Just a few days after Qiao Ren and other Jiangdong civil and military received the news, the news of Cao Pi's proclamation as emperor finally spread throughout Shuzhong, and at the same time, the news of the murder of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty also came. After hearing this "bad news", His Royal Highness the King of Hanzhong was naturally grief and indignant, fainting several times a day, and he didn't think about tea, but he barely ate under the persuasion of everyone.

A few days later, the body and spirit of the king of Hanzhong improved slightly, so he set up a mourning hall in Chengdu, Shu County, and made the officials and people of the whole country wear linen and filial piety, thinking that the Han emperor was mourning, and posthumously called Liu Xie as the "filial piety emperor".

However, under the situation of "the whole country is of the same heart", there are gradually some unexpected auspicious comes.

Guan Yu, the captain of Sili, reported that there was dozens of yellow gas in the northwest corner of Chengdu, rising into the sky, and its momentum was magnificent. Hanzhong Taishou Zhao Yun reported, saying that the Ziwei Emperor Star is seen in Tianye, brilliant as the moon, and there is an image of the emperor's energy moving westward. Bajun Taishou Li Yan reported, saying that there are clouds in recent days, if the clouds are not smoke, if the clouds are not clouds, they are depressed, and Xiao Suo is trapped in the legendary Qingyun, and the brilliance is dazzling.

Manna descends, sun and moonlight, Dou Ji Ming, Zhong Lu tune, Siyihua, filial piety, Yue Xianglai, Ruixue, Ruiyu, Ruixia, sun and moon combination, five-star beads, Jiang out of the big shell, the sea out of the pearl, the river out of the horse, Luo out of the turtle book, the tomb out of the black pill, the mountain out of the car, Ze out of the horse, the wind does not sing, the sea does not raise waves, the mixed river is clear, the dead wood is regenerated, the day of the hug, the star of the same color, the cow is born teeth, the dog raises the sgizzard, the cow is born of the stone, the bird-like front red, the land lotus, the silkworm with the cocoon, the breath of the sun, the clouds of the tripod, etc., etc., The list goes on and on, and there is almost no Fengming Shu Mountain.

Under the rule of the king of Hanzhong, a state and several counties, auspicious omens flew to Chengdu like snowflakes. All the various reasons and magical auspiciousness all indicate one thing, and there is an imperial spirit in Shu. Perhaps this matter was famous in Shuzhong as early as the time of Liu Yan. But now it is just in time for the birth of a certain emperor in Shu.

A month after the funeral for Emperor Han, it was almost early spring. On a sunny morning, Zhuge Liang led the civil and military ministers in Chengdu. They entered the palace of Hanzhong together to meet Liu Bei.

All the ministers gathered in the hall, waiting for a long time, Liu Beifang turned out of the hall with the support of the maid, there were still tears hanging between his cheeks, although his complexion was much better than before, but his spirit was still slightly sluggish.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Xu Jing first, and Xu Jing immediately understood, and said: "King, I have heard that auspicious signs have appeared frequently in various places. This is in response to the king's immediate throne, in order to succeed the Han lineage, this is the ministers and other officials jointly signed the above table, and the king is the emperor's throne. ”

Xu Jing said and presented the dense persuasion form with hundreds of names signed, but Liu Bei was shocked and exclaimed: "Qing and others are going to be trapped as disloyal and unrighteous people!" ”

At this time, Zhuge Liang said: "The king's words are wrong, Cao thief usurped the Han and established himself, but the king is a descendant of the Han family. Continuing to succeed to the great unification is a move that conforms to the will of heaven and the will of the people. ”

Then Liao Li also said angrily: "Today's son has been killed by Cao thief, if the king is not the emperor, how can he justifiably rejuvenate the teacher and rebel, and sit and watch the temple society be usurped by others." This is true infidelity and unrighteousness. Today, the corporal and the people are all looking forward to the king ascending to the throne as the emperor, thinking that the first emperor will take revenge, and if the king does not obey the invitation of the ministers. I'm afraid that I will lose the hope of all the people. ”

Next, Wu Ban, Wu Yi, Ma Liang, Jiang Wan and other important civil and military ministers. One is more righteous than the other, and one after another makes generous statements. They persuaded Liu Bei to succeed to the throne as emperor. Only Xu Shu in the corner watched coldly, it seems that Qiao Ren's words had a great impact on Xu Shu, and he was quite unpopular with Liu Bei after being put back by Qiao Ren.

