Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 36 Liu Bei is in trouble, who will be the crown prince?
  a long time.

Zhuge Liang put away his thoughts.

There is no need to rush into investigating Ma Di, Zhuge Liang has more important things at the moment.

Hanzhong has been won, and Liu Bei can become king!
  however.

Proclaiming the king is not a trivial matter. Not only does Liu Bei have to have enough legal reasons to proclaim the king, but he also has to have Han ministers with high official positions and prestige join the list.

In the chess game of Jingzhou competing for heaven and earth, Liu Bei becoming king is also extremely crucial.

Only when Liu Bei became king could Guan Yu have the righteousness to attack Xiangfan.

When Cao Cao attacked Liu Bei, he could use the name of the emperor to attack his subordinates. This was the great righteousness of using the emperor to gain benefits from the princes.

If Liu Bei wanted to attack Cao Cao, he had to use the name of King Qin to fight against thieves. If he only went to attack Cao Cao as General Zuo, and Cao Cao said that Liu Bei came to rob the emperor, Liu Bei would become the following criminal.

The nature of being forced to defend after being beaten by Cao Cao and taking the initiative to attack Cao Cao are different.

Zhuge Liang took up his pen and wrote down the names in sequence on the bamboo slips: Pingxi General Duting Hou Ma Chao, Zuo General Shi Lingzhen Army General Xu Jing, Camp Commander Ma Pangxi, Yi Cao engaged in Zhonglang's military discussion, Zhonglang General's shooting reinforcements, and Military Advisor General Zhuge Liang .

The Dang bandit general Han Shoutinghou Guan Yu, the conquering general Xintinghou Zhang Fei, the conquering general Huang Zhong, the Zhenyuan general Lai Gong, the Yangwu general Fazheng, and the Xingye general Li Yan.

None of the people listed by Zhuge Liang are simple people.

Ma Chao was born as a prince for generations, after Ma Yuan, the founding hero of the country, and also the Pingxi general second only to General Liu Bei Zuo.

When Xu Jing was young, he and his cousin Xu Shao became famous for criticizing people. When Dong Zhuo came to power, he appointed Zhou Ao as the minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Dong Zhuo even asked Zhou Ao and Xu Jing to demote officials together, eliminate the incompetent officials, and promote the knowledgeable ones. scholar.

Xu Jing promoted Xun Shuang, Han Rong, Chen Ji and other princes, ministers and county governors, worshiped Han Fu as the minister of Jizhou, served as the governor of Yanzhou, Liu Dai as the governor of Yanzhou, Zhang Zi of Yingchuan as the prefect of Nanyang, and Chen Liu Kongnu as the governor of Yuzhou. As the governor, Zhang Miao of Dongjun was appointed as the prefect of Chenliu, and Xu Jing was supplemented as the censor Zhongcheng.

This promotion alone is enough to make Xu Jing famous all over the world.

This is why Fazheng persuaded Liu Bei to give Xu Jing a high position.

Xu Jing is so famous!

After writing down these eleven names, Zhuge Liang continued to name the civil and military personnel under Liu Bei according to their official positions, and finally settled on one hundred and twenty people.

Ma Chao, who has the highest official position and prestige, ranks first, and Xu Jing, a famous official who is famous all over the world, ranks second.

There are also 120 high-ranking civil and military officials under Liu Bei such as Pang Xi, Sheyuan, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Lai Gong, Fazheng, Li Yan, etc.

This memorial, which was formally submitted to Liu Xie in a joint form, was enough to convince the scholars.

Although it is said to be a joint signature, Zhuge Liang actually drafted it first, and then summoned the civil and military officials on the list to discuss the joint signature.

After listing the list, Zhuge Liang began to write the reasons for Liu Bei to become king.

First, he accused Cao Cao of being a traitor to the Han Dynasty. He killed the concubine, the queen, and the prince. He also killed the soldiers and civilians indiscriminately, and forced Liu Xie to become the king of Wei.

To further establish Liu Bei's positive image, General Zuo led Sili Xiaowei in Yu, Jing, and Yi Prefectures and Muyicheng Ting Hou Bei. He once fought against Han traitors with General Dong Cheng of Chariot and Cavalry.

Finally, the example of kings with different surnames in the early Han Dynasty uniting with nobles to eradicate the rebellion of Zhu Lu was given, indicating that only by becoming king can one attack the Han thief Cao Cao.

The table was revised and revised, and it was not until dusk that Zhuge Liang drew up the first draft of the table.

