Although the failure of the Eastern Expedition caused a heavy blow to Li Yuan, compared with the huge pressure brought by the establishment of the dynasty ascended the throne, the failure of the Eastern Expedition was nothing.

When news of the founding of the dynasty was announced, at least 60% of the officials opposed the hasty founding of the country, including Li Yuan himself, and he felt that the time was not ripe, but the Guanlong nobles could not wait any longer. They put huge pressure on Li Yuan, forcing Li Yuan to surrender.

In the Tang Dynasty's palace, Pei Ji was reporting to Li Yuan about the preparations for the abdication ceremony. "Your Highness, the various rituals of the emperor's abdication have basically ended. The abdication ceremony was held at Chengtian Gate, and the ascension of His Highness was held in Daxing Hall. The difference between the two was about an hour. According to Your Highness's request, the abdication ceremony would be a little simpler. The content was mainly to hand over the national seal and sacrifice to the heaven and earth. The ascension ceremony of the Daxing Hall was carried out according to the normal ritual of the emperor's ascension ceremony, which also included canonization and banquets for the ministers."

Li Yuan remained silent, with no expression of joy on his face. Although the day was his abdication and ascension ceremony, Li Yuan was still in a heavy mood. Without taking up all the right time, place, and people, he would do such a deposed emperor and ascend the throne that would violate the ethics of county officials, which would cause great harm to his reputation. Li Yuan knew very well in his heart.

Pei Ji could feel Li Yuan's mood. He saw that Li Yuan was in a low mood and comforted him: "It has only been more than 30 years since the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, and it is far from orthodox. The people in Jiangnan have never been willing to accept it. The area of ​​Qingzhou, Hebei is indifferent to it. Just like the Qin Dynasty that unified the world, Qin destroyed the Han Dynasty. Perhaps of course, many people say that Emperor Gaozu of Han was not orthodox, but now? How many people remember the Qin Dynasty? How many people would say that the Han Dynasty was not orthodox, and His Highness was very talented and strategy. If you want to do great things, how could you lean under the breath of the Sui Dynasty, establish your own dynasty, revitalize the world, and reappear the glory of the Han Dynasty. A thousand years later, who would still say that the Tang Dynasty was not orthodox? Why should you underestimate yourself?"

Pei Ji's words made Li Yuan feel much more comfortable. In fact, he was not at all resistant to abdication and ascending the throne. His knot came from the disastrous defeat in the Eastern Expedition and the fear of Zhang Xuan. Just like a person was pushed to the top before he found the way down the mountain, he would feel an indescribable hesitation in his heart.

Li Yuan nodded and asked again: "Has the time been set for Qingzhou moved its capital to Anyang?"

"I heard that it was late in the first lunar month, and the palaces and government offices in Anyang were basically built."

Li Yuan sighed, "It was a mistake to establish the dynasty king ascend the throne. If I had established a young royal child like Zhang Xuan, I would be the Regent and wait until the time is ripe for a few years before ascending the throne, I would probably have a much better effect than today."

In the end, Li Yuan's voice became lower and lower, and even he knew that it was actually meaningless to say such things except for a little complaint.

At this time, a maid bowed down the hall and said, "Report to the Prince, someone from the Ministry of Rites is here. Will the Prince meet?"

This should be the one who will explain tomorrow's etiquette to himself, so Li Yuan had to nod, "Please come in!"

Before dawn, the emperor Yang You was called up by the eunuch early, and then followed the eunuch to take a shower and change clothes. Then the people from the Ministry of Rites went to the palace to tell him some basic etiquette, such as where should he stand? How to hand the seal to King Li Yuan of Tang, etc., but Yang You didn't listen to a word. What's the matter if he didn't follow the etiquette? Is it impossible to abdicate?

At this time, Yang You was like a walking corpse boy, tears had already dried up, hope had long been cut off, and will was destroyed. Whether it was a palace maid or an eunuch, he would do whatever he asked him to do. He was like a marionette, a puppet that was to be put into a wooden box forever. In another hour, Chang'an would have nothing to do with him.

Yang You sat alone in a corner of the palace waiting for the abdication hall to begin. At this time, no palace maid or eunuch was willing to pay attention to the emperor who was about to abdicate. Everyone was trying their best to think about how to please the upcoming new master of Daxing Palace.

At this moment, Yang You suddenly felt the quietness, the relaxation, and the freedom he had never had before. Even if he took off his clothes and shouted, no one would interfere with him.

