Chapter 760: The Sovereign Castle (Part 1)

"It's finally over. It turns out that the position of emperor, especially a good emperor, is not so easy to be. We still have to find someone as soon as possible."

After a declaration, Shen Fei did not let the people present leave, but began to meet them one by one. The reason for meeting them one by one was not only to facilitate understanding of some things, but also to facilitate him to take action.

After all, he was a newcomer and had no reputation before. He also greatly offended a group of self-proclaimed righteous forces such as Cihang Jingzhai, Ning Daoqi, and Jingnian Zen. In this case, it would be difficult to make Luoyang like an arm and facilitate his subsequent related reform plans by relying on Wang Shichong and Dugu alone.

These people don't even need to actively resist. Just by doing nothing, they can cause him a lot of trouble, and even more serious ones will secretly betray him.

Instead of causing trouble, he will take action to solve it, wasting manpower and material resources, and his time. It is better to solve the signs of trouble at the beginning.

Shen Fei always used his hands to control those officials who were inclined towards Buddhism and aristocratic families. Buddhism has always claimed that there is no one in the world that cannot be saved, and it has even developed martial arts that can change people's minds, so he is not so worried about this.

Generally speaking, salvation refers to guiding and pointing out the way to solve people's doubts and teach them, so that people can suddenly realize the truth, etc. However, for Buddhism, salvation also means forcing people to belong to Buddhism, such as the legendary three thousand mortals who were saved by the prehistoric Jiejiao.

Why is Buddhism so powerful? It's because they accepted most of the Jiejiao's legacy. Of course, these things are too far away from Shen Fei, but in the world of Shuanglong, Buddhism has martial arts that can change people's minds, and practicing this martial arts is the so-called Wisdom Master, one of the four great monks, the Heart Buddha Palm.

In the original book, this wise master wanted to convert one of the twin dragons with the Heart Buddha Palm. Of course, it is not so easy to achieve this effect, especially in this world of martial arts. The masters have very high spiritual attainments. If you really want to convert the other party, you have to pay with his life.

"Sir, how do you deal with them?"

After the other ministers left the palace, Qian Qian pointed to the last person left here, King Yang Tong of Yue. After Shen Fei officially became king, this King of Yue was naturally useless.

According to normal practice, Shen Fei should first push King Yang Tong of Yue out to be the emperor, just like the Li family and Yu Wenzhi, as well as Wang Shichong in the original book, and then after waiting for a period of time, he would take back the throne under the pretext of abdication.

There is basically no need to say how those who lost the throne ended up. Now Qian Qian mentioned them, and naturally wanted to deal with them. However, for Shen Fei, even if he knew such a treatment, it was very normal in this era, and no one would say he was wrong.

For members of the royal family, killing one's relatives is a normal phenomenon. If an ordinary person does such a thing, it is basically a heinous crime. But for the royal family, as long as the person is a good emperor in the future, it is excusable. If he is a tyrant, he is incompetent, cruel and inhumane, which is the difference between Yang Guang and Li Shimin.

"Let him leave with those who are still loyal to him. Don't worry about where he goes, even if he leaves Luoyang, it doesn't matter." Looking at King Yang Tong of Yue who was hiding behind an old eunuch, Shen Fei said lightly.

"My lord, you are too kind."

"If I am afraid of even a child, how can I talk about unifying the world."

Shen Fei said and walked to the back of the palace, that is, the harem. Although this is also a palace, it can only be regarded as a temporary palace strictly speaking. The real palace is the one in Chang'an. The palaces in Luoyang and Yangzhou are just where Yang Guang lived when he toured the world.

However, probably because Yang Guang had planned to move the capital before, the imperial palaces in Yangzhou and Luoyang were all built very luxuriously, with pavilions, terraces, corridors and boats.

Even though Yang Guang might not come here once a year, there were still hundreds of eunuchs and palace maids staying here to maintain the daily life of the palace.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the King of Tang." When Shen Fei led Qian Qian to the harem, the old eunuch beside Yang Tong pulled him to kneel down in front of Shen Fei's back.

"With great power in hand and three thousand beauties in the harem, it's no wonder that so many people desperately want to sit in that position."

People use "under one person and above ten thousand people" to describe someone's power, but the emperor is only above ten thousand people, not under one person.

As for the so-called harem, strictly speaking, it refers to the place inside the palace where the emperor lives, because there are many concubines living here. Over time, the meaning of the word harem has changed in modern times.

