A trip starting from the courtyard

Chapter 632 I got them all caught today, remember to ransack the house!
"Is the chief executive here?" After announcing the appointment of the new king, Wang Lidong asked the servants at the side.

Park Jihui, the head of the internal affairs department, was startled, and took a step forward in a hurry. After kneeling down with a 'puff', he sang his head three times, "Pu Jihui, the internal servant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, pays his respects to the governor."

Wang Lidong waved his hand and said, "Go invite the new king over."

The head of the palace, Pu Jihui, was overjoyed, and after kowtowing again, he got up and trotted out of the hall.

During the cup of tea, Park Jihui brought a woman with a baby into the hall.The woman was about thirty, with a slender bisi bun, dangling gold inlaid Ziying pendant, wearing a lotus-colored cardigan, a white gauze overlay skirt, walking like pear blossoms gently swaying, with a long and slender figure, and a face like a silver plate , eyes like water apricot, unfortunately, the cheekbones are a bit high.
The cheekbones grow high, you don't need a knife to kill your husband, and those with cheekbones have power.Cheekbones represent a person's desire for control, possession, leadership and power.Generally speaking, people with high cheekbones have a stronger desire for power and control than people with lower cheekbones. The higher the cheekbones, the stronger the desire for power and control.

The woman stepped forward and asked for a blessing, "Mr. Li of Renzhou, I have met the governor."

Wang Lidong nodded, glanced at the new Koryo king who was bubbling so loudly, he was annoyed by this kind of brat, and waved for the chief executive to take the dragon chair and sit down.

After a stick of incense, all the courtiers kowtowed to the little boy three times, and after three times shouted the king's thousand years old, the enthronement ceremony was over.

"Governor, my country of Koryo is willing to be a vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, to submit forever, and to pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty." The queen mother of Koryo, who hadn't cooked a cup of tea, knelt on her knees, holding the ink-stained Koryo in her hands Guoshu, earnestly said.

"This governor, on behalf of the emperor of Song Dynasty, accepts your request." Wang Lidong took the Koryo state letter, handed it to the side, and then said to the courtiers, "Due to the weak military power of the Koryo state, it is no longer possible to defend the country." The security of the territory and the royal family. As the suzerain of Koryo, the governor decided to send [-] Song warriors to station in Kaesong to help Koryo defend the territory and eliminate all intrusions from unruly forces."

The faces of the courtiers all changed drastically.

I didn't expect Wang Lidong to come up with such a move.

So unexpected.

In the past, in this situation, they would stay for a while at most before they would all evacuate.

Compared with the colorful world of the Central Plains Dynasty, Sanhan is a place of bitter cold, and it really takes a lot of effort to scrape out the oil and water.

But now to garrison the army for a long time is equivalent to having an extra emperor on his head, and he is of a different race
After waiting for a long time, no one raised any objections, Wang Lidong looked at the Queen Mother of Korea, "Mr. Li, what's your opinion?"

Mrs. Li hurriedly stood up and gave a blessing, "The concubine has no opinion, it's all up to the governor to make the decision."

Wang Lidong nodded in satisfaction, then made a decision and said,

"Since everyone agrees, then this matter is settled! As for the detailed plan for the garrison, we will inform you someday."

"The new king is young and unable to handle state affairs. The governor decided to select some courtiers or nobles with outstanding talents to assist the king in governing Korea, and return to the king after the new king becomes an adult."

This news was like a pebble falling into a calm lake, with a bang, the minds of all the courtiers began to waver.

Since Wang Lidong is going to choose the assistant minister, it means that this person will not treat Korea too much, otherwise there is no need to make an unnecessary move.The king is young, if he is elected as the auxiliary minister, many courtiers will secretly glance at the old queen mother.
"Governor, how do you determine the candidates for the auxiliary ministers? How many are there?" Dali Temple Secretary Quan Quanhuan said with a salute.

"There are 14 auxiliary ministers in total. As for who can be selected."

Seeing the courtiers pricking up their ears one after another, Wang Lidong turned to the disobedience, "Send everyone the selection plan for the assistant ministers."

When all the courtiers opened the pamphlet that was not distributed to them and read it carefully, they all looked shocked.

This is not the selection of auxiliary ministers, it is clearly the selection of princes to split the Goryeo Kingdom.

There are seven administrative regions in Koryomo, Xihai, Yangguang, Jeolla, Gyeongsang, Jiaozhou Wudo and the east boundary and north boundary.

Wang Lidong's plan is to divide the whole area into two, establish 14 administrative regions, and then hand them over to 14 auxiliary ministers for full management.

Of course, taxes still have to be paid, and a tax (contracting fee) is paid to Wang Lidong every year.

This plan was copied from the Queen's Kingdom's plan to rule Ah San.

