The Battle of Liaodong greatly increased Zhang Qingmeng's prestige, and then he went west to conquer Xiao Lu. Xiao Lu was defeated and fled to the Western Regions to unify the north. People all over the world praise his kindness and hope that things will change. They have long hated the Taiwei Empire's cruelty to their bones.
The situation in the world changed more favorably for Zhang Qingmeng: just as he was fighting Liu Zhao, King Han Jin of Yue led an army of 40,000 to fight against Hua Tong's 360,000 army at Tianque Mountain. No one expected that Huatong, which had a huge advantage, would suffer heavy losses and be defeated by Han Jin generals Jiang Zhengkun and Dong He, and Jiangdong would change hands.
Later, Han Jin ordered his generals Hong Tianhu, Deng Zian, and Ruan Dayue to defeat the remaining forces one after another and pacify Jiangdong. It was difficult for Jiangdong to launch a large-scale campaign in such a short period of time, and it was in urgent need of a stable external environment, so it kept showing goodwill to Zhang Qingmeng and sending envoys.
While it is difficult for other warlords to form an opposition force, the time has come. All it takes is one chance to ascend to the Nine-Five Supreme.
In this way, his civil and military staff began to make specific plans: the first was auspiciousness. According to reports from officials in Zhengdi, the local rice ears were unusually tall this year and the harvest was extremely rich. Others saw a five-clawed dragon circling in the fields, and then leaping into the sky, lighting up the night sky. Prophecies, inscriptions, and nursery rhymes supporting Zhang Qingmeng's legitimacy as emperor also appeared in other areas and spread to the capital, arousing heated discussions in the capital.
In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Qingmeng stayed away from court for several days and stayed in the palace. After all, there will always be people who do this kind of thing: Wei Fujiu, Shangguan Tong, Duan Chongwen, Chen Shei, and Gao Chou joined forces with hundreds of officials to put pressure on the young emperor Tai Buran.
Gao Chou said frankly: "Today, the hearts of the people are all attached to King Zheng, and everyone despises Taiwei. The aspirations of the people, auspiciousness and destiny are frequent. Your Majesty should abdicate the throne and make way for worthy people, in order to comply with the wishes of all the people."
Tai Buran was really frightened by the courtier's attitude, and his voice was slightly frightened: "How can I hand over the inheritance left by Emperor Taizu to others?"
Chen Shuai replied: "In the past, Yao of the Tang Dynasty was more virtuous than Yu and Shun, so he was able to understand his virtues. Now, your majesty will imitate the conduct of the ancient sage kings, so that you can protect the ancestral temple, reputation, integrity, and virtue; below, you can calm the hearts of the people, the will of God, and peace." The public's hope is a hundred benefits and no harm."
Seeing the little emperor's hesitation, Vice-President Wei Jiu showed a fierce look on his face and shouted loudly: "Without the protection of King Zheng, who would be the only one in the world who wants to destroy the Tai family's temple!?"
The little emperor was so frightened that he backed away and accidentally fell down on the jade steps. The ministers stared at everything indifferently. It was Shangguan Tong who stepped forward to help him up and persuaded him softly: "Your Majesty, please abdicate."
The little emperor was full of grievances, and when he saw the officials laughing at him, he almost burst into tears. He had no choice but to say: "I wonder what the Prime Minister means?"
"Your Majesty can draft an edict and inquire at the palace."
The little emperor was helpless. After Duan Chongwen drafted the edict, he ordered people to go to the palace to announce the edict. However, Zhang Qingmeng was surprisingly angry: "I am just a minister, how dare I covet the throne of emperor?"
The ministers had no countermeasures for the time being, so they had to let the little emperor go. Unwilling to do so, the ministers went to visit Yu Jitao to seek countermeasures.
Yu Jitao gently shook his folding fan and answered slowly: "Don't you know the etiquette of 'three concessions'? Prince Zheng is so kind that he would not do such a thing. If you do this, you will rely on your ministers to bear the infamy of future generations."
After the ministers, the next day, it was difficult to make the little emperor again the next day. The emperor said: "The Prime Minister has no such intention, why should you force me?"
"Zheng Wang Renhou, unwilling to accept something unexpected, His Majesty can take the purpose again and accept King Zheng!"
Without waiting for the little emperor to speak, Duan Chongwen took out the prepared imperial edict from his sleeve and ordered it to be copied. This time, he also sent the imperial seal and twelve crowns to the palace.
This time Zhang Qingmeng's attitude was softened: "Qing Meng has no virtue, and I hope that His Majesty will let Xian to others." He refused again.
