The dim light and shadow swayed with the cold wind of early spring seeping in through the doors and windows, and looking at the jade seal and edict in front of me, time seemed to stand still.

He Hou and Liu Wei could clearly feel that their breathing had become short, even though it had been more than an hour since they got these two things, but the two of them just stared at the two things in front of them, as if there were only these two things left in the whole world.

Ye Zhao was not in a hurry, leisurely drinking the fragrant tea that the palace maid had re-replaced himself, with the development of the catering industry, the method of roasting tea has been drummed out, although it is still not as good as the tea in the previous life, but it is not much worse, at least it is more than one grade higher than the taste and artistic conception of the unpalatable tea soup.

This is the spring of the ninth year of Jian'an (204 AD), the eighth year of Jian'an, Ye Zhaodu passed through the Western Regions, after the surrender of the Yanguo, in a year's time, there were four countries or four cities of Yizhi, Yihe, Liuzhong, Yiwu surrendered, east of Gaochangbi, several cities south of the Tianshan Mountains, all attached to the Han Dynasty.

Ye Zhao did not station too many soldiers and horses here, but built these cities as four trade cities, in addition to making a lot of wealth in the Western Regions, it also had the meaning of inducing the front and rear of the chariot division to attack.

Although it is not as big as Dawan, Wusun, and Kangju, these big countries in the Western Regions, but in this half close to the Han Dynasty, the front and rear of the Cheshi are relatively large countries, and now although the Cheshi country is divided, there are more than 20 cities in total, if it can be done, it can be set up with a separate state together with Yizhi, Yihe, Liuzhong and Yiwu, and the territory of the Han Dynasty will also be expanded unprecedentedly.

It's a pity that Ye Zhao waited for a year, and there was no movement in the front and rear of the Che Division, and Ye Zhao could only give up, after all, it was not easy to fight in the Western Regions, and if he forcibly ate the two parts of the Che Shi Kingdom, it would cause dissatisfaction among other countries in the Western Regions, and he would lose a lot of money because of a small loss.

In the eighth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao issued an order to the world to seek talents, regardless of background, only based on ability.

This made Ye Zhao a little surprised, which meant that Cao Cao had once again begun to touch the nerves of the family since the incident, but unfortunately, the means were too gentle and failed to touch the bottom line of the family.

Ye Zhao is going to add a fire to Cao Cao, and he will show the hole card that he has hidden for a long time, and if this hole card is not taken out and used, I am afraid that there will be no chance to use it again.

But Yuan Shao heard that he began to be seriously ill last autumn, and he didn't know how long he could last, but Cao Cao and Liu Bei both looked at the only remaining five counties in Jizhou, and just waited for Yuan Shao to have something long and two short, so he started to seize the land and the population, and even Liu Bei had sent someone to contact Ye Zhao, hoping that the two families could ally and jointly conquer Cao Cao, which was also an opportunity for Liu Wei to ascend the throne, Ye Zhao believed that since Liu Bei wanted to cooperate with him, he would support Liu Bian, Liu Bei not only did not dare to oppose it, but would strongly support it.

The loyalty to the Han family is put aside first, Liu Bei at this time is most afraid of the righteousness in Cao Cao's hands, Ye Zhao is not afraid, because Ye Zhao has enough strength, Cao Cao can't do it even if he wants to conquer Ye Zhao, but Liu Bei is different, as long as Cao Cao has righteousness in hand, he can bully him at any time, at this time, Ye Zhao also has righteousness in his hands, then the name of righteousness is useless.

There are no two heavens, there are no two masters in the country, and there are two sons of heaven in a country at the same time, so who will listen to at that time? Of course, whoever orders are good for them will listen to whomever they want, not only Liu Bei, but also Sun Ce, Liu Biao, Lu Bu and Gou Yan, Yuan Shu, who even Jiujiang was taken by Sun Ce last year, will support Ye Zhao in this matter without reservation.

"Captain...... What does this mean? After a long time, Liu Wei swallowed his saliva and looked at Ye Zhao with some fear.

Ye Zhao doesn't know how Liu Wei was blackened and led to be like this, Ye Zhao doesn't know, but the cowardice in his bones can't be changed, since he wanted to seize power back then, and was wiped out by Ye Zhao neatly and neatly, Ye Zhao has become a lingering shadow in Liu Bian's heart, even if Ye Zhao is pleasant, when Liu Wei sees Ye Zhao, he will subconsciously be afraid, and even in his words, he will be a little flattering.

"This throne belongs to His Royal Highness." Ye Zhao said indifferently.

"You mean...... Is that edict fake? Liu Wei looked at Ye Zhao incredulously.

"It's true, too." Ye Zhao simply said Liu Hong's concerns back then, sighed and said: "It's just that after that, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, and the ministers were unable to compete with it at that time, so they could only keep this edict and support His Highness to ascend the throne when the time was ripe." ”

"Father...... Is it still a consensual agreement? Liu Biao laughed astringently, as for the second half of Ye Zhao's sentence, Liu Biao didn't even believe in punctuation, although there was no punctuation in this era.

Ye Zhao didn't speak, just looked up at He Hou, who had a hot and eager face.

The slightly mocking gaze made He Hou's originally fiery heart feel like being poured down by a basin of cold water, pouring it out to the heart, whether it was the Son of Heaven or King Yong, they were actually just puppets in Ye Zhao's hands.

