In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Li Yun was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on the throne. Under the steps of Yunhe, hundreds of civil and military officials were lined up on both sides.
After a night of surprise promotions, there are now at least over a hundred officials in the court.
Most of these promoted officials are relatively young and come from poor or civilian backgrounds. They are also known for their loyalty and perseverance.
They were all lists compiled by Pei Zhong and others after long-term observation.
As for the eunuchs and eunuchs above the court, they have also been replaced.
Most of the eunuchs who used to be members of the Eunuch Party had been captured and imprisoned at this time, and those who had been replaced were those who had been bullied and suppressed by the Eunuch Party.
It can be said that all the civil and military officials and even the eunuchs and guards in this palace have been transformed.
Hundreds of officials lined up, and the bell rang. The court hall was extremely solemn, which further highlighted the emperor's majesty.
Everyone felt excited, knowing that this would be a new beginning for the court.
Just listen to Eunuch Guang, the eunuch beside the emperor, preach loudly:
"If you have something to do, start the show, if nothing happens, leave the court!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Zhong came out of the crowd, holding a wat tablet in his hand, and said to Li Yun:
"Your Majesty, there are a lot of vacancies in the court now, and it is still a long way to go to get scholars. I would also like to ask the Emperor to choose the one with the lighter crime between the Dongzhu Party and the Hou Party to wear the yoke as an official and perform meritorious service."
The situation Pei Zhong mentioned has also appeared in the history of Wu State.
During the Zhongxing period, Chengzu implemented severe punishments and purged the court, and many corrupt officials were caught, leaving the court empty.
At that time, in order to maintain the operation of the entire court, some officials with less serious crimes were allowed to work in shackles when their cases were investigated and the verdict was not announced. It was often seen that prisoners in the hall were tried in shackles, and officials in the hall also wore shackles to judge cases. Even wearing heavier shackles, it is a spectacle to be more serious than the criminals who are trying the case.
Pei Zhong said this because he wanted to win over the people of the family a little bit. Even if Xu Wen and other high-ranking officials of the family were killed, as long as some of them were left, they would not completely break up with the Nine Surnames and Ten Clan.
After all, the aristocratic family is not monolithic, and the other branches wish that the entire family would die.
Li Yun smiled slightly and said loudly:
"The return of my great government depends on the hard work of all the ministers. Today I am going to reward you for my merits to show your loyalty."
"comprehensive."
After hearing the emperor's words, the generals in the main hall, including Zhou Quan, who had been granted an exception by Li Yun to enter the hall to attend the court meeting, were excited. They rushed to the front of the hall and knelt down to listen to the order.
Just listen to the emperor say slowly:
"From today on, the West Police Factory will be set up to supervise the court and the people. You will be the admiral of the West Factory. As for the manpower, first transfer the Jin Yiwei under you to it. The West Factory is under my personal jurisdiction. Do you understand? ?”
Zhou Quan was so excited that he immediately kowtowed and thanked him:
"I will thank the Lord for your kindness!"
The Western Police Factory under the personal control of the emperor was obviously used to monitor officials and the court. This also represented the emperor's trust in him, which was the most important thing.
The civil and military officials present didn't think much of it.
Although I understand that the emperor set up this west factory to check and balance the Wulin Guards and the Jinyi Guards to prevent one family from becoming the dominant one, this is a normal structural adjustment and nothing to make a fuss about.
Whether it is the Jinyi Guard, the Dongchang West Factory, or the Wulin Guard, the key to what effect it will have lies in the person in power.
As for why this Zhou Quanzhou Qianhu was the only one favored, he jumped from a small general banner to Qianhu, and the next day he became the admiral of the Western Police Factory...
In addition to the fact that Admiral Zhou did not follow the background, many people also heard that King Xian Li Mu slipped and drowned in the culvert last night.
Immediately afterwards, the emperor looked at the civil and military officials present and said:
"Where is my Hanlin?"
Upon hearing this, among the civil servants, Jin Tanqing, Liu Xian and others who had just been recruited into the palace today immediately joined the crowd and knelt down respectfully in front of the emperor.
Compared to the hundreds of officials who witnessed the emperor's execution of Enhai in the court yesterday, Jin Tanqing, Liu Xian and others felt even more uneasy.
