Chapter 1 Chapter 79: Yuan Shao: I'm behind the scenes!
Yuan Shao and others on the Chang'an side had no choice but to capture the people of Chang'an and return in despair. On the other side, Cao Cao learned that Dong Zhuo had once again robbed and escaped, and immediately went to Hangu Pass to persuade Xu Rong to surrender. This was an outstanding man who had defeated him.
Cao Cao didn't want to miss it, so he personally went to persuade Xu Rong to surrender.
After Xu Rong learned that he had been abandoned, he surrendered to Cao Cao without saying a word. He was not popular with Dong Zhuo anyway. Xu Rong surrendered to Hangu Pass, and the control of Tongguan fell directly into Cao Cao's hands.
After the attack on Dong was over, Guo Jia was also disappointed with Yuan Shao, left Yuan Shao, and fled back to Yingchuan.
Yuan Shao began to implement the plan to drive a wedge between Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, and sent Jushou to Jicheng to let Liu Yu inherit the throne and proclaim himself emperor.
But Liu Yu refused.
Jushou had no choice but to retreat and first persuade Liu Yu to proclaim himself king, and then when the time was right, he would persuade Liu Yu to proclaim himself emperor.
Liu Bei followed what Jushu said and called him King of Han and Yan.
A conflict broke out between Liu Biao and Shi Xie's younger brother Shi Yi in Hepu.
Yuan Shu took the opportunity to recapture Nanyang.
Fortunately, Cao Cao and Sun Jian provided timely support and put pressure on Yuan Shu, which allowed Yuan Shu to stop his plan to continue entering Jingzhou.
And Liu Yan was encroaching on Liangzhou step by step.
Dong Zhuo's departure made it easy for him to take Liangzhou.
In the autumn of the fourth year of Chuping, the third power assessment came, and Liu Bei, who won Xuzhou, ranked first in population and land growth.
Yuan Shao relied on the sales of his sweaters to win the first place in economic growth and military capability.
However, Liu Yan relied on this war to seize a large amount of land and population, and achieved second place in land, population and military capabilities, becoming an existence that all princes could not ignore.
And Cao Cao also won the third place in territorial growth because he obtained the Hetao above Chang'an and part of Sili.
In the same year, Gongsun Du relied on technology and strength to achieve great results in his eastern expedition against Goguryeo, and he made the Goguryeo army miserable.
Yuan Shu summoned the world to successfully develop the golden sore medicine.
In this year, Dong Zhuo, who had controlled the Han dynasty for many years, was finally driven out of the Central Plains. There was a brief period of peace in the Central Plains, and all the princes began to digest their own power.
But this peace lasted only a year before it was broken.
With the emergence of the points mall, the people of the Han Dynasty wanted to live in peace and contentment and no longer wanted to fight, which made it difficult for the heroes to recruit soldiers.
With the exception of Cao Cao, Cao Cao's policy of preferential treatment of soldiers was that many young men took the initiative to join Cao Cao's army.
The purpose is to let my children have books to read.
Other princes also want to follow suit, but they are worried about the counterattack of the noble families and are hesitant whether to follow suit or not.
But things often have two sides. This phenomenon has further aroused the conflict between Cao Cao and the aristocratic families. One Cao Cao is enough for them, and now there are others who want to follow suit. How can they tolerate this kind of thing!
A conspiracy against Cao Cao also began to brew.
At the end of the fifth year of Chuping, after more than a year, without Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou, Liu Yan easily incorporated Liangzhou into his own territory, and took advantage of Liangzhou. Liu Yan in Yizhou was only one Chang'an and one Hanguguan.
The trend of the Western Qin was formed, but Hangu Pass was now in the hands of Cao Cao. Liu Yan wrote to Cao Cao and asked Cao Cao to return Hangu Pass to him, but Cao Cao refused.
Liu Yan had no choice but to name Zhang Ren and Zhang Xiu and lead an army to garrison in the deserted Chang'an, waiting for the opportunity to seize Hangu Pass at any time.
At the same time, Liu Yan saw that the time was ripe, and he began to worship his ancestors and proclaim himself emperor as a clan member of the Han Dynasty in Yizhou City. The title of the year was Jing, and later generations called him Jing Han.
At the beginning of the sixth year of Chuping, Yuan Shao saw Liu Yan proclaiming himself emperor in Bashu. He thought this was the best time, so he sent Jushou to Jicheng to persuade Liu Yu to proclaim himself emperor.
"King Yan, in terms of birth, you are a descendant of Prince Gong. In terms of reputation, you are deeply loved by the people in Youzhou. The emperor has disappeared. Only you can inherit the throne in this world. Then Liu Yan's position is not legitimate. What do you think?
, if Liu Yan becomes more powerful, are you the first person you want to get rid of?" Jushu persuaded Liu Yu, told Liu Yu the seriousness of the matter, and asked Liu Yu to quickly proclaim himself emperor.
Liu Yu started to hesitate after being told by Ju Shou.
He initially rejected Ju Shou's proposal because he knew that once he proclaimed himself emperor, he would most likely become Yuan Shao's puppet.