Fortunately, Yang Guang had been staying in Yangzhou before. There were only maids in the harem of the Luoyang Palace, and no concubines. The concubines that Yang Guang didn't like would only stay in Chang'an and would not come to Luoyang.

"Hong Hou, start scanning the entire Luoyang."

In the imperial study, Shen Fei began to order Hong Hou to start working. At this time, this imperial study had been transformed into a research room by him. The middle part was the desktop of the holographic imaging system. Through the invisible Quinjet fighter in the sky and a large number of unmanned aircraft, the situation in the entire Luoyang could be fully monitored.

With such advanced technology in hand, even if it cannot be promoted due to the factors of this era, it does not mean that Shen Fei cannot use it himself.

"Medical College, Education College, Paper Mill, Cement Factory, Disaster Relief, and the Promotion of the Rule of Law, Newspapers, no wonder Naruto was so tired after becoming the Seventh Hokage, there are so many things to do."

That is not the fatigue caused by physical labor, but the fatigue caused by mental labor.

"There are not enough trustworthy people, it seems that we can only see if there are any good people among those who came to Pegasus Ranch."

"Next is to meet the leaders of the major forces in Luoyang. This Sha family is quite powerful, no wonder the Yin Kui Sect arranged spies in their home, well, they are good at making firearms, so we should win them over."

The Sha family in Luoyang is a famous military family. It is a big merchant who started with mining and is famous for its hardware craftsmanship. There are more than a hundred weapons factories across the country. It was one of the important weapons suppliers in the previous Sui Dynasty.

Dongming Sect cannot compare with Sha Clan in this respect. The reason why Li Clan and other noble families bought weapons from Dongming Sect is mainly because those weapons are smuggled goods. If they buy such weapons from Sha Clan, they will be easily reported.

For such a big merchant, Wang Shichong in the original novel finally let him go and let them join Li Clan. It can be said that he lost to Li Clan unjustly.

"Let's take it step by step."

"No marriage, no compensation, no cession of land, no tribute, the emperor guards the national gate, and the king dies for the country. What a great courage."

In a private room of Dongjia Restaurant in Luoyang City, Song Lu, Song Shidao and Song Yuzhi of Song Clan could not help but praise loudly after hearing what Shen Fei said in the palace hall.

Under the leadership of Song Que, Song Clan has always taken it as its mission to revitalize the Han nationality. All of them looked down on Li Clan, which has the blood of the main Hu nationality, not to mention that Li Yuan actually directly paid tribute to the Turks.

"No wonder the clan leader wants to meet him in person."

"Father wants to meet him in person, so Yuzhi."

Song Lu's words made Song Shidao look at his sister involuntarily. Although Song Lu didn't finish his words, he already knew what he meant.

Once Song Que and Shen Fei meet, if the two sides can reach a cooperation, there is no doubt that Song Yuzhi will be the object of marriage.

Looking at Song Shidao's eyes, Song Lu shook his head helplessly in secret. Song Shidao is undoubtedly a rare talent of the younger generation of the Song clan. Whether it is talent, martial arts, or even detective, he has a lot of talent, but he has no intention of fighting for the world, but he is still in love with a Korean woman, even if that woman is dead.

This result made Song Que and Song Zhi of the Song clan very helpless. If Song Shidao had the ambition of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin of the Li clan, the Song clan would probably have started a war at this time.

What is it that since ancient times, only the north can rule the south, not the south can rule the north? Song Que would not care about this.

The Song clan are all passionate people. From this aspect, Song Shidao has undoubtedly inherited Song Que's genes. If Fan Qinghui had not put her ambitions in her heart, she and Song Que would have had a chance to be together. But who can blame Fan Qinghui for being a career-oriented woman?

If Fan Qinghui was not from Cihang Jingzhai and Buddhism, Shen Fei would really be interested in recruiting her, just like Zhu Yuyan. For Shen Fei now, he is not afraid of his subordinates having ambitions, but he is afraid that they have no ability.

"Brother, you don't have to worry about my affairs. Although this Tang Wang His Royal Highness is courageous, he seems to have offended too many people. Not to mention Cihang Jingzhai, Buddhism, but Ning Daoqi will probably not let him go easily."

Speaking of Cihang Jingzhai, Song Yuzhi of Buddhism was full of disdain, and he no longer respected her before. Before Shen Fei and Yang Guang revealed the true face of Buddhism, Song Yuzhi's attitude towards Buddhism was very good, but after knowing its true face, his impression plummeted.

