(Thank you Emperor for the tip, thank you.) ）

Chen Kefu's accession to the throne is imminent, and Luoyang City, the center of the world, has been designated as the capital of the Great Chen Dynasty. Seeing that the day of the enthronement ceremony is approaching, the official road outside Luoyang City is full of traffic, thousands of sails are raised, the flow of people is endless, and the back and forth is continuous.

The war in the Central Plains has gone away, and although the smoke and blood stains of the former siege have not yet dissipated, Luoyang City, which has changed its owner, has regained its vitality. In the past, the family gate valve clan Li family, Yuwen family, Pei family, Wei family, Changsun family, Su family, Yu family, Xiao family and other gate valve families are now in the cold. However, a new batch of famous nobles such as the eldest grandson family, the Mao family, the Lu family, the Li family, the Yang family, and the Chen family rose up in the city.

The huge Luoyang City has once again returned to the bustling and lively Jingshifang City in the past, where merchants gathered, and it seems that the war that has not completely gone away is just a dream by the Luoshui River. Luoyang City, which had lost a large number of people due to the war, had completely recovered to the level of the Great Cause period at this time. The population of the capital has exceeded one million, and a group of old people have been replaced and a new group of new people have been added. The Luoshui River, which runs through the city, is even full of pretty figures of boat girls.

Outside the gates of Luoyang, the queues entering and leaving the city formed a long queue, and outside Luoyang City, countless homeless people had even gathered. Along the tall city wall, there are shacks and thatched huts everywhere, dragging families and mouths, as many as hundreds of thousands of people rushed to the outside of Luoyang City, coming to this powerful new dynasty capital to find a stable life.

In the Humble Administrator's Palace, Chen Kefu was working outside to decorate the harem. The cacophony of the enthronement celebration that was about to come was a little impatient. Put down the fold in his hand and shouted outside: "Who is the general on duty?" I've hid all the way from the Taiji Hall to this Humble Administrator's Palace, why are I still so blind, and I don't even have this quiet place? ”

"Your Highness, the general on duty today is General Lu Tiehu. The outside thing was arranged by Concubine Yang, saying that the day of His Royal Highness's accession to the throne was approaching, and the time was a little tight, so the craftsmen were asked to add more manpower. The guards outside hurriedly replied.

"You guys, don't you want to listen to Concubine Yang's words, and you don't have to listen to my words, so you don't know that the Humble Administrator's Palace will be decorated at night?" Chen Kefu glanced at the guards who were sincerely afraid. Smile and point. The Yulin Wei Zhichonglang on duty today will be the nephew of Prime Minister Lu Guangli, whose great-grandfather is Lu Sida, the filial marquis who founded the Chen Dynasty with Emperor Chen Wudi, and Lu Shishen, a general in the army, is also a cousin. Lu Tiehu is only in his twenties, a very honest and brave young man. It's just that people are not very clever, but you are loyal to Chen Kefu, and you are also a member of Chenjiazhuang, Hebei Province, and you grew up with Chen Kefu. So even if there are occasional mistakes, there is no need for him to delve into them. One is to take care of the emotions of the old courtiers such as Lu Guangli and Mao Xi, so as not to make the guards feel mean and unkind.

After the last assassination experience, the closer they got to the enthronement ceremony, the more nervous Mao Xi and Lu Guangli, the uncles and old courtiers of Chenjiazhuang at the beginning. even ignored Chen Kefu's opposition. A list of palace guards was re-proposed for Chen Kefu to pass. The generals in this new list are all the children of the old ministers of the Chen family, and Chen Qing, the general of Yulinwei, personally sat in the palace, and the young children of the original Chen family were also transferred to the palace guards. In this regard, although Chen Kefu felt that it was too much of a fuss, he finally went with them.

"Your Highness is wise, the minister will go and give orders." The guard saluted, and with a look of reverence on his face, he withdrew to pass the word. Dividing the craftsmen into two shifts day and night can naturally speed up the progress of the project, but without the will of King Chen, who dares to propose to rush to work in the palace at night. But now that it was brought up by King Chen. Naturally, there would be no one to oppose it anymore.

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The cacophony soon died down, and silence returned to the air. However, he was disturbed by that just now, Chen Kefu's train of thought just now was interrupted again, and he forgot the previous train of thought for a while, and he threw down the fold a little irritably: "There is no one who is worry-free." ”

"Your Highness. The mind is calm and calm. Wei Zheng looked up from the pile of folds. In the past two days, the political hall where the prime ministers discussed and worked was also being greatly decorated, and Chen Kefu temporarily moved them together into the Humble Administrator's Hall to work together. It can be regarded as a way to discuss political affairs together.

"This state affair, family affairs, from the morning to the present, there is still a lot left! Can my heart be still? Chen Kefu reluctantly pushed the fold in front of him outward and complained in a low voice.

"You are the master of the world!" Wei Zheng shrugged and responded with a smile.

Chen Kefu has no way to dare to talk to Wei Zheng a few times about this matter, in fact, to be honest, Chen Kefu is also very familiar with Wei Zheng, when it comes to the ability to deal with political affairs, Wei Zheng is not as good as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and even the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian and Chen Jie are not comparable. But now that he wants to be the emperor, the court can't just blindly do things.

