Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 399: My Lord, I'll Listen to You

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he saw that many people were thinking about something, and he felt relieved.

Now Liu Jiyu of Yizhou came all the way to surrender, and Cao Mengde of the four counties of Jiangdong also sent his eldest son Cao Ang to Luoyang.

The Huyan, Xubu, Lan, Qiulin and Xiutu kings of the Bingzhou Xiongnu tribes, including the Chanyu Huochuquan, were all forcibly summoned to Chang'an to pay homage.

As Zhang Yan led the people of Heishan to advance towards the three counties of Taiyuan, Shangdang and Yanmen, the local prefects and county magistrates were already terrified.

What they feared was not the Black Mountain Army, but the ferocious Qingzhou Army behind the Black Mountain Army. Seeing this scene, they could only surrender to Luoyang.

By July 28th, the third year of Jian'an, except Gongsun Du, who occupied several counties around Liaodong and set up an altar to worship heaven, and Jiaozhou which lacked a governor or provincial governor, and Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye and the two vassal states of Zhangye in Yongzhou, which had not yet submitted their surrender letters to Chang'an, even Ma Teng and Han Sui, who had been entrenched in various counties of Liangzhou for many years, did not dare to openly disobey Chang'an.

Except for the marginal corners of the country that were still free from the Han administrative documents and were under self-government, the rest of the country had basically been pacified.

In order to prevent officials from focusing on fighting for power and profit, they could only rely on the most prestigious Confucian scholars in the minds of scholars to prove that before this, there had been a small ice age disaster that had lasted for hundreds of years and would come back again.

Only in this way can we unite everyone's minds and mobilize the people's strength to open up the south. Otherwise, who would be willing to leave their homeland?
Only when faced with continuous disasters, and people turn from suspicion to belief, will they take the initiative to migrate for the livelihood of their descendants. In this case, the first people to react are the common people.

The gentry and wealthy families could still hold on for the time being, but the common people could not. Faced with a peaceful year, their families had additional populations, their cultivated land had reduced yields due to natural disasters, and there were also cold snowstorms.

With the approval of the imperial court, they will inevitably migrate gradually to places with suitable temperatures.

The land that was originally distributed was taken back by the court and distributed to the remaining people, who maintained the harvest by cultivating more land.

At the same time, we must also appease the Hu people and register the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, Dingling, and Qiang people as equal citizens.

Especially when doing such things, we have to take into account the feelings of the Han people. In addition to the Hu nobles, ordinary herdsmen are refugees who have lost their land due to natural disasters, just like the Han people.

As long as these people are willing to assimilate into the Han culture, identify with the Han people, emulate the Han people in every way, and despise the barbaric nature of the barbarians, they can be accepted.

Blind oppression will only provoke more and more confrontations and make the Han and Hu people more hostile to each other.

All of the above measures can only be accomplished at the beginning of the country.

What Liu Bei relied on was that he was the only one in the world and had never been defeated. Wherever his troops went, they were invincible. He frightened all the heroes in the world and completely intimidated the gentry and wealthy families. Most of them dared not rebel and would kill anyone who did so immediately.

When the interests of the powerful families were slightly damaged, they would think of rebellion, but they would first think whether they could defeat the Han emperor who was as powerful as a dragon and a tiger, as majestic as the wind, and whose fame shook the world.

If he thought that his military skills were not inferior to those of Sun Wu and Bai Han, or if he was like Ying Bu, the King of Huainan in the early Han Dynasty, he deliberately chose the time when Emperor Gaozu was seriously ill to avoid the sharp edge and raise an army to fight for the throne.

As long as we can convince the whole family to be united, there will be opportunities at any time.

Liu Bei thought of the Sima Jin Dynasty in history. At that time, when faced with natural disasters and man-made disasters, there were wise men who worried about the future harm caused by the Hu people.

But who among the Sima family has such courage and can use the prestige of outstanding military achievements to promote this matter?

After taking over the mess from Cao Wei, they began to live a life of drunkenness and debauchery.

