On August 17 of the 14th year of the Great Cause, Li Qin received the support of the Song Dynasty and unified Jiangnan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On 23 August, the transfer of officials under Li Qin's command was completed. The newly acquired counties of Nankang, Yongjia, Jian'an, Changsha, Hengyang, Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang, and Yuanling, as well as Shi'an, Yulin, Jiaozhi, Ningyue, Hepu, Gaoliang, Yongping, Cangwu, Yongxi, Pingjun, Xin'an, Nanhai, Longchuan, and Yi'an in Lingnan, all began to implement the new policies under Li Qin's rule.

Because Song Que spoke to fully support Li Qin. Therefore, with Song Valve as the leader, the major families in Lingnan, as well as the major tycoons in the newly acquired land in the south, all handed over the excess land in their hands one after another -- a man should not possess more than ten acres of cultivated land. This refers to the people of nationality, and the people of slave nationality are not allowed to own land.

Forced by the facts of this era, Li Qin did not abolish slavery outright, he only made provisions for slaves: the master family must not be killed, and the name of slave cannot be arbitrarily killed; All slaves must earn at least one-third of their civil work; And after twenty years of slavery, a slave is allowed to redeem himself, and after that his descendants shall not be slaves.

Although the gold and silver for redemption were not low, at least there was hope, which was worth looking forward to for most slaves.

After some movements, the territory is a little quieter. Li Qin was also able to transfer the army trapped in the southern corner to the north to reinforce Yiling, Jingling and other places.

At this time, the army of the king of Jialu in Nanyang Zhu Ji had already arranged with Li Qin's defenders in Jingling, and they were in battle for several battles. Under Li Qin's tactics of luring the enemy deep and clearing the wilderness, Zhu Ji's army was defeated in successive battles.

Zhu Wei was trapped on Tianmen Mountain and cut off food and grass.

Zhu Weijun is a cannibal, and the soldiers are wild. In the case of the lack of food and grass, Zhu Ji's army was in chaos again and again, and then killed each other, and people actually cannibalized each other.

By the time Li Jing led an army of 30,000 to reinforce Jingling, Zhu Jie's 50,000 people were already killing and devouring each other, leaving 10,000 people.

Zhu Wei's daughter Zhu Mei also died, died under his father's brutal killing, and swallowed his father's stomach.

During this period, Zhu Ji tried to surrender to Li Qin to save himself, but Li Qin telegraphed the troops in Jingling to prohibit accepting Zhu Ji's surrender.

In the end, Zhu Wei and his 10,000 remnants were surrounded and annihilated by Li Jing in a desperate breakthrough. Zhu Wei himself lived to the end, but his ending was also the most tragic.

Li Jing adhered to Li Qin's order and sentenced Zhu Wei to a thousand cuts. Zhu Weiling was later in Handong County and coerced Xiangyang.

The people of Handong rejoiced when they heard that Zhu Ji was tortured. Every time Zhu Ji received a knife, the people cheered for it. The slices of his flesh were sold in the market, and some people rushed to buy them, eating his flesh raw, regardless of the blood flowing on his cheeks.

Ling Chi Zhu Ji's actions made the people of Jingling, Xiangyang, Chunling, Nanyang and other places happy. The people who suffered deeply from Zhu Ji and those who colluded with Zhu Ji were greatly shaken.

After the death of Zhu Jie, the lord of Xiangyang, Qian Duguan felt the strength of Li Qin, and was terrified, and under the instigation of his concubine Bai Qing'er, he surrendered the city to Li Qin.

Since Qian Duguan, Chunling and Nanyang counties have also competed to take refuge in Li Qin.

Li Jing took advantage of the situation to go north, attacking Xiyang County, Fangling County, and Shangluo County.

Li Qin also possessed Jing Yang because of this, and shocked China.

At that time, Li Tang was in charge of the central government, one in Hedong and one in Hebei; Dou Jiande owned most of Hebei; Wang Shichong owned parts of Luoyang and Henan; Li Mi has the land of Henan and Shandong; Du Fuwei occupies Jianghuai; Li Zitong is from the East China Sea -- When it comes to population and region, they are not as good as Li Qin, but they have a title far above Li Qin.

Originally, Li Qin's subordinates adhered to Li Qin's strategy of "building a high wall, accumulating grain, and slowing down the king", and were indifferent to this matter, but in the autumn of the 14th year of the Great Cause, after successively surrendering Xiao Miao, Qian Duguan and others, Li Qin's refusal to claim the title of king was very abrupt.

As the most powerful prince in the world, it is very abnormal to have no system of kings.

For a time, people's hearts fluctuated. The officials under Li Qin's command began to connect in twos and threes.

Their tandem actions were very arrogant, and they were soon discovered by Feng Tianqing, the intelligence director under Li Qin.

Feng Tianqing informed Li Qin of this.

Li Qin was shocked and summoned Xu Xingzhi, Lu Miaozi, Cen Wenwen, Su Dingfang, Shen Luoyan and other important strategists and generals to discuss.

Xu Xingzhi said bluntly to Li Qin: "My lord, you must think about the establishment of a country." The reason why everyone follows you is not only moved by your ambitions, but also because they want to make contributions and realize their ambitions. Nowadays, there are many people who call the king and the emperor in the world. Even Wang Shichong of Luoyang, after defeating Li Mi, also abolished the emperor and became the emperor. The Great Sui has been completely finished, and it is no longer suitable for the lord to call Wu Gong again. It's time for the lord to think about the establishment of the country and the emperor. ”

"Founding the country and becoming the emperor?" Li Qin felt a little weird.

