The three countries are very nuclear

Changan.

In the capital city of the empire in early September, the autumn wind was bleak, and the leaves were carved with zero leaves.

The streets are also filled with an extremely depressing atmosphere. Although there are still people coming and going, most of them are in a hurry.

After the emperor Liu Xie passed away, all the officials received the news immediately.

While extremely shocked, they were also helpless.

The inheritance of the throne is of great importance, not to mention that under Li Ru's secret control these years, Liu Xie failed to leave even a single heir, which made it difficult for all officials.

Without a prince, who should inherit the throne?
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were also precedents for the clan to inherit the throne.For example, Emperor Ling back then was forced to become emperor in Luoyang because Emperor Huan had no children.

Since there are established cases, it is reasonable to set up a separate clan, and it is precisely this problem that can embarrass the court officials.

If an unknown disciple of the clan was chosen to be enthroned based on blood relationship, Liu Biao in the south and Liu Bei in the east might not agree, and the one chosen would be a puppet.

According to prestige and power, Liu Yu, Liu Bei, Liu Biao, and even Liu Zhang from Yizhou could all be selected.

So who should you choose?

In this regard, the officials of the court discussed a lot, but they could not come up with a unified plan.

After the dispute lasted for several days, Zhu Jun visited Yang Biao. After some discussions in the secret room, the two finally decided to make Liu Bei emperor.

One, Xiao Wang Liu Bei is the most prestigious and powerful in today's world. If you want to revitalize the great man, he must be the throne.

Both, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Yu of Youzhou are old, and even if they can ascend the throne, they will not last for a few years.

The pain of turmoil brought about by frequent thrones has been too much for more than a hundred years in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After the agreement was completed, Yang Biao raised another doubt: "Gongwei, although you and I are the leaders of the court now, we have no soldiers and no power in our hands. Zhang Ji has to agree to this matter."

Zhu Jun smiled: "Mr. Wen Xian doesn't need to worry too much, Zhang Ji's heart is for King Xiao after all."

“How come you see?”

"Wen Xiangong, why don't you see these years, as long as it is Xuzhou's memorial table, he Zhang Ji has tried his best to facilitate it." Zhu Jun smiled, "Furthermore, Zhang Ji's nephew, Zhang Xiu, is now a general under King Xiao's command."

Hearing this, Yang Biao nodded and said, "In that case, then let Zhang Ji go to Xuzhou and bring King Xiao back to Chang'an to ascend the throne."

"What Wen Xiangong said is true!"

On the second day of the court meeting, Zhu Jun and Yang Biao fought against all opinions and decided on the ownership of the throne on the spot. At the same time, they asked Zhang Ji to go to Xuzhou in person.

At this time, the officials in Chang'an knew that Liu Bei was going to fight Yuan Shu, but they didn't know that Liu Bei had led his army to Luoyang.

Naturally, Zhang Ji would not have any objections to this arrangement, and was even a little happy. After all, this was a meritorious service, and he immediately led the order to Luoyang.

When the time came to mid-September, Zhang Ji arrived in Luoyang. When he was interviewed by Liu Bei, he expressed the meaning of Chang'an Baiguan, but Liu Bei flatly refused.

Zhang Ji didn't know why, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he had to retreat, and then saw Lin Chao who was smiling all over his face.

"See Situ!"

Zhang Ji hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"There's no need to be too polite." Lin Chao waved his sleeves and said with a smile, "General Zhang has come from a long way and has worked so hard. Someone has already prepared thin wine in the humble house. I don't know if I would like to reward him."

"Thank you, Situ, the last general dares to disobey!"

At that moment, the two arrived at Lin Chao's temporary residence in Luoyang City. As soon as they entered the courtyard, Zhang Ji, who was full of doubts, clasped his fists and said:
"Situ, the general doesn't understand, is King Xiao unwilling to take the throne?"

Lin Chao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not something you want to do, but you have to do it. Today's Han family has long been dominated by heroes, and it looks like a chaotic world. As the clan, King Xiao should help the Han family. Now When the Son of Heaven collapses, King Xiao should inherit the Great Tradition and continue Han Zuo, how can he spoil the world's affairs because of his personal desires!"

Liu Bei wants to sit on the throne.

If you don't want to sit, you have to sit!
The arrow is on the string, and it has to be fired, not by his personal will.

Zhang Ji was even more puzzled: "Since this is the case, then the general will be persuaded to come in. Why..."

"Small, the layout is small!"

"What does Situ mean by this?"

"There are more than a hundred officials in the court of Chang'an, but you are the only one here, General Zhang. If you don't know about this behavior, you might think that King Xiao had planned to ascend the throne long ago. King Xiao has been lenient all his life. Wouldn't this trap him in infidelity?"

To put it bluntly, Lin Chao thought that there were too few people who came to greet him, and it was not worthy of Liu Bei's serious treatment.

Zhang Ji is not a fool, he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Situ, for your guidance. The general will return to Chang'an tomorrow morning. Please come to Luoyang to welcome all the court officials in Chang'an. How many people do you think Situ thinks is suitable?"

