At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Since ancient times, the emperors who have established the empire have never seen one who became an emperor and just indulged in his own style. If you do this, do you want to repeat the mistakes of the Qin State?Do you want the Emperor Industry II you worked so hard to build to perish?

This is what Guoyuan said above.

What they said was really blunt, not tactful at all, they were just pointing at someone Guo's nose and cursing.

The righteous name is really useful.

Putting pressure on the emperor from the commanding heights of morality, how could a normal emperor reprimand such a courtier, except for a "faint and brutal" faint king?

Not only should he not be reprimanded, but he should also humbly admit his mistakes. In this way, he is a good emperor.

Finally, I realized the feeling of the emperor being scolded by his courtiers.

Guo was inexplicably enjoying it.

It's strange, when I was not the emperor before, no one did this, but now that I am the emperor, some people do it instead.

It feels amazing.

Is it more interesting to scold the emperor than to scold the warlords?

Or, is it safer?

This psychological shift is very interesting.

"Su Yuan, why did no one scold me like this when I was not the emperor before, but why do people scold me like this when I become the emperor?"

Guo Peng looked at the eunuch Su Yuan who was close to him.

Su Yuan was one of the eunuchs who had served Liu Jian before, and among the only remaining eunuchs, he was relatively experienced, so he was selected as Guo Peng's close eunuch.

Su Yuan is very clear about his own position, so he serves Guo Peng carefully, and never makes any mistakes.

In the face of Guo Peng's questions, he has always been cautious, and never dared to make irresponsible remarks about Guo Peng's prohibition of his speech.

Although he can read.

"It may be that in the past His Majesty was not in the safety of the world, but now His Majesty is in the safety of the world, so the officials are even more worried."

He replied cautiously.

"More worried? Well, it's a little interesting, a little interesting."

Guo Peng chuckled, not talking about this matter.

Although it doesn't feel good to be scolded, it's actually not bad, at least he has fooled himself about expanding the eunuch's office.

At this time, it is suitable to perform an image of an emperor who accepts advice humbly and corrects his mistakes. Others, it should be almost the same.

So Guo Peng issued an edict to express his "negligence" to his courtiers, and convened a great court meeting to order the relevant departments of the court to discuss these two things together, and to discuss the matter of sending troops to quell Jingzhou and Yizhou, so as to make a decision. own posture.

Since Liu Zhang and Liu Biao rejected their request to surrender, the rest must be war.

This is the third month after the establishment of the new dynasty, March of the first year of Yande.

Chapter 784 Three Liu Biao's anger

At the beginning of Guo Peng's accession to the throne, on the second day of the first lunar month, he sent envoys to the three major forces of Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Gongsun Du who had not yet settled down in the world.

Officials of the Wei Empire required them to recognize their throne, accept the rule of the Wei Empire, declare their surrender, pay taxes and so on.

As a result, none of the three sides agreed.

Gongsun Du seems to be dealing with it coldly, intending to neither accept nor oppose it, maintain the status quo, continue to procrastinate, and wait and see the situation.

But Liu Biao and Liu Zhang can't do it.

What Guo Peng usurped was the country of the Han Dynasty, the country surnamed Liu.

Liu Han changed color, Guo Peng only gave Liu Jian preferential treatment, and only gave Liu Jian generous treatment.

All other descendants of the Han family, no matter who they are, will take away their titles, change the country into a county, turn these Han family clansmen into common people in the legal sense, incorporate them into the sequence of Tuntian people, and distribute them with land and houses. Self-support.

One Liu Jian who eats rice is enough, do you want me to take care of you until the end of your life?

This is Guo's opinion, and it is also what the scholars don't care about.

As long as the Last Emperor received preferential treatment, they wouldn't say a word about how the other Han clansmen would arrange it.

The clansmen of the Han Dynasty were miserable, and now the clansmen of the Han Dynasty who stayed in the territory of Wei State envied those clansmen who fled to Jingzhou and Yizhou earlier, at least they were still under the territory of the Han Dynasty.

And Wei, has been established on behalf of the Han.

Here, there are no Hans, only Weis. They are not relatives of the Wei family and cannot receive corresponding treatment.

When Liu Biao and Liu Zhang knew about this, Guo Peng had been on the throne for less than a month.

The news was sent to Jingzhou relatively quickly, but it was slower to reach Chengdu, so after Liu Biao found out about it, Liu Zhang found out about it.

The two were of course shocked, and their minds went blank.

