Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 69 The Emperor of the Han Dynasty Liu Chan
The enthronement ceremony of the new emperor of the Han Dynasty was held on an auspicious day within one month after the death of the old emperor.

Ji Han, who inherited the Han system, also followed this rule. Liu Bei died in April, and Liu Chan returned to Chengdu to ascend the throne at an auspicious time in May.

Liu Chan needs two accessions: the accession of the emperor and the accession of the son of heaven.

The throne of the Son of Heaven was proclaimed by the founding emperor, Xun Liao, to Tian Wai Chan to ascend the throne.Liu Chan, who was not the founding emperor, was the Inner Chan who became the Son of Heaven after Liu Bei's death.

On the night of an auspicious day in the Juetang of the New Palace of the Shu Han Dynasty, the coffin of Liu Bei, the emperor of Daxing, rested between the two couplets.

Wu Yi held the festival at night, greeted Liu Chan with a jade-green chariot, and fasted in the hall.

Empress Dowager Wu presided over, Liu Chan ascended the throne in Juetang, and Nei Chan won the throne of emperor.Liu Chan was fasting in the hall that night.

The next day, the Shuhan Xingong Juetang.

"Please the prince will be the emperor today, the concubine the princess will be the empress, and the empress will be the empress dowager." Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and Taiwei Shangguan Shengzuo.

"Yes." Liu Chan said in a deep voice while standing in front of the coffin in a crown suit.

At this time, Zhuge Liang led all the officials out of the hall to take off their mourning clothes and put on auspicious clothes to attend the emperor's enthronement ceremony.

After all the officials entered the hall, Taiwei Shangguan Sheng climbed up the hall from the steps, worshiped to the north of the late emperor's coffin, and then read the policy text.

"Emperor Daxing is virtuous and majestic. He worshiped the Han Dynasty and raised troops to restore the Han Dynasty. The Emperor Daxing will not last forever. I am the only prince who is Zen, humble and kind, virtuous and wise. He is popular and worthy of worship. , Inherit the great cause of reunification... The emperor encouraged me."

After Shangguan Sheng finished reading the policy, Taiwei Shangguan Sheng knelt down and presented the seal ribbon, Liu Chan stepped forward to take it, and Liu Chan then became emperor at the age of seventeen.

"See Your Majesty!" Under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, all civil and military officials knelt and shouted under the steps, with a neat and loud voice.

After Liu Chan waited for everyone to finish the ceremony, he needed to give the sword of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to the Taiwei, but Ji Han didn't have his sword, so Liu Chan gave Liu Bei's sword to Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, and warned the officials.

So he issued an imperial edict to enfeoff all the officials.

Taking Zhuge Liang as the prime minister, Lu Shangshushi, false Jie Sili Xiaowei, Yizhou Mu, was granted the title of Marquis of Wuxiang, and served as the head of the inner mansion.

With Huang Quan as the protector of the Central Committee, Guang Luxun, and Jiajie to control the internal and external military town Yong'an, he was granted the title of Han Xianghou.

Taking Li Yan as Qiang as the prefect, court lieutenant, and false festivals to control the internal and external military towns, he was granted the title of the capital and township lord.

With Liu Yan as the army division and rear general, he was granted the title of Marquis of the capital.

Taking Zhao Yun as the Central Guard Army and the General Who Conquered the South, he was granted the title of Marquis of Yongchang Ting
Taking Wei Yan as the prefect of Hanzhong, the general of Zhenbei, and the governor of Hanzhong, he was granted the title of Marquis of Tingdu.

Taking Wu Yi as the guard and the governor of Guanzhong, he was granted the title of Marquis of Tingdu.

Taking Wu Ban as the right general, he was granted the title of Marquis of Anleting.

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In May 223 A.D., Liu Chan became the son of heaven and emperor in Chengdu, and changed his name to Jianxing.
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Ascension to the throne did not go wrong and went very smoothly.After ascending the throne, Liu Chan did not show any excitement or high spirits, but was very calm.

What he is currently facing is a big man in a mess, and the May month when he ascends the throne is also the precarious May month for a big man.Beginning in the first half of this year, the Hanjia Rebellion was just an appetizer, and a bigger storm was brewing in Nanzhong.

At the border, Soochow ordered Liu Chan, the son of Liu Zhang, to be the governor of Yizhou, ready to take over Yizhou County, Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi County, and others to fan the flames.

The commander-in-chief of Yuexuan, Gao Ding, killed the county general Jiao Huang, proclaimed the county king as a rebellion, and went north to attack Xindao County, but was repelled by the county soldiers led by Li Yan.

