Listening to the words of the little girl next to her, Nan Yanxi did not deny it, but nodded, confirming her point of view.
"Shuwan, you are right... This guy, on the surface, seems to be of little use, but it will cause a lot of trouble."
"But actually...I have other considerations."
"Uh? What do you mean?" Li Shuwan blinked and suddenly became curious.
Regarding this curious baby, Nan Yanxi did not hide anything, and explained with a smile: "That's what I thought..."
"First of all, this Lin Shenqing is actually not bad at heart. He even has no good intentions. He certainly doesn't know how to govern the country, but he doesn't have any intention of harming others."
"So... I really can't bear to do anything to him!"
"And I just saw his performance. After a year of being under house arrest by the Xiang family, this kid's character has lost its edge."
"Looking back at that time, after he was captured by us, he actually wanted to die to prevent us from using him to blackmail the Yan court. At that time, I thought this kid was quite courageous."
"After all, at that time, he was just a grandson and had not ascended to the throne of God."
"But now..." Nan Yanxi paused and shook her head: "He has been under house arrest by the Xiang family for so long, and he was sent to me like a commodity."
"During this period, he had neither the ability nor the will to resist...so now he actually has no ambitions."
"I was thinking that in this case, there would be no need to kill him."
"Oh...that's it..." Hearing this, Li Shuwan nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Then...what else? I don't think my husband is so kind."
"Uh...am I that bad?" Nan Yanxi sweated profusely after hearing this, but still explained carefully: "And...I want to make a fuss about his identity."
"If we can really control him and give him an appropriate title, we can let the world see the broad chest of our Ming Dynasty."
"Especially the people of Dayan. After all, the Lin family has been operating here for many years."
Hearing this, Li Shuwan laughed: "I'm just telling you...how could my husband have such a good heart? He must have other ideas."
"After all, my husband is a master who can only take advantage of others and not suffer losses."
"Oh? Am I that bad?" Nan Yanxi smiled evilly and put her arms around Li Shuwan's neck: "You dare to slander your husband like this. It seems that you can't do it without a good education!"
He lowered his body, hugged Li Shuwan and gave a bad smile: "In that case... then I have to take advantage of my Shuwan."
Then he strode towards the palace.
...
A few days later, the eunuchs sent out to deliver orders to Xiang Yang and the Lin brothers came back one after another.
After that, Nan Yanxi announced to the world that the Yan Kingdom had become a thing of the past, and all the land belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
Secondly, the original Lin brothers and Xiang Yang peacefully surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.
In order to reward them, Nan Yanxi issued an edict to make Xiang Yang the King of Yan, and to entrust the land to Lizhou. He was in charge of all government affairs in Lizhou except military affairs.
Lin Xiaofeng was granted the title of King of Zhao, the fiefdom was Yingzhou, and he was in charge of all government affairs of Yingzhou except military affairs.
Lin Xiaoyun was granted the title of King of Chu, and his fiefdom was Minzhou. He was in charge of all government affairs in Minzhou except military matters.
After the imperial edict was issued, the Lin brothers and the sergeants under Xiang Yang were delighted! Finally, they no longer had to risk their lives, and finally no longer had to face the wolf-like Ming army.
At this time, Nan Yanxi had returned to the Zhongzhou Palace.
The content of this imperial edict was the result of discussions between Nan Yanxi and cabinet ministers, as well as a series of think tanks such as Ye Zhiyu, Mo Yunxi, Xiang Ning'er, etc.
For example, the reason why Lin Xiaofeng was sent to Yingzhou was because Yingzhou could be better controlled under the semi-encirclement of Shuozhou.
The same goes for sealing Lin Xiaoyun to Minzhou, and there is also a Minjiang River leading in and out, so the navy can rush in and contain them at any time.
The sealing of Xiang Yang in Lizhou was the result of careful consideration by everyone.
First of all, these three places are the states where noble families are the most rampant, especially Lizhou, where the Yun family's headquarters is located.
And... this Lizhou happens to be sandwiched between Yingzhou and Minzhou. Although they are not exactly adjacent to each other, they form a situation of two sandwiched between one.
Although the imperial edict had conferred upon them the title of Ming Dynasty vassal king, the three of them also received a secret edict from Nan Yanxi.
This content is that in the land of Dayan, only one vassal king is allowed to remain.
Only whoever cleans up all the noble families in the fiefdom, handles it properly, and implements the Ming Dynasty's New Deal perfectly will be the final Ming Dynasty vassal king.
As a result, the winner will be promoted to a first-class vassal king by the Ming Dynasty, and the entire southern territory of Yan, including three states, will be granted to him.
At the same time, he will be responsible for all the important military and political affairs in the fief.
In other words, the one who wins can form an army in the fief, collect taxes, and a series of other policies.
