In the autumn of 210, in the battle of the Yangtze River, Zhou Yu defeated Dong Xi, the governor of the Jiangnan Prefecture, and when Dong Xun wanted to escape back to the south bank of the Yangtze River, he was killed by Sun Quan's general Huang Gai. After Tao Ying heard this, he was even more angry. The army went all the way south, and Tao Ying wanted to kill Sun Quan in one fell swoop. When Tao Ying's army had just returned to Xuzhou from the north, Lu Qian, the prime minister of Peiguo, said that it was not appropriate to go south to fight with Sun Quan at this time, and now was the time to clean up Cao Cao, so don't give Cao Cao a chance to breathe.

Jia Xu also said that Sun Quan has been developing in Yangzhou for so many years, and the soldiers and horses are strong, if he dies with them, he can only let Cao Cao benefit, otherwise he will win over Sun Quan first, clean up Cao Cao first, and then clean up Sun Quan. But Tao Ying really couldn't swallow this breath, and Zhuge Liang said that it was better to let Sun Quan send his son to Xuzhou as a hostage, so that Sun Quan would surrender to Xuzhou. With so many people opposing, Tao Ying didn't dare to act rashly, because he always knew who his biggest enemy was!

In winter, Sun Quan sent his son to Xuzhou to study, and Tao Ying withdrew his soldiers and horses to Jiangnan and Guangling. As compensation for initiating the war, Sun Quan ceded his Danyang County to Xuzhou, and from then on, all the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River belonged to Xuzhou, and Sun Quan's territory was only Jiujiang County and Lujiang County. After Sun Quan's armistice, Yuan Shang returned to Runan to defend his territory after being defeated in Peiguo, so Tao Ying wanted to send troops to attack Yuan Shang.

When Yuan Shang heard this, he came to beg to stop again, and Jia Xuyan couldn't force him to be too anxious, otherwise he would take refuge in Cao Cao. Therefore, Tao Ying allowed him to stop fighting, and Yuan Shang offered two carts of treasure as compensation. The long winter passed quickly, and Xuzhou's economy showed no signs of improving. The wide roads that were originally built were unfinished due to lack of money, and the fast-rising cities also fell into silence. Officials' salaries were cut and reduced, and soon factory workers were laid off and factory after factory closed.

In order to quickly salvage the fading situation, Tao Ying knew that he had to establish good relations with the princes of all walks of life, and then reopen the Xuzhou Industrial and Commercial Bank in order to stabilize the economy. So Tao Ying consulted Jia Xu, Jia Xu said that there is a way to transfer the contradiction, when Cao Cao used Tao Ying's jade seal as an excuse to contact the princes from all walks of life to attack Xuzhou, why didn't Xuzhou throw the jade seal out of Cao Cao's army?

It is also a scourge to keep the jade seal now, anyway, Tao Ying does not have the heart to be the emperor at present, and he can't be called the emperor now, so Jia Xu suggested sending envoys to Jingzhou and Yizhou, saying that Tao should be willing to hand over the jade seal, but Cao Cao must hand over the Son of Heaven, let the Son of Heaven build a palace among the various forces, and return the government to the Son of Heaven.

Tao Ying's strategy made Jingzhou and Yizhou very satisfied, and Tao Ying sent an envoy to Yanzhou, but Cao Cao was the first to refuse. Tao Ying, together with Xiliang Ma Teng, Hanzhong Zhang Lu, Jizhou Wei County Liu Bei, Runan Yuan Shang, Yangzhou Sun Quan, Jingzhou Liu Biao, and Yizhou Liu Zhang, asked the Son of Heaven to move elsewhere. Zhong Xuan, Xun Yu and others finally came to the imperial court, and when they heard that Tao Ying had this suggestion, Zhong Xuan also wrote a letter saying that he would obey the orders of the Han Emperor, so Si Li also announced that he was standing with the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven heard that Tao Ying was going to unite all the princes to rescue him, so he let his queen, Cao Cao's daughter, secretly go out with the news, and the Son of Heaven sealed Tao Ying as the king of Pengcheng with a blood edict, hoping that Tao Ying would welcome him out. The edict was finally sent to Tao Ying's Intelligence School through the hands of one minister after another, and the Intelligence School sent it to Pengcheng with the help of the power of the big family. After receiving the blood edict of the Son of Heaven, Tao Ying sent a letter to all the princes, and then invited the princes from all walks of life to come to Xuzhou to discuss the edict of the Son of Heaven.

