"Uncle Wang is indeed very wise. The situation in the world is not peaceful at first glance. Although Jiang Huanchu is my father-in-law, he is also a great prince. My father is related to him by marriage. I will definitely support them. As for their descendants in the future.
It’s hard to say.
Nanbohou E Chongyu has a stable and unassuming personality. He has done a good job in governing the country in recent years. The area he is in is not threatening, so he is doing his job well.
Beibeihou Chonghou Hu is just like Uncle Wang said, he is like a villain, greedy but incompetent, damaging but without wisdom. Although he has occupied dangerous ground, it is not worth mentioning.
Only in the land of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the land is vast and the people are strong. Although there are three barriers, their strength cannot be underestimated.
But Jichang is a saint of the Western Zhou Dynasty. If he is not forced, he will not be in chaos, but I am afraid that someone will try to clean him up."
Bigan touched his beard and said:
"On the surface, the king is the common ruler of the world, but people everywhere often only know their own princes. This inherently has huge loopholes and dangers.
It’s a pity that since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, each tribe has ruled one side. If we want to truly unify the world, war will inevitably break out again, and the people of the world will probably think that the king is a tyrant.”
Bigan seemed to understand the shortcomings of this dynasty, but unfortunately, as he said, the division of the princes for thousands of years has been hard to reverse. Once any action is taken, it will be a war. It is estimated that even if the Three Emperors reappear, they will not dare to clean up the princes.
Xiao Jiang smiled and nodded. He only talked about this kind of thing with Bigan. He found that Bigan's vision was unique and avant-garde, so he liked chatting with Bigan. Occasionally the other party would find some useful ways to deal with problems.
"Uncle Wang, since the princes are paying tribute, you must make arrangements for the reception. No princes who come here will be neglected. By the way, whoever dares to ask for benefits from the princes, remember to cut off the hands of these people and parade them around. I will sing the song
Ministers must never be greedy for money, and let the princes of the world know what love is and what integrity is. If you discredit me, you will discredit the ministers of Chaoge. If you catch one, you must be severely punished."
"Promise, I will go all out."
…
After chatting with Bigan for a while, Xiao Jiang felt obviously much happier. After going to the back hall to handle some official duties, he strolled to the middle palace.
Ever since Xiao Jiang asked Queen Jiang and Concubine Huang to accompany him, Xiao Jiang canceled other preparations for the apse, so that the two women stayed together. Xiao Jiang dealt with things quickly, and his own longevity palace also grew quickly.
Weeds.
After arriving at the middle palace, after a simple dinner, Xiao Jiang hugged the two women and returned to the room. In ancient times, there was nothing else to do at night, and Xiao Jiang had no other hobbies, so doing business was his biggest entertainment at night.
However, in the past year and a half, Yin Hong, who was supposed to be born in Yinjiao, has disappeared. Even if Xiao Jiang did not defend himself, the two girls would not be able to conceive his child. Moreover, Xiao Jiang is currently conducting experiments, and there are no two princes to watch the saints play.
Something.
Xiao Jiang was extremely capable in this regard, and he made Queen Jiang and Concubine Huang become die-hard loyalists. The night was quite satisfying.
And Xiao Jiang worked hard day and night and lived a happy life as the king of the Shang Dynasty. Another half month passed in a flash, and the princes of the eight hundred towns in the world began to gather to pay tribute. They all came to pay tribute with gifts, especially last year.
The king's reputation improved a lot as he was exempted from paying tribute to provide relief to the disaster-stricken areas.
There are sixteen major princes from all over the world, and the rest are small princes. Although they are paying tribute, only the large and medium princes can really see the king. The other small princes are usually received by the court ministers.
On this day, all the princes from the Eight Hundred Towns had gathered, and the tribute items had been counted. While Xiao Jiang was handling other official duties, Bigan walked into the side hall with a smile and saluted:
"Your Majesty, the tributes from the princes in each town have been counted and collected into the treasury. Among them are thousands of gold, thousands of silver, countless jewelry, more than a dozen carriages of rare treasures, and some food and medicinal materials have been handed over to the internal treasury for disposal. The detailed list has been compiled. Please also ask
The king inspects.
This tribute has eliminated the past abuses. After a few officials who wanted to lend a hand were dealt with, everyone acted accordingly, and the reception work was also very fair, and the princes felt a lot more relaxed."
Xiao Jiang looked at the long list and said:
"Put the gold and silver into the treasury, distribute some of the rare treasures to the ministers, show the special ones to the orphans, keep the useful and useless ones, and process them into gold and silver.
All the ministries of the royal palace are paid out of the internal treasury, and I am not a spendthrift. The well-being of the world is what we should do."
Bigan nodded and said:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, all the princes are waiting for your summons. When your Majesty summons them, please do not let them feel that they favor one over the other."
If in the past, Bigan only dared to remind him a little, over the past year or so, he understood that what Xiao Jiang needed was a meaningful reminder, and he would say it directly and would never hide it.
Xiao Jiang nodded and said:
"Uncle Wang, don't worry. There are some things hidden in my heart that outsiders cannot mention. I have asked the maids to prepare wine and food, and I will entertain them well today."
…
In the main hall of the palace, Xiao Jiang is sitting on the throne, and the ministers below are kneeling in front of the table. This is also the reason why there are no benches in this era. In other words, Xiao Jiang has a throne, so I don’t care if I sit down to eat, while others have to kneel down to eat.
Xiao Jiang did not consider making bench seats, although it was also a way to make money, but he was not a business king, and it would be difficult for him to do it if there were too many.
On the left side sat the military commander Chao Zhong Wencheng, and on the right side were the major princes. Xiao Jiang had been studying these people when they knelt down before. His father-in-law... well, Jiang Huanchu, who was also his father-in-law, looked very heroic.
There was a leather rope with jade tied around it. Although he was Dong Bohou, he did not wear any expensive accessories.
Behind him is a white-faced man with long hair and beard. He is only about forty years old and has very bright eyes. He is Xibo Hou Jichang, who specializes in studying the innate Bagua and evolving the acquired Bagua.
Seeing Ji Chang, Xiao Jiang actually admired him very much. He was only in his forties, but he had already given birth to ninety-nine sons. So many sons must not have been born to two wives. It is said that he gave birth to the most children.
He only had a few children, so Ji Chang must have had at least dozens of women to have ninety-nine sons at this age. It seems that he also has a daughter, which is incredible.
How dare Xiao Jiang not admire such a reproductive ability, not to mention that he spends most of his time studying gossip and handling Xiqi's official affairs. He works so hard at night and still maintains such good health. As a mortal, he deserves the respect of men.
After secretly admiring him, Xiao Jiang looked at the others. The somewhat wretched-looking Northern Marquis Chonghou looked around, while Southern Marquis E Chongyu looked honestly at the fine wine and delicacies on the table, while the other princes seemed a little nervous.
Xiao Jiang took another look at a tall and energetic prince. This man had an extraordinary temperament and was a bit arrogant. Normally Xiao Jiang would not care about him, but the name of this prince was Su Hu, so Xiao Jiang had to give him more attention.