In the first year of the Republic of China, the first day of the first month.

Today is the time for Li Mao to travel through a month, and it is also the day he officially ascended the throne.

Under the modification of Yang Shenjin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the process that originally took one day was simplified to only one hour, and it was held in the Hanyuan Palace.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The ministers respectfully knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

"Flat!"

Zhang Youfu's sharp voice sounded to show that the entire enthronement process was over.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Linfu, the first assistant of the cabinet, thanked him before he dared to stand up.

This was the first time he had seen the emperor since the last gaffe.

He also begged to see him a few times halfway, and the notice he got was to let him recuperate.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xiao Song, the second assistant of the cabinet, followed closely and bowed upward.

After the thousands of officials in the Hanyuan Hall stood up, Zhang Youfu continued to shout, "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

Li Mao thought in his heart, the next step should be for the minister to take out the things that have been determined and go through the process.

After three breaths, as he expected, Xiao Song walked out of the queue.

"The minister has something to do!"

"Recently, a total of 843 families have been found to have not complied with the order to return land, please deal with it with Your Majesty."

Li Mao nodded and said, "Let Dongchang be arrested and interrogated in Zhao Prison!" ”

A slight sentence means that tens of thousands of people will become prisoners of the lower ranks.

The reason why they were arrested and interrogated was also to squeeze out all the oil and water from them.

After all, Li Mao is very short of money now.

At this time, the 16th guard of the southern yaya and the 4th guard of the northern yaya had completed the reconstruction, and the number of troops had recovered to 120,000.

Each soldier needs a consistent copper coin for a month, plus double the salary for the New Year.

Just the day before yesterday, Li Mao took out nearly 300,000 copper coins.

"My Emperor Shengming!" After Xiao Song completed the process, he returned to the queue.

The other officials in the hall were suddenly silent.

They don't know who is on the list, and they all plan to tell their relatives and friends as soon as they retire from the DPRK, so that they can retreat quickly.

After all, after the battle of the Great Ci'en Temple, the officials have already heard about the power of Dongchang.

In fact, the specific list of the families who did not comply with the order to retire from the field, Xiao Song had already discussed it privately with Li Mao yesterday.

Among them, the most excessive is Li Qi, the king of Sheng Xuan.

Not only did this person not withdraw from the illegal occupation of land, but he also took advantage of the recent administrative chaos to annex thousands of acres of fertile land.

The reason why he is so bold is because he, like Li Mao, was born to Concubine Wu Hui.

A manor somewhere in the south of Chang'an City.

Li Qi is celebrating the New Year with his cronies.

The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is extremely open, and because it is the Spring Festival, everyone's family members are here, including Princess Sheng Xuan and the prince.

"Come, come, all the kings drink this cup full!" Li Qi raised the wine glass made of pure gold in his hand.

"Congratulations to His Highness!" The prince raised his glass.

"Congratulations to His Highness!" The other royal officials also raised their glasses.

According to Datang's law, they have already violated the rules at this time.

Li Mao did not give him the right to open a government and build a government, so Li Qi was not qualified to appoint officials.

At worst, it can be regarded as a conspiracy to rebel.

But all the people in the temple did not take it to heart.

After all, their master, Li Qi, was the younger brother of the emperor's mother.

After drinking a cup, the head of the palace, Shi Fu, smiled flatteringly: "Your Highness, Xiao Song of the cabinet is too uninteresting, and he dares to hit you with his idea." ”

"Your Highness, after the New Year, you must refer to him."

"That Xiao Song is really an old birthday star who eats arsenic, and he has a long life, so he has to be brought down."

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is the time to employ people at this time, why don't you recommend yourself and be the first assistant of the Nalaosh son?"

The officials in the hall shouted one after another, and it was very important to have the meaning that their master was the second person in the Tang Dynasty.

When Li Qi heard that the official asked him to find his brother, his expression suddenly flashed with a trace of embarrassment.

Since his brother Li Mao came to power, he has asked to see him several times, but he has not been able to see him.

Even today's court meeting was told by the little eunuch that he did not need to go, so that he could stay at home and wait for news.

"Bang!"

Just as he was wondering if it was because he had not obeyed the decree of Tuntian, the gate of the manor was kicked open.

The loud sound frightened everyone in the room, and they all shuddered.

In an instant.

The cries of children and the angry scolding of men resounded.

"Li Qi, your matter has been committed!"

A slightly shrill voice rang out.

Immediately after, wearing a bright red brocade robe, Wei Zhongxian walked quickly into the house.

He was followed by countless Dongchang fans.

"Is your dog blind? Don't you know the identity of our prince? Wang Changshi jumped out and scolded angrily.

"Huh!" Wei Zhongxian smiled coldly, "All the people in the house are from the same party, and they are all arrested by our family!" ”

Dongchang Fanzi responded to the call, and more than 30 people poured into the house.

"King Gu is Your Majesty's younger brother, you can't arrest me, Your Majesty won't spare you!"

Only then did Li Qi react and hurriedly moved out of the backer.

You must know that relying on the identity of the emperor's younger brother, he has been invincible in everything he has done in the past month.

The people who didn't sell their land when they were killed in the past were dealt with at a low price some time ago.

People who used to compete with his family in business have recently retreated and closed their doors directly.

The uncles and brothers who used to see him clearly often invited him to banquets recently.

Li Qi hadn't realized that without the order of his brother Li Mao, how could the eunuchs in the palace dare to go out of the city to arrest people? It was the prince who was also arrested.

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian was like looking at a dead man's expression, staring at Li Qi.

"Our family is Wei Zhongxian, the commander of the ceremonial supervisor and the factory of the East Detective Factory, do you think Your Majesty will spare me?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Qi was dumbfounded.

If there was no order from the emperor, how could the third-most powerful eunuch in the palace bring troops to arrest him?

"Everyone in the manor is taken away, no one can be spared, if there is resistance, kill directly!"

……

At the same time, there are Dongchang fans everywhere in Chang'an City.

Fortunately, Wei Zhongxian has been focusing on recruiting people recently, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to find so many people to raid his house today.

Hanyuan Hall.

Except for Li Mao and Xiao Song who knew that Dongchang was already arresting people, no official knew about it.

At this time, it was already the turn of Wei Jian, the head of the household department, to make a report.

"Your Majesty, the food in Chang'an City is only enough to support until March, and other cities in Guanzhong can only hold out until April at most."

"The minister plans that everyone in Chang'an City will only eat one meal a day to save food for the soldiers in front."

As soon as the ministers heard that they could only eat one meal a day in the future, they immediately became unwilling.

"Your Majesty, please don't listen to Wei Shangshu's nonsense, people are iron, rice is steel, how can you eat only one meal a day?"