"How much is appropriate? How much is not appropriate." Lin Chao smiled, "I want all the officials in Chang'an to come here, and no one will be lost. Is it possible for the general to do it?"

"Don't worry, Situ, this matter is left to the general!"

Zhang Ji cupped his fists again.

So, Zhang Ji, who had just arrived in Luoyang and his buttocks were still warm, embarked on the journey back to Chang'an.

As for Lin Chao's idea of ​​all the officials coming to greet him, he was rejected by all the officials of Chang'an as expected.

After all, Luoyang is [-] miles away from Chang'an, and it would take a month or so to reach Luoyang.The officials and gentlemen have never suffered such hardships, and they all expressed their unwillingness to go.

Besides, Liu Xuande's airs are too big!
But Zhang Ji, who has always been quiet, went out of his way this time and directly ordered the army under his command to force all the officials to go to Luoyang.

Lin Situ said that none of the officials in Chang'an must be left alone.

Anyone who doesn't want to go will have to die!
Of course, the dead man is no longer a member of the Chang'an Hundred Officials, so he has completed the task assigned by Lin Situ.

With the butcher knife in front, all the officials in Chang'an finally remembered the fear of being dominated by Dong Zhuo back then, and expressed their willingness to go to Luoyang to meet King Xiao.

At the end of October of the 11th year of Chuping.

Zhang Ji finally came to Luoyang again, and this time he was accompanied by all the court officials of Chang'an City.

Of course Liu Bei didn't understand Lin Chao's arrangement, but he also vaguely guessed something, but he didn't point it out.

In Luoyang City, Liu Bei accepted the grand ceremony of all the officials.

But in the face of Baiguan's persuasion, Liu Bei once again chose to refuse.

Now all the officials were dumbfounded, all of them were puzzled and could not understand what it meant.

Is Liu Xuande hypocritical, or does he really not want to be emperor?
At this moment, Lin Chao told a well-known allusion.

In ancient times, when emperors abdicated, they needed three words and three concessions, and now they need to do the same when they want King Xiao to ascend the throne.

Hearing this, all the officials in Chang'an were silent, but they had to do what Lin Chao said.

On the second day, all the officials persuaded him to come in again, but Liu Bei still refused.

On the third day, Lin Chao took out a large handful of memorials from his bosom and presented them to Liu Bei when the officials persuaded them to enter for the third time.

"Zi Chu, what is this?"

Liu Bei looked at the large stack of papers with doubts in his eyes.

Lin Chao cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the persuasion memorial of my officials in Xuzhou. Officials with a rank of more than a thousand stones have all submitted a memorial, urging Your Majesty to ascend the throne!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei's hands holding the paper trembled slightly, he could fully understand the weight of these melodies.

Seeing that Liu Bei seemed to be moving, Lin Chao hurriedly struck the iron road: "The pleading of all officials proves that the king is the destiny. Today the world is in a chaotic situation where the wind and rain are blowing. If the king insists on refusing to practice Zuo, he will abandon the common people and the people. , Abandon all the officials of the imperial court, and ignore my great Han country!

I'm sorry to say boldly, this move...how selfish! "

"This……"

Liu Bei hesitated, his expression still a little hesitant.

Guo Jia standing next to him hurriedly got up and shouted loudly: "What Situ said is true, and I hope that the king will take the great Han Dynasty as his own responsibility and ascend the throne as soon as possible!"

All the officials in Chang'an also reacted at this time, and shouted in unison:
"I hope that the great king will take the great Han country as his own responsibility, and he will ascend the throne as soon as possible!"

"I hope that the great king will take the great Han country as his own responsibility, and he will ascend the throne as soon as possible!"

"I hope that the great king will take the great Han country as his own responsibility, and he will ascend the throne as soon as possible!"

……

The shouts sounded over and over again, but they still didn't mean to stop.

This is the third time I have been persuaded to come in. If this time is not successful, Lin Zichu, that bastard, might come up with some bad idea to torment me.

Thinking of this, the officials shouted even more vigorously.

If you don't succeed today, you will be benevolent!
The shouting lasted for a full quarter of an hour, and all the officials had already exhausted their voices, and some of them could not even shout, so Liu Bei waved his sleeves to signal everyone to be quiet.

I saw Liu Bei looked at all the officials in the field with calm eyes, and said slowly: "The ministers are so earnest, and I dare not go against the expectations of everyone. If that is the case, then I will accept your invitation."

As soon as these words came out, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief.

It can be regarded as a promise!

As soon as Liu Bei's words fell, Lin Chao immediately waved his sleeves, and saw Chen Dao immediately holding out a brand new dragon robe.

This was not prepared by Lin Chao in advance, but brought over by the officials from Chang'an.

"A country cannot be without a king for a day. Now that the sky is above and the soil is below, I invite the king to be enthroned in Luoyang City!"

As long as he can ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, it doesn't matter whether he is in Chang'an or Luoyang, since both places are capitals anyway.

After listening to Lin Chao's words, Chen Dao immediately took the dragon robe to the main seat, and was about to serve Liu Bei to change it on the spot.

