Become a feudal king from today

On summer mornings, the sun is always dazzling.

It is difficult for Zhao Xu to sleep in.

After lying on the bed for a while with his eyes open, he finally got up.

Feng'er and Luan'er heard the commotion and went in to help him wash up.

There was a touch of relaxation and comfort on their faces.

This is something we haven't had in months.

After breakfast, he took a stroll around the palace.

The faces of the servants and maids they met were all filled with smiles instead of a hint of sadness.

The eyes looking at Zhao Xu were filled with awe and enthusiasm.

yes.

The palace is no longer what it used to be.

After their highness recovered from illness, he achieved control over Yan County in a very short period of time.

They are one with the palace, and the glory of King Yan is their glory.

All the way to the concierge.

Liu Fu and the officials of the Royal Palace Office were busy.

Seeing Zhao Xu, Liu Fu came over with a book.

"Your Highness, the Huang and Du families are gone, and more than thirty positions in the government office are vacant. I have drawn up a list of people to replace them. I hope your Highness will take a look at it." There were dark circles under Liu Fu's eyes. He basically didn't have them last night. sleep.

The Huang and Du families were finished, but it also left him with a lot of things to deal with.

"Are these all children from poor families?" Zhao Xu scanned the names on the first page.

"Not all of them. The first page is yes. The following ones are also selected from other wealthy families. The official has checked. Although these people are descendants of wealthy families, they are good in their positions." Liu Fu was cautious.

"Don't you hate the children of wealthy families the most?" Zhao Xu smiled while watching.

Sighing, Liu Fu said: "Although I have personal affairs, I can't just sit back and ignore His Highness's interests. Naturally, I have to use virtuous people."

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction. He was originally worried that Liu Fu would act recklessly.

But now it seems that he can still carry it clearly.

Under the current circumstances, the palace needs to unite all forces that can be united.

There is no need to beat the wealthy people to death with sticks when they fall to the palace.

Otherwise, this would be tantamount to pushing the wealthy families in Yan County and even Yanzhou to oppose themselves.

At that time, he will face an endless battle with the wealthy family.

Therefore, his current strategy is to use officials from poor families as well as officials from wealthy families.

In this way, due to the antagonistic relationship between the two, whether it is a wealthy family or a poor family, they will definitely rely on him to avoid being suppressed by the other party.

In this way, he can avoid forming cliques among his subordinates to fool him together.

After reading the names and positions of these officials, Zhao Xu read the introductions of these officials.

This is what Zhao Xu asked Liu Fu to do.

Each official must provide his or her resume and, if he was an official before, write down his or her political achievements.

Afterwards, the palace will verify the information.

After all, he doesn't know these officials and can only understand whether they are competent for the job through these things.

"Well, if the verification is correct, let them take office." Zhao Xu returned the book to Liu Fu.

"Your Highness, I have put some thought into it. Some important officials in the Zhang family were promoted and secretly demoted to positions without real power. Positions with real power were all taken by Xiaguan." Liu Fu said proudly. , "After this appointment, dismissal and promotion, the palace has basically taken control of the government office and can issue orders in the future."

"I'm afraid Zhang Kang's face will look bad." Zhao Xu laughed.

Liu Fu's idea was bad, but he liked it very much.

While they were chatting, the palace servant guarding the door came over.

"Your Highness, there are quite a few wealthy people outside the door. They have prepared many gifts and want to pay homage to Your Highness."

Zhao Xu and Liu Fu looked at each other.

All of these wealthy families are masters at adapting to the changing circumstances.

Now that the palace has overwhelmed the local snakes, they are busy showing their courtesy.

However, just like his established strategy, it is not a bad thing for these wealthy families to turn to the palace.

After tidying up his clothes, he asked his servants to lead them in.

One morning, more than ten wealthy families came to visit.

These wealthy families used to be staunch followers of the Zhang, Huang, and Du families.

After noon, more than ten houses came.

In this way, basically all the wealthy families in Yan County in Yan City took this opportunity to express their attitude to the palace.

That is, only the palace follows the lead.

"Your Highness, the royal army has been reorganized and the number of soldiers is now full."

The last wealthy family left, and Chang Wei entered the palace with sweating profusely.

"So fast." Zhao Xu was surprised and happy.

Including the 3,000 county soldiers in Yancheng, the number of soldiers under his direct command reached 23,000.

If trained rigorously and equipped with excellent equipment.

Let’s see who dares to make trouble with him in Yan County from now on!

"After taking in the private soldiers of the two families and canceling the selling contracts of the two families, many young men came to join the army." A smile appeared on Chang Wei's tough facial lines.

Now the prince's personal soldiers are his treasures.

It was now full, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

Thinking of something, he added: "By the way, Your Highness, we also have the weapons and armor of the pro-army troops. In the end, we will find a lot of swords and armor from the warehouses of the two families."

"Just wear these rags for now. I will give you more sophisticated armor and weapons after a while." Zhao Xu gave Chang Wei a confident look.

He had already learned from Xu Lie what the armor and weapons of these wealthy private soldiers looked like.

Except for those worn by the rich family members themselves, the other armors and weapons can only be described as scrap metal.

It's just a few rusty iron pieces sewn on a piece of rag.

It's okay to use these things to beat the wealthy people in Yan County.

But it won't work when encountering the well-equipped Xiliang and Beidi armies.

After all, he learned from the memory of the Ninth Prince that the Iron Buddha Tower in Xiliang and the heavy cavalry in Beidi were no joke.

Otherwise, Dasong would not have suffered repeated defeats in recent years.

Half of Jinzhou was lost to the west.

The Ningjin Dusi north of Yanguan, which originally governed the northeastern region, was also plundered by the Beidi people.

As a result, the appeasement faction in the current court has risen and strongly advocates exchanging money for Dasong's peace.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei's eyes lit up.

In his mind, this King of Yan could make ice and brew wine.

I can't believe I'll give him a surprise this time.

Zhao Xu continued: "Also, as long as the soldiers of the royal family can't die in training, they will train to death for me. In order to ensure that the soldiers can maintain high-intensity training, the food of the soldiers must be good. Regardless of whether they can eat enough, try to add as much as possible." Meaty."

"Hunty?" Chang Wei licked his lips, "Your Highness, I'm afraid this will be difficult to handle. How much money will it cost, and in this situation in Yan County, it's probably hard to buy even if you have money."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "It's easy. Just let the pro-army soldiers feed some chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep on weekdays."

The leading soldiers of the royal family's army had the same role as the contemporary cooking team.

There is a lot of experience to draw on for the knowledge in his head.

When the military supplies are abundant, there is naturally no need for military production.

But in hard times, it is also necessary to set up production units in the army.

After all, this allows soldiers to eat well.

Only by eating well can you train vigorously.

Otherwise, everyone would just run around in armor and then fall down, and there would be no fight.

Chang Wei was stunned when he heard this, but Zhao Xu's next words convinced him that King Yan was not joking.

"The palace will set aside some land for you, the palace, and build some chicken coops and duck coops on it. Work hard. The king will go check it out in two days. In the meantime, just buy and eat."

"Yes...yes..." Chang Wei's head hadn't turned around yet, and he couldn't understand the meaning of doing this for a while.

Just as he was thinking about it, a servant suddenly ran over in a hurry.

He even fell down in front of Zhao Xu.

"Your Majesty... Your Highness... a soldier from Wu'an County fell in front of the palace. He... he said that Beidi people were coming." The servant looked horrified and stammered in fear.