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Chapter 111 The Emperor in Beijing (please subscribe)

Shangjing.

The absolute cultural, political and economic center of Zhongzhou is located at the end of the eastern plain of Zhongzhou, only [-] kilometers away from the sea.

Nongjiang, a vast land that runs through thousands of kilometers of the eastern plains, gave birth to tens of millions of people in this land, allowing the royal family to make surrounding areas submit just by controlling this land.

The Zhenyang Mountains, eight hundred kilometers southwest of Shangjing, is a stretch of hundreds of miles of red land. It is also the area where fire spirits are most active. The inheritance of the Zhenyang Sect originated here.

On the morning of March, it was still a bit cool in the capital city, and the city gates, which had not been closed for hundreds of years, were still as bustling as usual inside and outside.

The Xia family's royal family used the "Benevolence" of "Humanity" to rule the people, restrained evil thoughts with laws, and then used the "Zhong" of "Humanity" to manage his ministers and aristocratic families, practice Shinto to monitor the world, and make the people in the Shangjing area live a normal life. They are all relatively wealthy, and some individual families are even comparable to the big landowners at the border.

This also caused extravagance to become common in Shangjing. When Emperor Wanfeng came to power, he originally wanted to use divine magic to reform and get rid of the extravagant style in the Shangjing area, but in the end he found that he could only restrain ministers and nobles. This is another aspect of divine magic. The drawback is that he needs to satisfy his subjects who believe in him.

At the end of the city's wide central avenue is the splendid Royal Palace.

At this moment, the daily worship ceremony has ended. In the meeting hall, Emperor Wanfeng is wearing a cotton red robe and a black plain hat. He is sitting cross-legged in front of the imperial desk in the front of the hall. There is a small bronze incense burner on the left side of the imperial desk and a writing brush on the right. There are racks and ground ink, and memorials are stacked in the middle.

The emperor's tired face was expressionless. He looked at the bright sunshine outside the gate and said: "Zhang Zhiyong reported to the north the day before yesterday and suggested that we should launch an offensive at the beginning of spring while taking advantage of Liu's wedding. I have thought about it for a long time and I think However... I'm just worried about whether this battle can be resolved as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhiyong is the Minister of the Ministry of War. He is standing in the hall at the moment. He has always advocated the active use of troops. Now his eyes lit up when he heard the emperor talking about this matter. He was about to go out to talk when Zhong Guanyu, the Minister of Rites who was closest to the imperial case, came out. The squad said to him: "Your Majesty, military affairs are the top priority. We should make decisions quickly. How can we look forward and backward, and waste money and food in vain?"

"It is precisely because the military affairs are important that we must be cautious in the fight." Yang Guangyuan, the commander of the guard, left the mission and said: "Now that the Liu thief has been funded by the Northern Kingdom, once the war starts, it is very likely to lead to a confrontation between the two countries. The new weapon I obtained three days ago According to the information, the Northern Kingdom intends to transfer a guard of cavalry to Liu Thief's command."

"This Liu thief deserves to die!" someone shouted.

At this time, Yang Gaojie, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, asked the class: "Your Majesty, according to the usual practice, the northern imperial army has been stationed in the place for more than three years. It should be transferred to another imperial army to replace the defense."

"How can we change defenses at such a critical time? General Wang Kang is currently the most suitable leader of the Northern Expedition inside and outside the imperial court!" Zhang Zhiyong, the Minister of War, immediately went out to object.

"It is precisely because it is a critical moment that we need to change our defenses in time. Liu Thief's incident is still right in front of us!"

"Your Majesty, Lord Yang should be punished for his unreasonable remarks about border generals!" After Zhang Zhiyong said this, he bowed deeply to where the emperor was sitting.

Emperor Wanfeng still looked at the sunshine outside the gate expressionlessly, and then waved to the ministers in the hall. After a while, the hall became extremely quiet.

"Did they quarrel today?" Emperor Wanfeng's voice was very soft.

"Yes!" the guard on duty responded.

"There hasn't been a quarrel in this hall for a long time, right?"

This time no one dared to answer.

Emperor Wanfeng didn't expect anyone to answer. He stood up slowly, left the hall through the side door, sat on the throne he had been waiting for for a long time, and headed to the throne tower in the center of the palace. This tower is magnificent and magnificent, occupying almost all the central area of ​​the palace. It has nine floors, each floor is one and a half feet high.

In the empty hall on the first floor, a young man wearing red official clothes was sitting cross-legged in the center of the hall. His body was surrounded by countless golden streams of light. The streams of light formed an illusory world. This was constructed by divine magic. The Kingdom of God, and the appearance of this Kingdom is exactly the same as the eastern plain of Zhongzhou.

It's just that the Kingdom of God he cultivated is still in its infancy. It only relies on the God's Throne Tower to condense it, and has no way to monitor the world.

Suddenly, the sound of pushing the door sounded, and a ray of sunlight shone into the hall. The young man who was in meditation opened his eyes and saw the person appearing at the door. He stood up and saluted with a complicated look: "Uncle!"

Being the emperor of the Xia Dynasty will lose a lot, including the joy of human relations, because divine magic needs to maintain a state of rationality and non-desire at all times, otherwise it will be easy to be backlashed. The emperor's successor is generally selected within the royal family, not the emperor. His own children, because the emperor himself did not have many children, were usually children born before he succeeded to the throne, and there was a high probability that they were not suitable for divine arts.

"how?"

"Any time." The young man exhaled as if accepting his fate. Very few people in the royal family were interested in the throne, because inheriting the throne meant a short life and no desires. It would be better to be a rich prince.

"Very good!" Emperor Wanfeng walked up to the young man and asked, "Will you put down the rebellion in the north?"

"Isn't uncle going to do it himself?"

"I don't have enough time to support such a thing. You have to remember that there cannot be any compromise on the issue in the north. It is related to the fate of the royal family."

"Yes!"

"One more thing, I'm afraid that as soon as I leave, all parts of the south will become independent. What you have to do is to balance the forces of all parties. Only by stabilizing the south can you pacify the north."

"I'm afraid Xiaoshanfu Jun's ambition will not be suppressed so easily. They actually dare to openly frame the Weiwei. This is really..."

"Remember!" Emperor Wanfeng interrupted the young man, "Any emotion is useless. Everything you do in the future will be based on the interests of the court... When you truly inherit the magic, you will understand what it means. reason."

The young man frowned slightly.

The emperor looked at the young man's appearance and continued: "After inheriting the magic, you will hear countless voices. If you understand those voices seriously, you will know the importance of reason."

"Yes!"

The emperor's gaze remained on the young man. He looked at the young man who lowered his head, his face still expressionless, and said: "Your teacher is a smart man. When he retreats, he gets rid of the restrictions of standing in line. Behind him What people want does not conflict with us, and we can add fire to it when necessary."

When the young man was about to answer, Emperor Wanfeng added: "Remember, adding fire is for balance, not for new turmoil. You must always remember this, just like the guard on Mozhou Road, They retreated, but Mozhou Road will return to Qingping, no matter who does this, we will have half of the luck!"

"This is the most important!"

The young man lowered his head and thought carefully. Emperor Wanfeng continued: "In one month, I will officially pass on the magic to you. You should be prepared. Also, I selected the Minister of Libu as the minister of the Zhongshu Province. Yang Gaojie.”

(End of this chapter)