Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

On September 10, the second year of the Wude reign of the Tang Dynasty, Lu Bu abolished the pseudo-Han regime established by Cao Cao in Yanzhou and reappointed the governors of Yanzhou and Xuzhou.

On September 20th, Xun Yu, an old minister of Cao Cao who was stationed in Runan County, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after being persuaded by his brother Xun Chen.

On October 22, Cheng Yu, who was stationed in Nanyang County, was defeated by Taishi Ci and committed suicide on the banks of the Han River. Nanyang, Jingzhou, was also incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

On October 25th, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, surrendered the state!

Shi Xie, the governor of Jiaozhou, was dissatisfied with Tang policy and raised an army in rebellion. In December, he was destroyed by the Tang army, his three clans were exterminated, and all his followers were killed. Jiaozhou returned to the Tang!

After much hesitation, Liu Bei finally decided to lead his troops to Indochina to establish a new regime. Zhang Mo gave him financial and technical support within his ability. As a condition, the country he established in the future must be a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute every year!

In the spring of the third year of Wude, Cao Cao led 30,000 prisoners and 5,000 soldiers out of Yumen Pass to the west, crossed the Tarim Basin along the Tarim River, and occupied a city at the junction of Dayuan and Kangju.

In August of the third year of Wude, Lu Bu appointed Gan Ning as the commander-in-chief of the navy to attack Wu, and Cai Mao as the deputy commander, leading a navy of 100,000 to encircle Eastern Wu from the east and west. He also ordered Zhao Yun, commander of the Xuzhou Military Region, to lead 30,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Eastern Wu by land, both by land and by sea.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu wanted to mobilize all the troops of Eastern Wu to resist, but Lu Su, Zhang Zhao and others persuaded them to surrender on the grounds of the general trend of the times and the lesson of Shi Xie, which led to disputes within Eastern Wu.

In November, Sun Ce led 3,000 naval forces to launch a surprise fire attack on the Tang army's naval port, but was discovered by Gan Ning and failed. Sun Ce was stabbed in the cheek by a streamer and died of his injuries soon after. His younger brother Sun Quan succeeded him and led his people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

From now on, the world will be united again!

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On the seventh day of the fourth month of the fourth year of the Wude reign, the warm spring breeze blew from south to north across every inch of the Tang Dynasty's territory. Thousands of peach trees in Luoyang City bloomed in the spring breeze, and the pink peach blossoms half-surrounded the nine-story Temple of Heaven in the east of the city. A red carpet over a hundred feet long was laid from the middle east gate to the west side of the Temple of Heaven.

Today is the day when Lu Bu officially ascends the throne as emperor. In front of the Xuanwu Gate of Luoyang Palace, the couple rode in a six-horse golden carriage to the Temple of Heaven. The team accompanying them did not have the complicated ceremonial guards used during the emperor's sacrifices, but were guarded by two thousand Flying Bear Army soldiers and two thousand Golden Eagle Guards. Their mounts were all black horses, matched with the black armor of the Tang army, solemn and dignified.

The middle road was filled with people on both sides who came to watch the fun. There were small and medium-sized officials and their families from inside and outside Luoyang; envoys sent from various countries in the Western Regions, Xianbei, and Goguryeo; representatives of the people from various villages around Luoyang; and those heading towards the Temple of Heaven were all the founding ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Except for a few who really couldn't leave, most of the others were present.

Civil officials and military generals were lined up on both sides of the Temple of Heaven, ranked according to their achievements accumulated over the years. On the civil official side, Jia Xu was undoubtedly the first, followed by Du Ji, Chang Lin, Ju Su, Tian Feng, Xu You, Xu Shu, Feng Ji, Shen Pei, Xun Chen, Fa Zheng, Duan Wei, Wang Ding, Sima Yi, Guo Jia, Chen Gong and other old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and then came Sun Quan, Xun Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, Yi Ji and others who surrendered in the past two years.

On the side of military generals, no one is in the first place, among which Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and Taishi Ci are in the front, followed by Qu Yi's eldest son Qu Gang, Xu Rong, Du Fei, Guan Hai, Gan Ning, Gongsun Du, Han Hao, Ma Chao, Wei Xu, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Cai Mao, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wen Pin and others.

Liu Biao stood alone on the lower left side near the Temple of Heaven, only slightly lower than Lu Qian on the right, to show the Tang Emperor's respect for him.

