At the end of June of the sixth year of Xingping, the news that Hanzhong was conquered came.

Later, there was news that Guo Peng had set up a new Shangyong County and stationed 10,000 troops in Fangling, and the Wei army had directly threatened Xiangyang since then, and Liu Biao's core hinterland was seriously threatened.

Liu Biao was greatly frightened and began to quarrel with his ministers to move the administrative office.

This move further stimulated the trend of outsiders returning to the north, and Liu Biao had no time to pay attention.

The academic hall is scattered, and his main focus now is on survival, and he has no time to pay attention to other things.

Upon learning of this, Zhuge Liang became more and more anxious, straightened his outfits, took his wife Huang and younger brother Zhuge Jun, said goodbye to the eldest sister and second sister, and embarked on the road back to the north with Xu Shu, Meng Jian and Shi Tao.

They set off from Xiangyang, passed through Nanyang, arrived at Yingchuan, and then arrived at Chenliu from Yingchuan, from which they continued north, crossed the Yellow River, entered Jizhou, and went to Yecheng to find Zhuge Jin and find their future.

Xu Shu, Shi Tao and Meng Jian didn't go back to their hometowns anymore, so they went directly to Yecheng, thinking that if they could get a good position under Guo Peng, what would they go back to?

Isn't it better to live in Yecheng than to live in their hometown that no longer belongs to them?

The group embarked directly on the road to pursue their dreams.

The people of the world abandoned Jingzhou, which was once a haven of refuge, and returned to the north, and the talents who had been lost in the north gradually returned under the strong attraction.

When Zhuge Liang and his entourage arrived in Chenliu County, Guo Peng finally returned to Yecheng, which had been absent for more than a year.

After entering the city, he first went home to see his family and children, he hadn't seen him for a long time, he missed it very much, and he was very happy to hold his son and daughter.

It's a pity that the time that belongs to Guo Peng is limited, but the time that belongs to Wei Gong is a lot, so after a little intimacy, Guo Zifeng, the Duke of Wei, left home and went to the official office to hold a large bureaucratic meeting, and there were many people who came to participate.

The content of the deliberations was also very conventional, as it had been on the return of every previous expedition, and there were many things to discuss, summing up experience, discussing successes and failures, counting gains and losses, discussing future governance issues, and so on.

But this time, when discussing, Guo Peng could always feel the difference in the atmosphere.

Originally, it was a high-spirited atmosphere, because of the feeling of the whole group striving for progress brought about by continuous victories, everyone was working together, and they wanted to be better and more powerful.

But this time, it feels a little different, compared to Endeavour...... Seems a little hotter?

This kind of fiery feeling, fiery impulse, and the feeling when mentioning one achievement after another, made Guo Peng feel that the whole group seemed to be in an inexplicable euphoria.

What is the reason?

Is it because he captured Kansai and Hanzhong in one go and expanded his land for thousands of miles?

If this is the case, it is actually easy to understand, because I often win battles, and the changes in the mental spirit of the whole group brought by winning battles are obvious.

Victory can temporarily cover up all problems, and the power brought by victory can allow Guo Peng to temporarily have unlimited power, and no one dares to disobey Guo Peng.

It's just that victory is too motivating and intimidating, and the meaning of victory is so important.

For Guo Peng Group, victory after victory means that the group is rising with Guo Peng, everyone is a community of interests, and they can get the benefits they want, and more and more, more and more hot.

So this euphoria is not incomprehensible.

But that doesn't seem to be enough to explain the problem.

Subsequently, Guo Peng realized.

For his die-hard subordinates and those with vested interests, it seems that the time has come.

Emperor.

Guo Peng's heart instantly began to beat violently.

Even if you have been preparing for so many years, when it is really approaching, you will still be nervous, and you will have a feeling of homesickness.

But.

They were so excited, did they really think that they were going to be emperors at this time?

It's not that it can't be done, because the emperor has been gone for a long time, and the new emperor should have been elected soon, but because Guo Peng went to beat the people of Liangzhou, it has been delayed and has not been put on the agenda.

But as the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and after Guo Peng left, people kept writing to Guo Peng, hoping that Guo Peng could establish a new emperor as soon as possible.

After defeating the Liangzhou group and repelling the invasion of the three major princes in the south, everyone in the world agreed, and the only person in the world who was qualified to establish an emperor was Guo Peng.

If it is said that the three major princes of the south also had the qualifications to intervene before the expedition, now, there is really none.

A wave of contact exposed their fragile nature, and they couldn't compete with Guo Peng at all.

Then everyone in the world understands that the only person who can support the emperor is Guo Peng, only Guo Peng is qualified, and no one else is qualified.

Even if Guo Peng plans to become emperor, they don't have the ability to hinder it, because the gap in strength and prestige is there, and everyone is about to return to the capital.

For Guo Peng, this matter is actually quite operable.

If you want to be an emperor, you can't be an emperor without a head and no brains, you have to have a name, so that everyone can find traces, so that this thing looks operable and can block the mouths of people all over the world.

After all, for people in the upper class, the most important thing in this world is "face".

What you want to do, you must have a reason to say the past, you can't just go out of nowhere, you have to have a set of processes and bases that seem to be scientific and reasonable.

For example, auspiciousness, such as prophecy, such as the five elements of yin and yang.

You must always have a mysterious and mysterious reason, so that everyone can be convinced.

Let everyone feel that you are in accordance with the will of heaven on the surface, and everyone can see it on their faces, and everyone is not a rebel, but a subordinate of heaven.

Yes, it's God who bears the blame.

Therefore Chinese scholars never believe in God, nor do they really believe in ghosts and gods, but they just use them to take the blame when they need it, and when they don't need it......

Let's play!

You are like Cao Pi being the emperor and Liu Bei being the emperor, although it is also influenced by external needs and internal influences, there are also many people who persuade them to be the emperor and follow the trend, but the process is indispensable.

Take the five elements of yin and yang as an example, the ancients believed in the philosophy of the five elements, and often said that there are virtuous people in the world to live in it, this German word, not only refers to the character of people, but also refers to the luck given by God, and one of the conditions for meeting the luck is to meet the mutual restraint relationship of the five elements.

The five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

In order to ascend the throne, Liu Bang and Wang Mang usurped the throne, sorted out a set of standard procedures for future generations to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, which will continue to develop and carry forward for future generations.

Cao Pi is the position of the Son of Heaven obtained by Liu Xiechan, not a change of dynasty solved by force, and it is necessary to express the situation of inheritance.

He wants to tell everyone that I am standing on behalf of the Han Dynasty, not by violence, I am clean, and Liu Xie himself is unwilling to do what he took the initiative to give me, not forced by me.

Therefore, to find an era name for Cao Pi, it is necessary to conform to the concept of the five elements.

The Eastern Han Dynasty is the fire virtue, the fire is born of the earth, Cao Wei stood on behalf of the Han Dynasty, belongs to the soil, and the yellow character belongs to the soil, so Cao Pi's first year name is called Huang Chu, which means the beginning of the soil and the long-term fortune of the country.

Of course, this thing is pure metaphysics, and it has no use, and the longevity of the country's luck does not depend on what gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, just to fool the illiterate people, and by the way, let the scholars look good on their faces and go in their hearts, so as not to make everyone become a rebel.

But if you don't solve the problem that the warriors are too strong in the local area, it is useless for the Yellow Emperor to regenerate.