Chapter 10 won the Central Plains 26th Festival on June, Yanzhou, Dingtao, and the general. The imperial court issued an edict to agree to the general's tripartite peace talks.

The imperial court issued a decree to severely punish Chen Hao, the imperial historian of the imperial history, and dismissed him from his position. The general then played the court again, interceded for Chen Hao, and enlisted him as the governor of the Great Sima Mansion, and implored the court to allow him to atone for his crimes.

Under the personal mediation of the general, Cao Ren and Mao Jue of Xuzhou and Sun Ben and Zhu Zhi of Jiangdong sat together.

The atmosphere of the first meeting was very tense, and Sun Ben hated Xuzhou to the bone because of Sun Ce's death, and his words were extremely bad.

And Mao Jue did not show weakness, accusing Jiangdong of being despicable and shameless, first betraying Yuan Shu, and then betraying the coalition army, and died innocently.

Mao Jue's words angered Sun Ben, and he jumped up on the spot, regardless of the general's presence, and drew his sword at each other.

The first meeting ended in a quarrel and invective, and nothing came of it. The next day, the general only invited Cao Ren and Zhu Zhi to the talks.

Both were captured in the Great War of the Central Plains, and when Dingtao was healing, the two often met and became good friends.

At this meeting, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement, agreed with the conditions for the peace proposal put forward by the general, and each sent someone to return the agreement.

Considering the time problem, the letter sent to Jiangdong was also delivered directly from the direction of Xuzhou to Moling. In mid-June, the left car cavalry general Xian Yufu, Baishan Karasuma Dadan Yu Loulu, Bailu Wang Du Pofeng, Karasuma Xiaowang Lu Huanyang, Xianbei Xiaowang Shooting Yingtong, Shooting Tiger, as well as the two younger brothers of Sai Feng, a group of more than a dozen people rushed to Xingyuan.

Li Hong and the ministers Xu Shao, Zhang Yan, Lu Bu, Zuo Yan, Tian Chou and others who arrived in Xingyuan in the early stage went out to welcome thirty miles.

Sai Feng was excited, especially when he saw the deer breaking the wind, he was even more happy to tears. Xian Yufu was accompanied by two Xianbei guests.

One is Cracking Tempest, and the other is Que Kun. Li Hong was surprised and delighted, and after returning to Xingyuan, he pulled them straight to the military tent.

Fengxue was overjoyed when she saw her relatives who missed her day and night, hugged them and cried bitterly. The guests who came to participate in the wedding ceremony have all arrived, and the wedding day has been set, just waiting for the day of festivities, but things suddenly change.

After Cao Cao received letters from Cao Ren and Mao Jue, and carefully discussed the conditions of Hebei's tripartite peace agreement with Xun Yu and others, he knew that the situation had been controlled by Hebei, and that the strategy of attacking Jiangdong had failed, and now he could only strive for the greatest interests in the peace talks.

He urgently told Yuan Shao in Luoyang and Liu Bei in Yuzhou, asking them to take precautions, as the Northern Xinjiang Army could launch an attack at any time.

Then he hurriedly told Cao Ren and Mao Jue with an 800-mile fast ride, and immediately made an appointment with the general Li Hong to tell the truth about Xuzhou's peace conditions.

The first condition put forward by Cao Cao was that the wedding ceremony of the priest must be held separately, and Chen Hao's wedding ceremony must be postponed, otherwise, he will withdraw from the tripartite peace talks.

Compared with Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Cao Cao has an absolute advantage in terms of family background, identity, status, and the stability of the situation on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, and this condition is not too much.

Cao Cao said in his letter to the general, this is not only related to the face of my Cao family, but also related to the court's affirmation of the status of the Saiwai Hu people.

The reason why the imperial court and the general attach so much importance to this wedding ceremony is not because this wedding ceremony directly affects the loyalty and trust of the Saiwaihu people to the Han Dynasty.

Li Hong was embarrassed. Let Chen Hao and Sai Feng hold a wedding ceremony on the same day, and he personally promised Jiangdong.

