The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 837 Emperor's Edict
Entering the guest hall of the county government, Cao Cao screened out all the idlers in the hall, leaving only Dian Wei to guard the door. During this period, no one was allowed to enter.

After calling Liu Bian to sit down, Cao Cao immediately bowed his fists and saluted Liu Bian: "General Zhenwu Cao Cao, pay homage to King Hongnong!"

Cao Cao recognized himself, Liu Bian was not surprised at all, raised his hand, and said with a smile: "General Cao, please hurry up."

Cao Cao got up, not daring to sit in the main seat, but sat in the seat opposite Liu Bian, and asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, didn't the court say that you had..."

Cao Cao didn't continue to talk about the latter words.Since Liu Bian is still alive, words such as sudden death can no longer be said.

Liu Bian took a sip of warm tea, with a look of desolation on his face, and said sadly: "When Lu Bu brought me out of the palace, he sent someone to secretly detain me under the name of protection, but in fact he wanted to harm me. Later Thanks to God's blessing, I found an opportunity on the way and was able to escape. As for the sudden death of illness mentioned by the court, it was just the words of Lu Bu's family, trying to cover up the obvious, and wanted to make everyone in the world think that I was dead. In this way, There is no longer any threat to him."

Anyway, Lu Bu wasn't here, and even when dirty water was poured on him, no one confronted him.

Regarding the plan to rescue Liu Bian, Cao Cao was the first to propose it back then, but he didn't expect it to be cut off halfway by Lu Bu.

At first, when the imperial court announced the news of Liu Bian's death, Cao Cao still didn't believe it, but no one came forward to expose it.

Later, as time passed, he had to believe the news.

"At first, I thought that as long as the imperial brother can protect the great Han Dynasty handed down by my father, it doesn't matter whether I die or not." Liu Bian put it on the teacup and said it righteously, as if he had no desire for power at all.

"I originally wanted to hide my name and die in the mountains and forests for the rest of my life, and never ask about world affairs again. But in today's world, the thieves spy on the Lord, confine the emperor in the deep palace, and deter all officials, even more than Dong Zhuo did back then.

In addition, he also wins people's hearts everywhere, suppresses the gentry, and pretends to be a hypocrite for the country and the people.

Back then, it has been nearly [-] years since Gao Zu cut the White Snake Uprising, defeated Qin, defeated Xiang Yu, and founded the Han Dynasty.After the efforts of the emperors of all dynasties, the Han family is now prosperous.

As a child of the royal family, how can I watch the great Han Dynasty be overthrown and fall into the hands of people with foreign surnames! "

At the end, Liu Bian's face flushed a little more, and his expression became extremely excited, as if he was about to take a knife and fight people desperately.

Cao Cao listened to it, but did not make a sound.Complexity lurks in the tiny eyeballs, and the young man who appeared in front of him somewhat overturned the impression in his memory.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, the first emperor died.

With the support of the general He Jin, Liu Bian ascended to the throne of God, but Jian Shuo, the captain of the military academy at that time, said that the emperor's last edict was to pass the throne to the little prince Liu Xie.

After Jian Shuo died, no one mentioned it again.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, the ten permanent attendants no longer had their glory, and the He family took control of the government.

At that time, the Son of Heaven was still young and didn't understand anything, and the He family's brothers and sisters had the final say on all important affairs in the court.

Once in the court, the officials were arguing red-faced over a trivial matter, but the emperor was so frightened that he wet his pants on the throne.All the officials in the hall knelt down to plead guilty, but privately said that the emperor was cowardly and embarrassed.

It was precisely because of this cowardice that Dong Zhuo later carried out the treasonous act of deposing the emperor.

Ten years later, this King Hongnong, who has been reduced to dust in the history books, has also grown into a heroic young man.On his face, the timidity of the past was no longer seen, replaced by calmness and indifference, as if everything was under control.

"General Cao is a loyal man. The feat of assassinating and beating Dong is still rumored today. Now that the Han Dynasty is in trouble, and the Lord is covered with dust, General Cao will definitely not sit idly by, so I come here with the audacity to please General Cao sends troops westward to attack the traitors!"

Liu Bian first praised Cao Cao, and then explained the purpose of his visit.

Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded in agreement, and said the same righteous words: "As a Han subject, I live on Han's salary. If I don't want to serve the country, I am no different from a beast! Although Cao is not talented, he can't stand by Watching treacherous ministers stealing the country and changing dynasties!"

Liu Bian was overjoyed, thinking that Cao Cao would agree immediately.

However, Cao Cao changed his voice, sighed, and said very dejectedly: "It's just that last year I fought with Lu Bu in Yanzhou for several months, but in the end I lost to Lu Bu. I lost my beloved son, not to mention the general, the soldiers under my command Even more casualties were heavy, and the vitality was seriously injured, so that they had to withdraw from Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was very helpless and said that the situation had occurred. Now he only has less than [-] soldiers, food supplies and other materials in his hands.

On the other hand, Lu Bu's power has grown stronger and stronger, holding Bingzhou, Hanoi, Hedong, Sili, Xiliang, Hanzhong and other places, plus the newly won Yanzhou, half of the territory of the entire Han Dynasty is under his control. Down.

There are as many as hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his command, and they have surrendered to the countries of the Western Regions. The Qiang people and the Xiongnu are also the only ones to follow.

With such a powerful strength, even Cao Cao, who has always been confident, is a little overwhelmed.

"It seems that General Cao is unwilling to send troops to attack Lu. If so, I don't have to force it. It's just a pity that the imperial edict given to me by His Majesty, alas..." Liu Bian sighed, stood up from his position, and turned around. Walk.

"Do you have an imperial edict?"

Cao Cao said hastily.

He refused to send troops, so he naturally had his concerns.

Although Liu Bian is alive, everyone knows that he is 'dead', even if he believes it, it won't help much.

Most importantly, there is nothing to prove Liu Bian's identity.

This has to be changed in the past, when Cao Cao was still the shepherd of Yanzhou, he might still support Liu Bian and call on the princes of the world to crusade against Lu Bu in the name of Liu Bian.

But now, he himself is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river. If those princes don't believe it or are afraid of Lu Bu and dare not speak out, Cao Cao will definitely end up with the title of treason and will be infamous for thousands of years.

Lu Bu would even give up Hebei and trample Cao Cao down as quickly as possible.

But if there is an imperial edict, the nature will be completely different.

In this day and age, name is the word for everything, and only with legitimate reasons can they win the support of public opinion.

Otherwise, you will be cast aside by the world.

"To be honest, I have also met many people with lofty ideals over the years. Some of them have successfully infiltrated the court and got in touch with the emperor." Liu Bian said half-truth, even if Wei Yang died, it was not without hindering his future plans.

"Your Majesty knows that you are still alive?"

"Of course." Liu Bian nodded.

His younger brother not only knew that his elder brother was alive, but also felt the threat of his existence, and was about to use Lu Bu's hand to get rid of him quickly!

Liu Bian sneered in his heart. Of course, he would not say these words to Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)