The current situation was very good. Li Huailin hadn't officially become the Emperor of the Undead. This was because Li Huailin hadn't clicked on the system's confirmation. The Undead's people and territories still weren't Li Huailin's. Of course, their names were still in red. The coronation ceremony had been completed, but the Emperor hadn't been inaugurated yet. This was an unprecedented situation, but now it had happened.
Yaze said that he was pretending to be the Emperor, but in fact, he could carry out all the Emperor's orders. Anyway, the commoners and ministers couldn't recognize whether he was Li Huailin or not, and they didn't know whether Li Huailin looked like Zhang Yaze. The crown was now on Yaze's body. In other words, even if Yaze didn't return it to Li Huailin, as long as the people who knew the truth didn't say anything, it wouldn't matter. No one would admit that Li Huailin was the Emperor because they hadn't seen him before.
In fact, because these Feudal Lords listened to Li Huailin, it was very easy for Li Huailin to get the Undead back. In other words, although Li Huailin hadn't officially become the Emperor, he still controlled the entire Undead. This was the situation that Li Huailin wanted to achieve the most.
On the other hand, Matthew and the others were also very satisfied. They didn't see the difference between an official succession and an official succession. They thought that after the coronation ceremony was over, Li Huailin would officially become the Emperor. This made them feel a lot more at ease.
Of course, Li Huailin would never become the Emperor of the Undead Race. How could he do something as troublesome as dealing with government affairs? Li Huailin threw the responsibility to Matteson and the others and let them deal with it themselves. Meanwhile, Li Huailin used the excuse of observing in the dark to sneak out.
Matthew and the others didn't discover Li Huailin's sinister intentions. They paid a lot of attention to Li Huailin's safety and the godly sword, so they didn't have any doubts. Therefore, Li Huailin smoothly handed over everything.
However, there were some things that Matthew wanted to discuss with Li Huailin. For example, the current situation of the Undead Empire. Therefore, the next day, when Li Huailin logged on, Matthew immediately stopped him. Although Li Huailin didn't want to care, he still pretended to listen.
All in all, the current territory of the Undead was far from what it used to be in its heyday. During the reign of Hoppes, the Undead occupied more than half of the continent. Although it was part of the Undead's territory, most of it wasn't inhabited by the Undead. This was because there were wars every day. After the Undead conquered the land, they didn't develop it. It was only under the Undead's name.
After the disappearance of Emperor Hoppus, these lands quickly returned to their original owners, and the remaining territories quickly shrank back to their original size. Then came the era of Emperor Carcery. Although Emperor Carcery didn't do much, at least he managed to maintain the territories of the past and didn't suffer from too much encroachment.
However, after Emperor Carcery disappeared, the Undead fell into a civil war. First, Matthew took his territory to the Demons. Then, the Humans and the Dwarves invaded some of the Undead's territory, causing the Undead's territory to shrink by about one-third. Before Li Huailin's arrival, the Undead's territory had shrunk to this size.
Of course, after Li Huailin's arrival, the Undead's territory increased by a lot. First, Matthew returned. Of course, his territory was also returned. Then, he ceded a piece of territory to the Dwarves. This was also a new territory. After the war with the Demons ended, another piece of territory was added to the Undead's territory. The total area of these territories added together should exceed the territory of Emperor Carcery.
Matthew introduced the territory in detail because he wanted to let Li Huailin know the size of his territory. The territory here referred to the territory under Li Huailin's direct jurisdiction. In other words, it was the entire Undead Empire's territory, excluding the territories that had been ceded. Matthew's main point was to tell Li Huailin about the matter of the enfeoffment.
The Undead's land system was slightly different from that of the Humans. The main difference was the system of the Lords. There were no lesser Lords under the Emperor's name. There were only five Great Lords. The lesser Lords under them were enfeoffed by the Great Lords. Currently, the Undead still had five Lords: Soudeis, Fiona, Sulphur, Maxim, and Matthew. The other Lord, Dennis, had been washed into the sea. Since he was responsible for the defeat in the war, the first thing he did after ascending to the throne was to remove him from the Undead's name. The territories of the remaining five Lords accounted for about 70% of the Undead's territory. Only the area around the main city, the territory left by Dennis after he became famous, and the new territory from the Dwarves were under Li Huailin's direct jurisdiction.