Originally they were ordered to write lyrics after being conferred the title of Hanlin by the emperor, but they gradually understood that the emperor had indeed been emptied out by the eunuchs and had no actual rights.
However, their gratitude and loyalty to the emperor for his kindness have not changed or wavered. They feel that even if the emperor is in desperate situation, they will still be loyal.
At this time, seeing that the emperor had wiped out the eunuchs and killed Enhai in an instant, they were at a loss what to do and didn't know what to do.
Deep down in their hearts, they still have an inferiority complex about their origins. After all, they are just merchants or ordinary civilians, not even poor families.
Now that the emperor has completely controlled the court, is he ready to let them go back and continue to be their family drama?
In the history of the Wu Kingdom, there is no precedent for civil servants being given gold by the emperor and then returning it...
Amidst everyone's uneasy mood, the emperor smiled and said slowly:
"My dear friends, you are talented and knowledgeable, loyal to the emperor and the country, and are my heroes. Just to be a Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy is really a bit of an indignity... From today on, I will lead you to join the six departments, starting with doctors. . Mr. Pei Ge, I will leave my Imperial Academy to you."
Pei Zhong immediately raised his hands and said:
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Jin Hanlin, Liu Hanlin and other Hanlin officials are all great talents in this world, and the humble ministers will definitely do their best."
Upon hearing the emperor's appointment, Jin Tanqing, Liu Xian and others froze on the spot at first, then trembled all over, kowtowed to express their gratitude, and burst into tears.
They never thought that the emperor would directly let them enter the six departments and become real imperial officials!
The doctor of the six ministries is a fifth-rank official and the absolute backbone of each ministry.
Thinking about their own origins and the emperor's trust, everyone felt mixed emotions and couldn't help themselves.
Holy Lord, Holy Lord!
Immediately afterwards, the emperor on the throne continued:
"Shen Yanfei."
Among the ministers, Shen Yanfei, who had already become the commander of Youjinwu Guards, immediately stepped out from the crowd and saluted respectfully:
"I'm here!"
The emperor said slowly:
"I know that you can capture the Youjin Wu Guard. The heads of your Feiyan Escort Bureau, the Yanzi Village of Yuquan Mountain, and the righteous men of the 36th Village of Gyeonggi Province have all contributed a lot..."
Hearing this, Shen Yanfei couldn't help but turn pale with shock. Sweat immediately broke out on his forehead, and he kowtowed quickly:
"I am guilty!"
Although he had secretly taken down Youjinwu Guard with his own bodyguard agency and the thieves from Thirty-Six Villages in Gyeonggi Province before, he actually had selfish motives.
After all, the thieves of the Thirty-Six Villages are all from the green forest and cannot be brought to the stage. The emperor and the court will definitely not like it. He plans to hide the matter first, and then rely on his identity as the commander of the Youjinwu Guard to conquer the Thirty-Six Villages little by little. The leaders of the Six Villages were absorbed into the Youjinwu Guards, and they made more meritorious deeds in the process, slowly clearing their identity.
But he didn't expect that the emperor already knew the origins of his group of brothers, and everything was invisible to the emperor's eyes.
Just listen to the emperor say slowly:
"If you support someone with meritorious service, what's the crime? My court does not care about family background, only meritorious service! Today, I will give them an official status, and they will all join my personal bodyguards and serve as sergeants in the direct army."
Shen Yanfei quickly kowtowed:
"Thank you for your grace!"
The emperor did not care about the issue of his background that he had always been worried about. Instead, Jinkou Yuyan personally appointed the Thirty-Six Village Group to steal into the bodyguards and join the Zhijun Army, which finally made the big stone hanging in his heart fall away.
The emperor looked calm and continued:
"Xiao Guangzi, Xiao Chunzi, I am very pleased that you two are so loyal. Even though the eunuchs are suffering from cholera, the twelve eunuchs must be coordinated. From now on, you two will serve as the chief eunuch, eunuch, and eunuch Bingbi. "
The two personal eunuchs Xiao Guangzi and Xiao Chunzi under the throne were overjoyed and quickly kowtowed in thanks.
