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However, although all civil and military officials felt that something was wrong, none of them stood up and spoke up.

Zheng Ming had just promulgated the first decree after he had just ascended the throne, and it would definitely be death to stand up at this time.

In fact, Zheng Ming's revision of the early court time was not out of willfulness, but because he felt it was really unnecessary.

As the saying goes, there are general meetings for small things, small meetings for big things, and no meetings for particularly important things.

This sentence is true in the court. It is the cabinet and the governor's mansion that really decide major matters. If it is a particularly important matter, it is something he decides on his own. There is no need to say it in the early court.

Although the Dali Dynasty is a feudal dynasty, there are still many differences from the ancient Chinese dynasties.

The existence of senior practitioners has weakened the power and majesty of the court in some ways.

Like seeking to usurp the throne, these civil and military officials in the court simply don't have the qualifications.

Seeing that there was no response below, Zheng Ming nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Dear dears, please tell me anything."

The first one to stand up was Zhang Lingzheng, "His Majesty, the rebellion in Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Guangyu, and Nanhua provinces has intensified. The governors of the four provinces have requested the court to send troops to quell the chaos."

The so-called rebellion refers to those sects and forces that are close to Bailian Sect. With Zheng Qingsong's death, these sects and forces have intensified, and some people even directly raised the banner of rebellion.

Naturally, Zheng Ming would not be merciful to this, but he still asked, "What's the cabinet's opinion?"

Zhang Lingzheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think I can dispatch the guards from various provincial capitals to quell the chaos."

Zheng Ming shook his head slightly, and said, "Currently the provinces are not stable. If the guards are transferred away, it may cause more turmoil."

Dali's current situation is indeed a bit difficult. Not only is the interior unstable, but there are also many wars on the frontier.More importantly, there are no soldiers available.

Although there are nearly 70 frontier troops in the north, they must be on guard against the Dajin Dynasty and the grassland tribes, and cannot be easily deployed.There are 30 frontier troops in the south, 20 of which have been transferred to Guiyun Province by Chen Ze, and the Beijing Camp and Imperial Guards are all in Guiyun Province.

In addition to these, it is the garrison troops of each province. The garrison troops must maintain the stability of a province and cannot be mobilized.

Zheng Ming frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Chuan Yuhuatian enters the palace."

"My servant pays homage to Your Majesty!" Yu Huatian entered the hall and bowed.

All the ministers looked at him curiously.

In the past, they could not pay attention to Yuhuatian, but now it is different.

Yu Huatian and Zheng Ming are just like Wei Gonggong and Zheng Qingsong. Wei Gonggong used to be the leader of the Shadow Guard, and Yu Huatian is now the supervisor of the Audit Office.

They all knew that Yuhuatian would be the most special existence in the court in the future, just like Eunuch Wei back then.

"The rebellion in the four provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Guangyu, and Nanhua is intensifying. If I give you three months, can you make them disappear?" Zheng Ming asked.

Most of those rebel forces are warrior forces, and it is actually more appropriate to use the Procuratorate to suppress the rebellion than to send a large army.

"The servant obeys the order!" Yu Huatian said coldly.

There is no can or cannot, only compliance.

Three months is enough.

Zheng Ming nodded slightly and said: "Baifeng is at your disposal, and I will allow you to cut it first and then play it. If you still can't do it in three months, you, the supervisor of the Auditing Institute, go to the Clothes Bureau to sweep the floor."

Those rebel forces are at most a group of Jianghu warriors, not even a master. If Yuhuatian and Baifeng can't put down the rebellion together, it will appear too incompetent.

Of course, our Rain Governor is definitely not an incompetent person.

"Your maid obeys the order," Yu Huatian replied.

It is impossible to sweep the floor.

Zheng Ming waved his hands and said, "Go."

When Yuhuatian receded, he looked at Zhang Lingzheng again and said, "What else is there?"

"Your Majesty, the Great Zhou Dynasty has already deployed 30 troops outside Yunnan Province, and there are plans to continue to increase the number of troops. General Sun Jiao of Zhennan is asking for reinforcements." Zhang Lingzheng said.

Zhennan General Sun Jiao is also a rare handsome talent. Like Yuan Hualing, he is a general who grew up in the frontier army. Moreover, Sun Jiao is the Marquis of Nan'an of Dali and also a disciple of Wei Shang.

Zheng Ming looked around at the officials below and asked, "What strategy do you have?"

Now that the troops are tense, the court has no extra troops to send to support Sun Jiao.So he wanted to see what the courtiers thought.

