In January 198 AD, the new emperor Liu Xi ascended the throne on a high earthen platform outside Nanchang City. He was named Jiankang and became the 30th emperor in the history of the Han Dynasty.
And the new emperor, who has just ascended the throne, is not yet half a year old.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, although Concubine Tao Guifei was unconscious and in poor health, she was still canonized as the Queen Mother. Her status was revered at the top of the Han Dynasty, and she currently lives in the harem to recuperate and recuperate.
As for the old ministers of the Tao family in the southeast, their status had all been greatly improved due to the establishment of the new dynasty.
At this point, the southeastern power regime reached its peak.
Among them, Tao Ying was named a hussar general, commanding the southern territory and appeasing Baiyue.
Chen Deng was granted the title of Shangshu Ling and took charge of the Shangshu Taiwan, followed by Mi Zhu as Shangshu Lang.
Five political leaders, including Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Han Hao, Chen Qun and Sima Lang, who had been responsible for running the three major cities of Jinling, Hangzhou and Suzhou, served as governors of various counties in the southeast and were granted the title of marquis.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi were appointed as East and West Cao Cao respectively.
Guo Jia was granted the title of Weiwei, the governor of the School of Inquiry, Spying, and School Affairs Office. He also oversaw the guards in the capital.
Zhao Yun was the general who conquered the east, Lu Su was the general who conquered the west, and Taishi Ci was the general who conquered the south.
Xu Chu was General Wuwei, Marquis of Guannei, and commanded the imperial army.
Xu Rong was the general on the left, Xu Huang was the general on the right, and Tao Ji, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Xu Sheng were granted the title of four towns.
The rest of the generals, advisors and ministers were promoted and canonized.
But the most important thing is the potter himself.
Because His Majesty was young and the Queen Mother was not in good health to supervise state affairs, Tao Shang was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, prime minister of all affairs, and waited for the emperor to handle state affairs.
From then on, the pottery merchant became the nominal supreme governor of the Han Dynasty.
At the same time, because of his reputation as Prince of Taiping, people in the world also called the potter the Prime Minister of Taiping.
After the Prime Minister Taiping of the Han Dynasty received the imperial edict, the first thing he did was to issue an imperial edict on behalf of the emperor: he made it known to the world and directly denounced Jingzhou Fu Wan, Dong Cheng, and the emperor Liu Qiong supported by the Sanliu Group as false emperors, and denounced their major crimes.
Heaven and earth cannot tolerate it, and crimes cannot be punished.
Of course, this denunciation of the edict is not careless.
Mi Heng, who has now been appointed as the Prime Minister's Superintendent, shoulders this important responsibility without any shirk.
He wrote a denunciation with a sense of justice and directly issued it to the world, targeting the seven counties of Jingzhou.
In addition, Tao Shang also issued an edict, appointing Lu Bu and Sun Ce as former generals and rear generals respectively, commanding the Jianghuai area to help him defeat Japanese thieves and overthrow the puppet dynasty.
When the news spread to Jingzhou, the entire Jingzhou was shocked. Even Liu Zhang of Yizhou was shocked. Although he was in a remote place in Western Shu, he was still a Han clan member who supported Liu Qiong's dynasty.
Liu Biao and Liu Bei didn't take the potter's aggressive rhetoric seriously, but Fu Wan and Dong Cheng were obviously less patient than them.
Especially after you finished lying down, your lung tube almost stopped you from spitting out your breath.
In fact, anyone would be angry, and Mi Heng's statement was really irritating.
His sharp words were enough, but he was still able to defeat him. This prime minister of the pseudo-dynasty was listed separately and compared with Tao Shang, the new prime minister of Taiping.
Isn't this a clear indication of treating others like food?
In the book, Mi Heng listed all the achievements and acts of a gentleman since Tao Shang's crusade against Dong Zhuo eight years ago, including saving the emperor, crusading against Dong Zhuo's unsubordinates, getting Xu Shao's Ten Golden Comments, being granted the title of Prince of Taiping, and developing Jinling.
Defeat Yuan Shu, recruit refugees, become rich, save the Han Dynasty, etc.
Compared with the pottery merchant, Fu Wan had no advantages at all except that he was the father-in-law of the late emperor!
There is no comparison at all, the prime minister is a pure waste.
The two prime ministers are in the sky and the other is in the earth.
