Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 475 Above the court
The end of the first year of Jian'an came quietly.

This year name is when the emperor's convoy arrived in Anyi, the emperor Liu Xie offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, issued an edict to amnesty the world, and at the same time changed the country's name to Jian'an.

Speaking of which, this is already the fourth reign name of Liu Xie since he ascended the throne. In 189 AD, when Liu Xie was enthroned by Dong Zhuo, he used Yonghan, and it was changed to Chuping in the following year.

In the fourth year of Chuping (AD 194), it was changed to Xingping, and today, two years later, it was changed to Jian'an.

The people around Liu Xie are also constantly changing, from Dong Zhuo to Wang Yun, from Li Jue and Guo Si to the generals of the Baibo Army, and now to Lv Bu Dong Cheng, Zhang Yang, Wang Kuang, and even Cao Cao and Yuan Xi behind the scenes. Like a revolving lantern, they appear on stage in turn.

Some of the previous players have been eliminated by the torrent of history, some have had ups and downs, and some have emerged, but no one knows who can persevere until the end.

When Liu Xie changed his name to Jian'an, he was in a state of constant panic. At that time, there was a battle between the Baibo army and Dong Cheng internally, and Li Jue and Guo Si were pressing on the outside. .

But what he didn't expect was that after that, his bad luck seemed to have really come to an end.

Lu Bu and the Youzhou army came, Cao Cao came, Li Jue and Guo Si were defeated, the generals of the Baibo army were driven away, and Dong Cheng also restrained a lot.

For Liu Xie, it was the best thing for Lu Bu, who was closest to him and not very powerful, to take the position.

Lu Bu didn't have much team members, and his reputation was also criticized. Most of the gentry didn't want to be attached to him, so he couldn't monopolize power like Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun. This gave Liu Xie a lot of space. In just a few months, the court Up and down were purged by Liu Xie.

Sitting on the dragon chair, he accepted the worship of the officials below. Congratulations for the New Year and the emperor's well-being surged in the hall, and he raised his head slightly.

The hall above the head was built by Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, who urgently recruited civilians. It is called Yang'an Hall. Although it is very rough, it finally gave him a spacious place to summon his officials.

It's strange to say that this Yang is also strange. Liu Xie found that besides farming, he is not good at profit or official, but he likes fame.

When the emperor drove to Anyi at the beginning, it was he who first brought people to welcome the emperor, and offered food and clothes to help Liu Xie through the predicament.

As a result, there was chaos in Huaicheng, and Zhang Yang rushed back to calm the situation in the city, but he missed the big scene of the four-party struggle in Anyi.

It's hard to say whether it's luck or misfortune. After all, the situation was extremely dangerous at that time. Maybe if they stayed in the city, they would lose their lives if they were not careful.

However, Zhang Yang seemed to be very worried about it afterwards, so after the emperor's car drove to Huaicheng, Zhang Yang started a large-scale construction project and built a hall for Liu Xie to receive officials, and named it after himself, which can be regarded as fulfilling a wish.

Listening to the congratulations from all the officials, Liu Xie felt the beauty of being an emperor for the first time. Now, there are no powerful ministers covering the sky with his hands around him. This feeling...is really great.

But what made him a little worried was that, apart from Lu Bu, the two biggest heroes who had been flattered seemed to have disappeared.

One was Yuan Xi, who returned to Yecheng with his edict, and then turned to fight Montenegro.

I asked him to mediate the dispute over Jizhou and Montenegro. Is this how he mediates?

However, Liu Xie didn't have much hope for Yuan Xi, after all, no matter how stupid the other party was, he would not betray Yuan Shi for himself.

So Liu Xie had been prepared for a long time. After Yuan Xi left, he replaced Wang Kuang, who was sent to Montenegro for mediation, with Zhong Yao.

Facts have proved that Zhong Yao has a way with Cao Cao's back. He tried every means to give up Yang Feng and bring Zhang Yan back, making him a great helper of Liu Xie.

