Chapter 81 Two Kings Proclaimed Themselves Emperors, and the South Vietnamese Government Issued an Edict

It made Li Shiyu, the prince of Guangxin, lead Tang Bo, the chief counselor of the palace, and a group of retainers, eager to perform this good show of wearing yellow robes, and begged Li Zongmin to establish a new country and ascend the throne.

Firstly, it was because the tyrant Daxin II died, the young emperor succeeded to the throne, and the country was unstable;

Secondly, it was because Chen Huaian, the prince of Jin, rebelled first, which made Li Shiyu, who was also a prince of a different surname, determined to follow suit.

Compared with the identity of the prince of Guangxin, he wanted to try what it felt like to sit on the throne of the prince?

And for Tang Bo, the counselor, and a group of retainers of the palace, why didn't they want to take advantage of this chaos in the world and fight hard to become the ministers who would give their wives and children a title?

Throughout history, whenever there was a change of internal strife in the dynasty, there was always a group of people who went forward one after another to take the throne and risk their lives.

It was all because the eight words "Mandate from Heaven, Long Live and Prosper" were too tempting!

At this point, Guangxin King Li Zongmin, who had the ambition to become emperor, pretended to refuse and decline, and then accepted the good intentions of his retainers and advisers.

"Hey——"

Li Zongmin sighed and pointed at the people in the study room and said: "Shiyu, Tangbo, and you guys——you have caused me so much trouble!"

"But——"

Li Zongmin changed his tone and attitude and said: "Right now, Chen Huaian, the son of Jin Wang, has raised an army to rebel and kill the emperor. The Daxin Dynasty is about to be overthrown."

"Since ancient times, when a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people suffer;"

"As the King of Guangxin, I have the responsibility to let millions of people live and work in peace and contentment in the two Guangdong regions!"

"At this time of great chaos in the world, I have reason and must stand up to spare the people of the two Guangdong regions from the disaster of war and do my best!"

At this point, Li Zongmin deliberately paused.

The next moment, his tone suddenly became sharp: "This king has decided to follow the will of heaven and ascend the throne in Guangxin Palace today, and the country will be named Nanyue!"

"My first decree--"

"Appoint the crown prince Li Shiyu as the crown prince of Nanyue, Tang Bo as the prime minister of Nanyue, and the rest of the people will be in charge of the six ministries!"

"Minister, thank the Lord for his grace!"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

For a while, everyone knelt down in the study of the palace, and shouts of long live were heard everywhere.

Seeing this, Li Zongmin also looked very proud and full of confidence.

It should be said that the shouts of long live, long live, long live are more than ten times more pleasant to the ears than the shouts of a thousand years, a thousand years, and a thousand thousand years.

Li Zongmin continued: "My dear ministers, my second order: Crown Prince, Prime Minister——"

"Your son (your humble servant) is here!"

"I order you two to lead the royal guards to kill the former officials in Guangdong and Guangdong, and at the same time post the imperial edict to all places to announce my accession to the throne to the world!"

"Your son (your humble servant) obeys the order!"

Li Zongmin said again: "My third order is that the Nanyue Kingdom will immediately implement a closed-door policy, and will change it after the world is settled."

"Dismiss the court!"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

After a while, everyone who left the study room of the palace was full of joy.

The crown prince Li Shiyu and the counselor Tang Bo looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Li Shiyu even tightened the dagger hidden in his sleeves and left the palace with a loud laugh.

It turned out that everyone who came to perform the yellow robe drama today had made two preparations from the beginning.

It would be best if Guangxin Prince Li Zongmin followed the will of the people and ascended the throne to become the emperor.

If he didn't want to, the person wearing the yellow robe today would be the crown prince Li Shiyu!

As expected, the imperial family is the most ruthless!

Pingxi Prince's Mansion.

The residence of Pingxi Prince Mu Rongfu, one of the eight kings of different surnames who still had military power under the rule of the second tyrant Zhao Gan, the only one in the Daxin Dynasty.

Pingxi Prince Mu Rongfu fell into silence as he looked at the "enthronement edict" sent back from the Nanyue Kingdom on the table.

On the fifth day of November in the first year of Daxin's Jian'an (the first year of Lingwu), Guangxin Prince Li Zongmin ascended the throne to become the emperor in his fiefdom Yangcheng in accordance with the will of the heaven and the people. The words "Nanyue" in the enthronement edict of hundreds of words were dazzling to everyone.

That's right, at this time of civil strife in the Daxin court, the news that Guangxin Prince Liu Zongmin ascended the throne to become the emperor in his fiefdom Yangcheng, despite the great disapproval of the world, had spread throughout the Daxin Dynasty.

Among them, Mu Rongfu, the King of Pingxi in Daxin, who owned Yunnan and Guizhou and commanded 150,000 rattan armor warriors, became the first vassal king in the Daxin Dynasty to receive the news that Li Zongmin, the King of Guangxin, had ascended the throne.

Once the news spread, everyone in the territory of the King of Pingxi was shocked.

In particular, after learning the news that Li Zongmin, the King of Guangxin, had ascended the throne, the counselors in the palace were even more excited and indignant, and they all denounced the King of Guangxin for what virtue and ability he had to dare to wear the yellow robe in his territory and claim to be the only one in the world?

In this regard, Mu Rongfu, the King of Pingxi, who was also one of the eight kings of different surnames in the Daxin Dynasty, had quite a few complaints.

Even if the world was changing, it would not be his turn for the fence-sitter Li Zongmin, the King of Guangxin, to jump out and claim to be the only one in the world. How dare the ignorant people in the land of Baiyue dare to claim to be me?

So, Mu Rongfu, the King of Pingxi, decided to follow suit, break away from the rule of the Daxin Dynasty, and proclaim himself emperor in Yunnan and Guizhou, the territory of his country, and the name of the country was Nanzhao!

In the meeting hall of the palace, Mu Rongfu summoned his advisers and generals to discuss matters and announced his decision to ascend the throne and establish a new name for the country.

Mu Rongfu said: "My dear ministers, I have decided to ascend the throne today and name the country Nanzhao!"

Swish!

When these words came out, all the counselors in the palace were shocked, looking at each other, and were slow to react.

In the meeting hall, Pingxi Wang Mu Rongfu, who originally thought that his decision to ascend the throne would be supported by his counselors, seemed a little surprised.

Could it be that the counselors and wise men in this palace did not want to become the ministers who followed the dragon and were granted titles and generals?

In fact, the counselors in Pingxi Palace considered much more than those in Guangxin Palace.

Perhaps, this was also related to the fact that Pingxi Wang Mu Rongfu had not given birth to a son in more than 20 years since he succeeded to the throne.

Seeing that his advisers were silent, Pingxi Wang Mu Rongfu immediately said angrily: "Why, do you have any objections to this matter?"

"Then Guangxin Wang Li Zongmin has already been crowned emperor in his fiefdom, why can't I restore the national system of Nanzhao?"

After a pause, Mu Rongfu continued: "Back then, the former emperor was forced by the power of Daxin Zhenwu Emperor Zhao Mang to avoid the millions of Nanzhao people from being slaughtered by swords and weapons. This was the last case when he had to submit to Zhao Mang."

"Now, the prince of Jin has raised an army in Longcheng to quell the rebellion, the tyrant Zhao Gan has passed away, and the Zhao family's empire is about to be overthrown. Why can't I take this opportunity to break away from the rule of the Daxin court and restore the etiquette and laws of Nanzhao?"

"My dear ministers, do you think this makes sense?"