The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 373 Volume Yuan Shao, Death!

Yuan Shao was also interested in this hypothesis.

"Can the character 'Wu' be used as a posthumous title?"

"To be strong and upright is called Wu; to be powerful and virtuous is called Wu... Yuan Shao, do you really think that the posthumous title of "Wu" can be bestowed upon you?"

"Can the character 'Wen' be used as a posthumous title?"

"To cultivate the holy tradition is called Wen; to teach the four times is called Wen... Yuan Shao, you are given these two top posthumous titles right at the beginning. I don't know whether to say that you are too conceited or too shameless."

Yuan Shao ignored Liu Xie and continued speaking -

"Can the character 'Kang' be used as a posthumous title?"

At least it is a normal posthumous title, and it has nothing to do with "Wenwu".

But Liu Xie still shook his head.

Yuan Shao frowned: "Don't I even have the word 'Kang'? Are you thinking of bad posthumous names like Jie, Zhou, and Yang?"

“I can’t get it!”

Liu Xie was very serious.

"When you took advantage of the death of the Grand Master and marched to Hedong, I had a discussion with a man named Yang Xiu, the son of the Grand Commandant Yang Biao. He said that if I died, he could give me the posthumous title of 'Zhongzu Zhaowu Emperor'."

Yuan Shao rolled his eyes and said, "This Yang Xiu is really good at flattering."

"I don't think Dezu is flattering me."

Yuan Shao looked at Liu Xie in confusion, as if wondering how Liu Xie dared to call himself shameless...

"Because I know that as long as I work hard, I still have hope of getting this posthumous title."

"But the premise is that I defeat you in Anyi and survive first."

"Although the saints' books often teach people that results are not important, but experience is important... but you and I are both wise people, and we should not easily believe these bluffs. In this world, if there is no result, no matter how glorious the process is, it still doesn't matter."

"So, even if you were to become emperor at that time, you would still be defeated by me."

"As a loser, do you really think that someone will give you a posthumous title and worship you in the ancestral temple?"

"So even if you were crowned emperor at that time, I would not give you a posthumous title, not even a posthumous title like Jie, Zhou, or Yang!"

A vein popped up on one side of Yuan Shao's eye, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "So you want to tease me?"

"You're wrong again."

Liu Xie sat on his helmet, his hands on his knees: "What I want to tell you is that if you don't even have descendants, if you don't even have a legacy, your so-called achievements are nothing but a pile of dirt."

"Are you showing off the large number of Liu's descendants?"

"Yuan Shao, are you mentally ill?"

……

Liu Xie shook his head speechlessly.

"Do you know why I want to send troops in advance?"

"Have you received any news that I have contacted Wuhuan and Eastern Xianbei?"

"Exactly."

Liu Xie's face was serious: "Yuan Shao, do you know what you are doing?"

"The Rong and Di are wolves, and must not be disdained; the Chinese are close friends, and must not be abandoned."

"If we allow the Rongdi to grow stronger and the Xia people perish, who will remember who?"

"You allowed the Wuhuan and the Eastern Xianbei to grow stronger. This has gone beyond the war among the various states of China. Therefore, I really cannot tolerate you!"

Yuan Shao was stunned at first, but soon realized: "Don't lie to me!"

"How could the land of China be occupied by a group of barbarians?"

"Looking across China, the land is filled with rituals, music, poetry and books, and the land is filled with Chinese people. Their power is more than a hundred times stronger than that of the barbarians! How dare those barbarians covet China?"

The Chinese are strong and the barbarians are weak.

Therefore, Yuan Shao was extremely confident and thought that he could keep Wuhuan and Dongxianbei in his hands...

But Liu Xie only said one sentence: "In the past, the Guandong coalition was extremely powerful, and its power was probably a hundred times that of the imperial court and the Grand Master. But look who won now? Look at the Emperor Gaozu and the Overlord Xiang Yu in the past, who won in the end?"

Yuan Shao was immediately stuck, and then asked Liu Xie with a suspicious look on his face: "Do you really think those Rongdi will bring trouble to China?"

"Yuan Shao, I'll say it again, this is not a problem, this is a crisis of national destruction and extinction."

Seeing that Yuan Shao still disagreed, Liu Xie shook his head helplessly.

Not to mention Yuan Shao, even if Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang were called and told that there might be a situation in the future where the Five Barbarians invaded China, China fell into decline, and the Chinese people migrated south, they would probably not believe it.

People cannot perceive things beyond their own perception.

In addition, during the past two hundred years of the Later Han Dynasty, foreigners were often driven like dogs, so people nowadays are not as wary of foreigners as the people of the Early Han Dynasty.

Both Wang Yun and Yuan Shao colluded with foreign races wantonly, but they had no idea that the foreign races had already formed a terrifying force.

It was for this reason that Liu Xie finally made up his mind to launch the battle of Hebei ahead of schedule.

"I heard from your son that the only people you can rely on are the foreign races and the aristocratic families."

"These two forces are far beyond your control... Yuan Shao, you are really playing with fire and getting burned."

When Yuan Shao heard that the emperor had seen through his plan and thought of Yuan Shang's previous letter, he knew that he no longer needed to hide anything from the emperor before him.