In the face of the persuasion of the ministers, Liu Bei did not stop, he was just in low spirits, patiently listened to the words of the ministers, and then sighed: "Although Lone is the great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing and the descendant of Emperor Gaozu, he has not been added to the head of Qian, once he establishes himself as the emperor, what is the difference between it and the usurpation of the Cao thief, the Qing does not need to persuade again, and the lone will not follow the example of the thief." ”

Liu Bei said, but he brushed his sleeves and went inside, and dried the ministers in the main hall.

The ministers didn't want the king of Hanzhong to refuse to be so resolute, and they were a little disappointed for a while, and people gathered around Zhuge Liang and asked him what he should do next, but Zhuge Liang only lightly compared three fingers.

The ministers comprehended, if they were called emperors as soon as they were invited, it would inevitably be too ugly to eat, and there was no way to postpone the start of the royal road after the three invitations, and Liu Xie's Zen position was not also three invitations?

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"Posthumously calling Liu Xie the "Emperor of Filial Piety"? ”

Jianye Qiao's Mansion, Jiang Ji hurriedly entered Qiao Ren's study and told Qiao Ren a shocking news - Liu Bei was called emperor! In the middle of the spring of the second year of the Huang dynasty of Wei, Liu Bei usurped the Han dynasty in Cao Pi and established Wei, and proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, with the country name "Han", re-established the Han Dynasty as a clan member of the Han family, and continued the unification of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the year name "Zhangwu".

"Yes! Emperor Xiaohan! Jiang Ji has no face to disdain, for this Shu Han Emperor, Jiang Ji's unforgiving mouth doesn't know what to say, even if Liu Bei is stupid and doesn't know the name, don't the ministers under him understand? actually gave his imperial uncle such a nickname, and Liu Xie did not die at all, he lived well, and was named the Duke of Shanyang by Cao Pi, and he was allowed to serve Han Zhengshuo in his fiefdom and build a Han temple to worship Han. In other words, the temple of the Han family is still continuing, and Liu Bei's self-reliance is untenable in law and reason.

"It is said that the tripod is a vessel, although it is small and heavy, so the treasure of the gods cannot be taken away. To make the negative tendency, this is also the end of the poor luck! The sky is tired of Hande for a long time, and Shanyang is so damned! Filial piety, hehe. Interesting. How much sorrow is there in the country, and how much mourning is still great; The troubles are in trouble, the country has no government, and there is chaos for a long time. Poor Liu Xie, when he was alive, he knew that he had a flat name. ”

Jiang Jike didn't care whether Liu Xie was alive or dead, what nickname he received, and asked directly: "Jun Hou, then what should we do, persuade the king to be the emperor or wait?" ”

"Wait! Let's call the emperor is even more untenable, Liu Bei is the emperor, let's see Cao Pi's reaction first, by the way, did the envoy who sent an envoy to Luoyang come back? ”

The reason why Jiangdong learned the news of Cao Pi's proclamation as emperor earlier than Shu Han was not because Xiangyang in Jiangdong was close to Xudu, but because Cao Pi was ready to hold an ascension ceremony in Luoyang after receiving the Zen throne, and invited Sun Ce to send an envoy to observe the ceremony, which recognized Sun Ce's independent status to a certain extent. Although the three families have been fighting for a long time, they all nominally belong to the Han family, and Cao Wei accepted the Zen concession of the Han family, which is equivalent to his suzerainty status of taking over the Han family. After the Jin Dynasty, it was like child's play to call the emperor, but this was the two Han Dynasty when the doctrine of the Wei Wei was prevalent at the end of the Han Dynasty and the doctrine of the Five Elements was extended.

