Chapter 977: Confessing the king and bringing chaos to the world
Jia Xu's policy of entrusting the king was actually to imitate the overlord and enfeoff the princes of the world, so as to break the old pattern set by the emperor of the Han Dynasty and create a new era started by Dong Zhuo.
Of course, it is not that easy to successfully implement the kingship policy.
First, the Han Emperor must be controlled.
Secondly, the timing of enfeoffment must be chosen when the prestige of the Han Dynasty is at its lowest.
Now Dong Zhuo holds the emperor hostage to order the princes. The emperor is just a puppet in his hands, and Dong Zhuo's orders are the imperial edict of the Han Emperor.
Before Zhang Jue died, he denounced the great Han Dynasty in front of the princes of the world, which aroused the ambition in the hearts of the princes.
After Dong Zhuo took over the court, he killed the young emperor, slept with the queen mother, and massacred the family... This also caused the Han Dynasty to lose its last fig leaf.
Today's Han Dynasty no longer has any majesty to speak of. Even the people at the bottom know that a change of dynasty is not far away, so this is the best time to implement the policy of enthroning the king, and Dong Zhuo is the only person to start a new era.
Once the kingship policy is implemented, Dong Zhuo will not only be able to seek a kingship for himself, but also, like the overlord of Chu, he can use his supreme capital to divide the world and rule the country.
It would be difficult for anyone to refuse such a temptation, but Dong Zhuo still had some concerns in his heart.
The ambitions in the hearts of the princes in the world are like wild beasts locked in a cage, and Feng Wangce is the key to unlock the cage. Dong Zhuo is also afraid that he will get out of control.
"Military advisor, once you implement this strategy, wouldn't it mean that you are voluntarily giving up the advantage of being the emperor?"
Seeing that Dong Zhuo did not want to give up the advantage of "holding the emperor to control the princes", Jia Xu thought for a moment and then replied: "My lord, things are different now. Our Liang army is the enemy of the whole world. Although the emperor and all the officials are in our army,
In the hands of the emperor, none of the princes would obey the imperial edict.
Moreover, even if the policy of ennobling the king is implemented, the emperor is still in your hands, my lord, and you can still use the banner of the emperor of the Han family to serve the emperor and attack his subjects."
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. Jia Xu was right. It really didn't make much difference whether the emperor was in his hands or not, because no princes would obey the imperial edict issued by him, so it was better to give full play to the last remaining heat of having the emperor.
Seeing that Dong Zhuo was still hesitant, Jia Xu immediately prepared to add fuel to the fire, so he asked: "I dare to ask, my lord, do you want to be king?"
After hearing this, Dong Zhuo immediately narrowed his eyes, but inexplicably remembered Zhang Jiao's words before his death. He couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "The Za family not only wants to be king, but the great man's lack of morality has made the people of the world miserable, and the Za family must
will replace it."
"My lord, if you are timid about becoming king, how can you talk about replacing the Han Dynasty and becoming independent? This is just the first step."
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. After pondering for a long time, a look of determination flashed in his eyes and he asked: "Military advisor, if the policy of making the king a king is implemented, how many princes will accept the order?"
Seeing this, Jia Xu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was mostly settled, he immediately smiled and said: "Most of the princes are hypocritical people, and they will definitely not accept the imperial edict directly in Luoyang, but the allied forces of the princes will definitely retreat because of this.
And when they return to their own territory, except for some princes who are loyal to the Han Dynasty, most of the princes will definitely accept the imperial edict."
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The military advisor can plan this plan in seconds. With the military advisor's assistance, there is no need to worry about the uncertainty of the world."
"My lord is full of compliments, and it is Xu's duty to share his worries."
The next day, Dong Zhuo summoned his ministers to discuss the implementation of the policy of making the king a king.
At first, most of the Liang army ministers opposed its implementation, believing that this policy was the source of cholera in the world. However, after understanding the benefits of the Liang army's policy, most people turned to believe that this policy should be implemented, and a small number of people opposed it.
There is nothing anyone can do to stop it.
At the morning court meeting a few days later, Dong Zhuo's ministers collectively wrote a letter praising Dong Zhuo's achievements and coerced the young emperor Liu Xie to confer Dong Zhuo the title of King of Liang.
Several veterans of the Han Dynasty stood up and denounced them, but Dong Zhuo killed all three clans. No one in the civil or military circles of the Manchu Dynasty commented. So far, there was no obstacle to Dong Zhuo becoming king.
Although Dong Zhuo was arrogant and arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to proclaim himself king directly. Instead, he accepted the offer only after rejecting it three times. The policy of making him king was officially implemented, and Dong Zhuo was the first person to proclaim himself king.
In Luoyang, the coalition forces and the Liang army were still negotiating, but Dong Zhuo's act of proclaiming himself king was like a big thunderbolt from the blue, shocking all the princes and speechless.
The first clause of the armistice negotiations was that Dong Zhuo surrendered his title as Duke of Liang. However, Dong Zhuo not only did not surrender his title, but instead proclaimed himself the king with great force. Isn't this a slap in the face of all the princes? But the princes did nothing.
Dong Zhuo.
The coalition forces really can no longer hold on. This is not only reflected in the aspect of food and grass, but also because the major princes have been away from their territories for so long, and their territories have shown various signs of instability.
Therefore, even if Dong Zhuo does not become king, if the negotiations continue to drag on, the major princes will have no choice but to retreat on their own, because they have reached the point where they have to withdraw.
There are naturally many theories among the people about Dong Zhuo's move to become king, but except for Kansai, most regions are condemning it.
Dong Zhuo's reputation is so bad that anything he does, even if it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, will still be controversial.
But the real shock to the world was yet to come. No one expected that not long after Dong Zhuo became king, he would actually ennoble other princes as kings.
The first to be enfeoffed by Dong Zhuo were the five one-character kings and the three county kings, namely: King Qin Wen of Jin, King Liu Yan of Shu, King Liu Yao of Huai, King Liu He of Yan, King Liu Ji of Ba, King Liu Bei of Pingyuan, King Liu Xiu of Xiangyang,
Liu Che, King of Peking.
Among the eight princes, except for Qin Wen, who has a foreign surname, the other seven are all clan members of the Han Dynasty. This undoubtedly pushed Qin Wen to the forefront. In addition, he also secretly plotted against Liu Che.
and Liu Xiu.
Dong Zhuo, knowing full well that Liu Che succeeded Liu Yu's position, chose Liu He, Liu Yu's son, as King of Yan, and made Liu Che the county king. This was obviously an attempt to provoke infighting among the Youzhou army.
Even Liu Xiu, who had betrayed him, Dong Zhuo cleared up all previous suspicions and named him the King of Xiangyang. However, this was also out of good intentions. After all, Xiangyang was in the hands of Qin Hao. Dong Zhuo's move was obviously to encourage Qin Hao to conquer Liu Xiu.
As for the other princes with the non-Liu surname, Dong Zhuo did not confer a king's title, but a duke on the same level as the king's title. Obviously, he also knew that it was difficult to convince people to rise to the top in one step.
The princes of the kingdoms granted by Dong Zhuo are: Qin Gong Qin Hao, Zhao Gong Yuan Shao, Yu Gong Yuan Shu, Wei Gong Cao Cao, Wu Gong Sun Jian, Lu Gong Tao Qian, Han Gong Han Fu, Liao Gong Sun Zan, Qi Gong.
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