Chapter 452 There Are Really Loyal Ministers

"Although you have already expressed your thoughts just now, in order to avoid hurting innocent people, I ask again. Who is in favor of me becoming emperor, and who is against it?" Wang Yan's sharp eyes scanned the ministers: "If you agree, stand on the left, if against, stand on the right. . Don’t scold me. Save your energy.”

He didn't speak loudly, but in the Daqing Hall where you could hear a needle drop at this moment, the sound of thunder fell in everyone's ears.

This time there was no more chaos, and there was no need for Wang Yan to threaten them. As soon as he finished speaking, the ministers who reacted quickly took action. After a while, the line was formed.

Not surprisingly, the team on the left is especially strong. When the surrender faction and the opposition were fighting just now, the neutral faction who closed their eyes and paid no attention to worldly affairs all stood on the left. In fact, most people already have a choice before they say a word. The rest, which were contrary to the choices of most people, made the right choice wisely when they saw the heads on the ground.

At this moment, everyone finally realized that Qin Hui died unjustly because he was a chicken to the monkeys. After all, no matter what, it is definitely better to surrender. If everyone opposes, they cannot really be killed. So what Wang Yan wanted to express was clearly conveyed to them. The first one to surrender and call the emperor would be beheaded, so there would be no one who could not be beheaded. They can imagine what will happen to those who oppose it. Moreover, the Song Dynasty inherited the Tang system and respected the left. The capitulationists are on the left, which is another sign of goodwill. They are all smart people with good brains.

Likewise, a few members of the opposition who were not numerically superior, including the loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty, also chose to follow their hearts and wisely sided with the capitulationists who had been fighting each other just now.

Today is the meeting of the imperial court, and all the qualified officials from the capital are here. At a quick glance, there are not only one thousand but also eight hundred. But now the opposition team only has a few dozen people. There are some celebrities here, such as Zhang Shuye and Li Gang.

Zhang Shuye was originally executed because he offended Cai Jing. Later, when he was transferred back to Beijing to serve, his official career was bumpy. After all, Cai Jing was still there. When Song Jiang recruited troops and attacked Fang La and others, he served as the recruiting envoy and was the highest officer in charge of suppressing bandits. At the time of the war, Gao Qiu and Cai Jing had already been taken down, so no one stopped him from ascending to power. His qualifications are not bad, and he was easily promoted to the title of direct bachelor of Longtuge and censor Zhongcheng just because of his merits in suppressing bandits.

Yushi Zhongcheng is the official who inspects all officials, starting from the third-rank official. It can be seen that Zhao Ji, who has a clear mind, is actually good at using people. But it's still a little late, and it would be in vain to use it again.

The first person to scold Wang Yan just now was Zhang Shuye.

It's a pity that such people oppose him becoming emperor. But it would be even more of a pity if such a person did not object to him becoming emperor.

He won't do anything to these people, but he won't use them again. Although they have made their mark in history and are indeed capable, no one under him is irreplaceable. There are many talents, and there are even more talents that have not been discovered, no less than these dozens of people.

Seeing everyone taking their positions, Wang Yan waved his hand: "Liang Wu, send them home."

Liang Wu nodded, but did not push or scold him. He very politely asked the dozens of people to be taken out. Not to mention that the choice of these people is worthy of respect. The leader's instructions to send them home were just an attitude, and they had no intention of doing anything to them.

Of course, I heard that the loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty who had been let go did not have good things to say. In the process, it was inevitable that some people could not help but curse Wang Yan, a rebellious traitor. We have reached this point, we have made our choice, there is nothing to be afraid of.

The rest of the matter is simple. After all, only a few dozen people left, and the current government operations are not delayed at all. He issued four orders. First, he announced the change of emperor to the world. At the same time, he announced the abolition of all kinds of taxes, leaving only an agricultural tax and a tax of one for fifteen. Second, prepare for the enthronement ceremony. Third, prepare for the construction of a new capital city in Luoyang. Fourth, introduce new tax laws.

Before local civil and military officials expressed their opinions, his current administrative power was only in Bianjing, Hebei and Shandong. Even in the Western Army, which he had infiltrated for a long time, it was difficult to speak. To be more precise, he is now just a warlord who has occupied Bianjing City and controlled the emperor and officials.

So at this time, everything was empty, and his orders were of little use. He first handed over the most important tax law and studied it. As for moving the capital to Luoyang, he had already thought about it. Now there are many enemies in the north, and the south is not well developed. However, Luoyang has a canal, a mature land transportation system, a wide area, has been the capital or companion capital of past dynasties, has historical heritage, and has the ready-made palace of Ziwei Palace.

