The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 273
After defeating Dong Xianbei, Gongsun Du led his army back to the division and went to clean up Goguryeo.

All of a sudden, the peninsula was full of wars and flames of war.

This is not mentioned.

Yecheng, Wei Palace, backyard.

Cheng Yuanzhi was sitting high in the middle, while Hua Tuo was carefully checking the pulse.

After a long time, Hua Tuo withdrew his hands and closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "Wei Wang, I am very happy."

Cheng Yuanzhi was startled: "Why do you like it?"

Hua Tuo thought for a while and said: "When I took the pulse of King Wei, I found that King Wei seemed to have a hidden disease, the Qi and blood were not smooth, and most of the people who had this disease had fewer children. Now when I take the pulse again, the disease has disappeared. Great joy!"

Cheng Yuanzhi was speechless, but he still waved his hand: "Okay, big reward!"

Hua Tuo thanked him and left.

Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't laugh or cry.

When he was young, he was strong and strong, and he had one leaf and seven thorns without ambiguity, but he suffered from the symptoms of fewer offspring.

Now that I am quite old, my illness suddenly recovered.

Old man, I really have more than enough heart and not enough energy!

Anyway, that's a good thing.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanzhi excitedly came to the lobby and called all civil and military officials to discuss important matters.

Considering the defeat of the Eastern Xianbei, Cheng Yuanzhi felt relieved and called all his ministers to discuss the matter of the Western Expedition.

As soon as they heard that there was another westward expedition, all the officials were shocked and tried to dissuade them.

In particular, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, Yang Xiu and others spoke the most fiercely, wishing to use 3000-year historical allusions to convince Cheng Yuanzhi that the end of "military violence" must be the destruction of the country and the death of the people.

Even Jia Xu also came out to persuade: "Now that we have returned from the Western Expedition, we must not fight again. In the past ten years, our army has been fighting endlessly, the treasury is empty, and the people are tired and old. We should rest for two or three years. Master Xing Wang, calm down the world with one stroke."

"Besides, there are natural dangers in the middle of Sichuan, and it's hard to figure it out for a while. If you don't want to do it now, you can't do it. It's useless to work for it. It's useless. I hope the king of Wei will think twice before doing it."

Seeing what Jia Xu said, Cheng Yuanzhi sighed, nodded, and gave up the idea of ​​sending troops.

It's not that he doesn't know the consequences of militarism, it's just that time waits for no one.

At this time, Liu Zhang had already surrendered, and Liu Bei took all of Xichuan. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity to march westward, when Liu Bei gained a firm foothold in Sichuan, he would definitely go all out in the Northern Expedition and cause trouble for Wei.

If Sun Quan, who is entrenched in Jingnan, also makes trouble from the side, and the chaotic Xiliang is difficult to calm down for a while, the Northern Army will face a third-line battle, and the pressure can be imagined.

This situation is something Cheng Yuanzhi doesn't want to see.

After all the counselors retreated, Cheng Yuanzhi thought about it, but still felt that he couldn't wait for his opponent to become stronger.

Since there are natural dangers in the middle of Sichuan, it is not suitable for westward expeditions, so why not southward expeditions?
There is no natural insurance in Jingzhou now. The Yangtze River natural insurance is already owned by three companies, and no one takes advantage.

Furthermore, the enemy of the enemy is a friend. For Sun Quan, Liu Bei, who had just occupied Yizhou, had quietly changed from an ally to an enemy.

Or competitors.

Thinking of the former "Liu Paopao" and "Liu County Magistrate" who now occupy more than one continent, Sun Quan has no reason not to be jealous.

Moreover, Sun Quan's dream has always been to occupy Jingzhou, recover Jiangdong, and rule the river.

Since Jiangdong is heavily guarded, it is difficult to map for a while.Then Guan Yu who is stationed in Wuling... will definitely be a thorn in Sun Quan's side, a thorn in his flesh, and he will not get rid of his unhappiness.

It seems that it is time to send someone to Sun Quan to fan the wind...

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded secretly, making up his mind.

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Yizhou, Chengdu.

Liu Bei was in high spirits.

The wandering career of nearly 30 years has come to an end, and he, Liu Bei, also has a land of one continent and a foundation to contend for world hegemony.

However, after occupying Xichuan, there are two most important things in front of us, one is to reward Ma Chao, and the other is to become king.

Of course, after rewarding Ma Chao heavily, he still needs to beat it a bit. After all, "carrot and stick" is the only way for Yuxia.

Ma Chao was rewarded heavily because he conquered Chengdu, forced Liu Zhang to surrender, and made an immortal contribution; he beat Ma Chao because his official position was too high, higher than Liu Bei's official position as the lord. If Liu Bei did not become king, not only It's Ma Chao, and all the civil and military officers under his command will have no official titles.

Because Ma Chao's previous official positions were Liangzhou Mu, General Pingxi, and Marquis of Xixiang.

And even if Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, he only led Yizhou Mu, Yicheng Tinghou, and Hanzuo General.This official position is only on the same level as Ma Chao's original official position, and the title is much lower than the military position.