After the Queen's Kingdom successfully controlled the Three Kingdoms, in order to easily make profits, the East India Company promoted the Chamindar system, also known as the taxpayer system.To put it simply, the East India Company will support agents locally and search the jurisdiction in a tax-packed manner.In addition to receiving a certain percentage of commission, these supported taxpayers also enjoy the right to collect land taxes and hereditary territories.

After the promotion of the taxpayer system, the Queen's Kingdom collected nearly 600 million pounds from the Three Kingdoms within ten years.

It's too sinister!

If it is really done, the country of Korea will exist in name only.

In view of Wang Lidong's silver prestige, the courtiers did not dare to curse out loud, and could only greet Wang Lidong's eighteenth generation ancestors in their hearts.

After a purple-robed official cursed secretly, he stepped out of the line and saluted, and said,
"Excuse me, the governor, how can I become the auxiliary minister?"

Wang Lidong glanced at the Queen Mother of Korea. Although the woman's expression did not change, she could clearly feel the unhappiness in her heart.

"I see that everyone seems to be very interested in being the assistant minister. To be fair, I will organize a 'purchasing event' for the number of assistant ministers in the Hall of Qinzheng in five days. You can participate."

The eyes of all the courtiers brightened. In this way, as long as they have money, they have the opportunity to become the assistant minister.

"Governor, if you become a minister, how much tax do you need to pay a year?"

"Taxes are different in each administrative region. The amount is based on the average amount of taxes paid to the imperial court in the previous three years in the area. For example, in Jiangnan Road, the taxes in the first three years were 35, 32, and 36 respectively. After accepting management, you only need to pay Just pay 34.3 guan in taxes to the Governor’s Office.”

"Governor, what is the scope of full management?"

"In the administrative region, regardless of civil or military affairs, all affairs are decided by the assistant minister, and the governor's office will never intervene."

"What about the appointment and dismissal of officials?"

"The auxiliary minister decides on his own!"

Whoa!
The whole hall was boiling.

Isn't this the smaller king?And it seems to have greater power than the king. After all, the king has to discuss with the ministers who he wants to appoint or remove.

Many officials secretly vowed that no matter how much it cost, they must win the position of an auxiliary minister.

King, as long as you win it, you will definitely make a lot of money, and your family can take the opportunity to take off, and your hostile forces
"Governor, how many years has this auxiliary minister been in office? Can it be hereditary?"

Wang Lidong couldn't help but sneered, if he really wanted to agree to hereditary inheritance, then how much money would he make?

Is it to be a good person and a good deed to work so hard to run so far from Da Song? !

"The term of the assistant minister is ten years, and he will be re-selected after ten years."

I knew it was unlikely to be hereditary, but I didn't expect the time limit to be so short.

All the courtiers showed disappointment.

Ten years, just the blink of an eye.At that time, I will have to spend a large sum of money to bid for the quota. Song people are too greedy!
"Great governor, if you become a minister, but the original army in the jurisdiction does not obey the command, how will you solve it?"

"Easy to handle!" Wang Lidong pointed, and a few musketeers not far from him said, "If this happens, the assistant minister can apply to the governor's office for military support. But the emperor will not dismantle the hungry soldiers, At that time, you will need to pay a starting fee. As for the specific fee, it will be announced at the 'buying meeting'."

All the courtiers now understand that this one is desperate for money.

As long as the price is right, anything can be sold!

But this is pretty good, otherwise, there is no chance for everyone to become a prince of one place.
After spending another cup of tea and answering many courtiers' inquiries, Wang Lidong announced the disbandment of the court.

After drinking two sips of tea and resting for a while, he checked the time. After three o'clock, Wang Lidong took Buwei and a few guards and went to the Koryo Palace.

After leaving Qinzheng Hall, it is Guanghua Gate. After walking west for a while, you can see the "Shengping Gate" with a two-story tower, and there are two small pavilions standing on the left and right sides.

Walking into Shengping Gate, a standard polo field. It seems that the original King of Koryo was also a lover of playing.

Go straight from the ball court, if you can't do it, you will arrive at the third gate of Miyagi within a hundred meters.The Faith Gate is a two-story gate tower, the grandest and most magnificent gate tower in the entire palace.

I estimated the height, and it was only about ten meters. If it were placed in the Song Dynasty, the gate towers of many Duke's mansions would be grander than this.

Walking through the Belief Gate and walking up more than [-] steps, you will arrive at a small-scale palace. Looking at the "Wanling Palace" written on the plaque, it is the room where the king of Koryo handles political affairs and daily life.

"My lord, the room of the king of Koryo is not as big as the room of the Duke of the country." Walking into the Wanling Hall, the area is about [-] to [-], and the decoration is also very simple. It is not surprising, "Why don't you choose one?" A bigger palace?"

Wang Lidong laughed and said: "He is just playing for the Khitan people. The accommodation is so good, I am worried that the Khitan envoys will be dissatisfied."

"My son, we have occupied the royal capital of Koryo, and the Khitan side will know sooner or later. If we send a large army, what will happen if the Minister of Fuguo asks for help?"

