Chapter 24: The Son of Heaven
The jade seal of the country, a symbol of imperial power, but in the final analysis, it is just a stone, since ancient times, I have never heard of any dynasty will use the jade seal of the previous dynasty to symbolize the imperial power.
Of course, if you want to talk about the effect, if you get it now, there will naturally still be some, at least the holy decree will be printed casually, and many things will be action, it will be much more convenient, but that thing is also a thing that pulls hatred, whoever holds it in his hand, who will become the target of the public, and attack in groups, in this case, the benefits it brings are far lower than the disadvantages, and the truth of the guilt is naturally clear.
The princes will meet in Nanyang, after a scene, they will begin to distribute interests, the first thing to confirm is the problem of the alliance leader, there is the right to command the heroes, the snake dances the head, the bird does not fly without a head, since it is an alliance, naturally can not be fought indiscriminately without rules, there must be a unified person who gives orders.
"Ladies and gentlemen, since this alliance was initiated by Governor Zhuo, he should assume the position of leader of this alliance." In the Nanyang big tent, Xue Feiyu represented his father Xue Yuhua to participate in the alliance this time, originally belonged to the younger generation, he should not have spoken first at this time, but the princes passed the buck to each other, and no one wanted to be the first to stand up, so if it goes on, just choosing an alliance leader can be pushed for several days, Xue Feiyu naturally didn't want to wait so long, looked at Zhuo Ao, raised the corners of his mouth, and chuckled.
"Ridiculous, Zhuo Ao has only been a scholar for three years, whether it is prestige or virtue, what qualifications do you have to take the position of alliance leader?" Before Zhuo Ao could speak, the King of Shu, who was sitting first on the right, stopped doing it, his eyes signaled, and a general under his command stood up and said in a rough voice.
"Presumptuous, what did you say?" Shichiro's eyes were cold, and he took a step forward, glaring at the other party fiercely.
"I'm telling the truth." The other party was frightened by the fierce light in Shichiro's eyes, and he was a little timid. Said inwardly.
"Shichiro stepped aside." Zhuo Ao shook his head unhurriedly, motioned for Shichiro to step back, and looked at everyone: "Although this general is vulgar, what he said is not unreasonable, the position of the leader of the alliance is very important, how can he be so hasty." Although the army was launched on the side of the Qing monarch this time, what Zhuo did was just dissatisfied with the dictatorship of the demon concubine and the traitor to the country, if the alliance leader, as the general said, he has only been proud of officialdom for three years, whether it is talent or virtue, compared with all the adults. It's far away, but Zhuo has a candidate, you might as well listen to it. β
"Wenli, Hugh is presumptuous." The King of Shu waved his hand, retreated from his subordinates, looked at Zhuo Ao and said: "Lord Zhuo is too humble, and he treats martial arts, and this king admires Lord Zhuo very much." He has been an official for three years, but he has made the people under his rule live and work in peace and contentment. All industries are prosperous, but as you said, after three years of being a scholar, there is indeed a lack of tempering, and this king wants to know the person recommended by Lord Zhuo. What a virtuous man? β
All the princes in the tent also looked at Zhuo Ao, with some expectations, after all, as the initiator, and although Zhuo Ao has been in the officialdom for a short time, he also has his own connections. If he can be promoted, the possibility of becoming the leader of the alliance will be greatly improved.
"The King of Wei is highly respected, and he is a veteran of the three dynasties, his protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the world, and he sits on the land of Hebei, regardless of virtue and fame, there is no one else in the dynasty, and he will serve as the leader of the alliance, I think you will not object." Zhuo Ao said unhurriedly with a smile.
"What Lord Zhuo said is reasonable, King Wei is indeed more suitable to take on the position of alliance leader." When everyone heard this, many people showed disappointment on their faces, but King Wei is not only one of the two largest princes in the territory today, but also as Zhuo Ao said, he is the elder of the three dynasties, with outstanding prestige, and he will be the leader of the alliance.
