Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 5 At the beginning of March, seven-year-old Liu Mao ascended the throne and became emperor in Changyi City, Yanzhou, with the year name Yongping.

The Son of Heaven decreed that his grandfather Liu Chong was the Taifu, Cao Cao was the prime minister, Yuan Shao was the Tai Lieutenant and the leading general, Liu Biao was the imperial historian and the leading general, Yuan Shu was the hussar general, Tian Kai was the left car cavalry general, and Liu Bei was the right car cavalry general.

He also worshiped Yuan Wei, the assassin of Yuzhou, as the general of the auxiliary country, Zhang Yang, the Taishou of Hebei, as the general of the Zhenjun, and the Taishou Ma Teng of Fufeng County as the general of Zhenxi.

The officials below Jiuqing will discuss after several important ministers of the court and the central government gather in Changyi City. Originally, Cao Cao planned to let Tian Kai and Liu Bei serve as Taiwei and Yushi Da respectively, and rank as the third duke with himself, but Tian Kai and Liu Bei were self-aware and politely declined.

Cao Cao is polite, with the background and strength of the two of them, he can't be compared with the Yuan family of Megatron.

Cao Cao was unimpressed. If it weren't for us to rebuild the imperial system, the world would be the Yuan family, and the two of them would have made great contributions, why should they resign?

Tian Kai said, now that the imperial system and the imperial court have just been established, and we want to immediately join forces to attack Hebei, the most important thing at this time is to work together, there is no need to intensify the contradiction because of this trivial matter, and form an opposition with the Yuan brothers.

Once it is self-defeating, it will be contrary to our original intention of rebuilding the imperial system. In addition, the important ministers of the court and the central government are not in the capital at ordinary times, and only Lord Taifu and you, the prime minister, are in charge of state affairs, so it doesn't matter if we are the third prince or not.

Cao Cao smiled and nodded repeatedly, but there was a little embarrassment in his eyes. Although Tian Kai's words were very subtle, they directly hit Cao Cao's vital point.

This time to rebuild the imperial system, it is said that the three alliances did it together. But Tian Kai and Liu Bei were only participants, and the main things were done by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's goal was to dominate the Central Plains, but his strength was not enough, and Li Hong from Hebei might come over at any time.

Therefore, he first established an alliance, and then rebuilt the imperial system, trying to expand his strength in a short period of time. Now that the three alliances are in place and the imperial system has been rebuilt, Cao Cao's next goal is to control the Son of Heaven and the imperial court.

Cao Cao's methods of controlling the imperial court were simple and effective. He first asked the Son of Heaven to worship the officials of all parties, and then on the grounds of war, he asked the Son of Heaven to let these officials from all parties, who were ministers of the imperial court, supervise their respective states and counties.

The interests of the officials from all sides did not suffer any loss, they did not feel the threat of the new court to their power, and of course they did not need to embarrass Cao Cao for the affairs of the emperor and the court.

Cao Cao used this method not only to maintain the situation of local officials supporting the army and separating the territory, but also successfully controlled the imperial court.

Although this Son of Heaven and the imperial court seem to be nothing more than a façade at the moment, once Cao Cao, who controls it, greatly increases his strength, the situation will be different.

Cao Cao has the strength to back, and he can coerce the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to command the world, so that Cao Cao's hegemony can be achieved.

Cao Cao's thoughts naturally couldn't be hidden from Tian Kai and Liu Bei, so the two of them were secretly worried, feeling that the future situation was very unfavorable to them.

But now in the face of the threat from Hebei, they urgently need three alliances, the imperial system and the imperial court, as for the future, let's talk about it in the future.

Liu Bei sensed Cao Cao's unhappiness and hurriedly said a lot of reasons. He spoke much more modestly than Tian Kai, and his head was the truth, and he made it clear in his words that he and Tian Kai would never betray the alliance.

Cao Cao was willing to hear such words, and his heart was very happy. In early March, Yuan Shao arrived in Changyi. Cao Cao, Tian Kai, and Liu Bei went out of the city to greet each other.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were very excited about each other. In front of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao's waist was not straight.

When Yuan Shao led the alliance against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao was just a wanted criminal in the imperial court. If it weren't for Yuan Shaoyi

The order of "Chengzhi" made him a martial general, and later successively sealed him to an official position, giving him strong support, Cao Cao still doesn't know where to fool around.

Since the fall of the eunuch, the power of the Cao family has almost been swept away, and it is Yuan Shao's help that has given him the opportunity to regain his strength, speaking of which, Cao Cao has to thank Yuan Shao.

