In Lujiang County, Shu County, and the old house of the Zhou family in Shu County, Zhou Zhong, Zhou Shang, and Zhou Yu are gathering in a clean room to discuss where the Zhou family in Shu County should go in the current troubled times.
"Two uncles and nephews think that the little emperor's prediction is good. Yuan Jiujiu will definitely overstep his bounds and proclaim himself emperor! Because Yuan Jiujiu has always had a high self-esteem and is used to looking down on others.
Even the emperor was just a puppet that could be manipulated casually in his eyes, not worth mentioning. In his opinion, Hebei Yuan Benchu was just the son of a maid and concubine. It was unclear whether he could be named Yuan Du. Although Cao Mengde defeated him, in Yuan Gongde's eyes, he was just a lackey of the concubine's son, or the eunuch's grandson... His victory was all a matter of luck!
As for Lu Fengxian, who occupied Xuzhou, he was just a lackey driven by him. Liu Xuande even became a lost dog due to his little trick, which is even less worth mentioning. The likes of Liu Jingzhou and Liu Yizhou were family dogs. Although they were members of the Han clan, they had no ambition to rectify the world. Looking around the world, there are probably no people who can compare with him, Yuan Gongli, who have not been born yet, right?
Now that the Han Dynasty is in decline, it is about to face the calamity of the 1960s and 1960s. As for Tu Gao who will replace the Han Dynasty, who else can he replace Yuan Gongli? "
It was determined that Yuan Shu would be crowned emperor by a tall and handsome young master named Pian Pianjia. He called Zhou Zhong and Zhou Shang uncles. Of course they were Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin who ruined Cao Mengde's dream of unifying the world in history.
Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were good friends since they were young. When Sun Ce attacked Jiangdong, Zhou Yu also led the Zhou clan troops to assist in the battle on the orders of his uncle Zhou Shang, the prefect of Danyang. He also moved half of the food of the wealthy Lu Su family in Dongcheng County, Xiapi County to support Sun Ce.
Zhou Zhong frowned and asked: "Is it true that the little emperor is sure? Gong Jin, the little emperor is pretty sure that you and Sun Bofu will be friends. Once the highway becomes emperor, you will cross the river and surrender to Sun Bofu... ...Is this accurate?”
Zhou Yu's expression changed slightly when he heard this: "Uncle, the emperor also knows about me, Zhou Yu?"
"I know!" Zhou Zhong looked at Zhou Yu, "Gong Jin, it seems that the emperor is right again?"
Zhou Yu nodded.
That's what he planned!
Although Yuan Shu himself felt that he was great, in Zhou Yu's view, it would be better if he did not proclaim himself emperor. Once he proclaimed himself emperor, the Sun family would definitely rebel. At that time, the Sun family would definitely separate Jiangdong and break with the Yuan family. And how long can Yuan Shu, who has lost the Sun family's thugs, be able to bounce around? Therefore, Zhou Yu prepared to cross the river and join Sun Ce after Yuan Shu became emperor.
"Then what will Sun Bofu do after Yuan Jiujiu becomes emperor?" Zhou Zhong asked next.
Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Sun Bofu, the leader of Jiangdong, is full of blood and has great ambitions. How can he be a person who has been depressed and inferior to others for a long time?"
Zhou Zhongze frowned and asked, "Gong Jin, doesn't Yuan Gongli know that Sun Bofu has great ambitions?"
Zhou Yu said with a smile: "How could he not know? If he really knew nothing, how come the uncle's Danyang prefect was not there? But what could Yuan Gonglu do if he knew about it? Now Sun Bofu is already flying in the sky, and the dragon is entering the East China Sea. Can Yuan Jiujiu still send troops to Wu County and Kuaiji? Besides, Yuan Jiujiu himself dreams of becoming the emperor. If he takes the initiative to fall out with Sun Bofu, the emperor... will definitely not become the emperor!"
"Isn't this self-deception?" Zhou Zhong frowned, "Isn't there anyone around Yuan Gongli who can persuade him?"
"Who dares?" Zhou Yu said, "Yuan Gongli wants to be the emperor now. No one can persuade him. He has killed several people who dare to persuade him these days!"
