The Great Explosion of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 159

"Why do you think that I will spare you?" Yuan Shao asked indifferently as he looked down at Li Ru in the first place.

Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, and even his mastermind. Yuan Shao even suspected that Dong Zhuo's killing and execution of Yuan Kui and Yuan Ji was because of this person behind the scenes.

"It's just because I sincerely surrendered and sent a great gift to Yuan Taishou!" Li Ru's expression was very calm, even with a touch of a smile. With support from the Li family and other clans, even the Yuan clan was at its most prosperous, there was no way to shake this ending, let alone the Yuan clan has been split into two halves now!"

Yuan Shao felt as if he was choking when he heard the words. Yuan Shu and him had been at loggerheads. After being defeated by Shi Hui, he still managed to gain a piece of territory in Runan. But later he was ambushed by Zhang Xiu and retreated in embarrassment with five thousand remnants.Even so, I still didn't intend to join forces with him.

Yuan Shao guessed that Yuan Shu was planning to prove to the world that he was better than himself.It's just that he didn't know at all that doing so would only split the Yuan Clan into two tyrants, not even a family.

Now the imperial court is controlled by three clans, and there are a lot of celebrities and veterans to help, not to mention him, even his father Yuan Feng and uncle Yuan Kai can't shake it.

Now the imperial court only needed an edict to transfer him to Chang'an, so he didn't even know how to refuse it.But if you go to Chang'an, you may not be able to touch military power for the rest of your life, and you can only obediently be a loyal minister of the big man.This is definitely not what he wanted. The Yuan Clan has been planning for a long time, but he didn't expect this to be the result!

"This great gift of mine can actually help Prefect Yuan solve the current situation!" Li Ru said with a smile, and then ordered his servants to bring Liu Bian, who was wrapped in a hood and cloak, over.

When the hood came off, revealing Liu Bian's appearance, Yuan Shao was first surprised, then pleasantly surprised, and then a little puzzled.

"There are rumors that Dong Zhuojiu killed His Majesty? Why..." Yuan Shao looked at Li Ru suspiciously.

"At that time, things were in a hurry, and my father-in-law ordered me to kill King Hongnong in order to prevent the heroes of the Kanto region from supporting King Hongnong again. However, Li realized that something was wrong with Ma Teng, so he reserved a hand and hid him. Another young man was found to replace him. Of course, these are not important, the key point is that when the first emperor issued the edict, Liu Bian, the crown prince, should be registered, not the bastard Liu Xie, right?" Li Ru slowly Said.

Indeed, although there were always rumors at the time, it was actually Liu Xie who was appointed by Emperor Ling at the end, but the edict was tampered with by the ten permanent servants, so Liu Bian came to the throne.After the news got out, Jian Shuo firstly protested and opposed Shi Changshi everywhere, intending to abide by the "true" edict of Emperor Ling and support Liu Xie to ascend the throne.It is precisely because of this rumor that Dong Zhuo was able to abolish and establish.

Here comes the problem, this will actually never existed at all, especially since Liu Bian had gone through formal procedures to ascend the throne as emperor, and its legitimacy is unquestionable.Even more legally rational than Liu Xie.In the final analysis, isn't it because Dong Zhuo's dictatorship and abolishment of the king arbitrarily made the princes of the Guandong want Dong? !
"What's the matter with him?" Yuan Shao came to Liu Bian curiously, looked at his numbness, and couldn't help asking.

"In order to prevent him from getting into trouble, I can only feed him some medicine, and he will recover in a day. It's okay if he doesn't recover. Anyway, a His Majesty who won't cause trouble to the prefect is a qualified His Majesty!" Li Ru Said slowly.

"Hmm... Li Ru, it's very valuable for you to turn your back on the evil. I think you used to be under Dong Zhuo's command, and I couldn't help myself. I can no longer pursue everything in the past. Your talent is also recognized. In this way, I appoint you as the chief secretary of the army." How about acting as a mastermind in the army?" Yuan Shao thought for a while, and finally decided to use Li Ru.

Around Yuan Shao, several counselors, such as Feng Ji, Xu You and Guo Tu, were hesitant to speak at the moment.After weighing it for a while, he obediently kept his mouth shut in the end.There are some troubles in using Li Ru, after all, he is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law.But precisely because it was him, Liu Bian's identity was beyond doubt.After weighing the pros and cons, enabling Li Ru is the best result.

Li Ru can take the initiative to come over and send Liu Bian, obviously he also has this consideration.Looking around the world, only Li Ru can prove the fact that 'Liu Bian is still alive'!
"Wen You (Li Rubiao), the problem now is that if I'm just the prefect of Bohai, then even if I have the ability to reach the sky, I can't show it! Especially Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, is just an old man. I don't want to continue to serve him. My subordinates, how do we break the situation?" Since Yuan Shao recruited Li Ru, he immediately let him get in touch with his core plan.

The latest strategy is to focus on how to take over Jizhou.

"This matter is easy!" Li Ru didn't even think about it, "First of all, announce that His Majesty is still alive, so it is natural to re-establish the court here! You can directly recruit Han Fu into the court as an official, if you refuse, you will be charged with disobedience. Order Gongsun Zan to go south to conquer and force Han Fu to abdicate!"

This plan is very close to the records of Romance, but due to the different historical environment, the content is slightly different.

Yuan Shao nodded immediately when he heard the words, and he realized the beauty of holding the emperor to make the princes feel right at the first time.Then he looked at several military divisions, who also nodded.They originally planned to do the same, but the process was slightly different.However, Liu Xie suddenly regained his power and status, making the current situation very awkward, and the plan may even be shelved.

A few days later, Yuan Shao personally used the Yuan Clan's intelligence system to announce to the world that Liu Bian was still alive.At the same time, in Bohai County, he supported Liu Bian's restoration, and wrote to the Guanzhong area, hoping that all the officials would go to Bohai to take office and not continue to rely on that 'false emperor'.

In fact, Yuan Shao didn't care whether Guan Zhong recognized him or not.In the past, when discussing Dong, everyone's excuses were aimed at Dong Zhuo's abolition of the king.On the surface, everyone respected Liu Bian as the emperor, but now that Liu Bian is still alive, everyone who is begging for Dong will naturally become Yuan Shao's allies.Otherwise, wouldn't it be a slap in the face for the princes to challenge Dong?

Even Liu Yu, or even Kong Rong and Tao Qian, didn't know who was better to respect as the king at this moment, and they suddenly became entangled.Even if they remained neutral, it was meaningless. As long as they were in the Kanto region, Yuan Shao, and even other princes seeking Dong, would have an excuse to attack them in order to expand their territory.

It is conceivable that the chaos in Kanto will inevitably erupt again!The key point is that now the entire Han Dynasty, with one emperor in Guanzhong and one emperor in Guandong, made things even more chaotic!

Liu Xie also knew about this in the end, but he had just truly experienced the joy of being an emperor, so he was naturally unwilling to abdicate.Especially in Yuan Shao's hands, Liu Bian is just a puppet and cannot make decisions at all. If his status is recognized, the Han Dynasty will be in jeopardy.

So not only did he not agree, but he also issued an edict to condemn Yuan Shao, and even Zongzheng came forward, saying that Liu Xie had completed the enthronement ceremony and was already the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so there was no problem in jurisprudence.The result naturally became a chaotic situation where each thing has its own emperor.

　One Han in the east and one Han in the west
　　
　
(End of this chapter)