Volume VII Huayuan Fengyun Chapter 4 The Earl of the Sea

The palace court, today is a special day for Kong Ming, because the emperor is finally going to seal Kong Ming. This is not the first time Kong Ming has come to the palace, but this time it is a little different from other times, in the past, when Kong Ming came was New Year's Day, otherwise he would have the opportunity to come to this place as a little baron. Walking into the main hall of the emperor's early dynasty, Kong Ming made a salute, because Kong Ming has become a sage, according to the system, there is no need to make a big bow, only need to bend a little. At this time, those ministers on both sides of the main hall had the opportunity to meet this young soldier saint, and the age of Kongming was so young that they couldn't believe it. At this time, Kong Ming was only twenty-three years old, and many people were still studying in college at this age, chasing girls, and Kong Ming could already be said to be experienced in a hundred battles. The scars on his body are already all over his body, although he has been tempered by dragon blood, but he has eliminated the old scars, but he has added many new scars, plus in the battle with the god level, the damage he has just received has not completely healed, and it is even more. Kong Ming's face also had a few shallow scars, which made Kong Ming more sturdy, they looked at Kong Ming's appearance and compared it with Yun Haifeng, and it was really very similar, which made them more sure that Kong Ming was Yun Haifeng's grandson, a fact that even the emperor said, and also sighed at Yun Haifeng's luck.

Compared with other people, the current Yun family has the most complicated heart, and went to congratulate Kong Ming, but was driven out. This made them a joke for the people of the imperial capital.

"See Majesty. Kong Ming said lightly. There was not all the excitement and excitement of the young people in the voice, but a normal state of mind.

"Haha, what a hero out of a young man, the Sage of Kongming, you are really different, you can become a sage at a young age. It's really not easy, Feng!" the emperor laughed.

"Hereby, Sir Kong Ming was promoted from a baron to an earl, and his fief was the coast of the East China Sea, the coastal city. Chin this. The prime minister read from the side. This has been discussed a long time ago, and other people have already known it, only Kong Ming has no contact with others, so he didn't know until now that his fief was so far away, and it was nearly 10,000 miles away from the emperor, which can be said to be a typical example of the emperor of Tiangao. Thinking about it, this is also the emperor to separate him from the land of chaos, otherwise, once Kong Ming recruits the mercenaries of the land of chaos, then the headache will not be the Harvey Empire, but the Huayuan Empire, and now the Kong Ming is transferred to such a far place. This was a direct solution to the problem, and since the city was far from the center of the empire and facing the sea. There are bandits in strict zhòng. With such a soldier in the past, it would be much quieter to come there. What everyone didn't expect was that they guessed the latter point, but not the first one.

"Thank you!" Kong Ming saluted again.

The emperor laughed a little, and then waved his hand again, after the prime minister saw it. Hurriedly read another order.

"The Eastern Naval Region is hereby formed with immediate effect, with the East China Sea coast from Nam Giang Province to Beibing Province. Twenty-one provinces are included in the Eastern Naval Region, and the military affairs of each province are in charge of the Eastern Naval Region, and each province is responsible for ensuring the material and personnel needs of the Eastern Naval Region, and the navies of the provinces to which they belong are all assigned to the Eastern Naval Region. ”

"Count Marina Kong Ming is hereby appointed as the commander-in-chief of the East China Sea Navy, with the rank of admiral, and has full responsibility for the coastal defense of the East China Sea and the affairs of the Eastern Naval District. It will be completed by mid-July. ”

This order obviously surprised everyone, they didn't know why there was such an order, although it was said that in the East China Sea of the empire, it was often harassed by other countries, but the loss was not severe, why didn't Kong Ming be given a false position like the deputy military minister of the empire as discussed before, and let him live in this position for the rest of his life? At this time, the emperor was also very helpless, this order was also given by him just now, and the person who could make him give the order was Li Feiyang, the sword god one of the god-level powerhouses of the Harvey Empire, which made him very helpless. Looking at the emperor's helpless appearance, Li Feiyang just made the emperor smile in just three sentences. The first sentence is that letting Kong Ming rectify the army of the East China Sea can make the navy of the Huayuan Empire become a navy that dominates the world; the second sentence is that let Kong Ming take this navy to conquer all the countries around the East China Sea and open up territory for the Huayuan Empire, and the third sentence is that Kong Mingzuo Town East China Sea can be picked up by those who have ambitions for the Huayuan Empire. And these are all based on one foundation, that is, Kong Ming is a soldier saint. Good steel should be used on the blade, not on the rust. The ability to be a soldier is far beyond people's estimates.

