"This servant receives the decree!" Wei Zhongxian bowed to Li Zhi three times.
"Rise!"
"Now, choose 300 of these 1,300 men to be the first batch of Embroidered Uniform Guards!”Li Zhi ordered.
Although the Embroidered Uniform Guards only selected 300 people, Li Zhi planned to expand it to 10,000 or even 30,000 people in the future. At that time, the Embroidered Uniform Guards would become an existence that terrified all the corrupt officials in the Tang Empire.
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!" After he got up, Wei Zhongxian had transformed from a eunuch to the commander of the Brocade Guard. Therefore, his self-proclaimed had changed a little.
Under the leadership of the original team leaders, these 1,300 soldiers once again stood in an orderly formation for Wei Zhongxian to choose.
Wei Zhongxian looked around and saw that the eyes of these men were filled with eagerness, as if they really wanted to be chosen.
Looking at them, they were all full of vigor and strength. There was no need to specially select them. Any one of them was a vanguard.
Wei Zhongxian was very satisfied. Then, he cupped his hands at Li Zhi and said,"Your Majesty, the Dragon Guards are all elites. I don't think there's a need to choose. Just the first three hundred people will do.”
"Hahaha, alright, we'll do as you say.”Li Zhi raised his head and smiled.
When these Dragon Guards heard Wei Zhongxian's words, they immediately felt very honored. Even those who were not selected did not feel disappointed. They were just standing at the back, not because they were not strong enough.
After the 300 people were selected.
Li Zhi let Fan Kuai and Dian Wei take over the positions of commander and deputy commander of the Dragon Guards.
Wei Zhongxian was in charge of the Brocade Guards alone and became the first commander of the Brocade Guards.
Li Zhi walked into the inner room and ordered someone to bring over a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
The maidservant quickly brought over the things he needed.
Wei Zhongxian, Fan Kuai, and the others were stunned. Could it be that Li Zhi was in the mood for poetry and wanted to write an inscription?
The establishment of the Brocade Guard and the Dragon Guard today could be said to be the first step in Li Zhi's return to power. It was indeed very memorable and worthy of celebration.
It was only right to write a poem to praise him.
However, when Li Zhi put down his pen, everyone was stunned.
Li Zhi was not writing poems, but painting.
It wasn't an ordinary painting, but more like a design.
Soon, a unique design of clothing appeared in front of them.
He looked quite heroic and gave people a sense of heroism.
Then, Li Zhi quickly drew a flying fish on his clothes.
Obviously, Li Zhi drew it according to the style of the flying fish costume of the Ming Dynasty that was discovered later.
Finally, he drew a picture of an embroidered spring knife.
"These are the Flying Fish Apparels and the Embroidered Spring Sabers. In the future, they will be exclusive to the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Order someone to take them to the Ministry of Works and have the Minister of Works send someone to speed up the production.”
Li Zhi handed the blueprint to Wei Zhongxian and said.
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
Li Zhi also made a new set of uniform and a unique style of broadsword for the Dragon Guards as their regular weapons.
After doing all this, Li Zhi heaved a sigh of relief.
After all, he had already taken the first step to seize power.
Next would be the trial and purge of the lackeys and ministers, further removing the claws and teeth of the Eight Queens.
When they became toothless tigers, they would no longer have any deterrence and could only bluff.
Li Zhi ordered his men to withdraw 100,000 taels of silver from his own treasury as the Jinyiwei and Dragon Guards 'salaries and daily military expenses.
One hundred thousand taels of silver was enough for this troop to operate normally for two to three years.
Therefore, Li Zhi did not have to worry about the military expenses of the two teams in a short period of time.
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Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
In the morning court, Li Zhi sat on the dragon throne. He wore a dragon robe and looked extraordinary.
As for the eight queens, they sat behind Li Zhi like thorns. Although they were all beautiful and could topple a country, they were also ambitious people who wanted to wield power.
They could hear everything that happened in the court, big or small, and they even had to intervene from time to time.
"Regarding the disaster relief in Shaanxi and Gansu, how is the progress?”Li Zhi asked the officials.
"Reporting to the emperor, this matter has been handed over to the assistant ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, Feng Kuo and Zhao Lun. They have worked together with the provincial governors to purchase food and relieve the disaster. Yesterday, they reported that the famine has basically been quelled and more than 100,000 people have been relieved.”The Minister of Revenue, Shi Tailai, cupped his hands and said.
"This matter is of great importance and we cannot be careless. Quickly appease the disaster victims and distribute next year's seeds to help the local people stabilize their transition.”Li Zhi said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Shi Tailai said.
After the morning court session, Li Zhi went straight to the Embroidered Uniform Guards camp.
At this moment, the Embroidered Uniform Guards had already changed into brand new flying fish clothes with spring knives embroidered on their waists. Each and every one of them appeared to be in high spirits and extraordinary.
Li Zhi nodded in satisfaction.
"Wei Zhongxian, have there been any movements from Zhou Xing these few days?”Li Zhi sat on the main seat and asked while drinking the new Maojian tea.
"Replying to the emperor, this lowly official has ordered people to spy day and night. That Zhou Xing is still recuperating at home, but he has quite a few complaints about his power being taken away.”
Li Zhi raised his eyebrows." Oh? He could even go and pay his respects. It seemed that this kid had recovered quite well. It was time to draw in the net!”
Wei Zhongxian smiled sinisterly." I understand what Your Majesty means!”
Originally, Li Zhi had promised that once Zhou Xing recovered from his injuries, he would take over the Supreme Court.
This way, Yan Song would be left out in the cold, and Zhou Xing was one of Wu Zetian's number one loyal dogs, so he had to get rid of him.
This was equivalent to pulling out one of Wu Zetian's tiger teeth.
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