A group of princes have bowed their hands to the king of Wei, and the king of Wei is already an old man, older than Fu Tianqiu, at this moment I heard a burst of compliments from everyone, and with a few words of resignation with a smile, he sat on the position of the leader of the alliance in the congratulations of everyone.
The King of Shu's face was pale, and he glanced at Zhuo Ao coldly.
Although the court fell apart, if you talk about the power, the court occupies 23 mansions from Luoyang to Chang'an, with 200,000 soldiers and horses, which is still the first in the world.
The king of Wei is a veteran of the three dynasties, but also has some ability, and now there are two deputy alliance leaders, respectively by the king of Shu and Zhuo Ao, he also knows that the princes are not in harmony, it is not appropriate to delay, decided to lead the king of Shu in Shuzhong, Nanyang, Jingxiang and the eighteen provinces of the army and horses, to attack Chang'an, Zhuo Ao led the Jiangdong Huainan area of the twelve provinces of soldiers and horses to attack the Xingyang area, and the king of Wei was in the middle of the dispatch, leading the remaining nineteen provinces of the army and horses lord Luoyang.
The imperial court is very strong, whether it is soldiers and horses or grain and grass, they are above the princes, but the good tiger can't stand the wolves, even if the princes are passive and sluggish, after a long time, they can also drag down the soldiers and horses of the twenty-three mansions of the imperial court.
Next, a war lasted for a year, and after a year of contention for the twenty-three prefectures of the imperial court, only nine mansions remained, and their strength was less than half of what they were before the war.
And the princes in this war, did not get much benefit, although the land of the fourteen provinces, but because of the uneven distribution of spoils, with the weakness of the imperial court, the contradictions between the princes gradually emerged, in a year, there were seven princes died under the plot of their allies, vacated the land of the eight provinces, including Zhuo Ao's two neighbors, but also let Zhuo Ao's soldiers bloodless, more Liyang, Luzhou two provinces of the land, all occupy Jiangdong.
"Almost." Xingyang camp, Zhuo Ao looked in the direction of Luoyang, the dragon qi had exhausted to the extreme, turned his head to look at Zhao Yundao: "Zilong, the demon concubine is almost about to run away, you go to Luoyang and bring the little emperor back to me, it is best to bring the little emperor back unconsciously, remember, the jade seal of the country cannot be touched, even if it is on the little emperor, you have to leave it." β
"Yes." When Zhao Yun heard this, he didn't ask too much and left.
That night, in the Luoyang Palace, Ning Xiang discussed with a group of ministers, and decided to move the capital to Luoyang, using Hangu Pass and Wuguan to resist the heroes, and prepared to leave with the emperor overnight, but he was shocked to find that the little emperor disappeared at some point.
The alliance of the princes is pressing step by step, the Tiger Prison Pass, Mengjin has been lost, seeing that the coalition army is about to come to the city, Ning Xiang had no choice but to flee to Chang'an with a group of ministers, the King of Wei took the opportunity to occupy Luoyang, and Zhuo Ao also took this opportunity to persuade the 30,000 defenders of Xingyang to surrender, and did not stay in Xingyang, but let Xu Da return to Jiangning with the army, Zhuo Ao only left a cavalry as a personal guard, to participate in the celebration banquet.
After this war, a lot of princes were lost, but no one cared about those who died, what really made everyone happy, or vested interests, Luoyang was lost, and the only territory that the imperial court could control now was the land of Liufu, and the emperor was lost, plus the loss of the territory vacated by the princes, the coalition army gained a total of 29 prefectures.
However, how to distribute the benefits, at this time in addition to the problem, the princes even fought at the celebration banquet, the princes who have occupied the state capital are unwilling to give away the territory they have occupied, and the princes who have not got the territory are unwilling, the next day, the Yunzhou prefect led the army to break into the territory of the Jiangzhou prefect, and the Jiangzhou prefect was taken off guard and killed.
