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Chapter 1019: Palace coup, Zhou Chen proclaims himself emperor

late at night!

Zhou Chen hugged Zhao Pan'er and lay on the bed. The two of them talked to each other about their longing for each other over the past three years.

"Your Majesty, now that the war is over, will you never leave the capital?"

Zhou Chen sighed, "Even if I want to leave, I'm afraid many people won't be willing. Let alone leaving the capital, even if I leave the mansion now, I don't know how many eyes are staring at me."

Zhao Pan'er said in a low voice: "It's all our fault. We are the ones who drag you down."

Zhou Chen suddenly laughed and said, "My Pan'er is very smart. I can't hide anything from you. But you didn't drag me down. I dragged you down. I could have ignored everything and asked nothing. But I dragged you down for my own selfish reasons."

Zhao Pan'er covered Zhou Chen's mouth and said softly, "It's not your fault. How could the prince give up his ambition for us? Being favored by the prince is a blessing in Pan'er's life. Not only Pan'er, but also Sister Hui and Sister Yinzhang understand the prince, as well as Ye'er and the others. In their eyes, you are the person they respect the most. How could they complain?"

Zhou Chen remained silent. He had always known that Zhao Pan'er was very smart. Now that she had been the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion for twenty years, she had gained vision and experience, so it was natural that she could see things more thoroughly.

"Although I was named a prince, you can see my embarrassing situation now. Pan'er, what do you think I should do?"

Zhao Pan'er didn't respond immediately, but just hugged her tighter.

"No matter what the prince does, I will support him, but the children are still young..."

She didn't finish, but Zhou Chen already understood what she meant.

"Yes, the children are still young, and they should not be implicated by me. If not for ourselves, for the children, I have no choice."

At the end of his words, his eyes burst with astonishing murderous intent. He had lived for hundreds of years and fought on the battlefield for decades. If he continued to live in frustration, how could he be worthy of himself and the golden finger of his system.

"The worst that can happen is death. I am already satisfied to be able to accompany you till now."

Although Zhao Pan'er didn't say anything, she understood Zhou Chen and knew that Zhou Chen would not be willing to compromise, so she immediately expressed her attitude.

Zhou Chen lowered his head and kissed her gently, and they separated after a long time.

"Don't underestimate your man."

He had already made up his mind, and with Zhao Pan'er's support, his confidence and ambition were doubled.

Zhou Chen's enthronement as king caused a stir in the court and the country, with all officials making protests. However, the common people, especially those in Tokyo City, were cheering and excited.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been kings with other surnames, but basically those kings with other surnames were conferred posthumously. They were conferred kings when they were in their prime, even if they were only princes of a county. So far, there is only one person like Zhou Chen.

In fact, in terms of achievements, Zhou Chen destroyed Western Xia, defeated the Liao Kingdom, and recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Such great achievements are definitely qualified to be named king.

But the affairs of the court are not just about merit. As soon as the decree to confer the title of king came out, it aroused opposition from all officials, causing chaos in the court and the country.

At the grand court meeting, when Zhou Chen was attending court, he was targeted by countless civil officials. Many people impeached him. Some said that Zhou Chen disobeyed the imperial order, and some said that Zhou Chen disobeyed the order and sent troops without authorization, causing a war between the two countries, which was a heinous crime...

These civil servants are really good at talking, each one is more eloquent than the other, and they talk a lot of nonsense. They don't mention a word about Zhou Chen's achievements, which are all sins.

My goodness, Zhou Chen seemed to have offended everyone. Countless people impeached and slandered him. Although some nobles and military officers defended Zhou Chen, compared with the huge group of civil servants, the voice of nobles and military officers in the court was really much lower than that of the huge civil service group.

Zhou Chen, on the other hand, stood there silently as if nothing had happened, allowing others to impeach and slander him without saying a word.

What else is there to say? The war is over and the time for reckoning has come. No matter what he says now, it will be of no avail. It all depends on the attitude of Emperor Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen was very excited. He angrily scolded all the ministers, tried his best to praise Zhou Chen and spoke for Zhou Chen. In the end, he was so angry that he walked away and withdrew from the court.

