Chapter 1019: Palace change, Zhou Chen proclaims himself emperor
late at night!
Zhou Chen hugged Zhao Pan'er and lay on the bed. The two of them confided in each other how they had missed each other for the past three years.
"Your Majesty, now that the war is over, will you never leave the capital in the future?"
Zhou Chen sighed: "Even if I want to leave, I'm afraid many people won't be willing. Let alone leaving the capital, even if I leave the mansion now, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me."
Zhao Pan'er's voice was low: "It's all our fault. It's us who dragged you down."
Zhou Chen suddenly smiled and said: "My hope is that I am smart, and I can't hide anything from you. But it's not you who are dragging me down, it's me who is dragging you down. Originally, I could have ignored everything and asked nothing, but I
For my own selfish reasons, I have harmed you."
Zhao Pan'er covered Zhou Chen's mouth and said softly: "It's not your fault. How could the prince give up his ambitions for us? Being favored by the prince is already a blessing in Pan'er's life. Not only Pan'er, but also Pan'er,
Sister Hui and Sister Yinzhang also understand the prince and Brother Ye. In their eyes, you are the person they respect the most, so how can they complain."
Zhou Chen remained silent. He had always known that Zhao Pan'er was very smart. Now that she had been the mistress of the Hou Mansion for twenty years, she had gained perspective and experience, so she naturally saw things more clearly.
"Although I have been named a county king, you can still see the embarrassing situation I am in now. Pan'er, what do you think I should do?"
Zhao Pan'er didn't immediately, but just hugged her tighter.
"No matter what the prince does, I will support you, but the children are still young..."
She didn't finish speaking, but Zhou Chen already understood what she meant.
"Yes, the children are still young. They shouldn't be implicated by me. Even if it's not for ourselves or for the children, I have no choice."
At the end, his eyes burst out with astonishing murderous intent. He has lived for hundreds of years and has been on the battlefield for decades. If he continues to live a miserable life, how can he be worthy of himself and his own system's golden finger?
"The worst case scenario is death. Pan'er is satisfied to be able to accompany you until now."
Although Zhao Pan'er didn't say anything, he knew Zhou Chen well and knew that Zhou Chen would not be willing to compromise, so he immediately expressed his attitude.
Zhou Chen lowered his head and kissed her softly, and then separated after a long time.
"Don't underestimate your man."
He had already made up his mind, but with Zhao Pan'er's support, his confidence doubled and his ambition was high.
Zhou Chen's title of king caused shock in the government and the public, and hundreds of officials came to remonstrate with him. However, the common people, especially the people in Tokyo, cheered and were excited.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it is not that there have been no kings with foreign surnames, but basically those kings with foreign surnames were posthumously granted the title of king in their prime. Even if they were only county princes, so far, there is only one Zhou Chen.
In fact, in terms of achievements, Zhou Chen destroyed Xixia, defeated the Liao Kingdom, and recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun. Such great achievements are definitely worthy of being crowned king.
But matters in the imperial court are not just based on merit. Anyway, as soon as the decree of making the king came out, it aroused the opposition of hundreds of officials and caused chaos in the government and the public.
At the great court meeting, when Zhou Chen went to court, he was targeted by countless civil servants. Many people impeached him. Some said that Zhou Chen disrespected the order, and some said that Zhou Chen did not respect the order and sent troops without permission, causing a war between the two countries.
A heinous crime...
These civil servants are indeed very talkative. Each one is more talkative than the other, and they talk nonsense. They don't mention a word about Zhou Chen's achievements, which is all a sin.
Good guy, Zhou Chen seems to have committed public outrage. Countless people have impeached and slandered him. Although some nobles and military attachés defended Zhou Chen, compared to the huge civil servant group, the nobles and military attachés really have the right to speak in the court.
It's more than one level lower.
Zhou Chen, on the other hand, stood there silently as if nothing had happened, allowing others to impeach and slander him without saying a word.
What else is there to say? The war is over and the time of reckoning has come. No matter what he says now, it will not help. The main thing is to see the attitude of the official Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen was very excited, angrily denounced the ministers, tried his best to promote Zhou Chen, and spoke for Zhou Chen. In the end, he was so angry that he walked away and retreated directly from the court.
