These days, the envoys and guards who ordered one side were all powerful and separatist forces who occupied the mountain and became kings.

If we strictly follow the Han Dynasty's legal standards ten years ago, the Feng Yu system panel shows that the forty-three forces in the world, including Feng Yu himself, are considered one and are qualified to be called the court's thief. Therefore, the court cannot "required" the princes according to the previous laws.

Then the "two Yuans have already shown their intentions" mentioned by Cai Yong can only refer to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu wanted to openly usurp the emperor and rebel against the Han Dynasty.

If it were only Yuan Shu, Feng Yu would not have been surprised at all, because Yuan Shu had done this in the history of the original world. But now Cai Yong is saying that both Yuan are like this, then this is too different from the history of the original world.

However, Feng Yu was surprised and soon came to his mind.

Since he killed Li Jue and Guo Si, the direction of history has become increasingly different from the direction of the original world. Even the order and time of the imperial court's reign title appearing. According to the original history, it should have been Xingping after the first Ping, but now it is directly jumped to the Jian'an year. Then it is not surprising that Yuan Shao tried to usurp the title.

At this moment, Feng Yu wanted to know more details of the matter, so he asked, "Where did the court see that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have already had a rebellion?"

At this time, Cai Yong had already sat in the pavilion, and while savoring the tea soup, he told the whole story from beginning to end.

It turned out that shortly after Feng Yu returned from Xuzhou, the imperial court in Wandu agreed on something--send envoys to various princes to grant talisman seals and ribbons, and recognize their names and official positions. At the same time, an edict was issued to the princes to quit the army and stop the war, which was that the princes recognized by the court were not allowed to meet with each other privately.

Most of these titles and official positions were recommended by others, but never received a reply from the court. A small number of them were self-proclaimed. A very small number of them were titles and official positions that were granted by Dong Zhuo when he was in charge of the court, but did not go through a formal ceremony to give him a title.

Of course, not every force can be recognized by the court. For example, Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si’s remnants of Xiliang are not listed here. There are also forces with too little strength that have been filtered and ignored.

Feng Yu nodded when he heard this. Cai Yong had told him about this when he came to build a city before. He also believed that this move was a wise move by the court and was also beneficial to his plan for the overall situation of the world.

Now the court with only 5,000 troops is only available, even if Feng Yu has helped him, he will eliminate all separatist forces and restore the world to the previous era of concentrated imperial power. It is unlikely that it will be possible before the vast land and sparsely populated state will change.

What's more, Feng Yu had the idea of ​​not supporting the Han Dynasty and returning the Liu Han Dynasty to the previous era of concentrated imperial power.

Even if the court does not recognize these princes, they still exist in reality. This actually weakens the court's prestige that is almost muddy.

On the contrary, if the Han Dynasty followed the Zhou emperor, the court recognized the names and current situation of some major princes and evolved their separatist status into a legal feudal in exchange for their recognition of the common status of the Han Dynasty. It is undoubtedly the best choice for the Han Dynasty at present.

In this way, although the Han Dynasty had no strength and no conditions to eliminate all the princes, it could use the status of the common rule of the world to guide and integrate them to achieve a balance of power and maintain the status quo. It would not allow a certain force to replace the Han Dynasty. Objectively, it could also allow the people of the world to rest and restore the population.

Seeing that Feng Yu nodded and did not express his opinion, Cai Yong continued to talk.

"Unexpectedly, the envoy sent by the imperial court to Yuan Shu's office in Shouchun was detained by Yuan Shu and was brought to prison. The envoy sent to Yuan Shao's office in Yecheng was not detained, but was beaten with fifty military sticks and drove back."

"Then what's the reason for them to do this?"

"I don't know about Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shao. According to the envoys who came back, Yuan Shao treated him with courtesy a few days before he arrived in Yecheng. But later he suddenly summoned him and claimed that the court in Wandu is now controlled by several ministers and is a puppet court, and the Han Dynasty has actually died. Yuan Shao does not recognize the court in Wandu."

Cai Yong said this and looked up at Feng Yu and said, "This is all Yuan Shao's public excuses. The actual reason must be that's not the case. Can the son-in-law guess the true thoughts of these two Yuans?"

Feng Yu pondered for a moment and replied, "The Yuan family has four generations and three masters, and their disciples and officials are everywhere. These have prompted the two Yuan to expand their ambitions and have different ambitions. They are not fools, especially Yuan Shao, who will not reveal this ambition publicly until the time is ripe."

Feng Yu took a sip of tea and continued, "But since the imperial court moved its capital to Wancheng, although the Han Dynasty could not seize the power of the princes and gathered it in his palms, the status of the common ruler in the world was increasing, which would greatly hinder the realization of the two Yuans' ambitions.

Especially this time, the imperial court sent envoys to various princes to conduct a ceremony of worship, issued an edict to quit the troops and stop the war, and gained consensus among the princes in the world, which made the two Yuans panic because their ambitions could not be realized."

Cai Yong said angrily, "So, they should make a gesture in front of the princes in the world, attack the prestige of the Han Dynasty, disintegrate the consensus between the princes and princes, and the Han Dynasty and princes. Pave the way for them to realize their ambition to replace the Han Dynasty in the future!"

"Yes. If the Han Dynasty is destroyed, the princes will perish. If the princes are in chaos, the world's consensus will be reached for the Han Dynasty, and the ambitions of the two Yuans will be impossible to achieve..." Feng Yu said this and stopped his words.

In fact, the second half of his hiding in his heart is

Even if the Han Dynasty perishes, not all the princes will perish, and there will be a few families left to divide the world evenly. The two Yuans will not be able to unify the world like Ying Zheng and Liu Bang in their lifetimes because the population is too thin.

This principle is easy to understand with an example. Ten thousand people are concentrated in a city and are easy to rule. What about scattering them on a land of 100 square kilometers? What about scattering them on a land of 100 square kilometers? People may not be able to find it. How to concentrate their power?

The Zhou Dynasty adopted the feudal system rather than the county system. It was not necessarily because the Zhou emperor had no brains, but because of the population and transportation. It was impossible for him to have that idea.

In the history of the original world, it seems that the Three Kingdoms Triumph was the result of the Battle of Chibi and Yiling. However, Feng Yu believed that with the population density and transportation conditions at that time, the centralized rule of the world could be maintained at most. The population of the world is even thinner. If the Han Dynasty died, it would be more than the Three Kingdoms Triumph.

"Then...son-in-law, look at how the court should deal with it now?" Cai Yong's question woke Feng Yu up from his thoughts.

"Of course, the imperial court should have issued an edict to the world and call on the princes to fight against the thieves."

When Cai Yong heard this, his face turned pale and he stammered, "How powerful are these two Yuans? You...you should know that Cao Cao in Yanzhou is also an ally with Yuan Shao. Do you want to publicly...you want the court to publicly issue an imperial edict to attack them?"

Two Yuan and one Cao, even with Feng Yu as the backing, the court in Wancheng, Nanyang would be difficult to resist. Which princes dare to provoke them?
Chapter completed!