Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 532 Liu Bei's Last Letter (The Finale)

On the [-]th day of the first year of Jianxing, Liu Chan held a large banquet in the Luoyang Palace, inviting civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty to gather.

It has only been more than a month since the pacification of the world, and the whole country is waiting to be rebuilt. Many things have not been dealt with properly, such as the population problem in Luoyang, the relocation of the capital, the promotion of agriculture in various places, the national census, and so on.

But now there is always a good start, and national affairs also need time to settle.

Liu Chan plans to sacrifice in the southern suburbs tomorrow, and then start to deal with all the problems in the next year.

Hundreds of civil and military ministers and their families participated in the banquet, as well as Xiongnu Shanyu, the former Han clan, envoys from all over the world, etc. Thousands of people gathered in Beigong to celebrate the lively New Year.

In the second year of Jianxing, 229 AD also arrived as scheduled.

In the early morning of the next day, the mighty convoy set off from Luoyang, all the way to the southern suburbs.

In the Han Dynasty, the place where the emperor worshiped was generally in the south of the city. There were Mingtang and Piyong in the south of the city. Since the Western Han Dynasty, it has been the place where the emperor of the Han Dynasty worshiped heaven and earth.

Therefore, the descendants of the Han people in later generations will call the main room of their house the Mingtang, also known as the Mingjian or the main room.

In the middle of the main room facing the gate, there are permanent shrines and ancestral altars, which are used as a place to respect ancestors and gods, worship heaven and earth, celebrate weddings, funerals and birthdays, and avoid ghosts and evil spirits.

This tradition was handed down from Han Dynasty.

It's just that after Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, Mingtang and Piyong were destroyed in the flames of war. The new Mingtang has not yet been built, so the venue can only be located in the southern suburbs of Xiguiyuan.

The altar had already been built in the southern suburbs at this time. Although the weather was not very good in the morning, it was a bit gloomy, but there was no rain, and the temperature was not particularly cold. Thousands of people headed towards the suburbs in the north wind.

Originally, the southern suburbs of Luoyang were not barren, with a large number of pavilions and villages, as well as royal gardens.But now it is a land of ruins, there are no people around, and it is completely dilapidated.

There is a large expanse of grassland in the garden of Xiguiyuan. At this moment, an altar is placed on it, surrounded by thousands of imperial guards standing. Now he is the captain of Sili. Chen Dao, who is in charge of the entire Luoyang guard, follows Liu Chan solemnly, protecting the safety of the emperor. .

After arriving at the altar, Liu Chan boarded the high platform, first sacrificed to heaven and earth according to the procedure, placed the spiritual seats of Liu Bang, Liu Xiu and Liu Bei, and then sacrificed to his ancestors and reported his current achievements to them.

A series of procedures lasted for more than an hour. Liu Chan, Tai Changqing, and even Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Shen Chen and others all took turns to pray on stage.

Hundreds of officials also have various etiquettes, in addition to the order of standing, they also have to kowtow three times and bow nine times.

The Han Dynasty was not in favor of kneeling and worshiping, but what they worshiped was not the emperor, but the heaven, earth and ancestors.Because even Liu Chan had to kowtow several times to salute.

When it was finally over, Tai Changqing finally burned all the documents used for prayer, and with the green smoke curling up into the sky, it seemed that the ancestors in the sky already knew about the things on the ground.

Zhuge Liang looked up at Yunyan, and said softly, "Xiaoqing."

"Ok?"

"Do you think the late emperor would know?"

"Probably not."

"Well, you said that people are dead without a soul, and death is death."

"But at least the first emperor believed that we could unify the world and fulfill his long-cherished wish before his death."

"Yes."

"Let's work hard. We have only completed half of the late emperor's long-cherished wish, and even this half is still a little incomplete."

Shen Chen looked northeast.

Liu Bei has two last wishes, one is to unify the world and restore the Han Dynasty.

The other is to hope that the country can live in peace and prosperity, so that the people of the world can live a good life.

They have only completed the previous one now, and even this last wish has not been recovered by Liaodong.

So the road under their feet is still far away.

