The strong enterprising spirit in Sun Quan's heart, under Lu Xun's persuasion, is rapidly dissipating.

It is true that several years have passed since the battle of public security, but the shadow brought by the war to Jiangdong and Sun Quan himself is not so easy to fade.

Even if Sun Quan himself could ignore Mi Yang's threat and launch an attack on Jingzhou when Zhang Fei left Jingzhou, what about Jiangdong's generals and soldiers?

"There is a millet flag, not to the west".

This sentence may sound like destroying one's own prestige, but this sentence is a true portrayal of the hearts of the subjects of Jiangdong.

As the master of Jiangdong, it was impossible for Sun Quan to ignore this.

Besides, what Lu Xun said makes sense.

Mi Yang has always been good at using tricks to lure the enemy, who can know that Zhang Fei's departure from Jing is not a trap he set for Jiangdong?

The judgment of reason quickly suppressed Sun Quan's emotional enthusiasm.

The mood of displeasure gradually appeared in Sun Quan's heart.

Recently, he has been preparing to become the emperor, will he have to live in the shadow of Mi Yang for the rest of his life after he becomes the emperor?

No, he never wanted to accept such a life.

Under all the melancholy, Sun Quan sighed and asked Lu Xundao:

"Will there be a day when Lone will set foot in Jingzhou again in this life?"

can make Sun Quan ask such a thing, which shows how depressed Sun Quan's mood is at the moment.

The king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the king is humiliated and the ministers die.

As a minister, Lu Xun naturally will not let Sun Quan's frustration continue to spread.

Before Hua Gong left, he once said to the Supreme: "Mi Yang has the wonder of Han Bai, how do you know if there will be a disaster of Han Bai?" ”

The minister thinks that Hua Gong's words are not unreasonable.

Since ancient times, high merit and high power have been taboo for people.

Liu Bei attaches great importance to love and righteousness, or he will not be jealous of Mi Yang.

Liu Bei's hero, Mi Yang may not have two hearts for him.

No matter how powerful a hero is, there will be a day when he will leave.

The Supreme does not see Cao Weihu after Cao Cao's death! ”

Lu Xun was sincere in his words and tried his best to enlighten Sun Quan.

And after hearing Lu Xun's enlightenment, the light in Sun Quan's eyes resurfaced.

He is Renjun, so he naturally knows whether Lu Xun and Hua Xin's judgment is reasonable.

And he is also a person who witnessed the decline of Cao Wei, don't look at the current Han Dynasty's growing momentum, but compared to Cao Wei in the past, it is still insufficient.

Such a powerful Cao Wei is declining day by day under the leadership of Cao Pi, who can know that the Han Dynasty will not have this day.

After figuring out this joint, Sun Quan re-energized his emotions and said with a smile to Lu Xun:

"How is the construction of the Imperial Tower?"

Hearing Sun Quan ask about this matter, Lu Xun hurriedly replied:

"Everything is going according to plan, and on New Year's Day, the grand occasion of the Supreme Emperor is bound to go down in history."

Lu Xun's answer made the smile on Sun Quan's face even worse.

Next year's New Year's Day is a special day.

Sun Quan did not fail to receive a document from Chang'an, asking him to send an envoy to attend the grand ceremony in Chang'an.

knew that Liu Bei was going to hold a grand ceremony to pay tribute to the ancestral tomb on New Year's Day, but Sun Quan still set the day of becoming emperor on that day.

Sun Quan is to tell the world that he is not afraid of the might of the Han!

Thinking that there was no room for failure in the matter of becoming emperor, Sun Quan asked Lu Xun to step back and continue to prepare for the emperor.

Under Sun Quan's orders, Lu Xun slowly retreated towards the outside of the hall.

But looking at the back of Lu Xun leaving, suddenly an idea appeared in Sun Quan's heart.

For Lu Xun's talent, Sun Quan attaches great importance to it.

But if it is said that Mi Yang's merits are high, then will Lu Xun also have this day in the future?

This idea came and went quickly, but it still inevitably made Sun Quan's gaze deeper.

He didn't want a second Zhou Yu to appear in his court.

In December of the fifth year of Han Zhangwu, Zhang Fei, who had arranged the defense of Jingzhou, officially set off from Jingzhou to return to Chang'an.

Perhaps out of longing for Liu Bei, Zhang Fei set off from Xiangyang, traveled day and night, and it didn't take long to come to the outside of Chang'an City.

And Liu Bei, who got the news in advance, was leading Zhuge Liang to personally greet Zhang Fei's return outside Chang'an City on the day of Zhang Fei's return.

In the pale yellow land of Guanwei, a black horse with a dark body is particularly eye-catching.

Liu Bei, who was reclining on the railing, quickly looked at the black that was galloping towards him.

After seeing the fast-moving black, Liu Bei's face unconsciously showed joy.

He recognized the black horse, and he thought about the man on the black horse.

