Entering winter, the ice and snow fell, and the ceremony of enthroning the king was in full swing. He ascended the throne as King Xiayou and accepted the worship of his subjects.
After Chengguo's army captured the northwest of Youguo, they retreated back. Zhuang Xun's side was also sorting out military affairs. After the government affairs were over, the king-conferring ceremony began.
The people of the Yu State really hope that Zhuang Xun can become independent on his own. Instead of being the King of Xia You, be the King of Xia. Isn't it a good idea to establish a king and establish a country by yourself and call him the emperor? Why are you still holding the position of Yu State?
Zhuang Xun felt that it was too early for him to be crowned king, and he still wanted to hold on for a while, but unfortunately it was the collective decision of the Yu State, and he didn't even have the chance to refuse.
And to rule a vast land, one really needs to be justified. Most of the country, south of Jiannan and north of Hebei, would be too inappropriate to use a certain degree of control.
With the crown robes, the festival Yue, and the grace of King Yu, the crown robes sent were made according to his own specifications. The left and right Yue Chan and Jin Wu, the clothes of a vassal king were made according to the emperor's standards.
It seems that King Yu's thoughts on the Zen throne have been revealed. Zhuang Xun can't say what these princes think. He doesn't know. Anyway, he is quite numb.
This time it is easier than the last time to enthrone the Duke, because you are sitting down, so you don't have to have perfect manners, movements, etc. to show your authority, but the basic dignified manners are enough.
Now I dare not say that the whole territory is completely controlled, but without external enemies, the grasshoppers in the territory will not have the courage to jump in front of Zhuang Xun, so naturally they can do whatever they want.
The only painful thing is that this outfit is really substantial. He is wearing armor, gold crown, jade belt, and silver shoes. Zhuang Xun is struggling. No wonder those emperor portraits have to find two people to drag him around.
With the help of the maid, he slowly walked up to the altar, prayed to heaven and earth, thanked the emperor for the reward, and expressed that he would protect the territory for the emperor.
Accepting the emperor's will to establish a king and a country here, I hope that the emperor, heaven and queen will protect the land, ensure the safety of the environment and the people, and do not forget to offer sacrifices.
The dark clouds opened, and golden light appeared in the clouds. Looking from a distance, the light shone on Zhuang Xun, and heaven responded in a daze.
However, the expressions of all the courtiers were calm. What are you kidding me? My lord raised a sword to slay a monster. He was a five- to six-foot strange bird with a sword and an owl head. What’s wrong with the lighting effects? Even those who have never seen such a feat of his have seen the one at the city gate. The bird carcasses have also been vaccinated.
Zhuang Xun looked back, with the sun behind his back, and looked at the ministers below, including He Heng, Feng Qingshan and others, as well as some surrendered ministers of the original You Kingdom.
Many people had written to Zhuang Xun before and proclaimed themselves emperor, but Zhuang Xun dismissed them from office. Otherwise, Zhuang Xun would have reduced the number of officials if there were more people, but they happened to be in trouble. I'm sorry.
If you own the entire You Kingdom, it is not unusual to be called the king (emperor), but if you only have a little more than half of the You Kingdom, wouldn't it be a joke to be called the king (emperor)?
With at least this half of You Kingdom's territory, Zhuang Xun was unwilling to call himself King of Xia, and he was even embarrassed to ask Mrs. Jiang to fulfill his promise.
Grasping the hilt of the sword, standing with the sword, and the kneeling ministers really make people feel like they are looking down on the world, as if the world is at their feet.
However, Zhuang Xun did not indulge in this kind of happiness. These are all false. Yesterday, the ministers could worship King Zhao, today they can worship themselves, and who knows who they can worship the day after tomorrow?
It is true to stabilize the foundation of rule. Let the redundant soldiers go back to farming, reduce taxes and allocate land to support the people, make the people rich, and vigorously crack down on various aristocratic family groups. This time it seems to have the experience of Jingting Road, plus the propaganda of Destiny, Therefore, there is less resistance, and some aristocratic families even take the initiative to allocate land to their respective families to make themselves less conspicuous.
The entire Xia You Kingdom is prosperous, at least according to the paper data. Before Zhuang Xun became king, the data on the place where he ruled was pretty good. After the war, it was not that chaotic. The foundation of You Kingdom was very good. After all, it had been able to attract Zhao Guo before. fear.
After Nie Jin's disaster, the foundation was not damaged in general. Youguo has great potential for war, and some of the people who surrendered were returned by their father-in-law. Now they can just consider assimilation.
Before winter, I would consider adjusting these messy things. After winter, I would carry out the ennobling ceremony.
The warm sunshine shrouded Zhuang Xun. He had not rehearsed this program before, but the meaning was very good and it was auspicious.
It is quite good to build momentum for yourself and prepare for taking over the Yu State in the future. Now you don't have to worry about what the people in the Yu State think. They all want to drive him out and let him stand on his own.