Of course, Liu Xie understood that Zhang Yan should have colluded with Cao Cao long ago, otherwise he would not have agreed so happily, but it doesn't matter, as long as he finds a way to win Zhang Yan, sooner or later he will let him understand that it is definitely not as good as following Cao Cao Follow yourself and have a future.

But if Liu Xie can still control these trends, what happened in Puyang City is somewhat unexpected.

Although Cao Jun let Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao brothers go, they killed all their families!
This was beyond Liu Xie's expectation. Although Cao Cao later wrote a letter saying that a soldier had acted without authorization and had already beheaded him to show the public, not only Liu Xie did not believe this, but Kong Rong who came back also testified in the court every day that it was Cao Jun. Instigated by the general.

Kong Rong demanded that the leader Cao Hong and others be executed, but Zhong Yao and Ding Chong of Cao Cao's faction naturally objected. The two sides quarreled for two months, and it has not stopped until now.

Of course Liu Xie knew that this matter could not be pursued any further, and he also keenly felt that he had been swayed by Cao Cao even more than Yuan Xi.

Cao Cao nominally released Zhang Miao and his brother according to the imperial edict, but killed the two and their families by taking advantage of the loophole. This is a secret warning to the whole world that anyone who offends the Cao family will never end well, even if the emperor mediates!
This incident really shocked a large number of people, and it seemed to faintly overwhelm Liu Xie's momentum. Many ministers who had been vacillating before had begun to secretly fall for Cao Cao!
This made Liu Xie smell a bad sign. Although he was wary of Cao Cao, at first Liu Xie felt that Cao Cao would still cling to him honestly for a period of time.

After all, in his view, Cao Cao was controlled by Yuan Shao, and Nan was threatened by Yuan Shu. Without his own support, his status would be lost, and his territory would be in jeopardy. Who else could help him?
But the Puyang incident made Liu Xie alert. Cao Cao was not as desperate as he thought, and he was not as important as he thought in Cao Cao's mind!

Why is Cao Cao so confident?
He frowned tightly, one or two, he couldn't open his heart to me, instead he used me everywhere, when did the relationship between the monarch and his ministers become such a naked exchange of advantages and disadvantages?

After the ceremony, all the ministers saw that Liu Xie had been silent for a long time, and they didn't dare to raise their heads. After a while, Liu Xie came back to his senses, and said to the hall, "Can all the gentlemen make a statement today?"

All the ministers looked at each other secretly, and immediately one of them came out to pay homage: "I have something to report."

"Gongsun Du of Liaodong established himself as Marquis of Liaodong and Mu of Pingzhou."

As soon as these words came out, all the officials held their breaths and concentrated, and sure enough, the man said again: "I heard that Gongsun Du has joined hands with Marquis An Guoting, I don't know what the two sides intend to do!"

Immediately another person came out and said: "Self-appointed as a new marquis, and established a new state, a big man has never been seen before!"

"This is a violation of the system and cannot be tolerated!"

Someone said: "Can't you tolerate it? Do you want to persuade the emperor to make a statement, or send troops to attack?"

The minister blushed earlier, and retorted: "Why, is the Han system all in vain?"

Someone sneered and said, "Gongsun Du's behavior is indeed wrong, but Liaodong is far away in a barren land, thousands of miles away from Huaicheng, what can we do?"

"You can't send troops, and the other party will not respond to the order below. Doesn't this damage the prestige of the Han Dynasty?"

Someone said: "Is that the case?"

The person in front replied: "Of course not, if you want to win over, you just need to give him another title."

"If you really want to teach him a lesson, you can only be punished nearby. You can't send troops in Huaicheng, right?"

The people behind sneered: "Let someone crusade?"

"Who wants to fight against him? Gongsun Du is already the overlord of one party. Who can win him in that place?"