The other two who lost could only be transferred back to the capital and live as idle nobles for the rest of their lives, nothing more.
This big cake was of course drawn by Nan Yanxi and others to satisfy their hunger.
After they have completed the implementation of the New Deal and eliminated the most rampant noble families entrenched in Yingzhou, Lizhou and Tanzhou.
It will definitely lead to crazy attacks from the disciples and disciples of these noble families, and it is very likely to even cause a big fuss.
At that time, Nan Yanxi only had to get off the road, order the three men to be arrested and beheaded to show the anger of the people, and it was done easily.
It is a good thing to gain both benefits and put the blame on others. This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
However, the final purpose of this matter was certainly not something that the Lin brothers and Xiang Yang could guess.
At most, they would think that Nan Yanxi wanted to use them to deal with those powerful nobles, that's all.
Who would have thought that the sinister Nan Yanxi had already prepared such a plan and was waiting for them.
After all, the pie they painted is so tempting!
The three states in the south of Yan State are extremely fertile lands. All three states are close to the sea, with rich fishery resources and abundant sea salt production. They are also located in the south with a spring-like climate all year round.
Many crops can be harvested for more than one season than in the cold north.
With these three states, taxes are not a problem, food and grass are not a problem, and raising enough troops is not a problem.
And it can also build naval forces in the name of protecting maritime borders.
For such a good thing, the three of them couldn't help but work hard. Even though they knew they were being used, they couldn't help but try their best to help Nan Yanxi be a hawk.
Not only that, Nan Yanxi also has in-depth considerations regarding the terrain.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that the three of them will inevitably form a competitive relationship. In order to win the title, it is absolutely inevitable to restrain each other.
In order to appease the three of them, Nan Yanxi allowed them to leave no more than 10,000 troops for defense in the imperial edict.
The three of them restrained each other, and military friction was inevitable, but... Xiang Yang was an outsider after all, and he was the person the Lin brothers hated the most.
If they really want to fight among themselves, the Lin brothers must unite to deal with Xiang Yang himself.
And this just achieved Nan Yanxi's purpose, not only to let them work for him, but also to restrain each other and cause internal friction.
Once they complete their mission, I can easily deal with them.
...
After half a month had passed since the imperial edict was issued, the three of them could not wait to take office.
Most of the troops under his command were absorbed by Nan Yanxi and transferred to the north or west to mix with the local troops, away from Dayan.
The Lin brothers and Xiang Yang were left with only 10,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people as their temporary bodyguards and to facilitate the implementation of the New Deal.
At this time, although the three of them were extremely unwilling in their hearts, they had no choice but to watch helplessly as their last trump card was taken away.
In desperation, the three of them could only focus on the implementation of the New Deal and the rational eradication of the gentry clan as mentioned by Nan Yanxi.
In order to win the last first-class vassal king, the three of them unanimously tried their best.
While thinking hard about countermeasures, my heart became more alive, and I gradually began to think about how to do my own job well while holding back the other two.
After all, this is the deepest nature and instinct in everyone's heart.
In the imperial study room of the Zhongzhou Imperial Palace, Nan Yanxi was carefully looking at the memorial sent to him.
There are many reports on the three of them. In order to keep track of the implementation of the recent work, the three of them will report almost every three to five days.
In addition, what happens across the country will be reported.
This is also the way Nan Yanxi can control the whole country well, in order to prevent officials from various places from deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from others, reporting good news but not bad news.
Nan Yanxi issued an imperial edict, ordering all regions to report on all matters within their jurisdiction every other month on a prefectural basis.
Moreover, there were four reports, one for the state official, one for the local military district, one for the local supervisory department, and one for the plainclothes investigative envoy of the black-clad guards.
This is done in order to be able to grasp the lives of people in various places and the implementation of new policies and reforms in various places in a timely manner.
Of course, it is also to prevent the emergence of corrupt officials, who deceive the superiors and conceal the inferiors, report good news but not bad news, but secretly plunder the people's wealth and anoint them to oppress the people.
Nan Yanxi, who was born in the late Ming Dynasty, suffered deeply from this, so he was very sensitive to this matter.
However, although this kind of operation is effective, it will also greatly increase the workload. Fortunately, I have the help of my girls.
Today, Nan Yanxi, with the help of several little girls who were not pregnant, had just finished processing a large pile of memorials.
Just as he was about to get up and move around, a young eunuch trotted in, saluted Nan Yanxi and said, "Your Majesty... the newly established Railway Department has sent a memorial."
As he said that, he took out a folder from his sleeve and held it up with both hands.
"Oh?" When Nan Yanxi heard this, she suddenly became interested again, reached out to take it, opened it, and read it carefully.
This so-called Railway Department was a department established not long ago, almost not long after the force was launched against Dayan.
It was the foreign girl Tina who took the lead in establishing it.