At this moment, seeing Zhao Xun's inquiry, no official from the ministry came forward to suggest. First, they knew that King Zhao did not want them to have too deep a relationship with the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Second, King Zhao demoted the original left and right imperial history, naturally had their own arrangements, how could they recommend candidates to the king again?

Seeing that no one responded, Zhao Xun was not annoyed, and said lightly: "Since you don't have any suitable candidates, then the king will be appointed directly." This is a matter of great importance, a guarantee for the rule of officials, and the foundation for the strength and continuation of the Zhao State. Therefore, the incumbents of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are not ordinary people who are competent. With that, Zhao Xun slightly signaled to the attendant on the right.

The chamberlain on the right side of Zhao Xun immediately opened the edict in his hand and said, "Edict!" "All the officials bow their heads and wait for orders." The king's edict made Feng Ziming promoted to the left capital of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Ling Xiao was promoted to the right capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Western Regions. The original left capital imperial history is high, and the right capital imperial history Feng Qing, because the jurisdiction is unfavorable, so the left moved to the left and right capital imperial history, and made meritorious contributions. ”

"King Shengming!"

When many officials heard the edict, they couldn't help but feel nervous, whether it was Feng Ziming or Ling Xiao, they were not old ministers who accompanied Zhao Xun to rise to Youzhou in the past. Therefore, they do not have a deep relationship with these two people. In addition, they knew that these two men were honest and capable. Especially Ling Xiao, because he surrendered from under the Yong army, if he wants to gain a foothold in Zhao, he must comply with the will of King Zhao. Therefore, in the future, the officials of Zhao State are only afraid that there will be difficulties.

Zhao Xun saw that the faces of many officials changed slightly, and naturally understood what they were worried about. And this is what Zhao Xun wants, and now the central officials in the imperial court are basically the old ministers who started with Zhao Xun, and they also have interests with each other. Therefore, Zhao Xun asked two non-old officials to come to the center to inspect major matters.

In addition, in this way, it can also give hope to those who have surrendered and the new factions. Feng Ziming is not an old minister, while Ling Xiao is a surrender faction, and both of them are new officials who have been included in the upper echelons of the Zhao State. Although Feng Ziming is as early as Zhao Guo than Ling Xiao, he is not the old faction that Zhao Xun started. Now that Zhao Xun has let them enter the center, it can also be regarded as a message to these factions, if they do a good job, if they are loyal enough, the central position will naturally have their place.

Especially Ling Xiao, he is a new member of the surrender line, although in the Zhao State, he has made contributions to the Southern Alliance of the Western Regions with the Zhao army, but he is not valued by the old line of the Zhao State. But Zhao Xun understands that this person's talent is still very good. Let him enter the Central Metropolitan Procuratorate, if he wants to gain a foothold, he must follow his footsteps closely, and secondly, he can also let the officials under the southern princes know that as long as he has talent, Zhao can be reused. Even the central position can be given to them. In this way, it will be easier for the officials who will go south in the future and subdue the southern countries.

"Spread the wind and go to the palace!" Zhao Xun said lightly.

The officials in the palace were slightly stunned, they didn't want to fight, the king had already summoned the two into the city. In this way, the transfer of officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has long been expected by the king. And Gao Lian and Feng Qing are afraid that they also know. Suddenly, these officials began to look sideways at Gao Lian and Feng Qing.

Gao Lian and Feng Qing naturally felt the gaze of these colleagues, and they also understood that these colleagues were dissatisfied with the two of them not informing them of the situation in advance. But Gao Lian and Feng Qing could only smile bitterly in their hearts, although they knew that there was a transfer in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they also knew that Feng Ziming and Ling Xiao had entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but this was all a matter that the king personally summoned them to set in private, how could they dare to tell others?

Perhaps it was because our relationship with these colleagues was too deep that the king secretly summoned him and gave him a warning. In this way, then feel at ease to be the deputy capital of the Imperial History. Feeling the dissatisfaction of their colleagues, Gao Lian and Feng Qing secretly glanced at each other and thought in their hearts.

