Chapter Ninety-Four: Ten Days on the Throne
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Chen has been on the throne for ten days!
In the early morning of this day, before dawn, Zhao Chen had woken up!
After he had washed up a little, the guards had already brought breakfast!
Zhao Chen finished eating and prepared to go towards the Taihe Hall in front of him!
"Your Majesty, do you still want to go to court early today?" Yue Fei stopped Zhao Chen and said.
"Not bad! Naturally, it is necessary to go to court early! I am the king of the Great Song Dynasty, how can I not be an early dynasty! Zhao Chen said.
"But Your Majesty, it's too much to deceive people! It's better not to go ahead of the morning! Yue Fei said.
Zhao Chen smiled, he looked at the sky, and remembered the things in his heart these days!
These days, he has to go to court early every day! Now there are more than 20 civil and military ministers in the court, and these more than 20 civil and military ministers will also participate in the early dynasty!
Above the early dynasty, no matter what you say, the ministers below will follow what you say! What can be objected to, and what the ministers below are also against! As long as it is something that can be agreed upon, it will never be passed! Even if Zhao Chen and Li Gang disagree, it will have no effect, because when he asks for retribution, he has already implemented it! It is not to report things, but to inform Zhao Chen and Li Gang of the things that have been implemented!
On the contrary, no matter what Li Gang said, the ministers below objected! All these ministers are against it, and none of Li Gang's policies can be implemented!
As for Zhao Chen, he was only eleven years old, so he didn't speak at all in the early court! For Zhao Chen's performance, he is extremely satisfied!
"If you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy! Let's go crazy for a while! Zhao Chen said.
He strode forward, walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and sat on the imperial chariot, and sixteen guards carried him forward!
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The ancient early dynasty was extremely early, and Zhao Chen was better as an emperor, as long as he rushed to the Taihe Hall before dawn! And the ministers had to get up at three or four o'clock in the morning, and they would not be until five o'clock in the morning, when the doors of the Han Palace opened, and they would enter it!
By the time Zhao Chen arrived, all the civil and military ministers had already arrived!
"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!" After Zhao Chen sat down, a guard stepped forward and said.
"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do!" Zhe Keqiu was the first to stand up and said.
"What's the matter with Zhi Aiqing, just say it!" Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, now the Jurchens are eyeing my Great Song Dynasty, and King Kang's traitors are entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River and stealing the land! At present, there are only more than 200,000 troops in our Great Song Dynasty, of which 100,000 are still stationed on Jingyuan Road! The minister thinks that my Great Song Dynasty should expand its military strength to deal with the enemies on all sides! "Fold, ask.
"Expansion?" Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to make such a request!
"Your Majesty, by all means!" Li Gang stood up and said loudly.
"Why not?" Fold and seek the way.
"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the Quartet's finance and taxes have not yet received from the imperial court, and now the imperial court has insufficient financial resources, how to expand the army?" Li Gang said.
"Don't worry about this matter! I have ordered Yanwen and Yanzhi to collect taxes everywhere, and now we have enough financial resources to expand our army! Zhe Keqiu said with a smile.
"Finance and taxation belong to the imperial court and should be managed by the imperial court! I'm afraid that it's not appropriate to do this! Li Gang said.
"It's a troubled time now, and we have to do it!" Fold and seek the way.
"Your Majesty has ascended the throne, the people of Hanzhong and Sichuan and Shu live and work in peace and contentment, although there are foreign enemies, but there is no internal strife! General Zhe is a privy envoy, but he steals the country's finances and taxes, which is absolutely unacceptable! Li Gang said.
"Folding my lord, this is a last resort! In troubled times, it is understandable that adults manage finances and taxes! At this moment, a middle-aged man stood up and said.
This middle-aged man is the prefect of Fengxiang Mansion at the beginning, and later fled to Hanzhong with Zhi Keqiu and others, and now he is a waiter of the Ministry of Rites!
"Yes, Lord Zhe has worked hard for the Great Song Dynasty, and there is nothing wrong with managing national taxes!" Another minister stepped forward and said.
"Wechen also believes that the country's finances and taxes should be handed over to the management of the discounted adults!" Another minister stepped forward!
Gradually, more and more ministers came forward, except for Li Gang and Wang De, all the ministers supported the management of the country's finances and taxes!
"There's no need to talk about it! The fold is also for the Great Song Dynasty, and in the future, the national finance and taxation will be handed over to the fold lord for management! Zhao Chen said lightly.
Li Gang glared angrily, and he had a smug smile on his face.
