Swords emerge from Mount Hua, sweeping across the heavens from the world of Swordsman.

The heavy gate, weighing over a thousand pounds, was smashed to pieces on the spot, and the city gate was wide open!

"The city gates are open! The army, follow me into the city, kill the Tartars, and destroy the Mongol Yuan!"

Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, and Zhu Yuanzhang roared, and their three armies surged forth like a raging sea.

When they were still more than 20 meters from the city walls, the javelins and throwing axes of the Ruijin army were thrown onto the walls, killing a large number of the defenders on the walls.

The flood army galloped into the city gates in a frenzy.

Even though the Mongol garrison inside the city numbered 200,000, they lost the courage to resist at this moment, and many simply abandoned their weapons and fled in all directions.

The Seventh Prince shuddered and turned to flee as well.

But as soon as he turned around, a Mongol lieutenant general beside him beheaded him with a single stroke, raising the severed head and shouting:

"By order of Prince Ruyang, Antu Temur shall be executed. All troops under Prince Ruyang's command shall lay down their weapons, cease resistance, and welcome the Ming army into the city!"

Upon hearing this, the Tartars who were still stubbornly resisting completely lost their will to fight.

The Ming Cult's three armies entered the city and easily took over the defense.

None of the Mongol imperial family or court officials escaped; they all became prisoners.

The Mongol Empire, which conquered the Central Plains and swept across Eurasia, collapsed.

[Ding! The Mongol Yuan Dynasty has been destroyed, and the main quest "Expelling the Mongols and Reviving the Han Dynasty" has progressed to 60%.]

[Rewards: 400 Inner Strength Points, 200 Martial Coins, 100 Luck Points, the following sword techniques: Domineering Swordsmanship, Heartless Slash, and Divine Slash, three Great Completion Scrolls, and the item: Imitation Imperial Seal.]

The only pity is that the Imperial Seal of the State is a replica.

Come to think of it, the genuine Imperial Seal of the State was made by Qin Shi Huang, and it disappeared after it came into the possession of Li Congke of the Later Tang Dynasty.

Even the emperors of the Song Dynasty used imitations.

However, this replica imperial seal looks almost exactly like the genuine one, so it wouldn't be bad for establishing a nation.

Chapter 123, "Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber," is complete; the system has been upgraded.

As the year draws to a close, the world is shaken!

The fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty brought joy to the Han people throughout the Central Plains. Even before the New Year, many families had already begun to decorate with lanterns and set off firecrackers in celebration.

Many prominent families, reclusive scholars and literati flocked to Dadu (Beijing) to jointly petition Yue Zhuoqun to establish the dynasty and ascend the throne, thus ushering in a prosperous era.

Yue Zhuoqun naturally did not object to this. After gathering his subordinates to discuss the matter, he decided to make Dadu the capital and rebuild it on the basis of the Yuan Mongol imperial palace.

Dadu was called Jicheng during the Zhou Dynasty. After the State of Yan established its capital there, it was renamed Yandu, and later it was called Yanjing.

After the Mongol Yuan dynasty established its capital here, it was renamed Dadu (Great Capital of Yuan).

According to historical development, it was only after Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, moved the capital that Beijing came to be known as Beijing.

However, Yue Zhuoqun was not satisfied with any of these titles.

Beijing, the capital of the north, lacked a comprehensive meaning, so it was directly renamed Hanjing, the capital of the Han people.

As for the name of the country, he was too lazy to go through all that trouble, so he continued to use 'Ming' and officially ascended the throne as emperor on the second day of the second month of the following year, setting the era name as 'Hanxing'.

With the Central Plains newly pacified and the imperial court newly established, there were many things to do, but Yue Zhuoqun felt that he had no one at his disposal.

The Ming Cult had a wealth of talented military commanders, but very few capable civil officials who could govern the country.

Therefore, the first thing he did was to hold an imperial examination to select officials.

The content of the imperial examinations differed greatly from that of previous dynasties. In the Song Dynasty and earlier, the examinations mainly focused on classics, history, philosophy, and literature. However, he added several other subjects such as agriculture, industry, science, commerce, and medicine to recruit talents from all walks of life.

This was followed by the abolition of the old system, the correction of feudal customs, the formulation of new laws, land reform, and the promotion of education.

Drawing inspiration from later societies, they began sweeping reforms.

The implementation of these reforms touched upon the rights of many powerful families, sparking considerable resistance.

However, under Yue Zhuoqun's forceful methods, all the rebels were suppressed and eliminated, and the situation quickly stabilized.

Meanwhile, the army's advance did not stop.

After the Prince of Ruyang surrendered, Yue Zhuoqun divided his troops into three armies and continued to recruit soldiers.

All three armies were expanded to 200,000 men, and all soldiers practiced the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, becoming known as the Great Ming Dragon Elephant Army.

Chang Yuchun led a force to pacify the grasslands and then continued to advance northward.

After Zhu Yuanzhang led a force to recover the Western Regions, he continued to expand northward.

Xu Da led a force to sweep across the southern barbarians and expand his territory.

Every time they recovered a territory, Yue Zhuoqun immediately dispatched civil officials from the court to govern it.

Yue Zhuoqun designated the common people of the Central Plains as first-class citizens, and the subjugated barbarian tribes as second-class citizens. First-class citizens could marry women of second-class citizens, but second-class citizens were not allowed to marry women of first-class citizens.

They standardized the systems, currency, and weights and measures for foreigners, and encouraged them to learn the culture and language of the Central Plains.

……

The tenth year of the Han dynasty's rise to power marked the tenth year of Yue Zhuoqun's ascension to the throne.

