Summer of the third year of Daxia.
When the first train of Daxia departed from Guanyuncheng Station to Chang'an, the whole of Daxia was shocked.
Countless people gathered on Li Luoyuan outside Guanyun City, looking at the dragon-like thing, shocked by its huge front and the eight carriages behind it.
It made a rumbling sound, thick smoke billowed out of its head, and it slowly drove out of the station carrying the first batch of passengers.
People are chasing.
Follow it and run forward.
Then I found that its speed was getting faster and faster, and I could no longer catch up with it. Only a string of thick smoke remained in the sky.
This was the first long-distance run of the Daxia train. It did not carry many passengers. Fu Xiaoguan, Yan Xiwen, Ning Yuchun, Yan Xiwen and others were on it.
In one of the carriages, Fu Xiaoguan and others were sitting around a table.
He was holding a letter in his hand, which was a letter from Ji Yungui to him.
The Tianji Pavilion has now spread a tight net to secretly search for the eldest princess Yu Shurong, but there is still no news about Yu Shurong in this letter.
The substitute of Yu Shurong in the Far East Road is still there, and the Tianji Pavilion is closely monitoring her. There is nothing unusual about the substitute. Sakura and Fujiwara Kisho have no idea that the eldest princess they are familiar with has been replaced by someone else.
"I went to Jinling and found that family. Yu Wenshu and Chen Zuojun's orphan Yu Yixi disappeared last winter and their whereabouts are still unknown.
I found some clues. A few days before Yu Yixi disappeared, the neighbors saw a woman wearing black clothes and a face scarf.
This woman went to Shuiyue Temple, Confucius Temple, and finally to Nanshan Courtyard. She returned to Jinling City. That night, Yu Yixi disappeared. I thought she was Yu Shurong!
I looked through the sealed accounts of the Yu Dynasty in the Jinling Palace and also visited the home of Minister Dong. At that time, Emperor Xuan's treasury was controlled by Yu Shurong, and his accounts were not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. However, the treasury account books are missing, and it is difficult to determine how much treasure Yu Shurong took away.
After writing this letter, I will go to the Moon Worship Sect's headquarters to investigate the secrets."
Fu Xiaoguan raised his eyebrows and handed the letter to Yan Xiwen. "Actually, there's no need to pay any attention to her. Da Xia's foundation is solid now. What kind of trouble can she possibly cause?"
Yan Xiwen took this matter very seriously, "Your Majesty, please do not underestimate this woman!"
"Back in the Yu Dynasty, she and Empress Shang got along very well. Empress Shang trusted her so much that she entrusted her with the management of the imperial treasury and many of the business affairs."
"After the unification of Great Xia, she reopened the Red Sleeves on the Qinhuai River... Now that I think about it, she probably had some ulterior motive. However, His Majesty abandoned the Red Sleeves and promoted Yu Wentian, so she closed it down and has not made any moves in the palace since then."
"Then she and Yinghua went to the Far East Road. Leveraging her status as the eldest princess, she proudly took away countless gold, silver, and jewelry... Of course, according to what Your Majesty said back then, this was all earned by Yu Shurong, and no one should interfere. Now I'm worried about another issue: is that gold, silver, and jewelry really in Ezo, Far East Road?"
"After these years, I believe she has already moved that huge fortune somewhere else."
Fu Xiaoguan frowned slightly and thought about it. It seemed that the spies of Tianji Pavilion had not found the whereabouts of the treasures.
Where would she send the treasure?
"Let's not think about her mess for now. Next, I'll tell you about Changan's future plans."
"You are all friends I've known since my time in Jinling. Over the years, you've all made great achievements in your respective places. I've discussed this with the three chancellors a while ago. They're all advanced in age...even Meng Changping is nearly fifty. So they'll go to Chang'an, but they won't settle there."
"A new capital, new power structures, everything will be new."
"In terms of domestic affairs, the system of three provinces and six ministries remains unchanged; what has changed is the people."
"The three chancellors will fall on three of you. The three senior chancellors will not assist you. They will serve as your central advisors for a period of time, offering opinions and suggestions on your work, but will not interfere with any of your decisions. The burden of Daxia must be shouldered by you alone."
"What I hope is that our ruler and ministers will work together, just as we have in the past, to strengthen the foundation of Daxia, so that Daxia can withstand even greater storms."
"Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart... Once the Great Xia Navy becomes stronger and the shipping routes are fully developed, I will once again sail to the country called Franky."
"Then……"
Fu Xiaoguan paused, glanced at them, and said with a smile, "You know, I just want to be a small landlord, so from now on, I hope you can assist Wu Tianci."
Although these people knew that he had intended to retire a long time ago, now that he had put this on the table, it meant that he was really starting to prepare for the day of his abdication.
There was a sudden silence because no one wanted him to leave.
Over the past thousand years, wise rulers like Fu Xiaoguan have been extremely rare.
He has far-sightedness and vision, profound knowledge that is difficult for ordinary people to understand, and a great ideal of fighting for the people of the world.
Daxia became so powerful in just a few years, which was all created and promoted by him.
If he leaves...what will the third five-year plan look like?
What's the next step for Daxia?
They suddenly realized that without him they had no purpose.
"Your Majesty... you are in your prime, and the Crown Prince is young. You can abdicate at fifty. That way, the Crown Prince will have the opportunity to grow up by your side. This will ensure that Daxia's legacy remains intact, and its policies can continue!"
Ning Yuchun looked at Fu Xiaoguan seriously and said, "We met in Jinling. It was completely different back then! Back then, it was perfectly fine for you to be a small landlord, because you were just a Ding'an Earl, and had nothing to do with the people of the world or the country."
"But things are different now! The future of hundreds of millions of people in Daxia rests on your shoulders. If you carry this burden... I'm not saying that the Crown Prince can't handle it. You should at least give the Crown Prince time to learn how to carry it!"
Fu Xiaoguan smiled slightly and turned to look out the window.
Outside the window is a receding landscape.
The clanging sound produced by the friction between the train and the rails is very rhythmic.
"So, in the next few years, you must learn to think and make decisions independently, and independently judge the risks that each policy may bring!"
"Daxia is not my Daxia, nor is it the Wu family's Daxia. It belongs to the people of Daxia!"
"You must always remember that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the emperor is the least important!"
"No matter who holds power, as long as they think and act for the people, this regime will be stable!"
"Otherwise... if the ruler treats the people like dogs and horses, then the people will regard the ruler as a passerby."
He sighed again: "Such a king...you can lead the people to rebel!"
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