Chapter 801 Yuan Shu Proclaims Himself Emperor

When Guo and Li found out, the Yulin Army had expanded to 3,000 soldiers. Although there were only 500 elite soldiers, the 3,000 soldiers were firmly controlled by Zhao Rui and others. However, the two did not care about the expansion of the Yulin Army. The 3,000 soldiers were not important to the two of them with hundreds of thousands of troops.

In February, General Yang Ding of Anxi was afraid that Li Jue would murder him, so he conspired with Guo Si to kidnap Emperor Xian of Han to his camp, but the plan was leaked to Li Jue. Li Jue took the initiative and sent his nephew Li Xian to the palace to prepare for Emperor Xian of Han to come to his camp. Guo Si then led the army to arrive. The two armies fought another battle outside the imperial city, and thousands of soldiers were killed and injured.

Finally, under the adjustment of Emperor Xian of Han, Li Jue and Guo Si finally agreed to reconcile and promised to use their beloved sons as hostages. At the same time, the two asked the emperor for official positions one after another. In desperation, Emperor Xian of Han had to agree to their requests and appointed Li Jue as the Grand Marshal and Guo Si as the General.

After the news came out, the princes in Guandong were all in an uproar, and the prestige of Emperor Xian of Han in the hearts of the princes suddenly fell to the bottom.

Yuan Shu always believed that the surname Yuan came from Chen, and Chen was the descendant of Shun, and the earth inherited the fire, so it was the next in line with destiny. He also thought that the prophecy said: "The one who will replace the Han Dynasty is Dangtu Gao." It was about himself, so after Yuan Shu obtained the jade seal, he often had the ambition and intention to become emperor.

In March of the third year of Xingping (196 AD), after the news of Guo and Li's actions in Chang'an reached Yangzhou, Yuan Shu thought the time had come and called a meeting with his subordinates and said: "Now the Liu family has declined, and the country is in turmoil. Our Yuan family has been important officials in the court for four generations, and the people are willing to submit to me. I want to follow the will of heaven and the will of the people and ascend the throne to become emperor now. What do you think?"

After hearing this, no one dared to say anything. Only the chief clerk Yan Xiang spoke: "Back then, the Zhou people, from their ancestor Hou Ji to King Wen, accumulated virtue and merit, and they had two of the three parts of the world, but they still served as ministers of the Shang Dynasty with caution."

"Although you have been a high official for generations, I am afraid you are not as prosperous as the Ji family; although the Han Dynasty is declining now, it seems that it cannot be compared with the cruel and unjust King Zhou of Shang!" Yuan Shu did not say a word after hearing Yan Xiang's words, but he was very angry in his heart.

Not long after, Zhang Yu, a native of Henei, predicted that he was destined to be an emperor. He used this as an excuse and proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun on April 25, the second year of Xingping (195 AD). He established the Zhong clan, appointed officials, and built temples in the southern and northern suburbs.

After Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, he appointed the governor of Jiujiang as the governor of Huainan, appointed officials and court officials, and built altars in the south and north of the city for the emperor to worship the emperor of heaven. After proclaiming himself emperor, Yuan Shu's life became more extravagant and wasteful.

There were hundreds of wives and concubines in the harem alone. In addition to his original wives and concubines, the others were beauties he ordered to be collected from all over Yangzhou. Hundreds of beauties were dressed in gorgeous silk clothes, and there were all kinds of exquisite food.

When the news of Yuan Shu's proclaiming himself emperor came out, the world was in an uproar. When Huangfu Chaobo received the news, he was leading everyone back to the ship. At this time, Huangfu Chaobo, who had just returned to the ship, did not care about resting and immediately sent someone to invite Pang Tong to his room.

After a while, Pang Tong, who got the news, hurried to Huangfu Chaobo's room. As soon as he sat down, Huangfu Chaobo handed him the pigeon message from Luoyang. Pang Tong, who was confused, took the message, just glanced at it, and stood up in shock.

"Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor?"

Not only was Pang Tong scared, but Huangfu Chaobo was also shocked when he received the news. I don't know when players have lost the benefits of major historical events.

Everything is passed on by word of mouth.

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor on the 25th. Because Huainan is also a place where Shadow focuses on, Luoyang received the pigeon legend from Shouchun that night.

Then Luoyang sent Dantu. As early as Huangfu Chaobo arrived in Dantu, Shi A had already set up a base of Shadow here and established contact with Luoyang, so it took less than two days for Huangfu Chaobo to get the news that Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor.

Today's game has been completely changed under the influence of players. Everyone knows that Yuan Shu will become emperor, but no one dares to be sure when it will be. You know, even Dong Zhuo was able to escape the chain of tricks of Lu Bu and Wang Yun, and finally died under the peony flower.

In history, Luoyang was Cao Cao's territory, but now even Chenliu is occupied by Huangfu Chaobo, so neither Huangfu Chaobo himself nor other players thought that Yuan Shu would become emperor a few years in advance.

The sudden change disrupted Huangfu Chaobo's arrangements. He originally wanted to go up the river and go to Jingzhou, but it seems that he can't go.

Although Huangfu Chaobo and Yuan Shu are not in contact, no matter from which aspect, Huangfu Chaobo is better to send troops to fight Yuan, even if he sends a few thousand soldiers and horses to make a show.

There are several reasons. One is that Huangfu Chaobo is a Tinghou personally appointed by Emperor Xian of Han. For Yuan Shu, the Zhong Dynasty, he is a natural hostile force.

The second is that Yuan Er is too good at making trouble. He will die if he doesn't make trouble. In the current situation of the world, he dares to claim to be an emperor. You should know that he only has a few counties and doesn't even have complete control over Yangzhou.

If he makes trouble like this, he will definitely be attacked by everyone. If Huangfu Chaobo doesn't follow him, even if it is not convenient to occupy the territory, he can at least get a lot of benefits.

So after receiving the pigeon letter, Huangfu Chaobo considered that he must rush back to Luoyang immediately, but he still had to listen to Pang Tong's opinion before making the final decision.

Pang Tong soon calmed down. After walking back and forth in the room for a few times, he said, "My lord, you must end your trip to Jiangdong as soon as possible and return to Luoyang!"

"Does Shi Yuan also think that you must rush back to Luoyang as soon as possible?" Huangfu Chaobo nodded.

"Yes, although my Andong Army is not directly adjacent to the Zhong Dynasty, there is something in Yuan Shu's hands that all the princes in the world want to seize as soon as possible!"

Huangfu Chaobo was stunned, and soon reacted, saying, "What does Shi Yuan mean?"

The thing in Yuan Shu's hand made all the princes in the world salivate, and that was undoubtedly the jade seal, but Huangfu Chaobo didn't think clearly about what the jade seal was for him.

Pang Tong nodded and replied in a deep voice: "My lord, do you know the origin of the jade seal in Yuan Shu's hand?"

"It is said that Sun Wentai got it from an ancient well in the Luoyang Palace."

"Yes, after Sun Wentai got the jade seal, he did not present it to the court, but kept it privately. I have heard that in order to keep the jade seal privately, Sun Wentai swore in front of the princes of Guandong that if he kept the jade seal privately, he would die under the arrows of Huang Zu's army. As a result, he was indeed killed by the arrows of Huang Zu's army. I don't know if this is true."