Yuan Shao's eyes turned, thinking about it, and after thinking about it, he wanted to not receive the edict, but Kong Rong saw that Yuan Shao wanted to regret it again, so he was furious and scolded Yuan Shao again in court.

Yuan Shao was both angry and helpless. If it were the past, he could use his identity as the leader of Kanto and declare that the Xiliang army such as Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Yan Xing were still holding the emperor hostage. This edict was a mess and he would never accept it.

But now the emperor has been welcomed by Cao Cao, who is also one of the "party members", and Yuan Shao can no longer use the previous high-sounding reasons to resist the edict. If he resists the edict, he will be nailed to various crimes in the edict, and he will also have to break up with Cao Cao. At the same time, facing the enemy in Guandong and Guanxi, which is not what Yuan Shao wants to face now.

Yuan Shaosi had no good plans, and under Kong Rong's repeated urging, he could only grit his teeth and accept the edict.

Kong Rong originally wanted to speak again, but Tian Feng, Xun Chen, Shen Pei and other groups of Hebei civil officials could not ask him to say something more. Only a few people were left to accompany Kong Rong. Others claimed that Yuan Shao was seriously ill and surrounded Yuan Shao and quickly stayed away from Kong Rong, who was about to scold him loudly, trotted away from the lobby of the mansion and came to the wing room of the back room.

"Sooner or later, I will kill this corrupt scholar one day!"

As soon as he entered the inner room, Yuan Shao immediately broke away from the help of the civil minister. He looked a little sick. He pulled out the sword on his body angrily and cursed loudly, scaring his civil officials and counselors retreated one after another.

However, Yuan Shang relied on Yuan Shao's doting and received the hint of Yuan Shao's adviser Feng Ji, and quickly stepped forward and knelt down and hugged Yuan Shao's thighs, who was about to run away, begging Yuan Shao to calm his anger.

"Stop anger. The old man Kong Rong was just angry because his brother captured his wife and children. He wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on the adults. Then he repeatedly spoke ill of him. Don't be angry about this. Such a corrupt scholar is not worthy of his concern. As long as the adults give their orders, the child will rush into the hall and chop off the old man Kong Rong!"

Most of the civil officials and advisers present were intelligent and far-reaching. When Ju Su heard the words of Yuan Shangmian's needles, his eyes moved slightly and immediately glanced at Feng Ji without hesitation.

Yuan Shao, who was angry, heard Yuan Shang say that he was going to rush into the hall to chop Kong Rong, but gradually calmed down. When he saw his son kneeling on the ground begging to hug his thigh, he immediately became doting. He quickly reached out and pulled his son up and patted Yuan Shang on the shoulder with care.

"Ming Gong!" Ju Su coughed, interrupted Yuan Shang's further plot, and said to Yuan Shao.

"Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, and the situation was already very unfavorable to Hebei. After Kong Wenju's trouble in the city today, and the Ming Gong received the edict, the crowd was in a turbulent manner, and people's words were terrifying, so we should make plans early!"

Ju Su, Guo Tu and others also advised Yuan Shao to send troops to Hanoi and take the banner of welcoming the emperor. However, after thinking about it, Yuan Shao was unwilling to obey and only put the guise of seeking rebellion. He was also not concerned about the reminder that Cao Cao would take the lead in welcomeing the emperor. He just wanted to take the opportunity to spy on the Sanhe River and strengthen the Hebei power.

Yuan Shao couldn't hear Ju Su's slightly complaining tone. He was about to be accused of being a traitor now, and it was Guandong. Guanxi joined forces to force him. He was scolded by Kong Rong just now, and he was also angry and said:

"It's over, what do you think now?"

Seeing Yuan Shao ask questions, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Xu You and other advisers immediately began to make suggestions. Some said they wanted to send envoys to negotiate secretly with Cao Cao, some said they wanted to stop using troops first, and some said they sent people to Qingzhou to take Kong Rong's wife and children over, so as to block Kong Rong's stinky mouth.

Tian Feng even made a righteous statement and told Yuan Shao that as a minister at this time, he had to first abide by the orders and silence the loyalty of Hebei to the world, and then he made a statement and explained to the court that Hebei was loyal to the Han Dynasty, blocking the verdicts and criticizing Yuan Shao.

Guo Tu then added that this writing can be drafted by Geng Bao, Chen Lin and others, and then they will polish it to ensure that Yuan Shao’s statement is self-explanatory, so that neither the court nor the country can find any fault.

Feng Jize said that after the above statement was made and blocked the mouths of the people in the world, he must give Cao Cao, Kong Rong and others good-looking, and he can use the trick of killing people with a knife to deal with Kong Rong.

