Chapter 39: The Han Dynasty, which was still alive, became the clown Yuan Shao

Among all the princes who came to Beijing, the most glorious one was undoubtedly Yuan Shao. As the leader of the coalition of princes, he even had the momentum to control the world and ascend to the top to become king.

Each family gathered the defeated soldiers of the Western Liang Army, and Yuan Shao gathered the most.

"Liu Xie killed his brother to take the throne, so he is not worthy of being the emperor of the Han Dynasty. I think Liu Yu of Youzhou is very suitable to be the emperor. What do you think?" Yuan Shao said.

He deliberately promoted an emperor who had a poor foundation and incompetent to the throne.

Easy to control.

However, he thought that the princes would respond one after another, but he found that they all looked away, and no one spoke in agreement. Even his brother curled his lips and said nothing.

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be shocked.

"Something's wrong!"

Then, before he could think about it, Minister Wang Yun stood up and said, "I can prove that Your Majesty did not kill the late emperor. It was the old villain Dong Zhuo who murdered the late emperor first, and then helped the current emperor to ascend the throne!"

As soon as these words were spoken, ministers in the court responded one after another.

Even Yuan Kui said: "The emperor did not kill his brother!"

At this point, Yuan Shao's expression changed completely.

But not only that, immediately afterwards, Xiliang Governor Ma Teng, who was supposed to be on the same front with Yuan Shao, said: "Since your majesty has done nothing wrong and the emperor has not lost his virtue, why should we choose a new emperor?"

"Then don't choose!" said Gongsun Zan.

“I don’t want to choose anymore!”

The princes responded one after another.

"Are you all crazy?" Yuan Shao said with a gloomy face, "We gathered together in the name of establishing a new emperor. Now we say we don't want to choose, isn't that child's play?"

But at this moment, Liu Bei stood up.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei followed closely behind.

"The emperor has done nothing wrong. Deposing him is like treason!" Liu Bei said, "Whoever continues to rebel, even if it means dying, we three brothers will kill him on the spot!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yuan Shao was immediately stunned.

I thought to myself: You are a straw sandal seller, what do you have to do now?
In the past, at such times, Yuan Shu would always say "get the fork out".

But this time, Yuan Shu turned his head away and didn't even look at this side.

Then, Yuan Shao looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei again - two fierce men who could fight with Lu Bu for more than a hundred rounds, one of them seized the general's flag, and the other killed Dong Zhuo.

If he were to attack on the spot, would anyone under my command be able to stop him?

he does not know.

I don't dare to take the risk.

"Of course, although it was a misunderstanding, you all did a great job in saving the emperor!" Wang Yun stood up again and read the imperial edict, saying: "Uncle Liu Bei defeated the Xiliang army, seized the general's flag, and destroyed Dong Zhuo, so he should be considered the first meritorious. He has succeeded as the head of the imperial clan palace, managing all the clan members, and not entering the court. He is now canonized as the 'King of Backers', leading the royal clan's soldiers, and temporarily taking over the duties of the prime minister!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed.

Including Cao Cao.

No one expected that the royal family would be so bold as to directly confer the title of king on Liu Bei and temporarily take over the duties of "Prime Minister". Although he said he would not enter the court, he was actually in charge of both military and political affairs and did not have to abide by the rules of the court, becoming a true "king with a backer".

Looking at the Han Dynasty over the past 400 years, who can compare to it?

The several kings of different surnames who founded the country did not have such great power!

"This is inappropriate. The Ministry of Clan Affairs is not allowed to interfere in state affairs. This has been the rule of the Han court. You have violated the ancestral system!" Yuan Shao said.

He doesn't want to have a powerful "prince" above his head.

But at this moment, Lu Bu, wearing golden armor, a purple gold crown on his head and holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji, walked in from outside, followed by Li Jue and Guo Si.

Go to the court and kneel on one knee.

Wang Yun continued to read out: "Lü Bu abandoned darkness and joined the light, led his Bingzhou cavalry back to the court, and made meritorious contributions in protecting the people. He was appointed 'General of the Cavalry', led the Bingzhou army, and concurrently served as the governor of Yanzhou, and retained his title of 'Marquis of Hanwen County'!" When the reward was announced, Yuan Shao was completely stunned.

