What does this mean? It shows that the emperor of the empire is not only not favored by foreign forces, but also by domestic forces! There is not even a warlord above the county level who is willing to express friendship! Not to mention which big warlord is willing to take refuge in him! How unpopular are you? When this matter spreads, what kind of face can he, the new emperor, have!

The crown prince's face was very ugly, and he couldn't help but secretly glared at the marshal, how could Zhao Hu, the little warlord with the rank of governor of the two provinces, not come to congratulate? It stands to reason that since he was on the table last time, he should also come to congratulate him this time, could it be that the marshal made a ghost and embarrassed himself by not letting him come?

While the Crown Prince was thinking about Hou, a minister suddenly shouted in high spirits: "Major General of the Imperial Army, Commander of the Twentieth Army, Overseer of Haiquan and Haibin Provinces, Your Excellency Zhao Hu has sent an envoy to congratulate His Majesty on his accession to the throne as Emperor!" ”

The crown prince immediately jumped up, but immediately remembered his current identity, sat down hurriedly, and then waved his hand with a happy face and shouted: "Quick, the messenger has come to you!" ”

No wonder the crown prince is so happy, who is called Zhao Hu is now the only warlord who has clearly taken refuge in himself, and he is also the only warlord with tens of thousands of troops, and he is also the only overseer appointed by the imperial capital. To give face, the other party is also to give face to themselves. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Hearing the new emperor's words, the ministers were busy dividing the civil and military forces, and some low-level ministers even secretly sorted out their clothes and appearances, of course they knew as ministers that this warlord named Zhao Hu was the only foreign minister under the new emperor, and the ministers of the imperial capital could not let the foreign ministers look down on them.

As the eunuch's ugly voice sounded, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and several strong men wearing imperial captain's uniforms carried several large boxes, followed by an imperial major, and entered the hall that was once the highest authority of the empire to issue orders.

The Imperial Major glanced at the main hall, then saluted the Crown Prince and said with a respectful face: "Major Oak of the Twentieth Legion, see Your Majesty!" And on behalf of the Twentieth Legion, I salute Your Majesty! Long live our emperor! ”

As he spoke, he knelt down on one knee and bowed, and the ensigns behind him hurriedly put down their boxes and followed suite. When the crown prince and emperor heard this, when they saw this etiquette, they waved their hands happily and said, "Haha, if you have a heart, you don't need to be polite, let's get up." ”

Hehe, Zhao Hu's subordinates are so respectful to themselves, doesn't this mean that Zhao Hu is also loyal to himself? Haha, even Zhao Hu doesn't have this mind, and he wants outsiders to think like this! The crown prince emperor who had this idea, after receiving a few antiques of Zhao Hujun's filial piety, his tone became even more enthusiastic.

Of course, that's all, after all, the other party is only Zhao Hu's subordinates and not Zhao Hu himself, after some conversation, Oakde and the others were led out of the palace by the eunuch and taken to arrange food and lodging.

Just when the crown prince and the emperor had just calmed down a little, the secret report arrived. Seeing this, he immediately jumped up and shouted: "Zhao Hu's army has captured the entire territory of Haiquan Province!" The Seven Princes are under house arrest! Haha, great! ”

The minister was stunned for a moment, and then immediately rejoiced, doesn't this mean that what was originally a local warlord occupying several counties has become a national warlord occupying a province?

This is among the many warlords in the world, in addition to the emperor's relatives and relatives, there is only one warlord who is born in a military and occupies a province! Zhao Hu's status and prestige in the future will be compared with before, but there will be a huge gap from quantitative change to qualitative change.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty" The ministers immediately congratulated the crown prince with interest, although the expansion of the warlord's power has nothing to do with his own emperor, but who called this the big warlord who accepted the canonization of the imperial capital and was the first to come to worship and ascend the throne?

Although he knew that his emperor and this warlord had a harmonious relationship at most, and even the relationship between the upper and lower levels had not been implemented, but from an outsider's point of view, the warlord Zhao Hu was all from the emperor's faction, and at this time when it was necessary to increase his prestige as much as possible, this was enough.

"Tell me, how many troops does this Zhao Hu Army have now, can you mobilize them to participate in the battle?" The crown prince suddenly asked, causing the ministers to be stunned for a moment.

Now it's just a name, and you actually want to instruct the other party to bleed to help you fight? His own emperor is too delusional. Although everyone thought so in their hearts, but no one said anything, all pretended to be deaf and dumb, and the two first ministers, the marshal and the prime minister, began to close their eyes and recuperate.

