Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 489: Sacrifice to Heaven and Become King, Establish the Name of the Country! The Power that Sweeps the World, the Thoughts of the Jia Family!
After getting Xiangling's affirmative answer again.

Xue Baochai then said in an increasingly intimate tone: "You are no longer a maid, but the second young lady of the Xue family. Don't call me Miss anymore, call me Sister. Also, you should call Baoqin "Sister". "

Xiangling nodded as if she understood, then looked at Xue Baochai blankly and asked in a low voice tentatively: "Sister...sister?"

"My dear sister." Xue Baochai smiled dotingly.

Xiangling seemed to be encouraged. She looked at Xue Baoqin again, and said with a little more confidence in her tone, "Sister?"

Xue Baoqin also called Xiangling "sister" from the first moment.

Just when the Xue sisters decided to throw away all their pride in order to save the Xue family from danger.

In Luofu, after enjoying the tenderness of Miaoyu and Xing Xiuyun for two days.

However, he finally began to officially proclaim himself king and establish his own system in Jiangnan.

According to tradition, when one proclaims himself king and establishes an institution, one usually chooses his former title and place to be king.

For example, in the Han Dynasty, it was because Liu Bang was once the King of Han. In the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan was located in Wu and Cao Cao was once the King of Wei. The same was true for the Jin Dynasty, because Sima Yi was granted the title of King of Jin. The Tang Dynasty was because Li Yuan was once the Duke of Tang.

This tradition was not broken until the Yuan Dynasty, just like Zhu Yuanzhang once called himself the King of Wu, but the name of the dynasty he established was Ming.

Luofu proclaimed himself king in Jinling. Among the titles of king, he would naturally choose Wu, just like Zhu Yuanzhang. In addition, Luofu's ancestors lived in northern Zhili, which was once the former territory of the State of Yan. However, his ancestral land was also occupied by the State of Zhao. Both Yan and Zhao were considered alternative titles of king.

Of course, Luofu raised an army with the Luotian Army under his command, and Luofu even called himself the Luotian Emperor. In this way, Luo was also one of the alternatives.

When he was about to proclaim himself king, establish the system, offer sacrifices to heaven and lay the foundation, the team under Luofu began to argue over the title of King Luofu.

King of Wu, King of Yan, King of Zhao, and King of Luo, these four titles were the ones most suggested by court officials in letters.

In addition, there are some strange royal titles, such as Qian and Tian. These two royal titles also come from the bandit titles of Emperor Luofuluotian.

However, among these alternative king titles, the real focus is still on the King of Yan, the King of Zhao and the King of Wu. Whether it is Luo, Qian or Tian, ​​their support rate is far inferior to the previous three.

As for the issue of the king's title, Luofu did not intend to do anything special. Instead, after the court officials had a dispute, he made a direct decision and chose King Zhao.

After all, the State of Zhao was one of the Seven Heroes back then. It was a truly powerful country that was able to fight the State of Qin from beginning to end. It was not until 400,000 young and strong men were killed by Bai Qi that the State of Zhao was completely devastated.

But even so, Zhao was the state that resisted the longest among the six states in Shandong. Even after Handan was captured, Prince Zhao Jia of Zhao was still in Dai County and established the Dai Kingdom, which was considered to be the continuation of Zhao.

The so-called king title is just a transition.

Once the Luotian Army marches north and completely destroys the Qing Dynasty, the name of the new dynasty will become the real focus.

It doesn't matter which one Luofu chooses. What's important is to thoroughly establish the foundation of his own team through the ceremony of becoming king and establishing the system.

After all, only after Luofu became king could he promote his subordinates to higher positions and titles. By doing this, he was able to completely stabilize people's hearts and set the tone for the Northern Expedition.

When Luofu, the backbone, made the final decision to choose Zhao as the king.

On an auspicious day, Luofu offered sacrifices to heaven on the Purple Mountain outside the city of Jinling and formally proclaimed himself the King of Zhao, thus setting a temporary tone for the alliance with Beiqing and governing by dividing the river.

Next, he set up six cabinet ministries and completely established his own team.

The whole process was unusually fast, yet smooth and without any problems.

As Luofu officially proclaimed himself king and established his own system, the Northern Expedition was also put on the agenda.

With the powerful fighting capacity of Luo Tianjun, coupled with Wang Ziteng's disastrous defeat outside Yangzhou City not long ago, it can be said that Beiqing's backbone has been completely broken.

You know, even in the industrial age when productivity was highly developed before Luofu traveled through time, for a big country, the loss of tens of thousands of elite soldiers would be a serious blow.

In this era, Wang Ziteng’s previous defeat in Yangzhou seemed to have insignificant actual losses, but it was the last foundation that truly supported the Beiqing image.

Among them, even the powerful and wealthy took out their coffins.

