Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 224 Crown ceremony, Cao Liu

In the 11th year of Jian'an, the general trend of the world has changed.

In Jizhou in the north, although Yuan Shang was not justified, but he was next to Yuan Shao at that time, and all the main forces of Jizhou were captured by him.

In fact, Yuan Shao already vaguely knew at that time that he had to solve the issue of heirs.

But at first he loved Yuan Shang the most, his palms and backs were full of flesh.

Secondly, and the most important point, even if he was really sick at the time, if he lived a few more days before he died, he could arrange his funeral.

As a result, after defeating Cao Cao, he was so excited that he vomited blood and fell into a coma, and soon died of illness. Before Yuan Shang's military power was stripped, Yuan Tan took over the position.

This led to Yuan Shang getting the military power, and Yuan Tan got a righteous name. With only tens of thousands of soldiers in Qingzhou, it was difficult to compete with Yuan Shang, and he retreated steadily. Even with Tian Fengguo Tu's plan, it was only to protect Qingzhou himself. .

There was another unstable factor. Because Tian Feng got Yuan Shao's suicide note, he firmly supported Yuan Tan. The same was true for Guo Tu and Xin Ping, and they still brought some Yuan Jun to support Yuan Tan.

However, Guo Tu and Jushou were at odds. In addition, Jushou was from a native Jizhou family and did not want to offend Yuan Shang, so he supported Yuan Shang. In this way, Shenpei, Fengji, and Jushou were on Yuan Shang's side. Tian Feng, Guo Tu, and Xin Ping stood On Yuan Tan's side, they attacked each other and were at a stalemate.

However, Yuan Shang was powerful and repeatedly attacked Yuan Tan, wanting to unify Jizhou.However, Cao Cao sent troops to help Yuan Tan from time to time to prevent Yuan Shang's grand unification plan. As the two sides continued to confront each other like this, Jizhou naturally began to gradually collapse from the chaos.

Cao Cao in Yanzhou slowly gathered Luoyang, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places, occupying the entire Henan Province equivalent to later generations, constantly gathering refugees, reclaiming fields, recuperating, and growing stronger.

However, Cao Cao did not immediately take the initiative to send troops. Instead, Chen Bing in Yingchuan declared that Liu Biao was the emperor.

This made Yuan Tan heave a sigh of relief. In fact, Yuan Tan had formed an alliance with Cao Cao and married his daughter to Cao Cao's son Cao Zheng, but he was afraid that Cao Cao would not help him, and he was also afraid that Cao Cao would annex him.So when doing things, he looked forward and backward, and never dared to fight Yuan Shang to the death.

Now Cao Cao's main energy is in the south, and he also has a lot of troops on the border of Yanzhou, and he will send troops to help at any time, so he began to be bold, constantly invading Qinghe Kingdom in Bohai Sea, and wanted to regain his own Jizhou.

The two Yuans were in a stalemate, and Cao Cao held his troops. In Guanzhong, Han Sui began to gain momentum and gradually occupied Guanzhong. Ma Teng and others were forced to go to Hedong.

Zhang Lu of Yizhou went south in a big way to seize Yizhou as his foundation when Liu Zhang was weak, but Liu Biao also had this idea, so he sent Cai Mao in the name of concluding a clan, but in fact he wanted to annex Yizhou.

But this kind of annexation must be won with Zhang Lu. Even before Zhang Lu was defeated, Liu Biao did not dare to go directly to Shu County.

Because Chengdu was strong at that time, and Shu County also had some natural dangers. Unless Liu Zhang surrendered, it would definitely be difficult to conquer in a short time.

Therefore, after Cai Mao occupied Berkshire, he went north along the Dianjiang River to Dangqu, and fought with Zhang Lu in Xuanhan County, which is later known as Dazhou City.Zhang Lu occupied Hanchang, and the two sides faced off on both sides of the Ba River.

As for Liu Zhang, he retreated to defend Guanghan and Shu counties, and asked Pang Xi, the prefect of Ba County, to retreat to Jiangyang, Han'an and other places, defending Zhang Lu in the east, Liu Biao in the south, and sticking to Chengdu.

After Sun Quan's disastrous defeat in Wuling, he retreated to Danyang and Wujun, controlled the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and prevented Huang Zu from attacking again.

Everyone is licking their wounds.

At the end of March in the 11th year of Jian'an, Shen Chen received a letter from his family and returned to Huangmen Pavilion in Xinye.

At this moment, the Huangmen Pavilion is decorated with lights and festoons, entertaining guests from all over the world.

Of course, it is not a big deal for the children of ordinary people to get the crown, but for the rich and powerful, it is a good time to exchange feelings and take the opportunity to get together.

Deng Hong, Liu Xian and others were present, and even Liu Biao sent gifts, and many aristocratic families sent people to attend.

For example, the Ma family sent Ma Liang, who was also crowned this year, to congratulate him.

Because when Ma Liang reached the crown this year, the Deng family sent someone to give a congratulatory gift. Although the Shen family was not a big family, the Deng family gradually grew stronger with Deng Hong's fortune and became a wealthy family in Xinye again.

