Sun Quan's hundreds of officials heard Zhou Yu say that they wanted to reconcile with Cao Pi, and they were in an uproar for a while. One is because the two sides have just fought, and the other is because Dongwu has always been united with Liu Bei and Nan Ye a lot, even if it occasionally cooperates with Cao Pi, it is not close. If Sun Quan canonized Cao Pi as the king of Wei, it means that Cao Pi has become the prince of the Great Wu Kingdom, and whether Cao Pi sends troops to beat or be beaten in the future, Eastern Wu will be difficult to get rid of.

Sun Quan was also unclear about Zhou Yu's proposal, so he asked Zhou Yu: "Cao Pi proclaimed himself the king of Wei, why did I use him to seal it again?" If you are good friends with Cao Pi, won't you have bad friends with the national teacher and Liu Xuande? ”

Zhou Yu said: "Your Majesty is unwilling to have a bad relationship with Nan Ye and Liu Bei, don't you know that the two of them have regarded Your Majesty as a big trouble." ”

Sun Quan was shocked when he heard this: "How can Gong Jin say this? ”

Zhou Yu replied: "From the matter of Yanzhou, it can be seen that Nan Ye's heart is towards Liu Bei, and he has the intention of supporting Liu Bei to balance His Majesty. His Majesty wanted to get Yanzhou, Nan Ye asked His Majesty to exchange the land of a state for it, but Liu Bei only used a little money to get the land of a state, which shows that the two of them have already conspired. Now that Cao Pi is weak, there is nothing to be afraid of, and the connection between Nan Ye and Liu Bei must be detrimental to His Majesty. If His Majesty is still allied with the two, he is seeking skin with the tiger. ”

Sun Quan was originally just a little depressed when he didn't get Yanzhou, but at this time, he realized that there was something wrong with listening to Zhou Yu. Sun Quan was angry and scared in his heart, and asked Zhou Yu: "If this is really the case, how should I be?" ”

Zhou Yu said calmly: "Your Majesty should marry Cao Pi and try Liu Bei first." After Liu Bei's death, His Majesty persuaded Cao Pi to surrender again. If Cao Pi surrenders, he can, if not, His Majesty will attack two of them with the land of six states. Liu Bei and Cao Pi are flat, and His Majesty the Prefecture and County of the World can get half of it, and they can compete with Nanye, one east and one west. Today, Cao Pi is crowned king, which is for the purpose of persuading surrender in the future. ”

Sun Quan saw that Zhou Yu had already thought so long-term, and said with great joy at that time: "Just follow Gongjin's words!" I don't know when I can move troops to Tu Liu Bei? ”

Zhou Yu said: "Your Majesty has first ascended to the Great Treasure, and you can not move troops. It is only advisable to repair the culture and martial arts, and add more schools to reassure the people. After alliing with Cao Pi, he will slowly make a plan. ”

Sun Quan followed his words, on the one hand, to announce to the world, and on the other hand, sent an envoy to Cao Pi and canonized him as the king of Wei. Cao Pi couldn't cry or laugh after receiving the canonization edict, because Liu Bei and Sun Quan ascended the throne almost at the same time, and just two days ago, Cao Pi had just received Liu Bei's canonization edict.

Holding two edicts, Cao Pi said to Sima Yi: "The day before yesterday, Sima Du said that he should not be in a hurry to reply to Liu Bei, and today Sun Quan really sent an edict. I wonder how the two envoys should reply? ”

Sima Yi said: "The lord can have people prepare gifts to congratulate the two families separately to show goodwill. ”

Cao Pi said angrily when he heard this: "How can I be the minister of two families? ”

Sima Yi knew that Cao Pi was very unwilling to abdicate, and did not correct his suspicion of claiming that I was arrogatory, and offered a plan: "The lord can be canonized by Liu Bei and secretly canonized by Sun Quan, confuse Liu Bei, marry Sun Quan, and plan Liu Bei with Sun Quan in the future." After Liu Bei's death, the lord and Sun Quan fought Nanye together, first becoming a dominant trend, and then dominating the world. ”