It's a bit hard to talk about it now. However, Cao Cao's words also make sense, and the purpose of letting Sai Feng marry Cao Cao's daughter was to further win over the Saiwai Hu clan.

If the priest Feng and Chen Hao were allowed to hold a wedding ceremony on the same day, it would indeed reduce the importance of the wedding ceremony.

Cao Cao's second condition was to ask for Langya. Langya Kingdom is now occupied by Zang Ba, but I have returned to the imperial court, and I am the Xuzhou Mu of the imperial court, you must hand over a complete Xuzhou to me, and you can no longer let Zang Ba continue to garrison Langya Kingdom.

Cao Cao's third condition was to demand control of the two Jiangbei counties in Yangzhou. Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in Jiangdong are currently forced by the situation and have to bow their heads, and when they lift the crisis and stabilize the four counties of Jiangdong, they will be ready to move again.

They not only wanted to conquer Jingzhou, but also wanted to occupy the two counties of Jiangbei, so as to gain a favorable situation for attacking the Central Plains.

In order to trap these two capricious villains in Jiangdong, the best way is to completely dispel their idea of occupying the two counties in Jiangbei.

Yuan Yao obeyed the general's orders, which everyone knows. At the beginning, Cao Cao was eager to occupy the two counties of Jiangbei, so he could only join forces with Yuan Yao, but Yuan Yao was always Cao Cao's enemy and a big trouble.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly next to the couch? So Cao Cao said in his letter that if the general was willing to recall Yuan Yao, he could let Yuan Yao return to the Central Plains from Xuzhou with his army.

Yuan Yao left the Lujiang River, and Cao Cao's army could occupy half of the Lujiang County without much effort, and then threaten the Jiangdong Army holding on to the line of Wancheng and Shucheng with superior forces, forcing them to withdraw from the Jiangbei counties, thus taking full control of the Jianghuai counties.

Li Hong smiled dumbly. This Cao Cao lion opened his mouth, and he wanted everything he wanted. Li Hong asked Chen Hao, Fu Gan, Wang Ling, and others to preliminarily discuss a countermeasure on Cao Cao's conditions, while patiently waiting for Jiangdong's reply.

Because the letter went directly back and forth from Xuzhou, Jiangdong's reply soon arrived. Sun Quan first thanked the imperial court for honoring him as a rebellious general, Yangzhou Mu, and Marquis of Wucheng, and then bluntly made a reasonable request for Cao Cao and Yuan Yao to give up Jiujiang and Lujiang.

I am the pastor of Yangzhou, and the six counties of Yangzhou should be controlled by me, if Cao Cao and Yuan Yao continue to occupy the two counties of Jiangbei, it will be a rebellion, and the general should send troops to attack.

Li Hong shook his head and laughed. This Sun Quan is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, Jiangdong has reached such a dangerous situation, he even opened his teeth and claws, and forced Cao Cao to give up the two counties in Jiangbei.

Li Hong once again convened talks between the two sides. This time, not only Mao Jue and Sun Ben insulted each other, but even Cao Ren and Zhu Zhi couldn't help but fight-for-tat, and the two sides did not give an inch.

Li Hong didn't want to waste time, so he asked Fu Gan and Wang Ling to continue to negotiate with them under the pretext that there was still something urgent.

Before leaving, Li Hong dropped a sentence, I can let Langya Guo out, Yuan Yao I can recall, but you must discuss the affairs of the two counties in Jiangbei as soon as possible, and do not delay the time indefinitely.

The wedding ceremony had to be postponed. The tripartite talks in Dingtao City were tense, and the deliberations in the line were also verbal and sword-talking, and the ministers did not give in to each other, and there was a fierce debate on the matter of Chang'an, the capital of Dingtao.

The eldest princess's strategy of setting the capital of Chang'an encountered great resistance in Jinyang, and she had to ask the general for help.

The general remained silent, he did not express any opinion from beginning to end. In mid-June, the general sent someone to invite Master Zheng Xuan and Master Xiangkai of Handan to Xingyuan.

