Pang Yukun and Fiji walked side by side on the Qingzhou Avenue leading to the palace, and they had just received the command to enter the palace. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Pang Shoufu, this time the emperor summoned you and me into the palace, I'm afraid it's for the sake of cutting the domain." Fiji put her hand in her sleeve and looked pensive.

When Qian Dafu passed the message, they all learned that the king of Chu was dead, which was a huge shock to them, because it meant that the Great Yu Kingdom would make waves again.

Pang Yukun kept frowning, "I think so too, the King of Chu is dead, Li Chuyuan is busy fighting with the Merchant Council, and at this time, the King of Huainan and the King of Yong will not make any noise, let alone the weak King of Ruyang." ”

Fiji nodded, "God bless the Great Chongqing Kingdom, now it seems that under the governance of the emperor, the Great Chongqing Kingdom is finally going to end this fragmented situation, and a unified Great Chongqing Kingdom will definitely embark on the road of rejuvenation." ”

Pang Yukun smiled, "Although this is the case, but there is still a long way to go, now the country is getting richer, but many officials have made old mistakes again, and I have received a lot of impeachment during this time." ”

Fiji's face was a little ugly, he sighed and said: "The development of the Great Chongqing Kingdom is too fast, so that we can't be selective in terms of officials, in order to fill the vacant seats, we can only use the old officials, hey, now it's really a dilemma." ”

"What Fei Ge Lao said is very true, so now we can only expect the Confucian family to work Neo-Confucianism, as the emperor said, punishing officials can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and changing customs can eliminate the soil of corruption, all in all, this matter still needs a process."

Fiji has been in the officialdom for many years, and his understanding of officials is far deeper than Pang Yukun, he said: "You are wrong, you really think that all officials believe in Confucianism, in fact, many officials are just playing the brand of Confucianism to add glory to their faces, so this time you and I should also suggest that the punishment of corrupt officials be increased to deter these officials." ”

"Okay, the country that our emperor has worked so hard to build cannot be destroyed in the hands of these people." Pang Yukun agreed.

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

"Li San has just left, you must have known the news he brought, and you probably guessed the meaning of me looking for you, now is the best time for me to cut the domain, so you have to sing a duet with me at tomorrow's court meeting."

Glancing at the two of them, Xiao Ming explained his thoughts and thoughts, one day the Great Chongqing Kingdom is not unified, he, the emperor, is a lame emperor, and the Great Chongqing Kingdom exists in the country within a country.

After a pause, he continued: "I have given an order to the Ministry of Military Aircraft, and the army that guards against the rebellion of King Huainan and King Yong is also ready, if the two of them are obsessed, I can only kill the killer, for the unification of the Great Yu Kingdom, bloodshed is inevitable." ”

Fiji and Pang Yukun's expressions became solemn, this time they felt Xiao Ming's determination, from the feelings of the two, this vassal king was indeed a trouble, such as King Yong occupied the northern coal and iron ore rich areas.

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

"The state of Chu is too busy to take care of itself, and we are at ease with the king of Yong and the king of Huainan." Pang Yukun is very confident, and the continuous victory of the war has made the officials in the court very confident now.

Fiji heard the words and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that although he wants to cut the domain, he should not be too violent at once, otherwise it will inevitably cause extreme dissatisfaction among the King of Huainan and the King of Yong. ”

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-laws and the other is my imperial uncle, so tomorrow I will do as you say and spy on the reactions of the two." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fiji bowed down and said, in fact, he strongly agreed with the cutting of the domain, whether it was out of public or selfish intentions, after all, for him, the imperial concubine Cui Xue'er has always been a big trouble for him.

And it has been rumored recently that Cui Xue'er is pregnant, which makes him even more worried, now if he cuts the domain, Cui Xue'er will not have the backer of King Huainan, and his daughter will be able to sit on an equal footing with Cui Xue'er, without worrying about annoying King Huainan.

After talking about the cutting of the domain, Xiao Ming turned his head to Pang Yukun and said: "This time in the chaos of the Chu State, Li Chuyuan asked me for help and asked to buy a lot of weapons and ammunition, you go back and count the inventory in the army with Niu Ben, and sell him all the weapons that the army has eliminated, so that the silver earned back can support the army to replace breech rifles." ”

Pang Yukun's favorite thing is the arms trade, and when he heard this, he immediately closed his mouth with joy, in the past, when the vassal kings stood side by side, they relied on the arms to save such a big family business.

Looking back on the good old days, he was a little nostalgic, but 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, won't we suffer more casualties when we attack him again." ”

Xiao Ming shook his head, "Pang Shoufu, you are wrong in this account, and the silver 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 earn back 40 million taels of silver to invest in industry and commerce, which is enough to make the development of industry and commerce in Dayu in one year exceed the amount of normal development in two years, or even three years." ”

Pang Yukun suddenly realized that he only saw the disadvantages of small places, but he did not see the interests of large places, and 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 science and technology spar.

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

So, he's preparing a second generation of books that will record a lot of knowledge, and some of them will go to the same depth as a modern university.

After all, the industrial level of Dayu has been firmly stuck in the nineteenth century, and under the industrial level of this century, he needs to refine more knowledge, so that Dayu can develop in an all-round way in industry, medicine, chemistry and other aspects.

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