Cao Piqi said: "Liu Bei acts benevolently and righteously first, and Sun Quan acts for profit. Why don't I make a good alliance with Liu Bei for Sun Quan? ”

Sima Yi said: "Nanye gave Liu Bei the land of Yanzhou, which shows that the two families are friendly, and it is rare for the lord to form an alliance with him. Sun Quan was lonely at this time, and he wanted to have a sincere fellowship with the lord, which was one of them. Second, Sun Quan has many generals and deep roots, while Liu Bei has few generals and few generals. The two fought for Sun Quan to win, so they helped Sun Quan and killed Liu Bei! ”

Cao Pi nodded his head when he heard this, prepared famous horses, jade belts, gold beads, and treasures, and sent envoys to the two families to congratulate them. Ming was canonized by Liu Bei, secretly allied with Sun Quan, and waited for the opportunity to start a war with Liu Bei.

Nan Ye, like Cao Pi, received the news that Liu Bei and Sun Quan were proclaimed emperors almost at the same time. At this time, Nan Ye had already returned to Jiaozhou, and the millions of people who had migrated from Yanzhou and Xuchang did not come back with him, and were scattered and resettled in Sili and Jingzhou, which were closer to Yanzhou. This has three advantages, one is to avoid the population saturation of Jiaozhou, the second is to shorten the migration distance and reduce the waste of manpower and material resources, and the third is to develop the war-torn Sili area, so that the former Luoyang and Chang'an will be prosperous again.

With the convenience of flying pigeons to send messages, the hundred officials of Jiaozhou learned the news of Liu Xie's death before Nan Ye returned. So as soon as Nan Ye arrived in Jiaozhou, an official came to the table and asked Nan Ye to ascend the throne as emperor. Among these people, there are mainly judges, Chen Deng, Hua Xin and a group of military generals. Another faction does not agree with Nan Ye being called emperor, and this part of the people is dominated by Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Guan Ning and others. However, more people chose to remain silent, especially the important ministers around Nan Ye, whether it was Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Xi Zhicai, or Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Gan Ning, none of them expressed their opinions, as if they were all waiting for Nan Ye to make a decision.

Nan Ye's attitude was also very strange, he was noncommittal about the matter of being called emperor, but he was just dealing with the backlog of government affairs when he went on the expedition, which was no different from after returning from previous expeditions. In this way, whether it was the courtiers who asked Nan Ye to be the emperor, or the courtiers who opposed Nan Ye's emperor, they all quieted down, and they also learned from those important ministers to wait for Nan Ye's orders.

On the surface, Nan Ye is the same as before, but in fact, Nan Ye is about to go crazy these days. During the day, he had to deal with government affairs, and at night, he had to convene Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and other advisers to discuss the establishment of the country.

It is very easy for Liu Bei and Sun Quan to be called emperors, they are a king of Guanzhong and a king of Wu, and there is no difference between them and the emperor in the territory.

The founding of Nanye was not simple, on the one hand, he had to formulate a constitution to control the imperial power, and on the other hand, he had to unify the calendar, weights and measures, and so on. Although Nan Ye has been doing things such as changing the law, the so-called name is not right, and some things must be done at the moment of the founding of the country, such as designing the national flag, national emblem, and national anthem......

When the news of Liu Bei and Sun Quan's proclamation as emperors reached Jiaozhou, Nanye's preparations were also nearing completion. This night, Guo Jia and other important ministers gathered in Nanye Mansion to discuss the final details.

After all the matters were basically finalized, Xi Zhi sighed and said, "It's finally time for this day!" Presumably, tomorrow the news that Liu Bei and Sun Quan will be proclaimed emperor will be known to all officials, and then someone will ask the national teacher to be the emperor again. ”

Nan Ye smiled when he heard this: "Then I can take advantage of the situation tomorrow and announce the founding of the country to the public." ”

Jia Xu hesitated for a moment and said: "Liu Bei and Sun Quan both dare to be emperors, and if the national teacher is called emperor, the people will never criticize." The national teacher can think again. ”

Nan Ye shook his head and said: "The future emperor will no longer be a monopoly on power as he wants, not only subject to the law, but also set an example for the world, and be supervised by the world everywhere." I'm used to being free, but I can't stand the constraints. ”

Cai Yan smiled when he heard this: "The husband is not subject to this constraint, so let the heir be subject to this constraint, and change his surname, he is really not a father." ”

Nan Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, other people's children are all vying to be emperors, but none of these boys in his own family are willing to be emperors, either to be scientists, or to be generals, and one of them actually wants to learn from Gan Ning to be a pirate. In the end, Nan Ye could only let Zhen Mi's son Nan Yi be the emperor, not because he was willing to be the emperor, but because he was young and would not express his objections.

