Chapter 1750: Unifying the World and Becoming the Emperor
The General of Chariots and Cavalry was a military rank second only to the General and the General of Cavalry, and had the power to establish a government office.

In addition to the title of Duke of Qi, even the Prime Minister would have to greet Su Mingzhe first when meeting him.

In addition, Sima Pi also gave Su Mingzhe the title of governor of Yanzhou and Youzhou.

From this point of view, Su Mingzhe's status in Jin State is second only to Emperor Sima Pi and Grand Commander Huan Wen.

Another year passed.

The Yan people did not learn their lesson and went south again.

However, this time it was not an army of one million, but an army of 500,000 that attacked directly on the land of Qi and Lu.

As a general of chariots and cavalry, Su Mingzhe had only 200,000 soldiers under his command. Faced with the fierce attack of an army of 500,000, he did not choose to fight head-on, but avoided the battle.

A month later.

The Yan army attacked the city repeatedly but failed, and instead lost more than 100,000 soldiers and generals. In addition, Su Mingzhe kept sending people to harass the food supply route, so they had no choice but to retreat.

Another year passed.

The Yan people continued to send 500,000 troops south, as if they were going to confront Su Mingzhe.

The Yan people originally thought that Su Mingzhe would continue to hold his ground.

Who would have thought that half a month later, Su Mingzhe would suddenly lead an army of 100,000 and attack the Yan State's capital Jizhou by boat from the sea.

The Yan people were totally unprepared and were defeated by Su Mingzhe in one battle, and tens of thousands of Xianbei nobles of Yan were captured.

After being captured, Emperor Yan had no choice but to surrender.

The news spread back to Jiangnan.

Sima Pi promoted Su Mingzhe to the position of Grand Commander, in charge of the five provincial governors of You, Bing, Ji, Yan, and Qing, and commander-in-chief of all military affairs at home and abroad, and granted the imperial axe.

This was the treatment given to the former Grand Commander Huan Wen.

Now, Sima Pi has transferred all of them to Su Mingzhe.

As for the Grand Commander Huan Wen, he was promoted in name only but demoted in reality and transferred to the capital to be the Prince's Grand Tutor and Grand Marshal.

Huan Wen, who had always dreamed of becoming an emperor, knew that if he accepted the imperial edict and became the Grand Marshal, he would never be able to realize his dream.

After thinking for several days, Huan Wen finally failed to resist his ambition to become emperor. With the support of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he put on the yellow robe, split off from Bashu, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places, proclaimed himself emperor in Jingzhou, and named his country Chu.

When the news reached Jiangnan, Sima Pi was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.

half a month later.

Sima Pi became seriously ill and died.

Sima Pi's younger brother Sima Yi ascended the throne and became emperor.

……

Huan Wen issued an edict to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in which he accused Sima Yi of poisoning his brother Sima Pi and usurping the throne to become emperor.

Sima Yi naturally refused to take the blame and immediately called on troops from all over the country to come to the defense of the country.

It was also because Huan Wen's timing of becoming emperor was too good. Su Mingzhe was leading a large army to the north of Jizhou, attacking Khitan, Buyeo, and Goguryeo, and was unable to return.

……

After Su Mingzhe conquered Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla, and Gaya and returned to the Central Plains, he received the news that the Eastern Jin Dynasty had been destroyed.

Sima Yi, the last emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, became a prisoner of Huan Wen.

……

Two years later.

Su Mingzhe led an army of 500,000 to conquer Qin, captured King Fu Jian of Qin, and proclaimed himself King of Qi.

Huan Wen wrote a letter expressing his willingness to "divide the river between Qi and Chu, with the Huai River and Qinling Mountains as the boundary, and regard each other as brother states."

Su Mingzhe naturally would not agree and directly refused in a stern manner, and also stated that he would definitely avenge Emperor Ai of Jin (Sima Pi).

……

The fifth year of Huan Wen's reign.

Su Mingzhe finally unified the north and annexed the eight major ethnic groups including Qiang, Di, Xianbei, Turks, Xiongnu, Jie, Rouran, and Khitan.

There were several great contributors here, the first one was Ran Min, the Heavenly King of Wudao.

Decades ago, the Five Barbarians occupied the north, treated the Han people like sheep, killed them wantonly, and almost wiped them out.

Fortunately, Ran Min issued an "Order to Destroy the Hu" to support the Han forces and give the Han people a glimmer of hope.

The second great contributor should be King Fu Jian of Qin.