Ju Su stressed that since Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to welcome the emperor, he would also suppress Cao Cao's momentum and could not let him use the emperor's name to point fingers at Hebei.

Yuan Shao frowned and kept listening to the opinions of many civil officials and advisers. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he had to bow his head in the face of facts. He was helpless and patted Yuan Shang's strong back lightly and said unwillingly:

"Let Zhongjian lead the generals to retreat, and let Xiansi personally send people over. As for the above self-declaration, there will be a labor order!"

After saying these things, Yuan Shao, who was pretending to be sick, waved his hand boredly, and stopped listening to other people's opinions. He asked Yuan Shang to support him and walked towards the bed indoors.

Ju Su, Guo Tu, Shen Pei, Feng Ji and others saw Yuan Shao's behavior like this, and knew that Yuan Shao was really annoyed. After looking at each other, they took orders to retreat one after another. Although Tian Feng still wanted to speak out, he saw that everyone had retreated, so he had to brush his sleeves, retreat and leave the inner room.

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In the next ten days, Hebei responded urgently and took corresponding rescue measures to deal with crimes such as "building the party by himself and storming the court, which caused uneasiness to the people of Hebei.

To the outside world, he sent cavalry from the army to order Chunyu Qiong's army to withdraw his troops and no longer seek a gap to attack Henei County. The generals and troops recruited were all returned to the county and county, and Chunyu Qiong led his troops back to Yecheng.

Xin Ping was sent to Qingzhou and ordered Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan to rush to send Kong Rong's wife and children back to Yecheng with ease, blocking Kong Rong's sharp mouth.

As for Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao still asked Tuo Yi and other troops to surround him and confront him. As long as he did not add money, grain, and troops under Tuo Yi, it would be difficult for Tuo Yi to attack. Gongsun Zan, who was in a slump, also had the intention of defending Yi Jing to the death. The elite soldiers and generals were huddled in Zhuo County and in a narrow area between Hejian Kingdom, and could not escape the battle.

Stop the troops temporarily and show the people of the world that he has no contempt for the emperor and attack without authorization.

Internally, the achievements of county officials and generals appointed by Yuan Shao over the years were pieced together, which would be a natural experience for the whole country to promote and increase the title of Hebei.

At the same time, the scholars raised in Yuan Shao's mansion also worked hard to draw up the self-declaration of their lords to the court, trying to write a self-declaration of righteousness, neither humble nor arrogant, to protect Yuan Shao's great reputation and loyal image in the court and the country.

After finishing these important internal and external matters and making himself invincible in the face of public opinion, Yuan Shao personally copied his own document and sent Xun Chen, Xu You and others to the Xudu court to write a letter to the court and the emperor to distinguish himself.

After Yuan Shao's official confession, the imperial court, who had just established the new capital, was excited and believed that this was another big step to reshape the authority of the Han Dynasty. As a general, Cao Cao was also happy to see it. In name, the higher the authority of the Han Dynasty, the higher the status of his minister, the higher the status of the minister who was the governor.

However, after reading Yuan Shao's handwritten self-written self-written, Cao Cao couldn't help but frown and ponder. Yuan Shao cited three facts as arguments to prove that he was loyal to the Han Dynasty. Recently, he stopped fighting and put together achievements from the outside world, and refuted the attacks on him by the government and the opposition to attack him without authorization and establishing the party. At the end of Chen Biao, he had hidden needles and hidden swords and weapons in a targeted manner, which was targeting him Cao Mengde's regent.

Although Cao Cao wanted to force Yuan Shao to admit the court he assisted, he did not want to be aggressive towards Yuan Shao like Yan Xing did when he took advantage of the situation. It would be of no benefit to fight against Yuan Shao against him. It was still something he had to do now. With this thought, Cao Cao soon received Yuan Shao's envoy Xu You.

Xu You is an old friend, so when he met Cao Cao in private, he naturally came with Yuan Shao's important mission.

As soon as Xu You opened his mouth, he scolded Cao Cao for betraying the alliance and colluding with the rebels of Guanxi. He asked Cao Cao if he thought that with the emperor, he could be disrespectful to Guanao League leader Yuan Shao. Could it be that he had forgotten that Yanzhou had a crisis three times and four times, and who stood up and helped Cao Cao through the crisis.

Cao Cao complained in his heart that Yuan Shao helped him make a comeback and borrowed troops and grain to resist strong enemies. However, he also helped Yuan Shao resist Tian Kai and Liu Bei under Gongsun Zan on the side battlefield, defeating Yuan Shu and Tao Qian in Yuan Shu's camp, the Heishan Army and other forces.

Since the two families are allies and work together, those with great power should make great efforts, while those with small power can only make small efforts. Is it fair or not? This is an obvious reason. How can Yuan Shao have great kindness for himself?

