The reason why Shi Ziling issued this order was to prevent any more powerful and self-respecting places like Li Yuan or Xiahou Yuan, and after a long time, they would become hidden dangers of the imperial court.

Nangong Xia knew that his father and son were not good at using troops, and even if he retained too many troops, it would only increase the suspicion of the imperial court, so he immediately said that he only needed to keep 50,000 soldiers and horses.

The other local forces themselves do not have many troops, at most about 10,000 people, and their combat strength is mediocre, since they have been rewarded with a large amount of land and wealth from Shiziling, and seeing that Nangong Xia took the lead in expressing his willingness to reduce his troops, he immediately expressed his willingness to obey.

Ma Yu and Dian Weiye saw that as soon as Shi Ziling ascended the throne, they immediately cut down the military power of various local forces, and they were secretly admired. Originally, they also wanted to make suggestions in this regard, but they didn't expect that Shi Ziling had already thought of the harm of various local forces supporting their own troops, and the first decree directly resolved it.

After rewarding the princes and leaders of the coalition forces, many soldiers of the Songhu Legion were also richly rewarded. Among them, Wei Song, Wei Hu, Bai Qingshuang, Yu Wei and others were promoted to the commander of the corps, respectively in charge of Songhu, Heilong, Mijing, Yan Zhao and other legions, Ma Yu was named the prime minister, in charge of the imperial court affairs, Dian Weiye was named the national teacher, responsible for assisting Ma Yu to provide advice. The positions of other generals such as Leng Long, Leng Hu, and Yin Qi have also been greatly promoted.

After the meritorious deeds were rewarded, all the generals and the leaders of the coalition forces were all happy, and everyone was not only happy, but also admired Shiziling's distribution and scheduling.

Although the specific candidates of the various ministries and departments of the imperial court have not yet been determined, but only with these candidates who have been circled and rewarded by Shi Ziling, all the military and political power has basically been in the hands of Shi Ziling's cronies.

After the initial reward was completed, Shi Ziling looked around at the people above the court and said, "Today's reward may be missing, if you are not satisfied with anything, although you can put it forward, we can continue to improve." ”

Everyone bowed to the ground and said, "The emperor is wise! The ministers are convinced by the emperor's reward!"

Shi Ziling said with a smile: "Now that the new dynasty has just been established, with the establishment and implementation of the national policy in the future, the military and political positions of the generals and officials will definitely change, and I hope that everyone can properly cooperate with them at that time." ”

Everyone said yes in unison, Nangong Xia said: "The emperor is wise and thoughtful, only with these military and political dignitaries circled by the emperor, our Songhu Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai, as long as there is a proper national policy to launch for the benefit of the people in the future, our Songhu Dynasty will be able to create the most prosperous generation of prosperity in the past." ”

Shi Ziling smiled slightly and said: "I hope so, now that the framework of our dynasty is in place, the national defense is also stable, and the basic staffing is also available, in the next few days, everyone needs to contribute ideas and suggestions to discuss and formulate future policies for governing the country, and everyone can speak freely." ”

"I will hand over this aspect to Ma Yu and Elder Dian, because the stakes are very high, in addition to everyone in the court, I also want to mobilize Su Bairen, Ma Dai, Bai Wuya, Duanmu Hong and many other seniors to come to discuss together, hoping to set a more comprehensive and proper national policy as soon as possible. ”

Everyone admired the arrangement of Shiziling very much, and shouted the emperor again and again.

Shi Ziling said with a smile: "Today is only my first day as the emperor, you are so big on the back, if you keep doing this in the future, I'm afraid I will inevitably get carried away." In this case, if I make a mistake, I will be in trouble, and I will definitely be scolded to death by the people of the world. So if you think there's something wrong with me, don't call a spade a spade, and don't sing praises all day long. ”

Ma Yu said: "Please rest assured that the emperor will still put forward his opinions in a timely manner, but the emperor's reward arrangements today are indeed just right, and it is difficult for people not to admire! ”

Everyone echoed one after another, and everyone was happy and convinced of Shi Ziling, the true son of heaven who was destined to return, which is why Ma Yu, Nangong Xia and others immediately got unanimous approval as soon as they found everyone to discuss forcing Shi Ziling to ascend the throne.

Shi Ziling said: "Formulating a suitable national policy requires everyone's collective efforts, and it cannot be achieved overnight, this can be done slowly." But what I'm most worried about is that I will get carried away if I listen to too many good things and have too much power, so I wonder if I can set up a special ministry to restrain the imperial power. ”

"Restraining the ?...... Imperial Power"

Everyone in the court was shocked, and no one could have imagined that Shi Ziling suddenly changed his words after receiving unanimous praise from everyone, and actually proposed to restrain the imperial power. Although Shi Ziling has just ascended the throne, in the hearts of everyone, its prestige is a hundred times stronger than that of the former Luo Emperor.