Of course, these conditions are actually quite mature in Bianjing, but he just doesn't want to hang out in Bianjing. Another point is that I also want to have a mighty metropolis and a glorious grand palace. Furthermore, although Luoyang was originally a city of sufficient standard, if it wanted to be the capital, if it wanted a big city and a big palace, it would definitely require a lot of construction. Although there is already a large-scale palace complex, which is four times the size of the current Bianjing Palace, he still needs to build, renovate, maintain, and re-plan the urban layout of Luoyang. By the way, building some more wonders can also increase jobs and stimulate domestic demand. These are no small projects and will take many years.

As for other government framework reforms, the handling of civil and military officials, land reform, etc., that will all happen later. Now it is simply impossible to influence the interests of all classes, and the smoothest possible transition of political power is the first priority.

He did not ask Zhao Ji to write an imperial edict of abdication. It was meaningless. He was a rebel. He did not need to pretend to find some legitimacy. There was no need. In fact, whether Zhao Ji abdicated or not, there would be ambitious people who would take the opportunity to split the land and become kings.

In the past, Zhao Ji and his ministers had brought too much harm to the people. There were constant uprisings. Every few days, people would go up the mountain to rob and rob houses to become strongmen. Now, once an ambitious person comes out, he can easily draw a pie and get a lot of people. This is why, together with the matter of changing the emperor, he abolished other exorbitant taxes and only retained a 15% tax on farming, and announced it to the world. It is to make the property owners as honest as possible, and at the same time stabilize the landlord gentry class.

This is done to avoid innocent casualties to the greatest extent. Otherwise, according to his temper, he would directly declare the nationalization of land and abolish Confucian orthodoxy. With these two points, the smoke of war would be everywhere in an instant. But now he wants to take over a dynasty as smoothly as possible, and then reform. If he really rolled up his sleeves and did it, then even if he didn't go to Liangshan, he would have established his own mountain and raised the flag to rebel openly. Why did he hide for more than ten years?

In the face of Wang Yan's order, the officials who had surrendered said nothing and did it directly. Although in their opinion, exempting those taxes is a conscious way to survive. After all, a country is so big, military expenses, salaries, local construction, and occasional small disasters and so on, without those exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, it may not be seen this year, but by next year, it means that money is needed everywhere and there is no money anywhere, and it can't stand it at all.

Yes, they believe that Wang Yan can be the emperor, and he can be the emperor until next year or even the year after. There is no way, Wang Yan's ability is there. Yanggu County is the richest in the world, and Fubei Army is the strongest army in the world. This is all his credit. And they have prepared for so long. In terms of military force, they believe that Wang Yan can suppress the country. But they are not optimistic about governing the country.

But now the knife is on their necks, no one is going to say anything to make them unhappy. Anyway, as long as they don't die, whatever they say is what they want to do.

Wang Yan likes their mentality very much, it's better this way. After all, they are all capable people. Now they don't make a fuss and keep their lives in peace, which will be useful for a while, and there is no need to rush to kill pigs.

The rebellion has been successful so far. After all, he has surrounded the city of Bianjing, and the royal family is basically in his hands. How can it not be considered a success? Of course, the real challenge has just begun. It depends on whether he can sit firmly on the throne, which is of course beyond doubt.

After dismissing the ministers who survived the disaster, Wang Yan finally turned around and looked at Zhao Ji who was sitting on the throne behind him.

Zhao Ji was extremely frightened. When he received the news that Wang Yan led his troops to gather outside Xihua Gate, he was not very scared because his purpose was unclear. But after hearing that all the gates of the inner city were sealed, he really understood what this precious son-in-law was going to do. When he heard that the troops blocking the city gates were not stopped, he was already a little collapsed. Seeing Wang Yan's men killing fiercely outside the Daqing Palace, he was completely frightened.

It's not that he didn't think about running, but he didn't lose his mind and knew that he couldn't run away at all. Although there are indeed a few secret passages in the palace, the farthest one is only to the outside of Bianjing City. Considering the combat effectiveness of Wang Yan's soldiers, he knew very well that he would be caught if he couldn't run more than two miles, so he wisely didn't move.

Now, his ministers did not live up to his expectations and really abandoned him. Of course, he saw that there were indeed people who would rather die than surrender. But what's the use? What he wants is his own safety.

There were only two of them left in the palace. He wanted to let Wang Yan be the regent, and Wang Yan would decide all state affairs, as long as he kept his life. But that had been rejected by the ministers before. After all, no one would stop at this point, that would be courting death. Besides, he really didn't know what to say for a moment, he just stood up nervously and hid behind subconsciously.

