"Prime Minister," Zhao Ke interrupted Zhao Zhifu's compliment, "I am not a person who is very happy, and I don't want to listen to such sycophants, I hope that the Prime Minister will respect himself." His tone was unpleasant. In front of the young Son of Heaven, Zhao Zhifu, who was over fifty years old, had a red and purple face, even the former emperor had never embarrassed him so much.

The moonlight shines through the window, and the clear light is faintly sprinkled close to the vertical arch hall, and Tong Guan seems to hear the secret sigh in his heart. A moment later, Zhao Ke broke the subtle silence between the monarch and the minister.

"Today's admonition officials do not matter whether they gain or lose, the imperial history does not impeach treacherous evil, the subordinates do not refute the edict, they are complicit, the corpse is vegetarian, the flies are camped and the dogs are dogs, the court is covered, and the people are bullied. Be a good student and put things in order. He seemed to realize his gaffe, his voice was slightly hoarse, and his fingers trembled slightly, "I have made up my mind to use Chen Dong as the supervisor of the imperial history and the Chongzheng Palace to tell the story." I will soon issue an edict to recruit virtuous and talented people from all over the world. ”

Zhao Zhifu's cheeks seemed to twitch slightly, but he could only bow his head and say, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

"Also, I heard the way of the Son of Heaven, which is noble morality and righteousness, and cheap gold and jade are good to play. So the world looked at the customs and became obvious. Now the pile of white jade is the palace room, with gold clay as the top, and the palace furnishings are used, and the luxury has been extreme. I think that the useless palace people and the use of the palace should be reduced by 30%, and I think it is a model for the world. ”

"Obey." Zhao Zhifu and Tong Guan bowed together. His Majesty was thrifty and self-disciplined when he was in the East Palace, and since he lived in this white jade palace, his first edict was to extinguish half of the magnificent candles in the palace to show savings, and it is reasonable to issue this holy decree.

Zhao Ke stared at the backs of the two important ministers, slightly excited, he had lived in the East Palace for 20 years, and often thought about the gains and losses of the government, and now he finally had the opportunity to show his ambitions, he continued to say in a deep voice: "When Cai Jing is the prime minister, he uses his disciples as the Taiwan inspectors, and the Taiwan officials are afraid, and the words of the prime minister are backs, and they can't make any suggestions, and they are honest and famous." The one who admonishes is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, and he will not interfere properly, and from now on, I will personally pull out the outspoken ministers and set up them as customized! ”

"Your Majesty, obey the order." Zhao Zhifu has a slight sweat on his back, Zhao Ke has always been silent when he was the prince, but he didn't expect that once he succeeded to the throne, he would be so resolute and resolute, and he couldn't help but be a little frightened as a prime minister.

"Alright, stand down." Zhao Ke said coldly, and continued to read the folds, the harem is charming, and there is no comfort in the world shaking his hand. He watched the performance for a long time, but felt that the ministers either had nothing to say, or harbored selfishness, or were mediocre and pedantic, so he couldn't help but feel on fire in his heart, and put the red pen on the pen holder with a snap, not wanting to drop a little cinnabar on the yellow and white paper, like a drop of blood, shocking, Zhao Ke's heart was even more angry, and sighed:

"I am not a mediocre king, but a minister who misleads the country, what can I do?"

Looking at the back of the prime minister who had only retired, Zhao Ke took a sip of ginseng tea, but his mouth was full of bitterness. "Chen Shaoyang is a straight bone, but he is a usable person, but it's a pity that he ......" Thinking of this time, he couldn't help but look forward to it a little more.

Tong Guan sent Zhao Zhifu out of the White Jade Palace, and when he saw Zhao Zhifu sighing, he asked in a low voice, "What is the Prime Minister worried about?" ”

Zhao Zhifu looked around at no one and sighed: "It's good that Your Majesty intends to work hard, but Chen Dong is a high-flying person, with many henchmen, and he has an old grudge with Tong Taiwei. ”

Tong Guan smiled slightly, knowing Zhao Zhifu's thoughts, he finally fought Cai Jing down, and he never wanted to usher in an opponent who was rising like the sun immediately. "But I want to use miscellaneous people as gunmen." Tong Guan said secretly, but his face was worried, and he said in a low voice: "The miscellaneous family also needs the prime minister to take care of it more, so that the saint will not be deceived by this villain who is suspicious of holding grudges." ”

Zhao Ke is diligent in political affairs, and often does not summon concubines when he sleeps alone in the vertical arch hall. In the Rouyi Hall of the harem, Queen Zhu, who had not been canonized for a short time, sat alone in front of the dresser, reading silently in front of the mirror. "The prince and grandson are chasing in the footsteps, and the green beads are tearful. As soon as the waiting door entered the deep sea, Xiao Lang was a passer-by from then on. She bit her lip and whispered, thinking of the person who was still at the end of the world, tears flowed silently, "This situation can be recalled, but it was already a mistake at the time." ”

The cold wind blows, the dark clouds in the sky flow, unconsciously covering the moonlight, the black clouds are thick like a layer, like a huge quilt, covering the sky tightly, the moonlight outside is dimmed, the clouds are pressed very low, if you look up at the sky, you will feel extremely depressed. Suddenly, a lightning bolt pierced the sky, as if a sharp sword slashed from the sky to the earth, the sky was full of dark clouds split in half, and then, a crackling thunder burst in the air, and then, the sky was like a snake dancing wildly, spring thunder bursts followed, and a spring rain fell down with a bang.

