In the Xuan Room yesterday, Liu Xie had already revealed his plan to revive the Han family with Kong Rong.

Qingzhou is the place where Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan guards, and Kong Rong is the minister of Beihai County under Qingzhou.

Liu Xie wanted to take Qingzhou, but asked Kong Rong.

It's a pun on a word.

First, for the sake of asking questions, ask Kong Rong to give advice.

The second is Kong Rong himself.

"Your Majesty......"

Kong Rong's face was embarrassed.

He has been in officialdom for a long time, how can he not hear Liu Xie's pun.

How can I not hear that Liu Xie wants to get his allegiance.

Slowly raising his head, Kong Rong looked at Liu Xie, and paused again: "Your Majesty trusts, the minister has nothing to repay, and the minister asks for death." ”

After revealing all his inner thoughts, Kong Rong prepared to meet Liu Xie's thunderous wrath.

He knew very well that if the Son of Heaven was true, he would have committed the sin of rebellion.

For the Son of Heaven, no matter how difficult it is for him to make a decision, he must make a decision.

Letting the puppet emperor share the name of the Son of Heaven is an intolerable thing for any emperor, and it is the way to die.

Now he refuses to pledge allegiance to Liu Xie.

There is only one death.

Liu Xie stared at Kong Rong for a long time, his eyes changed from expectation to anger to fierceness, and finally the murderous intent emerged.

But gradually, the killing machine disappeared and returned to coldness.

"You've disappointed me so much."

There was no anger, no rebuke.

The voice is calm, but there seems to be sadness in the calm.

Liu Xie turned around, turned his back to Kong Rong, and said in a voice without any emotion: "You go, live well, and run Beihai well for me." ”

"I don't need you to die, and I don't want to see you die, I want you to live well."

When Kong Rong heard this, his face was full of self-blame and guilt.

When he leaves the palace and leaves Yecheng, he will be scolded by the world; Not to mention his own reputation, it is even more insulting to the prestige that the family has accumulated for a long time.

And committing such a crime is even more unforgivable for the Son of Heaven, except to apologize for his sin with death, he has no second way to choose.

But the Son of Heaven let him continue to live.

Kong Rong raised his head and looked at Liu Xie's tall back, puzzled in his heart: "Why does Your Majesty want to forgive the ministers?" ”

"Forgiveness?"

Liu Xie sneered, tilted his head slightly, and glanced at Kong Rong with indifference.

"I want you to live, so you can watch it well! See how I kill Cao thief and the puppet emperor, and see how I sweep away the unsubordinate and reorganize the mountains and rivers! ”

"I want you to know that without your approval, I can still recover the Great Han!"

"Because I—commanded by heaven!"

Liu Xie's sonorous and powerful voice echoed in the Xuan room, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger, full of strong self-confidence and pride.

It seems that what he is talking about is not an ideal, but a predetermined future!

This is the arrogance of being an emperor, and it is also the innate self-confidence of being an emperor.

Kong Rong's heart was shocked, he understood that His Majesty disdained to let him die to apologize, but wanted him to live, and live to witness how he, as the Son of Heaven, swept the Eight Desolations and swept the world!

At that time, I will ask him again: Is it true that I am the son of heaven?

He was full of anticipation and longing in his heart, longing that the Son of Heaven in front of him was the real Han orthodoxy, not a fake puppet found by Yuan Shao.

Kong Rong's original desire for death has changed, and his cloudy eyes are shining again.

"The ministers should do their best to make the people of Beihai live and work in peace and contentment."

"Your Majesty lives in a deep palace, surrounded by wolves, and there are many dangers. I hope that Your Majesty must be cautious and put your own safety first! ”

Liu Xie, who had his back to Kong Rong, didn't say a word.

Kong Rong respectfully finished the three bows and nine bows, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister retires." ”

With that, he got up and left the room.

After Kong Rong left for a while, the cold pride on Liu Xie's face slowly dissipated.

Righteousness and Death, the meaning of these four words, he completely understood.

Kong Rong is indeed a respectable old man.

"At this moment, we should have passed it!"

After traveling to this era, Kong Rong is the second major crisis encountered.

