Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 332 The King Can Take the Position
There are many Lius in Zhuo County, including descendants of King Jing of Zhongshan, King Shun of Guangyang, and Liu Fa, King Ding of Changsha.

Because of Liu Bei's rise, the Liu family of Zhuo County had been suppressed by Yuan Shao. Fearing that the Liu clan would instigate a response to Liu Bei, he sent a large number of soldiers to garrison Zhuo County and instructed officials to take precautions before it happens.

Not only did they not use these Liu clan members, but on the contrary they were on guard against them everywhere.

During the attack on Gongsun Zan, all of Liu's troops were mobilized to attack the city, and they were not returned after the withdrawal, as if they had forgotten about it.

Liu dared not speak out and could only compromise. When he heard that Liu Bei defeated Yuan Shao's 100,000 armored troops with only 7,000 men and Yuan Benchu ​​was killed in the battle, the news spread to Hebei, which was instantly in chaos.

Many of the Liu family members in Zhuo County had long been dissatisfied with Yuan Shao. Even if they had taken away their followers, they still had their old friends in the clan and villages, who often received relief from the Liu family. Even if they were suppressed by the Yuan family and could not recruit guests and followers, they would use the clan's money to support the common people in the village.

When people are needed in the future, they can still mobilize hundreds or thousands of people, but their training level is not as skilled as that of the troops.

This was the last method the Liu clan could think of to fight against the Yuan clan. After all, when the states, counties, and prefectures could hardly intervene, they could only find ways to win over the poor.

Upon hearing that Yuan Shao was defeated and killed in Ganling, the heads of the Liu clans were all overjoyed. They clapped their thighs and jumped for joy.

Some clan leaders, despite their gray hair and beards, even danced for joy to celebrate, and laughed and scolded: "Yuan Benchu ​​deserved to die. If he died in Zhuo County, you would have eaten his flesh and slept on his skin!"

He is just talking. If he really has to eat meat and sleep on skin, he won't be able to bear it.

Unless there is drought or famine, when life and death are at stake, they can drink blood and eat meat.

After the many Liu clans were overjoyed, they immediately united with the Zu clan of Qiu County, the Li clan of Fanyang, the Yuan clan of Gaoyang, the Xu clan, the Suga clan of Liwu, the Zhao clan of Gu'an, the Huo clan and other powerful families, and devised a plan to kill the prefect, the commandery, and some county magistrates, county secretaries, county lieutenants and other officials of Zhuo County in order to put an end to the rebellion in Zhuo County.

Especially the Zu family of Qiu County and the Li family of Fanyang, who were somewhat hesitant at first, fearing that Jizhou would lead troops to quell the rebellion. Most of the common people they had won over were impulsive and dared to take up wooden sticks and spears, and wear straw sandals to fight with them to the death.

But Jizhou has many powerful crossbows. If they encounter a heavy rain of arrows, the common people will probably be beaten to pieces. Moreover, without the common people, they will not be able to hold on with just a few troops!
Fortunately, they sent people to inquire and learned that the Zhongshan, Changshan, Hejian and Bohai counties in Jizhou had fallen apart, and the Qingzhou army was taking advantage of the situation to attack Jizhou. The Yuan family was busy with their own affairs and had no time to take care of Zhuo County. Everyone felt at ease in an instant.

Within a few days, many powerful families in various counties successively killed Yuan officials and started an uprising in response to Qingzhou.

Liu Bei read this carefully and quickly glanced over the words congratulating him on becoming the King of Han.

No wonder Zhuge Jin was out of breath while walking, this bamboo slip letter was much thicker than usual ones. If the font was well controlled, more than thirty words could be written on the empty space on the bamboo slip. In this scroll of letters, the head of the Liu family wrote nearly a thousand words.

In addition to respectfully congratulating him for supporting the Han Dynasty and subduing the local princes, they also spoke in detail about their contributions and hard work. Although they were far away in Youzhou, they were the first counties to restore order and seek revival for the Han Dynasty.

