-- Everyone reached a consensus in private, and so, in the following month, the officials of Liu Bei's group, represented by Zhuge Liang, began to move vigorously one after another.

First, the civil and military officers in Hanzhong came to the door in groups to "entangle", and then Zhang Song, Huang Quan and others who stayed in Yizhou, Wei Yan and Meng Da who guarded the three eastern counties, and even Guan Yu, Xu Shu, Jiang Wan and others who guarded Jingzhou also came to the table. All kinds of persuasion books flew from all over Jingyi and Jingyi like snowflakes, and in one day, Liu Bei, the most, actually received more than 20 persuasion letters.

Finally, a month after Cao Ying was proclaimed the Duke of Wei, Liu Bei had no choice but to comply with the "will of the people" in the case of "helplessness", and agreed to submit a table to the court and ask him to be promoted to the throne of Hanzhong.

The name of the king of Hanzhong was given to Liu Bei by Zhuge Liang, and the reason why he was not king in Chengdu but king in Hanzhong, in addition to the military geography of Hanzhong, was because Hanzhong was the birthplace of Gaozu Liu Bang, and the king of Hanzhong was only one word different from the king of Han of Gaozu back then, but the political signal released was extremely obvious.

That is, Liu Bei will be called the king of Hanzhong to show the world, he will take Gaozu Liu Bang as an example, based on Hanzhong, out of Qinchuan, first take Guanlong and then take the world, which is in the Cao Ying control area, but the heart of the Han family, will undoubtedly be a huge encouragement.

After determining the name of the king that Liu Bei fought for, the next most important thing was naturally to draw up a list of the ministers to persuade him, and the most important thing about this list was the choice of the person who led the list.

Compared with Cao and Sun, Liu Bei started much later, sitting on two states and ruling millions of officials and people in a few years, as if he had become rich overnight, so he did not have enough time to gradually rise along the power ladder. Therefore, the first step taken now is a step for Liu Bei to decide on his surname, and he must get as much support as possible from all walks of life, and these people are not just a simple person, but must be able to represent the various groups behind him.

At the beginning, even Fang Shao thought that Zhuge Liang should be the first leader, but Zhuge Liang rejected his suggestion.

Zhuge Liang means that Jingzhou scholars like them have already set the name of the monarch and minister with Liu Bei, and even if they are listed, they are just a few companions, and the political significance is not too great. And Yizhou Xinxia, whether it is Dongzhou scholars or Yizhou scholars, although they are actually under the command of Liu Bei, but after all, there is no long, so it is even more necessary to borrow this letter to make these people solemnly show their support for Liu Bei's attitude.

Furthermore, since Liu Bei is called the king of Hanzhong, he has released the signal that he will go north out of Guanlong and enter the Central Plains, and he will inevitably seek the support of the northern scholars in the future, so the selection of the leaders in the above table should pay more attention to the attraction and attention of the northern scholars.

Zhuge Liang's analysis was recognized by everyone, so, on this basis, after some deliberation and discussion, Zhuge Liang drafted a "God Han Table", and drew up a list of the names listed in the above table, of which the top four were Ma Chao, Xu Jing, Pang Xi, and Shooting Yuan.

At first glance, the four people who are leading, except for Ma Chao, although their names are not loud enough, they are all a few figures in Shuzhong in terms of strength or fame, and these four people have their own characteristics.

First of all, this Ma Chao is strong in the West, famous all over the world, and has a Han Jue, and he has been operating in the northwest for many years, and has a lot of influence in Hanzhong and Yizhou, which is an important condition for him to be the first to be crowned.

Secondly, Xu Jing, although this person is old and incompetent, and has never been appreciated by Liu Bei, he was only entrusted to a high position under the recommendation of Fazheng, but this person is a famous person in Runan, and everyone in the north knows it, and he is the natural representative of the scholar class, and it is reasonable to choose him as the second name.

The third Pang Xi, although Liu Bei refused to return to Yizhou when he first settled in Yizhou, and only returned to Shun half a year ago when he was forced to do so, but this person looked out of Henan, served as the official of the Han Dynasty, and was Liu Yan's Tongjia, and Liu Zhang was in-law, and he was enough to represent Liu Zhang's old family in Liu Bei's group, and played the role of inheriting the past and the future, so he was the third place.

As for the fourth place shooting, this person is from Sanfu, who served in Liu Bei's shogunate in his early years, but his name is not obvious, but his brother Shejian used to be Liu Zhang's long history, and the reason why he raised his status was nothing more than to win the hearts of Sanfu's people, and use the relationship between the Sheshi brothers to balance the relationship between Jingzhou scholars and Liu Zhang's old subordinates.

After these four people, there were more than 100 people, including Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Fa Zheng, Xu Shu, Fang Shao, and Li Yan.

Although nominally the ministers asked for Liu Bei's table, but this kind of thing must be approved by Liu Bei, so Zhuge Liang handed over the prepared book of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to Liu Bei, and after getting Liu Bei's consent, he then discussed with the people listed on it, and after making sure that there was no objection, he sent a messenger to Xuchang to meet the Emperor of the Han Dynasty with this book of request.

