When Cao Zhen learned from those few ministers that Liu Xie said, "The King of Wei can do what he wants," a smile appeared on his face.
In fact, just as Liu Xie thought, even if he disagreed, Cao Pi had a way to create a new dynasty through abdication.
But Liu Xie is the master of the world after all. If he refuses forcefully, it will not be good.
Although Liu Xie's words now do not express agreement, they are at least the tacit attitude.
This attitude already satisfied Cao Zhen, which showed that Liu Xie would cooperate obediently when he needed him next.
Cao Zhen immediately ordered someone to report the news to Cao Pi in Wancheng.
Xudu originally belonged to Yingchuan County, which was not far from Nanyang County, so a few days later, Cao Pi in Wancheng received the news.
Cao Pi was not surprised when he learned the news.
But now that Liu Xie has compromised, there is no reason for him to hesitate anymore.
Originally, according to Cao Pi's original plan, he would not start changing dynasties so soon. He originally wanted to wait another month or two, but Sima Yi's words reminded him.
Sima Yi believed that Liu Bei was now powerful and that Jingyi and Jingzhou were recuperating and would not easily launch a war.
And Jiangdong was seriously injured by Mi Yang in the public security battle. At least he didn't have to worry about Sun Quan's Northern Expedition for a few years.
If Cao Pi does not take advantage of this opportunity to speed up the establishment of self-reliance on behalf of the Han Dynasty, all ministers under his rule will be completely bound to the Wei Dynasty.
Once Liu Bei regains his strength for the Northern Expedition and the Han Emperor is still around, some wavering ministers may cause trouble in the rear.
At that time, it would be easy for Cao Pi to fall into a state of being attacked from both sides.
There are no external worries for now, let’s put an end to internal worries first!
After listening to Sima Yi's advice, Cao Pi made up his mind to speed up the process of replacing the Han Dynasty.
In the original history, Cao Pi began to put the practice of Zen on the table in October this year.
Historically, Liu Bei was attacked by Sun Quan and lost the vitality of Jingzhou and was seriously injured. Sun Quan wanted to surrender to Cao Pi. In this case, Cao Pi certainly had time to slowly adjust.
But now that Liu Bei's power has not been damaged but has further expanded, Cao Pi's move to become emperor will naturally have to be changed accordingly.
Anyway, when Cao Cao was still alive, all the preparations for Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor on behalf of the Han had been made. All Cao Pi had to do was to issue that order.
But although Cao Pi was impatient, the Three Kingdoms were different from the Southern and Northern Dynasties in later generations. Most people in this era were shameless.
Cao Pi was not a barbarian who didn't know etiquette, so he still had to do some cosmetic work.
Soon after, a messenger riding from Wancheng rushed into Xudu.
After the messenger sailed into Xudu, auspiciousness began to spread across the north.
In April of the first year of Yankang, Huanglong met in Qiao.
In May of the first year of Yankang, Rao An became white.
In June of the first year of Yankang, Shiyi said that phoenixes gathered...
All kinds of auspiciousness began to appear from various places.
After these auspicious signs appeared, among the more than a hundred ministers Cao Pi brought from Yecheng, some began to take the lead in persuading Cao Pi to advance.
A Zuo Zhonglang general named Li Fu began to communicate with Cao Pi, the king of Wei, and used various allusions to persuade Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor.
After receiving Li Fu's edict, Cao Pi announced Li Fu's edict to the public.
He emphasized to the ministers in public that he was a man of bad virtue and would never dare to be arrogant.
But in the face of Li Fu's rebellion, Cao Pi did not execute him.
After Cao Pi released this signal, all the civil and military ministers in Wancheng still didn't know what Cao Pi was thinking.
So the second letter of persuasion came immediately.
This time the number of ministers persuaded to join suddenly increased.
The signatures include the ministers Liu Xian, Xin Pi, Liu Ye, Shangshu Ling Huanjie, Shangshu Chen Jiao, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, Huangmen ministers Wang Yao and Dong Yu, etc. More than a hundred people.