After the first draft was drawn up, Zhuge Liang drove to see Liu Bei without even bothering to eat, and showed the first draft of the carry table to Liu Bei for review.

On the surface, Liu Bei must give up on claiming the throne; but privately, Liu Bei must also carefully review the carry table.

The one hundred and twenty people on this list will be promoted and rewarded after Liu Bei becomes king, and Liu Bei cannot tolerate any negligence.

After careful discussion with Zhuge Liang for several hours until late at night, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang finalized the list of carry tables and the final draft of the reasons for becoming king.

Once the final draft is finalized, all that remains is where to become the king.

"In the battle of Hanzhong, I defeated Cao Cao and greatly undermined Cao Cao's prestige in the court. All knowledgeable people in the world who care about the Han Dynasty will use Hanzhong to judge the situation."

"In the past, Zheng Ding, the capital south of Emperor Gaozu, was granted the title of King of Han. Eventually, the bandits were wiped out and a powerful Han was born."

"Since I am determined to conquer the Central Plains in the north and revive the Han Dynasty, I cannot favor peace in the land of Shu and regard myself as the king of Shu." "The Han and thieves are not at odds with each other, and the king's industry cannot be in peace!"

"I will make Hanzhong my royal land, and I will call myself the King of Hanzhong. I will fight against the Han thieves and rebuild our ancestral heritage."

Liu Bei's words are sonorous, his ambition is high, and he shows his heroic spirit.

Zhuge Liang also recognized this.

Calling him the King of Hanzhong not only expresses Liu Bei's ambition that "there is no conflict between the Han and the traitors, and the king's business is not at peace", it also reminds the people of the world.

Cao Cao is no longer the unshakable Cao Cao.

If I, Liu Bei, can defeat Cao Cao in Hanzhong, I can defeat Cao Cao again on other battlefields!

Zhuge Liang also felt a little more excited.

As long as the title of King of Hanzhong is officially confirmed, it will be Guan Yu's opportunity to attack Xiangfan.

"Who do you intend to make the prince?" Zhuge Liang asked another more critical question.

If you want to be king, you must establish a crown prince.

Liu Bei had four sons, his adopted son Liu Feng, his biological son Adou, and the two children Liu Yong and Liu Li.

Liu Bei immediately hesitated: "Adou is young and may not be able to hold a big position."

When Zhuge Liang heard Liu Bei's words, he immediately understood what Liu Bei was thinking: Liu Bei wanted to make Liu Feng the crown prince.

Liu Bei had this idea, and Zhuge Liang could understand it.

Liu Bei is nearly sixty years old.

The Northern Expedition to the Central Plains could not be completed overnight.

Liu Bei's wish was to complete Zhuge Liang's grand strategy of Longzhong before his death, and then hand it over to his heirs to help the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei had met Cao Cao's crown prince Cao Pi.

He was a handsome man with a deep mind and inherited Cao Cao's cunning. Liu Bei did not think that young Adou had the ability to compete with Cao Pi.

And the adopted son Liu Feng was brave in battle, and he was quite similar to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei liked this very much.

Although Liu Feng was not strong enough, Liu Bei thought he could take him with him and train him more.

After all, Liu Bei had a bad temper when he was young. Doesn't he think of Hong Ya in the same way now?

Liu Bei did not agree to let Liu Feng station troops in Zigui to help Guan Yu, because he wanted to keep Liu Feng by his side and let Liu Feng become the crown prince.

"My lord, if you make Liu Feng the crown prince, you may chill the hearts of all the ministers." Zhuge Liang did not mention Liu Feng's shortcomings, but just said euphemistically, "I might chill the hearts of the ministers."

Liu Bei fell silent immediately.

Xu Jing is Adou's teacher, Zhuge Liang is also Adou's teacher, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei like Adou more, Zhao Yun saved Adou twice, and Zhuge Qiao regards Adou as his younger brother.

Even if Liu Bei's considerations focused more on the personal abilities of Liu Feng and Adou, he had to consider other civil and military ideas.

a long time.

Liu Bei sighed: "If you make Adou the crown prince, I'm afraid Feng'er will be disappointed."

From the moment he recognized Liu Feng, Liu Bei regarded Liu Feng as his successor and trained him, and Liu Feng thought so too.

And now to tell Liu Feng, the crown prince can only be Adou.

Anyone who is Liu Feng will not feel good.

(End of this chapter)