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Chapter 80 - The Ascension of the Emperor Kang

May 16th of Lunar New Year, a sunny day!

But, the place he ascended the throne was not Kaifeng City! Because Nvzhen was in chaos, Kaifeng City was already in the void! The current Kaifeng City was incomparably dilapidated, and there were still many corpses within the Kaifeng City that had yet to be dealt with! As for the merchants, they were already extinct in the Kaifeng City!

On this day, Zhao Gou ascended the throne of Shang Qiu in the south!

In the days of Song Dynasty, Kaifeng was Tokyo, and the capital city of the country was Kaifeng. The Luoyang was Xijing, the Da Ming Mansion was Beijing and the Shang Qiu was Nanjing! The Shang Qiu was the companion capital of the Song Dynasty, so the Nvzhen did not enter this place.

Zhao Gou had already taken a bath and changed his clothes. In the morning, when the sun had just risen, he brought a group of officials to the altar to worship the heavens! After offering sacrifices to the Heavens, it was time to offer sacrifices to the ancestors! After offering sacrifices to his ancestors, Zhao Gou ascended the throne of the Shang Qiu's royal palace!

The scale of his accession to the throne was vast, and all of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Shang Qiu City were watching the ceremony! Other than watching the ceremony, the citizens were also discussing it!

"The Emperor Kang is just a vassal lord. Now that the crown prince is alive, how can the Emperor Kang ascend the throne to become emperor?"

"That's right!" I'm afraid that it's not appropriate for the Emperor Kang to be crowned as the emperor! I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince is in the Middle Han Area! If His Highness the crown prince also ascends the throne and becomes emperor, what should we do? "

"His Highness the Crown Prince is the legitimate king in the kingdom! Your majesty, the Emperor has been captured, and his highness the crown prince is supposed to ascend to the throne. How can the Emperor Kang do such a thing? "

"Although His Highness the crown prince is the crown prince, he is still too young! The Crown Prince was only eleven years old! What does the 11-year-old know? If it was any other time, the Crown Prince would have surely succeeded the throne! But now, the Nvzhen is eyeing us covetously, with the possibility of going south at any time. Could we really let an 11 year old child ascend the throne of the? In my opinion, it's not impossible for the Emperor Kang to ascend the throne to become emperor! "

"Nonsense!" The Emperor Kang was only a vassal state, he took the initiative to ascend the throne, this was a huge violation of ethics! My Song Dynasty pays the most attention to ethics and common sense. It is a little outrageous for Emperor Kang to ascend the throne! "

The citizens were discussing, but most of them did not approve of Emperor Kang taking the throne! Only a small portion of them supported the ascension of the Emperor Kang because they were old and it was a war!

"Without the Imperial Jade Seal, you can't be called an emperor!"

"That's right!" If the crown prince were to ascend the throne with a Imperial Jade Seal, who will be the next emperor? "

Some commoners began to discuss about the Imperial Jade Seal! Although they were just commoners, they knew that the Imperial Jade Seal was an orthodox symbol! There were no Imperial Jade Seal in the Emperor Kang. To ascend to the throne like this, he could not even compare to traitorous scumbags like Wang Mang and Cao Pi! How could a Emperor Kang like this be acknowledged by the common people?

The inauguration was a grand one. It was only at night when the ceremony was finally over!

Zhao Gou officially became the emperor, and his title was Jian Yan. Right now, he was Jian Yan Yuan Year! There was not much difference between this and the historical records! It's just that the only difference was that this Jian Yan Yuan Year had an additional Zhao Chen, so Zhao Gou's position was a little awkward!

Deep in the night, Zhao Gou's banquet had a group of officials! His ministers had arrived at the palace!

Other than them, there were two other middle-aged Scholars sitting there. One of them was fat, the other was Huang Qianshan, while the other one was tall and thin with a smile on his face, was Wang Boyan! The two of them were famous scoundrels in the early days of the Southern Song Dynasty. Historically, it was the two of them who had expelled Li Gang, making it difficult for Li Gang to complete his plan to resist the gold!

Other than the civil officials, Zhao Gou also had a lot of military generals!

The most famous one was undoubtedly Han Shizhong! Back then, when Han Shizhong had once captured Fang La alive amidst a great army, he was known as the number one rising star of the Western Army! His martial arts skills were extremely high, and he was extremely famous in history! At this moment, he was seated at the head seat! Other than him, Liu Guangshi was also seated, but Liu Guangshi was also seated on top of Han Shizhong's body! With regards to this point, Liu Guangshi was obviously very unsatisfied in his heart! Other than the two of them, there were also a few other high-ranking officers. However, Zhang Jun, who had captured Zhao Chen back then was not here, who knows where he had gone to!

Zhao Gou sat on the throne, and looked at the ministers below with a satisfied expression!

His subordinates were full of talents, both literary and martial! And these people were all loyal to him! These people were the capital for him to rule the world!

"When I ascended the throne to become emperor, the first thing I have to thank is my subjects! Without you all helping us out, we would not be sitting here today! " Zhao Gou laughed.

He raised his wine cup and all the civil and military ministers raised their cups one after another, celebrating Zhao Gou's ascension to the throne!

