Chapter 655 The World Is in Turmoil

Liu Ye not only supported King Chenliu as emperor and issued an edict to inform the world, but he also consciously organized a group of literati to discredit the Pengcheng court.

"In the past, Emperor Gaozu and King Xiang fought for hegemony between Chu and Han, and King Xiang established his capital in Pengcheng. Now Cao Cao is King Xiang's successor! Scholars and common people in the world should open their eyes and see clearly the true face of Cao Cao!"

"The king of the North abandoned his people and fled eastward, unable to bear the heavy responsibility of the emperor. Cao Cao, the traitor, seeks to be reinstated as emperor. He is imitating Dou Gu, Liang Ji, and Dong Zhuo, and even becoming prime minister again is a great traitor!"

In fact, the post of prime minister was abolished not long after the founding of the Han Dynasty. Because the status of the prime minister is so important, it can be said that one person is inferior to ten thousand people. A strong prime minister can often influence the government affairs. When he is sick, the emperor will visit him personally. visit.

Therefore, the power of the emperor was divided into three princes. In fact, the Han Dynasty had no prime minister for a long time. Since then, it was usually replaced by generals, such as Huo Guang and Yan who deposed King Liu He of Changyi and forced Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Bingji to marry his own daughter. However, Dou Gu, who killed Shi, and Liang Ji, who poisoned the emperor, were both generals.

The prime minister was the precedent set by Dong Zhuo. After he arrived in Luoyang, he called himself Prime Minister, and after arriving in Chang'an, he called himself Taishi. Later, after Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xuchang, he named himself prime minister. From then on, the prime minister system was restored in the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Liu Bian appointed Cao Cao as prime minister, which instead became an attack point in the general shogunate.

At the same time, both the Luoyang court and the Pengcheng court began to compete with the princes of the world, hoping to gain the support of the princes of the world.

Yuzhou, Runan County.

"Brother!"

The voice came before anyone arrived, a shout as heroic as thunder, and then a figure rushed in like an iron tower, with a beard like a steel needle and a face like black coal. It was Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei asked loudly: "Eldest brother called me and second brother over. What's going on? I'm training soldiers and horses. Hey, the white-eared soldiers under that boy are really powerful. They only have a few hundred people. I saw two or three Even a thousand people can’t resist them.”

"Well, the soldiers trained by my uncle are indeed good." Liu Bei nodded, but there was no smile on his face.

Guan Yu on the side stroked his long beard under his chin: "Third brother, eldest brother has something important to tell us. Please sit down quickly."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "If we brothers have anything to do with each other, let me tell you the truth."

"Second brother, third brother." Liu Bei said slowly: "Do you know everything about the affairs of the two imperial courts in Luoyang and Pengcheng?"

Guan Yu looked indifferent, while Zhang Fei looked surprised and said: "Two imperial courts? Is it possible that this big man has two emperors?"

"Yes, third brother." Liu Bei explained: "The emperor rushed east to Xuzhou, and was proclaimed emperor by Cao Cao. He set his capital in Pengcheng, and was known as the Eastern Emperor among the people. The general also proclaimed King Chenliu as the emperor, and he still The capital was established in Luoyang and changed to Jian'an in the Yuan Dynasty, so the people called him the Western Emperor."

"This is interesting." Zhang Fei said doubtfully: "But why does the emperor want to flee?"

"Hmph!" Guan Yu's eyes flashed with a cold light: "Of course this matter has something to do with the general. Now what our army needs to do is to inform the world whether it should support the Eastern Emperor or the Western Emperor."

"This is really difficult to handle." Zhang Fei grinned and said, "Yu Qing helped us a lot and gave us Yuzhou as a place to settle down. Logically speaking, we should support Yu Qing, but Yu Qing abolished the emperor. It seems that we should support the Eastern Emperor."

After saying that, Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei: "Brother, what do you think?"

Liu Bei was silent for a while, and then said: "We support the Western Emperor. After all, Yu Qing is not Dong Zhuo, he is a member of the clan. No matter what he does, it is for the imperial court."

"Haha, that's right!" Zhang Fei laughed and said: "In any case, eldest brother and Yu Qing are from the same clan, so they should support each other."

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei and said nothing.

If he did not support the Western Emperor, Yuzhou would now be surrounded by the Liangzhou Army on three sides. I'm afraid...

Liu Bei and Lu Bu were inextricably linked to Liu Ye, and were basically equivalent to subordinate forces under Liu Ye. Therefore, they all announced their support for the Western Emperor and the Luoyang court, while other princes in the world had different reactions.

Youzhou, right Beiping.

"The emperor ran eastward and made his capital Pengcheng, and was named the East Emperor. Liu Ye supported King Chenliu as the emperor, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Jian'an, and was named the West Emperor?"

Yuan Shao looked at the information in his hand and couldn't help laughing.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi couldn't help but smile when they saw Yuan Shao so happy. Ever since Yuan Shao withdrew his troops to Youzhou, he had basically looked gloomy every day, but today he was laughing so heartily, so the two of them naturally asked.

"Why is father so happy?"

"Hahaha! Show your wealth and show your strength." Yuan Shao said with a smile: "Look, Cao Cao now supports Liu Bian as emperor and competes with Liu Xie, which means he has no advantage in terms of justice."

"Those who have gained the Dao will get more help, while those who have lost the Dao will have little help. This time we must build up momentum, mobilize more princes to support the Eastern Emperor, and combat Liu Ye's arrogance!" Yuan Shao clenched his fists, his eyes bright.

"It's a pity, it would be better if the emperor were in my Youzhou." Yuan Tan suddenly sighed.

"Yeah. It's a shame that Cao A'ao has become so big now." Yuan Shao snorted angrily. If he still controlled You and Jizhou, he would probably ask Cao Cao for the emperor directly.

In fact, in history, after Cao Cao welcomed the emperor to Xudu, Yuan Shao was jealous and ordered Cao Cao to send the emperor to Zhencheng because he was using the emperor to quickly demonstrate his political advantage over the princes. However, Cao Cao refused.

"That's all, oppose Liu Ye first, and then talk about other things later." Yuan Shao snorted.

Yuan Shao, the governor of Youzhou, and Gongsun Du, the prefect of Liaodong, jointly claimed to support the Eastern Emperor and were on the same side as Cao Cao, with great momentum.

At the same time, Yuan Shao personally wrote a letter to his ally Liu Biao, inviting Liu Biao to support the Eastern Emperor. However, Liu Biao was frightened by the open-jawed Nanyang army this time, so he did not support Yuan Shao as usual, but accepted appointments from both Luoyang and Pengcheng courts at the same time. In fact, he was both Jingzhou Mu.

In fact, Liu Biao has always been undecided. When the battle of Guandu between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao was in full swing, Liu Biao had an army of 100,000 from the seven counties of Jingxiang, but he stood still and did not support Cao Cao or Yuan Shao. In the end, until After Liu Cong died of illness, Jingzhou's power did not expand outward. After Liu Cong came to the throne, he directly surrendered to Cao Cao.

Zhang Lu from Hanzhong and Liu Yan from Yizhou both supported the Western Emperor. The reason was simple geographical relationship. Liu Yan and Zhang Lu were closer to Luoyang, so Liu Ye supported King Chenliu as emperor. The news about Cao Cao's support for Liu Bian reached Bashu earlier than the news about Cao Cao's support for Liu Bian, so the two of them supported the Western Emperor.