"Your Majesty, there is news in Jinzhou!" The minister Li Tao personally reported to the emperor and submitted a message.

Looking at his expression, his attitude was relaxed, but Liu Chengyou still asked: "Good news, or bad news?" ”

Li Tao showed a smile on his face and replied, "Good news! Feng Jiye, who killed his brother and seized power and tried to defend himself, has been arrested and detained in prison! ”

A few days ago, with the Jinzhou incident, the ministers discussed the disposal of the proposal. In the end, it was decided to send Chen Guan, the head of the ministry, as an envoy to Jinzhou, and to depose him in the name of reward. And Zhang Yongde, the general of the forbidden army, led people, thinking that the angel guard, which inevitably aroused vigilance, but brought fifty iron horsemen in front of the palace.

"Tell me the details!" Liu Chengyou leaned lightly on the throne and said.

Li Tao came: "According to Chen Guanbao, the envoy went to Xicheng County to announce the edict, Feng Jiye was overjoyed to set up a banquet, and in order to be shocked, Chen Guan and Zhang Yongde made a false accusation, but did not trigger it. Feng Jiye is Feng Hui's youngest son, his name is not right, his words are not good, and his sex is vicious, killing his eldest brother is even more unpopular. Many of the civil and military generals in Jinzhou were not convinced. Chen Guan secretly observed and contacted, and with the support of Feng Hui's second son Feng Jilang and his generals, he took down Feng Jiye, controlled the yafu, and used the imperial court to control his life, count his crimes, and appease people's hearts! ”

"I really let them do it, this Chen Guan does have some talent, and it is entrusted to people, and Li Qing recommends it!" Liu Chengyou glanced at Li Tao.

Li Tao said with a smile: "It is the duty of a minister to raise talents for the country, but fortunately he does not live up to his mission!" ”

After a slight pause, Li Tao continued: "Your Majesty, Chen Guan asks for instructions, Feng Jiye has been captured, how should the aftermath be dealt with?" In addition, Feng Hui's second son, Feng Jilang, seems to have the desire to ask for his stepfather's position! After taking Feng Jiye, he secretly contacted the generals of Jinzhou, so Chen Guan and Zhang Yongde had taken action to detain Feng Jilang and Feng's sons and guard them in the yazhong! ”

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but be happy, and there was a thick ridicule in his laughter. In a tone of incomprehension and emotion, he said: "These Feng family members are interesting, they really don't know how to be naïve, or are they ignorant, this is to regard my Dahanzhou County and court officials as private property?" ”

Hearing what the Son of Heaven said, Li Tao also echoed and said: "The word is the head, the desire for power is consumed, how can you know the number of days?" Feng Hui has a total of seven sons, all of whom previously served in the military and political affairs of Jinzhou. After Feng Jiye usurped power, he dismissed all the brothers, and Chen Guan and the two were able to quickly control the situation, so as not to take advantage of the opportunity for the Feng sons to cause chaos, but Feng Jiye also had the merit of deposing the brothers! ”

"Spread the edict, change Jinzhou to Ankang Mansion, govern the West City, and use Chen Guan to know Ankang Mansion, act as civil affairs, follow the affairs of Hedong, and reform the system according to the edict of the imperial court. The army of Jinzhou, let Zhang Yongde temporarily lead, train and eliminate on the spot, and treat it according to Hedong! After thinking about it, Liu Chengyou ordered directly.

"Yes!" Li Tao responded and asked again: "I don't know what to do with the sons of the Feng family?" Those people, if they stay in the Golden State, may be a disaster! ”

"Feng Jiye, let Chen Guan send someone to escort him to Tokyo, and ask Si Ju to punish the crime!" Liu Chengyou didn't think about it, ordered to go down, think less, and said: "No matter what, Feng Hui has been guarding Shuofang for many years, and he has made great contributions to my country and has indeed been a hero.

Although there are unworthy people among his sons, I am still willing to give more leniency to their descendants. All the sons of the Feng family will be moved to Luoyang to settle down, and the Feng family's wealth will be taken away, and Jinzhou will not be allowed to occupy a cent! ”

"Your Majesty is forgiving!" Li Tao immediately praised it.

Liu Chengyou's order is not a grace. Luoyang is not so easy to settle, the Feng family may have accumulated a lot of family wealth, but the Feng family's seven sons, one dead and one prisoner, and the remaining five people, maybe there will be a good show to compete for family property, and it is very likely.

To tell the truth, Feng's senses for Liu Chengyou are very poor, and he has never had such a dislike for any family. Even Li Shouzhen's father and son, who rebelled against him in the river, did not have such a bad impression on Liu Chengyou.

......

In late autumn, Liu Chengyou had a hard time leaving the palace and inspected the city walls of Tokyo, accompanied by Yin Murong Yanchao of Kaifeng Mansion.

"Uncle Huang, you have been in the hall for less than a year, but you have made outstanding political achievements, and Tokyo is becoming more and more prosperous!" Pacing leisurely, Liu Chengyou said to Murong Yanchao.

Murong Yanchao, as the half-brother of Gaozu Liu Zhiyuan, is also a close relative of the royal family, and in the early years, he would rely on the old and sell the old. But over the years, he didn't dare to regard Liu Chengyou, the son of heaven, as a nephew at all.

Even, Murong Yanchao was afraid of Liu Chengyou, starting from the second year of Qianyou, the emperor's uncle Liu Xin. Think about that old brother, and now the family is still guarding Ruiling, and now it will be four years old, and those days, think about it, you know how desolate.