So in the eyes of everyone, Kong Ming, who was originally just a virtual position, suddenly became a powerful figure, and he was one of the giants of the military department. You must know that the entire East China Sea Haiphong and the East Naval Region together have 21 coastal provinces. Is it true that nothing will happen to a twenty-three-year-old young man in charge of such a large area, even if this person is a soldier saint. At this time, the first to come out against it was the Minister of War, and apparently no one was consulted about this.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Count Kongming has such a big burden alone, is there something inappropriate, after all, his qualifications are here, and he is really-too small. The Minister of War said.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this is not appropriate!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

A large number of people are constantly emphasizing Kongming's age and qualifications, which are not enough to convince the public. However, what they were thinking about was something else, to know how much power they had over the personnel, finances, and jurisdiction of the entire 21 provinces, and how many people could be arranged for them? Not to mention that the East China Sea Navy was originally a big piece of cake that they had carved up. Now after giving Kong Ming, the shape suddenly became very unoptimistic, everyone knew that the first thing Kong Ming did when he took office was to replace all the generals with his own people.

The emperor's face became very ugly, he had already thought of these problems, but Li Feiyang did not solve these doubts for him, as an emperor, he could not let the sword god solve the doubts for these ministers, and he could not bring out the sword god Li Feiyang to suppress them, this is a big taboo as a monarch, why let Kong Ming go to this position? Now these ministers have to let him deal with this look, otherwise, there is really no way to open this meeting. If there's no way to drive it. This is a great challenge to the imperial power.

"Okay, don't say it, I know what you think in your hearts, I only ask three sentences, the first sentence, who can build a steel defense line for me, the second sentence, who can expand the territory of my Huayuan Empire on the East China Sea, and the third sentence, who is a soldier saint. If you can all meet all three criteria. Then I'll hand over the East Sea to him. The Emperor's anger made everyone shut their mouths. No matter what the first two are, they can use any excuse to put their people in power, but what to do after taking the position is another matter, and some things can be delayed, but only this last one. They are very speechless, soldier saint. This is a threshold that no number of generals can cross. Among the generals in the army. There is no shortage of saints, but they are not warriors, and it is important to know that the path to sanctification is different for each saint, and those teachers can only tell people about their experiences, but they cannot replace others in this aspect of enlightenment. And as a special Sage, the Sage of Soldiers does not mean that the more people you kill on the battlefield, the greater your chances of becoming holy. The more battles you fight, the greater your chances of becoming holy, and these are just giving a general the opportunity to comprehend the realm of the Soldier Saint, even the Soldier Saint is also sanctified from a different perspective. Some people will be sanctified by benevolence, some people will be sanctified by killing, and some people will be sanctified by domineering. That's why the entire empire's soldier saints are directly gone, and Kongming's condition directly blocks everyone's words.

Seeing that there is no way to make the emperor change his mind on this, but these people, as old fritters in the officialdom, are not so easy to deal with.

"Your Majesty, I think this new military region will require a lot of work, it doesn't seem good for General Kong Ming to do it alone, he has not served in the army before, and this also requires a lot of officers who are familiar with this kind of military to carry out, I will build a military region formation group by our military department, which will be responsible for this matter, do you think it is feasible?" said the Minister of Military Affairs, knowing that once the most important rights in a unit are grasped, others cannot do anything about it. One is the right of personnel, one is the right of finance, and the other is the right to execute, with these three things in hand, they are not afraid that Kong Ming will turn the sky upside down, and this is usually a means for the emperor to restrain his courtiers, he cannot completely let go of such a large unit, so important departments to Kong Ming.

"This seems to be the same, I don't know Count Kongming, as the chief officer of the Eastern Naval Region, what do you think of these?" The emperor looked at Kongming, no matter what, this military region is managed by Kongming, and he must ask for Kongming's opinion, otherwise, the future work will not be easy to do, and if Kongming strikes, it will be even more than worth the loss.

"Your Majesty, it's up to you to decide, I only have one small request. Kong Ming said lightly, compared to these old fritters on the political zhì, Kong Ming didn't think of a better way for a while, after all, everything needed for the formation of the military region had to come from the Minister of Military Affairs, if he got stuck, then Kong Ming's life was not unbearable, but not very happy.