No wonder his Qiqi orifices were filled with smoke. This was like giving him seventeen or eight big slaps on his ears in front of everyone in the world, and finally spitting heavily on his face.
It's tolerable, but it's intolerable.
He immediately shouted that he must send troops to attack the pottery merchants, and gave the puppet government a loud slap in the face.
But the problem is that Liu Qiong who is assisting the young emperor with him in Jiangling is Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei is now trusted by Liu Biao, most of the military power in Jingzhou is still in the hands of Liu Biao.
After the ambush, it was useless to bully Liu Bei. Liu Biao did not agree to send troops, so everything was out of the question.
It wasn't until Liu Biao came from Xiangyang to Jiangling to report to the king according to the time that Fu Wan had the opportunity to tell him about it.
But after Liu Biao finished speaking about ambushes and raising troops, he stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word, appearing incomprehensible.
After crouching, his throat was filled with smoke, and Liu Biao didn't even fart.
In the end, he had no choice but to walk away.
After Fu finished and left, Liu Biao went to find Liu Bei with a smile.
As soon as he saw Liu Bei, Liu Biao immediately said bluntly: "Brother, please make preparations at court these days and sort out the trivial matters at hand. If nothing unexpected happens, we will send troops to the east in a few days."
Liu Bei was very surprised when he heard this.
"Brother, didn't you tell me last time that we wouldn't use troops against the pottery merchant? Why are we now fighting against him again?"
Liu Biao chuckled and said: "This is the same as the other. The reason why we did not send troops to the pottery merchants was because the Zhangxian rebellion in the south was still unsolved. Jingzhou had many miscellaneous things and no foreign aid. But now, the situation is different... Besides, the pottery merchants are here.
The emperor established a dynasty in the east and issued a proclamation to denounce us. If we don’t respond, wouldn’t we look unreasonable?”
After listening to Liu Biao's words, Liu Bei said: "From what my brother meant, it seems that foreign aid has been invited?"
Liu Biao nodded and said: "During this period, I have been sending people to communicate with Ji Yu in Xiangyang, writing letters to tell him how powerful he is, and asking him to send troops to support him. Now Ji Yu has agreed to send generals and soldiers.
Ma supports us, and the one in the north also wants to cooperate with me. Now is a good time for me to compete with the pottery merchant."
"That one in the north?" Liu Bei frowned and thought for a while, then said: "The person my brother is referring to is Yuan Shao?"
Liu Biao nodded with a smile, and then took out a roll of white silk from his sleeve.
"Look, dear brother, this was sent from the north the day before yesterday."
Liu Bei unfolded the white silk in confusion, but saw that it was a letter written by Yuan Shao and stamped with the seal of General Yuan Shao.
The meaning of Yuan Shao's letter was very simple. He stated that he was willing to surrender to the new dynasty established by the Sanliu Group in Jingzhou, support Liu Qiong, and would openly regard the prince Liu Xi supported by the pottery merchants as a false emperor.
But he needed Liu Shen to immediately raise troops to attack the pottery merchants, and he would also raise troops in the north to attack the pottery merchants from the south to the north.
Liu Bei pondered carefully for a moment and said: "Brother, Yuan Shao is not someone to be taken lightly. You must not let him deceive you."
Liu Biao smiled and said: "Don't worry, dear brother, I know why Yuan Shao did this. After the battle of Guandu, the absolute advantage Yuan Shao once had no longer exists in a short time, but he wants to take revenge in a short time, so
He could only endure the humiliation and bear the burden, ask for help from me, and agree to surrender to the court, but hey, little did he know that he thought he was using a pottery merchant to hang me up, but I actually used a pottery merchant to hang him up!"
When Liu Bei heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother, please give me some advice."
Liu Biao said with a smile: "This time I unite Ji Yu's soldiers and horses to fight against the pottery merchants. The outcome is secondary. Even if we cannot defeat the pottery merchants, I can suddenly turn around when I withdraw my troops and point directly at them."
Jingnan, Zhang Xian betrayed me and established his own rule. I will kill him when he thinks I am busiest! As long as Jingnan is appeased again, I will not be afraid of the pottery merchant even without Yuan Shao's support.
, enough to compete with him."
Liu Bei suddenly realized what he said.
But then he raised another concern.
"Brother, it's just that Yuan Shao was once suspected of harming the late emperor's death. Although there is no proof of this matter at the moment, if someone with ulterior motives gets caught in the matter in the future, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to us. Brother, please think again."