Since ancient times, moving the capital is by no means child's play, and it must be cautious!

The conversion of the capital means that the land around the old capital is not so valuable, while the land near the new capital will be robbed.

In addition, there are definitely not a few yamen and officials who have moved from the old capital to the new capital. With so many people, where they live, where they work, how their families should be accommodated, and so on, etc., are all big troubles.

Of course, if the new capital is chosen in Xiakou (later Hankou), then the problem of the capital's transportation will be solved immediately.

After all, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in winter, the river surface does not freeze. In addition, due to the unusually wide surface of the Yangtze River. Even the largest naval warship can freely sail from the sea into the hinterland of the Yangtze River.

Since the purge of the Wenchen group, Li Zhongyi's words in the court can be described as a full word, and no one dares to refute it.

Nowadays, the military generals dare not interfere in government affairs, and the civil servants are all holding their tails, and the court situation is unusually smooth.

The ministers were afraid that they would annoy Li Zhongyi and be sent to Lingzhou to drink the northwest wind, which would be miserable.

The people of these years, believing in the principle that they are inseparable from their own land, were sent to a bitter cold land thousands of miles away, which was more terrifying than a few lashes.

When Li Zhongyi purged the Wenchen group, he deliberately seized on this weakness of theirs and relegated the disobedient Confucian ministers to the remote Lingzhou in the northwest.

Only degrading and not killing is one of the basic principles of Li Zhongyi's purge of the Wenchen group, and it has been thoroughly implemented.

Wenchen, at most, they just write articles and scold people, after all, it is not as bad as the nature of martial arts stabbing people with knives, so that they lose their real power and stay away from the prosperous center of power, the punishment is already very severe.

Of course, the so-called not killing doctors is not Li Zhongyi's basic national policy. If there is really a Wenchen who crosses the red line, Li Zhongyi doesn't mind killing a few people to stand up for power, so that the so-called readers will know and be in awe!

Once, the national policy of not killing scholars and doctors in the two Song Dynasty was implemented extremely thoroughly and absurdly. During the Song and Song dynasties, the state officials who embezzled tens of thousands of guan were just demoted and returned home after burning the account books and warehouses. What is very scary is that within a few years, the corrupt criminal not only reinstated, but was actually promoted.

The strong Han Dynasty under the rule of Li Zhongyi will never allow the existence of big rats, and the butcher's knife against corruption has actually been raised high, depending on who dares to defy the law.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of Shu has passed through Fengzhou and is expected to arrive in Kaifeng in a month."

Liu Jinshan was in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and the affairs of receiving envoys from various countries were now merged into the Ministry of Rites.

That's right, Hongjia Temple, which was originally responsible for receiving envoys from various countries, was not only merged into the Ministry of Rites, but also downgraded to the Imperial Palace.

In the eyes of the important ministers of the Qiang Han Dynasty, whether it was the Liu Han regime in Jinyang or the Meng Shu regime in Chengdu, they all belonged to a secession force in a corner of the country, and they were completely unqualified to stand side by side with the Qiang Han Dynasty.

"Oh, Meng Chang is going to pay tribute?" Li Zhongyi asked Liu Jinshan with a smile.

Liu Jinshan clenched his fists and arched his hands, and said with a smile: "Meng Chang knows that his strength is insufficient, and he is worried that my Han court will attack him, so he deliberately lowered his posture. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and said with a smile: "I want to see what kind of valuable gift Meng Chang gave me?" ”

Liu Jinshan took out a gift list from his cuffs and handed it to Li Zhongyi through the waiter, Li Zhongyi took the gift list, opened it to take a look, couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, and smiled.

"Hehe, there are ten beauties, Meng Chang also knows that I like beautiful women?" Li Zhongyi didn't mind and began to laugh at himself.

Li Zhongyi could laugh at himself, but Liu Jinshan didn't have the courage to say that the emperor was lustful in person, so he had to cough lightly and whispered: "On Meng Chang's gift list, the number of copper coins and silk silks is amazing, but it cost a lot of money. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly and said, "Meng Chang has offended me fiercely before, this is because I want to give up my previous suspicions and spare him, right?" ”

Liu Jinshan didn't know very well that Meng Chang had betrayed the emperor's old stalk, but Zhe Congruan was a person who knew the details, he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although Shu can be regarded as the land of fish and rice. However, it is impossible for Shu Di to give more gifts than before the disobedience of the Hou. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, disobeying Hou Li Yu was really afraid of being beaten, and was very willing to spend money to give gifts to Chai Rong and him Li.

However, the unification of the whole country is the basic national policy set by Li Zhongyi, no matter how weak Li Yu is, after all, the logic of not allowing others to sleep soundly next to the couch has the upper hand.

After summoning the cabinet ministers, Li Zhongyi's stomach was a little hungry, so he ate a few pieces of snacks to cushion his hunger.

Just as Li Zhongyi was drinking tea, Li Yanqing, the secretary of the police temple, came, and he was full of excitement: "Back to the emperor, Zhao Yantao, the envoy sent by Xishu to Jinyang, he took the initiative to find the Fengzhou police branch temple......"

After listening to Li Yanqing's report, Li Zhongyi smiled and said, "Meng Chang, Meng Chang, this is really self-inflicted!" ”

It turned out that Meng Chang sent two groups of envoys at the same time, one came to Kaifeng to give gifts to Li Zhongyi, and the other group was headed by Zhao Yantao, intending to contact Liu Han in Jinyang and jointly attack Li Zhongyi, who occupied the entire Central Plains.

