"Xiang'er, what's the matter?" Liu Zhang asked, looking at Sun Shangxiang who walked in gloomily.
Sun Shangxiang stepped forward and took Liu Zhang's hand, "Husband, Xiang'er heard that the situation in Jiangdong has stabilized. My brother is now trapped in Wucheng. Xiang'er wants to go back and have a look, is that okay?"
Sun Shangxiang did not tell Liu Zhang that the Jiangdong family had a blood feud with the Sun family, and Sun Shangxiang felt that Sun Quan didn't know yet. If he knew, he would definitely not confront the family's army like this.
Sun Shangxiang wanted to go back and tell his second brother, otherwise he would still be kept in the dark.
"Do you have to go back?" Liu Zhang didn't want Sun Shangxiang to go back, but if Sun Shangxiang had to go back, he didn't want to stop him.
"Husband, since Xiang'er has married you, she is yours and will definitely come back."
Liu Zhang nodded, hugged Sun Shangxiang and said softly: "Be careful on the road."
After sending Sun Shangxiang out of the house, Liu Zhang let out a long sigh, and Huang Yueying said quietly beside him: "I can't believe that in such a short period of time, my lord and Sun Xiaomei have become so close to each other."
"Emotions can be cultivated. Everyone is born with them. But I'm not sighing for this. I just think, some things are really evil."
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"I have something to report to the Queen Mother. In recent years, the King of Shu has led the Sichuan army to quell the rebels, wipe out Zhang Lu, Liu Biao, Han Sui, Ma Teng and Liu Bei, defeat Cao Cao, intimidate Jiangdong, and become famous all over the world.
He regained the land of Hanzhong, Jingzhou, Liangzhou and Guanzhong for the Han Dynasty, trampled the Western Qiang with more horses, pacified the southern barbarians of the Five Rivers, and swept across the Western Regions, gaining great fame.
Over the years, under the rule of the King of Shu, the harvest has been abundant, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Everyone praises the King of Shu for his great achievements. Now, the trial planting of high-yielding crops in Guanzhong has been successful. It has benefited all the people.
Such mighty power is comparable to the ancient sages.
The Han Dynasty has been without an emperor for nearly two years. The late emperor has no son, and the King of Shu is a descendant of the Queen of Han Dynasty. He has outstanding merits and both political integrity and talent. The minister suggested that the Queen Mother issue an edict to establish the King of Shu as emperor and come to Dabao to help the Han Dynasty. "
At the morning court, Xu Jing made an impassioned speech and bowed down to the Empress Dowager Fushou. Zhang Song, Jiang Wan and other civil servants came out one after another: "Please the Empress Dowager to issue an order to establish the King of Shu as emperor, to come to Dabao and help the great Han Dynasty."
Fu Shou obviously didn't know about this. He looked at Liu Zhang and found that Liu Zhang was also frowning. He didn't know what he was thinking. Fu Shou faced the ministers with a calm face. He said to the ministers: "Is this what you mean?
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"We are all the same." Zhang Song, Jiang Wan and others shouted in unison.
Xu Jing said: "The Queen Mother is the mother of the world, but she is a phoenix body after all. A big man cannot be without a king for a long time. I ask the Queen Mother to play it accurately to comfort the hopes of all people."
Xu Jing's tone was threatening. It was obvious that if Fu Shou disagreed, he would use more violent words to force him to do so. The ministers who lowered their heads all raised their eyelids and looked at Fu Shou.
"Everyone is safe." Fu Shou stood up from his seat without any fluctuation on his face: "In the past few years, the King of Shu has eliminated thieves for the Han Dynasty and brought benefits to all the people. I see it in my eyes. The King of Shu is indeed very kind to the Han people.
Great achievements.
The late emperor has no children, and the King of Shu is a member of the royal family. He carries the hearts of all the people, and is able to establish himself as the orthodox king. All ministers and ministers ask for help. I will give you the report and choose an auspicious day to invite the King of Shu to visit the Dabao."
A group of ministers in the palace barely had time to react. They did not expect Fu Shou to agree so easily. They were about to kneel down to thank him. Suddenly Liu Zhang shouted: "Wait a minute."
Liu Zhang came out from the front left and saluted Fu Shou: "Queen Mother, this matter still needs to be discussed."
All the ministers thought that Liu Zhang was resigning as a courtesy, and when they were about to persuade him, Liu Zhang stopped them coldly, bowed to Fu Shou, and said to Huang Yueying: "Come out with me."
Outside the palace, Liu Zhang said to Huang Yueying and Zhang Ren: "They asked me to make me emperor. I don't know. Do you know?"
Zhang Ren reported: "General, I have heard some rumors."
"Then why don't you tell me?" Liu Zhang said coldly.
Zhang Renzheng was speechless, and Huang Yueying said: "My lord, this cannot be blamed on General Zhang, nor on other ministers. Since ancient times, ministers have shared the king's worries.
My lord is not a rigid person. There are no outsiders here. Yueying can just say it straight. This is tantamount to treason. How can you discuss this kind of thing with the king? Isn't this trapping the king into disloyalty and unrighteousness?
Yueying had heard some rumors before, but she did not stop them. Yueying felt that it was better not to let the Lord know about these things."
"Okay, even if I don't know, Yueying, Zhang Ren." Liu Zhang said to Huang Yueying and Zhang Ren: "Do you agree with me proclaiming the emperor?"
Zhang Rendao: "No matter whether the lord becomes emperor or not, Zhang Ren will follow the lord."
Huang Yueying had already heard some clues from Liu Zhang's tone, and frowned: "My lord, don't you have the intention to become emperor?"
