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In the past, Chu Yuezhi's battlefield was at the border, and Si Yuanting's battlefield was at the court; but now, everything has been reset, Chu Yuezhi's battlefield has become the court, and Si Yuanting is far away at the border of Shanhaiguan.

It was six days after receiving the military report of the victory, Chu Yuezhi was somewhat relieved when he saw the victory; three days later, a new military report came, and it was Si Yuanting who led the troops to chase the remnant Yan. The decision of Liang soldiers to go to the Yanliang border.

After Si Yuanting killed the commander-in-chief of Yanliang, he did not kill all Yanliang soldiers immediately, but deliberately opened a gap to let some Yanliang soldiers escape, and then chased these defeated soldiers all the way to the Yanliang border. And drums and guns were fired there in a mighty manner, and after the guards on the Yanliang border were frightened, they ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Chu Yuezhi also knew Zhu Bili well who was under his command. He knew that he was always a cautious person who believed that the poor would not chase after him. Si Yuanting's pursuit strategy also showed full support and approval.

In fact, Chu Yuezhi's enlightenment teacher in military strategy was originally Si Yuanting. He never doubted Si Yuanting's ability. He was unwilling to let Si Yuanting go before, and he was more worried about Si Yuanting's health. , I am also afraid that Si Yuanting has not let go of his death ambition, if he is not by his side, if something happens to Si Yuanting on the battlefield, he will not even be able to see him for the last time.

It's good to let Si Yuanting know about the Gu medicine, so at least Si Yuanting will have some concerns, no matter what, he will remember that they are twins living together now, and they should not have the slightest thought of giving up their lives.

This time, Si Yuanting had to take a rest after returning to Shanhaiguan, and together with Zhu Bili urged the construction of Shanhaiguan after the war. In this way, it would take at least half a month before he could return to the imperial court.

Despite the good news from Shanhaiguan, Chu Yuezhi is still struggling in the palace, and has a lot of headaches because of the reorganization of the cabinet.

The cabinet was previously suppressed by Si Yuanting, so there was not much real power in his hands. Many major national policies were actually decided by Si Yuanting. Si Yuanting did this in the first place to focus on cleaning up corruption and more The six parts are the most important, and the second reason is that although these cabinet ministers have assumed the duties of cabinet ministers in vain, they have not really fulfilled their duties for a day, but the connections in the capital they have in their hands cannot be underestimated.

When the Daheng Kingdom was founded, the prime minister system was abolished in order to avoid the situation where the power of the prime minister threatened the imperial power again.The imperial power and the prime minister's power are complementary to each other. However, once the power of the prime minister is too great and out of control, the prime minister can not only exercise the imperial power on behalf of the emperor, but even abolish the emperor and change the dynasty.Even if the emperor tried to weaken the power of the prime minister, the contradiction between the two could not be truly eliminated, and it would eventually become a disaster. Therefore, the founding emperor of Daheng Kingdom decided to abolish the prime minister system and establish a cabinet system instead.

There can be up to seven cabinet ministers from the first assistant to the second assistant.When the cabinet was first established, it was to strengthen the imperial power, and the reason why the ceremonial supervisor was involved in politics was to allow the inner court and the outer court to check each other and maintain power checks and balances.However, with the over-intervention of the ceremonial supervisor, the cabinet gradually weakened, and eventually became a nominal subsidiary controlled by the eunuch Zhangyin and the eunuch Bingbi.

Right now, the power of ceremonial supervision and politics has been abolished, and the power has returned to the emperor and the cabinet. Except for Fu Xingyun, who was newly appointed as the second assistant, several cabinet ministers Chu Yuezhi ordered the dismissal of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for investigation, but they could not Really kill them all, otherwise the contacts and money in the hands of these people will not be able to return to the court, and it will still become a serious problem.Therefore, Chu Yuezhi still had to consider how to deal with these ministers when the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple submitted the case for approval.

Dismissal is fine, but people cannot be killed, and the punishment cannot be too severe, because several cabinet ministers have actually secretly formed a private party over the years, and the relationship between them is so intricate that it cannot be cut off easily; It's not important, this time the cabinet reorganization is like a child's play, and other officials may see that it will be more difficult to govern in the future.

After the morning court, Fu Xingyun was left behind by Chu Yuezhi, and then went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation with Chu Yuezhi. Chu Yuezhi took the newly arrived military report to Fu Xingyun and said: "They will not be able to return until half a month at the earliest. , don't worry, Yun Xiao has been fighting with me on the battlefield for many years, and it will be fine if you think about it."

Ever since Wei Yunxiao went out with Si Yuanting, just like Chu Yuezhi, Fu Xingyun's air pressure has dropped significantly. Every morning, he often either doesn't open his mouth. They are ugly.

Wei Yunxiao was on the front line, and no news was sent back to Fu Xingyun at all. Although Fu Xingyun could understand, he was unavoidably anxious.And because it was only a short battle, even Si Yuanting didn't send back any letters to Chu Yuezhi, so Chu Yuezhi could only receive the military newspaper, and Wei Yunxiao was not mentioned in the military newspaper, but Wei Yunxiao's The military rank is not low. In this case, no news is the best news.

"Your Majesty, I think that the post station in our court also needs to be rectified." After Fu Xingyun received the military report, he didn't read it. Instead, he brought up the matter of the post station. After that, I kept thinking, "According to the regulations, there is a post station every 1000 miles. There are 35, 1 post stations in the country, and there are more than 9000 people who specialize in post work. There are more than [-] people. However, according to my investigation over the years, I found that the farther away from the capital these post stations are, the less efficient they are. All they send to His Majesty are official documents, so His Majesty does not know that the letters sent by ordinary people often take more than a month to receive. Now, after leaving the thirteen provinces, there are countless lost letters. Your Majesty used to lead troops to fight in the frontiers, but have you ever heard from the soldiers under his command that letters from home are difficult to deliver?"

