"Zhongguo?" After the term came out of the mouth of Liu Mang's children's shoes, the faces of all Yangzhou civil and military officers suddenly became very beautiful, and everyone thought about it.
Some of them are happy, such as our Master Yang Hong, when did Zhongguo come from, that is, from Yang Hong's former master, that is, the cheap father-in-law of our Royal Highness Liu Mang, Yuan Shuyuan Gonglu children's shoes out of the mouth. Yuan Shu always believed that Yuan's surname came from Chen, and that Chen was the successor of Shun, who inherited fire with earth, so he was the next in line. He also thought that the prophecy said: "The person who replaced the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye." He was talking about himself, so after Yuan Shu obtained the jade seal, he often had the ambition to become emperor.
In the winter of 195 A.D. (the second year of Xingping), the rebel generals Li Jue and Guo Si pursued Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and officials in Caoyangjian, Hongnong County. Yang Feng, who protected Emperor Xian and Xianting, was defeated by the rebels, and Emperor Xian fled to Went to the north of the Yellow River. Yuan Shu thought that the time had come, so he called a meeting with his subordinates and said: "Now the Liu family has declined, and there is a lot of turmoil in the world. The four generations of our Yuan family are important ministers in the court, and the people are willing to submit to me. I want to uphold the will of God and follow the hearts of the people. Ascend to the throne and proclaim the emperor now, what do you think of the lords?" Everyone heard this, but no one dared to say anything, only the director Yan Xiang said: "In those days, the people of Zhou, from their ancestor Houji to King Wen, accumulated virtues and merits. It can be said that they have two points in dividing the world, but they still cautiously become the courtiers of the Yin and Shang dynasties. Although you have been a high-ranking official and rich salary, Minggong, you may not be as prosperous as the Ji family; although the Han Dynasty is declining now, it seems It can't be compared with the cruel and immoral King Zhou of Yin!" Yuan Shu didn't say a word after hearing Yan Xiang's words, but he was very angry in his heart.
Not long after, Zhang Yu, a native of Hanoi, made a divination for him. Said he was destined to be emperor. He used this as a reason. In 197 A.D. (the second year of Jian'an), he proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun.
Since then, Zhongguo has appeared on this land of China.
But it's a pity that our Yuan Shu children's shoes are not lucky, it can even be said to be very unlucky.
When he proclaimed himself emperor at that time, one. That is, although the prestige of the Han Dynasty has been hit again and again, but how to say, his reputation has not yet been underestimated, and everyone still obeys the Han Dynasty. But still obey the Han Dynasty.
Second, there are too many enemies around our Yuan Shu children's shoes, Cao Cao and Liu Bei. Sun Ce and Liu Mang's cheap father-in-law Lu Bu are both there.
After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he appointed the governor of Jiujiang as Yin of Huainan. The courtiers were widely set up, and the altars used by the emperor to worship the Emperor of Heaven were built in the south of the city and the north of the city. In his life, he was extravagant and profligate. There are hundreds of wives and concubines in the harem, all of whom are dressed in elegant clothes and have everything you can expect from exquisite food, but the soldiers in his army are in a state of hunger and cold. Under his dictatorial rule, the people in the Jianghuai area were in dire straits, many places were cut off from human habitation, and there was even a phenomenon of cannibalism during the famine. At the same time, Yuan Shu's act of proclaiming himself emperor was despised by the princes of the world. Yuan Shu became everyone's enemy, and soon he was rebelled and attacked by Sun Ce, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao. First of all, Sun Ce broke away from Yuan Shu in Jiangdong and became self-reliant. He expelled Yuan Yin, the prefect of Danyang appointed by Yuan Shu, and caused Yuan Shu's Guangling prefect Wu Jing and general Sun Ben to abandon Yuan Shu and join Sun Ce after receiving Sun Ce's letter. Sun Ce's relatives) caused Yuan Shu to lose large tracts of land such as Guangling and Jiangdong, which was a setback to his power; secondly, Lv Bu defeated Yuan Shu's army and plundered in Huaibei; thirdly, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu when Yuan Shu invaded Chen County, and Yuan Shu fled again To Huainan.
Later, Yuan Shu encountered a severe drought and famine in the winter of 197 A.D., and his strength was seriously damaged. The tragedies of cannibalism can be seen everywhere between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River. At that time, Shu Shao, Prime Minister of Pei, advised Yuan Shu to distribute grain to save the hungry people. Yuan Shu was furious and beheaded. Zhong Ying: "Knowing that you will die, that's why you listen to it. I'd rather save one person's life and save the people from suffering." Yuan Shu was moved, so he got off his horse and led him, saying: "Zhong Ying, I want to enjoy the same name in the world with one step, and don't share with me. Common evil?" He followed Zhong Ying's words. However, Yuan Shu's decline was irreversible at this time. Later, Chen Lan and Lei Bo rebelled and rushed to Mount Xun to plunder grain and grass.
