Chapter 344
344 Lu clan dynasty
It was noon, and the sun was shining brightly.
In fact, the weather today should not have been so good. According to the observations of astrologers, it should be a rainy day.
However, with the mighty power of cultivators, this was not a problem.
Because the cloud was blown away, it was degraded, and it was solved.
The old Emperor abdicated, the new emperor ascended the throne, and a dynasty changed. How could it be a rainy day?
Li Chengzong was wearing the emperor’s crown and a black robe with a Golden Dragon on it. He appeared solemn and dignified.
The righteous Zhengyang Palace was right behind him. At the bottom of the long steps stood many important officials of the Imperial court, including some local officials and local powers such as sects and clans. In addition, people from the Qingfeng sect and Yunxiao sect were also present.
Clouds and mist rose in spirals, immortal music reverberated around the beams, huge chimes, and mighty warriors were enshrouded in mist.
Li Chengzong looked at all of this. This was the world of my li Royal clan. For generations, it had ruled Xuanji for thousands of years.
He thought of the time when he had just been made the Crown Prince. He had imagined more than once how he would lead the country to an even more powerful state after he was crowned the Emperor.
Uniting the nation and conquering the outside world. Even in his dreams, he had never thought that perhaps one day, the Great Yan Dynasty would be able to achieve the same level as the great Zhou Empire, which had unified the entire cultivation world countless years ago.
Even after his father’s death and when he was fighting for the throne with his nephew, he had not completely given up on these thoughts. Although he clearly knew that even if he succeeded the throne, he would only be a puppet, he still had the blood of the Li royal family flowing in his veins. He was the most legitimate heir to the throne, so what if he was temporarily a puppet emperor? In the outside world, there were still many people who supported the Li family. In the history of the Yan Dynasty, there had been some powerful officials who had reached the top. At most, the Lu clan could only be regarded as a slightly more powerful and special powerful official. In the future, he might have a chance to slowly solve this problem.
But now, huhu
Under such a solemn atmosphere, li Chengzong only felt a great sense of sorrow rising from the depths of his heart.
The Li Dynasty was about to end in his hands.
After he died, how was he going to explain it to his ancestors?
All the ambitions, ambitions, and dreams he had in the past would vanish like bubbles.
With this thought, he even had a huge impulse in his heart.
He lowered his head and looked at the scroll in his hand. He wanted to tear it into pieces and curse the Lu clan for being shameless in front of countless people. He wanted to ruin the abdication ceremony that the Lu clan had been preparing for three months.
But impulsiveness was only impulsiveness. Li Chengzong naturally didn’t dare to really do this.
This would certainly make the Lu clan lose face and even ruin the abdication ceremony. However, to the Lu clan, it would only be a small problem at best and they would only lose some face. There would not be any substantial changes to the most fundamental overall situation.
On the contrary, the price he would have to pay might not be as simple as his own life. Who knew how many people of the Li clan would have to be buried with him?
If he really dared to do that, he would die without a doubt.
No matter how naïve he was, li Chengzong didn’t think that he had any other choice.
Li Chengzong let out two long breaths and finally suppressed all his delusions back to the bottom of his heart.
The loud Bell rang, echoing throughout the palace and even the whole city.
It was time.
Li Chengzong opened the scroll of silk paper in his hand and began to read from the beginning.
This was a long article of ten thousand words.
It all started when the Li clan founded the Yan Dynasty. Li Chengzong recited many of the great achievements of his ancestors. Then, he changed the topic and talked about the various problems that the Imperial court had faced in the past few hundred years. Then, he mentioned that the Li family was responsible for the decline of the entire Yan Dynasty. And as the Emperor, he felt that his responsibility was so heavy that he couldn’t bear it.
After that, the topic turned to the Lu family, and all kinds of flattering words were used.
At the end of the article, the most important thing was mentioned: As the Emperor of Great Yan, he was willing to abdicate the throne to Lu chaoxi of the Lu clan.
After he finished reading the entire article, Lu chaoxi walked out of Zhengyang Palace, which was behind li Chengzong.
Lu chaoxi was also dressed in a Black Dragon robe with a golden background. His attire was basically the same as li Chengzong’s. However, he was not wearing a crown.
