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To tell the truth, Xiao Mo is benevolent and righteous, and has always been good to the Yang brothers, giving them mansions, slaves, maidservants, and guards, and the Yang brothers also know that it is difficult to escape this time and then want to take revenge, since there is no hope of revenge, they can only retreat and become a rich man

As soon as he returned home, he was collecting gold and silver there, when he saw a group of soldiers break in, and it was Dong Jingzhen

Yang Wanxiang asked in a shocked voice, "What does Master Dong mean by this?"

Dong Jingzhen sneered: "If you bewitch the king to confront the imperial court, if you don't make you a meeting gift, how can Dong enter Xiangyang City?"

Yang Wanxiang took two steps back, suddenly drew his knife and pounced, how could he be mediocre in martial arts, where was Dong Jingzhen's opponent, Dong Jingzhen had already kicked down, five or six soldiers rushed over, tied up Yang Wanxiang, but Yang Minxing was a scholar, and he put his hands behind his back without waiting for Dong Jingzhen to make a move

In fact, when persuading Xiao Mian to surrender, Dong Jingzhen and others had already made up their minds to capture the two Yang brothers and dedicate them to Liu Ziqiu, but Xiao Mian had always been benevolent and would never agree to them doing so, so Dong Jingzhen had already ambushed a heavy army near Yang Wanxiang's house, if Yang Wanxiang didn't care about the softness at home, there was still a chance to escape, which was in line with the old saying, people die for money, birds die for food

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Hearing the news that Xiao Mo was willing to surrender, the first to breathe a sigh of relief was Empress Xiao, who immediately sent someone to invite Liu Ziqiu into the palace again to bring up the old matter of the Zen position

Liu Ziqiu smiled and said: "Since Niangniang and the emperor insist on this, Weichen is no longer humble, please rest assured that Weichen will ask them to choose an auspicious one."

Although Liu Ziqiu felt that it didn't matter what he chose, the ancients superstitionally believed that the Zen position was a major event, and the task of choosing rì was presided over by Wei Zheng, and He Chou and Yu Wenkai assisted in selecting the ninth morning of the first month of April as the Shangshang Daji

However, for all kinds of celebration ceremonies, Liu Ziqiu asked everything to be simple, and only used an edict to announce that the world was set as Han Reform Yuan Zhongxing

The first thing to set up the new dynasty is naturally to reward the heroes, others follow you to be born and die, and do your best, nothing more than to worship the generals, the glory of the ancestors, a few days ago, Liu Ziqiu implemented the decree to innovate the title system, but it was not implemented, and today after he promulgated the edict of enthronement, he began to divide the title

In order to avoid leaving only one honorary title and being regarded as chicken ribs, Liu Ziqiu was very "stingy" with the reward for the title, and only two first-class dukes were awarded, one was Li Jing was named the Duke of England, and the other was Wei Zheng was named the protector of the country, Wen Hao, Zhang Liang, and Shi Danai were all the top generals under Liu Ziqiu, Liu Yu and Jiang Yu were Liu Ziqiu's old superiors, and they were the first to support Liu Ziqiu's army, these five people were all named second-class dukes, Jiao Liyan, Tumulu, Zhao Ling, Gui Haiqiu, and they also followed Liu Ziqiu earlier, Yu Shinan, He Chou, Yu Wenkai, Pei Liandu had his own talents and was awarded the title of Duke of the Third Class

The rest, such as Lu Tong, Liu Ada, Tong Zhengyun, Bolt and others, as well as those civil and military officials who surrendered successively, were respectively named marquis and earl, Yang Qi and his younger brother Yang Yu, who gave up the throne, and Li Yuan and Xiao Mi, who surrendered successively, were also named first-class marquises

Although they did not enjoy the imperial court, Liu Ziqiu gave them a different amount of land, in the agrarian society, land is the most important wealth, many families are actually able to control one side because they have a large amount of land, so even if there is no imperial court to release the Yulu, they can still live a good life, of course, whether such a good rìzi can be passed on from generation to generation depends on whether their children and grandchildren are angry, if the descendants do not fight for a few generations, it is possible to lose the family property and become a dilapidated noble

Xiao Mo was very moved by Liu Ziqiu's arrangement, Liu Ziqiu not only named him a first-class marquis, but also rewarded him with land in his hometown Jiangling, and also appointed him as Yueyang Taishou, and after being grateful, Xiao Mo repented and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty's ministers were bewitched by Yang Wanxiang and Yang Minxing, and almost committed unrighteous acts, and I hope Your Majesty will punish them."

Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "If a person is not a sage, how can he let it pass without the past Yang Wanxiang and Yang Minxing, who reversed black and white, and immediately launched the noon gate slash."

At this time, Li Yuan was also in the main hall, although he was also named a first-class marquis, but he was not assigned an official position, and the land rewarded to him was farther away in Longxi County, Longxi County was one of the seven families, the foundation of the Li family, Li Yuan once sent Li Jiancheng to contact Li Changshan, wanting to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, but was rejected by Li Changshan, the two sides have already given birth to some suspicions, at this time put Li Yuan in Longxi, he has no official position, and is bound to be constrained by the Li family everywhere

But Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were still imprisoned in the barracks by Liu Ziqiu, and he couldn't care about theorizing with Liu Ziqiu on these details, so he had to give up his hand and say: "Your Majesty has something to do."

