After sorting out the context of the empire, Song Xuan suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

There are many things that he doesn't need to worry about personally, he only needs to grasp these few major matters related to the foundation of the empire, and other things will be handled by hundreds of officials in the court.

As for whether there will be problems during this period, there will be the Ministry of Justice and the Tsing Yi Wei hidden in the shadows to monitor.

A few days later, the Cabinet was formed.

Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Xu Da became the first batch of cabinet members.

The existence of the cabinet is to reduce the pressure on the emperor, such as "Your Majesty, are you okay", "Your Majesty, have you eaten", "Your Majesty's fruit here is ripe, send you some", which are directly reviewed by the cabinet.

Even if it was a matter of military and political affairs, the cabinet members could write down their suggestions on paper and paste them on the recital, and the emperor would decide on them.

has a lot of power, it can be said that he is an alternative prime minister, and he is also four prime ministers at one time.

The establishment of the cabinet caused a lot of discussion in the court, but in the end no one objected.

For civil and military officials, His Majesty the Emperor is willing to delegate some power to his courtiers, which is a good thing, unless he has a hole in his head to express his opposition.

Even Yang Xian, who wants to fight for his position, has been honest recently since he was beaten by Liu Bowen, and has not made any unusual remarks.

The power of the courtiers was further enhanced, and all the officials were very happy.

Song Xuan didn't have a bunch of messy folds to review, and he was also very happy to have more time to practice and rest.

Zhou Zhiruo, Liu Qinglian, and Xiao Zhao were also very happy, because His Majesty the Emperor had been staying in their dormitory for longer and longer.

Everybody's happy, well, it's a win!

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In March, after a spring rain, Emperor Song Xuan, who had free time, led his three little daughters-in-law to change into civilian clothes, and secretly left the palace with a team of Tsing Yi guards, and paid a private visit in the capital.

said that it was a private visit to Weifu, but in fact, it was just a blind stroll.

Several people are martial arts people, even if it is the weakest Xiao Zhao, if he is put in the rivers and lakes, he is definitely a great master, staying in the palace every day, and he will feel bored after a long time.

It's just that he hasn't been out of the palace for a few months, but walking on the street, Zhou Zhiruo and others feel like they are in another world.

In the pre-Yuan period, even in Dadu, there were homeless people and beggars everywhere, there was garbage everywhere, and although the streets were wide, they were occupied by people everywhere on both sides, and they seemed a little crowded.

The most obvious thing is that the people in the past had no energy, and they hurried away with numb expressions, for fear that if they were not careful, there would be Mongolian nobles looking for trouble.

But here is different, the people here all walk up with their heads held high, striding meteors, looking forward to it, even if it is a small people, there is a sense of excitement to point the country.

There are no homeless people on the streets, and on the main road where several horse-drawn carriages can walk side by side, pedestrians come and go left and right, in an orderly manner, and no matter how many cars and horses there are, there is no need to avoid them, let alone crowd.

Occasionally, someone who does not follow the rules will be embarrassed by the ridicule of the "dirt buns" of the people around them, and honestly walk on the right.

The most peculiar thing is that the martial arts here are extremely strong, and from time to time you can see people wearing swords walking past them, they are not talented people, nor are they soldiers of the official yamen, just ordinary people.

Even Zhou Zhiruo and the others were a little shocked when they saw this scene, and Liu Qinglian said in a low voice: "Brother, your heart is too big, such a large-scale release of sword control, in case someone makes a mess, wouldn't it be possible to pull up an army with its own weapons in a very short period of time?" ”

Song Xuan smiled and said, "Someone once suggested that I ban all factions in the rivers and lakes and suppress people in the martial arts, but I refused. Instead of suppressing each other, it is better to guide in an orderly manner. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "But Your Majesty is really not worried about them making trouble?" ”

"Afraid of what?" Song Xuan said proudly: "Do you really think that the million-strong army in the hands of your husband is vegetarian, or do you look down on my Tsing Yi Wei's combat power?"

In these years, unless it is a martial artist who has cultivated internal strength, even if ordinary people have a sword in their hands, what waves can they make?

No matter how powerful it is, can it be strong enough to withstand the bombardment of artillery? ”

As he spoke, he said in a deep voice: "The people of the north have been suffering for too long, they are extremely insecure, and their national self-confidence is about to be wiped out.

And I issued a martial order last month, but all the people of our Wu Dynasty can be qualified to wear swords after registering and reviewing with the local government.

The territory of our Wu Dynasty will definitely not stop here in the future, and a martial nation is more in line with the general trend of the future! ”

While a few people were talking, they heard the sound of war horses galloping in the distance of the street, and then, a group of cavalrymen wearing iron armor and the word "tax" printed on their shoulders galloped past, carrying long knives at their waists and carrying firearms on their shoulders.

"See? This is our Wu Dynasty's tax army, just this ten-person squad, if it really fights, do you think these people wearing swords on the streets will be their opponents? ”

"And such a tax army, in the main battle corps, is not even a second-class soldier, but almost all over the world's prefectures and counties, if it were you, would you still dare to make trouble?"

Zhou Zhiruo smacked his tongue and said: "I'm not worried about the people rebelling now, I'm worried that if the army mutinies, how can such a strong army resist?" ”

Song Xuan smiled, "So, at this time, there is a good family with a family and land, and the role is reflected." Even if a general rebelled, their soldiers would not agree. ”

Seeing that Zhou Zhiruo was still a little worried, Song Xuan laughed and said, "Okay, have you seen which founding emperor was killed by man-made rebellion?" ”

It is now the beginning of spring, and the streets are full of pedestrians, although the weather is still a little cold and cold, but it does not affect the interest of everyone shopping.

From time to time, people in sanitation uniforms can be seen going door-to-door, dumping boxes of garbage into donkey carts before rushing to the next street.

Seeing this scene, Song Xuanzhen said: "Li Shanchang is really good, the sanitation situation of a town, to a large extent, you can see how the local government is doing. ”

"That's also a childe who has a good eye and will choose people!" Xiao Zhao's face was adoring.

Song Xuan waved his hand and said: "In fact, most of the officials at the beginning of the founding of the previous dynasties had ideals and ambitions, and the national strength of the country in this period was in a period of rapid rise, followed by foreign expansion to recover the territory.

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And how long an empire can last depends on how long its rise can last! ”