"You caught Xianfu and forced him to write that letter?"

"Yuan Shao, don't slander me. Yuan Shang wrote this on his own initiative."

……

"Don't disbelieve me! I didn't lie to you! And at this point, there's no need to lie to you."

"At first, Yuan Shang was unwilling to lie to you, but when I said I would send him to Yuan Tan, he immediately agreed and stopped caring about your life or death as his father!"

Liu Xie was a little amused when he said this: "No wonder you favor Yuan Shang so much, he is exactly like you in his bones."

"I remember that your uncle Yuan Kui, who worked hard to raise you, had reached a consensus with the Grand Tutor to restore order and establish me as the emperor... But you actually escaped secretly and even summoned the Guandong coalition forces to attack Luoyang! You and your son are really kind and filial, and you don't have the slightest love for the elders who raised you. I really admire you!" Yuan Shao was not angry because he was ridiculed by Liu Xie.

He was distraught about another thing——

"Xianfu and Xiansi are at odds?"

"Yes! Brothers are friendly and respectful to each other! Just like you and Yuan Shu, you both want to kill each other!"

"Why is this so?"

"One more brother means one more person to divide the family business. Don't you know this?"

"..."

After Yuan Shao learned that Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were not on good terms, his back, which had been straight just now, suddenly bent, and he seemed to have aged several years.

Seeing this, Liu Xie comforted Yuan Shao instead: "Don't worry, you are good at educating people. I have seen your daughter in Huai County. She is as strong-willed as an ordinary man. Even I admire her...but she is just like you, extremely pedantic!"

When Yuan Shao heard Liu Xie talking about his daughter, he couldn't help but wonder: "What have you done to her?"

"rest assured!"

Seeing the distrust in Yuan Shao's eyes, Liu Xie quickly distanced himself from the issue.

"I am different from your childhood friend Cao Aman. I don't have the habit of being a good wife."

"I have buried her together with Liu He and given her the empress's funeral utensils."

"I will make similar arrangements for the rest of your wives and concubines, so you can rest assured."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao's eyes showed a long-lost warmth.

At the same time, he also thanked Liu Xie for the first time: "Thank you very much!"

If Liu Xie had not made such arrangements, a more tragic ending would have awaited Yuan Shao's wife and daughter.

Just as the last thing Gongsun Zan did before he burned himself to death was to kill his wives, concubines and daughters, now that the emperor has made such arrangements, Yuan Shao also thanks the emperor from the bottom of his heart.

"There's no need to say these things between you and me."

Liu Xie stood up and wanted to go out.

But Yuan Shao suddenly called out to Liu Xie at this moment.

"What? Do you have any unfulfilled wishes?"

"There is indeed one more thing..."

Yuan Shao pointed to a box beside him and said, "Among the noble families in Hebei, there are several large families whose lands stretch for thousands of miles, and whose retainers and servants can number in the tens of thousands!"

"You will have to take action against the noble families sooner or later anyway, so why not start with these few?"

"Inside this box are all the evidence of their crimes."

Liu Xie became interested: "You are so good, Yuan Shao, you let me take action directly against these families. Are you afraid that I can't stop the hatred of the Hebei families?"

"Are you thinking that after I kill these families first and then let Hebei fall into complete chaos, your eldest son Yuan Tan will have another chance?"

Yuan Shao did not deny it.

"But you're going to do it to them anyway, aren't you?"

Liu Xie was slightly stunned, then he started laughing.

"Yuan Shao, I want to ask you, do you hate them so much? Hate them for occupying land, forming cliques for personal gain, and for colluding with each other to deceive their superiors and subordinates?"

"Yes!"

When Yuan Shao said this, although he was very firm, his body was shaking constantly.

"The sin of the world lies with the family!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

When Liu Xie heard Yuan Shao say these eight words with his own ears, he laughed with great joy.

This level of happiness far surpassed defeating Cao Cao, crossing the river, and conquering Yecheng!
"I won!"

Liu Xie ordered Yang Xiu to come and take away the box of documents.

"Yuan Shao! I allow you to choose your own way of death."

"The only thing is not to burn down the palace! This place was built with the blood and sweat of the people. I also plan to use this place as the seat of Jizhou in the future, so that ordinary officials can work here... You better be careful."

"..."

Yuan Shao did not expect that the emperor's last words would be these.

Yuan Shao could no longer tell whether he was stingy or generous, cruel or kind.

Draw the sword.

Yuan Shao placed the sword blade in front of his neck, feeling the captivating cold light.

There are so many thoughts in my mind.

There were difficulties in childhood due to one's background.

There is the pride gained through hard work in youth.

There is wealth and honor gained through talent and wisdom in one’s prime years.

There were so many thoughts in my mind, but in the end, it was fixed on the oath I made when I was young and was bullied like an ant while hiding in the house.

"I, Yuan Shao, will never let anyone look down on me again!"

My ambition when I was young was just to stop others from bullying me, so why am I bullying others now?

"The world has misled me!"

"What would it be like if I had met the emperor when I was young?"

But there is everything in this world except if.

Yuan Shao, who had stirred up the turmoil in the troubled times, committed suicide by slashing his throat with his sword, and finally died under the sword he was so proud of!
(End of this chapter)