The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 625 Suspension of Proclaiming Emperor
During the period when Zhang Baojun and Deng Aijun were fighting Lu Xun in Liuyang City, the time had unknowingly entered autumn.

The weather has become more sunny, and it is almost the harvest season of this year. According to the situation in previous years, there is still about a month before the Shumai will mature.

At the same time, this also means that the time limit for the war between Shu Han and Soochow Wu in Jingzhou has almost arrived.Sun Quan thinks so, Liu Chan also thinks so, and Chengdu, of course, also thinks so.

After all, war consumes a lot of material and financial resources.Moreover, it is impossible not to guard against Cao Wei's next attack on Jingzhou after the autumn harvest.

Sun Quan also felt that the Jingzhou war he launched was a bit too stupid.Moreover, the losses of our own army were too great. The losses in Nanjun and southern Jingzhou almost hurt Jiangdong's muscles.Therefore, in addition to preparing for the battle with one hand, Sun Quan also prepared to choose manpower with the other hand, and went to negotiate with Liu Chan and Zhang Fei.

Of course, the people concerned about this great battle in southern Jingzhou are far from the two parties involved.Cao Wei's people have been closely collecting all the news about the war.

It was absolutely unexpected for Cao Wei's side that Liu Chan was able to lead the army to rescue the heavily besieged Jiangling City, and also severely damaged the Jiangdong Army.Then, Zhang Fei's Jiangzhou Army appeared, and together with the Jingzhou Army, they drove the Jiangdong Army to the southern area of ​​Jingzhou.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, the war has become more and more intense.

It should be said that Sun Quan had a secret agreement with Cao Wei when he dared to send troops to attack Jingzhou.Of course, Cao Wei is also very happy to see that the Jingzhou Army and the Jiangdong Army are fighting to the death.

Even in the back, the 20 troops dispatched by Cao Wei did not even encircle and suppress Guan Yu. The deadly clash between the Jiangdong Army and the two sides.

From Cao Wei's point of view, whether it is the Jingzhou Army or the Jiangdong Army, they are all enemies of their own.No matter who will win in the future, the strength will be weakened, which is naturally a situation that is powerful for Cao Wei.Therefore, Cao Pi chose to stand still in Nanyang County with great peace of mind.

This also gave Liu Chan an excellent opportunity. As long as half of the troops are left in Xiangyang City, Guan Yu can return to Jiangling City with peace of mind.However, the sad reminder is that Guan Yu actually fell into the trap and died on the battlefield, which also gave Liu Chan an opportunity to show his talents, and even gave him, a 14-year-old boy, the opportunity to command the entire Jingzhou army.It should be said that Liu Chan should also be grateful to Cao Pi in some respects.

With the unfolding of the Jingzhou War, Cao Wei's interest in sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight seems to be changing slightly.

Originally, they expected that based on the strength of the Jingzhou Army and the Jiangzhou Army, at best they could only drive the Jiangdong Army out of Jingzhou's territory.However, as the army of the Shu Han continued to nibble away at Jiangdong's soldiers and horses on various small battlefields, Cao Wei suddenly discovered that the Shu Han had almost wiped out the [-] to [-] troops commanded by the original Lu Meng.Coupled with the loss of reinforcements from all over the country, if it is added in, the loss of the Jiangdong Army will be even greater.

However, even so, the strength of the Jiangdong Army should not be underestimated.Under the mentality of seeking profit, Cao Wei was still very happy to maintain a spectator posture at this time, and had no intention of sending troops from Nanyang County to attack Xiangyang and Xiangshui.

Therefore, in order for the Shu Han and Dong Wu to continue fighting, Cao Pi made a difficult decision: when he was in Nanyang County, the court had already been secretly preparing to accept the abdication of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.In this regard, Sima Yi used the war in Nanyang County to blackmail Jia Xu, and wanted to act as a vanguard with Jia Xu, forcing the Han Emperor to give up the Zen throne, and gaining better political capital for himself.

But Jia Xu is old and cunning, he knows very well that his reputation in the history will be infamous for thousands of years in the future, and he doesn't want to add another notoriety of forcing the emperor to abdicate.In addition, he is already 70 years old, and his desire for power is of course not as strong as Sima Yi's, so he is not too keen on it.

Therefore, Jia Xu naturally thought of one person, the former Shang Shuling, the current imperial historian Hua Xin, and Hua Xin's close friend Chen Qun.Hua Xin is an old guy with a great reputation, so if he joins forces with Chen Qun, it will be enough to suppress the situation.

Therefore, Jia Xu first secretly encouraged Hua Xin. On the surface, Hua Xin is a celebrity of a generation, with a good reputation, but in fact, he is a male thief and a female prostitute.He accepted Jia Xu's proposal very happily, and even hinted to Jia Xu that he could use the theory of ghosts and gods to force the emperor to Zen.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the knowledge of picture prophecy has become one of the basic skills that ordinary scholars must master, and its harmfulness is also extremely harmful.Many people at that time liked to do all kinds of divination and divination. Not only Sun Quan did it, but also realistic people like Liu Bei did it.Therefore, if you want to "change the sky", it is indeed the best way to use the theory of ghosts and gods to cover up public opinion.