But soon.

Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong was only far away, and did not receive news of Cao Wei's destruction so quickly.

If he received it, it would probably not be long before he would make a decision.

If he fights, he will die, and if he surrenders, he can be given a title, at least he can enjoy the rest of his life, it depends on how he chooses.

In this way, the Han Dynasty will be completely reunified. First, the national strength will be restored, and then the Western Regions will be taken. Through the development of trade through the Silk Road, the Han Dynasty will soon be able to stand on top of the world again.

In the middle of the morning, the sacrifice ended, and at noon, the officials turned to the Taimiao.

Liu Bei's temple name was determined to be Han Zhongzu after discussions among Zhuge Liang, Shen Chen, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the Ministry of the Three Provinces a few days ago. This temple name is basically not controversial.

It was not confirmed when he just passed away, because the world was still uncertain at that time, and it took a period of time to settle his achievements.

But at this moment, the world is settled, and the great Han Zhongxing has settled down, so the ancestor of Hanzhong is imperative.

Now Zhongzu Temple has been built.

When Liu Bei established the Han Dynasty in Xiangyang, the first thing he did was to build temples to worship the Gaozu temple system and the Shizu temple system.

The reason for doing this is naturally to obtain legal authority.

Now that Liu Bei passed away, Liu Chan rebuilt the third temple on the basis of the original Taimiao in Luoyang.

Unlike Gaozu Temple and Shizu Temple where the emperors of the Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties were buried, the Zhongzu Temple is empty and built in the northeast of the original Mingtang, just south of the Nangong, outside the Kaiyang Gate.

The three temples and ancestral halls are lined up side by side. Liu Bei's lineage is only the second generation, but according to his will, in addition to the ancestral hall, a manor was built outside.

Several peach trees were transplanted in the manor. It is said that Liu Chan specially sent someone to dig them from the nearby mountains last month, and there are still some peach tree seedlings planted.

Because it was the first day of the new year, in the first month of the lunar year, the peach trees did not bloom and bear fruit, only a few green leaves that had just grown in early spring, hanging alone on the branches, swaying gently with the north wind blowing slowly.

Liu Chan and others entered the garden, walked through the peach trees that were full of peach trees that had not yet grown or blossomed, and came to the ancestral hall.In the ancestral hall, except for some sacrificial supplies, the spiritual tablet shelf above is empty, except for Liu Bei's spiritual tablet.

"The first emperor!"

When everyone entered the temple, they all bent down and bowed their hands in salute.

Liu Bei's grave is not in Luoyang.

When he died of illness in Xiangyang, he was buried in Zhaolie Mausoleum in Nanshan, Xiangyang, known as Huiling Mausoleum in history.

Originally, Liu Chan thought about moving the tomb back to the north, at least back to Luoyang.

But under the persuasion of the officials, he finally gave up this idea.

Firstly, Jingzhou is the land of Liu Bei's Longxing, and secondly, the cost of relocating tombs is huge, and it cannot be consumed excessively when the country is in a state of waste.

However, the Taimiao is often regarded as the place where the souls of the ancestors rest, so coming here is like seeing the emperor.

After Liu Chan came in, Tai Changqing and other sacrificial officials first asked him to kneel and worship according to the etiquette, and then prayed and sacrificed.

Because sacrificial offerings in the Han Dynasty were solemn and solemn, no matter whether it was offering sacrifices to ancestors or heaven and earth, it was a cultural tradition of the nation since ancient times, and no one would abandon it, and no one dared to abandon it.

After about half an hour, the officials only had breakfast, and after the two sacrifices, they were so hungry that some of them could not even stand upright.

Liu Chan was sympathetic to the old officials and did not continue to delay the sacrifice. After the sacrifice was over soon, he ordered the sacrifice to end and everyone went back.

After all, it is the first day of the new year, and everyone wants to go home to reunite for the New Year, so there is no need to torture everyone anymore.

The officials dispersed one after another, but only Shen Chen, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Shu, and Pang Tong were stopped by Liu Chan, and they all stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

"His Majesty!"

