In 197 A.D., in the winter of the third year of Jian'an, heavy snow fell once in ten years, so that Liu Bei and Sun Ce's revenge soldiers could not work, although Cao Cao won in Jingzhou, captured Hangu Pass and Luoyang, killed the Son of Heaven, and called himself the King of Wei, the profit seemed to be great; However, Xu Huang was defeated by Guan Yu and Wen Ping in Xuzhou, Zhang Liao of Jizhou broke Cao Cao's army attacking Qingzhou, and Zhang Ren of Sizhou fought with Huang Zhong and was captured by Huang Zhong with family planning; Zhang Lu surrendered, and Huang Zhong's army captured Hanzhong; Cao Cao's army in Hangu Pass was also drowned by Jia Xu, losing more than half, and also losing Xiahou Shang and Cao Zhen, two generals, three wins and three losses.

As soon as the cold winter arrived, the world entered a state of peace for a while, due to winter reasons, the army could not move, the supply of grain and grass increased, and the three sides had to stop fighting. However, under the advantages of this cut, because all the states under Liu Bei's subordinates have policies that welcome immigrants from other states and counties, and they are also preferential, the people of both sides have more and more people in Liu Bei's territory.

When the three parties were peaceful, Sun Ce had an accident. However, it was said that since Sun Ce was assassinated, he searched for good doctors everywhere, but fortunately he was rescued, and he needed to raise his day, which was simply torture for Sun Ce, who was as hot as fire.

One day, Sun Ce went out to hang out, and met a person, surnamed Yu Mingji, and the people called him an immortal. Later, for several days, Sun Ce closed his eyes every day and dreamed of Yu Ji Suo's life, and under the torture of several days, the whole person was haggard; One day in the mirror, Sun Ce saw that he looked like he was thirty years old, and he couldn't help but feel more angry, angry, patted the mirror and screamed, the gold sores burst out, and he fainted on the ground.

Sun Ce was seriously injured and difficult to treat, and knowing that his life was not long enough, he summoned Zhang Zhao and others and his second brother Sun Quan to the couch, and said on his deathbed: "If you are three points today, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are getting stronger and stronger, and you can do a lot with Wu Yue's people and the solidity of the three rivers." Zibu and others are fortunate to be good to my brother. Then he took the seal ribbon and Sun Quan, and instructed: "If you say that the people of Jiangdong will decide between the two formations and compete with the world, you are not as good as me; If you talk about the ability to promote the virtuous, so that everyone can do their best to protect Jiangdong, I am not as good as a virtuous brother. In addition, Shang Xiang is far away from marrying Brother Zhao Xu, Brother Zhao Xu is benevolent and righteous, even if I Jiangdong is an enemy in the future, I will not harm Shang Xiang, I can go to a letter after I die, inform her, let her feel at ease, don't come nonsense. After that, Yang Tian sighed and smiled: "The hegemony has not been achieved, ......" Before the words fell, I saw Sun Ce's hands hanging down and falling down. The little overlord of Jiangdong died at the age of twenty-five. Sun Quan and others cried and worshiped the seal.

After Sun Ce's funeral was completed, Zhou Yu came back, discussed with the ministers, and promoted Sun Quan as the king, with the country name Wu, sitting in Yanzhou, Jiangdong, and fighting against Cao Liu.

Sun Ce died, the news of Sun Quan's claim to be king spread, the world was shocked, including Cao Cao, everyone's eyes began to gather in Linzi, all wanting to see what Liu Bei was doing.

Outside the palace of Linzi City, the cold wind was biting and the snow was falling. However, many people gathered in the palace, Wu was headed by Zhao Xu, Wen was headed by Zhuge Liang, and hundreds of officials entered the court, inviting Liu Bei, the king of Zhongxing, to come out to meet, and when Liu Bei came out, everyone bowed to the front.

Tian Feng played: "Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty has been killed by Cao Cao's traitors, and the king is not the emperor, and he must be loyal and righteous. When everyone wants to make the king the king, hate the son of heaven, and frame the big man. If you do not follow the opinions of your ministers, you will lose the popularity of the people. ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Although Lone is the grandson of Emperor Jing, he does not have Deze to cloth the people, once he establishes himself as the emperor today, what is the difference between it and usurpation?" ”

"I implore the king to ascend the throne and frame the Han family!" All the ministers knelt down in unison and shouted loudly.

Liu Bei was helpless, looked at it for a while, shook his head and said: "You Aiqing should be like this, now the cold winter is biting, you can't catch a cold, you can enter the hall first, and then it's not too late to discuss." ”

"Thank you, the king!"

