The next day, the Xingjing Daily published that when the Zhou army and the Qing army were fighting, the imperial court not only did not help the Zhou army resist the Qing army, but also used the idea that the Zhou army would benefit after both defeats, which made the Zhou army very cold.

Zhou Xian strongly condemned the inaction of the imperial court, saying that he had become disillusioned with the Ming Dynasty and decided to establish his own Great Zhou Empire.

The newspaper also explained the origin of Zhou Xian's surname, and after the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, some royal widows missed their homeland and changed their surname from Zhao to Zhou.

The Tang Dynasty historical material "Yuanhe surname usurpation" records: "Sun Feizi, the descendant of Boyi, the king of Zhou Xiao, and the Zhou Pavilion of Longxi." Until the first emperor destroyed the six countries, the children descended to the Han, and the descendants took the country as their clan. ”

Zhou Xian is the remnant of the imperial family of the Zhou Dynasty, at this time the world is in turmoil, the Han family is in danger, Zhou Xian decided to rebuild the Great Zhou Empire, drive out the Tartars, and unify the world.

Finally, it is scheduled for the eighth day of August to officially establish the Great Zhou Empire and restore the Great Zhou Dynasty!

As soon as this news was released, it caused a shock in the entire Ming Dynasty.

First of all, all the people in Shandong cheered, and since Zhou Xian took over Shandong, all the people have been exempted from taxes, so that the lives of the people have been greatly improved.

Now the whole of Shandong is engaged in industrialization, producing industrial products, so that many Shandong people can go to the factory to work as workers, which makes them who would have starved to death grateful to Zhou Xian.

The officials above the prefect level in Shandong are all people who have been brainwashed by Zhou Xian, and they naturally support Zhou Xian's establishment of a new imperial court.

The whole Shandong can be said to be united, are presiding over Zhou Xian's establishment of a new court, the current people are in the era of war and chaos, they are extremely insecure, eager to protect the powerful force, the people can no matter who this force is, as long as they are good to themselves, they can let themselves live.

Nowadays, people do not have a very strong concept of the country, no matter who is the emperor, it has nothing to do with the people at the bottom, and the only hope of the people is to grow a few acres of land and support their own family.

This requirement is very simple, but it is also difficult, it is simple because as long as it is in the Taiping period, it can basically be satisfied, and it is difficult to say because the current Ming Dynasty has decayed and has been crumbling, and now every class is squeezing the people, and the people are living in dire straits.

All the officials in Jinan City who got the news rushed to Xingjing, and they wanted to participate in Zhou Xian's founding ceremony.

Bauhinia City, Qianqing Palace.

A piece of music was thrown to the ground.

"Okay, you Zhou Xian, I let you be the chief soldier, since you are openly rebelling, it is really unreasonable!"

Chongzhen roared uncontrollably.

Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and trembled, he had never seen Chongzhen lose such a big temper.

"Order Zuo Liangyu to lead an army of 100,000 to Shandong to arrest Zhou Xian, a thief!"

After losing his temper, Chongzhen ordered.

"Slave obeys!"

Wang Chengen hurriedly got up and took the order to retreat.

After Zuo Liangyu received this holy decree, he had only one thought, that is, he couldn't go, and he didn't dare to go.

After seeing Zhou Jiajun's actions a few times, Zuo Liangyu has a shadow on Zhou Jiajun.

He hurriedly replied to Chongzhen that there was no military salary and he couldn't move the army.

After Chongzhen received Zuo Liangyu's reply, he was angry and helpless, and now he can't get his military salary, and the treasury is already seriously empty.

Of course, Chongzhen also knew that the biggest reason why Zuo Liangyu refused to go, I was afraid of the Zhou family, which made Chongzhen have no choice.

Chongzhen sighed, and had to give Zhou Xian an order to accuse him, and then persuade Zhou Xian to see if he could not rebel, of course, Chongzhen also knew that this possibility was too small.

On the other side, he ordered Sun Chuanting to lead the army back to Beijing and be ready to attack Shandong at any time.

Li Zicheng in Jingzhou Mansion was also shocked when he received that Zhou Xian wanted to establish himself as the king, Li Zicheng always thought that Zhou Xian supported Chongzhen, but he didn't expect Zhou Xian to rebel now.

This incident made him have both joys and sorrows, and the good news is that no one in the Ming Dynasty can stop him Li Zicheng.

What worries him is that he will have to face the strong enemy of the Zhou family army in the future, although the last time he was defeated by the Zhou family army, he did not dare to underestimate the Zhou family army.

Li Zicheng hurriedly gathered all his subordinates to discuss Zhou Xian's rebellion.

"King Chuang, I think this is a good opportunity for us, we can unite with the Zhou army to overthrow the Ming Dynasty."

Inside the main hall, Niu Venus came up with an idea.

"United Zhou Jiajun? I don't think this is appropriate, after the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty, where should we go? Is it a direct decisive battle with the Zhou family's army? ”

The party has a different view.

"After the overthrow of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural to see who has the greatest ability to be the emperor, as long as we prepare in advance, we can still have the strength to fight with the Zhou family." Niu Jinxing said confidently.

The reason why Niu Jinxing has this confidence is because their Dashun army has an army of five or six hundred thousand, while the Zhou family army only has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, as long as they find an opportunity, they can destroy the Zhou family army at once.

"Does the prime minister think that the Zhou family army will agree to our alliance?" Li Zicheng was a little moved by what Niu Jinxing said.

"I will definitely agree, this time the Zhou army rebelled, the court will definitely send troops to attack Shandong, as long as we act at this time, continue to attack the city and attack the capital, the court will definitely throw a mouse trap and no longer dare to attack Shandong, we can not only snatch some gold, silver and grain and grass, but also sell the Zhou army a face."

Niu Jinxing said a plan to kill two birds with one stone.

"Okay, just do what the prime minister said, I will send someone to send a letter to Shandong, and then we will prepare to attack the city." Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he heard this.

After Shengjing Huang Taiji got the news, he was also angry.

A few days ago, Dolgon fled back with 90,000 Qing troops in embarrassment, and Dolgon was severely punished by Huang Taiji.

The dignified army of 200,000 was actually obstructed by 30,000 Zhou family troops, and more than 80,000 soldiers and horses were killed, which is really a great shame!

Now I heard that the Zhou family army was going to establish the Great Zhou Empire, which really made the emperor half dead.

At the court meeting, Huang Taiji asked: "What do you think about Zhou Xian's self-establishment as king?"

"This is a good thing for our Qing Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty and Zhou Xian will lose both, wouldn't it be nice for us to be fishermen again!"

Dai Shan stood up and spoke.

"Yes, then we'll wait for them to lose the fight, and then we'll send troops to destroy them." Huang Taiji agreed.

Now there is only this way, so that Huang Taiji does not have the ability to send troops to Shandong now, and the defeat of Dolgon last time has a great impact on morale.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, today is the day of the establishment of the Great Zhou Empire, Xingjing is very lively, the people have come out of their homes to the streets, and the soldiers of the Zhou family army are patrolling the major streets of Xingjing.

Because of the founding ceremony, for the sake of safety, Zhou Xian took back the 20,000 Zhou soldiers in Nagasaki.

As for Fusang's side, the shogunate has not made any big moves for the time being, and Zhou Xian also asked Wu Haibin and them not to be too aggressive for the time being, to manage the captured places well, and to launch a general attack after Xingjing's side settles down.