Chapter 224: Xiaobai becomes the emperor
The reason why Sun Ce set the target of his departure in Liaodong was because before he set off, Yuan Qi had already sent people to Liaodong to send a letter to Gan Jing, who was training the navy there, and asked Gan Jing to prepare the building ship and warship, and stand by at any time, and as soon as Sun Ce arrived in Liaodong, he could carry Sun Ce back to Jiangdong by water. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the one hand, it is safer to take the waterway, and there will be no interception by Yuan Bai, and second, the waterway is to go south along the river, which is much faster than taking the land route.
At the same time that Sun Ce was rushing to Liaodong, in Shouchun, Yuan Bai's base camp, Yuan Bai was gathering everyone under his command to discuss a major matter. Since killing Sun Jian and capturing the four counties of Jiangdong, Yuan Bai's territory has extended from Nanyang in Jingzhou to Yangzhou in the east, spanning Jing and Yangzhou, and occupying most of Huainan. The expansion of the territory made Yuan Bai's ambitions more and more inflated, and it was out of control.
In Yuan Bai's opinion, the Yuan family was already terminally ill and incorrigible. Now that he has such a large territory, such a large population, and a large number of generals and strategists under his command, he should stand up and completely overthrow the decadent rule of the Yuan clan. So, he gathered all the people under his command to discuss a major event: ascend to the Great Treasure and change the dynasty!
In troubled times, if you want to get a higher status and want to have more privileges, the shortest way is to assist the monarch to become an emperor. In that case, will he become a minister of the dragon and the founding father, and there will be less glory and wealth in the future? Therefore, when Yuan Bai proposed to become emperor, most of the officials under his command rejoiced and agreed.
But not everyone is short-sighted, and there are still a few people who can see the situation clearly. For example, Yan Xiang, the first to stand up against Yuan Bai's proclamation as emperor. Yan Xiang is the master of Yuan Bai's book, and he has a long-term vision, so he immediately persuaded: "Although the lord's family is famous, although there are many soldiers and generals, it is not the time to be the emperor in a hurry. ”
Yuan Bai was furious when he heard this, and almost roared and rebuked Yan Xiang: "What nonsense! My surname comes from the surname Chen, and the surname Chen is a descendant of Dayu." He is also the fourth generation and the third prince of my family, and his protégés are all over the world, and he is a prominent family that the people hope to return to! Now the Yuan family has gone through 400 years, and the number of qi has been exhausted. If I don't become emperor, it will be against the way of heaven, and I have already made up my mind, so you should not say it again. When Yan Xiang heard this, he knew that Yuan Bai had made up his mind. Unexpectedly, he couldn't dissuade Yuan Bai, so he sighed and withdrew from the hall.
Yuan Bai is also a monkey anxious character, coupled with the instigation of being the emperor, he immediately put the matter of ascending the throne and becoming the emperor on the agenda. After more than half a month of preparation. With the help of a group of subordinates, Yuan Bai ascended the throne as emperor in Shouchun, changed the Yuan Zhong clan, and imitated the Han system. Set up provincial and Taiwan officials, and widely promulgated, announcing the matter of claiming to be emperor to the world. Since then. Yuan Bai rode the dragon and phoenix in and out, dreamed of the emperor, and began a life of extravagance.
When Sun Ce rushed back to Jiangdong, the news of Yuan Bai's proclamation as emperor had spread all over the world. Taking advantage of this reason, Sun Ce changed his previous policy of showing weakness to Yuan Bai, and immediately issued a proclamation, claiming that the Jiangdong Sun family was a minister of the Yuan family, only obeying the orders of the Son of Heaven, and would never be in the same stream as Yuan Bai, and strongly condemned Yuan Bai in the proclamation, and the Jiangdong Sun family broke away from the attachment to Yuan Bai, and chose a day to crusade against the perverse Yuan Bai.
Before going to Yanjing to borrow troops, Sun Ce handed over all the affairs of Jiangdong to Sun Quan, and let the prestige Jiangdong Erzhang, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and other old ministers assist Sun Quan. Jiangdong Erzhang is Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong's brothers, the two are very prestigious in Jiangdong, and they are also first-class experts in managing internal affairs.
Sun Ce went to Yanjing, back and forth for a total of more than two months, during this time, Sun Quan had to bow to Yuan Bai in order to preserve the vitality of the Sun family, and with the attitude of a weakling, Yuan Bai delayed Yuan Bai's idea of killing the Sun family, and won precious time for Sun Ce. Soon after Yuan Bai became emperor, Sun Ce rushed back to Jiangdong with 10,000 soldiers and 5,000 Qilin troops led by Gan Jing.
The funny thing is that the current Yuan Bai soldiers are many generals, and they think very highly of themselves, thinking that although Sun Ce is a fierce tiger, he is just a toothless tiger, and he will definitely not be able to set off a big storm of fame just by virtue of a county, coupled with the extravagant life of the emperor, Yuan Bai has already lost his ambition, and he actually ignored Sun Ce's return to Jiangdong and let it develop. And Sun Ce did not live up to Yuan Bai's good intentions, it took only three months to recapture the two counties of Yangzhou, and also let Gan Jing lead the Qilin Army to clean up the water thieves in the nearby waters, after exterminating several water thieves, Sun Ce not only got nearly 20,000 new troops, but also got the two generals of the water thieves Jiang Qin and Chen Wu. As a result, Sun Ce's reputation became more and more prestigious, and the people of Jiangdong called Sun Ce "Sun Lang".
