Although more than three years have passed since the Hou Jing Rebellion, Jiankang City as a whole is still a dilapidated scene, with broken walls and ruins everywhere, and cooking smoke is rarely seen in the market.

Nowadays, there are only a few places in the city that are still in good condition for cleaning and repairing, such as Taicheng and Fucheng, and most other places have neither the energy and material resources for repair, nor the need for repair.

The traces of war may be erased, but the memories hidden in the mind can stay with those who have experienced chaos for the rest of their lives, like a nightmare. Although Wang also issued many decrees to appease the displaced people and the people of Jiankang, they still had little effect when they were actually implemented. Many people would rather go into exile and beg for food than return to Jiankang to settle down and earn a living.

The massive loss of population and the hopelessness of return are also important reasons why the vitality of Jiankang City has not been restored for a long time, and although Wang Shengbi now holds the military and political power, he himself does not have too strong talent to control chaos, although there are government decrees, but the implementation is not thorough.

Occasionally, some of the old people of Kinai have returned homesickly, or migrated from other prefectures and counties to enrich the village, but because they have not been resettled in a timely and effective manner, they are often lost a lot. There are also many sergeants who committed atrocities, and vicious incidents such as robbery and plundering emerged one after another.

However, at present, Wang Shengbi can't take care of many things at the level of people's livelihood, and the most important thing in front of him now is to re-establish their legal system and court in Southern Liang.

"Are the necessary artifacts available for the ceremony?"

Due to the loss of many people in Jiankang City before, many courtiers were requisitioned and transferred to Jiangling, and now there are very few people who still stay in Jiankang and are proficient in the things of etiquette and law.

"Captain Qiyu, the etiquette of the cultural relics has just been determined, the materials for the feather treasure are still being searched, and there are many missing craftsmen and slaves......

Although Wang Seng is extremely diligent in arguing, there are still unavoidable objective problems, and they are simply problems.

After Wang Sengbi heard the announcement of the relevant personnel, he couldn't help but feel a headache, and secretly regretted that he did not strictly grasp military discipline when he recovered Jiankang. When he recovered Jiankang, due to the chaos of military discipline, a fire broke out in Taicheng, and many cultural relics and ritual vessels were burned. And the remaining ones that were lucky were also packed and sent to Gangneung one after another.

Compared with the two northern countries, they have always been known for their solemnity and solemnity. But under the repeated blows of riots, now even the cultural relics and ritual vessels of the king's enthronement cannot be prepared, which is really sad and sad.

"In any case, we must try our best to prepare the relics as well as possible, so that our king will not be ashamed of the heavens and the earth! You need to do your best, and if you know and don't do it, and if you hide your spare strength, you will not be spared!"

Although he knew that these difficulties existed objectively, Wang Shengbi still glared and commanded.

This time the new monarch ascended the throne is the first national ceremony that the country has come to the throne, not only to announce that the world is still in power, but also to create and strengthen his personal authority as a king and monk. Especially the latter, it is the biggest reason why Wang Shengbi attaches so much importance to the new monarch's accession to the throne this time.

After the end of the Hou Jing Rebellion, local powerful forces sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and even Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang was still a little helpless about it, and when Wang Seng Bi took charge of the military and political power, the arrogance of these local forces became more and more difficult to control.

Wang Seng Debate also needs to use this enthronement ceremony to announce to those increasingly arrogant and powerful military leaders that he Wang Seng Debate is capable of supporting the new monarch and rising and falling!

But the vision is good, but it is also difficult to achieve, and all kinds of tangible and invisible obstacles from all sides are like hooks that firmly hold him and make him unable to move.

"Is there any capital from Wuzhong?"

After inspecting the preparations for the manufacture of cultural relics and ritual vessels, Wang Shengbi summoned Wu Xing's envoy to inquire about the preparations for the materials.

On the day of the enthronement ceremony, not only the generals who guarded all sides should rush to Jiankang to watch the ceremony and greet the new monarch as much as possible, but also the armies of all parties should gather elites to Jiankang to prepare for the next military dispatch. At present, Jiankang people's livelihood is withering, and the treasury is broken

It can transport supplies from the land of Sanwu.

"Wu Diqun valus profit over righteousness, and there are many heroes who defend themselves and resist the government's orders, although there are requisitions, but few responders......

When the messenger heard the king's inquiry, he opened his mouth to complain.

Wang Seng frowned suddenly after hearing this, and before the messenger finished speaking, he slapped the case and shouted angrily: "Jiankangzhi and Wu Xing, is there a heavenly barrier? Du is acting in the state, and I don't know anything? If Wu Xing's food and goods were not sufficient a month ago, I would go to Wu Township to supervise his government!"

