Although the previous operation took place at dawn and dawn, and the whole of Luoyang was cordoned, the curfew had not yet been lifted, and people had not yet been allowed to leave their homes, in some of the more densely populated areas, the sound of fierce shouts of killing still filled people's ears.

The people who were awakened by the shouts of killing in the early hours of the morning looked at each other in panic, hugging their families, trembling, not knowing what was going on in Luoyang City.

Did something happen?

Who dares to kill people in Luoyang City?

So arrogant, does the general Liu Bei care?

What about the county soldiers and the officials and apprentices of the central capital?

No one can answer their questions.

Compared with the ordinary people, the officials who heard the strange noise were shocked and had a strange sense of harmony.

Ordinary people, of course, feel nervous, but for officials, the situation is different.

Because this is not the first time something like this has happened.

In their memory, such a thing happened five years ago, when Liu Bei spent an afternoon killing Yuan Kui and He Jin and became a general, and he was in charge of the government until today, and this time......

What's going to happen?

The uninformed are worried, and the officials, who know a little bit or have some speculation, silently wait for their fate.

At about four o'clock, the accurate news came.

The heralds of the imperial court scattered out and delivered several accurate messages to them.

First, it was the evil clique led by Zheng Tai and Dong Zhong who spread rumors before, and they couldn't get used to Liu Bei's proper governance of the Han Dynasty after taking power, and they were worried that their interests would be damaged by the implementation of the new policy, so they spread rumors.

Second, according to the order of the Empress Dowager, Liu Bei has arrested all those who spread rumors and tried to incite those who are dissatisfied with the current policy to start a rebellion, and they will be tried soon.

Third, according to the order of the Empress Dowager, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, was too young and weak to convince the public, so it was decided that Liu Bei, the general who was young and strong and expected to return, would continue to lead the Han forward.

Fourth, the ministers immediately prepared to go to the palace to participate in the Zen throne ceremony and enthronement ceremony.

To be honest, the big guys can more or less accept the first message, because there was a lot of gossip coming out several months ago, about the contradictions between Liu Bei and Zheng Tai and others, as well as some disputes within the ancient literature school and so on.

Therefore, it is not an unimaginable thing for Zheng Tai and others to spread rumors to attack Liu Bei, but it is quite reasonable, and the only surprise is that Dong Chong is actually involved.

Dong Chong has been living in seclusion for a long time, and public opinion generally believes that Dong Chong has wanted to break away from the government and divide it, but who would have thought that this was actually a false shot.

For the second message, everyone also knows that the chaos and shouting and killing for a while just now should be Liu Bei's handwriting, which is similar to five years ago.

At the beginning, Liu Bei also acted quickly, and under the order of the first emperor Liu Hong, he resolved a turmoil in one day, pulling the Han Empire back from the brink of chaos.

Now, he chose to start the operation in the early hours of the morning, and the action was still so fast, still so accurate, and there was no place to catch fire and be destroyed, thinking that it should be a fairly precise and restrained strike.

The matter has come to this point, the dust has settled, and the people who have not been affected are already more supportive of Liu Bei, or they are Liu Bei's henchmen, but they don't know that this incident happened, and it is not incomprehensible.

But for the third message, people feel a shock in their hearts, or their brains go blank.

I didn't even realize the fourth message.

The main thing is that all this happens too fast, and the jump from the second message to the third message is also a bit too big, beyond the limit of people's thinking jumps, and it feels like a jump from two to three dimensions all at once.

This is especially true for some people who sleep more than they sleep.

As soon as his eyes were closed and opened, the Han Dynasty changed emperors.

The little emperor abdicated, and the general became the emperor.

Isn't that a bit too big?

Moreover, it was an order from the Empress Dowager?

Isn't there some weird deal out there that people don't know about?

Countless question marks lingered in people's heads, and many people could not react for a while, until the messengers repeatedly urged them to realize that no matter how many doubts they had, they could not show any objection.

Because the dust has settled, the opponents have fallen, and the city has been calm.

Even if there were doubts, they should be evenly matched, but the current one-sided situation did not allow them to have any special ideas.

Obviously, Luoyang is already Liu Bei's Luoyang.

They should immediately prepare to go to the palace to participate in the Zen ceremony and the enthronement ceremony, to show their loyalty to the new emperor, as for the many doubts, even if they cannot be answered, the best way to deal with them is to rot in their hearts, and never mention them again.