Many Xinye Deng families have attached themselves to them, just like the ten-year-old Deng Ai's mother became a sericulture mulberry girl recruited by Huang Menting, making money and working hard to raise Deng Ai.

It's just that Deng Ai's current name is Deng Fan. Although Shen Chen occasionally asked if there was anyone named Deng Ai in the clan, he never found anything.

However, Huang Menting opened a school to teach the children of the Deng family free of charge, and Deng Fan was one of them. Obviously, the future can be expected.

Because of the Deng family, Shen Chen is also very popular, and it is only a matter of time before Liu Biao reuses him. Therefore, many aristocratic families in Jingzhou are willing to make friends with them, and there is a lot of excitement for a while.

Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Pang Tong and other friends, as well as Wang Can, Pan Jun, Wang Han, Zhou Sheng and other students, as well as Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Mian, Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao, Shan Yi and other students came to congratulate , Huangmen Pavilion was full of people overnight, and there was an endless stream of visitors.

The invitations were sent out ten days ago, because the preparation time for the coronation ceremony was very long, within ten days before the coronation, the recipients had to divination the auspicious day, and then inform relatives and friends of the auspicious day, so the coronation ceremony did not officially start until mid-April.

On April [-]th, the day of the coronation ceremony, there were a lot of guests, even if they were not present, they also sent congratulatory gifts, such as Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Liu Qi, Huang Zu, etc., all gave generous gifts.

Shen Chen put on his formal attire from early in the morning, and then met with the guests one by one. After the morning meal, the guests were full and the ceremony officially began.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the ancestral temple of Shen's ancestral hall, and the "big guest" who presided over the crowning ceremony must be an elder with a foreign surname and a high reputation. It's the most suitable time to come.

Then there is "praise crown", which is the master of ceremonies when the crown ceremony is held. This position is second only to the honorable guest, and the honorable guest should choose it.At that time, Sima Hui also received the invitation. The old man is used to being lively, so he was invited by Deng Mao to be a praise crown.

The guest of honor, Zan Guan and the host, that is, Shen Chen's parents, all had to put on formal attire and participate in the ceremony in the ancestral hall of the ancestral temple, while the rest of the guests watched the entire ceremony from outside the ancestral hall.

At this moment, outside the ancestral hall, everyone gathered.Shen Chen knelt in front of the ancestral hall, facing the ancestors of the Shen family, with Deng Mao in front of him and Sima Hui on his right.

The rest of Shen Zhen, Deng Shi, Deng Hong, Shen Zhong, Deng Zhao and other close relatives stood behind them.

Friends such as Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Wang Can and others waited and watched among the crowd, as well as generals such as Gan Ning, Lou Fa, Shen Mi, as well as many students and representatives of major families in Jingzhou gathered.

With a salute, the guest of honor, Deng Mao, took a black cloth crown, that is, a cloth hat, walked up to Shen Chen, and began to put the cloth crown on him.

Sima Hui sang loudly: "On the auspicious day of the lunar month, I will start to change clothes. Abandon your young ambitions, and follow your success. Shoukao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu!"

Then Shen Chen kowtowed to the ancestral hall.

After the ceremony, Deng Mao came over again to take off the cloth crown, and took another leather bezel made of deerskin, that is, a leather hat for Shen Chen to put on again.

Sima Hui continued to sing: "The auspicious moon and the celestial days are Shen Erfu. Respect Er's dignity, Shu Shende. My eyebrows will live forever, and I will always be blessed by Hu Fu."

Shen Chen continued to kowtow to the ancestral hall.

After the ceremony, Deng Mao came over and took off the leather hat again, and awarded him the honorable bean.This hat is the same as the hat used by the emperor, but it is different from the emperor's hat with reeling, that is, front and rear bead strings, and the Juebian is a black top hat.

Sima Hui finally sang: "With the righteousness of the year and the order of the month, Xianjia will obey. With the presence of brothers, the virtues will be achieved. The yellow scorpion has no boundaries, and it is celebrated by the sky."

Shen Chen kowtowed for the third time, which was considered a ceremony.

While the drums were playing, Shen Chen visited his parents and relatives one by one, then Deng Mao and Sima Hui came over, Sima Hui looked at him with a smile and said: "Ah Chen, entrusted by your parents, I will give you the name Xiaoqing, you see how?"

At that time, the choice of characters was actually not decided by the parents and family members, but by the guests who presided over the ceremony and Zanguan after discussion.

The word morning can be morning, or it can be a synonym for the word "chen".

So you can take all the words related to Chen and Chen.

For example, Deng Chen, the brother-in-law of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, was named Weiqing, because Chen was the same as Chen, and Chen was the general name of the sun, moon and stars at that time, and the sun was also called Dachen, so the word Weiqing was chosen, which refers to the greatness of the sun. meaning.

Shen Chen took the word "Chen" directly, not "Chen", because "Morning" is the time of daybreak, and "Shuowen Jiezi" says, "Chen means dawn and dawn", so he took the word Xiaoqing.

It's just Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing?

Shen Chen cursed in his heart, it seems that there is something wrong with obtaining this word.

However, since it was bestowed by the elders, I could not resign, so I had to kowtow to him and salute: "Thank you, Mr. De Cao, for giving me the words!"

