Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 350: I am not worthy of the title of the First Emperor, I’d rather be the Gao Emperor!

Liu Hong tidied his clothes. Although he was suffering from back pain, he had already turned on the saint mode.

His face straightened up and he gently took Zhan Doudou's hand.

As for Si Lili who was sleeping soundly, Liu Hong pondered for a while and then carried Si Lili on his back.

At this moment, the three of them are not only a half-step husband and wife relationship, but also a political alliance relationship.

Zhan Doudou looked at the entrance of the cave, her beautiful eyes rippling with emotion, but in the end she did not take a step forward to check on Ku He's condition.

There is no need to deceive yourself about things that you already know clearly.

The most urgent task now is to return to Shangjing City and reorganize the court power.

The news of the establishment of the Great Han King and the united dynasty of Northern Qi, Dongyi City, and the vassal states was announced.

Stabilize the power of the Zhan family and preserve the position of the Northern Qi royal family.

Liu Hong knew exactly what Zhan Doudou was thinking, but he didn't say much.

There is only one thing that must be done.

"Either Tianyi Dao will be labeled a cult and all its preachers will be wanted nationwide, or Tianyi Dao Saint Haitang Duoduo and Ku He's disciple Lang Tao will be sent to Kyoto to receive instruction from the temple's reformist Yu Ping."

Zhan Doudou stared at Liu Hong and spoke in a cold voice.

"King Han, our agreement does not change the Tianyi Dao."

Liu Hong laughed and nodded slightly.

"Yes, maybe you can break the treaty now."

Zhan Doudou's beautiful eyes were about to spit fire, and her silver teeth were about to break.

This scoundrel, this shameless rogue.

After eating her and Si Lili up, he took over all of Ku He's true energy inheritance.

Liu Hong was ready to ask for a huge sum of money.

Is there any spirit of contract left?
The atmosphere became somewhat tense, but Liu Hong still had that confident smile on his face.

Zhan Doudou suddenly punched Liu Hong to relieve his anger, and had no choice but to agree.

He held Liu Hong's hand and did not let go.

Liu Hong's eyes revealed unstoppable admiration.

Zhan Doudou, the busty girl, has all the charm and sensuality a woman should have, but she always has the upper hand.

Gousheng and Yang Du, who had spent the night outside the lake, saw Liu Hong and two others coming on a raft.

They all smiled and couldn't help but clench their fists.

It seems that the King of Han has reached a consensus with the Empress, and Northern Qi can be established!
The era of constant strife among princes will eventually pass, and no one knows what the future unified dynasty will look like.

Zhan Doudou noticed the smiles on Gousheng and Yang Du’s faces, was silent for a while, and then spoke softly.

"It seems that the King of Han's subordinates all think that the King of Han can establish the first unified dynasty in history!"

"But you and I both know that a war will break out between the North and the South one day!"

Liu Hong waved at the two of them, his smile unchanged, and he was not affected by Zhan Doudou's words.

"Who can say for sure what will happen next?"

Lang Tao led eight thousand imperial guards and stopped outside the lake. He looked at the waterfall on the mountain and clenched his fists.

Haitang Duoduo wore the luxurious saint's attire for the first time. She noticed that Langtao's face looked strange and gently touched Langtao's shoulder.

"Brother, now Han and Qi have merged into one. No matter what happens, you and I cannot change it. We are lucky to be able to keep the people under our rule from the turmoil of war."

Lang Tao's voice was choked with sobs and his head drooped.

"I just can't accept it! The Northern Wei Kingdom lasted for 300 years, and the Northern Qi Kingdom lasted for 30 years. It took a lot of effort to establish the territorial foundation."

"Now, all of this has become a wedding dress for the pirate King Han!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Haitang Duoduo, but even some officials around them dropped their heads.

Everyone clenched their fists tightly, feeling quite unwilling.

Northern Qi was not the capital of one family or one surname, but the capital of their aristocratic family. They would never allow the King of Han to seize Northern Qi so easily.

Especially the King of Han who was carrying out reforms in the south. If the reforms fell on the Northern Qi, I am afraid the whole country would rebel.