The ministers were helpless and asked Jitao again for advice. He offered his advice and replied: "You can ask your majesty to build a Zen platform, and have the army take the king to place a seal on the imperial edict. Then everything will be fine."
The ministers issued orders to the young emperor for the third time to build a Zen platform, arrange the Zen edict on the dragon table, and order it to be sealed with a seal.
After the little emperor finished reading the imperial edict, he was trembling all over and his chest was soaked with tears. He held the jade seal tightly in his hands and hung it in the air, refusing to seal it.
"Your Majesty, what are you waiting for?"
Gao Chou gave a sharp shout and stepped forward to press the jade seal hanging in the air.
"Dong——"
The heavy seal echoed in the palace, and the bells outside the palace rang. The little emperor first sobbed softly, and then threw himself in front of the case, clenched his hands into fists and smashed them wildly, crying in despair.
At this point, the Taiwei Empire, which had ruled the Central Plains for more than 400 years, disappeared in the long river of history.
On the other side, the ministers added fuel to the fire to persuade Nihao. Nihao said angrily: "I only recognize Mengzi as the emperor, and no one wants to be the emperor except Mengzi!" Then he led his troops into the palace:
"Mengzi, everyone in the world wants you to be the emperor, and we also want you to be the emperor, so what are we trying to shirk?"
Without waiting for Zhang Qingmeng's opening, the ministers put the temporary dragon robe on him, put the stunned on the top of his head, and knelt down and shouted: "Long live!"
Zhang Qingmeng pretended to sigh: "This is all you hurt me!"
The generals of the ministers laughed, and Zhang Qingmeng fiddled with the grievances, and was extremely happy. He covered the seal on the imperial purpose and accepted Zen Jean.
The Dengju Ceremony is scheduled to be held in Taishan Terrace of the following month. Prior to this, the court must be prepared for all. It was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it was very lively.
At the beginning of the founding of the country, the most important thing was to determine the name of the country, the year name, and the compilation of the calendar. Zhang Qingmeng paid more attention to this and personally summoned a number of relevant officials, including Taichang Qing Lu Hui, to inquire about the situation.
Lv Hui reported: "Your Majesty, I don't know whether I should ask the Holy Judge in the name of renewing the empire or restoring the dynasty."
"What do you have?"
A man of about twenty-five years old stood up and answered: "In the past, Chen unified the world, and there was chaos for more than thirty years. Chi Han, the great ancestor of Later Kang, returned to unity. The second generation of Chen and Kang all used the name of the dynasty. Chi Qi'er conquered the world and founded the The name of the empire was inherited from the previous dynasty. However, the two clans of Ci and Tai were violent and collapsed. If the new dynasty takes the name of the empire, I fear that the world will not be peaceful." Zhang Qingmeng admired this person very much and asked Lu Hui: "What is this? who?"
Lu Hui stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is my beloved disciple Zhao Zifu, who is now serving in the Ministry of Rites."
"Zifu's words are extremely, and I will abolish the empire in the name of the dynasty."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhao Zifu slowly retreated.
I was the former Zen dynasty with the position of King Zheng. "
"My Emperor Shengming."
After a while, Lu Hui and a group of people presented a revised calendar: "I hope your Majesty will read it."
After Zhang Qingmeng looked slightly, he frowned: "Zhong Qing hasn't finalized the year number? Lu Yan is very helpless:" The weight of the year is self -evident. The husband's year name is the name of Zhengshuo, the emperor's system. The emperor was ordered by the heavens, and the time was granted to the heavens. The ministers had different opinions and didn't know how to finalize the decision. "
The eunuch Han Shigui beside him presented the reign names drawn up by each person to the emperor. Zhang Qingmeng read them one by one: "Dekang", "An Ning", "Rengui", "Qingyuan" and so on. The more Zhang Qingmeng read, the more impatient he became, and he read faster.
Suddenly, his hands stopped, he picked out one of the year names and looked at them carefully, and pushed away the others: "Good year names, just what I wanted. Whoever offers it, I will reward you heavily."
Han Shigui showed the year number to everyone. When everyone took a closer look, they saw two big characters written on it: "Tiantong"
Zhao Zifu avoided the banquet and bowed: "Thank you for your compliment, Your Majesty. I am very happy."
"Zifu Guo is really talented, can you explain it to me in detail?"
