The weather is already very hot, but no matter how hot the weather is, it will definitely not be as hot as Wannian Princess Liu Qian. When she was in Xiliang, Chen Cheng gave her a lot of shares, and now those factories and businesses have grown into an indispensable
A shocking behemoth. She doesn’t have to do anything every year. The dividends alone are enough to make her one of the richest people in the world.
With so much money, digging a cellar to store ice is nothing. Even without these, and with the saltpeter transported from the Western Regions, it is not difficult to make temporary ice. She and Chen Cheng have a total of five children, who have grown up
Yes, they have all moved out now.
There are also some younger ones who live in the South Palace. In the huge North Palace, there are only Chen Cheng and his wives.
Liu Qian's life is very comfortable now, just like it has been for more than ten years. Every day she is either enjoying singing and dancing or going out hunting. No matter what she wants, Chen Cheng will always try his best to find a way to get it for her. The weather is hot now
, she would get too hot if she went out in the sun, so she pestered Chen Cheng to accompany her to sing and dance in the palace.
In addition to Chen Cheng, she also invited Zi Jia'er, Cai Yan, Ma Yunlu, Mrs. Qin and other well-connected officials' female relatives to come over. Chen Cheng felt that it was not good to just invite a bunch of women over, so he sent Zhao Yun,
Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and others were also called into the palace to relax together.
These once-famous generals are also getting older. Although they still maintain their strong bodies, many of them have the color of wind and frost on their temples. With the pacification of Jiangdong, Liu Biao also handed over his position as Jingzhou Mu.
, moved the whole family to Luoyang. Now that there is no trouble in the world, the population is multiplying and growing, the growth of materials has increased dozens of times than before, and the trend of extravagance has become stronger.
But Chen Cheng still maintains his simple character. If he eats alone on weekdays, he only eats one vegetable after another. Only when there are many people like this, will he ask the chef to prepare some delicacies. Of course, if he eats with Liu Qian,
They have everything. Crabs weighing more than ten kilograms and prawns more than one meter long. You can eat a lot of them every autumn.
The atmosphere in the hall was very relaxed. Everyone present was Chen Cheng's friends and old subordinates, so they spoke very casually.
Just as the lovely girls were dancing, a Xiliang dragon rider wearing a cloth robe hurried in and whispered something in Chen Cheng's ear. Chen Cheng's movements immediately seemed to freeze. Liu
Qian tilted her head, as if she was still a young girl, and asked, "What happened?"
Chen Cheng sighed and said: "Cao Cao is dead, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei are also dead,"
Liu Qian was stunned and said "Oh!"
Chen Cheng stretched out his hand and rubbed her head and said, "Forget it, let's forget about it for now. We'll have a rest today and we'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do."
Liu Qian shook her head and said angrily: "I told you not to mess with my hair. It will be very troublesome if it gets loose!"
Everyone in the government and the public heard the news from the distant subcontinent. Cao Cao, who once brought trouble to China and caused a bloody storm in the Indian continent, finally died. Cao Ang took over the power of Cao's army. Liu Bei, the former Xuzhou Shepherd, only lived for half a year longer.
At that time, his son Liu Chan came forward to ask for a posthumous title for Liu Bei, and also sent Liu Bei's suicide note.
The older officials were filled with emotion. Many people still remember how arrogant and arrogant Cao Mengde was in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. But many young people have never heard of Cao Cao's name. They grew up in a new era.
I have never experienced that era when swords were everywhere and people were eating each other, so I didn't have any feelings at all. After hearing the news, I only knew that the leader of an overseas vassal country had died.
But those ministers began to take action. The world has been stable for more than ten years. Except for a large-scale battle with the Sun family in Jiangdong, there has been no time to send troops abroad on a large scale. Now the sea is clear and the river is clear, and the world is peaceful.
It's time for the King of Wei to rise to another level, so that everyone can claim to be the founding hero of the country.
After Chen Cheng gave Liu Bei the posthumous title of "Zhao Lie", he received a lot of requests to persuade him to join. The most eager one was Yan Zhong, who had been sitting in the position of Shangshu Ling for more than 20 years. The former
At that time, he kept saying "I'm going to die, I'm going to die", but he was in great health, jumping around all day long, and his face was glowing.
But since this year, his physical condition has deteriorated rapidly, and he is getting worse day by day. He knows that his end is approaching, and he has always wanted Chen Cheng to ascend to the throne of God as soon as possible. Now that he has such a good opportunity, he will never let it go.
Yan Zhong dragged his sick body and said to Chen Cheng: "I don't have much time left. Can't your Majesty fulfill my wishes for these decades?"
Chen Cheng comforted him and said: "Bo Dao, you just feel cold occasionally. You will be fine after taking some time to nurse yourself back to health."
Yan Zhong looked at Chen Cheng's unchanged appearance for decades and sighed: "I know my own affairs. If I can't do it, I can't do it. Your Majesty has allowed your majesty to be the emperor of peace for decades, which is worthy of the late emperor's promotion.
It’s time to think about our children and our old subordinates!”
Chen Cheng looked at Yan Zhong's head of white hair and couldn't help feeling that time is like a knife. He thought for a while and said, "Then it will be this autumn."
