Chapter 210 Tian Bu Zuoer, the Han Dynasty is ended
When Cao Zhen learned from those few ministers that Liu Xie said "The King of Wei can do what he wants", a smile appeared on his face.
In fact, just as Liu Xie thought, even if he disagreed, Cao Pi could still create a new dynasty through abdication.
But Liu Xie is the master of the world after all. If he refuses forcefully, it will not be good.
Although Liu Xie's words are not an expression of agreement, they are at least a tacit attitude.
This attitude already satisfied Cao Zhen, which showed that Liu Xie would cooperate obediently when he needed him next.
Cao Zhen immediately ordered someone to report the news to Cao Pi in Wancheng.
Xudu originally belonged to Yingchuan County, which was not far from Nanyang County, so a few days later, Cao Pi in Wancheng received the news.
Cao Pi was not surprised when he learned the news.
But now that Liu Xie has compromised, there is no reason for him to hesitate any longer.
Originally, according to Cao Pi's original plan, he would not start changing dynasties so soon. He originally wanted to wait another month or two, but Sima Yi's words reminded him.
Sima Yi believed that Liu Bei was now powerful and Jingyi and Jingzhou were recuperating and would not easily launch a war.
And Jiangdong was seriously injured by Mi Yang in the public security battle, so at least he didn't have to worry about Sun Quan's Northern Expedition for a few years.
If Cao Pi does not take advantage of this opportunity to speed up the establishment of self-reliance on behalf of the Han Dynasty, all ministers under his rule will be completely bound to the Wei Dynasty.
Once Liu Bei regains his strength and goes on the Northern Expedition, while the Han Emperor is still around, some wavering ministers may cause trouble in the rear.
At that time, it would be easy for Cao Pi to fall into a state of being attacked from both sides.
There are no external worries for now, let’s put an end to internal worries first!
After listening to Sima Yi's advice, Cao Pi made up his mind to speed up the process of replacing the Han Dynasty.
In the original history, Cao Pi began to put the practice of Zen on the table in October this year.
Historically, Liu Bei was attacked by Sun Quan and lost the vitality of Jingzhou and was seriously injured. Sun Quan wanted to surrender to Cao Pi. In this case, Cao Pi certainly had time to slowly adjust.
But now that Liu Bei's power has not been damaged but has further expanded, Cao Pi's move to become emperor will naturally have to be changed accordingly.
Anyway, when Cao Cao was still alive, all preparations for Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor on behalf of the Han had been made. All Cao Pi had to do was to issue that order.
Although Cao Pi was impatient, the Three Kingdoms were different from the Northern and Southern Dynasties in later generations. Most people in this era were concerned about face.
Cao Pi was not a barbarian who didn't know etiquette, so he still had to do some cosmetic work.
Soon after, a messenger riding from Wancheng rushed into Xudu.
After the messenger sailed into Xudu, auspicious signs began to spread throughout the north.
In April of the first year of Yankang, Huanglong met Yu Qiao.
In the fifth month of the first year of Yankang, Rao An became white.
In June of the first year of Yankang, Shi Yi said that phoenixes gathered
All kinds of auspiciousness began to appear from various places.
After these auspicious signs appeared, among the hundreds of ministers Cao Pi brought from Yecheng, some began to take the lead in persuading Cao Pi to advance.
A Zuo Zhonglang general named Li Fu began to communicate with Cao Pi, the king of Wei, and used various allusions to persuade Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor.
After receiving Li Fu's edict, Cao Pi announced Li Fu's edict to the public.
He emphasized to the ministers in public that he was a man of bad virtue and would never dare to be arrogant.
However, in the face of Li Fu's rebellion, Cao Pi did not execute him.
After Cao Pi released this signal, all the civil and military ministers in Wancheng still didn't know what Cao Pi was thinking.
So the second letter of persuasion came immediately.
This time, the number of ministers urging people to join suddenly increased.
The signatures include the ministers Liu Miao, Xin Pi, Liu Ye, Shangshu Ling Huanjie, Shangshu Chen Jiao, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, Huangmen minister Wang Yao, Dong Yu and more than a hundred others.