Zhang Lingzheng bowed his head and remained silent.

The other three members of the cabinet also frowned and remained silent.

"Your Majesty, I think you can negotiate with Da Zhou." Zhang Li, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said.

"Negotiations always have conditions. What shall we give them?" Zheng Ming said calmly.

"Yunbei Province!" Zhang Li said.

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent, and the heads of the four members of the cabinet lowered their heads.

Others probably didn't know Zheng Ming well, but during this time they had a lot of contact with Zheng Ming, especially Liang Songnian, who knew Zheng Ming's temper even more.

Ceded Yunnan Province?

Want to fart?

Although Yunnan Province used to belong to the Great Zhou, even though it is the most beneficial choice for Dali to return the Yunnan Province to the Great Zhou and eliminate the war with the Great Zhou, it cannot be said so clearly in the court.

Zheng Ming looked down at him, his eyes were icy cold.

Lao Tzu has just ascended the throne, so you want Lao Tzu to cede land and seek peace?

"Tell me what you think, I hope it will satisfy me." He said coldly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the biggest problem for our dynasty now is the Bailianzong. Only by completely destroying the Bailianzong can we have the strength to deal with other enemies. I think that we should concentrate our efforts to eliminate Bailianzong first, and at the same time delay Da Zhou's attack time through negotiations." Sun Jiao said.

"Just delaying time?" Zheng Ming said.

"Weichen just wants to delay time." Sun Jiao said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

Zheng Ming nodded slightly, and said: "Negotiations will be avoided. The Hundred Refining Sect will be destroyed, but it can't make Da Zhou look down on me, Da Li. Since they want to fight, they should fight. When they start fighting, they have the final say, but When it will end is up to me."

"Cao Zhengchun plans to transfer the Huxiao Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, and the Organ Battalion to the Yunshang Province. Gao Shun will be appointed as the second-rank Xianwu general and the deputy general of the Zhennan General."

"Canonize Yan Mingchen as the third-rank general of Zhenhai, and the Dali Navy will be changed to the Zhenhai Navy, and temporarily listen to the command of the Zhennan General."

"Your servant obeys." Cao Zhengchun said.

When the ministers heard the words, their minds became active.

Zheng Ming's operation made them understand Zheng Ming a lot.

Before, they thought that the new king's ascension would inevitably make Da Li weak for a while, but now it seems that the new Emperor Li is not weaker than Zheng Qingsong at all.

That domineering, sharp-edged attitude even surpassed that of Zheng Qingsong.

It's not that Zheng Qingsong is not domineering, but Zheng Qingsong didn't need to be domineering in the court before. Zheng Qingsong has established supreme power for more than 40 years, and the officials in the court have engraved Zheng Qingsong's image in their hearts long ago .They didn't even need Zheng Qingsong to say something, they knew Zheng Qingsong's attitude.

But Zheng Ming had just ascended the throne, he didn't know the officials, and the officials didn't understand him either.

As for the power and influence, it is almost nothing.

That's why Zheng Ming wanted to build up his prestige, to establish his own prestige.

The Bailianzong and the Great Zhou Dynasty were the beginning of his establishment of power.

"Is there anything else?" Zheng Ming asked again.

Seeing that no one spoke anymore, Zheng Ming looked at Cao Zhengchun and said, "Since you are all fine, I still have something to do here, Cao Zhengchun read it."

Then Cao Zhengchun opened a copy of the holy decree and read it.

Naturally, the new king will be rewarded when he ascends the throne. Not only will he be rewarded with gold and silver, but he will also be promoted to some officials.

One is to show the kindness of the new king, and the other is to make room for suitable people.

Needless to say the gold and silver rewards, Zheng Ming just rewarded all the ministers in the DPRK and China as usual, but the transfer of officials is much more interesting.

Lin Xu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Chen Zheyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Households, entered the cabinet, and Zhao Mo, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was promoted to the cabinet. , Du Ruhui entered the household department Zuo Shilang.

If it wasn't for Jia Xu's low qualifications in the court, Zheng Ming would have wanted them to join the cabinet directly.

But even so, the officials in the court were in an uproar.

What does it mean to reach the sky in one step, this is to reach the sky in one step.

Xin Qiji was a little bit better, he also had an official status as a magistrate, but Jia Xu and Du Ruhui didn't even have any fame, and they actually became the left servants of the Six Departments directly.

However, this is not over yet, Cao Zhengchun continued to read the imperial decree.

