Chapter 606 The empress ascends the throne, Lin Hao unifies!
Three days later, in the Yaohua Palace of the Song Dynasty Imperial Palace.

The current emperor, Zhao Heng, the Emperor of Song Dynasty, slowly woke up, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to smoke.

"Someone, bring me my cigarettes!"

However, usually as long as he called out softly, a eunuch would immediately light a cigarette and hand it to his mouth, but today no one paid any attention to him.

This made Zhao Heng slightly angry, and then he shouted loudly:

"Eunuch Cui!"

"Where is Eunuch Cui?"

"Where did all the people die?"

Zhao Heng shouted dozens of times in a row before he heard footsteps. It was none other than his trusted eunuch Cui.

"Official, you are finally awake!"

Eunuch Cui came trotting to Zhao Heng with his pipe in both hands. Zhao Heng was craving for a cigarette and didn't bother to find out where Eunuch Cui had been slacking off.

He snatched the pipe from Eunuch Cui's hand and took a deep puff. He immediately felt refreshed, as if he was alive again.

After a while, when Zhao Heng's craving had almost subsided, he glared at Eunuch Cui and asked, "Where have you been slacking off again, old man?"

"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Cui wanted to say something aggrieved, but Zhao Heng was too lazy to listen at this time, so he waved his hand and said:
"Forget it, forget it. Considering that you have served me for so many years, I will not punish you this time. However, let the other personnel on duty receive the twenty lashes of the cane themselves."

Eunuch Cui looked at Zhao Heng speechlessly. Where were the other staff on duty now?

Do you still think you are the supreme official?

Zhao Heng is now just a prisoner. Apart from his loyal old servant, there is no one else serving him.

However, before Eunuch Cui could speak, Zhao Heng continued to speak to himself:
"I feel that my nightmares are getting worse. Do you know that I just had another dream, and this dream is even more absurd."

"Someone actually plotted a rebellion. What's even more ridiculous is that the person plotting the rebellion was actually my queen, and she even succeeded~!"

But as he was speaking, Zhao Heng suddenly stopped, because he realized that this was not his bedroom, but a palace that looked a bit shabby and a little familiar.

So Zhao Heng asked Eunuch Cui coldly: "Where is this?"

"In reply to the official, this is Yaohua Palace!"

"Yaohua Palace?" Zhao Heng thought about it carefully, then asked, "Is there such a palace in the imperial palace?"

However, just as Cui was about to explain, Zhao Heng interrupted him:
"Why am I sleeping here? Never mind, it's not important, hurry back to my bedroom!"

At this time, Zhao Heng had a look of disgust on his face. After all, this Yaohua Palace was small and shabby, and even the paint on the walls had fallen off. How could he, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, allow himself to live in such a shabby place?

"Your Majesty, we can't go back!" Eunuch Cui said anxiously.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Heng asked, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

When Eunuch Cui saw this, he stammered and said:
"Ahem~, well, your Majesty, the treason you mentioned was not a dream, it was real, and this Yaohua Palace is the cold palace!
Upon hearing this, Zhao Heng rolled his eyes and fainted again. Before he fainted, he was still thinking in his mind, "I am still in the dream and have not awakened yet. God, please wake me up quickly. This nightmare is too terrible."

After an unknown amount of time, when Zhao Heng woke up again, he found himself still in the small and dilapidated Kunyu Palace. He burst into tears and even fainted from crying.

When he woke up for the third time, he didn't cry or make a fuss. After smoking a lot of opium, he seemed to have accepted his fate.

Zhao Heng asked Eunuch Cui in a hoarse voice:
"What about my Zhen'er? Is Zhen'er okay?"

When Eunuch Cui saw that Zhao Heng had recovered, he quickly said:

"To reply to the housekeeper, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is fine for the time being, but he is under house arrest in the Crown Prince's Mansion!"

"That bitch still has some conscience!" Zhao Heng then said indifferently.

But at this time, Eunuch Cui said again:

"The key is that the Queen sent someone to pass on a message earlier. If you abdicate to her, she will not only promise to let the Crown Prince go, but will even give him the title of Marquis of Anle, so that the Crown Prince can live a peaceful life!"

"Otherwise~!" Eunuch Cui stopped talking here, not daring to continue. He even lowered his head completely, not daring to look at Zhao Heng's angry eyes.

Afterwards, the originally deserted Yaohua Palace became silent because of Zhao Heng's silence.

After a long and fierce struggle, Zhao Heng fell to the ground as if he had lost all his strength, and then said harshly:

"Go tell that bitch Liu Wan that as long as she agrees to let Zhen'er live, I will agree to abdicate to her. As for me and the other members of the royal family, she can kill or chop them up as she pleases!"

