The altar, which is more than ten feet high, is majestic and majestic. It is erected in the south of Chang'an.
Eighty thousand soldiers of the Chu army lined up under the high platform.
The battle flags are billowing like waves, the swords and halberds are like forests, and the dark iron armor reflects the fierce white light, almost freezing the sky.
Eighty thousand soldiers were silent, as if one person was breathing.
A thoroughfare leads directly from Chang'an City to Gaotai.
At the foot of the altar, hundreds of military officials lined up on both sides of the avenue. Everyone was solemn and solemn, but their eyes could not suppress the excitement.
Everyone was excited, but only Liu Xie, who was on the high platform, looked gloomy and stood silently trembling in the wind.
In front of everyone's attention, the royal carriage came slowly, and Yan Liang, dressed in dragon robe, sat in the carriage with unparalleled majesty.
All the officials and soldiers on the left and right bowed to pay tribute.
Under the gaze of 80,000 pairs of eyes, Yan Liang got off the chariot and stepped onto the high platform with his head held high.
When Liu Xie saw Yan Liang, he quickly bowed his head and saluted, looking fearful.
Yan Liang didn't even bother to look at him, so Pang Tong signaled: "Let's get started."
Pang Tong then coughed dryly, faced the audience, and loudly announced: "The abdication ceremony begins now——"
The drums and bells rang, and then the blood of 80,000 people started to burn.
Pang Tong faced the incense burner and read out a sacrifice to heaven, praying to heaven and earth, praising Yan Liang's immortal merits and declaring that the Han Dynasty was exhausted. Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty believed that he was immoral and incompetent.
Following the example of the ancient sages, he abdicated the throne to Yan Liang.
After the heaven-sacrifice ceremony, Pang Tong took out the second edict and handed it to Liu Xie.
That edict was exactly the one that Yan Liang forced him to sign that day, a very shameful edict of abdication.
By this time, Liu Xie had no way out.
He had no choice but to take the edict and read it out in a heavy tone in front of 80,000 people.
After reading it out, Liu Xie held the edict to Yan Liang.
Yan Liang took it with one hand and held Fa Zheng by his side.
Then, Liu Xie gave Yan Liang one by one the imperial seal and other tokens symbolizing the emperor's power. Yan Liang looked over them and gave them to Fa Zheng for safekeeping.
After all the handover ceremonies were completed, Liu Xie took off his crown and dragon robe, fell to the ground and bowed to Yan Liang.
Yan Liang waved his hand slightly, and Liu Xie thanked him. Then he stepped back from the high platform dejectedly.
After the abdication ceremony ended, Pang Tong faced everyone and said loudly: "The abdication ceremony is over, the new emperor has ascended the throne, long live my emperor, long live my emperor."
There was an uproar in the audience, and more than 80,000 people knelt down to pay homage to the new king.
“Long live my emperor, long live my emperor—”
“Long live my emperor, long live my emperor—”
The sound of the roar of 80,000 people and the tsunami shook the sky and made the ground beneath our feet tremble.
Yan Liang, wearing a dragon robe, stood under the high platform, looking down at the crowd. Listening to the deafening shouts of long live, at this moment, he felt the urge to burst into tears.
All kinds of things from the past can’t help but come to mind.
From Baima to Runan, from Runan to Xinye, from Xinye to Xiangyang, from Xiangyang to Yingtian, from Yingtian to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Chang'an...
After many years of bloody battles, across thousands of mountains and rivers, how many powerful enemies have been defeated, how much blood and sweat have been shed.
Today, I, Yan Liang, have finally risen from a humble martial artist to the pinnacle of supremacy.
Rule the world!
Yan Liangqing couldn't help but burst into laughter.
After laughing wildly, Yan Liang waved his sleeves and said majestically: "Everyone in your life."
The 80,000 courtiers who were kneeling under the stage dared to stand up. They all bowed their heads and stood in awe, not daring to look up.
Yan Liang motioned to Pang Tongyi and said, "Read my first imperial edict to all the ministers."
"According to the decree."
Pang Tong bowed in response, then unfolded another volume of the imperial edict he had prepared, faced the audience, and read loudly:
The Huang family was made queen, and the eldest son Yan Yuan was made the crown prince.
The country was named Chu, and Kaihuang was used as the year name, and the year was called the first year of Kaihuang.
Luoyang was designated as the eastern capital, and Chang'an was designated as the western capital, which was the accompanying capital.
Amnesty is granted to the whole world, and crimes below the death penalty are reduced by one level.
After the edict was read out, the courtiers in the audience once again shouted long live.
Then, Pang Tong read out the second edict, which was also the edict that these ministers were most concerned about, that is, for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and for the ministers to discuss their merits and upgrades.
Pang Tong took out another imperial edict he had prepared, cleared his throat, and read loudly:
Pang Tong was promoted to prime minister; Xu You was promoted to Taiwei; Jia Xu was promoted to imperial minister; Xu Shu was promoted to imperial minister Zhongcheng; Tian Feng was promoted to minister; Fa Zheng was promoted to Shangshuling.
The rest of the officials were assigned to the rank of Jiu Qing.
In terms of military attachés, Sheng Chou was promoted to General of Hussars; Huang Zhong was appointed to be General of Chariots and Cavalry; Gan Ning was appointed to be General of Guards; Zhang Liao was appointed to be the Front General; Wei Yan was appointed to be the Rear General; Lu Meng was appointed to be the Left General; and Lu Xun was appointed to be the Right General.
The rest of the meritorious generals such as Zhang Jia, Pin, Li Yan, Ling Tong, Yan Yan, Pang De, Ma Dai, Zhang Ren, Huang Gai, Jiang Qin, Zhu Huan, Pan Zhang, etc. will be assigned to different positions according to their merits and existing official positions.
