Chapter 387 Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor

After Cao Cao welcomed the birth of his seventh son Cao Chong, he was preparing to discuss with his subordinates to send troops to intercept the Bingzhou army of Lu Bu's troops who were advancing eastward across Taihang Mountain. However, a sudden news prompted Cao Cao to make another decision quickly.

The key figure in this news was Yuan Shu, because he made a decision that always lingers in his mind - to be emperor.

To be an emperor recognized by everyone, there are several essential conditions.

The first is to have an identity that can call on the world. Whether it is Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang or Emperor Guangwu of Liu Xiu, they were all from the people, and their world was built with their own blood and sweat. Yuan Shu's identity was much higher than that of them. The Yuan family, the three masters of four generations, and their disciples were spread all over the country, with great appeal. He was also a legitimate son of the Yuan family, and his status and bloodline were much higher than that of the two of them.

The second is to have the imperial seal, which is a symbol of imperial power. Yuan Shu has been treasured for several years. Since Sun Jian gave Yuan Shu the imperial seal he found from Luoyang Palace in exchange for food, Yuan Shu took it out and played with it almost every few days. Under the candlelight, the crystal texture of the imperial seal often makes Yuan Shu feel itchy. When can he formally use it? The bright red seal determines the life and death of the people in the world.

The third is to have enough strength. When others don’t accept you, you can easily eliminate him. Sometimes, fists are more effective than mouths. Yuan Shu has a clear understanding of this. His strength is definitely not as strong as his brother Yuan Shao. Compared with Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Zhou Yu, Liu Zhang, Ma Teng, it is between the same age, and it is definitely much stronger than Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others.

However, Yuan Shu has his own point of view. He feels that the reason why he has not made much progress in recent years is that his reputation is not high enough. If he becomes the emperor, he can be condescending, subdued those swaying people, and then command them to destroy their enemies.

Therefore, in Yuan Shu's mind, what he has been thinking about is not whether he should be an emperor, but when to become an emperor.

In the autumn of the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu felt that this time had finally come.

In Shouchun, Yuan Shu's palace-like mansion, the convention hall with luxurious ornaments were all Yuan Shu's confidants and backbones. Yuan Shu sat alone on the high ground and glanced at the venue for several weeks. Fang He said happily: "In the past, Qin lost his power, and the heroes in the world fought for it, and the wise and brave men finally returned. Now the world is in trouble, and there is a trend of disintegration. Cao Cao used force to force the emperor to move the capital, and used the emperor to order the emperor to deceased the minister. This person was named a Han minister, but actually a Han thief. The Han Dynasty was weak! Now the Liu family is weak, and the people in the world are looking forward to the emperor's true destiny to save the people from water and fire. What do you think?"

The chief clerk Yan Xiang, chief secretary Yang Hong, Ying Shao, Jin Shang, counselor Li Feng, Yuan Yin, Han Yin and other civil officials looked at each other. They had known Yuan Shu's ambitions for a long time, but they did not expect that he would raise it in public and didn't know how to respond.

The right leader of Yuan Shu were all military generals, including Zhang Yan, Ji Ling, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui, Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Le Ju, Han Hao and other old generals, as well as Yang Feng, Han Xian, Hu Cai and other recently voted. After hearing Yuan Shu's words, Ji Ling stood up and clasped his fists and whispered: "The words of the lord are so excited! Now the country is in full swing, and the Liu family is weak. The lord's family's four generations of Gongfu, and the people's home should have been ascended to the people as the throne!"

Qiao Rui, Lei Bu and other generals agreed, Yuan Shu felt proud, but when he saw the hesitant expressions of the civil servants under his command, his face sank.

Seeing this, the chief clerk Yan Xiang took a step forward and said, "In the past, the Zhou Kingdom, from Houji, as for King Wen, who had accumulated virtue and merit, had occupied most of the land in the world, and still regarded Yin as the emperor. Although Duke Ming was prosperous for the whole time, who would have the prosperity of Zhou? Although the Han Dynasty was insignificant, it was not as weak as the Zhou Dynasty."

Yan Xiang’s meaning is very clear. Back then, the Zhou State was so powerful, but the Yin was still the main one. Now our strength is far inferior to that of Zhou State, and the emperor is not as lewd and indecent as King Zhou of Shang. He really shouldn’t have the idea of ​​establishing himself as an emperor.

Yan Xiang's words caused Yuan Shu to sneer, and he asked Yang Hong again: "When Zhou Shiling was ling, there was Huan, the domineering of Wen; Qin lost its power, and Han used it. Now, the land was wide and the scholars wanted to be blessed by Qi Huan and planned to be in charge of Emperor Gaozu, is it okay?"

Yang Hong thought for a while and replied calmly: "I think whether I can dominate the world is due to virtue but not the public. If I can use virtue to share the desires of the world, even if I say that a common man is a tyrant. If I am overwhelmed and acted at times, who can prosper if the public abandons me!"

Yang Hong's words clearly warned Yuan Shu that if he did not rely on virtue but just wanted to conquer the world by force, he would only be betrayed by everyone and would not be able to develop at all.

After hearing Yang Hong's words, Yuan Shu's face became darker, and the military generals in the right head could not refute Yang Hong, and each of them stopped talking.

Suddenly, Yuan Shu began to laugh out loud. Amid his laughter, everyone looked at each other, for some reason. After laughing, Yuan Shu gently waved his right hand and said in a deep voice: "Please come out." A moment later, Yuan Shu's personal guard led a thin middle-aged man into the hall. When the man saw Yuan Shu, he bowed and said: "Hanoi Zhang Jiong pays homage to the emperor! Long live~~~~~~"

As soon as Zhang Jiong said this, everyone was upset, but Yuan Shu accepted it safely, and smiled and said, "Zhang Jiong, take out the talisman's life for everyone to see."

"Yes!" Zhang Jiong stood up respectfully, carefully took out a small square stone from his arms, and raised it to everyone. After a careful look, there was a colorful strange stone in Zhang Jiong's hand, which consisted of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The most strange thing was that on the flat back of the stone, there were five big characters deeply engraved: Emperor Yuan Highway.

Zhang Jiong said proudly: "That day I was walking by the river, and suddenly I saw a large black fish as big as a human body swimming towards me. Its mouth was raised to the surface of the water. When it swims to the shore, I took off this stone and knew that this was the fate of heaven. Liu family should perish and Yuan family should prosper!"

"Everyone!" Yuan Shu saw that the expressions of the people had changed, and his voice suddenly increased a lot. Yuan Shu stood up and walked towards everyone, and said loudly: "The Yuan surname came from Chen. Chen was the descendant of Shun, and belonged to the earth virtue, while the Han Dynasty belonged to the fire virtue. According to the beginning and end of the five elements, earth can be used to extinguish fire, and earth can inherit fire, and the second is the succession of the Yuan family. After the Han Dynasty, the Yuan family revived."

"Also," Yuan Shu continued, "You have heard the prophecy: Those who replace Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao. Tu is the road. My name is Shu, which refers to the road in the town. My name is the road, which refers to the road. The prophecy was deliberately revealed to the people by God. In the future, who would be replaced by the Han Dynasty? Who would not be me?"

I know what happens next, and listen to the next chapter to explain it.

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