Over the past decade, the world has been at peace, the land has prospered, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty has expanded several times over.

The three Dragon Elephant Armies possess the strength of dragons and elephants, sweeping across the battlefield.

Chang Yuchun marched north to the Arctic Ocean, Xu Da advanced south to the Indian Ocean, and Zhu Yuanzhang's army reached the Greater Caucasus Mountains.

During this period, new famous generals also emerged, including historical figures such as Li Wenzhong, Fu Youde, and Liao Yongzhong, all of whom were given important positions by Yue Zhuoqun.

Liao Yongzhong was skilled in naval warfare and was appointed as the commander of the navy. In his first battle, he destroyed a small, isolated country in the east.

Afterwards, with the Ryukyu and Fusang islands as their two major garrison bases, they traversed the Pacific Ocean, successively occupying islands such as Java and Temasek, and advancing into the Indian Ocean.

That year, Yueyang was eighteen years old and was made crown prince, beginning his regency.

Meanwhile, Yue Zhuoqun, accompanied by the three empresses Dai Qisi, Zhou Zhiruo, and Zhao Min, toured the world.

Our first stop was Mount Hua, where the Huashan Sect has now elected a new leader and is showing signs of prosperity.

The second stop was Bright Peak, where he had already passed the position of leader of the Ming Cult to Yang Xiao.

After the establishment of the Ming Cult, its members became part of the imperial army, and many of its high-ranking members entered the court. The Ming Cult's power was no longer as great, but its status in the martial arts world was still second to none.

His third stop was Wudang Mountain, where he visited Zhang Sanfeng.

Zhang Sanfeng's understanding of Tai Chi had reached perfection. The two sat and discussed the Dao for three days and then had a second contest. However, no one knows the process and result of their exchange.

On Mount Wudang, Yue Zhuoqun also met Zhang Wuji.

He lost the opportunity to learn the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the Great Shift of the Universe, but he received Zhang Sanfeng's true teachings and can be considered a top master among the younger generation.

Afterwards, he went to the front lines of the three armies, traveled to Western Europe, and went to Persia to assist Xu Da, where he single-handedly crushed the Twelve Treasure Tree Kings of the Persian Ming Cult.

He helped Xiao Zhao ascend to the position of the head of the Persian religion, and Persia submitted to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

When he returned to Hanjing, it was already the sixteenth year of the Han Dynasty's founding. The entire Eurasian continent had been incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and divided into fifty-six provinces.

In this year, all Han people in the world practiced literature and martial arts, internal martial arts were called Quanzhen Dao Da Dao, and external martial arts were called Vajra Indestructible, and everyone was like a dragon.

In that year, the throne was passed to Yueyang, and the Ming Dynasty entered the second generation of rule.

[Ding! The main quest "Expelling the Yuan Mongols and Reviving the Han Dynasty" has reached 100% progress. The quest is complete, and the system has been upgraded...]

[Ding! Upgrade complete. System has reached level four. The host's daily increase rate of internal energy points and proficiency points has changed from three to four points.]

[Rewards: 2000 Inner Force Points, 1000 Martial Coins, 300 Luck Points; Martial Arts: Wedding Dress Divine Skill, Tai Chi Fist, Extinction Cross Slash; One Intermediate Fusion Scroll, One Basic Fusion Scroll; One Perfection Scroll, Two Grand Completion Scrolls; System Space increased to 20 cubic meters; Opened the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber Time-Space Gate.]

[Note: An intermediate-level fusion scroll can fuse up to ten martial arts techniques. The minimum quality requirement for each technique is superior, and the highest quality requirement for the fused new martial art is near-Dao level. Intermediate-level fusion scrolls are compatible with Buddhist, Taoist, and demonic martial arts.]

"Use the Beginner Fusion Scroll to fuse the Sword Techniques: Overlord of the World, Heartless Slash, Divine Slash, Extinction Cross Slash, and God-Slaying One-Slash. Use the Perfection Scroll."

[Ding! Synthesized ultimate sword technique - Annihilation Demon Blade, a mortal-level sword technique with three forms. It can be further fused and improved to reach the perfect proficiency level.]

[First move: Heaven and Earth as One Blade. There is only one blade between heaven and earth, a blade that determines life and death.]

[The second move, the slash of lust, can ignite a person's seven emotions and six desires; the body remains unharmed, but the spirit is extinguished.]

[The third move, Demonic Blade, transforms the blade's light into a demonic blade domain. Those trapped on the island are plunged into a hellish realm, subjected to countless blades.]

Name: Yue Zhuoqun

[Identity: Emperor Zu of the Ming Dynasty]

[Inner Strength After the Eventuality: 65455]

[Martial Coins: 2380]

【Luck: 476】

[Near-Dao Level Cultivation Technique: Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill Level 9 (Acquired Realm Perfection 5535/100000)]

化凡级功法：万寿道藏功（后天境圆满35856/100000）、吸功大法（后天境圆满23945/100000）、金刚不坏神功（圆满23945/100000）

化凡级武技：四极剑（圆满35610/100000）、武道三式（圆满35040/100000）、夺命十五剑（圆满25185/100000）、绝灭魔刀（圆满0/100000）

上乘级武技：灵犀一指（圆满36226/100000）、一阳指一品（圆满33210/10000）、天外飞仙（圆满15185/10000）、凤舞九天（圆满15185/10000……】

Three months after Yue Zhuoqun abdicated in Yueyang, he shattered the void in front of the imperial palace, witnessed by thousands of his subjects.

……