That's right, the expansion and division of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the new system are all the results of Zhao Xun's personal summoning of Gao Lian and Feng Qing to discuss. The reason why Zhao Xun did not let the two of them inform the other officials of the situation was to isolate the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate from the officials of the other yamen and not have too deep a connection.

After all, one is an official of the ministries, and the other is an inspector who supervises the officials of the ministries. Theoretically, the relationship between the two is hostile, and Zhao Xun naturally does not want this hostile system to become intimate. Otherwise, how can the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervise the officials of the world?

"Chen Fengziming, Ling Xiao, meet the king! Long live our king! Feng Ziming and Ling Xiao entered the hall with indifferent faces.

"Excuse me! This king summoned the two of you back to Youzhou, and the two of you are very clear about the situation. From now on, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will be handed over to the two of you. Now, the first thing you two have to do is to supplement the officials at all levels of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the officials from all over the country are up to the two of you. From now on, the responsibility of inspecting the world is in the hands of the two of you, and don't let this king down. ”

"You two don't need to pay attention to the opinions and opinions of others, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are not under the jurisdiction of other yamen, and they both have the right to directly play the king."

"Edict of the Minister! The ministers will live up to the king's trust! Feng Ziming and Ling Xiao said in unison. The rest of the stationed officials changed their faces slightly, Zhao Xun arranged this way, so that the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have the power of the secret king, and are not subject to the jurisdiction of local officials and central officials, so that the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can be quite large, and the actions of officials in the world must be supervised and controlled by them. If you're not careful, you're going to be out of luck.

Although the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has increased dramatically, Zhao Xun is not worried that they will harm Zhao Guo. After all, this is only a supervisory body, not a jurisdictional body, and it does not have many rights such as trial and arrest. Moreover, they are also subject to the supervision of the secret guards. However, in any case, the increased power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a sharp sword to restrain both local officials and central officials.

In addition to being frightened by the greatly increased power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the officials were also jealous of the two governors who suddenly appeared in the central position and controlled the real power. That's right, jealousy. Although the imperial history of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court is not as big as the nine Shangshu in terms of power, but in terms of status and grade, it is not inferior to the nine Shangshu, or even half a cut higher. Especially now, the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has increased dramatically, and the status and rights of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are much greater than before. It is naturally impossible to say that these officials are not jealous in their hearts.

"The affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are arranged in this regard, and this king hopes that the Metropolitan Procuratorate can play a role in the shortest possible time. This inspection of our Da Zhao officials has made us all discover many problems. The Metropolitan Procuratorate was not able to inspect the localities very well, and the officials did not have a deep understanding of the local officials. Because of geographical limitations, the center's understanding of the place can be said to be very small. ”

"Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate has arranged inspectors in the local area, after all, it is subject to local restrictions, and in addition, it is a civil official, so it cannot investigate the illegal acts of local officials very well. In addition, this time it was possible to find out the actions of these officials so quickly, among them, the Shadow Division, the Eagle Eye Division, and the Supervision Department played a very important role. ”

Hearing what the king said, the officials in the court couldn't help frowning. The king first mentioned the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and as a result, the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate surged, and the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and some of the original systems were also changed. Now when it comes to the dark guard system, do you want to make changes to the dark guard?

"What the king said is very true, the three dark guards did play a very important role in this incident. I believe that with the current ability of the dark guard, there will be greater effects in the future. The minister thought that he could give a heavy reward to the secret guard. However, the Dark Guard is always a Dark Guard, and it cannot become an existence above the bright side, otherwise, some characteristics of the Dark Guard cannot exist, and there will be no such smooth success as this time. Pei Yi took the lead.

Pei Yi is a civil official, an orthodox civil official, and he has no good impression of the secret guard. In the past, when Dayan existed, it was hostile to the Tiqi Division of the Dayan court. After joining Zhao Jun, he also mentioned the disadvantages and disasters of the Tiqi Division to Zhao Xun many times, in order to remind Zhao Xun that the secret guard can be used, but it cannot be used.

