Overlord!

Chapter 136 Breaking with Yuan Shu
After talking about the candidates to supervise Guanzhong, Liu Xie became more relaxed.

From Luoyang to Yuzhang, you only need to pass through two or three counties, and the envoys will be quick to recall Liu Yao in only one or two months.

Liu Xie was a little excited when he thought that in two months or even a month, the big man would be able to regain the Guanzhong Mountains and Rivers.

Afterwards, he was full of energy and planned to make persistent efforts to win Gao Cheng again in one go.

"Gao Qing, then let's talk about your position? I want to move Gao Qing to be the young mansion, and manage all the princes' tribute and the emperor's finances for me."

The Shaofu is one of the Nine Ministers, and belongs to the Sikong Department together with Zongzheng and Da Sinong.Its power is extremely heavy, its organization is huge, and it has many officials.It is not only responsible for collecting taxes on mountains, seas, pools and lakes, but also collecting contributions from local princes.He is also in charge of the finances of the royal family.In the current situation, it can be said that he is directly in charge of all the money bags of the emperor.

Those who are promoted to Shaofu will be promoted to one of the three princes in the next step!

This is completely Jane in the heart of the emperor, reaching the sky in one step!

You must know that Gao Cheng's current position is only a small official who fights rice!The five sense organs are below the meritorious officials.

Even tribute envoys usually have rewards, but the reward of a prefect of two thousand stones is already the limit.For example, Wang Lang was the prefect of Kuaiji who was promoted from a government official because of paying tribute.

The Shaofu is Jiuqing!Although both the Jiuqing and the prefect of the Han Dynasty are two thousand stones, there will indeed be a balance between each other.

But to be directly promoted to one of the nine ministers is an extraordinary promotion no matter how you say it, which is Liu Xie's extreme trust.

Liu Xie continued: "Gaoqing is the great plan for my system to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. Why don't you help the Han Dynasty yourself? Jiuqing is just the beginning. When the great cause takes effect, I will regard you as Sikong and take charge of the government. Gaoqing is loyal and wise. I am in charge of the treasury of money and food, and I have Weicheng, the eldest son of the chariot and cavalry general, who has cleared Guanzhong for me. How can this big man not be revived?"

Looking at the young emperor who was excited and eager to try, Gao Cheng was quite relieved. Maybe the big man has such a wise king, and the hope is indeed unfinished, and the revival is hopeful.

As a subject of the Han Dynasty, he naturally hopes in his heart that the court of his country can once again have a smooth government and harmonious people, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe.

So he smiled and cupped his hands, and said: "The great man has His Majesty, ministers and officials. If you work hard, you will surely rejuvenate the country. I am in Jiangdong. If one day, I can see this scene, I will raise my glass to congratulate Your Majesty and the world."

Liu Xie's excited body, the blood in his chest, and the smile on his face froze for an instant. Toasting Jiangdong?
His complexion changed, and he immediately asked: "Gao Qing wants to go back to Jiangdong?! I gave Gao Qing the position of Jiuqing, but I can't keep Gao Qing?"

Gao Cheng couldn't bear to see the young emperor who couldn't believe it at the moment, but at the same time seemed to be abandoned, wronged and angry.

But he still could only say firmly: "Your Majesty, I have the same ambitions as my lord, and I can't bear to abandon the friendship between life and death. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Liu Xie shouted excitedly: "I can't understand! Didn't you tell me that the Han Dynasty would be revived? Didn't you want to help the Han Dynasty? Why didn't you stay here with me? Jiangdong?!"

"Could it be a lie to help the Han Dynasty? The revival of the Han Dynasty is also a lie? I have been supporting scholars for 400 years, but no one is willing to work hard for the Great Han Society?"

Gao Cheng said solemnly: "Your Majesty should not underestimate yourself. Everyone has their own aspirations. Your Majesty's ambition is to help the Han family, and my minister's ambition is to save the same kind in times of difficulty. I only hope that the country will be stable and Jiangdong will be peaceful. If one day the world is clean and the sea is clear, the minister In the local area, your majesty is in the court, so why not help the Han Dynasty and rejuvenate the country?"

