Surprisingly, Yuan Shao really found more than 2 million hu of grain stored in Gongsun Zan's inventory granary. The rumor that Gongsun Zan had stored three million hu of military grain in Yijing was actually true, which made Yuan Shao really happy.

But at this time, Yuan Shao's half-brother, Yuan Shu, the Zhong family emperor, was not so lucky. After Yuan Shu's family was rescued from Shouchun by Yuan Yin, they went to the mountain to meet Yuan Jun stationed there, trying to turn the tables.

Unexpectedly, for Lei Bo, Chen Lan and others refused to take in. They only kept Yuan Shu and his group for three days in order to keep the guests and hosts. They wanted to ask Yuan Shu to leave in three days because Chen Lan and others were preparing to surrender to Cao Zhi.

Only then did Yuan Shu realize that he was betrayal of his relatives. He wanted to find Chen Lan, Lei Bo and others to argue, and even to dismiss them and kill their heads. But Yuan Yin and Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao told Yuan Shu realistically at this time that he should not do that stupid thing anymore. It is already good that people didn't kill us and presented our heads to Cao Zhi as gifts. Don't be shameless. Now Yuan Shu can command anyone, and he, the Emperor Zhong, has already died in name only. If he wants to replace anyone, don't count on whom he wants to kill.

Yuan Shu was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted. Feng cried like a tearful person. He was supported by a group of concubines and did not fall to the ground. Then Yuan Shu's temporary residence immediately cried in the sky, and the concubines and ministers knelt on the ground and shouted for a while. But this is the reality. They were already at the point of desperateness.

Yuan Yin and others, who were eager to find a way out, were anxious to discuss their way out and countermeasures with Yuan Shu as soon as they woke up.

Yuan Yin analyzed the current situation for Yuan Shu. First, they would never wait for a long time to stay in the mountain and should leave as soon as possible. They should not wait for Chen Lan and Lei Bo to leave when they regret it, so it would be too late. But where to go after leaving is the most important first choice at present.

Although Yuan Shu was so sad and disappointed at this time, he still had basic responses to advance and retreat. Yuan Shu pointed to Jiangting on the map and said to Yuan Yin and others: "Go to Jiangting to avoid it for a while, and write a letter to Benchu ​​immediately and ask him to send troops to save me!"

Yuan Shu's decision stunned Yuan Yin and others, and he asked carefully: "The emperor has been with... his cousin for many years... he will..."

Faced with Yuan Yin's doubts, Yuan Shu waved his hand and interrupted: "We are worried. After all, we are brothers. And I am going to give him both the Jade Seal and the Emperor of Zhong. I know him, and he has always been the emperor..."

After Yuan Shu finished speaking this sentence weakly, everyone was relieved and found that Yuan Shu was staring at the jade seal of the imperial hand that Yuan Yao had been holding.

It was after Yuan Shu obtained the jade seal representing the orthodox emperor that Yuan Shu's confidence expanded to the point of being called the emperor today. In fact, at this time, Yuan Yin and others were all looking at this jade seal at the root of the disaster, and they were actually regretful in their eyes, and only Yuan Shu was still reluctant to leave.

"Brother, don't think about it, let's break through to Yuzhou first. After all, Guo Gong and our military horses are there..."

Yuan Yin believed that the approach of seeking far and wide was not very appropriate. After all, they could be safer only by larger territory and more military horse protection. He asked Yuan Shao, who was separated by Yanzhou and Xuzhou, after all, it was too far away.

Yuan Shu, who was about to die in dying again, waved his hand to Yuan Yin again and said, "Guo Gong can't hold on for long. We can't go back to Yuzhou. Once Yuzhou is lost, we will have a way out..."

Yuan Shu was unable to support him in the end. After falling into a coma again, Yuan Yin and others wrote to Yuan Shao to call him the emperor and asked him for help according to Yuan Shu's instructions.

Yuan Shao, who had returned to Yecheng and was celebrating, suddenly received a letter from Yuan Shu, who had not been in contact for a long time, and was surprised.

While Yuan Shao was celebrating, he was in the most vigorous integration stage in his life. Yuan Shao, who had newly taken over all the power and resources of Gongsun Zan, and had four states, used his talents to exert his talents and listened very clearly and openly to the suggestions of many correct advisers such as Tian Feng, Ju Su, Shen Pei and others, made his policy formulation and unified planning seem orderly during this period. The four northern states also quickly recovered their vitality under Yuan Shao's governance, and Yuan Shao was also accumulating his governance experience for future governance of the world.

After accepting everything about Gongsun Zan and following this period of hard work, Yuan Shao's self-confidence is at its peak, and he is also making various plans for his greater development in the future.

When Yuan Shao knew that Yuan Shu was not dead, he thought about whether he could help his younger brother and seek something for his future greater development.

Yuan Shao did not expect that Yuan Shu would abdicate the emperor's title at that time, but it was no longer a secret that the imperial seal was on Yuan Shu. Many people had seen it at the ceremony of watching Yuan Shu's ceremony as the emperor in Shouchun. At that time, many people suddenly realized that Emperor Xian of Han, who was in Xudu, was not using the imperial seal.

