Steel Dynasty - Chapter 533

[Chapter 533: Appease everyone]

“Seventh Brother…”

There were sudden bursts of crying in the main hall, and the voice of Princess Xiangcheng immediately triggered the frightened hearts of these princes and princesses these days.

Xiangcheng cried all the way to Xiao Ming and grabbed his arm and refused to let go.

The other princes and princesses also came to his side, looking like they were being bullied and came to their brother to regain their place.

“It’s okay. Brother Qi will not let you be bullied when we arrive in Qingzhou.” Xiao Ming comforted, these princes and princesses who fled to Qingzhou are usually not taken seriously in the palace.

Like Concubine Zhen, the mothers and concubines of these princes and princesses had no background, and those with backgrounds were taken away.

Concubine Zhen also stood up at this time. It seemed that she had been crying on the way back. At this time, she said to Xiao Ming: “Ming’er, now that the country of Chongqing is in such a disaster, your younger brothers and sisters can only count on you to take care of them. Although they have the same father as you, they still have the blood of the royal family in their bones. As the saying goes, when everyone adds fuel, the flames rise. You always need some trustworthy people to help you when you are alone. “

Xiao Ming nodded, Jane. The concubine said this to him, rather than to these princes and princesses, in order to reassure them.

“Yes, mother and concubine, I will follow my father’s last wishes and take care of my younger brothers and sisters.” Xiao Ming said.

Hearing this, these princes, princesses and concubines looked relieved. At this moment, the only thing everyone who came to Qingzhou was worried about was their own future fate.

With Xiao Ming’s guarantee, they felt more at ease.

Concubine Zhen showed a smile at this time, and then she took out a golden edict from her sleeve and said to Xiao Ming: “Ming’er, this is the edict left to you by your father. You can take it.”

After receiving the will, Xiao Ming opened it and glanced at it. It was indeed a will that made him the prince. He sighed lightly and stuffed the edict into his sleeve.

Xiao Wenxuan finally sobered up before his death. Without this edict, he might not have been able to convince so many old ministers, and it would be justifiable for him to ascend the throne in the future.

After accepting the edict, he said: “Concubine, please leave the rebellion of King Zhao to my son. From now on, you can live a stable life in Qingzhou. I will ask the government office to prepare a plan for my concubine and concubines.” “

It’s so hard on you,” Concubine Zhen said, because of Xiao Wenxuan’s death, she was still a little depressed.

Xiao Ming sighed, knowing that it was useless to comfort Concubine Zhen now.

As if realizing something, Concubine Zhen continued: “Ming’er, now that there is such a big mess in the world, you will definitely be very busy next, and government affairs are more important. You don’t have to worry about your mother and concubine. You should go and deal with government affairs. Yue is here. “My son is with me, just leave these chores to her.”

In Concubine Zhen’s opinion, Fei Yue’er is already the real queen, so naturally it is Fei Yue’er who will handle the affairs of the harem.

Xiao Ming understood and said to Fei Yue’er: “Princess, I leave this to you.”

Fei Yue’er nodded, “Yes, Your Highness.”

After comforting the princes and princesses for a while, Xiao Ming left with the edict. After entering the main hall, as Concubine Zhen said, he can’t waste time on these trivial matters now. After all, if Qingzhou cannot be saved, he will have no choice but to jump into the sea with everyone.

Outside the door, Xiao Ming asked Luluo and Ziyuan to assist Fei Yue’er in handling the chores of the harem. He took the imperial edict to the government office and handed it to Pang Yukun.

“Yes, this is the emperor’s handwriting.”

When Xiao Ming was talking about the imperial edict, he had been feeling uneasy. Now that he saw the imperial edict, a stone fell from his heart.

“For the time being, this edict can only be passed among the officials of the feudal state. There is no need for others to know.” Xiao Ming said to Pang Yukun.

“Yes, Your Highness.” After confirming the edict, Pang Yukun’s face turned red with excitement.

After a pause, he said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness returned to the palace and must have thought of how to arrange these officials.”

“Yes, I thought of a way when I returned to the palace. In two days, I will These officials will be summoned and the imperial edict will be shown to them. At that time, the king will propose that they go to Bowen College to study. If they are successful in their studies and pass the exam, they will stay in the officialdom. If they fail, they will have to take off their official clothes.

Pang Yukun said: “This is a good idea, and it can also accumulate officials. In this way, every time His Highness seizes a place, he can quickly establish a local government and bring the place under His Highness’s jurisdiction

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” , This is exactly what I think.” Xiao Ming said.

In fact, for him, the training of these officials was still to prepare for colonization, because he found that truly wanting to complete the industrial revolution would not work without accumulating wealth from overseas colonies.

Both resources and manpower will become constraints to the industrial revolution.

And what worries him the most is the current situation in Great Chongqing. If a large-scale war occurs, population reduction is inevitable.

Thinking of this, he asked Pang Yukun, “Has Liang Dahai come back?”

“No, it will probably take another two days.” Pang Yukun said, Liang Dahai has been selling slaves at sea these days, and some of these slaves are from Korea and some from Japan. , and others are slaves of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.

Xiao Ming said: “When he comes back, let him come to see me. There is a big business that needs him to do.”

Pang Yukun was stunned for a moment, and he understood that what Liang Dahai and Xiao Ming were talking about could only be human trafficking.

Just as he thought, Xiao Ming was preparing to let Liang Dahai traffic people from Dayu to Qingzhou. Instead of watching these people die in the war, it would be better to mobilize businessmen to sell people crazily to Qingzhou at this time, and Ryukyu also needs a lot of people. Population expansion.

During the war, human life is as cheap as a dog. His decision was cruel, but it was also the greatest mercy.

…

Chang’an City, now King Zhao has complete control over it.

In the Chengqing Hall, King Zhao was sitting on the iron-blooded throne of the emperor of the Chongqing Kingdom. Under His Majesty were the officials of Chang’an City.

At this time, these civil servants and generals all lowered their heads and trembled in the eyes of King Zhao.

Zhao Yuanliang stood in front of the officials. He said to King Zhao on the throne: “Father, now that Chang’an City has been stabilized, are we going to hold the coronation ceremony of the Thirteenth Prince and the funeral of the late Emperor?”

King Zhao touched his chin .

, he was a little unhappy looking at these officials. Fiji, Luo Quan, Du Heng and other important ministers all disappeared, and the rest were just insignificant people on the wall.

If these people were not of some use, he simply wanted to kill them all, so he said: “What do you think?”

An official from the Ministry of Rites immediately said flatteringly: “Your Highness, a country cannot live without a king for a day. The state funeral of the late emperor can be simple, but the enthronement ceremony of the thirteenth prince must be grand.”

(End of this chapter)