Liu Xie said angrily: "In the final analysis, you still feel that I am inferior to Sun Ce. If you want to leave, just leave! Don't make so many excuses!"

Gao Cheng cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is a king, and my lord is a minister. How can they be compared?"

"Stand back! I don't want to hear more from you." Liu Xie flicked his sleeves angrily and turned around.

Gao Cheng wanted to open his mouth but couldn't say any more, so he could only hand in his hands and say goodbye: "The minister resigns, I only hope that your majesty can revive our 400-year dynasty and revive the country of the great Han."

The emperor snorted coldly and ignored it at all.

Gao Cheng also just sighed, then took his leave and left.

However, he didn't have much grudges in his heart. After all, the emperor is only a 16-year-old child.

Even if he behaves maturely and calmly most of the time, it is inevitable that some young people will be impulsive when angry.

I just hope the emperor can calm down later.

And the emperor's actions indeed exceeded Gao Cheng's expectations.

Not long after Gao Cheng returned to the camp, envoys from the Son of Heaven arrived and moved Gao Cheng, the envoy of the tribute, to be the prefect of Yuzhang and granted the title of Marquis of Tingdu.Liu You, the deputy envoy of the Qian Dynasty, was the Chancellor of Danyang County.Moved Chen Wu to be the general of Xiaoqi Zhonglang, and sealed him as Marquis of Guannei.Zheng Bao was moved to Jianwu school lieutenant.

With this award, it can be seen that the emperor still thinks of Gao Cheng's affection very much, and he directly made the capital Tinghou, and was promoted to the prefect of two thousand shi.

The key is that he is still the prefect of Yuzhang County, which is enough to guarantee Gao Cheng's status in Jiangdong.

As long as the Han Dynasty is still there, it is almost impossible for Jiang Dong to replace him as the prefect of Yuzhang.After all, this is an official position rewarded by the Han Dynasty, and it has the most legitimate legal reason to occupy the local area.

The reward given to Sun Ce fully demonstrated the wisdom of the emperor.

He named Sun Ce the General of Rebellion, opened the mansion, and became the prefect of Kuaiji, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Wu.Xu Qi chose another younger brother to succeed his father, Marquis Wu Cheng.

This award, whether it is the position of the rebellious general, the post of Kuaiji prefect, or even the award of Marquis Wu, has been carefully considered.

The first is to fight against the general and open the mansion, which is enough for Sun Ce to gain the command of the southeast, depending on one side of the matter.From a small school lieutenant, directly to the rank of general, such as riding captain, Zhonglang general, and partial general, has already taken a huge span.

If the imperial court wants to regain the prestige of the Han Dynasty, it can no longer indiscriminately issue the position of general with heavy numbers.Lu Bu was promoted from Zhonglang General to Fenwei General because of his meritorious service in killing the national traitor Dong Zhuo.

Sun Ce was promoted from a school lieutenant to a rebellious general with his meritorious service. According to the positive merit evaluation, the reason for the increase in the number of general positions has already been considered.At the same time, the posts of General Hussars and Generals of the imperial court will be abolished, and only Liu Yao's General of Chariots and General of Wei of Dong Cheng will be retained.

Although Gao Cheng tried his best to promote Liu Yao as a general, Liu Xie had already suffered enough from the general's domineering, and he was unwilling to attribute the army to one person anyway.

His consideration is more mature than Gao Cheng.He took the clan Liu Yao as the chariot general, and led the troops to sit in Xiliang.Dong Cheng, a foreign relative, was the general of Wei, and he commanded the troops to sit in the capital.The two restrain each other and cooperate with each other.

It can be said that the position of General Wei was born for this role.Even Shang Shuling Yang Biao appreciated the emperor's layout very much.

