In April of the second year of Taishi, the King of Yan returned to Yedu with his powerful army.
On that day, a royal edict was issued, razing the three clans including Geng Ji, Wei Huang, Jin Yi and others, and beheading them all at Caishikou.
This is also to establish prestige and pave the way for the next emperor.
Sure enough, the officials were so frightened that no one dared to say a word.
Dong Zhao and Hua Xin jointly signed the petition, saying that King Yan's "virtue spread all over the world, and his benevolence extended to all things". Even Tang Yao and Yu Shun were not as good as him. After discussion among the ministers, they hoped that the Han emperor would follow the example of Yao and Shun and transfer the country, the country, the country, Zen, and Yan.
King, if you can still maintain the blessing of peace and quiet, the world is very lucky.
The emperor was shocked and cried, saying that he had done no wrong and could not bear to abandon the inheritance of his ancestors.
Hua Xin invited two people: Li Fu and Xu Zhi to preface and say: "Your Majesty, you can ask these two people and you will know the number of days."
Li Fu said: "Since King Yan came to the throne, the unicorn has been born, the phoenix has come to the ceremony; the yellow dragon has appeared, the golden harvest has grown, and the nectar has fallen. Your Majesty, this is the auspiciousness given by God, which proves that King Yan should replace Yanhan."
Xu Zhi also said that he was in charge of the Tianjian and observed the celestial phenomena at night. The Yan and Han Qi had been exhausted, and the Qianxiang of Yan was as far as the sky and the earth.
Hua Xin then concluded: "I heard that during the expedition to the south of the Yangtze River, King Yan's army encountered a fire attack by bandits. Suddenly the wind direction changed drastically and turned to the northwest. The bandits set fire to themselves and burned themselves. This is how the King of Yan was able to flatten the south of the Yangtze River so quickly. It can be seen from this that destiny is destiny.
In Yan, this is the consensus reached by the ministers after discussion. I hope your majesty will examine it carefully and don't let the officials down."
In the novel, Liu Xie still tried hard to fight.
However, now is different from the novel, the world has been decided, Bai Xiaowen has completed the de facto unification, and Liu Xie has no hope.
There was also the bloody tragedy of Geng Ji, Wei Huang and others having their homes confiscated and their families exterminated, which made Liu Xie fearful in his heart.
It's not that he doesn't understand the overall situation. Now that Xichuan, Jingzhou, and Jiangnan are all at peace, and the world belongs to Yan, he, the nominal emperor, is no longer of any use.
To put it cruelly, even if King Yuan Xi of Yan killed him and stepped on his corpse to ascend the throne, no one would dare to oppose him.
After a moment of symbolic resistance, the emperor accepted his fate and asked Chen Qun to write the edict of the Zen Kingdom and Hua Xin to carry the imperial seal; Dong Zhao served as the envoy and went to Da Sima Mansion to announce the edict.
What followed was another drama of three concessions and three concessions. Then, under Jia Xu's "persuasion", the emperor ordered someone to build a Zen platform and read out the Zen edict on the Zen platform.
Bai Xiaowen stood on the Zen platform, received the great gift, and ascended to the throne of emperor.
Immediately, the second year of Taishi was changed to the first year of Taichu, the country was named Dayan, a decree was issued to grant amnesty to the world, and his late father Yuan Shao was posthumously named Emperor Taizu, which was Taizu of Yan.
More than 400 officials, big and small, knelt down and worshiped under the Zen platform.
Hua Xin asked how to arrange the Liu family. Bai Xiaowen relied on the romance and made the deposed emperor the Duke of Shanyang.
After Bai Xiaowen received Zen, he returned to the court of Yedu, received congratulations from hundreds of officials, and was granted official positions. All the officials in the old Sima Mansion became court ministers, and the old ministers in the court underwent another major change of blood.
Zhen Mi was granted the title of main palace, and the fifteen concubines previously selected were all brought into the palace to enrich the harem.
When Bai Xiaowen came to court for the first time, he issued an edict to the world, to the effect that China had experienced wars for a long time and the people were suffering. Now that Emperor Yan had ascended the throne, he should encourage reclamation of wasteland, encourage farming and mulberry cultivation, build water conservancy projects, reduce and reduce taxes, etc., and carried out a series of good governance.
