Thief Emperor

Chapter 665 Cruel
At the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, there is a courtyard, which was built when the Jinling government was building the new city. It was mainly for the soldiers guarding Zhongshan Mountain during this period to rest, and it was also a temporary garrison point.

Having been busy all day, Li Yun and a group of Jiangdong core members did not return to the yamen or their homes, but rested in this courtyard.

At the gate of the courtyard, Li Yun personally saw his family off, then smiled softly at Xue Yun'er and said, "There will be a ceremony to crown the queen in the next few days. We still have to be busy for a few days, and then we can officially move into the palace to live."

"Madam, go home first and take a rest. You can ask your family to move some of the things you need to the palace tomorrow."

Xue Yuner smiled and said, "I have been working on this a few days ago. I had been thinking about moving things over there, but Madam Du said that we would not move old things over if we did not move into the palace. She said that we would buy new things, so we did not move."

Li Yun smiled and said, "Although you don't have to be particularly frugal, if you really want to bring something, just bring it. Our family is not bound by any etiquette rules."

Xue Yun'er nodded slightly, then looked at Lu Huan and said, "Sister Lu is very knowledgeable about these things. She has been in charge of most of the family accounts in the past two years. As for the moving matter..."

Li Yun glanced at Lu Huan and said with a smile, "You sisters can come together to discuss it. This is a turbulent time, and I'm afraid I don't have the energy to stay at home."

Xue Yun'er nodded gently. She thought for a moment and said, "My husband, these days many ladies in Jinling have come to me and told me that after becoming the King of Wu, I should enrich my harem and expand my family. My husband, what do you think..."

Li Yun shook his head slightly: "I definitely won't be free this year. After I solve the problems in Jiangdong, I will start planning for the Central Plains."

Xue Yuner nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about it later."

She sighed softly, "I went to see the palace with my two sisters a few days ago. It's too big. The two houses in Liyuan and Qianyuan are more comfortable to live in."

Li Yun touched her head and said with a smile: "These two houses are still ours. Others can't take them away, and they dare not take them away. If you want to come back and live here in the future, you can come back and live here again."

He paused for a moment and continued, "In the future, when the children grow up, we can give them a share of the house to live in."

"If we don't live in Jinling anymore, it will be considered as our Li family's property."

After talking with his family for a while and sending them away, Li Yun returned to the courtyard. At this time, the four senior civil servants from Jinling, as well as Zhou Liang and Deng Yang from the military, and Liu Bo from the Nine Departments were all present, still sitting on Li Yun's left and right.

Seeing Li Yun coming in, the seven people immediately stood up and bowed deeply, "Your Majesty!"

Li Yun sat down in the main seat and said with his hands pressed, "Your Majesty, there is no need to address me as such. I am used to hearing this. It is not a particularly important occasion, so I will just address you as usual."

The seven people nodded their heads and sat down.

Li Yun sat down in the main seat, closed his eyes and sorted out his thoughts, then said, "The Nine Departments must investigate the five people today to see who has contacted them during this period of time, and also, all their families have moved to Jinling."

"Let Jiusi send someone to guard him."

Liu Bo stood up and said with his head down: "I have sent someone to keep an eye on him, but..."

He glanced at Li Yun and whispered, "I'm afraid it's too late."

If this matter was done by the Imperial City Bureau, then the Imperial City Bureau will most likely not stop there and will definitely continue to discredit Li Yun, and it will be easy to discredit Li Yun next time.

That is to kill all the family members of these five people.

In this way, a large basin of dirty water was poured on Li Yun's head, and he couldn't wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Mr. Li had a gloomy face and groaned, "If we can't save them, forget it. It's their own fault."

Liu Bo lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhuo Guangrui stood up and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I asked someone to invite these five people here. I was not thoughtful enough about this matter. I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

In the past, Li Yun and them were in a superior-subordinate relationship, but this time, they were no longer in a superior-subordinate relationship.

In other words, it is not just a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Because in this era, in order to consolidate the imperial power, the rulers added another additional attribute to this relationship between superiors and subordinates.

That is the father-son relationship.

The king and father must not be disobeyed.

So Zhuo Guangrui, who was already very sensible, changed his self-proclaimed name.

Li Yun closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "During this period, everyone has been very busy. This matter cannot be blamed entirely on Brother Zhuo, but as the prefect of Jinling, Brother Zhuo must bear some responsibility."

"I'll fine him one year's salary."

