Today's morning seems to have some unusual changes from the past.
Officials with a keen sense of smell already had a vague idea of what was going on through the absent official.
It’s not that everyone doesn’t know some things, they just don’t mention them.
They had a premonition of what was going to happen after the Holy One proposed to inspect the weapons library yesterday.
This is something that no one expected, that things would develop so fast.
It felt like everything was over tonight.
As soon as he came to court, Zhao Duan asked Cao Shuang to briefly tell all the officials what happened last night.
The officials secretly found dead men to destroy evidence and set fire to the weapons warehouse. This was not surprising to them at all. If it were them, they would do the same thing.
It's just that the people who took action this time were more unlucky. They were discovered as soon as they took action, or rather, they were arrested early, and they were caught as soon as they took action.
What followed was a night of emergency arrests and evidence collection.
As Cao Shuang asked people to present personal and material evidence one by one in front of the court, all the officials were speechless.
No one dared to plead for mercy to those people. Everything in front of him fully demonstrated how fully prepared the emperor was.
If you still want to plead for them at this moment, you might even get involved in it.
Seeing that none of the ministers objected, Zhao Duan announced the replacements for these people after they were arrested. Not to the surprise of the officials, those new faces that suddenly appeared were to replace them.
Some of them were former officials of Qingshui Yamen, and some were students who had just passed the exam last year, but their rankings were not high and they did not attract attention.
But it happens that these people are capable enough to replace the people they replace, allowing the court to maintain normal operations.
Listening to the emperor's appointments one after another, the officials below felt a chill in their hearts.
It's still the same emperor, the emperor who will not leave any loopholes for the opponent once he takes action, and will beat you directly and neatly until you are unable to fight back and you can only accept his arrangement.
Facing the arrangement that seemed to have been planned for a long time, even those who had thoughts in their hearts and wanted to use this matter to make waves silently put aside their small thoughts.
No solution!
It’s so confusing!
Who knows if the other party is already prepared and waiting for me to jump in, so it’s better not to do any more tricks.
After the officials had this idea, the entire morning court went on extremely calmly. The matter was quietly decided. The person who should be arrested was arrested, and the positions that should be replaced were also replaced. , but it didn’t make any waves in the court.
It was as if...as if nothing had happened at all, but a large number of officials in the Ministry of War had been replaced.
Everything is so harmonious!
After going down to court, Zhao Ming looked at his father in shock, his face full of disbelief.
While Zhao Duan was handling the official business at hand, he asked: "What? Don't you understand?"
Zhao Ming nodded: "Father, why are all the officials in the court so quiet?"
"Otherwise, what do you think they should be like?" Zhao Duan asked.
Zhao Ming recalled the time when he was supervising the country, frowned and replied: "They should be able to delay, and then find opportunities to use this matter to attack their ministers or their political opponents, or to excuse the criminals, hoping to protect them .”
Zhao Duan nodded: "Yes, these are their usual methods."
"Then why did they..." Zhao Ming asked doubtfully.
"Quick! Accurate! Cruel!"
Zhao Duan said calmly.
"What's the explanation?"
Zhao Duan put down the things in his hands, took a cup of tea from Cao Shuang, took a slow sip to moisten his throat and said:
"Quick, accurate, and ruthless means that you have to complete everything quickly in a time that they cannot react, and make it a definite death case, without giving them any time or preparation to find trouble, and let the other party realize that you are fully prepared. If he dares to plead for mercy, you can drag him down.
It took me one night to arrest the people who should be arrested. I collected the evidence that should be collected without giving them any time to react. In addition, I should have let Cao Banban publicize the matter to everyone and control the public opinion one step ahead. , preventing the other party from using public opinion to make a comeback, and completely convicting those people.
Whether in the court or among the people, I control the right to speak.
And those officials who quickly filled their posts are my deterrent to all officials.
Don't cause trouble, otherwise you will be the next one to be replaced!
Without you in the Song Dynasty, a lot of people can take over. If you don’t believe it, you can try it!
For the sake of their official positions, these people will not gamble even if it is a small possibility.
And those who are sure that they will not be replaced for a while know that things have settled down, and naturally they will not cause trouble.
In this way, they could only endure everything happening silently.
Prince, for many things, the bigger the trouble, the better. The more trouble there is, the more likely it is that people will find your flaws.
The smaller the matter, the faster you act, and the more at a loss the other party will be. He couldn't handle it for a while, and when he was ready, things would be settled.
The hit was a surprise!
After he understands that things cannot be done, he will naturally give up making troubles, and everything can proceed naturally. "
After hearing what his father said, Zhao Ming fell into deep thought. Zhao Duan smiled and ignored him and continued to review the memorial in front of him.
The situation of father and son, one meditating and the other busy, actually had a difficult mood at this moment.
After that, no one mentioned the matter again. The true situation of the weapons library was revealed, but the officials involved had been dealt with. So Zhao Duan ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds and the Military War Bureau to coordinate with the Ministry of War to prepare new weapons.
The tattered weapons that were thrown into the arsenal for recharge had been sent away by the Imperial City Division and directly delivered to the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce.
It didn't take long for them to go out to sea quietly in Caiyun County. As for where these things went in the end and what they got back, they were not known to outsiders except Zhao Jun's side and the emperor's side. .
After the first batch of profits came back, Zhao Duan, who had tasted the benefits, could no longer hold back his desire and began to prepare.
Just the rags from Bianjing's military equipment store actually brought him gold, silver and goods worth one hundred thousand taels of silver, but he only took half of it!
The money in this country is so profitable!
Not long after, Zhao Duan, who was ready, launched a surprise attack on the weapons depots across the country. Many of them noticed the emperor's movements and ran away early.
And those who didn't have time to run were dealt with by the emperor, who hugged the grass and hunted rabbits.
After all, since these people had touched his things, it was only natural for them to take the family property.
All the officials thought that the emperor's move was to rectify his military preparedness.
But they never expected that Zhao Duan's real purpose was for the rags in the arsenal.
Rectification of military equipment is just a cover-up.
After rectifying these arsenals, Zhao Duan withdrew some of them and used the money exchanged for the scraps to fill them with new weapons. This could indeed be regarded as rectifying the armaments of the Song Dynasty.
At the same time, Zhao Duan also accumulated a large amount of gold, silver and supplies to prepare for his subsequent actions.
For a time, except for those who suffered losses, the rest of the government and the public were full of praise for the emperor's actions, which helped the Song Dynasty avoid hidden dangers in advance.
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(End of chapter)
