By the time these things were over, three years had passed since Wang Yan took over the northern region.

In the past three years, except for Wang Yan's internal anti-Confucian movement and a large group of peasant troops from the south who gathered together for various reasons and forcibly crossed the Huaihe River for the Northern Expedition, they have been fighting back and forth.

Under the silent guidance of Wang Yan's men, in the end, almost the entire southern area was plowed. If we want to completely eliminate the landlords in the south, we cannot rely on these peasant armies. After all, there are always those who are greedy for wealth and honor.

They are on the wrong team. In addition, they also have territory to manage, and they also need the help of those people.

Wang Yan knew very well that it was great to have the current results. It had saved him a lot of trouble, and the rest was nothing to worry about and could be wiped out with a wave of his hand.

But it should be said that these peasant armies who have been fighting for more than ten years are not in vain. Because of the chaos in the Central Plains, ethnic minorities and chieftains in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and other places rebelled one after another. Now they have invaded these

The local peasant army beat those people like grandsons and then subdued them...

In the past three years, the entire development of the northern land will inevitably not keep up with that of Liaodong. After all, resources, land, and population are not equal. Therefore, except for the visible prosperity of Shuntian Prefecture, other places have returned to the level of the early years of Chongzhen.

Well, what is better than that is that there is a lot less oppression and a lot less taxes.

Of course, this is not to say that Wang Yan is so awesome that he developed the entire north in just three years. As long as he doesn’t go to war or collect taxes blindly, Wang Yan will be serious and modest after more than ten years.

...After all, he has built so many roads, so many water conservancy projects, and built so many factories and shipyards. And although the farmers under him may not have eaten too much in the past three years, they have not been hungry.

Death, no one froze to death, and there was not a single beggar on the road.

This is mainly due to the fact that on the one hand, when Wang Yan allocates supplies, he will reserve a part for those who are corrupt. On the other hand, it is because Wang Yan can really know where a vicious incident will occur. Once he knows such a thing, Wang Yan's

The method is generally to humiliate everyone from top to bottom to do hard labor. Just masturbating like this a few times can guarantee the basic bottom line of these people.

In the fifteen years since he founded the secret guard, he has almost become a talent even after he was born and trained, not to mention that Wang Yan recruited orphans and beggars back then. He has long been very objective.

With his intelligence gathering ability, he knows the secrets of some ministers, not to mention such things that cannot be concealed, it is easy.

This is also the reason why he has the confidence to let corruption go. Everything is under control. And if there really is someone who doesn't care about the lives of the civilians below, Wang Yan will not let him become powerful. He has been copied long ago. Generally speaking, he is greedy for money.

Okay, don't disturb the people.

It was because he was so cooperative and even took the initiative to give money that the civilians below were truly cultivated. In addition, Xiao Glacier's power has reached the end and it is almost over, so the overall situation is pretty good.

In fact, three years later, Wang Yan's paper coupons have been circulated in most parts of the north and south, and they are quite strong. Even these officials are basically greedy for his paper coupons, and then exchange them for gold and silver everywhere.

What's the use? He printed them all himself...

Over the past few years, the number of Wang Yan's soldiers has increased by 300,000, reaching 700,000. These are qualified soldiers with superior physical talents selected from the entire north. To say that, they must be human.

How good it was. He had been operating outside the customs for more than ten years before. Together with the Han people, the conquered Mongolians, and the veterans who retired from the army and became policemen, the total number was only 500,000.

Now, in just over three years, the army has been expanded by 300,000 people, and these 300,000 people have taken turns to fight outside and have seen blood. Although the battle formations passed through are relatively small, and the combat effectiveness is worse than the first 400,000, but

They are all first-class good soldiers. And most importantly, these 300,000 people are all literate and thoughtful soldiers.

Now that Wang Yan has 700,000 troops, the northern territory has been stabilized, and he has accumulated a lot of resources, it is time to do something big.