"Oh, what a request? "The emperor and the ministers did not expect Kong Ming to be so superior, you must know that a military region is set up to twenty-one provinces, and it also includes the territory of the East China Sea, how much is the benefit of this?

"The first, don't come if you're afraid of death; second, don't come if you don't obey orders; third, don't come if you don't have the ability; and the last one, because I have all the responsibilities and obligations for the entire military region, including the appointment, dismissal, and disposition of all personnel below the deputy commander's level, so I don't want anyone who wants to play against me not to come. Kong Ming said slowly. Kong Ming's words don't seem to be anything, they are all very reasonable requirements, because these are the spirit that a soldier should have, but the question is how many of those noble children have this spirit? You must know that there is a great fear between life and death, so once those people are under the command of Kong Ming, then it is really a fire to refine, and it will soon be known whether it is gold or garbage.

"Hehe, I believe that we give the generals are all first-class elites. The Minister of War said with a smile, and the other ministers saw that Kong Ming did not object, and it seemed that what he said was just some scenes, so everyone was relaxed for a while, and one minister even said: "I believe that even the young lady of the Yi family can participate in the decisive battle of millions of people." Then there is no reason why those officers of ours should not be able to participate in the battle of more people. ”

Everyone knew in their hearts when they heard it, even a woman could survive this crazy battle under this Kong Ming without any damage, then their children and grandchildren would definitely survive in such a situation, but unfortunately they did not calculate the mortality rate under Kong Ming, which was quite high, and Yi Yiyi was a deputy commander, and the person who was not responsible for the war was safe.

Looking at the smiling faces of these people, Kong Ming couldn't help but sneer, what kind of idea did they have. Kong Ming doesn't know where it is, but Kong Ming has never been afraid of this, you must know that every time Kong Ming leads the army, almost no of his own soldiers, they are all from various mercenary armies. Then, under the leadership of Kong Ming, he became a loyal supporter of Kong Ming step by step. These people put their children and grandchildren into the pockets of Kongming. It's a good thing that Kong Ming can't wait for. With these Second Ancestors, many things can be solved.

That minister didn't expect that his words would solve the doubts in many people's hearts, but it brought him into the eyes of the second prince and made the second prince have a lot of opinions about him. In fact, no one has figured out what kind of Kong Ming is until now, you know. If Kong Ming refused the Minister of War's suggestion and recruited troops himself, the emperor would not have said anything, originally. Kong Ming was going to do this when he arrived in the East China Sea, but Kong Ming only said some things on the scene, and the rest really didn't move. Seeing Kong Ming's appearance, everyone's hearts also calmed down, thinking about some of the younger generations in the family, to see if they could be inserted into Kong Ming's Eastern Naval Region, get a background, and then find a way to transfer to the imperial capital in the future, such a clean body, what kind of capital is available, and from scratch, it is simply a road to heaven in officialdom.

"I believe that under the leadership of Admiral Kong Ming, the Eastern Navy will be able to win successive battles and fight a sea for the empire. When the prime minister saw this, he hurriedly added. The other officials also hummed and praised Kongming's righteousness, only Yun Haifeng was the most embarrassed, saying no, not saying no.

"Alright, that's it, the meeting is over. "The emperor didn't expect that Li Feiyang's words would be so effective, and Kong Ming would be such a way up, and there was no objection to any of the things raised by those nobles, you know, if such an army was established in the past, the hall would be more lively than the vegetable market.

So the matter was decided in this way, and Kong Ming was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Naval Region, responsible for all military affairs in the entire twenty-one coastal provinces, and these provinces were subject to Kong Ming's control, and the Ministry of Military Affairs came forward to form the entire East China Sea Navy. In other words, as long as these are formed, Kong Ming will take office.

After the meeting, Kong Ming walked out of the hall with the flow of people, and many ministers greeted Kong Ming one after another, you must know that Kong Ming is a frontier minister from now on, and his position is higher than Yun Haifeng, no matter what, now that he is familiar with a face, things will be much easier to do in the future, not to mention that many of their fiefdoms are also on the edge of the East China Sea, and now they not only have to start to go back to work, but also go back to their homes to discuss with those old antiques how to allocate these places.