After the second remonstrance from the ministers, Cao Pi personally wrote an article to refute these ministers and asked them not to insult their loyalty.
Cao Pi had extraordinary literary talent, and the rejection articles he wrote were so sincere that they made people cry.
After Cao Pi refuted the ministers' urging to advance for the second time, more ministers began to jointly submit a letter to Cao Pi proclaiming himself emperor.
In about a month, the minister made a total of nine attempts to persuade the people to move forward.
Although Cao Pi rejected all nine of the ministers' attempts to persuade him to join the throne, the more Cao Pi refused, the more ministers advised Cao Pi to proclaim himself emperor.
However, when Cao Pi refused, the ministers had already set the date for Cao Pi to receive Zen.
Even many ministers have begun to build the Zen Altar.
What's even more ridiculous is that starting from the fifth attempt to persuade Cao Pi to enter, the officials have publicly addressed Cao Pi as His Majesty.
Looking at this aspect alone, others who don't know it think that Cao Pi is a puppet monarch like Liu Xie, who can't even stop the rebellious behavior of his ministers.
And just when the ministers were urging Cao Pi to advance, Liu Xie's edict for the Zen throne also arrived in Wancheng as scheduled.
Facing Liu Xie's edict for the Zen throne, Cao Pi's first reaction was to "humbly" submit a letter of resignation.
After Cao Pi resigned for the first time, Liu Xie subsequently issued three separate edicts for the Zen position.
Cao Pi declined Liu Xie's first three imperial edicts on the Zen throne.
But when faced with Liu Xie's fourth edict for the Zen throne, Cao Pi stopped resigning.
"I have been in office for thirty-two years, but the world was overthrown. Fortunately, thanks to the spirit of my ancestors, I survived the crisis. However, looking up at the astronomical sky and observing the people's hearts, the number of Yanjing has ended, and my fortune depends on the Cao family.
The husband's journey on the great road, the world is a public one, and the virtuous and capable are selected. Therefore, Yao of Tang Dynasty did not take private interests from his sons, and his reputation spread to infinity. I admire him with envy. Now he follows Yao's canon, and his Zen is the king of Wei."
Looking at the contents of Liu Xie's last Zen edict, Cao Pi knew that he could no longer give in.
So Cao Pi ordered Wang Jia to set off for Xudu.
Since you are not prepared to give in, then accept your destiny.
In the Jingfu Hall in Xudu, Zhang Yinzheng, the imperial censor of the Han Dynasty, led some soldiers and looked at the empress Cao Jie of the Han Dynasty in front of them.
On this day, Liu Xie summoned the high officials in Xu Duzhong and appointed the censor Zhang Yin in front of them. He held the emperor's seal and ribbon and went to the Zen altar outside the city to cede the emperor's throne to Cao Pi in his stead.
Under Liu Xie's edict, Zhang Yin rushed to Jingfu Hall immediately after the court meeting to ask Cao Jie for the imperial seal.
It is said that after Qin Shihuang unified the world, he ordered Li Si to take Lantian jade and carve it in small seal script.
The front of the jade seal is engraved with eight insect and bird seal characters: "Ordered by heaven, you will live forever".
After the fall of the Later Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang obtained the Jade Seal of the State. After obtaining the Jade Seal of the State, Liu Bang designated it as a symbolic token of the emperor when he proclaimed himself emperor.
Under the four-hundred-year rule of the Han Dynasty, the imperial seal had already become a token of imperial power in the minds of the Chinese people.
If a person who is called emperor does not have a jade seal to pass down the country, it is not orthodox.
Because of the importance of the national jade seal, Zhang Yin must first get this object before going to the meditation platform.
After learning the truth from Liu Xie that day, Cao Jie kept the imperial seal by his side.
No matter how many times Cao Pi sent envoys to ask for it from her, Cao Jie never handed over the imperial seal to Cao Pi's envoys.
Today is the day when Cao Pi is proclaimed emperor by Zen. Zhang Yin knows that he cannot delay it any longer and must get the imperial seal today.
