The Invincible Sixth Prince

"I didn't ask you to be the right prime minister. Do you have any ideas?"

Arriving at the courtyard, Yun Zheng asked Chen Bu straight to the point.

"No."

Chen Bu answered without hesitation: "Lord Tuohuan is indeed more suitable to be the right prime minister than me!"

"Oh?"

Yun Zheng turned his head and looked at Chen Bu, "Tell me the reason."

Chen Bu smiled and replied, "Because the court needs Lord Tuohuan to be in a high position! Just this one reason is enough!"

Listening to Chen Bu's words, Yun Zheng and Shen Luoyan nodded and smiled at the same time.

It seems that Chen Bu also understands the reason behind this.

Since Chen Bu understood, there was no need for Yun Zheng to say more to him about this matter.

"Take care of the Ministry of Revenue first!"

Yun Zheng smiled: "The one in front of you managed the Ministry of Revenue very well!"

"Most importantly, all the silver seized from his house went into the national treasury!"

"The only bad thing is that the Ministry of Revenue is in short supply, so you'll have to work harder."

Although Xu Shifu was greedy, he did have real talent and knowledge.

Even now, Yun Zheng does not deny this.

"That's daring!"

Chen Bu laughed and said, "The Ministry of Revenue is only afraid of not having money. As long as there is money, everything else is a small problem!"

On their way back, they saw people everywhere discussing matters concerning Xu Shifu and Yun Li.

Chen Bu also had some understanding of the search and seizure of Xu's mansion.

Although Xu Shifu was greedy, he did not leave behind a mess.

In a sense, he should also thank Xu Shifu.

"Your words are inspiring!"

Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction, then immediately stopped smiling: "You are an old man who has been to Shuobei. I believe you know my rules, so I won't say more! I don't want to kill my meritorious officials one day."

"Your Highness, don't worry, I understand!"

Chen Bu said with a smile: "If I am short of money, I will go to the prince's house to ask for money!"

Chen Bu naturally knew Yun Zheng's rules.

If you don't have money, you can ask Yun Zheng for it, but you can't ask the national treasury.

Even if you run to Yun Zheng and ask him to reward you with 100,000 taels of silver, or if you see valuable items in his house and shamelessly ask him for them, you must never covet the money from the national treasury.

Don't be greedy even if it's just one or two taels of silver.

Just as Yun Zheng said, corruption is addictive.

If he embezzles one tael of silver this time, he may embezzle ten taels of silver next time.

Finally, one is deeply trapped in it and cannot extricate oneself.

When the imperial court's knife is at your neck, it's too late to regret.

"It's good if you think so."

Shen Luoyan smiled: "You also know that His Highness doesn't like to get involved in these messy matters. From now on, the Ministry of Revenue will rely on you to support this mess."

"I will do my best."

Chen Bu said sternly, "I am also a somewhat arrogant person. I am in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, so I cannot be worse than when Xu Shifu was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. I cannot let people say that Your Highness has poor vision."

"Correct!"

Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, "The Ministry of Justice is currently revising some laws according to my request. I have already told them that while you are in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, you must also help the Ministry of Justice revise the laws."

Chen Bu used to be the chief steward of Shuobei.

Chen Bu was naturally very familiar with the laws of Shuobei.

With the addition of Chen Bu, many laws of Shuobei can be incorporated into the laws of the court.

From then on, the same laws were implemented in all the territories under Daqian's jurisdiction.

Subsequently, things like writing, weights and measures need to be completely unified.

Yunzheng will also introduce new units of measurement to gradually replace and eliminate existing weights and measures.

"Subordinate to obey!"

Chen Bu gladly accepted the order.

"By the way, how is the situation in Shuobei?"

At this time, Shen Luoyan asked Chen Bu again.

They left Shuobei years ago.

Although I had learned something about Shuobei's situation before, it was not very detailed.

Now that Chen Bu has arrived, they naturally have to ask questions.

Both Shen Luoyan and Yun Zheng have deep feelings for Shuobei.

That’s where they stayed for five years.

There are too many memories of them.

"The situation in Shuobei this year is a bit bad."

Speaking of the situation in Shuobei, Chen Bu immediately became worried: "Since the beginning of winter this year, the amount of snow in Shuobei has been significantly less than in previous years. I and my colleagues are worried that there will be a drought in Shuobei..."

Since the beginning of the New Year, Chen Bu and his colleagues have begun preparing plans to deal with drought.

They also did some preparations in advance.

However, once a large-scale drought occurs in Shuobei, it will probably have a great impact on Shuobei.

"As long as you are prepared."

Yun Zheng did not ask for too much. "After the spring, I will order people to transport food from the sea to Shuobei and store some food in case of emergency."

Chen Bu nodded slightly and said, "I have also ordered that if there are signs of drought, the Baishui River should be cut off immediately. After the spring, several lakes in the north of the country should be dug deep to store more water..."

After that, they kept talking about Shuobei.

After they had finished chatting, they returned to the front hall.

……

The next day there was a court meeting.

Tuohuan, Chen Bu and officials transferred from Shuobei all entered the court.

Yun Zheng asked Tuohuan, Chen Bu and others to make a brief self-introduction to the officials of the court, and then went straight to the point and officially started today's court meeting.

Now, the left and right prime ministers and the six ministers of the court are all in place.

Yun Zheng also felt much more relaxed at the court meeting.

Yun Zheng sat there and hardly spoke a word, letting Tuohuan and others discuss some things with the ministers first. This was to allow them to get to know each other and also to let the officials in the court see the abilities of Tuohuan and others.

Most of them are people in high positions.

If you want to gain a foothold in the court, Yun Zheng’s support alone is not enough.

Without real talent and knowledge, even if Yun Zheng supports them, the officials in the court will be convinced by them in words but not in their hearts.

Just as the officials were discussing in full swing, the palace guards came to report that the frontline defenses of Liaozhou and Liangzhou had sent back urgent memorials.

Soon, Yun Zheng received the memorial sent back by the messenger.

Yun Zheng put down the memorial in his hand and said to the ministers with a smile: "Xiqu Grand Chancellor Su Zan wants to lead an envoy to Daqian."

Su Zan was sent as an envoy to Daqian?

After listening to Yun Zheng's words, the ministers' minds suddenly became active.

It would be great if Su Zan was sent as an envoy to Daqian at this time to offer land and surrender.

Although many generals in the court wanted to gain merit when fighting against Xiqu, no one wanted to gain merit on the battlefield if they could capture Xiqu without bloodshed.

"Since Su Zan wants to come, there is absolutely no reason for us to refuse him."

"In the current situation, if Xiqu is smart enough, it should surrender!"

"Su Zan is a man of great talent. It would be a good thing if he could serve as an official in the court..."

The ministers immediately started discussing this matter.

Now the situation in the world is very clear.

If Xiqu surrenders again, Daqian's territory will expand again.

From their point of view, Xiqu's surrender and offering of land would be the best outcome.

Whether it is Daqian or Xiqu!