When time entered the twelfth month of the fifth year of Zhangwu, the general trend of the world was quietly changing again.

What is different from the past is that this change was caused by Sun Quan.

I don’t know since when, auspicious signs began to appear in various places in Jiangdong.

First, someone reported that Huanglong was found in Xiakou.

And when this auspicious sign appeared, more auspicious signs sprung up suddenly.

Kuaiji County: Someone discovered Jiahe.

Jianye: Someone reported that a treasure tripod was dug out from under Sun Quan's mansion.

Wu Jun: Someone found a silver plate with the year, month and day engraved on it, and called it an edict from heaven.

Danyang County: The originally blocked Guangping Lake suddenly became unblocked. According to folk legend, the unblocked lake means that a new emperor will emerge.

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Various kinds of auspiciousness frequently appear in various places in Jiangdong.

When no more new auspicious signs appeared, relying on the public opinion atmosphere created by the appearance of many previous auspicious signs, Jiangdong officials began to write letters suggesting that Sun Quan should proclaim himself emperor.

At the beginning, the number of Jiangdong courtiers who submitted this letter was not large, and their status was not high.

Faced with the persuasion of such courtiers, Sun Quan also clearly expressed "rejection" and "anger"!

But as time went by, more and more Jiangdong courtiers joined the campaign to persuade Japan to move forward.

In the end, even Zhang Zhao, a famous official in the world, publicly wrote a letter hoping that Sun Quan would be crowned emperor.

When Zhang Zhao wrote the letter, the ministers had already carried out three attempts to persuade him to advance.

The necessary prelude to three concessions and three concessions is basically completed.

Therefore, Sun Quan did not express his refusal to accept the fourth attempt led by Zhang Zhao.

Sun Quan chose to issue a public document to express his thoughts:

"The sky brings chaos and chaos, the emperor's order is lost, the world is divided into two parts, and the people are in dire straits.

It began with Dong Zhuo, flourished in the rebellion of the masses, became extremely vicious, and covered the whole world.

As a result, the nine provinces are divided, the whole world is unruly, the people and gods are resentful, and the violence is stopped."

"Today we are unified and the world is under control. Who will be reinstated if it is not Wu or Wei?"

"It is better to give a name first so that the soldiers and people know where they are going. This is the meaning of it."

The contents of this document are full of righteousness and awe-inspiring tone.

But it was actually Sun Quan who laid the legal foundation for his move to become emperor.

Sun Quan knew that even with the support of Cao Wei, the legal basis for his claim to emperor could not be said to be perfect.

Therefore, in order to block the rumors in the world to the greatest extent, Sun Quan gave two high-sounding reasons for his act of proclaiming emperor.

The first reason is: Sun Quan believed that the legal system of the Han Dynasty had already shifted.

To put it bluntly, the Han Dynasty has lost its deer, and those with the ability should chase it away together.

The second reason is: Sun Quan believed that he proclaimed himself emperor in order to save the people of the world, which was a last resort but necessary act.

From the perspective of ordinary people, the two reasons Sun Quan announced to the world could barely be justified.

But in the eyes of people who are familiar with etiquette and law, this oath written by Sun Quan himself is a completely changed concept and makes no sense.

Because no matter what, the legal system of the Han Dynasty is recognized by the world.

Why did Cao Pi resort to abdication when he became emperor? Wasn't it just to smoothly transition the legal system of the Han Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty?

But in Sun Quan's oath, Sun Quan did not mention a word about how to interpret the Han legal system established by Liu Bei.

It's as if Liu Bei never established the Han Dynasty.

Judging from the contents of the oath, Sun Quan believed that the legal system of the Han Dynasty had ended during Liu Xie's time.

In other words, Sun Quan believed that what Liu Bei founded was not the Han Dynasty.

But this is ridiculous.

Don't forget that Sun Quan still has the title of Taiwei of the Han Dynasty and Marquis of Jiujiang in his name.

If Sun Quan denies the legitimacy of the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bei, wouldn't he himself be a clown before?

Anyone who knows a little bit about etiquette will find such behavior, which is clearly meant to get through, scornful.