"Your Majesty, how dare we not work together to contribute to the prosperity of the world?"

It didn't take long for the head of the Pingling Dou clan to quietly reach a consensus with the clan members present. Since the King of Han dared to use the names of the two teachers and swore to say such a disaster, it was very likely true. After all, the King of Han was about to become the emperor and revive the Han Dynasty, which was enough to comfort the spirits of the ancestors in heaven. There was no need for him to personally go down and deceive them with false momentum.

As the most powerful royal family after Guangwu, and having fulfilled the prophecy of the golden sword, no matter whether he planned to reopen the Western Regions in the future or issue an imperial edict to order officials and people to open up farmland in the south, if he really wanted to do so, there was nothing we could do.

Being willing to put on an act and bring the matter to the court for discussion is already a sign of respect.

As the founding monarch, he held sole military power and had a very high prestige among the soldiers and the common people. As long as there were sufficient food, fodder and military equipment, he could recruit hundreds of thousands of combat soldiers and 260,000 auxiliary soldiers from all over the world at any time.

These were all long-serving soldiers who were rewarded for their military merits, and they were spread all over Kanto.

Even if the Yellow Turban Rebellion breaks out again, it can be easily suppressed with the help of the brave soldiers and generals who have fought for many years.

The patriarchs of the powerful families who have managed to survive the chaotic times are not stupid. They all know what to do and what not to do.

Therefore, after the leader Dou spoke, the others immediately followed suit, bowing and saying, "Your Majesty, you have far-sightedness and insight, you can see the big picture from the small details, you can recognize worries before they arise, and you can avoid dangers before they become visible. That is why you lead the world. How can the heroes of the world not follow you?"

"Every family in Guanzhong is willing to serve the king."

"Your Majesty has foresight, talent enough to learn from the past, and wisdom enough to illuminate the future."

Everyone expressed their opinions to Liu Bei.

"We dare not disobey your orders, we will only obey your orders!"

The clerks all responded in unison and bowed their heads to accept the order.

The vigorous and sonorous echoes of the crowd responding to the call also resounded for a long time on Ganquan Mountain.

Seeing that no one stood up to refute, Liu Bei couldn't help but laugh and nodded in approval.

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On the second day of August, Liu Bei led his officials and nobles back to Chang'an City, where he reunited with Guan and Zhang again. That night, Zhang Fei pulled him to sleep on the same bed. The house was brightly lit with candles all night, and the three of them laughed and talked constantly, recalling and telling each other many past events.

Liu Bei dug up many of his third brother Zhang Fei's dark histories and made fun of them. He also earnestly advised Guan and Zhang that they needed to take more concubines. The empire had just been settled and there were many people and land, so they should focus on having offspring and increase the population of the empire.

In the future, when the Western Regions are opened up, if a king of the Western Regions sends a Hu girl, he will definitely give them to his own brothers first, and they will get the Hu girls as long as they ask.

The King of Han patted his chest to make the promise, but he didn't expect Guan and Zhang to quickly wave their hands to refuse, saying bluntly that they had similar tastes and really didn't like Hu Ji, which made Liu Bei feel a little regretful. The frank words between the three brothers made the guards outside dumbfounded.

On the fourth day of August, Xun Yu and Xun You finally arrived in Chang'an. After discussing the reform with the King of Han and deciding to re-establish the Han system, Xun Yu and Xun You became busy again. They discussed with many officials, dealt with the King of Han's accession to the throne, and established a system of giving equal importance to both Chang'an and Luoyang.

However, the issue of whether to set up the capital court in Chang'an or Luoyang caused many officials to argue again.

Your Majesty is carrying on the work of Emperor Gaozu and restoring the achievements of Emperor Guangwu. In the end, will you lean towards Emperor Gaozu or towards Emperor Guangwu?

The successor of Emperor Gaozu should focus on Chang'an, and the successor of Emperor Guangwu should focus on Luoyang. It is impossible to set up two separate courts, right?

(End of this chapter)