"Then it's hard for General Bude!"

Heaton directly admitted that the southern frontier defense does need a town-level person like Bud now.

After all, Brand's Imperial Equipment is limited by area damage, and in the face of hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, it will eventually be exhausted.

"But General Bude, you just used the Imperial Tool..."

Heaton was a little worried about whether Bud had overused his physical strength because he had just destroyed the rebels on White Horse Mountain with a single blow.

"Your Majesty, the blow just now was a blow caused by Wei Chen after the thunderclouds that had been brewing for a day with the imperial tool, not a blow after instantly consuming a lot of physical strength, the physical consumption was not as much as imagined, and it was completely possible to rush to the southern battlefield!"

"That's good, I'll use [Shangri-La] to set up a teleportation array nearby!"

Heaton didn't say much, and it really didn't look like Bud's mental outlook was after overusing the imperial tool.

Moreover, [Shangri-La] has a teleportation array near the southern frontier, which is even closer to the imperial capital than the previous overseas islands, so there is no need to worry about Heaton's own physical exhaustion and inability to teleport.

"After General Bud arrives in the south, rendezvous with General Brand as soon as possible, and the navy will rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible! I'm waiting for the general's triumphant return in the imperial capital! ”

The key point in the southern affairs is whether Brand's southern border guards can survive the support of imperial reinforcements, Bude's arrival will undoubtedly offset most of the pressure brought to the southern frontier defense by foreign nationalities and rebels, and the rest, Heaton can only wait for the results from the front line in the imperial capital.

"The second thing, I think you also have a rough guess in your heart, the rebels in the south have been handed over to Bude, Estes and other generals, and we in the rear can't just watch, there is a more difficult and harder struggle in the imperial capital than this war.

The internal affairs officer Yumaz has been arrested, from the news after the interrogation, and the rebel spies captured after the information given by Lombatini, how much darkness is hidden in the prosperous imperial capital, this is what I need to solve, and the empire needs to solve! ”

Yumaz is undoubtedly a big fish, and the position of the internal affairs official is almost above 10,000 people in the empire, and after Gozqi captured Yumaz, he naturally asked something incredible.

Yumaz is naturally not a strong-willed person, and when he saw that the interrogator was Gozzi after his arrest, he directly began the confession session.

Who Gozzi is, others may not know, but as an interior official, he has naturally seen it, and it can even be said that he knows it very well.

He came to power after the death of the minister, and the original interior minister had long been liquidated by Heaton because of his involvement with the minister, and the person who secretly supervised this matter was Gozzi.

Three years ago, it was not only the fact that the minister was hung on West Street until he died, but the execution rack on West Street has never been idle in the past few years.

There are always people in the world who are not afraid of death or who are lucky, thinking that the emperor will not notice it, and will always follow in the footsteps of their predecessors.

And the death of such a person is always accompanied by the death of the person associated with it.

For example, friends, subordinates, wives and daughters.

Big and small, Gozzi would investigate it like a cocoon, and then report it to Heaton.

Heaton's lightly written sentence "kill"!

There will be countless people who will act for it.

The garrison, the guards arrested, the officials in the imperial capital judged, and the executioners sharpened their knives.

Tens of thousands of people died, and the leaders were hung alive or dead or half-dead on West Street to be spurned by the world.

After the minister, the rules of execution gradually changed, and the administrator of the execution ground would intimately hang the evidence of the offender on a sign on the side, and the special person would read it to the common people, and the people could come forward at will, except for the rescue of the prisoner, and do whatever they wanted.

Whether you know it, you don't know it, you are angry, or you want to do it, if you want to, you can even step forward and kick that person in the balls.

Even so, the Yumaz disciples will not think about keeping to themselves, but will only think about how to do things that the emperor does not allow more carefully and covertly.

In the past three years, on the surface, the Censorship Office has been responsible for large and small cases, the Security Department has arrested people, and the Guards have assisted, but in fact, the threads of every piece of eucalyptus have been picked up by Gozqi's subordinates.

Yumaz defended day and night, just to prevent attracting Gozzi's attention, but after all, it was useless.

"Charge of embezzlement and bribery, but is that all?"

Heaton slammed the table, and after a day of interrogation by Gozqi, Yumaz confessed to embezzling imperial funds and taking bribes, and even had a surprisingly good attitude, but said he didn't know anything about other things, but that was the biggest problem.

