Chapter 448: Conferred Title

As the coronation ceremony progressed, the atmosphere on the scene gradually became heated.

Envoys from the Holy Empire and the Canghai Empire each presented generous gifts, and at the same time, the two empires also sent people of high status.

It is said that a prince came to the envoys of the Holy Empire, but he never showed up.

On the Canghai Empire side, a prince also came, the second prince of the Canghai Empire. It is said that this second prince is also a strong contender for the crown prince of the Canghai Empire.

Because the Zulong Empire has never announced the death of the previous emperor, only saying that the previous emperor was in seclusion, so the regent Li Yu announced that the previous emperor was respected as the emperor.

Then, as he personally put the crown symbolizing the emperor on Li Ying's head and handed the emperor's imperial seal to Li Ying, the coronation ceremony was considered to be completed.

From then on, Prince Li Ying became the legitimate and reasonable... new emperor of the empire!

Everyone in the audience stood up together, bowed and saluted, and shouted long live His Majesty.

The young emperor of the Zulong Empire!

The reign title was set as Yingwu.

The first year of Yingwu of Li Ying, the new emperor of Zulong Empire, officially began.

This year, this day, Bai Muye had just turned 20, Lin Zijin was 17, Ji Caiyi was 19, Shan Gu was 19, Si Yin was 18, and Lao Liu was 20.

A group of vigorous young people officially stepped onto the stage of Zulong Empire from the first year of Yingwu.

The first thing Li Ying announced after ascending the throne was to take back the territories previously granted by the princes and dukes.

This decree did not encounter much resistance.

Because the princes and dukes who could make a voice were no longer there.

The remaining three dukes were so scared that even if Li Ying did not issue this decree after ascending the throne, they were ready to write a letter at the first time to request the empire to abolish the decision of enfeoffment.

Even a new official has to start a new job, let alone a new emperor.

A new emperor has his own ministers, this truth is eternal.

Less than two hours after Li Ying ascended the throne, he received a large number of letters of resignation from important officials.

Li Ying had known about these things for a long time, and his father had already chosen a successor for him.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner.

The dinner was scheduled for 7 pm.

This was a real state banquet!

1:30 pm.

Li Ying sat in the study, reviewing various documents sent to him.

These were all reviewed by the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. Under normal circumstances, Li Ying only needed to stamp the seal on them.

In fact, he did so.

He didn't even look closely.

On the first day of the new emperor's accession to the throne, if anyone dared to mess around and deceive the emperor at this time, it would be no different from courting death.

Then, Li Ying issued a second decree.

It was about the countless nobles of the Zulong Empire!

At the same time, countless people were panicking, but they had been waiting.

About fiefdoms.

In fact, from the prince to a small viscount, everyone has his own fiefdom.

The higher you go, the bigger the fiefdom.

For example, for a prince of the level of the King of Qi, the entire Green Star is almost his fiefdom.

But this is completely different from the concept of enfeoffment.

It is two completely different things.

On the surface, it seems that there is no difference. Above the fiefdom, the lord is the biggest.

But in fact, the fiefdom of the prince and the prince is not the land, but the country!

Before the enfeoffment, the fiefdom is the territory of the empire, sacred and inviolable.

As long as the emperor says a word, the fiefdom can be taken back.

After the enfeoffment, the fiefdom becomes a country within a country!

The lord becomes a prince-level king and a county-level king.

This kind of country, to a certain extent, has independent sovereignty!

In addition to paying a certain amount of taxes to the empire every year, the empire has no right to interfere in other matters in theory.

It took more than ten years for the regent Li Yu, together with the other five princes and thirteen county kings, to get the emperor to agree.

But no one expected that in less than a year, the enfeoffment was broken by Li Yu himself.

Yes, Qi Wang Li Yu had done this before Li Ying ascended the throne, which was equivalent to taking the blame for the emperor.

Whether it was folk customs or public opinion, no one said that the new emperor did it.

Because everyone knew that the new emperor had no ability at all!

Since the enfeoffment only existed for less than a year and died, then... what about the fiefdom?

The Zulong Empire was too huge!

Eighteen habitable planets and a trillion people.

There were countless nobles of all sizes.

In fact, these nobles didn't care about the enfeoffment at all. They only cared whether their fiefdoms would be taken away by the new emperor and the regent using this opportunity!

Although they all thought that the new emperor would not do this, they were still a little afraid.

Therefore, this matter was also a top priority for Li Ying after he came to power.

In response to this, he directly issued an instruction, stating that all noble fiefs would remain the same as before.