As soon as the grand court meeting ended, the ministers left the hall.

Zhou Chen had obviously just been crowned king. Under normal circumstances, he should be in the limelight and everyone should be trying to curry favor with him.

But in fact, the scene that just happened in the court meeting made him the target of public criticism. Except for some officials who were close to him, the other officials did not dare to approach him. Even those officials who wanted to get close to him did not dare to go over to him rashly at this time.

When Zhou Chen saw this scene, he sneered in his heart. He knew very well that he had affected the interests of the civil service group, so they united to target him.

In fact, he has his people in the civil service group, but especially at times like this, they cannot stand up.

He had already made up his mind, so he didn't care about being slandered by these civil servants. He firmly believed that political power came from the barrel of a gun. Civil servants were important, but there were countless scholars in the world. As long as he could conquer the country, he could not do it without the help of scholars.

Over the following period of time, Zhou Chen was constantly impeached by officials, with all kinds of charges coming out for various reasons.

Even old events from many years ago, such as Zhou Chen marrying a prostitute and helping a prostitute to deregister herself, which were not worth bringing up in the public eye, became reasons to criticize Zhou Chen.

As for other crimes committed during the war, they were even more unforgivable, as if Zhou Chen was a sinner of the Song Dynasty and killing him would not be enough to vent the people's anger.

Zhou Chen had long known how powerful the civil officials of the Song Dynasty were, and confusing right and wrong was their specialty.

But being able to achieve this still shocked him. With such a court and such officials, the Northern Song Dynasty was really lucky to have lasted for so many years.

Of course, there were also some high-ranking civil servants who spoke for Zhou Chen, such as Fan Xiwen, Fan Xianggong, Han Xianggong, and so on.

But unfortunately, they do not have enough say, and it is impossible for them to shake Zhao Zhen's determination.

The stalemate lasted for a month, during which Zhou Chen stayed in the palace and later even stopped attending the morning court.

Finally, Zhao Zhen "could not resist" the wishes of the officials and had to compromise, stripping Zhou Chen of his title of Prince of Changping and changing it to Duke of Yu.

But the civil service group did not stop impeaching and admonishing. Another month passed, and Zhao Zhen was "forced" to issue an edict to strip Zhou Chenyu of his title of Duke and demote him to the rank of Duke of Kaiguo County.

In just two months, he was demoted from a prince to a founding county duke, a reduction of three levels in total. This caused a huge shock in the areas around Tokyo City, especially among the nobles and military officers, and caused dissatisfaction among countless people.

It’s a pity that compared with the civil service group and the official family, the nobles and military officers group are still not qualified enough.

Zhou Chen set a record for being crowned king since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and now he has broken the speed of conferring titles on generals since the Song Dynasty.

After two consecutive demotions, everyone in the court can see that the emperor is determined to target Zhou Chen.

In addition to demoting Zhou Chen's title, Zhao Zhen and the new prime minister began to negotiate peace talks with the Liao Kingdom.

That's right. From the moment he targeted Zhou Chen, he was no longer prepared to go to war with the Liao Kingdom. Now the Liao Kingdom's strength was greatly damaged and it would be impossible for it to recover every few decades. Therefore, now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to negotiate with the Liao Kingdom.

During his journey from a prince to a founding county duke, Zhou Chen never complained and accepted whatever Zhao Zhen decided upon.

Although many people were surprised by Zhou Chen's inaction, they were not too surprised. After all, in such an era, the authority of the king was still very great.

君要臣death,臣不得不death!

This statement is still applicable even in a dynasty like the Song Dynasty, except that literati in the Song Dynasty were rarely sentenced to death. More often they were exiled and their property was confiscated.

Although Zhou Chen held a high position, he was not the prime minister after all. Zhao Zhen was determined to demote Zhou Chen, and Zhou Chen really had no way to resist.

But all these are just their self-righteous ideas.

The second year of the Qingli period, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

This night was destined to be an unforgettable night for the people of Tokyo, because it was from this night that the world changed hands.