Chu Yuezhi stayed with Fu Xingyun to talk to him about the reorganization of the cabinet. Unexpectedly, Fu Xingyun first mentioned to him a matter that seemed irrelevant to him.

After nearly two hours in the morning, Chu Yuezhi sat on the dragon chair until his body became stiff. He didn't want to sit down when he returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He just stood and talked to Fu Xingyun. He first thought about it carefully, and then Said: "It is true that I have heard about this matter before, why?"

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about why the people outside the thirteen provinces are so poor, but no one has ever taken care of them, and no one has reported to the court?" Fu Xingyun asked, "Except for the excessive centralization of power in policies, the regions outside the thirteen provinces are all short of resources. , and Zheng Yuhua's inaction, is there no other reason?"

Chu Yuezhi paced back and forth between thoughts, and after a while he frowned and said, "What do you mean, the decrees of the areas outside the thirteen provinces are not valid?"

"More than that." During the two years of traveling together with Wei Yunxiao, Fu Xingyun not only collected evidence of corruption and bribery by the Ministry of Industry according to Si Yuanting's instructions, but also inspected post stations in various places. The reason was that Si Yuanting During the years of Chu Yuezhi’s campaign, he found that if he did not use a special information channel and used an ordinary post station to deliver instructions, even if it was marked as an official document, he would be stuck for a long time on the way. But the fact is that the government decrees and letters are limited to the thirteen provinces. Outside the thirteen provinces, the nobles and wealthy Jia judged that there is no need for any development. Therefore, they made arbitrarily arbitrarily decided to abandon it for the imperial court. As for how difficult the life of the people there is, They don't care. Who does Your Majesty think these dignitaries are?"

The Hall of Mental Cultivation has become Chu Yuezhi's main office. He walked to the imperial case and picked up the memorials handed over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and then tapped twice in his hand, saying: "Fu Jia is always clinging to the powerful, trying to figure out the meaning of the powerful, so these powerful people are naturally the most important people in the court...at least on the surface."

Opening one of the memorials, looking at the crimes listed on it about how one of the cabinet ministers formed a party for personal gain, Chu Yuezhi sneered and said: "Great, co-authoring these cabinet ministers, we can't blatantly fish for money like the Ministry of Household Affairs , so they changed the way to seal the decrees issued by Si Jiu in the thirteen provinces, and then turned the capital city and the thirteen provinces into their own treasury. Cooperating with the treasury of the Daheng Kingdom is a trifling matter in their eyes , What these ministers have in their hands is the real money, food and materials of the Daheng Kingdom."

"Your Majesty knows that His Majesty is very embarrassed about how to deal with several cabinet ministers. Why don't you start with the chief assistant, and then find out the rich businessman who has been in contact with him for the longest time to conduct an audit. The minister of the world's account books has never seen such a person. It is clean, as long as you check the account and then check the market price of the commercial firm over the years, as long as you find out the price difference, you can know how much the chief minister has been greedy." Fu Xingyun followed Si Yuanting these years, and he had already figured out the intricate relationships in the capital. Yuan Ting even explained that after his death, if Chu Yuezhi wanted to carry out reforms, Fu Xingyun must try his best to assist him. It is also good for Chu Yuezhi to help Chu Yuezhi carry out reforms by making a detour.

"What did you mean by rectifying the station?" Chu Yuezhi didn't immediately affirm Fu Xingyun's remonstrance, but went back to ask about the station.

Fu Xingyun said: "The decree cannot go out of the thirteen provinces. Even if it can go down in the thirteen provinces, the decree is often changed when it reaches the bottom officials. Therefore, I suggest that the officials who manage the post station be screened again. Strict control is needed. The cost of renovating the station, plus the fact that our Daheng country has just encountered a war, and it is just when the treasury is empty and urgently needs money, all of these will be borne by a few cabinet ministers."

The light in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is very sufficient. The morning sun easily fills the Hall of Mental Cultivation, making the entire Hall of Mental Cultivation very bright, and even illuminates the huge bookshelf behind the throne where the emperor sits. It is the experience and lessons of the emperors in the past dynasties about governing the country.But at this moment, Chu Yuezhi and Fu Xingyun stood in front of the royal case, the sunlight shining into the palace fell on Chu Yuezhi's embroidered dragon robe and Fu Xingyun's official uniform, and there seemed to be a faint light shining in a trance, making the two of them seem to be different from each other. Standing in the sun, but they themselves have a bright light.

There was a solution to the troubles of the past few days, Chu Yuezhi closed the memorial in his hand, looked at Fu Xingyun and said: "It's also thanks to me that I trained Wei Yunxiao to be the deputy general of the Heron Camp, otherwise, I'm afraid I don’t know how to keep such a talented talent like you.”

The cabinet ministers cannot be killed, but the money they have been greedy for these years can be recovered. These cabinet ministers are the ministers of the two dynasties, and they know how to judge the situation best. As long as they give proper hints, in order to save their lives, even if they are greedy for money, they will spit out part of it first.

Officials at the court have their own factions, as do the cabinet.

Back then, in order to keep the power of the cabinet ministers in balance, Si Yuanting had always had appropriate suppression and secret support, which made them divide into two factions to check and balance each other.But now, it's time to let them eat dogs, let them blame each other, and for the benefit of their party members and to protect themselves, they will spit out all the ill-gotten gains they have collected over the years.