With the words of the Empress Dowager Song, Emperor Xiyue immediately sent someone to tell the world that friendship with Eastern Chu was an enemy of Xiyue.
The new emperor of Eastern Chu is a traitor of Xiyue, a disrespectful person, unfaithful and unrighteous, and is not qualified to lead Eastern Chu.
As soon as this remark came out, several neighboring countries waited and waited to see the good show.
The rich and powerful families in Eastern Chu heard this and were very annoyed. They were very dissatisfied with Emperor Zhao Zundeng, and even reached a consensus in private, and they did not cooperate in various ways.
The East Chu Palace was arranged in an orderly manner, bright red lanterns were hung high, and a palace was selected for decoration.
It seemed that both of them were in a good mood and were not affected by the outside world at all.
"Are you afraid?" Zhao Zun looked down at Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao shook her head, smiling brightly, "Xiao Jiu has always been fearless, and Xiao Jiu has predicted these things a long time ago."
Zhao Zun smiled lightly, hugged Xiao Concubine in his arms, bowed his head and kissed gently, as if holding Xiao Concubine, the whole person was quiet.
Zhao Qi entered the door, "Your Highness, Master Wei is asking to see you."
Zhao Zunsong released Xiao Concubine, "There are also many scenes in the Eastern Chu Palace. I will go to the front to deal with some things. You can go and see your mother and Chaoyi."
Concubine Xiao nodded, knowing that he was busy, she didn't bother him too much. The step of ascending the throne was too difficult, so she left the hall quickly.
After a while, a man walked in, wearing a half mask, tall and tall, with cold eyes.
"Meet Your Highness."
"Your Majesty Wei, you don't need to be too polite. I have to thank Master Wei for your help this time so that I can reach Eastern Chu smoothly." Zhao Zun helped the man up himself.
The man shook his head, "This is what subordinates should do."
"Master Wei came to find me in a hurry, what's the matter?"
The man lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Last night, some century-old families in Eastern Chu united to resist His Highness. This morning, a house was caught in a fire, and a strange phenomenon occurred. The Qin Tianjian even divination all night said that it was an ominous omen. The enthronement ceremony three days later may not be smooth."
Zhao Zun narrowed his eyes, curled his lips into a sneer, "These people suddenly made a fuss, who instigated it?"
Zhao Zun didn't believe in visions and ominous events, so he almost didn't need to guess who was behind the scenes.
"It's Xiyue."
Zhao Zun was not surprised, and then glanced at the man, "The theory of ghosts and gods is nonsense. Since the common people believe it, it is not a bad thing. I remember that in the Yuan Dynasty, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was cruel and cruel, but the prince of the Yuan Dynasty He is a virtuous and gentle man who treats the people kindly, completely opposite to Emperor Yuan, and captures the hearts of the people."
The man paused, and later the Emperor Yuan beheaded a minister because of his anger, and took his beautiful wife into the palace to occupy him. The woman was humiliated and smashed to death in the Golden Palace. The idea of replacing the prince with a prince began to circulate.
After the Emperor Yuan knew about it, he guarded against the prince, and he wanted to die, until a vision appeared in the sky, and the prince was bewitched by others to rebel and let Emperor Yuan abdicate.
There were countless casualties in the battle that day, and the prince died because of it. In the end, it was only a prince who was not favored in ordinary times who ascended to the throne.
All this is nothing more than the prince's scheme. He successfully eradicated the prince and ascended the throne. The new emperor will hold a sacrificial ceremony every year to commemorate the dead prince. This move deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Until later, no one remembered the prince. , all he thinks about is the reigning new emperor.
Now that there is a vision, it is better to use the vision to resolve the crisis, let everyone know that the matter is a foregone conclusion, and Zhao Zun is the emperor of Eastern Chu.
"Those high-ranking officials just want to use this as a threat to keep the glory and wealth in front of them. The important thing is to give enough benefits, so there is no reason to object. After all, Eastern Chu has already died, and the abolished emperor has long been in power. It's just that they are still deceiving themselves and others."
