PS: there is another chapter
a ray of sunshine sprinkles on the broken wall of Jinling City. Under the golden light, the corvees who are responsible for repairing the wall sweat like rain.
Although it has entered autumn, Jinling City is still hot. After working for an hour, the corvee's clothes are drenched.
"Mr. Feige, is the news that his highness ascended the throne true?"
in front of the city wall, Fijian stood with his hands down. The Jinling City Wall was seriously damaged because of the war. Since he arrived in Jinling City, the first thing he did was this matter. After all, the opposite side of the Yangtze River is the kingdom of Chu.
Although Xiao Ming signed a treaty with the king of Chu, it was only a temporary expedient for the king of Chu to use firearms, so it was an urgent matter for him to repair the city wall.
"Of course, can it be false? When the late emperor was dying, he personally handed over the imperial edict to Du Zhen. "
Fijian stroked his beard with a smile on his face. The news that the king of Qi ascended the throne yesterday spread to Jinling City, which made him happy that night and never fell asleep.
For him, if Xiao Ming does not ascend the throne one day, he will be the emperor of the state of Dayu. The longer he delays, the more he will be questioned. Now he immediately regains the thirteen prefectures of Weidi and greatly increases his strength. This is the best time to ascend the throne. Xiao Ming's quick decision also makes him appreciate it.
And once Xiao Ming ascended the throne, Fei yue'er would be the queen of the dynasty, so the Fei family's position in Qingzhou would be stable.
The figure of Fijian is an old man in a blue silk gown, and his age is similar to Fijian. He said: "if so, our Tong family should go to Qingzhou to congratulate his highness on his accession to the throne. His highness is kind and generous. All the families in Jinling City are grateful to him. If Guofei elder does not dislike him, how about Tong going to Qingzhou with him?"
"Member Tong is really a wise man. It's a myth that his highness will kill all the powerful people. Don't believe it!" Fijian said with a smile.
When he came to Jinling City, he intervened in the affairs of the powerful families. He showed no mercy to Zhang Jia, who was related by marriage to the king of Wei. He killed those who should be killed, exiled those who should be exiled, and exiled those who should be exiled.
Because of this, all the powerful people in Jinling are ready to fight against him.
But after dealing with Zhang Jia, he suddenly summoned the Tong family. After a long talk, the head of the Tong family walked out of the Yamen with a smile on his face. Then the decree about dealing with the powerful families spread among the powerful families. The powerful families who had been holding the first world war immediately dropped their weapons and came to visit Fiji.
Hearing the speech, Tong Hongchang said with a smile: "if it wasn't for Fei Ge, we would have made a big mistake by believing the words of the king of Wei. Now in order to prove the loyalty of Jinling's powerful family to his highness, Tong should also go to Qingzhou."
Fijian nodded, "in fact, the most important thing for your highness is the stability and taxes of the thirteen states. He has experienced too many empty talk. He needs to show his highness something effective."
Hearing the speech, Tong Hongchang smiles awkwardly. Although Xiao Ming's decree does not kill all the powerful families, it is necessary for the powerful families to disband their tribes and return the land illegally occupied by the common people. Whether these two items can be carried out or not depends on the cooperation of the Tong family and the local big families.
"Feige old man is at ease. Tong is sure to handle this matter. He will be the first to disobey His Highness's orders." Tong Hongchang said firmly.
Fiji smell speech to nod, "in that case Tong member outside then go back to prepare."
Tonghongchang smell speech, line a gift, choose to leave.
Tong Hongchang's eyes were cold when he saw that he was far away from Fiji. Just as he told Xiao Ming, the powerful families in the thirteen prefectures were deeply rooted. Even if the southern expeditionary army captured one city after another, they still had a huge influence in the folk.
It is estimated that the civil strife in the thirteen states would not have subsided so soon if it had not been for the fear of the ferocity of the southern expedition.
Even so, it will take some time for him to solve the clan without blood. For this reason, he chose to pull a dozen tactics. Tong Hongchang is the local clan he won over. Now he is using Tong Hongchang to frighten other clans.
Moreover, the autumn harvest season is coming. Now the government only controls Jinling City and its nearby counties, and there are many villages without officials from Qingzhou.
It's not that he doesn't want to send officials, but that the thirteen states have basically exhausted their spare officials, and most of the counties and villages now have to rely on these local rich families and Lizheng.
Now, although the people in Wei were influenced by some Qingzhou thoughts, the traditional ideas could not be changed in a day or two. If no one supervised the collection of taxes, the losses would be great today in autumn.
The reason why the southern army fought so hard to conquer the thirteen states was taxation. Fiji saw this issue very clearly. That's why he just mentioned Tong Hongchang. The effective thing is taxation.
He was thinking about it when Wei Yuan, the governor of Jinling, came to him.
Wei Yuan used to be a minor official of six grades in Chang'an, but he did well in the written examination of Bowen college, and he also withstood Xiao Ming's personal test. That's why he was sent to Jinling City to take charge of the duties of the governor.
"Ge Lao, the navy of the king of Chu appeared on the river." Wei Yuan said nervously."The navy of the king of Chu?" Fijian frowned. "When did it happen?"
"The news from the guards on the dock just now is that the Dengzhou army has boarded the city wall to be on guard." Wei Yuan said.
Hearing the words, Fiji immediately went to the south wall. The sudden appearance of the king of Chu's Navy here is not a good omen. Even if it's not to take advantage of the opportunity to put a foot in Jinling City, I'm afraid it's also to guard against them. As he thought, the king of Chu never trusted them.
When they arrived at Nancheng, they boarded the city wall. At this time, ye Qingyun was looking at the river with a telescope. This time, the warships sent by the king of Chu were all warships loaded with guns, moving from west to East.
The leading warship was a little bigger, on which someone could be seen pointing at Jinling City.
"A missionary." Ye Qingyun put down his telescope and said to Fiji.
Fijian took Ye Qingyun's telescope and looked at the river. Sure enough, on the leading warship, Fijian saw a blonde man in a black robe with a cross hanging in front of him.
He said: "Your Highness has sent the news that the king of Chu has contact with the franceans. The king of Chu was beaten by the Dutch. Since then, he is very eager to contact other western countries to obtain firearms. It can not be said that this is the missionary from France."
"But why did they come here?" Ye Qingyun frowned tightly.
Fijian is also a resourceful person. He said: "Suzhou and Hangzhou are rich places in the world. Now that his highness takes Jinling City, the king of Chu is bound to worry about the safety of Suzhou and Hangzhou. They are so ostentatious that they deliberately warn us."
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