Yongchang Yongkai killed Zheng Ang, the prefect of Yizhou. Zhuge Liang was going to send Zhang Yi south to serve as the prefect of Yizhou, but Liu Chan stopped him.Under the lure of Soochow, Yong Kai was appointed as the prefect of Yongchang in Soochow and besieged Yongchang County.

Zhu Bao, the prefect of Cang County, occupied the county and rebelled.

At present, only Yongchang County is in the hands of the big Han. The meritorious Cao Lu Kai and the Fucheng Wang and his wife are sticking to Yongchang. Under the siege of Yongkai, the officials in the county are united to fight against the enemy, but the news to the court is cut off.

Under such circumstances, fortunately, Li Hui, the subdued governor, gathered the pro-Han forces in Nanzhong to stick to the Pingyi-Zhuti area, and cut off the direct contact between the three counties of Yuejuan, Zangzang, and Yongchang.

Pingyi County was governed by the surrendered governor Li Hui. When Li Hui took over as the surrendered governor, he realized that the situation in Nanzhong was turbulent, so he changed Nanchang County, the former governor Deng Fangzhi, to Pingyi County.

Nanchang County (now Zhenxiong) is the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. The Chishui River is the boundary between this place and the middle of Shu in the east.

When Li Hui took office, he found that the place was remote, and if there was a rebellion, he would not be able to keep in touch with the middle of Shu, so he moved his government office to Pingyi County, which was closer to the middle of Shu, and it was also convenient for him to keep in touch with the imperial court.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang dispatched Zhao Yunan to Fujie, Jiangyang County, to prevent Zhu Bao, the prefect of Cang County, from going north. Wang Ping and Qingyihou's adopted son Xiang Yu, defended Hanjia County's consumption of cows, to prevent the barbarian king Gaoding from continuing to go north.

When Liu Chan learned of the Nanzhong rebellion, he first summoned the high-ranking figures of the Han Dynasty to the imperial court and asked about the solution to the Nanzhong rebellion. After all, Zhuge Liang's measures were only to curb the expansion of the Nanzhong rebellion.

In the hall, Zhuge Liang, the Wu brothers, the Ma brothers, Deng Zhi, Wang Ping, the senior officials of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Chan's cronies all arrived. When Wang Ping entered the hall, everyone was surprised. ask.

Liu Chan, wearing a leather hat with twelve slits on his head, a crimson gauze robe, and a red dress, entered the hall, sat on the high hall, and went straight to ask everyone for advice.

"Sun Wu is tempting outside today, and Gaoding, Zhu Bao, and Yongkai are rebelling inside. What good strategies do you have to help me?" Liu Chan's cold voice echoed in the hall.

As His Majesty who has just ascended the throne, the best way to get the ministers to work together is to make them feel that they are promoting their own ideas. The more critical the situation is, the more cooperation is needed.

Zhuge Liang, as the auxiliary minister, had to show something and bowed his hands and said: "Country, I am willing to lead the great Han soldiers to pacify Nanzhong, but the old minister is worried about Sun Quan. When he learned that the late emperor died, and he just defeated Cao Pi, he will treat me. Nanzhong will start."

Liu Chan frowned when he heard that, historically, Sun Quan did not send troops to participate in the Nanzhong incident, but instead reached a new covenant with the Shu Han. After thinking about it in his heart, he said slowly, "The implication of Xiangfu's words is to talk about peace with Wu?"

"Exactly, there are three points in the world, and only Lian Wu resisting Cao is what must be done under the current situation." Zhuge Liang continued.

"I agree with what Prime Minister Shang said. Now that the country has just ascended the throne, it is appropriate to send ambassadors to reiterate the friendship between Han and Wu, to fight against Cao Wei together, and to cut off foreign aid from the chaotic ministers in South China." Deng Zhi stood up and cupped his hands.

Everyone else also bowed their hands in agreement.

"What you said is the same as what I think, but I have been thinking hard recently that I can't send Wu's people. I see Deng Qing today, and I can get it today. What do you think of Deng Qing? I don't know if Deng Qing is willing to go to Sun Wu as an envoy. " Liu Chan was not surprised to see that everyone agreed, and said seriously.

"Deng Qing can be entrusted with a heavy responsibility." Zhuge Liang agreed.

"I would like to take the order to go to Sun Wu as an envoy." Seeing that Liu Chan had entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, Zhuge Liang did not object, so he came out of the line and bowed his hands and said.

(End of this chapter)