"you……"

He pointed at the royal family members and said "you" for a long time, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

Say what?

The Han royal family is like a centipede that is dying but still persists, and now it is fighting back!
"No wonder Ji Hao didn't compete with me for the position of leader, nor did he come to Luoyang for the court meeting. Did he know that the power of the royal family is still huge, and he didn't want to be the first to come out?"

Yuan Shao suddenly found that he had become a clown.

The leader of the coalition forces, who had the highest status, was targeted by the Han royal family and became a lonely man.

"Okay, okay, very good!"

In the end, he was so angry that he left the palace and led his troops back to Jizhou.

If he didn't go back, he was worried that someone would want to "eliminate the traitor", to eliminate him, Yuan Shao, the traitor who once wanted to establish another emperor!

"Liu Niu, for his meritorious service in the campaign against Dong Zhuo, is appointed governor of Yizhou!"

"Yuan Shu, for your meritorious service in defeating Dong Zhuo, is appointed as the governor of Yangzhou!"

"Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, is appointed as the governor of Yangzhou!"

"Gongsun Zan is appointed as the 'Governor of Youzhou'!"

"Ma Teng, the governor of Xiliang, has made great contributions in saving the emperor and is now named 'Liangzhou Mu'!" After the prime minister Wang Yun finished speaking, he read out two more names: "Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of Xiyuan, and Ji Hao, the governor of Qingzhou, have made great contributions in fighting the enemy and are now named Jizhou Governor and Jizhou Mu!"

Then he said: "Tao Qian has been rewarded for saving the emperor, and he is now named 'Xuzhou Mu'!"

At this point, Cao Cao's face also turned black.

He had already communicated with the royal family and expressed his determination to take Xuzhou, but the Liu royal family was obviously trying to make trouble and still let Tao Qian be the governor of Xuzhou.

That would not have been all, but he actually appointed Ji Hao as the "Mu of Jizhou" and Yuan Shao as the Governor of Jizhou.

In this era, the relationship between the governor and the provincial governor was very vague.

Although they are official positions of the same level, their responsibilities are different. Sometimes the Inspector will exercise the power of the Governor, while the Governor already has the power of the Inspector.

Making Yuan Shao the governor of Jizhou and Ji Hao the governor of the province was obviously intended to instigate a fight between them.

"Now we have to choose between attacking Xuzhou or Jizhou!" After Cao Cao returned, he said to Ji Hao, "If we attack Xuzhou, we have no legitimate reason. But if we attack Jizhou, even though we have a legitimate reason and you have a high reputation there, we will have to fight against Yuan Shao, who has the strongest background among all the princes in the world!"

The clan members played this move very well.

The conspiracy belongs to.

If he attacked Jizhou, he would have to be an enemy of Yuan Shao, and when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. But if he didn't attack, then Ji Hao would get nothing in this fight against Dong.

You have to suffer in silence.

As for Xuzhou, the desired city, attacking it would be without any justification.

Although the impact is not great, it is disgusting!
"This is not Liu Bei's work. There must be someone who gave him advice, but I don't know who it was!" Ji Hao smiled coldly and said, "If we were just ordinary princes, our rewards would be blocked, and we would have no reason to attack Xuzhou. Moreover, Lu Bu would be blocking us in Yanzhou, and we would not be able to develop!"

He had a premonition that once he attacked Xuzhou, the imperial court would have a legitimate reason to send troops.

deal with yourself.

"But we are unusual!" said Cao Cao.

"Yes, we are not ordinary princes!" Ji Hao smiled and said, "Send someone to contact Yuan Shao and tell him that we are willing to form an alliance with him. He fights in the north and we fight in the south, and we will not interfere with each other!"

After saying that, he looked in the direction of Xuzhou, and then looked in the direction of the imperial city.

"Want to fight us? Then let them do as they wish and let the Datong Army come out to fight!"

(End of this chapter)