In 199 AD, Yuan Shu, who had nowhere to go, attributed the title of emperor to Yuan Shao, and wanted to join Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, who was the governor of Qingzhou at the time. As a result, Liu Bei and Zhu Lingjun sent by Cao Cao stopped the way on the road, and Yuan Shu could not pass. He retreated to Shouchun again, and on the way he wanted to go to Mt. Yun to join Lei Bo and Chen Lan, his predecessors, but Lei Bo and others refused. They stayed for three days, and the soldiers ran out of food, so they retreated to Jiangting. At that time, there were only thirty dendrobium of wheat dust in the army. It was the hottest month of June, and Yuan Shu wanted honey syrup to quench his thirst, but there was no honey. Sighing for a long time, Nai Zha said: "That's what Yuan Shu is for!" Finally, he vomited blood and died.
But it's different now.
The prestige of the Han Dynasty is now completely over. The little emperor Liu Xie over there, who doesn't know, has been completely reduced to Cao Cao's puppet, and it can be said that he no longer has the power of life and death.
Cao Cao even killed Concubine Dong Gui, who was pregnant by the little emperor, and the result of this was that the prestige of the Han Dynasty had fallen to the bottom.
Anyone who is an enemy of Cao Cao will not recognize the status of this little emperor.
Even in Xudu, everyone is looking at Cao Cao over there, not at the little emperor Liu Xie. It is better to say that it is the Wei State than the Han Dynasty.
There is also the enemy, although Cao Cao has now become the overlord of the north, occupying Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Zhili, and several states.
But our Shu Wang Liu Mang children's shoes are not bad at all. Yangzhou, Jiangdong, Xuzhou, Jiaozhou, Yuzhou, and a small half of Jingzhou can be regarded as the overlords of the Central Plains.
The other Liu Bei children's shoes are still working hard in Jingzhou to plan other people's territory. Sun Ce has already surrendered to Liu Mang. As for Lord Lu Bu, he is with Liu Mang at all!
Under such a good situation, if he proclaims himself emperor, he really has nothing to say.
That's why Yang Hong and the others' eyes lit up. If Liu Mang proclaims himself emperor and his country is called Zhongguo, then he will inherit Yuan Shu's behest. Some other generals in Yangzhou also looked at Liu Mang with twinkling eyes. .
Once Liu Mang proclaims himself emperor, all of them will be servants of the dragon, such a credit. It will inevitably make them rise when the tide rises. How many official titles and titles do you need
Every eye is shining.
"My lord is wise!" Yang Hong and the others knelt down and spoke to Liu Mang over there.
"I'm wise?" Liu Mang was also taken aback. What's wrong with him.
If some people are happy, others will frown. For example, our Lord Tian Feng frowned, as if he disapproved of Liu Mang's proclaiming the emperor. Of course, our Lord Tian Feng is not loyal to the Han Dynasty, and he can even It is said that the prestige of the Han Dynasty has declined again and again, and it is also the credit of Mr. Tian Feng.
Encourage Liu Yu to proclaim himself emperor, and then even let Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu welcome Emperor Han. They are going to do the same thing as Cao Cao, and they are going to coerce the emperor to make the princes. Whoever puts the little emperor Liu Xie in their eyes, they follow the principle that whoever has the biggest fist is the king. It's a pity that Yuan Shao's children's shoes are disobedient.
"My lord, this is absolutely impossible?" Tian Feng spoke to Liu Mang over there.
"En?" Liu Mang became puzzled, why is it absolutely impossible.
"Lord Tian Feng, my lord inherits the legacy of the old lord, is there any agreement? Our Zhong Kingdom will reappear in heaven and earth. This is God's will. , my lord, as the son-in-law of the Yuan family, should also inherit the will of the Yuan family. After Yao and Shun, it is impossible to claim the title of Emperor Zhongguo!" Yang Hong is generally a good old man, and he is always smiling with everyone, but this time, Our Mr. Yang Hong refused to budge.
"Proclaim the emperor? Inherit Yuan Shu's behest?" Liu Mang became more and more confused, what were these two people talking about.
Tian Feng shook his head, "Master Yang Hong's words are wrong. Although the Yuan family is the fourth generation and the third prince, it is impossible to know whether it is the descendant of Yao and Shun. If it can be counted as Zhongguo? Besides, although the world is big, However, it has not reached the point of changing the dynasty, the national legacy of the Han Dynasty is still passed on, why do we need another country? If the Yuan family really wanted this, I am afraid that this world would have become the Zhong Kingdom long ago!"
"According to what Lord Tian Feng said, my lord should obey what the Han Emperor Liu Xie said, cut down the title and wait for death. You and I are both traitors, just sit and wait for death?" Yang Hong also talked with Tian over there. Feng confronted each other.
