Joy of Life: Grandmaster of the Fan Family

Lin Ruofu's arrangement amazed Fan Bin and Fan Xian.

Before, they had not had such deep contact with the affairs of the court. There were many complicated affairs in the court, and even if Lin Ruofu solved them easily, the two of them took it for granted.

After all, as the prime minister of a country, if he can't even handle the normal affairs in the court, what qualifications does he have to sit in the position second only to the emperor?
But this matter obviously does not belong to the ordinary court affairs.

If not handled properly, the situation that has been formed with great difficulty is likely to be disrupted again.

Lin Ruofu, as the Prime Minister of Qing Kingdom, is now also the Prime Minister of the Huaxia Empire.

When he formulates strategies, he will inevitably be influenced by his officials.

Under the supervision of those people, the various regulations formulated are likely to be biased towards the Chinese.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about the location of Kyoto.

In this capital city, they all have assets, houses, land, and families...

If this becomes the center of the empire in the future, they can save money on the one hand, and sell some assets on the other.

As an empire that unifies the world, to what extent will the assets of its capital city increase?
They can all get rich.

Moreover, in the eyes of the officials of the Huaxia Empire, they were already strong, so it was natural for them to do all this.

But Lin Ruofu did not do so.

He knew very well that what they should care about most at this time was not the opinions of the top leaders and dignitaries of the two countries.

But the thoughts of the subjects below.

If you want everyone to truly recognize this unified empire, you have to act fairly and make it acceptable to the people of both countries.

Lin Ruofu is no longer just standing on the side of the Huaxia Empire, he is already standing on the side of that unified empire.

As the prime minister of a unified empire, one must be magnanimous.

This is how the Three Capitals System came into being and how the Two Emperors ruled the country.

You know, even in the 5,000 years of Chinese history, many of these things happened naturally.

Things developed to that point and that situation occurred.

But now.

Things clearly haven't developed to that point yet, and there aren't even any clues.

Lin Ruofu had already considered this.

"My father-in-law is really far-sighted!"

Fan Xian was amazed.

He turned his attention to his elder brother. Fan Bin, the emperor of a country, also nodded in agreement with Lin Ruofu's idea.

"Minister Lin is indeed a pillar of the country, and his thoughts are very thorough. Next, please ask Minister Lin to serve as an envoy to negotiate with Northern Qi."

Even now, both sides have recognized the emergence of a unified dynasty and have recognized Xiao Ruogu's future identity.

He wanted to make the situation of the two saints ruling the country appear openly and legitimately, and wanted to use the name of the country as the Chinese Empire.

It also needs the approval of Northern Qi.

Even though the Northern Qi was in a weak position, they would not give up easily.

"Sir, obey the order!"

Prime Minister Lin Ruofu led the team, and King Xiaoyao Fan Xian accompanied him.

The group traveled to Northern Qi in a grand manner to discuss the unification of the two countries.

The whole process actually went much smoother than they had imagined.

Northern Qi also knew that they were in a weak position.

Xiao Ruogu is a descendant of the Fan family, and now he has changed his surname back to Fan.

This has to some extent demonstrated the current attitude of Northern Qi.

If they didn't think they were weaker, they obviously wouldn't accept such a result. Even if Xiao Ruogu was allowed to take the position, he should have the surname Zhan.

Rather than just being the mother clan like it is now.

In this case, even if the Huaxia Empire proposed to let Zhan Doudou be the queen.

Northern Qi is also an option.

Lin Ruofu said that the two saints would rule the country, and that Zhan Doudou would be the empress of Northern Qi, and Fan Bin would be the emperor of the Huaxia Empire.

Maintain the situation of two emperors coexisting at the same time.

When Xiao Ruogu came of age, the two emperors abdicated and let Xiao Ruogu succeed to the throne.

How could Northern Qi not agree?

Compared to what they had imagined before, this situation was already beyond their reach.

Since the Chinese Empire took the initiative to propose it, they must accept it, otherwise it would be too ungrateful.

The civil and military officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty were not fools.

At first, they may not be able to wrap their heads around it.

Once they get their heads around it, it won't be hard for them to find out that they are truly one family. Since the Huaxia Empire has already proposed it, it means that the top leaders of both sides have tacitly agreed.

