September 20th, the third year of Tiande.
This day became another historic moment in the history of Daxia.
In the middle of the sea a thousand miles away from Daxia, the Daxia Emperor Fu Xiaoguan held his first court meeting in the place once called Liuguo.
It was at this court meeting that the Emperor of Daxia incorporated the former Kingdom of Ryukyu into Daxia's Far East Province.
"The Far East Road governs seven states."
"The seven states are..." In the Pine Pavilion of the main hall, Fu Xiaoguan hung up a huge map with new names marked on it. "The seven states are Donghai State, Dongshan State, Beilu State, Sanyin State, Sanyang State, Nanbu State, and Xihai State."
"Each state has several counties under its jurisdiction, namely..."
"I appoint the former Grand Secretary Fujiwara Aki as the first Daotai, in charge of seven prefectures."
"I appoint the former deity Hetian as the first envoy of strategy and pacification, with the primary mission of promoting Daxia culture and educating the people."
"Officials in all prefectures and counties under it shall be appointed in accordance with the Daxia official system. The prefectural governor shall nominate prefectural officials, who shall be personally interviewed by me. After the prefectural officials are confirmed, they shall nominate county officials, who shall be interviewed by the prefectural governor."
"This is an emergency measure. From now on, all the people of the Far East will be citizens of Daxia and will need to pass the imperial examination before they can become officials."
"Daxia's national policy also applies to the Far East. When I return, I will send senior officials from the court to teach you how to do it."
“…”
This grand court meeting held in the Far East Road took only one day.
At this grand court meeting, Fu Xiaoguan clarified the demise of the Liu Kingdom, declared the sovereignty of Daxia, appointed some important officials, and painted a huge pie for the officials in the hall -
"Daxia originally disdained this Far East Road. Daxia is rich and prosperous. But I sympathize with the people of the Far East Road and drove out the foreign enemies for you. In the future, I will also protect this land for you!"
"I will allow you to live and prosper in peace and contentment on this land. I also hope that the Far East Dao can catch up with the economic level of the other Daos in Daxia and even surpass them!"
"Next, you will announce my policies to my people. You can boldly tell everyone... From now on, the Far East will never be bullied again, and everyone will enjoy the same wonderful life as the other regions of Daxia."
This was naturally an extremely successful grand court meeting.
For the officials in this court, the original royal family has died out and their former beliefs are no longer there.
Now a powerful Emperor of Daxia came, and his army killed half of those hateful Franks and captured the other half - he possessed great strength, and such strength was the highest prestige in the eyes of these ministers.
They worship the strong, and the Emperor of Daxia is undoubtedly the most powerful man in the world!
From now on, they will be able to receive the emperor's protection and they firmly believe that the future will be even better.
In the evening, the content of this grand court meeting spread throughout Edo Castle, and for a moment, the people woke up from the sadness of remembering their former emperor.
They celebrated and cheered for having a more powerful emperor.
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Taizheng Mansion.
The house was bustling with activity.
Tonight, the first governor Fujiwara Aki will host a banquet for his respected Majesty, Fu Xiaoguan, at his own residence.
"Everything should be tidy. The yard should be spotless. Hang more lanterns... The steps here are uneven. Replace them for me."
"Also, the paint on the pillars here is peeling. Paint them again."
"For the teacups, I'll use my most valuable porcelain set. As for the tea leaves... well, we don't have any new tea this year, so I'll have to use last year's Yunwu tribute tea."
"Madam, how many of the former royal chefs have been invited?"
"Master, six imperial chefs have been invited. I heard that the rest have left Edo."
"Go and see if the kitchen is staffed enough. If not, send someone to invite some of the chefs from Minglou."
"good."
"Fujiwaragi, what are you still standing there for? Go get the wine ready. When His Majesty arrives, show yourself in front of him and see if you can have a chance to go with him to Guanyun City to broaden your horizons."
"By the way, where's your sister?"
Fujiwaragi bowed to his father and replied, "She...seems to be in the piano room."
"Oh..." Fujiwara Aki thought thoughtfully. His daughter had always admired Daxia culture, and was particularly obsessed with Daxia's poetry, music and dance.
Every time Princess Sakura returned home, her daughter would stay with her for a long time, asking her about the former Wu Dynasty.
In fact, the name Fu Xiaoguan has long been well-known among the intellectuals of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Especially at the Wuchao Literary Conference five years ago, many of his poems flowed into the Ryukyu Kingdom and had a profound impact.
My daughter also admires Fu Xiaoguan very much. She is very happy that I am here today, but I am afraid she is a little nervous.
Well, let’s do it this way. If Your Majesty is in a good mood later, let your daughter play a song for you or sing a poem you have written. I think Your Majesty will feel more warm.
At dusk, Fu Xiaoguan brought Liu Jin, accompanied by Bai Yulian and Bei Wangchuan, to Taizheng Mansion.
Under the guidance of Fujiwara Aki, he carefully observed the mansion.
The architecture of Liuguo is somewhat similar to that of Guanyun City, but it has its own style - it appears more delicate, adopts an open layout, and looks extremely transparent, especially against the backdrop of the big red lanterns, it looks hazy and very Zen.
After spending these days together, Fujiwara Aki was no longer as nervous as before. He found that the young emperor was easy to get along with.
This is the broad mind of the superior country!
Fujiwara Aki, his son Fujiwara Ki, led Fu Xiaoguan and the other two into the guest room. The table was already filled with hot dishes.
Fujiwara Mu was pouring wine from the flagon. Fujiwara Akira said a little embarrassedly, "Your Majesty's Xishan Tianchun was originally owned by the royal family, but those damned Franks took it all away. I have no choice but to inconvenience Your Majesty and ask you to try the sake produced in our Far East."
"Since I've come to the Far East, I must try out the local specialties. Who is this young man...?"
"Ah, Your Majesty, this is my son, Fujiwaragi. He is a student at Edo Academy and graduated last year."
"oh……"
Fu Xiaoguan didn't ask any more questions, but said, "In the past few days, the officials of the provincial government have basically been decided. You can boldly carry out the follow-up work. I give you the power, so don't worry about anything. I have to leave in two days. You must hurry up and carry out the expansion of the military port..."
Before Fu Xiaoguan finished speaking, his eyes fell on the door.
A beautiful woman in kimono walked in quietly, her eyes fixed on Fu Xiaoguan.
Fu Xiaoguan was stunned. He didn’t know him. Who was this person?
"Ah, this is my daughter Fujiwara no Kiso..."
Fu Xiaoguan was startled, "......???"
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