But the world obviously underestimated Sun Quan's shamelessness.

Sun Quan, who possessed Gou Jian's genius, didn't care what the world thought of him.

He really doesn't care about becoming a clown in the hearts of the world - as long as he can accomplish what he wants.

Anyway, Sun Quan felt that his oath was "no problem".

When Sun Quan's oath spread throughout the southeast, Sun Quan couldn't wait to climb onto the proclaimed emperor platform outside Hefei City with the support of a group of Jiangdong ministers.

On December 12, the fifth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, Sun Quan officially proclaimed the empire, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, establishing the Wu Dynasty.

On the same day, Sun Quan announced that the Wu Dynasty would establish its capital at Jianye and change the reign name to "Huanglong".

After the move of establishing the dynasty and proclaiming himself emperor was completed, something even more shocking happened to the world.

On that day, in addition to the ministers from Jiangdong, there was also Hua Xin, the envoy sent by Cao Wei, who attended the ceremony of Sun Quan proclaiming himself emperor.

And on the high platform where Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, Sun Quan formally signed an alliance with Hua Xin in front of the people of the world.

There is a very important content in the alliance between Soochow Wu and Cao Wei, that is, the two families agreed to divide the world between them.

The specific content of how to win the points has not been circulated.

But just these four words "divide the world in the middle" are enough to shock the world.

Because these four words represent that from the day Sun Quan becomes emperor, Soochow will officially join forces with Cao Wei to fight against the Han!

Just as Cao Rui and Sun Quan had expected from the beginning, after the two families reached this covenant, the hearts of the two families had indeed gained a certain degree of stability.

The Wei and Wu families fought together against Liu Han, and it is really unknown who the world will belong to in the end.

As time went by, the news that Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor and concluded an alliance with Cao Wei spread to Chang'an City at an extremely fast speed.

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Mi Yang was woken up by someone in the middle of the night.

Recently, in order to deal with the complicated government affairs, Mi Yang almost slept in the chancery every night.

And it was Jiang Ji who woke him up.

Seeing Jiang Ji's solemn expression, Mi Yang used a handful of cold water to wake himself up, and then asked:

"What happened?"

Under Mi Yang's questioning, Jiang Ji reported the news he had just received to Mi Yang.

When he first heard the news that Sun Quan had proclaimed himself emperor and concluded an alliance with Cao Wei a few days ago, even Mi Yang felt a little surprised.

Mi Yang had guessed in advance that Sun Quan would most likely choose to join forces with Cao Wei.

What Mi Yang didn't expect was that Sun Quan would actually proclaim himself emperor.

How shameless is it to do this?

But when I think about it carefully, especially after recalling what Sun Quan did in the previous life, Mi Yang is not so surprised by this.

Jiang Ji saw that after hearing the news, Mi Yang's face was surprised at first, but he quickly regained his composure, and he couldn't help but admire Mi Yang in his heart.

Jiang Ji used to be Cao Wei's servant and stayed with Cao Pi almost every day.

And how did Cao Pi behave when he encountered a critical situation?

Anger, blame, and regret are basically negative emotions.

But Jiang Ji had never seen such emotions in Mi Yang.

From the perspective of a minister, a lord like Mi Yang will undoubtedly feel more secure.

Seeing the thoughtful look on Mi Yang's face, Jiang Ji couldn't help but subconsciously asked:

"General, what do you think our government should do next to deal with this matter?"

Jiang Ji asked this question, which shows that in his opinion, the alliance between Soochow and Cao Wei is indeed a big crisis for the Han Dynasty who just had the power to ascend to the dragon.

Apart from other things, when this news spreads in the Han Dynasty, people's hearts will definitely be shaken to a certain extent.

After all, being an enemy of Cao Wei and being an enemy of the world are two different things.

Jiang Ji's inquiry pulled Mi Yang out of her thoughts.

However, Mi Yang did not immediately respond to Jiang Ji's inquiry.

Mi Yang first asked Jiang Jidao:

"Do many people know about this matter now?"
To be continued...