Fu Shou was still in fear. After a while, a school captain ran over and reported:
"I would like to report to the prince that the inventory of the situation in the palace has been completed. All the eunuchs and eunuchs have been killed. Everything in the palace has been destroyed. The corpses have been placed separately. The emperor's body has been carried to the main hall."
Xiao Jiang wrapped Liu Bian's head in yellow silk and said:
"Continue to clean up the palace, let's go to the main hall."
Xiao Jiang hugged the head and signaled the two guards behind him to lift Wang Yun's body all the way to the main hall. Looking at Liu Bian's headless body placed on the chopped dragon throne, he stepped forward and took out the head and embedded it in the body.
At this time, all the ministers in the main hall had arrived. Seeing such a terrifying scene, they were all dumbfounded with fear on their faces.
"Dear ministers of the imperial court, you should already know what happened today. Lord Wang Yun, Lu Fengxian and others killed Dong Zhuo and other members of his party, with the purpose of swaying the evil bandits for the sake of the Qing Dynasty.
It was originally a good thing to uphold the authority of the emperor for the sake of the people of the world, but due to the exposure of the incident, Dong's gang members counterattacked, and the guards in the palace were all Dong's cronies. They took advantage of the chaos to loot and kill the palace. Unfortunately, the emperor died, and there were no relatives in Chang'an.
The royal family, Liu Yu in Youzhou, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Yan in Yizhou, Liu Dai in Yanzhou, Liu Yao in Yangzhou, these princes were either dominant in one area and ignored the emperor's difficulties, or they were killed by others who seized power after failing to challenge Dong.
Even if the princes of the Han Dynasty and the clansmen from various places were qualified to be emperor, they would not be able to choose him in a short time. As a king with a different surname, Xiao did not dare and should not interfere in the affairs of the government, let alone the selection of a new emperor.
However, at this time, the king has the highest status in the court and has to summon everyone to discuss the choice of a new emperor after the death of the emperor. At the same time, he immediately summoned the world in the name of the court. What do you think, ministers?"
Sun Duan, the minister ordered by Shangshu, came out and said:
"My lord, although you are a foreign minister and a king with a different surname, there must be someone to guard the court at this time. You have the position of Taifu and can exercise the power of supervising the country. When the emperor dies, the prince can temporarily take over the affairs of the court until the new one comes.
We will make plans after the emperor is elected."
Taichang Yang Biao also came out and said:
"The Han Dynasty declined and the court was in chaos. I was imprisoned because I was dissatisfied with the traitor Dong. Although I was released and granted the title of Taichang, I could only pretend to be ill and had no face to see the emperor.
The emperor passed away today, and the ministers had to come. As the noble scholar said, the prince is still the tutor, and the court must rely on the prince to support him. We will support the prince to settle the aftermath."
After Yang Biao finished speaking, another bearded man came out and said:
"Your Majesty, I am Kong Rong, the great official of Taizhong. I also think that Your Majesty must be the mainstay to stabilize the government in order to prevent the world from collapsing."
Xiao Jiang looked at Kong Rong. If he had not captured Qingzhou, Kong Rong would have been the governor of Qingzhou. He would not become Taizhong doctor in a few years. As a descendant of Confucius, if he spoke out in support, it would represent the support of Confucianism.
Everyone supports Xiao Jiang.
As for the support of Shisun Duan, it means the support of Huangfu Song, Chun Yujia, Zhou Zhong, Zhang Wen, Zhang Xi and others. He represents the old forces, and his reputation is the best in the court.
Yang Biao was a Taiwei, so he expressed that the relevant military control agencies supported Xiao Jiang. As the three forces in the DPRK and China, the three of them had to come out to support Xiao Jiang in order to stabilize the world.
Xiao Jiang is very clear about the thoughts of these people. It is not that they all really want Xiao Jiang to be the supervisor of the country, but they have to do it as a last resort. Xiao Jiang's reputation, status, identity, and power are all in the world. It is okay if he is not here.
Think of other ways. Now that Xiao Jiang is in Chang'an, he must be held responsible.
Xiao Jiang had no friendship with them at all. The only one who had any friendship, Wang Yun, was still very angry. In theory, Wang Yun was still his nominal father-in-law.
Xiao Jiang nodded and said to the group of court ministers:
"In this case, I can only stay in Chang'an for the time being. Now Zhonglang General Lu Bu and Li Su are defending Chang'an. Not to mention what they did to Dong's thieves before, everyone should understand now that they cannot let the meritorious officials carry the emperor's back.
For the crime of death, I decided to make Lu Bu the general of the rear, commanding the soldiers in the capital, maintaining law and order and protecting the city.
Li Su was promoted to General Fenwu and guarded the capital as Lu Bu's deputy general.
After Fu was finished, he was appointed as Jinwu, taking charge of the garrison of the capital, and training an independent army to guard the important areas of the palace.
Shi Sun Duan took over Wang Yun's position as Situ and was the head of the three princes. He handled various government affairs and did not need to report to me except important matters.
Regarding the matter of the royal family Zongzheng Liu Yu, he is in Youzhou now, but I guess he can't come, but we must also respect his clan identity and immediately send a message to ask him to come or summon him. He must make his own choice for the royal family.
As for the selection of the new emperor, it is a matter for the clan. The three princes must also evaluate the clan's choice. As a king with a different surname, I cannot get involved.
But now we still have to make arrangements for the emperor's mausoleum, and this matter will be left to Mr. Yang Biao. As for the financial problem, I think it will be solved soon. If you need anything, you can come to me in three days."
When Xiao Jiang learned about the chaos in Chang'an, he had already activated a chess piece that had not been used for a long time, so he was not worried at all about maintaining the operation of the court and Chang'an, and he would not subsidize this place out of his own pocket.
Yang Biao and others admired Xiao Jiang's decisiveness in quickly arranging the affairs of all parties. You must know that Xiao Jiang handled all major and minor affairs in Qingzhou by decentralizing power. The capital was already in chaos. When Dong Zhuo and the emperor got together, everyone had various problems.
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Xiao Jiang simply distributed the power in his hands, so that they could form a balance. Just like Xiao Jiang sealed Lu Bu and Li Su, everyone in the court thought it should be, not that they thought these two people were
Loyal ministers, but these two people have soldiers in their hands. Now only Xiao Jiang can intimidate them. Without Xiao Jiang's control, all the officials in the court are weak chickens in their eyes, and they can do whatever they want.
After arranging the affairs of the officials, Xiao Jiang asked Yang Biao to send people to pick up Liu Bian's body. Then he left the palace and rode Xiao Jiang along the street. Looking at the traces left by the night battle, he sighed.
, this change has also become too big, so because of the loss of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, a seemingly useless but balanced figure, the future development of this Three Kingdoms Heroes has changed.
After returning to the inn, Li Su, who was sent to announce his surrender, arrived shortly after. He was taken into Xiaojiang's temporary office by the guards. Li Su saluted and said:
"Prince Qi, I have already met with Li Jue, Guo Si and Fan Chou. They feel that now that there is no emperor in the world, whoever has soldiers means power. And they have 100,000 Xiliang cavalry, so naturally they don't worry about it.
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So they said that they would not listen to orders unless they were given high positions, and asked the prince to see them in person.
As for Jia Xu, whom the prince said he wanted me to see, he just said two sentences to me, one was that he couldn't help himself, and the second was that he was in danger."