This year's spring is different for Wang Xu and for the entire force.

Since the beginning of the Jingnan Lingling Army, the southern conquest and the northern war, hundreds of large and small battles, too many things have happened, too many twists and turns, stumbling all the way, and now it has finally reached a new height and expanded a new situation.

Many civil and military officers who followed Wang Xu in the early years were filled with emotion in joy, and when they recalled the past, their eyes were always involuntarily slightly moist.

There are also some people, but at the same time they are full of anxiety and remain silent about the king.

Of course, there are also some people who are filled with strong dissatisfaction and indignation in their hearts, and in the land of Sanzhou, many officials have begun to voice accusations.

Fortunately, the ministers were prepared for these things for a long time, and they strictly controlled them, and if someone had bad intentions, they were immediately arrested, and nothing major happened for a while.

But what followed was the resignation of a large number of officials from various parts of the three states, who, for various reasons and reasons, took action to disentangle themselves from the power and completely dissociate themselves from the matter of sealing the king.

In addition, among the ordinary people, there are also slight riots in individual areas, some people try to take this opportunity to profit in the chaos, mainly concentrated in Shuzhong and Yongzhou, as for the nine counties of Jingxiang, Nanzhong, and Hanzhong, the land is the most stable, most of the people in these areas saw the announcement of the list, and learned that Wang Xu was about to enter the throne to become the king, it was thunderous, and even some areas also put up lanterns to celebrate!

The ministers of the General's Mansion were very busy, and all Cao worked together. Dispatch commanders and postal superintendents to all directions. Cooperate with local officials. Encourage and mobilize the people who are strongly supportive. For those areas where there is a riot, it is to immediately control the people who take the lead, and try their best to picket the people who take the lead, and for the rest of the people who follow the crowd, they will suppress them with force, appease them with words, and pour out all their strength to make them as stable as possible.

Wang Xu himself is extremely busy. Although it is enough to control the overall situation now, there are many things that need to be arranged and decided by him, and he approves various movements every day.

On this day, he was reviewing in the study, but suddenly saw two resignation letters, one from Tian Cao Peng Liu Ba, which was expected by him.

But the other one surprised him, and he even read it several times before finally confirming it.

Because the person who resigned was the thief Cao Peng Liu Yi, or on the grounds of old age and infirmity. But in fact, he knew that Liu Yi was strong in martial arts. The internal breath is vigorous, and the perennial exercise is far from the point of the so-called old age and physical decline.

After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately ordered someone to invite Liu Yi.

Liu Yi did not evade, nor did he hide anything, and soon rushed to the general's mansion with a resolute expression.

When the two met, Wang Xu didn't speak for a long time, and looked at each other silently.

Liu Yi is not only his subordinate, but also his benefactor, and his ability and character are deeply respected by him, and that kind of emotion is very complex, and he is a very special person.

In the end, Wang Xu got up and bowed to Liu Yi: "Liu Gong is my Wang Xu's benefactor, I will not hurt you, I called Liu Gong to come today, I just want to know that Liu Gong can be because of the king's affairs, so he has a bad heart and sent his resignation?" ”

"My lord, please get up!"

Liu Yi hurriedly got up and grabbed Wang Xu's arm, shook his head and sighed: "The subordinates have no mustard, these years of service in the general's mansion, I greatly admire the benevolence and love of the lord, and even now, I am not afraid to say something that should not be said, even the two emperors of Heng and Ling are far inferior to the lord, and the people can have a king like the lord is a blessing, the Han has run out of gas after all, and from the personal heart of his subordinates, he supports the lord!" ”

"In that case, why did Liu Gong resign from his position?" Wang Xu asked strangely.

"Alas!" Liu Yi let out a long sigh, his eyes fluttered, quite vicissitudes.

After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Lord, no matter what the Han is, his subordinates were born in the Han Dynasty, grew up in the Han Dynasty, and served the two emperors of Heng and Ling successively, after all, they are Han Chen!" These days, my subordinates have also thought a lot, maybe only in this way, can we really have a clear conscience, and the affairs of the world will have nothing to do with my subordinates in the future, and I hope that the lord will be fulfilled! ”

Hearing this, Wang Xu's heart trembled fiercely.

He felt the complexity and contradictions in Liu Yi's heart, and even more felt the loyalty in his heart, and was deeply shocked.

Eventually, he gave up, bowed deeply, and agreed to his request.

Liu Yi's eldest son and second son were still retained by Wang Xu to serve under his command.

His eldest son Liu Tao, who started from the thief Cao Peng in Linxiang County, Changsha, has accumulated a lot of credit, and now he is a thief Cao Peng in the General's Mansion, inheriting Liu Yi's ability. The second son, Liu Yun, chose to join the army back then, starting from a young man, and followed him to fight for many years, and now he is also a partial general of the Blue Dragon Army.

Liu Yi didn't interfere much with the second son's continued service, because his children had little to do with the imperial family, and even had no good impression of Emperor Han since he was a child.

After that, Wang Xu also found Liu Ba to explore his thoughts, after all, Liu Ba is also a great talent, and he doesn't want to give up until he has to.

But Liu Ba was quite helpless, and his situation was also very special.