The two masters had long heard of the imperial court's intention to set the capital of Chang'an, and they had also discussed it privately with many great Confucian scholars in Handan University.

At this time, I heard that the general took the initiative to ask for advice, and immediately put it

Wude always said, "Moved out." At that time, Emperor Guangwu set the capital of Luoyang, but he also encountered many resistances, and finally took it out in desperation

"Five virtues always said" persuaded the Manchu civil and military. Zou Yan's

"Five virtues always say" that the five elements are mutually reinforcing, and the five elements are matched with the five virtues, and each dynasty represents one of the virtues, such as the Yellow Emperor Shang Tude, Xia Shang Mude, Yin Shang Jinde, Zhou Shang Huode, Qin Shang Shuide.

The cycle of the five virtues repeatedly, and the dynasty rose and fell. When Emperor Gaozu of this dynasty, the agreement of the minister Zhang Cangzhi was determined to be the water virtue, and the proposal of the minister Jia Yi and Gongsun Chen was used by the minister Jia Yi and the ministers of the Xiaowen Emperor to draft the soil virtue.

Emperor Xiaowu established the Han Dynasty as a native virtue and wrote it into the Han law based on the three unification theories put forward by Hongru Dong Zhongshu in the "Spring and Autumn Fanlu Three Generations of Reform and Quality Essays".

The great Confucian Liu Xiang and Liu Xin father and son of this dynasty according to the "Zhou Yi Hexagram".

The phrase "the emperor was shocked" rearranged the order of ancient history according to the principle of the five elements. In the book "The Book of the World", they began to deduce that the Han Dynasty was a fire virtue from Shennong and the Yellow Emperor.

When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, it was based on the "World Classic" that he believed that the Han was the queen of Yao and the virtue of fire. Wang Mang is the queen of Shun, for Tude, according to the principle of the five elements, Tude wants to replace the fire virtue of the Han, which is intended to repeat the story of Yao Shun Chanrang.

After Emperor Guangwu was revived, it was difficult to say that his dynasty was Tude. Why? Because Tude at this moment has already represented the turbulent era of Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, he is hated and spurned by others, and he cannot be used in any case.

Emperor Guangwu is a descendant of the Han family, and Zhongxing is also the Han Dynasty, so it is natural that he should inherit Huode.

If his dynasty is Tude, then he, like Wang Mang, has become a usurper, isn't it a joke?

If you want to determine that you are a fire virtue, you must have a basis, and the basis is the "World Classic" chapter in the "Three Unification Calendars" written by the great Confucian Liu Xin.

According to the order of the ancient emperors and the corresponding five virtues in the "World Classic", the statement that Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu determined that the Great Han was Tude is wrong and should be corrected.

The emperor of the previous dynasty almost lost the country because he mistakenly established the Han Dynasty as Tude, and the capital was Chang'an at that time, and the capital was also Chang'an when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, so Chang'an became an ominous place, and the capital must be changed and the capital must be re-established.

Emperor Guangwu made Luoyang his capital. The Han Dynasty inherited the virtue of fire, Luoyang has water, water can overcome fire, in order to seek auspiciousness, Emperor Guangwu deliberately Luoyang's

The word "Luo" was changed to ......" Zheng Xuan finally said solemnly,

"The imperial court suddenly decided to set the capital of Chang'an, although there are various reasons, although these reasons are related to the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, but the national capital is too important, it is related to the fate of Sheji, the rise and fall of the Han Zuo, there can be no slightest rashness, there needs to be irrefutable reasons. And the most fundamental reason is the 'Five Virtues Always Say', which determines the rise and fall of the society. The capital of Chang'an must be the most authoritative explanation of the 'Five Virtues Always Said', so that everyone in the world can be convinced, and they can deeply feel the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty. ”

"If there is no 'Five Virtues Always Said' as the cornerstone of the fixed capital, the proposal to set the capital will inevitably fail. Even if the eldest princess uses the strongest means to forcibly settle the capital, she will not succeed, because fear and insecurity will make people lose self-confidence and hope, which in turn will lead to continuous setbacks to the great cause of Zhongxing. The setback of ZTE's great cause will make more people lose self-confidence and hope, and the cycle will start again and again, and the results are self-evident. Xiangkai sighed and said worriedly,

"The general should stop the impulse of the eldest princess in time to avoid a serious setback to the great cause of Zhongxing and fall short." Li Hong's expression was solemn, and he paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back.