Even in the two counties controlled by the Zhan family, there are a large number of aristocratic families who will rebel.

Each family was like an independent little kingdom, and their retainers and subordinates were the next level of aristocratic families and county names.

Haitang Duoduo noticed the expressions of these people and sighed.

"Let's wait and see! The King of Han will not do such an irrational thing."

In the distance, a carriage started moving slowly.

No matter what this group of people think, facing the Grand Master King of Han and the Northern Qi Empress Zhan Doudou, the power and status are in their hands.

They could only kneel down and pay their respects.

"Greetings to the King of Han, and to His Majesty!"

Liu Hong gently played with Zhan Doudou's palm and looked at the group of people sarcastically.

"It's really interesting. You want to drive a nail between you and me based on the order of seniority."

Zhan Doudou remained expressionless as she helped Liu Hong get off the carriage.

"This is a fact. What kind of nail can it have?"

The huge team set out for Shangjing, and the people of the entire Shangjing city looked at them sideways, as if they had sensed something.

From today on, the Northern Qi Kingdom will be completely overthrown.

Liu Hong took a look at the majestic Shangjing City and quickly looked away.

The former Jinyiwei commander, Shen Zhong, once pointed at Shangjing City and spoke proudly since the founding of the Northern Wei Kingdom.

The capital city of Shangjing had never been breached.

This sentence makes a lot of sense!
Among the most powerful cities in the world, Kyoto is barely ranked in the top five. It takes an army of 100,000 to besiege Kyoto.

And the most powerful city in the world, Shangjing, could not be taken without hundreds of thousands of troops.

Zhan Doudou also gently covered his chest, feeling a little distressed. In order for their Zhan family to take over Shangjing City, Zhan Qingfeng had promised countless benefits to the three major families.

Now Liu Hong has gotten a free bargain.

In the capital city, three teams that were helping each other looked at the two people in the imperial guards' carriage with different expressions.

"It seems that the King of Han has reached a consensus with the Empress. They should withdraw from the territory that has encroached upon the Zhan Family."

Liu Genghong, the commander of Qianlong Bay ten years ago and now General Shenwei, spoke softly and ordered his servants to retreat.

This is the way of survival for the aristocratic families, they will never kill their opponents with one blow.

Even though they are in a hostile relationship with the Zhan family, they will maintain a polite and restrained relationship on the surface.

Xiao Zhan watched all this coldly and snorted.

"Are you afraid that the King of Han will forcefully implement reforms in Northern Qi?"

Zhuang Ge, the Tiance General of Donghai County, is a white-haired old man and the cousin of Zhuang Mohan, the former literary master of Northern Qi.

Zhuang Ge narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Why are you in such a hurry? If the King of Han is so ambitious, he is no longer the King of Han. Whatever he wants to do, he must announce it in the court."

"Isn't it?"

The three of them nodded at the same time, walked slowly, and hurried towards the palace.

The three of them only brought a thousand guards into the capital, and the army was stationed outside Shangjing City.

It seemed like an opportunity to wipe out the three major families of Northern Qi in one fell swoop, but if this were really done, it would seriously offend the three major families.

These three people dared to enter the capital and have now prepared themselves for death. They have already arranged for successors who are recognized by all the clan members.

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, all paved with marble, carved with countless intricate patterns, and dotted with white jade pillars.

Liu Hong looked at all this, and although it was not the first time he had seen it, he was still shocked.

Zhan Doudou was used to these things. Seeing Liu Hong's expression, she teased him.

"If the King of Han is willing, the capital can be moved to Qi."

Liu Hong shook his head and quickly looked away.

"No, if the emperor of the future stays in Shangjing, I'm afraid he will not be motivated to make progress and will not be able to reform the law."

The impact of the environment on people is terrifying. Kyoto and the seven counties in the capital were destroyed once by Emperor Qing, and everyone is eager to change and stabilize their own interests.

However, there was no soil for reform in Shangjing. Even the next monarch, under the influence of these aristocratic families, felt that the status quo was fine and was unwilling to make any changes.