After the entire army was annihilated, the real blow was that the Beiqing side completely developed a fear of Luofu, even to the point of regarding the Luotian Army as invincible.

Some optimistic subordinates under Luo Fu even believed that even Bei Qing's base could be conquered with a single order, given the current prestige and strength of the Luo Tian Army.

Don't forget that Luofu is from Northern Zhili, and the base of the previous dynasty is in the north, and Luofu's ancestors were dignitaries of the previous dynasty.

With all these reasons combined, unless Luofu is really so cruel as to resort to methods similar to the Qing Dynasty's policy of shaving heads and changing clothes, and massacring the city at will, the fighting spirit of the North is likely to be even weaker than that of the South.

Whether it was the court's clever calculations or the information collected from the north, it undoubtedly proved one thing: Beiqing was doomed. Now it was like a broken house, and it would collapse with a bang if Luo Tianjun gave it a light kick.

When Luo Tianjun began to prepare for war.

Luofu, the newly appointed King of Zhao, fell into another state of doing nothing.

Who made Luo Fu a person who built his empire from scratch? You know, the power under his command is almost entirely in Luo Fu's hands, and it seems that his loyalty is locked.

There is no need to worry about the possibility of betrayal.

Now Luofu doesn't need to consider the issue of the Northern Expedition at all. His real focus now is the national foundation.

To put it bluntly, it means to recruit many beautiful girls and make the concubines in the harem pregnant as soon as possible.

This resulted in Luo Fu's wedding taking place just a few days after he proclaimed himself king and established the system.

When this news reached the court of Beiqing, all the ministers, the current emperor and the retired emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, Luofu proclaimed himself king and established his own system. When he was offering sacrifices to the sky at Purple Gold Mountain, he looked ready to march north at any time, which really scared the current superiors.

The truth is, Luo Tianjun’s previous battle record was too horrific. They captured the wealthy city of Yangzhou in a short moment, and then defeated the last elite troops of Beiqing in a head-on battle in Yangzhou. They crossed the river and headed south, with Nanjing as the center, and almost conquered Jiangnan with just one order.

With such terrifying combat power, although there have not been many real head-on battles, that is also because Luo Tianjun’s combat power is too strong.

If Luo Tianjun really pursued the victory, Beiqing's defeat would be completely foreseeable.

Just when the people of Beiqing were in panic, Luofu was getting married.

This gave Beiqing a chance to catch its breath.

Even in the eyes of today's upper class, Luo Fu seemed to be addicted to alcohol and sex.

Rongguo Mansion. As a distinguished family with two dukes among the four kings and eight dukes.

Although, the slaves of the Jia family led to the sudden emergence of Luofu.

But now, both the current emperor and the emperor emeritus are in vain, and almost all the nobles are die-hard fans of the emperor emeritus.

The current emperor has not yet completely seized all power.

Under such circumstances, the current emperor and the retired emperor naturally cannot simply eradicate the Jia family.

Now that Luo Tianjun has occupied half of Jiangnan, people's hearts are already in unrest. Under such circumstances, stabilizing people's hearts is the top priority for Beiqing.

However, even so, the Jia family was punished to a certain extent.

After Luofu offered sacrifices to heaven and proclaimed himself king at Zijin Mountain outside Jinling City in Jiangnan, and the news of his upcoming wedding reached the Rongguo Mansion.

In Rongxi Hall, many masters of the Jia family, including Lady Jia of Rongguo Mansion, Jia She, Jia Zheng, Jia Jing and Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion gathered together.

"Aunt, how could this...this thief Luo Tian marry girl Lin?" Beiqing is now in turmoil, and even Jia Jing, who has been hiding in a Taoist temple to make elixirs, has to come out.

Grandmother Jia couldn't figure out the whole story either.

After all, Luofu's sudden appearance could no longer be described as a spark that starts a prairie fire, but rather like a nuclear bomb exploding out of nowhere, starting with the raising of the Luotian Army's flag.

He first captured Yangzhou, then defeated Wang Ziteng, crossed the river and headed south, and in a short period of time, he occupied Jinling, and the entire Jiangnan region was conquered with the order.

In such a huge situation, Jia Lian escorted Lin Daiyu to Yangzhou and was naturally involved in it.

Especially after knowing the grudge between Luofu and the Jia family, before the news came, Grandmother Jia and everyone in the Jia family all thought that Jia Lian, including Lin Ruhai and his daughter, would all be retaliated and liquidated by Luofu.

Who could have thought that after Luo Fu became king of Jiangnan, he would immediately marry Lin Daiyu as his concubine.

This now made the people in the Jia family have some different thoughts.

After all, after knowing the feud between Luofu and the Jia family, the people of the Jia family, whether for public or private reasons, could only choose the side of Beiqing.

