Chapter 759: The Han Dynasty Ends Here! The Han Dynasty Ends Here! (End of this Volume!)
The warriors weary from the bloody battle mourn,
Once Jizhou is defeated, it will be difficult to recover.
All the sons of Cao Wei were killed.
The emperor's ambition to dominate the world came to an end.
When Cao Wei’s top leaders and the remaining troops hastily crossed the Yellow River, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Cao Cao looked at the remaining defeated soldiers one by one, and each of them was in a miserable state.
Too many people died in this battle, and even those who survived were almost all injured.
Guo Jia, who had always been in poor health, could hardly walk and looked like he was dying. It was unclear whether he could hold on.
Cao Cao finally looked at the Yellow River, which was flowing eastward without stopping, and said in a loud voice with sorrow: "How ridiculous! How ridiculous!
I am still standing on this great river, holding my spear and composing poems. I am still standing on this great river, feeling full of confidence.
Oh my God.
Why would you give me hope and then destroy it with your own hands? "
Cao Ang listened to his father's words full of unfulfilled ambitions, and couldn't help crying and said, "Father, we are going back to Luoyang, but who knows if there will be a day when we can make a comeback?"
Cao Cao was in a dishevel, his crown had been lost, his messy hair was covered with mud, his eyes were dim, and his lips were pale. The failure of this battle almost broke his will.
He never gave up even after failure.
Once, when facing the powerful Yuan Shao, he was still able to persist and wait for the opportunity for Yuan Shao and Yan State to go to war.
Because he was young at that time, he had plenty of time to correct his mistakes, so whatever didn't kill him would make him stronger.
But now?
He is old and time will no longer favor him.
If the State of Wei did not accumulate strength again, he would be destroyed in the fierce wind.
He knew that he would never have the chance to become the emperor again, and all his grand plans were destroyed in the fire.
Wei's Hebei and Yanzhou had no strategic locations to defend, and Yuzhou could not be defended either.
All the land outside the eight passes of Luoyang cannot be defended and will be lost.
If the Wei State could defend Hulao Pass in Xingyang like Emperor Gao did in the past, it would still have Guanzhong and Heluo. If any of the eight passes was breached, it would be driven back to Guanzhong.
In response to Cao Ang's words, Cao Cao simply squeezed his son's arm and said the last words, "Move all the nobles in Xuchang to Luoyang, especially Liu Xie!"
Everyone was shocked. The determination in Cao Cao's words was clearly visible to everyone. At this moment, it was possible for Cao Cao to do anything.
Cao Ang met his father's eyes and saw a determined madness flashing in them. He was startled and lowered his head.
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The Chu army and the Yan army were in a stalemate on the plain, and the appearance of Lu Bu was also a deterrent to the Yan army.
He has always relied on the best cavalry in the world, but now with Lu Bu's assistance to Liu Bei, the State of Yan has never forgotten Lu Fengxian's bravery and fighting skills.
Liu Bei entered Yecheng before the Yan army. This was the hub of Jizhou. By occupying it, he would be able to protect Wei County south of Yecheng.
The plan that Fa Zheng made for Liu Bei in Jizhou was to capture Yecheng, attack Handan, occupy southern and central Jizhou, then take Bohai County, and occupy all the counties in Jizhou north of the Yellow River in order to defend Qingzhou.
In other words, not only did they have to take over all the territories that Wei once had in Jizhou, but they also had to seize Bohai County from Yan.
The Yan State Emperor Yan Lin almost went crazy. After a great war, not only did he lose many soldiers and generals, but his territory was not increased at all, but it was actually decreased?
Yan Lin suspected that if he returned to Yan State like this, he would be eaten alive by those nobles. Let alone becoming emperor, it would be good enough if he could keep his life.
The huge strategic conflict between the two sides caused Jizhou, a land that had just experienced a shocking war, to fall into continuous war again.
This is a war with no retreat for either side.
Liu Bei risked almost all of his fortune to join the war. He had to gain enough benefits to help the State of Chu completely escape from all strategic difficulties and change its situation of chronic death.
The State of Yan was at a disadvantage.