Liu Honggao sat on the dragon throne, looking at this group of unfamiliar civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Zhan Doudou had already ordered the eunuchs to move out the phoenix chair, sat next to Liu Hong and introduced him softly.

"The white-haired old man is Zhuang Ge, the general of Tiance in Donghai County and also the prime minister, and the other young man..."

Liu Hong raised his hand, glanced at Liu Genghong, and then looked away.

"I know that Liu Genghong, the mighty general of Langya County, is also the general who replaced Shangshan Hu to guard the north."

"I'm curious, didn't Shangshan Hu hand over Langya County to his deputy general Tan Wu when he stepped down as the general of Northern Qi?"

"It's only been a few years! The Liu family has regained control of Langya County."

When Zhan Doudou heard this question, his expression suddenly became unnatural.

This is her failure.

Ten years ago, when Uesugi Tora rushed from Langya County to Shangjing to rescue Sean, he had five hundred heavy cavalry in addition to his deputy general Tan Wu.

He didn't bring any of the others with him, and he turned from a fierce tiger into a sick cat with all its claws and teeth missing.

Zhan Doudou originally wanted to use Uesugi Tiger's name to slowly take control of Langya County.

Unexpectedly, the Liu family used the name of the invasion of the Northern Barbarians in the Snow Region to push General Liu Genghong, who escaped from Qianlong Bay, to the position of a third-rank general.

A large amount of manpower, material and financial resources were mobilized to reintegrate Langya County.

Zhan Doudou had no way to take action even if she wanted to, because she was the one who imprisoned Uesugi Tora in Shangjing, allowing the Liu family to seize this opportunity.

Liu Hong glanced at Zhan Doudou and said nothing more.

Jinyiwei commander Wei Hua shouted loudly.

"The grand court meeting begins..."

When these civil and military officials saw Liu Hong sitting on the dragon throne, they had no idea what was going on.

Especially Liu Genghong, who was almost the same age as Liu Hong, felt so heartbroken that he couldn't help but glare at Zhan Doudou.

It is said that good things should be kept in the family. The Liu family has already made it clear that they can help Zhan Doudou continue to sit on the throne.

All we need to do is to arrange a marriage between Zhan Doudou and Liu Genghong and make the heirs of the two families the crown prince.

As a result, Zhan Doudou said lightly, "Liu Genghong? He doesn't deserve it!"
Then he ran to the place where Ku He was recuperating and hid there.

When Xiao Zhan saw Liu Genghong's expression, he shook his head, thinking that he was still too young after all, and then kicked Liu Genghong.

Liu Genghong woke up as if from a dream and lowered his head quickly.
All the civil and military officials then spoke in unison.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Zhan Doudou's clear voice rang out in the hall.

"From today on, Northern Qi will become a vassal state of Han. The original system will remain unchanged. The Great Han and the United Dynasty of Northern Qi, Dongyi, and the vassal states will be established. From now on, the world will be unified!"

"Zhan Doudou of my Zhan family abdicated and became the Queen of Northern Qi, and the King of Han of Han concurrently served as the Emperor of Northern Qi."

Officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty exploded one after another.

They had imagined a unified world, but they had never imagined it would end up like this.

If Zhan Doudou was not a empress, the Zhan family would probably try their best, even if it meant shedding their last drop of blood, rather than hand over Northern Qi to anyone else.

However, since the system of the Northern Qi State remained unchanged, the interests of these people were not harmed.

To put it bluntly, the Zhan family’s private behavior has nothing to do with them.

The patriarchs of the three major clans, who had originally been full of words to say, acquiesced to the unification of the world.

Zhuang Ge walked into the hall with a cane, couldn't help coughing, and then bowed.

"In this case, the King of Han has already gained eight or nine out of ten parts of the world."

"I dare to honor the King of Han as the First Emperor."

The world has never been unified, but now it is unified in this form.

As long as a consensus is reached, Northern Qi will send troops south to attack Qing Kingdom no matter what.

The Qing Kingdom, which is barely surviving, relies on parts of Kyoto Road, Xiliang Road, Jing Road, and Jiangnan Road.