Therefore, at this time, legal things still need to be valued, which is also the reason why Sun Quan is obviously stronger than Liu Bei in later generations, but he did not dare to call himself the emperor, and the local tyrant in Liaodong did not even dare to call him the king.

"Come back, the messenger is Guangluxun's Zhonglang, and I learned from the mouth of the eldest prince (Qiao Xun) that Cao Pi said something to the envoy who admired King Wu for a long time and couldn't wait to see it" Jiang Ji

"I can't wait to see him, he takes it seriously!"

"What do you mean?" Jiang Ji doesn't seem to understand very well!

Qiao Ren turned around and looked at the huge map hanging on the wall, and explained to Jiang Ji: "Xiangyang can attack Xu Luo if you advance, and you can defend Jingjiang if you retreat; Shouchun can choke the Central Plains to win, and retreat can defend Huainan and stability, these two places are in the hands of our army; In contrast, Liu Bei only has Hanzhong out of Sichuan, not to mention that it is very difficult, and now he is still injured, and it is difficult to recover for five or six years, will Liu Bei still be there after five or six years? You must know that His Majesty the Han Emperor is over sixty years old! Knowing the destiny of heaven, he can still govern for a few years, even Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are in their fifties. Compared with the small court of Shu Han, the pressure on Cao Wei from our Eastern Wu is greater and more dangerous, so Cao Pi has to think about defeating my Wu army! Saying that, Qiao Ren's fingers were still pointing straight at Xiangyang City.

Jiang Ji understood it at one point, understood it in a blink of an eye, and then said: "Xiangyang is connected to Shangyong in the west, Xinye and Fancheng in the east, Wancheng can be attacked in the north, and Luoyang will be shaken with a little force." The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the son of the daughter does not sit down, and Cao Pi is also a human monarch, and he will never sit idly by and watch his capital under the front of our army, so he wants to take advantage of Liu Bei's weakness to recapture Xiangyang. And Liu Bei would not care even if he had the strength, and he was still angry about the defeat of Yiling. This is the situation in which I, Dongwu, faced Cao Wei alone, and Cao Pi really made a good calculation. ”

"Moreover, Zhang Liao and Cao Zhen have connected the Western Regions and pacified Liangzhou, and Cao Zhang in the northern Xinjiang disarmed and handed over the 50,000 elites in his hand, and now Cao Pi has as many as 200,000 soldiers available, which is not easy to deal with! The Jingzhou garrison is only more than 70,000, and it has only experienced a big war, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist, Zitong went to check the report that Rinan came back, and Lone wanted to know where Bu Qi was, and the 40,000 troops in his hands were Lonely's lifesaver. ”

"Whoa!"

"General, the Imperial Doctor's Order has arrived!" Jiang Ji let go of the front foot not far away, and Jia Hua came in to say goodbye, and Huang Xu came.

"Please!" Qiao Ren turned to Jia Hua and commanded, and at the same time said to himself: "It seems that there is a clue, Lin Ji!" ”

When Jia Hua came to say goodbye, Huang Xu had already gone to the middle hall to rest temporarily, and it would only take a minute for Jia Hua to introduce him into Qiao Ren's inner hall, and when Huang Xu entered, Qiao Ren had already sorted out his clothes and knelt on the main seat to wait.

"General!"

"Brother Huang Shi doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat, Zixia is watching, no one is allowed to enter." Qiao Ren motioned for Huang Xu to take a seat, and at the same time instructed Jia Hua, Jia Hua has been a personal guard for most of his life, and Qiao Ren does not need to ask for these things, but this matter is very important, and Qiao Ren has to be more careful.

"Brother Ziyan." When Jia Hua closed the door, Huang Xu carefully took out a small square wrapped in white silk cloth from his sleeve, and then slowly untied it, "The younger brother found this thing in Lin Ji's medicine residue, the younger brother didn't know it originally, and then he looked through Yu Ji Xianchang's classics, and found the relevant records, but this thing is the effect of calming the nerves and calming the soul, but there are also other effects, and the younger brother feels that the matter is very important, so he came here on purpose!" (To be continued......)