Chapter 114: Passing on the Jade Seal of the Country, Reproducing the Jianghuai
Chapter 114: The Imperial Seal Reappears in Jianghuai
proclaim oneself emperor?
These two words reached Cao Cao's ears, and Cao Cao couldn't help but tremble all over.
You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately.
Proclaiming himself emperor is no small matter.
Although, Cao Cao also felt that Yuan Shu was unreliable and his IQ was not very high, but after all, he was an old classmate of his Imperial College, and he was also the legitimate son of the fourth generation and third prince of the Yuan family, with a family full of loyalties? How could he claim the title of emperor and carry this infamy for thousands of years?
What about the infamy?
"Brother Yi, shush..."
Cao Cao interrupted Yi Xiaotian's words. He pulled Yi Xiaotian up and found a quiet corner. After the two sat down, Cao Cao's head was just in front of Yi Xiaotian's face. However, Cao Cao's voice
Still very low.
"Brother Yi? Are you saying that Yuan Shu wants to proclaim himself emperor?"
"That's right."
Cao Cao looked serious, but Yi Xiaotian was very calm and answered easily.
"How...how do you see this?" Cao Cao then asked...
"Didn't Brother Hao also hear those rumors in the wine shop? What about 'those who have succeeded to the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao', what about 'the one who replaces the virtue of fire is Tu De', what's 'the jade seal of the country reappears in the world'."
Yi Xiaotian's answer was still calm and calm.
"Based on this, can we tell that Yuan Shu is going to proclaim himself emperor?" Cao Cao scratched his head. He felt a little confused. Why couldn't he tell anything from these rumors and prophecies?
When the question came to this point, Yi Xiaotian rolled his eyes. How should he answer this?
Based on the records in the ancient document "Zizhi Tongjian", he knew that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor in January of the second year of Jian'an. Now that January is already halfway over, the date is almost here.
Of course, these rumors and prophecies in the streets and wine shops also corroborate historical records.
Thinking of this, Yi Xiaotian deliberately lowered his voice and explained to Cao Cao:
"Brother, don't these rumors in the wine shop corroborate the fact that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor? This first one, a prophecy from Emperor Wu's time, 'The one who will succeed the Han Dynasty will be Tu Gaoye', has been circulated again after a hundred years, and its meaning has changed again.
I can’t understand it.”
"Replacing Dahan is 'Dang Tu Gao', 'Tu' and 'Tu' mean road, and Yuan Shu's word 'Shu' means road in the city. In addition, Yuan Shu's word "road" also means road.
Isn’t this exactly what the prophecy says?”
this…
Is this okay?
Cao Cao was a little confused. Brother Yi's explanation seemed a bit far-fetched. If he had to explain it mechanically and forcefully, anyone could use this prophecy to do whatever he wanted.
Of course, what Cao Cao didn't know was...
Yuan Shu really just used it mechanically and forced himself into the prophecy.
The purpose.
It was precisely this prophecy from Emperor Wu's time that he created public opinion support for his proclaimed emperor. However, these are records in ancient books. Yi Xiaotian was familiar with them, but Cao Cao had no way of knowing.
"Brother Yi? Isn't this a bit..." Cao Cao had a question mark on his forehead and countless doubts in his heart.
Before he finished asking, Yi Xiaotian raised his hand to interrupt.
"Brother, don't be alarmed. Let me finish. Isn't this also the following: 'The big man has the red virtue of fire, fire generates earth, and what replaces the virtue of fire is the virtue of earth'!"
Speaking of this, Yi Xiaotian paused for a moment, organized his words a little, and then explained in detail.
"After researching the Yuan family according to their genealogy, they are actually descended from the Chen family in the pre-Qin period, and the Chen family is a descendant of Emperor Shun in the 'Three Emperors and Five Emperors'."
"Among the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Emperor Shun represents the yellow virtue."
"According to the Five Elements, fire generates earth. The red fire virtue of the Han Dynasty will be replaced by the yellow earth virtue, and Yuan Shu is exactly the descendant of Emperor Shun, who represents the earth virtue! Hiding your brother Pinpin? Do you still think this rumor is groundless?
"
Uh... Five Elements Theory?
Cao Cao suddenly felt dumbfounded. Why did Brother Yi still believe in the doctrine of the magic gun?
Taoism, isn't this just to deceive the ignorant people?
What fire virtue, earth virtue, what fire generates earth!