The two of them stood facing each other. Li Chengzong slowly removed the emperor’s crown from his head.
During this process, Lu chaoxi could see that the other party’s hands were trembling.
He could understand li Chengzong’s current state of mind, but there was really nothing to be pitiful about.
He patiently waited and watched as li Chengzong took off the crown. He then walked over to him. Li Chengzong raised the emperor’s crown high and personally placed it on Lu chaoxi.
After doing all this, li Chengzong bowed and retreated from the steps to stand among the important officials. Other than the Yunxiao sect cultivators who were watching the ceremony, everyone else knelt down and cheered.
At this point, the most ritualistic scene of the entire abdication process had ended.
Lu chaoxi did not look at li Chengzong again. He wore the emperor’s crown and looked straight ahead, his eyes filled with determination.
The bright sunlight was right in front of him.
Next, the world of Great Yan would be the world of Lu clan.
……
Apart from Lu chaoxi, Li Yanling was also dressed to the nines.
She was Lu chaoxi’s official wife, and now, she was the mother of Great Yan.
She had never thought that she would have such a day.
She had married this man in front of her for a golden core. Later on, the two of them developed a deep relationship over a long period of time, and her sense of identity with the Lu clan grew deeper and deeper. But no matter what, in the beginning, the Union between the two of them was more about benefits.
In the end, she was married to an Emperor.
Outside Zhengyang Palace, she had used her identity as the sect leader of the Qingfeng sect to watch Lu chaoxi become the Emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty.
After that, she followed Lu chaoxi into the emperor’s Imperial carriage as the Empress. They set off from Zhengyang Palace and took off. Hundreds of Imperial Guards followed behind them. They flew slowly at an altitude of about 30 meters.
After that, the Emperor and the Empress would travel around the city and even the whole country to announce to every citizen of Great Yan that they had a new emperor.
This was also an old case.
When the Li Dynasty was still around, every Emperor of the Li family would do this after they ascended to the throne.
During this process, Yunxiao sect would also send high-level cultivators to accompany them to show their support for the new emperor and to show their status.
This actually made Lu Qing feel much more at ease.
Previously, when Lu Qing heard that they were going to travel around the country, he felt a little uneasy.
There was no need to think about it. After the Lu family took over, there would definitely be many votes against it. Chaoxi and Yan Ling were also only in the early and middle stages of the Golden core realm. It might be quite troublesome if they encountered an assassination situation.
However, it would not be a big problem if they were accompanied by Yunxiao sect’s high-level cultivators.
……
Lu chaoxi ascended the throne, and the Lu clan dynasty was officially established. During this process, Lu Qing, as the clan’s patriarch, received a strong invitation from Yunxiao sect. They hoped that he could be there personally.
Of course, Lu Qing eventually rejected the offer.
In reality, he had watched the entire scene in his higher consciousness form.
Regarding this, he would also be very emotional.
Even he had never thought that one day, his family would become the royal family of the Yan Kingdom.
He didn’t become the Emperor, but he was the emperor’s father.
After the abdication ceremony was completed, a new notification popped up in Lu Qing’s system.
He took a look and a smile inevitably appeared on his face.
As expected, it was just as he had expected. After Lu chaoxi became the Emperor, a new system interface would appear.
He had thought about this before.
Back then, after Li Yanling had become the sect leader of the Qingfeng sect, a ‘sect subsystem’ had appeared in Lu Qing’s system. Did that mean that after the Lu clan became the royal family and Lu chaoxi became the Emperor, something like a nation subsystem would appear?
He felt that it was very possible.
As expected, it came.
He opened the system interface that had popped up.
it has been detected that a family member has become the leader of the country and has met the conditions to open up the National subsystem.
National subsystem
[Name: Yan]
[level: six-star]
territory: Ji Prefecture, Jin Prefecture, Wu Prefecture, Xing Prefecture, Ping Prefecture, Feiyun Prefecture, Xue Prefecture ”
[income: 4.81 million spirit stones/year]
[expenditure: 5.23 million spirit stones/year]
[net income: -420000 spirit stones (annual)]
Inventory: 130000 spirit stones
[Lu corporation’s dominance over the Yan Kingdom: 19%]
……
Lu Qing’s face darkened when he saw the system interface that had popped up.
so tragic??? ”
He had thought that Great Yan would be a mess after the Lu clan took over, but he did not expect that the Lu clan would be so lazy.