Wang Yan saw Zhao Ji's helplessness at the moment, he shook his head and said: "No matter what, you are my father-in-law, not to mention that Yu Pan is pregnant now, how can I kill you."

Looking at the good son-in-law who climbed up the stairs step by step, Zhao Ji forced himself to calm down and said tremblingly: "How do you plan to arrange me... uh, me? Confinement?"

After that, without waiting for the good son-in-law to answer, he laughed bitterly: "Since ancient times, the winners are the kings and the losers are the bandits. It's good to be alive. Confinement is confinement. But... can you consider the past relationship..."

It's a bit cowardly, but there's no way to save your life. Now that he has the certainty of immortality, he will think about whether his living conditions can be better. After all, he has never suffered since he was a child. What if he is confined and treated harshly? But after all, he still has a little face of the emperor, so he didn't continue.

Then again, he is the emperor after all, and also his father-in-law. Even if he is gone, he can't be treated harshly, even if he is not treated well.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Don't scare yourself. I don't want to do anything to you. I plan to move the capital to Luoyang, and then I will build a new library there. Don't you like calligraphy and painting? You are familiar with the rare books in Longtu Pavilion and Taiqing Tower, as well as calligraphy and paintings by celebrities. It's just right for you to count them first, and then you will be in charge of the construction of the library. In the future, the library will be under your charge, and you can indulge in calligraphy and painting."

In this regard, Zhao Ji is a professional. Let him be the director of the Royal Library, which is definitely a professional match. And he doesn't have to do anything, he still reads books, writes, and paints every day, how happy.

This is really good. If they were in different places, Wang Yan didn't think Zhao Ji would let him go. For the sake of big things, a woman is nothing, let alone the father-in-law. It's not impossible to kill the father-in-law's family. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. There is nothing to say.

Zhao Ji opened his eyes wide and looked at Wang Yan in disbelief.

"It's already this time, why should I lie to you?" Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "But you are fine, but the rest of the clan cannot be easily forgiven. In the future, the clan members will be investigated one by one, and those who commit crimes and act lawlessly will be investigated and dealt with."

"We must investigate, and investigate severely. And those ministers, they are all charlatans, working together... The great Song Dynasty was defeated by them, you can't let them go." After Zhao Ji scolded indignantly, he licked his face and smiled awkwardly: "That... my... uh my... those concubines..."

"After checking the innocence of the family and finding no illegal things, I will give them all to you. Now, go back and pack your things and move to your original Duan Wang Mansion before dark."

Zhao Ji nodded, turned around and left without saying a word. He must be disappointed that he is no longer an emperor. But he is content to save his life, and he doesn't want a bicycle anymore. It's good like this now, basically returning to the time when he was Duan Wang.

Wang Yan shook his head and looked at his hurriedly leaving figure, waved his hand to find Liang Wu, and asked him to send someone to notify the inner and outer cities to open the gates, and then go to watch Zhao Ji and help move. Now the harem has heard about such a big change. It seems that they have been in chaos for a long time, scrambling for treasures and preparing to run out of the palace. In this situation, Zhao Ji will not have much to do if he goes back. The birds of the same forest as the husband and wife will fly away separately, not to mention the eunuchs and maids in the palace who are bullied on weekdays.

Maybe at the beginning, they will still be impressed by Zhao Ji's former majesty, but it may not be the case later. Maybe they will get angry and beat Zhao Ji to vent their anger. It is necessary to protect.

He stood outside the palace again, bathed in the morning light for a while, and then summoned the Shangshi Bureau, which is also known as the Imperial Kitchen, which cooks for the emperor and the children of the harem. He entered the city early in the morning and then rebelled directly. Now it is noon, so he has to eat.

While he was eating, Wu Song's troops had already dispersed to various prefectures and cities on the east and west roads of Beijing. In these prefectures and cities, some officials were cooperative, some were uncooperative, and some were simply sent by others to make trouble. As a local emperor who had been deeply involved in Shandong for more than ten years, he naturally remembered all these things very clearly. Moreover, there were people from Wang's business doing business in these cities. Even if they encountered resistance, they could open the city gates with internal and external cooperation.

So it was very simple. In the early morning, a huge firework exploded in the sky above Wangjiazhuang, and then there were fireworks in response from all directions, and the whole Shandong was released all the way.

In countless prefectures and cities, officials who had been registered and had to be killed were arrested in the comfortable and warm arms of their concubines, and then their homes were quickly searched. Then, all the men were given labor and rest, and the women were left alone and could always survive. Besides, those women had done a lot of wrongdoing in the past, or their families had taken advantage of the situation to make trouble. They had enjoyed the first half of their lives, and they had to pay something in the second half of their lives.