To negotiate terms with them in the court of Northern Qi, to put it bluntly, was just to give them face.

It would be best if they could just continue obediently.

If they don't appreciate the favor, the couple, who have already discussed it, have plenty of ways to deal with them.

The top reaches a consensus and the bottom accepts it silently.

Even though things were going very smoothly, it still took nearly two years.

Until the third year, which was the third year of Huaxia.

The two countries completed their true unification, and many departments were retained in both capitals, which was equivalent to half of the imperial court.

They focus on governing their respective turfs.

The original City Lord's Mansion of Dongyi City has now been converted into an imperial palace, and the entire process took exactly two years.

The original mayor of Dongyi City was somewhat reluctant.

Later, after friendly negotiations, the Lord of Dongyi City obediently rolled out of Dongyi City and ran away to another city to become the Lord of the city.

Three years into Huaxia, little Ruogu is already 6 years old.

The little kid back then has grown into a young boy.

Fan Bin and Zhan Doudou, while maintaining their imperial dignity, discussed how to handle state affairs.

Only half a year passed before the two of them could no longer hold on.

Although Zhan Doudou is very good at being an emperor.

But her determination to reform was not strong. Before, what Zhan Doudou thought most about was consolidating the imperial power in her hands.

And how to let Northern Qi unify the world.

As for what Northern Qi would do after unifying the world?
The little emperor really hadn't thought about it.

This is not to say that she is not ambitious, but her previous two goals themselves require a lot of time.

Even a lifetime.

When Daqing was in power, Northern Qi's national strength was weaker than Daqing's.

Later, the Huaxia Empire successfully replaced Daqing.

The Northern Qi was even less of a match.

Under such circumstances, it is easy to imagine how difficult it would be for Northern Qi to unify the world.

Zhan Doudou is not a fool.

She knew the difficulty of this matter, and this matter alone was enough to consume all her energy.

How could she have time to think about anything else?
Fan Xian and Fan Bin are different. Because of their identities as time travelers, their vision and perspective are different from those of people of this era.

With Fan Bin's protection, Fan Xian's every wish might not come true, but it would be close.

In this situation, what they need to think about is never trivial matters like consolidating the power in their hands.

Instead, we look at the whole world from a higher perspective and with a broader perspective.

The world needs to go through a big change!
Although this cannot be accomplished in a short period of time, at least they have to plant the seed.

This is worthy of their status.

When those people with Tianmai appeared in this world before, they probably had the same idea.

The two sides have different ideas and neither is willing to compromise.

Although Zhan Doudou obeyed Fan Bin's orders in other matters, she also had her own principles when it came to governing the country.

Zhan Doudou, whether he was the little emperor or the empress.

She herself has a desire for the throne and power.

If Zhan Doudou is willing to be a puppet emperor, she might as well not be the empress and just be the queen of the Huaxia Empire.

Then no one will say anything and everyone will support it.

During the dispute with Zhan Doudou, Fan Bin and Fan Xian finally planted the seeds of industry.

Then they just have to wait for the seeds to blossom and bear fruit.

Fan Bin, who felt that he had completed his mission, was really unwilling to fight with his wife over matters in the court.

He simply waved his hands, ready to abdicate.

Zhan Doudou, who had just learned the news, was completely stunned.

"Why? Did I make things difficult for my husband?"

Although Zhan Doudou couldn't understand many of Fan Bin and Fan Xian's decisions at first.

But most of these decisions have already been implemented.

Although it was widely rumored that there were two emperors ruling the country, they seemed to be of equal importance.

But the current empire is called the Chinese Empire.

After all, Fan Bin was the emperor of the Huaxia Empire and the emperor who promoted the unification of the country.

Now there are only a few tribes around their empire, not even small countries.

If the Western world was not too far away, they might have already conquered the countries in the Western world.

As the leader of all this, Fan Bin, although he was emperor for a short time, was already a truly great emperor throughout history.

In addition to his own strength, the vast majority of powerful people in the court support Fan Bin.

It is not difficult for him to implement the policies he insists on implementing.

The reason why Zhan Doudou opposed it was not because she wanted to compete with Fan Bin for power, but mainly because she felt that it was wrong to do so.

