The hearts of the people in the Guanzhong area have been greatly stabilized because of the two edicts, and the people's recognition of the imperial court has become higher.

However, after leaving Guanzhong, the effect of the two edicts was not so good. Not to mention that everyone knows that before the imperial court issued an edict, Zhou's Inn had already begun to sell locust dishes, and there were several menus that made diners want to stop.

Facts have proved that it was Li Ming who first discovered that locusts could be eaten, and others also developed locust recipes. It is definitely not possible to turn something that was previously considered 'inedible' or 'poisonous' into an 'edible' or even 'delicious dish'.

The imperial court did not develop a recipe, but people developed it first, unless they really accepted the political propaganda of the imperial court, otherwise unless they were fools, they would think that locusts were the emergency food given by God to the Han Dynasty.

Even many people think that this matter can be looked at the other way around, and the immoral Emperor Liu Ting of the Han Dynasty is the key to the great drought, and the "great drought" and "the Great Han" are just homophonic, which clearly implies that the emperor of the Han Dynasty is immoral. On the other hand, the locusts were given by God because God recognized Li Ming as the savior, and Li Ming could only guide everyone to eat them.

Yes, this is Zhou's Inn, and there are a lot of propaganda content of 'mysterious characters', which is justified. People who really want to refute it, can't even find an argument to refute.

However, the first edict really became a problem, Li Ming was officially designated as a 'traitor' by the imperial court, and everyone looked to Jiangdong to see how Li Ming planned to deal with this edict.

How to deal with it? Li Ming plans to directly establish the state of Chu, and then directly claim to be the overlord of Western Chu and forget the capital! As a result, he was persuaded by Xun Biao, just because after 400 years, everyone has become accustomed to the identity of the Han people, and it is okay to rebel, but the resistance is too great!

The suggestion is to proclaim himself the Duke of Chu, save yourself from always holding the nondescript title of 'Marquis of Chu', and then clear the monarch's side!

Yes, there is a trick that all the owners must be able to play, that is, the 'Qingjun side'. Even later, Zhu Jun wrote a letter, saying: There are ministers around the Son of Heaven who are causing trouble to the government, but in the name of the three dukes, he called on the world's heroes to clear the monarch's side.

Yes, it must be on the side of the Qing monarch, Li Ming immediately officially expressed the intention of the Qing monarch in public, and at the same time showed the secret letter of the 'Three Princes', which actually had the seal of the Three Princes on it, and the news that he was about to become the Duke of Chu.

To say that Liu Ting's black materials are actually a lot, to count, the first is that the position is not correct, the second is the unfair reward and punishment, the third is the problem of origin, and the fourth is the pro-villain Yuan Xianchen.

Among them, the issue of origin is the most important point, that is, even the eunuchs in the palace who are responsible for recording the palace maids, as well as the eunuchs who are fortunate to record, do not have any news about Liu Ting's biological mother, although Liu Hong admits that Liu Ting is the eldest son, but he does not have legal reason.

The lineage of the royal family is very important, and without a detailed 'birth certificate', Liu Ting's status as a prince is questionable. Not to mention that he is not in the right position, it is rumored that he can only take the throne if he kills Liu Xie, how can he do it if he is a blood relative?

It's a pity that if it's just the Qingjun side, then the first three can't be used, and even the legitimacy of the emperor is doubted, so what is the Qingjun side, it's better to directly pull the emperor off the horse and change it.

The oath meeting, after Li Ming became the Duke of Chu, began two days later. During this period, the situation in the Central Plains has undergone new changes. This year's drought has affected Cao Cao the most, and he is naturally the one who has changed the most.

"Alas, why is this happening!" In Juancheng, Lao Cao was also in tears, this year's drought, the lack of water conservancy projects, his natural harvest dropped sharply. As a result, a large number of people fled to other counties in order not to starve to death.

Cheng Yu offered to stop them from migrating, but Cao Cao didn't have any reason to stop others. Let them leave, at least there is still a way to live, if they are not allowed to go, then they will still starve to death.