Early the next morning, Nan Ye ascended to the palace to discuss matters. Sure enough, Hua Xin came out of the class and said: "The day before yesterday, I heard that the Duke of Shanyang was assassinated, and I persuaded the national teacher to ascend the throne as soon as possible to calm the world, but the national teacher refused." Today, someone came to report that Liu Bei, the king of Guanzhong, and Sun Quan, the king of Wu, have all been proclaimed emperors. These two people are not as virtuous as the national teacher, they can still stand up as emperors, the national teacher Debu Quartet, benevolence and all things, the more ancient and modern, although Tang Yao and Yu Shun are just like this, how can they be left behind? The ministers discussed, Han Zuo has ended, the national teacher ascended the throne, the heart of heaven is in line with the people's will, and the national teacher is invited to play. ”

The trial and match went out again: "Since the national teacher governs Jiaozhou, the people are healthy, all countries come to the court, Jiahe Weisheng, the manna falls, and the white elephant and the white auspicious things are all used by the national teacher." This is the image of the heavens, the national teacher on behalf of the Han. ”

Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others did not approve of Nan Ye's early proclamation as emperor, because they were worried that the other three would unite with Nan Ye as enemies. But at this time, Liu Bei and Sun Quan had already been proclaimed emperor, and even Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others did not object to Nan Ye as emperor.

After listening to the invitation of the hundred officials, Nan Ye said: "Liu Xuande is a Miao descendant of the Han family, and Sun Zhongmou has a jade seal as a basis, how can I succeed the Han Dynasty?" ”

Chen Deng went out of the class and said: "The national teacher Debu is the world, saving the people from the war." What the people want, how can you not be the emperor? ”

Nan Ye said with a smile: "The world can't be without a king for a day, if no one can be the emperor, I can still do it reluctantly, but now there is a person who is more suitable for the emperor than me, I want to establish it, and I am about to discuss it with the princes." ”

Although Tian Feng didn't want Nan Ye to establish himself as the emperor at the beginning, he couldn't accept Liu Bei and Sun Quan as emperors, so he went out and said: "If the national teacher wants to give up the throne to Liu Bei and Sun Quan, we can't obey!" ”

Hearing this, the civil and military officials echoed and said: "The ministers seconded the proposal!" ”

Nan Ye was really the first time to teach a hundred officials to disobey orders, but he was not displeased in his heart, but was a little happy, after all, the hundred officials had the courage to oppose him, and they would have the courage to restrain the imperial power in the future. He glanced at Guo Jia and other important ministers, and when he saw that they were all smiling, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I don't want to establish Liu Xuande and Sun Zhongmou." Instead, he wanted to establish Liu Yi, the son of the ancestor Liu Xie, as the emperor to succeed the Han dynasty. ”

Everyone in the palace was shocked when they heard this, and they were puzzled: "I heard that the old and young of Shanyang Gong's family were killed by thieves on the way, how can there be heirs alive?" ”

Guo Jia came out of class at this time and said with a smile: "Don't you know that the national teacher has the art of unpredictable prophets? The national teacher knew that Shanyang Gong's family was in trouble, so he secretly ordered General Yang Xiong to rescue him. However, General Yang was one step late, and the Duke of Shanyang had already been killed, and only the third son Liu Yi was spared. According to General Yang, those bandits were well-trained, not like ordinary thieves, but like a strong force in the army, and they were suspected to have been sent by Cao Pi. Therefore, the national teacher has not told the public about this matter, and only dared to speak out about it when he returned to Jiaozhou. ”