Liu Yu finally had no way to refuse and was forced to agree to become emperor.
In July of the third year of Chuping, Zongzheng and Liu Yu officially ascended the throne as emperor after Liu Jiang, the descendant of Guangwu Shizu and Prince Gong of Donghai.
He agreed to ascend the throne, and then came a series of troublesome things, first of all, preparing for the enthronement ceremony, then changing the reign name, giving the late emperor a posthumous title, announcing it to the world, etc.
Since Liu Yu had already made plans with many ministers, he would abdicate immediately when the world was settled in the future and choose a descendant of the clan to inherit the throne.
Therefore, almost everything in the enthronement ceremony is simple.
Today's Luoyang is no longer as prosperous as it was seven or eight years ago. The damage caused by Dong Zhuo was devastating. In a fire, almost the entire Luoyang except the imperial palace was burned down.
Even a small half of Nangong was burned down in this disaster, and now only a ruins are left, telling the story of its former glory.
Under such conditions, Liu Yu could only hold the enthronement ceremony in the Deyang Hall of the North Palace.
The summer sun was scorching, and hundreds of officials from the square of Deyang Palace entered the main hall one by one. As the emperor went to court with the salute of the official, the officials saw the ceremony, pressed their left hand to the forehead with their right hand, and bowed slowly.
In the past, the procedures for the enthronement ceremony were very cumbersome. They had to pray to heaven and go to the altar to offer sacrifices. Then tens of thousands of ministers, princes, generals, Xiongnu Chanyus, and Siyi dynasties would accompany the throne. When the throne was raised to the altar, hundreds of officials would accompany the throne.
After the work is completed, the altar is lowered and burned to offer sacrifices to the heaven and earth, the five mountains, the four mountains, etc.
But now everything is kept simple. It is almost just that the ceremonial officer announced that the emperor has come to court. Liu Yu put on a black and red dragon robe, came out with some trembling to show his appearance, and then led all the officials to the east of the city to worship the heaven and earth, and then returned to
Inside Deyang Hall.
Once a simplified version of the process is completed, you are officially on the throne.
Fortunately, when Li Jue and Guo Si attacked Chang'an, Chen Mu had already arranged his troops. With the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind him, an army of more than 100,000 people attacked fiercely, forcing them to release all the courtiers.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t even be any civil or military officials in the audience.
Now there are still hundreds of people from the three ministers and nine ministers, plus Chinese and Korean officials at all levels in the three palaces. In addition to the powerful palace guards inside and outside the palace, thousands of people have come down, which will not make the inside and outside of the hall look too empty.
Ugly.
It is worth mentioning that Zhao Lin was also among them. As a Taizhong doctor, he naturally had to return to Luoyang with the court officials.
Now the only one left in Guanzhong is Yan Zhong.
However, Yan Zhong is very safe for the time being, because Yan Zhong is not unprotected. The small group formed by the Wuwei Guzang people, Wang Fang, Jia Xu, Zhang Hengliang, and these people are all together, and there are still tens of thousands of troops, which is enough to ensure his safety.
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Now as long as we wait for the right time and find a way to escape and return to Luoyang, we will basically have nothing to worry about.
After the enthronement ceremony is over, the next few days are filled with trivial matters.
The first is to change the yuan.
In the first year of the new emperor's accession to the throne, the reign title of the previous emperor will usually be continued. For example, Emperor Liu Zan of the Han Dynasty was poisoned by Liang Ji in the first year of Benchu (146).
It was changed to Yuan Jianhe at the beginning of this year.
However, it is one thing to continue to use it, and it is another thing to determine the year name.
Generally, the era name must be decided in advance and cannot be discussed later. Therefore, after discussions among hundreds of officials, it was finally decided to fix the year "Xingwu" next year.
The meaning of this reign is that military fortunes will prosper and the world will be pacified as soon as possible.
The next step was to give Liu Bian a posthumous title.
Liu Bian is not dead yet.
But everyone thought he was dead, so the necessary procedures must be followed.
At this point, Liu Xie is treated somewhat differently.
But there was nothing Liu Xie could do. He had only been emperor for a month, and was not recognized by the scholar-officials and bureaucrats. He was not an orthodox emperor, so it was normal for him not to have a posthumous title.
After several rounds of intense discussions, Yang Biao finally proposed using "Huai" as his posthumous title, which was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.
The so-called benevolence is called "huai". Liu Bian's character is kind at best and cowardly at worst. Coupled with the fact that he died young, there is nothing wrong with this, so he became Han Xiao.
