Iron Dynasty

Pang Yukun and Fiji walked side by side on Qingzhou Avenue leading to the palace, and they had just received an oral order to enter the palace.

Pang Shoufu, this time the emperor called you and me into the palace to cut down the clan. Fiji stretched out his hand in his sleeve with a contemplative look on his face.

When Qian Dafu passed the word of mouth, they all learned that the King of Chu had died, which was a huge shock to them, because it meant that the Great Yu Kingdom would be in trouble again.

Pang Yukun kept frowning, I think so too, the King of Chu is dead, and Li Chuyuan is busy fighting with the Merchant Council. At this time, King Huainan and King Yong can't make any noise, let alone weak ones. King Ruyang.

Fiji nodded, God bless the Great Yu Kingdom. Now it seems that under the emperor's governance, the Great Yu Kingdom will finally end this fragmented situation, and a unified Great Yu Kingdom will definitely embark on the road of revival.

Pang Yukun smiled, Even so, there is still a long way to go. Now the country is getting richer, but many officials have committed the same old problems again. During this time, I have received a lot of impeachment papers.

Fiji's face was a little ugly, he sighed and said: The development of the Great Yu Kingdom is so fast that we can't select the officials carefully. In order to fill the vacancies, we can only use the old officials from the past, hey, now It's a dilemma.

What Feige said is very true, so now we can only count on the Confucian family to work hard on New Confucianism. As the emperor said, punishing officials can only cure the symptoms, not the root cause, and changing customs can eliminate the soil of corruption. All in all, this matter still needs to be a process.

Fiji has been in the officialdom for many years, and his understanding of officials is far deeper than that of Pang Yukun. He said: You are wrong, you really think that all officials believe in Confucianism, in fact, many officials just use the brand of Confucianism as their own face. It’s just to add to the glory, so this time you and I in the palace should also suggest that the punishment of corrupt officials be heavier to deter these officials.”

Okay, our emperor's hard work can't be destroyed in the hands of these people. Pang Yukun agreed very much.

The two went all the way to the imperial study, and after saluting, they looked at Xiao Ming and waited for orders.

Li San has just left, you must know the news he brought, and you probably guessed why I came to you. Now is the best time for me to cut down the clan, so you will sing with me at tomorrow's court meeting. A double reed will do.

Glancing at the two of them, Xiao Ming explained his thoughts and ideas. One day the Great Yu Kingdom was not unified. His emperor was a lame emperor, and the Great Yu Kingdom existed within a country within a country.

After a pause, he continued: I have already given an order to the Military Aircraft Department, and the troops who are on guard against the rebellion of King Huainan and King Yong are also prepared. If the two of them are obsessed, I can only kill them and shed blood for the unification of the Great Yu Kingdom. It is inevitable.

Fiji and Pang Yukun's expressions became solemn. This time they felt Xiao Ming's determination. From their feelings, this vassal king was indeed a trouble. For example, King Yong occupied the northern area rich in coal and iron ore.

There are still many restrictions on the transportation of coal and iron from Yongdi to Qingzhou's industry, which is very unfavorable for the development of industry and commerce in Dayu.

The state of Chu can't take care of itself, but we can handle King Yong and King Huainan with ease. Pang Yukun is very confident, and the constant victories in the war make the officials in the court very confident now.

Fiji heard the words and said: Your Majesty, the old minister thought that although he wanted to cut the vassal, it should not be too violent, or it would inevitably cause extreme dissatisfaction with the King of Huainan and King Yong. The rich and noble princes who have feuded the country are enough, as for their sons and ministers, they think that they should be taken care of within three generations, so that they can be appeased.

Xiao Ming nodded, This is also what I want to say, King Huainan and King Yong both contributed to the country during the Northern War, and I don't want to tear my face with them, not to mention that one of them is my in-law and the other is my own. My uncle, so tomorrow I will do as you said and spy on the reaction of the two.

Yes, Your Majesty. Fiji bowed and said, in fact, he strongly agreed with cutting the vassal, whether it was out of public or selfish intentions, after all, for him, the imperial concubine Cui Xueer was always a big worry for him.

Moreover, it was recently rumored that Cui Xueer was pregnant, which made him worry even more. If Cui Xueer was to cut down the clan, and Cui Xueer would not have the backing of King Huainan, his daughter would be able to be on an equal footing with Cui Xueer without worrying about annoying the King Huainan.

After talking about cutting down the clan, Xiao Ming turned his head and said to Pang Yukun: This time the state of Chu is in chaos, Li Chuyuan asked me for help and asked to buy a lot of weapons and ammunition, you go back and count the army with Niu Ben. Inventory, sell him all the weapons that have been eliminated by the army, so that the money earned can support the army's replacement of breech rifles.

Pang Yukun's favorite thing is the arms trade. Hearing this, he immediately couldn't close his mouth with joy. When the vassal kings stood side by side, they relied on the arms and arms to save such a large family business.

Looking back on the good days before, he quite misses it, and now, he can finally sell arms again.

However, he still had doubts and couldn't help asking: Your Majesty, sell these firearms to Li Chuyuan. If he wins in the future, will we suffer more casualties when we attack him again.

Xiao Ming shook his head, Pang Shoufu, your account is wrong, and the money earned from the arms trade will promote the development of weapons and industry. In the long run, this will only be beneficial to the war. For example, We earned back 40 million taels of silver and put it into industry and commerce, which is enough to make the development of the industry and commerce of Dayu Country in one year exceed the normal development of two years or even three years.

Pang Yukun suddenly realized that he only saw the disadvantages of small places, but did not see the benefits of big places. This time, he was short-sighted.

I understand. Pang Yukun nodded.

After explaining these two things, Xiao Ming asked the two to go back, and he continued to record all kinds of knowledge in the technology spar.

With the development of industry and the improvement of education level in the Great Yu country, the knowledge of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries can no longer meet the current needs.

Therefore, he is preparing the second generation of books, which will record more rich knowledge, and some will even involve the same depth as contemporary universities.

After all, the industrial level of the Great Yu country has been stably in the 19th century. Under the industrial level of this century, he needs to refine more knowledge, so that the Great Yu country can develop in an all-round way in industry, medicine, and chemistry.

At the same time, he is also preparing to build the Royal Library, and he will put some core materials into it to provide help to various research laboratories in the Great Yu Kingdom.