Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Facing Zhou Wuhen's question, Zhou Wanjiang was silent for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Even if I have to dig through the entire Lotus Mountain, I will find the thing that can prolong my life! I will definitely find it!"

"During this time, you secretly return to the capital with my token and mobilize the Black Armor Guards! The Black Armor Guards and the Qingzhou Army will join forces and be able to hold off Zhou Chuxuan and his men for a while!"

Zhou Wuhen grasped Zhou Wanjiang's token, his eyes filled with helplessness. "Alright, brother, if it really comes to the point where you can't hold on any longer, then leave! Don't risk your life and property here. Don't forget, you still have 600,000 troops in the Western Regions!"

Zhou Wanjiang nodded slightly, then waved his hand, leaning against the stone wall and closing his eyes.

He was very tired and needed to rest before entering the interior of Lotus Mountain to explore. Zhou Wuhen looked at Zhou Wanjiang deeply, then turned and left.

At this time in the capital, under the stabilization of Zhou Chuxuan and his men, countless Liao spies were dug out and eliminated, and order gradually returned to normal.

Throughout the Wu Dynasty, people sang praises to the Crown Prince's benevolence and achievements. Many even hoped that the Crown Prince would ascend the throne and lead the Wu Dynasty back to prosperity.

On this day, Zhou Chuxuan stood in front of the dragon throne and looked at it for a long time, but he was reluctant to sit down. Instead, he turned around and looked at the civil and military officials. To be exact, there were only more than 20 ministers, and the rest had become prisoners.

Xu Qinglong was shocked when he saw Zhou Chuxuan's iron-fisted approach. It was truly terrifying that the Wu Dynasty could still maintain normal order under such drastic reforms.

Even Emperor Wu did not dare to do this.

"Your Highness, the envoys from the Liang Kingdom in the south of the Wu Dynasty are waiting outside the Taiji Hall. Would you like to summon them?"

Zhou Chuxuan narrowed his eyes and then remembered that the Liang Kingdom delegation arrived in Wu Dynasty today.

Because the crown prince was required to go to Liang State to marry the princess of Liang State, the Western Region Baoxiang State had conflicts and disputes with the Wu Dynasty. As a result, the matter was temporarily shelved.

Zhou Chuxuan could already imagine the attitude of the envoys from Liang State.

As expected, the Liang Kingdom envoys entered the Taiji Hall and did not kneel. Instead, they looked at Zhou Chuxuan standing on the steps with their heads held high and chests puffed out. "Where is Emperor Wu of the Wu Dynasty? Why doesn't he come out to meet the delegation?"

Xu Qinglong stepped forward and answered first, "There's a dispute within the Wu Dynasty, and the Emperor is not in a position to intervene. Now the entire Wu Dynasty obeys the orders of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Oh? You're the Crown Prince of the Wu Dynasty?" The envoy looked at Zhou Chuxuan and snorted coldly, "It was your Wu Dynasty that initially offered to marry our Liang Kingdom's princess, with a one-month deadline. So how long has it been now? Are you trying to tease us?"

Xu Qinglong frowned. No matter what kind of person this envoy from Liang State was, this was the Taiji Hall of the Wu Dynasty. How could he dare to be so presumptuous?

"Your Excellency, this is the Taiji Hall of the Wu Dynasty. Standing before you is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who currently rules the entire Wu Dynasty. Please speak with some respect!"

"Haha, show some respect? If your Wu Dynasty truly respected our Liang Nation, you wouldn't have put such a major matter as the marriage on hold, and even threatened the Western Regions, forbidding them from marrying into our Liang Nation! What? Isn't your Wu Dynasty disrespecting our Liang Nation?"

Just as the envoy was furious at Xu Qinglong, Zhou Chuxuan's cold voice came: "Wu Dynasty is despising your Liang Kingdom!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the court suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at Zhou Chuxuan in shock, and the Liang State delegation became even more excited.

"what do you mean?"

"As the crown prince of the Wu Dynasty, are you trying to stir up trouble between Liang and the Wu Dynasty?"

"Do you want to start a war?"

Zhou Chuxuan suddenly drew his sword from his waist: "Where are the Imperial Guards? Capture these thieves!"

"Yes!"

Wan Hao led the Royal Guards directly into the Taiji Hall and escorted all the envoys away. No matter how these people struggled, it was of no avail.

Zhou Chuxuan glanced at everyone with a cold look in his eyes: "I don't care what your attitude towards the Wu Dynasty was before, but now, sorry, times have changed!"

"Your words are crude, and your behavior is vulgar. You are definitely not envoys from Liang. You must be some barbaric people who robbed the Liang envoys, disguised themselves as envoys, and came to our Wu Dynasty to defraud and deceive people!"

"Come here, take all these people out and behead them. Put them in a gift box and send them to Liang Kingdom as fast as you can! This will show our Wu Dynasty's intention to make peace!"

"Uh, uh, uh!"

No matter how hard the Liang envoy struggled, he was held down by the royal guards. Anger and fear flashed in his eyes, but it was too late.

As knives fell outside the Taiji Hall and blood spilled on the ground, these arrogant and domineering envoys from the Liang Kingdom never understood until their death why the Wu Dynasty, which always attached great importance to etiquette and law, could be so cruel this time?

Xu Qinglong was also a little shocked. Even if two countries were at war, they would not kill envoys, let alone these people from the delegation. In the hundreds of years since the founding of the Wu Dynasty, no king had dared to be so bold.

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled: "Everyone, do you have any objections to my actions?"

All the ministers lowered their heads and said nothing.

Who the hell dares to object?

Even if there is, we can only keep it in our hearts. Who dares to say it out loud?

After witnessing Zhou Chuxuan's iron-blooded tactics, and with the entire Wu Dynasty now under his control, no one dared to raise any objections.

Zhou Chuxuan shook his head. "Everyone, the Wu Dynasty is declining, not only because of the decline of national strength, but also because of the decline of external relations! Just imagine, if a small country dared to make a loud noise in my Taiji Hall, and even pointed at the ministers, the crown prince, and the monarch to insult and question them, then this dynasty would not be far from destruction!"

Zhou Chuxuan's voice suddenly became extremely sharp: "I want to let them know that the Wu Dynasty is not a dynasty that can be bullied by the weak. If they dare to invade, then we will accompany them for a few moves!"

"Beat them hard and make them submit! Make sure they don't dare to bare their fangs and teeth against the Wu Dynasty again."

These words immediately made the ministers present feel excited, as if the passion from many years ago was surging in their hearts again.

There were even military generals who requested to fight: "Your Highness, if the Liang Kingdom were to invade, I would be willing to lead a group of elite troops to repel the invading enemy!"

"I am also willing to fight!"

"..."

Listening to the excitement in the court, Zhou Chuxuan nodded with satisfaction.

In this way, the backbone of a dynasty was established, and at least it was no longer as lifeless as before.

"Everyone, words alone are not enough, we must take concrete measures!"

Zhou Chuxuan looked at Xu Qinglong and said, "Master Xu, you are well versed in business. I will leave the business development of the Wu Dynasty to you. What do you think?"