This time, Bai Xiaowen did not show any mercy.
In the fourth month of the second year of Taishi, King Yan returned to Yedu with a great victory.
This very day, he issued an imperial edict to exterminate Geng Ji, Wei Huang, Jin Yi, and the others' three clans, and behead them all at Caishikou.
This was to establish his authority and pave the way for him to become an emperor.
As expected, the officials were fearful and no one dared to say a word.
Dong Zhao and Hua Xin jointly submitted a petition, saying that Yan Wang was' virtuous in all directions, benevolent in all things'. Even Tang Yao and Yu Shun were not as good as him. After discussion among the officials, they hoped that the Han Emperor would follow Yao and Shun's example and hand over the rivers and mountains to Yan Wang.
The emperor was shocked and cried. He said that he did not do anything wrong and could not bear to give up the country of his ancestors.
Hua Xin led two people, Li Fu and Xu Zhi, forward. "Your Majesty, you can ask these two people and know the fate."
Li Fu said, "Since King Yan ascended the throne, the Qilin was born, the Phoenix came, the Yellow Dragon appeared, the Golden Crane was born, and the Sweet Dew fell. Your Majesty, this is an auspicious sign from the heavens, proving that King Yan should replace Yan Han. "
Xu Zhi also said that he was in charge of the Imperial Astronomer and observed the sky at night. Yan Han's fate was over and Yan's fate was at the end.
Then, Hua Xin concluded, "I heard that during the expedition to Jiangnan, the King of Yan's army encountered a fire attack by the thieves. Suddenly, the wind changed direction and turned to the northwest wind. The thieves set fire to themselves. That was why the King of Yan could conquer Jiangnan so quickly. It can be seen that Yan's fate is in the hands of Heaven. This is the consensus after discussion. Your Majesty, please do not disappoint the officials. "
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Xie still tried his best to resist.
However, it was different from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The world was settled and Bai Xiaowen had completed the unification. Liu Xie had no hope.
There was also the case of Geng Ji, Wei Huang, and the rest being exterminated. Liu Xie was fearful.
It was not that he did not understand the big picture. Now that Xichuan, Jingzhou, and Jiangnan were all at peace, the world belonged to Yan. As the emperor in name, he was useless.
To put it cruelly, even if Prince Yan Yuan Xi killed him and stepped on his corpse to ascend to the throne, no one would dare to oppose him.
After a symbolic resistance, the Emperor accepted his fate. He ordered Chen Quncao to carry the imperial edict, Hua Xin to carry the imperial jade seal, and Dong Zhao to carry the imperial edict.
What followed was another round of excuses. Then, under Jia Xu's' persuasion ', the Emperor ordered people to build a Zen platform and read the Zen Kingdom's edict on it.
Bai Xiaowen stood on the Zen Receiving Platform, receiving the grand ceremony and ascending to the throne.
Immediately, he changed the second year of Taishi to the first year of Taichu, and the country's name was Great Yan. He issued a decree to pardon the world, and conferred the title of Great Ancestor to his deceased father, Yuan Shao, as Emperor Taizu.
More than four hundred bureaucrats, big and small, were kneeling below the Zen Receiving Platform.
Hua Xin asked how to settle Mrs. Liu. Bai Xiaowen used the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to confer the title of Duke of Shanyang to the Deposed Emperor.
After Bai Xiaowen's Zen Receiving Platform ended, he returned to the Yedu Imperial Court to receive the congratulations of the officials. Then, he conferred many official positions. The officials of the old Sima Manor all became court officials, and the old officials in the Imperial Court underwent a huge change.
Zhen Mi was given the title of Empress, and the fifteen concubines were all brought into the Imperial Court to fill up the harem.
The first time Bai Xiaowen went to the Imperial Court, he announced to the world that Hua Xia had been through war for a long time, and the people were suffering. Now that the Great Yan Emperor had ascended to the throne, he encouraged the people to open up wastelands, encourage agriculture, build irrigation, reduce taxes, etc.
After the Imperial Court ended, just as Bai Xiaowen was considering whether or not to submit the mission to unify the country, he welcomed a guest.
