Why Await Heaven's Will to Claim the Throne? I Shall Take It Myself

Name: Why Await Heaven's Will to Claim the Throne? I Shall Take It Myself
Author: Your Uncle Next Door

问鼎何需天意，寡人自取之

by Your Uncle Next Door (隔壁你二叔)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 328k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 8mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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In the final years of the Great Jing Dynasty, a foolish emperor mistrusted loyal officials, while the treacherous Liu Fu held power. The people suffered terribly. Xiao Ce, the orphaned son of a military family, witnessed his parents die in battle and thirty thousand elite soldiers perish at Frostwolf Valley. From that day on, he took up the bloodstained tiger tally and rose from the desperate northern frontier.

Over the following years, he led a hundred thousand soldiers through more than a hundred battles without a single defeat, earning the title “Azure Wolf of the North.” He gathered fierce generals such as Zhou Wu and Qin Feng around him, then marched south beneath the banner of “cleansing the court.” The people welcomed him along the way, and garrison commanders pledged their allegiance, until his army stood at the gates of the imperial capital. His trusted aide urged him, “General, the palace is just ahead. Let's storm in!” But Xiao Ce ordered, “Withdraw the army beyond the city walls. I'll go into the palace myself and demand an edict of self-reproach from the emperor.” His aide stared at him in disbelief. “If we retreat now, won't that give the treacherous ministers a chance to strike back?” Xiao Ce shouted, “I, Xiao Ce, have been loyal to the emperor my entire life. How could I commit such an act of treason?” He had never sought the reckless, hollow glory of a brute's charge. What he wanted was to win the people's hearts for real.

In a secret chamber in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the puppet emperor Gao Hong and an old minister were plotting to dig a tunnel and assassinate Xiao Ce. The door suddenly burst open, and Xiao Ce's army poured in. He roared, “Your Majesty, why are you plotting a rebellion?!” Gao Hong rebuked him, “Since ancient times, it has been ministers who rebel, never emperors! You usurped imperial power and slaughtered the royal family. I was only trying to reclaim the Gao family's empire!” Then he cried out in despair, “No country lasts forever. Why should I cling to this miserable life?”

Several years later, the young emperor had been completely stripped of power. With the support of the people, Xiao Ce held the tiger tally and declared resolutely, “Why should I need Heaven's approval to claim the world? I won this vast realm through blood and iron, and I will preserve it through benevolence!” Thus, he abolished cruel policies at home and swept away the barbarians beyond the borders. The Azure Wolf of the North ultimately transformed into the founding emperor who unified the land and seas.

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