"Long live, long live, long live our Emperor!"
In Youzhou, civil and military officials, as well as the assembly of courtiers, prostrated themselves.
Tang Ming, dressed in a dragon robe, had a solemn expression.
Representatives from the Han people, Hu people, and various other powers were present below.
Since the Wei-Jin period, no Han sovereign had become the leader of all ethnic groups, not even in name. Tang Ming was the first.
"My beloved officials, rise!"
Tang Ming harbored boundless ambition. He intended not only to harness the power of the Hu people but also to civilize them using his own methods.
Since the three dynasties, the nomadic tribes in the north had always been a great concern to the dynasties of the Central Plains. History had proven that killing was not a solution. Only by using both coercion and kindness could they assimilate them from one generation to the next.
