Chapter 126 - The Big Wedding
Although the problem has not been solved, Zhao Fan is already satisfied, and getting Liu Menghan's help is equivalent to getting the help of the entire Mo family, which is very helpful for his future development.
He still has many ideas that need to be realized one by one, as a modern person, Zhao Fan understands that although there are not many things, he is much ahead of his time compared to people of this era.
The only thing that bothers him is that his hands-on ability is too poor, and these people from the Mo family are likely to become his biggest helpers.
In the current situation, Joey's father should be the giant who took office, that is to say, he Zhao Fan is the uncle of the entire Mo family, with this relationship, he believes that there should be no big problem.
Thinking of this, Zhao Fan couldn't help but become obscene, he had an army of millions under his command, all equipped with muskets, driving ironclad ships, crisscrossing five continents, and sweeping the world......
Well, think too much ...
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In August of the first year of Tianhe, after announcing to the world, Zhao Fan held a big wedding on an auspicious day, celebrating the whole world and amnesty the world, as for the bride, it was naturally Joey and Wei Ruqian.
In order to avoid waste, the wedding was held very simply, and no luxurious and grand celebrations were held, but under the operation of Wei Zhaodu, everything was simple. Zhao Fan didn't want to make any mess when he should be recuperating.
Regarding the canonization of who will be the queen, Zhao Fan has also had a headache for a long time, after all, there is only one position for the queen, so she can't take turns, right? After some thought, he finally chose Joey.
It's not for any other reason, Zhao Fan just feels that strictly speaking, Joey is his original match, so the position of queen should also be sat by Joey.
And Wei Ruqian was canonized as a concubine, which can be regarded as extremely favored. Wei Ruqian herself didn't think much about it, after all, she was just a latecomer, and she never thought that she would compete with Joey for the position of his wife.
The whole Luoyang City fell into a carnival, the people put up lanterns one after another, celebrating the emperor's wedding, and the caravans that came and went also sent all kinds of treasures to Luoyang Mansion as a congratulatory gift for Zhao Fan's wedding.
And the major chambers of commerce led by the three major families in Luoyang City even offered a huge amount of wealth on the grounds of celebrating the wedding, which served as Zhao Fan's funds for training the new army.
And those feudal towns also sent people to send Zhao Fan all kinds of congratulatory gifts, after all, Zhao Fan is still the nominal emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no need to make conflicts over this kind of thing.
Zhao Fan drank with the ministers in the dark, he originally didn't drink much, but after drinking the wine of the Tang Dynasty, he turned into a thousand cups, and poured Du Rangneng and others under the table alive, so he let everyone go and returned to the dormitory slowly.
Suddenly, in the harem, the cave room was full of candles, and the spring was rippling.
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In September of the first year of Tianhe, under the negotiation of Du Rangneng, Zhu Mei's general Wang Xingyu led the army to Luoyang to meet the Son of Heaven, although Zhao Fan was dissatisfied with his plundering of Chang'an, but under the persuasion of everyone, Zhao Fan did not embarrass him.
Since then, Chang'an, Hezhong, Pizhou, Shangzhou and other places have all fallen into the hands of Zhao Fan's Luoyang regime, and the feudal towns have not had many opinions on this, after all, these places have always been under the jurisdiction of Chang'an.
In the same year, Qin Zongquan's army attacked Bianzhou with all its might, Zhu Wen with the support of Zhu Xuan, the envoy of Tianping Jiedu and Zhu Jin, the envoy of Taining Jiedu, and the troops of the four towns, launched an attack on Qin Zongquan in the northern suburbs of Bianzhou City, broke Qin Zongquan's army, killed more than 20,000 enemies, and Qin Zongquan fled by night.
After this battle, Qin Zongquan's army suffered a great loss of military strength, so he had to retreat back to Caizhou and lick his wounds silently.
And Zhao Fan also set his sights on Dengzhou, if he can win Dengzhou, it will be of great significance to Zhao Fan.
Zhao Fan didn't expect that the feudal town would suddenly figure it out one day, take the initiative to hand over the military power, and then wait for it to be released. This is unrealistic and impossible, Zhao Fan can only regard himself as a feudal town, a feudal town that occupies the righteousness.
Cao Cao is coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so he Zhao Fan doesn't have to be so troublesome, he himself is the Son of Heaven, and fundamentally, he can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
And Zhao Fan understands very well that in this troubled world, it is definitely not possible to rely on political means, and he must also have strong force in order to maintain his authority as the emperor.
This is also why he smashed the pot and sold iron, and even recruited 100,000 new troops at all costs, because he had the strength to take the right to speak, and he could not make the mistakes made by Tang Zhaozong in history.
Without any hesitation, Zhao Fanli overrode public opinion and sent Ma Jianying's broken army brigade out to attack Dengzhou, while Zhao Wei led the Divine Soldier Brigade to change the guard to Pizhou and Chang'an, and Shaanzhou and Shangzhou were garrisoned by Scar's Divine Brigade.
In October of the first year of Tianhe, Ma Jianying captured Dengzhou, killed more than 5,000 enemies, captured more than 8,000 people, and returned Dengzhou to the Luoyang regime.
In the same year, Zhao Deyu, under the command of Qin Zongquan, was ordered to attack Jingnan, captured the entire territory of Jingnan, killed Zhang Gui, the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, and left the general Wang Jianzhao to guard Jiangling, the capital of Jingnan.
The territory is getting bigger and bigger, but Zhao Fan's troubles are getting more and more, there are still Du Rangneng and Wei Zhaodu, who are helping Zhao Fan to manage, otherwise he will really blow up his head.
As the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, as soon as Zhao Fan's edict came out, countless available talents poured out of the world for Zhao Fan to choose, but there was no need to worry about the lack of grassroots officials.
Maybe this is Zhao Fan's only advantage, as the legitimate heir of the Tang Dynasty, he has a reputation that other feudal towns cannot match.
In today's Tang Dynasty, the royal family's control over the feudal towns is weaker than before, but it has not been completely lost. As long as the whole country is still under the banner of the word "Tang", no one dares to call the emperor, that is, he has control, but Zhao Fan can't be in a hurry, the rabbit bites people when he is in a hurry.
And the list of feudal towns that Zhao Fan really put on his desk is actually only five, that is, Zhu Wen of Xuanwu Jiedu, Li Keyong of Hedong Jiedu, Yang Xingmi of Huainan Jiedu, Li Maozhen of Fengxiang Jiedu, and Wang Jian of Xichuan Jiedu.
But Zhao Fan is not too worried, now a delicate balance has been formed between the feudal towns, as long as Zhao Fan does not easily disturb this balance, the world will not be in chaos, and he Zhao Fan is still the co-master of the world.
As for the other feudal towns, Zhao Fan really didn't care about it, even Qin Zongquan, who was the most jubilant now, was just a dead man in Zhao Fan's eyes.
If you have soldiers in your hands, you don't have to worry about which feudal town dares to come to Luoyang to mess around, Zhao Fan is not the Tang Zhaozong in history, he has no soldiers and no power in his hands, and he will be bullied by Li Maozhen, Wang Xingyu, Han Jianzhi and others.
If you think about it carefully, in fact, the situation at the end of the Tang Dynasty was not so bad...
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