Four Expeditions, Four Towns, Four Pings, Four Ans, and Miscellaneous Generals.
Regarding the newly surrendered Zhao Yun, although he had not surrendered for a long time, he had made great achievements in defeating Chang'an, so Yan Liang made an exception and promoted him to the title of General of the Northern Expedition to show his honor and favor.
In addition, Zhou Cang was appointed as the Central Protector Army, Hu Cheer was appointed as the Central Leader Army, and his adopted son Deng Ai was appointed as the Central Guard Army. These three people were all ministers and were in charge of the Central Army.
After enthroning the throne, Yan Liang stayed in Chang'an for a few days, then led 80,000 Chinese troops, as emperor, back to Luoyang, the eastern capital.
When she returned to the capital, Huang Yueying, who had been conferred the title of queen, led the prince Yan Yuan, as well as the military officials and concubines who stayed in the east capital, and left the capital ten miles away to welcome Yan Liang.
When the couple met, Yan Liang took Huang Yueying's hand, and the couple rode in the royal chariot together and drove into Luoyang City in a mighty manner to be welcomed by thousands of people from the capital. Long live the mountains.
In the royal chariot, Yan Liang held Huang Yueying's hand tightly and said with a smile: "Queen, when I went to Huangjiazhuang to marry you, did you ever think that our husband and wife would be where we are today."
"To be honest, I only saw that Your Majesty was an outstanding person at that time, but I never thought that he would become the founding king who changed the dynasty." Huang Yueying said with a faint smile.
In the whole world, only Huang Yueying dares to say this.
Yan Liang felt warm after hearing these sincere words, and she held Huang Yueying's hand tighter. "Yueying, without you, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Huang Yueying's eyebrows moved, and a ray of emotion clearly flashed through her eyes.
She remained silent, only smiled lightly, and held Yan Liang's hand tighter.
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Thousands of miles away, Yecheng.
The Han Emperor was deposed and the news that Yan Liang proclaimed himself emperor spread throughout the land of Hebei in just a few days.
This shocking news must have been a big shock to the people of Hebei.
Although people all know that Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was a puppet, for more than ten years, people have become accustomed to having such a puppet emperor on their head.
Now, in one dynasty, the Han Emperor was deposed, and the Han Dynasty, which had existed for four hundred years, was destroyed.
Even though the Han Dynasty had long existed in name only, even though this nominal destruction did not cause substantial damage to people, it still had a considerable impact on their psychology.
Ordinary people are at best mentally damaged. For them, it doesn't really matter who becomes the emperor. What matters is who can give them a bite to eat.
However, the Han Emperor was deposed and Yan Liang proclaimed himself emperor, which had a far-reaching impact on the upper-level officials and noble families.
For example, you, Zhuge Liang, ask yourself that you have the same talent as Pang Tong. But now, Pang Tong is already in a high position as prime minister, while you, Zhuge Liang, are still just a strategist and general. How can this gap not affect Zhuge Liang's state of mind?
What's more, there are no two days in the sky and no two masters among the people. This has been the truth throughout the ages.
Now that Yan Liang has proclaimed himself emperor, it will be an unchangeable strategy for the Chu army to go north, wipe out Hebei, and unify the world.
This means that the three states in Hebei will soon face the baptism of war.
Whether this war can be won, or in other words, whether it is necessary to risk one's life to fight this war of resistance, has become something that these people in high positions need to weigh and consider.
Suddenly, people in Hebei were in a state of confusion and rumors spread.
Liu Bei soon noticed the change in people's hearts. Only then did he realize that Chen Qun's speculation was indeed correct. Yan Liang usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself, which indeed had a great impact on his Yan country.
Liu Bei could not wait any longer. In order to win over the noble families in Hebei, shortly after learning that Yan Liang had proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Bei ordered the abolition of the imperial examination system and the formal implementation of the Nine-Rank Officials Law in the Yan Kingdom.
As soon as this edict came out, the three states of Hebei were shocked again.
The clansmen soon realized that this so-called ninth-grade official law was designed for powerful people like them. Once this law was implemented, it would completely pave the way for them to become officials.
Moreover, this ninth-grade official law not only paves the way for the family to become officials, but also guarantees the rights of their descendants to become officials.
As soon as this method came out, the noble families were naturally excited and wrote letters praising Liu Bei's wisdom and prowess, and declared their allegiance one after another.
The implementation of the Nine-Rank Officials Law gradually offset the influence of Yan Liang's deposing the Han Dynasty and proclaiming himself emperor. The powerful families in the three states of Hebei gradually turned to fully support Liu Bei.
At this time, under the planning of Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and others, a wave of persuasion began to spread within the territory of the Yan Kingdom. Bureaucrats from all over the country came to the court one after another to persuade Liu Bei to succeed to the throne and continue the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bei was naturally humble and refused to proclaim himself emperor.
After a lot of public opinion building, on this day, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi led all the military officers of the Yan Kingdom to the Yan Palace and collectively submitted a letter to persuade Liu Bei to proclaim himself emperor.
In the main hall, Liu Bei looked at the ministers kneeling at the steps, sincerely urging them to come in, and a hint of secret joy quietly appeared in his eyebrows.
But immediately, Liu Bei showed a look of fear, and spread his hands and said: "Although the Yan thief has rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is still here. If the king proclaims himself emperor, wouldn't he become a treasonous person just like the Yan thief?
Wang Wan will not do such disloyal and unjust things."
At this time, Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. Recently, Luoyang came to report carefully. It is said that the traitor Yan has secretly killed the Emperor. Now that the Emperor has ceased to exist, there is no one in the world except the King."
Besides, who else is qualified to continue the Han Dynasty!"
ps: There won’t be any updates tonight. The Captain is taking a short rest.