The strongest resistance to the proposal of Chang'an, the capital of Chang'an, is

"Wude always says", and this is the problem that the eldest princess can't solve. Kong Rong, the master craftsman, once convened dozens of Confucian celebrities in Jinyang to debate with the eldest princess, Li Wei and others, and finally the eldest princess, Li Wei and others were defeated

"Five virtues always say".

"Why do you want to set the capital of Chang'an, I have just said it in detail." Li Hong stood in front of Zheng Xuan and Xiangkai and said solemnly,

"For the time being, you put aside the 'Five Virtues Always Said', just for these reasons put forward by the eldest princess and the imperial court, do you think that the capital of Chang'an is more conducive to the prosperity of the Han Dynasty than the capital of Luoyang?" Zheng Xuan and Xiang Kai looked at each other and nodded.

"So, is it credible that Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu established the Han Dynasty as the ancient emperor of Tude and the corresponding five virtues?" Zheng Xuan and Xiang Kai thought carefully for a moment and nodded again.

"When Emperor Xiaowu established the Great Han as Tude, he adopted the order of emperors headed by the Yellow Emperor, based on the "Chinese", "Five Emperors", "Imperial Lineage", "Lü's Spring and Autumn" and "Historical Records", which is the same as the ancient imperial order when Zou Yan created the 'Five Virtues Always Said' during the Warring States period. When Emperor Guangwu established the Han Dynasty as Huode, he adopted the order of emperors headed by Fuxi, which was based on the order of ancient emperors and the corresponding five virtues in the "Shijing", and its main sources were "Huainanzi", "Zhuangzi", "Yi Chuan" and "Warring States Policy". Zheng Xuan explained,

"Since the era of the appearance of the "World Classic" is almost the same as the era of Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, in a sense, it may be ......" Zheng Xuan probably felt that the latter words were extremely inappropriate, so he didn't say half of it.

Li Hong hesitated for a moment and asked solemnly: "If Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu are right, and the Han Dynasty should indeed inherit Tude, then can the proposal of setting the capital of Chang'an be supported?" Zheng Xuan and Xiangkai's faces changed suddenly, and they looked at Li Hong dumbfounded.

"Isn't that possible?" Li Hong asked again. Xiang Kai gasped nervously and nodded slightly,

"However, the order of the ancient emperors and the corresponding five virtues in the "World Classic" have been circulated for more than 200 years, and its authority is unquestionable, and it is also an irrefutable fact that Han Chenghuo De is also irrefutable."

"So, did Emperor Guangwu issue an edict saying that it was wrong for Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu to establish the Han Dynasty as the successor of Tude?"

"Nope."

"That'll do." Li Hong said slowly,

"You see, now that the Han is about to overthrow, the society is crumbling, and it turns out that it is obviously wrong for the Han to inherit the fire virtue, otherwise how could the Han come to this point? Is the Great Han really going to be defeated? No, the Han will still rise, so the Han should inherit Tude. ”

"General......" Zheng Xuan exclaimed in disbelief,

"It needs to be justified."

"You are the Confucian clan of this dynasty, and you are a master, and this reason should certainly be compiled by you." Li Hong smiled slightly and said very confidently,

"It is a fact that the Han Dynasty is prosperous again, and it is also a fact that the Han Dynasty inherited Tude, we just need a reason, and we need a reason that can prove that the basis for Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu to establish the Han Dynasty as Tude is correct." Zheng Xuan and Xiangkai looked at each other, dumbfounded.

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