After this letter was sent to Xuchang, the Han Emperor did not have time to see it, and it was transferred to Cao Ying, who was naturally furious when he heard that Liu Bei dared to ask for the title of queen, and vetoed it even in the name of the Han Emperor.

However, all this is expected, no one will care whether the Han Emperor will allow it, before the envoy departed, Liu Bei began to build an altar in Hanzhong, which is nine miles in radius, distributed in five directions, and set up a flag guard of honor, as the place where Liu Bei ascended to the king.

In the autumn of the eighteenth year of Jian'an, it was a crisp autumn day, in addition to guarding the important places and unable to leave the office, the civil and military forces of the two states headed by Zhuge Liang waited at the high altar on the bank of the Hanshui River early.

It was nearly noon, the car driven by Nan Zheng arrived in a majestic manner, and on the most gorgeous car in the center, Liu Bei was sitting in the king's suit, sitting upright, although his face was still indifferent, but his eyes were irrepressible excitement.

The carriage was driving slowly, the car drove by, the officers and soldiers of the three armies all saluted, the civil and military ministers also bowed and retreated, the ceremony area of Nuoda was quiet, and there was an endless sea of people at a glance, and everyone's face was full of awe for him.

At this moment, time seems to slow down, and all kinds of memories of the past invariably come to mind.

Liu Bei recalled his childhood, when he was young, he pointed to the towering tree in the village, and jokingly said that if I became an emperor, I would use this tree as an umbrella cover, and now, fifty years have passed, and he is only one step away from his dream.

He remembered the difficulties of the Yellow Turban Rebellion when starting a business, those countless princes and nobles, scholars and wealthy families, between their hands, they sat on thousands of troops, and following their own starts, it was nothing more than Guan Zhang and the two, no matter where they went, they were faced with the disdain of others, and the name of the "weaving mat seller" was like a nightmare constantly entangled with him.

He also remembered the years of running around and wandering, from the plain to Beihai, from Beihai to Xiapi, from Xiapi to Xuchang, then to Yecheng, then to Runan, and then to Xinye...... Again and again, again and again, defeat...... And now, he has sat in two states, millions of people have surrendered to him, countless wise and brave men have followed him, like the stars and the moon, holding the once mat weaver and shoe seller for nine days and clouds.

Now, it is only a few steps away from the throne of the king.

At this moment, Liu Bei was a little like a different world, like a dream-like psychedelia.

The car stopped in front of the high platform, Liu Bei came back from his trance, he sorted out a flurry of thoughts, and calmly stepped out of the carriage with a calm face.

Xu Jing and Ma Chao persuaded the two important ministers of Yiwen and Yiwu led in the table, and stepped forward at the same time, saying: "Please go to the altar and enter the crown and seal." ”

Liu Bei took the head slightly, step by step, calmly walked on the high platform, after a round of sacrificial ceremonies, received the crown and seal, and sat in the south, announcing the official entry into the king of Hanzhong and the establishment of Han China.

Hundreds of military officials and soldiers of the three armies bowed down to congratulate them.

Liu Bei, who was high above, looked down at the people under the altar, and a sense of glory and pleasure that he had never felt before arose, and said in his heart: "Liu Bei, Liu Bei, you have finally come to this day, those princes who have laughed at you and despised you, and have been in Huangquan, I don't know how they feel at this time, hehe——"

In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei officially entered the king of Hanzhong and proclaimed himself the Great Sima, opening the Great Sima Mansion.

In the second day after the crown, Liu Bei issued an edict to the vassals.

promoted Guan Yu to a former general, fake Jieyue; Zhang Fei is the right general, false festival; Ma Chao is the left general, fake festival; Huang Zhong was the rear general; Fa Zheng is Shang Shuling, the general of the army; Wei Yan was the general of Zhenyuan; Li Yan was the general of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty; Xu Jing is the Taifu; Liu Ba is a scholar; Xu Shu is General An Yuan; Fang Shao is General Jianwei; Liu Feng was appointed deputy army general; As for Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, Liu Bei followed the practice of Jingzhou at the time, and divided the generals into the generals of the left army division and the general of the right army, and ordered the two to sign the affairs of the Great Sima Mansion together. And Fang Shao, Fa Zheng and Xu Shu in Jingzhou, although they were appointed as the official positions of the Great Sima Mansion, nominally not as big as the Han official positions of Xu Jing and others, but because they had the power to participate in the Great Sima Mansion, they naturally still squeezed into the core of decision-making in Han China.

Liu Bei set himself up as a king, a great vassal, and did everything that should be done, but only one thing was intentionally or unintentionally shelved by the ministers and himself.

That is, who should be appointed as the prince of Hanzhong?

In the past history, after Liu Bei ascended to the throne, he immediately set up his eldest son Liu Chan as the prince, but now the situation has changed, Liu Bei has more Liu Tai born to Mrs. Mi, and although he has not even learned to walk, he is Liu Bei's son-in-law, and Liu Chan, although he is nearly six years old, is only the eldest son born to the late Mrs. Gan.

In the matter of Lichang still establishing a successor, Liu Bei fell into a difficult situation, and at this sensitive moment, Mrs. Wu unexpectedly spread the news of pregnancy.

(To be continued)