The two sides were deadlocked in Handan for several months. The soldiers of Yan State even had to kill their horses for food. In the end, Yan Lin left here unwillingly and handed over the city of Handan to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei looked at his own granary which was also almost empty, and broke out in a cold sweat.
Looking at Jizhou, which was almost half destroyed by the war, he knew that the future reconstruction would be difficult, and the State of Yan was always a sword hanging over the head of the State of Chu.
The State of Yan, which occupied the Youyan land, could come to plunder at any time.
Moreover, the intensity of their looting was probably unmatched by any nomadic people since ancient times. The State of Chu had to deploy sufficient troops in Handan County and Bohai County in Hebei Province.
All those worries were put aside by Liu Bei.
At this moment, getting half of Jizhou is the most worth celebrating. With Jizhou and the joining of Lu Bu from Bingzhou, Henei County, which is also in Hebei, will be in the bag.
When the Yan army withdrew, Fa Zheng laughed loudly and said, "Your Majesty, if you march south now, Yanzhou will be within your grasp, and the gates to Yuzhou will be wide open. The rise of our Chu State will no longer be stopped."
yes!
Liu Bei held the sword, looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "Cao Cao wants to conquer the world in one battle, and will hunt with me in Jizhou.
In the end, it was our State of Chu that broke free from the cage. From then on, the sky was high and the birds were flying. Our rise and fall, prosperity and destruction, were all in our own hands.
Yunchang will stay in Jizhou, and the rest of you will follow me to pacify Yanzhou, and then attack Yuzhou together with Lord Wu!"
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Suddenly, a large group of Wei soldiers appeared in Xuchang City. All of them looked nervous and full of hostility. They rushed across the street and directly into the Han Emperor's Palace.
The news of Cao Cao's defeat had not yet reached here, and the residents in the city were all curious.
Liu Xie looked at these ferocious soldiers in horror, thinking that Cao Cao wanted to kill him, and shouted: "Is Cao Cao trying to kill the king?"
Xizhong walked out from behind the soldiers.
He truly lives up to his reputation as a loyal man. Among all the advisers, he is definitely the most loyal to Cao Cao.
He did almost all of Cao Cao's dirty work.
Hearing Liu Xie's words, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words. The King of Wei is a loyal and good man of the Han Dynasty, not a vicious man like Dong Zhuo. How could he kill the king?
The Wu thieves who are trying to seize the Han Dynasty are attacking Runan. The King of Wei is worried about your safety and sent a minister to invite your Majesty to Luoyang. The crown of the Han Dynasty should be in Luoyang. Isn't this the act of a loyal minister? "
Go to Luoyang!
It used to be the capital of the Han Dynasty, but now it is the base camp of Cao Wei. What is there to do there?
But he thought again, where in the world is there any Han territory left?
What is the difference between being in Xuchang and being in Luoyang?
He stumbled back to sit on the table, with an expression that seemed to be neither smiling nor crying. He wanted to muster up the courage to loudly rebuke Xi Zhicai and scold Cao Cao, letting him know that he would never surrender. But in the end, he whispered, "I understand. I will pack up and go to Luoyang."
There was no change in Xi Zhicai's expression, and he was not at all surprised at Liu Xie's choice. This was the last emperor of the Han Dynasty.
What a pity.
When the chariot symbolizing the emperor left Xuchang and embarked on the journey to Luoyang, the news of Cao Cao's defeat in Jizhou finally came to Yanzhou and Yuzhou.
Especially when the emperor's carriage was traveling through Yingchuan, the place was in great chaos. Some noble families wanted to migrate with Cao Cao, and they were all families that had already placed their hopes on the Wei Kingdom.
At the moment when the Wei State was facing life and death, Cao Cao could not afford to lose the support of these big families. He promised these families that as long as they followed the migration, he would compensate them for their lost land in Guanzhong.
The war between Liu Bei and Yan State gave Cao Cao the opportunity to migrate a large amount of manpower and material resources from Yanzhou and Yuzhou to Heluo.
This is not the end. The human and material resources that have moved to Heluo will continue to move to Guanzhong. Cao Cao has decided to move the new capital of Wei from Luoyang to Chang'an. Luoyang is surrounded by powerful enemies and is still too dangerous.