Zhao Zifu swung his sleeves and spoke in a high-pitched voice: "Heaven is the firmament. There is nothing more supreme than heaven, and there is nothing below the heavens like the king and father. He is from one level. The leader is also the general. "Shu" says: "Heaven has three systems, earth. There are three kings. Three kings, so the world also. "Zhou Shu" is also cloudy: "Why do you say the king? The unification of the unification is so observed, the year of the Da Zheng should be taken by the heaven, and the meaning of leading Kyushu '. It’s called ‘Tiantong’.”
After some impassioned speeches, Zhang Qingmeng finally made the decision. Because of Zhao Zifu's outstanding abilities, Zhang Qingmeng made him the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and rewarded him with jewelry. Zhao Zifu shouted, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your kindness!"
After such affairs were completed, Wei Hanlin reported in a memorial that the generals behaved loosely and were ignorant of etiquette. If they were officials in the temple, they must learn the rules. Zhang Qingmeng also ordered Zhao Zifu to teach, and said: "Anyone who does not follow the rules on the day he ascends the throne will be dismissed from office and sent to the army. Anyone who resists etiquette will be killed without mercy."
After that, he convened all the ministers to discuss the matter of dividing the generals, establishing queens and crown princes. The first two items went very smoothly, but when it came to the matter of establishing the crown prince, the ministers had different opinions. Wei Fujiu made a suggestion: "The emperor's second son, Zhang Junyi, is the eldest son of the queen. He has a distinguished status and should be established as crown prince."
Shangguan immediately opposed: "Master Wei is bad at this! Although the eldest son Zhang Junsheng is not born of the queen, he has passed the queen and is the eldest son of the name. The emperor’s second son is still an infant, so why should we observe his virtue?”
Wei Fujiu was excited for a moment and shouted loudly: "How can the son of a dancing girl be established as the prince?"
"Boom!!!!"
Zhang Qingmeng banged the imperial table angrily, frightening everyone's hearts and causing them to kneel on the ground and tremble. Shangguan Tong was secretly happy. He knew that Zhang Junsheng's mother was the most taboo thing, so he would get twice the result with half the effort.
Zhang Qing's dreamy hawk-like eyes stared at Wei Fujiu, and he gritted his teeth: "How can the husband of a dancing girl be established as emperor!?" Wei Fujiu cried in fear and kowtowed as if pounding garlic.
"I have decided to make the emperor's eldest son Zhang Junsheng the crown prince. No need to say more!"
After such a half -month work, Zhang Qingmeng was exhausted physically and mentally. That night, while he was drinking tea and taking a rest in the palace, someone came to report: "King Han Jin of Yue, King Li Huan of Chengdu, and Duke Liu Sixi of Jinggong have arrived and are resting in the post house."
"See you tomorrow! Don't bother me!" Zhang Qingmeng waved his hand and shooed him away. He closed his eyes and listened to the sounds of luggage being packed around him, unwilling to ask for anything. The word "dancing girl" came to his mind again, making him irritable.
Just at this moment, Zhang Junsheng walked over with a sound of footsteps. Zhang Qingmeng glanced at him and asked in a gentle tone: "Aren't you asleep yet?"
"The child can't sleep." Zhang Junsheng replied softly.
Zhang Qingmeng thought for a long time and decided to tell him about his biological mother: "Jiang'er, you are fourteen years old. Dad wants to talk to you about your life experience..."
"I know it all."
"Ah? What do you know?"
Zhang Junsheng said calmly: "My mother is actually a dancer in the Zhoucheng Palace, her name is Ji Dongli, right."
Zhang Qingmeng was shocked when he heard his son's calm voice changed, but he just said: "It's good to know."
After a while, he asked again: "Do you dislike it?"
"My child heard about the discussion about the crown prince. If I were asked to deny my biological mother, I would rather not take the crown prince position."
"Good boy, it's not in vain that your mother gave up her life to give birth to you."
As soon as Zhang Junsheng's voice changed, he became even more taciturn, which made it even more difficult for Zhang Qingmeng to guess his thoughts.
"Father...Father, if nothing happens, I'm going to study." Zhang Junsheng's voice was deep and magnetic, almost as if he was speaking as a different person. He left after Zhang Qingmeng's acquiescence.
Looking at his son's steady and regular pace, he sighed: "Obviously, before, he was always bouncing around. How wonderful it would be if Jiang'er never grew up..."
Only when he was so free could he steal some time of his own.
The next day, Zhang Qingmeng first summoned the Yue King's envoys Dong He and Hua Ling at the palace. The two handed over a letter stating that Han Jin was willing to surrender to Dazheng.
