Chapter 213: The Wise King
As soon as Yu Anmin finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the court were stunned.
They didn't expect that Yu Anmin, the legitimate heir to the throne, would re-confer the title of Duke of Zhenguo on Jiang Chen, a pseudo-emperor, and it was still the position of Duke!
Regarding Yu Anmin's decree, all the ministers didn't know what to say.
If they stood up to refute at this time, it would undoubtedly be disrespectful to the new emperor Yu Anmin.
After Prince Huai'an and Jiang Chen heard the rewards Yu Anmin had given them, they walked out of the queue together and knelt in the middle of the hall.
"Your humble servant Yu Huaian (Jiang Chen) bows and thanks the Emperor for His Majesty's grace!"
"Long live the emperor!"
"Alright, both of you are meritorious officials, please stand up."
"These rewards are what you two deserve. I hope you two will not forget your original aspirations and continue to work hard for the people of Xia Country!"
Yu Anmin said, smiling, he stood up, walked in front of the two of them, and slowly helped Prince Huaian and Jiang Chen up together.
Seeing Yu Anmin treat Prince Huai'an and Jiang Chen with such courtesy, Yuan Taifu beside him burst into tears.
"My late emperor, after so many years, I finally see a wise and enlightened ruler like you appear!"
" God bless Xia, God bless Xia!"
Thinking of this, Yuan Taifu wiped his tears, and the old ministers standing beside him also saw some shadows of the former Emperor Xia in Yu Anmin.
After the morning court session ended, Jiang Chen returned to his mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Li Jiadong and his daughter, Gan Laosan and others.
"I've been waiting to see you, my Lord!"
When the people who hadn't seen Jiang Chen for many days saw Jiang Chen's familiar face, they all fell to the ground in pain.
"Everyone, get up. Why are you crying? I am not dead."
Looking at those familiar faces, Jiang Chen couldn't help but laugh and curse.
"What the adults said is that we won't cry anymore. We won't cry anymore."
When they heard Jiang Chen told them not to cry anymore, they immediately stopped crying, wiped their tears, and stood up from the ground.
"Tell me, what happened to you in the past two months?"
Jiang Chen ordered his servants to bring chairs for everyone to sit down, then he slowly asked.
"Sir, during the two months since we left the imperial capital, we have resettled all the refugees in your territory to the county town where our Lao Ba secret restaurant has a branch."
"At the same time, according to your instructions, a trade association was established, and the sale of new paper and soap was gradually launched."
"Now, our chambers of commerce have opened in all the county towns near the imperial capital, and all the major families and wealthy people are proud to be able to buy our soap!"
As Li Jiadong spoke, he took out an account book from his arms and presented it to Jiang Chen respectfully.
"Sir, here are all the accounts of the Chamber of Commerce and Lao Ba's Secret Restaurant for the past two months. Please take a look!"
Looking at the account book handed over by Li Jiadong, Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head.
"I will not look at this account book. Since I have chosen to hand these matters over to you, I am naturally relieved."
As he spoke, Jiang Chen looked at Gan Lao San who was standing aside.
"Lao Gan, tell me, how is your plan to recruit refugees going?"
Hearing Jiang Chen calling his name, Gan Lao San quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to Jiang Chen.
"Your Excellency, I have already recruited 5,000 refugees, including 2,000 young and strong men."
"In addition, there are a thousand craftsmen from various trades, and the remaining two thousand people are refugees including women and children."
After listening to what Gan Lao San said, Jiang Chen nodded with satisfaction.
"Very good, very good. I have been appointed the General of Guarding the North by the new emperor. When the time comes, these refugees will follow me to the northern border!"
"Yes, sir."
Hearing that Jiang Chen was very satisfied with his achievements, Gan Laosan was immediately overjoyed.
After seeing off Li Jiadong and the others, Jiang Chen did not immediately return to the bedroom to rest, but sat quietly in the study waiting.
When the time came to midnight, the candle on Jiang Chen's desk suddenly flickered a few times.
Accompanied by a slight noise, Jiang Chen raised his head, looked at the figure walking out of the darkness, and a smile slowly rose at the corner of his mouth.
"Blood Hand, how are those children doing?"
The figure that walked out of the darkness was none other than the killer leader captured by Jiang Chen in Jiangnan!
However, the bloody hand has now become the sharpest dagger in Jiang Chen's hand.
"Master, those children have passed all the tests, and the first batch of assassins are all ready to go out."
Blood Hand said this as he prostrated himself before Jiang Chen .
"Very good, very good. Continue to adopt homeless children from all over the country. Just a few dozen people is not enough!"
After listening to Blood Hand's report, Jiang Chen said calmly.
"Yes, please rest assured, Master. Bloody Hand will definitely train more sharp blades for you!"
"Okay, you go down first. I'm a little tired."
As Jiang Chen waved his hand, Bloody Hand bowed to Jiang Chen and then merged back into the darkness.
After the bloody hand left, Jiang Chen rubbed his head.
What worries him most now is the affairs of the Jinyiwei.
The Jinyiwei, which he had set up to solve the problems posed by the fake emperor, has now become his most difficult problem.
Now that Yu Anmin, the legitimate fourth prince, has come to power, it means that all the Jinyiwei under Jiang Chen’s control will have to be handed over!
It's not as simple as just handing over the Jinyiwei!
What Yu Anmin wanted was the intelligence system of all the Jinyiwei, which had spread throughout the Xia Kingdom and even within the Canglang Kingdom!
It can be said that the intelligence system that Jiang Chen had worked so hard to build over the past year, spending countless manpower and material resources, had to be handed over to others.
This is undoubtedly a huge loss for Jiang Chen!
However, if Jiang Chen does not hand it over, Yu Anmin and King Huai'an will definitely question Jiang Chen's loyalty.
After thinking deeply for a night, Jiang Chen urgently called Zhang Fei, Han Zhong and Du Mingyu.
Along with these two, Jiang Chen also summoned the commanders of the 3,000 private soldiers trained by Du Meng and Wang Zhongqing - Li Yuanyi and Yuan Hao!
The five of them walked into Jiang Chen's study together and bowed respectfully to Jiang Chen.
"I, your humble servant, greet you, my lord!"
"Okay, everyone, get up. I called you here to discuss something with you."
Jiang Chen waved his hand casually, motioning for the five people to stand up, and told the servants to pour them some hot tea.
"My lord, please tell me what you want. As long as it is something you order us to do, we will do our best to complete it for you!"
Upon hearing that Jiang Chen had something to discuss with him and others, Zhang Fei, the old minister, stepped forward and patted his chest and said.