When Kong Rong left Yecheng and left Jizhou, it meant that no one in the world could threaten his identity as the Son of Heaven.

Even if it's the real Son of Heaven!

Even if Yuan Shao or Fu Zhu suddenly went crazy and told his true identity to the outside world, no one would believe it.

In the future, no matter how much people in the world talk about it, it can only derive a situation - the strong is the son of heaven, and the weak is the pseudo-emperor.

And in terms of the credibility of his identity, he is higher than Emperor Han Xian of Xu County.

Don't worry that there will be no talents to vote in the future.

As long as he gets rid of the shackles of Yuan Shao, he is the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.

"Although I was not recognized by Kong Rong, my identity as the Son of Heaven has also completely stood firm, which is a milestone and a big progress."

"Now you just need to endure the humiliation and wait for Guo Jia and Jia Xu to cause trouble in Yuan Shao's interior."

Liu Xie's heart is full of pride, and everything will develop in the established direction.

……

After leaving the palace, Kong Rong rushed straight to the post house outside the city.

Tai Shi Ci had been waiting at the door of the post house for a long time, and when he saw Kong Rong coming back, he immediately greeted him.

"Is the prime minister okay?"

Seeing that Kong Rong still had undried tears on his face, Tai Shi Ci felt sad in his heart.

He knew that this world-famous old man would be subjected to endless abuse from now on.

Kong Rong said in despair: "When I return to Beihai, I will tell the world that I can't identify the authenticity of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Alas......"

Tai Shi Ci let out a long sigh.

I'd rather sacrifice my reputation than take the risk of admitting the real dragon for the wrong one.

is obviously loyal to the big man, but in the end he will end up discredited.

How can this not be deplorable?

"Let's go, pack up and salute, and we'll go back to Beihai."

"Do you want to inform Yuan Shao?"

"No need, it's just dry bones in the mound, why bother to inform it?"

After learning Yuan Shao's true face from Liu Xie's mouth, Kong Rong did not have any good impression of Yuan Shao.

In his opinion, there is no essential difference between Yuan and Cao, they are both traitors who hold the Son of Heaven hostage.

Fortunately, there is a difference between the two emperors.

The one in Xu County was restrained by Cao Cao and had no power to resist, so he could only be slaughtered.

This lying salary in Yecheng tasted the courage, secretly plotted for development, and was ready to go.

At this time, Yuan Shao is in Kong Rong's heart, and he will definitely follow in the footsteps of Yuan Shu.

Before packing up and boarding the carriage to leave, Kong Rong glanced at Ye Cheng deeply.

In his heart, apart from guilt and self-blame for the Son of Heaven, he had no other regrets.

"Even if Your Majesty is not orthodox, you can still ensure the continuation of my Great Han Kingdom."

……

Yuan Shao, who had just woken up, was furious when he heard the news from his eyeliner.

"This old puppet doesn't even take me seriously."

Yuan Shao scolded while hurriedly getting dressed and getting up, he wanted to personally bring Kong Rongtian to the palace, but Kong Rongtian set off before dawn.

Now he left without saying hello.

After coming to the council hall, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others were already waiting here.

Yuan Shao looked at Qiong Yuchun and said, "Zhong Jian, you take someone to chase Kong Beihai back and ask him if the Son of Heaven is true or false." ”

Qiong Yuchun received the order and was about to retreat, but was stopped by Tian Feng.

"My lord, Kong Beihai left after seeing the Son of Heaven, indicating that he had made a judgment in his heart. If you send someone to intercept him, I am afraid that you will be criticized. ”

The trial echoed: "What Yuan Hao said is very true. If this matter spreads, the world will definitely think that the Lord cut off Kong Beihai to coerce him to change his decision. ”

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, not the puppet emperor who Cao thief is looking for someone to pretend to be, Kong Beihai is upright and will not make a mistake, why does the lord need to do this?"

Except for Frustration, the rest of the strategists nodded in agreement.

In their hearts, the Son of Heaven in Yecheng is the True Dragon Son of Heaven.

As a person with Kong Rong, he will not refer to the truth as false.

If Yuan Shao wasn't so nervous, they wouldn't have paid much attention to this matter at all, but tried their best to negotiate how to deal with Gongsun Zan in Youzhou.

