Seeing Yang Aruo and Ma Ai go to take office with passion, Pei Qing was very satisfied. After many days of operation, Liangzhou is now like an iron bucket. Although there is still a vassal state of Zhangye before, it is no longer a problem. With Wei Yan's ability and strength, it is easy to deal with them. He believed that in a few months, he would be able to impose the Lu Shui Hu people. Now Ma Teng's army has come to Chang'an again, and Liu Biao's three thousand troops have arrived in Chang'an for nearly half a month, so it is time for them to attack Cao Cao.

However, at this moment, a sudden news came that Yuan Shu usurped the rank of the system in Shouchun and proclaimed himself the emperor.

Pei Qing was stunned when he heard the news, because he really didn't expect that Yuan Shu was so bold. Because the current situation was very obvious, his power was several times stronger than him, and he dared to claim to be the emperor's founding account. Is this crazy?

It turned out that Yuan Shu was really self-inflated. During the days when Pei Qing fought, Yuan Shu was not idle. He completely incorporated the bandits in Jiujiang and Lujiang. In addition, Sun Ce, who was also in his generals at that time, had led his army to pacify the entire Jiangdong region, including Danyang, Wujun, Kuaiji and Yuzhang. In addition, Yuan Shu's Jiujiang and Lujiang, Yuan Shu now has six counties in Yangzhou, with nearly 200,000 subordinates and extremely rich in food and supplies. In addition, Yuan Shu and Lu Bu successfully joined the team in the first few days, and the two sides reached a tacit understanding. At least Yuan Shu didn't have to worry about sending troops to seize his retreat in Xuzhou. In this way, Yuan Shu had only one opponent, Pei Qing.

As for Liu Biao, he is now having a headache about Sun Ce, because Sun Ce repeatedly proposed to attack Liu Biao to avenge his father, which made Liu Biao feel afraid. He ordered Huang Zu of Jiangxia and Zhang Yun of Jiangling to be on guard, and he could not take care of Yuan Shu's Huainan land at all.

Another reason is that Pei Qing has issued a decree to Cao Cao, so there will inevitably be a war between the two heroes in the Central Plains, and Yuan Shu cannot take care of Yuan Shu at all. Yuan Shu may even reap the benefits of the fisherman, so Yuan Shu doesn't care about Pei Qing at all.

"Now that Cao Cao insulted the Emperor of Han, the emperor had already lost his prestige, and the Han Dynasty had already been in name only. The Yuan family's four generations and three ministers, and the world's reputation, both officials and the people were willing to rely on us, waiting for the new emperor to be born, leading them to end the war and move towards a stable life. Now, the world of Yangzhou is rich, with good weather and rain, and there is no flood or drought. This is a good fortune in heaven, and there is also a prophecy. The one who replaced the Han Dynasty should be the Tu Gao. My Yuan family came from the Chen surname, and the Chen surname was the descendant of Emperor Shun. The Han family was the virtue of fire. My Chen surname was the virtue of earth, and the earth inherited fire, and the luck was the second. Besides, my name is the road, the road is the road, and the road is the virtue of earth, which is enough to show that I am the destiny of heaven. I don't know what the public will think?"

Yuan Shu actually didn't let the officials say anything, because his meaning was already very clear, just to get everyone to agree.

Many officials did not disappoint him later, and agreed and asked Yuan Shu to follow the trend to respond to the people and prevail in advance to prevent the people from being disappointed.

However, at this moment, Yuan Shu's adviser Yan Xiang said, "The Zhou people passed down from their ancestor Hou Ji to King Wen. They accumulated virtue and merit and divided the two into the world. But they still kept their duties and became ministers of the Shang Dynasty. Although the lord had high officials and generous salaries for many generations, they probably could not be as prosperous as the Wen Wang family. Although the Han family is in decline, it seems that they cannot be compared with the cruel and unruly King Zhou of Shang?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shu was depressed and had to end today's issue, but he was very angry with Yan Xiang.

But at this moment, a man named Zhang Xing, who was divining for him and said that he had the will of the emperor. Yuan Shu was very happy when he heard this. In addition, the generals under his command who saw the opportunity wrote letters to persuade him to advance. Yuan Shu brazenly announced his ascension to the emperor on the grounds of his destiny, established the title of Zhong, and established the ministers and ministers, and tained the north and south suburbs. He also appointed the prefect of Jiujiang as the imperial court of Huainan, and appointed his wife Feng as the queen, and his son Yuan Yao as the crown prince. He also selected good sons to enrich the harem, engraved twelve tassels, rode gold and silver carts, drove six horses, and used the emperor cart to conquer the Luanyi.

Yuan Shu also worshipped Yan Xiang as prime minister, but Yan Xiang refused to give in, and finally angered Yuan Shu and was taken to prison.

At the same time, in order to win over his relationship with Lu Bu, Yuan Shu ordered Lu Bu to be named Duke of Chu and to serve as General of Guard. He also sent his subordinate Han Yin to Xuzhou to marry Lu Bu's daughter Lu Wen for his son Yuan Yao, and promised to make Lu Wen the crown princess.

Lu Bu had never been awarded such a high official title in his life, and he was very moved. He knew that Yuan Shu's son was a mediocre person. Once Yuan Shu died in the future, his daughter would be the queen, so he could use his daughter to control the extraordinary line. At that time, what is the difference between this world and his own?

However, Lu Bu cannot make decisions on such matters by himself, so he has to discuss with his wife Yan.

Lu Bu thought Yan would definitely agree with such a thing, but he didn't expect Yan to refuse and said to him: "Yuan Shu's son is simply a dowry dog, how can we match our daughter? Besides, if Yuan Shu has such a small territory, he dares to be the emperor. He really doesn't take the heroes of the world seriously. Not to mention anything else, in this world, whether it is Pei Qing or Cao Cao, who is not stronger than him? Even Yuan Shao is much stronger than him, but he is not capable of overestimating himself.

If you want to be a rebel, if you have any connection with him, once Yuan Shu is defeated in the future, even you will find it difficult to get out of your relationship. Even our mother and daughter are likely to suffer from it. Besides, you have formed an alliance with Pei Qing before, so why do you still care about Yuan Shu? Moreover, Yuan Shu and Pei Qing are still in a hostile relationship. You will have to choose between them sooner or later. If you don’t say anything else, just because our daughter is still in Chang'an, you can’t choose to unite with Yuan Shu."

Lu Bu was originally an unintentional person. When he heard Yan's words, he felt that it made sense. But then he thought that Han Yin was still waiting for him to reply in the mansion, so he asked, "But Han Yin, the messenger of Yuan Shu, is still waiting for my news. How should I reply?"

Yan smiled and said, "You are still a big man, so this is not easy? You send that envoy to Chang'an and hand it over to Pei Qing for disposal. This is not only to express your closeness to Pei Qing, but also to express your position. Pei Qing will definitely treat you more kindly in the future."

When Lu Bu heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "If it weren't for my wife, I would have almost made a big mistake."

Then Lu Bu left the back hall and happened to look at Chen Deng and walked towards him, telling him about Yuan Shu's proposal, and suggested that Lu Bu not agree, just handing Han Yin to Gong Pei, which not only demonstrated his loyalty to the Han court, but also brought his relationship with Pei Qing closer.
Chapter completed!