The Imperial Palace, like all the palaces in the Forbidden City, has pink walls, bright yellow glazed tiles, and square bricks laid on the imperial roads inside and outside the palace, called "golden bricks".

The gold brick is not made of gold, but from the sixty-three imperial kilns in Suzhou, whether it is to take the soil, or the method of firing, it is dense but not transmitted, especially the last process "soaking oil", is to soak the gold bricks in tung oil, which is shiny and bright, and can also prolong the life.

Coupled with the long-distance transportation from Suzhou, this kind of square brick is really worth as much as the same weight of gold.

The military generals of the Chongzhen Dynasty are standing on the gold bricks outside the Huangji Hall at this moment, one piece per person, the high-grade people are in front, and the low-grade people are in the back.

The grades of the courtiers are all the grades of the Ming Dynasty, and they no longer exist in the Huaxia Dynasty, but the officials have become accustomed to the original order, although there are thousands of people, but there is no chaos at all.

According to the rules of the previous dynasty, they came to the noon gate before dawn, and after entering the noon gate at the hour, they waited outside the Huangji Palace, but the palace gate was always closed.

It wasn't until the sun rose a pole high that the door of the Imperial Palace slowly opened, and the officials were in a commotion, and all the officials looked into the hall, and those who stood behind, or those who were born short, were all standing on tiptoe.

But everything seemed to be normal in the hall, and there was no human figure in sight.

The little eunuch glanced at it and said loudly: "The emperor has issued an edict, and all the ministers and ministers will meet you!"

Ministers? Chancery?

There was a lot of discussion outside the palace gate, why are there only ministers and scholars? I waited before they did......

The little eunuch coughed and said, "Silence! This is the Emperor's Palace, who dares to make a noise here? The emperor has an order, and those who do not respect Huaxia's orders will be driven out immediately!"

The crowd swallowed their anger, but they did not dare to speak.

The ministers and scholars were all standing at the front, and under the leadership of the first assistant Wei Zaode, they entered the Imperial Palace with pride, and when they crossed the palace gate, Wei Zaode also turned around and glanced at it, with a strange smile on his face.

Entering the main hall, the little eunuch said in a loud voice: "Don't you want to see the emperor?" ”

Everyone didn't have time to watch, so they hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Long live my emperor, long live!"

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "Let's be flat!"

"Emperor Xie!" After everyone got up, they stood in front of Li Zicheng according to the original practice.

The Huangji Hall is still the Huangji Palace, the dragon chair is still the same dragon chair, Zhu Youzhen has been sitting on the dragon chair for seventeen years, and now the owner has changed, and no one knows the character of the new master.

Everyone was uneasy, and they barely raised their heads, and when they saw behind the new master, Cao Huachun was holding Buddha dust and standing with his eyes closed, and they were a little relieved.

People in the unknown and frightening environment always want to meet acquaintances.

The new emperor even uses Cao Huachun, could it be that they, the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, are not as good as Cao Huachun, a eunuch? Like Cao Hua Chunyi, Zhang Xuanyan, the military department who opened the city gate to receive the Heavenly Mandate Army entering the city, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone was a little calm, and then they had time to watch the true face of the new emperor: the square mouth and wide face, the tiger's eyes were mighty, but the face was sinking like water, and it was also revealing the spirit of a king!

Sure enough, it is the dragon and phoenix among people, no wonder it overthrew the Ming Dynasty!

What everyone didn't expect was that between them and the new emperor, there were two chairs, and on the chairs sat two middle-aged people in their forties, one of whom was short in stature and had a very obscene face, and the other was gray-faced and long-bearded, with the appearance of a fairy.

Who are these two? Why do you sit so close to the new emperor?