I just don’t know if it was Xuannv or He Jung who did it. It’s like it was Xuannv who trapped Nie Jin and asked him to behead him, but in the end he took the main credit, adding some mythology to himself.
Zhuang Xun is not disgusted with this kind of behavior. After all, it adds legitimacy to his rule, but the effect is not obvious. These people are respectful, and there is no look of shock. It feels quite boring.
You can't hide it from the practitioners, but it's good to deceive the ignorant people and reduce the level of resistance to rule. After all, they are outsiders.
Long live the mountain, the canonization ceremony was over, and Zhuang Xun was helped onto the royal chariot. It was also a special reward, not an overstep.
After carrying the Danbi Stone, Zhuang Xun felt that in addition to his name, he was still a so-called minister of the Yu Kingdom, but his expenses were already close to those of the King of Yu, so when he returned to the palace, he complained to Siqin Mi.
"Madam, is the cost of this canonization ceremony too high? It's not necessary." Zhuang Xun felt a little distressed when he saw the gold and silver being consumed. He said that repairing the Temple of Heaven is a series of messy things.
"This is all necessary. We have a big banquet for the ministers in the evening, so don't take off your clothes for the time being. Eat something to cushion your stomach. You won't be able to eat for a while." Si Qinmi looked at Zhuang Xun's dress with satisfaction. The joy is beyond words.
"Ah, I won't be able to eat for a while. Is it so hard to be a king? It's not about being an emperor, but being a king, you can do whatever you want?" Zhuang Xun couldn't believe it and raised the Jiuzizhu in front of his eyes.
It was the ultimate torture to watch others eat and not be able to eat, and to wear this instrument of torture. Zhuang Xun's face turned green.
"That's a tyrant and a coward. You are no longer a tyrant and a fool. If you can ask about spending too much money, you are no longer. You can do whatever you want?" Si Qin Mi said funny, getting used to Zhuang Xun's childlike temper in front of her.
"I want to finish my work and read poems and paintings with my wife one day, and then play chess and be a little bit ambitious. In the palace, there are you, my concubine, Mrs. Jiang, Xuannv, Yingying Yanyan, and the sound of joy Laughter." Zhuang Xun said longing for Hunjun's life with a strong color.
"That's it? Don't talk about your daily life as your wishes. How can you be considered a fool? Also, if you call yourself an orphan to others, you are already a king." After listening to Zhuang Xun's words, Si Qinmi said, Quite funny.
What Zhuang Xun wanted to do was said to be very difficult, but said to be simple, very simple. Yingying and Yanyan were available at any time, but it still took a lot of effort to get Xuannv and Mrs. Jiang together.
Especially Xuannv, we knew from the last time that she was bad or bad. Fortunately, He Tan persuaded him to experience the taste of love with Zhuang Xun. However, since she was about to be promoted, the probability that Zhuang Xun wanted to keep her was very slim.
"No matter how beautiful Madam Jiang is, there are so many beauties in the world, why can't you forget her, such as Bi Yue (Bi Yue), I think her figure and temperament are comparable." Si Qinmi couldn't understand, Xuannv's provocative eyes Yes, Bi Yuewu's appearance is not inferior to Mrs. Jiang's. Why does Zhuang Xun like Mrs. Jiang so much?
"I also have to blame you, Madam, just like Madam, you once gave me porridge to save me. No, Gu, Gu regards you as a Bodhisattva and respects you very much. When I get you, I feel a special and strange feeling of refreshment, which makes people addicted. Chizui, how should I put it, the satisfaction of marrying a female Bodhisattva home?
Then there is Mrs. Jiang. She was just a lustful person from the beginning. Guhe Niangzi, you said that Mrs. Jiang is more in line with my aesthetics than you. She is a mature, noble and beautiful woman. But I love you, Niangzi, and I dare not go beyond that. , it did subside at first.
But with Si'er, Sister Tan, and Yunyin Zhihua, I have actually relaxed my mind, but I still respect her as before, as I respected you before we got married, and regard her as a female Bodhisattva. .
Until the last time Mrs. Jiang asked about the handkerchief, the suppressed emotions broke out. Gu, it’s so confusing. I’m just lustful, I just like Mrs. Jiang, and I want to hold Mrs. Jiang, who used to be aloof and generous to me, like I hold you in my arms. Female Bodhisattva, I hold the person who is kind to me in my arms, shed her pride, savor my love, do some big bad things, and make her my woman.
Madam, am I a bad guy? Am I a bastard? I have this weird habit. It’s not just about my appearance. She helped me several times, but I had this thought and tried to occupy her and make her completely mine. "
Zhuang Xun deeply repented and looked for a way out from Si Qinmi. He said it was an obsession, but it was not an obsession. It was a desire, like something he couldn't get when he was a child. When he grew up, he desperately bought it to satisfy himself, or maybe it was something he couldn't get when he was a child. The goddess I had no hope of pursuing when I was a child can now be obtained with just a little effort.
