Iron Dynasty

So, the next official will go back and arrange this matter.

There was a smile in Fiji's eyes, this kind of smile was the complacency that his suggestion was taken seriously.

On the matter of the wealthy family, his suggestion was approved by Xiao Ming, which must be a kind of recognition of ability to Xiao Ming.

From Xiao Wenxuan to Xiao Ming's side, the people he serves have changed, and he naturally has to prove his outstanding talents to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming nodded when he heard the words, and said, The enthronement ceremony is just one month away. This month is enough time for you to pass the news of this king's enthronement to other vassal kings, and you can test their reactions while you are enthroned.

Yes, Your Highness. Pang Yukun and Fiji nodded at the same time, they still had a lot of things to deal with before the enthronement ceremony.

After talking about the matter, the two were about to leave. At this time, Fiji suddenly remembered the matter of the King of Chu. He said to Xiao Ming: Your Highness, before the official came to Qingzhou, something strange happened.

Let's hear it. Xiao Ming was in a good mood for the past two days.

King Chu's fleet once appeared outside Jinling City, and we also saw missionaries from the West on board. Fiji said.

Western missionary? Xiao Ming showed an interested look. He said, Wang Xuan said that the King of Chu had contact with the French. Now it seems that the contact is not shallow.

The King of Chu's army has already captured Guangzhou. It is said that there are many Western businessmen and missionaries living in Guangzhou. Perhaps these are not French. Fiji pondered for a while.

No matter where the missionaries are, in short, this is not a good thing for us. Xiao Ming frowned. In Xiao Ming's opinion, King Chu's recognition of firearms is more than that of other vassal kings.

Just as he was taught a lesson by the Western powers at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the King of Chu was also taught a lesson by the Dutch. Now the King of Chu, who is being stimulated, does not know what will happen to his psychology.

In other words, the current King of Chu may be more willing to accept changes. This is also his habit of dealing with the Dutch to maintain his health. The mentality of the heaven and the kingdom cursed a barbarian.

Now that the north is undecided, and Feng Guo has no time to look south, Fiji frowned and said, Your Highness, this king's subordinate officials thought that this king of Zhao was a threat, and now it seems that this king of Chu is not simple.

Xiao Ming looked towards the south with deep eyes, but he was not worried about how big the waves could be from the King of Chu.

Because even if there are French people to help the king of Chu, the state of Chu cannot catch up with the industrialization level of Qingzhou, and the essence of the war in the age of navigation is just a competition of industrial capabilities.

Moreover, if the French were involved in the civil strife in the Great Yu Kingdom, he would have reason to clean up the Annan Kingdom at that time.

The King of Southern Chu, the King of Northern Zhao, the mother-in-law said that the father and the emperor have always been jealous of them, and now it seems to be the case, but now the King of Chu will not rashly tear up the covenant even if he cooperates with the French, and he still has a lot of goods. If I didn’t get it, I want to take advantage of this time to unify the north as soon as possible.” Xiao Ming said indifferently.

As long as Your Highness follows Wei Di's decree for the nobles, once the kings of Yan and Liang are defeated, the nobles of Yan and Liang will rush to show their loyalty to His Highness. Fiji believed.

Xiao Ming nodded, the idea from Fiji was tantamount to lowering the difficulty of unification from high to low. Of course, everything has to pay a price, so the problem of the wealthy family still remains.

After talking about Wei Di's situation, Xiao Ming began to discuss the details of the enthronement ceremony with the two of them. Now a more prominent problem is that Qingzhou does not have a palace.

It was obviously too late to build a palace in a month, so the three decided to hold the enthronement ceremony in Qingzhou Prefecture after a discussion.

Compared with the Qi Wangfu, the Qingzhou Fuya is very large in scale, and is divided into front and rear halls, and the rear hall can be used as a temporary court hall.

In addition to the courtroom for discussing politics, there are also cumbersome issues such as the arrangement of the first emperor's concubines and concubines. Xiao Ming was also helpless about this, so he simply handed the matter over to Concubine Zhen.

These concubines may be a little dissatisfied with his arrangement due to their seniority, but Concubine Zhen personally manages them even if they have an opinion, they have to endure it, after all, Concubine Zhen is the Empress Dowager after he ascends the throne.

After deciding on these details, the two left the palace.

Because Fiji is proficient in the process of the enthronement ceremony, he will be responsible for the arrangement of the entire enthronement sequence this month, while Pang Yukun can only be responsible for conveying the news of Xiao Ming's enthronement to other vassal kings.

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Five days later, Jizhou.

King Yong fell silent after sending off the messenger from Qingzhou.

When Princess Yong saw King Yong like this, she asked in confusion, Your Highness, what happened?

Xiao Ming is about to ascend the throne, and the emperor really gave him the edict. King Yong sighed slowly.

Concubine Yong shook her head gently, and she said, During the Chang'an Rebellion, the concubine said that the emperor would definitely pass on the position to Xiao Ming. Now, which prince in this world can turn the tide?

Princess has always been smart, but I guessed it right this time. If it wasn't for the help of the princess over the years, this king would have lost his life because of his reckless temper. King Yong looked at Princess Yong with friendship in his eyes.

Concubine Yong showed a faint smile. The whole world knew that King Yong was irritable, but they didn't know that King Yong was the only one who favored her.

Then what is your Highness going to do? Princess Yong asked.

Thinking of this King Yong's face showing a hint of panic, The third brother is already dead, he is not Xiao Ming's opponent, how can I be Xiao Ming's opponent, and I promised the emperor, no matter who ascends the throne, I will Be loyal to the royal family.

His Royal Highness said it very well. Concubine Yong took the hand of King Yong, Since this is the case, this time Xiao Ming ascends the throne, we may go there to show our hearts.

King Yong nodded, Now that Xiao Ming has Wei land, adding this king's feudal kingdom, he is equivalent to occupying half of the country in the north, so it is much easier to settle down in the north.

Your Highness is wrong. Isn't King Kang's title also in the hands of Xiao Ming? Now Xiao Ming has the power of the four kingdoms. Princess Yong smiled.

At the same time, the envoy from Qingzhou was driven out by King Yan from the city of Bozhou.

In the palace of King Yan, King Yan jumped like thunder.

Xiao Ming child, do you really think that the world today is still the world of the Great Yu Kingdom? Do you think this country will always be your Xiao family's final say? King Yan growled.

The officials and generals in the palace were silent one by one, and no one dared to touch the bad at this time.

After venting the anger in his heart, King Yan sneered: Isn't he going to be enthroned? This king will give him a surprise, the generals will obey the order, and you will call the army immediately. Now Xiao Ming has made it clear that he is not going to take Wei Di. If you spit it out, this king will not believe that he can stop our coalition of Yan, Zhao and Liang.