As soon as the court meeting was over, the officials left the hall.
Zhou Chen had obviously just been crowned king. According to normal circumstances, he should be in the limelight and everyone would be fawning over him.
But in fact, the scene that happened at the court meeting just now made him the target of public criticism. Except for some officials who were already close to him, the rest of the officials did not dare to approach him. Even the officials who wanted to be close to him could not get close to him at this time.
Don't dare to go there rashly.
When Zhou Chen saw this scene, he sneered in his heart. He knew very well that he had touched the interests of the civil servant group, so they united against him.
In fact, there are some of his people in the civil service group, but at times like this, they are less able to stand up.
He had already made a decision in his heart, so he didn't care about being slandered by these civil servants. He firmly believed that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Civil servants are important, but there are countless scholars in the world. As long as he can conquer the country, it cannot be without the service of scholars.
In the following period, Zhou Chen was continuously impeached by hundreds of officials, and all kinds of charges came out.
Even old things that happened many years ago, such as Zhou Chen marrying a prostitute, deporting himself from the country for a prostitute, etc. Such things that are not worthy of being brought to the forefront have become reasons to criticize Zhou Chen.
As for other crimes committed during the war, they were even more unpardonable, as if Zhou Chen was the sinner of the Song Dynasty, and not killing him would not be enough to vent the public's anger.
Zhou Chen had long known how powerful the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were, and confusing right and wrong was their specialty.
But to achieve this level still shocked his heart. With such a court and such officials, the Northern Song Dynasty was really lucky to be able to persist for so many years.
Of course, there were also some high-ranking civil servants who spoke for Zhou Chen, such as Fan Xiwen, Fan Xianggong, Han Xianggong, etc.
But it is a pity that they do not have enough say, and it is impossible to shake Zhao Zhen's determination.
The stalemate lasted for a month. Zhou Chen stayed in the palace during this time, and later did not even go to the morning court.
In the end, Zhao Zhen couldn't resist the wishes of hundreds of officials and had to make a compromise. He removed Zhou Chen's title from Prince Changping and changed it to Duke of Yu.
However, the civil servant group did not stop impeachment and remonstrating. Another month passed, and Zhao Zhen had no choice but to issue an order to remove Zhou Chen from the title of Duke of Yu and reduce him to the title of Duke of Kaiguo County.
In two months, he was demoted from the county king to the founding county magistrate, three levels in a row, which caused a huge shock around the city of Tokyo, especially among the noble family and the military attache group, and made countless people dissatisfied.
It's a pity that compared to the civil service group and the official family, the nobility and military attache groups are still not qualified.
Zhou Chen set a record for the title of king since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and now he has broken the record of generals and titles since the Song Dynasty.
After being demoted twice in a row, everyone in the court could see that the officials were determined to target Zhou Chen.
In addition to demoting Zhou Chen, Zhao Zhen and the new prime minister began to negotiate peace talks with the Liao Kingdom.
That's right, from the moment he targeted Zhou Chen, he was no longer preparing to go to war with the Liao Kingdom. Now the Liao Kingdom's strength has been greatly damaged and it is impossible to recover every few decades. Therefore, peace talks with the Liao Kingdom now are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Chance.
When Zhou Chen went from being the king of the county to being the Duke of the founding county, he did not make any mistakes and allowed Zhao Zhen to decline.
Although many people were surprised by Zhou Chen's inaction, they were not too surprised. After all, in an era like this, the king's authority was still very great.
If you want me to die, I have to die!
Even in a dynasty like the Song Dynasty, this sentence can be applied, but the literati in the Song Dynasty rarely punished people with death, and more often sent people to confiscate their families.
Although Zhou Chen had a high status, he was not the chief minister of the dynasty after all. Zhao Zhen was determined to demote Zhou Chen, and Zhou Chen really could not resist.
But all these are just their self-righteous thoughts.
The second year of Qingli, the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
This night was destined to be an unforgettable night for the people of Tokyo, because it was from this night that the world changed hands.