If Tian Kai and Liu Bei were not coincidental, it would be impossible for them to be ministers in the same hall with a figure like Yuan Shao, both of them stood behind Yuan Shao with a humble mood, and spoke respectfully.

Tian Kai is Yuan Shao's in-laws, and Yuan Shao gave him a smile, but to Liu Bei, Yuan Shao's eyes were three points of disdain and seven points of disdain.

Yuan Shao has always maintained a reserved and arrogant demeanor, speaking slowly and logically, with a posture of ignoring reason and domineering.

Cao Cao accompanied Yuan Shao into the city while explaining to him the matter of rebuilding the imperial system. The rebellious Li Hong usurped Sheji, and Han Zuo was so worried about it that he hastily decided to take Liu Chong's ancestors and grandsons to Changyi to rebuild the imperial system and the imperial court and maintain the Great Han Dynasty.

Because of the rush of time and a lot of things, I didn't have time to discuss it with you, so please forgive me. Yuan Shao smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to pat the dust on his clothes, and did not answer.

Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao had a lot of opinions about him, and he was able to come to Changyi this time, which had already given him enough face.

Although Yuan Shao's attitude made him very unhappy, what he needed now was not Yuan Shao's respect, but Yuan Shao's force.

He urgently needs to attack Hebei to inflict heavy damage on Li Hong and gain enough time for himself to expand his strength.

Cao Cao laughed loudly, disappreciated, and continued to explain to Yuan Shao the changes in the official system and other systems of the new imperial court, and told Yuan Shao that he had no intention of taking charge of state affairs, and the reason why he became the prime minister was because he needed to make an idea of many things first, so he reluctantly accepted the appointment of the Son of Heaven.

The position of prime minister is none other than the original brother, and now that the original brother has arrived, I should be a virtuous person. Yuan Shao waved his hand, not caring at all.

Cao Cao was a little flustered. Yuan Shao: What does this mean? What the hell is he going to do?

"Your Majesty and the Imperial Court intend to restore the fifth-class title system to reward and encourage meritorious heroes." Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao and asked,

"I wonder what Brother Ben thinks about this?" Yuan Shao glanced at him attentively, and suddenly smiled, his eyes full of mockery.

The restoration of the fifth-class title system is just a ploy used by himself to deal with Hebei, but now he is picked up by Cao Cao to deal with himself, it's really funny to think about it.

If you want to be dominant, you can dominate, and you still need to be so secretive?

"Knighted? King or Duke? Yuan Shao couldn't help it, and teased Cao Cao,

"How big is the fiefdom? A state? Cao Cao said with a smile,

Brother Benchu laughed. Fiefdoming the land to build princes will only cause chaos to the community, and past history has proved this. Therefore, the fifth-class title system mentioned by His Majesty is just an addition to the title and the addition of food. Yuan Shao snorted coldly and stopped talking

"Brother Benchu, if you want to seal the land and build princes, it will definitely be useless for me to present it alone." Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao and said with a smile,

"In my opinion, it is better for us to present Your Majesty together in this matter." Yuan Shaojian's eyebrows furrowed slightly, looking at Cao Cao's scorched face, narrowing into a thin slit of eyes, eager to smash it with a punch, a despicable and shameless thing.

Yuan Shao met the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven was young, and many of his words were taught in a whisper by his grandfather, Liu Chong, who stood beside the Son of Heaven.

King Chen Liu Chong has a close relationship with Yuan Valve, and his relationship with Yuan Shao is also very good. As early as when Yuan Shao's main alliance was crusading against Dong Zhuo, Liu Chong had sent private soldiers to help, and was Yuan Shao

The order of "undertaking the system" sealed a general of the auxiliary Han. But then the situation changed too quickly, first Chen Guoxiang Xu Ling and Yuan Shu rebelled, and then the Yellow Turban Army took the opportunity to enter Yuzhou, he had no choice but to protect himself in Chen's Yangxia city.

At one time, more than 200,000 displaced people were taken in by him, and he was exhausted. After Yuan Shu was defeated by Cao Cao, he fled all the way south and borrowed grain from him several times.

Liu Pet himself is full of one meal and one hungry meal, where did he get the food to lend Yuan Shu? But Yuan Shu thought that Liu Chong would not be saved when he saw death, and he was extremely resentful of him.

After Yuan Shao occupied the eastern part of the country, he took good care of Liu Chong, not only helped him solve the hundreds of thousands of displaced people stranded in Yangxia, but also paid to help him repair the palace and gave him a lot of money and food, so Liu Chong was also embarrassed to see Yuan Shao today.

Although the state and county are rumored

"Yuan's generation of Han", but Yuan Shao did not take action, and after the edict of the Son of Heaven was sent to Luoyang this time, Yuan Shao came immediately, and there was no rebellion at all.