He himself did not have any good impression of Emperor Han, and even supported Wang Xu to become the king, and was more willing to assist in order to achieve great causes.

These days, he tried every means to persuade and told countless truths, but he still couldn't convince Liu Xiang, he was a dutiful son, and finally had no choice but to resign.

After Wang Xu thought about it again, he didn't force it anymore, but just sincerely invited him, saying that the door was always open for him.

Since this incident, Wang Xu has gradually become apprehensive in his heart, for fear that someone will come to ask for his resignation, and he doesn't care if the officials in various places go no matter how much they go, but some virtuous people are one less than one.

Fortunately, there has been no subordinate like this since then, even if he doesn't approve of this matter, he has remained silent, similar to Yi, Xiang Lang, Zhang Song, and even some of the Taishou of Sanzhou, they all do what they should do, do their duty, and deal with it as an ordinary thing.

As for the scholars who were supposed to make a fuss in advance, the scholars Cao Daru who were supposed to make a fuss miraculously had no one to care about this matter at all, including Cai Yong, Wang Yun, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and even Huangfu Song, Zongyuan, Zhang Chao and others of the Dongqing Academy, who actually had no life, which was very surprising.

It wasn't until Sima Hui and Pang Degong jointly sent a letter that Wang Xu suddenly realized.

The letter was only a few dozen words short, but it made the truth clear:

Those who learn Cao are the scholars of the Han Dynasty, do not interfere in politics, do not govern, only take charge of all aspects of the academy of culture and martial arts, teach art and educate people, compile ancient books, compile books, promote cultural governance, promote martial arts, and inherit civilization! How the political affairs are, how the world is, has nothing to do with learning Cao, the general sacrifices to the heavens and crowns the king, and when informing all parties, why not skip the people who learn Cao!

The meaning is obvious, everyone who learns Cao will not participate in the king ceremony, they don't know about it, they just want to do a good job of inheriting civilization now, and they have no intention of caring about what the world is doing.

In this regard, Wang Xu was of course very happy, and soon wrote a large plaque by himself, and ordered someone to send it to Xuecao to hang, a total of sixteen words.

"The gathering of sages, the holy land of China! The merit is in the contemporary, and the benefit is in the future! ”

Xuecao Those principals, who are not the real old foxes, really don't know, but most of them have suffered a lot, and they have seen through the situation in the world, and those burdens have long been unloaded, so they can't see out, happily do what they want to do now, and like the leisurely days of silently dedicating themselves to future generations in Xuecao.

Since then, the matter of sealing the king has been under control, and preparations have been made in an orderly manner.

Soon, there was also an echo from Cao Cao's side, and he sent his henchmen to negotiate in person and agreed to the exchange conditions, but there was no written promise, and he was afraid of leaving evidence for Jingzhou.

Of course, Wang Xu could not give anything in writing, and he also ordered someone to pass the message orally.

The two sides agreed that no matter what method Cao Cao used, he must let the imperial court take the lead in promulgating the list text, send it to all places in the world, and make the news public, and then send his confidants to exchange Cao Hong at the Nanyang border with His Majesty's holy decree.

It's the only way!

The matter of carrying the throne must be issued by the imperial court, so it is meaningful, but if Wang Xu fails to get the holy decree, then the imperial court can also withdraw the canonization at any time.

Therefore, this is the only way to ensure that each other will not regret it.

If Wang Xu refuses to exchange Cao Hong after the imperial court has issued a list of all parties, then Cao Cao can force the Son of Heaven to withdraw the canonization at any time, and if there is no holy decree to rely on, he will have no way to refute it.

On the contrary, if Cao Cao repents, then he will not be able to exchange for Cao Hong.

There was good faith on both sides, and the deal came naturally.

Just half a month later, Wang Xu's ascension to the throne was sent by the imperial court to all parties in the name of the Son of Heaven, and the world was shaken.

During this period, Tian Feng and Zhang Jing personally led the crowd to tie Cao Hong to the Nanyang border and exchange holy decrees with Chen Qun and Le Jin sent by Cao Cao.

The two sides each brought dozens of retinues, exchanged secrets, and there were no accidents, and they returned separately.

Except for a very few people, even most of the confidants have never known about it......

On the first day of March 204 AD, Wang Xu made public the holy decree and set up a rooftop outside the general's mansion for people to admire, and no one could fake the jade seal, which declared that he was justified in his enthronement, and announced in public that he would be crowned king on the seventh day of the first month of March.

Xu Sheng, Dian Wei, and Yan Liang hurriedly commanded the Guards Corps into the city and cooperated with Wang Fei's Xiangyang City Guards to maintain order.

The news spread quickly, and in just a few days, countless people flocked to see the grand occasion!

On the seventh day of the first month of March, a good day and an auspicious day, the heavens are also beautiful, giving a sunny day!

Wang Xu led his family and hundreds of officials to the wilderness ten miles south of Xiangyang City, and climbed the altar to worship the sky!

The Blue Dragon Legion, the Guards Legion, the Vermilion Bird Legion, the Praetorian Guards of the General's Mansion, the Dragon and Tiger Guards, and the Xiangyang City Guards stationed outside Xiangyang City were all there, with bright armor and full of costumes...... (To be continued......)