Chapter 7 Pacifying the People
At noon the next day, Zhou Chuan woke up leisurely, and the old servant Zhang Long had been serving closely. It seems that eunuchs are not all traitors. Zhou Chuan thought that in his previous life, there were many eunuchs, although they were not very good, but they were all loyal.
"Your Highness, you are awake. Zhang Long bowed and saluted, and he was about to ask someone to wait for Zhou Chuan to get up.
"Don't worry, bring the royal decree I wrote yesterday. ”
Zhou Chuan raised his hand and waved, it was not easy to sleep well, people were much more energetic, and compared with yesterday, they looked more charming.
Sitting next to the dragon bed, quietly looking at the royal decree written yesterday, Zhang Long next to him was grinding, and his face was a little more calm, for him, Zhou Chuan is good, he is good.
Although the eunuchs had no heirs, and most of their physical defects developed their dark personalities, their loyalty to the royal family was incomparable to others.
Not long after, outside the imperial study, two figures approached, saluted respectfully, and did not speak.
"What did the officials do in Shangshuwu? You are very good, and the whole family faked their deaths and escaped. ”
Zhou Chuan raised his head, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his appearance of not being angry and arrogant was quite emperorly.
"Your Royal Highness, the old minister was favored by the first king, and he didn't dare to go beyond it in the slightest, but it's a pity that the literary appearance, the iron bones, and the blood splashed in the Hall of the People. ”
Wu Suowei sighed, his face was gloomy, although Wen Xiang did not have a deep friendship with him, but the political views of the two often coincided, and the two in the court were also friends, but it was a pity that a generation of virtuous ministers ended up like this, and they were divided by traitors.
"Wenxiang is a model of my courtiers of the Wuzhou Dynasty, and he should be rewarded, if the younger generations have talents that can be created, they should receive the emperor's grace and prosper from generation to generation!"
Zhou Chuan stood up and said solemnly. In any dynasty, such a person will be passed down through the ages, his spirit will never decay, and his descendants rely on their ancestors to enjoy happiness, and they are also human, which is what they deserve!
Of course, for Zhou Chuan, it may be more out of guilt, and the Wu Zhou Dynasty has a guilty psychology for such a virtuous appearance.
However, for those rebellious ministers and thieves, it is natural that they must be dealt with severely, and they must not be taken lightly.
However, which should be killed and which should be released must be discussed with the courtiers, after all, the Wuzhou Dynasty is not a single city, and someone needs to maintain law and order in a farther place.
All the important ministers of the royal city who rebelled basically had to be executed, this is for sure, if they did not die, it would give other people who thought this way an illusion that the consequences of the rebellion were so small.
Then the Wu Zhou Dynasty will be in chaos.
The position is different, the angle of looking at the problem is also different, Zhou Chuan must consider the overall situation when acting now, and cannot rely on his own preferences alone, this is the real emperor.
"Your Royal Highness, the old minister and the descendants of the minister have thanked Your Highness. ”
The official Shangshu Wu hurriedly thanked the emperor for his kindness, and the reward promised by Zhou Chuan in person was rare in ancient times, but as long as there was, then even the most brutal emperor would not regret it, so Wu did such a big gift.
This means that Zhou Chuan has his loyal ministers in mind, and he is also an emperor who values the country, and serving such an emperor is not the gospel of the courtiers?
"Have you compiled the list of officials in the Ministry of Officials?"
Zhou Chuan sat down slowly, and asked about Wu Zuo again, he called Wu Zuo today for the list of officials.
Kill, kill!
The award, the prize!
In his heart, he is a loyal minister, although his ability is not particularly outstanding, but this person's ability to transfer officials is good, and he is deeply trusted by Zhou Chuan's father, and even the transfer of officials below the fifth grade does not need the king's will, and the Wu Institute decides for himself, which shows how much trust he has.
"Your Highness, I also brought the list, but the original list was destroyed by the sandbag thief, and all the names on this list are the wings of the sandbag thief. ”
Wu Suowei looked angry, gritted his teeth in his words, and hated to swallow his flesh alive and cut it down.
"Reappoint, transfer the officials who had been dismissed, and make public the conspiracies of the sand bag, and then send a decree to all localities that all taxes should be exempted within a year, and that they would never be increased. ”
Zhou Chuan nodded, and at the same time decided to use thunderous means to quell all the hidden dangers in the country.
Zhou Chuan stood up again, held Wu's hand and said: "It is a special act in extraordinary times, everything is simple this time to ascend the throne, and I need you to announce my edict, I want the entire Wu Zhou Dynasty to hear and see it within seven days!"