Zhang Qingmeng slowly said: "The King of Yue has made outstanding achievements. I guard Jiangdong for the imperial court. I feel so relieved that I will change the title of King Han Jin of Yue to the King of Chu!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Qingmeng glanced at Dong He: "Are you the tiger general who can defeat a hundred people with one person in the battle of Tianque Mountain?"
"That's right!" Dong He stood proudly: "It's just a thousand, how can you have all the generals?"
"What courage!" Zhang Qingmeng rewarded the two of them and ordered them to go back to the post house to rest. Then he summoned the envoys of the King of Chengdu, Li Liang and Yan Congqian.
"The envoy of the King of Chengdu meets Emperor Dazheng!" The two of them knelt down and worshiped together.
"I know you. Your father Li Liulang once mentioned you when he was curing my illness."
"My father is good at medicine. This must be a good idea. Your Majesty need not worry about it."
"I heard that you presided over the construction of city walls, water conservancy projects, and benefited the people. You have made outstanding achievements."
"This is all due to the king's wisdom. How can Liang Yijie, a martial artist, have such achievements?"
"Humility and self-respect are human qualities. I envy the King of Chengdu to have such subordinates."
"There are good generals in the Central Plains. Your Majesty does not have to be like this."
"There are geniuses in Bashu and many heroes in Xichuan. If I can find them, I will feel at ease."
Yan Congqian on the side asked sternly: "Has your Majesty forgotten about Hua Tong?!"
Li Liang winked at him: "How can you speak? Stand back!"
Zhang Qingmeng chuckled: "Okay, that's right, I will never forget the lessons of Hua Tong." Then he summoned envoys from Liu Si, Hanjiang Kingdom, Yaoxing, and Guihua Kingdom one after another. Finally, there is Boyle, the envoy of the Great Angiva Empire. When Zhang Qingmeng met him, he greeted him as if he were a real brother.
"How about Nalan?"
"Thanks to Your Majesty, Brother An is always well." The two chatted happily for a long time.
On the day of the enthronement ceremony, the sky was clear and the sun was warm. All ministers and people came to the scene together, and it was very lively and joyful. After the various ceremonies were completed, accompanied by the majestic sound of the trumpet, Zhang Qingmeng, dressed in a black dragon robe and with twelve crowns on his head, slowly walked towards the top of Taishan Terrace. The Dazheng flag was unfurled in the wind, symbolizing A brand new world is waving to the people.
This is an extremely sacred moment. This tall man with a majestic appearance and exuding the aura of a king has finally reached the pinnacle of power. After accepting Taibu Ran's three bows, he slowly raised the jade seal in his hand, looking at the sky with ambitious eyes, and his heart was extremely excited:
"Declaration!"
As soon as this order came out, all the rituals and music ceased, and countless ministers and people gathered their breath and focused their attention on the blue dragon on the Taishan platform.
"I! Today I ascend to the top of Mount Tai to issue an edict to all people in the world to protect the emperor of the world. Today, King Zheng Zhang Qingmeng accepted the abdication, inherited the title of heaven and earth, and performed the ceremony of Jiuding; Jianyuan proclaimed himself emperor, established the country's name as Dazheng, and changed it to Dazheng. The seventh year of Zhaode is the first year of Tiantong. If you are appointed by Heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life; the mountains and rivers will shine together, and the sun and the moon will shine together; you will open up the road of speech, attracting the hearts of all people, and admiring virtue from all directions, so as to consolidate the foundation of our great Zheng for eternity. I admire this!"
"Long live my emperor——Long live——Long live!!!!"
Countless ministers and common people knelt down at the foot of Mount Tai, shouting long live the mountain. The ritual music played again, endless glory and excitement poured into the chest, and the endless blood flowing in the heart surged with this sound.
He knew in his heart that the Fengchan platform under his feet was built with skeletons by countless soldiers and people all over the world. Long live? Who can live that long?
He couldn't help but feel how ridiculous he was: from the Haibo Uprising to the present, he had suffered so much and shed so many tears, just to get this hypocritical "Long Live".
After the ceremony, Zhang Qingmeng entered the Weiyang Palace and began to award awards:
Mu Mingrui is the first of the three heroic generals, Weiying General Wei Guogong
Ni Hao was one of the Three Heroic Generals, Wuying General, and Zhao Guogong.
Gao Yu is the Three Heroic Generals, General Suying, Duke of Lu
Lou Ning is the leader of the Five Powerful Generals, Longwei General, and Wu Guogong leads the Ministry of War.