When Liu Xie, who was under strict surveillance, received the news of Cao Cao's defeat, he had already entered Luoyang city.
After several years of operation by the Wei State and the influx of population, Luoyang had regained some of its former prosperity. Liu Xie looked at the familiar Yi and Luo rivers that flowed around the city and the familiar mountains and rivers, and his eyes were almost instantly filled with tears.
The happiest time of his life was when he was a child, living in Luoyang City. He was not the crown prince, but he was not like later on, constantly displaced, with his life and death in the hands of others, like a commodity in the hands of those princes, being exchanged one by one.
The former Han Dynasty palace had become the Wei Palace, but Cao Cao generously gave his palace to the nominal monarch to express his respect for the emperor.
Although Cao Cao did not even go to greet Liu Xie when he entered Luoyang City, naturally no one blamed Cao Cao for his actions. Those ministers who were willing to die for the Han Dynasty had already bled to death in that cold winter.
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The imperial palace in Luoyang was far more majestic than that in Xuchang, but in Liu Xie's view, it was no different from Xuchang. One was a cage, and the other was also a cage.
His concubine complained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I heard that the King of Wei has long wanted to force Your Majesty to abdicate. Now he is forcing Your Majesty to come to Luoyang. He is so impatient. It's really, really."
Liu Xie's face was numb. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a familiar voice, which made him sweat profusely. A slightly cold voice sounded in Liu Xie's ears, "What's the truth?"
He turned around and saw Cao Cao in a gorgeous robe and crown, accompanied by a rather sturdy man holding a pair of halberds in his hands.
Liu Xie's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he said in a trembling voice: "The King of Wei came here to ask me to abdicate?"
Cao Cao had no expression on his face, he just said calmly: "Abdication is abdication after all, not forced, it depends on your Majesty's willingness.
Besides, the throne of the emperor is considered to be abdicated.
If the throne of the emperor is for the sake of inheritance, I can accept it.
If you don't ask for so much, it doesn't matter. Didn't the Emperor of Yan declare himself emperor? "
After saying this, Cao Cao turned around and left. There was nothing more to say. The emperor was still the same emperor.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xie's voice suddenly became louder, "King Wei, why are you here?"
Cao Cao suddenly stopped. He didn't understand what Liu Xie was talking about. What did he mean by "here"?
But Liu Xie's face was full of tears and he asked, "Why didn't you let me abdicate in Xuchang, but had to come to Luoyang?"
Those mountains, the sacred waters of Yi and Luo, and those former emperors of the Later Han Dynasty were all looking at him, and yet he had to hand over the crown of the Han Dynasty to the hands of a foreigner here.
Even a coward like Liu Xie would feel ashamed of it.
I see.
Cao Cao sighed and then left.
What can he say?
To comfort the last emperor?
That's just ridiculous.
This is Liu Xie's fate, a future he cannot change.
Cao Cao walked out of the palace and summoned almost all the ministers of the Wei Kingdom. By now, everyone knew that Cao Cao would replace the Han Dynasty during his lifetime.
This was supposed to be done after defeating Liu Bei.
But now that I have failed, I have to do it even more.
After the dynasty is established, it will be very different from the current kingdom. In this period when we have just experienced a great defeat and people are in chaos, we must strengthen cohesion.
Becoming emperor is the best choice.
Some people entered the palace and were then driven out by Liu Xie.
Cao Cao received the news, but remained unmoved.
He is not Dong Zhuo. If Liu Xie is unwilling to abdicate, he will not force Liu Xie to give up the throne to him.
If Liu Xie really didn't want to, he would just make a white hat for himself and put it on his head.
He built up the State of Wei step by step, and this was his confidence.
When Xi Zhicai entered the palace, Liu Xie's attitude finally changed.
The decree of abdication was conveyed the next day.
He declined three times.
This is not hypocrisy, but a ritual. Every step of abdication contains legal principles.
When Cao Cao took the crown from Liu Xie with one hand on the altar, and when Liu Xie knelt in front of Cao Cao, everyone knew that the Han Dynasty was dead.
The dynasty that had lasted for three hundred years and produced several holy kings came to an end today.