Zhao Heng was also aware of the current situation. After all, it had come to this point and he was completely powerless to resist, so he might as well just obey.

At least this way he could possibly save his son's life and prevent the Zhao family's bloodline from being cut off.

A month later, a grand abdication ceremony ended.

The Song Dynasty, which was originally a dynasty with many ill-fated events, officially withdrew from the stage of history ahead of schedule.

In the end, Liu Wan ascended the throne and became emperor amid congratulations. Because Kaifeng was the capital of the Wei State during the Spring and Autumn Period, the country was named "Wei".

Liu Wan also became the second woman in Chinese history to ascend the throne and become emperor.

After Liu Wan's actions, no matter what the civil and military officials in the court thought in their hearts, at least when Liu Wan's knife was on their necks, they all supported Liu Wan's enthronement.

As the news of Liu Wan's ascension to the throne spread in all directions, it immediately caused an uproar throughout the Song Dynasty.

But obviously not everyone was happy to see Liu Wan usurp the Zhao family's Song Dynasty, and there were still many people who supported the Zhao Song.

For example, after Lin Hao got the news, he immediately opposed Liu Wan's usurpation of the throne of Zhao Song, and threatened that if Liu Wan did not give an explanation, he would immediately send troops to defend the king.

Afterwards, after learning that Liu Wan had usurped the Song Dynasty and Lin Hao was preparing to support the king, people across the Song Dynasty also rebelled and declared themselves emperor, or prepared to support the king.

Of course, the situation north of the Yangtze River was relatively good. Under the intimidation of the Wei army, most people were willing to submit, and the situation was relatively stable.

However, the provinces south of the Yangtze River, relying on the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, either supported the restoration of the Zhao Song royal family or established their own regimes. Some were preparing to assemble troops, while others were preparing to go north to support the king.

At the same time, after receiving the news from Lin Hao, Liu Wan immediately sent someone to discuss the alliance with Lin Hao.

He also directly sent Lin Hao's family members, including Zhao Pan'er, and the families of the army attacking the Liao Kingdom to Yan and handed them over to Lin Hao.

So after a series of operations, Liu Wan successfully reached mutual recognition with Lin Hao and signed a non-aggression pact.

Of course, it was also because Lin Hao had just destroyed the Liao Kingdom at this time, and even the siege of Dading Prefecture and Xijin Prefecture had just been lifted, and he was busy taking over the territory and army of the Liao Kingdom.

At the same time, he had to pacify some of the Liao troops who were self-reliant and guard against possible invasions from the Western Xia. Naturally, he had no time to care about Liu Wan's affairs.

When Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang and others saw Lin Hao, they immediately rushed forward and hugged Lin Hao, and then several women began to sob.

This comforted Lin Hao again, and he finally dealt with these five women.

You read that right. In addition to Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, Sun Sanniang, and Zhang Haohao, Gao Hui was also sent to Lin Hao by Liu Wan.

After dealing with a few women, Lin Hao also began to handle state affairs. Yes, Lin Hao also became independent.

It turned out that Lin Hao had been waiting for Zhao Heng's edict to confer him the title of king. With this edict, it would be natural for Lin Hao to be crowned king.

This would avoid a lot of trouble, which I will not go into detail here. In short, after receiving the imperial edict, Lin Hao had a legal basis to establish a government office.

So Lin Hao officially became a vassal of the King of Liao and established his capital in Zhongjing Dading Prefecture.

Just after he was enfeoffed as the King of Liao, Lin Hao received the news that Liu Wan had usurped the Song Dynasty. So Lin Hao immediately condemned Liu Wan for usurping the Song Dynasty and threatened to send troops to support the king.

Afterwards, Liu Wan's Wei Dynasty asked for peace, and the conditions of the Wei Dynasty were extremely sincere, which was to cede all the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that Lin Hao had just conquered to Lin Hao.

Lin Hao had no choice but to reach an alliance with the Wei Dynasty and recognize each other.

Not only that, Lin Hao immediately announced that he would give up the title of King of Liao and return the Liao land to Zhao Song. Then Lin Hao came to Beiping and proclaimed himself king.

Because he was located in the State of Yan during the Spring and Autumn Period, he was called the King of Yan.

After Lin Hao gave up the King of Liao and the Liao land, he cut off ties with Zhao Song from a legal perspective, because legally, it was Liu Wan who destroyed Zhao Song, and the Liao territory had been returned to Zhao Song, and Zhao Song had nothing to do with Lin Hao.

When Lin Hao became king, the territory was ceded to him from the Wei Dynasty. After Lin Hao became king, he no longer had any relationship with the two and turned around to annex the original territory of the King of Liao.

