Unconsciously, the time came to the fifth year of Han Xingping, 198 AD.

On the second day of the second month of February, ancient China called this day "the dragon raised its head", as the saying goes: "On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head, and everyone made small households plough cattle." "The people of Huainan who endured Yuan Shu's tyrannical expropriation were preparing to start the new year's farming after sacrificing to the earth god, hoping that the earth god would bless the year with good weather and abundant grains, because only in this way could they live a hard life after paying heavy taxes, but they were startled by the soldiers who suddenly appeared at the door, and the first thought of many people looking at these soldiers was "It's over, General Yuan is going to set up a tax in the name of a clever project again", but this time they were very wrong, Instead of collecting taxes from the people, the soldiers ordered them to put on the most gorgeous clothes, go out of their homes, and crowd the streets from the middle of Shouchun City to the eastern suburbs, and inexplicably stipulate that everyone must show the happiest smile, otherwise they will be severely punished! The people were very puzzled, but in the face of the cold and shining weapons in the hands of the soldiers, they didn't even have the courage to ask the reason, so they hurriedly put down the farm tools in their hands, changed the clothes they would only wear during the New Year, and helped the old and the young out of the house. After a while, Shouchun, the most prosperous city in Huainan today, appeared with a scene of thousands of empty alleys.

An hour later, the jingling in the middle of Shouchun City for almost half a year, the courtyard wall became taller and stronger, and the decoration became more and more luxurious, and the vermilion gate facing the east, which was several zhang high and inlaid with one hundred and eight glittering copper bubbles, slowly pushed open, and five hundred soldiers in silver armor and yellow robes holding halberds stepped neatly and ran out of the courtyard with small steps.

After a while, a horse drawn by six snow-white horses without a single variegated horse slowly drove out of the compound.

Hundreds of civil and military officials and countless soldiers outside the compound saw the chariot driving away, as if they had suddenly received an order, and they all knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live" in unison, which was earth-shattering.

The people were very puzzled, didn't they hear that the emperor was in Luoyang? When is Shouchun coming? Seeing that the people were so "ignorant", the soldiers around him shook the weapons in their hands, and shouted loudly with a cold face, "Be bold and disdainful of the people, His Majesty the Emperor is here, and he will not kneel down quickly to greet him!" The people looked at the soldiers with unkind expressions, frightened and frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, shouting long live. It's a pity that there was no rehearsal in advance, and the people who spoke their own words suddenly destroyed the solemn and solemn atmosphere, and were intimidated by the soldiers, the adults could barely keep their composure and act according to the soldiers' orders, but those children did not have this "consciousness", and the children who were persecuted by the soldiers had a heartfelt fear of the soldiers in the neighborhood. And the surrounding soldiers looked more and more unkind, the adults comforted and comforted, covered their mouths, and in an instant, the whole scene became even more unbearable than the vegetable market!

A man in a robe and a dragon robe on the golden chariot was waving to the officials, and the sudden change in the scene made his hands paze in mid-air, and his face quickly turned iron-blue.

The civil and military generals who knelt on the ground looked at the right hand raised high that was clenched into a fist and trembled slightly, and they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

An official knelt down and bowed: "Report to Your Majesty, these Diao people don't know etiquette and have collided with Your Majesty, and Weichen immediately ordered all of them to be taken into custody and severely punished!" ”

Another official knelt down and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Weichen is not preparing properly, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

The man on the golden chariot looked at the two of them coldly, sat back in the car without saying a word, and shouted in a low voice: "Get up, go!" ”

"Your Majesty Xie......" The civil and military officials couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard this, and only then did they stand up cautiously after kowtowing and thanking them.

Escorted by five hundred silver-armored yellow robes, the chariot slowly drove toward the eastern suburbs surrounded by hundreds of civil and military officials, accompanied by thousands of soldiers and countless Shouchun civilians who were driven away by the soldiers.

The top of the golden chariot is none other than the current master of the land of Huainan - Yuan Shu!

Half a year ago, Yuan Shu decided to establish the country and become the emperor, and he began to make various preparations, and he also understood that his own act of becoming the emperor would bring him two extremes, one was opposed by the princes of the world, and he would attack it en masse, and in the end he might die without a place to be buried; The other is what he is looking forward to, the Yuan family has been brilliant in his hands since then, and has become the lord of these tens of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains for thousands of years in the future, and he will be admired and worshiped for thousands of years! He knew that this was a matter of thinking about heaven and hell, but he was willing to gamble and bet his own life on it, but he didn't know how it would develop in the future, and he would inevitably invite the princes to crusade in advance, so he was secretly preparing for all this, and he thought that when he established the country and ascended the throne, everything would be cooked, and the opposition he would suffer would naturally decrease. But he is just deceiving himself, it is true that he can hide Shouchun, Huainan, and even the people of the entire Han Dynasty, but he can't hide the spying of pervasive spies such as Liu Zhang, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao, after all, the preparations before ascending the throne are very huge! It can be said that after he had just begun to prepare for the founding of the country, the news was already on its way to Liu Zhang and others.