As the legitimate daughter of the Song family, Song Yuzhi still maintains a naivety, that is, her aversion to war. Compared with Li Xiuning and Dugu Feng, Song Yuzhi's legitimate daughter of the family is somewhat unqualified.

In the original novel, there are many reasons why Kou Zhong finally gave up the world, but it is certain that Song Yuzhi's attitude also accounts for a considerable weight. If it were Li Xiuning or Dugu Feng, they would definitely support Kou Zhong to unify the world, rather than giving away their forces for the so-called peace.

"Since he dared to do so, he must have something to rely on. Now the Yinkui Sect seems to be on his side. Even if Cihang Jingzhai wants to do something, they need to consider it."

"Cooperating with the Demon Sect, Cihang Jingzhai may use this as an excuse to make trouble." Song Shidao said slowly.

"If it was before, they might have this prestige, but now, hum." Song Lu sneered twice. Among the four major families, the Song family is the one that can't tolerate any sand in its eyes.

"The problem is that it's not just them now. His declaration may not make those two willing to let such an emperor appear in the Central Plains." Song Shidao's words made Song Lu silent immediately.

As the next generation heir of the Song family, Song Shidao is not much worse than Li Shimin. Song Shidao knows everything he should know about the education of the family.

"This Tang King is a lunatic. He dares to say that."

The next day, in front of the gate of the palace, a stone tablet with Shen Fei's previous words of no marriage, no compensation, no cession of land, no tribute, the emperor guards the national gate, and the king dies for the country was erected. It instantly detonated the entire Luoyang City. Basically, people from the rivers and lakes and the immortals were discussing this matter.

Some people agreed with Shen Fei's courage and boldness, while others laughed at him for being an idiot. He pushed many forces to the opposite side. These forces naturally referred to those who paid tribute to the Turks.

Many foreign forces in Luoyang City immediately turned cold after hearing this, and the Turks even shouted directly.

The Turks during this period were extremely arrogant. The top figures might not feel anything about this, but the bottom felt the most deeply. If there was a conflict between the two sides, even if someone died, as long as the commotion was too big, the Turks would basically not be dealt with.

On the one hand, it was because the Turks were indeed powerful. Didn't you see that Li Yuan paid tribute? On the other hand, it was influenced by Confucianism. After all, the other party was a foreigner, and it was necessary to show the magnanimity of a great country, etc.

Luoyang and Chang'an even had special streets to settle these foreigners.

"Fortunately, there was a precedent in the Qin Dynasty, otherwise it would be more troublesome. Now it's almost done." Looking at the freshly baked Tang Daily in front of him, Shen Fei nodded with satisfaction.

Shen Fei has no talent in literature, but there is no need to worry about this. Luoyang has many talents in this area, such as the Eight Scholars of Luoyang. These people are talented, but unfortunately they are deeply influenced by Confucianism.

On the second day, he found Shen Fei and questioned him. The reason was very simple, because Shen Fei did not follow the rules before. What rules are naturally the rules of abdication.

According to the normal routine, Shen Fei should have put King Yang Tong of Yue on the throne, and after a period of time, he would find a reason to abdicate.

Don't underestimate the difference, this represents the influence of Confucianism, and then Shen Fei directly slapped the guy who was the most clamoring, the leader of the Eight Scholars of Luoyang, into a ball of blood mist.

After that, after the second one who clamored that Shen Fei was a tyrant, Yang Guang, the second, was also slapped into a blood mist, the remaining six people immediately became honest, but even so, Shen Fei did not let him go. He directly changed their memories with his hands, and then kept them all, ready to write articles for the newspaper.

Wait until the newspaper is regular, reporters, editors, etc. are in place, and then deal with them.

"Your Highness, something has happened." When Shen Fei was thinking about what content to use for the first newspaper to be published, Dugu Feng came in to report.

"What's wrong?" Shen Fei asked calmly.

"It's the Turks who are making trouble." Dugu Feng immediately told him the general situation.

"So they are coming for me, they are really brave, and I just want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, so let's kill them."

"Kill them, don't spare any."

In front of a mansion on Luoyang East Street, facing the Turks who gathered to make trouble and injured and killed many Luoyang locals, Shen Fei didn't waste any words and took action directly.

Under the round of bows and crossbows shot by the Imperial Guards, the survivors were all masters, but unfortunately they were facing Qianqian and Dugu Feng.

"It seems that the material for the first newspaper is available." Looking at the bodies of the Turks on the ground, an idea suddenly popped up in Shen Fei's mind.