"Xiaoqing!"

Sima Hui raised his hands falsely and said, "Please get up."

"Thank you sir."

Only then did Shen Chen stand up from the ground, looked around at the crowd, and then bowed his hands to the guests, and finally the ceremony was completed.

After the ceremony, many guests dispersed freely.

In the backyard of Huangmenting Manor, Shen Chen called many relatives and friends to hold a small banquet. In the evening, he bid farewell to Wang Can, Pan Jun, Wu Dang, Xie Hui and other classmates, leaving behind Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, and Pang Tong.

In the early summer of April, the moon and stars are scarce at night, the trees in the courtyard are dense, there are cicadas singing, fireflies dancing, and crickets chirping constantly, but it makes people feel refreshed.

Shen Chen was drinking and talking with three friends in the back garden pavilion, now he can finally drink openly, and the three of them will have a drink today.

"Xiaoqing, come."

Xu Shu smiled and raised his glass: "Take a sip."

This word is obtained.

Shen Chen rolled his eyes, always feeling as if the white lady was calling him, raised his glass and said: "Today's crown ceremony, thank you all, come, let's have a drink together."

The three raised their glasses and drank together.

Pang Tong looked at Shen Chen and said with a little envy: "Xiaoqing is now famous all over the world. You have rejected Cao Cao in the north, defeated Sun Quan in the east, and proclaimed the king of Chu emperor. You are probably at least half of the credit."

"It's more than half. If there is no Xiaoqing, the king of Chu would not dare to call himself king, let alone emperor."

Xu Shu joked with a smile: "However, Xiaoqing strongly opposes the claiming of the king of Chu as emperor. Could it be that you are behind the scenes?"

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "I worked for the King of Chu because the King of Chu was kind to me, but just because I helped the King of Chu defeat Cao Cao and Sun Quan, I can't say that he proclaimed himself emperor because of my instigation. Could it be that Liang people planted good melons, and Chu people would Should it be stolen? That's putting the cart before the horse."

"It's just a photoshoot, what are you doing so seriously?"

Xu Shu was joking, then turned to look at Pang Tong and said, "Shi Yuan, Kong Ming has defected to General Zuo now, when do you think he will come here?"

Pang Tong laughed and said: "You are all great talents, I am just a fool, how can I be like you?"

"Mr. Shui Jing gave you the name Fengchu."

Xu Shu said sourly: "Mr. Shui Jing and I are inseparable, he didn't even give me a name, but you are crouching dragon and phoenix chicks. What's more, Xiaoqing gave him two names, Tiger and Silver Fox, but you are still there." It is really unreasonable to say that I am stupid."

"Hahahahaha."

The three of them laughed out loud. Speaking of which, Sima Hui's personality is relatively old and naughty, and Xu Shu's personality is also quite good. According to historical records, the two of them went to Pound's house for tooth sacrifice when they had nothing to do, and regarded Pound's house as their own home.

So the relationship between the two of them can be said to be very good, but Sima Hui gave Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Shen Chen, and the three of them a name, but refused to give him one, which made Xu Shu very upset.

However, he also knew that the talents of the three were indeed superior to his own, so Xu Shu was just joking and didn't take it seriously.

Shen Chen looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "My brother is now serving as General Zuo, how do you feel?"

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan in his hand and said: "General Zuo has great ambitions, and he has the heart to govern the country and stabilize the people. I also personally experienced the incident in Xuzhou back then. Can you let such tyrannical people like Cao thief win the world? You should be kind to him." A gentleman with a heart of virtue."

"General Zuo is indeed benevolent and righteous, and he also has the grace to save my life."

Shen Chen nodded and said to Zhuge Liang: "What General Zuo lacks now is a place to stand on his own. I think Bashu is very good. What do you think, brother?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "That's right, I'm also Jianyan Zuo General Xitu Bashu."

"Looks like we're thinking of going together."

Shen Chen pondered and said: "Now the king of Chu is at its peak in the spring and Autumn period. He plans to travel to Bashu in the west and Yangzhou in the east. However, this prosperity is only temporary. The king of Chu is very old. Once he dies, the business of Jingzhou will fall apart in an instant. In the south, we need A wise and mighty lord is coming to command!"

"You all like General Zuo?"

Pang Tong looked at the two of them.

Xu Shu said: "General Zuo is in his prime, and his ambition is in the world. Don't Shi Yuan think it's wrong?"

Pang Tong pondered for a long time, then nodded slightly: "General Zuo is indeed the hero."

"It seems that Shiyuan will become our companions in the future."

Xu Shu laughed out loud.

Only Shen Chen said softly: "The disputes in the world have come to an end. In the future, the north and the south will rule, and it depends on who is the opponent!"

He looked at the distant sky. Although Liu Biao was strong at this time, it was just like the last bloom of fireworks. He was too old. If he was ten years younger, he would be able to achieve great things.

It's a pity that the future does not belong to such a dying old man. Life is magnificent, but there is only this moment of brilliance, and in the end, it will be shattered after all.

Therefore, the world in the future will belong to Cao Liu.

(End of this chapter)