Cao Cao put the real emperor's crown on his head, turned around and looked at his ministers, and said with infinite emotion: "I am honored to receive the great throne today, which is not only the trust of the Han emperor, but also the credit of you ministers.
Yao, Shun and Yu passed the throne to people of different surnames for the sake of the people of the world. Today, when I accept the throne, I should do the same.
The Han Dynasty collapsed, and people all over the world said it was because Emperor Lingdi caused cholera among the people.
I have been thinking about it.
How was the Han Dynasty established?
It was because the dictator of the Qin Dynasty caused chaos throughout the world that the people of Guandong and Guanzhong eventually revolted and overthrew the Qin Dynasty.
I have always remembered a saying: If you rise by this, you will fall by this.
The rise of the Han Dynasty came because the people rose up in rebellion. In the end, Emperor Lingdi suffered from cholera, which led to the Taiping Uprising. Who can say that this was not the reason for the demise of the Han Dynasty?
I think.
When Zhang Jiao knocked off the crown of the Han emperor, did the Han Dynasty still really exist?
Perhaps the only meaning of the existence of the Han Dynasty at that time was to select a person in the world who could restore the country and then present the emperor's crown to him.
today.
I accepted the crown, and thus the final mission of the Han Dynasty came to an end.
Destiny does not exist.
The court no longer exists.
The emperor no longer exists.
So the Han Dynasty truly perished.
The Great Wei was established.
The new court.
The new emperor.
Only a new Mandate of Heaven remains, and that is the Wei Dynasty. That is what I have been striving for, and it will also be the pursuit of all future emperors of the Great Wei.
Yao and Shun were one person, and Han and Wei were one. Although the Wei Kingdom is established today, we were all once Han people and Han ministers, and we considered it a blessing. The Han cause was established, and the Wei cause prospered, so we should also have some respect for the previous emperors of the Han Dynasty.
The Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Hui of Han, Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Xuan of Han, and Emperor Guangwu of Han should all be offered sacrifices to.
Today, I confer the title of Duke of Longxi County on the former Han Emperor Xie, and establish a Han Temple in Longxi State for worship, and let the Emperor come to the throne, and everything will be done according to the old system. "
Cao Cao's voice was heard from far away, and all the ministers under the altar stood solemnly.
No matter what attitude one has towards Liu Xie, who wouldn't feel complicated today?
Just like when the Zhou Dynasty was truly overthrown, the princes felt extremely lost.
After the ceremony, Cao Cao strolled in the imperial palace in Luoyang. He would not stay here for long, as Chang'an was the capital he had chosen. The Crown Prince of Wei, Cao Ang, followed him.
"Wei will teach you from now on."
Cao Cao suddenly said.
Cao Ang opened his mouth to say something, but then he heard his father say, "I won't live long. My generation can't accomplish anything, so it's up to the next generation.
Ang'er, you are excellent and the best heir to the Wei Dynasty. In the future, you will face the descendants of Liu Xuande. I don't know what the qualifications of his son are, but he is probably not as good as you.
My father was able to defeat Liu Xuande most of the time in his life, but he was not as good as my father in either fighting skills or literary talent.
You must also be better than Liu Xuande's son."
Cao Cao said a lot, but every word he said was about Liu Xuande. Cao Ang nodded seriously. He was that kind of person, gentle, humble and powerful.
Time is the greatest force in the world.
Outside Luoyang, the Yi and Luo rivers flow slowly. This place has witnessed many ups and downs. The Zhou Dynasty prospered here and declined here. Now it is the turn of the Han Dynasty.
Everything will change, but the rivers will never disappear and will always be there.
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The news that Cao Cao accepted Liu Xie's abdication in Luoyang reached the State of Chu and reached Liu Bei's ears.
Liu Bei's expression was very calm.
Facing the Chu officials who were somewhat worried about his mental state, he comforted them and said, "Isn't this destined to happen?
That's what Liu Xie was like.
Can we expect him to die for the Han country?
I have never had any hope for him, so now I don't feel sad at all.
What makes me sad is that Wushuang Zhongwu Hou died for the Han Dynasty, Ziqi died while working for the Han Dynasty, and how many other people are there?