When Pei Yi mentioned it, most of the other officials followed suit, corresponding to Pei Yi's opinion. Some of them, like Pei Yi, don't like the secret guard system. The other part is that they have seen the strength of the dark guards this time, and they don't want to become the people under the surveillance of the dark guards. The secret guard inspects everything, which is much more powerful than the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After all, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is still an official yamen, and things must be done according to "rules". But this secret guard is a sharp weapon in the hands of the king, and there is nothing taboo about doing things, and he will not pay attention to any "rules" when he inspects everything.

This time to inspect the affairs of the officials of Da Zhao, they are very clear about the effect of the actions of this secret guard. In just one month, half of the local officials were cut off. Immediately afterwards, there was also a major earthquake in the center, and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Households were taken out and more than half of them were killed.

The Dark Guard is already like this, if the power is expanded again, then what will it be? Therefore, almost all officials do not want this secret guard system to expand its powers like the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

As for the thoughts of Pei Yi and others, Zhao Xun is not clear. Whether they don't like the Guard, or they fear the Guard, the presence of the Guard is necessary. The secret guard system, no matter how broad and large, is always an eagle dog in the hands of the royal family, and it is for the royal family. For the emperor, no one wants his courtiers to fool him, let alone be used as an ornament by his courtiers.

Therefore, the existence of the Secret Guard is a must, and if you want to know the situation under your rule at all times, the Secret Guard is even more essential. Although the officials don't like it, or are afraid or jealous, Zhao Xun must make the secret guard a sharp weapon in his hands, a weapon that only belongs to him and is directly responsible to himself.

"What do the Feng Qing family and the Ling Qing family think?" Zhao Xun smiled and asked Feng Ziming and Ling Xiao, who had just entered the court.

Feng Ziming took the lead and said: "The minister thinks that what Master Pei said is not unreasonable, and the secret guard has indeed made a lot of credit this time, and he should be rewarded heavily." However, what Master Pei said that the secret guard is always a secret guard, and he can't be on the stage, which is not right. The Eagle Eye Division and the Shadow Division fought for the Great Zhao/South and North Expeditions, and they didn't know how much credit they made to attack the place. Not to mention, if it weren't for the secret guard in the Western Regions, my Great Zhao army would have been able to take the land of the Western Regions in such a short time? ”

"And the land of Xuzhou, if it weren't for the activities of the secret guards below, the Chu army would have directly surrendered to my Great Zhao after it collapsed? I'm afraid that the land of Xuzhou will fall into civil strife. ”

"The land of East Yongzhou, Luoyang City. If it weren't for the secret guards being active, the land of Dongyongzhou would fall into the hands of my Great Zhao so quickly? Luoyang City will be taken by us without blood? Will Emperor Yan take advantage of the trend? Luoyang City is the imperial capital, the city is strong and thick, if the enemy army in Luoyang City sticks to the city, my Great Zhao soldiers want to take them, and I don't know how many casualties they will have to pay. ”

"Therefore, the merits of the secret guards can be described clearly in non-language, among them, I don't know how many dark guard soldiers died because of this, they are all heroes of my big Zhao Liguo, not small people who can't be on the stage."

Ling Xiao also continued: "In addition, in addition to being a secret guard, the Supervision Department is also a branch of the three divisions and yamen, although it is only three provinces and nine departments, but it also ensures the fairness of various cases. The secret guard represents the king, could it be said that the people and horses in the hands of the king are all characters who cannot be on the stage? Even if it is ranked among the three divisions of the yamen? ”

The words of Feng Ziming and Ling Xiao were reasonable, and they suddenly made Pei Yi and the others speechless. But Zhao Xun understood that Feng Ziming and Ling Xiao were just secretly changing the meaning of Pei Yi's words. Pei Yi didn't mean that the secret guards couldn't be on the stage, but he just said that the secret guards were active in the shadows, and they couldn't let this kind of unruly yamen appear in the open. However, the words of Feng Ziming and Ling Xiao also left Pei Yi and the others speechless.