Under the strong longing, Liu Bei stood up and walked out of the car, and then walked towards the thoughts in his heart step by step.

Zhang Fei, who was on the horse, also saw Liu Bei moving in his direction.

After seeing this scene, Zhang Fei whipped the war horse under his crotch a few times.

Under the pain, the speed of the black horse suddenly increased by a few points, and soon brought Zhang Fei to Liu Bei's side.

Zhang Fei reined in the horse ten steps in front of Liu Bei, and after the horse stopped, Zhang Fei's majestic body jumped directly from the horse, and then strode in the direction of Liu Bei.

Liu Bei is the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty.

Since ancient times, within five steps of the Son of Heaven has been a forbidden area for human ministers.

But even if there were many guards around, even if there were all the celebrities who were familiar with the rituals, no one spoke out to stop Zhang Fei at the moment.

To them, Liu Bei was their king.

For Zhang Fei, Liu Bei is his brother.

Under the two-way rush, the two hands that had not been shaken for a long time finally clasped tightly.

Feeling the temperature from each other's palms, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei's eyes were already moist.

"Brother, I'm flying back."

Listening to Zhang Fei's words, Liu Bei didn't know whether to cry or laugh, he could only keep repeating one sentence:

"It's good to be back! It's good to be back! ”

Without too many pleasantries, Liu Bei took Zhang Fei's hand and walked towards his imperial chariot after a while.

After Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's figures entered the imperial palace, Zhuge Liang, who was watching the reunion of the monarch and ministers all the way, smiled and gave the order to return.

It is between Zhuge Liang's smile that he can faintly perceive a bit of regret.

What is Zhuge Liang regretting?

More than ten years ago, under the starry sky of Xinye, a group of people with ideals drank wine and sat around the bonfire, laughed and made a promise - to enjoy the elegance of Chang'an in the future.

But this vow, which is full of sincerity and warmth, has been changed by many years of world events, but many people cannot keep it.

Guan Yunchang, Mi Zizhong, Sun Gongyou, Jian Xianhe

In a trance, many of the people of that night were gone.

How can this change not make people sigh?

Similar regrets also appeared in the hearts of Liu Bei and Zhang Fei.

Looking at Liu Bei, who was sitting opposite, Zhang Fei let out a long sigh and said:

"How nice it would be if they were still around!"

After hearing Zhang Fei's exclamation, Liu Bei's hands trembled.

Unconsciously, the tears in his eyes could no longer be restrained, and slowly fell from Liu Bei's face.

Liu Bei's tearful and regretful appearance made Zhang Fei become anxious.

He knew he had said the wrong thing again.

Considering Liu Bei's physical condition, Zhang Fei anxiously wanted to reach out to wipe away the tears on Liu Bei's face, but Zhang Fei's actions were stopped by Liu Bei gently reaching out.

"It doesn't matter.

It won't be long before I can meet them. ”

In front of Zhang Fei, Liu Bei said his current physical condition unguardedly.

After hearing Liu Bei's words, Zhang Fei's face changed greatly.

In front of tens of thousands of enemy troops, Zhang Fei could also look calm, but Liu Bei's words made Zhang Fei completely panicked.

"Brother, you can't"

In the second half of the sentence, Zhang Fei did not say it.

It's just that Liu Bei knows what Zhang Fei wants to say.

Facing the panicked Zhang Fei, Liu Bei smiled and held his hand.

"Yide!

There will always be a day when you will leave.

This is the destiny of heaven, and non-human beings can stop it. ”

After saying this, Liu Bei held Zhang Fei's hand and suddenly exerted force.

Looking at the brother in front of him who had followed him for decades to death, Liu Bei continued:

"I am not afraid of death for my brother.

What worries my brother is that after I die, Adou will not be able to control it.

If you return to the court this time, don't go again.

Chang'an needs you, and Adou needs you even more. ”

The words like Tuo Gu made Zhang Fei can't help but shed tears.

And in the face of Liu Bei's request, how could Zhang Fei have a reason to refuse.

"Brother, rest assured, if you fly one day, it will be difficult for the younger generation to endanger the social welfare of the Han Dynasty."

After hearing Zhang Fei's promise, Liu Bei gradually let go of his hand holding Zhang Fei.

Regarding Zhang Fei's return to the dynasty, there have been many speculations in Chang'an City recently.

But no matter what the significance of Zhang Fei's return to the dynasty is for others.

For Liu Bei, Zhang Fei's return to the dynasty undoubtedly reassured him.

"Brother believes in you."

On the day Zhang Fei returned to Chang'an, Liu Bei did not give Zhang Fei a big reward.

This puzzled many people in Chang'an City.

Although Zhang Fei did not participate in the Battle of Guanzhong in the Northern Expedition, Zhang Fei also launched the Northern Expedition in Jingzhou.

Moreover, the Northern Expedition led by Zhang Fei, although it did not conquer Xiawancheng, it also recovered a lot of lost territory.

