The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 281
In the 20th year of Jian'an (215 years), the situation in the world was extremely peaceful.

After Liu Bei withdrew from Hanzhong, he did not march eastward immediately, but quietly accumulated strength.

In contrast, Sun Quan seemed complacent.He was promoted to the Marquis of Lingnan, sitting on the land of three continents, and had 40 people with armor.

Cheng Yuanzhi's situation is better than that of Sun Quan. He is called the king of Wei, and his capital is Yecheng. He is above the princes and kings. .It can be called police when you come in and out. The ancestral temple, ancestors, and La are all made in Han Dynasty, and the three sons are all Liehou.

This is actually almost the same as the emperor.

Although 400 years ago, Liu Bang once beheaded a white horse and swore that "non-Liu family cannot be king".But time has passed, and now that the Han Dynasty has fallen to this point, no one takes Liu Bang's words to heart.

The status of the king of Wei is more noble than that of the princes and kings surnamed Liu. Jia Jiuxi is equal to the emperor of Han.

Everyone hopes that King Wei (Cheng Yuanzhi) can become emperor, so that they can become the founding fathers and go down in history.

Even Sun Quan surrendered, and in the whole world, Liu Bei in Yizhou was the only place that refused to accept Wei's rule.

Against such a background, there is really no problem in proclaiming himself emperor.

All the civil and military people in Hebei believed that the king of Wei should follow the heavens and respond to people, advance to the throne and proclaim himself emperor, and immediately start a more glorious era than the Han Empire.

In view of this, the officials took turns to write letters, asking Cheng Yuanzhi to go further.

Although Cheng Yuanzhi had stated before that "If the fate is in my hands, I would like to be King Wen of Zhou", but all the officials felt that it was different at that time, and it was the right time to be called emperor at this time.

At that time, Cheng Yuanzhi had just ascended the throne and became king, the national policy had not yet been established, the hearts of the people were still uncertain, and Sun Quan had not "surrendered".At this time, the situation in the world has become clear. In the past few years, the people in the north have gradually accepted the fact that the Wei State is better than the big Han. In addition, Sun Quan has proclaimed himself a vassal. The world is about to be unified, and it seems natural to become emperor.

But Cheng Yuanzhi thought over and over again, and felt that the situation in the world was far from being able to lie down.In the end, the matter was suppressed.

This makes Su should be very puzzled.

On this day, seeing that Cheng Yuanzhi suppressed another batch of memorials to persuade him to advance, Sugai couldn't help asking:
"Marshal, these memorials say that the Duke of Zhou is virtuous and the King Wen of Zhou is the most benevolent, but they are not enough for the King of Wei to follow suit. Who is the Duke of Zhou and King Wen of Zhou? Woolen cloth?"

It’s not surprising that Sugai would ask this question. He was born in the mountains and was illiterate before the age of 12. Although life got better later, so he made up some historical knowledge, but he only knew the history of the Qin Dynasty and after, and the history before Qin. , he has not learned yet.

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't know, although King Wen of Zhou and Duke Zhou are both surnamed Zhou, they are not one person, but two people."

Sugai was startled: "Two people?"

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded: "King Wen of Zhou is the father of King Wu of Zhou, the founding king of the Zhou Dynasty. King Wu of Zhou was able to finally defeat King Zhou, rule the world, and establish the Zhou Dynasty. Most of the credit goes to his father, King Wen of Zhou."

"At that time, the Zhou Dynasty had two-thirds of the world, but King Wen of Zhou still served the Yin and Shang as his ministers, so he was praised by the world."

"King Wu of Zhou and Duke Zhou are both the sons of King Wen of Zhou. After the death of King Wen of Zhou, Jiang Ziya and other talents left behind to help King Wu of Zhou govern the Zhou Dynasty. It took King Wu ten years to destroy the Shang Dynasty, but four Years later, he died of illness."

"At that time King Wu's son, King Cheng, was still very young, so Ji Dan, who was King Cheng's uncle, began to regent for Duke Zhou, assisting King Cheng of Zhou together with Jiang Ziya."

"While serving as the Duke of Zhou, he put down the rebellion of the Three Supervisors and conquered the rebellions of the vassal states in the east, allowing the Zhou Dynasty, which had just unified the world at that time, to quickly stabilize."

"After the Duke of Zhou assisted the government for seven years, King Cheng grew up, and the Duke of Zhou returned the power to King Cheng, facing the north and taking the position of minister."

"Precisely because Zhou Gong was so noble and upright, and did not exceed the rules of etiquette, later generations adored him greatly."

Sugai suddenly said: "It turned out that they were two people who were trying to catch fame. King Wen of Zhou occupied two-thirds of the world at that time. Even if he was not called a king, he had already become a king in fact. Could it be that King Zhou of Shang dared to call him a subject again? "

"There is also that Duke of Zhou, I don't believe it. When Weijia is full of officials or in the dead of night, he has no idea of ​​​​replacing him. If King Zhou Cheng is not his nephew, Duke Zhou has been regent for seven years and has great power. Look at him. Don’t usurp the throne!”

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded, "Although what you said is a bit of a villain's heart, it is not unreasonable."