Just yesterday, he was still crying, hating that he had let down his grandfather's expectations and ruined the Sui Dynasty. But now he suddenly understood that the Sui Dynasty had never been in his hands, so how could he talk about ruining it?

In fact, when the emperor's grandfather died in Jiangdu, the Great Sui Dynasty had already perished. Zhang Xuan's new Sui Dynasty was just named Sui, but the emperor's surname was Zhang. Luoyang's second brother might be a little better than himself, but it was only a little bit. Even the person who stayed in the deep palace knew that Luoyang's real master had changed his surname to Wang, let alone the world.

At this time, Yang You wanted to abdicate immediately, without even having to abdicate. He threw the jade seal to Li Yuan, and then he turned around and fled desperately, leaving the Sui Dynasty that no longer existed, so that everything would go to the devil!

"His Majesty!"

The low voice behind him slammed Yang Yu's running thoughts. He slowly turned around and was Pei Ji, the right servant of Shangshu, and behind him was Dou Xun, the seal fu Lang, and he was holding a jade box in his arms, which was the national seal.

Both Pei Ji and Dou Xun looked at him coldly. Seeing that Yang You had not come back to his senses, Pei Ji coldly reminded him: "The ceremony begins soon, Your Majesty, please!"

Yang You finally understood. He stood up with great difficulty and sat cross-legged for a long time. His knees were numb, but Pei Ji ignored him at all and turned around and left. Two strong eunuchs stepped forward to support Yang You, almost dragging him out of the palace. Yang You's throat moved silently, and he felt that he had no dignity to scold people.

Chengtian Gate, this is a solemn place where the emperor held the throne or enthronement ceremony. The ground is covered with flat stone strips and stone slabs. The building is extremely sturdy. There is a tall and majestic tower on the door. There is a east-west hall on the left and right outside the door. It is facing Zhuque Gate and Mingde Gate. There is a three hundred steps wide Chengtian Gate Square on the north side. Opposite the square is the main hall Daxing Hall.

A magnificent abdication platform was built on the square. It was four meters high and nine meters wide on the lower floor. It was in the shape of a pyramid. There were three hundred ceremonial warriors standing below the abdication platform, holding various long-handed weapons. They were all full of energy and majestic. There were a large group of civil and military officials standing in the distance. There was no joy or disgust on their faces, but there was a look of impatientness. They did not care about this meaningless abdication ceremony. They only care about the throne ceremony that will be held in an hour.

But for Li Yuan, this abdication ceremony was very important, far exceeding his throne ceremony, which shows that his imperial power did not come from usurpation of the throne, but from a virtue, a order left by the Yao, Shun and Yu era. Only those with virtue in the world can live in the country. It was the Emperor of Sui who willingly gave the throne to himself and gave the rule to himself for the welfare of the people of the world. This was a noble act.

"Abdicate and sacrifice to heaven and earth!"

Amid the rumbling drums, the ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth began. Hundreds of palace maids holding sacrifices walked past Li Yuan in turn and knelt on the sacrificial platform, worshiping the heaven in full view, as if his power, his throne, everything he had been given by God, and he represented heaven. At this time, the other protagonist Yang Yu was no longer important. He stood in the corner and seemed increasingly small and insignificant.

"The ceremony of abdication began, from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors"

Pei Ji stood on the abdication stage and read the abdication book written in Yang Yu's name loudly. Sometimes it was ups and downs, sometimes it was passionate, as if Li Yuan refused to accept the abdication. Yang You would be ashamed of his ancestors and be guilty of the heavens. His emotions were so sincere that Li Yuan was tearful and looked at Yang You with gratitude from time to time.

The moment of abdication finally came. When Li Yuan raised the national seal that he took from Yang You, there was a burst of cheers around him, but Li Yuan felt a little regretful in his heart. Unfortunately, this was not the real national jade seal, and the real national jade seal fell into Zhang Xuan's hands.

Just ended in the 13th year of Daye, Li Yuan accepted the abdication of Emperor Yang Yu in Chang'an, ascended the throne and became emperor, and formally established the Tang Dynasty. Li Yuan accepted the worship of all officials in Daxing Hall, and at the same time he appointed his wife Dou as the queen, his eldest son Li Jian as the crown prince, his second son Li Shimin as the king of Qin, his third son Li Xuanba as the king of Zhao, and his fourth son Yuan Ji as the king of Chu.

At the same time, Zhongdu Palace also knocked down the last wedge, officially announcing that the construction of Ziwei Palace was completed. Before that, Zhongdu had also been built, and the relocation of the New Sui Dynasty had begun.
Chapter completed!