Chapter 273: King

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan were all trying to develop their respective strengths, and Liu Bei was not idle either. He knew very well that if he wanted to rely on others, he would definitely not be reliable. He could only rely on himself, and he could only recruit soldiers and expand his strength through his own efforts. There was an excellent opportunity in front of him!

Liu Bei was sent to build a new castle for the ministers. This was a chore, thankless kind. The new castle was just a temporary residence. If you spend a lot of effort to repair it, the soldiers would complain and not want to spend their efforts on it. If you want to repair it carelessly, the ministers would be unhappy and would blame Liu Bei for his poor work!

Yuan Shao was born in a wealthy family, and he thought about things from the above two aspects. He thought he was thorough. Liu Bei, a flatterer, pretending to be a royal family member, had to be repaired by him!

Unfortunately, although Liu Bei was called his uncle by the Crown Prince Liu Bian, he did not grow up in a wealthy mansion, so he thought things were different from those of the wealthy family. He took thousands of soldiers to the place where the new city was Xiuxin City. In fact, it was not far from the old city, only a few hundred steps away.

Liu Bei soon contacted these soldiers and kept asking how the new recruits were eating, who else was at home, what were their plans after the war was over, what were their hopes for life, etc., and so on!

The soldiers were very fond of his tricks. Although Liu Bei did not give them any benefits, they all thought that Liu Bei was a good person and a good general, and was very willing to talk to Liu Bei. They even told Liu Bei that Yuan Shao had beaten and scolded the soldiers when he was training, and many soldiers escaped. These new soldiers could be sent to build the city wall without training. Not only did they not feel despised, but they felt glad that building the city wall was just a effort, and they did not need to be beaten and scolded!

After hearing the soldiers' complaints, Liu Bei was overjoyed. He had just arrived in Yuancheng and didn't know the situation here, but after the soldiers said this, he understood that he could take a team away from here. It was much more convenient to pull a team away from here than to recruit soldiers in the countryside. The new recruits here all had weapons, and they were all fully equipped with military uniforms, and they all had cloth shoes to wear. Of course, it didn't matter if there were no cloth shoes. He could teach the soldiers to weave straw sandals!

The next day, Wang Yun brought his ministers and family to Yuan Shao's camp. Yuan Shao's eyes were red, and Yuan Wei's eyes were also red. They went out of the city to welcome Wang Yun and others.

When he was at the gate of the city, Yuan Wei glanced at Yuan Shao and said, "Nephew, your eyes are so red!"

Yuan Shao also glanced at Yuan Wei and said with a wry smile: "Uncle, why are you like this?"

Yuan Wei thought for a while and said, "Wang Yun said the most, which is very annoying. If he asked about our eyes, you would reply that it was because he was worried about national affairs and that he could successfully help the prince ascend the throne, so he did not sleep all night, so his eyes were so red!"

Yuan Shao nodded, and he rubbed his eyes, feeling the scorching pain in his eyes, thinking: "I was smoked by candles, so I have to let the doctor see it, otherwise my eyes will be so painful that I can't do anything!"

Not long after, Cao Cao and Wang Yun arrived with their ministers. Wang Yun walked in the front, and Cao Cao followed closely behind. Behind them were ministers with high positions, more than a dozen, and later, there were low positions, so I couldn't count how many of them were!

When they came close, Yuan Shao couldn't bear it when he saw it. He and Yuan Wei whispered at the same time. The two of them widened their red eyes and looked at Wang Yun, Cao Cao and the group of ministers. They saw that their eyes were all red, all of them were like this, without exception!

Before Wang Yun and Cao Cao came, they also found that each other's eyes were red and they could not help but be red. They discussed with the ministers how to write the manifesto to attack Li Qin. They discussed it all night and changed it more than a dozen times. There were many people and opinions. Everyone quarreled around, but they finally agreed to the opinions. They were tired and couldn't rest all night. They had to come over immediately. How could their eyes not be red? It would be strange if they were not red!

Seeing this, Yuan Shao went up to see the courtesy of the ministers. Before Wang Yun and Cao Cao asked, he asked first: "Mr. Wang, Brother Meng De, what's wrong with your eyes? Why are you so red? But you didn't have a good rest last night? I guess you're tired, right?"

Wang Yun yelled, um, and said, "This is a reason for the hard work on the journey, but it is mainly because we are worried about state affairs and always think about how to successfully support His Royal Highness to ascend the throne, so we have too much effort, so our eyes are so red. By the way, look at Mr. Yuan and General Yuan, your eyes are also red, but because they have not had a good rest?"

Yuan Shao and Yuan Wei looked at each other and thought to themselves: "Hey, the reason we thought was actually used first by them!"

Yuan Wei hurriedly said, "Not that, we cry, the reason is the same as you. As ministers, we must be worried about national affairs. Now that the crown prince is not yet determined, can we not be in a hurry? The red eyes are crying, and we cry!"

Wang Yun said with a hint, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Let's go to see Empress Dowager Dong and His Royal Highness. Some things cannot be delayed, so they must be resolved as soon as possible!"