As soon as Wu Suo saw this posture, he immediately knelt down, this is Zhou Chuan himself, he is a courtier, naturally he does not dare to sit, not to mention that Zhou Chuan is still the king's decree, in addition to not ascending the throne, Zhou Chuan is now the king of the Wu Zhou Dynasty.
Zhang Long, Meng Yi and a number of maids and guards who were standing on the side knelt down together, and Zhou Chuan coughed twice and cleared his throat.
Only then did he speak: "When the dynasty is in trouble, only by relying on the unity of all the people, its benefits will be cut off. Fortunately, the first king was blessed, and all the rebellious courtiers were ambushed. I have heard that the people of Li only want food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and my heart is like a fire, so I hereby promulgate this decree, from now on, all the territory of my Wu Zhou Dynasty, the people of Li in the world will never be endowed, and I wish the Wu Zhou Dynasty will be prosperous!"
Zhou Chuan's blow was to calm the people's hearts as soon as possible, and he originally wanted to wait until after he ascended the throne, but considering the upcoming Demon Shadow forces, only this move can quickly calm the people's hearts, so that there will be no uprising at that time.
After listening to what Wu did, he trembled all over, and his eyes were full of mist.
My mind is full of the phrase "never give"!
In fact, the so-called never increase is just a play on words, because taxes are always separate.
The tax was used for the state, and to put it bluntly, it was used for the entire Wuzhou Dynasty, not for individuals.
And Fu, this is for the king's private use, for example, to repair some royal mausoleum, in short, it belongs to the king's pocket money, which has nothing to do with the dynasty itself, and does not conflict.
The crux of the matter lies in the fact that if you don't collect taxes, you can collect taxes! It's just a different way of saying it, but basically no one in this world knows how to steal the trick of changing concepts.
O benevolent government!
In Wu's mind, Zhou Chuan's image suddenly rose to the level of the ancient Mingjun.
"Your Majesty's benevolence is comparable to that of the ancient saints. Wu Suowei kowtowed three times in a row, he thought that this was the way it should be, not only him, but the entire Wuzhou Dynasty should be like this.
Zhou Chuan knew that as soon as the sentence of never adding to the endowment came out, then he didn't have to worry about the appearance of grass kings in various places, at least until Zhou Chuan was not so mediocre that people hated ghosts, don't worry.
And he didn't say anything about calling him "Your Majesty" by Wu Suo, anyway, in addition to not ascending the throne now, he is nominally the new king of the Wuzhou Dynasty.
"You still need to follow up on this matter personally, the sooner the better, and you must let all the people of the entire Wuzhou Dynasty know about this royal decree. ”
Zhou Chuan helped up the Wu who had been kneeling for a long time, this matter is very important, there must be no mistakes, it must be done by Wenchen, who is well-known among the people.
"Meng Yi, how did you collect the information of the Demon Shadow Forces?"
After Wu did he leave with Wang Zhi, Zhou Chuan asked Meng Yi questions.
At such a critical juncture, when Zhou Chuan didn't want to do something, he still had to carry the fear of the Demon Shadow Force.
"Your Highness, the investigation has been completed, after the Demon Shadow Force succeeded in one blow, it led to a great chaos within the Wuzhou Dynasty, the smoke was everywhere, bandits were rampant everywhere, and the situation at the border pass was even less optimistic, according to the scouts, the Fenglin Kingdom has already had a conscription of large soldiers to press the border, and they continue to transport food and armaments to the front line, I am afraid that there will be a big war in the near future. ”
After Meng Yi saluted and got up, he said, "I found out that the Demon Shadow Force may have colluded with the Maple Forest Country, because the abnormal actions of the Maple Forest Country coincided with the time of the Demon Shadow Force's invasion. ”
Zhou Chuan nodded slightly, as he expected, the Demon Shadow Force charged 2.7 million yuan for a year of worship for a country that was poorer than the Wu Zhou Dynasty, but the Wu Zhou Dynasty only needed 2 million yuan of stone, which was obviously unreasonable.
However, with Meng Yi's information, then everything makes sense, the Demon Shadow Force is obviously robbing, but secretly colluding with the Fenglin Kingdom to completely dissipate the Wuzhou Dynasty.
However, for Zhou Chuan, who has the system in hand, it is a great thing, what he lacks most now is prestige, with prestige, he can use the Heavenly Roulette Wheel to draw lotteries, and fighting to occupy the city is obviously a shortcut to prestige.
It's just a pity that there is not much prestige now, otherwise, a few peerless forces will be drawn directly by lottery to form an army, which will be absolutely invincible.