Several people bowed their hands to Liu Chan. Just now Liu Chan asked Xiao Huangmen to come over to greet them, but now they are all waiting for Liu Chan to come out.

The little fat man's complexion was rather heavy. In such a solemn and solemn place, he couldn't even smile. He went up to return the salute seriously and said: "I, on behalf of the father, thank you all."

"Your Majesty is serious. The ministers followed the late emperor to rise up and live and die together. I only hate that the country left too early, and the world was still uncertain at that time. My third brother and I could not fulfill our promise to live and die together."

Guan Yu was emotional for a moment.

Back then, a pot of wine was served in Taoyuan, and the three of them loved each other as brothers. Since then, they have followed each other with loyalty and never left, and finally achieved a great cause.

But now that the Sri Lankan has passed away, even if the world is unified, Guan Zhang is full of sadness.

Liu Chan said: "If we rule today, my father's last wish can finally be fulfilled. Before he died at the dragon funeral, he left a few letters, asking me to hand them over to you after I rule the world."

As he spoke, he took out a few letters from his sleeve and handed them to everyone. These letters were obviously written by Liu Bei in anticipation of his imminent death, and they were handed over to Liu Chan for safekeeping.

Everyone received the letters, and when Shen Chen saw the words "Mr. Xiao's personal letter" written on the envelope, he immediately felt a sore nose and remembered the past.

At that time in Xuzhou, Cao Cao raised his butcher's knife to hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou, and the clan migration was imminent.Only Liu Bei borrowed more than a thousand Karasumas from Gongsun Zan, and thousands of old and weak soldiers came to help Tao Qian.

Shen Chen helped the clan escape the slaughter of Cao Cao and was summoned by Tao Qian, that is, at that time he met Liu Bei.When Cao Ren slaughtered Zhuangyangju, he was rescued by Liu Bei.

Because of this kindness, Shen Chen always remembered it.Later, he also persuaded Liu Bei to give up Xuzhou. After all, Cao Cao was too powerful to do anything.

But even though he knew that the enemy was strong, Liu Bei still tried his best to draw his sword and pounce on the strong in order to protect the weak. The feat of knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and going to the tigers, even after many years, still lingers in Shen Chen's mind.

Shen Chen opened the letter in his hand, and the first sentence that caught his eyes was "Mr. Xiao sits in front of me. If Mr. Xiao can read this letter, it probably means that the big men have been unified, and I can die with peace of mind."

"Thinking back in Xuzhou, I didn't listen to Mr. Xiao, and decided to fight Cao Cao in Xuzhou. At that time, I didn't covet Xuzhou, but the people in Xuzhou were really living too hard. A massacre by Cao Cao made Xuzhou's life miserable, and the people were in dire straits. .”

"I never thought of attacking Cao Cao. I just hope to protect the people of Xuzhou. Unfortunately, I can't do it. Just like Mr. Xiao said, the general situation cannot be changed. I have no choice but to join the court, hoping to help The Son of Heaven will not waste the foundation established by the ancestors when he takes back the great man."

"It's fate at any time. After the Yidai Zhao, I can only live in Jingzhou. I am happy and lonely when I meet Mr. Xiao again. I am happy that I can meet you here, but I am lonely because I can't recover from the decline. It's all because of my lack of ability."

"I hate myself for being short-witted and unable to break the general situation, and I hate myself for being incompetent and unable to protect the emperor. But fortunately, with the help of my little gentleman, I was able to gather troops again, and while Cao Cao was fighting Yuan Shao Guandu, I went north to attack Xudu."

"Even if the success fell short, even if I failed to rescue the emperor, I was satisfied at that time. Later, when I returned to Wancheng, I met Xu Yuanzhi when I was hunting in Xishan. It was also from that time that I realized that Mr. Xiao had been secretly helping I."

"On the way back, Yuan Zhi once told me about the poem written by Mr. Xiao, "Looking at the end of the world, I can't see home at the end of the world.The autumn wind is rustling and rustling, only the maple blossoms can be seen. "I was thinking at that time, Mr. Xiao may be homesick, and I am also homesick."