When Li Huailin heard about this messy system, he felt a headache. This was obviously a land system that hindered the development of the feudal system. Thousands of years ago, the Zhou Dynasty had done this, and then you know what happened. Under normal circumstances, after Li Huailin took office, he could start to deal with these five Lords. However, in fact, Li Huailin really didn't want to take office. To him, the less territory he controlled, the better. It would be best if all of it was handled by his subordinates. That way, they wouldn't have to look for him if anything happened.
"Think of a way to seal off Dennis's territory," said Li Huailin.
"Your Highness, do you want to appoint a new Great Lord?" asked Matthew.
"Yes …" Li Huailin looked around. "Do you have any recommendations?"
The Lords looked at each other. To be honest, they didn't want to recommend someone to be on equal footing with them. Moreover, it wasn't appropriate for them to intervene in such a big matter.
Li Huailin shook his head. Suddenly, he thought of something. In any case, he was the one who had the final say. He could even choose a player to be the Great Lord. This was something worth investigating. After giving the matter some thought, Li Huailin said, "Forget it. I'll look into this matter myself.
"Yes, Your Highness." The Lords nodded.
The next problem was the formation of a cabinet. Naturally, the five Lords couldn't be Li Huailin's civil servants. Although Matthew was currently working on these matters, he would return to his own territory after the war ended. He would also need to find new civil servants.
Of course, Li Huailin was too lazy to find new civil servants. Naturally, he left everything to Yaze. Li Huailin didn't care about it at all.
"You guys discuss it. Then, bring a few ministers from the previous dynasty over. That's all." Li Huailin waved his hand. "I trust you guys. I hope you won't disappoint me."
"Rest assured, Your Highness!" The Lords were moved by Li Huailin's words.
After that, the first thing they did was to declare war on the Demon Race. Although the two races had been fighting fiercely before, they didn't declare war on each other on the surface. This was because the Undead hadn't even established a government. Now that they finally had one, they declared war on the Demon Race. However, the humans still hadn't invited them to form an alliance. The two races had a tacit understanding not to mention this matter.
"Anyway, I'll leave it to you guys. I trust you guys." When Li Huailin saw that they were talking about politics again, he hurriedly pushed the responsibility away. He didn't want to listen to this.
"About the Queen's problem …" Matthew asked again.
"The Queen?" Li Huailin was stunned. "What's going on with the Queen?"
"Since we've already ascended the throne, we should settle the issue of the Empress. This will make it easier for us to carry out our work," Matthew said.
"Uh … the Queen must be an Undead, right?" Li Huailin asked.
"Of course," the Lords said. Besides Mattheson, the others didn't know Li Huailin's identity. Therefore, they felt strange when Li Huailin asked such a strange question. Otherwise, why would he marry a woman of a different race to be his Queen? What was the point of that?
"Motherf * cker!" Li Huailin couldn't help but curse. It was already good enough that he didn't vomit when he saw an Undead woman. Why would he give her to a Queen?
"Your Highness, do you want us to recommend someone to you?" Matthew braced himself and asked.
"No … I'll handle this myself. I'll leave the rest to you," Li Huailin said hurriedly. "Is there anything else? If not, I'll be leaving first."
"This … Your Highness, our country has just been established … sigh …" Li Huailin didn't wait for Matthew to finish speaking. After saying that he had something to do, he immediately returned to the city. Li Huailin didn't want to care about the Undead anymore. Not only did he have to deal with so many messy things, but he also had to become an Undead Queen. What was he supposed to do? After the battle with the Demons was over, Li Huailin directly left. He was too lazy to care about the Undead.
Of course, when Li Huailin said that he had something to do, he wasn't just spouting nonsense. The most important thing he had to do was to report the Divine Sword Guardian quest. The quest had already failed, but he didn't receive any contribution points. Li Huailin estimated that he would have to report it to the Undead before he could receive any points. The Divine Weapon was still waiting for him.
There were still two days until the national finals. Li Huailin already had a plan for the next two days. Of course, it was to level up and increase his strength. Currently, he was still Level 53. The mainstream S-rank players were already close to Level 60. It had been a long time since Li Huailin had last leveled up. He could use these two days to level up so that he could be in the best condition for the finals.
Apart from this, the most serious problem was Heaven's Separation. The other party was currently searching for the Divine Sword, and their target was the Celestial Sword's Enlightenment. Li Huailin had to think of a way to deal with this, but he hadn't thought of a good way yet. Although he knew the approximate location of the Celestial Sword, he wasn't sure of its exact location. It would be quite troublesome to find it.
While thinking about this, Li Huailin arrived at the sealed area under the lava fissure. As he still didn't know where to report the quest, he came to ask Issac.
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