They might marry again, or become concubines, or join the brothels, or become widows. Who knows what will happen.

Now there are no two emperors captured, and no concubines and princesses have been enslaved or prostituted. So although chastity has existed for a long time, it is far from the point of setting up various memorial archways later, and it is still relatively relaxed for women. At most, they will point fingers at new things, which is inevitable at any time. After all, no matter men or women, gossiping is everywhere, which is one of the cheap diseases of people. But in the big environment, it is not as bad as it was later, and survival is still first, and chastity is second.

In addition, in Jingdong East Road, because the commander of the imperial guards there did not cooperate, his subordinates were bribed by the old Wang family, or simply sent by the old Wang family, they directly tied up the commander of the imperial guards and beat him up, and he will also do labor and rest in the future. Their actions were no different from Wu Song's, except that they acted on the spur of the moment and did not plan ahead.

However, the problem was not big. There were also Wang's shops in various places, and local officials also cooperated. Except for some people who inevitably lost their lives, everything else went smoothly.

In just one day, the entire main area of ​​Shandong fell into Wang Yan's hands. The remaining counties were just a matter of time, and they could be controlled in more than a month.

On the other hand, the Northern Army that confronted Lu Zhishen also mutinied. Some of the main leaders were either arrested or chopped off. After a large-scale internal struggle, along with Lu Zhishen's troops, the 50,000 troops of Wu Dewei were taken advantage of and quickly controlled the situation of the Northern Army.

The internal strife of the Northern Army did not cause too many casualties, only a few hundred died and thousands were injured. Regardless of whether the dead and injured were innocent or not, they were insignificant in the face of such a world-changing event, and no one would care. Although the words were unreasonable, the fact is that this was necessary. After these people were killed or injured, they went through the past to arrest middle and high-level officers and beheaded another batch of them. In the army, the strong have the final say, and even if you want to do hard labor, you can't do it. You must behead them, and you must use blood to establish iron authority.

When the Northern Army changed, Wang Ming'an did not disappoint his father and Wang Yan's expectations. He had already begun to clean up the Hebei region, advancing from north to south to Bianjing little by little, and connecting the areas that had been controlled. This process would also be very fast, because the Northern Army had more than 200,000 soldiers, and the Liao Army actually defending in Xijin Prefecture only had 50,000 soldiers from Wudewei, so the Liao Army did not dare to come out at all, and basically did not need the Northern Army.

However, the Northern Army was not good at fighting the Liao Kingdom, but it was not afraid of fighting its own people. So after leaving more than 100,000 Northern Army to continue guarding the border, they began to reorganize the new army and sent 100,000 people to Wang Ming'an for dispatch. For those who did not have much protection and had people inside, they basically pushed forward all the way. At that time, these 100,000 people would begin to reorganize in Bianjing to suppress dissatisfaction internally.

It was also on the morning of this day that the main generals of the Western Army, such as Zhong and Zhe, received a letter with similar specific content. It was Wang Yan who told them that he had successfully rebelled at this time, and it was up to them to fight or submit. Of course, he couldn't always be so aggressive. He still said that he would raise the status of the military in the future and not be constrained by civilian officials. There are other future military plans, such as training a new army, reforming the system, improving treatment, establishing a military academy for officers, and so on.

He also said that if they obeyed the leadership of the central government and his leadership, Wang Yan, he would send people to Beijing to report their work. If they didn't obey, they would cut off the food supply of the Western Army and see them on the battlefield.

As the second most powerful army in the Song Dynasty and the border army guarding the Western Regions, Wang Yan still wanted to fight for it. There should be no external troubles in the civil strife.

But he had to say the harsh words and did what he had to do. He was not afraid of the Western Army's rebellion because the Western Army could not rebellion. Those generals, no matter how patriotic they were, Zhao Song was finished now. If they could guarantee their own interests, their will to resist was not firm, and they could talk about it. After all, no matter how much they served the country and the people, they had to serve their families. This did not involve any national justice, but just a rebellion by an ambitious man. Besides, they all knew Wang Yan's ability, which should be better than Zhao Ji's. So they were skeptical about Wang Yan's promise, but they were not very determined to fight.

And even if the Western Army really got chaotic, he also had people in the Western Army. Although he couldn't control many troops, he could still stab them in the back. The casualties in the fight would not be too great and he could bear it. This is the benefit of being in the dark for more than ten years. There are people everywhere.

Wang Yan in the Bianjing Palace, I believe those people will not let him down...

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