And promised that those with meritorious service could still advance to the nobility according to the ancient law!

This instruction soon reached the new cabinet led by Prime Minister Sun Yan.

The era that once belonged to Zhao Fu is basically over.

Now Zhao Fu has long been unemployed and retired at home, and it is extremely difficult for his son Zhao Tianze to return to the cabinet.

In this regard, an old fox like Zhao Fu can only sigh-it's not that I don't understand, the world changes fast.

These people in the new cabinet were all suppressed by the emperor at the beginning. This time they were summoned back to participate in the ceremony, and then they were appointed.

Although each of them understood that this was the routine of the emperor, they were still grateful to the new emperor in their hearts.

Routine is routine, but if you are not used, what can you say?

Li Ying's decree was also implemented quickly.

However, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a decree sent from the palace to the cabinet made Sun Yan, the prime minister of the cabinet, somewhat confused and hesitant.

Bai Muye was conferred the title of the first-class marquis of the empire, and his fiefdom was Baiyue City, the first-class main city of Feixian Star, and its subordinates.

Lin Zijin was conferred the title of the second-class marquis of the empire, and his fiefdom was also a first-class main city of Feixian, and its subordinates.

Ji Caiyi was conferred the title of the third-class marquis of the empire, and his fiefdom was three second-class main cities in a first-class main city area of ​​Feixian and its subordinates.

Shan Gu was conferred the title of the third-class marquis of the empire, and his fiefdom was the same as Ji Caiyi.

Si Yin was conferred the title of the third-class marquis of the empire, and his fiefdom was the same as above.

Imperial marquis!

The nobles of the Zulong Empire followed the ancestral system, with the highest title being the prince. In theory, there was no difference between princes, but there would still be some differences according to the title.

For example, the King of Qi was basically the highest-level prince.

Of course, the regent king could not be counted.

Below the prince is the county king, and below the county king are the five ranks of nobles, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. Each rank is divided into three grades, with the first grade being the highest.

Bai Muye, a young man who is just 20 years old, was directly conferred the title of the first-class marquis of the empire without any merit!

To be honest, if this is an emperor who has been on the throne for many years and takes out such a ridiculous edict, there is a 99.99999% chance that the cabinet will just throw it there and ignore it.

You can't fight back.

After all, emperors also have tempers.

But the cabinet has tempers too!

You, the emperor, are indeed the supreme son of heaven, but you can't mess around, right?

Otherwise, the empire will be completely messed up?

The difficulty for Sun Yan and his group is that today is the first day of the new emperor's ascension to the throne!

He wants to be partial, to be... ahem, to be rich and noble, don't forget each other. If they offend the emperor in this matter, I'm afraid their lives will not be too good in the future.

"Prime Minister, this... this is too absurd. Several young people, the oldest is just 20 years old, and the youngest is only 17 years old!" A cabinet minister looked at Sun Yan with a bitter face.

"Yes, Prime Minister, although I have received the grace of the new emperor, I should serve His Majesty with all my heart, but this imperial decree... is a bit too unreliable."

"It's hard to convince the public!"

"How many years has it been since the empire has conferred a noble above the rank of earl? Five of them at once... My heart can't stand it."

A group of people surrounded Sun Yan, all of whom thought that this imperial decree was too absurd.

But at this moment, another decree was sent from the emperor. Sun Yan and several cabinet ministers were a little speechless when they saw it.

"Regarding the previous imperial decree, pass it as soon as possible. I want to give them a surprise at the dinner!"

Is this like children sharing candy?

When did the imperial title become so worthless?

A group of people all looked at Sun Yan.

Sun Yan: MMP!

He thought to himself, what are you looking at me for?

I am the prime minister appointed by the previous emperor!

Although the time is short, I am not the new emperor's man!

However, he also knows that this matter really needs to be solved by him. He can't let his subordinates refute the emperor as a prime minister of the cabinet, right?

At this time, one person couldn't help but say: "Prime Minister, how about... how about asking the regent?"

The room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at the person who spoke.

The person who spoke was also very aggrieved, and said: "What else can I do? It can't be passed like this, right?"

If this decree is passed directly, I am afraid that the entire Zulong Empire will be in an uproar tomorrow.

No matter how outstanding the five young people like Xiaobai are, no matter how many fans they have, they can't resist the excitement of the entire empire and the protests of those old meritorious nobles.

They can make the entire cabinet and the royal family speechless with just three words - why?

At this moment, the regent suddenly pushed the door in.

A group of people in the cabinet came forward to greet, and then looked at Sun Yan together.

