On the first day of the seventh month, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty finally arrived in Luoyang and temporarily lived in the old residence of the late Zhongchang servant Zhao Zhong. On July 14, Emperor Xian issued an edict to grant amnesty to the world. On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, Emperor Xian arrived at the Yang'an Hall of Luoyang South Palace (one said to be called "Yang An Palace", saying that Zhang Yang was named after himself). Later, probably due to the conflict of interests between the escorts, Zhang Yang didn't want to cause trouble, so he led the crowd to leave Luoyang and returned to Yewang. On the tenth day of the eighth month, Emperor Xian appointed Zhang Yang as the Great Sima, Han Xian as the General and Lieutenant of the Division, and Yang Feng as the General of the Che Cavalry, all of which were given the Jieyue that represented the emperor's authority.

When Liu Xie settled down in Luoyang, he thought that it was also because he received Lu Bu's letter to recommend himself as the pastor of Xuzhou, and he had great expectations for Lu Bu, so he made an order to appoint Zhang Yang as the great Sima. You must know that the position of the Great Sima is higher than the authority of the Third Duke and the Great General, and the appointment of Zhang Yang as the Great Sima by the Liu Association should still express a certain hint.

In addition, according to historical data, the palace in Luoyang was quite dilapidated at that time, and all officials could only split thorns and rely on the broken walls to live. Since the governors of various prefectures and counties refused to pay tribute, the officials below Shang Shulang could only go out to pick wild vegetables to eat, and some even starved to death.

I think this narrative is problematic. Previously, Zhang Yang asked Dong Cheng to repair the palace, and personally led people to carry food to supply Liu Xie and hundreds of officials, and later Liu Biao also sent people to Luoyang to worship. In this way, how can hundreds of officials be miserable to the point of starvation? Thinking about it, it may be that Yang Feng and others withheld all the food, and the uncle Dong Cheng would naturally be dissatisfied with the behavior of Yang Feng and others, so Dong Cheng secretly sent someone to recruit Cao Cao to lead troops to protect him.

However, the reason why the people who write history want to write like that is to cover up Cao Cao's true purpose of welcoming the Son of Heaven. The history books say that Cao Cao's purpose in welcoming the Son of Heaven was to "serve the Son of Heaven to please the Son", and I think his real purpose was to "borrow the Son of Heaven to Yu Lu Bu".

However, it was said that Hao Meng rebelled and led his subordinates to attack Xiapi Mansion at night. At that time, Lu Bu was sleeping in the room, and he was untidy and led his wife out of the toilet wall and fled to the camp of the governor Gao Shun (the author checked the information, although the governor of the Han Dynasty and the assassin history had not yet set up a governor, but there was a governor to engage in a position, and it was also a military position under the state pastor and the assassin history to supervise the military, so I think Gao Shun's position at this time should be this). Subsequently, Gao Shun led his subordinates to quell the rebellion, and Hao Meng was defeated and fled. Gao Shun continued the pursuit, and by dawn, Hao Meng fled back to his camp. At this time, Hao Meng's subordinate general Cao Xing suddenly turned against him and fought with Hao Meng. During the battle, Hao Meng stabbed Cao Xing, and Cao Xing cut off one of Hao Meng's arms. At the right time, Gao Shun arrived and stepped forward to kill Hao Meng. Then he sent Cao Xing to the bed to rest, and then took Hao Meng's head to Lu Bu.

The above battle process is one of the few examples of military generals duel in the entire Three Kingdoms. Lu Bu does not have many troops in his hands, probably only a few thousand, but Hao Meng has the power to command some soldiers, which shows that he is one of the generals who are relied on by Lu Bu. This shows from the side that all the people under Lu Bu who can be called powerful generals should all be people who know how to command troops.

At this time, Yuan Shu discussed the matter of becoming emperor with his subordinate officials, however, it seemed that none of his subordinates dared to approve of this proposal, presumably because of Lu Bu's proximity to Xuzhou. If Yuan Shu really became the emperor, Lü Bu would inevitably send troops to attack him in order to maintain the Han family, and the history books also said that Lü Bu intended to unite with Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shu at that time. And the reason why Yuan Shu chose to be the emperor at this time was to improve his power and prestige, so as to win over Lu Bu. Therefore, Yuan Shu ignored the opposition of others and insisted on becoming the emperor, so he sent Han Yin to Xuzhou to ask Lü Bu for his daughter, hoping to use marriage to entrap Lü Bu.

Originally, when Yuan Shu was not yet proclaimed emperor, Sun Ce wrote a letter to persuade him, but Yuan Shu did not expect Sun Ce to oppose it, so he was very worried. Later, I don't know whether Yuan Shu did not reply, or insisted on stating that he wanted to be the emperor, but Sun Ce directly cut off the contact with Yuan Shu. For this reason, Yuan Shu had no choice but to put aside his plan to become emperor for the time being. And the reason why Sun Ce broke off relations with Yuan Shu was to protect his reputation, and secondly, he could justifiably break away from Yuan Shu's control.

At this time, Cao Cao had been invited by Dong Cheng in private and began to lead troops to Luoyang. After arriving in Luoyang, the first thing Cao Cao did was to ask Emperor Xian to cure the sins of Han Xian, Zhang Yang and others. Han Xian was afraid of being killed, so he fled to Yang Feng. However, it was said that Zhang Yang had already led the army back to Yewang and continued to supply food and daily necessities to the imperial court, so where was the fault? Therefore, Cao Cao's actions were only intended to remove Lu Bu's branches and make him completely lose his ability to intervene in the imperial court. However, Liu Xie did not do what Cao Cao wanted, but issued an edict to punish Zhang Yang and others on the grounds that he had meritorious service in escorting.

On August 18, Emperor Xian appointed Cao Cao as the commander of the school and presided over the affairs of Shangshu. Come to think of it, this is probably because Liu Xie was forced by Cao Cao's power. Then, Cao Cao killed Shangshu Feng Shuo and three others, and in the name of the emperor, he added thirteen people, including Dong Cheng, the general of Wei, as liehous. After that, Cao Cao probably wanted to completely put the Son of Heaven under his own power, but there was no good way for a while, so he asked Ji Dong Zhao. Dong Zhao suggested that Cao Cao move Emperor Xian to Xuchang, where he was closer to his forces. So, after Cao Cao deceived Yang Feng, he took Emperor Xian to move to Xuchang. Then, when Yang Bong realized that something was wrong, it was already too late. As a result, Cao Cao smoothly moved Liu Xie to Xuchang and changed Xuchang to Xudu.

At this moment, when Lu Bu learned that Cao Cao had moved the capital to Xuchang, he should have been very surprised. Then the relationship between him and Cao Cao had to undergo a subtle change again.