Zhao Huan's words were filled with killing intent. When some of the officials heard it, they could not help but shiver as their hearts were filled with fear.
They replied in unison, trembling with fear,"This subject will obey the decree!"
Zhao Huan snorted coldly and gave the order to the four ministers.
"Li Gang, Zhao Ding, Bai Shizhong, Wei Xu!”
The four of them hurriedly stepped forward.
"Your subject is here!"
"From today onwards, I order the four of you cabinet ministers to be fully responsible for assessing all officials in the Great Song Dynasty and thoroughly investigate the corruption and bribery in the court. If the situation is true, you will be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for investigation.”
All the officials in the court shuddered. They knew that the Song Dynasty's officialdom would soon be filled with bloodshed.
"After the court leaves, the eight ministers of the cabinet will go to the palace to wait for the decree!”
After saying that, Zhao Huan waved his hand."Retreat!"
"Long live Your Majesty!"
After the court session ended, Zhao Huan brought Cao Jie to Chuigong Hall.
"Cao Jie, how's the internal factory?" Zhao Huan asked Cao Jie behind him. Any progress?"
Cao Jie quickly reported," Your Majesty, the internal factory has secretly recruited a group of people and is currently training them. It won't be long before they infiltrate the Great Song Imperial Army and other garrisons in various identities. At that time, they will be fully operational!”
Zhao Huan knew that establishing an intelligence network was not something that could be done overnight. It would take a lot of time.
" Speed up! We can't delay!"
"Yes!"
Not long after he returned to Chuigong Hall.
The eight ministers came to Chuigong Hall to meet Zhao Huan.
After the salutations, the few of them sat down.
Looking at the eight people below, this was the first meeting since the cabinet was established.
From now on, the various decisions of the Song Dynasty would be passed down from the cabinet.
"Li Gang, have you finished calculating the losses in the defense of Tokyo?”
It had been a few days since the end of the Tokyo defense war. Li Gang had been doing the aftermath, so he should have done enough.
Li Gang bowed." Your Majesty, we lost more than 10,000 Imperial Army soldiers and 8,000 volunteer soldiers in the Battle of Tokyo. At the same time, we lost more than 15,000 people. As for weapons and armor, we also lost a lot. Overall, this loss is still acceptable!”
Zhao Huan sighed slightly. He could accept this loss.
"For the Imperial Army soldiers or volunteer camps who died in battle, the Imperial Court will compensate them however they wish. The silver that should be distributed must be distributed in place, and there must be no shortage.”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will personally supervise this matter!" Li Gang cupped his hands.”
Zhao Huan nodded and said to Liu Qi,
"Liu Qi, as a minister of the Military Affairs Council, your military has to keep up with this matter. After this matter is over, in the future, if there is a war, the compensation for the soldiers who died in battle will be distributed by the three divisions to your cabinet.”
Liu Qi quickly bowed and accepted the order." Your Majesty, please rest assured. These are all brave warriors who died for the Great Song. I will do my best to ensure that every pension will be paid!”
Zhao Huan nodded." This matter is decided. I hope that you will work together to complete this matter!"”
Li Gang and Liu Qi nodded."This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
At this moment, Wei Xu stood out.
"Your Majesty, there are only two million taels of silver in the national treasury. According to the military law of the Great Song Dynasty, once this pension is issued, it will be a large expenditure. The national treasury does not have much silver, and there is a daily expenditure of silver.”
Zhao Ding was also a little worried." That's right, Your Majesty. Once the national treasury is empty, I'm afraid it will cause a series of serious consequences!"”
"Don't worry, there will be a large sum of money transferred into the national treasury to solve our urgent needs!" Zhao Huan smiled faintly.”
Wei Xu quickly asked Zhao Huan,"Your Majesty, please tell me!"”
Wei Xu didn't care about anything else. As long as there was silver coming in from the national treasury, that was his greatest wish. Otherwise, if there was no silver in the national treasury, he would probably cry poor everywhere.
Zhao Huan smiled." Cai Jing and the others have been false officials and embezzled their entire lives. In the end, they have solved the urgent problem for the Imperial Court. The five of them have embezzled a total of more than 20 million taels of silver. Put all of this silver into the national treasury!”
Zhao Huan looked at Wei Xu and smiled.""Wei Xu, this time, you won't call me poor, right?”
When Wei Xu heard that there was such a large sum of silver entering the national treasury, his old face also bloomed with a smile."That's good, that's good!"
Li Gang had never been involved in Cai Jing's case.
When he heard that these people had embezzled so much, he sighed."These guys are really a bunch of false officials. They actually embezzled so much silver.”
Zhao Huan waved his hand.
"In addition, Cai Jing and the others have already pleaded guilty under the Divine Constabulary's trial. I will issue a decree to skin Cai Jing, Li Bangyan, and the others and hang them on Chongming Gate as a public display. Their clansmen will all be released to Lingnan, and their descendants will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations or enter the court as officials!”
Hearing Zhao Huan's punishment, Li Gang had no choice but to say,"
"Your Majesty, isn't this punishment a little too heavy? Ever since the founding of the country, the Song Dynasty advocated leniency in punishment. There had never been such a crime. If this were to spread, His Majesty would probably bear the reputation of a tyrant. It would not be good for His Majesty's reputation. Could His Majesty be lenient in punishment?”
Zhao Huan smiled faintly." Li Gang, as long as we can purge the civil administration of the Song Dynasty and strengthen the Song Dynasty, I will not hesitate even if others call me a bad ruler, let alone a tyrant. In addition, I have a few things that I want the four of you to do. You have to do it well for me!”
"Your Majesty, please give us your orders!" Li Gang and the other three quickly accepted the order.”|
"First, I want you to increase the national treasury by 30 million taels of silver within a month!”
" The second thing is that you should unite with the various departments of the imperial court and give a corresponding evaluation of the various official positions in the Great Song. Revoke those that should be revoked, increase the power of those that should be increased, and abolish those official positions that do not do anything. Keep them and waste resources!”
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