In early March of the 19th year of Chongzhen, in addition to border guards, overseas garrisons, and local stability maintenance troops, Wang Yan's 200,000-strong army and some previously selected civil servants, petty officials and other middle- and lower-level officials crossed the Huaihe River south, and the Unification War began.

How could these famous peasant troops be Wang Yan's opponents? In just eight months, the entire southern land fell into Wang Yan's hands. Most of the previous peasant troops, except those who were killed on the battlefield, were captured and did hard labor.

The nearby construction of the South has only a small number of people who have gone to the territory of the Nanyang Five, and they will have to come back to work sooner or later...

Although the land reform, commercial tax reform, anti-Confucian cultural movement, resumption of production, infrastructure construction, etc. in the south have not ended, and some have not even begun. But after winning the southern region, unifying the country, and returning China to one family, Wang Yan has already

Now that he is the de facto emperor, he has plenty of time to do those tasks slowly, but the important matter of establishing the country and ascending the throne cannot be delayed.

In fact, as early as September, relevant officials in the capital were already preparing for the enthronement ceremony. No one would doubt the combat effectiveness of Wang Yan's soldiers. Now that the troops have been sent out, a battle will definitely determine the country.

To be honest, Wang Yan still feels quite uncomfortable about this enthronement ceremony. On the one hand, the cost of such a large ceremony is secondary. After all, he lacks everything. The main thing is the cumbersome and grueling process.

, Wang Yan was quite impatient. But when he thought about it, he was the emperor, and he was quite looking forward to such a ceremony... It's all a stupid disease...

In the 19th year of Chongzhen, it’s night on New Year’s Eve.

Wang Yan didn't do any drama of giving banquets to ministers. During the Chinese New Year, it was always time to have a good rest. Except for the normal left-behind personnel, basically everyone was on holiday.

In the Forbidden City, dozens of members of Wang Yan's family sat at several tables and had New Year's Eve dinner together, which was very lively.

The people at the same table with him were still Ding Baiying, the Zhou sisters, Zhang Yan, Wei Yan and the five other concubines. As for the children, they who could take care of themselves sat with the brothers and sisters they had made friends with, but they couldn't take care of themselves.

The one attended was held by his mother.

As a person born four hundred years later, even though Wang Yan is not a thing, it is difficult for him to enjoy the services of others with peace of mind. Although strictly speaking, in this land of China, there are living and dead people, even a stone or a grain of sand.

, are all his private property.

Therefore, except for the necessary ten or so serving maids and eunuchs, most of the other maids and eunuchs in the Forbidden City were given leave by Wang Yan. The chefs from the general's mansion who he brought over from Liaodong, along with the original

The imperial chef sat down for a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner together, making those people happy together.

Once entering the palace gate, Wang Yan was not afraid, but he had to think about the women and children in the harem, so it was difficult for those in the palace to leave the palace and contact people outside the palace. There was no need for him to take that risk.

, even though it cost the freedom of thousands of people...

Wang Yan took a sip with a smile. He was quite proud looking at the flourishing old Wang family here.

Ding Baiying, who was in her thirties and more plump, looked at Wang Yan with a smile: "Tomorrow, our eldest son will be enthroned. He will be the emperor. I used to be able to talk about nothing, but no matter what

I never thought that such a day would come..."

Then several women chattered a lot, lamenting what time this and that were.

Seeing the excitement here, the seventeen-year-old second eldest son Wang Junyi poked Wang Junxiao, the twelfth son born to Zhou Miaoxuan who was only four years old.

A four-year-old child is still too young. How could he know so much? He was so stupid that he ran to Wang Yan and said, "Daddy, daddy, I congratulate you that your father will become the emperor tomorrow..."

Wang Yan laughed, rubbed the kid's head, picked him up and put him on his lap: "Okay, dad knows, come and eat meat."

Wang Junxiao forgot about his mission for a moment, and happily sat in Wang Yan's arms and started eating. It wasn't until after a while that he felt his second brother's murderous intent, and then he smiled sheepishly, raised his neck and called daddy,

Interrupting Wang Yan from talking to others.