It turns out that something that so many people of noble character and lofty ideals had been striving for could actually be handed over by the descendants of the Liu family.
What else can I say?
Just assume he's dead.
That Duke of Longxi is a completely irrelevant person."
There is no greater sorrow than a dead heart.
There was no despair in Liu Bei's words, but everyone could sense the despair from his calm expression.
"I will be crowned emperor."
When everyone was still thinking about what to say, Liu Bei suddenly looked at everyone and said seriously: "It is time for me to be crowned emperor. Liu Xie does not want the crown of the Han Dynasty, but I do.
I will be the new emperor of the Han Dynasty."
Emperor of the Han Dynasty!
According to the rules of that era, even if Liu Bei became emperor, it should be Chu, because he was the King of Chu before, but now his words clearly meant that he would directly inherit the throne of the Han Dynasty.
He wanted to compete with Cao Cao for the legitimacy of the Han Dynasty.
One is the orthodox abdication, the other is the source of bloodline.
Who can truly gain the recognition of the world?
Whoever is the winner will be recognized!
Liu Bei is determined to fight Cao Wei to the end.
No refusal or concession.
Liu Bei established the ancestral temple of the Han Dynasty in Linzi, which housed the tablets of all the gods from Emperor Gao to Liu Xie.
Yes.
Liu Bei established a deity for Liu Xie and said that he would treat Liu Xie as dead.
The ceremony of becoming emperor was not complicated.
Before he became emperor, Liu Bei led the officials of Chu to pay homage to the emperors of the Han Dynasty. He stood in the ancestral temple, remained silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "My dear predecessors, the Han Dynasty is now in decline, the moral principles have collapsed, the dynasty has been destroyed, the royal family has disappeared, the officials of the Han Dynasty have all established themselves, and there is no place for the country.
The Han traitor Cao Cao proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang and made Chang'an his capital. The capitals of the former Han Dynasty and the latter Han Dynasty both fell into the hands of the traitor, and his descendants shed tears.
Cao the thief said in Luoyang: "Han is destroyed, Wei is established."
My heart is bleeding, and I want to say a few words here, and then I can nod a few times, but I can't make a sound.
I will guard every inch of land carefully, restore the country, build this ancestral temple, proclaim myself emperor and declare my title. My wish in this life is to restore the old capital.
When the king's army puts down the rebellions, he will have his descendants report to the ancestral temple. "
The sentence "Let descendants report to the ancestral temple" made everyone behind him burst into tears. Liu Bei was just like Cao Cao, as they both died of old age.
Surrounded by powerful enemies, if you want to witness unification in this lifetime, it will probably be nothing more than a flower in the mirror or a moon in the water.
After offering sacrifices to the ancestral temple, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor in front of all his ministers and the people, named his country Han, and made Linzi, Qingzhou, his capital.
The territory of the Han State today borders the Yellow River in the east and Hulao and Xingyang in the west. It and the Wei State each hold several cities, and the territory is intertwined. In the north, it reaches Hebei Bohai and southern Hebei counties, and in the south, it reaches Xuzhou and Guangling. It faces the Gusu County of the Wu State across the river.
The Han State controlled Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, the southern counties of Ji'nan, and the northern counties of Yuzhou. Basically, the five most essential states in the Central Plains were all in the hands of the Han State. Its power reached its peak, and its population was undisputedly the first among all the countries.
Apart from being surrounded by powerful enemies and having few natural dangers, there are almost no problems.
The Han Dynasty declined under Liu Xie, but who can deny that the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bei was prosperous?
The Mandate of Heaven was lost.
But no other dynasty inherited the Mandate of Heaven and became the supreme emperor.
This means that although God has sentenced the Later Han Dynasty to death, he still left a last hope.
Who said Ji Han really has no hope?
Let time prove everything.
What happened between Wei and Chu made people all over the world silent. No matter if they were loyal to the Han Dynasty or hoped that it would be overthrown, facing the fall and the rise of the Han Dynasty, they all felt confused.
There were three emperors in the world.
This has never happened since Qin Shihuang established the title of emperor and Emperor Gao inherited the title.
The emperor of Yan was originally regarded by the world as a person just for Yan's own amusement and was treated as the same as other princes, but now he is facing Cao Cao and Liu Bei who also claimed to be emperors.