In Liu Chong's heart, Cao Cao is a eunuch, brutal and bloody, ambitious, and compared with Yuan Shao, who was born in a high family and is gentle and elegant, there is a big gap, no matter how he looks at Cao Cao, he doesn't seem to be a minister of Zhongxing.

Especially in recent times, Cao Cao has said nothing and has no place to speak for himself. Liu Pet regretted that he had listened to Xun Yu's persuasion and ran to Yanzhou recklessly.

Yuan Shaozuo asked the Son of Heaven to move to Luoyang. Chang'an has been burned down, and now the only place that can be the capital of the country is Luoyang.

Your Majesty did not go to Luoyang, but set the capital in the small city of Changyi, didn't you clearly tell the people of the world that Your Majesty doesn't believe me Yuan Shao, and thinks that I Yuan Shao has the intention of usurping rebellion?

Taifu Liu Chong agreed to Yuan Shao's request. Cao Cao calmly dissuaded. The armies from all over the country were ordered to rush to Changyi one after another to assemble, preparing to attack Hebei.

His Majesty's stay in Changyi can stabilize the morale of the army, and secondly, it also has the intention of driving the expedition in person. At this time, the imperial court suddenly proposed to move the capital to Luoyang, which had an immeasurable impact on the upcoming war of rebellion.

In addition, whether to build the capital in Luoyang and when to build the capital in Luoyang are all major national affairs, and the ministers need to sit together and discuss carefully.

Yuan Shao laughed at it, no longer persuaded him, and instead presented a specific strategy for attacking Hebei. Attacking Hebei is related to the life and death of the Han Dynasty, and in this year's battle, it is necessary to defeat Li Hong and ensure the society.

In mid-March, Liu Biao, the general of the Imperial Historian Dafuwei, Yuan Wei, the general of the auxiliary state, Yuan Wei, the assassin of Yuzhou, the general of the Zhenjun Hanoi, the general of the Zhenxi army, the Taishou Ma Teng of Fufeng County, and the hussar general Yuan Shu rushed to Changyi one after another.

The armies of the counties have either been assembled, or they are rushing to the border of the prefectures and counties, waiting for the imperial decree and preparing to go north to Yanzhou at any time.

Yuan Shu came in a hurry, completely beyond the expectations of the ministers of the court, especially Cao Cao. After he heard the news, his first thought was that the Yuan brothers shook hands again at a critical moment.

Yuan Valve pointed the finger at himself, and the situation of the three alliances was precarious. Yuan Wei, Zhang Yang, and Ma Teng are all Yuan Shao's forces, and the arrival of Yuan Shu has made Yuan Shao's power extremely inflated.

Whether or not he can recover the disadvantage now depends on Liu Biao's attitude. Cao Cao asked Xun Yu and Mao Jue to visit Liu Biao, and at the same time, Tian Kai and Liu Bei went out of the city to greet Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu saw Cao Cao and hugged him warmly,

"You kid is hairy, and you are the prime minister, haha...... This time, you won't be embarrassed with Yuan Benchu again, and drive me back to Yangzhou in one light and one in the dark, right? Cao Cao laughed,

"You kid still dare to come to Yanzhou? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you? ”

"Haha......" Yuan Shu said with a smile,

"Meng De, this time I arrived in Yanzhou, and I decided not to leave."

"It's good not to go, it's good not to go." Cao Cao patted Yuan Shu's back hard,

"You and I brothers will be able to ...... together"

"I will definitely be able to drive Yuan Benchu away." Yuan Shu shouted, suddenly interrupting Cao Cao's words. The surrounding ministers were shocked, and their smiles suddenly froze on their faces.

Cao Cao smiled strangely, and a few traces of murder appeared in his eyes. This Yuan Highway is purely here to make trouble, and it is not enough to succeed and more than to lose.

This time it's troublesome.

"Highway, are you dissatisfied with me? Think the hussar general's official position is too small? Cao Cao leaned into his ear and asked in a low voice.

"How?" Yuan Shu asked happily,

"Do you think the prime minister is uncomfortable? Then you give it to me. I'll be prime minister, and the two of us will change positions. Cao Cao opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

Yuan Shu patted Cao Cao's stomach and teased: "Meng De, just kidding, don't mind, haha......" Yuan Shu no longer ignored him, hurriedly took two steps, and reached out to grab Liu Bei.

"Brother Xuande, what are you doing with a bitter face? Unhappy to see me? ”

"Where, where ......" Liu Bei hurriedly said,

"I've long wanted to meet Master Yuan, but ......"