"What's wrong?" Wang Yan looked down at his son in his arms.

"Dad, if you become emperor, does that mean we will become princes?"

"It must be."

Wang Junxiao asked happily: "Do we have a fiefdom? Will we get monthly money?"

Wang Yan is very cunning and cunning. He knows it even with his feet. The first one was asked by someone else. He knows such a shitty fiefdom for such a small child. No need to think about the second one, it was the kid's own secret.

"This dad is also thinking about it, do you want a fiefdom?"

Wang Junxiao shook his head: "I want monthly money, lots and lots of monthly money."

"Haha, little money fan. Okay, when you grow up, dad will give you a lot of monthly money." Wang Yan laughed and said, "Tell dad, who asked you to ask about the fiefdom?"

As soon as these words came out, the lively atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and the second brother's face turned pale with fright. He begged all the gods and Buddhas, hoping that his twelfth brother would not betray him.

But obviously, he was disappointed. What does such a small child know? When he heard his biological father asking questions, he subconsciously turned to look at him not far away.

Wang Yan looked in the direction and saw the nervous look on the second child's face, as well as the careless gloating of the children beside him, and he didn't know who it was.

He immediately said to the second child: "Don't be afraid, why are you trembling? I can eat you? You will be fined for one year, do you understand?"

Wang Junyi quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "My child understands."

This is really equivalent to not being punished. After all, he has his own mother. He definitely can't watch him suffer. The fine and salary are all trivial.

"Okay, get up." Wang Yan waved his hand and looked at the women and children present: "I will be crowned emperor tomorrow, and some of my thoughts are normal. Everyone is here today, so I will speak out if I have anything to say. Before

You all know that your mothers and my women are all noble concubines, and I will not establish a queen."

"As for the position of Crown Prince, you don't have to think about it. I am only thirty-eight years old after the Chinese New Year. You may not live as long as me. What's the use of worrying about that? As for the fiefdom question you asked just now.

, it’s up to you. If you are ambitious, I will give you an army. Go out and fight as big a place as you want.”

"If you don't want it, just want to live a down-to-earth life. I won't force you. Do whatever you want. If you want to be an official, go to the countryside below and start from the grassroots level. If you want to enjoy it,

Just keep your tail between your legs, as long as you don't harm the people and don't take bribes and bend the law, I, as a father, will never let you down."

"As for the future heirs of the empire, it depends on whether your children can meet the requirements. The empire is so big, and you all know that not just anyone can control it. So, you should train the next generation well. I understand.

?”

"I understand."

For a time, women and children all responded.

Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction: "If you understand, let's eat."

After saying this this time, I believe there will be no worries about this aspect for a long time. As for the future, he doesn't know what his children can do. As for admonishing him... Wang Yan has this confidence.

No one of his children has that courage. The main reason is that his children still have a good temperament. Although they are affected by various influences when they grow up, the things they cultivated in childhood will not change easily. Apart from being a little clever, they are all good children.

The family had a lively New Year's Eve dinner...

The next day, the first day of the first lunar month.

The capital city was buzzing with gongs and drums, firecrackers were blasting, and all the people in the city came out to watch the fun...

Wang Yan was wearing a bright yellow nine-dragon robe, with a neat crown on his head and a long sword hanging from his waist. He looked like an emperor and showed his majesty.

The enthronement ceremony was very complicated and lengthy. Wang Yan followed the local customs and basically said nothing.

One thing I have to say is that worshiping distant ancestors and recent ancestors in the Ancestral Temple is such a link. Distant ancestors are easy to say, but the ancestors of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the recent ancestors are finished. Wang Yan’s identity here is that of an orphan, he has no father or mother, and he can’t find his ancestors.

.In the same way, a group of people are racking their brains to think about the celebrities in history who are worthy enough to be Wang Yan's ancestor...
To be continued...