Chapter 296 The False Emperor is Still Alive
Of course Zhao Yulin understood, and it was freezing cold, so he was happy to undress and jump into bed.
The little woman ignored the cold and immediately hugged him in her arms...
In the government office in Chengdu, Mr. Ding and Mr. Li were both old and had lost all desire to sleep after being disturbed by the thieves. So they discussed state affairs by the fire.
As soon as Zhao Yulin left, Lord Li praised him repeatedly, praising him for not caring about personal fame and fortune and for using the power tactics of the court just right.
Take Mr. Qiu from Guangnan West Road last night for example. Who would have thought that this man would actually want to come to Chengdu to work? Brother Yulin wanted to test him by asking him to be a director who was nothing, and promised him a position in the Ministry of Industry in the future. This man actually happily agreed to do it.
Mr. Ding also nodded with a smile, and said thoughtfully that according to a secret report from Shunfeng, the false emperor Zhao Bing in Lin'an was also carrying out major reforms, and he directly cut the salaries of the prime minister and other high-ranking officials by 30%.
During this period, Chengdu appointed many officials and the expenses for salaries and official business increased greatly. After the reforms according to Yulin's ideas, each department acted on its own and the coordination was effective. It was no longer the case that he had to spend money to hire people and find the staff and councilors to do things. Now there were people who were paid to do the work.
Mr. Ding thought that the Sichuan Administration Office should also cut salaries and wages like Jiangdong.
Li Gong agreed with this. He said that he had read the reform document of Deputy Envoy Yang Jin, which was very brilliant and original.
He believed that this profound change was no longer a one-size-fits-all approach like in the past when opening a prime minister's residence or a prince's palace, but rather a system of clearly defined responsibilities and powers. Even the number of guards, clerks, and maids around them had clear numbers, and their salaries were all listed.
They both thought that this would be a good solution to the problem of the previous dynasty's officials monopolizing government affairs. Since everyone was supported by the court, they would not have to pay money to hire people to do things, and the original salary standards would definitely need to be adjusted.
Mr. Ding told Mr. Li: Mr. Qiu had just arrived in Sichuan and still needed to get acquainted with the situation. He guessed that Yulin meant for Mr. Qiu to stay in Jinguan City and get familiar with the situation while working there, so he asked Mr. Li to go and give Mr. Qiu some advice.
Mr. Li nodded and said that he thought Mr. Qiu should understand. He would go to Mr. Qiu's place for tea and talk to him in detail when he had time...
In Lin'an, Jiangdong, the envoys of the pseudo-imperial court are carrying out an earth-shaking and bloody operation to change the dynasty.
Ever since our envoy was brought home by the false emperor Zhao Bing to raise his grandchildren, he has been thinking about regaining power all the time.
After establishing a new court in Sichuan and Shu, he proposed to attack Huanglong directly. After defeating the Mongolian army and rescuing the emperor, he secretly contacted generals, warriors and ruffians, gathered a large number of people around him and started the rebellion.
Shi's son personally led his troops to attack the palace.
Most of Zhao Bing's new troops were stationed in the military camp in the north of the city. Although the newly recruited imperial guards in the palace had sworn allegiance to him, they had not yet been trained. They did not have the new crossbows and broadswords invented by Zhao Yulin, let alone iron barrel cannons. They were no match for the group of desperate criminals under Shi's son.
The prime minister personally supervised the battle, and under the cover of dense arrows, he used the battering ram that had been prepared long ago to hit the palace gate fiercely. It didn't take long for the palace gate to be opened, and Shi's son led the troops and rushed straight to Zhao Bing's bedroom, snatching gold and silver, hugging women, and killing men.
He did not dare to openly want to kill Zhao Bing, because he was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty whom he had welcomed back. He had no choice but to kill the ministers who were closest to Zhao Bing and acted like monsters and demons under the banner of clearing the court.
However, the rebels didn't care whether they were told to kill the emperor or his close ministers. After they entered, they killed everyone they saw. They chopped off anyone who could move, and those who were quick enough to put valuables directly into their pockets.
In this cold winter, everyone is wearing thick clothes, which makes it easier for these thieves to steal the treasures. Everyone's clothes are bulging with stuff.
However, when Shi's son rushed into Zhao Bing's bedroom , he didn't see anyone. The place was surrounded by rebels, so how come the fake emperor Zhao Bing and his wife were missing?
The rebels dug deep inside to look for the person, but to no avail.
Shi's son thought quickly and found two men and women who had been hacked to death in the palace, and asked them to put on the fake emperor's yellow robe, push them out and throw their bodies outside the palace gate, saying that the fake emperor and the fake queen had been killed by treacherous officials.
Then he ordered that the palace be cleaned quickly as he had to attend the morning court session with all the officials.
However, the people in Lin'an City all knew that something had happened in the palace. During the rebellion, the streets were full of soldiers and brave men. How could those court officials dare to go to the palace?
However, Shi's son had a solution. He asked every household to notify him and bring all the officials to the morning court.
However, an accident happened.
The fake emperor Zhao Bing is still alive.
After the coup, Zhao Bing was very surprised. He did not expect that Shi's son would dare to gather people to rebel against him. Zhao Bing was furious and led his troops to kill the rebels, but he was outnumbered and retreated step by step into his bedroom.
Fortunately, after he moved in, he searched through boxes and cabinets for the imperial seal, and although he didn't find it, he accidentally discovered the secret passage that his godfather, the former emperor, used to go out of the palace to have affairs. Zhao Bing happened to borrow it at this time.
