Joy of Life: Grandmaster of the Fan Family

Compared to Fan Bin's success, Fan Xian ran into trouble.

Lin Ruofu is a very smart person.

When he found out that Fan Xian came as a lobbyist, he took Fan Xian directly to the pond in his yard.

"Send someone two fishing rods!"

Upon hearing this order, the butler of the prime minister's residence was visibly stunned.

"Prime Minister, do you want to go fishing?"

"That's right. I'm free anyway, so I might as well find something to do."

Lin Ruofu seemed to have said nothing, but also seemed to have said everything.

Fan Xian secretly groaned in his heart.

His father-in-law is really an old fox.

"Then the son-in-law will accompany my father-in-law."

Lin Ruofu didn't speak up, and Fan Xian couldn't think of a good entry point for a moment.

After all, he didn't understand what his father-in-law wanted.
If you are not careful, you can easily be tricked by the other party.

"Although I haven't had much contact with our current emperor, I know him a little bit. When he first entered Kyoto, he beat up all the famous ninth-grade masters in Kyoto."

While the servant was getting the fishing rod, Lin Ruofu began to get to the point.

He did not state his own request, but instead expressed his own impression of Fan Bin.

"My eldest brother's dedication to martial arts is unmatched."

Fan Xian smiled and agreed.

"If you want to understand a person, you can't look at what he says, but what he does. From what His Majesty did back then, it's not difficult to analyze His Majesty's character. Given His Majesty's character, even if he wants to change the dynasty, he will push you out."

The servant brought the fishing rod, and Lin Ruofu threw the hook directly down without even putting up the bait.

"Prime Minister, you haven't put up the bait yet?"

The servant couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Those who are willing to take the bait will do so. That's all."

After hearing Lin Ruofu's words, Fan Xian also threw the fishing hook down.

The two were just chatting and didn't care at all whether they could catch the fish or not.

"What does father-in-law mean?"

Fan Xian hadn't fully understood Lin Ruofu's purpose yet. Even though he had some guesses in his mind, he didn't say them directly.

"You are a smart person, you should know what the real person wants to know."

Given Fan Bin's personality, he probably doesn't want to be emperor.

Compared to imperial power, he should prefer pursuing martial arts.

Not only when he first entered Kyoto, but also everything Fan Bin did afterwards was consistent with the past.

A careful study of Fan Bin's past will easily lead to the conclusion that a man who had no intention of becoming an emperor became an emperor without any warning.

From Lin Ruofu's point of view, there are only two possibilities.

First, Fan Bin was forced.

But in this world today, who can force Fan Bin to do anything?
The Fan family was able to subdue 30 Northwest Army overnight. Even those powerful temple messengers were easily eliminated by Fan Bin.

In today's world, who can do whatever they want? Who can be free from any worries?
Then there is no doubt that it is only Fan Bin.

In this situation, who can force him?
There is no way anyone could do that.

If you are not forced, then there is only one possibility left.

Fan Bin had reasons why he had to do this.

Lin Ruofu could certainly continue to stay in the court, whether for his own ambitions or for the power of their Lin family. His son Lin Gong had been behaving well since he was rescued by Fan Bin.

Today, he has grown into a very qualified successor.

For the continuation of his family, Lin Ruofu chose to continue staying in the court, and he had to figure out this problem.

He didn't ask for anything from Fan Xian?
Given the relationship between the Lin family and the Fan family, the Lin family can already gain huge benefits without Fan Bin’s reward.

But until he figured out this problem, Lin Ruofu could never feel truly at ease.

At this point, Fan Xian also understood the concerns of his father-in-law.

As for the answer to this question, Fan Xian actually knows it.

Just as Lin Ruofu thought, if it weren't for special reasons, Fan Bin wouldn't want to be the emperor.

Relying on his own strength, Fan Bin can do whatever he wants in this world.

To Fan Bin, imperial power was nothing more than a child's toy. No matter if he was an emperor or not, no one could stop him.

This kind of childish trick of playing house would undoubtedly be easier to give to Fan Xian.

But who made Fan Bin have a child?

The love of the parents is far-reaching.

For the sake of his children, even if Fan Bin himself is unwilling, he will help his son eliminate all hidden dangers.

Just for this reason, Fan Xian had no way of explaining it to Lin Ruofu.

