It was naturally impossible for Yunhua to kill Han Yuanxiao, but he could beat him up. As Yunhua had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, his skills were naturally not comparable to Han Yuanxiao's.

Although Han Yuanxiao was born into a family of military generals and practiced martial arts to build up his strength, when a fight really came, Han Yuanxiao could only get beaten. After all, practicing martial arts and actually fighting in battle are two completely different concepts.

Therefore, when Han Yuanxiao heard Yun Hua's threat, he had to back down. After all, if he left the garrison camp with a bruised face, he would lose face as the Minister of the Ministry of Heaven.

"Okay, then let's tell us what our great leader wants to do?" Han Yuanxiao asked.

"I'll say it again, the person is dead, what else can we do?" Yunhua still insisted that Chen Gu was dead.

Han Yuanxiao looked at Yunhua helplessly and said, "It's meaningless if you say that!"

"Even if you ask me ten thousand times, I will only say this: this is my job, and you should also do your part well. As for the rest, I advise you to forget it." Yunhua said.

Now everyone is indeed doing their own part. Even Wu Qing'er's struggle for power is actually part of her job. As the leader's first wife and the eldest son's mother, it is her duty to fight for the throne for the eldest son after the leader's death.

If we go by Yunhua's statement, Wu Qing'er did nothing wrong. Even if Chen Gu was alive, Wu Qing'er's actions were at least tacitly approved by Chen Gu.

This made Han Yuanxiao seem to be meddling too much.

Han Yuanxiao could not help but remain silent. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Leader, aren't you afraid that things will get out of your control?"

Yunhua stopped talking and picked up the teacup and started drinking.

There is a saying that goes "serve tea to see off guests". It is normal for two people to drink tea when they are thirsty after chatting. However, before drinking tea, the host will usually offer tea to the guests. If the host does not offer tea and instead drinks it on his own, then he is driving the guest away.

Han Yuanxiao curled his lips, stood up and said, "Okay, then you guys can do whatever you want, I just need to manage my own organization department."

Watching Han Yuanxiao leave angrily, Yunhua put down his teacup and couldn't help but sigh. He really didn't know what Chen Gu wanted to do, but he just followed his orders out of loyalty to Chen Gu.

Two days later, Chen the Executor's funeral was held and he was buried on the top of Nanshan Mountain, with thousands of trees planted on his tomb.

Three days later, the sour scholar asked Chen Xiaoao to ascend the throne for the third time on the grounds that the country could not be without a king for a day.

Three days later, on the Qiqiao Festival on July 7, Chen Xiaoao ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He named his country Hua, honored Chen Gu as the founding emperor of Hua, and honored Wu Qing'er and Qin Ling as empress dowagers.

Chen Fan was named King of Wu, Chen Xiao was named King of Yue, Chen Yun was named Princess Huining, the sour scholar Chen Minghua was named Prime Minister, Zheng Ming and Zhang Haomin were named Deputy Prime Ministers, and the sticky old man Tang Jiaxing was named Minister of Security.

The rest of the tribes were all rewarded.

The monthly salary of grassroots soldiers and officials was increased by one tael of silver, and the salary of the chief officers of each department was increased to eighty taels. The monthly salary of the emperor Chen Xiaoao was increased from the original fifty taels of the leader Chen Gu to one hundred taels, and the monthly salary of princes and princesses was ninety taels.

The salaries of middle-level officials and generals were also increased according to their respective ranks, and even the monthly salaries of martyrs' families and disabled soldiers were increased slightly.

The rest of the benefits remain unchanged.

It seems that the monthly salary of many people has doubled, but in fact the expenditure is not that high. After all, the grassroots officials and soldiers are the largest number, and these people have only increased by one or two taels of silver. The total annual expenditure is only an additional four or five hundred thousand taels of silver.

The monthly salary of middle-level and top-level officials and generals has indeed doubled, but their number is relatively small, and together they can add up to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver per year. Even if all are added together, it will not exceed one million taels of silver.

This was the result of discussion between Wu Qing'er and Suan Xiucai, and everyone was willing to accept it. Even Zhang Haomin, the chief steward, did not raise any objections.

After all, when a new emperor ascends the throne, he has to give everyone some benefits. It doesn't cost much and can win people's hearts, so why not do it?

In the end, even the land tax was exempted, and commercial tax and property tax were all halved.

It can be said that we have achieved the goal of sharing happiness with the people.

At the same time, a general amnesty was declared, and the labor reform terms of all criminals were reduced by three years. Of course, life sentences remained unchanged, and there would be no pardons if there were amnesty. After all, this was the tone that Chen the Executioner had set, and Chen Xiaoao, or Suan Xiucai and others naturally did not dare to change it at will.

On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, China held its first great court meeting.

The little emperor Chen Xiaoao was sitting on the dragon throne in a green dragon robe, with a row of pearl curtains separating him from the back. Wu Qing'er and Qin Ling were sitting behind the pearl curtains, listening to government affairs.

The Qing Dynasty belongs to the water virtue, and according to the five elements, China belongs to the wood virtue and prefers green, which is actually similar in color to the water virtue of black.

In fact, Wu Qing'er was somewhat opposed to defining China as the Wood Virtue. After all, other dynasties in history that belonged to the Wood Virtue included the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Liu Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, the Southern Qi Dynasty, the Southern Liang Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty.

All these dynasties were short-lived, with only the Song Dynasty lasting a little longer, but it was a humiliating dynasty.

China is so powerful now, it should not be like those short-lived dynasties mentioned above.

Afterwards, the sour scholar persuaded Wu Qing'er to agree, saying that it was precisely because there was no long-lived dynasty that the country of Wood Virtue had a long-lasting fortune. If China was founded on the virtue of Wood, it would enjoy a longer national fortune.

When Chen Gu received the news that Chen Xiaoao had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he had already arrived in Fuzhou, Fujian. After reading the documents sent by China to all directions, Chen Gu could not help but smile and shook his head, but he did not care about anything in his heart.

Chen Gu was barely satisfied with the various practices of the Suan Xiucai and his friends, but he felt a little embarrassed when he saw that he was named the Taizu of the Hua Kingdom and was given the title of the Great Emperor with Supreme Might.

His posthumous title was Wu Zhao. Wu means that Chen Gu was quite capable in military combat, while Zhao means upright.

Chen Gu thought about what he had done in the past few years, and it seemed that he was worthy of the title of Wu Zhao. After all, he had never lost a battle since he started the rebellion. And when it came to being honest and upright, he was also worthy of the title. At least Chen Gu’s kingdom was won through real fighting, without resorting to any conspiracy or trickery.

"The leader has already proclaimed himself emperor, but I have been labeled a criminal!" Zhang Zhe said somewhat aggrievedly.

On the surface, Zhang Zhe naturally died with Chen Gu, but when a leader like Chen Gu dies, someone has to take responsibility.

Zheng Ming and Lao Nian are obviously not suitable. As for the others, they are not big enough to be blamed for this. After all, Zhang Zhe, the commander of the guards, is the most suitable one.

Although everyone understood that Zhang Zhe could not be blamed for Chen Kui's death, everyone still accepted this result, and even Zhang Haomin did not object.

(End of this chapter)