Chapter 721: Claiming the Emperor

One day in the depths of winter, the sky was clear.

On the wilderness south of Xudu, a huge platform as high as 15 zhang and a radius of 100 zhang has stood majestically.

Under the high platform, 100,000 Wei troops lined up solemnly, all excited.

As far as the eye can see, the boundless battle flags are rolling like waves, and countless swords, guns, swords, and halberds are as dense as a forest, reflecting a terrifying cold light.

The 100,000-strong army lined up for a long time, quietly waiting for that historic moment.

The gate of Xudu has been opened, and a long royal road extends from the city gate to the bottom of the high platform.

On both sides of the straight, nearly 100 civil and military generals were already waiting under the high platform, and everyone's faces were surging with complicated looks.

Most people's expressions are naturally excited and gratified, but only a few people are sighing gloomily and losing their souls.

On the high platform, Liu Xie's lonely figure was standing there lonely, letting the cold wind of winter invade.

He is also the protagonist of today's Zen drama.

It's a pity that it's the one that's about to come to an end.

Suddenly, the crowd began to boil, stretching all the way from the north, and everyone looked towards the straight.

In the eyes of everyone, a golden imperial chariot slowly drove out of Xudu City, and slowly drove out under the traction of nine white horses.

Su Zhe on the imperial chariot has already changed into an imperial uniform, majestic and solemn, exuding the domineering confidence of the emperor all over his body.

Everyone bowed their heads, not daring to look up at the majestic face, and even those who dared to look at it looked at the eyes as if they were gods.

The carriage stopped, Su Zhe calmly got out of the carriage, glanced back at the ministers and soldiers, and slowly climbed the altar step by step.

On the altar, Liu Xie had already waited until he was shivering and a little numb from the cold.

When Su Zhe ascended the high platform and stood in front of him, he still couldn't help but give a cold shiver, hurriedly lowered his head, and didn't dare to face it.

Su Zhe gently patted Liu Xie's shoulder and comforted him like a big brother: "Don't be afraid, after today, you don't have to worry about it anymore, and you can be a rich man with peace of mind." ”

Liu Xie was both embarrassed and relieved, and he didn't know how to respond to Su Zhe's relief for a while, so he could only grin in embarrassment.

"Let's get started." Su Zhe's eyes looked at Dong Zhao, who was following with him.

As the master of ceremonies of this Zen ceremony, Dong Zhao, who is proficient in ancient rites, and as Su Zhe's most trusted minister, is naturally fully responsible for everything.

"No!"

Dong Zhao took the order, came to the high platform, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Zen let the ceremony begin!" ”

Tom Tom Tom –

The sound of war drums immediately sounded, shaking the heavens and the earth, resounding through the clouds.

The thousands of Great Wei soldiers in the audience immediately boiled with enthusiasm and excitement.

In the following time, Dong Zhao unfolded the text of the sacrifice to the heavens, counted Su Zhe's great achievements in the past ten years, and announced that the mandate of heaven of the Han Dynasty had been exhausted, and Su Zhe was the mandate of heaven, and he should inherit the unification of the world.

Then, Dong Zhao read out the edict of Zen Concession written by Liu Xie himself in front of 100,000 soldiers.

In that edict, Liu Xie clearly stated his guilt, claiming that he was ashamed in his heart, unworthy of stealing the throne again, and was willing to give up the imperial throne to Su Zhe.

Liu Xie stood in the wind, he couldn't hear what Dong Zhao was thinking, and he didn't want to listen to it.

At this moment, he just wanted to end this humiliating ceremony as soon as possible, and from now on, he would never have to show his face again, he would be able to hide in the mansion given to him by Su Zhe, and be his rich man with peace of mind.

After the edict was read, Dong Zhao took a jade plate from the eunuch's hand and presented it to Liu Xie with both hands.

On top of the jade plate is a jade seal, one of which is inlaid with gold.

This jade seal, according to legend, was built by Qin Shi Huang with the wall of the family, from Qin Shi Huang to Liu Xie, the last emperor, a total of nearly 400 years, so it is called the jade seal of the country.

Whoever owns this jade seal can represent the orthodox emperor.

Liu Xie looked at the jade seal, but his eyes were full of strangeness.

It turned out that when Su Zhe destroyed Yuan Shu, he had already obtained this jade seal, but he never returned it to Liu Xie, and he kept it until today, and only when he was about to become the emperor did he take it out for a walk.

Liu Xie took a deep breath and gently picked up the jade seal that originally belonged to their Liu family.

At this moment, Liu Xie couldn't help but feel a trace of irony in his heart.

I think he has been the emperor for more than ten years, but he has never seen this heirloom jade seal, and when he wants to give up the throne to others, he finally has the opportunity to touch this jade seal in person.

