Luoyang City is becoming prosperous day by day, and Zhao Fan is also living the days of being an emperor in the imperial city, but Zhao Fan feels that it seems to be no different from before.

After ascending the throne, the first thing Zhao Fan did was to canonize his team, and the original Shouwang Army also made a complete change in the military system.

Shou Wang Jun was renamed the Mandate of Heaven Army, a total of 120,000 people were established in the four brigades and twenty-four battalions of the first army, and the original Shenji, Shenbing, Shenyong, and the four battalions of the broken army were unified and upgraded, Zhao Wei was canonized as the general of Guide, leading the Shenbing Brigade, Scar was canonized as the general of the town army, leading the Shenyong Brigade, Fu Qinghe was canonized as General Yunlu, leading the Shenji Battalion, Ma Jianying was canonized as General Huaihua, leading the Shenbing Brigade, everyone has different rewards and fiefs, but the difference is not big, and the grassroots officers of the 24 battalions under his command are personally selected by Zhao Fan, From the veterans of the former Shouwang Army, select a part of those who are qualified to serve.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Fan did not set up a festival envoy again, on the one hand, his current territory is too small, and the sealing of the festival envoy is just a joke, which will only cause unnecessary distraction in the feudal towns, on the other hand, he does not want his subordinates to have a trend of tail not falling again, for the military system, he has his own ideas, since he has decided to reform, it is better to do it from the beginning.

The original pro-guard army has also changed its establishment, becoming the current Praetorian Guard, the number of people has also increased from the original 2,000 people, to the current 12,000 people, from the establishment to the left and right Yulin, the left and right Shenwu, the left and right Longwu, each battalion led 2,000 people, all of which were carefully selected from the Mandate of Heaven Army, politically reliable, excellent military quality, and Xu Yong was also a rising tide, and was crowned as the general of the Praetorian Guard, quite proud.

Qiao Xinchao was canonized as the secretary of the Daxingtai Shangshu and the secretary of the military department, in charge of the military and political affairs in the jurisdiction, Du Rangneng was canonized as the secretary of the ministry, Kong Wei was canonized as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Wei Zhaodu, who was recommended by Du Rangneng, was canonized as the secretary of the household department, Li Ling was canonized as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Jun was the secretary of the criminal department, and other officials of the previous dynasty were also canonized, and for a time Zhao Fan's small court was also beginning to take shape.

At this time, those who are willing to stand up to help Zhao Fan are either speculators or patriots, but Zhao Fan knows that in this era, there are still few speculators after all, and these officials who have been recognized by Kong and Du are definitely still a little bit of a backbone.

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"Minister, knock on Your Majesty." Qiao Xianchao saluted Zhao Fan and said respectfully.

Compared with when he first met, Qiao Xinchao is much older, and there are already traces of gray hair on his sideburns, but he is also more mature and sophisticated, and he is no longer the original submissive.

"Sit down." Zhao Fan nodded and waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Qiao Aiqing, I, I have given you the biggest burden, letting you coordinate military and political affairs, and also take into account the establishment of intelligence agencies, you have worked hard." Zhao Fan glanced at Qiao Xinchao and said lightly.

"It is the blessing of the minister to be able to share the worries of His Majesty, and the minister is only afraid that his ability is limited and he will delay His Majesty's major affairs." Qiao Xianchao stood up and said.

"Sit and talk." Zhao Fan waved his hand and said softly, "Now that my Tang Domain is fighting with each other, and the people are struggling to make a living, there are still many things we need to do, but Aiqing must also remember that no matter how important the things at hand are, we must also pay attention to our body." ”

Zhao Fan looked at Qiao Xinchao, who was tired, and said with some concern, "If something happens to Aiqing, what troubles do you make me have in the future, and who should I find to share it?" ”

Qiao Xinchao's eyes turned red, and he said with a little choked up, "The emperor can rest assured, the minister's body is counted by himself." ”

I have to say that Zhao Fan is indeed a sensational master, and in a few words, he was grateful to Qiao Xinchao, and he couldn't wait to take out his heart and hand it to him.

"I summoned you today to discuss something with you." Zhao Fan, as in the past, got up and poured a cup of tea for Qiao Xinchao, and said slowly, "I hope Aiqing can find a reliable person to go to Li Keyong on my behalf." ”

"The minister knows about this." Qiao Xinchao looked at Zhao Fan, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, now that you are the Son of Heaven, you must not be like before in the future, and serve tea and pour water for these courtiers, this is etiquette, if it is broken, I am afraid it will hurt Your Majesty's majesty." ”

Zhao Fan was stunned for a moment, and then understood a little, Qiao Xinchao meant that he is now the emperor, and he should no longer be as casual as before, if it is a long time, I am afraid that everyone will develop some bad habits, and they will also lose their majesty as an emperor.

Zhao Fan understands that his biggest problem is that his temperament is a little weak, if he is fine on weekdays, but in this troubled world, if it takes a long time, I am afraid that in the future, these arrogant soldiers and fierce generals under his command will get used to their good talk, and it will become difficult to control it again.

"Thank you Aiqing for reminding me, I'll pay attention." Zhao Fan nodded and said with a serious face.

Qiao Xinchao smiled with relief when he heard this, and said softly, "Your Majesty is serious." ”

"Your Majesty just said that you want to find Master Li, I don't know what it is?"

"The first emperor once told me when he was alive that only Li Keyong is loyal to the Tang Dynasty in all the feudal towns of the Tang Dynasty, and only he can help me, so I want to contact him first." Zhao Fan thought for a moment and said slowly.

Zhao Fan didn't have a deep impression of Li Keyong, and the only impression he had was from the history books. However, this person has served as king many times in history, and after that, he also fought with Zhu Wen for a long time, and even after his death, the country established by his son was called Hou Tang.

Such a person, not to say how faithful he is, but at least an object that can be fought for.

Zhao Fan is not the Tang Zhaozong in history, he naturally can't look down on Li Keyong just because he is a Shatuo person, and even disregard everyone's opposition, treating him as a thorn in the flesh, and he wants to deal with him quickly.

No matter from that point of view, it is very important to get Li Keyong's approval, at least this person will not have too many bad intentions for a long time, especially when his strength can suppress him, he will definitely be a big arm in his hands.

Zhao Fan understands very well, what kind of people can use it, what kind of people can't use it, if he is asked to choose one between Li Keyong and Zhu Wen, then he will inevitably choose Li Keyong, after all, no one will like a person who will kill him in history.

As for people like Yang Gongfu, Li Maozhen, Han Jian, Wang Xingyu and others, they are ambitious and have evil thoughts, Zhao Fan insists on getting rid of them quickly, as a traverser, Zhao Fan's biggest advantage is that he can distinguish between loyalty and treachery, maybe there will be some small mistakes in the history books, but at least there is evidence.

(End of chapter)