Chapter 1195: Prince Nan'an clears the court, Su Mingzhe ascends the throne

"Second brother, you can't do this!"

Jia Cong couldn't help laughing when he saw Jia Lian, who had already revealed his ugly appearance after just a few drinks.

Jia Lian didn't care about his brothers' ridicule at this moment. He buried his head in the arms of the exotic beauty and took several deep breaths. Then he stood up with a red face and said to the people at the table, "You are so beautiful!"
"Brother Bao is really considerate. He is willing to share this beautiful gift sent by the Prince of Nan'an!"

"Uncle Lian and Uncle Cong are so lucky!"

Jia Rong looked at Jia Lian and Jia Cong, each hugging a foreign beauty, and his eyes lit up with envy.

Unfortunately, he was Su Mingzhe's junior, and the exotic beauties sent by the Prince of Nan'an were too few, only four, so it was not his turn.

Except for Jia Lian and Jia Cong, there are two left, and Su Mingzhe gave them to Jia She and Jia Zhen.

It was not only Jia Rong who was envious. Jia Qiang and Xue Pan could also only sigh in admiration.

As everyone was chatting and laughing, they started to make a noise and asked the two exotic beauties to stand up and do a Hu Xuan dance to liven up the fun.

Jia Lian and Jia Cong did not refuse either.

The atmosphere gradually became lively, and Xue Pan suddenly slapped his thigh and sighed:

"If I had known this battle would be so easy, I would have listened to Brother Bao and followed him on the trip!"

Everyone was surprised and asked what was going on.

Xue Pan recounted the story of how Su Mingzhe had asked him to join the army and be a grain transport officer before he set out:
"You say, if I were to become a grain transport officer, could I be promoted to a third-class general now?"

Jia Lian laughed out loud after hearing this:
"Brother Pan, you are destined to make money, not to be an official!"

Of the 700,000 taels of silver that Su Mingzhe used before going on this expedition, Lin Daiyu took out all her dowry to supplement the money, a total of 200,000 taels of silver. Mrs. Wang and Lady Jia also took out their own pocket money, each subsidizing 100,000 taels.

The officials of the Rong and Ning mansions also each took out 100,000 taels.

After Xue Baochai got the news, she also asked her elder brother Xue Pan to take 100,000 taels for support.

In this way, Su Mingzhe would have 700,000 taels of silver to create the 10,000-part series.

Now the imperial court has bestowed rewards, and Su Mingzhe has auctioned off some of the spoils.

The surplus not only paid back all the money he had borrowed before, but Su Mingzhe even made a small profit.

When repaying the money, Su Mingzhe gave Xue Pan 30,000 taels of silver as interest, and when he repaid Lin Daiyu, Lady Jia, Lady Wang, and the money from the two mansions, he only repaid the original amount.

It was also for this reason that when the Prince of Nan'an sent gifts, Su Mingzhe distributed these exotic beauties to Jia She, Jia Lian, Jia Zhen, Jia Cong and others, but Xue Pan did not get any.

On the other side, inside the No. 1 Scholar’s ​​Mansion.

Su Mingzhe was also entertaining guests.

Just because of the national mourning, there was no meat at the banquet.

After the banquet.

After Su Mingzhe sent the guests away, Xiren came over with a distressed look on her face and said:

"Second Master, you've only been back for half a month, and you're already hosting banquets every day. Be careful not to drink too much and ruin your health."

"Don't worry, the master is still alive and well even though he drinks and has sex every day. I am just a nobody now!"

Su Mingzhe smiled and put his arms on the shoulders of the two maids, allowing them to help him into the bedroom.

While the other girls were busy, Qingwen suddenly came over and asked excitedly:
"Are you planning to seize power and usurp the throne?"

"How did you guess that?"

Speaking of "plotting to usurp the throne", Su Mingzhe was shocked. Looking at Qingwen's excited eyes, he suddenly asked strangely:

"Don't you dislike my rebellion? Why do I feel like you are more excited than me?"

"This is rebellion, and I've lived for thousands of years and I've never tried it!"

Qingwen answered with a smile and asked again:
"When are you going to rebel?"

“It should be next year!”

Su Mingzhe calculated and said:

"I have almost devoured the luck of Emperor Longqing. If I continue to devour his luck, he will die of illness within three months."

"However, if I were to start a rebellion, the backlash to Daqing's national destiny would be too severe, and I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to bear it."

"So, I'd like someone else to fire the first shot!"

"You are so cunning!"

After Qingwen heard the man's plan, she was about to offer some advice when several maids came into the room carrying bath water.

With the help of several maids, Su Mingzhe took a nice hot bath, then went to bed early with the maids to rest.

Winter passed and spring came, and it was the eighth year of Longqing.

Su Mingzhe continued to devour the luck of Emperor Longqing every day.

As his luck declined, Emperor Longqing's character and temper changed more and more.

The emperor who used to be diligent and loved his people has long disappeared. Now he has not only become incompetent, but also extremely cruel.

At the beginning, civil and military officials in the court submitted memorials to the emperor to give advice and remonstrances.

However, these ministers who advised the emperor were either confiscated and their families exterminated, or exiled to remote areas.

Gradually, only a group of treacherous villains were left in the court, and the upright ministers began to keep silent.