Be an emperor! This is a very exciting thing, I was originally an ordinary person who grew up under the red flag of later generations, and there was no emperor in the world, and all kinds of emperors were only seen in legends and movies - of course, I had seen and heard of them when I was in the Three Kingdoms, but those were others.

Now that it's your turn, it's impossible to say that your heart is completely untouched.

"It's just, is this really okay? Wouldn't it be unsuitable? Li Qin hesitated.

"Of course it is, the lord has to do it right away. Otherwise, even if people want to join us, they will feel very embarrassed. Cen Wenwen hurriedly persuaded: "The king surrenders to the king, and the emperor surrenders to the emperor, both are suitable...... But, has the lord heard of the king's surrender? ”

"Nope!" Li Qin shook his head honestly, knowing in his heart that after his power expanded to such an extent, it was inevitable that he would become the emperor.

"Alright then!" Li Qin nodded thoughtfully: "I think the time is almost right, and these things should be done next." These things, you and Tong Lao, Shinan, Chongyuan and others to discuss and do! Keep it as simple as possible. ”

"Understood!" Everyone nodded and immediately retreated.

What followed was a busy string of days.

On the fourth day of the ninth month of the 14th year of the Great Cause, Li Qin set up an altar on the Purple Mountain outside Jiangning City, and presented the Haotian God, established the system as the king, and established the country as Wu.

The ceremony was carried out in a decent manner, and as for whether its shape was in line with the orthodox rituals, Li Qin did not know. The only thing he knew was that many parts of the ceremony were based on the advice of Queen Cai Yan.

Yes, Li Qin got married.

At the same time as establishing the throne, Li Qin also held the most important ceremony in his life - the wedding.

Li Qin took Cai Wen as the queen and named Li Ya as the princess, and then carried out a series of canonizations on his subordinates:

Song Que is the Duke of Yue Guo, the general manager of Nanyang Province;

Xiao Milling is the Duke of Chu;

Qian Duguan is the Duke of Jing Guo;

Su Dingfang is a former general;

Li Jing was the rear general;

Hypothetical deeds are military generals;

The Cen text is the book of the Ministry of Civil Affairs;

Lu Miaozi is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry;

Wang Tong is the secretary of the school;

Shen Luoyan is a lieutenant general in the military division;

Kou Zhong is the general of Dingyang Zhonglang......

In short, after being crowned king, Li Qin rewarded his subordinates.

Of course, this reward is only temporary. In fact, the reward on the fourth day of the ninth month is just a transition. There's more to do next.

On 18 September, after some intense compilation, the Constitution of the Celestial Empire, the fundamental law of the kingdom established by Li Qin, was released.

Since September 18, auspicious events have occurred frequently in various places, not that the rice here is unusually abundant; That is, there are white birds there - these are auspicious.

The birth of Xiangrui proves God's favor for King Wu and proves that King Wu has returned to his destiny.

As a result, officials at all levels and ordinary people wrote documents and petitions in an endless stream and sent them to Li Qin's palace.

The palace is located in the city of Jiangning, which was originally the Taishou Mansion of Danyang. After Li Qin became king, he replaced a plaque and used it as a palace. This is also a manifestation of Li Qin's frugality.

After receiving petitions at all levels, the elevation of the kingdom to an empire also began to operate.

Wang Tong first presented Li Qin with the first formal persuasion form.

Of course, this table was refuted by Li Qin: "I am not virtuous enough, my merits are not enough, how can I be the emperor?" ”

This is September 25th.

On September 27, the second persuasion form was presented by Du Fuwei, the general manager of the Jianghuai Army in Liyang, who had just defected to Li Qin.

And Li Qin also rejected it according to the old practice.

On September 30, Song Que, the Duke of Yueguo, Lu Miaozi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Su Dingfang, the former general, jointly sent the third persuasion form, in which the rhetoric was quite exaggerated: There is a great smell that Li Qin refuses to be the emperor, and tomorrow will be the end of the world.

To this, Li Qin shyly agreed.

So, on the first day of October in the 14th year of the Great Cause, Li Qin erected an altar again at the foot of the Purple Mountain in Jiangning, Danyang, that is, the place where he was originally king, and announced to the heavens, that is, the emperor's throne, and the country name: Wu.

Li Qin himself was not very satisfied with this country name. He prefers to name the country as: Hua, China, and Tian...... But his whimsical ideas were unanimously refuted by his officials.

Danyang Jiangning, originally the land of Wu, only with the king's original feudal place as the national name, can it show its orthodox assets.

Under Wanfu's fingers, even if Li Qin had more dissatisfaction in his heart, he could only put it down temporarily.

The state of Wu, with Jiangning as the capital and Xingtong as the year name, possessed the two states of the former Kyushu in the world, and became the empire with the largest area and the largest population today.

Once the empire was established, Li Qin still canonized his subordinates according to the usual practice:

Song Que was appointed King of Yue;

Lu Miaozi was appointed prime minister;

Su Dingfang was canonized as a hussar general;

Li Jing is a general of chariot cavalry;

Kou Zhong was further promoted to General Zuo......

At the same time, Li Qin also ordered the release of official slaves, rewarded the people with a pound of pork and a stone of grain, and said: Favor the people and reward the people.

The land of Jing Yang is a great joy.

At the same time that Li Qin was proclaimed emperor, the war broke out in the northwest: Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, led 100,000 horses and infantry troops to attack Shangluo, intending to recapture Wuguan and coerce Xiangyang.