Jia Xu didn't expect Hua Xin to have such a skill, and immediately praised Hua Xin greatly.

Afterwards, Jia Xu then effortlessly encouraged Chen Qun, a "fool on the wall".Chen Qun and his son Chen Tai participated in the affairs of Cao's Dai Han and Sima Shi's Western Jin Dai Wei, respectively. This family is really clever in their actions. When one side is strong, they will take refuge in whichever side, and their vision Also very accurate.

With Hua Xin and Chen Qun coming forward, Sima Yi suddenly realized that he should strongly approve of Jia Xu's move.Because in this way, he can hide behind Hua Xin and Chen Qun, the big celebrities, and he can avoid being criticized by public opinion in the future.

Therefore, Sima Yi and Jia Xu hit it off on this matter.And Jia Xu just lobbied twice, and pushed the matter of cooperating with Sima Yi to a clean slate.Jia Xu escaped successfully.Therefore, from the perspective of power struggle experience and cunning, the current Sima Yi is not yet the opponent of Jia Xu, an old fox.

After some planning by Hua Xin and Chen Qun, and after several months of preparation, many rumors about supernatural events began to appear in the market: a phoenix came to Yiyi in Shiyi County, a unicorn appeared in Linzi City, and a big yellow dragon appeared. Appeared in Ye County.

These things are all signs of auspiciousness, and they must be a kind of revelation from heaven to the people of the world.As a result, those who possessed the knowledge of prophecy finally appeared one after another.

Zhonglang general Li Fu and Taishicheng Xu Zhi acted as pawns. After discussing with each other, they decided that all these auspicious omens foreshadowed Wei Dang's call to replace the Han Dynasty, and the king of Wei should accept the Zen throne of the Han emperor.

Therefore, under such an explanation, in terms of public opinion, Cao Wei and Dai Han seemed to be able to accept the manifesto of the destiny, which became a matter of course.

In fact, the above remarks were all made up by Hua Xin, an old fellow.Then, the next step is for Hua Xin himself to lead the officials into the palace to force the palace.

But at this time, Cao Pi hesitated, and when his fortune was about to come, he suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart.

And Jia Xu, who was always concerned about the war in Jingzhou, also expressed his hesitation about Cao Pi's action to replace the Han at this time.

In fact, there are quite a few people showing signs of hesitation, such as Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, Dong Zhao and others.Of course, none of these people objected to Cao Pi proclaiming himself emperor.

The problem is that if Cao Pi proclaims himself emperor now, it seems that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Because once Cao Pi becomes emperor, the armies of Shu Han and Soochow Wu who are fighting fiercely in Jingzhou will inevitably have to cease fighting immediately because of this change.When the time comes, these two parties will definitely point their finger at Cao Wei.After all, even though the Three Kingdoms are now at the same time, the co-owner of the world is still Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven!

Therefore, when the time comes, not only Liu Bei will not be reconciled, but Sun Quan will definitely not be reconciled to Cao Pi becoming emperor.Therefore, it seems that the two parties united again in the name of avenging or resetting the emperor of Han, and it seems that it will not be too amazing news.

At that time, Cao Wei will not only be unable to sit back and watch the battle between Shuhan and Soochow, but will have to face the targets of both Shuhan and Soochow at the same time.

Therefore, it seems that the time is not appropriate for Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor.

So, everyone began to write letters to Wei Wang Cao Pi through Chen Qun, the Minister of the Ministry of officials.

Cao Pi is not a fool, but a very shrewd person.Although he still felt a little uncomfortable after reading Baiguan's list, he still modestly postponed the time of Daihan.

Thus, Hua Xin's work, which he had been working on for several months, was put on hold for the time being.

However, Cao Pi's ambition to become emperor is of course impossible to stop here.He also began to plan for possible chaos after proclaiming himself emperor.

So Cao Pi secretly summoned Zhonglang Sima Jin.The so-called Zhonglang, that is, Lang Zhongling, that is, the man in the province, is a close servant of the emperor and belongs to Guangluxun.In addition, Sima Jin is one of the "Sima Bada", that is, Sima Yi's fifth younger brother.After adding Sima Yi's relationship, Sima Jin must be one of Cao Pi's cronies.

Cao Pi gave Sima Jin a task to go to Nanyang County to supervise the army, so as to prevent the Jingzhou Army from launching the Northern Expedition again when he proclaimed himself emperor.However, Cao Pi's arrangement caused Sima Jin a bad luck.

Then, Cao Pi also issued an order to the various troops in the Huaiyang area, asking them to closely monitor the movements of the Soochow army.

(End of this chapter)