The authority of the Yan emperor seemed to have increased all of a sudden.
Or rather, the sacredness of the emperors of Wei and Han declined?
Has the sacredness of the title of emperor declined?
Countless scholars were unable to come to terms with this.
Since the unification of the culture of the early Han Dynasty, there has never been a long period of division for a full three hundred years. The world has always had one political center. Even in the late years of the early Han Dynasty, there was no major division.
At that time, Emperor Guangwu was like a god. With the help of the Five Surnames and Seven Families, he easily conquered the entire world.
But now the world.
Both Cao Cao and Liu Bei became emperors.
What does this represent?
Everyone knows.
This means that both of them feel that they cannot unify the world for the time being, so they are prepared to engage in a long-term tug-of-war. They first declare themselves emperors and completely establish their own country in order to completely establish the irreversible relationship between the monarch and his subjects, and completely ensure that there is no one else above them.
This scene was like what happened after the Zhou emperor was overthrown by the Qin State, and the world's common ruler was completely gone.
The kings of the vassal states have truly become the highest beings in name, and this is the current situation.
There are three emperors in the world now, what about the Wu Kingdom?
That behemoth country occupied almost the entire Jingzhou, Yangzhou and half of Yuzhou. It was even stronger than the Chu State during the Zhou Dynasty and definitely had the strength to compete for the Central Plains.
Faced with the Central Plains countries that all declared themselves emperors, would Luo Chu of Wu also declare himself emperor?
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[The chaotic world entered a brief period of peace, and the princes of various countries all proclaimed themselves emperors, and the chapter began to settle. ]
[Chapter 3: The heroes compete for supremacy (finished), the protagonists of this chapter: Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Luo Chu, Yan Lin. ]
[As the general trend of the world goes, after a long period of division, there will be unification, and after a long period of unification, there will be division. When the Taiping Army overthrew the Mandate of Heaven of the Han Dynasty and when the world experienced the Rebellion of Dong Zhuo, the world was completely caught in the general trend of the princes.
Follow the trend, and the world will be in your hands. This is a glorious era of heroes, where loyalty shines and glory lasts forever. Conspiracy and betrayal are mixed with blood. Success is due to betrayal, and failure is also due to betrayal. Some people become kings with honesty, and some people die with blood. If you win, you will get everything, and if you lose, you will lose everything. 】
[Your family actively participated in this chapter and profoundly influenced every change.
Your descendant Luo Yan has a significant influence in Yuan Shao's camp and has made great achievements. His deeds will be passed down along with Yuan Shao's territory in Hebei.
Your descendant Luo Qi is in Liu Bei's camp. He continues the glorious title of Ying Hou. His existence ensures that the name Ying Hou will continue to be remembered in all the years to come. What an honor this is!
The name of a title shines because of the person. It is an immortal monument of your family, just like your great surname.
Your descendant Luo Chu is the lord of Jiangdong. He has established a new system in Jiangdong. Some people will scold him, and some will praise him, but it doesn’t matter.
Every attempt at a political system in this world will be a supplement to the future. This is Luo Chu's contribution, although he had no choice. 】
[Your family has obtained 30,000 luck points in this chapter. Due to Luo Chu's existence, your family has obtained 10 years of imperial luck. Your family will receive a random earth-level item. Please take it at your own convenience.
Great and supreme host, it is time for you to wake up from your distant slumber. 】
Ji Zhao merged with the Heavenly Pillar and went into complete hibernation. His spirit had already infected most of the Heavenly Pillar he had infected. His goal was to infect the entire underlying structure. If he was only 1% in harmony with the Tao when he just merged with the Heavenly Pillar, then after he infected all the underlying structures, he had completely achieved harmony with the Tao.
Compared to the He Dao, other things are no longer important. He doesn't care about props. He is still in deep sleep!
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The divine artifact Yi Jiuding, the divine artifact of heaven, the crown of Han Dynasty entered our family. ——"Book of Wei: Chronicle of Emperor Wu"
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As if the people are still here, who would say that the Han Dynasty is dead? - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Chronicle of Xuan Lie"
(End of this chapter)
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