After the second remonstrance from the ministers, Cao Pi wrote the article himself
Refute these ministers and ask them not to insult their loyalty.
Cao Pi had extraordinary literary talent, and the rejection articles he wrote were so sincere that they made people cry.
And just after Cao Pi refuted the ministers' urging to advance for the second time, more ministers began to persuade Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor.
Within a month or so, the minister made a total of nine attempts to persuade the people to move forward.
Although Cao Pi rejected all nine of the ministers' attempts to persuade him to advance, the more Cao Pi refused, the more ministers advised Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor.
However, when Cao Pi refused, the ministers had already set the date for Cao Pi to receive Zen.
Even many ministers have begun to build the Zen altar.
What's even more ridiculous is that starting from the fifth persuasion, the officials have publicly addressed Cao Pi as His Majesty.
Looking at this aspect alone, others who don't know it think that Cao Pi is a puppet monarch like Liu Xie, and he can't even stop the rebellious behavior of his ministers.
And just when the ministers were urging Cao Pi to advance, Liu Xie's edict for the Zen throne also arrived in Wancheng as scheduled.
Facing Liu Xie's edict for the Zen throne, Cao Pi's first reaction was to "humbly" write a resignation letter on the ground.
After Cao Pi resigned for the first time, Liu Xie subsequently issued three separate edicts for Zen.
Cao Pi declined Liu Xie's first three imperial edicts on the throne.
But when faced with Liu Xie's fourth Zen edict, Cao Pi stopped resigning.
"I have been in power for thirty-two years, but the world was overthrown. Fortunately, thanks to the spirit of my ancestors, I survived the crisis. However, looking up at the astronomical sky and observing the hearts of the people, the number of Yanjing has ended, and my fortune depends on the Cao family. … ...
In the journey of husband's great road, the world is the commonwealth, and the virtuous and capable are selected. Therefore, Tang Yao did not take personal gain from his sons, and his reputation spread endlessly. I admire him with envy. Now he follows Yao Dian, and his Zen is located in the king of Wei. ""
Looking at the contents of Liu Xie's last Zen edict, Cao Pi knew that he could no longer give in.
So Cao Pi ordered Wang Jia to set off for Xudu.
Since you are not ready to give in, then accept your destiny.
...
In the Jingfu Hall in Xudu, Zhang Yinzheng, the imperial censor of the Han Dynasty, led some soldiers and looked at the Han Dynasty Queen Cao Jie in front of them.
On this day, Liu Xie summoned the ministers of Xu Duzhong and appointed Zhang Yin, the imperial censor, in front of them. He carried the emperor's seal and ribbon to the Zen altar outside the city, and ceded the emperor's throne to Cao Pi on his behalf.
Under Liu Xie's order, Zhang Yin rushed to Jingfu Hall immediately after the court meeting to ask Cao Jie for the imperial seal.
It is said that after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he ordered Li Si to take Lantian jade and carve it with small seals.
The front of the jade seal is engraved with eight insect and bird seal characters "Ordered by heaven, you will live forever".
After the fall of the Later Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang acquired the Jade Seal of the State. After obtaining the Jade Seal of the State, Liu Bang designated it as a symbolic token of the emperor when he proclaimed himself emperor.
Under the four-hundred-year rule of the Han Dynasty, the imperial seal had already become a token of imperial power in the minds of the Chinese people.
If a person who is called emperor does not have a jade seal to pass down the country, it is not orthodox.
Because of the importance of the national jade seal, Zhang Yin must get this object before going to the meditation platform.
After learning the truth from Liu Xie that day, Cao Jie kept the imperial seal by his side.
No matter how many times Cao Pi sent envoys to ask for it from her, Cao Jie never handed over the imperial seal to Cao Pi's envoys.
Today is the day when Cao Pi accepts Zen and proclaims himself emperor. Zhang Yin knows that he cannot delay it any longer and must get the imperial seal today.
Seeing that Cao Jie still didn't want to hand over the imperial seal, Zhang Yin had no choice but to order the soldiers to come forward.
