Chapter 222: Announce to the World, All Nations Come to Pay Tribute

When Chen Huaian, who was sitting on the dragon throne, said the eight words "Today I will be crowned emperor, and I will ascend the throne in the first month", all the generals in the Jinluan Hall showed puzzled eyes.

In their opinion, since His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin had already been crowned emperor, why did he postpone the date of his ascension to the first month?

Shouldn't he immediately order the Ministry of Rites to rush to make dragon robes and prepare for the Fengshan ceremony?

The reason why Chen Huaian decided to ascend the throne in the first month must be that he had his own considerations.

On the one hand, the Longcheng Jingnan Army has only occupied the imperial city of the capital and killed the treacherous prime minister Qin Ruhui who had disrupted the government;

But in the south of the Great Xin Dynasty, the two lakes, the two rivers, the two Guangdongs, Yunnan and Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing, etc., are still under the control of the remnants of the Great Xin Dynasty.

Even in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong, there are two jumping clowns, the Nanzhao Emperor Mu Rongfu who proclaimed himself emperor, and the Nanyue Emperor Li Zongming!

Without being able to unify the world, how could Chen Huaian hold a ceremony to offer sacrifices to heaven and announce his ascension to the throne?

On the other hand, Chen Huaian also needed time to solve and arrange a series of things after his ascension, such as how to balance the interests between Wuning Wang's faction and the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions;

In layman's terms, it was the question of who would be made the queen between Princess Shujun and Princess Pijia.

Could it be that, as his mother said, he would set a precedent in history by establishing the queens of the East and West Palaces!

In addition, the ascension ceremony he imagined must be a grand scene with all the countries coming to pay tribute. It would take time to send the edict of his ascension to the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions and Tubo, as well as the other vassal states!

Finally, Chen Huaian hoped to ascend the throne in the first month of the new year in order to start a new dynasty.

Based on the above considerations, he proposed the idea of ​​"becoming the emperor today and ascending the throne in the first month of the year".

"Today I will be crowned emperor" is to comply with the will of the people and give a reassurance to the generals in the Golden Palace who followed him to build the country;

And "ascending the throne in the first month" is to give himself a certain buffer time, so as to achieve the grand scene he imagined when ascending the throne.

Seeing the generals in the Golden Palace looking at him with puzzled faces.

Chen Huaian immediately explained: "My dear ministers, are you all wondering why I chose to be crowned emperor today, but wait until the first month to ascend the throne?"

In the Golden Palace, all the generals nodded.

Chen Huaian said: "I postponed the time of my enthronement, on the one hand to give the Longcheng army time to wipe out the remnants of the previous dynasty, and on the other hand, to give time to establish the country's name and prepare for the enthronement ceremony;"

"Looking back on history, the alternation of dynasties will inevitably be accompanied by changes in the country's name. Regarding the new dynasty I established, I have two ideas about the current name of the country-"

After a pause, Chen Huaian continued: "The first is to use my title "Jin" as the country's name;"

"The second is to use "Ming" as the country's name, which means tomorrow and hope;"

"Your Majesty-"

Before Chen Huaian finished speaking, a general in the Golden Palace stood up, seemingly objecting to the country's name he proposed.

But before he could finish his words, Chen Huaian continued: "The selection of the country's name will not be discussed at the court meeting today. I just proposed that the specific situation be led by the Ministry of Rites and submitted to me after consultation with the six ministries;"

As he said, Chen Huaian immediately called out the soldiers and generals and said: "Lord Li!"

Ah?

The Minister of War Li Jingyu, who surrendered, was stunned at first, and then, with the reminder of the people around him, he realized that the emperor was calling him. He hurriedly stood up and clasped his hands and said: "I am a guilty minister!"

Chen Huaian continued: "Lord Li, now that the new dynasty has just been established, you, the Minister of War, are the only one in the court who can barely be considered a half-civilian official;"

"Therefore, I decided to hand over the important task of reorganizing the six ministries to Lord Li!"

Hearing this, the Minister of War Li Jingyu, who surrendered, was almost moved to tears.

You know, Li Jingyu had not made any achievements under Chen Huaian.

Strictly speaking, when he was the commander of the Tiger Guards, he was also the vanguard officer of Emperor Jian'an Zhao Gan. He led 200,000 Tiger Guards to attack Yunzhou and fought against the Longcheng Jingnan Army led by Chang Yuchun.

This time, Li Jingyu surrendered to His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin. His original intention was just to save the lives of his family, and he did not dare to hope to keep his official hat.

Who would have thought that the first thing the Prince of Jin did after becoming emperor was to entrust him, an old minister of the new dynasty, with an important task and order him to reorganize the six ministries.

Such overwhelming wealth actually fell on Li Jingyu's head. How could he not be so excited that he wanted to cry?

Li Jingyu immediately knelt down and once again performed the three-kneeling and nine-kowtow ceremony to Chen Huaian who was sitting on the dragon throne. He patted his chest with tears in his voice and said: "Thanks to the emperor's kindness, I will be loyal to you and will never let you down!"

"I will spare no effort to reorganize the six ministries and recruit talents from all over the world for you!"

Yes!

Chen Huaian nodded. This is what he wanted.

At the beginning, the reason why he took Li Jingyu under his command was that there was no one available at the beginning of the new dynasty.

In any case, Li Jingyu is the descendant of a famous general of Daxin. He is not a member of the party of Princess Pijia or Princess Shujun, and he is also a surrendered general and a guilty minister.

This time, reusing him to reorganize the six ministries can not only make Li Jingyu serve Chen Huaian wholeheartedly, but also serve the purpose of motivating other surrendered generals and old ministers of Daxin.

As expected, after seeing that Li Jingyu was entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, the eyes of Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang and the deputy general of the Tiger New Army, Tang Ziyi, who was also a surrendered general and had made military achievements, suddenly became lively.

Chen Huaian said again: "Lord Li, in addition to reorganizing the six ministries, I have another important thing for you to do;"

"Draft an imperial edict for me to announce the death of Emperor Lingwu and the execution of the treacherous minister Qin Ruhui to the world, and at the same time announce the news that I will be crowned emperor today and ascend the throne in the first month;"

"By the way, instruct the Ministry of Rites to send envoys to the Western Regions to send the news of my ascension to the throne to make full preparations in advance for the arrival of all nations when I ascend the throne in the first month!"

"Minister, obey your order!"

Li Jingyu immediately accepted the order.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Huaian issued another imperial decree: "Deputy Commander Chang, Lord Su!"

"I am here!"

"I am the guilty minister!"

At this time, Chang Yuchun and Su Chen, the governor of Liangjiang, who were named, stood up and waited for the order.

Chen Huaian said: "I order you two to lead the troops to wipe out the remnants of the new dynasty in Liangjiang area. The deadline is three months, and there must be no mistakes!"

"I have received your order!"

"I obey your order!"

Chen Huaian continued: "General Pang Xianchu, deputy general of the new tiger army, Tang Ziyi!"

"I am here!"

"I order you two to lead your troops to Yunnan and Guizhou, and directly attack the old nest of Nanzhao State. There must be no mistakes!"

"I have received your order!"

"Liu Ziyu, Fan Wuji..."