Comrade Chen Xu had forty-two sons, which gave Li Xinchen more than a dozen cheap uncles and nearly thirty cheap brothers-in-law. However, it turned out that having more sons was of no use, and the few who became talents fought endlessly.
What's more important is that since he is a prince, he naturally has to be crowned king. Now there are only a dozen or so princes who have crowned princes, and they have already occupied many important state capitals in Nanchen. Moreover, most of these princes have real power, or at least have fiefdoms.
, and most of the princes have no future, so many of them have become cancers and vampires in the fiefdom. This has been described before. The existence of the royal palace overrides the local state capitals.
, leading to chaos in local taxation, excessive exploitation, and the people are naturally miserable.
In fact, the current situation in Nanchen is similar to that of the late Ming Dynasty in history. Although the feudal vassal kings did not have much real power, they put great pressure on local taxes. Moreover, in the Nanming period, conflicts between local vassals also led to the final collapse of Nanming.
The strength cannot be condensed together at all, and this is very similar to the fight between Chen Shuling, Chen Shubao and others.
Therefore, Li Xingchen did not intend to have a group of children, and there was no need to make the harem too large. Instead of making half of the palace full of resentful women, it would be better to truly love a few people.
Now that this matter has been mentioned, Li Xingchen simply went ahead and said: "Like the guards in the palace, the combat prowess of the former Tiger Ben Lang and Ha Lin Lang are obvious to all. How can such people support the last barrier in the palace?"
In fact, Habayashiro and Tiger Benro are to a large extent just for appearance. This is similar in all dynasties. This is mainly because many wealthy families believe that their children can get closer to the emperor if they join the palace as guards.
The opportunity to gain favor, and the facts proved that it was indeed the case.
It would be a bit ridiculous to let these rich kids wield swords and guns.
Before King Gu Ye could speak, Li Xingchen said decisively: "The guards in the harem are composed of Yu Linqi. The number does not need to be too large. They are mainly for security and patrol around the palace. The patrols of the front palace and the government offices around the imperial city are all made by
The bodyguards and armies are composed of the king's bodyguards, and the expanded troops are drawn from all armies in the world and rotate every six months."
"According to the order!" This was a matter involving military matters. As civil servants, it was natural that King Gu Ye and Pei Yi could not say much. Even if they had any objections, Pei Zilie and the others would have to come forward.
Immediately, King Gu Ye changed the subject: "Your Highness, your Highness has now occupied Bashu, northwest, Jingzhou and Jiangnan. The territory is vast. One Han king can no longer represent the entire China. All the people hold their heads high and look forward to the new king. Therefore, I invite your Highness to be the emperor.
Bit!"
"Your majesty, please take the throne as emperor!" Pei Yi hurriedly raised his hand.
The two of them reached out and handed over the memorial at the same time. King Gu Ye naturally represented the officials from Bashu and the northwest, while Pei Yi represented the old officials from the south of the Yangtze River.
Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "My king has little talent and little knowledge, and Jiangnan has just been decided. If he inherits the throne rashly, he may be criticized. I know this and should consider it in the long run."
"I obey the decree, your Majesty, please think twice!" King Gu Ye was the one who had gone through the process, and he handed over his hands in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, General Pei and General Jiang Yuanxun are asking for an audience outside the palace gate." A guard strode over.
"allow."
Li Xingchen nodded and stepped down from the throne. Pei Zilie and Jiang Yuanxun were both dressed in military military uniforms and walked vigorously. Li Xingchen immediately stepped forward to greet them and said with a smile: "It is really an honor for me that the old general can assess the situation and abandon the dark side."
Jiang Yuanxun did not expect that Li Xingchen would personally greet him. He was immediately touched and wanted to give him a big salute, but Li Xingchen quickly supported him: "The old general is highly virtuous and has great prestige in the army. I am young and cannot be treated like an old general. Later Jiankang
If you are safe, I'm afraid you have to rely more on the veteran general."
Jiang Yuanxun solemnly handed over his hand. This meant that Li Xingchen directly reinstated him. As a demoted general, it was not easy to be reinstated. This was also because Jiang Yuanxun had many contacts with Li Xingchen before.
Pei Zilie also saluted solemnly: "Your Highness, the last general, on behalf of the military commander, has come to invite Your Highness to be the emperor! More than 100,000 troops are willing to follow His Highness's banner until death without regrets!"
As he spoke, Pei Zilie handed the memorial in his hand to Li Xingchen. It had the signatures of Chen Zhishen, Huang Wan, Han Qinhu, Ren Zhong, Wu Huijue and others. The memorials of Xiao Shilian, Wu Mingche and others must also be on the way.
"Your Highness, whether it is to stabilize the people's morale or the military's morale, we should take it to the next level. I sincerely invite you to take the throne as the emperor!" Jiang Yuanxun also said in a deep voice.
There was a hesitant look on Li Xinchen's face. It was obvious that King Gu Ye and Pei Zilie had discussed it. The civil servants and generals were moving faster than the other, but Li Xinchen naturally couldn't accept it directly now: "Let's discuss it again, discuss it further!
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Pei Zilie and Gu Yewang had already expected this, but since it was just a show, they had to do their best, so they immediately handed over again: "Your Highness, think twice!"
At this time, in the East Palace, a maidservant ran over quickly: "Your Majesty, all the civil and military officials have gone to report."
Lechang frowned slightly and looked at Chen Shubao, who was sitting in front of him somewhat dejectedly: "Have you finished writing brother's memorial?"
Chen Shubao's voice was a little hoarse: "It's written, three requests and three concessions. Now that the civil servants and military generals have expressed their stance, only we, the remnants of the previous dynasty, are left."
Most people looked at Chen Shubao and didn't know what to say about this monarch who ruined the country of Nanchen within three months.
Maybe this is fate.
The faces of the older princes next to them all also showed dejected looks. Yesterday they were still princes of Da Chen, but today they are already prisoners, and they also have to jointly submit a memorial to Nan Chen, who has occupied Nanchen for more than 20 years and three generations.
The throne was given up. Thinking of this, many people looked at Lechang with complicated eyes. Not long ago, this woman was the princess of Nanchen, but now she is forcing her family to give up the throne.
"I really don't know where I came from..." A young prince said in a low voice.
The person sitting next to him added angrily: "The water thrown out by the married daughter will make her forget her last name."
Although the voices of the two people were not loud, the East Palace courtyard was already very quiet, so these two sentences were clearly provocative.
Lechang's pretty face froze slightly, but in the end he didn't say anything. The first person to speak was Chen Shuqi, the eleventh son of Chen Xu, the king of Xincai, who usually liked to complain. The one who followed later was Chen Shuwen, the twelfth son of Jinxi, the king of Jinxi.
He is famous for his eccentric personality and his fondness for fame.
These two people are princes who have just grown up, and their reputation has not been very good, otherwise they would not have been sealed in Jinxi County and Xincai County, which were actually controlled by Nan Chen for only a few years. (To be continued.