Section 48 Revitalizing the Government

Since I promoted Xiao Qing to the left prime minister, Xiao Qing's official position has been at the top of the ministers, and in ancient times, the left was respected, and Wang Zhe was not as noble as Xiao Qing's position even if he was the right prime minister!

Of course, it is far from enough to give Xiao Qing an identity, as the prime minister of Zuo, he naturally has to assign her enough rights, otherwise he will not be able to stabilize the situation and control the situation. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

I have made some analysis of the situation in the court, and at present, Xiao Qing only controls things such as laws, sacrifices, and imperial history, and together with Uncle Baili's finances and treasury, it basically only allows them to gain a firm foothold in the court! Compared to Wang Zhe, who controls taxes and various administrative executions, his power is still a little weak!

In order to further grasp the great power of the DPRK and the Central Committee, I subsequently made some adjustments and assigned Zhang Meng, who was in charge of the post of court lieutenant, to Xiao Qing to be under his direct supervision! Zhang Meng was relatively upright and one of the few neutral factions in the DPRK and the central government, and he only cared about his own work as a court lieutenant wholeheartedly and never participated in any factional disputes. He is not Wang Zhe's person, nor is he the emperor's uncle's person, so putting him under Xiao Qing's command can be regarded as a reasonable use!

Next, I began to make a major adjustment to the officials of the imperial court, according to the actual talents of the ministers, a large number of those who came from the east to promote a large number of capable people from the east, and placed them in various important positions, responsible for the actual implementation of the positions, so as to dilute Wang Zhe's influence. Since Xiao Qing has too many positions in her hands, she naturally doesn't have so much heart to take care of them, in order to strengthen my power in the court. Subsequently, I promoted Geng Yan to take over the post of Fengchang, and asked him to assist Xiao Qing in controlling matters related to the law, and then transferred Zhou Boyu to take over the post of imperial historian, and strengthened the functions of the imperial historian, so that he was back in charge of supervising the hundred officials, and made him expand his manpower and become a powerful figure. These two people are also the wise men from the East who were accepted in the Naxian Pavilion that year, and they are both young and promising young men, which are worth vigorously cultivating.

After the last court punishment incident, Wang Zhe behaved much more low-key, and he no longer openly argued with me in the court as before, and he did not dare to raise objections to the adjustment and arrangement of my official position in the court! Although Wang Zhe had many small actions behind his back, he did not dare to put it on the table after all, so it did not affect my layout in the court!

After a lot of hard work and hard work, the Dayong court finally has a new pattern! Among the nine kings of Dayong, I have Fengchang, Weiwei, Tingwei and the four secretaries of the internal history, plus the new imperial history and the left prime minister, so that I and the right prime minister Wang Zhe in the court have finally become evenly matched, and there are few people in the imperial uncle court who are relatively weak, so they only watch from one side!

In order to strengthen the further control of the imperial family over Dayong, after tossing the affairs in the court, I immediately began to clean up the counties outside the court.

I single-handedly laid down Longxi County and Hexi County, and the appointment of those officials was personally appointed by me, so naturally there is no need to make any further adjustments! The other counties, Shu County, Nananyi County, and Yelang County of the Emperor's uncle, as well as half of Yongzhou County controlled by Wang Zhe, are the foundation of their power, and I cannot move them for the time being. However, Hanzhong, Baima and Ba County were my own fiefdoms, and it was my right to appoint and dismiss officials in my own fiefdoms, so I recruited a large number of wise men from the east, and replaced almost all the officials in these three counties, so that I completely controlled these three counties.

My purpose is very simple, I have not completely suppressed them, nor have I taken back all their forces! In the military power, the army controlled by the imperial uncle is almost equal to mine; the current situation in the central court is also the same, and even the strength of the counties in various places to control me is almost close to that of the imperial uncle. I did this so that each of the three parties had their own power and enough right to speak, so that they could achieve the three-legged situation that I had hoped for.

But in fact, after all, I am the largest, because I am slightly more powerful than them in every way, and the number of the army, the main real power of the DPRK and China, and the number of county guards in various places, I control the best and the most!

I'm not greedy for these powers, because if I don't take these important things, the Ying royal family will not be able to control the real power of the Great Yong Kingdom, and only in this way can the royal family truly become the ruler, not the puppet of the past!

With my drastic moves, the government of the Dayong Kingdom is displayed in front of the world with a new side, nearly half of the ministers above the court are brand-new young faces, and the number of people who play in the court has also become more, and the court is finally full of vitality.

On this day, after Wang Zheshang finished playing the matter of paying taxes in various places, Zhang Meng, the court lieutenant who had not spoken much before, also came out and played: "His Royal Highness the prince, according to the instructions of His Royal Highness, the lower officials have appointed court envoys to various counties and counties to conduct strict investigations, and arrested a total of 69 corrupt officials, large and small, the number is very amazing! The lower officials do not dare to punish indiscriminately, how to decide, and ask His Royal Highness the prince to make it clear!"

Wang Zhe walked out angrily, turned to Zhang Tingwei and reprimanded: "Lord Tingwei, His Royal Highness the Prince has instructed you to do things, so naturally you should be loyal and on duty! But there are only a few officials in my country, and Zhang Tingwei arrested sixty-nine people at one time, whether he is acting a little too much! Zhang Tingwei is in an important position, and His Royal Highness the Prince is respected, but don't use his power to abuse his official authority and harm my mediocre and useless people!"