Seeing the soldiers approaching step by step, Cao Jie's face was already covered with tears.
She knew that she could no longer hold on to this big man's final destiny.
In grief, Cao Jie looked at the inscription on the jade seal in her hand that said, "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever." She couldn't help but wonder, since the man was ordered by heaven, why didn't God send someone to protect him?
Then Cao Jie looked at Zhang Yin angrily. She first scolded Zhang Yin.
After a while, he threw the Chuanguo Jade Seal hard towards Zhang Yin.
At this time, she uttered a deafening prophecy:
"The sky is not clear!"
The Imperial Jade Seal hit Zhang Yin hard and then rolled to the ground.
But Zhang Yin ignored the pain in his body at this time. He quickly bent down and respectfully picked up the imperial seal from the ground.
In the end, he just glanced at Cao Jie and left the hall.
The task has been completed, he has no time to argue with Cao Jie, and he has no capital to argue with Cao Jie.
In Zhang Yin's mind, Cao Jie's prophecy was just a joke.
Destiny is in Wei.
Seeing Zhang Yin leading the soldiers away, Cao Jie fell to the ground weakly.
Her face was soaked with tears, and she looked toward the high temple to the east, where her husband was offering sacrifices to his ancestors and telling his unfilial piety.
All the wise kings with temple names in the two Han Dynasties are enshrined there.
Han Taizu Liu Bang, Han Taizong Liu Heng, Han Shizong Liu Che, Han Zhongzong Liu Xun, Han Shizu Liu Xiu...
When these emperors are alive, who is not a hero who suppresses the contemporary era!
But if they had spirits in heaven, how sad would it be to see the big man in such a state?
Cao Jie covered her face and cried. She tried her best, she really tried her best!
She is worthy of the title of "Queen of the Han Dynasty".
...
On the 15th day of the seventh month in the first year of Yankang in the Han Dynasty, the king's chariot from Wei King Cao Pi arrived at Fanyang outside Xudu City.
Fanyang is a place name, which is an open area outside Xudu.
But Cao Pi could not "resist", so the Zen altar built for him by the officials was here.
Before Cao Pi's king arrived at Fanyang, the 30,000 troops and hundreds of civil and military officials he brought had already arrived at the Zen Altar in advance.
Thirty thousand troops, under the command of their respective generals, enforced martial law for miles around.
Under the instructions of the visitor, hundreds of civil and military officials stood in their respective positions according to their official positions and titles.
When Cao Pi's king, escorted by thousands of tigers and leopards, slowly drove into the Zen altar, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes turned towards Cao Pi's location.
Before Cao Pi emerged from the king's carriage, tens of thousands of "Your Majesty" had already resounded around the Zen altar.
Tens of thousands of "Your Majesty" sounds rose from the ground and soared into the sky.
Cao Pi, who was sitting in the king's carriage, listened to the deafening tens of thousands of "Your Majesty" in his ears. His chest was rising and falling rapidly, and his face immediately turned red.
Your Majesty's name is called by the Emperor!
At this moment, which man would not be excited!
Under the call of tens of thousands of "Your Majesty", Cao Pi's figure slowly appeared from the king's carriage.
With the support of the visitor, he got off the king's carriage and walked towards the Zen altar in front of him.
By this time, Cao Pi had already put on the emperor's exclusive robe for worshiping heaven and earth.
Looking at the towering, majestic Zen altar in front of him, Cao Pi's mind continued to be agitated.
Cao Pi shook off the hand of the visitor beside him. The road ahead was one that even his great father had never walked. He had to walk it by himself.
Cao Pi stepped forward and walked step by step towards the Zen altar in front of him.
Soon after, Cao Pi came to the Zen altar.
Cao Pi raised his head and looked at the top of the altar that seemed to be hidden in the clouds. A smile appeared on his lips, and then he firmly raised his feet and stepped on the first step of the Zen Altar.
Step after step, Cao Pi walked firmly towards the pinnacle of his life.