The true king of a country cannot prove it because of a jade seal, but Yuan Shu cares a lot, and Yuan Shao, who is of the same clan, also attaches great importance to the imperial seal. He hopes that while rescuing Yuan Shu this time, he can also take the imperial seal into his pocket. This is a good foreshadowing for his future "big events".

Yuan Shao knew that Yuan Shu’s letter could not be easily shown to others. Once he got it, Yuan Shao hid in his study to read. Yuan Shu said in the letter: "The world of the Han Dynasty was long gone, the emperor was controlled by others, the politics was out of private doors, the power was fought against the powerful, and the country was divided. Now it is no different from the time when the seven countries were in dispute at the end of the Zhou Dynasty. The result was that the strong had merged the world. Our Yuan family was ordered by heaven, so it should be the emperor, the destiny, and the auspiciousness were clearly displayed. Today you have several states and millions of households. In terms of strength, no one can compare to your strength, and in terms of virtue, no one can compare to your loftyness. Even if Cao Zhi had the heart to support the weak, how could he continue the Han Dynasty, which had already destroyed the destiny?"

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor in the second year of Jian'an, but only half a year later, the capital was empty, internal and external difficulties, and everyone betrayed his relatives. When he was desperate, he "generously" expressed his willingness to give the title of emperor to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao knew that he was helpless.

But this was really huge news for Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao, who had a good understanding of his letter, he didn't dare to make it public, he was reluctant to ask for it.

"The opportunity has finally come. Brothers, just brothers. It's great that you still know that the wealth will not flow to outsiders at such a critical moment!"

Having owned half of the world and having a strong strength far beyond any other world, Yuan Shao is not qualified to be an emperor yet, so who else is qualified?

Therefore, Yuan Shao took active action and had the conditions to be promoted to the emperor, not just Yuan Shu was willing to abdicate and took out the imperial seal. To be promoted to the emperor, he must first obtain the support of civil and military officials around him, and then the recognition of talents in the world. This is the political foundation. Finally, he made a gesture of what the people wanted and what the destiny belonged to. Yuan Shao pushed for it again and again and again, and he could naturally build a country and become a king of a generation.

To be honest, Yuan Shao believes that as long as he obtains the support of the civil and military officials around him, he will be able to obtain the support of the talents of the world and have a political foundation. Because Yuan Shao has always believed that all the talents in the world are under his account, or have been under his account. And Xu Du, who has also shown a lot of talents, are either not considered talents in Yuan Shao's eyes, or they are poached from him.

Yuan Shao firmly believed that these fencemen were not only unable to meet the standards of top talents, but also today they defected to him because of Cao Zhi's improvement. When Yuan Shao became emperor in the future, they did not turn the guns and flocked back, striving to serve him in his position and serve him again.

Yuan Shao has thought about it. It will not be so easy for you fencemen to come back. Humph, Yuan Shao is going to pick and choose. He is planning to not accept those who have done too many things like Xun Yu and Guo Jia who have done too many things to be sorry for him!

After Yuan Shao had his own imagination, fantasy and delusion, he instructed the chief clerk Geng Bao to find a basis for himself to be the emperor.

Geng Bao, a fool, was well-read poetry, and had some tricks and wanted to express himself. So through some collection of information, he took it out of context and said to Yuan Shao privately: "Chide has declined, and Yuan is a descendant of Huangdi. He should follow the will of heaven and follow the hearts of the people."

The meaning of these sentences is that according to the "theory" of "five virtues are mutually generated", the Han Dynasty was the so-called fire virtue (i.e., the red virtue). Fire virtue should be replaced by earth virtue, and Huangdi is earth virtue, and the Yuan family was the descendant of Huangdi, so the Yuan family replaced the Han Dynasty as "God will".

Then Yuan Shao deliberately made Geng Bao's nonsense to his military officials at a meeting. He expected everyone to support him in unison, but he did not expect that Geng Bao's words were confusing the public and confusing the public. The Han Dynasty and Emperor Xian of Han lived well, and were also granted Yuan Shao and their important official positions. How could he have replaced them? There was no random "god will" statement.

It was also pointed out to the point of being a good lesson. As soon as he was called emperor, he became the target of the public criticism of the whole world. Tian Feng and others loyally dissuaded Yuan Shao and must not repeat Yuan Shu's mistakes. Everyone unanimously condemned him and advocated that Yuan Shao should be beheaded Geng Bao to serve as a warning to others.

Although Yuan Shao was very angry at the remarks of Tian Feng and others, he also knew that the time for his proclaimed emperor was not yet ripe and he had no foundation for it. But he was afraid that he would reveal that it was his commander and hurriedly sent someone to kill Geng Bao secretly.

In order to show off, Geng Bao became the first victim on Yuan Shao's journey of imperial career in a confused manner.

Although Yuan Shao did not obtain any support from his political group to become emperor, he still made arrangements for the Yuan Shu who accepted the resignation: while Yuan Shao replied to Yuan Shu, he secretly ordered Yuan Tan, the eldest son, who was then the governor of Qingzhou, to send troops to welcome his uncle Yuan Shu on the border between Qingzhou and Xuzhou. He also secretly ordered Yuan Tan to not only secretly escort to Yecheng when he received Yuan Shu, but also to send the jade seal to Yuan Shao first.
Chapter completed!