Douluo Continent: Flame of Nothingness

Chapter 69
Those who entered the Golden Luan Hall to discuss matters were all three princes and generals with official positions above the second rank, and secondly, there were princes like Xu Wuye who were foreign princes, so their status was not equal and they had no right to enter the Golden Luan Hall.

Xu Wuye's titles in the outer lands are terrifying. First, he was General Zhenbei and Da Honglu (one of the nine ministers in the Han Dynasty was in charge of the affairs of ethnic minorities in the border areas and the affairs of the court appointments of kings and princes.), and later he was entrusted with the title of King Yan , but that is only an official position in the outback.

"The emperor is here!"

Just when Long Zhiming's thoughts were still wandering, the voice of the regular servant in the hall came, and everyone knelt down on one knee and shouted:
"Long live, long live, my emperor!"

Long Zhiming was no exception. Half a minute later, a peaceful voice came from the hall:

"Flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After everyone answered, they got up one after another. Long Zhiming's official position is the prefect of Kangjun, an official position under Jiuqing. Logically speaking, he can't even come to court, so everyone in this scene is bigger than his official position, and In fact, the prefect should be a military officer, but because the Sun Moon Empire has no wars, it is classified as a civil servant.

After discussing in the hall for quite a while, finally came the call of the attendant:

"Please invite King Yan and the five prefects into the palace!"

All eyes were on the seven people. The old man didn't move. Xu Wuye led six people into the hall one by one. There were only dozens of people in the hall, but everyone was blushing and thick-necked. It was obvious that they had just had a quarrel. Sitting on the throne was a middle-aged man wearing a dragon robe with a resolute face. This man was Xu Canglong, the Emperor of the Sun and Moon. He was looking at the memorial and began to review it, so he ignored Xu Wuye and the others.

In this weird atmosphere, Xu Canglong finished reviewing the last memorial, he was a little tired, rubbed his eyes with his right hand, and then raised his head to see Xu Wuye.

"Eleven, are you back?"

"Eleventh is incompetent, once again failed to live up to my father's expectations."

Xu Wuye knelt down after finishing speaking, Long Zhiming and others did not move, Xu Canglong waved his hand with a smile and said:

"It's okay, I let you go to Shrek just for fun."

After finishing speaking, Xu Canglong looked at Long Zhiming, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, because Long Zhiming was too young, he couldn't help asking:

"I've never seen such a young prefect. I wonder which county you are from?"

"Return to Your Majesty, this humble minister is Li Zhi, the prefect of Kang County!"

Long Zhiming bowed and said, Xu Canglong said oh, Kang County was very vague in his memory, but he knew that Kang County was just a tiny place.

"Father, let me explain this matter."

"Okay, you say."

Xu Wuye nodded and got up and said:
"Prefect Li was the lord of Haitian City before he took office. During the few months he took office in Haitian City, Haitian City was like a piece of iron. Without fighting, the tax revenue has increased several times. When assassins are rampant, several incompetent and greedy for money After the prefect was assassinated, I transferred the prefect Xu Linyi to Xunzhou as the prefect, and then promoted him after meeting Li prefect."

"During the year when Prefect Li took office, Kang County's tax revenue increased tenfold, and Xu Linyi's tax revenue also increased fivefold."

Xu Wuye's words surprised everyone, this ten times is not a small amount, they probably weren't so powerful when Long Zhiming was so young.

"Isn't King Yan's words a bit exaggerated?"

An old man among the civil servants stood up and questioned, even the generals were quite critical. Xu Wuye frowned and was about to speak when Long Zhiming said:

"Report to Your Majesty, after taking office, I vigorously developed agriculture for future wars, and also overhauled water conservancy to ensure this. In the city, I implemented a policy of decentralization. The work of each lower level is handled by lower officials, and I only It is necessary to deal with the political affairs at the city lord level, and a team of inspectors will be formed to supervise the officials, and once there are acts of favoritism, fraud, embezzlement and breaking the law, they will be punished immediately."

"Under my governance, every household in Kang County can stay open at night, and the people have enough food and clothing, so they don't have to go to see stealing activities. Isn't this kind of achievement not enough for King Yan and me to come here?"

Long Zhiming confronted the old man proudly, Xu Canglong nodded, he appreciated Long Zhiming's courage and attitude, and Xu Wuye was sweating for Long Zhiming.

"Bold, how dare you speak like that as a prefect?"

A man in armor walked out from the general. Long Zhiming recognized his official position from his memory. He was a third-rank Pingkou general. Long Zhiming clasped his fists and said:

"I don't know what advice General Pingkou has?"

"Although you have achieved political achievements, your qualifications are too low and your strength is too weak. Logically speaking, you have no honor to come to the inland."

"Seniority has never been a problem. It doesn't mean that you have high qualifications to be capable, and it doesn't mean that you have low qualifications to be incompetent."

"As for strength, I think I can compare with a seventh-level soul engineer."

Long Zhiming's words are neither humble nor overbearing, and others have slapped him in the face. If he is not tougher, won't Xu Canglong look down upon him?
"Not bad."

Xu Canglong clapped his hands and said to Xu Wuye:
"Your subordinates are still very young, and sooner or later they will enter the interior, so they must be well trained."

"Yes, Father."

Xu Wuye said respectfully, Xu Wuye did not waste time to get to the point, he reported all the things in Outland in the past few years to Xu Canglong, and Xu Linyi and others also made reports behind him. Canglong didn't care at all, the foundation of the Sun Moon Empire was still these people in the interior.

"That's it for this morning, retreat!"

After Xu Canglong finished speaking, he left, and Xu Wuye, Long Zhiming and others returned to the resting place.

"Brother Li, come with me."

Xu Wuye waved to Long Zhiming and said, Long Zhiming nodded and came to his room with Xu Wuye. After the old man opened a soundproof cover, Xu Wuye said:

"Brother Long, if there is nothing to do, we will go back in three days. You and Xu Linyi may be chased because of political achievements. At that time, I will promote you to Qingzhou Mu, and you can just take over your territory, Xu Linyi. I will make other arrangements in Linyi."

"Qingzhou? The six counties I manage are my fiefdoms. Isn't this title a little too redundant?"

"No, once you become a shepherd of Qingzhou, you can directly expand the private army. You can expand as much as you want. Do you know why there are not so many state shepherds in the outer land? Are the eunuchs managing their own county? It's because they are afraid of too many private troops. Not easy to mobilize."

"okay I know."

Long Zhiming nodded. This name is indeed acceptable. He now has only 40 troops, and he has been scattered in six counties and cities. He is afraid of being discovered in the inland. Now, once he becomes a shepherd of Qingzhou, he can be fair and aboveboard. It's time to pull the team.

Sure enough, the imperial decree came down three days later, and the other four high-ranking officials remained unchanged. Long Zhiming was promoted to the governor of Qingzhou and took charge of Qingzhou because he was actively preparing for the war and loved the people.

(End of this chapter)