Originally, the Si Li Jian was the head of the twelve inner eunuchs, and the one who really held the power should be the eunuch holding the seal.
It's just that Enhai is too powerful, so although he is the eunuch Bingbi, he is in charge of the ceremonial department and oversees the twelve eunuchs.
Now that the emperor has appointed Xiao Guangzi as the palm eunuch, he obviously wants to follow the ancestral system and still respect the palm eunuch.
The two of them were originally just ordinary eunuchs who were both aware of the eunuchs. They came to serve the emperor only because of their identity as the White Lotus Sect's Anzi. They never expected that in the blink of an eye, they had become the eunuchs of the eunuchs who were inferior to one person and surpassed ten thousand people. He Bingbi eunuch!
The ups and downs of this life are so exciting!
The officials above the court also understood at this time that the eunuch system could not be completely abolished. After all, the emperor also needed some close ministers to check and balance the court.
I don't have much dislike for the newly appointed Eunuch Si Li, Eunuch Zhangyin and Eunuch Bingbi.
Even if they may turn against each other in the future, that will be in the future.
Li Yun continued:
"Zhao Huichun!"
Zhao Huichun, who was standing at the end of the group of ministers, immediately stepped forward respectfully.
Originally, people from the Imperial Hospital were not qualified to go to court, but early this morning, the emperor directly sent someone to notify him to go to court, which made Zhao Huichun also feel uneasy.
However, seeing the benevolent emperor in front of him repaying his great government and regaining control of the court, he was also happy for the emperor in his heart.
Just listen to the emperor say loudly:
"From now on, you will be the director of this hospital."
Zhao Huichun was stunned for a moment, then quickly thanked the emperor for his kindness. "
In the blink of an eye, all the ministers were completely canonized, and Li Yun continued to ask:
"Dear ladies, do you have anything else to say?"
Pei Zhong quickly came out of the queue and said:
"Your Majesty, the Zhenbei Army is still ten days away from the capital, the Korean Dragon Division is seven days away, and the Xuanwu Army is about fifteen days away. The whereabouts of the Bohai National Wolf Soldiers have not yet been determined, and the capital is in danger. Please ask Your Majesty to hunt west!"
Although this proposal was rejected by the emperor yesterday, Pei Zhong still did not give up.
The situation in the capital was too critical. One more day the emperor stayed would mean one more day of danger.
The emperor said indifferently:
"The emperor guards the country, and the king dies in the country. There is no reason to hunt in the west. Give the Zhenbei Army, Xuanwu Army and Han Renlong an edict and let He Xingzu, Dong Chao and Han Renlong enter the palace to see me and tell them that this is what I have given them. Their last chance of survival."
"I...accept the decree." Pei Zhong's face was solemn, and his eyes showed the perseverance that he was ready to die.
Hearing the emperor's heroic words about guarding the country's gates and the king's death for the country, the civil and military officials in the court were equally excited, and they were all ready to defend the capital to the death.
But he saw the emperor smiling, gently tapping the armrest of the throne with his finger, making a humming sound like a dragon's roar, and said slowly:
"The clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle. I have trained my body to look like a crane. Retreat from the court, Zhao Aiqing, and follow me to refine elixirs."
As he spoke, he had already turned around and left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, heading towards the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.
Zhao Huichun hurriedly trotted behind the emperor, feeling uneasy in his heart.
The enemy army is about to attack the city, and the emperor wants to make elixirs! ?
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, as the emperor left, all the civil and military officials suddenly exploded.
Yuan Chengtao looked anxious and asked Pei Zhong:
"Mr. Pei Ge, what should we do? When has this happened? Why does the Emperor suddenly want to make elixirs?"
The capital city is in dire straits, and the Shangzhi Army, which has just surrendered, is in urgent need of the emperor to stabilize the morale of the army. The emperor going to make elixirs at this time is simply...
If he hadn't seen the emperor's bravery and long-term plan to kill Enhai, Yuan Chengtao would have called him a fool.
Pei Zhong frowned and said slowly:
"The situation is critical. The Emperor may also be anxious and needs to relax... In this court, you must not refute the Emperor's majesty... In the evening, you and I will go to the Yangxin Hall to advise you!"
Refining alchemy is what Hun Jun did!
(End of chapter)
