Intrigued, Liu Chengyou picked up a small and square piece of coiled dragon button from the imperial desk. Zhang Dejun immediately opened the ink pad box, dipped it in a little, and printed it on the "ink treasure" he had just completed.
This is his private seal. The four seal characters "Qianyu Imperial Treasure" fall clearly on the paper, as if it has the finishing touch, and the "charm" and "artistic conception" are immediately rippling. At first glance, my handwriting still has some charm.
After admiring it for a while, Liu Chengyou's expression straightened, he picked it up, rubbed it in his hand a few times, and handed it to Zhang Dejun: "Take it and burn it!"
"Yes!" The chamberlain responded respectfully.
"The official family, the censor Zhongcheng returned to the palace to ask for an audience." When he was writing again, the palace general came to report, interrupting Liu Chengyou's leisurely mood.
"Xuan!"
"Your Majesty!" Upon seeing this, Yang Ningshi proactively said: "I'm going to leave now."
After glancing at the old man, Liu Chengyou also had a very good attitude: "Master Yang, walk slowly."
In order to show courtesy to the virtuous man, Liu Chengyou ordered people to send him out of the palace and gave him the imperial pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Although the gift was not heavy, it made Yang Ningshi extremely grateful. Of course, Liu Chengyou would not guess how sincere it was.
Bian Guitan has a calm and authoritative temperament. He does not show his iron face to others, but he gives people a serious and rigid feeling, even when he is facing the emperor.
Liu Chengyou did not waste any nonsense and directly ordered him: "I am very satisfied with Bian Qing's actions at the Yushitai, which are organized, orderly and fair. Next, I want to see the results of the supervision!"
Bian Guichen responded simply: "Yes!"
"After the rectification of the Yushitai, are there any problems?" Liu Chengyou asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, first of all, the censors of the three academies are still insufficient, and there are also many shortages of various functions under the courts; secondly, the talents and virtues of the censors under the censors are mixed, and there are few promising people. They are not familiar with Taiwan affairs and even do not know how to do it. There are many people who are busy with things; thirdly, the general affairs of the outer Taiwan and the Taozhou of the world also need to be sorted out..." With almost no pause, Bian returned to the three things in succession, and his capable look really hit the mark. The meaning of Chengyou.
Liu Chengyou digested what Bian Guitan said for a while, thought about it, and said directly to him: "The current national conditions are like this, we can only make do with simplicity, and there is a shortage of talents, and we can continue to supplement them. I am working hard to rectify the censor, because I want to re-manage Taiwan affairs and focus on Establish authority to revitalize the court. During this period, Bian Qing has done a good job. If you want to restore the system of the former Tang Dynasty, there is no rush now."
"The imperial censors in the court and the border ministers will continue to rectify them, eliminate their untrue tendencies, and strengthen internal training and assessment. I have one more sentence, those who are capable will be promoted, and those who are mediocre will be demoted. As for the supervision of current affairs in other states, it needs to be slowed down. We can try to establish it in the Kinki prefectures to make it accessible from above to below!"
Seeing that Liu Chengyou responded to his report within a short period of time, Bian Guitan was slightly surprised, but not too surprised. After such a long time, I have gradually become familiar with Liu Chengyou’s style, so I clasped my fists and responded: “Yes!”
From Bian Guitan, Liu Chengyou seemed to see the four characters "vigorous". He took a slight breath and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Since the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in chaos for a long time. The land is full of wars and devastation, and the common people are suffering. . I want to eliminate military disasters, so I have to regulate chaos. I am in need of officials like Bian Qing!"
Liu Chengyou's words seemed to touch Bian Guiyi, who looked emotional and respectfully bowed: "Your Majesty is working hard to achieve great results. It is inspiring. I am willing to encourage Your Majesty!"
Seeing Bian Guichen's statement, Liu Chengyou's expression softened slightly, but his attitude became gentler. Nowadays, he only wants to rule and fight, and needs a large number of talents to be used by him. He does not need his courtiers to "lick" him, but it is still satisfying to show such respect.
After Bian Guichen resigned, it was only time for a cup of tea and he had not read two pages of the album in his hand when his cousin came.