Sun Yan cursed in his heart, but he could only bite the bullet and said to the King of Qi: "Your Highness, Regent, there is such a thing..."

The King of Qi waved his hand and said casually: "You don't need to report to me. Now the new emperor has ascended the throne and the country is named Yingwu. Today is the first year of the first year of Yingwu. This king..."

The King of Qi paused slightly and said: "I am a little tired. I came here today to inform you that any matter in the future will be reported directly to the emperor for approval after being handled by your cabinet."

The people in the cabinet were a little dumbfounded.

They thought that it was so hard to get someone who could make the decision, and he was going to give up?

Don't make trouble, my prince, we can't do this!

"Your Highness..." Sun Yan wanted to say something.

The King of Qi looked at him: "Prime Minister Sun..."

"I am here." Sun Yan saluted.

"You and the ministers in the cabinet are all capable people carefully selected by the emperor for the new emperor. I still believe in the emperor's vision. But I will say something slightly presumptuous in private..."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Please teach me, Your Highness."

"Your Highness, please teach me."

A group of people spoke up.

The King of Qi said, "As the saying goes, a new emperor has his own ministers. Although you are capable ministers, to put it bluntly, there are countless capable ministers in the Zulong Empire. You should not need me to teach you how to make the emperor satisfied with you. Although the new emperor is young, he is not a fool. Everything he does must have a deep meaning. If you really have doubts in your heart, you might as well ask directly. Don't worry about angering the new emperor. Otherwise, you dare not ask anything, then, what's the use of you?"

Sun Yan and a group of cabinet ministers had sweat on their foreheads, but they were convinced by the reprimand.

Sun Yan bowed his head and said, "Your Highness has awakened me with one word. Thank you for your advice!"

"Thank you for your advice!" said a group of people.

The King of Qi waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's it. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do in the future. Well, don't bother me if you have something to do. If there is something to do, the emperor will find me."

After that, he turned and left.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Sun Yan and others felt that the prince seemed to be eager to escape from here, and even his steps looked so brisk.

It's really weird!

Didn't they always say that the regent wanted to monopolize the government and even wanted to usurp the throne?

In this way... it's clear that he has unloaded a huge burden, right?

Ten minutes later, Sun Yan appeared in the emperor's study.

"Do you have any doubts about the imperial edict?" Li Ying smiled and asked Sun Yan to sit down, then laughed, "I thought you would go to my uncle."

Sun Yan's scalp suddenly numbed, and he quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty..."

"Just sit down and talk, don't be so restrained." Li Ying waved his hand casually.

"I'd better stand and talk," Sun Yan was just scared by Li Ying's words and broke into a cold sweat, "About your majesty's imperial edict, I am indeed a little confused. In addition, the regent just went to the cabinet and said that in the future, all matters should be discussed directly with the emperor..."

"Oh, what about the uncle? Did he run away?" Li Ying asked.

"Ahem..."

Sun Yan really doesn't understand the royal family now. It seems that the relationship between the emperor and the regent is not as bad as the rumors!

"The regent left and said that you should not bother him no matter what happens in the future."

Sun Yan answered honestly.

"Oh, really, are you so eager to give up?"

Li Ying sighed, and then said: "I know you will have doubts about the imperial edict, and I deliberately didn't explain the reason, just to see if you will take the initiative to ask me, or just throw the imperial edict in a corner and ignore it."

Sun Yan smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, how could we do that?"

"Well, even if you have different opinions in the future, you must come to me to talk, it's best not to throw it aside and ignore it." Li Ying smiled.

"No, absolutely not!" Sun Yan promised.

"Okay, you asked me the reason for the imperial edict, and I will give you a reason now. Of course, these materials are top secret. After you read them, just forget them. How to explain to other cabinet ministers is your business."

Li Ying said, and directly opened several light curtains, and various pictures of the Fulong team participating in the defense battle appeared on the light curtains.

These are nothing, the key is the video of the invasion of the god-level Protoss creatures that happened in the imperial city before, which made Prime Minister Sun Yan stunned.

"These two people are Bai Muye and Lin Zijin?" He couldn't believe it at all.

"I just ascended the throne, there is no need to make such a lie, right?" Li Ying said with a smile.

"I am not suspicious of your majesty, I just feel... feel..."

"Do you think it's unbelievable?"

"Yes!"

"I couldn't believe it when I saw it, but now I know that they have the ability." Li Ying said, and then said: "In addition, they have won many places for the empire to enter the Tianhu Holy Land on Tianhu Star. Prime Minister Sun... You should understand what this means, right?"