Without waiting for the other officials to speak, Feng Ziming continued: "Your Majesty, among the various things of the officials inspected this time, neither the Ministry of Officials nor the Metropolitan Procuratorate were able to investigate the officials of the world, but they made a move in the dark, and many deeds of the officials in the world were immediately revealed. Therefore, the minister thought that relying solely on the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials would not be able to find out the illegal acts of all the officials of our Dazhao. In addition to the supervision of the officials of the world by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials, the minister suggested that the secret guard system could also be used to supervise the officials of the world and assist the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise the officials of the world. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "What Feng Aiqing said is reasonable, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials do not supervise local officials enough, coupled with a lot of scruples and their own shortcomings, it is difficult to complete the supervision of local officials. Therefore, relying solely on the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials is not enough to complete the heavy task of supervising hundreds of officials. ”

"Whether you are a local official or a central official, you not only represent your own glory, but you are also responsible for the various government affairs of the local and central government. The government affairs are clear, and the country and the people are safe. If you are not right, it will not only harm the people, but also be a great disaster for the country. Therefore, this king decided to reorganize the secret guards and set up an independent department to assist the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Officials, the Supervision Department and other supervision yamen, and be responsible for the inspection of all affairs of hundreds of officials. ”

"King, don't ......" As soon as Zhao Xun's voice fell, some officials from various ministries began to object.

Zhao Xun's face turned cold, and he said sharply: "Can't? What are you afraid of? Afraid of what? Are you afraid that the guards will not be restrained, or are you afraid that the guards will find out what you are about? Look at the recently identified problem, is this king willing to do this? If it weren't for the unscrupulousness of these officials, what would this king need? There is no need to discuss this matter again, and it will be settled on this matter. ”

"Of course, if you dare to ensure that all the officials in the world are upright, will not be corrupt and will not bend the law for personal gain, this king can listen to your opinions, so that the secret guard is no longer responsible for the supervision of local officials. But can you guarantee it? ”

Suddenly, the officials were speechless, who dares to guarantee this, who can guarantee it? At this moment, the officials also knew that the king was going to rectify the secret guards, but I was afraid that he had already prepared them.

So, under the dumbness of the officials, Zhao Xun completely customized the rectification of the secret guards, and it became something that could not be changed. As for the officials of the ministries, they can only turn their dissatisfaction to those officials who have been taken down by the secret guards and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If it weren't for the fact that those officials themselves were caught for not being clean, how could the secret guards become another shackle to monitor them?

Under Zhao Xun's edict, the Shadow Division was changed to the Shadow Guard, and its duties were inconvenient. From the division to the guard, whether it is the authority, status or personnel, has greatly increased. The Eagle Eye Division was changed to the Flying Eagle Guard, and together with the Shadow Guard, he was responsible for supervising the military and political affairs of Zhao and his enemies, but the current focus is still on foreign enemies.

Although the Shadow Division was also called the Shadow Guard a long time ago, this guard is not the other guard. In the past, it could only be said to be a guard, but now, it is a direct subordinate to King Zhao, directly under the royal family, whether it is a local government or a central government, each has a department, and has no right to interfere.

The Supervision Department of the original secret guard was combined with the Supervision Department to form the Jinyi Guard, which was responsible for the supervision of internal officials and inspected all the affairs and performance of officials in Zhao State. This brocade guard is different from the brocade guard in history, they have no right to arbitrarily arrest and interrogate. Only with the special approval of the emperor, or when it is very special, can the party have the right to arrest, arrest or even behead, and have the right and obligation to observe the interrogation, testify, and assist the Metropolitan Procuratorate in its inspection. Whatever it investigates, regardless of the central place, it needs assistance and must not be hindered.

This brocade guard is the yamen that the officials fear the most, and it is also the place where these officials block it. Although the Shadow Guard and the Eagle Guard have the same authority as the Brocade Guard, they are mainly in combat and military.

The original security department was reorganized into embroidered guards, responsible for the security of the imperial family, directly under the emperor, and the internal affairs office was the same as the palace internal guard. It is also the highest-ranking guard among the guards, although it is not responsible for external affairs on weekdays, once it appears, it is related to the internal affairs of the royal family.

Among the secret guards, the only military inspection department to supervise the army was changed to the inspection school guard, which is mainly responsible for supervising the internal affairs of the army, military merit, military discipline, military law, and bereavement benefits.