Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

On May 16th of the lunar calendar, the weather is fine!

On this day, Zhao Gou officially announced his enthronement as emperor!

It's just that the place where he ascended the throne was not in Kaifeng City! Because of the Jurchen rampage, Kaifeng City has been empty! The current Kaifeng City is extremely dilapidated, and there are still many dead bodies in Kaifeng City that have not been processed! As for the merchants, they have disappeared in Kaifeng City!

On this day, Zhao Gou ascended the throne as emperor in Shangqiu in the south!

In the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng was Tokyo, the capital of the country, Luoyang was Xijing, Daming Mansion was Beijing, and Shangqiu was Nanjing! This Shangqiu was the accompanying capital of the Song Dynasty, and the Jurchens did not enter here, so it is still prosperous here!

Zhao Gou had already bathed and changed his clothes. When the sun just rose in the morning, he led his ministers to the altar to worship the sky! After offering sacrifices to heaven, sacrifices to ancestors! After sacrificing ancestors, Zhao Gou ascended the throne as emperor in the royal palace in Shangqiu!

His ascension to the throne was on such a grand scale that hundreds of thousands of people in the entire city of Shangqiu were watching the ceremony! In addition to watching the ceremony, the common people are also talking about it!

"Kang Kang is just a vassal king. Now that the crown prince is alive, how can King Kang be enthroned as emperor?"

"That's right! I'm afraid it's inappropriate for King Kang to ascend the throne! I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince is now in Hanzhong! If His Highness the Crown Prince also ascends the throne as emperor, what should we do?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the heir apparent of the kingdom! Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor were captured, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be enthroned as emperor. How could King Kang do such a thing?"

"Although His Royal Highness is the crown prince, he is too young! Calculated, His Royal Highness is only 11 years old now! What does this 11-year-old child know? If it is a normal age, it is natural that the crown prince will inherit the throne! But now, Jurchen treats us They are eyeing tigers, and they may go south at any time, can we still let an 11-year-old child become the emperor? I think it is not impossible for King Kang to become the emperor!"

"Nonsense! King Kang is just a vassal king. He ascended the throne without authorization. This move greatly violates the principles of ethics! My Great Song Dynasty pays attention to the principles of ethics the most, and King Kang's ascension to the throne is a bit outrageous!"

The common people talked a lot, but most of them did not approve of King Kang's ascension to the throne! Only a small number of people support King Kang's enthronement because he is older and it is wartime!

"In all dynasties, when an emperor ascends the throne, he must first have the Jade Seal of the Kingdom! Even rebels like Wang Mang and Cao Pi have to get the Jade Seal of the Nation, so that they can be justified! However, it is said that the Jade Seal of the Nation has been taken away by the prince! In the hands of King Kang Without the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, can such enthronement count?"

"If you don't have the Imperial Seal, you can't be called an emperor!"

"Yes! If His Royal Highness is enthroned with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, who should we respect as emperor?"

Some people talked about passing on the jade seal of the country! Although they are ordinary people, they also know that the jade seal of Chuanguo is an orthodox symbol! Kang Wang did not pass on the jade seal of the country, so he ascended the throne as emperor, even inferior to rebels like Wang Mang and Cao Pi! How can such a Kang Wang be recognized by the people?

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The enthronement ceremony was huge, and it was not until late at night that the enthronement ceremony was considered complete!

Zhao Gou officially became the emperor, and his year name is Jianyan. Now it is the first year of Jianyan! This is not much different from history! The only difference is that there is an extra Zhao Chen in the first year of Jianyan, so Zhao Gou's status is a bit embarrassing!

In the middle of the night, Zhao Gou feasted all the ministers! His important ministers have all arrived in the palace!

The most famous among them is undoubtedly Zong Ze, who is the head of Zhao Gou's servants! Besides Zong Ze, there was another old man sitting there! This old man looks unusually old, with drooping eyelids, but his identity is not trivial! He is Yang Shi, the most famous Confucian of this era! Yang Shi is a disciple of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, known as the authentic Cheng family! Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi founded Confucianism together! Since the Song Dynasty, Confucian Neo-Confucianism has become Confucianism orthodox! As a disciple of two masters, Yang Shi's status can be imagined! In addition to Yang Shi, there was another civil servant sitting in the important seat in front. This civil servant had an unusually square face and bright eyes. This person was called Zhao Ding! In history, this Zhao Ding was the Nandu famous minister who was named after Li Gang, and he was also the only civil servant in the early Song Dynasty who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Li Gang!

In addition to them, there are two middle-aged civil servants sitting there. One of the two middle-aged civil servants is obese. This person is called Huang Qianshan. The other is tall, thin and always smiling. This person is called Huang Qianshan. Wang Boyan! These two were well-known treacherous prime ministers in the early Southern Song Dynasty. In history, these two people expelled Li Gang, making it difficult to complete Li Gang's anti-golden plan!

In addition to these civil servants, Zhao Gou has a very large number of generals!

The most famous of them is undoubtedly Han Shizhong! Back then, Han Shizhong once captured Fang La alive among thousands of troops, and was known as the number one rising star of the Western Army! He is extremely skilled in martial arts and has a great reputation in history! At this moment, he is naturally sitting at the head! Besides him, Liu Guangshi was also sitting there, but Liu Guangshi was sitting under Han Shizhong's hands! For this point, Liu Guangshi was obviously very dissatisfied! Apart from the two of them, there were some other generals. On the contrary, Zhang Jun, who captured Zhao Chen at the beginning, was not here, and he didn't know where he went!

Sitting on the throne, Zhao Gou looked at the ministers below with satisfaction in his eyes!