He was even able to confess the methods and means of corruption and bribery by his colleagues for many years, but he said that he had no idea about what Gozzi said about him and Nangakid Xinghemi.

"Because the time is too short, even if it is a drug interrogation, Yumaz has not confessed much, and he has no contact with the rebels in the imperial capital."

Gozzi confessed that he had arrested not only Yumaz, but also most of the people on Lombatini's list, including foreign traders, slum gangsters, wealthy local merchants, and even ordinary dock workers.

Torture, drug injections, intimidation, mental torture.

All the means that can be used are used, but the most critical point is always missing.

Yumaz's confessed colleagues, Gozqi also did not let go, all invited to the torture room, maybe some of them could not withstand the pressure and confided some information, and the rebel spies on the list would also report their contacts or go up and down.

But Gozqi looked at the list of rebels who were about to reach thousands of hundreds in just one day, and the relationship between the characters was chaotic, and they may not even know each other.

"That's not right!"

Gozzi wasn't happy with the list, and when he handed it to Heaton, the result wasn't satisfactory either.

"Your Majesty, isn't there too many people on this list!"

Najeta frowned, Gozzi's list not only records the names of the characters, but also superficial information such as the relationship between the characters and their family status.

With hundreds of people in the thick pile, it was hard for Najeta to imagine that all of them were connected to the rebels.

"Cover people's eyes, most of them are disrupting the direction of our investigation!"

Lan saw the problem at a glance.

"Yes, many of them may not know that they are working for the rebels, but they are just running for money or profit."

Gozzi explained.

"In fact, the problem is that the time is too short and the manpower is insufficient, and this matter still needs the assistance of the guards!"

Heaton said to Najeta.

The duties of the Guards are not only the garrison of the imperial capital, but also include the defense of the city, the guard of the imperial palace, the patrol of the city and other aspects.

Najeta had been leading the army in training before, and Heaton now meant to help investigate and deal with the spy in the imperial capital.

"Yes!"

Najeta naturally has no objection to this arrangement.

"This incident, whether the mastermind behind the scenes is found or not, the rebels in the south will definitely be destroyed, and the officialdom of the imperial capital will also change greatly.

"Your Majesty, the previous promotions can no longer be used, and an organization of picket officials needs to be established on the surface."

Lan watched Heaton mention himself and speak his mind.

In the past, there were only two ways to select officials in the imperial capital, first, to study in the Huangquan Temple, and then to be recommended to the empire, assigned to the local or imperial capital as officials, and then promoted step by step.

And those who can enter the Huangquan Temple for further study, the family will not be too rich, but because the number of places is limited, and the main recruitment of locals in the imperial capital, most of them are people who enter the Huangquan Temple by bribing and giving gifts, this kind of people, most of them will be officials after they come out, and a few will be engaged in other things.

This is a way to study, that is, an upward path for "ordinary people", and naturally it is not all smooth sailing, there are various assessments of the Imperial Fist Temple and the empire along the way, but as long as you are not too stupid and stupid, this gilded road can go down, and the future depends on your own fortunes.

There is another kind, that is, ordinary families, who do not rely on relationships, but simply rely on the recruitment of disciples from the Huangquan Temple every few years to enter and cultivate.

This kind of person, the Huangquan Temple will not teach profound things, only some superficial martial arts and cultivation methods, and they will graduate in a few years, and then go to work as a businessman's bodyguard or a nobleman's bodyguard.

The selection of the second type of officials is to recommend, there is a little reputation in the local area, or the children of the nobility are recommended to the officials of the imperial capital, and then reported to the minister, the minister will make unified arrangements, and then become an official after inspection.

There is a lot of room for maneuver, but it accounts for a very small proportion of officials, most of them are waste, and even the Huangquan Temple can only rely on this kind of way, such as height, it is by this method and the ancestral grace that he became an honorary general.

In fact, they belong to neither military attaches nor civilian officials.

The military attache is actually almost the same, but there is one more way to join the army, and it is also the way for the vast majority of talented ordinary people to get ahead.

"Well, the promotion of the Huangquan Temple can no longer be used, if it is in the past, it will arouse the resentment of most people, but there is the rebel army of Baima Mountain first, and the rebel army in the south will be destroyed in a few days, in two days, Goziqi You will hang all the officials related to the DPRK and the rebels on West Street, so the opposition will be much smaller. Gozzi, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty is very true!"

