Although Li Duan's words were not explicitly stated, the three important ministers in the palace all understood the deep meaning.

In the 14 years since he ascended the throne, he has shown extreme patience in the face of the extremely complicated situation in the DPRK and China and the intertwined forces of all parties, and has hardly enjoyed the treatment of the previous emperor who was in power and dictatorial to the government, but he was still able to move forward calmly without arrogance or impatience.

In the past fourteen years, the main theme of the Great Qi Dynasty was basically compromise and concession.

Perhaps in the dead of night, Li Duan also had great envy of the emperor of Jingguo in the north, envying him for being able to say his word, and even famous generals like Qing Yugong who held military power had to follow his instructions.

But Li Duan is not without gains.

Putting aside Qin Zheng and Xue Nanting, the two important ministers who had supported him from the beginning, now Li Duan was able to ensure that the eight thousand forbidden troops were completely loyal to him, from the main general Shen Yu to the captains and captains below, they were all the ministers he personally raised.

The second is the general Liu Shouguang who successfully mastered half of the military power of the Northern Ya, Li Duan did not know how much effort was spent on this person, and finally won his loyal support.

Now there are also Lu Shen and Chen Lanyu in Nanya, although they can't help Li Duan control all the soldiers and horses of Nanya for the time being, at least they won't let Nanya form a joint force.

These are only changes on the surface, as for how many henchmen Li Duan has cultivated and won over in the court in the past fourteen years, even Xue Nanting does not know the details of this section.

Of course, Xue Nanting had no time to think about these issues at the moment, he looked at the Son of Heaven behind the imperial case, a sad look appeared on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's uncle has excellent medical skills, and the minister immediately sent someone to invite him to the capital." ”

"Xue Huaiyi?"

Li Duan smiled slightly, and said gently: "Aiqing has a heart, I heard that Tai Hospital is mentioning his name." However, the Tai Hospital is Uncle Ling's senior brother, and he can't find out what is wrong with me, so he only says that it may be a problem with the internal organs. Although the doctors did not say it explicitly, I knew my physical condition, and there were some things that I had to plan for in advance. ”

Lu Shen raised his eyes to observe the face of the Son of Heaven, and he could indeed see a bit of gloom, but he didn't know what the specific problem was.

Xue Nanting felt more and more sad when he heard this, but after all, he was the right minister of the imperial court, and he had the heavy responsibility of the land of Daqi, Beijing, and Sixteen Prefectures on his shoulders, so he must always maintain a sober sanity, so he could only bow down and say: "The minister implores Your Majesty to take care of the dragon's body, so that he can live and raise, and he will always think of the people in the world!" ”

Li Duan's heart was quite touched, and he said: "Xue Xiang, rest assured, I understand that my body can still hold on." ”

He summoned these three people to the palace today, the main purpose was to unify their minds and let everyone understand what to do next, so he continued: "There are many problems in Daqi, whether it is in the court or in the army, I hope to solve as many problems as possible in my lifetime, so that the future monarch will not have a bumpy road. ”

For Daqi, the change of Yuanjia and the fall of Heluo should be regarded as a turning point.

Before this, Daqi had more than 140 years of national ancestry, although Nandu Yongjia inherited the name of Daqi, and Li Duan inherited Dabao as the seventh son of the emperor, but most of the history books of later generations will regard Nanqi as a new dynasty.

In short, Li Duan can be called the founding emperor of Southern Qi from some angles, and if the problems of Southern Qi cannot be solved even by him, it is even more impossible to count on the successor monarch to solve them.

The warp weaver who had been silent raised Qin Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, there are three main problems that need to be solved urgently. ”

Most of the time, Qin Zheng was silent at the court meeting, and he would not speak until the Son of Heaven asked, and what he said was also based on the conclusive information that the Weaving Department had, otherwise it would be a stuffy gourd.

Perhaps it is because of this attitude of never interfering in the government that Qin Zheng was able to control the Warp Weaving Division for 14 years, and when all forces were on guard, he was able to develop and grow the Warp Weaving Division.

Until this moment, Qin Zheng was finally no longer silent, because he knew that the Son of Heaven had made up his mind to eradicate the stubborn disease, and as a human minister, he naturally had to do his best to cooperate.

Li Duan turned his head to look and said with relief: "You say." ”

Qin Zheng said unhurriedly: "First, the power of the court is controlled by the Jiangnan Gate Lords. The two prime ministers and the imperial historian aside, the six Shangshu and the squire, thirteen of them have close ties with those high-ranking families, whether they are from the family of the gate lords, or the relationship between the in-laws and the master, in short, they can be regarded as a whole. In addition, there are a large number of officials in the Hanlin Academy, Guozijian, Yushitai, Nine Temples, and Seven Prisons who are deeply influenced by the Jiangnan clan. ”

Li Duan's eyes narrowed slightly, and Xue Nanting was silent.

Lu Shen was shocked when he heard it.

He knew that the Son of Heaven relied on the support of the Jiangnan clan when he ascended the throne, so he would cede part of his power as a price in exchange, but in the past, there was only a vague concept.

At this moment, through Qin Zheng's narration, he knew the influence of the Jiangnan clan on the Great Qi Imperial Court, no wonder Xue Nanting would risk angering the Son of Heaven to speak out and admonish him directly.

This is a very tricky question.

Even if the existence of the Jing army was put aside, even if Li Duan dared to raise the butcher's knife against the Jiangnan clan, the only result would be that the imperial court would be paralyzed, and the state governments would collapse immediately.

What's more, not all the Jiangnan clans are corrupt officials or crony ministers, and Zuo Prime Minister Li Daoyan is a clear example.