His subordinates are full of talents, both literary and military! And most of these people are loyal to him! These people are the capital for him to rule the world!

"I am enthroned as emperor today, and the first thing I want to thank is all the ministers! Without your concerted efforts to help me, I would not be able to sit here today!" Zhao Gou laughed.

He raised his wine glass, and the civil and military ministers below all raised their wine glasses to celebrate Zhao Gou's enthronement as emperor!

"National affairs are difficult! Although the Jurchens are temporarily retreating, they will go south sooner or later! So we must think of countermeasures! You all talk about it, what should we do next?" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, we must first control Jiangnan! Jiangnan has a large population and is rich in resources! Only after we control Jiangnan can we deal with the Jurchens! Now that the Central Plains have been broken, we may not be able to compete with the Jurchens only by relying on the Central Plains!" Zong Ze stood up and said.

"It's natural! I won't let Jiangnan go!" Zhao Gou nodded.

"In addition to Jiangnan, there is also Sichuan! Sichuan is a land of abundance, extremely rich! Your Majesty should immediately issue an order to make the officials in Sichuan surrender!" Zong Ze said again.

"I'm afraid that the officials in Sichuan may not obey me, Emperor Jianyan! To be honest, I have ordered Zhang Jun to go upstream along the Yangtze River and prepare to take back Sichuan with a large army!" Zhao Gou said.

"It couldn't be more secure! In addition to Jiangnan and Sichuan, there are Hanzhong and Guanshan now! It's just that there is a prince in Hanzhong, so I'm afraid he might not obey us!" Zong Ze nodded!

Zhao Gou also nodded, this is his biggest problem now! If Zhao Chen wasn't there, he wouldn't have to think about these things at all! As long as he ascends the throne as emperor, no matter it is Jiangnan, Sichuan, Hanzhong, Guanshan, he will naturally obey him, there is no such trouble at all!

"Your Majesty, I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince went to Xiangzhou, and you sent people to chase and kill His Highness the Crown Prince. Is there such a thing?" Zong Ze stared at Zhao Gou, and suddenly asked such a sentence!

"Ah! There is absolutely no such thing! Someone is slandering me!" Zhao Gou was taken aback and hurriedly said.

He didn't expect that Zongze didn't ask this question in the past, but today he suddenly asked such a question at his enthronement ceremony!

"This is the best! Your Majesty, His Royal Highness is the eldest son of Emperor Jingkang! Originally, he was supposed to inherit the throne! But now it is wartime, and His Royal Highness is too young to control the country, so I support His Majesty's ascension to the throne! It's just that doing so has wronged His Highness the Crown Prince, and I hope His Majesty will not hurt His Highness the Crown Prince!" Zong Ze gritted his teeth and said what he wanted to say!

He is a well-known loyal minister in history, but the development and changes in the current situation have made him Zhao Gou's subordinate! However, even though he is Zhao Gou's subordinate, he still pays attention to the word "loyalty" in his heart! In his opinion, Zhao Gou's ascension to the throne is a last resort! Under the current situation, the prince Zhao Chen is really not suitable to be an emperor! But even so, he didn't want Zhao Chen to be hurt!

He had heard about what happened outside Xiangzhou City that day! Moreover, he was originally the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and he also knew that there was a transfer of soldiers and horses that day! So he knew that it was true that Zhao Gou wanted to kill Zhao Chen, so he advised Zhao Gou!

"Don't worry, I won't hurt the prince! In fact, I don't want to be the emperor! I am a vassal king, so how can I inherit the throne? It's just that the Jurchens are eyeing the prince. The prince is young, and the people suffer. , I have no choice but to become the emperor! In fact, these days, I often feel uneasy in my heart, and I feel sorry for my father and brother! Hey, tell me, should I take the crown prince and let him inherit the throne?" Zhao Gou said suddenly.

"How could Your Majesty have such thoughts? After all, His Royal Highness is still young! He is not good enough to inherit the throne!"

"Yes! Your Majesty must not have such thoughts!"

"Your Majesty is loyal to the country, and if things happen helplessly, there is no other way!"

The ministers below spoke up one after another!

A smile appeared on Zhao Gou's face, but soon the smile disappeared. Zhao Gou said again: "Although I have no choice but to inherit the throne, I dare not sit on the throne forever! I have decided, Your Highness the Crown Prince Not only the son of the emperor, but also my son from now on! From now on, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will also be the Crown Prince of my Jianyan court! After I expel the Jurchens, I will abdicate immediately and let the Crown Prince inherit the throne!" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty's benevolence and righteousness, Yang admires it!" Yang Shi stood up abruptly and said loudly!

"Your Majesty is not greedy for the throne, it is a model of ancient and modern times!" Huang Qianshan also got up and said.

The ministers below all complimented! Only Zong Ze, Han Shizhong and others frowned slightly, not knowing what they were thinking! These people are loyal ministers in history, and they always attach great importance to the ethics, but they are not as pedantic as Yue Fei! In their view, Zhao Gou's ascension to the throne was really a last resort, and now the country cannot be handed over to a child! However, they were extremely suspicious of Zhao Gou's intentions, and they were worried that Zhao Gou would continue to harm Zhao Chen!

"Now there is an extremely important matter, and I still need to think of ways to be listed as a minister!" Zhao Gou said.

"I don't know what it is?" Zong Ze said.

"Although I am enthroned as the emperor, the Chuanguo Yuxi is not in my hands! Without the Chuanguo Yuxi, I am afraid that if I want to command the world, I am afraid it will be impossible! Therefore, I will send someone to Hanzhong to persuade the prince to get the Chuanguo Yuxi back. If possible, bring the prince to me too! Brother Huang is gone, I will teach the prince well!" Zhao Gou said.