The lights of the Marquis Mansion are bright tonight. Yes, in a short period of time, Zhou Chen has changed from the founding county magistrate to a marquis.
Step by step test, it was destined that if Zhou Chen did not resist, death would be waiting for him, so today, he stood up to resist.
In the main hall, Zhou Chen was standing in the middle wearing battle armor, with several people also wearing armor kneeling in front of him.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready. As long as the Lord gives the order, the Palace Front Division, the Horse Army Division, and the Infantry Division will immediately surrender to the Lord. By then, the palace will be under the Lord's control.
"
Zhou Chen nodded and asked again: "Where is the Privy Council?"
The military power of the imperial court was in the hands of the Privy Council, which was also the highest leadership department of the Song Dynasty and had great powers.
"We have sent people to watch over the Privy Council. We will never let the princes of the Privy Council interfere with the Lord's plan."
"very good."
Zhou Chen's eyes flashed with light, and then he shouted in a low voice: "Lei Jiu."
Lei Jiu suddenly walked out of the darkness.
"Owner."
"I have made an agreement with the three generals. When the time comes, even if we don't see the signal, we will attack the city at the appointed time. Yongtai Gate, Chaoyang Gate, and Xuanhua Gate will definitely be able to reach the inner city and control it by then."
Zhou Chen nodded with satisfaction. Long before he came back, he had made an agreement with several loyal generals under his command that he would send people to contact them when the time came. Once he needed it, he would immediately find a way to lead troops to Beijing.
Although for the sake of concealment, we could not bring too many troops, we divided the troops into three groups and marched at night. They only followed small roads and the marching speed was extremely fast. They would not be easily discovered. Even if they were discovered, by the time the news reached the capital, they would have already been
It's too late.
As for the three city gates Lei Jiu mentioned just now, the city gate guards have long been replaced by his people.
He has been setting up in Tokyo City for nearly twenty years. Needless to say, he has already completely infiltrated the former Imperial Palace Division, as well as the Horse Guards Division and Infantry Division Division. He has also infiltrated a lot of them at critical moments.
for his use.
And now is the critical moment.
Although there are hundreds of thousands of garrison troops in Tokyo City, most of them are stationed near Tokyo City. The number of troops in the city is only more than 200,000, most of which are forbidden troops, and Zhou Chen was previously the leader of the forbidden troops.
, although not as good as the Prime Minister of the Privy Council, it would be much more convenient if the main generals were replaced by one of our own people.
For this, he used all the skills he could use, including money to clear the way, god-level Yuelao, etc.
The palace changes, tonight!
Zhou Chen said goodbye to the worried Zhao Pan'er and his daughters, and directly led his troops into the imperial city. Following his order, the imperial troops who had surrendered to him immediately took action, killing generals who might be a threat, and quickly took control of most of the palace.
city.
When Zhou Chen led his troops into the palace city, the palace gate was already wide open. Coincidentally, there were also Imperial City Commissioners guarding tonight, and even more coincidentally, Gu Qianfan, the Imperial City Commissioner, was among them.
Zhou Chen was also very surprised when he saw Gu Qianfan.
Gu Qianfan was also surprised when he saw Zhou Chen approaching with a fierce temper, but at the same time he also looked a little relieved.
"As early as a few days ago, I discovered that there was a change in the guards in the palace. It turned out to be your arrangement, Lord Marquis. Are you trying to force the palace?"
Zhou Chen looked at Gu Qianfan silently. He still had a good impression of Gu Qianfan, and they had known each other for twenty years.
"Qianfan, I have no choice but to do it. If I don't take action, I will be the one who dies soon. I just want to live, so I can only resist."
After saying that, his expression turned grim and he stopped talking to Gu Qianfan. With a wave of his hand, a large number of forbidden troops immediately surrounded Gu Qianfan.
Gu Qianfan's eyes were complicated, but he finally dropped his weapon and surrendered silently.
The guards in the palace were basically rebellious. Even if he resisted, he would only be seeking death.
In the past few years, he has also lost confidence in this court. If Zhou Chen succeeds, maybe...
Zhou Chen didn't know what Gu Qianfan was thinking, so he directly led his troops into the harem.