"Don't worry, father-in-law. My elder brother and I can guarantee that we will never harm the Lin family. In fact, the Lin family will have even greater power in the future."

Fan Xian did not give a direct answer, but made a promise.

"This promise is the most unreliable thing in the world."

Lin Ruofu narrowed his eyes slightly.

During his long tenure as prime minister, Lin Ruofu had been betrayed more than once.

"Please, father-in-law, trust me again."

Fan Xian said solemnly.

"it is good!!"

Lin Ruofu looked at Fan Xian for a long time, then suddenly laughed. "I heard Wan'er is pregnant. Can you spend more time with her when you have time?"

"Don't worry, father-in-law. This is what Xiaoxu should do."

Because of the relationship between the two parties, Lin Ruofu still believed him even though Fan Xian did not give an answer.

Lin Wan'er is now also Princess Xiaoyao.

Superb quality!
With her physical condition, it would not be easy for her to get pregnant.

But Fan Bin has already studied the meridians of the human body very thoroughly.

Plus the elixirs prepared by Fan Xian and Fei Jie.

After spending some time, they managed to restore Lin Wan'er's health.

It was extremely difficult for a grandmaster to have children, but Lin Wan'er still became pregnant.

Thinking of the soon-to-be-born baby, Fan Xian couldn't suppress the smile in his eyes.

After the three parties reached an agreement, all the difficulties that Fan Bin encountered in ascending the throne were resolved.

During this process, the Ye family had the highest degree of cooperation.

All the generals they could send were sent out to help maintain the security of Kyoto.

In addition, there are elite troops from all over the country in Daqing.

You have to know that this kind of change of dynasties may not only cause various problems at home, but relations with other countries will also become very delicate.

There will definitely be countries that will take advantage of the situation. The troops on the border, especially the North Gyeongsang Army, have to step up their deployment.

The Ye family's strong support helped Fan Bin to eliminate this hidden danger to a large extent.

Even Chen Pingping didn't expect that the Ye family could achieve such a level?
Just like the Ye family itself did not expect that after Fan Bin ascended the throne, he could clearly find an excuse to eliminate their largest family.

The Fan family did not do so. Not only did they not do so, they also gave the Ye family the opportunity to join them.

The next day.

The carriage coming from Danzhou entered Kyoto.

Fan Jian originally wanted to resist, saying that he would never be the emperor.

But as soon as he arrived in Kyoto, he was surrounded by a group of maids and servants, who immediately tried on his clothes. "I said, I don't want to be the emperor!"

Fan Jian could never get over the hurdle in his heart.

It is not difficult to see that Fan Jian is a sentimental person as he is able to raise a son for Xiao Ye.

This feeling is not only for Ye Qingmei, but also for his brother Emperor Qing.

"Your Majesty, please don't embarrass me. Tomorrow is the founding ceremony and the enthronement ceremony. The most important thing in the enthronement is the royal family. If you don't accept it, how can we carry out this ceremony?"

Wang Buer advised with a tearful face.

The remaining servants and maids were also staring eagerly.

"Master, if you insist, Brother Bin will be in trouble."

Aunt Liu has already started trying on the Empress Dowager's clothes.

Aunt Liu never thought that she would have such a glorious day.

Their Liu family is considered a big family. Whether in the court or among the aristocratic families, they are counted.

But no matter how glorious their Liu family was in the past, they had never had a empress dowager.

Now, she has been able to achieve success overnight.

Before their carriage entered Kyoto, the news sent through various channels almost overwhelmed Aunt Liu.

"Listen to my lady!"

The old lady of the Fan family has already changed into the dress of the Empress Dowager.

The old man looked dignified.

Although the Emperor Qing was raised by the old lady, the old lady had seen through the nature of the Emperor Qing very early on. She would rather stay in Danzhou to retire than go to Kyoto.

You can make a high-sounding excuse to the outside world and find all kinds of reasons.

To put it bluntly, it's because he has seen through Emperor Qing's character and doesn't want to go to Kyoto to suffer that kind of humiliation.

Now, her eldest grandson has become the emperor.

Even though the old lady didn't care about wealth, she couldn't bring shame to her grandson.

"Hey!"

Fan Jian sighed and could only let others do whatever they wanted.

Besides his relationship with Emperor Qing, there was actually another reason why he didn't want to be the emperor emeritus.

