Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and honest!

Yangzhou, Shouchun.

Yuan Shu had been proclaiming emperor here for many days, and followed the Han Dynasty's capital system and changed the Jiujiang County where Shouchun was located to Huainan Yin.

It corresponds to Jingzhaoyin in the capital of the Western Han Dynasty where Chang'an is located, and Henan Yin in the capital of the capital where Luoyang is located in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In addition, Yuan Shu also named all his advisers and generals as public ministers and officials, setting out the pedigree of the imperial court.

But in fact, although Yuan Shu was among the strongest among the princes at the beginning, as Sun Ce occupied Jiangdong, Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing, the governor of Danyang, and Sun Ce's brother Sun Ben also betrayed Yuan Shu and joined Sun Ce, causing Yuan Shu to lose part of his strength.

Today, Yuan Shu actually controls only most of Yangzhou, a small half of Yuzhou, and the southern corner of Xuzhou.

Taken together, it can barely be considered a complete large state.

He was proclaimed emperor based on the land of a state, established a court, and appointed hundreds of officials. Even if the land of Yangzhou, Jianghuai and Yangzhou were all plains with high production and wealth, they would not be able to withstand Yuan Shu's efforts.

After all, Yuan Shu himself was very extravagant, raised hundreds of beauties in the harem, and appointed hundreds of officials. Naturally, he had to make his men civilized and martial, corresponding to the salaries of the officials in the court.

At the same time, Yuan Shu still had nearly 200,000 troops to support.

Therefore, Yuan Shu, who had just proclaimed himself emperor for a few days, was somewhat short of money and food.

So, he sent an envoy to the neighboring neighbor Chen State to ask Chen Wang Liu Chong and Chen Prime Minister Luo Jun to borrow grain, but Chen Prime Minister Luo Jun refused.

Therefore, Yuan Shu holds a grudge!

At this moment, in Shouchun's court, Yuan Shu was wearing the emperor's robe and the emperor's crown. He looked at the civil and military officials below, headed by General Zhang Xun, and said with an unhappy expression:"I have been given the jade seal to pass on to the country. It is my destiny. , so at this time of great chaos in the world, I proclaimed myself emperor in Shouchun. Tu Gao.

I am a descendant of Emperor Shun, and I have received the imperial seal. Isn’t it my destiny?

Therefore, the Yu dynasty of my ancestor Emperor Shun is the first, and I am the second. Therefore, the name of the country is Zhong (Zhong is the second). Meaning)!

I sent envoys to Chen State to collect grain, but Chen Wang Liu Chong and Chen Prime Minister Luo Jun dared to refuse. They did not take me seriously!

In this case, I destroyed Chen State and took Chen State's money and food for myself! In ancient times, he was entrusted to the Chen State, and now that the Chen State has destroyed the puppet Han, he is taking back his ancestral land and fulfilling the destiny of heaven!"

Yuan Shu, wearing the emperor's robe, said a lot of things. He kept praising his title of emperor.

In the end, Tu Qiong saw that he coveted the money and food of Chen State and wanted to destroy Chen State.

"Your Majesty, no!

Your Majesty's previous claim to be emperor has become the target of public criticism from the princes, especially Cao Cao's legal system of coercing the emperor to order the princes.

It's just that now that spring plowing is approaching, Cao Cao and the princes are all focusing on spring plowing and are just waiting and watching.

If Your Majesty sends troops to destroy Chen State at this time, Cao Cao and the princes from all over the world will not stand idly by.

If the battle against them goes unfavorably, His Majesty's new title of Zhong clan will surely be damaged.

If it shakes the hearts of the army and the people and makes Zhong's country unstable, your Majesty, please think again."

Among the ministers, Yan Xiang was the first to stand up and speak out against it.

Before Yuan Shu became emperor, Yan Xiang was Yuan Shu's chief clerk. His status was similar to that of Cao Cao's Xun Yu, and he was regarded as Yuan Shu's number one counselor. Previously

, After Yuan Shu had the idea of proclaiming himself emperor, he asked about the attitude of all his subordinates.

At that time, no one objected, except Yan Xiang, who had a long-term view and stood up and objected:"At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou implemented a virtuous government and has achieved success. Two-thirds of the princes in the world surrendered, but King Zhou of Shang only had one-third of the world.

Under such circumstances, King Wen of Zhou still paid homage to the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

Although the lord is more powerful now, he is not as powerful as King Wen of Zhou in ancient times, and the Han Dynasty is not as violent as King Zhou of Shang. People's hearts are still there, so it is not appropriate for the lord to claim the throne at this time."

Yan Xiang's plan is an old man's advice for seeking a country. However, Yuan Shu was short-sighted and did not adopt Yan Xiang's advice. He finally proclaimed himself emperor a few days ago.

Also because Yan Xiang discouraged him from proclaiming himself emperor, Yuan Shu was somewhat alienated from Yan Xiang.

He appointed hundreds of officials. At that time, he also ignored Yan Xiang.

At this moment, Yuan Shu wanted to destroy Chen State, and Yan Xiang stood up to oppose it, which immediately made Yuan Shu even more unhappy:"Chen State is rich and powerful. If I don't take it now, then Cao Cao will take it sooner or later.

Rather than giving Cao Cao an advantage, why not come and get it? What's wrong with that?"

"And now Cao Cao is working in the field, Xuzhou Lu Bu and I have a son and daughter engaged, we are our in-laws, and the other princes are beyond our reach.

If I take Chen Guo, who will stop me?

Just step back."

Yuan Shu rejected Yan Xiang's advice and expressed his determination to destroy Chen State.

Because Chen State was rich in money and food, Yuan Shu was very greedy.

"Even if your Majesty wants to destroy the Chen State, you must not send out a large number of troops to avoid Cao Cao knowing about it and sending troops to interfere.

According to the news, Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, has been working in Ruyang, near Chen State, recently.

If a large army attacks and the momentum is high, Cao Ang will definitely learn about it and report it to Cao Cao, leading Cao Cao to send troops.

And while Chen Guo was rich, he was not weak either.

Chen Wang Liu Chong was very brave and had thousands of crossbows and more than ten thousand soldiers.

Once the lord sends troops and is noticed by the Chen State, the Chen State will close the city and defend it, which will be difficult to deal with.

At that time, a strong attack will take time and may not be able to capture Chen State. Cao Cao may even arrive before Chen State can be captured.

Retreating would be unworthy of dignity and would make Chen Guo and Cao Cao wary. It would be difficult to capture Chen Guo next time!"

At this moment, another counselor of Yuan Shu, minister Yang Hong, stood up and came to admonish him.

Yang Hong was a long history before Yuan Shu became emperor. Along with Yan Xiang, he was regarded as Yuan Shu's second counselor.

At this moment, Yang Hong spoke, He did not object to Yuan Shu sending troops, but he did not recommend sending troops in large numbers. Yuan Shu listened to it:"Then according to your opinion, how can we destroy Chen?

Yang Hong said:"If you want to destroy Chen, you must fight quickly."

Although Chen State has more than ten thousand soldiers, they are scattered in more than ten cities of Chen State.

Chen County, where it is governed, has at most three thousand soldiers.

If you choose a strong general, bypass the surrounding cities, raid Chen County with light troops, and take advantage of their unpreparedness, capture the King of Chen and the Prime Minister of Chen first.

After the king and prime minister of Chen are captured and killed, the rest of the cities in Chen State will be leaderless and will inevitably surrender.

In this way, Chen Guo can win quickly!"