It's a great irony.

But that's okay anymore.

Liu Xie held the jade seal high and dedicated it to Su Zhe, symbolizing that he personally ceded the Han dynasty, the emperor's throne, and the whole world to Su Zhe.

Su Zhe naturally did not hesitate at all, calmly took the jade seal, and handed it to Su Fei behind him to put it away.

Then, Liu Xie took off his dragon robe and jade crown, revealing the courtier's clothes that he had worn inside, and walked down the high platform gloomily, standing respectfully under the high platform like other civil and military generals.

Dong Zhao lifted the jade crown and carefully put it on the top of Su Zhe's head, symbolizing Su Zhe's coronation as emperor.

At the end of the ceremony, Su Zhe stood on the side of the high platform and waved to the ministers and 100,000 soldiers in the audience.

Thousands of soldiers burst into tears, fell to their knees like a landslide, and shouted long live to Su Zhe.

"Long live Your Majesty—"

"Long live Your Majesty—"

The sound of long live the earth-shattering made the wind and clouds change color, and the high platform of Nuoda seemed to be shaking slightly.

Su Zhe, who was high on the top, looked down at the thousands of soldiers kneeling at his feet, enjoying their earth-shaking mountains and shouting long live, his heart was surging, and an unprecedented sense of accomplishment hit his heart.

Never in his life has he been happier than he is today.

That feeling is like standing on the top of the clouds, looking down on everyone, and mastering the longitude and latitude of heaven and earth.

In his mind, pictures of the past flowed in front of him.

The fledgling Jingxiang Hanmen fought bloodily, all the way from Xiangyang to Xudu, from Xudu to Yecheng, from Yecheng to Jianye...... How many strong cities in the world have been broken one by one.

Liu Biao, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Ce......

How many princes who moved the world were killed by him one by one.

Until today, the poor boy who was once despised by others has stepped on the supreme throne, as the son of heaven, looking down on all living beings and ruling the world.

The feeling of creating miracles and bowing everything down is really wonderful.

Su Zhe was in a very happy mood, and under the frenzy of pride, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

The heroic laughter echoed on the high platform, like the roar of a dragon in the nine heavens.

After accepting the worship of the ministers, Su Zhe issued his first edict after ascending the throne as emperor.

The first is to set the country name.

Out of legal considerations, Su Zhe decided to continue to use Great Wei as the national name, and announced Hongwu as the year name, which was the first year of Hongwu.

Then there is the capital of Dingguo.

Yecheng is the capital of Su Zhe's Wei State, and it is the heart of Hebei, and in the future, he will also use the Yecheng base to sweep away the Hus outside the Saiwai to the north, so the importance of Yecheng is self-evident.

So, Su Zhe issued an edict to take Yecheng as the northern capital of the Great Wei.

Luoyang City is the old capital of the Han Dynasty in the world, and in the eyes of the people of the world, it has irreplaceable political significance.

Moreover, Luoyang has the danger of eight passes, the solidity of mountains and rivers, and the terrain is far superior to Xu Du, who is in the plain and has no danger to defend.

Although Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang with fire, after more than ten years of recuperation and recuperation by Li Yan and repairing the palace, Luoyang City has already regained its vitality.

After all these trade-offs, Su Zhe decided to make Luoyang the central capital as the permanent capital of his emperor and hundreds of officials.

As for the current Xu Capital, it was just a companion capital that he temporarily selected in order to facilitate the control of the Han Emperor, but in fact, it did not have the external conditions to be the capital at all.

As a result, Su Zhe decisively ordered to abolish the status of the capital of Xu and change it to Xu County.

The Jianye City of Yangzhou was unexpectedly designated as the southern capital by Su Zhe as the third capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

As a traverser, Su Zhe certainly knows that the economic center of gravity of China will gradually move to the south, and the current Jingyang Erzhou, although it is far less prosperous than the Central Plains, but as long as it is developed, it has great potential.

The establishment of the industrial city as Nanjing is Su Zhe's preparation for the future development of the south.

After the announcement of Sanjing, Su Zhe also announced that Su Lie, the prince of the king, would be the crown prince of Great Wei, and the princess Huang Yueying would be the empress of Great Wei.

The rest of the Great Wei ministers, the officers and soldiers of the three armies, should be rewarded, and those who should be promoted should be promoted.

At the same time, an amnesty was granted to the world to celebrate the enthronement of the new emperor.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live—"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live—"

The holy decree was handed down, and the soldiers and ministers in the audience knelt down again, and the tsunami-like sound of long live sounded again.

Su Zhe stood with his hands in his hands, looking down at the ministers who were bowing down, looking down at the great rivers and mountains under his feet, and a smile appeared on his heroic face again.