When Liu Biao heard that Wang Ding had become the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, his mood did not fluctuate much.
He no longer has any ambitions. He doesn't care who is the emperor or the prime minister in this world.
He only regretted that he was born ten years earlier, and now he has low energy. He can think about many things, but he is unable to do them.
If he were only fifty years old now, Liu Biao would still fight for it and follow Emperor Guangwu's example to fight for the Liu family for another two hundred years.
Unfortunately, during the previous trip to Yizhou, Liu Biao's fighting spirit and ambition were all destroyed by Wang Ding in one battle.
Yangzhou!
Yuan Shu roared at his men: "Damn you boy, the Han Dynasty has declined, and the world has changed its owners. Now that the jade seal of the country is in my hands, the world should belong to the Yuan family, and I want to be the emperor."
Yuan Shu was very uneasy, but Yan Xiang, Yang Hong and others in front of him were very calm.
This is not the first time Yuan Shu has proposed to proclaim himself emperor.
Everyone has become accustomed to it, but it is still necessary to remonstrate.
But this time, Yuan Shu seemed determined to become emperor.
Yan Xiang, who tried to dissuade him, was immediately dragged out and slapped on the fifty-fifty board. Others immediately did not dare to dissuade him.
However, if Yuan Shu wants to be emperor, he can't just say a word.
He needs to win over some people.
If he proclaims himself emperor, he will naturally give other princes higher status.
Wang was determined to become the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and before his butt was even hot, he received news from Yangzhou.
Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor.
Originally, Wang Ding wanted to rest and wait until winter before sending his troops to capture Yuan Shao again.
Now that Yuan Shu suddenly proclaimed himself emperor, he could only make Yuan Shu the first target to destroy.
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the officials were furious.
Even when Wang Ding became prime minister, those who had unclear attitudes jumped out to curse Yuan Shu.
Wang Ding automatically filtered out their words. These people talked loudly, but they couldn't come up with an idea.
On how to deal with Yuan Shu, Wang Ding still had to listen to the opinions of Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others.
After coming out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Wang Ding returned to his mansion.
The original plaque of the General's Palace has been replaced by the Prime Minister's Palace.
After a while, Guo Jiajia, Sima Lang and others also came to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony is just a place for those ministers to complain.
The Prime Minister's Mansion is where Wang Ding currently conducts business meetings.
No matter how big or small the affairs were, government orders were issued one after another from the Prime Minister's Palace, and were quickly sent to Yizhou, Chang'an, Xuzhou and other places.
Wang Ding sat on the Taishi chair and asked softly: "Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, how do you think we should solve it?"
For Yuan Shu to become emperor, Wang Ding was not surprised.
Yuan Shu, who wanted to be emperor, would have no chance in the future if he did not do so now.
Now that Yuan Shu is proclaimed emperor, he may be able to win over some people to support him.
But as Wang Ding's power continues to increase, Yuan Shu will receive less and less support in the future, and the gap between the two sides will become wider and wider.
On the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Jia Xu had already made a plan. He said: "My lord, there is no need to rush to conquer Yuan Shu. You only need to issue an edict first, ordering Sun Ce to send troops to conquer Yuan Shu."
Sima Lang said: "Sun Ce originally relied on Yuan Shu, would he be willing to send troops?"
Sun Ce can now occupy a small half of Yangzhou. Although it is all the territory he has conquered by himself, the soldiers under Sun Ce's command were all given by Yuan Shu in the beginning.
Guo Jiadao: "Sun Ce and Yuan Shu are by no means of the same mind. There is only one edict. Sun Ce may not attack Yuan Shu. The lord still needs to make him the shepherd of Yangzhou."
Yuan Shu's strength is actually quite strong, especially in the past few years, Yuan Shu has been developing, unlike Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who have been fighting with others and consuming too much money and food.
Yuan Shu dared to proclaim himself emperor at this time, but he was confident and not completely blind and arrogant.
If Yuan Shu can win over Liu Biao and Sun Ce, he can also occupy half of the country.