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "Marquis Li is for the sake of the two sons, I have already sent someone to send them home, and you can see them after the dynasty is dispersed."

Li Jiancheng was captured completely in front of the two armies, and he was willing to surrender and pardon him, it was a matter of time before Li Shimin, Li Shimin sneaked to the south of the Yangtze River to plot against Liu Ziqiu's family, which touched Liu Ziqiu's backlash, and more importantly, Liu Ziqiu knew very well that Li Shimin, the famous Tang Taizong in history, was a man with great talent, if he was let go back, it was likely to be a tiger returning to the mountain, but after thinking about it, the current Li Shimin is just a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, according to the law of his time, he does not need to bear criminal responsibility, and after careful consideration, Liu Ziqiu still decided to let him go

Li Yuan couldn't help but be overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly

Dividing the title is only the first step, and the next thing to do is to straighten out the various institutions of the imperial court, Liu Ziqiu implemented the cabinet system, appointed Wei Zheng as an auxiliary scholar, Li Jing as a secondary auxiliary scholar, Zhao Ling, He Chou, and Yu Shinan as a cabinet bachelor, and the cabinet set up eight ministries of officials, rites, soldiers, workers, criminals, households, commerce, and people, and managed the world's government affairs and the eight ministries of the yamen, which were still located in the imperial city

The cabinet system is not only a change in the system, Liu Ziqiu also vigorously decentralizes power, he only grasps the major matters of military power and strategy, and the rest of the affairs are all handed over to the cabinet for disposal, of course, Wei Zheng does not dare to dictate power, no matter how big or small, he will still present the chapter in front of Liu Ziqiu, Liu Ziqiu also knows that this habit will not be able to change for a while and a half, and can only be slowly induced in the future

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After doing a day, the emperor Liu Ziqiu is actually quite tired of this errand, he has been sitting in the main hall since early in the morning, and has been busy until dark before returning to the harem, in the past, he only needs to sit in the study and give orders, some trivial things have other people to complete, now it is different, although all kinds of recitals have been read by the cabinet first, but in the end they are still piled up in front of him, like a hill, they can't finish it at all, and it is much more tiring than practicing a day's kung fu

Back in the harem, Liu Ziqiu stretched his waist and listened to a eunuch say in a sharp voice: "The queen respectfully asks Your Majesty to move to Zhaoyang Palace."

In the morning, Liu Ziqiu also canonized his woman, Gao Xiu'er was the first queen of the Han Dynasty, Hua Yun was named a noble concubine, Lin Qiao'er, and Mu Duoli were all noble concubines

Entering Zhaoyang Palace, I saw that Queen Xiao and several beautiful palace women were here, Liu Ziqiu couldn't help frowning, he knew that Zhaoyang Palace was originally Queen Xiao's bedroom, but after returning to Luoyang again, Queen Xiao refused to live in Zhaoyang Palace anymore, but today I don't know why they appeared here, and who are the other palace women

Seeing Liu Ziqiu, Empress Xiao and those beautiful women knelt on the ground and bowed to the ground: "The concubines welcome the saint"

In the past, Empress Xiao was a puppet under Liu Ziqiu's control, although Liu Ziqiu would not bow down to her, but he was also respectful, and at this moment, seeing Empress Xiao kneeling in front of him, he was a little uncomfortable, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, hurry up."

Gao Xiu'er walked over with a smile and pulled them up one by one, and then said, "Holy Xiao Niangniang is here to ask for it."

Liu Ziqiu was surprised and said: "Yang Qi, Yang Yu, and Xiao Mo have all been sealed, and Hou Zhen has also given them fields, mansions, and slave families, you can live with them, how can you talk about it."

Empress Xiao sighed faintly and said, "The concubine is asking for several younger sisters."

Behind her are Chen Chou, Chen Sui, Xiao Concubine, and Cui, Wang's two wives, Yang Guang, although he is good, but he likes the new and hates the old, most women are quickly left behind after he is favored, it is good to be able to be a palace concubine, there are only a few people who are really famous, and the disadvantages of fame are also famous, once the dynasty is changed, according to the old practice, these women are either reduced to palace slaves, or rewarded heroes as maids, Gao Xiu'er's biological mother Xie Zhaoyi is like this

Of course, Liu Ziqiu will not continue the old practice of the previous dynasty and said with a smile: "I don't know what your mother's plans are"

Chen Chou and the others bowed to the ground again and said in unison: "The concubines and others are willing to serve the saint."

Among these women, Xiao Concubine and Cui, and Wang are two wives of the same age as Liu Ziqiu, Chen Chou, Chen Sui is older than Liu Ziqiu, and Liu Ziqiu already knows that Chen Sui and Gao Xiuer are still half-sisters, of course, they can be favored by Yang Guang, and then they will be given a name, which is naturally unique in the world, and when Liu Ziqiu came in, these women also peeked at Liu Ziqiu, Liu Ziqiu was young and handsome, and now he has ascended to the throne and has the bearing of a superior person, and these noble women also have a lot of lethality, Xiao Concubine secretly compared Liu Ziqiu and Li Yuan, if she follows Liu Ziqiu, I am afraid that it will be stronger than Li Yuan's house

Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "I don't need to wait for you."

At this time, I saw Xiao Concubine suddenly holding her stomach and retching in a big gulp