"Huh~~" Liu Zhang glanced at the sky, let out a long breath, and said to Huang Yueying: "Yueying, you know me. I have done so much not for the imperial family of the Han Dynasty, but for the New Deal to be implemented in the Han Dynasty."
Take root and remove the rotten smell left by the world.
Therefore, even if you talk about tampering, I, Liu Zhang, have never hesitated to do it. I have never thought about returning the throne to the current royal family. I can tell you two now that I, Liu Zhang, have decided on this emperor.
,but."
Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief: "This is not the time to become emperor. Proclaiming emperor now will not do any good to me or the Sichuan army."
"Why?" Even Huang Yueying was a little confused and said to Liu Zhang: "My lord, you should know that in our current ruling area, the proportion of aristocratic families is very small, but instead there have been many business classes who purely support the lord.
The people even supported their lord. Who the emperor was was not that important to them. What mattered was who made them live well. If someone else was the emperor, it would make them uneasy.
What's more, my lord's achievements in Xiqiang, Nanhuang, Wuxi, and the Western Regions are something that every Han man should be proud of. Those simple people will also be proud. If my lord becomes emperor, Yueying dares to guarantee that within the territory under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Army, there will be no objections.
A drop in the bucket.
As for the clans outside our jurisdiction, they are already incompatible with us. Do we still need to please them?
There are no disadvantages to the lord becoming emperor, but rather advantages.
Now that the Han Dynasty has no emperor, why don't Cao Cao and Sun Quan dare to proclaim themselves emperor? Because the lord is more qualified than them. If they all proclaim themselves emperor, the lord will definitely become emperor.
But the descendants of the lord's royal family, and supported by the Queen Mother, must be more orthodox than them, and this is exactly what they are afraid of.
Whatever the enemy is afraid of, we will do it. Since Cao Sun is afraid of us proclaiming the emperor, then we will proclaim the emperor. Yueying believes that as long as the lord proclaims the emperor, even if Cao Cao and Sun Quan follow suit, the people of the world will feel that the lord is more legitimate and influential.
Bigger.
In other words, at that time, Cao Cao and Sun Quan had become a truly illegal regime. The so-called reputation for success, isn't this very beneficial to us?
We are about to send troops to the Lower Hetao area, Yueying thinks this is beneficial to us sending troops, what are you worried about, lord?"
After Huang Yueying finished speaking, she looked at Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang gently touched his forehead with his palm and said to Huang Yueying: "Yueying, I know all this, but you have not thought of the real disadvantages of proclaiming emperor."
"The real downside?"
"What should you do first after proclaiming yourself emperor?" Liu Zhang asked.
Huang Yueying said: "Let's reward the ministers and give them a general amnesty."
Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Ren: "General Zhang, what official position do you think I will confer on you after I become emperor?"
"The general will not dare..."
"Don't talk nonsense, tell the truth."
Zhang Ren felt his scalp numb and hesitated before replying: "Maybe he will be made a general."
"Then what other official position can I give you in the future?"
"this……"
"If I don't seal you in the future, will you still be willing to fight for me, Liu Zhang? Are you still willing to go in?"
Zhang Ren said hurriedly: "My lord, no matter what position he holds, Zhang Ren is willing to go through fire and water for my lord."
"That was you, that was you Zhang Ren, what about someone else? Do you think everyone is the same as you, Zhang Ren?"
Liu Zhang turned his head and said to Huang Yueying: "Yueying, you should understand, right? After I become emperor, the great vassal workers may even be granted the title of king. Can I afford it?"
When the official positions are fixed, most of the ministers, workers and generals have lost their ambition to make progress. How can we still fight? Don't forget that there are many officials from poor families below us.
To put it bluntly, although the aristocratic families are very decadent, most of the aristocratic families are definitely more visionary and have loftier ideals than those of the humble families. If I, Liu Zhang, no longer have official positions for them, their fighting spirit will be at least half weaker.
They all hope that this king will become emperor in the future and can get a bigger official position, so they are working hard. Well, if I become emperor now, the official position will be determined by then, and there will not be much room for advancement. What are they pursuing?
If there are more military generals and civil servants who come to serve, what official positions should I give them? Now half of the world is not unified, and there must be a lot of officials who need to be recruited. What will be done then? Have these people been relieved of their current official positions?"
Huang Yueying lived in the late Han Dynasty. There were only three previous great turmoils in the world, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the six kingdoms were unified by Qin Shihuang.
Chu and Han fought against each other, and Liu Bang unified the world.
At the end of the Third Western Han Dynasty, Guangwu Zhongxing.
The three people all proclaimed themselves emperors after the world was basically unified, so Huang Yueying did not learn from it. However, Liu Zhang knew that many emperors in later generations had proclaimed themselves emperors first, which caused the entire regime to lose its fighting spirit, and finally settled in a corner until it was destroyed.
There were too many examples like this, and Liu Zhang did not want to make the same mistake again, so Liu Zhang would rather let Empress Dowager Fushou be the regent, and never thought of proclaiming himself emperor, but he did not expect that the ministers would do this to him.
Liu Zhang softened his tone and said to Huang Yueying: "What I have said is that if we become emperor now, the fighting spirit of our entire Sichuan army will drop, including civil servants and military generals.
And if we don't proclaim ourselves emperor, everyone will have something to look forward to in the future, and they will have more fighting spirit.
I don’t want the enthusiasm of the Sichuan army to cool down now because of the proclaimed emperor, do you understand?”
Huang Yueying and Zhang Ren stopped talking, but considered Liu Zhang's words. After a while, Huang Yueying said: "Lord, I understand what you mean."
Liu Zhang nodded.
The three people walked into the hall again, and the originally buzzing hall immediately fell silent. They all wanted to know the outcome of the discussion between Liu Zhang and the Sichuan Army's civil and military chief. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!