In short, it reflects one thing: what's mine is still mine. Lin Hao gets the benefits, and Liu Wan bears the blame!

Liu Wan made peace with Lin Hao in the north, but the rebellion in the south, at least in Liu Wan's eyes, was just a rebellion, so she would naturally not tolerate them.

Then he sent out two large armies that had been prepared long ago, marching south along the canal and successfully taking over Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Another army set out from Shu, went down the river to capture the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and then went south to conquer Huguang and other places.

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one year later.

After a year of conquest, Liu Wan suppressed the rebellion in the south and successfully unified the original territory of Zhao Song.

Not only that, he also took over Dali and other countries, completely put down the rebellion in the south, and completed the expansion of territory.

As for the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in the north, they have naturally always been in Lin Hao's hands.

At the same time, Lin Hao also used this year to successfully establish a new regime with a smooth system on the original territory of the Liao Kingdom.

After all, Lin Hao had experience as an emperor before, so it was extremely easy for him to establish a mature ruling regime. Moreover, Lin Hao had a lot of skills.

And just when Liu Wan unified the original territory of Zhao Song, Lin Hao also completed the integration and unification of the northern territory.

Afterwards, Lin Hao was officially crowned emperor, and the country was named Daqian Dynasty. Originally, he was going to name the country the Dayan Dynasty, but Lin Hao always felt that this name was not good, so he took "Qian", which means to change the world, as the new name of the country.

Another thing is that Lin Hao always sees the Daqian Dynasty in the novel. After the protagonist travels back in time, he finds that it is not the original country in history, but a dynasty called Daqian.

Before, it was the imaginary Daqian in the novel, and now Lin Hao directly established a Daqian Dynasty.

At the same time, after a year of rest, the large number of refugees caused by the war were also relieved because of a series of stabilization measures issued by Lin Hao's Daqian Dynasty.

Now that he has recuperated to a certain extent, Lin Hao led the army all the way westward to the Western Xia Kingdom.

After two months of war, the Western Xia Kingdom was officially destroyed by Lin Hao and subsequently became a province of Lin Hao's Daqian Dynasty.

As a result, the original Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms in history were completely wiped out by Lin Hao. It only required Liu Wan's Wei Dynasty to be incorporated into Lin Hao's Daqian Dynasty to immediately complete the unification of China.

According to the advice Lin Hao had given Liu Wan before, Lin Hao would provide full support in the military to help Liu Wan usurp the throne of Zhao Song.

This is why Liu Wan's actions have always been very successful. Not only are there no constraints, but all parties are very supportive of her, allowing her to successfully become the empress.

Lin Hao even joked that he would be the empress's gigolo in the future.

According to the original plan, after Liu Wan completely took over the Zhao Song Dynasty, Lin Hao would also completely pacify the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia in the north.

By then, the two countries will be united into one, completing the unification of China, which will also be a great story.

But at this time Lin Hao discovered that after ascending the throne and becoming the empress, Liu Wan was not very willing to merge with Lin Hao.

After all, he was already the emperor, and Liu Wan felt a little unhappy about becoming Lin Hao's subordinate.

Although he did not explicitly reject Lin Hao's request for a merger, he did not agree to it immediately either. He only said that there were still many opposition forces in the Great Wei that had not yet been eliminated.

Lin Hao was naturally clear about Liu Wan's attitude. After all, Lin Hao not only had the spiritual mark, but also the skills of descending and possessing. These things could not be hidden from Lin Hao at all.

Although Lin Hao could use his skills to force Liu Wan to merge Da Wei into the Da Qian Dynasty, he gave up after thinking about it.

The establishment of a country ultimately requires the tempering of blood and fire. Otherwise, it will be like the Zhao Song Dynasty, which was always weak because it was crowned with a yellow robe by the military.

Although it was planned or suggested by Zhao Kuangyin, the later policy of allowing civil officials to suppress military generals was indeed self-destructive.

After all, it is normal not to cherish things that come too easily.

Therefore, Lin Hao believed that a unified command war needed to be tempered with blood and fire, and that it was necessary to reduce unnecessary casualties as much as possible.

Therefore, Lin Hao's footsteps will not stop here.

Afterwards, Lin Hao assembled three armies, set out from the Hexi Corridor, Datong and Beiping respectively, and marched southward to attack the Wei Dynasty.

However, as for the Wei Dynasty, Lin Hao adopted the method of cannibalization. On the one hand, it was because after all, they were all his own people, and it was not appropriate to cause too many casualties.

Therefore, the purpose of the army along the Hexi Corridor, in addition to completely occupying the Hexi Corridor, was mainly to contain the Western Army.