On the other hand, Sun Ce's rewards also had to consider the attitudes of other princes.If Sun Ce is directly promoted to a heavy general and is equal to Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, how to appease Liu Biao?
Leaving aside the feud between the two, the imperial court rewarded a county of Yuzhang in Jiangdong, but did not reward any county in Jingzhou.There is already such a big gap in real things, if the rewards of the two are equal in terms of duties.That would definitely make Jingzhou feel unfair.

After all, Jingzhou is the most important purse of the imperial court right now!In terms of the importance and convenience of sending Fu, it is far above Jiangdong.

Liu Bei stationed troops in a small Xinye, with the support of Jingzhou, he was able to raise tens of thousands of troops.

If Luoyang wants to accumulate valleys to train troops, it will regain the mountains and rivers.Jingzhou's continuous support is unique and incomparable in importance.

Therefore, in order to show the imperial court's recognition of Sun Ce's contribution to the tribute, he was directly promoted to Marquis Wu instead of following his father, Marquis Wu Cheng.It is the right of the Sun family to inherit the title of father.It should be a logical reply from the tribute envoy after meeting the emperor.Not enough to show Sun Ce's meritorious service.Therefore, the emperor tried his best to reject all opinions and allowed the sun family to choose a son to succeed his father.And directly promoted Sun Ce from a white body to the top county magistrate of the Han Dynasty, in order to reward him for his achievements.

In the end, it was the same consideration that he was granted the prefect of Kuaiji instead of Yangzhou Mu.The imperial court must seriously consider Yuan Shu's attitude.Yuan Shu called himself Yangzhou Mu, and then promoted Sun Ce to Yangzhou Mu, which is the most obvious way of two tigers competing for food.

Although many people look down on Yuan Shu, thinking that he is very ambitious and talented.

But at the same time, the world has to admit that Yuan Shu is the most powerful prince today.

Yuan Shu dared to claim the title of emperor, it was not without confidence.

His influence spans the three states of Yang, Henan, and Xu. He calls himself Yangzhou Mu. In addition to the three counties of Jiangdong, he also owns two counties of Jiujiang and Lujiang.

In the north, he went straight to Runan, Yuzhou. He took Sun Xiang, a brother of Sun Ce's family, as the prefect of Runan, and competed with Cao Cao for Runan.He is still plotting against Chen Jun and occupying a large amount of Chen Guo's land.

If he turned against the imperial court, attacking west would directly threaten Luoyang of the imperial court.

At his peak, Yuan Shu owned the land of three prefectures and eleven counties in his hands, with a population of nearly ten million and more than one hundred thousand soldiers.

But at this time, when he looked around the world, he naturally looked down on the heroes of the world.

The elder brother Yuan Shao in the north was afraid of Gongsun Zan's army, so he ceded the richest Bohai County in Jizhou to Gongsun Zan, but he was beaten and lost nearly half of Jizhou.If it wasn't for the Battle of Jieqiao, he would have saved his face.Yuan Shu was waiting to see the jokes of him, the concubine of the Yuan family.

And to the south, Cao Cao was even more embarrassed, Yanzhou was stolen by Lu Bu, and he was like a bereaved dog in a hurry.

As for the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he was even more embarrassed and had no image of a monarch. He seemed to be begging for a living hiding in Luoyang.

In the end, Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, was separated from Nanyang by Zhang Xiu in the north, and was defeated by a defeated general like Liu Yao in the east.

Looking around the world, isn't it that Yuan Shu is the most prosperous, expanding territory in all directions?
However, he also knew that his power was largely brought down by Sun's help.

So I am very concerned about Sun Ce's attitude.

When he heard that the Son of Heaven was defeated by Cao Yang, he began to discuss with his subordinates the title of honor.But he was stopped by the remonstrance of Yan Xiang, Zhang Cheng, the sorcerer, and others. He couldn't accept it, but he was displeased.

But he thought that there were people in Huainan, and he expected that Sun Ce would join him, so he wrote a letter to Sun Ce, asking Sun Ce's opinion on his proclaiming himself emperor.His idea is very simple, we are both strong and strong, as long as we work together, what do these civil servants think?Just a bunch of rotten talk.