As if it was a fuse, the princes began to attack each other in this Luoyang, the king of Shu saw that the situation had lost control, and returned to Shuzhong with his troops in anger, and easily leveled the two prefects of Hanzhong, and occupied Hanzhong, Zhuo Ao also took the opportunity to say goodbye to the king of Wei and led the troops back to Jiangning.
After a merger battle, the mighty alliance of princes collapsed, and when the king of Wei and the remaining princes broke through Chang'an, he found that although the jade seal was still there, the emperor had lost it.
At the same time, Zhuo Ao returned to Jiangning, built a new palace, and a letter spread all over the world.
The demon concubine calamity to the country, the private collection of the jade seal, the cholera world, to the society of the country in disregard, its crime should be punished, everyone in the world has to be punished, now helpless to move the capital to Jiangning, so that the princes crusade against the demon queen, recapture the jade seal, to the Zheng Dynasty Gang, Zhuo Ao saved me in danger, the contribution is indispensable, now he is the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, the general leader of the world's soldiers and horses, commanding the three armies.
In the city of Chang'an, the king of Wei looked at the jade seal in his hand, and then looked at the article to beg the thief, suddenly a little bitter, everyone was played, although this piece of text was issued in the name of the emperor, but everyone knew that this piece of text came from the hand of Zhuo Ao, at this moment all the princes found out that without the jade seal of the country, the emperor is still the emperor, but the sky has changed.
The imperial court is located in Jiangning, and it won't be Zhuo Ao who has the final say in the future?
Jiangxia, Jingxiang and other nine mansions did not accept Zhuo Ao's rule, intending to join forces to attack and kill and regain the emperor, but Xu Da, who had been preparing for war for a long time, went up the river, broke the Nine Roads Alliance, and subdued the land of Jiufu by taking advantage of the situation, and became the largest prince under the King of Wei in one leap.
Battle of Luoyang, Zhuo Ao's 50,000 army almost did not hurt a single soldier, but he got 30,000 people in Xingyang, plus some of the princes who collected the oak after the stragglers, 50,000 new soldiers came, and when they returned to Jiangning, they became 100,000 lions, and they got the land of the two provinces, and then broke the coalition army of the nine provinces, Zhuo Ao's territory doubled its territory after this battle, and doubled its strength, and became one of the strongest princes in the world, and controlled the Son of Heaven, and became the princes alongside the King of Wei and the King of Shu.
Xuzhou, Xue Mansion, a huge alliance of princes, finally came to an end with such a jaw-dropping situation, in the study, Xue Feiyu looked at the information in his hand, and smiled helplessly: "I thought that in the mortal world, with our shot, it would be right at our fingertips, but I didn't expect such a situation to occur, it's really careless." β
"Heavenly Monarch, what should we do next, do you want to launch another alliance of princes to crusade against that Zhuo Ao?" In front of Xue Feiyu, a burly man frowned.
"Why?" Xue Feiyu sneered, shook his head and asked.
"Why?" The burly man was stunned, looked at Xue Feiyu and said, "You are the Heavenly Monarch of the Heavenly Court Fire Department, and you are in charge of the world's fire sources......"
"Who knows?" Rolling his eyes, Xue Feiyu was a little helpless about his own fierce general: "This is the mortal world, even if I disclose my identity, then Zhuo Ao will definitely give myself a bigger name, unless we dare to really mobilize the power of the fire source, but do you dare?" β
"This ......" The burly man was silent, all immortals, especially those in the immortal class, are not allowed to use their functions to transfer the five elements without authorization, this is a rule of heaven, even the Jade Emperor has to abide by it, let alone him.
"And after this battle, the princes have already completely torn their faces, and if they want to convene again, it is impossible." Shaking his head, Xue Feiyu sighed and said: "We must speed up our pace, occupy the six mansions of Shandong as soon as possible, and only then can we have the capital to compete with the other princes of the three roads, and other identities or something are all empty." β
"Yes." (To be continued.) )