After all, the Western Army's combat effectiveness is quite strong at this time. When the situation is over in the future, they can naturally take this army for their own use.

As for the other two armies, they captured Hedong Road and Hebei Road, that is, the territories north of the Yellow River, in one fell swoop, and deployed their troops on the Yellow River, facing Bianjing across the Yellow River.

But Lin Hao's military operations stopped there, and he subsequently sent people to negotiate peace with the Wei Dynasty. The Wei Dynasty ceded all the territory north of the Yellow River to the Daqian Dynasty, and the two sides thus demarcated the border between the two countries.

Afterwards, the situation between the two countries stabilized and entered a period of peace. The main reason was that Lin Hao needed to send someone to take over the management. In this regard, Lin Hao had already developed a set of procedures.

But this period of peace was obviously not long-lasting, and the Wei Dynasty realized this and began to prepare for the relocation of the capital to the south.

After half a year of investigation and preparation, the Wei Dynasty moved its capital south to Lin'an Prefecture, the original capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, and was apparently preparing to follow the Southern Song Dynasty's old path.

Of course, Lin Hao would never admit that he was the one who had people doing the guiding, because this was the guidance given by Lin Hao himself after he possessed and descended, in order to let the Great Wei follow the path of the Southern Song Dynasty.

And when the Great Wei was moving, Lin Hao had already sent officials to take control of the territories that Lin Hao had conquered or that the Great Wei had ceded.

Afterwards, Lin Hao ordered the ships to travel by land and sea to the south of Wei to purchase grain and transport it to the north, in order to stabilize grain prices and restore production.

After the Wei Dynasty moved its capital, Lin Hao once again assembled three armies. The army in the Hexi Corridor remained stationary, the eastern army captured Shandong, and the central army went all the way south to capture Bianliang.

Although the capital had been moved, the capture of the former capital was also a huge blow to all parts of the Wei Dynasty.

Afterwards, the eastern army headed south again, but only to confront the Wei army. The purpose was the same as to contain the western army in the Hexi Corridor.

However, this time it was the Eastern Army that contained the Hongri Army, the Gongsheng Army, and the Xiaoqi Army. Apart from the Western Army, these three armies had the strongest combat effectiveness at this time.

Therefore, Lin Hao was mainly trying to contain them, while the real battle was with the central army, which marched towards Shaanxi to attack the western army.

Soon, without Lin Hao using any skills, he successfully persuaded the Western Army to surrender. Yes, not surrender, but surrender to Lin Hao's Daqian Dynasty.

After all, the situation faced by the Western Army at this time was that it was attacked from both sides. While the imperial court moved south, the former capital was captured by Daqian.

Faced with such a dilemma, the Western Army finally surrendered to Lin Hao, and Lin Hao promised them that they were not surrendering, but submitting to Lin Hao's Daqian Dynasty.

Afterwards, Lin Hao ordered the Western Army to make achievements, gathered immediately, and then marched south to take over Shu.

Lin Hao's original Western Army in the Hexi Corridor took over the territory of Shaanxi Road.

After the Western Army took over Shu, Lin Hao's war pace stopped again. He then took over the newly acquired territory and rested and recuperated.

Fortunately, there was not much fighting on Shaanxi Road, and the damage to Shandong Road was also very small, and it recovered quickly.

After a year of rest, Lin Hao assembled his troops again, and this time Liu Wan sent an envoy, expressing his agreement to merge the Great Wei into the Great Qian Dynasty.

However, Lin Hao had already made plans and let Liu Wan continue to resist. However, Lin Hao asked Liu Wan to carry out a planned attack on the aristocratic families in the territory.

Liu Wan was helpless. In fact, she had already known that she was no match for Lin Hao. Looking at the way Lin Hao fought, he really conquered a piece of land at a time.

After the country was basically stabilized, they began to nibble at Wei again. No, this was no longer nibbling at all, but swallowing up the country.

What followed was garbage time, and Lin Hao was too lazy to go to the battle himself, so he directly appointed domestic generals to continue fighting in the south and the north. He still had to leave some battle records for these nobles to gain experience.

So after two years of fighting, Lin Hao defeated the Great Wei that had moved to Nanyue in one fell swoop, and the Great Wei was destroyed.

The Western Army, which had conquered Shu, was sent by Lin Hao to the Liaoxi Corridor to suppress Tubo and Uighur. The army marched northward to eliminate the stubborn elements of the Jurchens and also established its rule over the Jurchens.

Along the way, he conquered the Mengdi grassland in the north, intervened in the tribal disputes in Mengdi, and cut off the possibility of the Mongols' rise.

(End of this chapter)