Someone said: "Gongsun Du violated the rules and became self-reliant from the territory of Youzhou, so how about asking Youzhou Mu to send troops to attack him?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and some people thought to themselves, this is obviously to mobilize Zhao Yun, but secretly it is targeting Yuan Xi.

Everyone knew that Zhao Yun was Yuan Xi's subordinate, and Yuan Xi was the one who was really in charge of Youzhou. This idea was clearly to drive a wedge between Yuan Xi and Gongsun Du, making it hard for Yuan Xi to ride a tiger.

Some people are secretly happy, whoever asked you Yuan Xi and Gongsun Du to join forces, now it depends on how you do it!
At this time, someone came out to speak out, "Tian family, there are many involved in this matter, so we have to act cautiously."

When everyone saw it, it was Yang Biao.

He bowed his head and said, "Although Gongsun Du is rebellious, his location in Liaodong is very important."

"The Han Dynasty is weak, and the foreign captives are causing trouble. Over the years, Xianbei and Goguryeo outside the pass have been encroaching on the border of the Han Dynasty. If it hadn't been for Gongsun Du to stop it, the Waihu might have already entered the pass, poisoning the frontier and causing harm to the people."

At this time, someone interjected: "Gongsun Du is just a warrior, he and Wai Hu are only attacking for his own territory, has there ever been a big man in his heart?"

"He just lost Liaodong. Isn't there still Marquis An Guoting and General Zhengbei in Youzhou?"

"A ferocious tiger, a sub-dragon, can't stop mere barbarians?"

After hearing this, everyone thought that what they said was really insidious, and they were exalted in name but degraded in reality, and they even brought disaster to Yuan Xi and Zhao Yun.

The use of "a tiger and a dragon" even implies that the two of them are joining forces, and their ambition is not small. Originally, the name fierce tiger is a bit taboo, let alone adding a dragon.

Since Liu Bang killed the White Snake Uprising, and it was spread that Liu Bang's mother Jiaolong entered her arms, the emperor established a close relationship with the dragon.

Of course, other people in the world can also call it a dragon, and there are quite a few people with this name. However, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the combination of dragon and tiger has gradually appeared, and it has been widely used in stone carvings and tombs.

The reason for this is that the meanings contained in the combination of dragon and tiger range from evil spirits to astrology, from power to life and death, to the vision of immortality, and finally to the prophecy, and there is a hidden deep meaning.

Change of life and death, change of dynasty.

Therefore, it is impossible for the gentry who are proficient in the way of Huang Lao to know the sensitive meaning of the meeting of the dragon and the tiger, let alone the ministers and emperors present.

The emperor might not believe these heartbreaking words for a while, but did he say too much?
Everyone thought that this was a heart attack. Doubts often start from a small thing. If everyone talks about it, if it accumulates over time, something will naturally take root in the Son of Heaven's heart!
Someone immediately refuted it, saying that if Youzhou misses and the Waihu goes south to the Central Plains, the victims will not be the great Han Tianxia?

Someone just said a few words and Jizhou was in the way, and then he was interrupted. This intention is too obvious and too boring. Is it possible for the kings of the world to give up?

Seeing the loyal ministers arguing endlessly, Liu Xie tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "Gongsun Du's move is indeed inappropriate."

When the ministers heard this, they all fell silent.

Liu Xie turned to Zhong Yao and said, "I issued an edict to warn him of his wrongdoing."

Zhong Yao was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly agreed.

He thought that if this happened, there would be a rift between Gongsun Du and that kid Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi would be caught between the Son of Heaven and Gongsun Du Du, let's see what he would do!
Unexpectedly, Liu Xie's next words shocked everyone, "Tell Gongsun Du that the territory must be fought by himself."

"If he can imitate Wei Huo, take back the four counties of Han, and even pacify North Korea, expand the territory, and I will make him a king with a different surname, why not?"

(End of this chapter)