He expected Si Qin Mi to enlighten and persuade him, and to confide all his feelings and thoughts to her without any reservation, because this was the woman with whom he could have a spiritual connection. If Si Qin Mi persuaded him, then he would definitely listen and let go of such greed. Delusion, just enjoy the existing harem honestly.
However, how could Si Qin Mi, who was addicted to doting on her husband, persuade Zhuang Xun to ask for the stars in the sky? She had to think about how to get them instead of scolding him for his delusions, and how could she stop him.
"It's my concubine's fault. I developed such a habit like this from my husband, and I deserve to die." Si Qinmi first blamed herself, thinking about the tricks she usually played with Zhuang Xun, and how she acted under the influence of his female Bodhisattva. Yelling and playing with a look of shame.
"No, what are you doing? You're just discussing my problem, it's my problem." Zhuang Xun quickly stopped him, regretting what he just said at the beginning.
"Of course I know that, but the husband thinks it's wrong. It must be because I didn't control her well, so I obeyed the husband..." Si Qinmi looked sad and sobbed.
"You and I, the joy of the boudoir, yes, that's right..." Zhuang Xun's outfit was inconvenient, otherwise he would have hugged Siqin Mi to comfort her. Even so, he still held Siqin Mi's hand.
He couldn't bear to see his wife sad, and besides, it wasn't Si Qinmi who made any mistake, it was his own habit that broke out.
"If it's true, what does Mr. Lang have to blame himself for? This kind of thinking is just the joy of the boudoir." Si Qinmi asked back, his bright eyes piercing people's hearts.
"But Mrs. Jiang is not my wife." Zhuang Xun was brought into her question by Si Qinmi to avoid the moral issue of his own matter.
"Wouldn't it be great if you turned her into your wife?" Si Qinmi said matter-of-factly, as if it was a matter of course.
"Huh?" Zhuang Xun exclaimed in surprise. His train of thought didn't change for a moment, but when he did, he suddenly felt that Si Qinmi's words made sense. After becoming his own wife, it was okay to have such thoughts.
"Mr. Lang, the idea you have is really troubling. It goes back to the essence of things. That is, you just like Mrs. Jiang. It has nothing to do with whether you are a benefactor or not, whether you give charity or not. Having this idea to marry her back has nothing to do with it. Home is where you are the king and you can do whatever you want.
What's wrong with you? Isn't this what I said to my concubine? Everyone has a love for beauty. Why should you treat your benefactor with an upright pursuit? Don't let these thoughts interfere with your ambition. "
Si Qinmi has a flexible principle of persuasion. He removes all the modifiers related to morality, which is obviously an important condition for Zhuang Xun to have this idea. Selective neglect leaves a simple linear line: Zhuang Xun likes Mrs. Jiang. , so just marry her and go home.
She completely forgot that she was the one who first asked why Zhuang Xun was so fond of and obsessed with Mrs. Jiang, but instead turned to the condom she designed and turned it into another topic.
Zhuang Xun nodded as he accepted her idea, got into Siqin Mi's bag without knowing it, and showed a smile:
"Then we have to work hard. Empress Xuannv said, manage these lands well and make the people rich. This will win the favor of Mrs. Jiang the most. I still think I have made the king too early. The cost of the palace is not small. Can you reduce it? , I don’t need so many maids to serve me, and it’s not like my hands are disabled and I need help washing my face.”
"You still have what you need. The ministers who follow you are not following you for the sake of merit after death. You are like an ascetic. How will the people below feel that you are their king and you must set an example for them and honor your ancestors?" , nothing more than this, but we will definitely not spend anything that shouldn't be spent. For example, if you don't have so many concubines, there is no need to maintain such a big palace..." Si Qinmi calculated the accounts for Zhuang Xun one by one. , palaces, personnel, and the army.
After hearing this, Zhuang Xun slowly smiled. He felt sorry for thinking too much and praised Si Qinmi, "You are still a lady, you know how to save money. I didn't think thoroughly."
"Because I want to help you accept Mrs. Jiang as your concubine. Didn't Mrs. Jiang promise to be your concubine when you become the king? We must work hard to consolidate and cultivate our strength and return to the Yu Kingdom to fight for the throne. All these must be calculated clearly. There is no need. It really doesn't matter." Si Qinmi coaxed Zhuang Xun.
"You can't think like this. Our acquisition of Mrs. Jiang was a process, not a result. Isn't our goal always to make the people under our rule live a better life?" Zhuang Xun refuted Siqin Mi's words to make him happy.
"Making the country strong and making the people live a better life is our goal, not just to marry someone. If it is to marry someone, then we will do things that are detrimental to the country and spend a huge amount of the country's wealth and taxes. , damaging the foundation of the country and displacing the people. I firmly disagree, because I am the king of this country and I have the responsibility for the people of this country. The queen should not have this mentality. Please be sure to put national affairs first! "
Zhuang Xun looked serious and explained his position to Si Qinmi word by word.
"I obey my orders." How can a person like you become a tyrant who does whatever you want?
A new volume sets sail, targeting Queen Mother Jiang
(End of chapter)
