I have 800,000 private soldiers. The emperor forces me to hand over military power?

The first year of Daxin Lingwu falls on the 22nd day of the 10th month of the lunar calendar.

Light snow season.

The fiefdom of Dragon City and the residence of the Prince of Jin.

Chen Huaian summoned his civil servants and generals to gather in the palace to discuss matters, and ordered the kitchen to prepare copper pots for boiling mutton, aged daughter red, and the king and his ministers drank and talked happily.

During the dinner, it was inevitable to talk about the recent uproar in the Great New Dynasty, the crowning of the two kings Guangxin and Pingxi as emperors in their fiefdoms.

Fan Wuji, the commander of the heavy cavalry of the Iron Buddha Tu in Dragon City, took advantage of his drunkenness to sneer unabashedly in the noisy banquet: "King Li Zongmin of Guangxin and Murongfu of Pingxi are simply clowns trying to please others!"

As he spoke, Fan Wuji also gestured with his hands and said: "The army under the command of King Li Zongmin of Guangxin does not amount to more than 80,000 men; the army of King Murongfu of Pingxi does not amount to more than 150,000 vine-armored soldiers."

"These two people, thinking they occupy the two lands of Guangdong and Yunnan and Guizhou far away from the emperor, dare to slip into the world and crown themselves emperors. It is simply ridiculous!"

Having said this, Fan Wuji took a few more gulps of the old daughter's red wine.

Then he blushed and said with a pinched neck: "We, Fan Wuji, are a rough man and don't have so many tricks up our sleeves. We dared to petition His Highness with the help of wine——"

brush!

As soon as these words came out, everyone present unanimously stopped what they were doing and looked at Fan Wuji with different expressions.

The brave general Pang Xianchu probably had guessed what Fan Wuji was going to say, but he was so cunning that he didn't step forward to stop him. Instead, there was a bit of expectation in his worried eyes.

Sure enough, Fan Wuji paused, raised his voice and said: "Three months ago, His Highness raised troops in Longcheng to fight against the enemy!"

"Now, the tyrant Zhao Qian has committed suicide; the treacherous Prime Minister Qin Ruhui continues to control the government; vassal kings with different surnames have been crowned emperors in their territories; the Great New Kingdom is about to fall apart!"

"Since His Highness led the generals of Longcheng to conquer the south, his civil and military achievements have been well-known. Now the world is in chaos, and the disaster of swords and soldiers has occurred, and the people have suffered a great disaster;"

"The final general will boldly petition for the people of the world and the common people. His Highness the King of Jin will be crowned in the fiefdom of Dragon City and establish his own country!"

"The last general, Fan Wuji, is willing to work with the more than 600,000 soldiers from Longcheng Jingnan to conquer the world for His Highness, unify the Central Plains, and create a prosperous age!"

thump!

As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Wuji knelt upright in front of Chen Huaian, looking at the young King Jin in front of him with sincere and passionate eyes.

In an instant, the originally noisy banquet scene became silent.

The only sounds left were the occasional beeps of the burning charcoal fire, the gurgling sound of the mutton soup constantly boiling in the copper pot, and the cautious breathing of the Dragon City generals and fiefdom civil servants.

Everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at Jin Wang Chen Huaian, who was sitting in the middle with a glass of wine in his hand.

Obviously, Fan Wuji's words not only expressed his own thoughts, but also expressed the aspirations of the vast majority of Dragon City generals.

In the battle of Tumubao, Chen Huaian led his troops to launch a surprise attack thousands of miles away. In the first battle, he wiped out the imperial court's 20,000 imperial guards and 200,000 Japanese soldiers. This directly led to the suicide of the tyrant Zhao Qian.

Since then, Chen Huaian's personal reputation among the generals in Longcheng has completely surpassed that of the late king Chen Polu, reaching its peak.

In addition, the Anxi commander-in-chief Guo Dingfang defected on the battlefield, and the 300,000 Anxi frontier troops changed their tune and became part of the Longcheng Jingnan army.

It also caused Jin King Chen Huaian's strength to skyrocket, and he directly commanded more than 600,000 troops.