The Marquis' Mansion is brightly lit tonight. Yes, in a short period of time, Zhou Chen has been transformed from a founding county duke to a marquis.

The tests step by step made it clear that if Zhou Chen did not resist, destruction would be waiting for him, so he rose up to resist today.

In the hall, Zhou Chen was wearing armor and standing in the middle. In front of him were several people who were also wearing armor.

"My lord, everything is ready. As long as you give the order, the Palace Front Department, the Cavalry Department, and the Infantry Department will immediately submit to you. By then, the palace city will be under your control."

Zhou Chen nodded and asked, "Where is the Privy Council?"

The military power of the court was in the hands of the Privy Council, which was also the highest leadership department of the Song Dynasty with enormous powers.

"We have sent people to watch over the Privy Council. We will never let the ministers of the Privy Council interfere with the master's plan."

"very good."

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered, and then he shouted, "Lei Jiu."

Lei Jiu suddenly walked out from the darkness.

"Owner."

"I have already agreed with the three generals that when the time comes, even if we don't see the signal, we will attack the city at the agreed time, Yongtai Gate, Chaoyang Gate, and Xuanhua Gate. By then, we will be able to go straight to the inner city and control it."

Zhou Chen nodded with satisfaction. Long before he came back, he had made an agreement with several loyal generals under his command that he would send someone to contact them when the time comes, and if he needed them, they would immediately find a way to lead troops into Beijing.

Although they could not bring too many troops for the sake of concealment, they were divided into three groups and marched at night, taking only small paths. Their marching speed was extremely fast and they would not be easily discovered. Even if they were discovered, it would be too late by the time the news reached the capital.

As for the three city gates that Lei Jiu just mentioned, the gate guards had already been replaced by his men.

He had been planning in Tokyo City for nearly twenty years. Needless to say, the Palace Front Department had long been completely infiltrated by him. He had also infiltrated the Cavalry Department and the Infantry Department of the Imperial Guard to a great extent, so they could be used by him at critical moments.

And now is the critical moment.

Although there are hundreds of thousands of garrison troops in Tokyo City, most of them are stationed near Tokyo City. The number of troops in the city is only more than 200,000, most of which are imperial guards. Zhou Chen was previously the leader of the imperial guards. Although he is not as good as the prime minister of the Privy Council, it would be much more convenient as long as the main generals are replaced by his own people.

To achieve these, he used all the skills he could, including money, god-level matchmaker, etc.

The palace coup will happen tonight!

Zhou Chen bid farewell to Zhao Pan'er and her daughters who were worried about him, and led his troops directly into the imperial city. Following his orders, the imperial guards who had surrendered to him in the imperial city immediately took action, killed the generals who might pose a threat, and quickly controlled most of the palace.

When Zhou Chen led his troops into the palace, the palace gate was already wide open. Coincidentally, there were also guards from the Imperial City Administration guarding it tonight. Even more coincidental was that Gu Qianfan, the Imperial City Administration envoy, was among them.

Zhou Chen was also very surprised to see Gu Qianfan.

Gu Qianfan was also surprised to see Zhou Chen coming with such a murderous look, but at the same time he also felt a little relieved.

"A few days ago, I discovered that the guards in the palace had made unusual movements. It turned out that it was arranged by you, Lord Marquis. Are you trying to force the emperor to abdicate?"

Zhou Chen looked at Gu Qianfan silently. He still had a good impression of Gu Qianfan. The two had known each other for twenty years.

"Qian Fan, I have no choice. If I don't take action, I will be the one to die soon. I just want to live, so I can only resist."

After saying that, his face turned grim and he said no more to Gu Qianfan. He waved his hand and immediately a large number of imperial guards surrounded Gu Qianfan.

Gu Qianfan had a complicated look in his eyes, but he finally dropped his weapon and surrendered silently.

Most of the palace guards have basically rebelled, so even if he resists, he will only be seeking his own death.

In the past few years, he has also lost confidence in this court. If Zhou Chen succeeds, perhaps...

