Chapter 979: The king made a plan to bring chaos to the world
Chapter 979: Confessing the King and Chaosing the World
Chapter 977: Feng Wang and one policy to bring chaos to the world
Jia Xu’s policy of enfeoffing kings was actually to imitate the overlord and enfeoff the princes of the world, so as to break the old pattern set by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and create a new era started by Dong Zhuo.
Of course, it is not that easy to successfully implement the policy of enfeoffing the king.
First of all, the Han Emperor must be under control.
Secondly, the timing of enfeoffment must be chosen when the prestige of the Han Dynasty is at its lowest.
Now Dong Zhuo holds the emperor hostage to order the princes. The emperor is just a puppet in his hands, and Dong Zhuo's orders are the imperial edict of the Han Emperor.
Before Zhang Jue died, he denounced in front of the princes of the world that the Han Dynasty must perish, which aroused the ambition in the hearts of the princes.
After Dong Zhuo took over the court, he killed the young emperor, slept with the queen mother, and massacred aristocratic families... This also caused the Han Dynasty to lose its last fig leaf.
Today's Han Dynasty no longer has any majesty at all. Even the people at the bottom know that a change of dynasty is not far away, so this is the best time to implement the king's policy, and Dong Zhuo is the only person to start a new era.
Once the kingship policy is implemented, Dong Zhuo can not only seek a kingship for himself, but also like the overlord of Chu, he can use his supreme capital to divide the world and determine the mountains and rivers.
Such a temptation would be difficult for anyone to refuse, but Dong Zhuo still had some concerns in his heart.
The ambitions in the hearts of the princes in the world are like wild beasts in a cage, and the king's policy is the key to unlock the cage. Dong Zhuo is also afraid that he will get out of control.
“Military advisor, once this strategy is implemented, wouldn’t it be equivalent to voluntarily giving up the advantage of sitting on the throne of the emperor?”
Seeing that Dong Zhuo did not want to give up the advantage of "holding the emperor to control the princes", Jia Xu thought for a while and then replied: "My lord, things are different now. Our Liang army is the enemy of the whole world. Although the emperor and all the officials are in our army, In his hands, none of the princes would obey the imperial edict.
Moreover, even if the policy of enfeoffing the king is implemented, the emperor is still in your hands. My lord, you can still use the banner of the emperor of the Han family to serve the emperor and attack his ministers. "
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but sigh when he heard it. Jia Xu was right. It really didn't make much difference whether the emperor was in his hands or not, because no princes would obey the imperial edict issued by him, so it was better to give full play to the last remaining enthusiasm of having the emperor.
Jia Xu saw that Dong Zhuo was still hesitant, and immediately prepared to add fuel to the fire, so he asked: "I dare to ask, my lord, do you want to be king?"
After hearing this, Dong Zhuo immediately narrowed his eyes, but inexplicably remembered Zhang Jiao's words before his death. He couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "The Za family not only wants to be king, but the great man's lack of morality has made the people of the world miserable, and the Za family must will replace it."
“My lord, if you are timid about becoming king, how can you talk about being independent on behalf of the Han Dynasty? This is just the first step.”
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. After pondering for a long time, a look of determination flashed in his eyes and he asked: "Military advisor, if the policy of making the king a king is implemented, how many princes will accept the order?"
Jia Xu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, knowing that the matter was mostly settled, he immediately smiled and said: "Most of the princes are hypocritical people, and they will definitely not accept the imperial edict directly in Luoyang, but the allied forces of the princes will definitely retreat because of this.
After returning to their own territory, except for some princes loyal to the Han Dynasty, most princes will definitely accept the imperial edict. "
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but nodded when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The military advisor can plan this plan in seconds. With the military advisor's assistance, there is no need to worry about the uncertainty of the world." "My lord is full of praise, and it is Xu's duty to share the Lord's worries."
The next day, Dong Zhuo summoned his ministers to discuss the implementation of the policy of making the king a king.
Most of the officials in the Liang army were opposed to its implementation at first, believing that this policy was the source of cholera in the world. However, after understanding the benefits of the king's policy to the Liang army, most people turned to believe that this plan should be implemented, and a small number of people opposed it. People are naturally powerless to stop it.
At the morning court meeting a few days later, Dong Zhuo's ministers collectively wrote a letter praising Dong Zhuo's achievements and coerced the young emperor Liu Xie to make Dong Zhuo the King of Liang.
Several old officials of the Han Dynasty stood up and denounced them, but Dong Zhuo killed all three clans. No one in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military circles commented. So far, there was no obstacle to Dong Zhuo's becoming king.
Although Dong Zhuo was arrogant and arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to proclaim himself king directly. Instead, he accepted the offer only after rejecting it three times. The policy of conferring the title of king was officially implemented, and Dong Zhuo was the first person to claim the title of king.
In Luoyang, the coalition forces and the Liang army were still negotiating, but Dong Zhuo's act of proclaiming himself king was like a big thunderbolt from the blue, shocking all the princes and speechless.
The first article of the armistice negotiations was that Dong Zhuo demoted himself to the position of Duke of Liang. However, Dong Zhuo not only did not demote himself, but instead proclaimed himself king with great force. Isn't this a slap in the face of all the princes? But all the princes had no choice but to stop Dong Zhuo.
The coalition forces really can no longer hold on. This is not only reflected in the aspect of food and grass, but also because the major princes have been away from their territories for so long, and their territories have shown various signs of instability.
So even if Dong Zhuo does not become king, if the negotiations continue to drag on, the major princes will have no choice but to retreat on their own, because they have reached the point where they have to retreat.
There are naturally many theories among the people about Dong Zhuo's move to become king. However, except for Kansai, most regions are condemning it.
Dong Zhuo's reputation is really bad. Anything he does, even if it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, will still be controversial.
But the real shock to the world was yet to come. No one expected that not long after Dong Zhuo became king, he would actually enfeoff other princes as kings.
The first to be enfeoffed by Dong Zhuo were the five one-character kings and the three county kings, namely: King Qin Wen of Jin, King Liu Yan of Shu, King Liu Yao of Huai, King Liu He of Yan, King Liu Ji of Ba, King Liu Bei of Pingyuan, King Liu Xiu of Xiangyang, Liu Che, King of Peking.
Among the eight princes, except Qin Wen, who has a foreign surname, the other seven are all clan members of the Han Dynasty. This undoubtedly pushed Qin Wen to the forefront. In addition, he also secretly plotted against Liu Che. and Liu Xiu.
Even though Dong Zhuo knew that Liu Che would inherit Liu Yu's position, he chose Liu He, Liu Yu's son, as King of Yan, and made Liu Che the county king. This was obviously an attempt to provoke infighting among the Youzhou army.
Even Liu Xiu, who had betrayed him, Dong Zhuo settled his suspicions and named him the King of Xiangyang. However, this was also unkind. After all, Xiangyang was in the hands of Qin Hao. Dong Zhuo's move was obviously to encourage Qin Hao to conquer Liu Xiu.
As for other princes with non-Liu surnames, Dong Zhuo did not confer a king's title, but a duke on the same level as the king's title. Obviously, he also knew that it was difficult to convince people to rise to the top in one step.
As for the kingdoms granted by Dong Zhuo, they are: Qin Gong Qin Hao, Zhao Gong Yuan Shao, Yu Gong Yuan Shu, Wei Gong Cao Cao, Wu Gong Sun Jian, Lu Gong Tao Qian, Han Gong Han Fu, Liao Gong Sun Zan, Qi Gong. Gong Huang Chao, Zheng Gong Wang Shichong, Wei Gong Li Mi, Liang Gong Song Jiang...
(End of this chapter)