Joy of Life: Grandmaster of the Fan Family

Chapter 244: The First Year of China [Two in One]

The entire process of Fan Bin ascending the throne as the new emperor was extremely cumbersome.

Although the situation had been decided from the moment he sat on the throne, at least the civil and military officials did not dare to have any opinions.

The nobles and aristocratic families in the world would not take the initiative to jump out and be the first to speak out at this time unless they were forced to do so.

But all this is temporary.

If the founding ceremony and the coronation ceremony are not conducted well, it will bring hidden dangers to the new country.

Some people who were originally loyal to the Daqing royal family, as well as some guys who already had ulterior motives, will definitely make trouble behind the scenes.

Although Fan Bin and his men possessed enough military force to completely crush them, they were ultimately unable to make much of a splash.

But innocent people will inevitably be implicated.

This is also the reason why every dynasty’s new emperor would try to win over as many forces as possible upon ascending the throne.

After completely eradicating dissidents, they will win over the forces of the previous dynasty and recognize the legitimacy of the previous dynasty.

Try to make yourself in harmony with the laws of nature.

Even for this reason, a general amnesty was granted...

Our predecessors were not fools. They certainly had their reasons for doing so.

This is why Chen Pingping suggested that no matter whether to take action against the Ye family or even Lin Ruofu in the future.

At this time, we must try our best to win over the other party.

Only by successfully winning over the other party can they minimize unnecessary troubles at this time of power transition.

The Ye family is the representative of the aristocratic family and the military.

Prime Minister Lin represents all officials and scholars.

Neither Fan Bin nor Fan Xian were surprised by these two people.

But when Chen Pingping mentioned the last person, the two brothers were dumbfounded.

"Why is it him?"

"Yes, it is Lai Mingcheng who is now imprisoned."

Chen Pingping knew what the two were wondering about and took the initiative to explain.

"Your Majesty, you may not know that before, Censor Lai contradicted..."

Having said this, Chen Pingping suddenly shut up.

The Chief Inspector couldn't think of a suitable name to call his former boss.

"Emperor Qing!"

On the contrary, Fan Bin didn't mind at all.

With Fan Bin's introduction, Chen Pingping no longer had any scruples: "Emperor Qing's punishment of Censor Lai had already spread all over the world. In the hearts of the people, Censor Lai is now the most powerful person in the court. There are even many poets who regard Censor Lai as an idol. Although he has no actual power, if we can get his loyalty, the people of the world will be at peace."

Unknowingly, Lai Mingcheng had become a figure like Hai Rui.

When it comes to ability, he's just so-so.

But his prestige has reached a level that others can hardly reach.

"This little old man is very stubborn!"

Fan Bin is certainly not a good man. Most of those who openly contradicted him in the hall before have now passed away.

Only because of Lai Mingcheng, Fan Bin felt from the bottom of his heart that the old man was an important person, so he spared his life.

Now, according to what Chen Pingping said, this little old man has become very important.

"I am willing to give it a try."

"Forget it, I'll go there myself. Dean Chen, go to the Ye family and see their attitude."

Hearing Fan Bin's order, Chen Pingping subconsciously widened his eyes.

It would be best for Fan Bin to go to these three places in person.

Even if Fan Bin only goes to one family, it should be the Ye family.

Now, their Majesty wants to meet Censor Lai in person. Instead, he handed over the most important Ye family to himself?
"Dean, don't think too much. Since Big Brother said so, he must be sure."

Fan Xian smiled and waved his hand.

Does he know what Chen Pingping is worried about?
But in Fan Xian's opinion, Dean Chen's concerns were completely unnecessary.

Although the Ye family is the most powerful of the three parties, they are also the easiest to deal with.

The Ye family had already secretly sided with Fan Bin a long time ago. Before Li Chengqian occupied Kyoto, Ye Liuyun had personally taken action.

Even if the situation has changed now, the Ye family is big and powerful, and they will not be ignorant of the current situation. At this time, except for surrendering, they have no other way to go.

By sending people, Fan Bin was already giving the Ye family a way out.

If the people of the Ye family can't even understand this little bit of the situation, then there's no point for them to stay in the family.

Chen Pingping didn't know the inside story, so he had such doubts. Otherwise, Dean Chen probably wouldn't have listed the Ye family.

In comparison, Lin Ruofu is the one who is not easy to deal with.

This doesn't mean that Lin Ruofu won't surrender. Lin Ruofu's surrender is a foregone conclusion.

