Luan Shimeng's resolute words, like dark clouds in summer, hovered on Luan Yi's face, lingering, covering the light on the tip of his heart.

These days, he didn't like anything, and many officials in the court were scolded for it. After a long time, although the civil and military officials did not know the reason for his anger, they saw that he was not in a good mood, and when he encountered a problem, he would rather take the risk and solve it himself, rather than run to him to ask for instructions and ask for his own hardships.

The gloomy days began on October 10 and lasted until November 16, on which day Sun Shangxiang added a new ding to Luan Yi.

Coupled with the child in front of him, Luan Yi, who is already thirty-six years old, has only two sons. The eldest Luan Ping was born to Yang Wan, and later the woman A Li he snatched from Hebei also gave birth to a son named Luan Qi, but unfortunately the child had a hard life and died of a serious illness at the age of two.

Therefore, after suffering the pain of losing a child and experiencing the marriage of his daughter, Luan Yi cherished and attached great importance to the birth of this second son. took the word gratification, named the child Luan Wei, and went to visit Sun Shangxiang's room whenever he had time.

His anger gradually died out under the child's innocent smile.

After Luan Wei was born, another incident turned Luan Yi's mood cloudy and sunny - Zhang Song, who had been in Yizhou for more than three months, came back and brought back a message, "Yizhou Liu Zhang is willing to surrender." ”

It's just that Liu Zhang has additional conditions, to the effect that he is used to living in Shu, and he doesn't want to move to Yangzhou to be the king of Wu as Luan Yi said, and wants Luan Yi to change his title to the king of Shu and continue to stay in Hanzhong.

The reason why Luan Yi moved Liu Zhang to Yangzhou was to prevent him from continuing to call for wind and rain in Yizhou, so he categorically would not agree to such a request.

So, he didn't let Zhang Song go to Hanzhong again, but directly ordered Zhang Ren, who was stationed in Chengdu, to mobilize 20,000 troops to hoard outside the Jiange Pass. They also did not tackle key problems, and only sent thunderbolt trucks to symbolically drop some explosives bags into the customs every day, which was used as a live-fire exercise.

He also ordered Wen Ping, who was stationed in Qu'a, to lead five treasure ships of the Jiangdong Naval Division and more than ten building ships to the Yizhou River section in the middle reaches of the general, and did not land on the shore, but only waved the flag and shouted by the river, and fired a few cannons at the shore casually.

Although the sound of artillery is sparse, the effect it plays is indeed shocking. Liu Zhang also said that the current situation was the prelude to the start of Luan Yi's army, and he peed his pants in fright that night, and trembled on the woman.

Early the next morning, he ordered Fa Zheng to send an envoy to Luoyang, waging his tail and begging for mercy to surrender to Luan Yi.

In this way, after the return of Chengdu, all the northern part of Yizhou became a diocese. As for Liu Zhang, he was frightened that day and left the root of the disease, and the family died soon after moving to Jianye.

After his death, Luan Yi crowned him as King Wu of Wuwei.

With the annexation of Yizhou, the reunification of the thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, and the newly expanded Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, the territory of the Han Dynasty has expanded after more than 20 years of separation.

The original population of 43 million died in war and starvation after years of turmoil, but the total population has grown significantly to 47 million with the support of the policy of encouraging childbirth, and more than 2 million foreign slaves have been working in Han for a long time. The huge population base and the rate of population growth brought sufficient labor to the Han and brought vitality to the Han as it entered the era of peace.

Artificial canals extending in all directions and safe and wide galloping roads connect the important towns of Dahan Prefecture, which facilitates exchanges between people and greatly promotes trade. A fair, just and safe social environment has attracted a lot of money. Up to now, there are more than 70 kinds of handicraftsmen in the Han Dynasty, although the number is not as good as the 21st century, but it has reached the same level as the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the seventeenth year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, after the end of the war, the imperial court earned 40 million taels of silver, although the amount was only equivalent to a quarter of the Qing Dynasty, but due to the relatively small amount of gold and silver mining and market circulation, the gold reserves of the Han Dynasty at the beginning of the third century AD were not as rich as in the eighteenth century, and there were more than 1,000 years of gold and silver accumulation, and a lot of real gold and silver were still buried in the ground as mineral deposits, so the value of gold and silver was much higher than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, that is to say, the same amount of gold and silver in exchange for food and other daily necessities was far more than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

From this calculation, the taxes collected by the Han court seem to be far smaller than those of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but the specific value is very different, which is still under the premise that Yangzhou and Jiaozhou in the south of the Yangtze River have not been developed.

Luan Yi has reason to believe that when the land of fish and rice is formed, it is the moment when the prosperous era arrives.

After nearly 30 years of hard work and more than 10 years of conquest, with the help of the Church of Our Lady, Luan Yi finally built the Han into a strong country that was basically in line with expectations.

Just after the spring equinox in the eighteenth year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, the land of the Han Dynasty, which returned to peace, poured into Luoyang like snowflakes of the state thorns and county guards. However, the content of the song is similar - they either use the dimness of the zodiac stars as an excuse, or praise Luan Yi's outstanding achievements, and some even transfer the enemy formation and locust plague to the Han Dynasty...... All in all, they hoped that Luan Yi would take the Liu Clan's temple and replace him and ascend to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme.