Emperor Huai.
Finally, there are things like rewarding officials and granting amnesty to the world.
It is a pity that the current small court in Luoyang can barely manage its own three-thirds of an acre of land. It is definitely unrealistic to grant amnesty to the whole world, so it can only assign envoys to all states in the world and order them to send envoys to pay tribute and recognize the current central government.
Since Chen Mu had already greeted Liu Bei, Qingzhou was almost the first to send envoys to Luoyang to pay tribute to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu reciprocated Liu Bei's favor. On top of Liu Bei's title of Qingzhou Mu, he was appointed as a former general, appointed Chief Shi Sima to serve as Zhonglang, opened a government office and appointed officials, and behaved like the three princes. He sent Zuo Zhonglang general to wish Danfa a holiday.
In order to increase his prestige, he also supervised the three states of Qing, Xu, and Ji, and entrusted him to Dongfang, under the control of the emperor.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Tao Qian, Liu Biao and others sent envoys to pay tribute, so Liu Yu worshiped Cao Cao as the shepherd of Yanzhou, Sun Jian as the shepherd of Yuzhou, Tao Qian as the shepherd of Xuzhou, and Liu Biao as the shepherd of Jingzhou, although he did not give them any permission.
The power of the Three Dukes of Fuyi was officially given to them as state pastors, allowing them to take charge of the state's affairs.
However, this kind of thing is basically just a false name. Whether you can defeat it or not depends on your ability.
For example, Liu Biao is in the north of Jingzhou and Yuan Shu is in the south of Jingzhou. Could it be that if the Luoyang court gave Liu Biao the title of Jingzhou Mu, Yuan Shu would withdraw from Jingnan?
It's naturally impossible.
When the time comes, Yuan Shu may bite back at the court, saying that this court is not an orthodox court, and he does not recognize this.
So in the end it still depends on who has the bigger fist.
It's just that such a procedure is a necessary procedure for both parties.
After all, the central court that Liu Yu existed was not inherited from orthodoxy, so he needed powerful figures from all over the country to recognize this court in order to express orthodoxy and improve his legitimacy.
Local powerful figures also need to recognize the imperial court to consolidate their power and express to the people under their rule that they are officials recognized by the imperial court.
Therefore, both sides can be regarded as getting what they need and helping each other.
In addition to the fact that the powerful princes from various places who recognized the central court were rewarded, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and other meritorious officials were also promoted one by one.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Guan Yu was promoted to Sili Xiaowei, moved to Zuo General, took charge of Sili troops, and took charge of Hanoi County to confront Jizhou.
Many generals under his command, such as Zhao Yun, Zang Ba, Guan Hai, Wu Anguo, Qian Zhao, Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai, Xu Huang, etc., also received various awards, either as Zhonglang General or as a school lieutenant.
It can be said that when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
As for Chen Mu.
According to Liu Yu, Yang Biao and others, they planned to continue to let him serve as Shangshu Ling, take charge of the world's government affairs, sit in Luoyang, and echo Liu Bei in Qingzhou, and jointly carry out a flanking attack on the puppet emperor in Jizhou.
But Chen Mu refused and recommended another person - Zhong Yao!
Zhong Yao is forty-two years old this year, but his official career is not very good. In his early years, he promoted Xiaolian to the official position and served as Shangshulang and Yangling County Magistrate. Later, he returned home to cultivate for many years due to illness, and he was not promoted until a few years ago.
Huangmen Shilang, who was recruited by the imperial court with a salary of 600 shi, did not receive the attention of the ministers.
Due to the death of the emperor, Zhong Yao also returned to Luoyang with the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Now he is still just a minister of Huangmen. After being recommended by Chen Mu, although the princes in the court did not know whether he could do it, they did not oppose Zhong Yao.
Appointed as Shangshu Ling.
First of all, Chen Mu's current reputation is large enough. To put it nicely, he is a veteran of three dynasties. He served as Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xiaohuai of the Han Dynasty and the current emperor. He is famous throughout the world, has enough prestige and qualifications to be recognized by the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, there are now more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Sili, all of whom are Chen Mu's people. The current court is just a small court that relies on people's breath, and will not ignore his opinions.
Secondly, Master Zhong Yao comes from a well-known family, the Yingchuan Zhong family, and is famous all over the world. Although it seems that he is not outstanding at the moment, at least it should not be too bad.