Most importantly, Zhang Fei's Northern Expedition had the effect of containing the Wei army in the Central Plains in a strategic sense.

If Zhang Fei had not besieged Wancheng, the pressure faced by Mi Yang during his Northern Expedition to Guanzhong would definitely have increased greatly.

In any way, Zhang Fei deserves to be rewarded this time.

But everything was calm.

It's just that just when everyone thought that Zhang Fei's return to the dynasty would pass so smoothly, a song that completely detonated public opinion in Chang'an was sent to Liu Bei's imperial case.

This song was written by Mi Yang himself, and the content of the song is also very simple, that is, to ask Liu Bei to posthumously crown the late general Guan Yu as the king.

Although in the previous days, the posthumous sealing of Guan Yu as king had already caused a stir in Chang'an City.

But at that time, no important ministers of the court came out and expressed their views on this matter.

Unexpectedly, on the second day of Zhang Fei's return to the court, Mi Yang, as a general, would publicly write a letter to support this matter.

And when Mi Yang made a public statement, many courtiers immediately followed Mi Yang to the book.

Those courtiers were mainly from the Dongshu faction and the Kansai family.

As soon as the words came out, and the ministers followed, Mi Yang officially showed his political appeal in front of the world for the first time.

After Liu Bei received the letter from Mi Yang and his ministers, he did not make a decision in a hurry, and he chose to convene a large court meeting to discuss this matter publicly.

Although Mi Yang has many supporters, and although the relevant public opinion work has been paved very well before, there are still many ministers who openly oppose this matter at this court meeting.

The main reason for opposition is nothing more than Liu Bang's white horse oath.

But this oath alone could not stop the Kansai ministers who were able to speak well.

The full content of the White Horse Oath is: "If you are not the king of the Liu family, if you do not do what you want, the world will punish you." ”

Many people only remember the first half of the oath and forget the second half, which is actually biased.

Because this sentence is not Liu Bang's edict, but an oath he made to the people of the world.

The essence of the political oath is – to each for his own benefit.

Those who do not have merit cannot be called a marquis. If you are not a member of the Liu family, you can't be called a king.

These two sentences complement each other, and together they are the true oath of the white horse.

Many Kansai ministers have given various examples - in the past 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there have been many stories of unsuccessful success.

And from those stories, those ministers came to a conclusion:

The first Son of Heaven who broke the oath of the white horse was by no means Liu Bei.

In addition to this, the minister of the West vaguely pointed out that in the past 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there have been many people who have destroyed the ancestral system.

Don't mention other emperors, let's talk about Emperor Xiaowu.

Liu Bang's ancestral system was "rule by inaction", and Liu Che engaged in a "depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone".

If this is not too much, then Liu Che directly changed the five virtues of the Great Han?

Before Liu Che, in fact, Liu Bang set that the big man was the water virtue.

Then the five virtues of the Han Dynasty were changed again after Liu Xiu became emperor.

The Five Virtues can be regarded as one of the most important and fundamental political and legal systems of a dynasty in the world.

The five virtues of the dynasty can be changed in this way, so why not make other changes according to the times?

The Kansai minister has repeatedly cited a variety of examples, the main of which is to downplay the influence of the term "violation of the ancestral system."

In the face of those examples, it is impossible for other ministers to open their eyes and say nonsense and deny themselves.

And just when Mi Yang's supporters were arguing fiercely with those ministers, something unexpected happened.

Che cavalry general Zhang Fei stood up and expressed his support for Mi Yang's proposal.

At present, the political factions of the Han Dynasty are mainly divided into three categories: the Jingzhou system, the Yuancong system, and the Dongzhou system.

Originally, if only the minister of the Dongzhou department and the minister of Kansai, who had not yet become a climate, supported Mi Yang, this matter would not have reached a one-sided state.

But when Zhang Fei, the leader of the Yuancong faction, also made it clear that he supported this matter, the wind direction at the court meeting changed overwhelmingly.

Suddenly, the posthumous appointment of Guan Yu as king seems to have become the consensus of most courtiers.

Of course, there is another important reason for the emergence of this consensus is that Zhuge Liang, the leader of the Jingzhou department, did not say a word throughout the whole process.

If Zhuge Liang does not take the initiative to express his position, the minister of the Jingzhou Department will naturally not participate in this matter.

With the strong support of the ministers of the Dongzhou Department and the Yuan Cong Department, and the ministers of the Jingzhou Department sitting and watching the results, the matter of posthumously sealing Guan Yu as the king was finally successfully passed at the court meeting.

In the end, Liu Bei officially issued an edict: "Posthumously seal Guan Yu as the king of Xiangyang, and give him the title of Zhongwu!" ”

When Liu Bei's edict was issued, many people who heard about it were boiling.

It turns out that if you want to get the title of king, you don't have to be as rebellious as Cao Cao, as long as you make great contributions to the Han Dynasty!

(End of chapter)