"Officials, Xiangzhou Jiedu Liu Zhu and Qingzhou Jiedu Guo Jin have left Beijing in the afternoon." Li Shaoyou, the spy chief of Wude Division, stood in the palace and reported to Liu Chengyou.
"Hmm..." Putting down the book, Liu Chengyou responded and said leisurely: "I'm quite anxious. It's such a cold day and such heavy snow. The four towns are quite old, but they don't have time to stay with me in Beijing." It’s about celebrating the winter!”
Liu Chengyou just sighed casually. After all, the two of them left Beijing and returned to town with his permission.
When Jiedu came to Beijing, except for the Chengde army who defeated Zhang Yanwei, who was rewarded by Liu Chengyou with the important land of Hengzhou, and was "driven" back to Hebei, the others did not deliberately care about it. This time, only Liu Zhu and Guo Jin could not wait to leave.
As for Li Yin and Wang Jing, they are still staying at their residence in Tokyo, seemingly waiting for Liu Chengyou's order.
"Did you say anything before leaving?" Liu Chengyou asked.
"Well..." Li Shaoyou seemed to be hesitating whether to say it or not. When he met Liu Chengyou's calm eyes, he replied softly: "Liu Zhu, the governor of Xiangzhou, once said that he did not receive a generous reward from the officials. This time It’s a loss coming to Beijing…”
"Haha!" Liu Chengyou smiled, with a slightly cold smile: "This Commander Liu is honest, and the calculation is correct. The golden saddle, clothes and jade belt I rewarded are not worth a hundred stones of refined salt and so much How much is native to Qingzhou?”
Liu Zhu warned carefully: "Guan Jia, if you consider the exchange of Qingzhou and Xiangzhou towns, Liu Zhu will probably be very unconvinced!"
"Start at him!" Liu Chengyou said lightly.
"yes!"
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Chengyou sighed quietly and waved his hand to order: "Let Tao Gu draft it and meet with the governors. You can leave the capital and return to the town on your own to take up the post!"
"yes!"
After this system was established, Liu Chengyou still had to wait and see the reaction of Jiedu, mainly the performance of Ruan, Li Yin and Wang Jing. Murong Yanchao had already been personally persuaded to stay.
Liu Chengyou was quite satisfied with the various festivals in Hebei that came to Beijing this time. Needless to say, Zhang Yanwei, at least Zhe, Li, and Wang, although they were also authentic warriors who started out in the army, their arrogant and domineering aura was no longer obvious.
In fact, Liu Chengyou's soul came into the world and was entrusted to him. To a certain extent, he was lucky, as long as he could secure the throne after he succeeded. Throughout the "Five Dynasties", although warriors were in power and warlords were in trouble, starting from the Later Liang Dynasty, the elimination of vassal states never stopped, and as a result, rebellions occurred repeatedly.
But judging from the decades-long process of "cutting down feudal vassals" in the four generations, including the Han Dynasty, the effect of strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches has been achieved. In the era of Liu Chengyou, no local government has the strength to fight against the central government, let alone the strength to disrupt the world and usurp the country with one corner.
Including today's Hedong Jiedu, after Li Cunxu, Shi Jingtang, and Liu Zhiyuan came out to Jin three times to compete for power, the potential of Hedong has actually been reduced to the lowest point. The territory is still the "royal industry", but the manpower is insufficient.
Of course, the premise of everything is that the central government cannot be in chaos and the imperial army cannot be in chaos.
Therefore, when Liu Chengyou suppressed the powerful ministers, dismissed the government, pacified the river, and reorganized the imperial army, and the throne gradually became stable, the central government's advantage over the local areas became even greater. Otherwise, even if someone like Zhe, Li, or Wang has a gentle temperament, let's see how respectful he is to the court. Even taking the initiative to go to Beijing for an audience is out of the question.
"What is my imperial uncle busy with?" Liu Chengyou thought of Murong Yanchao.
Unable to help but cast a glance at the emperor's cousin, Li Shaoyou reported: "Murong, your Majesty, has recently been undergoing major renovations on his mansion. He has hired more than 300 craftsmen and strong people!"
"The scale is not small." Liu Chengyou said in a playful tone.
