Fish swimming around the world

I don’t know if Ying Wushuang, who just walked out from behind, felt the collision just now, but her expression was very calm.

With a wave of his sleeves, he motioned to the civil and military officials who stood up to greet him to sit down, and faintly uttered one word: "Xuan."

Zhao Gao immediately said in a loud voice: "Dragons are soaring around the fields, tigers are roaring in all directions, King Xiaoyao is traveling north alone, his hard work is great, your majesty holds a banquet to celebrate his achievements, and all the officials congratulate him - Great Qin is victorious -"

"Great Qin is victorious——

Congratulations to King Xiaoyao——"

After all the officials responded in unison, the banquet officially began.

This kind of formal banquet requires a lot of etiquette. Naturally, this is also the reason why Mr. Jiang does not like to participate.

Fortunately, this is still in the Qin Dynasty. If it were in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it would be so complicated...

I finally managed to get through the prelude. Jiang Fan just breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his chopsticks, and prepared to eat meat and drink from a large bowl.

Suddenly I heard Zhao Gao raise his voice: "Your Majesty has a decree to award a reward——"

What else? But a reward is still okay. Mr. Jiang put down his chopsticks enthusiastically, ready to hear how much money his wife would give.

"One word, Wang Jiangfan, went to northern Xinjiang alone and lived in Jingbian for three years. He captured the eldest prince Zuoxian Wang and wiped out thirteen tribes. He made great contributions to the country. He was specially allowed to expand the territory of Lishan County by hundreds of miles. He did not follow the laws of the Qin Dynasty and became independent. To govern, laws and rituals stand on their own—"

Good guy! All civil and military officials were shocked.

What is this? This is a land-locked territory, but it is still independent and self-governing, and it has become China.

This matter is definitely the first of its kind!

Although expanding the territory by a hundred miles is not a big deal, the meaning is completely different. In ancient times, there were territories that had territorial borders, but they were still under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and had to abide by the imperial court's laws and etiquette.

According to the content of the imperial edict, Lishan County has completely become an independent state within a state. This is the first time since recorded history.

It was shocking, but surprisingly no one objected.

Because this thing seems incomprehensible, but it is very understandable.

It is very simple to cut through the appearance. In the opinion of many people, this was a gift given to Jiang Fan intentionally by the empress. It has only one purpose: to enhance his status and facilitate future marriage.

For a king of an independent land, marrying into his wife is considered a thing of the past.

You know, this Xiaoyao King has stayed at Qifengtai, and the empress has also stayed at a mortal residence, so the relationship is clear.

Therefore, it seems that the land has been sealed off, but it has just returned to the hands in a roundabout way. It is still one's own thing. At most, it is just a roundabout way to give that person a famous name.

What's more, Lishan is located in the hinterland of Daqin, near Yangdu, and is surrounded by large armies. Even if you really want to, it's impossible to do it.

But Jiang Fan didn't think about what the courtiers were thinking at all. In his opinion, the empress' move had profound meaning.

The first thing I realized was two things. First, independence and autonomy give oneself the greatest degree of autonomy, and can make Lishan what it really wants, and it will truly become a model for the future. Secondly, Xiaocui wants to design herself as an independent line and provide her with personal support.

But no matter what, Jiang Fan liked this method very much. After all, the laws and rituals of Qin Dynasty still restricted the development of Lishan County.

Now, fortunately, this is a hundred times better than the special zone.

At the moment, regardless of whether others objected or not, he stood up and handed over his hands: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yes, this is done. The ministers all rolled their eyes and couldn't even be polite. They looked too ugly.

polite? Haha, Mr. Jiang doesn't care about that, he's so polite for such a good thing.

However, Jiang Fan, who did not understand the thoughts of the ministers, was also surprised. No one objected to this strange thing that was the first of its kind to disrupt the state system. Did you discuss it in advance?

Seeing that the matter was settled, Jiang Fan felt very happy and reached out to grab the chopsticks again. The Dongpo meat was almost cold.