Wu Xing was the son-in-law of Wang Shengbi, but after entering the country, he was more corrupt and violent. However, the current atmosphere is like this, as long as it is not too outrageous, Wang Seng is too lazy to ask. But at such a critical moment, even Du Gong, a henchman, was a little disobedient, which naturally made Wang Seng angry and hated this kind of behavior of ignoring the overall situation.

After being reprimanded by Wang Sheng, the envoy of Wu Xing was sweating profusely, and finally retreated as if he had been amnestied.

In addition to cultural relics, rituals and materials, the most important thing in the enthronement ceremony is naturally the participants.

Soon after the news of the murder of Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang reached Jiankang, Wang Shengbi sent a message to the guards, ordering them to rush to Jiankang as soon as possible to support the new monarch. If all these people are absent, then this enthronement ceremony will undoubtedly become a one-man show of the king's monk's debate, whether it is held or not, it is of little significance, at least it will not achieve the effect of unifying all parties.

Those generals who originally obeyed the king's monk's argument arrived in Jiankang one after another, such as Cheng Lingxi, the assassin of Qinzhou, Xu Sihui, the Taishou Wei Zai of Yiyang, and so on. However, some other generals who did not have a clear subordinate relationship had a more ambiguous attitude, such as Wang Lin, who had recently occupied Huangcheng, and Chen Baxian, who had just occupied Jingkou.

Seeing that the enthronement ceremony was approaching, Wang Lin still refused to move, but sent an envoy to come, saying that the king's father's revenge had not been avenged, and there was no reason to look back.

This generous statement is indeed majestic, but aside from the high-sounding superficial meaning, the inside is nothing more than a demand for military power. If he was really so righteous, how could he fight the battle line from Xiangzhou to Jiangzhou for thousands of miles?

Now he refuses to enter Beijing, just because he is afraid that the imperial court will take the opportunity to question him for the crime of attacking Huangcheng, and by the way, he wants the imperial court to admit that he occupies Jiangzhou.

For Wang Lin's refusal to obey his orders, Wang Seng argued that it was also expected, this disciple was difficult to control, he had already understood, otherwise he would not have been arrested and sent back to Jiangling for questioning in the old year not long after the Hou Jing Rebellion was pacified. Although Wang Lin's troops are guarding the city now, it has actually played a certain role in guarding against the enemy, so there is no need to deal with it in a hurry for the time being.

Compared with Wang Lin, who has never been very deferential, Chen Baxian's uncooperative attitude at this time made Wang Seng deeply worried. Whether it is in terms of status and qualifications, or in terms of human power, Chen Baxian is now second only to Wang Seng in the country. And they have always had a certain tacit understanding with each other.

However, this time to support the new monarch for such a big matter, Chen Baxian rarely did not fully communicate with Wang Sengbi, and has always used the reason that the war in Guangling is tight, saying that it is inconvenient for him to withdraw and return to Jiankang.

After Wang Shengbi rejected the Qi envoy's request to return Guangling, the Northern Qi sent his country, Gao Yue, the king of Qinghe, to lead an army of 50,000 to attack Guangling. Chen Ba first left the general Hou Andu to guard Guangling, and he led his troops to continue to guard Jingkou, echoing each other across the river.

Guangling is being besieged by the Qi army, and although the war is tense, it is also an objective situation, but it may not be possible to say that Chen Baxian can be completely unable to move. It was very difficult for Chen Ba to take Guangling first, and now it is not easy for the Northern Qi to recapture it, especially in the south of Jingkou, which can be sent to Guangling from the river at any time, which also makes the offensive of the Qi army unable to be fully launched, and it is far from enough to make Chen Baxian, who is sitting in Jingkou, difficult to leave.

Whether Chen Ba first used this as an excuse or really couldn't get out, it undoubtedly reflected that he was not active enough in this matter.

The reason that Wang Shengbi can think of is that Chen Baxian had carried out relatively in-depth military cooperation with Li Boshan of the Western Wei Dynasty before, and Guangling City was also obtained because of this.

Now that there is a great feud between the Western Wei and their Southern Liang to destroy the country and slaughter the monarch, it will undoubtedly make Chen Baxian embarrassed, so he hesitates. In this way, Wang Shengbi has to re-evaluate whether the relationship between him and Chen Baxian and the way he gets along need to be adjusted.

But putting these things aside, as the time for the new monarch to ascend the throne is getting closer and closer, Wang Shengbi's mood is becoming more and more anxious. The good news he was hoping for did not come, but a team of unexpected people came to Jiankang again, that is, the envoys of the Northern Qi Dynasty.