This punishment was severe for other officials, such as Yao Zhong, who came from a poor family and had not yet had time to make money. However, for Zhuo Guangrui, he felt nothing at all. He lowered his head, said thank you, and then sat down again.

Li Yun looked at Deng Yang and Zhou Liang again, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle San, the Inspection Department must be formalized in the future." "I plan to set up the Privy Council, and the Inspection Department will be a subordinate agency of the Privy Council in the future."

"The Privy Council has a chief and a deputy. Uncle San is the deputy. Because the Privy Council has not been formally established yet, there is only the Inspection Department. Uncle San is the deputy, so he will lead the Inspection Department first."

"The official edict will be issued tomorrow. By the end of this year, the Privy Council will be officially established, and all its responsibilities and agencies will be established one by one."

At this time, the Privy Council certainly could not have a chief envoy, or a chief officer.

In the future, when Su Sheng and his people return to the court, they will most likely serve in the Privy Council, and their position will definitely be only deputy envoys.

In the foreseeable future, the Privy Council will not establish a Privy Councilor, or in other words, Li Yun himself is the Privy Councilor.

Zhou Liang stood up, bowed his head deeply, clasped his fists and said, "I obey your command."

He paused and lowered his head even deeper.

"Your Excellency, although I was fortunate enough to have some connections with you in my early years, the old title is no longer applicable. Your Excellency..."

Li Yun waved his hand and shook his head, saying, "There are no outsiders here, and today I just made an announcement to the outside world. I haven't changed my attitude and turned my back on you. Jiangdong will probably remain the same as it was before."

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"You're welcome."

Li Yun pressed his hands, motioning Zhou Liang to sit down, then looked at Deng Yang and said, "Tomorrow, an imperial edict will be issued, and the Jinling Army will be changed to the Imperial Army. You will be the first general of the Imperial Army."

Deng Yang was startled, then he immediately stood up and said with his head down: "I obey your command, I obey your command!"

After Deng Yang sat down, Li Yun glanced at everyone and said calmly, "Brother Du and I have already drafted the relevant edicts, and they will be sent out one by one tomorrow. I'm afraid everyone will be very busy in the near future. Please work hard to get everything settled."

"besides."

Mr. Li said silently, "During this period of time, I'm afraid there will be people stirring up trouble in the dark. You all need to be careful. If there are things that need to be dealt with immediately, just make decisions on the spot. You don't need to ask me about everything."

"It will take us half a month to a month to completely stabilize the situation."

He looked at everyone and asked, "Can it be done?"

All seven people stood up and said in unison: "Yes!"

Li Yun said "hmm" and said slowly: "Let's stop here for today. Everyone is tired. After finishing your own work, you can rest early."

He stood up and walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Let's break up."

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In a blink of an eye, another four or five days passed.

During these four or five days, Li Yun was very busy. In addition to the ceremony of enthroning the queen and princess, he also had to take care of the establishment of various government offices of the Jiangdong small court... or rather, the Wu small court, all of which required Li Yun to worry about.

In addition to the affairs of the government, there was also the matter of moving. Since the palace had been completed long ago, all they had to do was move in. It wasn't a big deal for Li Yun himself, but the entire Li family had been busy for several days, especially Lu Huan, who had been so busy that she had hardly any rest for several days.

On the fifth day, Li Yun's family finally moved into the palace. Because the palace was very large, Liu Su and Lu Huan, who were given the title of princesses, each got a palace to live in.

But the more troublesome thing is that there are no eunuchs in Jiangdong.

Therefore, except for the guards, all the people in the palace are currently palace maids.

After the moving was basically done, Li Yun had also dealt with most of the things on hand. That day, he slept at Lu Huan's place. Not long after he entered Lu Huan's door, a maid came outside to report: "Your Majesty, Liu Sizheng wants to see you."

Li Yun patted Lu Huan on the shoulder, said a few words to her, then put on his coat, left the harem, came to the front hall, and soon saw Liu Bo jogging over.

After Liu Bo saw Li Yun, he took a deep breath, stepped forward and whispered, "Second brother, Jiusi has already visited the homes of those five people."

Seeing his appearance, Li Yun had already understood the general situation and asked, "How many people died?"

Liu Bo looked up at Li Yun and shook his head slightly.
"Five families, more than a hundred people in total."

“Only four survived.”

(Ask everyone a question, should the protagonist use a eunuch?)
(End of this chapter)