But because of the special relationship between them, Lin Ruofu would inevitably put forward many conditions in the process of seeking refuge.

It is precisely because of the special relationship between them that which conditions can be agreed to and which cannot?
It's hard to judge.

If Fan Bin went, Lin Ruofu might not have any conditions left.

But Lin Ruofu's dissatisfaction would definitely accumulate, and eventually all this anger would be vented on Fan Xian.

Who makes him Fan Xian's father-in-law?

Fan Xian thought that it would be better for him to go there himself. What are the conditions? Let's talk about it face to face.

This will save you from any hidden dangers in the future.

The only person who is likely to refuse is the stubborn old man Lai Mingcheng.

Even though he doesn't have any power under his command, he himself doesn't have much ability.

But this old man has his own unique pride.

Moreover, he is not afraid of oppression by power, nor will he be tempted by interests...

If you want to convince him, you can only use reason.

Even Chen Pingping, who was good at playing with people's hearts, was only 60% to 70% sure without using coercion. Fan Bin wanted to go by himself, obviously thinking that he would have a better chance of success.

"Let's split up and act separately. The auspicious time is the day after tomorrow. Before the day after tomorrow, everything must be arranged properly. Father?"

Hearing Fan Bin's question, Fan Xian smiled bitterly.

"Dad doesn't want to!"

Fan Bin unexpectedly became the emperor, and Fan Xian also became a king on equal terms.

Then their Fan family naturally became the royal family.

Not to mention the collateral relatives, but their entire family will definitely be rewarded.

Fan Ruoruo is going to be crowned a princess, and Fan Sizhe is also going to be crowned a king.

In addition, there are three other people.

That is their father Fan Jian, their grandmother, and Aunt Liu.

Fan Bin’s biological mother should naturally be posthumously named Queen Dowager Yuan.

Aunt Liu was named Empress Dowager Cixi.

Both of these are easy to deal with, but Fan Jian wants to be named the emperor emeritus.

My grandmother wanted to be crowned as the Empress Dowager.

Both grandmother and Aunt Liu were willing to talk to her, and Aunt Liu even suggested that she be given the title of Concubine Dowager.

But since Fan Bin has already recognized her identity, it is naturally impossible for him to do such a thing.

As a stepmother, Aunt Liu should be named Queen Mother.

My grandmother had no objection, although she didn't like such a commotion.

But now that the Fan family has developed to this point, she can no longer stay in Danzhou and add burden to her children and grandchildren.

Otherwise, the grandson would ascend the throne in Kyoto, while the Empress Dowager would live out her retirement in a remote place like Danzhou.

What we know is that the old lady likes quietness.

If you don't know, you will definitely break Fan Bin's spine.

Originally, Fan Bin thought that Fan Jian, who was easiest to convince, was the one with the most determined attitude.

This former Minister of Finance was unwilling to become the Emperor. "Please invite Father first, and we can talk about the rest later."

Fan Bin knew in his heart that Fan Jian could not get over the hurdle in his heart.

After all, he and Emperor Qing are brothers from the same mother.

Because Emperor Qing had his mind on this, the Fan family naturally couldn't just sit there and wait for death. But now, the situation has already changed dramatically.

When they had absolute initiative, they let their son usurp everything left by Emperor Qing.

There is always a hurdle in Fan Jian's heart that he can't get over.

He always thought about the friendship they had before.

For a moment, Fan Bin couldn't think of a suitable reason to persuade him.

He simply put the matter aside and brought his men to the Heavenly Prison.

The environment of the sky prison was simple, dark, damp, and there was a musty smell.

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Fan Bin frowned subconsciously.

Actually, this is his first time here.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged..."

"Please have mercy, Your Majesty!"

"Long live His Majesty!!!"

……

Although Fan Bin did not kill people during this period, some of Li Chengqian's diehard supporters were still arrested.

Although the reason for arresting them was mainly due to their stance, the evidence of their corruption and abuse of power was solid.

They are by no means wronged.

Just wait until Fan Bin ascends the throne and then deal with them.

But these guys didn’t know. They just thought that they were imprisoned because of Li Chengqian.

At this point, I guess I’m regretting it so much.

They have lived a life of luxury and would not want to stay in an environment like the Heavenly Prison for even a moment.

Even though they knew that Fan Bin would never let them go at this time, they still regarded Fan Bin as their life-saving straw.

They were all crying and shouting, it was so miserable.