As the sun rose, the emperor's six-horse carriage arrived in front of the Temple of Heaven. Hua Xiong and Xu Chu each led the Flying Bear Army and the Golden Eagle Guard to form a formation around the Temple of Heaven. The other two stood on the steps of the Temple of Heaven, one on the left and one on the right, like two stone lions.

The golden carriage slowly stopped, and Lu Bu got off first. He waved his hand to let Wang Yi get off, and he walked to the other side to help Zhang Mo get off the carriage.

As the ceremonial officer for the enthronement ceremony, Cai Yong stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, please ascend the Temple of Heaven to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth!"

Lu Bu nodded slightly, still holding Zhang Mo's hand, and said, "Madam, come with me!"

Zhang Mo was stunned for a moment, but before she could say anything, Cai Yong had already reminded her, "Your Majesty, the ceremony of enthroning the Queen and the Crown Prince will only take place after the coronation ceremony!"

"I know!" Lu Bu replied calmly, pulling his wife towards the Temple of Heaven. Zhang Mo whispered, "What are you doing?"

"I want you to wear the tiara at the same time as me!"

"Why are you wearing a crown? Are you crazy? There is no two suns in the sky, and no country has two masters. It's fine on ordinary days, but how can you play around like this today?"

Ignoring her struggles, Lü Bu led her all the way to the first step. Turning back to look at the civil and military officials below, he asked loudly, "Today, I would like to have the princess crowned with tassels. Do you have any objections?"

Everyone was stunned. They knew that their king never paid attention to etiquette, but today was such an important day, and he acted so capriciously. What did it mean for two people to be crowned at the same time?

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not possible. It is against etiquette!" The first to object was Cai Yong, and then Yang Biao also stood up to oppose. None of the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty said a word, because everyone knew very well that half of the Tang Dynasty was conquered by the princess. Moreover, even if we don't count her military achievements, even if she could make the economy of the Tang Dynasty soar in just a few years, they had no reason to object.

She has never been the woman standing behind the king!

"Why not?" Lu Bu said loudly, "Without the princess, there would be no Tang Dynasty today, and there would be no King Tang like me. She is equivalent to the emperor in our Tang Dynasty!"

"I support the simultaneous coronation of the Queen and Your Majesty!" The first person to speak was Xu You. Afraid that others could not hear him, he shouted again in a louder voice.

"I support this, too!"

"I support it too!" Guan Hai and Xu Chu on the stage and below spoke at the same time.

"I also support the simultaneous coronation of the Queen and Your Majesty!" Jia Xu said loudly.

"I also support it!"

"........."

The civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty all echoed this.

In fact, no matter whether they agreed or not, Lu Bu must let his wife stand by his side today, instead of just looking up at him like everyone else. So without waiting for the ministers to agree, he had already taken Zhang Mo's hand and climbed up the Nine-story Temple of Heaven step by step. Cai Yong sighed helplessly and could only follow, standing on the fourth step to recite the edict of accession to the throne, and then Lu Bu and Zhang Mo offered sacrifices to the heavens and the earth together!

Both the husband and wife wore black robes with red edges. Lu Bu's robe was embroidered with a nine-clawed dragon through golden thread, while Zhang Mo's was embroidered with a nine-tailed phoenix through golden thread. When they turned around to offer sacrifices, the golden dragon and phoenix behind them appeared side by side in front of everyone. The golden dragon circled above the robe from bottom to top, while the golden phoenix spread its wings from top to bottom as if ready to fly. At this time, a red sun rose in the east just between the two of them, and it seemed as if the dragon and phoenix were holding up the rising sun, with countless colorful clouds reflecting in between, just like a god descending to earth.

At this moment, all the subjects believed more and more in the legend of the reincarnation of the fairy Wu Qu, and from then on, the pattern of dragon and phoenix became the greatest auspicious sign in the Tang Dynasty. Especially at weddings, the newlyweds would embroider the dragon, phoenix and rising sun on their wedding clothes, which meant that the couple would have a happy marriage and a prosperous family.

After the sacrificial ceremony, attendants brought up two trays. One tray held the twelve-tasseled crown worn by the emperor, and the other held the phoenix crown worn by the empress, which also had twelve strings of pearl tassels. The main color was white, occasionally dotted with rare black and purple pearls, and there were two slightly larger beads hanging on each ear of the ribbon.