Although they had guessed for a long time, they knew the ending when the bustling people in the Central Plains asked Guo Peng to proclaim the emperor, but when the real ending appeared in front of them, they still couldn't help feeling confused and desperate.

The 400-year Han Dynasty was ended like this?

The 400-year Han Dynasty disappeared like this?no longer exists?

They were overwhelmed, they were utterly confused and terrified.

Unlike the northern region, which has long been accustomed to the rule of Guo Peng, they have never accepted Guo Peng's rule, and are full of hostility towards Guo Peng. The Han Dynasty was buried.

When he heard the news, Liu Biao was not in good health.

Finally, without Guo Peng intervening in the war in Jingnan, Huang Zhong and Wenpin defeated Zhang Xian's rebels, captured Changsha County, and forced Zhang Xian to death. The family also killed Huan Jie and others who followed Zhang Xian's rebellion, and put down the Jingnan war.

This was a brilliant victory, but Liu Biao fell ill before he could enjoy the fruits of victory.

Before the war, his health already had problems, but during the war, he supported his sick body and insisted on handling military affairs, dispatching food and fodder to Huang Zhong and Wenpin, barely guaranteeing the continuation and victory of the war.

And Zhang Xian's side was directly destroyed without Guo Peng's support.

When the news of the victory came, Liu Biao was overjoyed, but his joy turned into sadness. After a violent cough, Liu Biao vomited a mouthful of blood and passed out on the spot, making his subordinates flustered for a while.

After finally waking up, Liu Biao couldn't stand up from the hospital bed, and couldn't deal with government affairs. His condition didn't improve. After many famous doctors came to treat him, Liu Biao's health improved slightly.

And just when these things were getting better, he learned the news that Guo Peng proclaimed himself emperor.

From this point of view, Liu Biao's psychological activities are quite interesting.

Liu Biao was very angry at one point, and slapped the table angrily, saying that he would proclaim himself emperor and fight Guo Peng to the death, and that he would immediately send troops to Luoyang to take back the Han Dynasty.

But he was a little embarrassed that no one else echoed his anger.

It feels exactly the same as back then, this feeling is really annoying.

"Guo Bandit finally revealed his true colors. He has deceived others for many years and created such a hypocritical reputation. He finally showed his feet at this time! He is the second Wang Mang! The second Yuan Shu! My traitor! Liu Jingsheng As a clan member of the Han family, how can we not cut him down?!"

Liu Biao dragged his sick body and held a military meeting angrily.

Having said that, the civil servants and military generals present at the meeting will look at me and I will look at you. Everyone knows that this is unrealistic.

Although they were equally surprised, it was not anger after the surprise, but many other different emotions.

Anyone can see that the Han Dynasty is over, Guo Peng has ruled most of China, even Jiangdong has been occupied by Guo Peng, and they have no chance of turning over.

Moreover, Guo Peng also accepted the abdication of the Han Emperor, established a new dynasty, and justifiably took the throne from the Han Emperor. Don’t say whether they recognize it here, but in the eyes of most people, that is a very traditional abdication rule , justifiably.

So in terms of procedure, there is no problem. The Wei Dynasty and the Han Dynasty were orthodox, and the orthodox established a new dynasty, and even made the deposed emperor Liu Jian the Duke of Shanyang, which means the end of everything, and maybe they have already sent people to start compiling history books.

Liu Biao is now powerless and furious here, so what can he do?

proclaim oneself emperor?

There is only one orthodox emperor throne in the world.

The orthodox emperor's throne under Liu Jian's ass has been abdicated to Guo Peng through formal procedures. Guo Peng proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang on behalf of the Han Dynasty. The position is justifiable.

And your old man actually said that you want to call yourself the emperor of the Northern Expedition. What kind of emperor do you call?Without the throne, you can still fabricate one out of thin air, right?

You still want to drag us Jingzhou into the mud of war, let us work hard for you, right?

How did you come up with it?

It's too beautiful.

This meeting is very important, so Cai Hao also rushed over and attended the meeting. Together with Kuai Yue and others, they formed a firm pro-Wei camp. He insisted that Liu Biao's claim to be emperor was illegal.

As for Liu Biao, it is not completely helpless, because Huang Zu is still alive, and Huang Zu is still there. Huang Zu expressed support on behalf of Jiangxia County, thinking that Guo Peng, a usurper of the Han Dynasty, can become emperor, and there is no reason for the clan of the Han family to Liu Biao cannot claim the title of emperor.