The emperor needs all kinds of courtiers, among whom there must be people like Wei Zheng who do not completely agree with the emperor, otherwise they are all like the tumbler Su Wei of the previous dynasty, who has been a minister of the palace for decades, but they can only nod their heads, and it is useless to come. Wei Zheng is not a transactional official, but he is a good example of officials. In the Yang Guang era, because Yang Guang did not like to be admonished, the system of speech officials and speech officials was abolished. But Chen Kefu understands that such a group of people is necessary.

In order to re-establish the system of speech officials and speech officials, Chen Kefu must also set an example for ministers like Wei Zheng and let officials know his attitude. Although many times, Chen Kefu can't help but guess that Wei Zheng often contradicts him, which is just a way to be an official, but Chen Kefu still has to use him and put him in a high position.

Seeing that Chen Kefu was deflated in front of Wei Zheng again, Fang Xuanling and the others just smiled. Fang Xuanling and the others' age is a little too young compared to their positions. But they have long seen through some of the essences in the court, Wei Zheng can rely on one mouth to occupy a high position, but they must face the mountains of music on the case to make a correct response. However, although there was a mountain of music in front of the case, in fact, the situation in the imperial court is very good at the moment.

The imperial court had just pacified Henan in the Central Plains, recovered Huainan, suppressed the Hebei rebellion, and won victories in Hedong, and it didn't take long to take Hedong. The south of the imperial court has drunk the Yangtze River, and confronted Nanchen across the river, but the west has been under the Tongguan Pass. It can be said that although there are still seven or eight separatist forces in the world, in fact, there is no one in the world who can really compete with the imperial court. Even if they are all together, the court does not have to be afraid, the court really controls the world.

And internally, although there are still some powerful families who are dissatisfied with King Chen, in fact, they can't jump anymore. The Sui Dynasty fell, and the restoration of the Chen Dynasty was already a matter of course, and he didn't quite understand what King Chen was worried about at this time.

Under such a good prospect, King Chen is still worried, so this worrying thing is not something that their courtiers can participate in. After thinking about it, Fang Xuanling knew that it must be about the matter of collecting the world's soldiers and horses and centralizing power that the eldest grandson Wuji said. This matter involves the art of the emperor, which they would never dare to involve as courtiers.

Chen Kefu glanced at the Xiangguo in the hall, and also understood the general thoughts of these people who had become elites. So he smiled slightly, changed the topic, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have now locked Wang Xuanying, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande in prison for some days, I don't know if you have thought about how to deal with them?" ”

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Du Ruhui looked at everyone and replied first: "I thought it would be better not to kill." As His Royal Highness said, although we have recovered Henan and occupied the Central Plains, the world has not yet been unified, and it is inevitable that there will be chaos. Moreover, Wang Xuanying, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande have been fundamentally eliminated, and they are now like tigers leaving the mountains, like eagles sharpening their wings, why should they be killed? If we keep them, we can use their name to appease the disabled rebels in various places and appease the hearts of the people in the world. And if you don't kill them, you can also give a signal to the anti-kings in other places who are still divided, so that they know the benevolence and righteousness of His Highness, so that when their situation is unfavorable, they will consider surrendering to the court, instead of resisting stubbornly and breaking the net with us. ”

Chen Kefu stroked the two short whiskers that began to grow on his lips, muttered for a while, and turned to Wei Zheng and said, "What does Wei Xiangguo think? ”

"Now is the time for the replacement of the old and new dynasties, the court is not rich now, the people are also poor, only by governing the world with benevolence, can we make up for the shortcomings, I also think it is better not to kill." As soon as Wei Zheng exited, he was also in favor of not killing.

Chen Kefu didn't say what he meant immediately, but said slowly: "This time Hebei is in turmoil, Dou Jiande is cutting grass as a soldier and arresting Ding as a pawn. Although we wiped out Dou Jiande's rebels in World War I, after this battle, in addition to killing a large number of rebel stauntars, we still captured a large number of thieves. Of course, some of them are peasant soldiers who have rebelled for many years, but there are also a large number of these people's wives, children, and families. In addition to these, there are many more people who are being taken captive by the rebels. According to Marshal Li's statistics after the war, after the suppression of bandits in Hebei alone, there are now as many as 500,000 prisoners. Men and women, young and old, women and children. Tell me first, what should these people do? ”

Wei Zheng stood up and said: "Since the end of the Great Cause, wars have broken out everywhere, and the population has dropped sharply. Now that a new dynasty is about to be established, the imperial court needs the population of the people even more to restore its national strength. Half a million people, that's a big number. These people are basically all the population of the four counties in Hebei that Dou Jiande originally owned. The minister thought that these people should be released back to the village, so as to restore the national strength and demonstrate the benevolence of His Royal Highness the new emperor. ”

"I think that whether to kill or not to kill is not just the result of benevolence, this matter is very important, and we can't deal with it so simply." Chen Kefu was full of benevolence and righteousness towards Wei Zheng, and ignored some specific situations and was a little disappointed.