In order to express the will of the people, Qizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Jizhou in the 14 states also sent Wanmin umbrellas.

With the help of the position of the religious leader of the Notre Dame Religion, Luan Yi has won a high reputation among the people, scholars, wealthy and officials over the years. Therefore, the current actions of various places have long been expected by Luan Yi, and even more precisely, many of the states and counties have taken the lead in speaking out under Luan Yi's instructions.

In the face of the call for a change of dynasty in various places, according to the usual practice, Luan Yi did not respond immediately, but pretended to publish a letter to the people in the "Holy Light Daily", saying that although the first emperor later failed him, he finally had the grace to know him. The grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring, and he must not be ungrateful, but replace it. Instead, Lang Lang Qiankun should be returned to His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, he was ready to send a letter to Shi, resign from the post of general and the title of King of Qi, and temporarily remain as the head of the Protector God Sect to deal with religious affairs. I hope that the people will not mention the matter of making him emperor again in the future.

As soon as this article came out, the people who learned that Luan Yi was going to Zhishi were boiling. People of all levels from all parts of the Han Dynasty – including slaves. They all ran to the outside of the sect leader's mansion and begged Luan Yi bitterly not to abandon the people of Limin, hoping that he would continue to rule the people.

After this incident, Luan Yi's call to be the emperor did not fall, but became higher and higher.

Next, on the eighth day of the fourth month of the eighteenth year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, a total solar eclipse pushed the people's call for Luan Yi to be the emperor.

On this originally sunny morning, the whole Han people suddenly found that the sky suddenly darkened, and the sun like a round cake was gradually eaten under the cover of black shadows, and completely disappeared after a stick of incense, shrouding the Han in the darkness of missing his five fingers.

Where did the people know what a total solar eclipse was, and they also said that they did not retain the upcoming sect leader, which caused the wrath of Our Lady. Or maybe the dim-witted Liu is about to take charge of the country, bringing endless darkness to the people......

The panicked people poured into the church one after another to kneel and pray, begging Our Lady to leave the head of the church and make him the king of all peoples. Half an hour later, the shadows disappeared and the sun smiled from the east mountain.

The people breathed a sigh of relief, and the man in charge put on his bags and set foot on the official road to Luoyang again.

This time, the people did not negotiate with Luan Yi, but spontaneously knelt in front of the sect leader's mansion and begged Luan Yi to ascend the throne as emperor in silent words. He also threatened that if the sect leader did not agree, they would not eat or drink, and they would keep kneeling.

In the morning, hundreds of people knelt down, and in the afternoon it grew to thousands, and the next morning, the avenue in front of the sect leader's mansion was blocked by willing people, and then the adjacent road...... Most of Luoyang was kneeling with people.

At first, most of the people who came were farmers and craftsmen, and then gradually merchants dressed in fancy clothes appeared...... Then the left and right Wu Qi brushed and knelt on the ground, and then the march to defend the city.

Three hours later, the willow tops on the moon, the long-sealed gate of the sect leader's mansion under the silver moonlight opened, revealing Luan Yi's tall figure.

He frowned and looked at the people, and said in a loud voice, "Let's all disperse!" ”

The people were indifferent.

He glanced at the civil and military on the ground again, and reprimanded, "Why are you all messing around." Who will take care of the affairs of the court when you kneel here? And you ......," he said, pointing to the armor-clad guards of the city, "what if you don't defend the city, what if something goes wrong?" ”

"If the sect leader does not ascend the throne for a day, we will ignore the government and government." The first to speak was Xun Yu. As soon as this remark came out, everyone present immediately agreed.

"If the sect leader does not ascend the throne for a day, we will not defend the city/cultivate/work."

"You ......" Luan Yi looked helpless, "Aren't you forcing me to forget the wicked on the road?" ”

"The refusal of a leader to ascend the throne is like a parent who has forsaken his children. That's what really drives the sect leader to a dead end! Guo Jia said longingly.

"Oops, Master." Zhang Fei was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and pulled his big hand towards the people, "Look at it, what else do you have to excuse if the people's hearts are like this?" You're from us! ”

After speaking, Zhang Fei got up and rushed to Luan Yi's side with Dian Wei and Hercules, Dian Wei grabbed his left arm, Hercules tied his right arm, and Zhang Fei hugged his waist and forcibly held Luan Yi down.

Although Luan Yi is powerful, he is not the opponent of the three big men who are known for their great strength, and he couldn't move, "Big brother, third brother, Lao He, what are you going to do?" ”

"Do what?" Zhang Fei used his strength, gritted his teeth and said, "Ask for your life for the people." Second brother, Han Sheng, what are you waiting for, bring the dragon robe. ”

Guan Yu and Huang Zhong came to Luan Yi and worked together with Dian Wei, Hercules, and Zhang Fei to put the dragon robe on Luan Yi.

Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Mao Jue, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu...... Bow your head neatly, "Long live the emperor and long live the emperor." ”

Tens of thousands of people have learned the same, and the mountains are shouting long live.

At this moment, the entire Luoyang City was deeply immersed in the cry of "Long live".

"The Sect Master has agreed to ascend the throne!" It became a good news that was more fortunate than a bumper harvest that year.

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