In order to please Emperor Longqing, these treacherous villains began to collect beautiful women from all over the country and bring them into the palace.

In order to deal with these beauties, Emperor Longqing had to take several tiger and wolf medicines every day. Xia Shouzhong was too talkative, and after several admonitions, he was sent away to work as a mine supervisor.

The summer solstice passed in a flash.

Emperor Longqing was enjoying singing and dancing and was about to swallow a tiger and wolf pill. Before the pill entered his mouth, his body went limp and he fainted on the ground.

When he woke up, he seemed to have regained his former wisdom and bravery. Not only did he expel all the treacherous officials in the court, he also began to restore the official positions of some upright ministers.

Just when everyone thought that the wise Emperor Longqing had returned.

Early July.

Emperor Longqing suddenly said that he had received a secret report that Prince Beijing was plotting something ill, and sent people to Shui Rong's mansion to confiscate his property and exterminate his clan.

As the leader of the four kings and eight dukes, Prince Beijing's entire clan was exterminated without any warning.

All the nobles began to panic again.

August.

Another censor impeached the Prince of Dongping, accusing him of forming a clique for personal gain.

Emperor Longqing did not give Prince Dongping a chance to defend himself and directly sent Prince Dongping and his family to accompany Prince Beijing.

Emperor Longqing was becoming more and more brutal.

It's the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When the Prince of Nan'an heard that an imperial censor wanted to impeach him, he was so frightened that he quickly contacted a group of military generals. Taking advantage of the fact that midnight snacks were not allowed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he launched a rebellion in the name of "clearing the court of evil officials".

That night, the fire in Chang'an City never stopped.

Even Emperor Longqing committed self-immolation in the Daming Palace.

After the Prince of Nan'an took control of the city of Chang'an, he did not directly proclaim himself emperor. Instead, he first made Jia Yuanchun the empress dowager and allowed the young prince to ascend the throne and become emperor, indicating that he was forced to start a rebellion.

On the other hand, he forced Jia Yuanchun to enthrone himself as the King of Zhennan, Prime Minister of Daqing, and bestow the Nine Gifts in preparation for proclaiming himself emperor.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

It was September now.

Several royal families rose up in arms to support the king.

The Prince of Nan'an led a large army and it took only two months to sweep away the Wei royal family of Daqing.

Watch all obstacles disappear.

The Prince of Nan'an also felt that he had the entire Daqing in his hands, so he forced the Empress Dowager Jia Yuanchun to write a letter of abdication.

Su Mingzhe, who had been hiding in the Zhuangyuan Mansion and had not gone out, "suddenly" heard that in order to eliminate the hidden danger, the Prince of Nan'an wanted to eliminate Jia Yuanchun's external support - the Rong and Ning Mansions.

As a last resort, Su Mingzhe summoned his old subordinates, fought one against ten, and eliminated the rebels led by Prince Nan'an, thus putting down the five-month rebellion.

After suppressing the rebellion of Prince Nan'an.

Su Mingzhe immediately ordered someone to find his eldest sister, preparing to let his eldest sister continue to rule the country from behind the scenes and let his nephew continue to be the emperor.

As a result, tens of thousands of people searched for three days and three nights but still could not find the whereabouts of Jia Yuanchun and the little emperor.

There were many different opinions, all saying that the empress dowager and the young emperor had been killed.

But a country cannot be without a ruler for a day.

The ministers in the court began to persuade Su Mingzhe to proclaim himself emperor.

After three requests and three refusal.

Su Mingzhe reluctantly agreed to ascend the throne and establish the Dashun Dynasty.

After the beginning of spring, the reign title was changed to "Rongning".

"Congratulations, you have finally succeeded in your rebellion!"

Qingwen looked at the man wearing a dragon robe, her eyes full of envy and joy.

This was her first time participating in a rebellion.

"I just don't want to kneel down to others."

Su Mingzhe has rebelled many times and is extremely skilled in how to rebel and how to become emperor.

After ascending the throne, Su Mingzhe named Lady Jia as Grand Empress Dowager, Jia Zheng as Supreme Emperor, Lady Wang as Empress Dowager, and Sister Lin as Empress. Lin Ruhai, who was still a fourth-rank grain commissioner in Hubei, was made the father-in-law of the new dynasty.

In addition to conferring titles on his own family members, Su Mingzhe also did not forget to issue an imperial edict to appease officials in various places.

Under the edict of the new dynasty, more than 90% of the provincial governments expressed their submission.

As for the remaining places that were unwilling to obey the imperial edict, Su Mingzhe easily sent people to wipe them out.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is here again.

Su Mingzhe brought his family to the city gate to watch the fireworks.

Everyone recalled the rebellion of Prince Nan'an during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, and they still felt a little sad.

No one could have imagined that Su Mingzhe would be able to quell the rebellion and ascend the throne to become emperor.

Sister Lin sat next to the man, watching the family reunion and joy, and suddenly sighed:
"It would be nice if my elder sister was here too..."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in surprise.

If Jia Yuanchun and her son were still alive years ago, Su Mingzhe would not have been able to ascend the throne and become emperor.

This Lin Daiyu is really outspoken and speaks without restraint!
(End of this chapter)