This time Liu Bei did not refuse, so under the watchful eyes of all the officials, he put on the dragon robe outside, and finally put on the emperor's exclusive twelve-pronged crown.

Seeing that Liu Bei had finished dressing, Lin Chao straightened his clothes immediately, then got up and paid respects, saying: "Long live the great man, long live your majesty!"

The ministers also followed the ceremony and said: "Long live the great man, long live your majesty!"

In the 11th year of Chuping, October 29.

Xiao Wang Liu Bei ascended the throne in Luoyang Jianzuo, and then announced amnesty to the world.

At the same time, mourning for the late emperor Liu Xie, and the conclusion of the coffin was built.

After discussing for several days, the officials headed by Situ Linchao gave Liu Agreement a posthumous title: Emperor Xiaomin.

This posthumous title is worthy of Liu Xie's life of mediocrity.

At the same time, Liu Bei issued an imperial edict to change the Yuan Dynasty, and ordered the officials to start drafting the year name for the coming year.

Among the hundreds of officials who came from Chang'an, there were also many learned Confucians.

They cited the scriptures and racked their brains to come up with all kinds of year names with good meanings, but they were killed by Lin Chao before they could present them to Liu Bei for imperial examination.

In the end, Lin Chao personally drew up a year name:
Destiny!

A simple word, but it contains a huge amount of information.

One, it means that Liu Bei practiced Zuo in accordance with God's will.

The two are also declaring to the princes of the world that the great man is the eternal destiny.

Before Wang Mang usurped the throne, Emperor Guangwu swept away the world.

Today the world is in chaos, and there is also Liu Bei Sanxing the Han Dynasty.

So, it's best not to think about making trouble, you morons.

Finally, the word "destiny" also faintly implies that someone will conquer the sky.

Looking at what Liu Bei has done since he started his army, all the way, from a county captain to the current ruler of the world, he has relied on people's schemes.

Man is determined to conquer nature, and I am destiny!
Liu Bei liked the year name that Lin Chao himself had drawn up very much, and even credited Lin Chao with it, adding a thousand households to his food town.

……

Yuzhou battlefield.

After defeating Yuan Shu's army two months ago and beheading Ma Teng and Congzi Ma Dai, Guan Yu occupied the two counties and spread the war to the hinterland of Yuzhou, approaching Runan County.

Ma Chao escaped alone, and after a narrow escape, he finally encountered [-] reinforcements sent by Yuan Shu in Chen Jun.

It's just that at this time the second county has fallen, and the [-] army has been wiped out, and the [-] reinforcements who came here have no ability to control the situation of the battle.

But no matter what, he couldn't sit still and wait for death. Ma Chao had to lead an army of [-] to defend Chen County, and at the same time asked Yuan Shu for help.

Within a few days of guarding, Guan Yu had already led an army of 30 soldiers to the city, and then surrounded the city tightly, and then began to attack the city violently.

Although Ma Chao only suffered a loss once, but the price he paid was too heavy, and with only 3 people under his command, it was impossible for him to go out of the city to fight again anyway, so Guan Yu simply attacked the city directly.

It's just that Chen County's city defenses are indeed strong. Two months have passed, and Guan Yu has not been able to conquer the city.

But Guan Yu was not in a hurry. After all, the [-] troops in the city had already become entangled turtles, and when the food and grass ran out, the city would be destroyed.

Compared with Guan Yu's success in the Yuzhou battlefield, the battle in Nanyang has fallen into a stalemate.

Although Runan was Yuan Shu's lair, as the southern capital of the empire, Yuan Shu established his country and proclaimed himself king in Nanyang, and the main elite troops in his hands were also stationed in Nanyang.

In addition to the fact that Cao Cao led an army of 20 to vote, Yuan Shu's army in Nanyang has grown to nearly [-], which is comparable to the strength of Zhao Yun's troops.

Although Xuzhou's soldiers were far more elite than Yuan Shujun, Zhao Yun did not get much advantage in the frontal battle.

After all, Cao Cao's military ability is not a vegetarian, and with the assistance of the big man's adopted son Lu Bu, the Nanyang battlefield is extremely stable.

Zhao Yun's attack was blocked, so he recruited his generals to discuss how to defeat the enemy.

In the big tent, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zhang Xiu, Huang Zhong and other generals expressed their opinions and expressed their views.

But after listening to the opinions of the generals, Zhao Yun still shook his head slowly.

Although the tactics mentioned by these people are feasible, they are not very safe after all.

So Zhao Yun turned his attention to Ju Shou and Shen Pei, and said, "Do the two military advisers have a good strategy?"

Hearing this, Ju Shou, who had been keeping his eyes on the map, turned his head and said: "The enemy army in Nanyang is not weaker than our army. If you insist on a strong attack, the chance of winning is less than [-]%. May be defeated by enemy forces.

In my humble opinion, it is better to attack elsewhere first. "

Zhao Yun asked suspiciously, "Where does the military adviser think we should attack?"

Ju Shou pointed to Cheng Jian and knocked hard on the center of the map.

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see that the place Ju Shou was pointing at...it was Yingchuan County!