Chapter 557: Liu He Crowned King
At this time, Liu He was indeed as Sima Yi expected, in order to appease Dian Wei and Zang Ba, he appointed Dian Wei as the leader of the central army, Zang Ba as the general of Pingdong, and led the Xuzhou Assassin History, and issued an order to let Dian Wei recruit 20,000 iron halberd troops, and allocated 10,000 spearmen to Zang Ba, so that they could train hard, and when the training was successful, they would lead the army to attack Xuzhou.
After that, Liu He wrote a recital, claiming that Cao Piwei Ling the Son of Heaven, abolished the queen, slaughtered the minister, and committed a great crime, and specially asked the Son of Heaven to mobilize 300,000 troops to come to Xuzhou, slaughter the traitorous party, and share the worries of the Son of Heaven.
Emperor Xian was moved to tears after receiving Liu He's recital, and he really hated that he couldn't sign the edict of "consent" immediately, but the chamberlain sent by Cao Pi to monitor was watching from the sidelines, and Hua Xin, a member of the Cao Pi Party who was still the secretary of the order, would never issue the edict, so he forcibly resisted the impulse in his heart, and wrote all this against his will because of Empress Fu and those ministers, and praised Liu He's loyalty.
Liu He's recital soon reached Cao Pi's ears, after hearing the news, Cao Pi was shocked into a cold sweat, Sima Yi's words were unfortunately true, fortunately he sent more people to the Son of Heaven in advance, otherwise, once the Son of Heaven wrote a "can" word on it, it is estimated that he will soon be faced with a catastrophe.
Although he is usually very disdainful of Liu He, Cao Pi is deeply aware of the gap between himself and Liu He's army, so when he hears that the other party is going to crusade, he will be so afraid.
This also made Cao Pi firm in his determination to support Sima Yi's eastern expedition to the Wa Kingdom, as long as he fled to the Wa State and became king there, then he would no longer have to be threatened by Liu He.
But fortunately, Cao Pi has the corresponding means, he immediately put a seal on the Son of Heaven according to Sima Yi's instructions, and recommended Liu He as the king of Qin, Liu He was originally a relative of the Han family, even if he was crowned king, it would not violate the law of the ancestors, not to mention that Liu He's command was huge, and the Son of Heaven also wanted to use this to win him over to help him deal with Cao Pi, so he naturally readily agreed, and immediately issued an edict to canonize Liu He as the king of Qin, allow the opening of the mansion, and add nine tins.
In ancient times, there is an essential difference between the throne of the Kaifu and the throne of the non-Kaifu, simply put, allowing the opening of the palace is to allow the establishment of officials, which means that there is real power, and not opening the palace is just an honorary title, without real power.
And "plus nine tin" is also an honor, the so-called "nine tin" refers to nine kinds of ritual vessels, including chariots and horses, clothes, music, Zhu Hu, Na Maje, tiger Ben, axe, bow and arrow, beard, these nine kinds of ritual vessels respectively represent the object of being given virtue, can reassure the people, can make the people happy, the people are many, can enter the good, can retreat from evil, can levy injustice, can punish the guilty, filial piety is the highest courtesy of the emperor to the minister, and in the previous history, Wang Mang had been subjected to nine tin, and the result was the creation of a new dynasty, This means that the person who is added to the Nine Tin may threaten the rule of the dynasty.
Cao Pi gave Liu He "nine tin", not only to envelop Liu He, but also to roast Liu He on the fire.
Therefore, after the imperial court sent an envoy to Chang'an, Liu He accepted the canonization of the prince, but rejected the honor of "adding nine tins".
In his opinion, with the position of power he has now, there is no difference at all whether he adds or does not add nine tins, but will be labeled as "usurpation" by some people, so the harm outweighs the good, and it is better to have nothing.
When talking to the envoy, Liu He specifically asked about the Son of Heaven, including diet and daily life, which made the envoy feel uneasy, for fear of picking out something wrong from it, but he didn't dare not answer, so he had to say it according to the facts, fortunately, Liu He didn't say anything, just asked him to talk, hoping that the Son of Heaven would take good care of his body, and then he didn't say anything anymore.
After accepting the canonization, Liu He was the son of heaven, canonized his wife Huang Yueying as the queen, and his son Liu Yu as the son, and all the concubines such as Xiao Qiao, Cai Zhaoji, Sun Shangxiang, Ma Yunlu, Wang Yi, and Lu Lingqi were named ladies, and at the same time, the civil and military ministers under his command were rewarded.
Liu He appointed Xun Yu as Shang Shuling, Guan Ning as Taifu, Guo Jia as Taiwei, Xun You as the left servant, Zhong Xuan as the right servant, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, and Lu Su as the servants.
The envoy suffered uneasily for a few days, and finally returned to Xuzhou to report in detail to Cao Pi what he had seen and heard during this canonization.
"Liu He actually refused the reward of 'Jia Jiu Xi'?" Hearing the envoy's report, Cao Pi was suddenly surprised, he didn't expect that there were still people in this world who were so high-minded, and they didn't want the power to send to the door, but after all, he was also a prince, and he was also familiar with playing with power, and after a little thought, he understood Liu He's intentions, and sighed softly: "This Liu He is really not an ordinary person, he can easily see through my intentions, but to be honest, there will never be fewer people in this world who can see through my intentions, but there will never be many people who can resist such a big temptation, At least in this respect, I am definitely inferior to him, alas, this person is really not simple, and all the princes of the world are defeated at his hands, and they are definitely not wronged. ”
And after hearing that Liu He asked the Son of Heaven about food, clothing, housing and transportation, Cao Pi's heart was beating wildly, he couldn't guess Liu He's intention to do this, for fear that Liu He would seize his handle because of this, and make any more crusades because of this.
Although he rejected the honor of "adding nine tin", Liu He was also able to find an excuse to "clear the king's side", and it was precisely because of the refusal to "add nine tin" that Liu He would not be suspected of any "ambition" when he crusaded against him.
Therefore, Cao Pi asked the messenger repeatedly, Liu He asked something, and he said something, until the messenger repeated it a dozen times, and he found that there was nothing missing, so that the messenger retreated.
What does Liu He mean by asking? He especially focused on asking the Son of Heaven's diet and daily life, whether he hoped that the Son of Heaven would eat well and that there would be more women around him, or that he would not eat well and that there would be fewer women around him? That's a big problem, why can't I guess his intentions? What should I do if what I do not conform to his mind and he finds an excuse to crusade? Sima Zhongda is not here, and the Taishan thieves have been pulled by him to attack the Japanese kingdom again, and now there are only more than 20,000 troops in our country, which is not enough for him to stuff his teeth? ”
Cao Pi was worried in his heart for many days, and then he couldn't help it, and sent someone to send a letter to Sima Yi, hoping that Sima Yi would give him an idea, and it was not until three months later that Sima Yi replied, saying that if Liu He had no reaction until this time, it should be fine, and Cao Pi saw that Liu He did not make the next move in these three months, so he was slightly relieved. However, in the future, he also restrained a lot, and did not dare to insult the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the court at will.