But his self-confidence made Sun Ce laugh.

He actually swears that Sun Ce will be compatible with him!
I don't know where his confidence comes from! ?

Why did Sun Ce want to get along with him?Breaking his promise again and again to gain weight?Or bully orphans and widows at him?When Sun Jian obtained the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, he had just died in Xiangyang.He annexed Sun Jian's tribe, detained Sun Ce's mother, and took away the Chuanguo Yuxi.

Then Sun Ce fought for him many times and asked him to return his father's tribe, but he refused again and again.It was not until the end that a thousand copies were thrown back.

Being so mean, he still felt good, thinking that Sun Ce would be compatible with him.

This gave Sun Ce the biggest excuse to turn against him, so Sun Ce immediately sent an envoy to write a letter to Yuan Shu, firmly supporting the Han Dynasty and opposing his proclaiming emperor.

Anyway, Sun Ce was sure that it was impossible for Yuan Shu to give up the idea of ​​proclaiming himself emperor, so he gave himself a big reputation.

Sun Ce’s attitude in the letter was very clear, and he praised the current emperor a lot, saying: “Cheng Tang’s begging Jie said ‘there are many crimes in Xia’, and King Wu’s attack on Zhou said ‘the Yin has heavy punishment’. Although there is holiness, but if the ruler of the world at that time had no fault of breaking the way, there would be no reason to force him to take it. Now the ruler is not evil to the world, but he is only young and threatening to strong ministers, which is different from Tang and Wu. Time also."

"Besides, Dong Zhuo is greedy and arrogant, and his aspirations have no discipline. As for the abolition of the ruler, it is not yet possible to prosper, and the world is united in one heart, let alone you, general, who follow this example and intend to usurp the emperor?"

"I also heard that the young master is wise and intelligent, and has long-established virtues. Although the world has not been favored by him, he will return his heart."

"The generals have been inherited from generation to generation for five generations, and they are the ministers of the Han Dynasty. There is no comparison to the prosperity of honor and favor. It is advisable to be loyal and observe the festival in order to repay the royal family. The beauty of Dan and Shi is also the hope of the ruler.

"At that time, people often confused Tuwei's words, ignorantly cited non-classical writings, and regarded it as beautiful to please the Lord, regardless of success or failure. The past and present are cautious, but they should not be considered! Faithful words are harsh to the ears, refutations are hateful, they are beneficial to respect, and they dare not Resign!"

This can be said to completely refute Yuan Shu's plan to proclaim himself emperor.Almost pointing at Yuan Shu's nose and cursing, you are the fifth generation of the Yuan family, and you have received the favor of the emperor's family.If you want to have the face to turn apostate because of a non-existent prophecy, then don't blame the instigator, there will be no successors!

When Yuan Shu got this letter, he was immediately angry and became ill.

This guy is really not big-hearted, he didn't sleep well for a few days, and fell ill directly.

But just as Sun Ce expected, nothing can change his single-minded intention of proclaiming himself emperor.

Yuan Shu didn't accept Sun Ce's words, which made Sun Ce's reputation resound for a while, resounding all over the country.

The harder Sun Ce scolded, the more famous he became.

Throughout Huainan and Jiangdong, it was rumored that Sun Ce broke with Yuan Shu because he did not want to be a traitor.

There was a lot of excitement about this incident, and everyone from Yuan Shu's generals, to powerful families, to scholars living in Huainan and Jiangdong had heard of it.

And such a god-given opportunity, of course Sun Ce must seize it.

He broke up with Yuan Shu directly, sent troops to expel Yuan Yin, the prefect of Danyang, and then appointed Sun Ben, the captain of Danyang, as the prefect of Danyang.

The three counties in Jiangdong are completely in the hands of Sun Ce.

In the entire Jiangdong, there is no longer a situation where multiple political parties go out.

Sun Ce's independent legal rationale is also directly possessed, and he has completely become an independent prince.

All the people in the world will regard him as a hero participating in the competition, not a general under Yuan Shu's command.

(End of this chapter)