Liu Che decreed to build a number of imperial horse farms led by Shanglin Garden.
They would set aside a designated area and invest special funds to cultivate good horse breeds, raise, and train horses.
With good horses, there must be well-trained knights.
Because the border counties were close to Rong Di, the men in the counties would usually practice combat readiness.
With riding and archery as the priority, it was naturally the best choice to select elite cavalry.
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Liu Che was reading memorials in Weiyang Palace.
A eunuch ran in.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Wei Wan requests an audience…"
"Let him in."
Not long after, the high-spirited Wei Wan walked into Weiyang Palace.
During this period of time, Wei Wan had personally dealt with many corrupt officials.
" Your Majesty…" Wei Wan bowed.
"Zhen wants to change the time of the court session. It is too early for you to come to the noon gate every day to wait for the edict.”
" I've decided to move the time of the morning court session back by two hours. You all report at dawn every day, and the morning court session at dawn…"
When Wei Wan heard this, her expression changed drastically.
The timing of the morning court session was the minister's greatest complaint, but the ministers did not dare to say anything.
Because if they said it, it would be a sign of laziness and fear.
Actually, they had wanted to change the time for a long time.
Every winter, it was the coldest time in the Freezing Sky Underground Palace.
They had to freeze outside the Noon Gate for two hours before they could go to court.
Sometimes, the emperor did not even attend the morning court session and would starve and freeze for nothing…
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Wei Wan was already in her sixties, and she forced herself to attend morning court every day.
If the morning court session was moved back by two hours, it would be very different.
Sleeping for two hours was completely different from sleeping for two hours less.
After changing the time, Liu Che began to ask Wei Wan about the punishment of corrupt officials.
After this harsh blow, the corrupt officials inside and outside Chang 'an City all restrained themselves.
However, there were still many fish that had escaped the net.
Just as Wei Wan was about to increase the intensity of her attacks…
Liu Che stopped Wei Wan,
"When a man is observant, he has no disciples…"
Wei Wan immediately understood what Liu Che meant.
The punishment of the corrupt officials had already frightened the entire court.
This was because no official dared to say that they were very clean.
According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, anyone who embezzles a hundred roubles will be beheaded.
All the officials in the court had a few good friends and had received gifts from their good friends.
Therefore, the matter of cracking down on corrupt officials should be stopped.
Not to mention the other corrupt officials, even Han Anguo had ten thousand cord as a gift.
In the investigation of the Embroidered Guard, it wasn't just Han Anguo.
Wei Wan was also tainted. Although Wei Wan didn't take bribes, his servant did.
If they were to haggle over every penny, then all the civil and military officials of the Great Han Dynasty would be executed…
It was impossible to be absolutely clean. Anti-corruption had to be done bit by bit!
Liu Che ordered Chun Tuo to burn all the evidence related to Han Anguo and Wei Wan.
"If we are too hasty in punishing corrupt officials, I'm afraid innocent people will be implicated.”
"I understand."
Wei Wan Han saw Liu Che's intentions and decided to put away his killing intent and not continue to investigate the others.
The punishment of corrupt officials was not temporary, but long-term.
Liu Che checked the inventory of the national treasury and smiled.
Now that the national treasury was full, he could implement other construction decrees.
Presumably, those corrupt officials would not dare to touch the national treasury funds in order to save their lives.
Before Wei Wan left, the eunuch Chun Tuo of the Embroidered Guard walked in and said softly,"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Wei, Dou Ying, requests an audience.”
Wei Wan's eyes darkened.
Dou Ying, Marquis of Wei…
Dou Ying was very famous, but he didn't get along with Wei Wan.
Now, His Majesty actually wanted to bring Dou Ying back.
After Chun Tuo left, Liu Che looked at Wei Wan and said,"
"Prime Minister, someone said that you are narrow-minded and can't tolerate others, so Zhen rebuked him for being blind.”
After Wei Wan heard Liu Che's words, she couldn't help laughing.
The little Emperor's words were already so clear. If Wei Wan still did not understand the Emperor's meaning, then his position as Prime Minister would be in vain.
"Your Majesty, back then, I and Dou Ying were angry because of our official duties and not because of selfishness. Your Majesty, I will go and welcome Lord Dou.”
"Then I'll have to trouble Prime Minister. The position of minister is still vacant, so let's arrange Dou Ying for this position.”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
It was similar to the Ministry of Works in the future, and had always been the most corrupt department.
And Dou Ying hated corrupt officials the most, so he let Dou Ying become one of the nine ministers, a general supervisor, a general minister, and Liu Che borrowed Dou Ying's honesty to supervise the general.
After Wei Wan left, Liu Che sat on the dragon throne and looked at Chun Tuo.
During this period of time, Chun Tuo had put in a lot of effort. Under Liu Che's control, he had already recognized his position.
If not for the suppression of the Embroidered Guards, the Minister's Office would have been the most powerful, but if not for Wei Wan, Chuntuo's power would have reached the heavens.
Liu Che knew officialdom the best, he wouldn't let Wei Wan step down so easily.
Without the Embroidered Guard Chuntuo's checks and balance, who would help him suppress the Minister's Office?
During this period of time, Liu Che had already received more than a dozen memorials to impeach Chun Tuo.
It was because of Liu Che's checks and balance that the Minister of History and the Embroidered Guards cooperated like never before.
This punishment of corrupt officials was a great success.
However, Liu Che also knew that going too far was as bad as falling short.
So when Wei Wan wanted to dig up the corrupt officials, Liu Che stopped her.
The matter of punishing corrupt officials had come to an end. They could not continue investigating.
Otherwise, the people inside and outside the imperial court would be in a state of panic, and the empire might be in turmoil…
This level was just right.
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