For a while, the hall was very silent, the military generals had nothing on the side, and on the side of the civil ministers, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhuge Liang, Tian Feng and other strategists. Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan, and did not let everyone wait, got up, came to the hall, arched his hand to Liu Bei, and said: "Your Majesty, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and then Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the Eighteenth Road Princes Alliance, it has been nearly ten years. At that time, the world fell apart, heroes rose together, and heroes dominated one side. First there was Yuan Shao to get power, then Yuan Shu wantonly called the emperor, Cao Cao called the king, and now Dongwu also claims to be the king in vain. The lord raised troops in the plains, set the yellow turban, collected Jizhou, destroyed Yuan Shao, leveled Youzhou, and merged with the state, swept Wuhuan and Pingxianbei and pacified the Xiongnu. Gong can cover Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu. Now the lord sits on five points of the world, the land of six states, the northern Xianbei and the Xiongnu surrendered, and all the people supported it, and Liang invited the king to be the emperor, and it was also justifiable, to exterminate the thieves, to calm the world, and to return the people of the world to be too peaceful and stable. ”

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment and said, "This ......"

Seeing this, Tian Feng hurriedly got up and said: "Your Majesty, now Cao Cao and Sun Quan are kings, and the Son of Heaven has also been killed by Cao Cao. If the king is not the emperor, and the name is not right, how can he crusade against Cao Cao and other traitors and avenge the Son of Heaven? Tian Feng also asked the king to choose a good day and an auspicious day to take the emperor's throne and be orthodox! ”

"Big brother! That Cao Cao openly beat me, causing the Dian Wei brothers to die on the battlefield, seizing my Hangu Pass, fighting on all sides, and killing the Son of Heaven, bold and reckless, it is difficult to solve the hatred in the hearts of the soldiers without killing! That Sun Quan is just a yellow-mouthed child, what kind of thing is it, and he dares to be the king? If the eldest brother doesn't claim to be the emperor and crusade against the two thieves, it will really chill the hearts of the soldiers! If the eldest brother is not the emperor, it is better to break up! Zhang Fei suddenly got up and shouted.

"Yi Dexiu wants to talk nonsense, and next time, I will not spare you." Liu Bei scolded after hearing this.

Zhao Xu saw that the time had come, and got up and shouted, "Lord! What Yide said is not unreasonable, now if the lord is not called the emperor, the army and the people are disheartened, and the civil and military are scattered, at that time Wei and Wu will attack, I am afraid that the lord will not be able to help the lord, and I implore the lord that is, the emperor's position, to be orthodox and calm the world. ”

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and other military generals, as well as Xu Shu, Fa Zheng and other strategists, as well as the rest of the civil ministers, got up together, bowed to the ground, and shouted in unison: "Please be the king, that is, the emperor, with righteousness, exterminate the two thieves, and calm the world." ”

Liu Bei saw that his subordinates Wu Ju said this, and he was not very moved in his heart, so he smiled helplessly and said: "Although the emperor is lonely, how can he be virtuous and ......?"

Before Liu Bei could finish his resignation, a guard outside trotted in loudly and said, "Report to the king, General Guan Yuguan of Xuzhou sent a messenger to meet you." ”

Liu Bei glanced around, and saw that Zhuge Liang, Zhao Xu and others had eye contact with each other, who didn't know that this was Zhao Xu's hands and feet in advance, but he hadn't seen Guan Yu for a long time, and he missed it very much in his heart, and when he heard Guan Yu's messenger coming, he said: "Pass in!" ”

After a while, I saw Guan Ping enter the hall and salute Liu Bei. Then he took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms, knelt on the ground and held it with both hands, and said: "The last general Guan Ping was ordered by his father, Guan Yu, a handsome chariot general, to present a book signed by 600,000 soldiers and civilians in Jizhou, and implore the king to be the emperor!" ”

Before Guan Ping could finish speaking, another guard rushed in hurriedly and said, "Report to the king, General Huang Zhong of Sizhou has sent a messenger to come." ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said, "Pass in!" ”

Soon, Zhou Cang came in from outside, and like Guan Ping, he saluted Liu Bei, and then took out a roll of bamboo slips from his arms, knelt on the ground and held them with both hands, and said loudly: "Zhou Cang was ordered by General Huang Zhong and Jia Xu, the assassin of Sizhou, to send a book to the people, and ask the king to be the emperor, and to be orthodox." ”

Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, these two are just a beginning, and then, there are guards outside who can't stop running in to report, followed by Zhang Liao of Bingzhou, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and other generals and officials from all over the country have sent people to send the book of the people and the book signed by the soldiers of the legions around the country, please Liu Bei is the emperor's position, Xiliang Ma Chao also sent someone to send a letter, willing to bow down to the ministers, please Liu Bei to become the emperor.

