In Qingming, Wei Yuan sat calmly in front of the enormous map, scrutinizing the situation of the world.
It was now the winter of the twenty-fifth year of Zhaoning, and the Emperor Zhao's reign title was still in common use. But at the border between Wu Country and Ji Country, the former Chongyang Jiedu Envoy Yuan Zili rose in rebellion, rallying eight hundred thousand people, occupying the four border commanderies, declaring himself emperor with the country named Yuan, self-titling as Yuan Haozu, with the reign title Chuwu.
In Wei Yuan's eyes, who had a comprehensive view of history books, this person was nothing more than a jumping clown, not even requiring the dispatch of troops to fight him; an edict alone might see his subordinates deliver his head.
