In fact, the benefits that Yuan Chang promised to Yuan Shao were the same as those discussed with Guo Jia and others before, promising Yuan Shao to make contributions to Yuan Shao after welcoming back the Son of Heaven, and asking the Son of Heaven to make Yuan Shao a general, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, and to open the palace with the three divisions. It can be said that Yuan Chang's promise to Yuan Shao was already to make Yuan Shao half an emperor, so how could Yuan Shao not be tempted? Saying Yuan Chang's request in front of everyone before was just to give Yuan Chang a reasonable excuse.

Yuan Shao's heart is higher than the sky and his life is thinner than paper, he has a heart to be an emperor, but he does not have the courage to be an emperor. Speaking of which, Yuan Shao's behavior is not even as good as Yuan Shu. At least, Yuan Shu dared to openly claim the emperor, although he died not long after, at least Yuan Shu put it into action. Let's see what Yuan Shao did?

After Yuan Shao occupied the four prefectures of Hebei, Qing, You, and You, he had hundreds of thousands of troops. As his strength increased, his ambitions became greater, and the tribute to Emperor Xian gradually became scarce. Once, he suddenly received a letter from Yuan Shu, who had not been in contact with him for a long time, which said: "The world of the Han Dynasty has long been lost, the Son of Heaven is controlled by others, the government is private, the powerful compete, and the land is divided, which is no different from the era of the Seven Kingdoms in the last years of the Zhou Dynasty, and the result is that the strong annex the world." Our Yuan family was ordered by the heavens, and it should be the emperor, and the talismans and auspiciousness are clearly displayed. Today you have four states and millions of households. No one can compare with your strength in terms of strength, and no one can compare with your nobility in terms of virtue. Even if Cao Cao had the heart to help the weak and save the weak, how could he continue the extinct Mandate of Heaven?" Yuan Shu called Emperor Huainan in the second year of Jian'an, but only two and a half years later, he was emptied, embarrassed internally and externally, and betrayed his relatives. Although Yuan Shao didn't dare to make a noise when he saw the letter, he couldn't ask for it in his heart. He instructed the chief bookkeeper Geng Bao to find a basis for himself to be the emperor, and Geng Bao said to him privately: "Chide has declined, and the Yuan family is a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, so it should follow the will of heaven and the hearts of the people." The meaning of these words is that, according to the "theory" of "five virtues are born together", the Han Dynasty was the so-called fire virtue, and the fire virtue should be replaced by Tude, and the Yellow Emperor was Tude, and the Yuan family was the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, so it was "providence" for the Yuan family to replace the Han Dynasty. Yuan Shao disclosed Geng Bao's remarks to the military government subordinates, and the subordinates all thought that Geng Bao's fallacies confused the public, confused the public, and should be killed. Yuan Shao knew that the time was not yet ripe, so he had no choice but to kill Geng Bao for fear of revealing his feet.

You see, Yuan Shao wanted to be the emperor in his heart, but he didn't have the courage to do it, so he killed Geng Bao in order to avoid suspicion.

Now, Yuan Chang went to greet the Son of Heaven, and Yuan Chang did the hard work, but in the end, the bulk of the benefits was received by him Yuan Shao, how could Yuan Shao not agree? Although it was just a fake festival, but in the current situation of the decline of the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven still has the ability to take back this right?

Among the rights given by the Son of Heaven to his subordinates, they are: false festivals, which have no right to dispose of people in peacetime, and can kill those who violate military orders in wartime, and this right is usually used by the supervising army, and when there is no war, it is naturally useless; Holding festivals is one level higher than false festivals, and you can kill people who have no official status in peacetime, and you can kill officials under 2,000 stone in war. To put it simply, an official of 2,000 stone is equivalent to a high-ranking official, that is to say, a courtier who holds a festival can kill officials below the rank of a high-ranking official. Of course, this is a right that can only be used in wartime, and if you dare to use it indiscriminately in peacetime, is it because you want to rebel against it? Therefore, the restrictions on holding festivals are still relatively large, and basically there are no restrictions on the two rights of holding festivals and false festivals, and strictly speaking, these two rights are even higher than those of the prime minister and the three dukes.

In peacetime and wartime, envoys can kill officials below 2,000 koku, while in addition to the right to envoy festivals, they can also kill three types of generals: false festivals, festivals, and envoys. In fact, it is also very easy to understand that military generals have the right to command troops, but Wenchen does not have military power, and in such a situation, it is useless for Wenchen to hold the moderation, so do they dare to kill military generals who have the right to command the army? Of course, there are also Wenchen who hold the festival, such as Ban Chao, Su Wu, and a few other civil ministers also have such rights, but because they are envoys to other countries, the situation is rather special.

Now, the benefit that Yuan Chang promised to Yuan Shao was to give him the right to ask the Son of Heaven for leave to save the Yue, how could Yuan Shao disagree? The Han dynasty had no right, but at least now it was still the nominal Son of Heaven, and after Yuan Shao got this right, some of his measures were naturally justified, and it was undoubtedly an excellent help for him who cherished his reputation. Moreover, this is a situation where Yuan Chang can successfully welcome back the Son of Heaven, even if Yuan Chang fails, there is no loss for Yuan Shao. If Cao Cao is asked to welcome the Son of Heaven away, of course Yuan Shao will not be polite, and he will take advantage of Cao Cao's hands, and now from the perspective of power, he Yuan Shao is undoubtedly the most powerful one.

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Yanzhou, the government of the eastern county

Cao Cao's face was solemn, and he sat down in turn, only to see him with a puzzled look, and said in a deep voice: "The spies came to report, Youzhou Mu Yuan often wants to lead the troops to Chang'an Qinwang to rescue the Son of Heaven from the hands of thieves, and now it has been announced to the world, everyone, do you know what his intentions are?"

It is true that Cao Cao had the idea of welcoming the Son of Heaven, but Cao Cao did not express his intentions in a big way, but waited for the edict of King Qin of the Son of Heaven before leaving. On the other hand, Yuan Chang did not receive the edict of the Son of Heaven, but he acted so actively that people had to wonder what Yuan Chang had intentions.

Cheng Yu stood up and bowed, and said, "Lord, Yuan Chang is Yuan Shao's younger brother, could it be that he was instructed by Yuan Shao to act this time?"

"Definitely!"

Cao Cao decisively denied Cheng Yu's speculation, and said bluntly: "I have worked with Yuan Benchu for many years, and I know his thoughts very well. Naturally, some people under Yuan Benchu's command advised him to go to King Qin, however, there were many contradictions in the struggle for power and profit under his command, and under such circumstances, with Yuan Benchu's character, he would definitely not accept King Qin's edict. Therefore, I believe that Yuan Chang's actions were by no means from Yuan Benchu's instructions, but his own thoughts. ”

Since Cao Cao said so, it is natural to rule out Yuan Shao's suspicion, but why did Yuan Chang do this?

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