Yuan Shu's secrecy about his accession to the throne did hide from the people of Shouchun, and because of this, the people were so at a loss after getting the news today, and many of them even participated in the construction of a palace for Yuan Shu, but they didn't know that it would be Yuan Shu's palace, and only called it a courtyard - a courtyard with a big "point"; Some of them have lost their beautiful wives and daughters, but they do not know that the person they miss day and night is behind the wall that is so close at hand, and if there is no accident, they will never see each other again; Many of them were coerced by soldiers armed with knives and guns to offer gold, silver, jade, fields, and property......

But the secret of all this will be revealed after today!

In the fifth year of Han Xingping, in 198 AD, on the second day of February, Yuan Shu ascended the throne in Shouchun and called the emperor, with Shouchun as the capital, Jiujiang Taishou as Huainan Yin, the country name Cheng, the year name Zhongjia, the secretary of state and the amnesty of "the world".

As the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters for the people! The news of Yuan Shu's ascension to the throne shook the entire Han Kingdom like a thunderbolt.

The first to learn the news was Cao Cao, and when Yuan Shu was officially proclaimed emperor, he immediately realized that his opportunity had come, and he was sure that it would not be long before Lü Bu would let him and Liu Zhang, Yuan Shao, and others crusade against Yuan Shu. He judged that Yuan Shao was unlikely to send troops to attack Yuan Shao, although the two brothers had always been at odds, but after all, they were both surnamed "Yuan", and just last year, Yuan Shu also gave Yuan Shao a large piece of territory, in this case, if Yuan Shao attacked Yuan Shu, I am afraid that it will only make him and Liu Zhang look at this good show of the brothers' wall with great interest, not to mention that Yuan Shao wants to crusade against Yuan Shu must borrow his territory, Yuan Shao is not worried that he will suddenly send troops to block his way back? Or can he rest assured that Yuan Shao's army will cross the border, and he will not be afraid that Yuan Shao will also give him a false way? In this way, only he and Liu Zhang were left who had the strength and intention to crusade against Yuan Shu, it was true that Liu Zhang's strength was strong, but his Third Field Army was restrained by Shanyue, and there were not enough soldiers and horses that could be used; Although the Second Field Corps has no combat mission for the time being, but the Second Field Corps must not only guard against him, but also guard against Luoyang Lu Bu, everyone understands that in this era of deceit, no one can really believe anyone, Nanyang is the gateway to Jingzhou, once Nanyang is lost, the land of Jingzhou is worried, in order to ensure the safety of Nanyang and the entire Jingzhou, it is necessary to leave heavy troops to guard, so that Huang Zhong can use not too many soldiers and horses. In this case, Cao Cao thinks that he has a great chance to compete with Liu Zhang in Huainan and Yuzhou, as long as he obtains Yuan Shu's territory before Liu Zhang, then his strength will increase exponentially, at that time, he will not dream of living with him, Yuan Shao and Liu Zhang, he is very confident in himself, with his own talent strategy, as long as the momentum is complete, he can be between Liu Zhang and Yuan Shao, and within 20 years, he will be able to achieve hegemony! Of course, Cao Cao is not without danger, with his strength, relative to Yuan Shao, Liu Zhang is still very weak, if the only troops are transferred to the front line of Yuan Shu, it is likely to be Yuan Shao, Liu Zhang, and Luoyang's Lu Bu counterattack, but just as Yuan Shu said that the emperor is a gamble, winning is the world, losing is dead and dead, he is also a gamble, betting, it is possible that his future will be brighter, he may struggle less than ten years, or even twenty years, of course, it is also possible to succeed, but do not gamble, in the face of Yuan Shao, Liu Zhang's aggressiveness, he may be in danger of extinction at any time in the cracks, in this case, why not gamble? In the words of the people, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, and now he is the barefoot one, Liu Zhang and Yuan Shao are wearing shoes, just taking advantage of the thunderous attack when these people wearing shoes are worried, and seize Yuan Shu's territory, otherwise he may soon be excluded from this gluttonous feast.

Luoyang, after Emperor Xian got the news, he didn't do anything except scold Yuan Shu in his heart and lament that the Great Han Kingdom would not be a country! However, in the city of Luoyang, a group of courtiers who followed Emperor Xian to flee to Luoyang and regarded themselves as "loyal ministers" were like being robbed of their beloved woman. Emperor Xian looked at the hundred officials and sentient beings, and sneered coldly in his heart: "Hmph! Pro-conscription? Don't you know that without Lu Bu's order, I can mobilize a single soldier and a single soldier? Do you want to see my jokes? ”

Lu Bu was stunned, and the civil and military forces in the hall were immediately silent, and after announcing that they would discuss again tomorrow, Lu Bu invited Wang Yun to join him in his mansion.