Pang Yukun and Fiji walked side by side on Qingzhou Avenue leading to the palace. They had just received the oral order to enter the palace.

"Shoufu Pang, the emperor summoned you and me into the palace this time, probably to reduce the vassal states." Fiji stretched his hand in his sleeve, showing a contemplative look on his face.

When Qian Dafu passed the oral order, they all learned that the King of Chu was dead, which was a huge impact on them, because it meant that the Great Chongqing Kingdom would cause trouble again.

Pang Yukun frowned, "I think so too. The King of Chu is dead, and Li Chuyuan is busy fighting with the merchant parliament. At this time, the vassal of Huainan and Yong cannot make any noise, let alone the weak King Ruyang."

Fiji nodded, "God blesses the Great Yu Kingdom. Now it seems that under the rule of the emperor, the Great Yu Kingdom is finally about to end this fragmented situation. A unified Great Yu Kingdom will surely embark on the road of revival."

Pang Yukun smiled, "Although this is the case, there is still a long way to go. Now the country is becoming rich, but many officials have committed old problems again. I have received a lot of impeachment memorandums during this period."

Fiji's face looked a little ugly. He sighed and said, "The Great Chongqing country has developed so fast that we cannot make careful selections for officials. In order to make up for the gap, we can only use old officials from the past. Alas, it's a dilemma now."

"What Feige Lao said is very much, so now we can only rely on the Kong family to work hard on the new Confucianism. As the emperor said, punishing officials can only treat symptoms but not root causes. Only by changing customs and habits can we eliminate the soil of corruption. In short, this matter still needs a process."

Fiji has been in the officialdom for many years and has a deeper understanding of officials than Pang Yukun. He said: "You are wrong. You really think that all officials believe in Confucianism. In fact, many officials just use Confucianism to add light to their faces. So this time you and I should also make suggestions to increase the punishment of corrupt officials to intimidate these officials."

"Okay, the country that our emperor has worked hard to build cannot be destroyed in the hands of these people." Pang Yukun agreed very much.

The two of them spoke all the way to the Imperial Study Room. After saluting, they looked at Xiao Ming and waited for the order.

"Li San just left, I believe you know the news he brought. You probably guessed the meaning of my visit. Now is the best time to reduce the vassal states, so you must sing a double act with me at tomorrow's court meeting."

After scanning the two of them, Xiao Ming revealed his thoughts. One day, the Great Yu Kingdom was not unified, and the Emperor was a lame emperor, and the Great Yu Kingdom existed in the country.

After pausing, he continued, "I have given orders to the Military Affairs Department, and the army that is guarding against the rebellion of Huainan King and Yong King is ready. If the two are obsessed with it, I can only kill. For the unification of the Great Yu Kingdom, bleeding is inevitable."

Fiji and Pang Yukun's expressions became solemn. This time they felt Xiao Ming's determination. Judging from the two of them, this vassal king was indeed a trouble. For example, King Yong occupied the northern coal mines and iron ore-rich areas.

The coal and iron required by Qingzhou's industry still have many restrictions on the transportation of coal and iron from Yongdi, which is very unfavorable to the development of industry and commerce in the Great Yu State.

"The State of Chu is too busy to take care of itself, and we are at ease in dealing with King Yong and King Huainan." Pang Yukun was very confident. The continuous victory of the war made the officials in the court very confident now.

Fiji heard this and said, "Emperor, the old minister thought that although the vassal states were to be reduced, they should not be too fierce at once, otherwise it would inevitably cause extreme dissatisfaction between the King of Huainan and King Yong. It is better to withdraw military power first and then regime power until the two kings are called wealthy princes of the country. As for their descendants, they think they should be taken care of within three generations, so that they can be comforted."

Xiao Ming nodded, "This is what I want to say. King Huainan and King Yong both made contributions to the country during the Northern War, and I don't want to break up with them, let alone one of them is my in-laws and the other is my uncle, so tomorrow I will do what you said and spy on the reactions of the two."

"Yes, the emperor." Fiji bowed and said. In fact, he strongly agreed to the reduction of the vassal states. Whether out of public or selfishness, after all, for him, the imperial concubine Cui Xueer was always a big trouble for him.

Moreover, the recent rumors that Cui Xueer is pregnant have made him even more worried. If the vassal state is reduced and Cui Xueer has no support as the King of Huainan, his daughter will be on par with Cui Xueer without the support of the King of Huainan without worrying about annoying the King of Huainan.

After talking about the reduction of the vassals, Xiao Ming turned to Pang Yukun and said, "This time the Chu State was in chaos, Li Chuyuan asked me for help and asked me to buy a large number of weapons and ammunition. Go back and count the inventory in the army with Niu Ben and sell all the weapons eliminated by the army to him. In this way, the money earned can support the army to change into a breech rifle."

Pang Yukun’s favorite thing was the arms trade. He was so happy that he couldn’t stop hearing this. When the vassal kings were united together, they had to save such a large family business by refusing arms.

Looking back on the wonderful days before, he missed him a little, but now he can finally sell his arms again.

However, he still had doubts and couldn't help asking: "Master, sell these firearms to Li Chuyuan. If he wins in the future, will we suffer more casualties when we attack him again?"

Xiao Ming shook his head, "Pang Shoufu, you're wrong. Moreover, the money earned from arms trade will promote the development of weapons and industries. In the long run, this will only be beneficial to war. For example, we earn 40 million taels of silver and invest in industry and commerce, which is enough to make the annual development of the industry and commerce of the Great Chongqing Kingdom exceed the normal development of two years, or even three years."

Pang Yukun suddenly realized that he had only seen the disadvantages of small places, but not the interests of large places. This time he was short-sighted.

"I understand." Pang Yukun nodded.

After explaining these two things, Xiao Ming asked the two to go back, and he continued to record various knowledge in the scientific crystal.

With the development of industry and the improvement of education level in the Great Yu Kingdom, knowledge in the 189th century can no longer meet the current needs.

Therefore, he is preparing the second generation of books, which will record more knowledge, and some will even involve the same depth as contemporary universities.

After all, the industrial level of the Great Yu Kingdom has now remained steadily in the 19th century. At the industrial level of this century, it needs to refine more knowledge to allow the Great Yu Kingdom to develop comprehensively in industry, medicine, chemistry, etc.
Chapter completed!