Everyone looked at each other for a while, completely unaware of Shi Ziling's true intentions, and thought that Shi Ziling was testing everyone's loyalty.

Nangong Xia stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although it is said that people are not saints and sages, with the emperor's wisdom and martial arts, the possibility of making mistakes is very small. Besides, the emperor will inevitably make mistakes, not to mention the rest of the people who are busy? Looking at the world, who has the qualifications to restrain the emperor? If such a person really exists, wouldn't it be that the world will be in turmoil and strife again?"

Nangong Xia's words were immediately approved by almost everyone, and everyone said that it was absolutely impossible to restrain the imperial power, and even good friends like Ma Yu and Yu Wei, who knew a lot about Shi Ziling, were puzzled, and couldn't figure out why Shi Ziling made such a suggestion.

In everyone's mind, if there really is someone who can question the authority of the emperor, then how can the emperor still give orders to rule the world? Wouldn't that cause great chaos in the world? Everyone took great pains to promote Shi Ziling as the emperor, that is, they completely trusted his ability and character, and if there were still people who could question or even restrict Shi Ziling's power, it was really unimaginable.

Only Dian Weiye from the Modern Star Continent understood Shi Ziling's good intentions, but even so, Dian Weiye was not small, and he didn't expect Shi Ziling to put forward a proposal to restrict the imperial power on the first day of his ascension to the throne. He couldn't help but deeply admire Shi Ziling in his heart, and secretly thought that this Changsheng No. 5 was really a really good person.

You must know that although Shi Ziling's proposal will greatly reduce his own power, it is extremely beneficial to protect the rights and interests of the people in the world. After all, everyone will make mistakes, Shi Ziling will inevitably make mistakes, if there is a special ministry that can restrain the imperial power, you can minimize the evil consequences caused by Shi Ziling's mistakes, which is a great blessing for the people of Limin.

Seeing that everyone was unanimously opposed, Shi Ziling frowned and said, "Although I am the emperor, it does not mean that I will not make mistakes." As I said, the more power you have, the easier it is to become corrupt, and I am also a human being, and if no one restrains me, I think I will make a big mistake sooner or later. ”

"Everyone has greed, and even a worldly master like Yuan Shi Tianzun admits to being greedy, let alone me, a worldly person? This is the cognition that I am deeply convinced in my mind, and the reason why I propose to set up a ministry to restrain the imperial power is precisely because of this worry. I think this is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, so why should you all oppose it unanimously?"

Ma Yu said: "The emperor's worry that he will make mistakes just shows the emperor's kind character, it is precisely because the emperor is such a person that the ministers will not hesitate to follow the emperor to this point today." If even the emperor can't believe it, how can the ministers follow him so far?"

"It is true that people are not saints and sages, but if even the emperor will inevitably make mistakes, then what kind of saints should be composed of the departments that restrict the imperial power? If they also make mistakes or have black hearts, who will restrain them? The ministers and others thought that there was no saint in the world who could question the emperor, so they asked the emperor to retract his order!"

Shi Ziling hurriedly said: "That's why I have been saying that I want to establish a fair and just system, in that case, it doesn't matter if there is an emperor or not, as long as everyone can do things according to the law, the chance of disaster to the country and the people because of the excessive strength of a few ** is relatively small." ”

Everyone in the court was completely puzzled and unimaginable about what a fair and just system was, but as soon as they heard Shi Ziling say that it didn't matter if there was an emperor or not, they were stunned, and everyone quickly knelt down together, and shouted "Please think twice!"

Shi Ziling felt helpless, and he couldn't imagine that the people in front of him clinged to the belief in the supremacy of imperial power, and hated any proposal to restrict imperial power, and they cared more about the integrity of power than his own emperor. Just when he didn't know what to do, he saw Dian Weiye winking at him and shrugging his shoulders, looking a little gloating.

Shi Ziling said in a deep voice, "Elder Dian, what do you think about this?"

Dian Weiye took two steps forward with a smile and said: "Your Majesty, do you remember what the ministers said on the way to the palace before? This is the Gu Mingyue Continent, it is simply impossible to implement the so-called constitutional system here, the so-called what kind of people determine what kind of court there will be, although the emperor is the first person in the world, it is difficult to change the hearts of thousands of people!"

Shi Ziling's body shook and fell into deep thought. Although his memory has not been fully recovered, his basic understanding of things is still very different from that of the people in the Bright Moon Continent, and he naturally understands the true meaning of what Dian Weiye said, "What kind of people determine what kind of court there will be".

That is to say, in the hearts of these people who advocate imperial power, although because of the corruption and degeneration of the Luo dynasty, they finally overthrew the imperial power, but once the new dynasty is established, everyone is extremely enthusiastic to defend the new imperial power they have established, and even Shi Ziling will not be allowed to object to this. This is determined by the inherent cognition in the hearts of all the people in the Bright Moon Continent, no matter how great Shi Ziling's ability is, I am afraid that it will be difficult to reverse the change.