The former capital of the Zhou Dynasty was Tianyan City.
Now it has been renamed 'Zhaoxing', Zhao means Xianming. Xing means the beginning of prosperity. Tianyan City was renamed "Zhaoxing City", which means to show off the beginning of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood in the Qinzheng Hall of the original Great Zhou Palace, followed closely by the two sisters Zhu Yun and Zhu Xia.
Then there are the descendants of the Zhu family, but Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji, and Zhu Houzhao are not here. They are leading the army outside to completely wipe out the remaining forces of the Zhou Kingdom in various places.
Fortunately, Zhu Di arrived too quickly, causing all the emperor and relatives of the Great Zhou Kingdom to be trapped in the city, and no one could escape.
Therefore, the die-hard loyalists of the Zhou Dynasty who are still in various places cannot even support a pseudo-emperor, so that they have lost their rightful name and can only stand alone and resist.
"Where is the false emperor Chen Yan?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and asked.
Zhu Xia, also known as Yun Luo, immediately stepped forward and reported: "The original puppet Zhou emperor, princes, concubines, princes, princesses, etc. are all under house arrest in Yuxiang Palace."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Escort the puppet emperor Chen Yan and the princes of the puppet Zhou Dynasty to Xiyuan."
Zhu Xia was startled and said: "General, that Xiyuan was originally the cold palace of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty. It has been in disrepair for a long time and is not suitable for people to live in."
Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and glanced at Zhu Xia, and said thoughtfully: "No matter how bad the cold palace is, it is still a palace. How is it better than a place where beggars live? As long as there is no fire."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xia immediately vowed: "General, please rest assured, I will send people to look after you day and night, and there will never be a fire."
"..." Zhu Gaochi on the side patted his forehead and glanced at Zhu Xia speechlessly.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned by Zhu Xia. He just coughed slightly and didn't care about anything.
At this moment, Zhu Yun, also known as Qi Luo, as her elder sister, reacted and said immediately: "General, leave this matter to me. Yun Luo is young, and I'm afraid she won't handle things thoroughly."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Yun, and when he saw her eyes, he knew that he had understood what he meant, so he nodded and said: "Okay, I'll leave it to you."
Zhu Xia was a little confused. Did she not do anything wrong? Why does it feel like the general is a little worried about him?
Just as he was talking, Qianhu, a member of the Jinyi Guards, suddenly came in from outside the palace and reported: "General Qi, Master Da Fang is here."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately turned around and said, "Please come quickly."
Then Zhu Yuanzhang personally greeted him at the door and saw Fang Jian walking slowly towards him.
"Master, I was going to find you, but you came unexpectedly." Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward and said.
Fang Jian smiled faintly, cupped his hands slightly toward Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "General, let's go in and talk."
"Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang said and stepped aside to let Fang Jian enter first.
Fang Jian was not polite and walked straight into the Qinzheng Hall. Then Zhu Xia quickly moved a sandalwood chair and placed it in the hall and asked Fang Jian to sit down.
Fang Jian said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "General, please take a seat."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, then walked to the seat that originally belonged to Chen Yan and sat down.
As for Zhu Gaochi and others, they could only stand obediently on the side of the ceremony.
"General, now that the Puppet Zhou Dynasty has been destroyed, there are only a few sporadic rebellions left that are not a cause for concern. I also ask the general to ascend the throne and establish the country as soon as possible for the sake of the future." Fang Jian said to Zhu Yuanzhang, cupping his hands.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately asked: "Where is Master Hongqing..."
Fang Jian said with a smile: "Pindao is here to ask the general to proclaim himself emperor and enthrone him on the order of Master Hongqing. Master Hongqing also said that on the day when the general proclaims himself emperor, God will bring auspiciousness."
Having said this, Fang Jian added: "I believe the general will receive a letter from Master Hongqing soon."
So that night, Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongqing Sword Talisman received a letter from Fang Jian, telling him that he could proclaim himself emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang lost all sleep for a moment, and issued an edict to summon all the descendants of the Zhu family to discuss the matter of establishing a country and ascending to the throne overnight.
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The ninth day of the eighth lunar month is sunny. Today is a good day to proclaim yourself emperor and avoid rebellion.
