As soon as Liu Xie said this, the ministers were in an uproar, but Liu Xie did not give them a chance to speak again, and continued: "I have another reward, so I asked him to send a son to receive it."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Liu Xie had successfully implemented this edict and gently put the pressure on Gongsun Du's shoulders again. Now it was the other party's turn to sit on the wax.
Sending sons as hostages was also a common operation used by the Han Dynasty to deal with high-ranking officials in the feudal territories. Even the descendants of the clan were no exception. The legitimate sons of Liu Yan, Liu Yu, etc. all had such experiences, and Gongsun Du had no legitimate reason to refuse.
Now Liu Xie has made a condition. No matter whether the other party believes in the king with a different surname or not, he must express something. Moreover, Liu Xie wants to see not only Gongsun Du's attitude, but also Youzhou's thoughts, right?
All the ministers looked at each other. Although the rule handed down after Emperor Gaozu was that people with different surnames would not be kings, in fact, this rule had been broken several times in the past few hundred years. Now that the world is in chaos, in order to continue its own existence, the Han court has done more embarrassing things. It’s not that I haven’t done it before, but it’s nothing compared to it.
Now that Liu Xie had made up his mind, everyone had no choice but to follow the order. Kong Rong took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to scold Cao Cao with his brother Zhang Miao, who had already entered the court as an official. They quarreled with the people who supported Cao on the spot.
The court meeting came to an end amidst lively scoldings. When the officials who supported Cao Cao saw Kong Rong and others leaving the hall in a triumphant manner, they thought to themselves, "Just jump up and down. Do you really think Meng Degong can't rule you?"
When Bian Rang claimed that Cao Cao plagiarized his poems, and his whole family was killed, did you really think that the Emperor was safe?
When the edict arrived in Youzhou, it was already half a month later. The New Year was about to begin, and a grand Spring Festival celebration was being held in Jicheng.
As the new administrative seat of Youzhou, Jicheng held a grand celebration in its first year. At this time, the construction of the city had not yet been completed. Jicheng was just a large area surrounded by a simple city wall only two or three people high. It looked like a giant villages and towns.
But even so, because many refugees have been accommodated, the population has also grown in a step-like manner. Coupled with the rich water system around it, ships carrying goods and food come in and out of the city day and night, which makes the city full of vitality and a place full of competition. Hair style.
Yuan Xi took his family members to worship at Yuan's ancestral hall. He looked up at Yuan Ji's name on the spiritual tablet on the incense table, and his mood was quite complicated. He had never met him, but he was his legal son. He had to say, The Han system really created the code of conduct for the Chinese nation for thousands of years.
After the sacrifice, the women followed Yuan Xi out of the ancestral hall. When they heard the noise on the street outside, they all looked eager to try.
When Yuan Xi saw them, he also learned that they rarely went out, so he arranged a few carriages for them to travel out of the house under the protection of Sun Li.
However, he did not leave the house, but came to the study to check the letters sent to Youzhou in the past few days.
When he saw Liu Xie's edict, he couldn't help but be impressed by the little emperor. He grew up very quickly and acted more and more like an emperor.
But because of this, his good days may not last long.
Cao Cao would never allow an emperor with the aura of a wise king to grow up.
In later generations, after the emperor moved to Xu County, the two sides began to fight openly and secretly within half a year. Even when Liu Xie arrived in Xu County, Cao Cao did not control the Han court, but was restrained a lot.
Cao Cao entered Luoyang in the name of "contribution", and when he arrived in Xu County, he was "reported to the minister below", which is commonly known as being in charge of food.
Before that, Liu Xie and his subordinates lived a very difficult life in Luoyang. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records, "The officials were hungry, and the ministers and ministers went out to collect rice grains. Some of them died of hunger, or were killed by soldiers."
Therefore, Liu Xie was quite grateful for Cao Cao's arrival and responded to Cao Cao's requests, but he also retained his own relatively independent administrative system.
For example, Cao Cao reported that Han Siam and Zhang Yang were guilty, which frightened Han Siam into running away. Cao Cao laughed at Han Siam's previous official position, but at that time Emperor Xian exempted him from punishment because the two had meritorious service. This shows that although he had given Cao Cao benefits, he was not completely Hand over your power.
But after that, Cao Cao cleaned up the government and the public.
"Book of the Later Han·Ben Ji·Ji Xiao Xian Di Ji" records that Cao Cao killed his servants Zhong Taichong, Shangshu Feng Shuo and others. Dong Cheng, the general of the guard, was appointed as the general of the auxiliary state, Fu Wan and other thirteen people were appointed as lieutenants, and Ju Jun was given the title of prefect of Hongnong.
The latter sentence is easy to understand. The appointment of officials and marquises must have been done by the emperor, while the killing of people in the previous section is specifically stated to be caused by Cao Cao.
Tai Chong and Hu Chong were of the same clan as Hu Shou, who was sent by the Han Dynasty earlier. There was no reason why Xiandi would break his own arm. It could only be that Cao Cao started to establish his power for some purpose.
But didn’t Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty become soft from then on?
No, in later generations, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was an extremely stubborn person. He persisted until September of the 20th year of Jian'an twenty years later before issuing the edict.
"The emperor ordered the public to accept the system and worship the princes and protect the prime minister."
That is to say, it was not until twenty years later that Liu Xie completely gave up the fight with Cao Cao, handed over the power of the emperor to accept the throne and appoint officials and nobility to Cao Cao, and admitted his failure.