Yuan Shao and Yuan Wei naturally would not object, so they led everyone into the city to meet Empress Dowager Dong.

Everyone here in Yuancheng has different thoughts, but Luoyang is united!

Li Qin adopted Jia Xu's suggestion and established the third son of the emperor Liu Xie as the new monarch, but he did not go to the city to participate in the throne ceremony. Although from the perspective of a minister, he did not "fulfill his obligations", the current situation is that the Yellow Turban Army will come at any time, and the contender for the throne, Crown Prince Liu Bian, has a large group of court officials. In this case, he can only follow the power of everything, and no one will blame Li Qin. Of course, Luoyang is under the control of Li Qin. Whoever accuses him is equivalent to being unable to get along with his own head. No one is so stupid. Shut up when it should be shut up. This is Junjie's behavior!

The palace was burned, and Liu Xie had no place to "work", and even promoted to the court. Yuan Wei just happened to escape from the capital. His house was quite small, so Li Qin ordered Jia Xu to place the little emperor in the Yuan family, which was considered a temporary palace.

There were many people who had no time to escape in the capital. After all, it was impossible for such a big family to escape. Li Qin was very interested. He didn't do anything to the Yuan family, and he also arranged a vocational department for them to renovate the palace. This was a big deal. Even if the palace could not be completely repaired, it would not be difficult to organize several halls and let the little emperor move in, but the cost required...

Why not kill the Yuan family? Why not confiscate the Yuan family's property? Why should the Yuan family have to shoulder the heavy responsibility to build the palace? Isn't it just to give the Yuan family a chance to serve the new emperor? If the Yuan family doesn't pay for the cost of building the palace, would it be possible for the little emperor to pay for it himself?

People from the Yuan family also knew this well, and were watched tightly and could not escape, so they could only bite the bullet and spend their own money to build the palace for the little emperor. Although the Yuan family has a deep roots and has accumulated countless wealth over the years, they have spent money like flowing water during this period, and they have almost spent it all. But they still have to thank the little emperor and Li Qin for giving them a chance to be loyal and work hard to build the palace!

After the little emperor's ascension ceremony, Li Qin planned to bring troops eastward and wipe out the Yellow Turban Army first. The existence of the Yellow Turban Army made the Han Dynasty in storms. Although Li Qin sympathized with the lives of the poor and agreed to the saying that there was oppression and resistance, but now is not the time to carry forward the spirit of rebellion, so we have to stabilize the situation as soon as possible!

Li Qin originally wanted to issue more orders on national economy and people's livelihood in the name of the little emperor, not only to stabilize the unchaotic places, but also to make the people in the chaos feel hope that as long as they go home, they can live a stable life. However, Jia Xu disagreed. He disagreed with Li Qin's order in the name of the little emperor, and simply issued it in the name of Li Qin. This would be better for the development of Li Qin and the Fujiao Army. After Li Qin considered it, he agreed.

The matter in Luoyang came to an end and various orders were being issued. Seeing that it was almost done, Li Qin decided to lead the army himself to attack the Yellow Turban Army, but he still did not enter the city!

But if he didn't enter the city, the little emperor could not wait. Even if Liu Xie wanted to wait, Zhang Rang and the others refused. Before Li Qin left the capital, he quickly wrote an imperial edict in the name of the little emperor and promoted Li Qin to an official position. This official title is quite interesting. He turned out to be the "Taishi". Li Qin became Li Junhou!

After receiving this imperial edict, Li Qin was amused and cried. He did not expect that he would become the Grand Tutor one day, but he disliked the official title and refused. After Jia Xu knew Li Qin's idea, he hinted that the little eunuch who sent the imperial edict, Li Lang wanted a separate official title, or simply named him a king!

The little eunuch had to go back to the city and informed Zhang Rang. After Zhang Rang discussed the ten regular attendants, he would grant Li Qin the king. However, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, once killed a white horse and sued the sky. Those who were not surnamed Liu were not allowed to be crowned with kings. This is the ancestral system. Now that Li Qin wants to be crowned with kings, should he agree or not?

Zhang asked them to discuss and found a reason for the flexibility. When Emperor Gaozu killed the white horse and sued the sky, it was said to the ministers, and told the ministers not to make those who were not surnamed Liu as kings, but it was not to the eunuchs, so the ministers had to abide by the emperor's orders, but their eunuchs did not use it. Also, the capital Chang'an is in the hands of Li Qin, and now Luoyang is also in the hands of Li Qin. The palace was burned. The little emperor lived in the house of the fleeing minister. Even the little emperor was established by Li Qin. Otherwise, the Han Dynasty would not even have the emperor now, so what kind of ancestral system would be adhered to? If Emperor Gaozu was dissatisfied and asked him to jump out of the grave, everyone should argue. If he couldn't jump out, then he would be accused of the Emperor Gaozu!

The ten regular attendants did not ask Liu Xie. The eunuchs were doing their business, and the little emperor went to cool off while he was not sending Fang Quan. What did the little brat know, so there was no need to answer him!
Chapter completed!