That was Fan Jian at that time. He was actually not that old.

Fan Bin is only in his early twenties and is his eldest son.

Fan Jian is just over 40!
Fan Jian believes that he is young and strong, and at least he is not yet in need of retirement.

How did he become the emperor?
This position sounds like a retirement position.

Is it too early to start preparing for retirement in your early 40s?
Everything was as usual, and all the etiquette and procedures were planned by officials from the Ministry of Rites.

On that day, the Fan family members did not meet each other because they all had a lot of things to do.

It was not until the next morning that all the civil and military officials came to pay their respects and first went to see Fan Bin. Then, under the leadership of Fan Bin, they held a ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heaven.

It was officially announced to the world that from this year on, Daqing was renamed Huaxia.

This year is the first year of China.

Fan Bin was the first emperor of China.

According to the Ministry of Rites, the title given to him was the First Emperor.

When they heard these three words, Fan Bin and Fan Xian's faces both became very strange.

The civil and military officials did not understand, but they both knew it clearly. The First Emperor was indeed great, and was worthy of being called the greatest emperor of all time.

The name itself also means passing on for thousands of generations.

It’s just that this name is not very auspicious, and it died out when it was passed to the second generation.

Originally, Fan Bin didn't care about these things at all.

But now that Fan Bin has become the emperor, he still hopes to have an auspicious name for his title.

Even if the Chinese Empire cannot be passed down for thousands of years, it should be passed down for several generations.

"Just call him Emperor Taizu!"

Compared with the First Emperor, Taizu is relatively more auspicious.

After Fan Bin's title was decided, the next step was to arrange everything in the court.

The court continued the six-department system and used the six ministries to govern the world.

The department that oversees the six ministries is called the Cabinet, and all members of the Cabinet are named Grand Secretaries.

The head of the cabinet is the prime minister.

The position of prime minister was retained, but the prime minister's power was also restricted.

There are four ministers in the cabinet, headed by the prime minister.

The Cabinet is in charge of the six ministries. Outside the Cabinet, the system of generals is established, and the generals can establish the generals' offices.

Compared to the cabinet, the general is in charge of the army.

The Ministry of War among the Six Ministries no longer directly commands the national army, but is mainly responsible for managing logistics.

To put it bluntly, it means separation of military and political power.

Civil officials had no way to command the army, and the army had no way to escape the constraints of the court. After all, it cost money to support so many troops, and it required huge logistical support.

Without huge logistical support, the army would not be able to survive.

The cabinet is headed by Lin Ruofu. In order to show his trust in Lin Ruofu, he can promote one of the remaining three cabinet ministers.

The remaining two are both direct descendants of the Fan family.

As for the first great general of Qing Kingdom, it was Ye Chong from the Ye family.

In the General's Mansion, in addition to the general, there will be three assistant generals.

This is also a restriction on the power of the general.

Fan Bin had no way of confirming whether the entire system was perfect enough.

But compared to the previous system, this system is definitely more stable. After all, the separation of the military and the government is a relatively reliable power structure that has been verified by history.

After the court system was determined, all that remained was to confer rewards.

Because the entire process of changing dynasties was made by the Fan family themselves, there was no need to confer any titles on others.

Just give it to their own families as a reward.

The first was the old lady, who was named Empress Dowager.

Following closely behind him was Fan Jian, who was named the Supreme Emperor.

Aunt Liu was named Queen Mother and was in charge of all matters in the harem.

Fan Xian was given the title of King Xiaoyao and assisted Fan Bin in handling state affairs.

Fan Ruoruo, the eldest princess of China, was given the title Taiping.

Fan Sizhe was granted the title of King of Danzhou and inherited the Fan family's territory.

After the family was rewarded, Fan Bin ordered the retention of the Inspection Office and the Neiku.

These two departments were independent of the court and helped the emperor control the world.

After Emperor Qing used a trick to get rid of Ye Qingmei, the reason why he did not abolish these two organizations was because these two organizations were of great significance.

The Inspection Institute continues to be managed by Chen Pingping, but he also needs to be under the control of Fan Xian.

To put it bluntly, Fan Xian became Chen Pingping's boss.

The inner treasury was handed over to Fan Xian.

From this moment on, the entire Daqing should now be called Huaxia.

It entered the era of Fan family rule.

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(End of this chapter)