Therefore, although Murong Yanchao was distressed, he didn't even dare to let go of a fart. At this time, hearing the emperor's praise, he responded: "Where the ministers know how to govern, they are all assisted by the officials of the Kaifeng Mansion." What I do is to establish rules and obey the laws of the court! ”

"Uncle Huang said this, but he is wise and foolish!" Liu Chengyou smiled slightly.

"By the way, Uncle Huang is still angry in his heart, I sent Murong Chengde to the front of the army?" Liu Chengyou stopped and asked suddenly.

Hearing this, Murong Yanchao's complexion changed slightly, and he shook his head again and again: "How dare the minister!" Chengde loves to dance with knives, guns and sticks on weekdays, let him go to the army to practice, and it can be regarded as he likes! ”

"The military report from the southwest can mention him!" Liu Chengyou said.

Seeing this, Murong Yanchao's dark face condensed slightly, and he said a little nervously: "Could it be him, he is in trouble again?" ”

Liu Chengyou shook his head with a little smile: "Instead of getting into trouble, he has grown a lot." In Xiang Xun's side for the military academy, before and after the saddle, quite hard-working, after a few years of training, and a few more battles, among the relatives of the Han Dynasty, maybe there can be a usable general! ”

Hearing the emperor say this, Murong Yanchao breathed a sigh of relief, his brows stretched, and he laughed.

Looking around and pointing to the mottled walls of Kaifeng, Liu Chengyou said: "Zhuliang, Shijin and Zhihan in Tokyo were all built here, and they stood in the Central Plains for decades. The big city of the Central Plains, the pearl of the Bianhe River, but now it seems that it is still ancient! ”

Hearing this, Murong Yanchao immediately bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, since the minister acted in Kaifeng, he has always felt that Kaifeng is small and old, although it has been repaired repeatedly, it is like a sewing repair, and it is difficult to get rid of its decay, and it is really difficult to be the name of the capital of the Han Dynasty. The city, the government office, and the market are staggered, the layout is chaotic, the buildings are old, and many roads are narrow, so that they cannot be passed. Over the years, the number of sergeants and civilians in the city has increased, and the population has exceeded 400,000, which has become more crowded, and it will only increase in the future, and it may be difficult to carry ......"

"Listening to Uncle Huang's wishes, do you want to rebuild Tokyo?" Liu Chengyou turned his head to look at Murong Yanchao.

Murong Yanchao took the opportunity to speak: "That's exactly what the minister meant! Recently, the ministers and their subordinates have discussed that the inner and outer cities of Tokyo need to be greatly expanded, the palace castle and the imperial city need to be rebuilt, and the subordinates, institutions, barracks, and markets of the ministers and subordinates need to be reconstructed in order to live up to the best districts. ”

Seeing Murong Yanchao's energetic look, Liu Chengyou was obviously a little moved, but he couldn't help but shake his head and said: "As Uncle Huang said, reconstruction and expansion, such a big work, the money, food and people's resources, with the current finances of the imperial court, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support!" ”

Hearing this, Murong Yanchao immediately said: "The minister has considered that the reconstruction of Tokyo is not a day's work, and it can be carried out gradually, and funds will be allocated one after another. And this autumn's harvest is over, and it is the time when the people are sufficient, so they can recruit servants and expand the city! ”

Liu Chengyou couldn't help but look Murong Yanchao up and down a few times, this imperial uncle seemed to be becoming more and more shrewd, after thinking about it, Liu Chengyou asked: "Uncle Huang, the three divisions allocated 100,000 yuan of money and 50,000 stones of grain, and all the taxes of Kaifeng Mansion were retained, and the imperial uncle might repair Kaifeng?" ”

The emperor's eyes were blazing, staring at Murong Yanchao, seeing that he was muttering in his heart, and said with a slightly bitter expression: "Your Majesty, I don't want to expand Kaifeng with just this little money and grain......

"Naturally not!" Liu Chengyou waved his hand: "As Uncle Huang said, it's just the start of the big work!" Huainan News, the last batch of money and grain in the Tang Dynasty this year will also come to Beijing, and all of them will be allocated by the emperor's uncle! Follow-up vacancies, gradually fill the items! ”

With such an explanation, Murong Yanchao pondered for a while, and arched his hand: "In this way, the minister can try to do it!" ”

"Very good!" Liu Chengyou smiled.

"If Your Majesty is worried about repairing the city, money and food, the minister has a strategy!" Murong Yan said.

"Speak!" Liu Chengyou looked at it.

Murong Yanchao's dark face showed a touch of "cleverness", and said: "Your Majesty wants to expand the city, but also for the benefit of the people of Tokyo, you can collect the 'city tax' from the people in the city, in addition, Tokyo business and tourism are prosperous, and all over the country, the huge merchants who come and go to Tokyo are innumerable, and they can donate money and food......

It's really a good suggestion, Liu Chengyou knows now, this imperial uncle, in fact, is still the same as always, and the means of collecting money are "abundant". Liu Chengyou can be sure that if he does what he says, Tokyo is afraid that he will complain again.

Therefore, Liu Chengyou said very simply: "There is no need to consider the 'Chengcheng tax', I don't want to disturb the people, but those huge businessmen in your mouth may think of some ways to let them contribute to the expansion of Tokyo!" ”

"Yes!" Murong Yanchao responded, although Liu Chengyou rejected half of the suggestion.

"In addition, regarding the expansion of Tokyo, Uncle Huang will go back, and together with the Ministry of Industry, first sort out an expansion charter ......" Liu Chengyou raised his hand and ordered: "The expansion project, I will be fully entrusted to Uncle Huang!" ”