Three dukes and nine ministers!
The three dukes were Sikong, Sima, and Situ!
The nine ministers were Taichang, Guangluxun, Wei Wei, Taipu Temple, Dali Temple, Dahonglu, Tainong Ling, Shao Fu Cheng, and Zong Zhengqing!
Nominally, the three dukes were in charge of military affairs, political affairs, and supervision of all officials. However, after being weakened by Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, their status was higher than their actual power.
On the contrary, the power of the nine ministers rose steadily.
Guangluxun was in charge of the emperor's attendants and guards.
The minister of Taipu Temple is in charge of the royal horses of the palace and the horse administration of the country.
The Supreme Court Minister is in charge of the country's justice.
The Grand Farmer Order was in charge of the country's financial and tax revenue.
The Deputy Prefect of the Shao Mansion was in charge of the income of the mountains, seas, lands, and marshes that the royal family needed, as well as the government's handicraft industry.
It could be said that among the nine ministers, these five held the most power.
Previously, the Supreme Court Minister, the Great Farmer Magistrate, and the Deputy Prefect were all bought over by powerful forces during the period of selling official positions.
Now that the powerful factions had been wiped out, the official positions were vacant. The civil officials and military forces were all staring at them and drooling.
However, the Emperor appointed Zhong Yao as the Minister of the Supreme Court and Xun Yu as the Minister of the Imperial Farmer Order. This undoubtedly shattered the fantasies of the two forces.
Just this alone, the two great powers might tolerate it and treat it as if the positions of the nine ministers had never been vacant.
However, the Minister of Taipu Temple had always been in the hands of the civil officials since the establishment of the dynasty. They had obtained a large number of horses through trading.
Similarly, the Imperial Guards, as the emperor's safety, were always firmly held by the military forces.
With these two imperial edicts, Cheng Yu became the Minister of Taipu Temple, and Huang Zhong became the Minister of Imperial Guards, directly replacing the two great factions with the highest authority in the court.
As for Taichang and Zong Zhengqing, they were in charge of the royal family's sacrificial ceremony and clan affairs, Wei Weiqing was in charge of the palace guards, and Dahonglu was in charge of external relations. Their powers were relatively small.
Even if all four positions were given to the two major factions, it would be difficult to satisfy the civil officials. Once they caused a ruckus, the imperial court would be in turmoil.
"Your Majesty…"
"I've made up my mind. There's no need to say anything more!"
" No!" Liu Hong waved his hand and said resolutely," Inform the three old generals, Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Xi, to be ready to enter the city to quell the rebellion at any time."
The 400,000 elites of the dynasty are all outside the capital. As long as they don't leave, I want to see who dares to rebel.
There are still three months before the Northern Expedition. I believe that Huang Zhong, Cheng Yu, Zhong Yao, Xun Yu, and Xun You will be able to perfectly grasp the power in their hands and suppress all grievances during this period of time!”
These five people.
All of them were famous figures in history.
His ability and boldness had all been verified by history.
If even these five people could not complete the task he had given them, then they could only wait for the Crouching Dragon Phoenix to grow up.
"I understand!"
Jia Xu's blood was boiling, and the tiredness all over his body was swept away. His eyes flickered with the light of wisdom as he said in a clear voice,"From today onwards, martial law will be imposed at the city gates and curfew will be imposed in the city.
I will cooperate with the affairs of the few sirs. The Jinyiwei will send out all their manpower to ensure that everything goes smoothly!”
In a time of great strife.
Not only must they have the courage to recruit talents.
He also had to have the courage to scrape his bones and heal his injuries.
The emperor had both.
Jia Xu looked at the Emperor's back, a feeling of reverence rising from the bottom of his heart.
Your Majesty, from today onwards, I am willing to be the blade in your hand.
Ding! Top Sage Jia Xu's loyalty has reached 100. Status: Until death!
Hmm?
Liu Hong was stunned.
He racked his brain but never would he have thought that the first person to pull up the loyalty of his subjects was actually Jia Xu, who was extremely good at self-preservation (cowardly).
To death.
It seemed that it was not impossible to describe love with a man.
But the problem was…
He already had a subordinate with full loyalty, but this damn system didn't give him any rewards?
When Diao Chan became the Imperial Noble Consort, the system directly rewarded her with a book, Heavenly Craftsmanship.
It was the LSP system!
"Your Majesty, how should we deal with the criminal generals?”
Jia Xu called out softly.
Seeing that the Emperor was deep in thought, he thought that the Emperor was worried about the aristocratic families and changed the topic without leaving a trace.
"Send them to the Northern Expedition Army!"
Liu Hong thought for a moment and sighed." Make a copy of the name list and give it to Marshal Huangfu. Tell him to arrange for these generals and schools to take on missions that will make them die."
Those who died on the battlefield would be dealt with according to the compensation of the deceased soldiers.
If they were lucky enough to escape death, their merits and demerits would offset each other. They would be removed from the army and be at ease as ordinary citizens.”
In the list.
Most of them had fought for their country.
Since he was a soldier, he might as well give him some face.
"Yes!"
Jia Xu nodded and hesitated." Other than these things, according to the Jinyiwei's report, there seems to be a problem in Liangzhou."”
"What is it?"
Liu Hong turned around and said with killing intent.
Liangzhou people.
It was the country that owed them.
In addition, the national treasury was full. In order to make up for it, the amount of silver allocated to Liangzhou was as high as ten million taels, ten times the amount.
How could something happen?
"Cao Cao, the governor of Liangzhou, can't buy food anymore!”
Jia Xu gritted his teeth and said truthfully," The national treasury only allocated gold and silver for this disaster relief in Liangzhou. There wasn't much food. Provincial Governor Cao relied on buying everything.
Rich merchants and tyrants from all over the country moved after hearing the news. They collected a large amount of food and transported it to Liangzhou. According to the investigation, it was enough to feed Liangzhou for three years!”
"Did someone raise the price of the grain?"
"As Your Majesty expected!"
Jia Xu nodded again and said in silence,""For the sake of the people, Provincial Governor Cao raised the price of grain by five times, but he still couldn't buy any grain.
Moreover, there were rumors that if the grain price in Liangzhou was not 20 times the market price, the rich merchants and tyrants would not sell a grain!”
Commander Jia stopped talking.
Powerful forces were either wealthy merchants or the people behind them.
The emperor had previously wantonly purged the powerful forces and obtained a large amount of gold and silver, allowing the greedy merchants to smell business opportunities.
First hoard and then raise prices.
Somehow, the Brocade Guard also sensed that there was something fishy behind the merchants. Such a large-scale food crisis did not seem like something that scattered merchants could do.
"This is a national disaster!"
Liu Hong restrained his killing intent and said calmly,""What is Cao Cao doing?"
"Negotiate, mediate!"
Commander Jia pursed his lips and said in disappointment,""I've been mingling with the merchants all day, but the grain prices haven't changed. Liangzhou is unstable again!”
"Is that so?"
Liu Hong frowned and said,""Zhen doesn't believe that he didn't do anything. There is only one possibility.
He did something, but he hid it from the merchants and even the Jinyiwei. Just wait and see, Liangzhou is going to be in trouble!”
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