"If one day I live to dominate the world, I want to take my second and third brothers back to Taoyuan to have a look, and I want to take Mr. Xiao to see the peach blossoms in the garden. The scenery in Lousang Township is beautiful, and I really want to go back Take another look."

"It's a pity that that day probably won't come. Cao Wei hasn't been wiped out yet, and I'm also suffering from diseases, and I'm dying of old age. But even so, I'm already very happy, because now it's very rare to have the foundation of the South. , are all helped by Mr. Xiao.”

"Mr. Xiao's kindness to me, I will remember it all my life. But maybe there is no way to repay it. I vomited some blood yesterday. It seems that God should take me away. I have no other regrets, but I can't worry about A Dou. .”

"If Mr. Xiao can read this letter one day, I hope Mr. Xiao can teach him well with Kong Ming, so that he can become a good emperor, and let him learn the lesson of Huan and Ling."

"If at that time the world has been unified and Cao Wei has been eliminated, then I hope Mr. Xiao and my second and third brothers can visit Taoyuan on my behalf. Go to Lousang Township to see if the clan is still there, and then write me a letter I will be satisfied when the letter comes and lets me know what's going on there."

"In the end, the big man and Ah Dou will be entrusted to you."

"I believe that Mr. Xiao, like me, will build a beautiful Han Dynasty, so that everyone can afford food, housing, and clothing, so that the strength of the Han Dynasty will never go out."

"At that time, I will also be able to be under the Nine Netherworld, without any regrets."

"I don't know what you said, thank you! I hope Mr. Treasure, Treasure!"

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"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow."

After reading the letter in his hand, Shen Chen couldn't calm down for a long time. The sincere feelings expressed in the letter were touching.

There was a wailing sound beside his ears, and when he turned his head to look, it was Zhang Fei who had tears streaming down his face, crying unceasingly.

"Brother!"

Although Zhang Fei is over [-] years old, his body is slightly thinner, but his foundation is still there, and he is still as strong as a cow.

But this strong man cried the most at this moment.

Guan Yu turned his head and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his robe, and wiped the tears that stained his beard with the sleeve of his arm, and then he went over and patted Zhang Fei on the back, and comforted him: "Sir, don't cry, brother is watching As for us, we must remember our elder brother’s entrustment.”

"Yes Yes."

Zhang Fei hugged Guan Yu, his nose and tears kept coming out, he wanted to stop but couldn't stop, Liu Bei's words in the letter seemed to ring in his ears, which made him very sad.

Besides Zhang Fei, Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and others also quietly wiped away their tears and stood quietly by the side.

Shen Chen carefully put away the letter, put it in his pocket, raised his head and glanced at the quiet temple.

The temple is majestic and majestic, and the branches of the transplanted peach trees are exposed outside the wall, fluttering gently in the wind. It is approaching early spring, February in the Gregorian calendar, and there seems to be a period when butterflies are flying, looming.

"Let's go."

Shen Chen bowed his hands to the temple again, turned his head and left.

Zhuge Liang asked, "Where are you going?"

"Instead of being sad here, it is better to follow the late emperor's last wish."

Shen Chen left a sentence saying: "I want to go to Xiangyang to see the late emperor, and then go to Taoyuan and Lousang to see the places that the late emperor never forgets."

"Taoyuan is my home."

Zhang Fei wiped away his tears and snot and shouted, "Boy, do you want to enter my house?"

"Uncle Yide, Taoyuan is no longer your home, you sold Taoyuan."

Shen Chen's words were still in the wind, and he laughed and said: "Go back and buy Taoyuan again, and then we must protect this country for the late emperor!"

"go!"

Guan Yu pulled Zhang Fei and headed towards the gate of Luoyang in the afternoon sun.

They are going to Huiling to see the first emperor, and Youzhou to see the peach blossoms.

　Here comes the finale, but for the sake of full attendance, there are epilogues and extra episodes, please don't panic, let me add a few more chapters.After all, Liaodong has not yet been recovered, and there is still some governance content after the unification of the Han Dynasty.

　　
　
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