If the Five Elements and Bagua can influence the fate of the dynasty, then all the princes should stop fighting. Everyone should read the "Book of Changes", make elixirs, and study Tai Chi to produce two rituals, two rituals to produce four images, and four images to produce Bagua.
Already.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao waved his hands repeatedly. "Brother Yi, the theories of charlatans and magicians cannot be trusted!"
"Brother Hide, it doesn't matter whether I believe it or not." Yi Xiaotian smiled slightly and turned his eyes faintly out of the window to the direction of Jianghuai. "The key is that some people believe it, and some people want to use this to confuse the ignorant people!"
"Brother Yi is referring to Yuan Shu?"
Cao Cao read Yuan Shu's name, and for a moment, he really hesitated. He thought that Yuan Shu had been arrogant and arrogant since he was a child, and he still relied on his status as the legitimate son of the Yuan family to dominate.
If, with a twitch in his head, he really went to proclaim himself emperor, it wouldn't be that surprising...
However, as soon as this idea came up, Cao Cao immediately vetoed it. What kind of idiot would be able to do such a stupid thing, disregarding the sacred values ingrained in the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and just...just...forcibly declare himself emperor.
After all, Yuan Shu had received ten years of education from Taixue, and his loyalty to the emperor and patriotism should be deep-rooted in his bones. He shouldn't be able to do such a stupid thing as proclaiming himself emperor, right?
"Brother Yi? I think you are too worried?" Cao Cao asked...
"suspicious?"
Yi Xiaotian smiled slightly, shook his head, counted with his fingers, and thought in his mind that the matter of proclaiming himself emperor would only last a few days, and it was almost done.
He replied with great determination.
"Brother, the world is full of wonders. It's not surprising that there is a stupid person who forcibly proclaims himself emperor and brings disaster upon himself. It's not surprising. What's more..."
Yi Xiaotian deliberately let it go.
Cao Cao wanted to put his ear on Yi Xiaotian's mouth. "Not to mention what?"
"What's more, the third rumor is that the national jade seal has been rediscovered in the Jianghuai area. Doesn't this corroborate the fact that Yuan Shu is about to become emperor?" The more he spoke, the more determined Yi Xiaotian's tone became.
However, Cao Cao still has a lot of doubts.
Not to mention anything else, why is the jade seal passed down to the country only in the Jianghuai generation?
"Brother Yi? The imperial seal you are talking about is the one engraved by Prime Minister Li Si from Lantian jade, with the words 'Ordered by Heaven, I will live forever' in eight small seal characters?"
"Exactly!" Yi Xiaotian replied without thinking.
"That...that's not right!" Cao Cao shook his head, his eyes opened slightly, and his eyes were full of doubts. "Back then, the eighteen princes formed the Kwantung Coalition to attack Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian took the lead and broke into Luoyang. There were rumors among the coalition forces that there was a national jade seal.
It was captured by him, but now that times have changed, how come this national jade seal fell into the hands of Yuan Shu?"
"Brother Hiding, you only know one but not the other, or you know people and faces but don't know their hearts!"
Yi Xiaotian smiled lightly, this time laughing at Cao Cao for being silly, naive, cute and simple.
"It has long been rumored that after Sun Jian captured Luoyang, he fished out the imperial seal from a dry well. As the leader of the alliance, Yuan Shao asked him for it. Sun Jian left the coalition in anger and returned to his hometown in the south of the Yangtze River!"
"How could Yuan Shu be obsessed with this imperial seal? How could he be willing to do so? So, he first teamed up with Liu Biao to design and kill Sun Jian, then incorporated Sun Jian's old men, put Sun Jian's widow Mrs. Wu under house arrest, and forced the Sun family to hand over the imperial seal.
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"In order to survive and to get back to their old tribe, the Sun family had to return the Imperial Seal to Yuan Shu... Therefore, the Imperial Seal is really in the Jianghuai area now!"
Yi Xiaotian told Cao Cao the story in detail...
Cao Cao had heard about the first half, but as for the latter part, it seemed that Yuan Shu had sealed the news well and did not publicize it wildly.
I never thought that Brother Yi knew such obscure news so clearly.
"No wonder..." Cao Cao thought thoughtfully. "I was still wondering if Yuan Shu was not a generous man, so how could he return the troops to Sun Ce's old army?"
Cao Cao was sighing, but Yi Xiaotian raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Brother Hi, I have explained these three rumors and prophecies one by one. You taste it carefully! Now? Brother Hi, what do you think? Will Yuan Shu proclaim himself emperor?"