"What a timely rain!" Kim Chang-tae smiled, "When this rain comes, wild vegetables and mushrooms will grow a lot." As the snow in the mountains gradually melted, the Han army and the Chengying soldiers began to coerce the people everywhere, and these Han children were originally helpless under the iron hooves of the Khitan and Jurchens, except for those powerful outdoors, most of them did not do much resistance, and left their homes, carrying a few farm tools, dry food and seeds into the mountains.

Zhao Xingde's face was not very good-looking, and at dawn, he and Jin Changtai took a hundred horses out of the mountain, passing through a village inhabited by Han people twenty miles away, but found that it was already a scorched earth. The fire had only been extinguished by the spring rain, and the ruins were still filled with hissing white mist and green smoke.

"The Han army attacked us in front of us, it was really ruthless," Ma Rui discerned the traces in the rubble, "and burned the village, and the people had to follow them even if they didn't want to." ”

Sergeant Chengying found several charred corpses in the rubble, which added to the gloom in Zhao Xingde's heart. "It's my fault." He thought gloomily, looked up, and saw not a living person, the spring rain was pouring down, falling on the ground, outside the village was the fertile soil that had been cultivated, and the ridges were neat, if it was not taken away, I am afraid that when this rain fell, the people would start farming. But now, it's just a barren land, and the weeds are growing wildly. Occasionally, one or two aftermath rats scurried through the rubble. From the beginning of the plan to coerce the people, he expected today's scene, although the sergeants of the Chengying Battalion would not do this, but the Han army scattered in more than 40 villages would not be soft. It is extremely difficult to distinguish between coercing the people and plundering them.

Sergeant Xia's face was not very good-looking. Wang Tongdeng and others have also participated in the retaliation against the enemy, but this is the first time they have encountered such a treatment of their own people. Jian Cheng said indignantly: "These Han soldiers are too undisciplined. In this way, how is it different from a horse thief? "yes." "It's hard to force the people to the side of the Khitans and Jurchens." Others chimed in.

"The terrain here is flat, we can't hold the village, and if the people stay here, sooner or later they will be robbed by the Jurchens and Khitans." Jin Changtai whispered beside him, gently kicked the horse's belly, walked for several miles, and saw the curling smoke in front of him, and all the sergeants were happy, Jin Changtai looked back at Zhao Xingde, Zhao Xingde hesitated for a moment, and then bowed his head. According to the early sentry, there is a Han'er village of about 30 families in front. After seeing the captain's order, all the sergeants urged their horses, and the horses' hooves trampled on the black soil that had just melted away, and more than 100 horsemen turned into two teams, and soon opened a large net to outflank the village in a radius.

The speed of the cavalry was not fast, even slow, slow enough for the peasants who were busy in the fields and mountains to see them, and then they ran in panic towards the rudimentary and dilapidated houses, and the men who stood in the fields in amazement, and the sergeants shouted orders to assemble in the open space in front of the village.

In such an operation, the cavalry of the Chengying Army were only wearing half armor, but the tall horses galloped up, and the momentum of the resonance of gold and iron still made these villagers unable to resist at all. The village, along with the nearby crops, was empty in the half-pillar of incense after the appearance of the Chengying Battalion, except for the sound of horses' hooves and the clanging of iron armor. After a while, the sound of banging on the door sounded everywhere in the village: "Don't be afraid. "Don't panic." "We are a Han Chinese army." "The official wants to wait for you to speak, and quickly gather at the entrance of the village." "Don't delay." The sergeants of the Chengying Battalion shouted loudly in Liaodong accents, calming the people and intimidating them.

Fang Lianjiang trembled from the crack in the door and watched the iron hooves of the war horse pass by, and a general with a helmet and armor jumped down from the horse, his face was a little hideous, his expression seemed to be kind, and his eyes were like lightning, which frightened him so much that he trembled in his heart, and almost fell to the ground, and then the door panel was slammed. Fang Lianjiang can be regarded as having seen some of the world, and after the general shouted twice, he opened the door and walked towards the open space at the entrance of the village tremblingly.

Zhang Servant heard the door panel being slammed, but only guarded the old lady, wife and a son and a daughter, using a stool against the door of the inner room, he held a notched kitchen knife in his hand, and his eyes pressed against the door without blinking. The military master outside didn't see any movement for a long time, so he broke down the door, came to the inner room, and shouted twice, "There is no one, my lord ordered, and the people here will gather at the entrance of the village!" ”

Zhang Fu looked back at the old mother and wife, with a little hesitation in his eyes, but he still didn't dare to open the door, the sergeant shouted impatiently, kicked the door open, Zhang Fu snorted, took the kitchen knife and went up to the door of the black shadow servant, sergeant Xie Hengye only slightly gave way, then dodged the blade, and took his body with his hand, Zhang Fu fell to the courtyard with a bang, at this time the two children in the room couldn't hold back anymore, "wow, wow" and cried loudly.

"I'm fighting with you!" When Zhang Fu heard the child crying, he was in a hurry, and he was about to get up and fight hard. But seeing that the military master frowned slightly, he took a few steps back, stood in the courtyard, kept a distance of three steps from Zhang Fu, and shouted in a deep voice: "Put down the knife, we are court sergeants, not bandits, my lord has an order, you should quickly gather at the entrance of the village." ”

Xie Hengye was tall and strong, his face was dark, but he didn't pull out his blade, Zhang Fu was stunned on the spot, and after a while, he realized that he was not here to rob, and bowed his head and said: "Yes, yes, Master Jun." He turned around and went into the house to greet his family, but forgot to put down the kitchen knife in his hand. Xie Hengye didn't care, and went out, Zhang Fu looked at the empty courtyard gate, for some reason, his heart was also empty, and he was puzzled.