rarely disciplines his sons. Only the eldest son and the second son are educated and armed. The rest of the sons are all dudes, just eating, drinking and having fun, and indulging in wine and sex. If it were you, would you be willing to give up the throne to a group of dandies? As for Liu Peng being made regent, it was because Liu Peng was decisive in killing and attacking, and Liu Wei was using Liu Peng to suppress the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty!"

Zhuge Liang also said: "Yes, it's just a pity that Liu Ziyan's eldest son, Liu An, died early. If not, Liu Wei would not have passed the throne to a child who was less than eight years old. However, this is precisely because of the current internal chaos in the Northern Han Dynasty. Only then will we have a chance to turn defeat into victory and turn this losing situation around."

"That's right, as long as our two families work together, even if we have fewer soldiers, we may not be unable to defeat the Northern Han army!"

Liu Bei felt that this was a godsend opportunity, who knows what kind of person Liu Rui is, if Liu Rui is more ruthless than his grandfather in the future, then they may really have no chance to come back.

"Okay, then we will advance and retreat together, and send troops to crusade against the Northern Han Dynasty!"

Sun Ce was also moved by Liu Bei.

"However, I just experienced a plague in Jiangdong. It can be said that I am very poor. I lack military food and supplies. I wonder if Jingzhou has any surplus?"

Sun Ce blushed after he finished speaking. In the past, Sun Ce would never beg Liu Bei, but he just experienced a plague in Jiangdong. Not only the people, but even the army were implicated. It will continue to spread.

Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, and said with a smile: Hey, Brother Bo Fuxian seems to be out of touch when he said this. Since it is the Northern Expedition, we will deal with the Northern Han army together. If you have no supplies, I will take them! "

"Then thank you Brother Xuande!"

Sun Ce also took advantage of the situation and called Liu Bei his brother.

Seeing that Sun Ce agreed to join him in the Northern Expedition, he hurriedly called out, "Come here, bring me some wine!"

Soon, a soldier disconnected a large jug of wine. Liu Bei poured two bowls of wine himself, then drew a dagger and cut a small cut in his hand, dripping a few drops into the two bowls respectively.

After Liu Bei drained the blood, he handed the dagger to Sun Ce and said, "Today you and I will make an alliance with blood. After drinking this bowl of wine, tomorrow we will send troops to the Northern Expedition!"

"it is good!"

Sun Ce was also unambiguous. He cut his palm and let the blood flow into the bowl.

"Come on, do it!"

After Sun Ce drained the blood, Liu Bei took a bowl of wine and drank it down in one gulp.

Sun Ce also picked up another bowl of wine and drank it down.

After the two finished drinking, Sun Ce asked again: "Liu Zhang of Western Shu has never fought against the Northern Han army. Why don't we unite with him to deal with the Northern Han?"

Liu Bei snorted coldly and said: "Liu Zhang, don't you understand him? He is timid and cowardly. He is definitely not a person who can do great things. We will take him with us to deal with the Northern Han army. I am afraid that he will do bad things. Besides, he If you want to go north, you won’t be able to get out of the customs, and Chencang is occupied by Wei Yan from Xiliang, so he can’t get out at all!”

Zhou Yu hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, King Chu!"

Liu Bei and Sun Ce looked at Zhou Yu together, and Zhou Yu said, "Although Liu Zhang is cowardly, Xichuan is rich in products. There is no need for him to send troops to fight, as long as he can provide us with some food and supplies!"

"this……!"

Liu Bei stroked his beard and turned his eyes to the direction where Zhuge Liang was.

Seeing Zhuge Liang nod his head slightly, Liu Bei nodded: "Okay, then contact Liu Zhang!"

(End of this chapter)