Chapter 1126: Five Emperors Coexisting, Proclamation to Conquer Song

Last year, the Wang Qing and Tian Hu families showed signs of decline.

Fang La was also addicted to pleasure and had no desire to make progress.

The imperial court suddenly sent envoys to call for peace and promised to make them kings.

This move is truly like thunder in the sky that stirs up fire in the earth.

The two sides hit it off immediately.

May.

The three families accepted the enthronement.

Wang Qing was named King of Chu and took charge of Jinghu South Road.

Tian Hu was named King of Jin and was in charge of Hedong Road.

Fang La was named Ming King and was in charge of Liangzhe Road.

In addition, the three families also agreed to send troops to help the court suppress Liangshan.

The news was reported back to Yuncheng.

The leaders were talking about it.

It has only been a month since the decisive battle in April, and many leaders are now full of confidence.

These people clamored for Su Mingzhe to establish an regime and become king, or even emperor.

Some people were calmer and asked Su Mingzhe to continue to stick to the "Nine-Character Policy".

Hear the leaders express their opinions.

Su Mingzhe raised his fingers and began to tap slowly on the table.

After a while, the hall gradually became quiet.

"It is easy to abuse the people, but it is hard to deceive God!"

As soon as Su Mingzhe opened his mouth, he set the tone for what was to follow:
"After I established Liangshan, I was determined to benefit the people. However, Zhao Song, Tian Hu and Wang Qing oppressed the people. How can we in Liangshan coexist peacefully with them?"

When the leaders heard this, they knew what Su Mingzhe was going to do.

as predicted.

Su Mingzhe suddenly slammed the table and stood up:

"The Zhao Song government favored treacherous officials, abused the people and deceived the heavens. Even now, they are still stubborn and refuse to repent. Now, they are colluding with people like Tian Hu and Wang Qing."

"I want to take over and build a new country. What do you think, brothers?"

"Brother (Lord) should have done this a long time ago!"

All the leaders, including Song Jiang, were delighted to hear this.

Only after Su Mingzhe became emperor could other leaders rise with him.

From then on, everyone was no longer the Liangshan bandits who "acted on behalf of heaven" but the Daliang officials who "governed the people on behalf of heaven".

Because the situation was urgent, Su Mingzhe did not hold a grand coronation ceremony.

At the end of May, Su Mingzhe proclaimed himself emperor and appointed Qiongying as empress, Fang Jinzhi as imperial concubine, Qiao Lie as prime minister, and Lin Chong as commander-in-chief of the army.

Each leader has his own duties.

After being appointed as an official, it stands to reason that he should also be conferred a title.

However, Su Mingzhe simply skipped this step.

His reason was very simple. Daliang only occupied one-ninth of the territory of the world. Ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor was already an act of usurpation.

It would be really ridiculous to confer titles of nobility on others.

Although some leaders did not agree with this, they had no choice but to accept it.

Early June.

Su Mingzhe convened the first grand court meeting.

When Daliang was founded, it set up hundreds of civil and military officials.

But there are still many things that need to be discussed in detail.

For example, the most basic "Daliang Law".

Although for the time being we can only plagiarize the Song Dynasty Law.

However, there were many bad policies in the Song Dynasty laws that caused great harm to the people.

Su Mingzhe summoned all the ministers, pointed out the bad policies one by one, and removed them all.

For example: severe punishments such as "tattooing" and "exile", as well as various exorbitant taxes and so on.

After removing bad policies, good policies should be implemented.

Su Mingzhe also discussed with everyone how to implement good governance.

As things were discussed one by one, the framework of Daliang's political operations gradually became clear.

After the big meeting.

Su Mingzhe found Ruan Xiaoqi and gave him an important task - to find Iwami Silver Mine.

Before I knew it, it was already July.

It was originally agreed that Fang La, Wang Qing and Tian Hu would each send out 60,000 troops, which, together with the imperial court's 250,000 troops, would form a total of 500,000 troops to attack Daliang.

As a result, the Zhao Song Dynasty was unable to provide enough food and fodder to supply an army of 500,000.

In the end, the expedition to Daliang ended in nothing.

August.

Ruan Xiaoqi returned from overseas and brought back dozens of tons of silver ore.

With the money, Daliang's development and construction began to enter the fast lane.

Time is like flowing water.

Two years passed in the blink of an eye.

During these two years, the five parties of Song, Liang, Jin, Chu and Ming all remained restrained.