Yuan Shao opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say the worry in his heart.

Others don't know, doesn't he know what the Son of Heaven is on his side?

Seeing Yuan Shao's worries, he said, "My lord, it doesn't matter whether to chase Kong Beihai or not now, why don't you go into the palace and ask Your Majesty?" ”

No matter what Kong Rong thinks, Liu Xie should always know something.

Yuan Shao nodded lightly and ordered Chun Yuqiong: "Send a team of men and horses to escort Kong Beihai out of Jizhou, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

……

Palace.

Liu Xie, who had just laid down and was about to sleep for a while, was shouted by Gao Ran.

Yuan Shao is here.

"What did Kong Rong tell you?"

"Does he recognize your identity as the Son of Heaven?"

"Why did he leave so suddenly?"

As soon as he saw Liu Xie, Yuan Shao asked questions like a cannon.

Liu Xiedao: "When he entered the palace to see the grass people, he said a lot of things. Before leaving, he said that he decided to announce to the world that he could not distinguish the truth of the Son of Heaven. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was surprised and delighted.

Surprised that Kong Rong dared to act like this!

Surprise Liu Xie's identity has not been recognized, he Yuan Benchu is still a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and he can still coerce the Son of Heaven to order not to be subordinate.

"But this old horseman, in order to preserve the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty, has actually done this to such a point, which is really admirable." Yuan Shao sighed.

He knew that by doing this, Kong Rong was destroying his reputation and would fall into the point where everyone shouted and beat him in the future.

Now this result, although unexpected, is enough for Yuan Shao to be ecstatic.

But for Cao Cao, this result is not so easy to accept.

"Cao Apu, Cao Apu, you originally wanted to ask Kong Rong to correct the name of the Son of Heaven, but it turned out to be me."

"Now the two sons of heaven, it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but the advantage is mine."

At this time, Yuan Shao's heart could be said to be complacent, if Cao Cao appeared in front of him, he would definitely point at Cao Cao's nose and laugh at him!

Liu Xie looked at Yuan Shao, who was full of joy, and said, "Duke Ming, Kong Rong asked the grass people in the palace to give him death. The grass people were worried that his death in Yecheng would be detrimental to Ming Gong, so they spared him from the death penalty. ”

Yuan Shao approved: "Good job." He can die anywhere, but he can't die in Jizhou. As long as he goes out of Jizhou, whether he commits suicide or apologizes, or lives with infamy, it has nothing to do with me. ”

After that, Yuan Shao explained a few more words to Liu Xie, and then left in a hurry.

He wanted to quickly discuss with Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others how to use this news to attack Cao Cao.

……

On the same day, Kong Rong could not distinguish the true and false news of the Son of Heaven, and under the impetus of Yuan Shao, it quickly spread to all parts of Kyushu with Yecheng as the center.

When the news came out, it set off an uproar in an instant.

"It's ridiculous! That's ridiculous! ”

"How could Kong Wenju say such a ridiculous thing!"

"There is a way that there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords for the people. There is only one Son of Heaven, how can Kong Wenju not tell the difference? ”

"In my opinion, Kong Wenju must be afraid of offending Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, so he didn't dare to identify the authenticity of the Son of Heaven."

"Because he is still the twentieth grandson of Confucius, how can he be so greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"I was deceived by his false name before, but now it seems that Kong Wenju is really a villain!"

"Even Kong Rong can't tell the truth of the Son of Heaven, so who else in the world can tell the difference?"

"I always thought that Yecheng was the Son of Heaven."

"It's the same with me, Lu Bu went to Yecheng to present the jade seal of the country and the traitor Yuan Shu, can't Lu Bu recognize the Son of Heaven?"

Half a decade later, all the states and counties were in an uproar.

Kong Rong was pushed to the forefront and was abused by countless people.

There are also a small number of people who believe in Kong Rong's character and think that the news is untrue, so they have to wait for Kong Rong to speak in person.

Xu County.

Cao Cao was eating at the house, and when he got the news, he was furious and directly covered the food in his hand on the desk!

