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Chapter 1322 The swollen Zhao Gou (Part )

"It's time for you to prepare. Zhao Gou has all his troops, and he should start to expand at this time!"

Li Assistant looked at Huang Zhongfu and Ruan Li and said.

"Mr. Li, when shall we take action?"

Huang Zhongfu and Ruanli looked at Li Zhu in confusion and asked, Zhao Gou had already gathered a lot of people.

"It's still early, wait until those people arrive and give them a pot of food!"

Li Zhu shook his head and said, there are still many people from all over the country rushing to Puzhou, and there are still many people who have not shown up in secret.

"Mr. Li, how many people will come?"

Ruan Li looked at Li Assistant and asked.

"I don't know, but there must be many die-hard loyalists to the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years. Now that Zhao Gou has established the country, more people will come to vote after the news spreads!"

Li Zhu looked at the two people and said that he had arranged for people to spread the news about Zhao Gou's reconstruction of the Song Dynasty, and gave the new Song Dynasty the name of the Western Song Dynasty.

Puzhou,

"Western Song Dynasty? Who chose the name? It's so ugly!"

Zhao Gou sat on the dragon throne and said with some dissatisfaction, he had only been on the throne for two days, and the Song Dynasty was passed down as the Western Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the people are ignorant. Your Majesty founded the country in the West, so they think it was the Western Song Dynasty."

Qin Hui said, they originally wanted to call themselves the Song Dynasty, which means that the inheritance of the Song Dynasty is still continuing, so that those who still have the Song Dynasty in their hearts will rush to join, but if it is replaced by the Western Song Dynasty, it will be a bit different. , no matter how it sounds, it sounds like a fake.

However, none of this can be stopped by Qin Hui and others. Rumors depend on who is more acceptable to people. Just like those mysterious events about Zhao Gou, if you want to get to the bottom of it, you can see the problem.

"Your Majesty, the Western Song Dynasty is not a bad idea. During the Han Dynasty, the capital was in Chang'an, which was called the Western Han Dynasty, and the capital was in Luoyang, which was called the Eastern Han Dynasty. In our Song Dynasty, the capital was originally in Kaifeng, which is the east, but now the capital is in Pucheng, which is the west. This is also inherited from the two Han Dynasties. Generally speaking, Your Majesty will be like Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, sweeping the world and reviving the Song Dynasty!"

Zhang Bangchang's art of speaking is much higher than Qin Hui's. He directly quoted the period of the Han Dynasty and compared Zhao Gou to Liu Xiu, which immediately made Zhao Gou smile.

"Haha, that's a good point!"

Zhao Gou laughed loudly. After listening to Zhang Bangchang's words, he just felt that he was the destined emperor. When Liu Xiu raised an army, he was not as good as him. Liu Xiu could revive the Han Dynasty. He could revive the Song Dynasty with certainty.

"Zhang Bangchang, you have good writing skills. Write an essay and tell it to the world!"

Zhao Gou looked at Zhang Bangchang and issued an order.

"According to the order!"

Zhang Bangchang was overjoyed. He had finally succeeded in winning Zhao Gou's favor.

"Your Majesty, hundreds more people are coming to vote! They are from Jiangnan!"

Luan Tingyu smiled and walked into the simple hall to report.

"Hundreds of people? You don't need to report such trivial matters to me in the future! You just have to make your own arrangements. Official positions will be given according to the number of people and money."

Zhao Gou frowned when he heard this, waved his hand and said, in the past, he would have been very happy if someone came to vote, but now the situation is different, he is already the emperor, what does it matter if only a few hundred people come to vote? If he came to ask about this matter, he would lose his status as emperor.

As for how to arrange the arrivals, it depends on the strength of these people. People, horses and money are the only criteria for determining their official positions. Everything else is unimportant.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Luan Tingyu saluted Zhao Gou, but there was a smile on his lowered face.

What happened today was Luan Tingyu's intention. He needed Zhao Gou's order so that he could arrange people in an honest and fair manner.

"By the way, General Luan, please mobilize a group of craftsmen from the army in the city to start the construction. This palace is too shabby and must be rebuilt!"

Zhao Gou looked at Luan Tingyu and said, now that he is the emperor, he must have a palace and garden that matches his status. At present, this simple house is really unavailable.

"Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty is now in ruins and the thieves have not been eliminated. Should the construction of the palace be postponed?" Zhang Jun looked at Zhao Gou and said, now that they have not even stabilized the foundation, they have begun to overhaul the palace. This is Take the path of death.

In fact, in Zhang Jun's eyes, Zhao Gou's ascension to the throne was a bit premature. He had to at least conquer Guanzhong before ascending the throne, but no one else could wait. Zhao Gou also meant the same, and he couldn't stop it at all.

"What do you mean? Do you want me to go to court here? Look, the roof is about to collapse!"

Zhao Gou pointed to the old roof and looked at Zhang Jun with an unhappy expression. His first morning court appearance as emperor was in the house. He didn't think much of it at the time, but now it becomes more and more unpleasant to his eyes.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter needs to be considered in the long term. Now we don't have much food and grass, and our money is even thinner. If we build a lot of construction projects, I'm afraid it will have an impact on the next war!"

Zhang Jun still insisted.

"I just want to build a palace. Is this too much? I don't want a huge and gorgeous garden! This palace is where I will go to court, and it is also where you go to go to court!"

Zhao Gou's voice rose several degrees, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

"Say it!"

Seeing that Zhang Jun was silent, Zhao Gou looked at Qin Hui and Zhang Bangchang and asked.

"Your Majesty is reviving the Song Dynasty. The righteous people from all over the world are rushing to join us. We really need a decent palace to show the majesty of the Song Dynasty to receive everyone. But now this government office is a bit shabby!"

Zhang Bangchang replied quickly.

"Although the country is in difficulty now, there is still no problem in building a palace for His Majesty. I think everyone can understand it!"

Qin Hui also spoke.

Zhao Gou finally felt better after hearing the words of Zhang Bangchang and Qin Hui.

"Qin Hui, leave this matter to you!"

Zhao Gou looked at Qin Hui and said, he had just handed over the edict to Zhang Bangchang, and now he should give Qin Hui some tasks.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Qin Hui was overjoyed and saluted quickly.

"In addition, we now have soldiers and horses. Pucheng is too small, so it's time to start attacking the surrounding cities! We need to show off the military power of the Song Dynasty! Luan Tingyu, Zhang Jun, and Wang Wei, please come up with a charter!"

Zhao Gou looked at Zhang Jun and said, he didn't want to listen to Zhang Jun's noise, but he needed Zhang Jun, so it was better to send him out.

After arranging things, Zhao Gou waved everyone to leave.

"How can you go to court in such a shabby place?"

Looking at the empty house, Zhao Gou felt even more irritated. The more he looked at the house, the more he disliked it.

After receiving the decree, Qin Hui came to the city and called all the officials over.

Qin Hui knew that he had no money now, and he could not conjure money out of thin air, but other people had money, and it was not his job to help the emperor build a palace alone.

After Qin Hui made a series of promises, each of these newly promoted officials donated generously, spending a little money to get an upgrade. Everyone knows that this is a good deal.

"Qin Hui, do you know what you are doing?"

Zhang Jun looked at Qin Hui and asked.

"Of course I will help His Majesty build the palace!"

Qin Hui said nonchalantly.

"Now that everything is undecided, building a palace at this time? Do we still need it in this world?"

Zhang Jun looked at Qin Hui and scolded.