Zhao Zun continued slowly, "As for the common people, in the past few years the Eastern Chu has been fighting for years, and taxes have increased. The people have long been struggling to live, and there are complaints from all over the place. What they want is a stable life. As for who is the emperor, it doesn't matter."
The man nodded, this is true.
Zhao Zun bowed his head and wrote a letter, handed it to the man, and then gave the man a silver medal, "This is the mobilization order of the Zhao family shop. Three million taels of silver will be distributed to the surrounding people. Each family can receive ten taels of silver." , and issued an edict, exempt from taxation for three years, set up five medical centers in each city, do not charge consultation fees for diagnosis and treatment, and then allocate a hundred taels of silver to the army, if any corrupt people are found, the whole family will kill Xingtai to make an example of others!"
After the words fell, the man was startled.
Zhao Zun took the peripheral route directly, which captured the hearts of the people and the army, and the rest was not important at all.
"yes!"
Over the years, Zhao Zun's business has spread all over the world, involving various industries, and he has long been rich beyond rivals. He spent a large sum of money to arrange the army of the people, and most of the problems were solved.
Just ask, who would object to such a confident king
At this time, Zhao Qi walked in, "Your Highness, the chief assistant minister, Lord Li, the six ministers, and Lord Zhong... They all went to play, and refused to attend the enthronement ceremony three days later in the name of the Eastern Chu Emperor not attending the funeral."
Zhao Zun pursed his lips, "Let's go with them, tell me that anyone who comes to the enthronement ceremony will be promoted to three ranks, and the title can be hereditary for six generations."
The corners of Zhao Qi's mouth twitched. Wasn't this intentional to seduce people
"yes!"
As soon as the edict came out, the entire Eastern Chu nobles were stunned. They were both angry and helpless. They almost vomited blood because of the edict. Seeing that the new emperor was going to ascend the throne and offended the new emperor. When Di Teng came out, he had to deal with those who didn't cooperate.
Some of them have already wavered, the situation of Eastern Chu is gone, Benjiu is irreversible, why bother to ask for trouble.
There are also a few old-fashioned ministers who resolutely opposed Zhao Zun, "People who are disloyal, righteous and filial, what qualifications do they have to lead Eastern Chu? You must not be spineless. They are regarded as jokes by all countries, and even Xiyue objects. If we support the crime of the position, wouldn't we become villains?"
"That's right, we can't just look at the petty profits in front of us. This is just a tactic to delay the attack. It won't be the same to deprive us of our rights in the future."
Several high-ranking ministers disagreed with anything.
The people below can only wait and see, their hearts have been shaken for a long time, but it's hard to say it clearly, the nobles want to protect their own interests, but the officials below don't have so many worries.
It snowed heavily that night, and the next morning the heavy snow stopped. As soon as I went out, the door was blocked by heavy snow, and everything was white at first glance. The strange thing is that I don't know where the birds came out.
Groups of formations, flying in the air, chirping, people can't help but look up.
"Ah, it's a magpie!"
Suddenly a man pointed at the bird and exclaimed in surprise, "In such a cold day, the magpies have already gone to the south for the winter. I didn't expect to see so many magpies in winter. It's really strange."
Soon this scene caused a sensation among the people, and they all stopped to watch.
Slowly, more and more magpies gathered around, densely packed, waving in the air in a row of rows, and after a closer look, I found that the shape was actually a huge dragon hovering, lifelike and amazing.
Someone in the crowd yelled, "Look, that dragon is flying towards the palace."
Everyone shifted their gazes, watching the huge dragon flying towards the palace, hovering at the highest point for a long time, and finally landed steadily on the eaves, overwhelming the crowd.
"The magpie announces the good news, and it must be God's will to pretend to be a real dragon and fly in the hall!"
With one person taking the lead, the rest of the people followed suit one after another, and they were already shocked by everything in front of them.
Everyone knelt down and shouted in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
He yelled nine times in a row before stopping.
Mr. Wei was very fast in doing things. Right now, the people in the surrounding cities all praised Zhao Zun. The soldiers in the army were holding silver in their hands, and their eyes were red with emotion.