After receiving a clear answer, Yan Zhong was very happy. He stood up and laughed a few times, "I have finally waited for this day!"
Over the past few decades, all the court ministers who lived with the emperor in Chang'an have withered away. Chen Cheng has not added any more people to them. Official positions such as Sikong, Situ, and Sima have all been vacated. The ministers around the emperor have changed.
There was tea after tea, but there was no longer an important minister who could discuss important matters.
When the news came from Luoyang that the general and Wei Wang Chen Cheng wanted to be promoted to a higher position, the emperor Liu Bian breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had put down all the worries in the past. He sat on a chair in the palace hall.
, said to himself: "This day has finally come!"
Empress Fu shed tears and said: "If my father were still here, he would certainly not be able to let the thieves persecute Your Majesty like this!"
Liu Bian smiled bitterly and said: "Even if your father is still alive, what use will it be? Now all the scholars and officials in the world are students of the general. It is beyond my expectation to be the emperor today."
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He accepted his fate and said: "The matter has come to an end. There is no need to drag it further. Let's ask someone to come in and issue an edict."
The provincial officials had been waiting for this day for a long time. The minister ordered Zhuge Liang to arrange everything clearly after receiving the edict. Chen Cheng was not pretentious. After receiving Liu Bian's abdication edict, he changed his clothes and
He became an emperor. Then the people below should be granted the title of marquis and the reward should be given.
The minister ordered Sima Yi, the minister ordered Zhuge Liang and others to ask: "Now that your majesty is practicing Zuo, how about changing the country's name to Wei?"
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "I am a Han, and the position of emperor will be passed to Liu Sheng in the future. He has the blood of the late emperor, so there is no need to change the country's name. It will still be called Han. If you find it easy to get confused, just call him Ji."
Han, Yinhan is ready."
"How should we call the year name?"
Chen Cheng is a person who suffers from naming difficulty syndrome. He thought for a moment and said, "Which one is better, Hongwu or Yongle?"
After the ministers discussed it, they thought it would be more appropriate to use "Yongle". Chen Cheng was indifferent to these things. Even if he used "Apocalypse" and "Chongzhen", he would not feel bad luck, so the matter was settled. This year is still the year of Jian'an,
Next year will be the first year of Yongle,
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Tian family replaced the Qi Dynasty, and now the Chen family replaced the Han Dynasty. Although the court and the military were happy, many people among the people still felt that this was wrong. They did not dare to rebel, so they wrote a lot of satires
His novels and poems satirized Chen Cheng as a minister, but he rebelled against his superiors and tried to seize the Liu family's empire.
There were a lot of such gossips. After Jin Yiwei collected them, he suggested that they kill a group of people and arrest a group of them. Now that the imperial court has opened sub-bases in Japan and Nanyang, there are many more places where people can be exiled. Chen Cheng met those
After making the secretly sarcastic remark, he laughed loudly and then ordered not to worry about it.
"I've done everything, why don't I allow others to talk about it?"
Liu Qian waited for more than ten years and finally became the queen. She was very happy, but her eldest son Liu Sheng was even happier. Liu Sheng, who had just gotten married, asked: "Mother, if my father becomes the emperor, then won't I be the prince?"
"certainly!"
Chen Sheng was so excited that he paced back and forth in the hall and said happily: "Then I can also be the emperor in the future?"
"certainly!"
Of course, after a long time, Chen Sheng would know that things were not that simple.
Chen Cheng became the emperor in the expectation of everyone, and his civil and military ministers each received rewards. Among them, Yan Zhong was named the Duke of Liang, and his image was hung in Lingyan Pavilion. Yan Zhong, whose health was getting worse day by day, continued to attend the event.
After the founding ceremony, I fell seriously ill when I returned home, and I haven't been able to get up since.
Yan Xing invited many famous doctors to treat Yan Zhong, but when the doctors came, they all shook their heads and asked Yan Xing to prepare for the funeral. One doctor who secretly believed in the Truth said bluntly: "With Your Majesty here,
How could Zhongshu Ling be ill? This is the end of his life and cannot be undone by human power."
At this time, Yan Xing did not dare to conceal Yan Zhong's condition and sent someone to deliver the news to the palace.
Hearing that Yan Zhong was on his deathbed, Chen Cheng came to Yan Zhong's mansion with dozens of guards and soldiers in a light carriage.
"Oh, it's really impossible. I could still ride a horse a year ago!"
Yan Zhong was lying on the bed, looking at Chen Cheng who was dressed in simple clothes, and said with a smile: "I will help your majesty become a great hero, and I will be able to follow your majesty's reputation and live forever."
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "I am a rebellious minister and traitor who seeks to seize the Liu family. You are just a dog-headed military advisor. How do you still want to have a good reputation?"
Yan Zhong laughed and said: "It is better to be infamy for ten thousand years than to be unknown. Besides, His Majesty's achievements far surpass those of Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty. Who dares to say that he is a rebellious minister and a traitor? His merits and demerits will be judged by himself! The reputation of your Majesty should be comparable to that of Zhang Liang, the remaining marquis!"
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"You are the Duke of Liang, and you have many more marquises than Zhang Liang." Chen Cheng said, "If you like it, I can make you the king."