Meng Chang originally calculated very well, on the one hand, he used a low profile to paralyze Li Zhongyi, and on the other hand, he united with the Liu family of Jinyang, preparing to crusade against the Qiang Han Dynasty together, so as to obtain unexpected effects.

Unexpectedly, the sky is not as good as the people, and Zhao Yantao, the envoy sent by Meng Chang to Jinyang, actually betrayed the Shu State and plunged into the arms of the Qiang Han Dynasty.

"Zhao Yantao's absolute safety must be guaranteed." Li Zhongyi knew very well the value of Zhao Yantao, and he carefully told Li Yanqing, "I will give an order to Song Yunxiang and ask him to send troops to cooperate with you to escort Zhao Yantao to Jingzhao Mansion to see me." However, the safety precautions on the road are all the responsibility of the police temple. ”

Li Yanqing arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, do you want to go to Fengzhou in person?" ”

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary, you don't just need to send capable people to Fengzhou." ”

"Obey the command." Li Yan innocently picked up a great credit, and his mood was naturally better.

Li Yanqing knew very well in his heart, since Zhao Yantao was going to be sent to Jingzhao Mansion, this showed that in a few days, Li Zhongyi should leave for the western tour.

Previously, when the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue were annihilated, Li Zhongyi's decision was to drive the expedition in person. Obviously, when he conquered Shu in the west, Li Zhongyi would still choose to drive the expedition in person.

The core key to this is that the merit of destroying the country can no longer be rewarded, which belongs to the emperor's mental technique.

In the future Northern Expedition to the Khitan and the war to colonize the Annan countries, Li Zhongyi also wanted to use the heavy generals around him, instead of hanging them high and could only live idle.

Li Zhongyi's decision to drive the expedition in person was not to compete with his subordinates, but to leave room for them to continue to use the generals in the future, so that they would not be rewarded after they made the achievements of destroying the country.

As far as Li Zhongyi, as the emperor, became a military general, after making unrewarded achievements, even if they had military talent, they could only choose to abandon it.

Now, among the generals under Li Zhongyi, the oldest Song Yunxiang, is only thirty-nine years old.

Thirty-nine years old is the prime of life, if you don't use it from now on, it's really a tyrannical thing!

Five days later, Li Zhongyi summoned the cabinet ministers and important military generals in the Chongzheng Palace.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will soon leave Beijing and travel west, and the political and military affairs will be handed over to you." Li Zhongyi skipped the ceremonial greetings and went straight to the point.

"Your Majesty, when you are not in the capital, if there are thieves and then chaos, how should you coordinate?"

As the prime minister, Li Qiong's shoulders are too heavy, so he must ask some things in advance.

"If the civil servants make a rebellion, the cabinet will be the main one; If the martial arts plot rebellion, Li Yunxiao will coordinate and deal with it. "Li Zhongyi is about to leave the capital, so he naturally has to explain all the major military affairs in the rear, so as not to delay the major events.

Li Qiong nodded, his question was finished, there was no need to continue to stand in the forefront. The cabinet has rich experience in handling government affairs, and except for the chaos of the courtiers, other government affairs only need to be done immediately.

As the saying goes, it's better to be still than to be still. When Li Zhongyi was not in the capital, the most important responsibility of the cabinet was actually to maintain the stability of the situation, not to change course.

"Your Majesty, the matter of transporting military supplies to the west requires the vigorous cooperation of the cabinet...... Ye Tongming, who knows the affairs of the logistics temple, asked the key parts sharply.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the military and the cabinet were not subordinate to each other. However, the logistical burden of being transported to the front requires the vigorous cooperation of the cabinet.

Once the cabinet is perfunctory, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the soldiers on the front line will probably go hungry.

"Well, Li Xianggong and Zhe Xianggong, the logistics baggage approved by me must be delivered to the front line on time." Li Zhongyi raised his chin and stared at Li Qiong.

Li Qiong sighed, Li Zhongyi's meaning is actually very clear, involving the transportation of logistics and baggage, and he, the prime minister, bears the primary responsibility.

After all, the recruitment of civil servants, the apportionment of conscription, the production of wheelbarrows, etc., are all within the power of the cabinet and have nothing to do with the military.

Li Qiong is the prime minister who was born as a military general, and he naturally knows in his heart: when there is a war in the front, if the food and military materials in the rear cannot be delivered in time, resulting in a defeat, no one can bear the consequences.

Militaristic events are by no means child's play!

Seeing that Li Zhongyi looked at him, he hurriedly surrendered his hand and said: "Li Xianggong is the first to be responsible, and the old minister is to be secondary, and he will never dare to delay the various uses of the army." ”

Previously, as long as Li Zhongyi was the royal commander, the government affairs in the court would be handed over to the cabinet to deal with, and the soldiers and horses near the Beijing division were all under Li Yunxiao's control.

Li Qiong and Zhi Congruan are not stupid, they know better than anyone else in their hearts, don't look at Li Yunxiao is just a nine-gate admiral, but he is one of Li Zhongyi's absolute trusted confidants.

Otherwise, Li Zhongyi would not have been able to hand over all the military power near the Beijing Division to Li Yunxiao.