But the situation is different now. Liu Yan has proclaimed himself emperor. Looking at the past, the only person in the world who has the final qualification to compete with him is himself. Liu Yan will definitely not be able to sleep unless he kills himself.
Liu Yu felt like he was an arrow on the bowstring and had to shoot.
Liu Yu, who had no other choice, proclaimed himself emperor in Jicheng on Yuan Shao's suggestion.
After Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor, Yuan Shao not only did not give any advice to Liu Yu, but instead bowed to Liu Yu and helped Liu Yu build his palace.
Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Kong Rong and other princes also expressed their support for Liu Yu.
Among the northern princes, only Gongsun Zan did not clearly express his attitude.
This made Liu Yu, who already had objections to Gongsun Zan, even more dissatisfied.
Two political powers in one country cannot be tolerated in any country.
Yuan Shao proposed to Liu Yu that he should issue an order from the emperor, saying that Liu Yan was a fake Han and he was the orthodox one, and ordered all the princes in the world to attack Liu Yan together.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei both agreed. Cao Cao believed that Liu Yan had already garrisoned troops in Chang'an and would definitely look for opportunities to plot against him at Hangu Pass, while Liu Bei believed that Liu Yu was indeed more correct than Liu Yan in getting the throne.
Liu Yan was almost furious when he heard the news. I didn't go to trouble you. It would be better for you to come to trouble me first.
Yes, I am not as good as you in terms of birth, but how can you, a puppet, have the nerve to call me a hypocrite!
In terms of power assessment, I rank high in all aspects. In terms of power, among the princes in the world, I, Liu Yan, am the only one qualified to inherit the throne.
How dare you, a scumbag who doesn't even have a ranking, claim to be emperor?
Liu Yan looks down on Liu Yu, a loser. It doesn't matter if he has a good family background. It's not like he has become someone else's puppet. Only I, Liu Yan, can revive the great Han Dynasty. You'd better stay here and enjoy yourself.
Although Liu Yan thought so, he was indeed inferior to Liu Yu in terms of birth, and for a while he couldn't find a reason to stand up for justice.
However, at this time, Yuan Shao added another spark to the troubled times and sent his cronies to secretly deliver the Imperial Seal to Liu Yan.
The next night, Liu Yan was hanging out in the courtyard, thinking about how to reply to Liu Yu on the basis of justice. At this moment, Liu Yan saw a five-color divine light glowing next to a tree in the courtyard.
Liu Yan immediately went over to check, but he couldn't bear to know. He was shocked when he saw that the jade seal lost in Yuan Shu's hands was actually here!
Liu Yan didn't care whether he offended Yuan Shu or not. He believed that he was the one destined to become emperor, and that the jade seal was God's will for him!
He finally found a reason to refute Liu Yu.
Liu Yan, who received the jade seal, also issued an imperial edict declaring that he was the descendant of Lu Gong, King Liu Yu, and that he was a true clan member of the Han Dynasty and qualified to inherit the throne. However, Liu Yu just had a good background and was inferior to Liu Yu in terms of ability and strength.
I, but I can't even give orders to my subordinate Gongsun Zan, so what qualifications do I have to proclaim the emperor? Moreover, when I was walking, I saw five-color divine light shooting down from the sky. When the divine light dissipated, the imperial seal appeared in front of me, I proclaimed myself the emperor.
It's God's will, and you are the orthodoxy.
Liu Yan made up the fact that he got the jade seal in a vivid way, and had people publicize it in Yizhou, belittling Liu Yu and promoting himself at the same time.
Yuan Shu on the other side was furious when he learned that the Imperial Seal was at Liu Yan's place. He thought Cao Cao had robbed him of the Imperial Seal, but he didn't expect that it was Liu Yan, an old guy who intercepted the Imperial Seal.
The national jade seal!
If it were not that the only routes leading to Yizhou were Hanzhong and Jingzhou, Yuan Shu would now want to lead his troops to find Liu Yan and recover the situation.
But now that Jingzhou is still in Liu Biao's hands, Yuan Shu can only swallow this breath in his stomach.
All Liu Yan's actions played into Yuan Shao's hands.
Not only did he bring Yuan Shu's hatred to Liu Yan, but Liu Yan's remarks just helped him arouse the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan.
Yuan Shao took advantage of the conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan and suggested that Liu Yu ask Gongsun Zan to hand over the map of Youzhou to show his surrender and prove his ability to be the master of a country.
Liu Yu obeyed again. He had long been unhappy with Gongsun Zan, so he took this opportunity to hit Gongsun Zan and let him know that Liu would always be the surname in the world.
Liu Yu asked Gongsun Zan to hand over the map to show his loyalty to the Han Dynasty.
If it were something else, Gongsun Zan might have given it to Liu Bei for his sake, but for the ambitious Gongsun Zan, if you ask him to hand over the map, how is this possible?
I had to endure so many lightning strikes before I finally got this map. If you ask for it, I’ll give it to you!
Gongsun Zan refused to give the map to Liu Yu and ignored Liu Yu, leaving Liu Yu to play with himself.
