Chapter 14: Becoming Emperor 1

Guo Wei ascended the throne as the emperor, and first took his ministers to mourn his deceased master Liu Chengyou, but as for Liu Yun, he was completely forgotten by Guo Wei and imprisoned to death. Where to chase it, go quickly, he respected the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty, and the Li family became the Empress Dowager of Zhaosheng, and the bad things of the Later Han Dynasty were revealed. Then, he dismissed Dou Zhenggu and Su Yuqi from their posts in Pingzhangshi, appointed Wang Jun as the servant of Shangzuo and the servant of the door, as the privy envoy, Li Gu as the servant of the middle and the Pingzhangshi of the Tongzhong door, appointed Wang Pu as the servant of the household department and the third envoy, and Wei Renpu as the deputy envoy of the privy council. Then he posthumously crowned some of his ancestors.

The news of Guo Wei's yellow robe soon spread to Dachu. The Great Chu government and the opposition were filled with righteous indignation, and Shilin, who was close to the Great Chu, attacked Guo Wei as the emperor with all their might, this reactionary act, some students also joined forces with Ma Yun, and strongly asked the Great Chu to send troops to the Central Plains to crusade against Guo Wei, a traitor! Of course, the big guy just said that he was crusading against Guo Wei, and no one said whether he would return to the Liu family after pacifying Guo Wei.

As for those respected Confucians, while criticizing and writing, they also put forward a new theory, the sky cannot be without a monarch for a day, and the country cannot be without an owner for a day, the Liu family has been slaughtered by Guo Wei, how can the world let Guo Butcher pick up the cheap and become the emperor. Then he made great contributions to Ma Yun, the king of Chu, what virtues are all over the world, what are the eight wildernesses, and what is good to hear. When he was three years old, he scribbled graffiti, and was said to be smart since he was a child and liked to read poetry; When he was five years old, he used a knife to peel an apple, and he didn't say that he loved national defense since he was a child and aspired to the world. Even the horse fall incident that caused Ma Yun to cross was said to be a fierce horse that no one could tame, and when it arrived at Ma Yun's hands, he immediately became obedient. What Ma Yin tomb dragon hovering; Yuelu Mountain blooms peony flowers in winter, and so on auspicious is endless, in short, Ma Yun is not the emperor, that is, I can't live with the gods, I can't live with the gods, and I can't live with the people of Limin.

The persuasion of the imperial court is sent in a steady stream.

On February 10, Ma Yun officially issued an edict to change Yuan Taihe, ascend the throne as emperor, and make Zhao Ziying the queen. He posthumously recognized Ma Yuan, the general of the Han Dynasty, and made his ancestor, and then named Ma Yin and others as his ancestors and righteous ancestors, and then rewarded the ministers, and also gave Ma Xifan the title of emperor. So at the same time, in the joy of the sky, I had to mourn the late Han Emperor Liu Chengyou and the reserve emperor Liu Yun.

On the 11th, Ma Yun issued an edict ordering Ding Sijin, the governor of Shannan Province, to dispatch troops to the revolutionary activities of the Central Plains to resist the "pseudo-Zhou", and at the same time ordered the defense envoy Cao Bin to lead the army from Haizhou to enter the Xuzhou area, and to support the Xuzhou Ya general Shan Tingmei and the coach Yang Wen who refused to obey the orders of the pseudo-Zhou with practical actions.

Cao Bin arrived in Xuzhou just in time to meet Wang Yanchao with Guo Wei's Xuzhou Jiedu, Cao Bin came prepared, and Wang Yanchao only thought about how to deal with Xuzhou's Shan Tingmei, Yang Wen and others. In a big battle at Qiliting, Wang Yanchao was defeated and had to retreat in the direction of Songzhou with his army. Cao Bin easily entered Xuzhou, and then the Chu army in present-day Linhuai, Jiangsu Province, also took advantage of the situation to the north and took Suzhou, the jurisdiction of the Xuzhou Jiedu Envoy.

When the news reached Bianjing, Guo Wei was shocked, this Xuzhou was too close to Bianjing, but it was only four or five hundred miles, and the fast horse could rush from Xuzhou to Bianjing in two days. On the 20th, Xu Qianbiao, the assassin of Cizhou, said that Liu Yun and Liu Chongyizi of Jinzhou in Hedong took advantage of the snowy night to attack Cizhou and had been repulsed. At this moment, Guo Wei was a little flustered, if Hedong and Huainan attacked Da Zhou at the same time, he would be a little embarrassed. Guo Wei was forced by the pressure of the Chu army and had to send his general Guo Chongwei to guide the Virtue Festival to garrison Songzhou, the only way to Bianjing in Xuzhou Province.

"Mr. Wang, my righteous brother is really unwilling to be lonely and ascend the throne as emperor." Holding the official document in his hand, Guo Rong, the new king of Jin and the head of the western camp, said with a solemn expression. The state of Chu poked and proded, and even took advantage of the opportunity of Guo Wei to become the emperor and seized Xuzhou, the important place of the Central Plains. This can't help but make Guo Rong worried, and now the voice of the main battle in the imperial court is also very strong, and many people Guo Wei asked for a second army to take Xuzhou back. Guo Wei also wrote privately to seek Guo Rong's opinion.

"Xiang Zhuang danced the sword, which was intended for Pei Gong. Ma Yunbing is strong and strong, and he has been in power for many years, and now he is called the emperor, I still think he is too late to be the emperor? Lord Wang, but did the saint inquire about Xuzhou? Wang Pu Gubo said unsurprised, as if everything was taken for granted.

Guo Rong nodded: "Mr. Wang, in my opinion, if the Chu State swallows the south of the Yangtze River, where the people are not convinced, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to send troops to the Central Plains and compete for the world with our Great Zhou." If the imperial court sends a large army into Xuzhou, do you think the Chu army will fight for Xuzhou with us? ”

"Lord Wang, everyone can see the importance of Xuzhou, if we take back Xuzhou, then Bianjing will naturally be stable. However, Ma Yun has always been ambitious, and he may not let go of Xuzhou easily. General Wang Yanchao moved too slowly, and he had already taken the lead by the Chu State. Now to fight down Xuzhou, I'm afraid it's very difficult! ”

"Sir, do you mean that if we send troops to Xuzhou, then the Chu army will have a big battle with us in Xuzhou and will not give up? I read Wang Yanchao's report, the Chu army does not have many people in Xuzhou, if we suddenly send a large army, Xuzhou may be difficult to hold on! Although the Chu army has been active in Tangzhou and Dengzhou frequently, Shiyou only wants to deter it, and has no plan to send troops. In the past two days, the days of Chu have not passed, especially the floods and locust plagues in the entire Jiangnan West Province last year, their treasury is empty, and they may not be able to insist on going first. "Guo Rong doesn't believe Wang Pu's judgment, but this Xuzhou is too critical to fall into the hands of Chu State, which is too worrying.

Wang Pu shook his head: "Xuzhou's move, Chu Guo's play is very good, but we can't move Xuzhou now." Chu Guo has concerns, but their concerns are much smaller than ours. If the Chu army is bent on defense in Xuzhou, and in Dengzhou and other places, it will constantly harass our army. They don't need to use a lot of troops, but we have to use a large army to garrison it, and if we delay like this, if Murong Yanchao, Liu Chong and others stick a knife in our back, we will be in danger. Chu Jun must have seen this step a long time ago. Ma Yun saw it very accurately, and he was very steady, and he calculated that we would not send troops. ”