More than ten years ago, after Fu Jian inherited the throne of King Qin, he began to implement a conciliatory policy and promote the integration of various ethnic groups.

It was thanks to Fu Jian's efforts over the past decade that Su Mingzhe did not encounter strong resistance when he annexed the eight foreign tribes. …

The seventh year of Huan Wen's reign.

Su Mingzhe ended his rest and recuperation and personally led an army of 500,000 south to attack Chu.

When the western army broke through Bashu, the eastern army broke through Jiangnan, and the central army arrived in Jingzhou, the Chu Emperor Huan Wen died of illness.

Huan Wen's younger brother Huan Huo was recommended by the ministers as the new emperor.

After Huan Huo proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately sent people to ask for surrender to Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe accepted the other party's surrender and conferred the title of Marquis of Anle on him.

October of that year.

Su Mingzhe returned to Chang'an City, formally offered sacrifices to heaven, declared that he had unified the world, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, naming his country Qi.

After Su Mingzhe became emperor, he appointed Zhu Yingtai as the Queen of the Main Palace, Xie Daoyuan as the Queen of the Eastern Palace, and Wang Lan as the Queen of the Western Palace.

Su's father was honored as the Supreme Emperor and Su's mother was honored as the Empress Dowager.

At the same time, Sima Pi's wife Wang Muzhi was honored as the Queen Mother of Jin and supported in the palace.

As for Empress Dowager Chu during Sima Pi's period, she was already an old woman in her fifties and was sent to a nunnery by Su Mingzhe to live out her retirement.

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The reason why Zhu Yingtai was canonized as the empress instead of Xie Daoyuan was very simple. Xie Daoyuan and Wang Lan both had illnesses and were unable to bear children, so they were not suitable for the position of the empress who was the mother of the country.

Within ten years of marrying Su Mingzhe, Zhu Yingtai gave birth to three sons and two daughters.

Although Xie Daoyuan raised the son born to her maid Qingyin on her lap, he was not the Queen's biological son after all.

If you really think about it, only the son born to Zhu Yingtai can be called the legitimate prince.

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This day.

The enthronement ceremony is over.

Su Mingzhe came to the Pepper Palace where the queen lived.

Zhu Yingtai, who was preparing a banquet, saw the man coming and hurriedly took the other ladies to pay their respects.

"My beloved concubines, please excuse me!"

Su Mingzhe first helped Zhu Yingtai up, and then helped the other two queens, Xie Daoyuan and Wang Lan.

As for other women, such as Wang Yanzhi, Yu Wuxia, Gu Xinlian and other women, they are not qualified for his support.

……

Everyone took their seats again.

Su Mingzhe saw that some concubines had a layer of gloom between their brows. After a little thought, he figured out what these women were thinking. He immediately reiterated the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, and that his throne must be passed on to Su Wuji, the eldest son born to Zhu Yingtai, and no one else should have any delusions.

Among the many concubines in the harem, Xie Daoyuan and Wang Lan didn't have any ideas.

After all, neither of them was able to have children.

However, other women, such as Wang Yanzhi and Qingyin, began to have doubts in their hearts.

Wang Yanzhi's eldest son is Su Mingzhe's eldest son, and he is almost an adult now.

If Su Mingzhe made Xie Daoyuan the empress, since Xie Daoyuan had no biological son, her son, as the eldest prince, might be able to compete for the throne.

Qingyin had a similar idea.

She believed that she had already given her son to Xie Daoyuan to raise, and if Xie Daoyuan became the empress, then her son would be the eldest son and would naturally inherit the throne.

As a result, Su Mingzhe canonized Zhu Yingtai as the queen, and the two women were disappointed as their plans failed.

……

Night has fallen.

When Zhu Yingtai fell asleep from exhaustion, Su Mingzhe stretched out his hand and gently slid it across the woman's smooth face. Looking at the smooth jade-like skin on her face, there was more pity in his eyes:

"Yue Lao said that in order to prevent Zhu Yingtai from falling into the animal realm forever, she must obtain the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures. I don't know what this Mahayana Buddhist scripture means."

"Luckily, Zhu Yingtai is worthy of being the reincarnation of the energy of harmony. I have only slept with her for more than ten years, and my cultivation has easily broken through to the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian."

"Once I master the laws of nature in this world and control the speed of time, I can go to other planes and look for the true Mahayana Buddhist scriptures."

"That's it. You help me practice, and I'll keep you safe!"

(End of this chapter)