In Yingzhou City, Guan Duo successively found Dong Da and other generals, and revealed to them Liu Futong's idea of ​​ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

As Liu Futong's confidants, these people all unanimously agreed that Liu Futong should be the emperor.

After all, Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er has now died in battle.

The entire Red Turban Army is in a situation where there is no nominal leader.

Liu Futong stepped forward to become the emperor at this time, which means that the rebel brothers from all walks of life have a backbone again.

"However, this matter is still too risky!"

Just because most people agree, doesn't mean that no one opposes it.

The old general Zhao Junyong thought this matter was very risky. According to Liu Futong's prestige, if he proclaimed himself emperor before Bianliang City was lost, I am afraid most marshals would not object. After all, at that time, they wanted to conquer the Northern Expedition and destroy the Yuan Dynasty.

posture, but now that Kaifeng Bianliang City has been lost and Emperor Han Lin'er is dead, it would be a bit shameless to claim the throne again at this time.

"What should we do if someone refuses to accept the Prime Minister's proclaimed emperor? Should we send out troops to attack? If we send out troops to attack and win, then that's it. At most, it will be like killing each other."

"But if we lose, or if we don't send troops to attack at all, then the prime minister's authority as emperor will be completely lost, and the gain will outweigh the loss!"

The words Zhao Jun used made Guan Duo and others immediately understand who he was referring to.

"Brother Zhao, you are talking about the two brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han," Guan Duo said with a frown.

Zhao Junyong nodded, "That's right, the two of them must be causing trouble, and most of the others will not be peaceful either."

Guan Duo and others lowered their heads and discussed for a while.

Nowadays, no one in the entire Red Scarf Army knows about the fact that the two brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han of the Red Scarf Army have strong soldiers and horses.

Once the Zhu Yuanzhang brothers turned against each other, even Yingzhou's armaments, food, grass, and baggage would be in short supply.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Regarding this problem, Guan Duo and others are at a loss.

"I think we should advise the Prime Minister not to rush to become emperor." Zhao Junyong said with a sigh.

Guan Duo and others thought about it for a while, and they all thought it made sense.

After all, brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are not easy to mess with. Once they fall out, they cannot be beaten, or even dared to fight.

Everyone came to find Liu Futong in unison and wanted to dissuade Liu Futong from proclaiming himself emperor.

Unexpectedly, when Liu Futong saw so many people coming to find him, he thought they were here to persuade him to become emperor and take over the world, and he felt very excited in his heart.

However, when Guan Duo, Dong Da, Zhao Junyong and others revealed their intentions, Liu Futong's face fell.

"Is this why you came here?" Liu Futong said coldly.

"Prime Minister, please think twice before you act. Don't make too many enemies. The most important thing is to destroy the Tatars first!" Zhao Junyong, the most upright person, immediately advised loudly.

Liu Futong's face became even more ugly. He pointed at Zhao Jun's nose and scolded him sternly.

"Fart! Now the Tatars have become rampant, and King Ming has unfortunately been martyred. We are leaderless. Who else but me can shoulder this responsibility!"

Liu Futong became angrier as he spoke, "If it were like what you said, I was afraid of this and that, I wouldn't have raised troops to kill the Tatars back then!"

"Stop thinking nonsense, and hurry up and take action on this matter for me. If anyone dares to stop it, he will be dealt with immediately as a result of delaying the military plane!"

Liu Futong's tough attitude immediately frightened everyone so much that they dared not try to dissuade him any more.

Although he has been the prime minister for so many years, Liu Futong has always been quite magnanimous in his conduct, but after all, he is a fierce man who dares to raise an army for justice. If he really gets angry, it is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Liu Futong was very disgusted with Zhao Junyong's attitude. Seeing that everyone was obedient, only Zhao Junyong still had a look of bitterness and hatred on his face, which made him even more angry.

"Zhao Junyong! I appointed you as the vanguard of military grain. You will go to the south of the Yangtze River and ask Zhu Yuanzhang to send another batch of grain and grass to Yingzhou. By the way, I will inquire about the attitude of the two brothers. I will give them a good advice. Don't do it.

I feel that when I become the emperor, I want to enjoy my own happiness, and I want to tell them that I am only thinking about the great cause of anti-Yuan in the world!" Liu Futong said in a deep voice.

As a veteran of the Red Scarf Army, Zhao Junyong's prestige has always been good. Even if he opposed Liu Futong's proclaimed emperor, Liu Futong could not do anything to him. He could only send Zhao Junyong far away and not interfere with him.

"I obey my orders!" Zhao Junyong responded with a frown. He was also a smart man and knew that Liu Futong could no longer tolerate him, so he saved some face by going to Jiangnan.

As Liu Futong's confidants, if brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han are dissatisfied with Liu Futong's proclaimed emperor, they will definitely have a bad look at Zhao Junyong. After all, Zhao Junyong is Liu Futong's general.

Zhao Junyong will be trapped in a situation where he is no longer human inside and out.

After getting rid of Zhao Junyong, Liu Futong directly instructed Guan Duo and others to prepare the process of proclaiming the emperor without any secret.

First, the miraculous origins of Liu Futong were exaggerated both inside and outside Yingzhou City. For example, when Liu Futong was born, the red light that filled the sky when Liu Futong gave birth to a child signified a vision from heaven.

Either Liu Futong once killed a black snake, and then it turned into a ball of black smoke and floated to the north, indicating that Meng Yuan was a black snake monster, and Liu Futong was naturally the demon slayer ordered by heaven.

After many visions appeared, various rare and exotic animals were offered from various places, such as three or four ears of wheat, a white elk, or a turtle with writing on its shell, etc.