"The places to enter the Tianhu Holy Land..." Sun Yan was surprised, then slowly nodded, saluted to Li Ying and said: "Your Majesty, I understand!"

Sun Yan, who returned to the cabinet again, directly approved the decree in the puzzled eyes of his subordinates.

In response, he only said one sentence: "Your Majesty showed me some top-secret information. After reading it, I just want to say that Your Majesty did not make Bai Muye a duke, maybe just because he is too young and it is not convenient to be so ostentatious."

Although the others were skeptical, they had nothing to say.

After all, they could not stop the emperor and the prime minister from agreeing on something even if they wanted to.

But everyone still felt that once this decree was made public, it would definitely cause a huge sensation.

Such young marquises... I'm afraid they will only be seen during the founding years of the Zulong Empire?

At six o'clock in the evening, the dinner was ready to begin.

The venue was in the largest auditorium in the palace.

This auditorium was extremely huge, and most of the people who attended the new emperor's coronation ceremony during the day appeared here.

This time, Bai Muye and his friends had to sit relatively closer to the front.

This scene was also seen by many people who were interested. They could not help but secretly envy it. It was true that when one person succeeded, everyone else would benefit. It was different to have worked with the emperor!

Envy aside, there were not many other emotions. Anyway, it would not affect them.

At half past six, almost all the guests were present.

Shan Gu privately used a communicator to send a message to a small group of people.

"Look at the Holy Empire envoys!"

A group of people subconsciously looked over there and found that among the tables over there, a young man with a strong back and a strong body was sitting in the main seat of one of the tables.

The young man sat there with a calm face, sipping tea without any expression, but he exuded a very strong aura.

Perhaps he felt that someone was watching him, so the young man glanced at Bai Muye. When his eyes swept to Bai Muye, he paused slightly, turned back quickly, and continued to drink tea slowly.

Shan Gu asked in the group: "Lao Liu, Lao Liu, come here, come here quickly! See if this guy is the prince of the Holy Empire?"

Then he sent a photo of the young man that he had just secretly photographed to the group.

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Ji Caiyi glanced at Shan Gu and said in the group: "Why are you following this guy?"

Shan Gu responded in the group: "This guy has been secretly following us for a long time!"

Caiyi: "Oh, he should be coveting the beauty of our beautiful Zijin!"

Si Yin: "Why not Brother Xiaobai?"

Caiyi: "..."

Shan Gu: "..."

Lin Zijin: "What the hell?"

Bai Muye: "Si Yin, when did you get your driver's license?"

Si Yin sent a scared pattern.

At this time, Lao Liu popped up and said, "I'm so busy, I envy you guys for being able to sit there! That guy is a newly registered prince of the Holy Empire. If I guess correctly, he should have been under protection all the time. This is his first real appearance."

Lao Liu then asked again, "Why are you asking this, Shan Gu? Are you interested in him?"

Shan Gu: "..."

After saying this, Lao Liu disappeared. Now, no one knows what position Lao Liu holds. It seems that he doesn't have any position because he is still in school.

But after graduation, he will be sent out to serve as an official, that's for sure.

As time goes by, the teenagers have now grown into young adults, and their life trajectories have also begun to change slowly.

In a few years, perhaps the changes will be greater.

At 6:50, the new emperor Li Ying, accompanied by a group of people, appeared in the auditorium.

Everyone at the scene stood up to greet him.

After a few polite words, the banquet officially began.

This level of banquet looks high-end, but in fact, everyone is not comfortable.

Every move is under the attention of many people, and there can be no impoliteness.

After three rounds of drinking, someone from the Canghai Empire suddenly stood up.

In the relatively quiet huge auditorium, it seemed a bit abrupt, and many people cast their eyes on the blond and blue-eyed handsome young man who stood up.

The young man said loudly: "First of all, congratulations to the new emperor Zulong on his ascension to the throne."

"I am from the Canghai Empire. Last year, I won the Canghai Empire High School League Championship."

"I heard before that someone pretended to be us in Tianhu Holy Land."

The young man said, looking at Bai Muye, and many people followed his gaze.

Bai Muye's face was calm, thinking that it was not us who pretended to be us.

The young man from the Canghai Empire continued, "Of course, this is nothing. The key is that I heard that your country's young genius Bai Muye also appeared there. I didn't see him, which was a pity. This time, I was fortunate to follow the Canghai envoys to come to congratulate the new emperor. I dare to challenge Bai Muye, the captain of your country's high school league championship, here."

"Let's have a fight, just to liven up today's dinner. I wonder if Mr. Bai can fulfill my little wish?"