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The next day, news of the palace coup spread throughout the city of Tokyo. Many people discovered the problem at night, but the inner city was full of murderous soldiers. Even the officials were imprisoned in the mansion by the imperial army and were not allowed to go out.
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It wasn't until the next morning that news came out from the palace that the official Zhao Zhen had died of a serious illness. It was passed that the one-year-old prince Zhao Xi was named King of Qin, Privy Envoy, and Ping Zhangshi under Tong Zhongshu's family.
, integrating political affairs and military power...
As soon as this decree came out, it immediately caused an uproar. All civil and military officials were furious. But before they could take any action, Zhou Chen, who had already taken control of the capital, had already controlled all these officials, leaving only those who were willing to do so.
Officials loyal to him dominate political affairs.
Although Zhou Chen has tried his best to control the capital, the situation has developed too badly. Countless people who claim to be loyal want to overthrow Zhou Chen and spread the news to the outside world, hoping that King Qin's army will arrive and get rid of Zhou Chen, who is responsible for the rebellion.
The rebellious minister.
There were hundreds of thousands of Song troops guarding around Bianjing City. After receiving the news, they immediately formed King Qin's Division as quickly as possible and marched towards Tokyo City.
Zhou Chen conquered the imperial army inside the capital by killing them one after another, and finally took control of the capital. He still had nearly 200,000 men available, so he was not worried at all when facing King Qin's army and defended the city.
It was not until half a month later that the border troops he had arranged long ago rushed to help and defeated King Qin's army in one fell swoop, completely stabilizing the situation.
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In 1043 AD, Emperor Zen of the Song Dynasty was located in Qin King Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Bianjing City. His country was named "Yan" and his reign was named Xinghua.
Zhou Chen named his wife Zhao Pan'er the queen, his eldest son Zhou Ye as the prince, his second son as the king of Zhao, the prince Zhou Huan as the king of Yan, and the prince Zhou Bai as the king of Chu...
Gao Hui of the Gao family was named Concubine Hui, Song Yinzhang of the Song family was conferred the title of Concubine De, and Zhang Haohao of the Zhang family was conferred the title of Concubine Li.
In the first year of Xinghua, the Yan Kingdom was basically in civil strife. Many people in the original Song Dynasty were dissatisfied with Zhou Chen's proclaimed emperor and revolted. At the same time, the children of the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty also rose up against Yan. The entire Central Plains area,
They are all in turmoil.
But Zhou Chen sat in Bianjing, commanded the battle, and eliminated these resistance forces one by one, especially the Zhao family, and he would kill them all and never tolerate them.
Now that he has become the emperor, Zhou Chen will never be lenient. He will quickly deal with anyone and anything that threatens his rule.
In order to stabilize the government, Zhou Chen had to marry various major forces and marry many concubines, including Meng's daughter, etc.
By the third year of Xinghua, the internal turmoil in Yan Kingdom had basically been eliminated. Only a few forces were still stubbornly resisting and fighting against the enemy, but they could no longer shake the world situation.
During the civil war in Yan, some foreign countries took advantage of the chaos to invade, but because the Liao Kingdom had already been crippled by Zhou Chen, the remaining small foreign countries were not enough to pose much of a threat to the Yan Kingdom, and they were quickly subdued.
Border chaos.
In the fifth year of Xinghua's reign, Zhou Chen moved his capital to Yanjing. Yanjing was the capital of the Liao Kingdom, Xijin Prefecture. It was captured by Zhou Chen, so he moved his capital here to facilitate his defense against the Liao Kingdom.
After ten years of prosperity, the Yan Kingdom was completely rooted in the hearts of the people. After being troubled by civil wars and foreign wars, the Yan Kingdom slowly restored its national strength. The world gradually became peaceful and peaceful, and all the people returned home.
From then on, the world only knew Emperor Zhou Chen of the Great Yan Dynasty, and gradually forgot about the Zhao family of the Great Song Dynasty in the past.
The plot of ancient politics is a mess. I’m really not very good at it. I overestimated myself and burned out too many brain cells. I can only do this. In the next world, I’ll write about urban genres...