Cao Pi's idea of "being called emperor by Zen" has not been thinking about it for a day or two.

In other words, since Cao Cao, this idea has always been there, which belongs to the long-cherished wish of two generations of the Cao family.

Yes, Cao Cao wrote "Let the County Know the Order", expressing that he only wanted to be a general who conquered the west, but the situation forced him to get to his current position little by little.

But at that time, Cao Cao was the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, although he was said to be in power for a while, he was a generation of powerful ministers, but he was still a Han minister in the end.

But when Cao Cao completely broke through the bottom line of Hanchen and was crowned as the Duke of Wei, Cao Cao's ambition could no longer be elaborated in "Let the County Know Its Own Will".

At this time, it is actually more appropriate to use another sentence of Cao Cao to explain Cao Cao's ambition - "If the destiny of heaven is lonely, Lone is King Wen of Zhou".

In other words, Cao Cao just couldn't wipe off his face, and didn't want to be the emperor in his generation, but wanted to leave this opportunity to be the emperor to his son Cao Pi and fulfill his reputation as a Hanchen.

At this time, Cao Cao didn't want to be the emperor, but he couldn't be the emperor for the sake of fame.

Therefore, Cao Cao eliminated the opposition over and over again before his death, and moved his nest from Xudu to Yecheng, just to pave the way for his son Cao Pi to ascend to the throne.

Originally, Cao Pi thought that Cao Cao's foreshadowing was enough, and the first major event after he ascended the throne should be "being called the emperor by Zen".

This became the first formal test for Cao Pi after he became the queen of Wei.

If Liu Bei can't be leveled, then even if Cao Pi rashly becomes emperor, he will only reap the opposite effect, and Cao Pi, who will not be recognized and convinced, has to go to Chang'an with 150,000 Chinese troops to compete with Liu Bei.

Now, although Cao Pi lost Liangzhou and half of Yongzhou, but to put it mildly, Cao Pi also held Chang'an, and finally forced Liu Bei to withdraw his troops and stop the war. In a sense, Cao Pi can't be regarded as losing.

Liangzhou, a bitter cold land, for the families of the Central Plains and Hebei, that place should have been given up a long time ago, and it is not distressing to lose it.

As for Yongzhou, the most essential part of Yongzhou is the Guanzhong Sanfu area, as long as these places are not lost, then Cao Wei still occupies Yongzhou.

Therefore, on the surface, Cao Pi's personal expedition can be regarded as "repelling" Liu Bei's Northern Expedition and initially establishing "prestige".

As for Huainan and Qingxu Erzhou. That place is just temporarily ceded to Jiangdong, as long as the war on the Western Front is completely over and you have your hands freed, can you still get it back?!

At least that's what the people around Cao Pi said.

Therefore, Cao Pi felt that under such circumstances, it was actually reasonable for him to stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, after returning to Yecheng in May, Cao Pi began to intensify preparations for the independence of the Han Dynasty.

And the first thing Cao Pi did was to change the era name.

It is now the twenty-sixth year of Jian'an, and it has been twenty-six years since the name of the era was used, and it is time to change it to express a new atmosphere.

Therefore, Cao Pi "suggested" that the twenty-sixth year of Jian'an be changed to the first year of Yankang.

There is one thing to say, this doesn't seem to be too much etiquette, after all, this kind of thing is usually announced at the end of the year, and it is officially launched at the beginning of the second year.

But Cao Pi couldn't wait, and directly announced the change of yuan in May, and used it immediately.

This has created a chaotic scene, except for Yecheng, Cao Wei's internal and external areas are still using the era name of Jian'an for the twenty-sixth year, not to mention Jiangdong and Liu Bei Group, no one cares about the so-called Yankang first year of Cao Pi's change.

In July, when the fighting on the Western Front had completely subsided, Cao Pi appointed the hussar general Cao Ren as the governor of Yongliang Erzhou, stationed in Chang'an to guard against Shu thieves.

After that, Cao Pi began to step up the persecution of Liu Xie's "Zen position".

Originally, after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, there were often some so-called "auspicious rays" in the core area of Cao Wei's rule, such as the Yellow Dragon, the Phoenix, the Qilin, the White Tiger, the nectar, the Liquan, and the strange beasts.

It was during Liu Bei's Northern Expedition and Cao Pi's reign in Chang'an that he saw the so-called "Qilin" Rui Beast in Chang'an.

How did these things come about, in fact, Cao Pi is clear, but it is just to show his character and block the mouth of the world.

In July of the first year of Yankang, Taishi Cheng Xu Zhi suddenly wrote to the King of Wei, saying that if it was decided today, Xiangrui appeared one after another, indicating that he was born to be born.

At this time, Liu Xie, who has been the son of heaven for almost thirty years, is definitely not talking about Liu Xie. With Cao Pi just succeeding to the throne of Wei, it is already obvious who this natural master is.

Immediately after that, Xu Zhi changed his words again, and began to talk about "those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao", quoting scriptures to explain the so-called "auspicious rui" that happened this year one by one, and came to the conclusion that "the mandate of heaven is in Wei", which is already nakedly proposing that Cao Pi can stand on behalf of the Han and stand on his own.

This sparse letter, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, but it is just nonsense, and the classic explanations quoted are also very far-fetched, but it is just forcibly touting Cao Pi's sycophancy.