Ge Xuan.
Bai Xiaowen was delighted, and he ordered the officials to set up a banquet for him to sit opposite Ge Xuan.
When Ge Xuan saw Bai Xiaowen's dragon robe and jade belt, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty has ascended to the throne and is already the most powerful person in the world. How would I dare to drink with Your Majesty?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "Daoist Priest is an old friend of mine, and also my fellow Daoist. In front of others, I am the Emperor, but in front of Daoist Priest, I am still a Daoist. "
Ge Xuan chuckled, but changed the way he addressed him, "Young Master, now that the world is at peace, your ambition has been achieved. Do you want to be the Emperor of the world, or continue to seek the Dao? "
Bai Xiaowen said seriously, "Cultivating the Dao is my original wish. How would it change because of fame and fortune?"
Ge Xuan nodded, "Young Master, you have not forgotten your original intention, and you regard the world's position as nothing but grass. However, the world cannot be without you now. Otherwise, all the blame will be on me, and I can't bear it. "
Bai Xiaowen pretended to be puzzled and said, "Why do you say that, Daoist Priest? When I become the Emperor, I only need to carry out good governance and let the officials and subordinates carry it out. It won't delay my cultivation. "
Ge Xuan smiled and shook his head, then took out a jade scroll from his sleeve.
"Do you still remember this?"
Bai Xiaowen thought to himself, You finally took it out. Why don't I remember what's mine?
Ge Xuan smiled and said, "In Xichuan's Jinping Mountain, I parted ways with you because there was an eminent Daoist on Jinping Mountain, whose Daoist name was' Zi Xu '. I carried the jade scroll and went up Jinping Mountain to visit Venerable Zi Xu. I asked about the jade scroll and finally found some clues. "
Venerable Zi Xu!
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes slightly. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, such a person did appear, but he only appeared once.
At that time, when Liu Bei attacked Xichuan, Liu Zhang sent four generals: Liu Gu, Deng Xian, Ling Bao, and Zhang Ren to guard Luocheng.
When these four generals passed by Jinping Mountain, they had visited Venerable Zi Xu. The reply they received was, "The Left Dragon and the Right Phoenix flew into Xichuan. The Young Phoenix fell to the ground, and the Crouching Dragon rose to the sky. One gain and one loss, fate is inevitable. Act according to the circumstances, and don't be lost in the underworld. "
As for Liu Gu and the other three, the reply was, "Fate is inevitable, why ask again?"
Later, the Young Phoenix, Pang Tong, was shot to death, and the Crouching Dragon, Zhuge Liang, entered Xichuan to assist Liu Bei. Liu Gu and the other three did not escape death, and were all killed.
From this, it could be seen that Venerable Zi Xu should be a Daoist expert who was good at divination.
Bai Xiaowen was excited when he thought of this, and asked, "What did that expert say?"
Ge Xuan said, "Venerable Zi Xu refused to say at first, but after I mentioned my sect, he said twelve words."
Ge Xuan was really an excellent storyteller. Bai Xiaowen could only ask, "What twelve words?"
Ge Xuan took out a piece of silk from his sleeve and unfolded it.
"If you want to solve the jade slip, you have to go to the Daoist Ancestral Court?"
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. "Where is the Daoist Ancestral Court?"
Ge Xuan smiled and said, "Young Master, you are a Daoist, how can you not know about the Daoist Ancestral Court? In the east of the Xichuan Sword Pavilion, there is a strange mountain called Crane Mountain. It is said that the Qi Refinement cultivators of the pre-Qin Dynasty, Guang Chengzi and Zhou Yishan of the Western Han Dynasty had once comprehended the Dao here and ascended on cranes. Sixty years ago, Zhang Daoling came to the Daoist sect here and worshipped me as the sect master. Only then did the world know the name of Daoism. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded and said, "The Daoist Ancestral Court is Crane Mountain."
Ge Xuan said, "Young Master, do you understand now? There is an immortal fate hidden in this jade slip. Since you are the beginning of karma, you have to go there personally to solve the mystery of the jade slip. "
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