Iron Dynasty

The noon scorching sun passed through the gap between the tree trunks, leaving the mottled tree shadow on Xiao Ming and the three of them.

After arguing with Pang Yukun, Fiji finally looked at Xiao Ming, waiting for Xiao Ming's decision.

It is indeed very troublesome to deal with these royal clansmen. If they don’t pay attention, Xiao Ming will inevitably be given a name of inhumanity and injustice. After all, even the faint-hearted king has to take care of the clan in the history of thousands of years.

At this time, Xiao Ming gradually realized that the royal family itself is a huge wealthy family, and the emperor is the leader of this family.

But even so, Xiao Ming was a little reluctant. He knew the situation of the treasury. Now the situation of the fiefs itself is not rich, how to support these clans.

Moreover, he has no feelings for these clansmen. One is that Xiao Ming's predecessor had left Beijing since he was a child, and the other is that he came from modern times and knew that this was not the way to go.

The more the royal family proliferates, the more it will become a heavy burden on the country in the long run.

After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ming said: It's not a matter of keeping it, and it's not a matter of not keeping it. Since this is the case, this king has a compromise.

Pang Yukun asked, How to compromise?

It's very simple, the royal family is allowed to do business. Xiao Ming said lightly.

In the feudal society, the emperor kept a close eye on the royal family, and would rather raise these people like pigs than allow them to be self-reliant. The fear is that the rich and powerful in these people's hands will have thoughts on the throne.

After all, they are all descendants of the great ancestor. If the eldest son of the direct line succeeds the throne, he will fall on the side branch.

His Royal Highness, it is absolutely impossible. Fiji was shocked, This is the rule that Gaozu set up at the beginning, but for the stability of the Great Yu Kingdom, we cannot condone the business of these royal relatives.

Xiao Ming would have a headache every time he heard about the family law of his ancestors. Maybe in the eyes of these people, Xiao Yuanzhi was great, but in Xiao Ming's view, he was the monarch of the feudal dynasty after all, and their own thinking was very backward.

So he said: Since this is the rule set by the emperor, then this king asks you whether the Great Yu Kingdom is stable now?

This... Fiji suddenly stopped talking.

As the saying goes, a true hero is a true hero who follows the current situation. How can we still abide by some stubborn rules now that Da Yu is in civil turmoil? Xiao Ming said lightly.

Fiji was shocked. Even Xiao Wenxuan did not dare to say such rebellious words. The ancestral family law is the foundation of the country. If this is in Chang'an, it will inevitably be opposed by many officials.

It's just that this is Qingzhou. When he saw Pang Yukun's smile, he knew that this matter was irreversible.

Xiao Ming looked at Fiji. At this time, Fiji seemed to be hesitant to say anything. He understood that he said something crazy in this era, because the rules set by the founding emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom were equivalent to the constitution.

Now Xiao Ming is violating the constitution and blatantly breaking the rules, which is basically the same as the President of the United States not recognizing the Declaration of Independence. Kneeling in front of the palace gate and asking him to take back his life.

His Royal Highness is right. After all, the Great Yu Kingdom is about to change. Fiji's expression suddenly became a little weird.

Pang Yukun's eyes flickered, and a smile appeared. Fiji has compromised.

In fact, compared to Fiji, he understands Xiao Ming's mind better. A closed country is a closed country, and the Great Yu Country is the Great Yu Country. Naturally, this rule has to be changed.

Xiao Ming nodded, Since that's the case, you should inform these royal clansmen and change the king of Japan to meet them and make it clear. Today's world is no longer the world it used to be. Only those who adapt to local conditions can keep wealth and honor for a long time.

Yes, Your Highness. The two said in unison.

With this strategy, Xiao Ming basically didn't plan to take care of these royal clans anymore. After giving the last batch of money, they would do whatever they liked. At most, he would take care of them in business.

He is determined not to spend millions of taels every year to support these people.

After saying this, the two entered the Qingzhou camp. At this time, some recruits were watching the daily training of the Qingzhou army.

Different from before, many training facilities have been established in the Qingzhou camp now. These settings were created by the generals after reading his Soldier Training Exercises.

On the training ground of the camp, there are running tracks, horizontal bars, climbing rockeries, single-plank bridges, and quagmire. The training programs for recruits are also extremely modern, including 5 kilometers, 100 meters, single and parallel bars, push-ups, and sit-ups. Sitting, long jump, grappling.

In addition to these physical training, there are also technical trainings such as array, bullet loading, three-stage shooting, rolling in, and climbing, and another is backpacking and carrying equipment.

Looking at the soldiers being trained on the training ground, these recruits who passed the inspection were full of curiosity.

As the saying goes, I have never eaten pork and I have seen a pig run. In the past, the training methods of veterans were completely different from the current training methods. Now these soldiers have all kinds of strange movements, which really let them experience.

It was also the first time that Fiji saw the training of Qingzhou soldiers. This strange appearance made him shake his head frequently, but he understood that it was this kind of training that made Qingzhou soldiers stronger.

However, his surprise was still behind him. When it was noon, Xiao Ming led them to the cafeteria of the Qingzhou camp. When the food was served, he couldn't help exclaiming: Your Highness, is this what ordinary soldiers eat?

At this time, in front of Fiji were three steamed buns with white noodles, a leek egg, a braised pork, a celery shrimp and a bowl of millet porridge.

Three of these dishes are stir-fried vegetables.

Pang Yukun said with a smile: Elder Fei Ge, you now understand why the military expenditure is so high.

Understood, these soldiers are almost catching up with the nobles. Fiji said while eating with chopsticks. The taste of this dish made him even more amazed.

Xiao Ming said: Today is our luck, we caught up with the meat meal once a week. This is not the case every day. If the Qingzhou Army hadn't raised pigs by themselves, the soldiers would have no meat to eat.

Speaking of which, Xiao Ming has only been here for three years, and the real government reform has only taken more than a year. It will take time for all these wastes to be revived. At present, the material of the closure of the country is still not rich enough. After all, even if it is to raise a head Pigs also take a year to kill, and there are no hormones to ripen here.

In that case, this is also much stronger than the forbidden army. No wonder the Qingzhou army is strong and strong, with enough food, plus high-intensity training, can this soldier not be strong? Fiji is more and more confident in the future, the royal family The matter of the national relatives was also put to the fore.

While the three were inspecting recruits, Xiao Ming's order arrived in Yangzhou.

Ye Qingyun, who received the order, immediately ordered the soldiers to retaliate against the tyrants in Yangzhou City and its nearby counties. The two days of occupying Yangzhou City were short of food and grass. He had already received news that the tyrants in the nearby counties seemed a little restless.