klisemfg Chapter 346 Internal Affairs and Setting the Wedding Date
Chapter 346 Internal Affairs and Setting the Wedding Date
In the early morning of the next day, Shen Changgong woke up from bed and got up to wash under the shameful and angry gazes of two beauties with different styles.
Jiang Ruoxue also started to dress, and Fairy Meiyan grumbled in dissatisfaction,
"Why are you up so early? It's so annoying. You can't even let me sleep well in the middle of winter. Didn't you say yesterday that you wouldn't get up even if the king of heaven came today?"
Shen Changgong smiled and said,
"Today is the first court meeting of our Yan court after taking control of Shengjing. It would be unreasonable for me not to attend. You can continue to sleep. Wait until I finish the court meeting and then you can get up. Let's go to the new headquarters of Jiutian Tower together to take a look."
"Okay, then I'm going to sleep."
Fairy Meiyan lay down and continued to sleep soundly, with one of her long legs sticking out from the quilt, looking completely undignified.
Shen Changgong smiled dotingly and helped her cover her legs.
Jiang Xueer is a good example of diligence and conscientiousness. She followed Shen Changgong to the empress's bedroom with a lantern.
"Why is Xinyi here with you?"
Shen Changgong looked at Yan Fuyao and asked with some scrutiny.
Tang Xinyi lowered her head shyly, walked behind him and pulled the corner of his clothes.
Yan Fuyao was very carefree and said directly,
"My queen, you must sleep with me. Tsk, it's so comfortable to hold her softly."
"Let's go to the meeting."
Yan Fuyao always thinks about Shen Changgong's wife and likes sweet and soft girls.
But it doesn't matter, after a while she will have to sleep with a hard and smelly man in her arms.
Yan Fuyao brought Shen Changgong, Tang Xinyi and Gongsun Wan'er to the court. Jiang Ruoxue was in Yanjing before, helping to sort out memorials and handle palace affairs. She was not good at government affairs, so she stayed in the palace.
All the civil and military officials in the court arrived early, chatting in groups of three or five, and some even pointed at the hall and said what was good about it.
After the emperor came in, they instantly became quiet.
Tang Xinyi, wearing the robes of a first-rank official, walked behind the three ministers and stood side by side with Yuan Chu. This was the position of the left and right second prime ministers.
Gongsun Wan'er, wearing her official robe as the chief eunuch, stood arrogantly behind the empress, looking like a lackey.
Shen Changgong was also wearing his royal robe and standing at the lower right side of the dragon throne.
"Greetings to the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
"Everyone is safe."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The ministers stood up, and the empress looked at them and said,
"My dear ministers, today is our first court meeting since we arrived in Shengjing. You are all new here and need to familiarize yourself with government affairs as quickly as possible.
We in Dayan have just taken over the land of Dakun. I believe some people don’t even know the names of these thirty-six counties.
In order to achieve political stability and social harmony as soon as possible, you should seek advice from Prime Minister Yuan and Prime Minister Tang, who are familiar with the political affairs of Kun. These two are famous officials with great abilities, and you have all heard of them.
During the period from the fall of Kun Kingdom to the relocation of our capital, it was thanks to them that they had been assisting King Lanling in governing this vast land of Kun.
Whether it is the battle to destroy Kun or the governance of the country, they have made indelible contributions.
During this period, Prince Lanling and Prime Minister Yuan also recruited a group of outstanding local people from Kundi to serve as officials. In the future, everyone should get along well with each other and learn from each other.
There is no distinction between Kun and Yan people here. The two countries are united as one and we are all one family.
If I hear that someone is deliberately stirring up conflicts between people in two places, engaging in regional discrimination, creating confrontation, and forming cliques, don't blame me for being ruthless.
Our Yan army's murderous swords haven't even been sheathed yet!"
Yan Fuyao's eyes were cold and his tone was domineering, which scared everyone below to lower their heads.
Tang Xinyi shuddered even more. She didn't expect that the emperor, who had always been amiable and somewhat playful and smart, would have such a domineering and arrogant side.
In order to quickly suppress Kundi and assimilate the Kun people, the court needs to express its position and treat the Kun people as the same people as the Yan people, and treat them equally, whether they are officials or the military.
The people should be treated equally, and the army and officials should be judged based on their merits and abilities. This is the only way to convince the people.
The State of Yan is too small, and the State of Kun is too big.
The Kun people themselves are repulsive to the Yan court. If the Yan court becomes like the Yuan and Qing courts, treating themselves as aristocrats, the people as cattle and horses, and the people in the occupied territories as outsiders, it will not be able to assimilate them even after three hundred years, and rebellions will continue to occur.
Moreover, the State of Yan would conquer more countries in the future, so it needed to make its position clear at the very beginning, that is, as long as people were within the territory of Dayan, they were the people of Dayan and all would be treated equally.
Rules must be established from the beginning and must never be changed.
As a time traveler, Shen Changgong had a deep understanding of these things and had repeatedly emphasized this matter in his previous correspondence with Yan Fuyao.
Of course, Yan State was different from Yuan and Qing. Yan State and the other eight states were all of the same ethnic group. They were all the people of the Great Xia Dynasty. They were all feudal vassal states and had their own tripods to protect their country.
This cannot be called invasion and occupation, this is called unification.
In Shen Changgong's eyes, they were like the Qin Dynasty that unified the world, rather than a foreign invasion.
Yan Fuyao looked down with a domineering look and continued,
“The Censorate will dispatch censors to various places to inspect the performance of officials there, even those from the time when Kun State was in power.
Excellent officials should be promoted and retained, mediocre and incompetent officials should be demoted and dismissed, and corrupt officials who embezzle money, abuse power and exploit the people should be beheaded.
In addition, talented people will be selected to take over as officials in various places.
This matter is the responsibility of the Prime Minister, the Left and Right Deputy Prime Ministers, and the Imperial Censor. Please complete it as soon as possible. If you are negligent, I will punish you severely!"
"The minister obeys the order!"
"Feng Chang."
"The minister is here."
The old Fengchang of Yan State stood up. He was not the old Fengchang of Kun State who had lost an ear. The old Fengchang had been hacked to death by Chen Qing's troops in the chaos.
"How is the installation of my Great Yan Ancestral Temple going?"
"Ah? Your Majesty, we just arrived last night."
"As soon as possible. Also, I've been engaged to Prince Lanling for a long time, but the war has delayed the wedding. Now we can't put it off any longer. Choose an auspicious day as soon as possible. The wedding will be held this morning. If I give birth to a son, my Great Yan Kingdom will be stable."
Old Fengchang said quickly,
"Your Majesty, I have been observing the astronomical phenomena, the almanac, the dragon veins of Shengjing, and the national destiny along the way, and have already calculated the date.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month next month, when the moon is full, is the most auspicious day."
"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month? Doesn't that mean there's only less than a month left? We still have to celebrate the Chinese New Year, so why not postpone it..."
Before Yan Fuyao could finish her words, she felt a dangerous gaze from below.
She felt that if she said this, some traitor who dared to deceive the emperor would usurp the throne on the spot. Then she would no longer be the emperor, but would become the queen.
"Then there will be no delay. Let's hurry up and make it known to the world, so that everyone can celebrate together.
In addition, the three prime ministers will come to the imperial study after the court is dismissed to discuss the invitations and letters to the allies of Qi and Liang.