However, in the face of absolute strength, Cao Cao did not want to defend this with Xu You in private, but instead accepted the scolding with a smile, explaining that the Yuan and Cao families are still in an alliance, and whether they welcome the emperor or not will not change.

Xu You did not come here to tear off his face with Cao Cao, but to secretly rumor Yuan Shao's orders, and he stopped when he saw that he was happy and told Cao Cao that Yuan Shao had an order. Since the two families were allies, Cao Cao hoped to find an opportunity to help him kill Yang Biao, Kong Rong, Liang Shao and other court officials in order to express his sincerity.

Yang Biao is Yuan Shu's in-laws. Kong Rong had just scolded Yuan Shao. Liang Shao heard that he had had a feud with Yuan Shao before.

After hearing this, Cao Cao frowned. Yuan Shao seemed to want to avenge his personal revenge, but in fact he was intimidated. The court had just moved to Xudu, and it was just when internal and external stability was needed. If he killed Yang Biao, Kong Rong, and Liang Shao immediately, wouldn’t he become a first-class person in Dong Zhuo and Li Jue? The civil strife in Luoyang is a lesson for the past. How could he do such a thing?

However, in order to appease Yuan Shao, Cao Cao still promised that he would give Yuan Shao an explanation.

After this matter, Cao Cao discussed with Xun Yu, who was promoted to Shangshu Ling, Dong Zhao, and others, who were promoted to the court, decided to make a compromise, and reported to the emperor for the sake of natural disasters, dismissed the three dukes, implicated Yang Biao, and summoned Kong Rong back from Hebei, and did not allow him to use the etiquette of the monarch and ministers to restrain Yuan Shao in Hebei. Liang Shao was promoted openly and secretly and promoted to Dachangqiu, who managed the harem. Dachangqiu was originally a eunuch, and there were not many eunuchs in the harem now, so Liang Shao was asked to serve as a free position.

Cao Cao, who thought he was doing quite well, after completing these things, in order to further make up for the cracks caused by the emperor with Yuan Shao, he hurriedly submitted a letter to the court to send envoys to Hebei again, but this time he did not go to scold Yuan Shao, but to increase the title of Yuan Shao.

However, Yuan Shao did not accept Cao Cao's official titles sent by the Grand Marshal, Yehou and others in Yecheng. After he stopped the man, he stated that since Chen survived the public opinion crisis, he wanted to take this opportunity to severely suppress Cao Cao's momentum to welcome the emperor.

Therefore, he did not accept the good intention of reconciliation released by Cao Cao, but instead wrote a letter saying that his merits were humble and that he was not enough to take the position of Taiwei and Yehou. Between the lines, he did not forget to point the finger at the prestigious Cao Cao.

The leader of the Yuan clan, four generations and three dukes, has a prominent family reputation and is in Hebei. He dare not accept the position of Taiwei and Marquis of Ye. If your little Cao Aman welcomes the emperor, he will be worthy of the title of General, Wuping and other ministers who are extremely famous?

It has to be said that Yuan Shao's move is really powerful. After learning about the content of Yuan Shao's letter, Cao Cao's expression changed drastically. Yuan Shao refused to be an official title. This was not targeting the court, but targeting himself who had just reached a high position and lacked expectations.

So, after discussing with his advisers overnight, although Cao Cao was unwilling to give up, he could only express his remarks to resign himself as the general and retreat to Sikong. Then he asked the court to send envoys to Yecheng for the third time, and granted Yuan Shao the general, granted him the emperor the arch and bow arrows, and gave him a hundred tigers, so that he could also supervise Ji, You, Qing, and four states.

This time, Yuan Shao finally respectfully accepted the imperial edict from the court.

The general was the first minister in the court and his status was higher than that of the prime minister.

At this point, Yuan Shao, who obtained the titles that all the ministers could obtain, finally suppressed Cao Cao's momentum.

It informed the people of the world that although Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, Yuan Shao was the most deserving minister of the regent.

Note: 1. Pei Songzhi cited "Wei Lue" to record that Yuan Shaosu and the former Grand Marshal Yang Biao, the Dachang Qiu Liang Shao, and Kong Rong, Shaofu, wanted to let the Duke kill him for his mistakes.

2. According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Yuan Shao", (the court) therefore appointed Shao as the Grand Marshal and was granted the title of Marquis of Zheng. At that time, Cao Cao was the general, and Shao was ashamed to be the one who was under him, so he did not accept the false statement. Cao was very afraid and gave way to Shao. In the second year, he ordered the general to be the master craftsman Kong Rong to hold the rituals to be the General Shao, with a bow, arrow, and a hundred people in the tiger. He also supervised Ji, Qing, You, and four states, and then accepted it.
Chapter completed!