Chapter 221 King Jin Proclaims Himself Emperor and Ascends the Throne in the First Month

"I beg His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to follow the will of heaven and the people, ascend the throne and become the emperor, so as to calm the people's hearts!"

The first person to petition the Prince of Jin Chen Huaian to ascend the throne and become the emperor in the Jinluan Palace was Tang Ziyi, the deputy general of the Hu Ben New Army who had just surrendered.

The ones who echoed him included Li Jingyu, the Minister of War of the Daxin old minister, Su Chen, the Governor-General of Liangjiang, and other surrendered generals.

They intended to show their loyalty to His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin in this way!

As the veterans of the Longcheng Po Lu Army, the first batch of generals who followed the Prince of Jin Chen Huaian to raise troops to quell the rebellion and fought all the way south and north to make great military achievements, Pang Xianchu, Fan Wuji and other generals, seeing that the surrendered generals of the previous dynasty had such awareness, petitioned His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to ascend the throne and become the emperor in the Jinluan Palace.

As the iron-clad confidants of the Prince of Jin, how could they be willing to fall behind?

Fan Wuji was the first to stand up and said sincerely: "Your Highness, now the Emperor Lingwu committed suicide by jumping into the river. Emperor Zhao Lingzhan died tragically at the hands of the treacherous prime minister Qin Ruhui;"

"The great dynasty of our Han nation must not fall apart. In order to avoid the tragedy of the "Five Barbarians' Invasion of China" a hundred years ago, the unification of the country is imminent;"

After a pause, Fan Wuji continued: "Your Highness the Prince of Jin destroyed the Turks in the north, conquered Tubo in the west, and quelled the chaos of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, saving the people on the border from dire straits and making unparalleled contributions to the country and society of the Han nation;"

"I think that Your Highness the Prince of Jin should ascend the throne and become emperor in time to appease the people of the world so that all nations can come to pay tribute and create the glory of our Han nation again!"

"I sincerely ask Your Highness the Prince of Jin to ascend the throne and become emperor!"

As soon as Fan Wuji finished speaking, including the brave General Pang Xianchu, Jinwu Guard Commander Xiao Po and other veterans of the Longcheng Po Lu Army all knelt down and bowed, shouting in unison: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to ascend the throne and become the emperor!"

Then, a group of legendary generals led by Longcheng Deputy Marshal Chang Yuchun also knelt down and bowed, pleading in unison: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to ascend the throne and become the emperor to calm the people of the world!"

"Please ask His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to ascend the throne and become the emperor to calm the people of the world!"

"Please ask His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to ascend the throne and become the emperor to calm the people of the world!"

The voice of requesting Jin Wang Chen Huaian to ascend the throne and become the emperor was like thunder in the Jinluan Palace, and like a torrent of water, resounding throughout the imperial city of the capital;

The soldiers of the Longcheng army who took over the defense of the capital also shouted in unison inside and outside the imperial city, pleading His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin to ascend the throne and become the emperor.

The sound was so strong that even the passing ships on the Yangtze River outside Jinling City could hear it clearly.

In the Jinluan Palace, facing the generals in the court and with his back to the dragon throne, Chen Huaian, the King of Jin, saw the voices of petitioning him to ascend the throne and become emperor. The atmosphere was so intense that he could not bear it and could not refuse.

In addition, the imperial seal was already in hand, and no one could resist the temptation of the eight characters engraved on the seal: "Received the mandate from heaven, long life and prosperity".

At this moment, Chen Huaian finally did not refuse, and did not want to make any tricks of refusing and declining.

Besides, even if he refused, who in the world would dare to come and sit on the dragon throne in the Jinluan Palace?

Chen Huaian turned around with a serious and solemn expression, facing the gilded dragon throne only one step away, slowly raised his left leg, and took that epoch-making step.

Chen Huaian's small step became a big step in the history of the transition from the old to the new in the Great Xin Dynasty.

When he slowly sat on the dragon throne, looking at the generals of the Dragon City Army kneeling in the Golden Palace, the feeling of being the emperor and ruling the world came to him.

In the Jinluan Palace, a sharp-eyed general saw that His Royal Highness Prince Jin had already sat on the dragon throne, and immediately began to perform the three kneeling and nine kowtows ceremony, and did not forget to shout at the top of his lungs: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live the emperor!"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live the emperor!"

With the first person taking the lead, the other Longcheng generals who reacted began to perform the ceremony, shouting in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live the emperor!"

Immediately afterwards, all the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard who were responsible for protecting the safety of Prince Jin Chen Huaian outside the Jinluan Palace also knelt down and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live the emperor!"

Then, it was the soldiers of the Longcheng Jingnan Army who heard the noise in the entire imperial city of the capital.

Although they did not witness the scene in the Jinluan Palace where His Royal Highness Prince Jin sat on the dragon throne and accepted the kneeling worship of all the generals;

But the voice of long live the emperor resounding throughout the palace was enough to announce to all the soldiers of the Longcheng Jingnan Army that their lord, Chen Huaian, the Prince of Jin, had ascended the throne and became the new generation of the founding emperor of the Han nation;

As a member of the Longcheng Jingnan Army, after a year and nine months of fighting, they fought hard and finally won the final victory.

At this moment, more than 600,000 Longcheng Jingnan Army in Jinling City shouted in unison: "Long live our emperor, long live, long live!"

The momentum was so great that it almost lifted the roofs of the buildings in Jinling City.

And the tortured people in Jinling City seemed to see new hope at this moment.

Whether it was the hurried passers-by on the streets and alleys;

or the beautiful women with light makeup on the banks of the Qinhuai River;

or even the women, children, and the elderly who were unable to move at home;

at this moment, they all faced the direction of the imperial city of the capital, knelt down, and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

The people and the army of Jinling City shouted "Long live the emperor" in unison. This was a grand scene that had never happened even when Emperor Jian'an Zhao Gan ascended the throne, not to mention the miserable scenes when Emperor Lingwu and the pseudo-Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne.

Even compared with the Zhenwu Emperor who founded the Daxin Dynasty, it was not much worse.

Even Chen Huaian himself did not expect that he would be so popular in Jinling City.

Little did he know that all this was the result of a series of benevolent policies he implemented in the Jinwang fiefdom and the occupied areas.

For the common people living in the feudal dynasty, as long as they had land to farm and food to eat, they would think of the goodness of the ruler.

And the news that Chen Huaian implemented benevolent policies and reduced the people's taxes by half or even exempted them had already spread throughout the Daxin Dynasty.

Therefore, his ascension to the throne was well-deserved in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people.

Of course, Chen Huaian, who was in the Jinluan Palace at this time, did not know that millions of people inside and outside Jinling City knelt down and kowtowed to welcome him to the throne.

Sitting on the dragon throne, he accepted the kowtows of the generals for a long time before raising his hand to signal the generals to be quiet.

Chen Huaian first asked the ministers to stand up, and then said slowly: "Since the ministers unanimously recommended me to ascend the throne, I will no longer refuse;"

"After all, at this critical moment, the Han nation really needs someone to stand up and take up the responsibility!"

"I have decided to follow the will of heaven and the people and become emperor today, and ascend the throne in the first month!"