In this way, it is good for everyone.

With this in mind, the officials sprang into action, and instructed their wives and children not to go anywhere until they returned, but to stay at home, to keep their doors closed, to be careful, and not to make loud noises.

Then he changed into court clothes and left the house with the messenger.

A large number of officials and officials marched towards the palace, but because everyone had something in their hearts and had many opinions and doubts about this matter, even if they met acquaintances on the road, they just nodded, and then continued to look solemn and silent.

Without saying anything, they just slowly marched with the general trend, and under the gaze of the heavily armed elite soldiers, and under the gaze of the elite soldiers of Yishui'er, many officials revisited the road of five years ago and re-felt the deterrence from pure force.

Then, they came to the main hall of the palace, Chongdeok Hall, and were guided by the ceremonial officials who were already waiting here, standing in different positions according to their identities and status, waiting for the Zen ceremony to begin.

Of course, only high-ranking officials and high-ranking generals can enter the Chongde Hall to watch the Zen ceremony with their own eyes, and most officials cannot enter the Chongde Hall to watch the Zen ceremony, but it doesn't matter, they didn't come here anyway to see it.

It's to prove to the guys who are naming people - they're coming.

The high-ranking officials and dignitaries entered the main hall of the Chongde Hall one after another, and then whispered to each other.

A group of core members led by Han Rong, Cao Cao and others were deeply involved in this matter, but before the incident, they did not tell anyone familiar with this matter, not even their families.

Before the incident, there were only more than 30 people who really knew that Liu Bei was going to do the emperor's affairs, and each of them was a core team member of Liu Bei, or someone who would never turn his back.

And a considerable number of people, even when they are involved in this matter, when they are making some preparations for this matter, do not know what they are doing for themselves.

Of course, most of the time they don't know what they are doing for, whether it is Liu Bei's claim to be emperor or something else, which has developed a good habit of them only doing things and not asking.

And for Han Rong, Cao Cao and others, it is not an interesting thing to carry a secret that cannot be said, and they are also under a lot of pressure, and even when they sleep, they are afraid that they will be heard in their dreams.

The good thing is that they only need to hold out for two or three days.

At this moment, above the court, they didn't take any action, just stood there, looking at their noses and noses, as if nothing had happened.

Ma Riyan was not told about this beforehand, and suddenly learned that Liu Bei was going to be the emperor, and his heart was shocked, and he finally arrived at the palace, and saw Lu Zhi who closed his eyes and recuperated at a glance, so he stepped forward and approached Lu Zhi.

"Zigan, what's going on? Is Xuande going to be the emperor? What's the situation? ”

Lu Zhi opened his eyes and looked at Ma Riyan.

"Although I know about this matter, but I can't do anything, and I can't change anything, the matter has come to this point, peace of mind is, you, the Imperial Doctor, still need to worry about these things?"

Ma Riyan was surprised.

"Of course! I don't know about it! I didn't know anything about such a big thing! How can you not be worried? By the way, when did you find out? ”

"Four days ago."

"Four days ago?"

"Well, Xuande decided to be the emperor about five or six days ago, the time is quite short, but it is also ready to be sent, and we have no choice."

Lu Zhi said something that seemed to Ma Riyan to be full of riddler style, and before Ma Riyan could figure out the cause and effect, he closed his eyes again and said nothing.

Give Ma Ri a breath.

That is, now is not the occasion, otherwise he would have to pull Lu Zhi over and ask him all the truth.

Time passed little by little, more and more people entered the main hall, and then at some point, the rumbling drum suddenly sounded, which meant that this destined ceremony was about to begin.

The ministers were silent and looked at the main hall together.

Liu Xie, the little son of heaven, was dressed in the costume of the Son of Heaven, accompanied by the rumbling drums and the music of the ceremony, and walked to the top of the hall, and behind him, the Empress Dowager Dong was carried up to the main hall, and sat down beside Liu Xie, half leaning, although she was wearing a gorgeous costume, but everyone could see that her spirit was not very good.

Liu Xie waited for Mrs. Dong to sit down before slowly sitting down.

The great eunuch Zhang Rang, as the deputy host of the ceremony, watched the two sit down, and began to sing salutes, shouting slogans, and guiding the ministers to do what they should do.

Salute to the Son of Heaven and salute the Empress Dowager.

Then, Liu Yu, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating in the audience, made his debut.