If you want to change the status quo that the power of the court is controlled by those people, you must have enough capable officials to replace it, and you can't shake the foundation of the court, and the difficulty of this matter is even more difficult than Lu Shen's confrontation against the Jing Dynasty Iron Cavalry on the frontier.

Qin Zheng continued: "Second, the Beijing army is still controlled by military generals from the Jiangnan clan, from the privy envoy Guo Congyi, the general Wang Yan to the general Hou Yu, these people are inextricably linked. At present, there are seventeen commanders in the north and south of the Beijing army, only the Dingwei army is in command of Chen Lanyu, and the other sixteen are all in Jiangnan, not to mention the generals at the two levels of lieutenants and lieutenants below. Even if His Majesty adopted Lu Hou's suggestion to replace the generals, it would still not be able to change the situation in a short period of time. ”

His speech was very direct, without the slightest tactfulness, obviously because the four monarchs and ministers in the hall were of the same mind at this moment, so naturally there was no need to beat around the bush.

Li Duan muttered: "I have been trying to find a way to adjust the power structure of the Beijing army all these years, at least they will not be twisted into a rope, as long as I am alive, the Beijing army will not mess around." ”

This is the confidence of his fourteen years of Yuyu.

If he didn't even have this confidence and the Beijing army was completely out of control, he would not dare to take the liberty of proposing the restructuring of the Beijing army.

Qin Zheng reminded: "Your Majesty, no matter how careful you are in this matter, you can't be too careful. ”

Li Duan bowed his head and said, "It should be so." Lu Shen. ”

Lu Shen bowed his head slightly and said, "The minister is here." ”

Li Duan said solemnly: "I entrust the security of the capital into your hands, I don't know what you need me to do?" ”

This sentence came a little suddenly, but Lu Shen's expression was still calm, and he thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, the minister needs to transfer two troops and horses from Jiangbei to the south. ”

Li Duan was slightly stunned: "Two? ”

Lu Shen responded: "Two is enough." ”

Li Duan smiled with relief and said approvingly: "Okay, I agreed." ”

Qin was waiting for them to finish speaking, and Fang continued: "Third, the minister implores His Majesty to establish the prince as soon as possible. ”

Li Duan couldn't help but fall silent.

The crown prince is the foundation of the country, how could he not understand this truth, but he likes the second prince, not the eldest prince, it is conceivable that once he puts forward this decision, there will inevitably be turbulent waves in the court.

The key is that he wants to do a lot of things now, and forcibly appointing the second prince as the crown prince is tantamount to asking for trouble, adding fuel to the already chaotic situation.

Li Duan only felt that the pain in his mind suddenly intensified, he took a sip of the teacup, suppressed these chaotic thoughts, and reluctantly smiled: "I know." Rong Zhen thought about this matter again, and the top priority at the moment was to deal with Hou Yu's case first. ”

Watching from the sidelines, Lu Shen already knew the mind of the Son of Heaven, and also understood the concerns in the heart of the right Prime Minister Xue Nanting, but he had a slightly different view on this matter, and immediately raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate to be merciful now. ”

Li Duan was a little surprised, he glanced at Xue Nanting, and then said to Lu Shen: "You agree with my idea?" ”

Lu Shen said calmly: "Your Majesty may not know that there are more than a dozen stores in the business of the minister's family in Beijing, and the warehouse of one of the stores suddenly caught fire last night, and the goods in the warehouse were burned to the ground. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Duan and the other two important ministers were stunned.

Xue Nanting frowned and said, "Fire? ”

Lu Shen said: "Someone deliberately set the fire. ”

Li Duan's eyebrows and eyes floated a fierce color, and he said coldly: "What a big courage." ”

Qin Zheng immediately said: "This is the negligence of the Warp Weaving Division. Lu Hou rest assured, I will ask people to strengthen the protection of the Shanyang Hou Mansion and the Lu family's business later, and similar things will not happen again. ”

"Thank you Lord Qin for your care, I have let the stores of the business temporarily close to customers, and important goods will also be transported to the Hou Mansion, I think those people don't have the courage to go to the Hou Mansion to cause trouble, after all, my own soldiers don't blink an eye when they kill people, so you don't have to worry about this matter."

Lu Shen bowed to Qin Zheng, and then said to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to say that this matter is enough to prove the weakness of those people's hearts, if they are sure enough to confront the imperial court, they will not be impatient to win over the ministers during the night banquet in Moyuan, let alone use such means in anger after being rejected by the ministers." ”

Li Duan looked at this young courtier with a long and solemn body, his heart was surging for a while, and he asked with a complicated expression, "Are you really not afraid?" ”

Lu Shen smiled slightly, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, this kind of method is full of petty family spirit, and it also reveals a smell of lust and inwardness, why should the minister be afraid?" It is precisely because they still don't realize the seriousness of Hou Yu's case, and at the same time they can't form a joint force to force His Majesty to retract his life with a dignified momentum, that they will use these unseemly methods. ”

"The minister never underestimated these deep-rooted clan of the gate lords, but the minister has seen their kind in Heluo City."

"The minister used his bloody head to make them understand a truth, whoever has a harder and more ruthless knife will have more power in what he says."

After hearing these words, Li Duan felt as happy as drinking sweet wine, and he couldn't help but stand up and ask expectantly, "How much evidence do you have now?" ”

Lu Shen replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there is not a lot of evidence, but it is enough to knock those dignitaries outside the palace." ”

Li Duan nodded, and said with a straight face: "Then let it go." ”

Lu Shen bowed and said loudly: "Obey the order!" ”

(End of chapter)

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