"National affairs are difficult! Although the Nvzhen was temporarily withdrawn, they would still head south sooner or later! Therefore, we must think of a countermeasure! Tell me, what do you think we should do next? " Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, we need to master Jiangnan first! Jiangnan has a large population and rich resources! Only after we have control of Jiangnan will we be able to deal with the Nvzhen! Right now, the Central Plains are in ruins, if we rely on just the Central Plains, I'm afraid we won't be able to fight against the Nvzhen! " Zong Ze stood up and said.

"Of course! "Of course I won't let you off!" Zhao Gou nodded.

"I am afraid the officials of Sichuan may not even obey this Emperor Jianyan! To be honest, I have already ordered Zhang Jun to go upstream along the Yangtze River. Zhao Gou said.

"It can't be any safer! Other than Jiangnan Sichuan, there were also Middle Han Area s! It's just that with His Highness the Crown Prince in Middle Han Area, I'm afraid he might not listen to us! " Zong Ze nodded!

Zhao Gou also nodded, this was his biggest problem! If not for Zhao Chen, he wouldn't even need to consider these things! As long as he ascended to the throne, no matter whether it was Jiangnan, Sichuan, Middle Han Area or Guan Shan, they would all obey him. There was no need to go through all this trouble!

"Your majesty, I heard that back then, His Highness the crown prince once went to the Xiangzhou. You sent people to chase after him, is that true?" Zong Ze stared at Zhao Gou and suddenly asked a question!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" This was never happening! This is someone slandering me! " Zhao Gou was shocked, and anxiously asked.

He never thought that Zong Ze would not have asked this question in the past, but today at the enthronement ceremony, he suddenly asked a question like that!

"That would be for the best! Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is the eldest son of the Emperor Jingkang! It should have been him inheriting the throne! It's just that it's wartime now. His Highness the Crown Prince is too young to control the kingdom, so I support His Majesty in ascending the throne! However, he had wronged the Crown Prince after all. He hoped that the king would not have any intention of harming him! " Zong Ze clenched his teeth, and said what he wanted to say!

He was the famous loyal subject in history, but now that the situation had changed, he had become Zhao Gou's subordinate! Just that, although he was a subordinate of Zhao Gou, he was still very particular about the word "loyal"! From his point of view, Zhao Gou ascending the throne was something he had no choice! Under the current situation, Zhao Chen, the crown prince, was not suitable to be the emperor! But even so, he did not want Zhao Chen to be harmed!

He had heard of what happened outside of Xiangzhou City that day! Moreover, he was originally the world's vice commander-in-chief of war, and he knew that there was movement of troops and horses that day! So he knew that it was the truth that Zhao Gou wanted to kill Zhao Chen, and so he advised Zhao Gou!

"Rest assured, I will not harm the crown prince!" Actually, I don't want to be the emperor! I am the vassal lord, why should I inherit the throne? The Nvzhen is eyeing him covetously. The Crown Prince is young, the people are suffering, and I have no choice but to ascend the throne. Actually, in these past few days, I have often felt uneasy in my heart and felt that I had let down my royal father and royal brother! Hey, tell me, should I bring the crown prince over so that he can inherit the throne? " Zhao Gou suddenly said.

"How can Your Majesty have such thoughts?" The Crown Prince was young after all! He is not enough to inherit the throne! "

"That's right!" Your Majesty, you must not have such thoughts! "

"His Majesty is loyal to the country. If we have no other choice, then so be it!"

The ministers standing below began discussing!

A smile appeared on Zhao Gou's face, but very quickly, that smile disappeared, and Zhao Gou continued: "Even though I was forced to succeed the throne, I didn't dare to continue sitting on it! I have decided that the Crown Prince is not only the son of my royal brother, but also my son in the future! From now on, His Highness the Crown Prince is also the Crown Prince of the Jian Yan Dynasty! Once I expel the Nvzhen, I will immediately abdicate and let the crown prince succeed the throne! " Zhao Gou said.

"Your majesty, I admire your righteousness!" Yang Shi suddenly stood up and said loudly!

"His Majesty does not covet the throne, this is truly a model of ancient times and modern times!" Huang Qianshan also stood up and said.

The ministers standing below began praising him! Only Zong Ze, Han Shizhong and a few others frowned, no one knew what they were thinking! All of them were loyal officials in history, they placed a high importance on ethics, just that they were not as pedantic as Yue Fei! In their opinion, Zhao Gou was forced to succeed the throne, and the country couldn't be handed over to a child! Just that, they were extremely suspicious of Zhao Gou's intentions. They were worried that Zhao Gou would continue to harm Zhao Chen!

"Right now, there is an extremely important matter that I need to consider!" Zhao Gou said.

"What is it?" Zong Ze said.

"Although I have ascended the throne to become emperor, the Imperial Jade Seal is not in my hands! Without the Imperial Jade Seal, it would be impossible to order the people around the world! Therefore, I have to send someone to the Middle Han Area to convince the crown prince to retrieve the Imperial Jade Seal! If possible, bring the crown prince to me as well! Your royal brother is no longer here, I will teach the crown prince! " Zhao Gou said.