All the officials of the original county government in Shanhai County were promoted. Yao Haisheng, who was born as a Jinshi, became the magistrate of Lingyuan Prefecture;

Hu Qingniu served as the envoy of the fifth-rank hospital of Taitai Hospital, and Gong Shuqiu was the envoy of the fourth-rank hospital of the newly-built institution.

One person attains the Tao, chickens and dogs rise to heaven, after Zheng Ming ascended the throne, he did not forget those old subordinates in Shanhai County.

Moreover, people like Yao Haisheng are already accustomed to the governance model of Shanhai County. If Zheng Ming wants to reform the entire Dali in the future, they will all become the main force.

In addition, Shanhai County has also cultivated a group of young clerks in the past few years, and Zheng Ming has not forgotten them, but their starting point may be lower, so Zheng Ming did not announce it in the court.

In the court hall, the cabinet expanded to seven people, which should be regarded as the largest number of cabinet ministers in Dali's history.

However, among them, Zhang Lingzheng, Sun Chengyun, Zhang Li, and Lin Xu are all about 70 years old, and they probably won't be able to work for long. Zheng Ming's move is also to train the next generation of cabinet.

After two or three years, when these four people retire, Jia Xu and others will almost have their own background, and they can just join the cabinet.

Chapter 179: Ordinary Man Zhang Zhiwei

Morning after.

The ministers talked a lot, and the protagonists of their discussions were naturally Jia Xu and others.

There was envy, jealousy, and curiosity, but they did not isolate Jia Xu and others, and even showed their closeness to Jia Xu and others intentionally or unintentionally.

Shanhai County is the land of dragon prosperity, Jia Xu and the others are servants of the dragon, as long as Zheng Ming is still the emperor of Dali, the future of Jia Xu and the others will naturally be bright.

On the other side, Zheng Ming was not idle when he returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

He also has a big business to deal with.

It includes the concubines and princes and princesses left by Zheng Qingsong. First of all, the concubines with princes went out of the palace and lived in their respective palaces. Regardless of whether the princes are of age or not, let's talk about giving them a palace first.

Secondly, those concubines without children were sent back to their original places. As for those concubines with princesses, Zheng Ming arranged them to be sent to the Royal Court according to Dali's practice.

These are relatively easy to deal with. The really difficult ones are Ning Wang, Qing Wang, and Tang Wang.

Although he didn't care about his reputation, he couldn't bear the label of being unkind because of these cheap brothers.

After thinking about it, Zheng Ming sent them directly to the imperial mausoleum. From now on, they will be the hidden veins of the royal family.

They couldn't leave the imperial mausoleum in the future, so naturally they wouldn't cause trouble for Zheng Ming.

The rest is King Su. The evidence of his poisonous killing of Zheng Qingsong has been collected, and there is no need to keep it.

In order to protect the royal family's face, King Su could not execute the punishment publicly, so Zheng Ming directly ordered Zheng Ziming to deal with King Su and all the participants secretly.

Just as Zheng Ming finished writing the letter to Zheng Ziming, Xiao Fuzi quietly walked into the hall.

"Little Fuzi pays homage to His Majesty!"

Zheng Ming looked up at him.

The 19-year-old Xiao Fuzi is no longer that naive boy. Although he is still fat, he is already over 1.9 meters tall, half a head taller than Zheng Ming, and looks like a bear.He obviously had a naive smile on his face, but it gave off a strong and brutal feeling.

Moreover, his cultivation base has also reached the third rank, which is two ranks higher than Song Baobao.

"The queen is here?" Zheng Ming asked.

He left Wei Yu and others in Shanhai County before, but when the situation in Kyoto stabilized, he sent someone to pick them up.

"Hey, back to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has entered the palace and is paying her respects to the Empress Dowager." Xiao Fuzi laughed.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Ming threw the letter in his hand to Cao Zhengchun and said, "Arrange someone to deliver it."

Then, he got up and walked out of the hall.

When his wife came, he naturally wanted to see her.

……

Qiyun Mountain is located in Dali, Beijing West Province. It has 72 peaks, each of which reaches straight into the sky.

The top of the peak is filled with clouds and mist all the year round, and it looks like a fairy mountain in the clouds from a distance, hence the name Qiyun Mountain.

At this time, at the foot of Qiyun Mountain, a tall and straight man with long beard and long eyebrows and narrow eyebrows slowly came down from the mountain. He was wearing a black celestial master suit and a Taoist costume. He had a capable and free image, a gentle face, and his eyes were fluorescent , Shenying is restrained.

This person is Zhang Zhiwei, an ordinary man.