He ascended the main hall and saluted Mrs. Dong and Liu Xie, then turned around, took out an edict, took a deep breath, pursed his lips, and glanced at Mrs. Dong again.

The old lady nodded, but did not speak.

Liu Yu then turned his gaze to the edict and began to read it slowly.

His speech was not fast, his pronunciation was standard, his voice was loud, and everyone could clearly hear what he was saying.

The general meaning is that Zheng Tai, Dong Chong and others have done very stupid things in disregard of the important situation of national development, and the reason for all this is only because the new policy will damage their family interests.

After the implementation of the new policy, it is necessary to judge whether officials are qualified for the post according to their ability and performance, and those who are not qualified for the post will be deposed.

Liu Bei thought of the important task of national development, but he really couldn't accept their request, they couldn't bear it, and they became angry, so they resorted to vicious rumors to slander Liu Bei.

They slandered Liu Bei for usurping the throne and claiming the emperor, trying to arouse the suspicion and attack of the people of the world against Liu Bei, and the suspicion and attack of the royal family and the Han family against Liu Bei, so that Liu Bei fell into a situation of internal and external difficulties, making it impossible to implement the new policy, so as to protect their selfish interests.

But they didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Dong was wise, courageous and tenacious.

Under the crisis situation, the Empress Dowager is keenly aware that the country is at a very critical moment.

At the critical moment when the new policy was being implemented, for the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was inseparable from this moment no matter what, but the rumors spread by Zheng Tai and others had a significant impact on Liu Bei and the subjects of the world at this moment.

Once the switch of doubt is opened, it cannot be stopped, everyone has their own thoughts in their hearts, and they will consider it for their own interests, and the world will become unstable for this, and the decrees issued by the imperial court led by Liu Bei will also be widely questioned for this.

The Han Dynasty has finally gone from the chaos of the first emperor to today's stability, such a situation is not easy to come by, for everyone, it is very precious, and it is also what the first emperor expected.

The Empress Dowager really couldn't bear such a situation to collapse in suspicion, and she really couldn't accept that the Great Han Kingdom left by the first emperor was going into chaos in suspicion, so she made a difficult decision.

Although the Tianzi Association is smart and wise, it lacks political and military experience, and is far inferior to Liu Bei in terms of ability.

Liu Bei is not an outsider, but a relative of the Han family, a descendant of Gaozu Miao, after Emperor Jing, he is very close to the background of the first emperor, and he is a member of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, under some deep consideration, in order to calm the suspicion of the people in the world and make the situation in the world stable again, the Empress Dowager made the decision to give the Son of Heaven Xiezen to the general Liu Bei.

This is the decision of the Empress Dowager, not out of anyone's suspicion and coercion, but from the bottom of her heart for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the mountains and rivers of the ancestors, and I hope that the ministers can abide by this edict and accept such a decision.

Previously, the Empress Dowager had discussed the matter with Liu Bei, and Liu Bei refused several times, but the Empress Dowager still insisted, and even threatened with her life, Liu Bei had no choice but to cry in front of the Empress Dowager and was forced to accept the throne.

The Empress Dowager believes that if she can make such a decision, then the first emperor will be very happy with such a decision.

After the edict was read, before the ministers could react, Liu Yu shouted loudly.

"Please go to the palace!"

The attendants in the hall, the guards outside the hall, shouted "Please go to the hall of the general" layer by layer, the voice came from the inside out, far and near, and finally, everyone inside and outside the Chongde Hall heard it.

So, Liu Bei appeared.

Dressed in military uniform, he appeared at the main entrance of the Chongde Hall, followed by his loyal and heavily armed generals.

This costume is the one he wears every time he goes out from Luoyang, and it seems that he has come here not to attend the ceremony, but to go here.

He led the symbol of his power and followed him into the Chongde Temple, and no one could stop him.

He advanced from outside the main hall to inside the main hall, passing behind the petty officials at the bottom of the line, and was greeted by the awe-inspiring gazes of the petty officials and petty officials.

Maybe his power was too strong, or maybe his prestige was too high, he didn't take a few steps, and suddenly, a small official bowed down to him.

Then, the petty officials on both sides of the road, who seemed to be led by this man, bowed down to him in unison.

They didn't make a sound, they just bowed, from the back row, with Liu Bei's pace, all the way forward, everyone, every official who saw Liu Bei, bowed in the direction of him.

Even if he had walked a long way, these people still did not dare to straighten their backs.

(End of chapter)