How to face enemies from all sides?
When the King of Han set out, he had unknowingly united with Dongyi City, Northern Qi, and Nanzhao Kingdom to surround Qing Kingdom from all directions.

Unification of the world is just around the corner!

The King of Han, who was unwilling to call himself emperor, can now use the title of emperor for both moral and legal reasons.

The first emperor of a unified empire in the history of the world is about to appear. His great achievements can only be admired from afar by future generations.

When Liu Hong heard that Zhuang Ge wanted to give him the title of emperor, he was a little dazed for a moment.

Have I come to this point?
As long as the Qing Kingdom is destroyed, the entire south will fall into the hands of the Han Kingdom, and Northern Qi will become a vassal state of the Han Kingdom.

As for the area from Qianlong Bay to Dongyi City, a series of small vassal states had no choice but to hand over their military, political and financial power.

Seeing that Liu Hong didn't say anything, Zhuang Ge thought that Liu Hong was waiting for his next words, so he continued to speak.

"The world has never had a unified emperor. Please make the King of Han the first emperor!"

When these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials of the Northern Qi were shocked, and then they beat their chests and stamped their feet.

Why didn't they think straight? The King of Han was not going to implement reforms in Northern Qi, and now the King of Han is the emperor of Northern Qi.

They hurried to get closer to the King of Han, hoping to be promoted and get rich.

Liu Genghong and Xiao Zhan looked at each other and couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

"shameless!"

What about the face of the aristocratic family that actually controls Donghai County and has an army of 100,000?

The three of them haven't reached a consensus yet, but now they are so eager to flatter Liu Hong.

However, the two were not idle either. They quickly leaned over and spoke in a deep voice.

"Please honor the King of Han as the First Emperor and make it known to the world!"

Lang Tao's teeth were almost broken when he looked at this group of fence-sitters.

The noble families who had previously vowed to oppose the King of Han and seemed eager to rebel have now changed their attitude so quickly.

Do you really have any backbone?

Haitang Duoduo just watched everything in silence and pulled Langtao's clothes to make him remain silent.

Zhan Doudou looked at the court officials, and even though she was prepared, she still felt a little sad.

Not only did this group of people not care who the emperor of Northern Qi was, they were even eager to accept the rule of the King of Han in order to avoid the subsequent party struggles.

Liu Hong patted the back of Zhan Doudou's hand to comfort her.

His eyes gradually became deep and profound, and his expression was uncertain.

Everyone was waiting for the King of Han to resign three times, from then on he would become the first emperor of the Han Dynasty!

To everyone's surprise.

Liu Hong shook his head, his tone firm and unquestionable.

"I am not worthy of the title of First Emperor. I'll call myself the High Emperor!"

Fortunately, in the world of Joy of Life, the posthumous titles, reign titles, temple names, and honorific titles are not clearly distinguished.

Otherwise, the First Emperor and the Gao Emperor would have almost killed Liu Hong.

High, virtue covers all things, and merits are great.

For Liu Hong, who wanted to unify the country and minimize bloodshed and sacrifice, this title was just right.

The civil and military officials of Northern Qi were shocked and did not understand why Liu Hong said he was not worthy. So they gave up the title of the First Emperor and chose the second-ranked title of Gao Emperor instead.

But this is Liu Hong’s own choice, so why should he care?
Amid the kneeling of people like mountains and seas, Liu Hong's first grand court meeting as the Emperor of Northern Qi came to an end.

It stabilized the various forces in Northern Qi, and allowed Liu Hong to gain a firm foothold in Northern Qi with the help of Zhan Doudou.

From then on, the Han Dynasty, Northern Qi, Dongyi, and other vassal states jointly established a dynasty, which was abbreviated as the Han Dynasty!
Except for the Han Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River, the world was formally unified.

Liu Hong chose to implement reform or conservatism according to the specific conditions of each country, and also formally implemented the parallel system of counties and kingdoms throughout the country.

It has leaped forward half a step in the history, but it has also left behind a lot of hidden dangers that need to be resolved in the future.

The world officially began a new chapter, and Liu Hong was given the unique title of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)