But Cao Pi read it, not only did he read it, but also made a long instruction.

The original text is recorded in "The Biography of Emperor Xian", and the whole article is stinky and long, so I will not reprint it.

Cao Pi's approximate meaning is to give two examples of King Wen of Zhou and Gongdan of Zhou to talk about things.

King Wen of Zhou controlled two-thirds of the world and still treated the king of Shang as a courtier, while Zhou Gongdan controlled national affairs and finally returned to the king.

Because these two people have such virtues, they have been recognized and praised since ancient times, as for great sages like Yao Shunyu, he Cao Pi can't compare at all, so how dare he listen to Xu Zhi's words?

His biggest ideal now is to assist the Han family in governing the world, return to power after success, and resign to return to his hometown.

It's a good thing to say, but the problem is that Xu Zhi, Taishi Cheng, is just a petty official who is not in the middle of the stream in the court, and his sparse performance is already amazing if he can see it by Cao Pi, the king of Wei, and the king of Wei has also made special instructions, which is even more amazing.

Anyone with some political acumen can know what is going on and what to do next, as long as they think about it a little, and some ministers will directly understand it.

Some people are less courageous, so they directly wrote to the King of Wei, telling Cao Cao, Cao Pi's two generations of credit to the Han family, and said how difficult it is for the two to pacify the world.

Bold people, like Hua Xin, wrote directly to Emperor Han Xian, saying that Han Zuo will end, and the people of the world need King Wei to rule.

Hua Xin's bombardment, Emperor Han Xian was stunned, why don't you say this, Cao Cao can't say it, right? !

Huaxin is still a famous person in the world. No wonder Guan Ning cut off relations with you at the beginning, you are such a thing?!

Your Huaxin family has been a Hanchen for generations, and you have been eating Hanlu for generations, how can you say such a rebellious thing when you come here. Together, you'll scold the cook when you're done eating, right?!

But the problem is, the situation is stronger than people now, Liu Xie is not the kind of emperor with courage, he doesn't even have the backbone of Cao Chao, in the face of such a book, he actually just said that the Han Dynasty has been inherited for hundreds of years, how can it be cut off in his hands? !

Then, the ministers began to write the book vigorously, saying that it was just a so-called prophecy, and it couldn't go around but a sentence "Those who represent the Han should be Tu Gao".

Of course, this is something on the surface, Liu Xie must have the ability of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he can pull out the ministers who said these words in minutes, and if he has the ability of Emperor Guangwu, these tricks will not be able to reach him.

In the final analysis, Liu Xie has been a puppet for thirty years, and he simply does not have the ability to suppress the government, and in addition to the fact that Cao Wei's forces have completely covered the court from top to bottom, it doesn't matter whether Liu Xie is willing or not.

And what made Liu Xie feel helpless the most was that Liu Ye, the real imperial uncle, actually joined the ranks of persuading him to give way.

Liu Xie really can't understand it.

Liu Bei, who is separated by I don't know how many generations, and after the ancestor is not a branch of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, King Jing of Zhongshan, Kuang Fu Han who is still working hard until now, how come you Liu Ye, the uncle of the Han Emperor who is upright and red, is the first to betray his ancestors? !

And Liu Ye's appearance, Liu Xie suddenly found that out of nowhere, a bunch of so-called descendants of the Han family such as auxiliary generals came out of nowhere, and they also wrote books saying that "the Mandate of Heaven is in Wei", and some people used Zou Yan's "Five Virtues to Say", saying that the Great Han is the virtue of fire, and the Great Wei is the virtue of earth, and the fire gives birth to the earth, so the Great Wei Dynasty Han is the destiny of heaven.

Liu Xie's whole body was numb, but he had no way at all.

From ministers to clan relatives, they all sided with Cao Wei, and they were completely isolated.

And in this matter, from beginning to end, he Liu Xie did not have any say at all, and the person who really had the right to speak was Cao Pi.

And Cao Pi is still playing "three resignations and three concessions" in the face of the persuasion of the ministers.

Liu Xie, who watched it specially, was disgusted.

But what about disgusting, no one will care what you Liu Xie, the emperor, think, everyone wants to make Cao Pi the emperor, so that he can be a "hero from the dragon".

Liu Xie knew that he had no choice, and he could only sigh that the general trend was gone, even if he didn't cooperate, Cao Pi would have no way to play this disgusting "Zen concession"? !

What Cao Pi needs is just a tool man surnamed Liu, and it doesn't matter if it's Liu Xie or not.

Since this is the case, Liu Xie himself has no idea of being loyal to the 400-year-old foundation of the Han Dynasty, let alone others.

In October of the first year of Yankang, after three months of back and forth, Cao Pi accepted Liu Xie's abdication edict in Shouchantai, officially proclaimed himself emperor, and the country name was "Wei", and the first year of Yankang was changed to the first year of Huang Chu.

And Liu Xie, Cao Pi did not dispose of this tool after it was used up, but quite generously named Liu Xie as the Duke of Shanyang, and the Duke of Shanyang had 10,000 households, and he could "go to the Han Dynasty, sacrifice to the suburbs with the gift of the Son of Heaven, and not be called a minister".

It can be said that Cao Pi at least in this regard, he still gave Liu Xie enough courtesy, and also gave the big man enough face.

It's just like Cao Pi himself said.

"I know about Shun and Yu."

(End of chapter)