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A ray of sunlight shone on the broken walls of Jinling City, and the servants in charge of repairing the walls sweated like rain under the golden light. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although it was already autumn, Jinling City was still hot, and the clothes of the servants were soaked after an hour of work.

"Elder Fei Ge, is the news of His Highness's accession to the throne true?"

Fiji stood in front of the city wall, the Jinling city wall was seriously damaged because of the war, since he arrived in Jinling City, he first did this matter, after all, the opposite side of the Yangtze River is the feudal state of the king of Chu.

Although Xiao Ming signed an alliance with the king of Chu, this was only a temporary expedient measure for the king of Chu to use firearms, so repairing the city wall was a matter of urgency in his opinion.

"Of course, can this matter be fake? When the first emperor was dying, he personally handed over the edict to Du Yu. ”

Fiji stroked his beard and smiled, the news of King Qi's accession to the throne yesterday reached Jinling City, which made him happy all night without sleeping.

For him, if Xiao Ming does not ascend the throne for a day, he is not the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, and the longer it drags on, the more he will be questioned, and now he has immediately recovered the thirteen states of Weidi, and his strength has increased greatly, which is the best time to ascend the throne, and Xiao Ming's quick decision also makes him very appreciative.

And once Xiao Ming ascends the throne, Fei Yue'er will be the queen of the dynasty, so the Fei family's position in Qingzhou will be stable.

The figure of Fiji is an old man wearing a cyan silk robe, the same age as Fiji, he said: "If this is the case, our Tong family should also go to Qingzhou to congratulate His Highness on the throne, His Royal Highness is kind and generous, and the big families of Jinling City are grateful to His Royal Highness, if Fei Ge Lao does not dislike it, Tong is willing to go to Qingzhou with the Pavilion Elder, how?" ”

"Tong Yuanwai is really an understanding person, this rumor that His Royal Highness will kill the Hao family without mercy is a fallacy, don't believe it!" Fiji said with a smile.

After coming to this Jinling City, he intervened in dealing with the affairs of the wealthy family, and he was merciless to the Zhang family, who was related to the in-laws of Jinling City and the King of Wei.

Because of this incident, the wealthy families of Jinling City are all ready to raise troops and break the net with him at any time.

It's just that after disposing of the Zhang family, he suddenly summoned the Tong family, and after a hearty conversation, the head of the Tong family walked out of the mansion with a smile on his face, and then the decree on the disposal of the Hao family spread among the Hao family, and the Hao family, who had a war, suddenly dropped their weapons and came to visit Fiji.

Tong Hongchang smiled when he heard this: "If it weren't for the old Feige, we would have made a big mistake by believing the words of King Wei, and now in order to prove the loyalty of the Jinling Hao family to His Royal Highness, Tong should also go to Qingzhou." ”

Fiji nodded, "In fact, the most important thing for His Highness is the stability and taxation of the thirteen states, and His Highness has experienced too many empty things, and Tong Yuan needs to come up with something effective to show His Highness." ”

Hearing this, Tong Hongchang showed an embarrassed smile, although Xiao Ming's decree did not exterminate the Hao family, but the disbandment of the Hao clan and the return of the illegally occupied land of the people must still be implemented, and whether these two articles can be implemented requires the cooperation of the local clans such as the Tong family.

"Elder Fei Ge rest assured, Tong will definitely get this matter done, and anyone who disobeys His Royal Highness's decree will not let go of Tong Mou." Tong Hongchang said categorically.

Hearing this, Fiji nodded, "In that case, Tong Yuanwai will go back and prepare." ”

When Tong Hongchang heard this, he made a bow and chose to leave.

Seeing Tong Hongchang walking away from Fiji, his eyes turned cold, just as he said to Xiao Ming, the wealthy clans in the thirteen states are deep-rooted, and the trees are deep-rooted, even if the Southern Expeditionary Army captures one city after another, the influence of the wealthy clans among the people is still huge.

If it weren't for the ferocity of the Southern Expeditionary Army this time, it is estimated that the civil strife in the Thirteen Prefectures would not have subsided so quickly.

It's just that even so, it will take a while to solve the tribes of the Hao clan without blood, and for this matter he chose a strategy of pulling and pulling a dozen, this Tong Hongchang is the local wealthy family he has wooed, and now he is using this Tong Hongchang to deter other wealthy families.

Moreover, it is almost the autumn harvest season, and now the government only controls Jinling City and its nearby county seats, and there are many villages where there are no officials from Qingzhou.

It's not that he doesn't want to send, but the thirteen states have basically run out of idle officials, and most of the counties and villages now have to rely on these local wealthy clans and lizheng to govern.

Although the people of Wei have been influenced by some Qingzhou thoughts, the traditional concept cannot be changed in a day or two, and if there is no one to supervise the collection of taxes, the losses in today's autumn will be great.

The Southern Expeditionary Army worked hard to conquer the thirteen states in order to pay taxes, and Fiji saw it very clearly on this issue, so he just mentioned Tong Hongchang, and this effective thing is taxation.

He was thinking about it, when suddenly Jinling Assassin Shi Wei Yuan walked over to him.

This Wei Yuan was originally just a six-rank petty official in Chang'an, but he had excellent results in the written examination of the Bowen Academy and withstood Xiao Ming's personal test, so he would be sent to Jinling City to take charge of the task of assassinating Shi Yi.

"Ge Lao, there is a sailor of the King of Chu on the river." Wei Yuan said nervously.

"The sailor of the King of Chu?" Fiji's brows furrowed, "When did it happen?" ”

"The news from the guards on the dock just now that the Dengzhou army has boarded the city wall to be on guard." Wei Yuan said.

Hearing this, Fiji immediately walked towards the southern city wall, this King of Chu's sailor suddenly appeared here is not a good sign, even if it is not to take the opportunity to insert a foot in Jinling City, I am afraid it is also to guard against them, as he thought, the King of Chu has never trusted them.

The two arrived in the southern city and 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 battleships loaded with artillery, and they were moving from west to east at this time.

The battleship led by was slightly larger, and someone could be faintly seen pointing at Jinling City on it.

"It's a missionary." Ye Qingyun put down the binoculars and said to Fiji.

Fiji took Ye Qingyun's telescope and looked at the river, and sure enough, on the battleship led by him, he saw a blonde man wearing a black robe with a cross hanging in front of him.

He said: "Your Highness has sent news that the king of Chu has contact with the French, and the king of Chu has been beaten by the Dutch, and since then he is very eager to contact other Western countries to obtain firearms, and this is a missionary from France." ”

"But why are they here?" Ye Qingyun frowned.

Fiji is also a scheming figure, he said: "Suzhou and Hangzhou are the rich land in the world, and now that His Royal Highness has taken Jinling City, the king of Chu will inevitably worry about the safety of Suzhou and Hangzhou. ”