Publicly, Luofu had just emerged out of nowhere at that time and had not yet demonstrated the power that it has today that sweeps the world. Privately, the Jia family had a deep hatred for Luofu.

But now, as Luofu swept across the south of the Yangtze River, showing signs of a new beginning, and the fact that Luofu actually married Lin Daiyu, the people in the Jia family began to think about having the best of both worlds.

Even though she didn't know what happened in the middle, at this moment, Grandmother Jia said, "Jing'er, no matter how this thief Luo Tian married Lin girl, do you think that my Jia family can..."

"Aunt." Jia Jing interrupted her rudely before she could finish her words. He said sternly, "There are some things you can't say."

Grandmother Jia's face darkened, but soon as if she had thought of something, a wry smile appeared on her face, her eyes flickered slightly, and she said, "I was confused."

Although she said this, even Jia Zheng guessed what Grandmother Jia was thinking.

Since Luofu was able to marry Lin Daiyu, it means that the relationship between the Jia family and Luofu may not be closer. Although the Jia family has no successor, it is like the yin is strong and the yang is weak, and there are several outstanding daughters now.

Taking Lin Daiyu as an example, it might be possible to start from the harem.

Since the decline of the Jia family, under the leadership of Grandmother Jia, the Jia family has embarked on this path, but now the target has been changed to Luofu.

You know, many years ago, Jia Yuanchun, the legitimate daughter of the second branch of Rongguo Mansion, was sent to the palace.

For those guys in the Jia family who are content with pleasure and have no ambition to make progress, being able to use women to maintain their wealth and glory is actually something they would like most. It is tacitly agreed that they should do so.

As for the previous hatred between the Jia family and Luofu, it seemed as if the people in the Jia family selectively forgot about it after they learned that Lin Daiyu had become Luofu's principal wife.

"She'er, is there still no news from Lian'er?" Grandmother Jia suddenly changed the subject and asked Jia She.

As the person who escorted Lin Daiyu back to Yangzhou, Jia Lian was completely lost in the Jia family after Yangzhou fell.

At this moment, Jia's mother inexplicably mentioned Jia Lian, obviously not just for Jia Lian's personal safety.

Although Jia Lian is Jia She's legitimate son, Jia She has not only legitimate sons, but also a illegitimate son named Jia Cong.

Even though Jia She had never cared about this illegitimate son before, if Jia Lian really encountered an accident, Jia She would have no shortage of people to see him off to the afterlife.

But even so, facing Lady Jia's questions, Jia She's eyes rarely turned red.

Although Jia She seems to be cruel and inhumane in the Jia family, he is actually a rare humane person.

You know, when Jia Baoyu was plotted against by Ma Dao Po, Jia Zheng, his father, was about to prepare a coffin for Jia Baoyu, but it was Jia She, his uncle, who still insisted on treating Jia Baoyu.

Now that the matter has fallen on his own legitimate son, Jia She will naturally not be any less capable than he was when facing Jia Baoyu's situation.

However, Jia She also knew that his mother suddenly mentioned Jia Lian, obviously not because she really cared about Jia Lian's life or death.

In the face of the life and death of the entire Jia family, the Ning and Rong mansions, and even the entire Beiqing, Jia Lian is simply not worth anything.

I'm afraid that Grandmother Jia's real intention is to use Jia Lian as an excuse to find a way to get in touch with Luo Tianjun in Jinling, Jiangnan.

Taking a deep breath, Jia She said, "I'm afraid Lian'er is in great danger."

"Lian'er is your legitimate son, the heir of our Rongguo Mansion. As a father, how can you not find out whether he is alive or dead?" Jia's mother said with a look of love for her legitimate grandson, "She'er, find a way to contact a few old relatives and see if you can get in touch with Jiangnan. There must be definite news about Lian'er's life or death."

The Ning and Rong mansions had no successors and were almost at the end of their rope.

In the two mansions combined, the only one who can really move around outside and even do something is Jia Lian.

It’s not to say that the Ning and Rong mansions, among the eight families in the entire capital, really have no one who can do anything. For example, Jia Yun can be considered a talent, but what the Jia family lacks is a real figure who can take the helm, or act outside.

In terms of status and position, there is only one Jia Lian in the two Ning and Rong mansions who has met the standards.

Jia Zheng, needless to say, can't do anything serious except idle conversation. Jia She stays in a small courtyard next to the stable, and apart from antique fans and concubines, he almost doesn't care about what's going on outside.

Jia Jing was absorbed in refining elixirs and cultivating immortality in a Taoist temple, while Jia Zhen's mind was full of his daughter-in-law. Jia Rong, Jia Zhen's legitimate son, was also timid and useless.

Standing out among the short guys actually makes Jia Lian's rarity more apparent.

(End of this chapter)