Seeing that Cao Jie still didn't want to hand over the imperial seal, Zhang Yin had no choice but to order the soldiers to come forward.
Seeing the soldiers approaching step by step, Cao Jie's face was already covered with tears.
She knew that she could no longer hold on to this big man's final destiny.
In grief, Cao Jie looked at the inscription on the imperial seal in her hand, "Ordered by Heaven, Longevity and Longevity." She couldn't help but wonder, since the man was ordered by Heaven, why didn't God send someone to protect him?
Then Cao Jie looked at Zhang Yin angrily. She first scolded Zhang Yin, and then threw the Jade Seal of the Kingdom at Zhang Yin with all her strength.
At this time, she uttered a deafening prophecy:
"The sky is not clear!"
The Imperial Jade Seal hit Zhang Yin hard and then rolled to the ground.
But Zhang Yin didn't care about the pain in his body at this time. He quickly bent down and respectfully picked up the imperial seal from the ground.
In the end, he just glanced at Cao Jie and left the hall.
The task has been completed, he has no time to argue with Cao Jie, and he has no capital to argue with Cao Jie.
In Zhang Yin's mind, Cao Jie's prophecy was just a joke.
Destiny lies in Wei.
Seeing Zhang Yin leading the soldiers away, Cao Jie fell to the ground weakly.
Her face was soaked with tears, and she looked towards the high temple to the east, where her husband was offering sacrifices to his ancestors and telling his unfilial piety.
All the wise kings with temple names in the two Han Dynasties are enshrined there.
Han Taizu Liu Bang, Han Taizong Liu Heng, Han Shizong Liu Che, Han Zhongzong Liu Xun, Han Shizu Liu Xiu
When these emperors are alive, who is not a hero who suppresses the contemporary era!
But if they had spirits in heaven, how sad would it be to see the big man in such a state?
Cao Jie covered her face and cried. She tried her best, she really tried her best!
She is worthy of the title of "Queen of the Han Dynasty".
On the 15th day of the seventh month in the first year of Yankang in the Han Dynasty, the king's chariot from Wei King Cao Pi arrived at Fanyang outside Xudu City.
Fanyang is a place name, which is an open area outside Xudu.
But Cao Pi could not "resist", so the Zen altar built for him by the officials was here.
Before Cao Pi's king arrived at Fanyang, the 30,000 troops he brought with him and hundreds of important civil and military officials had already arrived at the Zen Altar in advance.
Thirty thousand troops, under the command of their respective generals, enforced martial law for miles around.
Under the instructions of the visitor, hundreds of important civil and military ministers stood in their respective positions according to their official positions and titles.
When Cao Pi's king, escorted by thousands of tigers and leopards, slowly drove into the Shou Chan Altar, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes turned toward Cao Pi's location.
Before Cao Pi emerged from the king's carriage, tens of thousands of "Your Majesty" had already resounded around the Zen altar.
Tens of thousands of "Your Majesty" voices rose from the ground and soared into the sky.
Cao Pi, who was sitting in the king's carriage, listened to the deafening tens of thousands of "Your Majesty" in his ears. His chest was rising and falling rapidly, and his face immediately turned red.
Your Majesty's name is called by the Emperor!
At this moment, which man would not be excited!
Under the call of tens of thousands of "Your Majesty", Cao Pi's figure slowly appeared from the king's carriage.
With the support of the visitor, he got off the king's carriage and walked towards the Zen altar in front of him.
By this time, Cao Pi had already put on the emperor's exclusive robe for worshiping heaven and earth.
Looking at the towering, majestic Zen altar in front of him, Cao Pi's mind continued to be agitated.
Cao Pi shook off the hand of the visitor beside him. The road ahead was one that even his great father had never walked. He had to walk on his own.
Cao Pi stepped forward and walked step by step towards the Zen altar in front of him.
Soon after, Cao Pi came to the Zen altar.
Cao Pi raised his head and looked at the top of the altar that seemed to be hidden in the clouds and mist. A smile appeared on his lips, and then he firmly raised his feet and stepped on the first step of the Zen Altar.
Step after step, Cao Pi walked firmly towards the pinnacle of his life.
