"Promote Cao Fengyang to the rank of first-class governor, in charge of the military affairs of the capital, and concurrently as the Minister of War!"
When Cao Qingyan read this, all the officials in the court raised their heads and looked sideways, all surprised.
Cao Fengyang's official rank must have been promoted very quickly!
In just a few months, he has been promoted all the way, from Bai Shen to a first-grade governor.
Many people have begun to secretly speculate that His Majesty seems to be intending to change the leadership of the government and the public, replacing them all with young people. Regardless of qualifications, the most capable will prevail.
As for who Cao Fengyang will replace, the result is self-evident.
Cao Fengyang obviously didn't expect it. He raised his head, his eyes were bright, and he kowtowed and thanked you, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty. Long live, long live, long live."
Cao Qingyan continued to recite the imperial edict, "Promote Mr. Sun of Sun Tingzong to the first rank of Grand Master, the first assistant in the dynasty, and be awarded the title of Ronglu Dafu, Youzhuguo."
At this time, all civil and military officials in the dynasty understood.
Cao Fengyang is going to replace Sun Tingzong this time!
It seems that Sun Tingzong has been promoted, but in fact he has been promoted openly and secretly, and has no real power.
Sun Tingzong has unparalleled virtues and is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Unfortunately, he is old. Your Majesty is looking for someone to take his place this time.
Cao Fengyang is the most suitable candidate. Since he is a student of Sun Tingzong, he is capable and virtuous, and most importantly, he is young.
Sun Tingzong's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed respectfully.
Cao Qingyan continued, "Promote Wei Ziya to the rank of first-grade young master, honorary official, minister of Dali Temple, minister of the Ministry of Punishment, promote Ma Chen to admiral of the capital camp, rebuild the capital camp at a later date, promote Lu Han to general of the country, and lead the imperial army General, guarding the palace, promoted Lu Mu to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Supervision of the Manufacturing Office, promoted Xu Hou to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Suoyi to the General of Protecting the Army, Yuan Jianfan to the General of Dingguo, and Su Changyu to the General of the Protector..."
All other participating soldiers were rewarded.
This series of rewards immediately made countless ministers blush with envy.
Many ministers beat their chests with hatred. If they had known this, they would have risked their lives to go to the palace to rescue him. Otherwise, they would not be like now, with only hot eyes.
The rapid rise to success is just a matter of one thought!
Of course, some discerning people discovered that the entire court had been replaced. After this battle, the only veteran left by the late emperor was Sun Tingzong. He was still a minister close to His Majesty, and the others were all His Majesty's confidants.
And they are all young people, with an average age of no more than thirty!
This is unique in the entire history of Gale, no, in the entire history of the continent.
From now on, there is only one voice left in the government and the public, and that is Li Yi's voice.
Cao Fengyang knelt down deeply and said, "Your Majesty's grace is so great that our ministers will never forget it. Long live, long live, long live!"
The ministers truly admired Li Yi from the bottom of their hearts, and truly respected and admired Li Yi.
If the old thief Ning Wen rebels this time, without His Majesty's advance planning and His Majesty's unparalleled power, the palace will inevitably be breached, and the entire Gale Dynasty will have to change its dynasty.
Li Yi nodded, "Get up. You are all meritorious officials of the Gale Dynasty. I remember that I have always rewarded meritorious deeds and punished delinquents!"
"The reward is over, now it's time for punishment, right?"
What?
As soon as these words came out, many ministers' hearts skipped a beat. What is Your Majesty going to do?
Is it possible that he will continue to liquidate?
Could it be that His Majesty is really possessed by a demon? He has already executed hundreds of thousands of people. Is it possible that he will continue to kill them?
This sudden sentence caused the originally celebrating court to fall into the bottomless abyss again. The air froze, and many people did not even dare to breathe out.
Li Yi's eyes moved, and a keen vigilance and a blade-like murderous intention burst out, "It's ridiculous that you think that the little actions behind your back can be hidden from me. Do you think that I am a fool?"
The ministers were suddenly startled and all fell to their knees, "I am terrified!"
"The Duke of Wei, Li Mu, the Marquis of Puyang, Li Lu, the Marquis of Nanyang, Li Lu..."
Li Yi read out the names one by one. There is no doubt that these people are all important people, especially the first few, who are real relatives of the emperor and clan members of the royal family.
But in Li Yi's eyes, he didn't regard the royal family members as superior to others at all.
Not to mention being a member of the royal family, even if the prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people!
Every time a person's name was read, an official in the court collapsed and fell to the ground.
"I am really heartbroken!"
Li Yi sighed helplessly, "There are many of my relatives here, and there are also some ministers who have been meritorious officials. I should be more lenient with you to save the world from saying that I am cruel. I will take credit for your ancestors' merits this time." Spare you."
