Submitting to the Huaxia Heavenly Dynasty! This was as if one were sitting at home, and suddenly became a foreigner! If you count it that way, going out for a stroll from today onwards would grudgingly be considered an international trip…
The common people were starting to feel a bit flustered. Even though the royal family of the Great Yu Dynasty had few good people, and the entire court didn't have many upright officials.
However, after being citizens of the Great Yu Kingdom for so long, they were suddenly told that someone else would be managing them. They felt uncertain in their hearts.
Who knew what kind of temperament the new country and new emperor would have? What if they were even worse than the Great Yu emperor? Wouldn't they be jumping from the frying pan into the fire?
The common people even thought it might be better not to overthrow them; getting by as usual was still better than facing the unknown.
But before they could express their inner thoughts, the soldiers of the Huaxia Heavenly Dynasty had already surrounded the entire capital city.
From the reopening of cases to the imperial decree of self-blame, and then to the letter of surrender, all matters were arranged by Su Muqing and Huo Qiyuan within a short span of a week.
The next day, during the morning court, the two of them returned under the cover of night to Fenshui Town to meet with Leng Ren and the others.
Not only that, but they also rushed back to Chehe City. They ordered the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed there to travel day and night, driving towards the capital.
They also sent carrier pigeons to the other members of the Leng Unit left in Si'an Prefecture, as well as the officials who were waiting there and had already made preparations, instructing them to travel to the capital day and night.
Because Su Muqing and her group had already scouted the routes beforehand, the two armies of Huaxia entered as if into an uninhabited land, making their way smoothly.
The army from Chehe City took only four days, and all the personnel from Si'an Prefecture arrived at the capital in just six days.
On the seventh day, Emperor Rui officially announced his abdication, and the troops of the Huaxia Heavenly Dynasty officially took up their posts. It must be said that the timing was just right.
Although the sounds of people crying and complaining about their uncertain future could still be heard on some streets from time to time, this did not affect the subsequent handover of work. Everything proceeded smoothly.
In fact, upon seeing such a grand display, the common people who had originally intended to rally the masses and drive out the new forces from the capital no longer dared to be too presumptuous. Apart from shouting a few times occasionally, they mostly just raged in their hearts.
Their crying was not due to heartache over the change of regime, nor because the Great Yu Dynasty's centuries-old foundation had come to an end. This country had already been rotten to the core, and Emperor Rui was to be overthrown anyway.
The common people were merely worried about their future, fearing that they would fall into another abyss of suffering.
Due to the large-scale reshuffling of officials in the previous dynasty, all officials were removed, and the properties of corrupt officials and corrupt elements were all confiscated into the national treasury.
However, such an unprecedented change was not entirely without merit. At least, it replenished the Great Yu Dynasty's national treasury, which had long been in deficit, filling it to an unprecedented peak.
The accumulation of decades by so many corrupt officials and corrupt elements was as spectacular as one could imagine. When Su Muqing and her group took over, they were stunned by the national treasury that was almost bursting.
For a country to become rich, it should arrest more corrupt officials to fill the national treasury.
Seeing so much wealth, Su Muqing was not dazzled. She knew that the Great Yu Dynasty was already riddled with holes and leaks.
The mess left behind would require mountains of gold and silver to fill, not to mention the various dire emergencies that would follow. In short, there were too many places where money would be spent.
Fortunately, the public servants on the Huaxia side had received systematic training. They handled the remaining issues much faster than the old regime.
The new Huaxia Heavenly Dynasty had begun to implement a copper coin to paper currency exchange program nationwide. It was the same as in the former Yaoyang City: a one-to-one exchange, with a bonus of ten for every one hundred in the first five days. No latecomers would be served, and copper coins would be banned from use after a certain period.
The reaction here was similar to that in the initial Yaoyang City. The common people, clutching their copper coins, were hesitant to exchange them, yet they also worried that they would become unusable after some time.
Each country had its own system. The copper coins of the previous dynasty would instantly turn into a pile of scrap metal in their hands.
Just as everyone was watching, the news that the Chen family, the richest family in Fenshui Town, had exchanged a large amount of copper coins for paper currency, spread in a timely manner.
Tens of thousands of copper coins were all exchanged for paper currency. The Chen family made a fortune just from the ten-for-one bonus.
Overnight, this news spread like wings throughout the entire Duzhou Prefecture. Since many people had witnessed it firsthand, the common people did not doubt the authenticity of the matter.
Thus, with the Chen family taking the lead, more and more people began to exchange their currency.
While waiting in line, those people couldn't help but think that they had worried too much before. The Chen family exchanged tens of thousands of copper coins without batting an eyelid, while they held onto their meager possessions tightly, wishing they could swallow them to hide them.
Once the common people understood, the situation changed again. Eventually, as more and more people came to exchange, the exchange points were overwhelmed. They had to employ multiple staff members to work simultaneously and operate around the clock, just to barely cope.
At this time, the anxious individuals were not only the overworked staff but also the common people who had been hesitant to exchange.
Three days had already passed, and the ten-for-one bonus activity only had two days left.
The queues in front of them were endless. Those who held many copper coins regretted it, regretting why they hadn't come earlier. If they missed this activity and the bonus paper currency, they would surely be heartbroken.
During this time, Su Muqing and Huo Qiyuan were truly busy. Looking at the mountains of various tedious matters in front of them, even they, who were known for their efficiency, stamina, and speed, were somewhat overwhelmed.
In the end, they had to handle matters outside the spatial dimension during the day and return to the spatial dimension at night, fully utilizing the 1:24 time difference.
Often, in the dead of night, people would still knock on their doors, asking them to handle urgent situations.
For a long time thereafter, no matter what time of night new officials knocked on the regent king's door, they would see him appearing before them in full attire and spirits, in the very next second.
The officials were filled with admiration: Without any rest, was the regent king a robot? Did he not need to sleep at all?
Finally, after more than twenty days, the handover between the two countries was about seventy to eighty percent complete.
By early September, the weather had already begun to change. Although the midday sun was still bright at times, the temperature difference between morning and evening was clearly noticeable.