Zhu Yuanzhang's enthronement ceremony this time was much simpler than in his previous life, because there were only a few descendants around him, and not long after the foundation was established, all three capable armies in his hand were sent out to exterminate the remnants of the Puppet Zhou in various places.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's enthronement ceremony was jointly organized by Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Yunwen, the descendants of the Zhu family and Jin Yiwei.
But despite this, the momentum was not small, because the refugees and common people from the former Puppet Zhou Dynasty came to watch the ceremony.
Why are refugees refugees? Because they have no land or houses. As long as they have land and houses, who is willing to be a refugee?
Therefore, not long after Zhu Yuanzhang took charge of Zhaoxing City, he began to divide the land vigorously.
Zhu Yuanzhang confiscated all the land belonging to the puppet Zhou royal family, officials, gentry, and powerful people, and then distributed it equally to the refugees.
Zhu Yuanzhang did all these things himself, allowing nearly a million refugees to see with their own eyes what the new ruler of this land looked like.
After Zhu Yuanzhang divided the land, these refugees immediately had a good impression of Zhu Yuanzhang. Regardless of what other people did, if anyone in Zhaoxing City said anything about rebellion, the refugees who had been assigned fields and houses would tear him apart without the help of Jin Yiwei.
This is the bundling of interests. Zhu Yuanzhang tied the interests of millions of refugees to him through land distribution.
So if you want to oppose Zhu Yuanzhang, you are violating the interests of these refugees.
Moreover, the lands of the princes, nobles, gentry and powerful people were all around Zhaoxing City. It can be said that these millions of refugees were not only common people assigned to the land, but also a force to defend Zhaoxing City.
Therefore, although today's Zhu Yuanzhang's enthronement ceremony is not luxuriously arranged, it can be said that today's scene is not inferior to the previous life at all.
On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne in Zhaoxing City. The country was named Daming, the reign name was still "Hongwu", and Zhaoxing City was the capital.
Just after Zhu Yuanzhang announced the name of the country, the name of the era, and the capital, the entire Ming Dynasty sky suddenly burst into rosy colors, and a soft rain began to fall from the sky.
When these spiritual rains fall on humans and animals, they immediately become refreshed, lively, sick, and healthy.
At this time, Fang Jian came to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "This is God's announcement to the world that the Ming Dynasty is the Emperor Zhengshuo."
As Fang Jian finished speaking, a huge mythical beast suddenly appeared in the sky filled with rosy clouds.
Everyone looked up in horror, only to see that the divine beast was a huge black turtle, and on the back of the black turtle was a huge python.
"Xuanwu!" Fang Jian said again: "This is the sacred beast Xuanwu of Emperor Zhenwu."
After Fang Jian said that, he saw the Xuanwu giant mouth in the sky open, and then a bright yellow light flew down instantly and flew directly in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
When the bright yellow light dissipated, it turned out to be a sword containing divine power. The sword was engraved with two ancient Chinese characters "Hongwu".
Fang Jian said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is the 'Hongwu Sword' given by Emperor Zhenwu. Please take the sword."
Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited that he trembled all over. When he founded the country, he personally received the sword from Emperor Zhenwu. Not to mention his previous life, he had never heard of it many times in this great world of Jambu!
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took the sword, then held the sword in both hands and bowed to the northern sky: "Zhu Yuanzhang kowtows to thank God Xuantian for his blessing."
Xuanwu nodded towards Zhu Yuanzhang, and then slowly disappeared into the colorful sky.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, holding the Hongwu sword. Everyone except Fang Jian, Li Xuanyi, Zhao Yangqing, and Yan Haiping paid homage to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was surging, and his voice was like a bell shouting: "Ping Shen."
After everyone stood up, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately issued his first edict after taking the throne: declaring Dayong, Zizheng, Dayan, Zhufang, Yanxing and other ten countries as "pseudo dynasties", and would launch The war to pacify the puppet dynasty.
When Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, not only the people of the Ming Dynasty could see clearly, but even most of Dongsheng China could see clearly.
For a time, the power of the Ming Dynasty increased greatly, while the power and power of the other countries in Dongsheng China declined greatly.
