As mentioned last time, because some people in the court proposed to allocate more than 800,000 taels of silver to repair the Guangming Palace, Duanmugang, that is, Zhou Shuyu, resolutely disagreed, and used a big truth of "the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light", which made these officials feel ashamed one by one.

Duanmugang began to handle the affairs of the court, and he looked at the courtiers who were kneeling in front of him, and said loudly: "Get up, all of you! Is it true that the country is now at peace? Don't kneel like this in the future, hurry up and report the affairs of various places, and if there is any good name, present it." ”

All the ministers have already begun to play their titles, first of all, Li Youliang, the Qing official of Shenghai Province in the household department, said: "Your Majesty, because the major families of Shenghai Province heard the news of the death of the Queen Mother, in order to prevent being counterattacked by Your Majesty, these families began to rebel. After the rebellion was put down, the amount of property and land seized from these mansions was enough for the landless or landless people of the province of Holy Sea to have land to cultivate. Now, under the rule of the three governors, Guan Youpeng, Xiao Ting and Wang Youzhen, Shenghai Province has completely brought all those who committed heinous crimes to justice. The province of Shenghai has been greatly governed, and at the same time, the population of Shenghai Province has almost doubled according to the hidden population found from the major families and their henchmen. Your Majesty, according to the situation that has been good every year since Your Majesty came to power, this year's harvest in Shenghai Province must be very good. Your Majesty has always been concerned about the situation in Shenghai Province, but now you can rest assured!"

Duanmu Gang looked at this Li Youliang, he smiled, and said: "What? Li Youliang, I remember that you are a new science and technology scholar in Duanning for 20 years, and when you took the palace exam, your article was good, and because you were arrogant and not afraid of power in the past, I was ready to appoint you as the champion, but you said that your talent was a little different from that of the Prince's Mansion Zhan Shi and Yang Deyuan, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, so you were willing to explore the flowers." Moreover, if you ask for an external transfer to be an official to hone your training, in the past few years, you shouldn't have let the hard bones you have honed have been worn out! You still don't talk about these official articles, talk about your thoughts!"

Li Youliang looked at His Majesty and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I know that you don't like such official articles, but these are all rules and regulations of the imperial court, and there is no way! Since Your Majesty doesn't want to hear it, then Weichen will tell the truth!"

Duanmu Gang looked at Li Youliang in front of him and said directly: "Say it, no matter what you say, I will forgive you for your innocence." ”

Li Youliang immediately said: "Your Majesty, although Shenghai Province is one of the main sources of taxation in my Chitang Empire, its wealth, land and even population are mostly controlled by the clans, as well as the local officials and wealthy merchants who are controlled by them. Therefore, Weichen hopes that His Majesty can personally inspect Shenghai Province, so that the people of Shenghai Province can know His Majesty's kindness. Of course, the most important thing is that His Majesty can personally hold the examination in Shenghai Province, breaking the habit of monopolizing talents by the big families there in one fell swoop. Your Majesty, if you can set the Holy Sea Mansion as the eastern capital of the empire, you don't need to build a palace, and any of the mansions of those great families can be used as a palace. The main thing is that the power of the empire was able to completely penetrate into the province of Holy Sea. ”

Duanmugang nodded, and he said lightly: "It seems that I have to approve your suggestion!" However, I have to wait until my son returns to Beijing, and he is in charge of the country, and I will go again after the farming is busy and winter comes. The main purpose of this journey is not to disturb the people. At the same time, in order not to embarrass the officials in those places, let's hire a few boats and go down the river!"

"Your Majesty. Li Youliang agreed.

"Okay! This matter is over, let's move on to the next thing!" Duanmu Gang said softly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to report. There are more children of local tycoons and local officials in the recent prison in Qingjiang Mansion in Youbei Province, and now those people are trying to make Peng Guoren, the general judge of Qingjiang Mansion, be dismissed by His Majesty!" said Xue Chengzhong, a Qing official in Youbei Province, said Shi Langzhong.

Looking at this official who was born in the same Jinshi for twenty-four years in Duanning, Duanmu Gang still remembered that this person still lives in a simple courtyard, and he is a five-grade official, but he still remains simple. If he was acting, he wouldn't promote him one after another. This person's character is very thick, and what is even more valuable is that he is not afraid of the powerful and dares to do things, so he is ready to let him serve as the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple! As for Peng Guoren, whom this person mentioned, he has long been under Duanmugang's attention!

Therefore, he said directly: "I have heard of this Peng Guoren, and he is indeed a good official. I've seen how well he handles affairs, and it's good. In this way, let this person follow me to inspect Shenghai Province. ”

Xue Chengzhong was very happy, and he immediately thanked him and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, if Peng Guoren can follow Your Majesty, it is really his blessing." ”

"Xue Aiqing, don't say that! How long have you been an official?" asked Duanmugang.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has been an official for two years!" Xue Chengzhong said.

