Apothecary Guo was dead. Zhao Huan did not care how many knives he had suffered. A traitor like him deserved to die.
The citizens of Tokyo clapped their hands in joy.
They all praised Zhao Huan's wise decision. In addition, Zhao Huan led the army and soldiers to repel the Jin soldiers, so his reputation reached a very high level.
He had won the support of countless people.
In the imperial court, Cao Jie held the imperial edict and was reading the contents of the imperial edict loudly!
"Ever since I ascended the throne, I have felt the sufferings of the people. I remember the kindness of the heavens and hereby issue an edict. During my reign, I will never add taxes.”
As soon as Cao Jie finished speaking, the ministers in the court instantly lost their composure.
Never add taxes? How could this be? Then how would the tax revenue of the imperial court come about?
Therefore, some people started to object.
People like Li Meng, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong, Wu Min, and others all opposed Zhao Huan's order.
However, ministers like Li Gang who wanted to revive the Great Song were overjoyed.
When Retired Emperor Zhao Ji was still alive, he had created a birthday plan, causing the Jiangnan people to be in dire straits and leading to the Fangla uprising.
Zhao Huan's rule of never increasing taxes not only appeased the hearts of the people, but it also fully demonstrated the benevolent government of the Imperial Court. This policy had to be supported.
Hence, Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and the others were all in support of this.
As the military's Zhong Shidao, Zong Ze and the rest stood on Zhao Huan's side.
Ever since Zhao Huan said that he wanted to build a monument to honor the heroic spirits who had shed their blood and died on the battlefield for the Great Song…
They all stood on Zhao Huan's side and became his staunch supporters.
Zhao Huan believed that after he implemented the policy of never increasing taxes, all the common people in the world, as well as some farmers and small landowners, would definitely stand on his side and support him.
As long as he had the support of the military, as well as the support of the peasants and small landowners at the bottom of the class, he would be able to obtain the support of the army.
If Zhao Huan wanted to push for reform, there would be much less resistance.
Seeing Tang Ke and the others vehemently oppose, Zhao Huan snorted coldly.
Never increasing taxes would not affect the country's tax revenue at all.
Taxes and taxes were separate.
Taxes were used for national defense expenses, government expenditure, various local affairs, and the opening and repair of channels.
As for Fu, it was used to build palaces and temples for the emperor, to eat, drink, and have fun.
To put it bluntly, taxes went into the national treasury, while taxes were the income of the royal family. These things did not go into the national treasury.
Zhao Huan never increased taxes. To put it bluntly, he was tightening his belt and did not affect the income of the national treasury at all.
Zhao Huan could be considered to have seen through that Tang Ke these people were completely doing it to rebel, completely losing their own position.
After Cao Jie finished reading the imperial edict and received a wave of compliments from Li Gang and the others, he instructed Cao Jie,""Cao Jie, summon Zhuge Zhengwo into the hall!”
The ministers were puzzled. Who was this Zhuge Zhengwo?
Zhuge Zhengwo had returned to Tokyo last night. He had already made ample preparations for the secret mission that Zhao Huan had arranged for him. All Zhao Huan needed to do was wait for the results.
Zhuge Zhengwo entered the Great Celebration Hall.”
Zhao Huan nodded and announced in front of all the ministers,
"From today onwards, Zhuge Zhengwo's Divine Constabulary will represent me in monitoring all the officials in the world. At the same time, it will also carry out special cases that I have designated.”
This time, countless officials could not sit still.
Even Li Gang and the others couldn't sit still and started to oppose Zhao Huan's decision.
However, Zhao Huan ignored them.
He continued," Zhuge Zhengwo's Divine Constabulary also acts as a propaganda organization for the imperial court. It specializes in publicizing the decrees issued by the imperial court at all levels. The various departments of the imperial court are not to be obstructed. Anyone who dares to obstruct the Divine Constabulary from carrying out its mission will be dismissed from office or beheaded!”
The moment Zhao Huan finished speaking, the officials below could no longer stand still, including Li Gang and the others. They all stepped forward and strongly objected.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that. Ever since the founding of the Song Dynasty, we have never established a new yamen outside the court. Moreover, the Divine Constabulary is not under the jurisdiction of the two constabularies and three divisions. With such great power, if they do anything evil, won't it shake the foundation of the country?”
"That's right, Your Majesty. Please think twice. You can't set up a Divine Constabulary to avoid ruining the court and causing unrest!”
Zhao Huan looked at the ministers below who were reacting intensely.
"What?" he asked coldly. Are you afraid? Are you afraid that I will find out about the shameful things you have done in private? Are you afraid that I will find out about your corruption and bribery?”
"I'm telling you, I've thought twice about setting up the Divine Constabulary. If you don't do anything wrong, you're not afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. If you're self-restrained and dedicated to the people, will you be afraid that I'll send people to supervise you?”
Zhao Huan's cold voice rang in everyone's ears.
Li Gang and the others 'hearts sank, and they no longer strongly objected.
Because they knew very well that the opposition of the courtiers would be useless.
Li Gang had seen Zhao Huan's fierce methods before.
In order to capture Cai Jing and the other powerful officials of the Retired Emperor's era, Gao Qiu had even shed all pretense of cordiality with the Retired Emperor to capture Cai Jing and the others.
Such a thunderous method would not stop just because of the opposition of the officials.
Therefore, Li Gang did not continue to object, and Zhao Ding and the others who were on the same side as Li Gang did not object either.
Bai Shizhong still did not express his opinion. He did not oppose or support it.
This time, the voices of opposition became softer and softer, and finally disappeared completely.
After all the noise had disappeared, Zhao Huan instructed Zhuge Zhengwo,"
" Zhuge Zhengwo, I order your Divine Constabulary to gather manpower to spread my policies throughout the Great Song and supervise the officials of the various provinces and counties. Record down the officials who violate the law and send them to the Eastern Capital. I want to know whether the officials in the world are working for the imperial court, worms of the imperial court, and scum of the Great Song!”
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
The Divine Constabulary was built just like that.
However, Zhao Huan knew very well that these officials would definitely not be convinced.
In the future, they would definitely find trouble with the Divine Constabulary.
Zhao Huan looked around at the ministers and continued.
"I've decided to form a cabinet above the two mansions and three departments. It will be the highest decision-making body of the imperial court and will give me advice and deal with military affairs!”
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