The actions of the nobles in Shanggu, Daijun, Guangyang, and Yuyang to help the poor and put down the chaos were not as decisive and swift as those in Zhuojun. The head of the Zhongshan Jingwang lineage even declared at the end of the letter: "Since Emperor Xiaoping, Wang Mang usurped the throne of the Han Dynasty. Fortunately, Emperor Guangwu restored the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Xiaoling came, the Han Dynasty lost the world again. The common people led the people, and the four directions collapsed. The princes fought for the mandate of heaven. The King of Han rose up from the battlefield, fought hard, and his soldiers were strong and powerful. He restored the ancestral temple of the Han Dynasty and made Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Wen, Emperor Wu, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Shizu, Emperor Xianzong, and Emperor Suzong have no regrets in their graves."

"Since Emperor Guangwu, there has been no one as accomplished as you. Your Majesty's achievements are greater than those of the Han Dynasty. At this time, the country is in turmoil, Luoyang is empty, the country is without a master, and the ancestral temple has no one to worship. I am afraid that the mandate of heaven will fall to the ground."

"When Emperor Guangwu returned to Jizhou from Jixian, he passed Fanyang and arrived at Zhongshan. Then, his ministers reported to the emperor again: Your Majesty has made contributions to the Han Dynasty, but Gengshi used his merits to seize the throne, and he could not serve the great power. Now you have divided the world into two parts, occupying land across states, with millions of soldiers. In terms of military force, no one dares to resist, and in terms of moral character, no one can resist. I heard that the emperor cannot be absent for long, and the mandate of heaven cannot be humbly rejected. Your Majesty should consider the country and the people at heart."

"The situation is still the same now. The young emperor and the queen mother have been murdered by the traitor Dong. All the scholars in the world are angry. The prince Liu Xie was established by the traitor Dong who burned Luoyang and robbed the emperor's tomb. He cannot serve the great king. Only the King of Han can take the throne. I heard that the king is about to conquer Jizhou. The opportunity cannot be missed. I hope to set up an altar as soon as possible, accept the command of the Han Dynasty, rebuild the Han Dynasty, and be the heart of the world and the people below."

After reading the letter to the end, Liu Bei couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

It's been less than half a year since he was crowned King of Han, but the nobles in Zhuo County are already impatient and want him to take a further step?
Is it a bit too impatient? Although most of Jizhou is in his hands, there are still powerful people rising up in rebellion, Youzhou has not been recovered yet, and the situation in neighboring Bingzhou is unknown.

It was too hasty for Liu to come and persuade him to ascend the throne so soon.

Liu Bei thought of this and handed the letter to Guo Jia to show him the letter from Zhuo County. Then he smiled and asked, "What do you think of Feng Xiao?"

Guo Jia first bowed politely, then took the heavy letter and read it carefully with his eyes slightly narrowed.

Seeing the last words of persuasion at the end of the letter, Guo Jia could not help but nod his head in approval, thinking to himself: "The Liu family of Zhuo County really knows how to choose the right time. Moreover, as a relative of the Han Dynasty, they are the first to stand up and persuade the king to take the throne because no one is worshipping the ancestral temple. They are good at perceiving people's hearts."

The Han Dynasty upheld the tradition of "treating the dead as if they were alive" and was most afraid of the cessation of sacrifices to ancestral temples.

The sacrifices in the ancestral temple are usually only performed by the emperor. Although the king is now the King of Han, his status is still somewhat disproportionate when it comes to offering sacrifices in the ancestral temple.

But now, no matter whether the king will accept it now or not, even if he ascends the throne as the emperor in the future, he will remember the joint memorial submitted by many noble families in Zhuo County.

These officials were undoubtedly a step too slow, allowing the wealthy families in Zhuo County to gain favors from the Han family for nothing.

Guo Jia was thinking in his mind and couldn't help feeling a little heartbroken. This sentence should have been said by him, as he was the most trusted aide closest to the king at this moment.

This is not just a matter of a few words, it concerns the wealth of several generations!
The person who proposes something first will have more weight in the future.

Guo Jia felt so regretful that his intestines turned green. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

(End of this chapter)