Lu Dynasty

Chapter 400 Enthronement Ceremony (1)
The next morning at the court meeting, Cao glanced at the civil and military officials in the main hall and said: "I tell you a sad news, Lu Feng is going to rebel!" As soon as Cao's words came out, the civil and military officials below began to whisper.

Xiahoudun was the first to jump out and said, "Prime Minister, Lu Feng dared to rebel. I, Xiahoudun, beg for orders to attack him!"

Cao waved his hand to make Xiahoudun calm down, and he said to the civil and military officials: "Everyone, I know whether Lu Feng rebelled or not, in your mind, that is my business, but this time is different! Lu Feng asked A person pretends to be King Hongnong and proclaims himself emperor, if he succeeds, you and I will both become officials of the puppet court!"

"What?" After hearing Cao's words, Kong Rong's attitude towards the royalists suddenly changed.Kong Rong stood up and said, "Prime Minister Cao, what you said is true, Lu Fengan dares to do that!"

Cao Leng snorted and said, "Why, Prefect Kong doesn't believe me? Well, four days later, Lu Feng will hold the enthronement ceremony for the fake Liu Bian in Luoyang. Why don't you let Master Kong go to Luoyang to verify whether Lu Feng dares to make a fake Liu Bian?" How about King Hongnong coming out?"

"Why is Prime Minister Cao so sure that King Hongnong of Luoyang is a fake?" An official stood up and asked, "What if Lu Feng really rescued King Hongnong from Dong Zhuo?"

"Impossible, with Dong Zhuo's character, how could he make wedding clothes for others!" Fu Wan stood up and said, "Prime Minister Cao, you must send someone to expose Lu Feng's conspiracy, and you must not let him succeed!" Fu Wan really I am very afraid that Liu Bian is true. After all, Liu Bian is the righteous emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xie is just a false emperor established by Dong Zhuo.If Liu Bian had not died and ascended the throne again, then Fu Wan would no longer be the high-ranking head of the state, and his daughter would become the queen of the false emperor.

Cao glanced at Fu Wan and said, "Since this is the case, who would dare to go to Luoyang to shatter Lu Feng's plot? Master Kong, do you dare?"

Kong Rong said with a smile: "If Prime Minister Cao agrees to let me go, I will of course go! I want to see if Lu Feng is really as mad as some people!" After speaking, Kong Rong smiled meaningfully at Cao .Seeing Kong Rong's smile, Cao felt his teeth itch.He secretly swore in his heart that when Liu Bian proclaimed himself emperor, he must find an excuse to chop Kong Rong up!If it weren't for the fact that no one under Cao was more qualified than Kong Rong to appraise King Hongnong, and there was no veteran minister like Kong Rong who was qualified to meet Liu Bian, Cao would not have allowed Kong Rong to speak out!
Dong Zhao also stood up and said, "Mr. Cao, why don't I accompany Master Kong?"When Cao rose up, Dong Zhao defected to Cao when he saw that Yuan Shao could not accomplish anything.Dong Zhao also met Liu Bian back then, but his words were not as powerful and convincing as Kong Rong's.

Cao still trusted Dong Zhao. He nodded with a smile and said, "I am relieved to have Gongren go, unlike some old men who have a close relationship with Lu Feng, I am worried that he will conspire with Lu Feng!" Cao Cao As he spoke, he glanced at Kong Rong provocatively.Because my initial reputation was raised by Kong Rong, and a song about drinking made me easily enter the ranks of Han literati.Kong Rong snorted coldly and didn't speak again. He was fine and didn't want to court death, so why argue with Cao about such a trivial matter.As soon as the court meeting was over, Dong Zhao and Kong Rong got into the carriage and came to Luoyang.

Yuan Shao's news was not slow, he knew about Liu Bian proclaiming himself emperor that day.In fact, not only Yuan Shao knew, but also Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei, Zhang Lu and others.I intentionally let Jimin Restaurant release this rumor, and as a result, all the princes of the Han Dynasty sent some veterans from the court to watch the ceremony. Of course, whether those veterans know Liu Bian is another matter.

On the fifth day, millions of residents in Luoyang City put down their work and came to the altar to watch the ceremony.Gao Shun asked Zang Ba and Huang Zhong to lead the camp to control law and order.Early in the morning, I brought the civil and military officials to the palace to invite Liu Bian to board the chariot and go to the Zen platform.The leader was Lu Bu, who rode Xiaoyue and carried Fang Tian's painted halberd as a guard of honor, followed by Xu Huang, Zhang He and other generals.Zhang Fei returned to Luoyang as early as the third day after I decided to make Liu Bian enthroned, and his Overlord Cavalry naturally acted as guards, flanking the two wings.

Liu Bian boarded the imperial chariot with the support of a servant, and I rode a white horse alongside the imperial chariot.Originally Liu Bian wanted me to ride with him, but I refused.I don't want Liu Bian to feel that I'm using him as a puppet.Since he was enthroned, it is natural to give him some emperor treatment.Behind the imperial chariot were Gao Shun and Guo Jia leading civil and military officials to advance slowly, and behind them were 6 newly trained soldiers from the camp.I don't know how these soldiers fought in battle, but they are definitely qualified as guards of honor.The guard of honor stretched for several miles, and the flags covered the sky.Although our team has [-] to [-] people, besides the sound of chariots and horses, there is the sound of drums and music.The people in Luoyang watched us pass by, and couldn't help but smile in relief.

When they came to the Zen platform, the overlords lined up in two rows of guards of honor, and surrounded the high platform in the camp.Liu Bian, under the protection of the Bawangqi and the trapped camp, got off the imperial chariot and went to the high platform!Liu Bian walked towards the high platform step by step, and everyone was looking at him.Kong Rong and Dong Zhao watched more carefully.

Kong Rong looked at Liu Bian, the more he looked, the more surprised he became.Kong Rong recognized that standing on the high platform was the real Hongnong King Liu Bian!Kong Rong could see it, and Dong Zhao naturally recognized it too. Dong Zhao poked Kong Rong and asked, "Wenju, why do I think the one above is really King Hongnong!"

"Cao, Cao, you can't lose a lot of rice by stealing chickens. Originally, you wanted to force Lu Feng, but you didn't expect to let King Hongnong out!" Just as Liu Bian was about to step onto the high platform, Kong Rong suddenly let out a laugh, and then he He shouted at Liu Bian: "Your Majesty, old minister Kong Rong is here to see Your Majesty!"

After Kong Rong shouted, he knelt down on the ground. Regardless of the dirt on the ground, he insisted on crawling to Liu Bian's side and knelt down, saying, "Your Majesty, this old minister is incompetent. Back then, this old minister couldn't save His Majesty from fire and water. I am so guilty! Today, this old minister is still alive!" Seeing His Majesty standing here safe and sound, the old minister is very relieved, I wonder if the old minister is still qualified to serve His Majesty!"

Kong Rong is a descendant of Confucius. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed Confucianism, the heads of the Confucian family were all officials in the court. How could Liu Bian not know Kong Rong.Liu Bian quickly helped Kong Rong up and said, "Old Aiqing can come to assist me, I am naturally very pleased! Please hurry up, Lu Qing will make arrangements for Kong Laoaiqing!"

"Master Kong, please!" I invited Kong Rong to the queue of civil servants and said to him, "Master Kong, please serve Your Majesty well!" After speaking, I continued to prepare for the enthronement ceremony.

(End of this chapter)