Prior to this, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty insisted on not delegating power even if all his confidants and female relatives were killed, just because he would risk his life that Cao Cao would not dare to do anything to him.
Therefore, for an extremely stubborn person like Liu Xie, Yuan Xi initially did not want to control him at all, but let him do what he wanted, because he knew that the more forced he was, the greater Liu Xie's reaction would be.
In this life, Cao Cao may have spent a long time and done many things before he could get to Liu Xie's bottom line. In the process, he and Liu Xie gradually turned against each other and finally broke up completely.
Yuan Xi thought for a while and began to draft the seal. However, after writing it several times, he felt that the wording was not suitable, so he simply threw the seal aside and began to write a letter to Lu Bu.
He warned Lu Bu to be careful of Cao Cao's recent actions. If Cao Cao wanted to find out Liu Xie's bottom line, he might test the ministers. This behavior was very dangerous, so Yuan Xi could only warn Lu Bu in advance.
After he finished writing, he hesitated and wrote another letter to Kong Rong.
Yuan Xi also heard about what happened in the emperor's court. In his opinion, Kong Rong was too stubborn. Isn't this just asking for death?
He wrote a few strokes, but he always felt awkward. What was his relationship with Kong Rong? He might not appreciate it when he wrote this letter, right?
Are you afraid that you are meddling in other people's affairs for the sake of his wife?
After all, Kong Rong was really killed, and I am afraid that his family members would not escape death as well.
However, it is hard to persuade the damn ghost with good words. According to Kong Rong's temper, even if he escaped this time, he would not be able to escape next time. Although Yuan Xi knew what happened in the future, he could not and did not have the ability to save them all. You can only do your best.
Suddenly, there were several knocks on the door. Yuan Xi responded, opened the door and saw Zhen Mi holding the child. She couldn't help but wonder: "Why are you back so soon?"
Zhen Mi smiled and said: "I always think about my children, so I can't have enough fun while playing, so I just won't go shopping. Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Yuan Xi carefully took the swaddling clothes from Zhen Mi's arms, and found that she was shrinking her hands and looking at him with wide eyes. Her little face was slightly red due to the cold winter air, and she couldn't help laughing.
The two of them sat side by side on the couch, listening to the whistling wind outside the window. Zhen Mi asked doubtfully, "I feel like it's especially cold this year?"
Yuan Xi sighed: "It may get colder and colder."
He briefly talked about the climate change in the next ten years, and finally said: "Youzhou will be very uneasy next time, so I am also a little anxious, thinking about initially establishing a multi-layered defense line in Youzhou within at least three years. , to prevent foreign invasion.”
"I am now in a state, and I don't have the energy to repair the Great Wall, let alone raise tens of thousands of troops, so I have always controlled the military strength of Youzhou to less than 10,000 people, but even so, I am afraid that Youzhou will not be able to survive in the next few days. It will be better.”
Zhen Mi wondered: "Since my husband has foresight, why don't you want to choose the relatively safe Yijing as the administrative center? After all, it is backed by Jizhou, so even if foreigners go south, they will have more time to react."
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Madam is right, but I'm afraid that within a few years, Yecheng will not be safe."
Zhen Mi suddenly opened her eyes wide, her long eyelashes making her pupils brighter and brighter, "Yecheng is not safe too?"
"Wouldn't that mean the world is in chaos?"
Yuan Xi felt the same way, at least for the people in Yecheng, it could be said to be tragic.
He said aloud: "Don't worry, I will try my best to stop it."
After hearing this, Zhen Mi smiled and rested her head on Yuan Xi's shoulder, "My husband's words always sound reassuring."
She rocked the sleeping child in her arms and whispered, "Has your husband decided what to name the child?"
Yuan Xi has a headache. He can't name the child Yuan Rui, right?
This is too weird!
He had a headache and said, "Let me think about it again."
Zhen Mi pouted slightly, "I do know that you named Mrs. Wu's child Yuan Qian first."
Yuan Xi sweated profusely, "I saw Mrs. Wu last night, and by chance I decided to name her."
"We haven't been able to name our child for a long time. Doesn't it seem prudent?"
Zhen Mi's eyes narrowed, "I am teasing my husband, but I will make you nervous when I see you."
She lowered her voice and said, "Looking at Mrs. Wu's appearance, I'm afraid she still wants to leave."
"Didn't your husband keep you?"
Yuan Xi sighed: "I can't force others to do anything. After all, the palms and backs of both hands are full of flesh."
"But we can't rush this matter. After all, there will be some changes in Jiangdong after the year, and she may not be able to leave."
Zhen Mi asked curiously: "Change?"
"Yuan Gongli's family is now the dominant one in Jiangdong. Even Lord Ben Chu can't defeat them easily, right?"
"Sun Bofu, who is Yuan Jiujiu's capable subordinate, occupies Yangzhou. I heard that the governance there is quite good. Is it at least safer than Youzhou?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Just go and see."
The first year of Jian'an ended in a brief period of peace, but Yuan Xi's words came true, and changes did occur in Jiangdong.
Yuan Shu finally couldn't hold it any longer.
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun, established the Zhong family, established a public official, and established temples in the northern and southern suburbs.
After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he appointed the prefect of Jiujiang as Huainan Yin, appointed officials and ministers everywhere, and built an altar for the emperor to worship the emperor in the south and north of the city.
As soon as this move came out, the world was shocked.
(End of chapter)