Seeing that he could not hold on any longer, he ordered his guards to resist outside, while he himself escaped through the secret passage with the queen.
At this time, Zhao Bing had already arrived at the military camp in the north of the city. He led his 5,000 new troops and marched into the north gate of Lin'an and headed straight for the imperial palace.
Shi's son was still waiting for the officials to come, when he was shocked to hear the news that Zhao Bing had returned. He quickly withdrew his forces to guard the palace and sent his confidants to get reinforcements outside the city.
They also shouted that the emperor outside was an imposter and that they were the rebels, calling on the people to join the resistance. Lin'an City was in chaos for a while...
Zhao Yulin had a great time with Fenghuang. After breakfast, he went to the government office. Lord Ding had already informed the relevant personnel for the relocation of Jinguan City to be present.
The old man said with a smile that Commander Zhao was tired last night, and it was not easy for him to come and discuss matters with everyone this morning.
He thought about how he had just been forced by the Fire Phoenix to work like a bull in the fields, and it was really like what Ding Gong said. He quickly said modestly, "No, no, it was Ding Gong who was tired all night."
Several colleagues who were familiar with last night's situation all laughed and agreed that they were really working hard for the country and suffered a lot.
Immediately, the old man called a meeting.
After he briefly introduced the structure of the Jinguancheng Service Center, he made the following arrangements: Mr. Qiu would be the chief envoy of the service center, Chen Chen would be the first deputy envoy, responsible for the demolition, resettlement and construction of Jinguancheng, and then he would let Zhao Yulin make the specific instructions.
Zhao Yulin told everyone: This time the relocation of Jinguan City is not as simple as building the Central Government Council, but it is to be a model for old city reconstruction, resettlement housing construction and new workshop construction in the country. We also need to train and select a group of officials in the past few years of official duties to establish our new Song State Ministry of Industry.
Mr. Ding and Mr. Li both nodded frequently.
Wei Mingtang's family was delighted to hear this. Although his old man had made a fool of himself by jumping off the city wall, and had lost face in Chengdu, his son Wei Shiqi had the opportunity to express his ideals to Zhao Yulin face to face.
Now, he heard from Zhao Yulin that the officials participating in the relocation would be candidates for personnel assessment for the future establishment of the Ministry of Works. So as long as his Wei Shiqi did a good job, he would be a small official in the Ministry of Works in the future, hehe.
Zhao Yulin said that if the city is to be renovated, the people's affairs must be taken care of first. We cannot build a new city and offend the people. This requires you to go down and study, investigate, and listen to the people's opinions.
He told Mr. Qiu that Xuzhou had accumulated a lot of experience from rebuilding the old state dam and renovating Cuiping Mountain ten years ago. He said that he could take all the officials assigned to the service center to Xuzhou to have a look and then decide what to do.
Mr. Ding was very satisfied with Zhao Yulin's suggestive arrangement.
He asked Ma Ling, a huge project like Jinguan City requires a lot of money, can our finances support it?
Ma Ling said with a smile that it was indeed a project that required a huge investment. We had seized the dirty silver of the Yishengmi Sect, and we had also eliminated the big grain merchants and landlords, and confiscated a huge amount of silver. There was a lot of silver that could be invested, and it was fully capable of supporting it.
However, she believed that not all the silver used to build Jinguan City would be transported from the government treasury.
The gentlemen immediately focused their attention on her.
Ma Ling took a sip of tea and continued calmly: She thought that building a city would require a large number of craftsmen, and we had to solve the problem of their food, accommodation and living. We could build a development community outside Jinguan City, combine it with the temporary residence and living of a large number of migrant workers, and gradually form a huge new city outside Jinguan City.
Everyone looked at Ma Ling in surprise. She was going to do real estate development and build houses to make money.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that this was a bit similar to the dredging of the Yangliu River arranged by Cao Gong. First, the accommodation of the migrant workers would be solved. After the migrant workers evacuated, all the houses they had lived in would be repaired and handed over to the farmers who came to farm the land to meet the housing needs of the farmers, which was seen as killing two birds with one stone.
Ma Linger said with a smile that was exactly the case.
Mr. Ding was happy, but then he frowned and said, "This would require a huge investment, where would so much money come from?"
Ma Ling said that we don't need to pay from the treasury. We can refer to the model of Xuzhou and Hanzhong, with the court in the majority and private funds assisting in the establishment of a construction team, or just a construction bank. Based on the principle of economy, allow the construction bank to earn appropriate dividends and entrust them with large and small construction projects. In this way, it is not necessary for our government to raise money for the investment.
The minds of several elders were quickly opened up , and they praised Ma Linger for her smart mind. In the future, they should hold regular meetings to discuss the affairs of Jinguan City and work together to get it done.
Zhao Yulin said that was enough for today. Mr. Qiu hurried to bring his family to Chengdu to settle down before the New Year, and arranged for officials from the service center to go to Jiading and Xuzhou.
Mr. Qiu immediately agreed happily.
Zhao Yulin said that Lord Li might be busy at the moment, and since we are establishing the new Song Dynasty, we must hold a ceremony. He suggested that the Ministry of Rites plan some activities in Chengdu so that we can have a lively New Year.
Mr. Li was happy, as all this was his business.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yulin called Zhao Feiyan and invited Li Zhongmian and Mr. Li to go together to check the progress of Caotang Academy.