"Kill?" Zhou Zhong took a breath, "Then if I oppose Yuan Jiujiu becoming emperor, will I also..."
Yuan Shu had a history of killing "angels". Yin Xiu, who was sent by Dong Zhuo to make peace with Yuan Shu's army, was killed. Later, Ma Rixi, sent by Li Jue and Guo Fan, was detained by Yuan Shu and took the scepter. Until death. And Zhou Zhong was the third "angel" sent to Yuan Shu after Dong Zhuo's chaos!
And it wouldn't be appropriate for Zhou Zhong to publicly support Yuan Shu as emperor... If he was nothing but the Zhou clan chief in Shu County, Lujiang, then it wouldn't be a big deal. What's the point of pretending to support Yuan Shu for the nobles who are making a living on Yuan Shu's territory? D.
But now he is an "angel" who carries out edicts and is also a guard of the imperial court. If he wants to follow Yuan Shu, his goal will be huge! Moreover, Yuan Shu would also pay special attention to Zhou Zhong and at least give him the official position of "Pseudo San Gong".
In the future, when Yuan Shu is dead, Zhou Zhong will not be allowed to be buried with him?
At this moment, a voice suddenly shouted from outside the house: "Master, Prefect Liu and Yang Changshi are here to visit!"
As soon as Zhou Zhong heard this, he knew something was wrong. Yuan Shu had sent Liu Xun and Yang Hong to "take people away". It was now difficult for him to run away! Even if he could run away, where could the huge Zhou family in Shu County run?
But Zhou Yu comforted Zhou Zhong with a smile and said, "Don't worry, uncle. Yu has a plan that can solve the difficulties for uncle and me, the Zhou family!"
"Gong Jin, stop being so secretive and tell me if you have any good ideas!"
Zhou Yu smiled and said: "Uncle, we can create gods for the emperor and steal books for Mr. Yuan..."
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"General Zuo, the Son of Heaven... claims to have obtained the Book of Heaven, can observe celestial phenomena and predict the future, and has accurately calculated your destiny to become emperor... However, celestial phenomena and divination cannot be trusted easily... ..."
In Shouchun, in the lobby of General Zuo's shogunate, the person speaking hesitantly was "Angel" Zhou Zhong. But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted.
"What Zhou Weiwei said is wrong! The Emperor has already predicted Zhang Ji's death! He has also predicted that General Han and I will return to Yuan Gong. Why not?"
"That's right, the Emperor still has a way to bring the dead back to life. More than sixty wounded soldiers of the Baibo Army have seen it with their own eyes. There is absolutely no possibility of forgery!"
Of course it was Yang Feng and Han Xian who opened their mouths to prove that Liu Xie was really capable of doing things. They are now Yuan Gongli's guests! The little emperor's prediction that they could live two more years with Yuan Shu came true again!
As for Yuan Shu's subordinates present, all of them looked surprised and didn't know what to say.
It's obviously a story about rebelling and becoming emperor, so why did the style of painting change and he started cultivating immortality?
Yuan Shu looked at Zhou Zhong and said lightly: "Jiamou, what do you think?"
Zhou Zhong frowned and thought hard for a while: "This, this thing about the emperor getting the heavenly book... is probably true! Because Jingzhou Shepherd Liu Jingsheng already believed it to be true, and he also sent his eldest son Liu Boyu to the military Cai Degui and Zhonglang General Huang Hansheng led five thousand troops and escorted a large amount of food and property to Luo!"
Zhou Shang, who came with Zhou Zhong, quickly beat the drum for his brother and said: "Yes, yes, what kind of person is Liu Jingzhou? He is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, named Bajun, and there are many great scholars in Xiangyang Academy... He Everyone thinks that the emperor’s cultivation of immortality is true, so it’s probably a bit true!”
"What does it mean to be somewhat true? That's true!" Yang Feng said categorically, "The emperor has a way to bring the dead back to life, so what is this if it's not magic?"
"That's right!" Han Xian said, "The emperor can also summon meteorites... This is the magical method used by Guangwu to defeat the king! Mr. Yuan, the emperor is now able to calculate and predict events like a god. I have determined that you are destined to be emperor, why are you still hesitating? This is destiny!"
