Oh my god, can you play like this?

Initially, the people of Xilin and Beiyu were afraid of becoming slaves of a conquered country, which would make their lives even worse and make them inferior people in the eyes of the people of the former Dongshun Kingdom. The Dongshun Kingdom would not care about their lives.

But later, the people discovered that His Majesty the Emperor treated all the people equally. There was no such thing as inferior people. They were all the same people and the subjects of Dongshun Kingdom.

The people gradually developed a sense of belonging, not to mention that His Majesty the Emperor reduced their grain taxes and gave them such high-yield grain varieties.

Gradually, some merchants from the former Dongshun Kingdom appeared in Xilin and Beiyu, led by Gu Shurui and his wife.

These merchants opened shops in every city and brought things from the former Dongshun Kingdom to Xilin and Beiyu.

The original three kingdoms were also gradually merging.

The prestige of Emperor Li Beichen is growing day by day in the hearts of the people of Xilin and Beiyu.

In order to make the integration of the Three Kingdoms better and faster, Emperor Li Beichen really put in a lot of effort.

No matter how busy Li Beichen was, he never ignored Gu Lanzhi and still asked people to report Gu Lanzhi's situation in real time.

Li Beichen was scared. He was too scared. He was afraid that something bad would happen to Gu Lanzhi.

Gu Lanzhi's body is too weak now, which means anything can happen.

Fortunately, Gu Lanzhi's health gradually improved under the treatment of the imperial physician. The symptoms of sweating after moving were gradually subsiding, and his physical strength was slowly recovering.

Both Gu Lanzhi and Dongshun Kingdom are getting better and better.

After seeing the strength of Dongshun Kingdom and understanding the power of "Heavenly Fire", Nanjiang Kingdom bowed to Dongshun Kingdom, took the initiative to send a letter expressing the hope for peace between the two countries, and sent envoys to Dongshun Kingdom, presenting various rare treasures from Nanjiang Kingdom.

The envoys from Southern Xinjiang stayed in Dongshun Kingdom for half a month and received the assurance from the emperor of Dongshun Kingdom that "as long as Southern Xinjiang does not take the initiative to provoke a war, Dongshun Kingdom will not be an enemy of Southern Xinjiang." Only then did the envoys from Southern Xinjiang return to Southern Xinjiang to report.

Li Beichen really doesn't want to fight anymore. It's not that Dongshun Kingdom can't afford to fight, but Dongshun Kingdom needs stability and peace now.

Besides, if the war breaks out again, Gu Lanzhi will definitely not be able to stay in the palace.

Gu Lanzhi's health was just beginning to improve, so how could he withstand any more hardship?

Li Beichen only hopes that Gu Lanzhi can be well and stay with him in the palace.

Gu Lanzhi's body was taken care of for ten years.

During these ten years, Dongshun Kingdom has also undergone tremendous changes, and the lives of the people have become better and better.

No longer were the people hungry. Not only could they eat their fill, but every family had surplus grain every year, and they exchanged their surplus grain for silver from the government.

With money in hand, some hardworking people started small businesses.

In Dongshun Kingdom, from the capital city to remote towns, people doing small businesses can be seen everywhere.

People of different ethnic groups have integrated very well. No one mentions Xilin or Beiyu anymore. Everyone is a Dongshun person and everyone is friendly.

There have been natural disasters in the past ten years, but local government warehouses have ample granaries. Whenever a disaster occurs in a certain place, the local government will immediately open the granaries and release grain to help the people get through the difficult times.

Corruption certainly exists, but no one dares to go too far because His Majesty of Dongshun Kingdom has a very powerful intelligence agency.

They are hiding in every corner of Dongshun Country, and you would not know that they are intelligence personnel. Normally, they just look like ordinary people of Dongshun Country.

However, when they find that officials are inactive or harming the interests of the people, they can report it to His Majesty the Emperor in a timely manner.

Once His Majesty the Emperor receives such reports, he will strike hard and force such officials to return what they have seized from the people. Then his entire family will be sent to mine, and they will not even be given the chance of exile.

Everyone in Dongshun knows what a mine is like.

That place is dangerous, and safety accidents such as landslides often occur.

There is no way to avoid this. After all, the technology of ancient people was limited, and they could not reinforce the mountains well, which led to such things.

But coal mines and other things are essential for the people to survive the winter, so Li Beichen forced all the officials who had made mistakes to go mining.

Working in a mine not only means having endless work to do every day, but also having to worry about dangers that may arise at any time.

Therefore, the officials of Dongshun did not dare to go too far, let alone oppress the people.

No one wants to send the whole family to mine just for some material gain. It is enough to have enough for the family. Every official has a limit in his mind.

It is impossible to eliminate corruption, and Li Beichen and Gu Lanzhi both know this, so what they want is for these officials to not go too far.

Li Beichen was satisfied to be able to achieve this.

During the past ten years, Li Beichen also had people build roads, dams, and carry out livelihood projects, making people's lives better bit by bit.

There is not a single common person who doesn't like Emperor Li Beichen.

It was just an unexpected piece of news that left all the people of Dongshun Kingdom dumbfounded.

That means Li Beichen, the wise ruler in the eyes of the people, is about to abdicate.

When the news first spread, the people were in an uproar.

Li Beichen was still so young and in the prime of his life, so why did he abdicate?

Although the next emperor is Li Beichen's eldest son, who can guarantee that the next emperor will love the people as much as Li Beichen does, and who can guarantee that the next emperor will be as committed to making people's lives better as Li Beichen does.

So the people wrote a letter to the people, begging Li Beichen not to abdicate.

Finally, Li Beichen sent a document to all government offices, which roughly meant that although he had abdicated, he was still the emperor emeritus and would supervise the emperor. Whenever the emperor acted in a deviant way, he would bring the emperor back.

But even so, the people still didn't want Li Beichen to abdicate.

But Li Beichen had made up his mind. He abdicated resolutely regardless of the people's reluctance.

Li Jincong, who had just turned sixteen, ascended the throne under such circumstances.

However, his irresponsible father, the emperor and the queen, both left the palace on the third day after he ascended the throne and began their plan to travel around the mountains and rivers.

Li Jincong had known for a long time that his father was planning this matter, and he often discussed the travel route with his father.

Li Jincong felt that the throne was a burden to his father.

When he was too young, his father was reluctant to throw this burden on him. But now, when he just turned sixteen, his father couldn't wait to throw away the burden and ran away with his father and queen.

Especially when he saw his father and his father leaving the palace in a hurry, and leaving his three younger brothers and sisters to him, Li Jincong was speechless.

What else could Li Jincong do? He had no choice but to take over.

In order to protect Cong'er from following the same path as Li Beichen's childhood, Li Beichen never reveals Cong'er's situation.

None of the ministers knew what the new emperor's temper was like or how he did things.

Some ministers who were more cunning thought that Li Jincong was just a spoiled child who had no tricks, so they became suspicious and began to set traps for Li Jincong from the day he ascended the throne.

Li Jincong was a child prodigy. He was extremely smart since childhood and inherited psychic powers from his father.

How could these ministers fool him?

However, Li Jincong did not confront these ministers with bad intentions head-on, but adopted a roundabout strategy.

By the time these ministers realized that they had dug a hole for themselves, it was already too late.

Li Jincong dealt with a group of ministers with ease, and the other ministers saw through Li Jincong's true colors. He was a sinister and treacherous guy who could be easily tricked if one was not careful.

From then on, no minister dared to show off in front of this sixteen-year-old boy.