In addition to the Han prefectures and counties, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan and other Hu ethnic groups also sent people to ask Liu Bei to take the throne of the emperor, and Liu Bei was called the Great Khan in the book.

Such an ingenious thing was naturally made by Zhao Xu, Zhuge Liang and others, but Zhuge Liang didn't expect that Zhao Xu would actually involve the Huns, Xianbei and other alien races, thinking of this, Zhuge Liang also had to admire, and could only smile bitterly. However, I have to say that the support of these foreign races has never been seen before, and it can be described as huge throughout the ages.

Waiting for the wishes of the representatives from all over the country, Zhao Xu, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, Tian Feng and other leading generals and strategists knelt down in the hall together, and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, now that all the people are supported and the soldiers are clamoring, if the king is not the emperor, it is not enough to be popular with the people." Once again, I implore the lord, that is, the emperor, to be orthodox! ”

Other civil ministers and military generals came out one after another and shouted in unison: "I implore the king to be the emperor, and to be orthodox!" ”

Liu Bei was taken aback, but he didn't expect the ministers to be iron-hearted, and exclaimed: "If you are lonely and unjust, it will be the fault of all Qing and others." ”

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Since the king agrees to the invitation, he can build an altar and choose auspiciousness and pay a great salute." ”

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Liu Bei couldn't shirk it anymore, and was escorted back to the palace by the ministers. The matter of calling the emperor was handed over to Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and other strategists to deal with, and on the one hand, he ordered Dr. Mi Zhu and Lang Kezhen to pay homage and build an altar in the south of Linzi City.

Seven days later, everything was ready, and many officials set up Luan to welcome Liu Bei, the king of Zhongxing, to the altar to pay tribute. Tian Feng read the memorial text aloud on the altar: "However, although Jian'an is the first month of the first month, the twelfth day of Ding Si, the emperor Liu Bei dares to announce to the emperor Tianhou land: Han has the world, and the history is boundless." Wang Mang usurped the thief, Emperor Guangwu was angry and punished, and Sheji was restored. Now Cao Cao is cruel to stop the army, and after killing the master, the crime is monstrous. The generals and scholars of the group thought that the Han Dynasty was degenerate, Liu Bei Yiyanzhi, the second ancestor of the heirs, bowed to the heavenly punishment. Fearing the throne of the Emperor without virtue, he consulted the common people, and the ruler of the wilderness, and said: The mandate of heaven cannot not be answered, the ancestral industry cannot be replaced for a long time, and the four seas cannot be ownerless. Led by the soil style, in preparation for one person. Fearing the destiny of the heavens, and fearing that the industry of high and light will fall to the ground, carefully choose an auspicious day, go to the altar to make sacrifices, receive the emperor's seal, and touch the Quartet. But the gods feast on the Han family, and the eternal Sui calendar. ”

After reading the sacrificial text, Zhao Xu and Zhuge Liang led the people to congratulate the jade seal. Liu Bei took it, held it on the altar, and repeatedly excused himself: "Liu Bei has no talent, please choose someone who is talented and virtuous." ”

Zhao Xu said: "The king pacifies the four seas, and his merits are known in the world, but he is a Han sect, the uncle of the Son of Heaven, and he should be on the throne." I have sacrificed to the gods, what can I do? ”

The other civil and military officials all shouted: "Long live!" ”

Liu Bei couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it, and the ministers worshiped and danced, and changed the first year of Yuan Zhangwu. Liu Bei Nai made his wife Mrs. Gan the queen, and his eldest son Liu Chan was the crown prince; Feng's second son Liu Yong was the king of Lu, and the third son Liu Li was the king of Liang; Feng Zhuge Liang is the left prime minister, Fa Zheng is the right prime minister, Tian Feng is Situ, and Xu Shu is Sikong; Other bureaucrats, big and small, will be rewarded one by one. Zhao Xu and Guan Yuguan were the best, and there was nothing to seal, so they had to give up temporarily, and then amnesty the world. The military and civilians of the six states are all happy.

The next day, the court was opened for the first time, and the civil and military bureaucrats paid their respects and were divided into two shifts. Liu Bei decreed: "I married Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from Taoyuan, and later met Zhao Xu and Zhao Yun brothers, and swore to live and die together. After saving the Son of Heaven, he was unfortunately killed by Cao Cao before, if he did not take revenge, he would be in the name of benevolence and righteousness. I want to raise the army of the country, cut down Cao Wei, capture the rebel thief, and hate it with snow! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"