Li Zicheng sat on the dragon chair, saw everyone's thoughts clearly, smiled indifferently, and said: "Five cabinet ministers, six scholars, except for the martyred Dongge University scholar Fan Jingwen and the household secretary Ni Yuanlu, it should be nine people, why are ten people here?" In this way, you report to your home, and I can get to know each other. He glanced at Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing on the seat, and said, "Xiance and Jin Xing also help the staff officers!"

"Obey the order!"

Only then did everyone know that the two people in the seats were Huaxia's Minister of Personnel Song Xiance and Defense Minister Niu Jinxing, and they couldn't help but gasp, but fortunately they didn't despise them.

Wei Zaode bowed down and said, "Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, Cabinet First Auxiliary Wei Zaode!"

Starting with the ministers, everyone reported to their homes one by one.

"Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, Left Deputy Capital Imperial History Fang Yue Gong!"

"Qiu Yu, a scholar of the East Pavilion University and the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites!"

"Li Jiantai, a scholar of Dongge University and the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials!"

After Li Jiantai was captured in Baoding and escorted to Beijing, he heard that he was meeting at the Huangji Palace today, so he took the initiative to ask to participate.

This was followed by the self-reporting of the various ministries: Li Yuzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Duo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Xuanyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhang Xin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Chen Biqian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

The extra person turned out to be Jiang Dejing, a former scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites!

Zhu Youzhen saw that Li Yuzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Chen Biqian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, were all white, obviously not young, and the tunnel: "Although Huaxia needs talents, the two are too old......

Li Yuzhi hurriedly knelt on the ground, knocked on the ground with his head, and said, "Old minister...... The villain must be white, it is for the new Chinese dynasty, the emperor did not summon him, the minister is white with his beard, if the emperor is willing to use the villain, the beard will naturally turn to ink......"

"It's a bunch of nonsense, how can it turn white?" Li Zicheng understood his thoughts, under the guise of serving Huaxia, he was actually reluctant to give up the rights in his hands. He dismissed Li Yuzhi, asked him to disarm his armor, and went home to recuperate!

Li Yuzhi saw that Li Zicheng was angry, so he went out in a gloomy manner.

For Chen Biqian, Li Zicheng is also kind to persuade him to retire, if Huaxia needs them, he will be informed by others at that time, in fact, he politely declined.

The remaining eight people are mostly in their forties and fifties, which is not a small age in this era, but they have rich experience in politics, and if they are sincere in serving the country, they can be used.

Whether they have the opportunity to serve the new dynasty still needs to go through a simple assessment.

Li Zicheng looked at Song Xiance, he was the Minister of Personnel, and the selection of talents was mainly his business, and he even needed to observe his face and give full play to the true colors of a fortune teller.

Song Xiance glanced at the eight people and said: "Everyone, you are all important ministers of the Ming Dynasty, one person is above 10,000 people, and the city of Beijing is broken, why didn't you die in the city, but chose to stay and serve Huaxia?" Do you know that the emperor is a generous man? Seeing that everyone didn't speak for a while, he turned his gaze to Shoufu Zao Desui.

Wei Zaode trembled, bowed down and said, "The villain is about to serve the new dynasty, how dare he seek death?" ”

Song Xiance gave a look of contempt, and said contemptuously: "You are the champion of Chongzhen for thirteen years, and it has only been four years for you to become the first assistant, Chongzhen is not thin on you!"

Wei Zaode was suddenly so ashamed that his face was red, his lips moved, and his eyes turned out, but he couldn't speak.

Li Zicheng doesn't look down on people like Wei Zaode, no matter how many Zhu Youzhen are not, there is always incense, Wei Zaode is the champion appointed by Zhu Youzhen, and he became the first assistant in less than four years, it can be said that he has deep love and trust, but he abandoned Zhu Youzhen so quickly and took the initiative to come to Huaxia to find a job, and there are problems with his character and official character.