However, it is almost impossible for Liu Biao of Jingzhou to be won over by Yuan Shu.
Even if Liu Biao lost his ambition, he was still a clan member of the Han Dynasty. And Liu Biao, with his reputation, would never collude with Yuan Shu.
Compared to Guo Jia, Jia Xu and others, Wang Ding knew better than Yuan Shu's proclaimed emperor that the people in the court were scolding him fiercely, but Wang Ding really didn't think it was a big problem.
Now it's just a matter of choice whether he attacks Yuan Shu first or Yuan Shao first.
Move Yuan Shao first. No one will care about Yuan Shu, and it is possible that Yuan Shu will become bigger.
But if Yuan Shu is attacked first, Yuan Shao may take advantage of this period of time to recover his strength. By then, if he wants to capture Jizhou, he will have to spend a lot more effort.
If, as Guo Jia Jia Xu said, Sun Ce is willing to send troops to attack Yuan Shu, that would be great.
But Wang Ding also had doubts about whether Sun Ce was willing to send troops.
What he thought was somewhat different from Sima Lang.
Sun Ce would not team up with Yuan Shu, but it is very likely that Sun Ce would wait for others to attack Yuan Shu first, while he would reap the benefits.
After all, Wang Ding knew that Liu Bei and Lu Bu were supposed to attack Yuan Shu. After Yuan Shu was defeated, he wanted to go to Jizhou to join Yuan Shao, but he died on the road.
And if, as Guo Jia said, it might be feasible to first make Sun Ce the shepherd of Yangzhou and then order him to attack Yuan Shu. But in the future, Sun Ce may be more difficult to deal with than Yuan Shu.
Between Yuan Shu and Sun Ce, if Wang Ding had to choose one as his enemy, he would definitely choose Yuan Shu.
And it will never be Sun Ce.
Guo Jia saw Wang Ding's worries and said: "My lord can also order Zhang Liao to set off from Xuzhou to suppress Yuan Shu."
Zhang Liao is still guarding one side in Xuzhou. At the same time, he is also looking for traces of Cao Cao.
The last time Huang Zhong and Wei Yan failed to catch up with Cao Cao, they only received news that Cao Cao had entered Xuzhou.
However, traces of Cao Cao were soon lost, and it was unknown which ravine Cao Cao hid in.
Wang Ding had just captured Xuzhou, and his control over Xuzhou was not high. The aristocratic families in Xuzhou were not very cooperative with Wang Ding yet.
Wang Ding did not hesitate too much.
There were only a few factors he needed to consider, and Guo Jia Jia Xu had already thought of them for him.
He just needs to make the appropriate decision.
In the court, the issue that had been argued for two hours without resolution was settled over a cup of tea in the Prime Minister's house.
Guo Jiaxu was still drinking tea, and Sima Lang quickly drafted an edict and handed it to Wang Ding for review.
Wang Ding glanced at it and saw that there was no problem. Sima Lang sealed the edict and sent it out.
The edict was first sent to Tianji Pavilion, and then Sima Yi arranged for someone to quickly send it to Kuaiji County in Yangzhou.
At the same time, there were several fast horses rushing to Xuzhou.
Wang Ding did not explicitly order Zhang Liao to attack Yuan Shu.
Now that Xuzhou is not stable yet, Zhang Liao's first priority is to stabilize Xuzhou. The second is to find Cao Cao, and the third is to restrain Yuan Shu and not let Yuan Shu grow stronger.
It's just that after Yuan Shu became emperor and wanted to expand his territory, Xuzhou would be his first choice.
Jingzhou, where Liu Biao is entrenched, has been in business for decades and is deeply entrenched, so it is not easy to deal with.
Before Sun Ce expressed his attitude, it could be said that Yangzhou was basically in Yuan Shu's territory. At present, Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, can also be regarded as Yuan Shu's people.
Therefore, Zhang Liao also had to prepare for Yuan Shu's raid on Xuzhou.
Yuan Shu had the ambition to become emperor, so naturally he could not stay in Shouchun all the time.