Nowadays, the entire territory of Anxi, most of the northwest, three of the sixteen Youyun states, and even most of the Mobei grassland of the Great New Dynasty are all under the command of King Chen Huaian of the Jin Dynasty. Its territory has exceeded two million square meters. kilometer.

For the generals of Dragon City, His Highness King Jin already has the strength and conditions to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

Therefore, when he was in Shuobei, Fan Wuji, who had proposed to the brave general Pang Xianchu that he would wear the yellow robe of the King of Jin and support him as emperor, once again expressed his deep thoughts.

This time, it was in front of the Dragon City generals, fiefdom civil servants, and Jin Wang Chen Huaian.

It was equivalent to bringing things that had only been discussed behind closed doors to the table.

However, for Chen Huaian, who is at the center of the storm.

It is certainly his wish to ascend the throne and become emperor.

However, in his opinion, the time has not yet come.

It's not that he's not strong enough, it's that he hasn't gotten the most important thing when he ascends the throne and becomes emperor.

That is - the Imperial Seal!

Inherited by the First Emperor, it is a jade seal carved from He's jade, with the eight characters "Ordered by Heaven, Longevity and Longevity" written on it.

Throughout the ages, look at history.

The jade seal of the state is a symbol of the authority of the orthodox emperor. If there is no jade seal of the state, the throne is incorrect, and later historians will not recognize his status as emperor.

For Chen Huaian, who aspires to become the emperor of the ages, what he cares about is not the empty title of emperor at all.

What's more, like Li Zongmin, the king of Guangxin, and Murongfu, the king of Pingxi, they got a "carrot seal" and were crowned. Such behavior is bound to be ridiculed by everyone in the world!

Just as Chen Huaian was thinking about how to postpone the enthronement and coronation without dampening the enthusiasm of his generals.

A dress order from Kunning Palace in the imperial city of the capital came from thousands of miles away, but Chen Huaian found an opportunity to get off the donkey.

"Report——"

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the secret envoy of Empress Dowager Daxinsu is requesting an audience!"

Um?

When the servants of the royal palace conveyed this shocking news to the already strange banquet atmosphere, it immediately aroused the interest of a number of Dragon City generals and civil servants, including Chen Huaian and Fan Wuji.

They all looked curiously outside the palace, secretly wondering about Empress Dowager Su's intention of sending a secret envoy to Prince Jin's Mansion.

Chen Huaian waved his hand and said: "Xuan!"

"Xuan, Empress Dowager Su's secret envoy is here to see you!"

Soon, an old eunuch disguised as an old man from the countryside walked into the hall.

After all, he was a palace elder who had served emperors for three dynasties. When facing the attention of dozens of pairs of eyes in the hall, the eunuch Cai He still had the same old-fashioned expression on his old, beardless face, and he could not see the slightest bit of surprise. The look of fear.

Cai He walked directly to Chen Huaian, knelt down and shouted a thousand years ago, and then said in a sharp voice: "Your Highness, please allow me to change my clothes!"

oh?

Chen Huaian looked at Cai He with interest and waved his hand again: "Yes!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

While talking, Cai He went to the next room to change clothes under the guidance of the palace servants.

In the dining hall, all the civil servants and generals looked at each other in confusion, and they all speculated on the old eunuch's purpose.

They even forgot that just before a cup of tea, they were excitedly waiting for His Highness King Jin's reply regarding his enthronement and coronation and the establishment of a new country.

After a while, the Daxin Dynasty, wearing a crimson official robe and an eight-beam crown, Cai He, the eunuch and eunuch Bingbi, appeared in front of Chen Huaian and the civil and military ministers of Longcheng.

Ahem!

Cai He coughed twice, and then he tore open the sleeves of his official robe in front of the public, took out a piece of edict from inside, and said:

"Cai He, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch of the Great New Dynasty, went to Longcheng, the fiefdom of King Jin, on the order of the Queen Mother to announce the decree!"

"Chen Huaian, the crown prince of Jin Dynasty, received the order——"