However, these officials of the previous dynasty can't all give up, Huaxia is so big, they always need to serve, so he smiled lightly: "Lord Shoufu wants to take any position in the new dynasty?" ”

Wei Zaode hurriedly said: "It is the blessing of the villain to be able to serve Huaxia, as long as the emperor and the two adults can see it, regardless of how to use it, how can the villain choose?" ”

Li Zicheng nodded, finally a little self-aware, without a lion opening his mouth, he said lightly: "Although the Heavenly Mandate Army of Huaxia occupies the Beijing Division, there is still a small court in Nanjing in the south, tell me, what should we do now?" Can China quickly unify the whole country? ”

Seeing that the opportunity had come, the Arab League knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the Heavenly Mandate Army is a righteous army, as long as you free up your hand to go south, it will not be difficult for Jiangnan to be peaceful!"

Zhang Xin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also said: "Due to the emperor's military might, the world will soon be unified!"

The rest of the people also said some flattering words, but did not say a specific way, mostly empty words, without practical meaning, from their words, the only message is that they are willing to contribute to the construction of China.

Li Zicheng sighed secretly, let these people put forward strategic opinions, he really looked down on them, he glanced at Song Xiance, Song Xiance got up, and said to everyone: "If you want to serve Huaxia, you must abide by the laws and rules of Huaxia, otherwise, you are talented people, and Huaxia will not be retained." ”

"That's nature, that's nature!"

"The rules of Huaxia are actually very simple," Song Xiance said: "First, everyone will be demoted and used, and it is impossible for officials to be reinstated. Secondly, there are several things that everyone needs to understand before taking up their post. ”

"What do we need to do? As long as Lord Song says it, the villain will have nothing to follow!"

Song Xiance glanced at Li Zicheng, coughed, and said: "First, the severe punishment system: accepting more than 100 taels in private is greedy for ink, and both parties must be dealt with by the law; Second, the oath system: all officials in China must believe in God, and when the chief official takes office, he must swear according to the Bible; Third, the system of joint sitting: Officials are greedy for ink, once it is verified, it will be publicized nationwide, and the children and grandchildren are not allowed to be officials!"

"Ah......" Everyone suddenly gasped, Huaxia's crackdown on ink greed is both severe and special, more than one hundred taels is greedy for ink, this is too severe, right?

Li Zicheng's face had a faint smile, it was really a thief's heart, the goal of one hundred taels was already very relaxed, if it wasn't for the fact that there would be inflation problems in the future issuance of paper money, he would like to be like Zhu Yuanzhang, and set the standard of greedy ink at one tael!

Niu Jinxing sneered and said, "Do you think that Huaxia is still the Ming Dynasty in the past, and you let you hollow out the country?" Tell you, as an official in Huaxia, you must keep your poverty, otherwise, you will wait to go to prison!"

Everyone is submissive, although they have a lot of complaints about such a strict law in Huaxia, but they don't dare to say it clearly, they have so many officials, Huaxia will not all be retained, at this time, who dares to offend the emperor and Song Xiance and their high-ranking officials?

Li Zicheng told them to go back, first study the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and become believers in God as soon as possible.

Because he took the initiative to open the Zhengyang Gate to receive the Mandate of Heaven Army into the city, Li Zicheng carefully considered and decided to appoint him director of the Naval Department of the Ministry of National Defense, so that he could make preparations for rectifying the naval forces of Tianjin and Dengzhou and forming the North Sea Fleet as soon as possible.

In particular, he told Zhang Xuanyan that the North Sea Fleet is not a simple addition of the naval forces of Tianjin and Dengzhou, still less can it be confined to the Bohai Sea, but is developing by leaps and bounds, and that it is a real navy, and the ships of the North Sea Fleet must be able to sail and fight in the sea on a regular basis.

Later, Li Zicheng summoned the rest of the officials, because there were too many people, there were hundreds of people in each batch, and in fact, they didn't screen much, but only eliminated the particularly old officials among them, and the remaining officials were simply instructed, and then let them stay at home, learn more about the laws of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and wait for them to be heard.

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