It is said that when Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to Yanzhou, Guo Jia suggested that Cao Cao shake hands with Tao Ying and make peace and then wait for the opportunity to fight again. So Cao Cao collected troops to guard Yanzhou, and after hearing that Tao Ying wanted to ask for the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao was stunned for three days and three nights without sleeping well. In 211, the third year of the war, at this time, the Han Dynasty seemed to be peaceful on the outside, but behind the scenes, it fought openly and secretly, and within a few years recovered Jiangdong and Qing, You, He, Hebei and other states, Tao Ying became the first prince of the Han Dynasty. After so many years of lying on the salary, Tao Ying finally raised his eyebrows.

got so much land and was promoted to the throne of King Pengcheng, which made Tao Yingzhen a little proud. In order not to let himself go down the old path of Cao Cao, Tao Ying decided to put aside the jade seal, let himself sink down more to develop and strengthen himself, and then start the second industrial revolution and earn the money of other princes!

So, when spring came, the envoys of the princes from all walks of life also arrived in Pengcheng, and Tao Ying consulted with the princes from all walks of life. The meeting, which decided the future of Emperor Xian, lasted for nearly two months. Because the interests of all parties are involved, many people are reluctant to compromise. First of all, Tao Ying wanted to let the emperor come to Xuzhou, but if the princes from all walks of life said that if the emperor came to Xuzhou, what was the difference between Tao Ying and Cao Cao?

Tao Ying said that he would let the Son of Heaven go to Jingzhou, but Jingzhou Liu Biao said inappropriately. Emperor Han went to Jingzhou, who did Jingzhou listen to? Now Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao is dying, if it weren't for lying in Pengcheng every day, letting Pengcheng's famous doctor treat him, and Xuzhou has good medicine to entertain him, he would have hung up a long time ago.

Liu Biao was reluctant to let the Han Emperor go to Jingzhou, and others were even more unwilling. They are all small princes, there are bigger princes here, to welcome the Han Emperor, Cao Cao will have to clean himself up sooner or later. So in the end, everyone agreed that it was better to set aside a separate piece of land for the Han Emperor and the imperial court. This place has to set up a border with all the princes, and then all the princes have to send a force of soldiers and horses to protect the safety of this place, and truly return the right to the Son of Heaven.

Tao Ying nodded, he paid the most, because he wanted to go out of the jade seal, and he had to go out of the place, because where is the place where the princes from all walks of life have boundaries, and Jiang Xia has a boundary with everywhere. But if the capital is moved to Jiangxia, Cao Cao and Ma Teng and others in the north are also unwilling. In the end, under the negotiation, it was Sili Captain Zhong Xuan who came out and said that it was better to move Emperor Xian to the old capital Luoyang, because the emperor's imperial tomb was in Luoyang.

said that the capital would be moved back to Luoyang, and the voice of opposition became small for a while. So Tao Ying agreed to move the capital to Luoyang, and then everyone elected Zhong Xuan, the captain of Sili, to lobby Cao Cao. After Zhong Miao left, Tao Ying discussed the opening of the Xuzhou General Commercial Bank with the princes of all walks of life, and soon in just one month, Tao Ying signed a list of nearly one million taels of silver with the princes of all walks of life.

It is said that when Zhong Miao went to Xu Du to lobby Cao Cao, Cao Cao heard that the Han Emperor was asked to move the capital to Luoyang, and Cao Cao was a hundred who disagreed. However, as the defeated party, Tao promised not to hold Cao Cao responsible, and the princes of all walks of life would not attack Yanzhou and keep Cao Cao's current land. Not only that, as long as he asked Emperor Xian to move the capital back to Luoyang, Tao Ying handed over the jade seal, and then everyone elected the Son of Heaven to be the king of Cao Cao Wei.

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