The ministers, princes and marquis who collapsed on the ground immediately kowtowed in apology, shouting long live the mountain, with a trace of joy flashing in their eyes.
There were also ministers who didn't take it seriously at all, as if they had already guessed it.
Unexpectedly, Li Yi said in the next second: "Let's do this. Death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be escaped. Everyone I think of will be demoted to the title and exiled to the frontier. Their families will share the same crime!"
"How about it, am I kind enough?"
As soon as these words came out, the entire court was shaken.
Exile to the frontier?
Does this count as forgiveness for him?
This is no less a crime than killing a whole family, and is even worse than death.
"Your Majesty, no, I was wrong!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am wrong. I am in a state of confusion. I beg your Majesty to spare my life!"
"Please, Your Majesty, please spare me for the sake of being a member of the royal family. Please, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I did not participate in the rebellion. I don't know anything. I beg your Majesty to be lenient!"
"..."
In Nuo Da's Jinluan Hall, there was wailing and chaos. The kneeling ministers begged for mercy and kowtowed.
Even the few ministers who were dismissive immediately panicked and cried harder than anyone else.
Li Yi snorted coldly and said calmly: "I have already opened up the net. Didn't I say that I would only exile you to the border and not kill you? This is because your ancestors have made great contributions to the Gale Dynasty. Extrajudicial mercy.”
"Otherwise, your crime of rebellion will not only confiscate your homes and destroy your families, but also destroy ten clans."
"Someone, drag him out!" He waved his hand with an impatient look on his face.
A group of old dogs have been secretly flirting with Ning Wen and Mr. Yan for a long time. If I weren't afraid of killing you and causing bad influence, I would have killed you one by one.
"Wait!"
"Who are you, dare to fight me!"
Suddenly, an angry scolding came from the Jinluan Palace. Judging from the tone, he was of high rank.
Li Yi held his chin, squinted his eyes, and looked over coldly. It was Li Mu, Duke of Wei. If calculated according to seniority, this old dog was his uncle.
"Oh, wait!" He looked at his cheap uncle with a half-smile.
This old dog is more ruthless than others. In the letter between him and Ning Wen that Li Yi captured, he strongly demanded that Li Yi must be eradicated and not be soft-hearted.
Li Yi's ability to maintain a pleasant look towards him until now is already giving him face.
"Mr. Wei Guo, do you have anything to confess?" Li Yi deliberately used the word "confession" to confirm his identity as the prisoner.
"Your Majesty!" Duke Li Mu of Wei was trembling with anger, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said: "After all, I am also a member of the royal family. Even when the late emperor was in power, he treated me with great respect and favor. How come you are here?" Are you going to kill me this morning?"
"Oh, don't, don't say that!" Li Yi immediately stood up from the dragon chair, with a look of shock on his face, and said soothingly: "Gong Wei, what are you talking about? How can I kill the donkey? "
"Hmph!" Duke Li Mu thought Li Yi had relented, so he deliberately snorted coldly, maintaining his demeanor.
But the next second, Li Yi almost choked him to death with one sentence.
"How can you compare with a donkey? At least a donkey is useful, but you are useless!"
"Hahaha!"
As soon as this statement came out, the civil and military officials in the court burst into laughter, and some ministers secretly nodded in agreement.
Some elders are just like this. They know they are shit, but they will rely on their elders to show off, put on airs, look down on you at every turn, and try their best to ridicule you.
Bullying you for being poor and hating you for being rich are worse than strangers.
Duke Wei Li Mu is this kind of person. This time, Li Yi showed no mercy at all.
"Your Majesty, you...what are you talking about?"
Li Yi frowned and his eyes turned cold, "Good words!"
"Your Majesty, you...what can I say? You are also your Majesty's elder. Your Majesty's words are too unpleasant to hear. Is this the kind of virtue that Emperor Gale has?" Li Mu was still pretending at this moment.
Li Yi suppressed a smile, old dog, seeing how you can still pretend, he immediately said: "Duke Wei, would you like me to have someone read the letter you wrote to Ning Wen?"
Upon hearing this, Li Mu was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
Li Yi slapped the document and said, "I gave you face, but you don't want it, and you still dare to pretend, you are so shameless!"
"Here comes someone, pull off Li Mu's python robe, carry it out, and immediately confiscate Duke Wei's residence and send his family members to the border areas!"
"promise!"
The wolf-like Forbidden Army rushed in immediately and quickly carried a group of people out.
"No, don't, I won't go to the border, I won't go!"
"Your Majesty, you can't do this!"
"I was wrong, Your Majesty, I was wrong. Please forgive me, please forgive me!"
"Your Majesty, I was really wrong. Help, help me..."
The dignified Duke of Wei, who had been arrogant just now and questioned Li Yi on the spot, was now begging for his life like a dog.
But it was too late, no matter how much he begged for mercy and wailed, it was of no avail.
Li Yi just sat firmly on the throne and watched all this coldly...
