Chapter 14 National Conditions

On the day of his succession, Emperor Xin feasted his ministers, and Wang Shu Bigan recommended the daughter of Dongbohou Jiang Huan Chu, and the Queen Mother nodded in agreement and ordered Dongbohou Jiang Huan Chu to teach his daughter. Sun Mingzhi didn't express any opinions, this kind of thing can only be decided by Uncle Wang Bigan and the Queen Mother, and he has no autonomy in marriage.

The princes of the Eight Hundred Roads left Chaoge together, Chaoge regained its calm, and the people were very curious about the king who had just succeeded to the throne, how could a six-year-old child become a king?

Sun Ming's name of genius had long been spread throughout the court, and it was the same all around the control of the royal power, and Sun Ming began his first performance as a king, the first court meeting after ascending the throne.

The first court meeting did not deal with anything, but the prime minister Shang Rong and Taishi Wenzhong reported their work respectively, one is the specific situation of the current Shang Dynasty, and the other is how the army of the military is prepared.

Sun Ming's young body sat on the throne and listened carefully, first of all, Taishi Wenzhong's report on the armament of the army, this is relatively a lot less, after all, the princes' armies are not under the control of Taishi Wenzhong, although they are nominally under the command of Chaoge, but in fact, the princes' armies all listen to the princes, and you say that he will rush after hearing about the rebellion.

Sun Ming was very dissatisfied with this, the strength of the eight hundred princes added up to a lot greater than Chaoge, but the strength of dozens of princes alone was not Chaoge's opponent, but if there were more, there would be no advantage in the troops, which was also the main reason why Xiqi could win in the end, there were too many rebellious princes.

The strength of the centralized power is too weak, if you want to change this situation, Sun Ming still has a long way to go, especially after Fengming Qishan, Xiqi rebelled, and the servants were like clouds, and they defeated Chaoge's army at once, of course, this is a flood wilderness, and there are cultivators in it to shoot, the Tongtian Sect Master was besieged and defeated by the Four Saints, and the last Ten Thousand Immortals Great Array also appeared traitors.

After listening, Sun Ming had an obvious understanding of the power in his hands, the mundane things in the world cannot be measured by spells and supernatural powers, if you do it yourself, then the saint will definitely do it, and then the unlucky ones are still mortals, so you can only use the power of the mundane to solve the problem, this Sun Ming is not worried. From the beginning of the world to the present, although Sun Ming has been in the flood for countless years, he has never forgotten that he is from the developed era of the earth, and the amount of knowledge is not comparable to the characters of this era.

Even the sage can't compare to Sun Ming's knowledge, but there is a problem, Sun Ming is studying traditional Chinese medicine, science and technology is not a strong point, he can only put forward ideas, when the time comes, let the craftsmen use their own brains, and at the same time, don't you know how to refine the way of the weapon? If not, try it with the means of refining, anyway, the cultivator's means are magical, and there must be unexpected effects, and at the same time, the experiment is also convenient and fast, and the divine sense can sketch the drawings, thinking of this, Sun Ming did not speak, and continued to listen to Wen Zhong's words.

The current weapons are all bronze supports, which are very heavy, and at the same time not sharp, not easy to polish, and the application of bows and arrows is not very high, mainly because of the manufacturing technology. At the same time, there are also heavy weapons such as chariots and rushing cars, which are not practical to say that they are heavy weapons, and the battle formation is just a war horse, and there are spikes poking out of the central axis of the car, and the effect of rushing into the formation is very ordinary.

The rush is just a wooden board in front, which is full of sharp knife tips, and the back is pushed by people to charge, which is very cumbersome, barely a sharp weapon, and the cost of manufacturing is not low.

There is no cavalry in the formation, after all, there is no saddle, stirrups, and horseshoe, the three treasures of cavalry training are too difficult, this single is to make Sun Ming's eyes shine, they are not short of horses, there are many war horses, but the cavalry does not, if the three treasures are taken out, then form a cavalry army, this combat power is almost doubled, but now is not the time.

After Wen Zhong finished speaking, he retreated, and the generals all nodded, Chaoge's military strength is strong, which has a lot to do with Wen Zhong, although he is a cultivator, he is very outstanding in military affairs, and he is invincible.

Prime Minister Shang Rong began to report on the people's livelihood, and Sun Ming also understood that for the current Chaoge, the people's livelihood controlled is only the land within the royal family's scope, and the princes are not under their control, and the princes everywhere have their own territories, although they are generally not large, basically a city, and then radiate out, it is estimated that it is the size of a county in later generations, and it is a poor county, and the population is not much, the least is only tens of thousands, and the most is not more than 200,000.

