Chapter V: The Three Princes

The Son of Heaven wants to move the capital to Luoyang!

In fact, Luoyang is the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, plus Zhu Jun has recruited displaced people in Luoyang in the past two years, and has recovered some vitality, and with the increasing expansion of the territory of the imperial court, especially after Nanyang and Shuzhong have fallen into the control of the imperial court, continue to take Chang'an as the capital, and the information transmission will inevitably lag behind, and the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Luoyang, which also seems very reasonable.

But as soon as this news came out, it caused an uproar in the world, especially when Liu Xie refused the princes' petition', and began to move the capital to Luoyang, in the eyes of the princes or the Kwantung family, this naturally also represents the attitude of the Son of Heaven, and he will never compromise.

"The news has been confirmed, since the middle of August, Liu Bei began to move the displaced people to Luoyang, Hanoi, seeing that winter is approaching, but most of the people in the four counties of Yingchuan continue to migrate to the imperial court, it seems that the battlefield prepared by His Majesty is not the four counties of Yingchuan, but in the tiger prison!" Peng Cheng, Cao Fu, Xun Yu held the letter in his hand, looked at Cao Cao and sighed.

"Is the tiger in prison?" When Cao Cao heard this, a flash of remembrance flashed in his eyes: "I don't want to reunite after six years, but this time, who will win and who will lose?" ”

At that time, Dong Zhuo resisted the princes of the world with his own strength, although he finally compromised and retreated to Chang'an, but strictly speaking, the heroes at that time did not really win Dong Zhuo and retreated to Chang'an, which was Dong Zhuo's own decision.

And now, the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Luoyang, which is equivalent to attracting all the attention of the world to Luoyang, on the one hand, to avoid the Nanyang area being affected by the war, on the other hand, once the princes of the world because of the petition, in this case, gathering troops to Luoyang is also the only choice.

If it is attacked in an all-round way, although the imperial court's forces will be dispersed, there will be one more Nanyang that can be attacked, and it may also face Liu Biao's attack.

Although it is very similar to the original situation, but in fact, today's imperial court is more than the imperial court under Dong Zhuo's control, when Dong Zhuo was the strongest, it was just a Guanzhong plus a Xiliang, and now Liu Xie In addition to these two places, there is also Shuzhong as the rear, and Zhang Yang is also attached to Liu Xie.

And Dong Zhuo at that time didn't have any allies, but now Liu Xie, at least Liu Biao, even if he doesn't make a contribution, it is impossible to stand in the camp of the princes.

"The teacher is unknown!" Cao Cao stood in the hall, standing with his hands in his hands, thinking of the battle situation he was about to face, and he couldn't stop smiling bitterly in his heart.

Cao Cao has read the content of the petition, and with his eyesight, he can naturally see the real harm in it, perhaps right now, as the petition says, he can choose a lot of capable officials for the imperial court, but over time, as Liu Xie said, the situation that there is no cold man in the upper grade and no family in the lower grade is by no means a utopian dream, which is even more harmful to the court than the original ten permanent servants.

Although it is beneficial to the family, the poor family may not be able to ascend to the throne through this way, although it is unfair, but it is not another balance?

And the content of this petition, if it is really implemented, within a hundred years, the upper grade has no cold people, and the lower grade has no family will be completely realized, which is not a good thing for the country, Cao Cao admired Liu Xie's courage to see through and decisively refuse at the first time, but in this way, this campaign is inevitable.

"The teacher is unknown, but the teacher is famous!" Xun Yu sighed, he, like Cao Cao, was vacillating between the family and the royal family, and he wanted to find a way out for the family, but this petition made by Yuan Shao was digging the roots of the world.

No one knows the power of the Hanmen better than Xun Yu, Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai can be regarded as scholars of the Hanmen, but the influence of the two of them now, not to mention Xi Zhicai, but Guo Jia, which prince in the world dares to ignore it?

Xun Yu handed over an edict to Cao Cao.

"This is ......," Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu suspiciously.

"The edict of the three dukes, issued by Yuan Shao in the name of the three dukes, calls on the princes of the world to clear the side of the monarch and to be the dynasty!" Xun Yu said in a deep voice.

Cao Cao opened the edict and read it softly: "The Son of Heaven is young, there are treacherous and evil in the court, the Holy Hearing, cholera and the court, we scholars, although we have the heart to revive the court, but the treacherous and evil are in charge, the cloud sees the persecution, there were Huo Guang and Yi Yin in the past, and today, Yuan Shao is willing to call on the heroes of the world to rise up together in the name of the three princes, the Qing monarch side, the dynasty Gang, and the world to peace, support the community in the general, the day the edict arrives, the heroes of the world take the righteousness of the family and the country as the priority, clear up personal grievances, and work together to ......"

"A good cloud to see persecution, a good to follow the sages? Originally, he actually wanted to compare himself to Huo Guang and Yi Yin? Cao Cao put down his edict, looked at Xun Yu and the sleepy Xi Zhicai on the side, and said, "This battle, shall I wait?" ”

Xi Zhicai raised his eyelids, shook his head and said, "I can't go, I can't go!" ”

Go, that is, to oppose the imperial court and be the enemy of righteousness, and now it is not Dong Zhuo who is in charge of the imperial court, but Liu Xie, which is essentially different from the heroes who fought against Dong back then.