It wasn't until Sun Ce occupied the two counties one after another that Yuan Bai paid a little attention to Sun Ce, but it was only some. He sent Yangzhou Assassin Shi Yuanfang to lead the men and horses of his headquarters to conquer Sun Ce. Yuan Fang spent a lot of money to buy off the powerful water thief leader Xue Li, and discussed attacking Sun Ce together. Sun Ce exterminated several water thieves one after another, shaking Jiangdong, Xue Li was worried that Sun Ce would use troops against him sooner or later, so it was better to take the initiative to attack while waiting to be killed, so he readily agreed to Yuan Fang's request, gathered more than 5,000 of his subordinates, and Yuan Fang became a horn, and launched a fierce battle with Sun Ce in the area of Shenxian Ridge.
For this reason, Yuan Qi specially wrote a letter to Yuan Xie, stating that he must stand on Yuan Xie's side and resist Yuan Bai's perverse behavior.
Unlike Yuan Qi's reaction, when Ugong Terulie received the news that Yuan Bai had ascended the throne as emperor, Umiya Terulie laughed for a full quarter of an hour. After laughing. Ugong Zhaolie still said to the people under his command: "It's ridiculous to me, Yuan Bai, that idiot, actually called the emperor! This is really good, I was worried that our army would take half of Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Qingzhou." will provoke the dissatisfaction of the Son of Heaven and Yuan Ding, now it's okay, Yuan Bai, an idiot, took the initiative to jump out. Attracting everyone's attention, our army can develop with peace of mind, haha...... "Ugong Terulie is right, Yuan Bai is equivalent to the player who pulls the hatred of the boss in the later games, and takes all the hatred on himself, which indirectly gives Umiya Terulie a chance to recuperate and develop, which makes Umiya Terulie overjoyed.
Besides, Yuan Ding, don't look at him and Yuan Bai as brothers, but the two have been at odds since childhood, and now Yuan Bai dares to claim the emperor arrogantly by relying on his own control of the Jianghuai region, which is simply too stupid. Compared with the territory, the Jianghuai region is not as large as the Hebei region; compared with the population, Jizhou is the second most populous state in the whole world, and the population is more than that of the two prefectures of the Yuan Dynasty combined; compared with the economic strength, the Jianghuai region was relatively backward in the Han Dynasty, and is far less rich than the Heibei region that relied on the Yellow River Valley; compared with the strength of the soldiers under his command, Yuan Ding is a lot higher than Yuan Bai, and the military generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, etc. are all famous generals in the world. Xu Yu and the others are also resourceful people, but Yuan Bai can't see this, and he actually became the emperor before himself!
In all fairness, Yuan Ding didn't want to be the emperor, but Yuan Ding was much more sober than Yuan Bai, and he clearly realized that since Yuan Qi was born, Yuan Hong and Yuan Xie, the two emperors, obviously have the determination to improve the current predicament, especially Yuan Xie, now Yuan Xie is not like his father, just a decoration, you know, with the help of Yuan Qi, Yuan Xie now has tens of thousands of horses in his hands, and he is no longer a soft persimmon, therefore, Yuan Xie will never tolerate someone who will openly encroach on the emperor.
To say that the relationship between Yuan Ding and Yuan Bai is not good, Yuan Ding's life or death, Yuan Ding does not care at all. However, what Yuan Ding was worried about was that Yuan Bai's rush to become emperor would leave a bad impression in the hearts of the people of the world, thinking that the Yuan family was relying on the name of the fourth and third princes, and did not take the Son of Heaven in his eyes, and once he offended everyone in the world, wouldn't it be difficult for him Yuan Ding to expand his territory in the future? Could it be that Yuan Ding should change his surname? This is what Yuan Ding was really angry about. But he forgot that the things that ruined the prestige of the Yuan family, he Yuan Ding did not do it, and the thing that ambushed Yuan Qi in Shaxian County has not been completely eliminated until today.
In addition to the three most powerful princes, the rest of the princes also took a stand and resolutely drew a line with Yuan Bai, although they will not really take any measures in action, but verbal condemnation is still essential, otherwise, they will be truthful and said to be Yuan Bai's accomplice, this crime, they can not afford it.
Of course, there is another one, who is the most angry. He is the Ziyuan Association today. On the day he received the news that Yuan Bai was proclaimed emperor, Yuan Xie smashed all the things that could be smashed in the palace, and then plunged into the Taimiao, and stayed alone in front of the spiritual positions of the emperors of the past dynasties for a whole day. No one knew what he did or said inside, but when he walked out of the Taimiao, the civil and military officials all clearly felt that the twelve-year-old Yuan Xie seemed to have suddenly grown up a lot, and his immature face had a layer of mature charm.