Goziqi in the back hurriedly responded, he didn't know what the emperor was thinking, everyone here, only he was born in the Huangquan Temple, or the four ghosts of the Rakshasas, it can be said that he is the façade of the Huangquan Temple.

And now, he is discussing how to suppress his "alma mater", the place where he has become himself.

However, my Gozqi can achieve my current position, all thanks to His Majesty's promotion, and the Huangquan Temple is a student after all!

"This matter is in a hurry, and it must be placed after the imperial capital is investigated. But after this official selection route was gone, the empire needed a new way. And the new way means..."

Heaton didn't say anything and looked at Ran.

"Reform!"

Lan's previously calm white cheeks were a little flushed under the light, and Heaton could clearly see that the joints of his hands pressing the conference table were a little pale due to the exertion.

It's not surprise, it's excitement.

This is the ultimate purpose of his entry into the imperial capital as an official, he has been waiting for Heaton's words, this day, he has been waiting for a long time.

"System, from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside of the reform, and reform, what does it mean?"

This time, Heaton was looking at Najeta.

"Your Majesty, the ministers will unswervingly promote this reform, and they will not take a step back even if the blood is shed!"

What reform means, it is a rolling head, a river of blood, a struggle between the new and the old.

"I'm relieved to have your words, but for now, it's all delusional, take every step first!"

Regarding reform, Heaton did not go on, and there is no need to go on, it is useless to say too much, and it is useless to say less.

Now Najeta wants to picket the rebel spies in the imperial capital, and Lan has something to do next.

Now Heaton's mention is just to strengthen the conviction of the two and give a preventive shot for future reforms.

Reform is, after all, a long-term plan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is a piece of information in the report about the rebel imperial envoy, you can take a detailed look at it."

"On the fifth page, in the middle, the user of Horlimarca, the user of the strange [Adayus] of the Emperor, died from the mechanical beast of the Fashion Doctor!"

Gozzi named the exact number of pages so that everyone could easily look through them.

Holimaka, Tranquility Believers!

An Ning said.

A new religion in the north, whose doctrine is "love", brought together a large number of believers in a short period of time because of its support for the poor.

"Rebels?"

Lan looked at the details of An Ningdao in the report and asked.

"No, from their performance, Anning Dao shows no signs of rebellion. Its leader traveled with his followers every day, preaching and rescuing the poor when he encountered the teachings, and his attitude towards the empire was also very peaceful, at least on the surface, he was not a rebel. ”

Gozzi explained that his people had not found any propaganda against the Empire during their investigation.

"That..."

"Why Holimaka appeared in the imperial capital, and even the reason for the attack on Nancheng is still under investigation, but it is not the assignment of Anning Dao."

"Nowadays, Anning Dao has a great influence in the north, and has a good reputation among the common people, coupled with General Estes's complete rehabilitation of the threat of foreign peoples in the north, the people's livelihood in the northern part of the empire is now thriving."

"Your Majesty wants to..."

"Meet this mysterious Sect Master!"

Lan's gaze looked at the portrait of the Taoist leader of Anning in the report.

Long white hair, a handsome young face, and a black clerical robe.

No one could have imagined that such a young boy would be the head of a religion and be admired by thousands of people.

"I don't have a name, I don't know how I got it, I don't know where it came from, it seems to appear out of nowhere, and the same is true of this path of tranquility."

"However, Anning Dao is mainly active in the northern part of the empire, and has no intention of preaching to the imperial capital."

"Let your people come back first, send news to the other party in the name of the empire, and then Lan will contact you!"

Heaton thought about it, and didn't intend to treat this peace of mind with a tough attitude, if it can be resolved peacefully, then everyone is fine, and it is undoubtedly a boost to his next plan.

But...

The Empire doesn't need a religion that resides the hearts of the people!

This matter had to be resolved, and if he could, he would prefer to turn Anning Dao into a second Imperial Fist Temple.

The doctrine of tranquility is undoubtedly a salvation for ordinary people in this chaotic world.

But Heaton needs to turn this redemption into the salvation that the Empire has given.

However, this mysterious sect leader doesn't seem to be simple...