But if you don't go, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are afraid that before they go out, they will first take Cao Cao to sacrifice the flag, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu plus Chen Jue's father and son, in any case, Cao Cao is impossible to face the three princes at the same time, and nominally, Cao Cao has not officially separated from Yuan Shao now, if Cao Cao does not agree, it is impossible for the family under the account to support Cao Cao, although after the last Liu Bei incident, the family's ability to check and balance Cao Cao has been weakened a lot, but it does not mean that it does not exist, especially at this time, once it is started, No matter how small the threat is, it can continue to magnify, and Cao Cao can't afford it, so he has to go.

"What does Zhicai mean by this?" Cao Cao smiled bitterly and looked at Xi Zhicai, saying this is equivalent to not saying it.

"The lord can secretly write a letter to the court, saying that we are helpless, asking the court to understand, the army must be out, and the momentum must be big, if the court wins this battle, the lord will have a way out, and the princes can't say anything about the lord, but if Yuan Shao wins, the lord can still be invincible!" Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"How easy is it to say?" Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, Liu Xiehe and the princes are not stupid, if they don't work hard, how can the princes not see it, but if they are not strong, how can the court give up the investigation because of a letter?

"This is also the only way at present, as for how to grasp it at that time, it depends on the lord." Xi Zhicai said with a smile.

"So-and-so want to go in person?" Cao Cao frowned, this time he planned to send a general to participate in the alliance, but the intention of watching the drama Zhicai turned out to be to go in person, Cao Cao refused a little in his heart.

"This alliance, the battle is still secondary, what is really needed is that the lord will be able to move between the court and the scholars with ease, although there are many fierce generals under the lord's account, but there is no one who can do this." Xi Zhicai shook his head and sighed: "If the lord doesn't want to go, he needs to choose a side to take refuge completely." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he frowned, indeed, looking at his command, whether it was Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan brothers, or Cao Ren and Cao Hong, their abilities were quite good, and they were more than enough as the commander of an army, but if they talked about playing tricks, not to mention that Yuan Shao's subordinates were full of talents, I am afraid that Yuan Shu might not be able to play, and in the end, he had to nod helplessly and agree.

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Shouchun, Yuan Shu's mansion, compared to Cao Cao's vacillation, Yuan Shu's idea is much simpler, it is rare to have this opportunity, you must fight, but the problem is ......

"Yuan Shao is just a concubine, what qualifications do you have to issue an edict in the name of the three dukes! Ridiculous! Angrily threw Jiao Zhao on the ground, Yuan Shu couldn't help but step on his feet again, and then returned to his seat indignantly, and sneered: "What do you think about this matter?" ”

"Princess!" Yan Xiang hesitated for a moment, but still stood up, and said with a wry smile: "This battle is related to the survival of my clan, and you can't lose a big one because of a small one, Yuan Shao is now playing in the land of Jizhou, Youzhou and Qingzhou, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and strong strength, and he is the main alliance, which is well deserved, so why should the lord worry about this matter?" ”

"Don't say that the land of three states is the land of six states, he is still my Yuan family's concubine, the last crusade against Dong Zhuo, I didn't care about him, let him be the leader of the alliance, and now he didn't discuss with me at all, so he issued an edict in the name of the three dukes, in his Yuan Benchu's eyes, is there still me?"

A group of civil and military people secretly slandered in their hearts when they heard this, people made a fortune with a piece of the Bohai Sea, but now they are the northern overlord of the three states, and your old man occupied Runan, Nanyang and Huainan at the beginning, but he was defeated one after another, lost the city and lost the land, and now only Nanyang and some areas of Huainan are left, what qualifications are there to compare with Yuan Shao, who is now in the three states?

However, everyone only dared to think about this in their hearts, since Yuan Shu was beaten by Liu Xie to cut the land and pay compensation, and offered the jade seal of the country, his temper has become more and more irritable, and he often hurts people and even kills people, seeing him angry at this moment, no one dares to say good things to Yuan Shao at this time.

"The lord, the minister has a matter, and he wants to play it to the lord." Han Hao couldn't stand it a little, and stepped forward and bowed.

"Speak!" Yuan Shao snorted coldly and said angrily.

"This conquest of the imperial court is a matter of the world, Cao Cao and Chen Qi have responded, why don't you see the Jiangdong people alone? This ...... Fear of fraud? Han Hao frowned and said, "If Sun Ce takes the opportunity to attack our army's land when our army goes on the expedition, then our army will be closed!" ”

"He dares!" When Yuan Shu heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said angrily.

"My lord, the minister thinks that Sun Ce is not to be underestimated!" Li Feng hurriedly stepped forward and took over the conversation: "At the beginning, the lord only borrowed him 3,000 men, but this is only less than three years, he has defeated Liu Xuan, Yan Baihu, Wang Lang, and occupied the four counties of Jiangdong. ”

When Yuan Shu heard this, he frowned, nodded and said, "It's okay, I am worried that the supreme general under my command is available, and if you recruit that Sun Ce, you can also be regarded as a fierce general." ”

Yuan Shu's words made Ji Ling's face under the account not very good, but it was not easy to justify anything, and the ministers were slightly relieved when they saw Yuan Shu shift his gaze. [.]