But then I heard Zhao Qingqing clear his throat: "Your Majesty has a purpose to establish a Ministry of Industry to oversee the world's industrial and commercial power. He has named Wang Jiangfan as the Governor of the Ministry of Industry, which is the same as the Third Duke."

As soon as he said this, everyone in the hall was shocked.

This is different from what happened just now. This is real authority in the court.

So, not surprisingly, some people immediately stood up to oppose it.

The first one was not Li Xiu, but Gao Rong.

"Your Majesty, King Xiaoyao has been granted the title of King Side by Side. He still has an independent fiefdom. His status makes it inconvenient for him to serve as an official in the court. Please think again."

Haha, it’s you after all. Jiang Fan couldn't help but grin, Gao Rong should be right or wrong, he didn't care at all.

However, this time he was grateful to Gao Rong. After all, he really didn't want to become an official in the court. I don't know what Xiaocui was thinking. She should know what he was thinking.

Li Xiu also stood up at this time: "I second my opinion, the title of the prince conflicts with the official status, and is inconsistent with etiquette and system. Please take back the order."

However, Zhao Gao said: "Your Majesty has decreed that the Qin treasury is in short supply, and foreign enemies are eyeing it. Your Majesty, who has the talent of Tao Zhu, should work for the benefit of the country."

Li Xiu frowned and said slowly: "Since ancient times, strengthening the country and enriching the people have been based on farming. Your Majesty's business affairs seem to be putting the cart before the horse..."

Zhao Gao glanced at him and sneered in his heart. This matter would be of no harm to him, so he naturally regarded Li Xiu as a roadblock.

"Your Majesty said: The three years of national war in the Qin Dynasty depleted the national treasury. Now the four kingdoms are fighting, and Qin will be involved sooner or later. Since it is the autumn of life and death, it must quickly enrich the country and strengthen the people. This is the principle of survival. All ministers should take the national plan into account. ”

This was true, and Li Xiu couldn't refute it for a while.

This is the current situation of the Qin State. In the past two years, it has been repairing the wounds of the three years of war, but it still has not recovered its strength. The chaos among the four countries has suddenly started again. If a solution is not found as soon as possible, Qin will be in great embarrassment once it is forced to participate in the war.

Jiang Fan originally planned to be the first to object, but when he saw the situation, he stopped moving. This Zhao Lao Er has obviously been given instructions by the Empress in person, and he talks in one way, so why not watch the excitement first?

There was a lot of discussion in the hall for a while, and soon someone stood up to express opposition: "The three princes and nine ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty each perform their own duties. If the Ministry of Industry is suddenly established, it is inevitable that the powers will be overlapping and chaos will arise..."

Zhao Gao said flatly: "Your Majesty's decree is that the duties and powers of the three ministers and the nine ministers will remain unchanged. The governor of the Ministry of Industry will report to your Majesty separately what he does. If there is any overlap in powers, it will be decided by His Majesty."

The man was speechless. The Empress of Qin is an absolute dictator. She has said so. Do you still dare to object?

But then one objection after another was put on the table.

However, Zhao Gao seemed to have received the authorization from the empress a long time ago and refuted them point by point. In the end, all the ministers were defeated. Even though they were unwilling, there was nothing they could do.

From the beginning to the end, the empress remained silent and the eunuchs spoke for everything, which obviously showed that the empress had a firm attitude and had already made up her mind, and the ministers felt powerless to refute.

Zhao Gao was secretly happy when he saw this, and was about to raise his voice to make the final decision.

Jiang Fan finally sighed secretly and stood up suddenly, "Stop! Wait! This can't be done!"

Zhao Gao was stunned. What, I finally convinced the ministers to confirm this matter. Why did you jump out?

But he didn't dare to make any mistakes against Jiang Fan. Hearing this, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, what are you doing..."

Jiang Fan shook his head like a rattle: "Your Majesty, we agreed at the beginning that we would not join the court, not be an official, not be involved in politics, and the three no principles. I have been living a good life in my young life. You can't just change it at your request. ”

Zhao Gao was a little confused, but the officials were happy.