The ranks of Song Junzhan and other children from poor families are growing larger and larger. Various talented civil and military officials are discovered, and the children from impoverished aristocratic families are re-employed.

Although the official positions were not completely determined, a new and vibrant institutional system gradually took shape.

Ten days later, the court resumed.

Xiao Li, wearing a golden dragon robe, stood on the steps. Below was an imperial road carved with coiled dragons, flowing clouds, and waves. Beneath the steps stood a row of officials, all of them young faces, without a trace of decadence or old age.

The civil servants are full of vigor and the military officers are mighty and high-spirited.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"

The sound was loud and clear, shaking the heaven and earth, and the lingering sound lingered endlessly.

After three sounds, it confirmed the true arrival of the Empress's dynasty.

Xiao Li raised his hand: "Everyone, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lou Yan held the imperial edict in his hand, slowly unfolded it, and read the announcement of his accession to the throne.

The content was written by Song Junzhan and others. It first talks about the country's past problems, then the previous chaotic situation, and then talks about how the new emperor controlled the situation and stepped forward to ascend the throne. Finally, it looks forward to the future and expounds on the new emperor's policy ideas and strategies for governing the country.

After the reading, officials were appointed on the spot.

The positions of first-rank ministers and ministers of various ministries are temporarily vacant. The first candidates are the vice ministers of the six ministries, with two vice ministers from each ministry, who will temporarily take over the position of minister.

Officials above the fourth rank are appointed by imperial decree, while those below the fourth rank are appointed by clerical appointment.

The same applies to military generals.

After calling out the names of the officials, everyone stood in line according to their positions.

Xiao Li entered the Golden Palace first and sat on the dragon throne, and the officials entered to pay homage.

Among all the officials, there was one who was very special. Song Junzhan did not appear in the imperial edict and was not appointed, but he still commanded all the civil servants and stood in the first row with Yang Jun and Rong Qing.

He is an uncrowned prime minister. The fact that he can stand here proves that the empress still values him, but there must be other arrangements.

"Report!"

A war report interrupted the court meeting.

According to the battle report from the front line, the State of Yue occupied Yanping Prefecture, burned, killed, looted and slaughtered many civilians. Now they have also captured Shanzhou and Taiping City on the left and right.

Xiao Li: "I remember a general went there before."

The attack on Yanping Prefecture by the State of Yue happened just over ten days ago. At that time, the emperor was in a coma and the court was in chaos. King Yanping did not want to go back, so they finally decided to order the Ministry of War to transfer troops from the surrounding areas to support Yanping.

Yang Jun stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the troops previously dispatched were from Shanzhou and Taiping City, but no battle reports have been sent in these days."

Xiao Li: "Bring the messenger up."

The messenger was a man in his twenties with dark skin and a thin body. He looked very weak after running around for a long time.

He already knew that the country had a new emperor, and it was a woman. Although he was shocked, he didn't care too much.

"Your Majesty."

Xiao Li: "Tell me about the battle situation."

The messenger said, "Your Majesty, the Yue army first attacked Yanping Prefecture. After they captured Yanping Prefecture, they burned, killed, and looted. Ten days ago, the court sent an order for Shanzhou and Taiping City to provide support, but both cities refused to come out. Four days later, the Yue army split into two groups and attacked the two cities simultaneously. Shanzhou was captured in less than a day. The defending general Yuan Zhao led his troops to hold out for three days, suffering countless casualties until General Yuan died and the city fell."

"The Yue army has a vanguard of 50,000 elite cavalry, 40,000 heavily armored soldiers, and a total of 150,000 infantry."

After hearing this, Xiao Li sighed in his heart. This is the difference between a country and a company.

It is very easy to seize power in a company. Whoever holds the shares and the seal owns the company. The employees are all paid employees, and it doesn't matter who pays the salary, they will work for the money.

The rights and interests of a company are protected by law and subject to rules, and the premise of all this is a strong country.

But now she has the country in her hands, and there is no higher law to protect her interests.

She had just ascended the throne and could only control the imperial city. Other places might not recognize her orders as the empress at all.

The regime was unstable, there was a shortage of staff, and the government orders were ineffective. At this time, she was asked to take charge of the remote border.

It's really out of reach.

Everyone suggested that the Empress's Silver Armor Army was powerful. If Rong Qing led the troops and brought with him the weapon that could fire artillery shells, he would surely be able to force the Kingdom of Yue to flee in panic.

All the advice was about the Silver Armor Army and gunpowder.

It can be seen that they have great confidence in Xiao Li and are very eager to see the power of the artillery shell again.

Young and passionate men, even if they are civil servants, can never resist the temptation of guns and cannons.

But even though they were discussing heatedly, the first three people remained silent.

They are the ones who know the number and deployment of the Silver Armor Army best. They are the Empress's personal guards and must protect the Empress's safety and cannot leave.

The number of those artillery pieces was limited, and their main function was to intimidate those who wanted to seize the throne.

These are the Empress's amulets. It is impossible to drag them thousands of miles away to fight.

The reason for everything: the empress had just ascended the throne and was short of manpower.

The three knew the inside story, but they kept silent. They couldn't let this group of people who were so passionate and admired the empress know that the empress was not strong enough.

Xiao Li was thinking: "......"

Well, why did she want to seize the throne?

It seems that she wants to prevent the male protagonist from becoming the emperor, destroy the plot of the male and female protagonists, stand at the highest point of the plot, and kill one by one.

Her purpose is to stir up trouble, to kill the male and female protagonists, to expose the truth, and to leave.

Now we have to go to war with other countries right away, fight, govern the country, and worry that our firepower is not enough to intimidate the world.

Suddenly, the enemy changed from the hero and heroine to the whole world.

Hmm... sloppy.

But it doesn't matter. Since she dares to sit in this position, she can solve these problems.

After the court was dismissed, Xiao Li went to the place where everyone was imprisoned.

The three cages were not far apart, with a distance of about three meters between them, allowing them to see each other and hear each other's words, but they had to speak loudly.

At the beginning, everyone was scolding Xiao Li, and they were scolding him very enthusiastically.

Now ten days have passed. I am eating steamed buns and drinking plain water. The weather is still hot and I am barely hanging on to life. I have cursed enough, but I don’t have the energy to curse anymore.

Everyone feels that life is worse than death and has no desire to live.

The appearance of Xiao Li instantly activated this stagnant pool of water, especially seeing her wearing a dragon robe, it was simply too stimulating.

"A hen crows at dawn, a woman becomes emperor, heaven is destroying our Longsheng Nation..."

“Puff!”

Before the man's shouting faded away, he was stabbed to death with a knife and became a corpse in an instant.

Lou Yan pulled out the knife and slowly handed it to the guard, looking at the person in the cage with a sinister look: "The empress has ascended the throne, and the court has been re-established. Anyone who does not submit will be regarded as a traitor and will be killed without mercy!"

Xiao Li walked towards the place where the three princes were imprisoned. The silver-armored guards surrounded the other two cages. Everyone drew their knives and would kill anyone who dared to speak against him.