It was the eighth year of Zhenghe and the third year of Daliang.

The King of Chu suddenly proclaimed himself emperor, which triggered a chain reaction.

King Jin and King Ming also successively proclaimed themselves emperors.

The three families proclaimed themselves emperors, which directly tore apart the "Emperor's New Clothes" of the Zhao Song officials.

And at this time.

Under the offensive of silver and money, Daliang's national fortune is prospering.

Today, Daliang already has a military force of 500,000 and hundreds of generals, and the stockpiled food and fodder is enough to feed the army for two years.

under these circumstances.

The calls for a conquest of Zhao Song were growing louder and louder between the court and the public.

Su Mingzhe also believed that the time had come to go to war, so he ordered the Ministry of Rites to issue a "Manifesto to Expedite the Song Dynasty."

In May, Daliang sent out two armies to attack the Zhao Song's Jingji Road and Hebei East Road respectively.

Lin Chong led an army of 200,000 and advanced with great force. In less than half a month, he captured Puzhou, Guangji Army, Xingren Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, and most of the capital area.

In order to protect the capital, Zhao Song mobilized seven or eight veteran generals including Zong Ze and Zhong Shidao, and an army of more than 300,000, to fight desperately to intercept Lin Chong. Finally, they implemented the tactics of building strong defenses and clearing the fields in Bianliang, Fengqiu and other places, and stopped Lin Chong.

the other side.

Su Mingzhe led an army of 300,000 to attack the eastern route of Hebei and captured Daming Prefecture in one fell swoop.

When Su Mingzhe arrived at the government office of Daming Prefecture, he saw that the prefect Liang Zhongshu had hanged himself because he was so scared of being held accountable by him.

Mrs. Cai, the wife of Liang Zhongshu and the daughter of Cai Jing, originally wanted to disguise herself as a maid and escape from the government office.

Fortunately, Butler Xie was righteous and chose to report to Liang Jun.

Before Mrs. Cai could escape from the government office, she fell into Su Mingzhe's hands.

Looking at Mrs. Cai, who had a charming face, a coquettish figure, and a charming body, Su Mingzhe's ambitions burst out:
"I wonder if Madam would like to sleep with me tonight?"

"You...shameless!"

Mrs. Cai had never expected that Emperor Liang would be such a lecher. She was so ashamed and angry that she whimpered and fainted.

After supporting the unconscious Madam Cai, Su Mingzhe called two young and beautiful maids and asked them to take Madam Cai back to the bedroom, put on her usual makeup, and wait for him to visit her in the evening.

After arranging matters in the government office, Su Mingzhe personally rode to Lu Junyi's residence and invited him to join Daliang.

As the Zhao Song Dynasty lost its ability to control the local areas, warlords emerged everywhere.

Lu Junyi also knew that he needed to find someone to rely on.

Now Su Mingzhe, the old friend and Emperor of Liang, has come to invite him personally, which can be considered as a great courtesy.

Lu Junyi no longer put on airs, but bowed his head and expressed his willingness to offer all his family's assets and join Daliang.

Su Mingzhe naturally would not want Lu Junyi's property.

He was immediately appointed as the fifth-rank inspector of Daliang, commanding an army of 50,000.

Three days later.

Lu Junyi took command of 50,000 Liang troops and began to sweep across the eastern route of Hebei.

Su Mingzhe led an army of 250,000 to attack the western route of Hebei.

The best soldiers and generals of the Zhao Song Dynasty were all transferred to the capital area to defend against Lin Chong.

When Su Mingzhe attacked the western route of Hebei, he encountered almost no interception, and all the enemies surrendered at the sight of him.

End of May.

When the news came that Lu Junyi had captured Hebei East Road, Su Mingzhe also happened to take over the entire Hebei West Road.

Early June.

Su Mingzhe and Lu Junyi met up and unexpectedly discovered that Lu Junyi had an extra strong general under his command.

Seeing Emperor Liang's eyes on the young man beside him, Lu Junyi quickly introduced:
"Your Majesty, this is Lu's junior fellow apprentice Yue Pengju Yue Fei. When we attacked Gao Lian of Gaotang Prefecture, he served as captain under Gao Lian. I can see that his spear skills are from the same school as mine, which is why we avoided killing each other!"

When Su Mingzhe heard this, his eyes were filled with surprise:
"Yue Pengju...what a good name!"

(End of this chapter)