"Impossible! When pigs fly! ”

"Can't tell the truth of the Son of Heaven, how can Kong Rong do such a ridiculous thing! All this must be Yuan Shao's lie! ”

"Fake, all fake!"

Xun Yu below sighed faintly: "Lord, at this time, this news has spread all over the states and counties. I thought that the news didn't seem to be fake, if Kong Rong didn't make such a decision, how could Yuan Shao dare to talk nonsense? That would bring him into disrepute. ”

"But Kong Rong is really so decisive, isn't it even more self-ruining his reputation! The truth of the Son of Heaven, how can it be so difficult to distinguish! ”

Cao Cao roared loudly in anger: "Yuan Benchu, Kong Wenju, dare to deceive the people of the world like this, two traitors, traitors, and evil thieves!" ”

The anger in Cao Cao's heart almost burned him, and he completely didn't understand how Kong Rong, who was so upright and loyal to the Han family, could make such a decision.

Xun Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Kong Wenju will never be coerced or bought by Yuan Shao. He made such a decision, I am afraid that it is really difficult to distinguish the truth of the Son of Heaven. ”

Not long after the Son of Heaven moved the capital to Xu County, Yuan Shao announced to the public that the Son of Heaven was in trouble and fled to Yecheng. Since he is looking for someone to pretend to be the Son of Heaven, why does he have such confidence? Why did Lu Bu and Liu Bei go to Yecheng to present the jade seal of the country? ”

"Why?" Cao Cao asked very irritablely.

Xun Yu said: "The lord might as well make a bold guess, if the puppet emperor over there in Yecheng and the Son of Heaven look the same, and even their words and deeds are exactly the same." In this case, it can explain why Yuan Shao is full of confidence and is not afraid of being exposed. ”

"It can also explain why Lu Bu and Liu Bei went to Yecheng to present the jade seal of the country, and it can also explain Kong Wenju's absurd decision."

Xun Yu's analysis made Cao Cao fall into silence.

Everyone present knows Kong Rong's personality very well.

Back then, he even dared to point his nose at Dong Zhuo and scold, it was impossible for him to be coerced by Yuan Shao, let alone be bought.

Cao Cao's eyes were red, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Kong Rong is a model for the corporal in the world, and for him, he would rather die than have his reputation damaged. ”

"To make him make that ridiculous decision at the cost of disrepute, it can only be what Wen Ruo said, he really can't tell the truth of the Son of Heaven."

"Yuan Benchu was able to find someone who looked the same as the Son of Heaven, why did God favor him so much!"

……

Imperial Palace, Xuan Chamber.

Guo Jia reported to Liu Xieyu excitedly: "Your Majesty, Yuan Shao sent a letter to Gongsun Zhan and wanted to make peace with him, but Gongsun Zhan did not reply, but strengthened the garrison. This afternoon, Yuan Shao had decided to personally lead a large army to attack Youzhou. ”

When Liu Xie heard this, his heart moved.

In history, Yuan Shao attacked Gongsun Zan in the third year of Jian'an, and now it is the autumn of the second year of Jian'an.

It seems that because of his relationship, the time was advanced by a year.

Jia Xu also had a smile on his face, "Now that the contradiction between Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang has been fully stimulated, Feng Ji, Judge and Xin Ping, Guo Tu and others are also on the same page. In addition, Yuan Shao will leave Yecheng, this is a godsend! ”

Liu Xie was also excited, grabbing Guo Jia and Jia Xu's hands left and right.

"I'll leave everything to the two of you!"

Such a good opportunity, with the ability of Guo Jia and Jia Xu, will definitely be able to turn Yuan Shao's base camp upside down.

Not to mention how many corners of Yuan Shao can be dug up, at least it can make Yuan Shao's internal instability completely break out, and it will be more convenient for Liu Xie to secretly expand his own power.

And Jia Xu's plan to kill his father with his son can also be put on the agenda.

The period when Liu Xie will break free from the shackles is not far off.

The only saved manuscripts were uploaded on the first day of shelf, and all the manuscripts after that were in the current code, so the update time was unstable.

Give me another day, and I'll be able to update it regularly starting tomorrow. The updated manuscripts of the day will be updated at 12 noon in one go.

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