Duanmugang said to him: "That's it! Tomorrow I will issue an order to let you go to Dali Temple to serve as the right Shaoqing of Dali Temple! At the same time, I will give you the mansion on Osmanthus Street! Live well! I can live in a simple way, but you pillars of the country can't still live in a dilapidated courtyard! I advocate frugality, but I do not object to you ministers living better. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Xue Chengzhong immediately agreed.

Duanmu Gang next looked at Bai You, the capital of the Ministry of Works, and Bai You immediately said: "Your Majesty, regarding the water conservancy project in Dongwu Province, it is expected that the construction will start this autumn, because there are many people engaged in water conservancy projects in the former Dongwu Empire, I don't know if we can use them? After all, their talents are good, if they don't use it, it's really a pity!"

"Bai You, so quickly, have you looked at the demoted officials of the Tobu Empire? But, well, I allow you to pick them and let them serve the country. The people of Tobu Province have suffered for a long time! Some of the officials of their Tobu Empire can be reused. Duanmu Gang said lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen also took a fancy to the officials who were imprisoned in the prison by the Emperor of the Tobu Empire, most of them are loyal and virtuous talents, in fact, if they can be loyal to the empire, it will be beneficial to the people and the country. Bai You admonished.

Duanmu Gang nodded and said, "What you said is good. Okay, where is the book of the Criminal Department?"

Cheng Tingjing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zheng Guogong immediately said: "Weichen is here." ”

Duanmu Gang looked at this official who had been suppressed by the Shangshu of the Former Criminal Department who had been exterminated by his family because of his uprightness and clean sleeves, and said to him: "I heard that among the important ministers of the former Dongwu Empire who was escorted to Beijing this time, there was a doctor named Zheng Liang, and I heard that he was sent to the prison by the faint monarch of the Dongwu Empire because of his resistance to Yan Zhizhi, and his entire family was exiled. Since the destruction of the Tobu Empire, Zheng Liang refused to surrender. He's a good guy. I want to summon him personally at once, so you can arrange it. ”

"Your Majesty, obey. Cheng Tingjing said. After that, Cheng Tingjing immediately retreated.

As for why Duanmu Gang only wanted to summon this Zheng Liang, it was because this Zheng Liang was indeed a great talent, and he had always been loyal to the Dongwu Empire, especially the righteous spirit in his bones, which made him even more fancy. However, it is precisely because of this that he wants to subdue this person. In addition, because this person is very young, it is just right for his son to choose another person who can advise him.

Soon, Zheng Liang came to see Duanmugang in plain clothes. Along the way, he and his reunited family were taken care of by the officials of the Chitang Empire. In his home country, he was quite incomprehensible and cursed by the people of the Tobu Empire, although his reputation for loyalty and righteousness was outside, but he also knew that the court of the Tobu Empire had long been rotten. However, along the way, what he saw and heard made him feel sincere admiration for this emperor of the Chitang Empire, who was dedicated to serving the people, and this also made his heart relax his heart to seek death and martyrdom.

Now, he finally saw the emperor in front of him, and he didn't kneel. It was rude to do so, but he still stood there with iron bones.

"Come, give me a seat. Duanmu Gang said.

Zheng Liang was a little surprised, but he still sat down.

Duanmu Gang looked at the imperial historian of the Dongwu Empire, and said lightly: "You are Zheng Liang, yes, you are a man." Since you were not originally from the Chitang Empire, you should be able to see the many shortcomings of our Chitang Empire along the way. Tell me about it!"

Zheng Liang looked at the emperor in front of him with some surprise, he never thought that this emperor did not advise him, but asked him for advice.

He didn't have anything to hide, he thought about it for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I have come all the way, and I have seen the prosperity of the Chitang Empire along the way, and the crowds of people show that the national policy implemented by Your Majesty is very popular. However, I believe that there are many shortcomings in your Majesty's national policy. Today, the people of your country can live and work in peace and contentment, but those local powerful and sectarian forces still have a strong influence. In particular, those feudal kings who have not been eliminated, although their military and financial power in their hands have been confiscated, their power still makes the local people very panicked. Therefore, Your Majesty still wants to get rid of all these forces that have committed crimes as soon as possible. At the same time, Your Majesty should often send some court officials to various places to secretly inspect the localities to punish the corrupt officials and rectify the atmosphere. Although this will not eradicate the trend of corruption, it will certainly enable Your Majesty to familiarize yourself with the customs of the people in various places. ”

Duanmu Gang looked at the loyal minister in front of him and admired his advice very much, but he wanted to leave such a person for his son. This time, the crown prince is in charge of the country, which is just right for him to recover this good minister. In the future, the prince can also be regarded as being able to leave a pair of antipyretics.

If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.