Iron Dynasty

Seventh brother...

There were bursts of crying in the main hall, and the voice of Princess Xiangcheng suddenly detonated the fearful hearts of these princes and princesses these days.

Xiangcheng cried all the way to Xiao Ming, grabbed his arm and held on tight.

The other princes and princesses also came to his side, looking as if they were bullied and came to find their brother to get back to the place.

It's alright, when you arrive in Qingzhou, the seventh brother will not let you be bullied. Xiao Ming comforted, these princes and princesses who fled to Qingzhou are usually not paid much attention 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, and she said to Xiao Ming: Ming'er, now the Great Yu Kingdom is in disaster, now you brothers and sisters can only count on you to take care of them, Although they are half-brothers with you, they still have royal blood in their bones. As the saying goes, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and you always need some trusted people to assist you when you are alone.

Xiao Ming nodded, Concubine Zhen said this to him, it is better to tell these princes and princesses, the purpose is to make them feel at ease.

Yes, concubine, the sons will follow the father's last wish to take care of the younger brothers and sisters. Xiao Ming said.

Hearing this, these princes and princesses and concubines showed a look of peace of mind. At this moment, the only thing that everyone who came to Qingzhou was worried about was their future destiny.

With Xiao Ming's assurance, they felt a little more at ease.

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

After taking the edict, Xiao Ming opened his eyes and saw that it was indeed a will that made him the crown prince.

This Xiao Wenxuan finally woke up before he died. Without this edict, he might not be able to convince so many old ministers to him, and he would be justifiable to ascend the throne in the future.

After accepting the edict, he said: Mother concubine, the matter of King Zhao's rebellion will be handed over to Erchen to deal with it. From now on, you can live peacefully in Qingzhou, and Erchen will ask the government ya to prepare a concubine for the mother and concubines. house.

It's hard work for you. Concubine Zhen said, because of Xiao Wenxuan's death, she was still a little out of spirit.

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

Seemingly realizing something, Concubine Zhen continued: Ming'er, there is such a big mess in the world today, you will be very busy next time, and government affairs are important, you don't have to worry about your mother and concubine, but go to handle government affairs, here is Yue My son is with me, and you can leave these chores to her.

From Concubine Zhen's point of view, Fei Yue'er was already a real queen, so Fei Yue'er would naturally handle the affairs of the harem.

Xiao Ming understood, he said to Fei Yue'er: Princess, I'll leave it to you here.

Fei Yue'er nodded, Yes, Your Highness.

After appeasing the princes and princesses for a while, Xiao Ming left the main hall with the will. As Concubine Zhen said, he can't waste time on these trivial matters. After all, if Qingzhou can't keep it, he can only take everyone to jump into the sea. .

Outside the door, Xiao Ming instructed Luluo and Ziwan to assist Fei Yue'er in handling these harem chores, and he took the edict to the government office and handed the edict to Pang Yukun.

Yes, this is the emperor's handwriting.

When Xiao Ming was talking about the will, he was always worried. Now that he saw the will, a stone in his heart fell to the ground.

For the time being, the matter of this edict can only be passed between the officials of Fengguo, and there is no need for others to know. Xiao Ming said to Pang Yukun.

Yes, Your Highness. Pang Yukun's face flushed with excitement after confirming the matter of the will.

After a pause, he said to Xiao Ming: His Royal Highness returned to the palace, presumably thinking of how to arrange these officials.

That's right, when I returned to the palace, the king thought of a way. After two days, the king would call these officials and show them the edict. At that time, the king would propose to let them study at Bowen College. If they have successfully passed the exam, they will stay in the officialdom, but if they can’t pass the exam, they can only take off their official robes, how about it?”

Pang Yukun said: This is a good method, and it can also accumulate officials, so that every time Your Highness captures a place, you can quickly establish a government office there and bring this place under His Highness's jurisdiction.

Well, this is exactly what this king thinks. Xiao Ming said.

In fact, for him, the training of these officials was for the purpose of colonization, because he found that it was impossible to complete the industrial revolution without the accumulation of wealth overseas.

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

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

Thinking of this, he said to Pang Yukun, Is Liang Dahai back?

No, I guess it will take two days. Pang Yukun said, Liang Dahai has been selling slaves at sea these days.

Xiao Ming said: After he comes back, you ask him to see this king. There is a big business that needs to be done by him.

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

Just as he thought, Xiao Ming was preparing to let Liang Dahai sell people from Da Yu to Qingzhou. Since he watched these people die in the war, it would be better to start the businessman to sell people to Qingzhou frantically at this time, and Ryukyu also needed 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 kindness.

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Chang'an City, now King Zhao has completely controlled it.

In Chengqing Hall, King Zhao was sitting on the iron-blooded throne of the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, and under His Highness the officials of Chang'an City.

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

Zhao Yuanliang stood in front of the officials, and he said to King Zhao on the throne: Father, now that Chang'an City has settled down, is there going to be the enthronement ceremony of the thirteenth prince and the funeral of the first emperor?

King Zhao touched his chin, and he was a little unhappy when he looked at these officials. Fiji, Luo Quan, Du Heng and other important officials were all gone, and the rest were some irrelevant grass.

If it weren't for the use of keeping these people, he simply wanted to kill them all, so he said, What do you think?

An official of the Ministry of Rites said flatteringly: Your Highness, a country cannot live without a ruler for a day. The minister thought that the state funeral of the first emperor could be abbreviated, but the ceremony for the enthronement of the thirteenth prince must be solemn.