Gongsun Zan refused, which made Liu Yu very embarrassed, but he still decided to give Gongsun Zan a chance, and ordered Liu Bei to persuade Gongsun Zan that since he was the emperor, he would feel safe with the map of Youzhou in his hands.
Master Tiandijun, since he supports Liu Yu as the emperor, he will obey Liu Yu's command. Liu Bei personally went to Peking to persuade Gongsun Zan and asked Gongsun Zan to give the map to Liu Yu, and stated that he had agreed when answering the question that no matter who the two of them were,
He will get half of the victory and rewards, and he will also get half of the map, and he wants to give the map to Liu Yu.
But who knew that Gongsun Zan was furious and believed that in Liu Bei's eyes, the Han clan clan was more important than his old classmate, so he refused Liu Bei's request. From then on, Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei broke off their relationship.
Liu Yu also labeled Gongsun Zan as a rebel and ordered Liu Bei to send troops to destroy Gongsun Zan and obtain the map of Youzhou.
But Liu Bei refused, saying that Bogui was his classmate and they were teachers and could not bear to kill each other.
Liu Yu no longer made trouble for Liu Bei and ordered Yuan Shao to send troops to encircle Gongsun Zan.
The development of the matter is falling into Yuan Shao's plan step by step. Now Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei have broken up, and he has also obtained reasonable reasons for sending troops. As long as Gongsun Zan is eliminated and Youzhou is captured, he doesn't care what Liu Yu does.
Wouldn’t it be nice to call yourself emperor?
On the other side of Yanzhou, Cao Cao also had a headache at this time. It was not that he had a headache, but that a major rebellion occurred in his territory. The aristocratic families headed by the Xun family, Chen family, and Zhong family joined forces with Yuan Shao to break out in Yingchuan.
During the civil strife, aristocratic families in several other counties also rebelled, and aristocratic families in other states and counties also secretly supported these rebels.
Cao Cao has touched their interests, and they want the princes of the world to see what the consequences of touching their interests will be.
In addition to quelling the rebellion, he also wanted to send troops to help Liu Biao, and on the other hand, Liu Yan was left at Hangu Pass.
These things troubled Cao Cao so much that he had no choice but to ask Liu Bei for help.
Fortunately, Cao Cao's previous preferential treatment policy for soldiers allowed Cao Cao to gain a lot of popular support in Yanzhou. Otherwise, if so many aristocratic families rebelled, Cao Cao would be swallowed up!
Since this matter involved many aristocratic families, Xun Yu, Xun You and other descendants of the aristocratic families serving in Yanzhou were dismissed one after another and replaced by their new cronies.
On the other side, Dong Zhuo arrived at Liangzhou Governor Shi after leaving Liangzhou.
Although the history of the governor of Liang belongs to the territory of the Han, it is only in name, and the actual control is not in the hands of the Han. However, the map of the immortals contains the history of the governor of Liang, which makes their yearning for the countries in the Western Regions more unimpeded.
When Dong Zhuo left Liangzhou and was about to arrive at Liangzhou Governor's History, a sentence rang in their brains: "Ding, you are about to open the Han territory. They are all points malls, power malls, dungeons, and quiz activities. You don't have to participate, and Dong Zhuo will also
Lose the title of prince."
Only when they return to the territory of the Han Dynasty as Han people, or expand their territory as Han people, and obtain a stable settlement, can they enjoy these benefits again.
Dong Zhuo had no choice but to use up all his points and stationed himself at the border between Liangzhou and Liangzhou. He wanted to control Liangzhou and then continued to move westward.
But what Dong Zhuo didn't expect was that there were so many foreigners living on the border of Liangzhou and Liangzhou, and they were extremely enthusiastic towards them.
Later, after asking them about it, I found out that some of them admired the culture of the Han Dynasty. As long as you step into the territory of the Han Dynasty, you can enjoy the gifts from the immortals, and you can participate in live broadcasts, dungeons, and shopping malls.
But these benefits are gone after leaving Liangzhou.
So they moved to the border in order to one day become Han Chinese and enjoy the blessings of the immortals.
Dong Zhuo was immediately happy when he heard this. Okay, you want to become Han people, and I happen to hold the emperor of the Han Dynasty in my hands. Dong Zhuo took advantage of this and declared that he wanted to become Han people and join their army. He recruited a large number of foreigners in the history of Liang Governor, adding
own strength.
Dong Zhuo took advantage of this incident to easily control a large amount of land, temporarily stabilized the governorship of Liang, and sent a large number of scouts to the Western Regions to inquire about the situation of the countries in the Western Regions.
At the same time, Jia Xu also started his alien assimilation plan, promoting Han culture in the army, brainwashing these aliens to prevent them from turning traitors.
Although they used their status to gain a foothold in Liangzhou, the living conditions in Liangzhou were too poor and not suitable for them, so they could only continue to move westward.
Based on the information from their scouts and previous records of the Silk Road, they learned that there was a place called the Pomeran Plateau in the far west of Liangzhou.
Across the Pamir Plateau, there is a small country named Dayuan and Kangju Kingdom, and there is also a Shuanggui Empire named Dayuezhi.