In comparison, Lai Mingcheng is really different.

Everyone else was crying, but Lai Mingcheng was the only one sitting cross-legged on the ground without even opening his eyes.

There was no way he didn't know that the person coming was Fan Bin.

But he was still unwilling to open his eyes, let alone beg for forgiveness at this time.

Fan Bin found it interesting, so he asked someone to open the lock and walked straight in.

The secret guard was about to scold him but was stopped by Fan Bin.

He just sat opposite Lai Mingcheng with a smile on his face.

Lai Mingcheng felt a burning gaze staring at him, making him feel his skin getting hot.

"Hey!"

Lai Mingcheng opened his eyes helplessly, looked at Fan Bin who was less than a meter away from him, and shook his head and said, "You shouldn't have come!"

"Don't be so heartless. We do have some friendship. I helped you before. Now I'm just chatting. Is that not okay?"

"There is nothing good to talk about between Lai and the traitors."

Lai Mingcheng was not polite at all.

"It's being said outside that a great man has emerged in the Daqing Dynasty who never backs down even in the face of the emperor's majesty. Now it seems that the people have been deceived."

No one is completely without weaknesses.

The same goes for Lai Mingcheng.

His weakness is his reputation.

"My lord, what do you mean?"

"I just lament that the common people are blind and ignorant. Sir Lai, don't worry about it."

Fan Bin waved his hand.

"Your Highness, you don't think that you can convince Lai by provoking him like this, right?"

Lai Mingcheng turned his head away.

"Master Lai has misunderstood. I just think that Master Lai's vision is a little small and he is not worthy of the respect of the people of the world."

"If Lai lives a miserable life like everyone else and kowtows to the prince, can he deserve the respect of the people of the world?"

Lai Mingcheng said disdainfully.

"Since Lord Lai said so, I am curious about why Lord Lai became an official?"

"Of course it's to serve the court!"

"Who is the imperial court now? Sir Lai, why are you here?"

"I……"

Lai Mingcheng was speechless for a moment. He felt that Fan Bin was trying to change the subject.

But Fan Bin had never really thought about it that way. What he said were all his true thoughts.

"It's right to serve the court. But is this court the court of the Li family, or the court of the people of the world? Is this world the world of the Li family, or the world of the people of the world? In my opinion, the world belongs to the people of the world, and the emperor is just the leader of the people of the world. If this emperor is qualified, the people of the world will naturally respect him. If this emperor is doing evil, the people of the world will also find a way to bring this emperor down, and not let him do evil. Am I right?"

If Fan Bin had said this before, it would undoubtedly be a heinous crime.

But now Fan Bin has become an emperor.

These words coming out of his mouth were no less powerful than Li Laoer's words: water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.

Lai Mingcheng was stunned when he heard this.

Although he had a hurdle in his heart that he couldn't get over, he had to admit that what Fan Bin said was right.

He was too narrow-minded before.

Lai Mingcheng is not the kind of person who refuses to correct his mistakes.

After being persuaded, he stood up and bowed to Fan Bin.

"I, your humble servant, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty! ...!"

"My beloved, please wake up quickly!"

The reason why Fan Bin replaced Chen Pingping was to handle this matter.

It is because these words coming from his mouth are more convincing than coming from Chen Pingping.

If Chen Pingping came to persuade him, he would use exactly the same words.

Lai Mingcheng is a gentleman.

A gentleman can deceive others.

As long as you can make your point reasonably, you don't have to worry about the other party breaking the rules.

Just when Fan Bin helped Lai Mingcheng up, Lai Mingcheng still asked the last two questions in his mind.

"Emperor Qing was not as great as the last emperor, but he was definitely a qualified emperor."

"I know what Lord Lai wants to say. The ruler is the leader of the ministers. If the ruler is not upright, the ministers will defect to other countries. Fan is unwilling to defect to another country, so he must restore order. How can he not be considered a tyrant if he plots against his ministers without the ability?"

Lai Mingcheng understood.

In the battle at Mount Dadong, it was indeed Emperor Qing who launched a surprise attack first.

This was witnessed by tens of thousands of warriors, so it cannot be false.

"May I ask your Majesty, what is the new name of the country?"

"China!"

Lai Mingcheng was stunned. "There have been records in history that a person with a heavenly vein mentioned these two words. But I don't know where this word Huaxia came from?"

“That’s where I came from!”

Fan Bin didn't explain much.

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(End of this chapter)