"General, please stay. A somewhat familiar voice came from behind, Kong Ming looked back, it turned out to be the second prince, as the heir to the throne, the five of them would come to the court every day, so that they could get in touch with state affairs as soon as possible.

"I don't know what instructions the second prince has?" Kong Ming looked at the second prince and said, because of the relationship between Yi Yiyi and Yiyi, Kong Ming also had a lot of affection for the second prince.

"Here you go. The second prince handed over a red post with a double happiness on it.

"Who's?" Kong Ming didn't open it, but put it into the space ring, after all, this is a strict place, and it's not suitable to open it.

"I got married three days later with Yiyi, this is a post. The second prince continued, you must know that the wedding of a prince is a major event in the empire, and the prince personally gave the invitation to Kong Ming, which is a recognition of the relationship. In other words, whether Kong Ming admits it or not, he now has a much better relationship with the second prince than the other princes in the eyes of others. It's a pity that since Kong Ming is not interested in these things now, and he doesn't want to be involved in those messy things, he directly ignores other people's eyes and things, after all, he still holds the title of a sage, and he won't care about what others say anyway.

"You really know how to choose the time, I will definitely be there then, but first make a reputation, I am just a poor mercenary, but there are no good gifts, don't drive me out when the time comes!" Kong Ming smiled bitterly.

"Haha, as long as you come, then it's the biggest gift, why bother with anything else?" The second prince was very happy with Kong Ming's answer, although Kong Ming didn't say anything, but he was able to say such things on this occasion, which itself was an invisible support for him. This is the political zhì, a careless person who will die so that his bones are gone.

"Okay, don't go over it, otherwise some people will be angry in their hearts, and you won't feel good!" said the second prince with a smile, and then left straight.

Kong Ming shook his head and looked around, and sure enough, there were many people paying attention to Kong Ming. Then a person who was also dressed as a prince came over, he was very similar to the emperor, Kong Ming didn't want to know that this was another prince, but he didn't know how many princes it was.

"General, do you have time at night?" the prince began.

"Hehe, I'm sorry I wasn't available. Kong Ming said apologetically.

"It's a shame. Good bye. The man walked straight away.

"Who is this person?" Kong Ming muttered, thinking that the person in front of him was also a master, and he could still hear the sound of the hollow after he was away from Kong Ming, making him almost fall down.

Later, several princes came to greet Kong Ming, and Kong Ming replied very politely, the government was a theater, and Kong Ming had to abide by the rules.

"General Kong Ming, please stay!" a slightly older voice came, Kong Ming looked back, and saw the Minister of War coming over.

"Haha, I'm old, and my hands and feet are a little inconvenient. It's better to be young. The Minister of War laughed.

"Come on, senior, you are embarrassed to be called old as a great swordsman, and you can live for hundreds of years, besides, once you break through the god level, it will be immortal, don't cry old in front of a little guy like me. "Kong Ming doesn't have a good airway. Although there was some unkindness in his words, but every word was a blessing, there was no way, since he knew that he would inevitably have to deal with these people, Kong Ming deliberately caught the fat man, and became a teacher for himself, and trained in this area for nearly ten days, in order to live. Seeing Kong Ming so good at talking, the Minister of War couldn't help but be happy, he thought that Kong Ming was just good at military affairs, and he was not very good at communication, but now I think about it, there are some inconsistencies in the rumors.

"Hehe, the old man will rely on the old man to sell the old once. I take care of most of the work for you, you won't mind, will you?" said the Minister of War. To be honest, there are not many people who can enter his eyes, but Kong Ming is definitely one, not only because he is a soldier saint, but also because he dares to go to the god slaughter. So after hearing that Kong Ming was back, he deliberately took Kong Ming's information and took a good look at it, and found that many times it is best to speak directly to Kong Ming, which is better to communicate.

"The Minister of War laughed, these military affairs are originally your business, how can I mind, but I still say the same thing, those who can't be put in, you don't want to let them in, you just need to calculate how many people died when I led the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, and the ratio of casualties to those who can fight, you will know that what I said is true. Kong Ming reluctantly told him some truths.

"Hehe, okay, those who can't be put in, I won't put any of them in. The Minister of War laughed. But in his heart, the Minister of War was really surprised, others only noticed Kong Ming's brilliant achievements, but few people noticed his battle damage. This is really great bad news for the local nobles. (To be continued......)

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