Unfortunately, facing Liu Biao's idea of ​​proclaiming himself emperor in the Northern Expedition and challenging Guo Peng, few people except Huang Zu were willing to support it.

It's not that Guo Peng didn't give them the treatment after surrender. For example, Guo Peng was willing to retain Liu Biao's title and eunuch, and still let him be the governor of Jingzhou, and officials at all levels continued to use the original lineup.

As long as Liu Biao surrendered, Guo Peng would send people to occupy it symbolically, announcing that the territory of the Wei Empire had arrived here.

The only request that was a bit excessive was that Liu Biao had to take his family members and surrender form to Luoyang to surrender, and personally present the surrender form to Guo Peng, so as to show the world that Liu Biao had surrendered and express Liu Biao's surrender to Guo Peng.

To be honest, this condition is fatally attractive to the powerful gentry in Jingzhou. For them, it doesn't matter how Liu Biao is, but the condition proposed by Guo Peng to make everything in Jingzhou as before is really too big for them. the allure.

Don't change anything, don't move anything, Xiao Gui Cao Sui, let's continue to be the masters of Jingzhou happily, do what we should, and don't have to be coerced by Liu Biao, the local emperor, to fight the northern Qiang Wei.

On the surface, Guo Peng is regarded as the emperor, but in fact, we have the final say on what happens to Jingzhou. This is what Jingzhou's powerful people dream of.

But this is not something Liu Biao can bear.

Chapter 785 Four Liu Zhang Proclaimed Emperor

As a clan member of the Han family, he didn't even resist the last resistance. After his death, what face would he have to meet the previous emperors of the Han Empire?

Not to mention being forced to surrender to Luoyang with his family and surrender.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is a conspiracy. Whether they can come back or not after this trip, the whole family will fall into Guo Peng's hands.

How could he be reduced to this level by his bloodline of the great ancestor?

Liu Biao couldn't accept it, not at all.

When someone suggested that surrender might not be a way out, they were scolded by Liu Biao.

Liu Biao insisted on claiming the title of Emperor and the Northern Expedition to show that he was at odds with Guo Peng.

But in this way, where do the Jingzhou tyrants and gentry be placed?

They don't want their family business to be destroyed, what should they do if their family business is destroyed?

Who wants to do this kind of thing with you, a local emperor?

The strong Wei regime in the north has been officially established. If we do this with you, everyone is rebellious in the eyes of Guo Peng. It is hard to say how Guo Peng will treat us rebellious.

Therefore, to sum up, it is absolutely impossible for them to allow Liu Biao to become emperor, and the only one who is willing to speak for Liu Biao is Huang Zu.

"Would it be possible to watch Guo Zifeng usurp the Han Dynasty and secure the emperor's seat? Isn't Ming Gong's Han family clan more suitable to be emperor than Guo Zifeng?"

Huang Zu was very indignant and tried very hard to speak up for Liu Biao.

However, apart from Huang Zu, there are very few people who are willing to speak for him. Everyone seems to have played a non-violent non-cooperation movement with a tacit understanding.

Liu Biao felt more grief and indignation, and slapped the table.

"Why don't you tie me up and give it to Guo Zifeng! Isn't this a good thing for you?!"

After he finished speaking, he coughed a few times, covered his mouth and staggered out of the meeting room, his back was a little desolate.

Things froze like this, but no one expected that it was Liu Zhang who broke the deadlock.

Liu Zhang's side learned the news of Guo Peng's proclaiming emperor a little later than Liu Biao's side, and met Guo Peng's envoys a little later.

Guo Peng had the same request to Liu Zhang. He brought his family members and the surrender form to Luoyang to surrender, and if he presented the surrender form with his own hands, he could still be the governor of Yizhou.

For such a thing, Yizhou was naturally shaken in all directions. Even Wu Ban and Wu Yi, who were commanding the army to plunder resources on the front line of Nanzhong, hurried back.

A group of courtiers sent by Dongzhou and a group of local courtiers from Yizhou quarreled over Guo Peng's order.

Guo Peng's proclaiming the emperor was naturally a shocking event. The people of Yizhou were shocked by this and felt a little uncomfortable, but soon, the local people of Yizhou got used to it.

Not only did they adapt quickly, but they also quickly realized that without Liu Zhang, the local emperor, their lives would be much better than they are now, and there would be no Dongzhou people to grab their cakes.