Moreover, being promoted from Huangmen Shilang to Shangshu Ling was in line with the promotion rules, so Chen Mu's recommendation was passed smoothly.
Since Chen Mu did not want to be the minister, Liu Yu, Yang Puma, Rixi and others finally negotiated and gave him Guanglu doctor and Anshun rural marquis, with great power.
In fact, according to their intention, they wanted to mention Chen Mu as Jiuqing.
Even though Chen Mu is only twenty-six years old this year, his qualifications and reputation are sufficient. From the first year of Zhongping to the present day, it has been three years since Chuping. Nine years have passed. He has fought against the Yellow Turbans, pacified Qingzhou, received the chancellery, and called on the world to fight against Dong Zhuo.
, supported justice, and now rescued the Manchu ministers, his merits and prestige were enough for him to assume the position of Ninth Minister.
However, Chen Mu is now going back to Qingzhou to start a new layout. Now that the struggle for hegemony among the heroes has begun, how to solve the various princes as soon as possible and unify the world is a top priority. Therefore, he cannot continue to stay in Luoyang now, but returns to Qingzhou to take charge of the overall situation.
Therefore, he declined the court's offer to stay and decided to set off for Qingzhou.
Now the imperial court has undergone great changes. Zhao Wen was promoted to Situ, Zhang Xi was promoted to Guang Luxun, Zhou Zhong was promoted to Wei Wei, Liu Yu called Liu Kuan's son Liu Song to be Zongzheng, and Zhu Jun was recalled from Bingzhou.
Come, lead the Shaofu and serve as Henan Yin. These are the few available troops for the imperial court.
Therefore, the current Sangong and Jiuqing, Taiwei Ma Rixi, Sikong Yang Biao, Situ Zhao Wen, Taichang Zhongfu, Guang Luxun Zhang Xi, Zongzheng Liu Song, Taipu Lu Xu, Dasi Nongshi Sun Rui, Dahong
Zhou Huan, Wei Wei Zhou Zhong, Shaofu Zhu Jun, and Ting Wei Xuanfan barely had a team.
Chen Mu stayed in Luoyang for more than two months. While assisting the three gongs and nine ministers in arranging various matters, he also gave many instructions to Guan Yu, asking him to sit in charge of Sili. In military matters, he must consult with Zhu Jun and Zhong Yao, and must not Make your own decisions.
Guan Yu's significance in Luoyang now is actually the same as his significance in Jingzhou a few decades later. They both occupy a special geographical location and then cooperate with Qingzhou's military operations.
If he acts recklessly, it will be very uncomfortable if he is defeated again in Maicheng.
That's why Chen Mu asked Zhu Jun and Zhong Yao to assist him.
The main reason is that Zhu Jun's prestige is very high. Although Guan Yu is arrogant, he admires people who are capable and loyal to the Han Dynasty, so he respects Zhu Jun very much. Therefore, as long as he cannot make complete decisions by himself, he should be able to prevent the defeat of Maicheng to a large extent. things.
Today's Sili does not have seven counties like before. Guanzhong is in the hands of people like Li Jue and Guo Si. Currently, the only three places in the hands of Chen Mu are Hongnong County, Hanoi County, and Henan Yin.
Moreover, due to the Qinling Mountains, Hongnong County has a small area of cultivated land and a population of only over 100,000. It is a vast area with sparsely populated areas.
Therefore, the main population and cultivated land of Luoyang are concentrated in Hanoi County and Henan Yin.
In order to guard against Wang Fen, most of the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses were concentrated in Hanoi County. As the prefect of Hanoi, Zhao Yun relied on practical officials like Han Hao to farm fields in Hanoi. The harvest was abundant, enough to raise six to seven hundred thousand people in Luoyang. surname and more than 100,000 troops.
Although more than 100,000 troops may seem like a large number, Luoyang's population has been greatly reduced and a lot of cultivated land has been abandoned. In order to feed so many troops, the army must also participate in farming, so the defense force is actually not large.
There is no way, Hanoi County and Henan Yin are actually the Jiaozuo-Xinxiang-Zhengzhou-Kaifeng area in later generations. They belong to the North China Plain. There is a lot of arable land, but there are too few people to support so many troops.
Therefore, after careful selection of the soldiers who can fight all year round, there are probably about 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers left, who can almost guard the border and defend against military attacks from Jizhou.
After everything was arranged, in September of the third year of Chuping, Chen Mu was ready to set off for Qingzhou.