"Who the first emperor likes, it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness being the emperor." Ye Zhao said indifferently: "The minister just told His Highness that the minister would support His Highness to ascend the throne." ”

Liu Wei raised his head, looked at Ye Zhao, and said astringently: "Lonely...... Is there a choice? ”

Compared with He Hou, Liu Wei is obviously much sober.

"Naturally, there is." Ye Zhao smiled: "If His Royal Highness is unwilling, the little prince can actually ascend the throne." ”

Maybe Concubine Tang can't have children, when Liu Wei was in Chang'an, under the auspices of Ye Zhao, he accepted another princess, who was the niece of Huangfu Song, and gave birth to a son soon after, and now he is just three years old.

Liu Wei trembled when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Lonely ...... I am willing, I just ask the captain to let my son live. ”

"Why did Your Highness say this?" Ye Zhao sighed and said: "No matter what you say, His Royal Highness is also Zheng'er's maternal uncle, before the first emperor died, the minister promised to protect the bloodline of the first emperor." ”

"Okay, Lone promised the captain, I don't know what Lone will do after he ascends the throne?" Liu Wei nodded, now that he doesn't want to fight for power and profit anymore, although many people have been pandering recently, but for Ye Zhao's fear, Liu Wei really doesn't want to stand on the opposite side of Ye Zhao now.

"If there is chaos today, and His Royal Highness has no ability to govern, the minister hopes that after His Highness ascends the throne, he can restart the prime minister system." Ye Zhao stood up, looked at Liu Wei and smiled.

"Okay." Liu Wei ignored the look in the queen's eyes, nodded and said, "Taiwei is the first prime minister." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ye Zhao bowed to Liu Wei.

The prime minister is the chief of the hundred officials, has the right to lead the hundred officials, and is above the three dukes, although it is only a nominal thing, but now Ye Zhao's strength and status have reached an extreme, and Ye Zhao does not want to be the king or emperor too early, so the position of prime minister is suitable for Ye Zhao today.

"Bian'er, the prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, and Ye Zhao is like a tiger with wings, how can you allow him so hastily?" Seeing Ye Zhao leaving, He Hou finally couldn't help it, and looked at Liu Wei and complained dissatisfiedly.

"What if the retainer doesn't allow it?" Liu Wei leaned on the Hu bed a little frustrated, a touch of gloom flashed in his godless eyes, and then he returned to decadence, and said bitterly: "The queen mother won't think that if he supports Erchen to ascend the throne, Erchen is really the son of heaven who holds the power in the world, right?" ”

"But you can't give it to him so easily!" He Hou said a little angrily.

"Forget it, Erchen has already seen it, this Han family has come to an end, Erchen has nothing else to ask for now, just ask that Ye Zhao to leave a trace of my Han family blood as he said, and then provoke him, I'm afraid I won't even have this little affection."

When He Hou heard this, he had to sigh faintly, and on his face, which was no longer young, his hair fell down, looked at Liu Wei, and closed his eyes in pain.

Supporting the enthronement of the Son of Heaven is a major event, and there are many things to prepare, Ye Zhao needs to communicate with the princes, at least to make sure that there are two princes to help him strengthen his momentum.

However, today, in addition to Ye Zhao, the only remaining princes are Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, Liu Biao, Lu Bu and Shixie, who is far away in Jiaozhou.

Er Yuan is already the object that may be destroyed at any time, Ye Zhao did not count them in it, and for the rest, Ye Zhao targeted Sun Ce and Liu Bei, both of whom are ambitious enough, Cao Cao is definitely not able to, and Liu Biao may not agree, after all, as an orthodox Han clan relative, Liu Biao cannot allow one country and two monarchs to appear, even if he is powerless to deal with Ye Zhao, he will never slap the Han family himself.

Lu Bu's words...... To be determined, Ye Zhao believes that Jia Xu will make the right choice, but Lu Bu is extremely hostile to Ye Zhao, God knows if he will be willful at this time, and if the edict is not enough, he will still send it all over again, according to the size of the possibility, Ye Zhao will send different people to envoy the princes.

In addition, Ye Zhao ordered people to build an altar outside Chang'an City, and Liu Wei ascended the throne this time, and Ye Zhao wanted to do it with a greater momentum.

Chang'an's official system began to work efficiently.

At the same time, Ye Zhao sent a messenger to the states to spread the edict all over the world, and ordered someone to send a message to Huaxiong to spread the news throughout the Western Regions.

Under the rapid running of the envoys of Chang'an, the news quickly spread all over the country, and the world was shocked.

"Send someone to congratulate!" Runan, under the attack of Sun Ce and Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, who only had a dozen cities left, roared a little madly after receiving the list text, he now hated Lu Bu and Sun Ce, hated those courtiers who defected, the more chaotic the world, the happier he was.

"Ye Zhao!" Puyang, when Cao Cao saw the edict, gout, which had not occurred for a long time, had another attack.

"Lord~" Youzhou, Yan Rou looked at Liu Bei with some concern, he was very worried that Liu Bei was acting rashly at the moment, if Ye Zhao was angered by this matter, then they would really be finished.

"Let's bother Wenli to go to Chang'an." For a long time, Liu Bei closed his eyes, threw the edict aside, and said reluctantly.

"Whoa!"