"Sit and wait for death? How is it possible? My words are not for my lord to sit and wait for death. The Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty didn't know right from wrong, and he didn't know whether he was good or bad. He treated my loyal minister as a traitor. In fact, it is the puppet of Cao Cao, who lost the face of the Han family. He was originally the king of Chenliu, but because of Dong Zhuo's chaos, he took the emperor. Emperor, we and we need to obey it? Since the Han Emperor has no virtue, then there are virtuous people living in it. My lord, originally a clan member of the Han family, is also the king of Shu, and is also a holy king of the Han Dynasty. If the Han Emperor has no virtue, then You should abdicate and let the virtuous, my lord live here, and my subject Tian Feng has seen His Majesty the Emperor of Han! Long live my emperor, long live long live." Tian Feng fell to his knees and shouted at Liu Mang over there.
It turns out that Tian Feng did not oppose Liu Mang's proclaiming the emperor, but let Liu Mang directly become the Emperor of Han, but he did not inherit the will of Zhongguo, because that Zhongguo was also a small court that was overthrown, and had the identity of a rebel ah.
Yang Hong looked at Tian Feng over there with a look of guilt on his face. It was Yang Hong who didn't think carefully and cared about the last will of the former lord, but he didn't know that Zhongguo had been branded as a rebel by wounding .
"The old minister has met His Majesty the Han Emperor, long live my emperor!" Yang Hong also knelt down, expressing his acquiescence to Tian Feng's words over there.
"We pay homage to Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others also knelt down and spoke to Liu Mang.
"This, this, this?" Liu Mang was completely dumbfounded now.
What kind of situation is this? Who told you that I am going to be called emperor? Liu Mang was speechless. He mentioned the meaning of Zhongguo, but he just told everyone that the reduction of nobles is not harmful at all. Because of Liu Mang, Only in this way can Yangzhou change from the desolate and uninhabited area to the prosperous and prosperous place it is now.
So what the people here think of is not Emperor Han, but Liu Mang, King of Shu, and even they all consider themselves as people from Yangzhou, not as people from the Han Dynasty in Xudu.
Most people know that there is Liu Mang, the king of Shu, but they don't know that there is Liu Xie, the emperor of Han.
But Liu Mang didn't explain it clearly. As soon as Zhong Guo was brought up, the civil and military people in Yangzhou over there immediately misunderstood.
Zhong Guo? Isn't that the self-supporting title of Yuan Shu's children's shoes? You, the lord, told us Zhongguo, are you telling us that you are going to stand on your own? What if Liu Mang didn't have this condition? Maybe all the Yangzhou civil and military people over there are not so caring, but Yangzhou has it no matter the right time, place and people.
First of all, Liu Mang's identity is the clan of the Han Dynasty, which can be the condition for proclaiming emperor.
Second, Liu Mang is now the overlord of the Central Plains, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and Yangzhou is developing vigorously. In the Shouchun Industrial Zone, new armor and weapons are all in battle, and there is that as a deterrent cannon.
Thirdly, it is the thoughts of these Yangzhou officials themselves. After all, Liu Mang is a king of Shu and can only open a mansion. If he becomes the emperor, this official position will be very different. Gongbo Hou Zinan, all these titles have come out.
Immediately, those Yangzhou civil and military people "comprehended" the meaning of the lord.
"No, no, how can I, Liu Mang, He Dehe, be able to become emperor?" Liu Mang explained over there, to be emperor? joke? If he becomes the emperor, can Liu Mang still go out to play? A set of rules can give him a headache, and although Liu Mang is now the lord of Yangzhou, he also knows that he got the foundation of everything from his cheap father-in-law Lu Bu. What if my cheap father-in-law is unhappy
Now that Liu Mang is the king of Shu, Lu Bu doesn't need to care. If Liu Mang becomes the Emperor of Han, Lu Bu can still care less.
The Tian family is ruthless, and the position of the emperor will only appear after the death of many people.
So Liu Mang declined over there.
However, the more Liu Mang refused, the more the other people wanted Liu Mang to be the emperor, because in everyone's eyes, this was a kind of modesty.
If you directly accept the position of the emperor, it means that you have long been ambitious. If you repeatedly refuse, it means that you have no choice but to sit on the throne of the emperor for the sake of the common people and the community.
To put it simply, it is about face.
"I really don't want to be the emperor!" Liu Mang was about to cry.
"Your Majesty, if you are not willing to inherit the great rule for the sake of the common people in this world, the ministers will hang themselves here!" Tian Feng immediately made a unique move.
"If Your Majesty refuses, I will hang myself here!" All of them fell to their knees at once.
"This, this, this!" Liu Mang was dumbfounded. Forced to die! (To be continued..)