The situation was worse than he had imagined.
It was not a problem for the country to be a six-star country. Logically speaking, Yunxiao sect was also under the rule of the Great Yan Dynasty. There were definitely more than 100000 Dharma adepts and cultivators in Yunxiao sect, and they were all elites. If one were to count Yunxiao sect as a whole in the country of Yan, then the country of Yan was indeed not weak.
However, looking further down, the financial situation of the Imperial court had already worsened to a certain extent.
The Imperial court’s storage was only left with a hundred thousand spiritual stones? How could they be even poorer than the Lu family?
A net income of negative four hundred and twenty thousand?
The Lu clan had to pay more than 400000 spirit stones every year? How could that be possible! He definitely couldn’t afford it.
To be honest, spending more than five million spirit stones a year was still within Lu Qing’s expectations. To maintain such a huge country, the cost of personnel and various materials were not small.
In addition, there was something that had to be mentioned. Every year, the Imperial court of the country of Yan had to bear a huge amount of ‘allocation’, which was, of course, for Yunxiao sect.
This was a huge sum of money. Although it was heavy, he had to bear it.
If Yunxiao sect was obedient, it would definitely be worth the money. But even if they didn’t listen to the Imperial court and even wanted to give orders, the Imperial court couldn’t do anything about it. They could only pinch their noses and accept it, and they had to pay the money.
Lu Qing was mentally prepared for this.
However, if the expenses were still within the range that he could bear, Lu Qing could not bear to see his income being so low.
The Great Yan Dynasty’s annual income was only four million?
This should not have happened.
Back then, when Li Yanling had just taken over the Qingfeng sect, the Feiyun state had experienced some turmoil. First, there was the White ghouls of the Xue state who had just finished their war and were heading south. Then, there was the internal turmoil of the Feiyun state and an expedition to the North barren forest.
All of this would naturally affect the production capacity of the Feiyun state.
In the past few years, the internal problems had been unified by the Lu clan. The entire Feiyun state could finally be United. After developing upward, the losses in the past were quickly made up for and there was even further development.
Now, please open the sect’s subsystem and clearly see that the Qingfeng sect’s income had reached about 1.1 million. Together with the Lu clan’s income, the entire Feiyun state’s income had reached 1.5 million.
Their financial situation had become rich and good, and their overall strength had increased. This was one of the reasons why the Lu clan dared to directly intervene in the situation in the South.
Then this could be used as a comparison: The country of Yan, the entire imperial court, nominally controlled seven states. Furthermore, the states in the South were, by right, richer and stronger than the Feiyun state. But why was it that under such circumstances, the annual income of the Imperial court of the Yan Kingdom was only a little more than three times that of the Feiyun state?
After he calmed down, Lu Qing opened the detailed section of the system interface and began to look through it carefully.
The information provided by the system interface could not fully reflect the detailed situation of such a large country. However, when the data from various aspects was put together, it could still explain some problems.
Lu Qing did not see the reason for the low stock in the system’s data collection. After all, the system would not display past information.
However, Lu Qing was able to guess some of it.
He had spent too much!
Li Shiwen was about to make a breakthrough. Lu Qing had seen the entire breakthrough ceremony. He had spent at least 20 to 30 million spirit stones on the various precious materials and the platform that was still floating above the palace.
This huge sum of money, when li Shiwen was gathering it, he must have cut off a lot of his hair.
In addition, it was the battle with the Wei Kingdom when he was breaking through.
Yunxiao sect did not go to war for nothing. At that time, the two sides had not fallen out yet. At the beginning of the war, Yunxiao sect was still unaware of li Shiwen’s plan. When their Army of cultivators was deployed, they had to ask the Imperial court to allocate funds for the military expenses.
As for the 30000 Imperial Guard soldiers who had set off to the front line and ended up being wiped out, they naturally had to spend a large amount of money.
Be it military expenditure or post-war compensation.
The inventory was naturally emptied.