As Cao Pi climbed higher step by step, he could no longer see clearly the faces of the people under the altar.
But as he climbed higher step by step, Zhang Yin, who was at the top of the altar holding the national jade seal, came into his eyes.
Cao Pi's eyes were instantly attracted to the jade seal handed down by Zhang Yin.
Being ordained by God, he will live a long and prosperous life. This is the deepest desire in his heart.
Attracted by that desire, Cao Pi couldn't help but
He speeded up his pace, and soon he reached the top of the altar.
After seeing Cao Pi reach the top of the altar, the eyes of tens of thousands of people below the altar were watching him from bottom to top.
Tens of thousands of people were watching Cao Pi under the altar, including ministers, princes, generals, Xiongnu chanyus, and people from the four barbaric dynasties.
No matter how unattainable and unattainable they are in the eyes of ordinary people, they are now looking at Cao Pi on the altar with surrendered eyes.
After arriving at the Zen altar, Zhang Yin took the initiative to come to Cao Pi holding the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, and then he personally handed the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, which represented the destiny of heaven, into Cao Pi's hands.
Then Zhang Yin began to read aloud the last edict issued by Liu Xie as the emperor.
"Your Majesty the King of Wei: In the past, Emperor Yao was in the Zen position of Yu and Shun, and Shun also ordered Yu. The destiny of heaven is not always the same, but it can only be virtuous."
"...In the play, the calendar of heaven is in your bow, and if you hold it, the fortune of heaven will last forever; you will only obey the great gift, benefit all nations, and inherit the destiny of heaven."
After Zhang Yin read the edict aloud, it represented that the destiny of the Han Dynasty had been transferred to the Wei Dynasty.
Afterwards, Zhang Yin wisely withdrew from the Zen altar.
Cao Pi excitedly held the imperial seal in his hand, and ordered the attendants at the Zen altar to light three firewood piles on the altar.
Then Cao Pi temporarily handed over the imperial seal in his hand to the waiter on the side.
He personally took the jade silk from the table on the high altar, sacrificed it and placed it on the lit pyre.
The three pyres represent heaven and earth, the five mountains, and the four mountains respectively. Cao Pi is burning a fire for sacrifice.
This is an ancient ritual for the emperor to sacrifice, and it is also the exclusive power of the emperor.
When Cao Pi put the jade silk and sacrificed himself in the three pyres, the flames in the three pyres suddenly became fierce.
Under the light of the fire, Cao Pi held up the imperial seal and began to read his memorial poem aloud:
"The emperor's minister, Pi, dared to use Xuanmu to declare to the emperor and the emperor: four out of twenty in the history of the Han Dynasty, six out of four hundred and twenty years in the Han Dynasty, poverty all over the world, the king's principles are not established, and the five latitudes are wrong... ...
Pi only inherited the emperor's elephant, but he dared not accept it. If you watch the tortoise for divination, there will be a big horizontal sign. If you look at the three changes of the chopstick, there will be a sign of change. I would like to choose the first day to go to the altar with the rest of the group to receive the emperor's seal and ribbon and report to your great god;
Only if you have Zen, you can enjoy eternal good fortune, bring hope to the people, and enjoy the benefits of the Wei Dynasty. "
After Cao Pi finished reading his memorial tribute to the emperor, he began to turn around.
When Cao Pi turned around, the twelve strings of beads in the Emperor's Crown on his head began to swing.
Cao Pi's majestic gaze looked at the tens of thousands of people under the altar through the twelve swinging beads.
At this time, tens of thousands of people below the high altar bowed to Cao Pi above the high altar.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Tens of thousands of voices resounded throughout the world again. Cao Pi closed his eyes and enjoyed the intoxicating sound of worship.
In Cao Pi's feeling, it seemed that all the creatures in heaven and earth were bowing to him and expressing their surrender to him.
This is a dignity that he could not experience when he was the king of Wei.
After enjoying it, Cao Pi opened his eyes and looked towards the south, his eyes full of sharpness.
Today I lost the great Han Dynasty. How will you treat me?
What can you do!