"When did you secretly have this made?" Zhang Mo asked in a low voice, looking at the crown that looked similar to the emperor's tiara.

Lü Bu took the phoenix coronet and placed it on her bun, saying, "I had the craftsmen add these tassels when the palace was making the tiara. Besides this, I also had a palace built near the hot springs in Lingquan Village. It's a secret base just for the two of us."

Speaking of this, Zhang Mo couldn't help but think of what he said in Lingquan Village that year, that he would take her to travel around the world and see the most beautiful scenery in the world. At that time, they naively thought that they could hand over all the trivial matters to their son after the world was settled. Now it seems that this wish will never be realized in this lifetime. The country is newly established, and there are too many things waiting for them to do. Even if she gradually delegates power to her son in the future, she can't travel around the world with peace of mind. First, she is afraid that her son will die prematurely due to exhaustion, and second, she still wants to continue expanding her territory.

Regardless of whether this is a parallel universe or not, she wants to do her best to expand China's territory, to gain more living space for the descendants of China, and to spread Chinese civilization all over the world.

Lu Bu carefully smoothed the windblown hair on her temples, then took the emperor's crown and handed it to her, kneeling down and saying, "Queen, please crown me!"

Zhang Mo came back to her senses and carefully placed the Emperor's crown on his bun. She then took the jade hairpin from the plate and pinned it in the middle. She laughed softly and said, "It feels like a wedding!"

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Just think of it as us holding our next life's wedding in advance!"

"If the system can really take me back to the modern era, I hope to take you with me!"

"necessary!"

Lu Bu held her hand under his robe. At this moment, there was a sudden movement under the Temple of Heaven. A peach tree near the Temple of Heaven began to tremble without wind. Then, its roots slowly protruded from the soil, as if something underneath was pushing it up.

Lü Bu ordered his guards to dig it up. After a while, a guard came running over with a look of surprise and excitement, saying, "Your Majesty, great news, great news! From the top of the peach tree lies the long-lost Imperial Seal!"

After Dong Zhuo moved the capital, the imperial seal disappeared. Yang Biao once sent people to turn Luoyang upside down but couldn't find it. Unexpectedly, it was buried in the soil outside the city. People couldn't help but guess that it was because the capital was moved too hastily, and it fell on the road and was buried by the soil.

Today, the jade seal happened to appear on the day when Lu Bu ascended the throne to become emperor, so except for a few people who knew the inside story, everyone present was surprised.

Someone had already presented the jade seal to the Temple of Heaven, and attendants immediately brought water to clean it. After cleaning, they saw that the front of the seal was engraved with the eight characters "Received the Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper" and the circle was engraved with a "double dragon playing with a pearl pattern". The missing corner of the white jade was inlaid with gold. After confirmation by Cai Yong, it was undoubtedly the imperial seal.

Xu You shouted at the right moment, "Dragon and phoenix support the sun, auspicious clouds and auspicious colors appear, the jade seal has reappeared, your majesty has received the mandate of heaven!"

As he spoke, he fell to his knees, shouting, "Long live His Majesty! Long live the Queen! No, long live the Queen!"

All the ministers, soldiers, and onlookers in the distance reacted immediately, kneeling one after another and shouting three times, "Long live the emperor! Long live the empress!"

The sound spread from near to far, from the foot of the Temple of Heaven to the Middle East Gate, and then spread to Luoyang City and Beimang Mountain. Countless echoes shook the sky and the earth and could not dissipate for a long time!

The couple stood side by side on the high platform, their past and present lives flashing before their eyes: the escape from Chang'an, the hanging at Baimen Tower, the smoke of war everywhere, the rolling of iron cavalry, the endurance of humiliation, the arrogant and arrogant, the young storyteller in the tavern, the woman fleeing in the northern desert, the helplessness of being unable to escape fate, the melancholy of worrying about gains and losses, the strategizing and commanding of the country...

The last scenes are all before my eyes: the fluttering peach blossoms, the lush green willows, the rushing river, the majestic mountains, the eternal beauty of spring, and the thousand-year glory that is even greater than before!

Holding your hand, I will watch the picturesque landscape with a smile! Grow old with you, and watch the clouds roll by!