Wang Li is the wife of the Five Powerful Generals Zhu Wei and Wu Guo
Guan Lang is the five mighty general, the tiger mighty general, Song Guogong leads the capital Zhaoyin
The Oriental Garden is dedicated to the Five Powerful Generals, General Xuanwei, on behalf of the Duke.
Zhang Batian is the Five Power General Qi Wei General Chen Guogong
Zuo Wen was the general who conquered the north and led the governor of Bingzhou.
Zhao Fuli is General Annan
Yuan Hang became the Polu general
Wei Su became the general who conquered the Liao Dynasty
Wei Mo is the general of Zhonglang
Zhao Hongyan is the commander of the bodyguards
Yu Jitao served as Prime Minister Qi Guogong's Minister of Household Affairs
Gao Chou served as the Taiwei Duke of Yan State and served as the Minister of the Longyun Department.
Shangguan Qing was the imperial censor, Liang Guogong
Chen Shui became the Minister of the State of Longevity
Wei Hanlin serves Prince Zhan as Marquis of Runan
Duan Chongwen was the Marquis of Danyang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel.
Wei Fujiu was appointed as the Marquis of Changshan by Zhongshu Ling.
Shangguan is also the servant of the sect, Guangping Marquis, Da Honglu
Zhao Zifu was the Marquis of Yingchuan, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites
Shi Qingyun offered sacrifices to the Imperial College
Shangguan Huan is the left minister of the Ministry of Industry
Zeng Shilu served as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry
Li Bin is the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs
Wang Zhan is the Chief Supervisor of the Qin Dynasty
Yao Qiu was canonized as the queen, the emperor's eldest son Zhang Junsheng was made the prince, the crown prince Zhang Junsheng was also the king of Qin, the emperor's eldest son Zhang Junyi was the king of Jin, and the emperor's eldest daughter Zhang Xiaoxin was the princess of Yi'an.
Liu Zhao was renamed the Marquis of Zhuojun, Wang Fu was the Marquis of Chenliu, Zhang Wenbo was the Marquis of Anyi, and Wenbo was the Marquis of Dingtao.
Confer Taiwei's last emperor, Tai Buran, as the true Duke, and allow him to use the emperor's rites when he is here. All other officials, big and small, should be rewarded. Because Zhang Junsheng was still young, he lived with the queen in Kunning Palace.
"The time has come, all ministers will come to court early——"
A clear and resonant voice passed through the Meridian Gate, and grand ceremony music played. Under the sound of bells, civil servants came to the east and military generals to the west, like two streamers slowly drifting into the political hall in the wind.
Above the court, the civil servants were led by Yu Jitao, and the military general Mu Mingrui was led by them. They all held jade tablets and behaved in an orderly manner. Under Zhao Zifu's training, the military generals all possessed the etiquette and temperament expected of imperial officials.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
As the forbidden door slowly opened, the dragon chariot and the guard of honor slowly entered until they reached the front of the political affairs hall. The man on the dragon chariot, wearing a black gold five-clawed dragon robe, with twelve crowns on his head, exuding a noble and majestic temperament, slowly walked down, stepped onto the supreme dragon chair step by step, threw off his long sleeves, Sitting firmly on the dragon throne, he dominates the world.
"Long live my emperor!" The civil servants and generals knelt down at the foot of the emperor's steps. The sound of the mountain's cry echoed in the court and shook the heaven and earth.
"Everyone is safe!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the ministers stood and listened respectfully.
Zhang Qingmeng's dragon head was slightly raised, and the daggers were slightly swayed: "Today's court meeting is the first dynasty of the founding of our country, Dazheng. All the ministers should do their best to eliminate the spirit of the previous dynasty's corpses, change the atmosphere, and set an example for future generations."
"My Emperor Shengming!"
Shangguan Qing, holding a jade tablet in his hand, said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the reason for the demise of the previous dynasty was that the ministers and workers formed cliques and were at odds with each other, which caused the court to have different opinions and find it difficult to communicate with the outside world. Forming cliques for personal gain is a breeding ground for official corruption. Sincerity can be said to be the source of disaster for the country. I, the Great Zheng, want to pass it down to the ages, so we must pay attention to the lessons of the rise and fall of previous dynasties."
"What the imperial censor said is absolutely true. I warn you that anyone who shows signs of being a clique and bullies his subordinates will be punished immediately!"
"I understand."
During the first court meeting of the founding of the Zheng Dynasty, the monarchs and ministers were in high spirits and quickly and effectively handled countless accumulated government affairs. The land of the north was full of prosperity and vitality.
The dawn of the Dazheng Dynasty is breaking through the clouds and rising slowly...