As Cao Pi climbed higher and higher step by step, he could no longer see clearly the faces of the people below.
But as he climbed higher step by step, Zhang Yin, who was at the top of the altar holding the national jade seal, came into his eyes.
Cao Pi's eyes were instantly attracted by the jade seal in Zhang Yin's hand.
Being ordained by God and living forever, this was the deepest desire in his heart.
Attracted by that desire, Cao Pi unconsciously speeded up his pace, and soon he reached the top of the altar.
After Cao Pi climbed to the top of the altar, tens of thousands of people below the altar were watching him from bottom to top.
There were tens of thousands of people watching Cao Pi under the altar, including ministers, princes, generals, Xiongnu chanyus, and people from the four barbaric dynasties.
No matter how unattainable and unattainable they are in the eyes of ordinary people, now they all look at Cao Pi on the altar with surrendering eyes.
After coming to the Zen altar, Zhang Yin took the initiative to come to Cao Pi holding the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, and then he personally handed the Jade Seal of the Kingdom, which represented the destiny of heaven, into Cao Pi's hands.
Then Zhang Yin began to read aloud the last edict issued by Liu Xie as the emperor.
"Zi'er, King of Wei: In the past, Emperor Yao was in the Zen position of Yu and Shun, and Shun also ordered Yu. The destiny of heaven is not always the same, but it can only be virtuous."
". In the play, the calendar of heaven is in your bow, and if you hold it, the fortune of heaven will last forever; you will only obey the great gift, benefit all nations, and inherit the destiny of heaven."
After Zhang Yin read the edict aloud, it represented that the destiny of the Han Dynasty had been transferred to the Wei Dynasty.
Afterwards, Zhang Yin wisely withdrew from the Zen altar.
Cao Pi excitedly held the imperial seal in his hand, and ordered the attendants at the Zen altar to light three piles of firewood on the altar.
Then Cao Pi temporarily handed over the imperial seal in his hand to the waiter on the side.
He personally took the jade silk from the table on the high altar, sacrificed it and placed it on the lit pyre.
The three firewood piles represent heaven and earth, the five mountains, and the four mountains respectively. Cao Pi is burning a fire for sacrifice.
This is an ancient ritual for the emperor to sacrifice, and it is also the exclusive power of the emperor.
When Cao Pi put in the jade silk and sacrificed himself in the three pyres, the flames in the three pyres suddenly became fierce.
Under the light of the fire, Cao Pi held up the imperial seal and began to read aloud his sacrificial inscription:
"The emperor's minister Pi dared to use Xuanmu to tell the emperor and the emperor: four out of twenty in the history of the Han Dynasty, six out of four hundred and twenty years in the Han Dynasty, the world is poor, the king's order is not established, and the five latitudes are wrong.
Pi only accepts the emperor's elephant, so he dares not to accept it. If you look at the tortoise for divination, it will indicate a great danger, and if you use the three-dimensional harpoon, there will be a sign of revolution. I would like to choose the first day to go to the altar with the rest of the group to receive the emperor's seal and ribbon, and tell you how to do it.
great god;
Only if you have Zen, you can enjoy eternal good fortune, bring hope to the people, and enjoy the benefits of the Wei Dynasty."
After Cao Pi finished reading his memorial tribute to the emperor, he began to turn around.
When Cao Pi turned around, the twelve strings of beads in the Emperor's Crown on his head began to swing.
Cao Pi's majestic eyes looked through the twelve swinging beads at the tens of thousands of people under the altar.
At this time, tens of thousands of people below the high altar bowed to Cao Pi who was above the high altar.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Tens of thousands of voices resounded throughout the world again. Cao Pi closed his eyes and enjoyed the intoxicating sound of worship.
In Cao Pi's feeling, it was as if all the creatures in heaven and earth were bowing to him and expressing their surrender to him.
This is a dignity that he could not experience when he was the king of Wei.
After enjoying it, Cao Pi opened his eyes and looked south, his eyes full of sharpness.
Today I lost the great Han Dynasty. How will you treat me?
What can you do!
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!