In the same way, the biggest official position that a state shepherd can confer is only a small official like county guard or Biejia, how can he satisfy the civil and military followers who have followed him for a long time?

They didn't raise their heads and do it with Liu Bei just to be a Bie Jia or a sheriff.

Therefore, becoming king is imminent.

What's more, since Liu Bang, the great ancestor, said that "the king with a different surname will be punished by the whole world", in the past 400 years, except for Wang Mang, no one with a different surname dared to be called a king.

But now, another person has proclaimed himself king (King of Wei of the Han Dynasty). The next step, just thinking about it with your toes, is that he must depose the Han Dynasty and proclaim himself the emperor.

Therefore, Liu Bei has to keep up with the situation, otherwise, the consequences of not being able to match his opponent in terms of status will be very serious.

The most important thing is that he has the qualifications to be the king!

Because he is a descendant of the royal family, his surname is Liu!

Moreover, the benefits of being king are not limited to this, there are also back tricks.

As long as Liu Bei becomes the king, if the king of Wei proclaims the emperor instead of the Han in the next step, he can also proclaim himself the emperor.

Because once the Han Dynasty is replaced by the Wei State, if Liu Bei continues to be the King of Hanzhong, then he will be the King of Hanzhong in the Wei State.Therefore, it is reasonable and moral to express his determination and attitude of being incompatible with Wei Guo by proclaiming himself emperor.

Therefore, after careful consideration, in the first month of the 18th year of Jian'an (213), Liu Bei proclaimed himself King of Hanzhong (remote leader), and Ma Chao immediately moved to General Hushi, led Liangzhou as a herdsman, and entered the title of Marquis of Yuxiang.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, the generals do not come out, and the hussar generals should be the largest in the army.

Although Ma Chao has only increased his military rank by one level compared to before, this award shows that Ma Chao's status is inflated.

This is something that can’t be helped. Before Ma Chao came to join him, he had a very high official position (Liangzhou Mu, Pingxi General, Xixiang Marquis).

However, Liu Bei gave Ma Chao his previous official position "Liangzhou Shepherd" to him, but he was implying that the latter: even I can only lead the King of Hanzhong from afar. Don't think about it anymore, just be a remote Liangzhou shepherd for the time being, just enjoy yourself.

After Ma Chao was sealed, Liu Bei rewarded the rest of the meritorious ministers one by one.

When the news of Liu Bei's promotion as "King of Hanzhong" spread to Jiaozhou, Sun Quan was immediately envious and hated, and was very unwilling.

Yuan She (Cheng Yuanzhi) and Liu Bei became king successively, making his status suddenly awkward.

Not only was he a head short out of thin air, but he was extremely aggrieved.

Cheng Yuanzhi was named king by Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and his name was justified; Liu Bei was called king because his surname was Liu, a descendant of the royal family, which was reasonable.

But he, Sun Quan, had nothing to ask for, not only lost the Jiangdong foundation left by his father and brother, but also lost many civil servants and generals.

Just like "a defeated general is not enough to be brave", let alone being king, he is not even a prince now, how can he be king?
If he rashly proclaimed himself king, Sun Quan was worried that he would anger the king of Wei, so he mobilized all his troops to attack.

Such an embarrassing situation also made Sun Quan sigh, depressed, unhappy, unable to sleep at night.

Fortunately, Lu Su is not an ordinary person. With a thought, he quickly thought of a wonderful method-the above-mentioned form of professing his favor and asking the king of Wei to canonize him.

In the memorandum, the object of the vassal is blurred, and it is not indicated whether the vassal is to the "Wei State" or to the "big man".

Have to say, it's a pretty good idea.

Sun Quan was overjoyed, and immediately ordered someone to draft a memorandum, and after several revisions, he sent someone to send it to Yecheng.

After Cheng Yuanzhi received Sun Quan's performance, he was very surprised.

At first glance, he thought that Sun Quan was proclaiming his vassal to Wei, but upon closer inspection, it seemed that he was proclaiming to a great man.

In short, this melody fully demonstrates the intelligibility and charm of Chinese characters, and fully demonstrates the theme of repeated horizontal jumps.

The memorandum reads: "The minister, Sun Quan, is willing to bow himself to the captives to make up for the past mistakes, and he was proclaimed as a minister to make it clear that there is no difference. From then on, the three rivers and five lakes have become marshes in Wei; the north and south Vietnam have become Han people."

The first sentence "be marsh in Wei" seems to be a vassal to Wei, but the latter sentence "become Han people" is like a show of loyalty to the Han court.

Chen Lin, who is good at writing and writing, was quite unconvinced after reading this seal, and immediately stood up and clapped her hands:
"King Wei, Sun Quan is cunning and capricious, this statement cannot be trusted!"

Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Yang Xiu and others echoed in unison: "What Confucius said is absolutely true!"

The rest of the people also nodded their heads.

Only Jia Xu stroked his long beard with his hands, and smiled without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)