"If you give money, you will send troops. If you don't give money, you will pretend that you don't know about it."

"What if Khitan reports this matter to the current officials?"

"No one will believe that we can do such a big thing. It doesn't matter if someone doubts it. Da Song doesn't have the official position of navy commander, just don't admit it."

"Governor, the inspection of the Goryeo Palace has been completed." Gu Chengyi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Department, walked in from the gate and reported to Wang Lidonghui.

Taking the account book handed over by Gu Chengyi, he roughly flipped through it, and when he saw the total number, Wang Lidong frowned slightly, "Why are there so few?"

Gold: 150365 taels, silver: 392154 taels, copper coins: 423651 guan, jewelry, etc. are not counted. The cash conversion is about 720 million guan.

Gu Chengyi said, "Governor Governor, this amount of cash is very high, and our Emperor Song may not be able to come up with that much cash.

In addition, there are various jewelry, jewelry and antique objects in the two halls. There are quite a lot of things. It is estimated that it will take about ten days to check them out. This part is the bulk.Take coral trees as an example, we found 98 of them, including five coral trees with a height of more than three feet. If these coral trees are shipped back to Dasong for sale, they can sell for about 80 to 100 coral trees.”

That's more or less.

Wang Lidong returned the account book to Gu Chengyi, blaming him, "I'll go to the warehouse to pick some for me later, and I'll give it away when I get back."

Bu Wei said: "Who are you planning to send, Young Master?"

"Mother, father, grandpa's family, uncle's family, Sheng family, fifth girl, Rong girl."

Sheng Jia Wei Rui Xuan

"Big Magpie, have another bowl." Ru Lan handed the empty bowl in her hand to the maid and said, "Fill it up."

Sheng Hong, who was sitting opposite and was preparing to pick up vegetables, stopped what he was doing, looked at Xiao Wu and said, "Ru'er, this is the third bowl, isn't it? Your appetite seems to have increased again recently?"

Ru Lan nodded 'hmm', "Daddy really has a good memory, he has half a bowl more than before."

Sheng Hong carefully looked at Fan Xiaowu, who seemed to be much taller than before, "Ru'er, how tall is it now?"

Ru Lan thought for a while and said, "At the end of last month, the big magpie helped me measure it, and it was a little bit short of five feet four inches (165cm)."

Sheng Hong frowned slightly and said, "If it grows any longer, it will be too tall."

He is only 1 meters, which is considered tall in these days.During the Song Dynasty, the average height of men was about 7 meters, and the average height of women was about 1.67 meters.

Wang glanced at the dumbfounded girl, and said, "I don't know what's going on recently, it's like a bamboo shoot, whizzing up."

Ru Lan said indifferently, "This is not high at all. The second brother Heng is more than 6 feet tall."

Sheng Hong put down his chopsticks, "Ru'er, did the young man tell you when he will return to the capital?"

"Didn't tell me when he would come back, but he said that it would not exceed 10 days at most." Ru Lan looked at Sheng Hong and said, "Dad, is there something to ask Brother Heng? Is it urgent? If it is urgent, I will ask Chunlan Ask, she should know."

Sheng Hong waved his hand: "It's not something urgent, don't trouble others."

Early this morning, the current officials suddenly issued an order to announce the selection of the crown prince by sea.

Not long after he came to court, he received more than a dozen invitations to invite him to have a drink. King Yan, King Yong, and King Guojun were all big clansmen.

Sheng Hong knew that it should be about inquiring about the selection of the crown prince.

A few days ago, there were only three people present in the conversation about the sea election for the crown prince, no one dared to look for officials, and Wang Lidong was not in the capital, so he became the only one.

This made Sheng Hong, who had always kept a low profile and was afraid of becoming a top dog, immediately became the focus of attention.
If Wang Lidong is in the capital, we can share some of the firepower for him.
The first ray of early sun shines into the Wanling Hall, and the morning breeze is mixed with the fragrance of grass leaves, gently blowing the pink tent.

Wang Lidong, who was woken up on time by the biological clock, felt the softness of his hand, and shook it involuntarily. "Great Dudu..."

Half an hour later, Wang Lidong walked out of the bedroom refreshed.

"My lord. Good morning." The one who had been waiting in the living room did not do anything, and immediately sent someone to deliver the toiletries.

Wang Lidong took the hot towel and said, "What happened in Wangcheng last night?"

Unreasonable, "Most of them are quite peaceful."

"In other words, there are still restlessness."

Buwei nodded, "After the imperial court broke up yesterday, the Taiwei, the eldest princess, the commander of the infantry division of the guards, etc., gathered together at the Taiwei's house. What is the specific plan, I haven't found out yet. These people are very cautious, and they drove all the servants out of the room during the discussion."

Wang Lidong sneered and said, "They are all the cronies of the traitor Wang Hui. These few and those on the 'Pro-Liao List' were all arrested by me today, remember to ransack the house!"

(End of this chapter)