Cheng Yu once again proposed that he could consider using rice and meat as military rations, and Cao Cao almost agreed. The result was not officially implemented, and the imperial edict was delivered. After getting the edict, Cao Cao was very surprised, and immediately ordered the capture of locusts, which slightly alleviated the problem of military rations, but the money and food were still very tight.

At this time, Lu Bu launched another surprise attack, captured the entire county of Dongjun, and began to eyeing Jiyin. The damage suffered by Yuan Shu behind him was not great, and the troops in Peijun were also strengthened.

Now that he is already suffering from the enemy on his back, and the key money and food are excessively consumed, he has no way to fight a protracted war. Three months, if there is no way to solve this crisis in three months, then he can only watch Lu Bu or Yuan Shu, enter Juancheng, and then cut off his head to show off his military exploits.

"My lord, the edict sent by the imperial court is said to have also been sent to Kong Taishou!" Xun Yu came in a panic and brought a new edict.

The imperial court issued an edict appointing Cao Cao as the assassin of Yanzhou, and at the same time hoped that he would cooperate with Sun Jian to deal with Lü Bu. At the same time, Beihai Taishou Kong Rong was appointed as the assassin of Qingzhou, with Zang Hong as the ruler and Tian Kai as the other driver to jointly govern Qingzhou. At the same time, Xiahoudun was appointed as the assassin of Xuzhou, which means that Cao Cao also has the legal rationality to interfere in Xuzhou's affairs.

The court hoped that Cao Cao would send his children to Chang'an, study Taixue and become officials in Chang'an in the future. At the same time, he promised to marry Cao Cao's eldest daughter Cao Hua as a concubine, after all, Liu Ting at this moment had married Fu Shou and named Fu Shou the queen.

The imperial court is willing to pay him a certain amount of money and food to help him tide over the difficulties during this time, and at the same time can send troops to support, Jingzhou Assassin Shi Sun Jian, will support him in the rear at any time to help him contain Yuan Shu and Lu Bu.

The conditions were very lucrative, and Cao Cao had no reason to refuse, especially after a few days, Kong Rong officially became the Qingzhou Assassin, and the Beihai Taishou was also handed over to his former deputy Wang Xiu. However, it is not Tian Kai who is engaged in other drivers, but an existence called Sun Shao, who is said to have been the Gong Cao of Beihai in the past.

Tian Kai is said to have conspired to design Kong Rong, but was discovered by Wu Anguo, and finally ran back to Youzhou in disgrace.

With Kong Rong behind him and taking refuge in the imperial court, this became the last straw that overwhelmed Cao Cao. Seeing that the money and food were exhausted, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu were eyeing each other, Cao Cao finally chose to write to the imperial court and serve as the assassin of Yanzhou, and at the same time sent his children to Chang'an, I don't know for what reason, he ordered someone to change the name of Cao Zhi, who was four years old, to Xiahou Zhi, and secretly sent it to Jiangdong, lied to the outside world that he had died, and even found a four-year-old child's body to bury in the grave.

After receiving Cao Cao's reply, Sun Jian desperately united with Zhang Ren and Wang Ling, who were stationed in Hanoi, with Sun Ce as the main general, to attack Chenliu County, and defeated Lü Bu to defend hard and did not dare to invade eastward. Qingzhou sent a large amount of money and grain, and Cao Cao's economic crisis and war crisis were resolved.

Maybe he was planning to vent all his unhappiness, and suddenly gathered all the people and horses, and went towards Dongjun to kill. Lu Bu was originally a small number of people, and was divided into two battlefields, and was immediately defeated and retreated, and in the end, thanks to Gao Shundian, he was lucky enough to enter the territory of Pei County, and hid in Tibet, and finally took the remnants and entered Xiapi County, and bluntly went to Li Ming.

Lu Bu's arrival may not be a hot potato for Li Ming.

Lü Bu's defeat also made Cao Cao officially recapture all the territory of Yanzhou's assassination, and by the way, he executed Zhang Miao's clan to vent his hatred. Then, when facing Sun Cebu, who had entered Yanzhou, he officially handed over the military power of Yanzhou.