When the crown prince saw this scene, his eyes flashed, and he glanced somewhere, and a minister immediately came out to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what we should consider at present is to reward Lord Zhao Hu for such a loyal behavior. ”

"Well, that's true, so what's the reward?" The crown prince nodded. The ministers are secretly pouting, what reward can the court give to the foreign ministers in this year, give money and materials? If you don't seek transportation from foreign merchants, you will definitely be robbed of the sphere of influence of the imperial capital, so the actual benefits will not be given at all, and what you can do is some useless official titles and titles.

Although everyone knows what's going on, but no one is silent, one is that they can't give money, and the other is that the official title is useless, although it's useless, but these people are uncomfortable, because most of these people don't have titles, if that guy has a title, he has to meet that guy first! It's so humiliating, so they don't want to be the first birds. Seeing that the ministers were like this, because the bruises on their foreheads appeared for a moment and then disappeared.

"I think that Lord Zhao Hu is not only brilliant, but also more loyal to the empire, and this is a great event for me to ascend the throne as the emperor, so I will promote Lord Zhao Hu to lieutenant general of the imperial army, continue to serve as the commander of the twentieth army, canonize Lord Zhao Hu as the baron of the empire, and allow the baron to choose a group of places under his direct jurisdiction as the noble territory."

So the ministers are marshals and prime ministers who were rewarded, and their eyes widened, and the title of nobility was canonized so easily? In the past, it was impossible for the imperial generals to get the knighthood after killing and living and making great contributions, but now they just sent someone to congratulate the new emperor on his accession to the throne and got the knighthood!

And a baron actually owns a county as a territory? Everyone couldn't help but feel that an empire had sunset. Because he didn't wait for the minister's door to reflect, he took the written edict handed over by the eunuch, picked up the seal and stamped it, and the reward for Zhao Hu was so determined.

The minister, who originally wanted to open his mouth to dissuade, saw that his emperor acted so neatly, and knew that things could not be changed, so he had to sigh in his heart and shake his head and shut up.

yes, what to say? Now that the other party occupies the supreme earth emperor of a province, and the entire province is his territory, people don't care about what barony and what county land there is only one name.

"Okay, wait and send this edict to the envoys, probe their tone casually, and see what Zhao Hu's intentions are!" The crown prince said with a wave of his hand.

"Obey"

The eunuch respectfully stepped back, and the ministers glanced at each other, and then bowed their heads and went back to work.

Oaked and the others were summoned by the eunuch to a building complex on the edge of the imperial city, looking at the degraded courtyard wall, the half-human-high weeds in the courtyard, the long-haired and painted buildings, and the servants who were busy cleaning, all indicating that this place had been abandoned for many years, and Oaked and the others' faces immediately turned indifferent.

The eunuch who led the way was a clever poet, and said with a smile: I'm sorry, it seems that you adults have to wait for some time, this foreign domain has not been used for many years. ”

"Outer Domain?" The people on Oak's side exclaimed in surprise, and then immediately looked at the building with a smile on their faces.

It turns out that this is the Outer Domain, no wonder it is so dilapidated, you must know that the Empire has not had a Foreign Domain for many years. This place is good, although it is a little dilapidated, but it is in line with the identity of these people, and it is comfortable to live in the dilapidated, which means that the empire has regarded its own overseer as a foreign domain.

However, among these people, only Oaked's brows jumped inadvertently after noticing his subordinates' expressions, and then his face was also heaped with joy, and there was no obstacle to the eyes at all. Seeing the appearance of Oakde and the others, the eunuch smiled a little vaguely, of course he knew that the Outer Domain Pavilion could only be used to receive envoys of independent regimes who submitted to the empire, and it stands to reason that they were not qualified to stay here, they should have gone to a post station or hotel, but who asked the chief steward to personally designate this place?

Why did the Steward do this? You know, this is a hint that they have already regarded their lord as a monarch of independent power. Is it His Majesty's will? The eunuch's face darkened, and a feeling of grief and indignation came to his mind, it was really sad that the dignified emperor wanted to treat his courtiers so kindly, thinking about how to use a smile on these officers for people who were born in the inner court like himself before!

There is a lot of strength in numbers, and the rooms for Oak and a few people to live in are quickly sorted out. Oaked and the others checked in easily after being polite with the eunuch. After moving into the Waipan Pavilion, Oaked made a gesture, and several ensigns quickly and alertly occupied the guard positions in the residence, leaving only the two lieutenants and the three Oaked to start talking.

Oaked glanced at the two lieutenants, who still had joy in their eyes and a relaxed expression, and said casually: "What? Feeling happy? ”

These words made the two lieutenants stunned, restrained their joy, and asked very suspiciously, "What's wrong, sir?"