"Your Highness has an order that anyone who is loyal to the country will not be treated lightly. For every brother who sacrificed, the imperial court will issue fifty taels of silver as compensation. If a family has two sons in the army, if there are two brothers in the family , You can go back to one person, and your family members can enjoy tax exemption in the future. For the elderly and sick, the imperial court will treat your family members without spending a penny. Those who have joined the army for more than three years can visit relatives for ten days a year. You have nothing to worry about!"
What I have to say is that Mr. Wei has grasped everyone's thoughts, and he is thinking of joining the military camp, and what he misses most must be the young and old in the family.
This time Zhao Zun directly solved the worries of the people and gave them backing. The soldiers were so moved that they couldn't express it, and shouted in unison, "Swear to be loyal to the emperor to the death, and defend Dongchu to the death!"
The amount of silver moved out of Zhao's shop was tens of millions of taels, accounting for almost half of the entire Zhao's shop.
But the effect was astonishingly good. From the initial opposition to overwhelming support for Zhao Zun's ascension to the throne, it only took two days.
What Zhao Zun did caught the nobles in the capital by surprise, and they never expected that the new emperor would win the hearts of the people in such a way.
In the past, those who ascended to the throne as emperors would kill people like hemp and bleed like rivers. If that was the case, they would attract confrontation and riots from everyone.
Now it's all right, just prescribe the right medicine, without the opposition of the people and the army, what's the use of the joint opposition of these ministers.
The night was dark, and a few men in black ran around the big mansions, whoosh!
An arrow was firmly inserted into the door, and the guards hurriedly chased it out to check, but the man in black had long since disappeared.
There was also a letter on the arrow, and the master of the house changed his expression immediately after receiving the letter.
"Master, what's the matter?" A beautiful concubine walked out with her clothes on.
The middle-aged man raised his eyes and glanced at the sky. He was gloomy, and his mood suddenly became extremely heavy. After a long time, he said, "Hurry up and get ready, and inform the madam to let her follow me into the palace to attend the enthronement ceremony tomorrow morning!"
"yes!"
The beautiful concubine was a little displeased, and tugged at the middle-aged man's arm, "Master, you can't say no, you're going to take me out of the city tomorrow..."
Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man's face became furious, and he slapped the beautiful concubine with his hands, "Shut up, just stay with me!"
The concubine who had been slapped suddenly was speechless, and looked at the figure of the middle-aged man getting further and further away with aggrieved eyes.
About dozens of letters were sent out throughout the night, and the faces of those who received the letters changed drastically, and they immediately sent people to prepare for the enthronement ceremony.
Eastern Chu Palace
Before dawn, Concubine Xiao was pulled up by the red sleeves, and several court ladies entered the room, holding all kinds of clothes and jewelry in their hands, and stood in a long row.
Several maids in the palace helped Xiao Concubine put on a phoenix dress with twelve layers of gauze in an orderly manner. Layers upon layers, each layer was embroidered with a golden phoenix. With every gesture, the golden phoenix looked like It's as if it's alive, and it's about to fly.
After tossing and tossing for a long time, a luxurious and majestic phoenix crown came into view, inlaid with one hundred and eight small oriental beads, each of which is completely plump.
Putting on the phoenix crown, Xiao Concubine's face suddenly became three points more beautiful, which made the already stunning appearance even more outstanding, causing everyone in the room to stare dumbfounded.
Suddenly Zhao Sujun blocked Xiao Concubine's sight with a red hijab.
Before Xiao Concubine could react, she could only hear the voices of court ladies saying in unison, "Congratulations to the Empress on her wedding day."
Zhao Sujun took Xiao Concubine's hand and said softly, "The last time I got married in the valley, my mother always felt sorry for missing it. Today I can see the two of you hugging each other. I am so happy."
"Yes, the second sister-in-law is really beautiful today. I wish the second brother and the second sister-in-law a happy life together forever."
Chaoyi also smiled, dressed very festively today, and sincerely wished.
Concubine Xiao's heart warmed up. At such an important moment of the enthronement ceremony, Zhao Zun chose the road with Concubine Xiao, overlooking Eastern Chu side by side with Concubine Xiao.
"Mother, Asakaki, thank you."
After saying that, Hongxiu immediately said, "Madam, it's getting late, we should go out, the emperor is still waiting."