If it weren't for the princes' water being too much, Sun Ming would now want to send troops to level them all, so centralizing power into his own hands, he doesn't like power, but he wants to develop people's livelihood, then there must be enough power, otherwise it will be in vain.

Commerce is not very developed, generally the princes have their own caravans, back and forth between the various princes, trade, and the transaction is basically barter, the current currency is not universal, the princes have coinage, basically can only circulate within their own range, so it affects the circulation of goods, and every tribute is also a local specialty, such as the seaside tribute pearl coral and the like, the backing of the attack medicinal materials and animal skins, so varied, the palace treasury has a thousand strange everything.

Sun Ming knew that even if Nuwa did not send fox spirits to cause trouble, then the Shang Dynasty would not last long, and the description of the king of Xuan was that 'Di Xin was talented and intelligent when he was young, both civil and military, eloquent, quick in action, strong in acceptance, and very powerful', such a king, if he wanted to take back the rights in the hands of the princes, it was inevitable.

And the princes did not want to lose their rights, so a large number of contradictions were caused, and then the two sides went to war, and Di Xin lost. Of course, the specific history is unknown, anyway, the victors have already written history, so let's take a look.

Not to mention the legends and history, Sun Ming knew that if he wanted to take back the rights of the princes, then there must be a battle, and he needed to prepare early, develop and expand the power of Chaoge, and defeat all the princes to directly complete the unification, and then push the social system forward, strengthen the centralization, and the Shang Dynasty will also change into an empire, so as to complete the general trend of the Heavenly Dao, but the small trend is up to himself.

Thinking of this, Sun Ming raised his eyes and looked down, Shang Rong just finished speaking, "Gu is already clear, the current situation of my Shang Dynasty is not very good, and some changes need to be made, I don't know if the Qing family is willing to contribute?"

"We will obey the king's will. "The current ministers are all good, loyal to the royal family, and their abilities are okay, but their horizons are not as broad as Sun Ming's.

"Very good, Uncle Wang, has the land in front of you been leveled?" Sun Ming nodded with satisfaction, and then asked.

"King Qiqi, it's done, but is it really the palace?" asked Bigan hesitantly.

"It's endless, the national strength is not strong, it's useless to cultivate, wait for the lonely dynasty to push the dynasty to the top, and then build a more magnificent palace. The momentum on Sun Ming's body was emanated, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, and the six-year-old child had such a powerful momentum, like a vast ocean. Momentum is not mana, Sun Ming has fought for countless years, and the momentum has penetrated deep into his bones, and the three laws of battle, force, and intention are all known for their strong momentum.

Wen Zhong had never been in contact with the law at all, he couldn't see anything, he only knew that the king was ambitious, "We are willing to assist the king in achieving great things." ”

"Okay, that's all for today, the Grand Master, Prime Minister, and Uncle Wang will stay, and the others will retreat. Sun Ming waved his hand, today's court meeting is over, this is the custom, the first court meeting will not deal with official business.

Sun Ming left three people and took them directly into the apse, and the council hall was also divided into front and back, with the front court meeting and the rear being a small range of deliberations. There is a low table here, for this kind of small table Sun Ming has no love, but he has not invented any tables and chairs, not the time, these are just small things to talk about later.

"Leave the three of you, Lone wants to talk about Lone's plan, and you must not speak to outsiders. The four of them sat down, and Sun Ming immediately spoke.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. "I said it inside, but I was puzzled in my heart, the king was only six years old, he had just heard about the government, and now he had a plan directly?

"After listening to what you said, my Shang Dynasty will die!" I was going to hear what the plan was, but Sun Ming's cold mouth was hot, and suddenly such a sentence came, so frightened that the three ministers almost knelt.

"Why did the king say that?" Wen Zhong hurriedly asked.

"The royal family can't sing the song. "Sun Ming's song refers to the scope of control, of course, there will not be only one city, but the surrounding radiation range, and there are a large number of passes.

"This ......" The three of them looked at each other, hasn't it always been like this?

"You're looking too close. Sun Ming shook his head, and then continued: "Although the eight hundred princes obey my orders to Shang Tang, they are a king in their own territory, and there is no difference between them and me. If one day I take back their rights, they will rebel together, so that I, the king, am just a little more prince. ”

"Please make it clear to the King. The three of them knelt in their positions, then straightened their upper bodies and faced Sun Ming with their hands clenched into fists.

"Well, the princes rule in their respective territories, and we all know that they make their own laws, but nominally they all mean the court, so there are no good things, and the bad things are all on my head. At the same time, the eight hundred princes each have their own troops, although the number is not large, but after the hundred princes are united, then the number of troops will be more than Chaoge, so isn't it a huge hidden danger?"

Wen Zhong also nodded after hearing this, "That's true, but is the king too worried, there are many princes who are loyal to the royal family." ”