The quarrel occurred because the two people had different ideas.

But now it seems that even Zhan Doudou thinks that Fan Bin and Fan Xian’s policies are correct.

Although there was a gap between the two countries, overall the gap was not that big, otherwise Daqing would have unified the world long ago.

There is no need to wait for Fan Bin to take action.

But now, because the Chinese Empire started its industrial development earlier, the gap can be seen in just three years.

The Huaxia Empire, originally part of Daqing, was a relatively prosperous territory.

As for the territory that originally belonged to the Northern Qi Dynasty, although there has been some progress in the past two years, the overall progress is not significant.

Especially in Jiangnan of Daqing, where industry started earlier.

It's just that there were limitations originally, so it didn't develop fully.

Now that the restrictions have been lifted, Jiangnan has taken off directly. I won’t go into details about how prosperous it is.

The amount of silver paid every year alone was a full 200 million taels.

It is more than all the taxes paid by the original Northern Qi territory.

Even though Zhan Doudou didn’t understand it before.

As time went by, she gradually came to accept Fan Bin's industrial reforms.

At this time, Fan Bin suddenly proposed to abdicate.

Zhan Doudou was so panicked.

Is her husband sad?

"Doudou, you think too much. I am really not fit to be the emperor. It is time for me to abdicate. The seeds that I wanted to plant have been planted. Now we just have to wait for them to take root, sprout, bloom and bear fruit!"

This time is very long.

After three years, we have only just begun to see the slightest signs of progress.

If we really want to bring about change, it will take decades.

The fastest it will take is thirty to forty years, or possibly even longer.

Fan Bin really didn't have the heart to wait that long.

"then what do I do?"

Zhan Doudou looked at Fan Bin with tears in her eyes.

There were only two happiest times between them.

The first paragraph is about Zhan Doudou being pregnant.

The Daqing delegation stayed in the capital of Northern Qi for nearly a year.

Fan Bin left only after Xiao Ruogu was born.

Although they were not together all the time at that time, Fan Bin would take time out every day to spend time with them and their son.

The second period of time was when Zhan Doudou took Xiao Ruogu to trace his roots.

They spent several months together.

Now for the third time.

Although the two often quarreled over state affairs, they had a very happy time in private.

Zhan Doudou is also pregnant.

It is said that with Fan Bin's current cultivation level, every cell in his body is extremely powerful.

Once you enter an unfamiliar environment, you will inevitably go crazy.

Although Zhan Doudou also practiced martial arts, her strength was obviously not enough to withstand it.

For this reason, Fan Bin has always been very careful.

He was mentally prepared for not being able to get pregnant.

But I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or some other reason?
In short, Zhan Doudou is pregnant.

Although there were a few unexpected things during the process, at least the ending was good.

And Fan Bin already felt that it was a little girl, a little girl with delicate features.

Although the little girl has not been born yet and her facial features have not yet formed.

But it doesn’t matter, because the little girl’s father is Fan Bin.

There was no need to wait until the little girl was born. Fan Bin had already been nourishing her with true Qi when she was still in the womb.

This is different from when Fan Bin was still a ninth-rank official.

Now he is an invincible grandmaster.

His strength is unprecedented, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for anyone to surpass him in the future.

With him taking action personally, there would naturally be no mistakes.

During this period of time, Zhan Doudou was really reluctant to leave.

Although she knew in her heart that such days could not last forever, there would definitely be an end to them.

Zhan Doudou still secretly thought that he hoped that day would come later, not so early.

But now...

Facing Zhan Doudou's gaze, Fan Bin touched her head helplessly.

"The child is still young. It's too early to let him rule the country directly. Let him ascend the throne first. You can be the queen mother, or give him a special name to help him supervise the country."

"But so many new policies have not yet been implemented..."

Zhan Doudou frowned.

"I didn't say I'll leave it all alone. I'll help you plan behind the scenes. You just need to follow the instructions."

That being said, Fan Bin didn't actually expect Zhan Doudou to do anything.

He just understood that as long as capital developed to a certain stage, it would grow stronger on its own.

The progress of the Industrial Revolution was unstoppable once the seeds were planted.

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(End of this chapter)