Everything was because Liu Futong was summoned by Heaven, and then Guan Duo and others wrote to Liu Futong, asking him to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

After a complete process of three applications and three resignations, Liu Futong reluctantly agreed to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. However, in order to show Liu Futong's loyalty to the late emperor Han Lin'er, he would not change to another reign title, but would continue to use the Dragon and Phoenix reign title.

In other words, as soon as Liu Futong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, his reign was directly changed to the "Three Years of Dragon and Phoenix"!

This may seem a bit outrageous, but there are actually examples from the previous dynasties that we can learn from. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Liu Zhiyuan, the founding emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, was born under Shi Jingtang, the emperor of the former dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty. After replacing the Later Jin Dynasty in ruling the Central Plains, the Later Han Dynasty continued to use

Taking the "Tianfu" reign title of the previous dynasty, it can be regarded as gathering the hearts of a wave of old generals and ministers of the previous dynasty.

As for the country's name, Liu Futong simply chose the country's name of "Han" for himself.

Emperor Liu Futong of the Han Dynasty made such a gorgeous appearance!

Later, Liu Futong made Yingzhou his capital, and named it Longfeng for the third year of his reign. He named his wife, children, and others as queens, princes, etc., and honored seven generations of his ancestors as emperors.

In order to win over the internal and external marshals, Liu Futong conferred kingships and prime ministerships on the internal generals. He named more than ten generals, prime ministers, privy envoys, etc. in one go. For the external marshals, he bestowed the Emperor's Banner Festival on them.

rod, giving them greater autonomy.

After a series of extremely fast processes, before many rebel leaders outside could react, Liu Futong was transformed into the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!

The news that Liu Futong founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor and became the Emperor of the Han Dynasty reached Jinling, which immediately surprised everyone.

After Zhu Han and his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang received the information, they immediately fell into suspicion.

They felt that the information they heard was false information.

However, this news was confirmed when Liu Futong from Yingzhou sent the emperor's envoy.

Regarding the news of Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was very dismissive. He said to Zhu Han, "People only choose to proclaim themselves emperor after they have won a great victory or made great achievements. Liu Futong is better. Not only did he win a great victory just now,

He was defeated, lost Bianliang, and even killed the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. He actually proclaimed himself emperor at this time. What was going on in his mind?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Han was also extremely surprised by the news that Liu Futong became emperor!

According to the trajectory of history, Liu Futong never made any move to proclaim himself emperor.

However, it may be because Han Lin'er has been living a good life, otherwise, Liu Futong really has the intention to become emperor.

"Since Han Lin'er is dead, it seems reasonable for Liu Futong to proclaim himself emperor." Zhu Han said to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang, "Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor is a really bad move, but he must have considered it.

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Zhu Han had also guessed that Liu Futong must have lost his land and prestige due to a great defeat, and wanted to use becoming emperor to regroup the morale of the rebel armies.

However, this method is not of much use.

In Zhu Han's view, if the internal stability is relatively stable, it would not be unacceptable to experience a big defeat and directly usurp the throne and proclaim himself emperor. However, now that the Red Army is fighting on its own, many marshals' support for Liu Futong has declined.

Quite a few.

Now that he has rashly proclaimed himself emperor, only Liu Futong's confidants in Yingzhou, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, Peng Da and other peripheral generals, will benefit. There is not much benefit.

Zhu Han felt that Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor had no impact on himself and his brother, but had some benefits.

"Now that Han Lin'er is dead, we also occupy the south and north of the Yangtze River."

"Since Liu Futong wants this title, let's give it to him. The strategy we set at the beginning was to build walls high, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king. Now with Liu Futong at the front, we can develop better.

The internal strength of Jiangnan and Jiangbei!" Zhu Han said.

"This is what happened, but if we bow down to Liu Futong, we will not be able to stand up straight and take charge of the country in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang was very dissatisfied with Liu Futong's proclaiming himself emperor.

When Han Lin'er proclaimed himself emperor, it can be said that the leaders of the various Red Scarf Army were not strong enough, so they had to introduce a common leader of the world to command the heroes of the world.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's strength is now far from what it used to be. Having Liu Futong, the Han emperor, above him is something Zhu Yuanzhang cannot accept no matter what.

"Since we can't accept it, then we might as well not accept it at all."

"If you don't admit it, I'm afraid we will start a war with Liu Futong."

Zhu Han smiled and said to himself, "Brother, don't forget, Liu Futong still relies on us for food and grass supplies from Jiangnan, but they are all supplies that are in short supply in his army. Without our support, Yingzhou can only

I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for long, so what if I don't acknowledge him?"

Liu Futong was indeed counting on brothers Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Han to live his life.

"Qiwu, tell me how to deal with Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor. I don't want to be his minister." Zhu Yuanzhang said quickly.

Zhu Han then smiled and said: "We can send a letter to Liu Futong first, continue to address him as the Prime Minister, saying that the world is not yet settled, and we ask the Prime Minister to take the overall situation of the world first and not to rashly proclaim himself emperor, so as not to attract the Tatars of the Yuan Dynasty.

They launched a crazy counterattack, all in the name of doing good for Liu Futong, and then opposed him proclaiming himself emperor. Let's see what he will do. If Liu Futong was not crazy, he would definitely hold his nose and explain, and then just talk nonsense.

By that time, everyone in the world will know that, brother, you are against Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor, and Liu Futong will not turn against us directly because of his three points of dissatisfaction. In this way, we can still join forces to resist the Tatars, and everyone in the world will also know that.

I understand, you don’t agree with Liu Futong proclaiming himself emperor. If we have our own plan to build a country from now on, it can be said to be completely justified!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently. He felt that Zhu Han's suggestion was indeed a good idea.
To be continued...