Chapter 419: Who sits on the throne?
When Ximen Qing led the army into the city, Wu Yong and Guan Sheng also came in from the east and west gates, and arranged the army, and entered the imperial city and met with Ximen Qing.
At this time, Ximen Qing sat upright on the dragon throne in the Golden Palace, scanning the officials below, with a proud expression. No wonder Ximen Qing was so proud. The Song Dynasty was in chaos, and the throne was stolen. In the end, it was in his own hands. Those opponents died and those who fled were indeed worthy of pride for Ximen Qing.
Ximen Qing coughed and then said, "Everyone, now Zhao Yunzhen's conspiracy has been driven away and has become a dog of a family. The Song Dynasty has returned to Qingming Festival. But the country cannot be without a king for a day. Look, who is suitable to sit on the throne?"
As he said that, Ximen Qing patted the dragon throne.
The ministers at the ranks were sweating profusely, Boss, you are sitting on the dragon throne, who dares to do it again? Isn’t that asking for death?
At this time, Li Kui laughed and shouted: "Of course it will be done by the commander! Commander, you become the emperor, and I Tien Niu become the general, haha!"
Ximen Qing glared at him and shouted, "Tie Niu, shut up! Although I am the King of Han, I am also a minister, but it is not my turn to the throne!"
Lin Chong clasped his fists and said, "Master, you are wrong with this. Now the Song Dynasty is in danger and chaos is rising everywhere. It is just that a saint with great abilities and great fortune is needed to rule the world and bring peace to the world. The commander is the King of Han and is a relative of the royal country. In addition, no one in the Song Dynasty can inherit the throne at this time. If the commander does not do it, wouldn't he ignore the safety of the Song Dynasty? We must never follow!"
"Yes, I can't wait. The commander will be the emperor, the emperor, the emperor!" Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and others came to their hearts and raised their hands to shout. Then the entire Golden Palace was filled with this slogan.
Ximen Qing's face was expressionless, but he smiled secretly in his heart.
Finally, Ximen Qing pondered for a moment, pressed his hands and calmed everyone down.
Ximen Qing said: "Since you all admire it so much, if I don't follow me, it will be unrighteous. But after all, I am a king of a different surname and not a real royal relative. Let's do this. I will act as the emperor first. As for the throne, it will be empty first. I heard that Zhao Kai's empress is pregnant. As long as she can give birth to children, she will be the real royal family and it is not impossible to inherit the throne in the future!"
As soon as these words were spoken, all civil and military officials almost fell to the ground.
Zhao Kai has been dead for several months, and his queen has long disappeared. She is still pregnant, so how can she get pregnant?
But they didn't dare to say it, and could only shout with a flap: "The King of Han is wise!"
Ximen Qing said: "Since all officials agree, then do it like this. Now I will issue a few imperial edicts. Minister of Rites, you are ready to sacrifice to heaven. Ten days later, I will sacrifice to heaven and pray for blessings."
The Minister of Rites hurriedly crawled on the ground and shouted, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Ximen Qing raised his eyebrows and looked at the Minister of Rites in depth, thinking to himself, this old guy is sensible and worthy of cultivation.
Then Ximen Qing said again: "Minister of War, Privy Councilor, you ordered the mobilization of troops from all over the country to return to the capital to meet the saint. If you resist the order, you will report the news directly to Wu Yong, and he will make a decision."
The Minister of War and the four Privy Councilors bowed down and said, "Yes, Prince!"
Ximen Qing narrowed his eyes and thought to himself that these four people are ignorant and have a rebellious heart and cannot be kept.
Subsequently, Ximen Qing conferred the title of the leader of Liangshan one by one.
"Wu Yong, Song Jiang, I will grant you two the titles of the left and right Grand Tutors!"
"Guan Sheng is the mighty general!"
"Xu Ning is the General of Leopard Wind!"
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When the last Duan Jingzhu was enthroned, the leader of Liangshan took on various important positions, and the guaranteed rights were all in the hands of Ximen Qing.
Subsequently, Ximen Qing issued another military order.
The generals such as Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Hua Rong, Hu Yanzhuo were ordered to divide their troops into twelve directions. Twenty days later, they each led their troops to fight against the Song Dynasty, recovered all the rebellious areas, and cleaned up all areas with the intention of rebellion.
At the same time, Ximen Qing also allocated the captured Song army to each battalion. At this point, the number of people in each battalion increased from 25,000 to 30,000. Although there were not many, with its strong combat power, as long as there were no 100,000 rioters, they could easily be eliminated.
Finally, Ximen Qing issued some reform policies, such as reducing taxes, reducing tribute, allocating funds to rescue disaster-stricken places, strict laws, reform systems, etc.
The strict laws include increasing the punishment for some crimes. For example, if an official is corrupt, if the situation is found to be true, he will hold a stick for every 100 taels of silver embezzled. As long as you dare to be greedy, don’t be afraid of being discovered. As long as you discover it, you deserve it. In addition, punishing corrupt officials, as long as corrupt officials disregard human lives, they will pay for their lives.
Of course, if corrupt officials dare to be corrupt, they have a way to prevent being discovered. Therefore, Ximen Qing reformed the system and opened the Supervision Department to the outside world, and set up an unlicensed report area. The people can report at will. Then there will be special supervisory officials to investigate, which greatly deterred corrupt officials from doing whatever they want.
Such reforms and systems are constantly issued.
Ximen Qing's series of orders were issued, which shocked all officials and was worried. As soon as Ximen Qing's orders were implemented, the people's hearts in the world would be tied to Ximen Qing. What was worried was that from now on, they would live a worried life.
Of course, Ximen Qing also increased their salary, which made their worries slightly better.
The court talks ended until ten days old, and then the Ximen celebrated the banquet for all officials until the evening.
At night, Ximen Qing, Song Jiang and Wu used to chat in the imperial study room.
Wu Yong frowned and said, "Commander, the reform orders you issued today are very innovative, but I am afraid it will be difficult to implement!"
Wu Song nodded and said, "Yes, some areas are far away from the capital, and the transportation is constantly coming. The county magistrate is the domineering and dominating kings. Even if he embezzles and accepts bribes and takes care of human lives, it will be difficult for the people to sue them!"
Ximen Qing smiled and said, "You are right. In remote areas, it is indeed a mischief of officials. However, we have given the people a belief that the court will not tolerate corrupt officials, so that the people will have hope rather than despair. Besides, even if the area is remote, the people can still complain to the capital. We must vigorously publicize the supervision laws and regulations so that the people will firmly believe that the court will make the decision for them! Of course, it is only the first attempt now, so I only experiment in the capital. If the effect is good, I will promote it when the world is peaceful in the future. What do you think?"
Wu Yong and Song Jiang nodded and said, "This is great, it is a blessing for the people!"
Ximen Qing also smiled.
Then, Wu Yong asked, "By the commander, the army will send all troops to fight the thieves in twenty days, and many leaders will set off. We will stay in the capital to preside over the big move, but what should Zhao Yunzhen do? Wouldn't pursue it? And Tang Tianheng, keeping these two people is a big problem!"
ps: Sao Rui, I've been too busy these days
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Chapter completed!