Zhou Chen didn’t know what Gu Qianfan was thinking, so he led his troops directly into the harem.

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The next day, the news of the palace coup spread throughout the city of Tokyo. Many people had already discovered the problem at night, but the inner city was full of murderous soldiers. Even the officials were confined in their mansions by the imperial guards and were not allowed to go out.

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As soon as this decree was announced, it immediately caused an uproar, and all civil and military officials were furious. But before they could take any action, Zhou Chen, who had already taken control of the capital, had already put all these officials under control, leaving only those who were willing to be loyal to him to lead the government affairs.

Although Zhou Chen has tried his best to control the capital, the situation has developed too badly. Countless people who claim to be loyal want to overthrow Zhou Chen. They pass on the message to the outside world, hoping that the loyal army will arrive and eliminate Zhou Chen, the traitor who committed rebellion.

There were also hundreds of thousands of Song troops guarding around the city of Bianjing. After receiving the news, they immediately formed a royal defense army as quickly as possible and marched towards the city of Dongjing.

Zhou Chen killed and subdued the imperial guards in the capital city and finally controlled the capital city. He still had nearly 200,000 men available, so when facing the army coming to defend the king, he was not worried at all and defended the city.

It was not until half a month later that the border troops he had arranged long ago came to the rescue and defeated the royal supporters' army in one fell swoop, thus completely stabilizing the situation.

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In 1043 AD, the emperor of the Song Dynasty abdicated to Qin Wang Zhou Chen, who ascended the throne in Bianjing City and proclaimed himself emperor, naming the country "Yan" and the reign title Xinghua.

Zhou Chen named his wife Zhao Pan'er as the queen, his eldest son Zhou Ye as the crown prince, his second son as the king of Zhao, his son Zhou Huan as the king of Yan, and his son Zhou Bai as the king of Chu...

Gao Hui of the Gao clan was named Concubine Hui, Song Yinzhang of the Song clan was named Concubine De, and Zhang Haohao of the Zhang clan was named Concubine Li.

In the first year of Xinghua, Yan State was basically in civil strife. Many people in the former Song Dynasty were dissatisfied with Zhou Chen's enthronement and rose up in rebellion. At the same time, the descendants of the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty also rose up against Yan. The entire Central Plains area was in turmoil.

However, Zhou Chen was stationed in Bian Jing, commanding the battle and eliminating these resistance forces one by one, especially the Zhao family, who were hunted down and killed without any leniency.

Now that he has become the emperor, Zhou Chen will never show mercy. He will quickly deal with anyone or anything that threatens his rule.

In order to stabilize the court, Zhou Chen had to form alliances with various major forces and married many concubines, including the daughter of the Meng family, etc.

By the third year of Xinghua, the unrest within Yan Kingdom had basically been eliminated. Only a few forces were still resisting stubbornly, fighting a desperate battle, but they could no longer shake the situation in the world.

When the Yan Kingdom was in civil strife, some foreign nations took advantage of the chaos to invade. However, because the Liao Kingdom had already been crippled by Zhou Chen, the remaining small foreign countries were not enough to pose much of a threat to the Yan Kingdom, and the border turmoil was quickly quelled.

In the fifth year of Xinghua, Zhou Chen moved the capital to Yanjing. Yanjing was the Liao Dynasty's secondary capital, Xijin Prefecture, which was captured by Zhou Chen, so he moved the capital here to facilitate resistance against the Liao Dynasty.

It took ten years for the Yan Kingdom to be completely rooted in the hearts of the people. After being troubled by civil and foreign wars, the Yan Kingdom slowly recovered its national strength. The world gradually became peaceful and the people returned to their hearts.

From then on, the world only knew the Great Yan Emperor Zhou Chen, and slowly forgot the former Great Song Zhao family.

The ancient political intrigues are a mess. I am really not good at it. I overestimated myself and killed too many brain cells. This is the only way. I will write about urban life in the next world...

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Chapter 1020: The Last Farewell

After he proclaimed himself emperor and founded the country, Zhou Chen never changed the reign title and always used the reign title Xinghua.