"Even if you have enough financial resources and want to expand the army, I'm afraid that the people of Hanzhong will not agree! The people of Hanzhong lived and worked in peace and contentment in the past, and they may not want to join the army! Li Gang said again.
"The country is in danger, and everyone in the world should sacrifice themselves for the country! Your Majesty, my lords, Weichen has an idea! "Fold, ask.
"What's the idea?" Zhao Chen said.
Weichen believes that the people of Hanzhong, if there are more than two men in the family, one of them must join the army! If anyone refuses, the whole family, men, women, and children will be thrown into prison! "Fold, ask.
"This ......" Zhao Chen was stunned, looking at it in disbelief!
Since the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, there has never been a reason to force ordinary people to serve as soldiers! The strength of the Great Song Dynasty generally comes from three parts, one part is a hereditary soldier, the grandfather is a soldier, the father is also a soldier, he is also a soldier, his son and grandson are naturally also soldiers, this part of the soldiers is the largest! The second part is that when there was a flood and drought, the imperial court incorporated the refugees into soldiers and provided them with a mouthful of food! There are also some recruits, and this part of the soldiers is the least numerous!
But the principle of forcing the people to serve as soldiers never happened in the Song Dynasty!
"Ridiculous, this must not be done!" Li Gang shouted angrily.
"The country is in danger, and now it has to be like this!" Fold and seek the way.
"What Lord Zhe said is right, the country is in danger, and now it can only be like this!" Han Ping stood up and said.
"Now that's all it can be! I also think what Ori-sama said is good! "Another minister has stepped forward!
It didn't take long for all the ministers to stand up and support it!
"Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely not feasible!" Li Gang knelt down and said.
"Although Li Aiqing is the prime minister, the expansion of the army is military, and the military is under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council! Zhi Aiqing is a privy councilor, since he has decided to expand the army, let's expand the army! Zhao Chen said lightly.
"Your Majesty Shengming!" Fold and ask for great joy.
As a result, there was no suspense, and the desired "army expansion" was issued! You can ask for a free expansion of the army!
Then, another minister stepped forward to play! This minister thinks that Hanzhong is simple, the palace is simple, Zhao Chen has just ascended the throne, and there is a lack of eunuchs in the palace, so this minister thinks that eunuchs should be recruited! Zhao Chen refused this matter without hesitation, he traveled from the later generations, although a long time has passed now, and he has gradually integrated into this era, but he is definitely not interested in the existence of eunuchs who are neither male nor female, and he does not approve of the act of mutilating other people's bodies! When he was in Kaifeng, he was followed by a group of eunuchs, there was no way, but now he didn't want to have any more eunuchs by his side!
Now he only thinks about expanding his power and controlling the imperial court, and he is obviously not interested in recruiting eunuchs! There is no compromise to ask for support, and Zhao Chen is against it, so this matter is stopped!
Another minister stepped forward to play, thinking that palace maids should be added to the palace! Zhao Chen did not object to this matter, so this matter was temporarily passed, but he didn't have the heart to care about this matter now, so this matter was handed over to Han Ping, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to deal with!
The early dynasty lasted for a full hour, and when it was time to disperse, he looked at Li Gang with a smug face and mocking eyes, but Li Gang snorted coldly and strode outside! Over the years, Li Gang has suffered a lot, and he didn't pay attention to today's embarrassment at all!
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Late at night, I returned to the Folding Mansion, and I sat with Zhe Yanwen!
The two have just had dinner and are discussing the situation between the DPRK and China at the moment!
"Father, Li Gang is against us everywhere! We should expel Li Gang from the DPRK as soon as possible! Zhi Yanwen said.
"Now is not the time!" Zhe Keqiu shook his head and said.
"Isn't it time yet?" Zhi Yanwen said with some surprise.
"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, Sichuan, Shu, Hanzhong, and Guanxi are still unstable, and the military and civilians everywhere have a lot of hearts towards King Kang! After all, King Kang is old, and many people think that King Kang is the king in troubled times! Li Gang has a very high reputation, if he gets rid of Li Gang now, I am afraid that he will be even more unstable everywhere! When everything is stable, I'll get rid of Li Gang! However, now we can first clear out a few insignificant martial artists beside His Majesty! Zhe Keqiu sneered.
"Father is talking about Wang De?" Orihiko said.
"In addition to Wang De, there are also the three personal guards beside His Majesty, Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian, these three people must also be removed!" Fold and seek the way.
"It's just three martial artists, it's insignificant, my father is too worried, right?" Orihiko said.
"Those three people are extremely skilled in martial arts, and staying by Your Majesty's side is always a hidden danger! Must be removed! "Fold, ask.