Yang Feng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you should obey the people quickly and ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor!"
Finally, a big shot with enough weight persuaded me to join!
But Yuan Shu always feels that this matter seems a bit unreliable! He looked at Wei Wei Zhou Zhong: "Wei Wei, what do you think? Can Gu... be the emperor?"
"Yes!" Zhou Zhong nodded seriously, "The emperor is sure that you will be the emperor based on the immortal method passed down in Emperor Gao's dream... This is indeed destiny!"
"Hehehe..." Yuan Shu was happy now.
It seems that the big job of persuading people to join this time was handled by the Sun family and the Zhou family of Shu County. This shows that both the Sun family and the Zhou family supported Yuan Shu to become the emperor!
But Zhou Zhong has something else to say!
"But..." Zhou Zhong said, "The emperor only calculated that you would become emperor, but he did not calculate how long you would be emperor? Can you unify the world..."
"Huh?" Yuan Shu was stunned when he heard this.
It's one thing to be an emperor, but it's another thing to rule the world!
"And if the emperor really knows the magic of immortality..." Zhou Zhong gave Yuan Shu another "hammer", "Will the incident of Emperor Guangwu happen again?"
yes!
Wang Mang also became emperor! And Wang Mang is much stronger than Yuan Shu now! If it hadn't been for Liu Xiu who could summon meteorites, it would have been impossible for the new dynasty to collapse in one generation, right? Wang Mang's army of hundreds of thousands couldn't withstand Liu Xiu's meteorite, but could Yuan Shu's army withstand it?
Wait, what does Zhou Zhong mean by this? Could it be that he doesn’t support being the emperor alone?
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu's expression turned cold when he looked at Zhou Zhong.
Zhou Zhong spoke again at this time: "Mr. Yuan, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can win a hundred battles! Shouldn't you find out whether the emperor has the heavenly book of immortal magic before ascending the throne? If the emperor really has the heavenly book, do you? Shouldn't we send someone to steal the Book of Heaven?"
"Steal?" Yuan Shu frowned. How could he, the fourth and third son of the Yuan family, "steal" something?
"Mr. Yuan, I'm the official...I think what Zhou Weiwei said is very true. This little emperor really has magical powers! If we don't steal this book from heaven, when you lead the army to the northern expedition, the sky will always go to heaven." It doesn’t even work if you drop a stone!”
"Mr. Yuan, even if the little emperor is pretending, we should find out his true identity!"
Yang Feng and Han Xian both spoke up for Zhou Zhong. Yuan Shu heard what they said and felt it was reasonable - weren't these two people suffering from the little emperor's spells? He must learn a lesson!
Yuan Shu frowned and asked thoughtfully: "Then who can steal...the Heavenly Book for Gu?"
"Mr. Yuan," Zhou Zhong said, "my nephew Zhou Gongjin has outstanding intelligence and astuteness, and his father has an old relationship with Cao Mengde. He can serve as a tribute envoy to General Zuo and accompany his subordinates to Luo to spy on General Zuo's secrets and steal secrets." Get the Book of Heaven.”
"The father of Zhou Gongjin... By the way, he served as the commander of Luoyang when Cao Mengde was the northern captain of Luoyang!" Yuan Shu rolled his eyes and suddenly asked, "Where is Jiang Ziyi?"
A young man with elegant appearance, clothed in commoner clothes and turban responded loudly: "I am here."
This young man whose surname is Jiang Ziyi only has the character "Qian" in his name. He is the Jiang Qian Jiang Ziyi who "stole the letter" in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He is a local celebrity in Jiujiang County and is now a disciple of Yuan Shu. He is famous for his eloquence.
Yuan Shu looked at him and said with a smile: "Ziyi, I heard that you and Zhou Gongjin are on good terms, why don't you two go to the court to pay tribute in the name of working in Zuo General's Mansion! If the emperor really gets the heavenly book, you and Gongjin will think about it together. Find a way to make a copy and show it to Gu!" At this point, Yuan Shu showed a proud expression, "Actually, Gu has quite a lot of experience in the study of prophecies and the principles of the Book of Changes. I, the heirloom of the Yuan family in Runan, The scripture is "Mencius' Book of Changes"!"