After hearing this, Zhang Tingwei was a little panicked, and immediately replied respectfully: "Prime Minister Wang, the subordinates dare not arbitrarily exercise official authority when they report to law enforcement! These 69 people have ignored the provisions of the new law, embezzled, accepted bribes, twisted the law for personal gain, and bullied the people to buy and sell by force.

After speaking, Zhang Tingwei knelt down on the main hall, and explained anxiously to me: "What the lower official said is true, and I hope that His Royal Highness the prince can make the decision for the lower official!"

This means asking me for help directly, this Zhang Tingwei is really bold, he is so afraid of Wang Zhe!

I waved at him and said, "Zhang Tingwei is loyal to his duties, this king trusts him very much, and he will never frame others, please get up!"

At this time, Xiao Qing walked out, she saluted me respectfully, and then stood up straight and said to Wang Zhe: "When Zhang Tingwei presented the crimes of these sixty-nine people to the present phase, the prime minister had verified them one by one, and they were all true, and there was no fraud! If Prime Minister Wang Cheng has any doubts, he can personally be responsible for investigating this matter again, and he can even personally supervise the punishment of this person, but please Prime Minister Wang Cheng must not frame my courtiers and ruin the reputation of my court captain!"

"You ......", Wang Zhe was so angry that he blew his eyebrows and glared after hearing this, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to stand there sulking.

Xiao Qing is so domineering, this king likes to die, ha! I sit on the steps and watch happily, you Wang Zhe also have today, look how arrogant you are!

Xiao Qing was indeed very domineering, she waved at Wang Zhe and shook off her long sleeves, and then said to me: "His Royal Highness Prince Qi, it has been some time since the promulgation of my new law, and many officials have ignored the law, this is intentional, and the crime is serious and cannot be pardoned!

I pretended to intercede for the officials, and asked Xiao Qing: "There are so many officials, and they are involved in a wide range of affairs, can you be punished lightly?"

Xiao Qing was a little unhappy after hearing this, and replied coldly: "No, it must be severely punished, otherwise where is the prestige of the imperial court, and where is the prestige of my great mediocrity!"

Looking at Xiao Qing's cold expression, it was simply ...... It's too domineering! Okay, yes, this is the style of the real prime minister, when it is broken, it must be insisted on, and I can't change the decision because I just look at the wind and steer the rudder!

I was just about to pretend to reluctantly agree, but Wang Zhe opened his mouth and rebuked angrily: "Bold, His Royal Highness the Prince is also interceding for the officials, and you dare to say no!

Xiao Qing glanced at Wang Zhe, and continued to say indifferently: "His Royal Highness the prince has made it clear that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law! The lower officials are impartial, and they will never engage in favoritism and malpractice, so the right prime minister does not need to say more!"

After hearing this, Wang Zhe was so angry that he was about to explode, and he saluted me in a hurry and said: "Your Highness, Your Royal Highness the Prince, this, this Xiao Qing is simply no one in sight!

I'm just acting, I'm showing that I'm very benevolent, deliberately letting Xiao Qing come out and shock the court! Unexpectedly, Queen Meng got up angrily, and was just about to open her mouth to scold Xiao Qing angrily!

I had a keen sense of hearing, and hurriedly stopped me and said, "The queen mother is angry, the emperor should handle this matter by herself, and the queen mother doesn't have to worry about it!"

Queen Meng looked at me angrily, and when she saw me smiling, she immediately felt a little relieved, and sat back in a hurry.

Hey, my mother is such an impulsive person, so easy to be taken advantage of, but luckily I was watching!

Then I smiled awkwardly, and said very shyly: "This, this king did say that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people! Prime Minister Zuo Cheng enforces the law impartially and does not follow the prince's request, this is exactly the bearing of my loyal and loyal ministers, and he should be a model for my great and loyal ministers!"

Xiao Qing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, slightly surprised, she was still no longer angry, raised her head and frowned at me and muttered, "Your Highness, you ......"

I looked up and laughed, and said very cheerfully: "It is really the luck of the great yong that I have been assisted by such a good court, and it is also the luck of the great yong and the people! Therefore, at the invitation of Prime Minister Zuo, this king will be allowed to play! The crimes of the sixty-nine people are serious, and they know the law and violate the law, and they should be severely punished according to law!"

After hearing this, Xiao Qing was overjoyed, and immediately took Zhang Tingwei to kneel down and bowed down together: "His Royal Highness the Prince Shengming, His Royal Highness the Prince Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!"

The ministers hurriedly followed, and they also knelt down and called together, so stunned that Wang Zhe was dumbfounded!

I think Wang Zhe is scheming, it's time to understand my intentions, he has fallen into the game I have set up again and again, I'm afraid that he is very unhappy!

So I comforted Wang Zhe and said: "Prime Minister Wang Cheng is sympathetic to all the ministers, and he is also thinking about my great mediocrity! However, the law is not strict, and it is not enough to reorganize the rule of officials! Even if our dynasty loses 69 officials, these people are all the black sheep of the great yong, and they should be eliminated as soon as possible, and they will be returned to a fair and strict court of the people! What does the right prime minister think?"

Wang Zhe was stunned, and after hesitating for a moment, he had to reply respectfully: "What His Royal Highness the Prince said is very true, such black sheep should be eliminated, and my court can also regain the hearts of the people!

I nodded, and announced briskly: "Immediately issue a meritocracy order, and also take the talents of Kyushu to replace it!"

Wang Zhe sighed after hearing this, and had to reluctantly arch his hand and say, "The old minister obeys the order!"

It is not a day or two that the great mediocrity is corrupt, and if you want to completely rectify the rule of officials, you must change your blood and punish these corrupt bad officials, and you don't feel a pity at all!