"However, the Duke of Zhou has never surpassed, so he will be famous forever."

Sugai curled his lips, and said: "What's the use of being famous forever? Marshal, I think it's good for a person in this life to grasp what happened before he was alive, and he doesn't care about his reputation after death! Anyway, we can't see or hear it. As long as we live up to the sky above and the people below, even if we take away Liu Han, what can we do?"

"Besides, the emperor takes turns to do it. When he came to my house this year, he won Liu Han Jiangshan from Ying Qin."

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hands again and again: "Liu Bang is self-made, and he has won the country. I am a Hanchen, so I can't generalize."

Hearing this, Sugai suddenly regained his spirits, and argued with reason: "Marshal, I think this statement is wrong. Wasn't Liu Bang also the head of the Surabaya Pavilion of Qin State at the beginning? He was also a minister of Qin State. Conquer Qin and establish a great Han."

Cheng Yuanzhi was stunned: "You are right in saying that... At that time, there was no way for the Qin Dynasty. Liu Bang won the hearts of the people because of the three chapters of the law with the people, and he won the hearts of the people. In the end, he defeated Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and established a great man."

Sugai chuckled: "Then Liu Han has no way. Before and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people lived in dire straits for decades, and the wars and bandits continued for years. In the famine years, the people would have to eat each other. My grandfather fled to the mountains because of this. I don’t want to live among wild beasts, and I don’t want to be a common man.”

"It can be said that today's Liu Han is more innocent than the Tyrant Qin of the past, and should be replaced."

Cheng Yuanzhi was speechless for a while, racking his brains to argue: "Liu Han wasn't always so innocent, the emperors in the early Eastern Han Dynasty were pretty good."

"In the early days of the Great Qin Dynasty, there were six generations of Mingjun, and they couldn't bear to rebel when there was a faint emperor in Qin II? Let's look at the four to 50 years when Emperor Huan and Ling were in power. I can't wait to eat its flesh and gnaw its bones. Since the big man has fallen so far, why not overthrow it?"

"This..." Cheng Yuanzhi opened his mouth, and suddenly felt that what Su Ge said was very reasonable, and he was a little speechless.

But he still said: "It's not the right time to proclaim the emperor at this time."

"After proclaiming the emperor, the nature of the three forces in the world will be different from what it is now. At that time, it will be a war between countries, not like now, where everyone is the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty, which is an internal struggle."

Sugai scratched his head, wondering: "What's the difference? It's still three legs."

"The hearts of the people are different!" Cheng Yuanzhi explained concisely, and said earnestly:

"If I become emperor, the world will immediately change from one country to three countries. The people in the world will also change from being all Han people to people belonging to three countries.

"Once the hearts of the people are divided, the difficulty of unifying the world will rise sharply, do you understand?"

Sugai scratched his head and said, "Commander, although I don't quite understand it, it sounds like it's serious."

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded slightly, lost in thought.

In the original time and space, it was precisely because Cao Pi, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan proclaimed themselves emperors successively that the three-legged confrontation lasted for another five or sixty years.

Assuming that Cao Pi was not so anxious to become emperor at that time, and still served as a minister, the world would still be one family in name, and the exchanges between common people would not be subject to so many restrictions.

Because everyone is a man of the people, fighting back to fighting, fighting back to fighting, there should be some contacts will not be interrupted.

But after the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, the folks basically cut off communication. The people of Wei State only operated in the territory of Wei State, the people of Wu State only did business in the territory of Wu State, and the people of Shu Han only operated in Sichuan.

Since the people were divided into three countries, merchants would not dare to go to enemy countries, because not only would their goods and property be confiscated, but they would also be thrown into jail as spies, and even their heads would fall to the ground.

Because everyone is no longer a country, you have no discussion about cleaning up, and it is not against the law.

This kind of situation eventually formed a solid three-point situation in the world. Although Wei is strong, it cannot swallow the other two countries in one go. The only thing it can do is to manage the place where it is, recruit talents from all over the world, and lay the foundation for the next generation. , Wait for the world to change, and then clean up the old rivers and mountains.

Cheng Yuanzhi didn't want to see such a situation.

People-to-people exchanges cannot be cut off. Once they are cut off, no matter how strong Wei is, it will take a lot of effort to rule the world.

Therefore, although it is possible to be called emperor, it is not necessary.

Many civil and military ministers in the Wei State were unaware of this. They could only see immediate benefits.

However, this consensus is hard to go against.

It is okay to refuse once to persuasion, but if you refuse all the time, people's hearts will be scattered.

Cheng Yuanzhi sighed, feeling a little distressed.

The situation I am facing is completely different from Cao Cao in the original time and space.

Cao Cao was born in a family of eunuchs, and his status was embarrassing, which made him controversial both among the people and the bureaucracy class. Therefore, his road to becoming emperor was full of thorns, and he only ended up becoming king in the end.

As for himself, he is a child of the Yuan family who is the fourth generation and third prince. This status is so upright that even if he blatantly replaces the big man, it will become what everyone expects.

This made Cheng Yuanzhi a little bit stuck.

(End of this chapter)