"You're lying to me." Yuan Shu pointed at Cao Cao and said with a smile,

"He killed hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, and almost took Xuzhou as his own, but you didn't mind and called him brother and brother early. On the contrary, I just killed a few of your lives in Xuzhou, but you have been stationed at the border with heavy troops, trying to fight me to the death, you also want to meet me? Actually, I really want to meet you, you and I can join forces to beat this black-skinned dwarf all over the place. Cao Cao's face was extremely ugly, and the smile was piled up on his face, almost falling off.

Cao Cao's men standing around glared angrily, eager to tear Yuan Shu to pieces. Liu Bei didn't laugh, he didn't laugh, he let Yuan Shu grab his hand and endure his spit stars.

"Dare to insult my family, I ......" A tiger roar suddenly sounded, but it stopped abruptly halfway.

Yuan Shu put down Liu Bei's hand and turned his head to look. A burly man stood behind Cao Cao, his eyes were about to split, but his mouth was covered by Xiahou.

"This is your family's ......" Yuan Shu squinted at Cao Cao and pointed at the big man and asked.

"This is Captain Dian Wei of the Tiger Ben." Xu You was worried that Yuan Shu would say something more ugly, so he hurriedly interjected and introduced.

"This is the prime minister's rule?" Yuan Shu sneered,

"When you speak, your slaves can interject at will, and your dogs can bark at will?" Cao Cao's face sank, and he waved his hand at Xiahoudun,

"Drag it down, call me."

"Slow down......" Yuan Shu shook his hand,

"Forget it, the slave does not understand the rules, it is not the slave's fault, but the master's fault. What kind of slave there is, what kind of master there is, the prime minister is beating when he opens his mouth, and killing when he closes his mouth, which can be seen from this...... Haha...... "Everyone was shocked.

Yuan Shu laughed and raised his hand to greet Tian Kai,

"That is Yuan Benchu's in-laws? Yuan Benchu's vision is getting higher and farther and farther away, and I suspect that he is about to marry the Hu barbarians. Tian Kai was suddenly so angry that his eyes were on fire, he snorted and took a step back.

Yuan Shu wanted to tease two more sentences, but was caught by Cao Cao,

"Highway, the joke is over, it's time to come with me to meet the Son of Heaven." The affairs of the imperial court, with the efforts of Taifu Liu Chong, Prime Minister Cao Cao, Taiwei General Yuan Shao, and Yushi Dafuwei General Liu Biao, were quickly handled.

The matter of restoring the fifth-class title system was successfully passed under the joint signature of the ministers. The ministers did not ask for a feud at the same time as the knighthood, so that although the title was respected and could be hereditary, after all, there was no fiefdom, let alone the military and political power exercised in the fiefdom, which would not cause bad consequences that endangered the stability of the society.

However, this is only a superficial statement. Those who received the title of high lords were all important ministers of the court who supervised the states and counties, and they had hereditary titles and states and counties that could exercise military and political powers, and the two were combined into one, which was essentially fiefdom and princes.

Taifu Liu Pet knew it in his heart, but he alone had little strength and could not veto this proposal. In addition, if you want to keep Han Zuo, you must rely on the force of these state and county officials, and this specious division is the only way to save the Han Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven decreed that Cao Cao be the Duke of Wei, Yuan Shao as the Duke of Zheng, Liu Biao as the Duke of Chu, Yuan Shu as the Duke of Wu, Tian Kai as the Duke of Qi, and Liu Bei as the Duke of Wei.

Worship Ma Teng as the Marquis of Qin, worship Zhang Yang as the Marquis of Han, and worship Yuan Wei as the Marquis of Song. The duke's food is 100,000 households, and the marquis's food is 60,000 households.

Yuan Shao was anxious to crusade against Hebei, and Cao Cao did not want to waste too much time in court affairs, so the ministers immediately discussed the conquest, but at this time, Liu Chong and Liu Biao asked the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Luoyang.

Cao Cao's greatest concern was that Yuan Shao was entangled in the matter of the Son of Heaven's relocation to Luo, so that he would miss the best opportunity to attack Hebei.

However, he believed that Liu Biao knew Yuan Shao's thoughts, and as long as Liu Biao insisted on disagreeing with the Son of Heaven to move to Luoyang, he would be able to control the Son of Heaven and the imperial court smoothly.

But to his surprise, Liu Biao actually agreed to the Son of Heaven to move to Luoyang. Cao Cao, Tian Kai and Liu Bei were weak and helpless for a while.

"I don't agree." Above the court, a lazy voice suddenly said slowly,

"Moving the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, isn't it equivalent to telling the world that Yuan Benchu is ready to stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty?" Yuan Shao was shocked.

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