After retiring from the court, Bai Xiaowen was thinking about whether to submit the task of unification, but he received a guest.
Ge Xuan.
Bai Xiaowen was overjoyed and immediately ordered his ministers to hold a banquet and sit across from Ge Xuan.
Ge Xuan saw the jade belt of Bai Xiaowen's dragon robe and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He is already the best in the world. How can a poor man dare to drink with His Majesty?"
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "The Taoist Master is my old friend and also my fellow Taoist. In front of others, I am the emperor; in front of the Taoist Master, I am still just a Taoist cultivator."
Ge Xuan laughed, but changed his title: "Sir, now that the world is at peace, your ambition has been achieved. I wonder if you will be a human emperor next, or continue to seek immortality?"
Bai Xiaowen said seriously: "Cultivating immortality and attaining Taoism is my original wish. How can it be changed by fame, fortune, and status?"
Ge Xuan nodded: "Young Master has not forgotten his original intention and regards the world's high status as nothing, which really makes me admire you. However, at this time, the world cannot be without Young Master. Otherwise, all the faults will be caused by this poor man, who cannot bear it.
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Bai Xiaowen pretended to be surprised and said: "Why did the Taoist Master say this? As the emperor, I only need to implement good government and leave it to the officials and ministers to implement it. It will not delay my cultivation of Taoism."
Ge Xuan shook his head with a smile and took out a jade slip from his sleeve.
"Master, do you still remember this thing?"
Bai Xiaowen said to her heart that you finally took it out. Why don’t I remember my things?
Ge Xuan said with a smile: "On Jinping Mountain in Xichuan, Pindao and the young master were separated because there was a master named 'Zixu' on Jinping Mountain. Pindao took the jade slips and climbed to Jinping Mountain to visit Master Zixu and asked about Jade Master.
We finally got some clues about Jian's matter."
Master Zixu!
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes slightly. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, such a character did appear, but he only appeared once.
When Liu Bei captured Xichuan, Liu Zhang sent four generals: Liu Huang, Deng Xian, Lingbao, and Zhang Ren to Luocheng to defend it.
When these four generals passed by Jinping Mountain, they visited Master Zixu and received the reply: "The dragon on the left and the phoenix on the right fly into Xichuan. The young phoenix falls to the ground and the crouching dragon ascends to the sky. One gain and one loss, the number of days will be determined. Just act according to the opportunity, don't do it."
"Mourning Jiuquan".
As for Liu Quan and the other four, the reply was "It's inevitable, why bother asking again."
As expected, Fengchu Pang Tong was shot to death, and Crouching Dragon Zhuge Liang went to Sichuan to assist Liu Bei; Liu Sui and the other four did not escape death and were all beheaded.
From this point of view, Master Zixu should be a Taoist master who is good at divination.
When Bai Xiaowen thought of this, he felt excited and asked, "What did the expert say?"
Ge Xuandao: "The Master refused to say anything at first; but after Pindao moved out of the school, the Master approved twelve words."
Ge Xuanzhen is an excellent storyteller. Bai Xiaowen can only ask: "Which twelve words?"
Ge Xuan took out a piece of silk from his sleeve and unfolded it.
"If you want to understand the jade slips, you should go to the Taoist ancestral court?"
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes: "Where is the Taoist ancestral court?"
Ge Xuan smiled and said: "Young Master, you are a Taoist monk. How can you not know about the Taoist ancestral court? To the east of Xichuan Jiange, there is a strange mountain called 'Heming Mountain'. It is said that Guang Chengzi, a Qi alchemist in the Pre-Qin Dynasty, was the capital of Zhouyi Mountain in the Western Han Dynasty.
It was here that I realized the Tao and soared across a crane. A century ago, Zhang Daoling was here at the gate of Shanguang Avenue and worshiped Laozi as his leader, and the name of Taoism was known to all the people in the world."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said: "The Taoist ancestral court is Heming Mountain."
Ge Xuan said: "Young master, do you understand now? There is an immortal destiny hidden in this jade slip. Since you are the beginning of cause and effect, you must go there in person to solve the mystery of the jade slip."