Thief Emperor

Chapter 888: The reign title
Su Sheng took a step forward, knelt on the ground, bowed his head and kowtowed, saying: "Your Majesty, since the brothers in the army will be conferred titles after Your Majesty is enthroned, I should also be conferred titles with them, and no exceptions can be made."

"Your Majesty, I beg you to revoke your order."

Li Yun waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is something I had already decided when I was in Hebei Province. General, please don't refuse."

The reason for promoting Su Sheng at this time was simple, which was to decide on the number one candidate in the army so that there would be no controversy about this matter.

In the future, even if other people are also granted the title of general and catch up with Su Sheng in terms of power, their status will still be more or less lower than Su Sheng.

Su Sheng was about to speak when he heard Li Yun say in a deep voice, "There is no need to discuss this matter. It is settled. The documents and other matters will be sent out by the Secretariat tomorrow."

Zhao Cheng also stepped forward, knelt down and kowtowed: "I thank you, Your Majesty. I will do my best to complete the task assigned by Your Majesty."

Li Yun said "hmm", looked around, and seeing that no one objected, he nodded with satisfaction.

This is the benefit of being the Lord of Creation.

Although there was some controversy about Zhao Cheng's appointment as the head of the Ministry of War as a military general, he even plundered a considerable amount of power from the civil service group.

But because this matter was decided by Li Yun and Li Yun said it himself, no one among the civil and military officials present dared to object, and no one dared to stand up and criticize Li Yun.

After all, there are no precedents at this time.

The rules of the entire court, and even the rules of later generations, were set by Li himself.

Seeing that no one objected, Li Yun turned his head to look at Du Qian and said with a smile: "Okay, let's continue the discussion. Next, Prime Minister Du will announce some of the new dynasty's regulations that have been drafted."

"Du Xiangnian, everyone, listen. If you feel there is anything wrong, you can stand up and explain it later."

"Let's decide what needs to be decided today. After the New Year, we can't change it."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

Du Qian then took out a document from his sleeve. He started reading from the first item and continued until the ninth item before someone stood up to express his objection.

So, everyone started discussing this issue.

Only after this point was confirmed did Du Qian continue reading.

The discussion lasted until noon, when Li Yun ordered the food to be brought into the Taiji Palace and shared with his ministers.

Mr. Li also had this "working meal" with them.

After the meal, everyone rested for a while and then the meeting continued.

At this time, Li Yun was already a little impatient. He stood up, walked to Du Qian's side, and coughed: "Brother Shouyi, you preside over it here. I'll go take a rest."

Du Qian looked back at Li Yun with his eyes wide open. Li Yun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "There are too many bullshit things going on. I'm getting a little impatient. Brother Du, you're here. Just talk to them. I'm going to take a rest and will be back soon."

After saying that, without waiting for Du Qian to speak, he put his hands behind his back and walked out through a small door at the side.

Everyone was having a heated discussion when they suddenly saw Li Yun leaving. They all stopped at the same time and turned to look at Du Qian.

Du Qian smiled bitterly and waved his hand, saying, "Go on, go on."

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After Li Yun walked out of the Taiji Palace, he was finally able to breathe some fresh air. He walked around the palace and suddenly looked up and saw an acquaintance. He was a little happy and shouted, "Yang Xi, when did you come back?"

Yang Xi, who was leading a few guards walking in the palace in the distance, heard Li Yun's voice and hurried over. When he arrived in front of Li Yun, he saluted with his fists and shouted, "Take the seat."

"Sir, I returned to Luoyang yesterday."

He scratched his head and said, "I heard that the superior was too busy these days, so I didn't go to see him."

Li Yun patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "How can our friendship become alienated?"

"What are you doing in this palace?"

"Ascend."

Yang Xi said quickly, "Your Majesty's family will move into the palace next month. As the commander of the Imperial Guard, I am not very familiar with the Imperial City and the Imperial Palace. Therefore, I will bring a few of my men with me to familiarize myself with the place to avoid any mistakes in the future."

Li Yun sighed, shook his head and said with a smile: "You are much more thoughtful. Li Zheng should be back soon, right?"

Yang Xi looked at Li Yun with a strange look. Li Yun rubbed his brows and said helplessly: "I have been too busy recently. I don't have the energy to read all the news about Jiusi."

Yang Xi said that it was hard to take up the position, and then he said, "General Li will probably not be back until after the new year. There are too many things to do in Jiannan Road, and many things need to be arranged, especially for those officials sent by the Ministry of Personnel. Without the help of General Li, there is no way for them to govern the local area."

"General Chen Dachen, as well as the two captains Yu Ye and He Jun, will probably be stationed in Jiannan Road for a while until Jiannan Road becomes stable."

"But General Li said that he would try to return to Luoyang before the coronation ceremony."

Li Yun nodded, then stretched out his hand to rub his temple, and said with a wry smile: "I have been annoyed by these things in the court these days." "By the way."

He looked at Yang Xi and said with a smile: "You need to hurry up and set up your Yulin Army. Remember, check their background and origins to avoid any mistakes."

Yang Xi nodded quickly.

Li Yun thought for a moment, and then said, "In the future, there will definitely be many generals or high-ranking officials in our Jiangdong Army who want to arrange their own sons and nephews, brothers, and relatives to the Yulin Army. They will all come to you, and you have to recruit them as appropriate."

Yang Xi was confused and asked, "How can I recruit people at my discretion?"

Li Yun looked at him and said with a smile, "A blockhead."

"Assuming you have 2,000 Yulin troops, you can allocate 200 to 300 places to them."

"There's no need to ask these two or three hundred people to do important tasks. Let those who are capable do the really important tasks. Do you understand?"

Yang Xi bowed his head and clasped his fists, saying yes, but he still didn't understand. He looked at Li Yun and said, "I don't seek favors from them, nor do I want to have any relationship with them. No matter who comes to me, I can refuse them all."

Li Yun looked at him and asked, "What about the old brothers from the anti-theft team who came to see you?"

Yang Xi was stunned and scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

Li Yun looked at him calmly: "Look, you still have to give me some face."

"So, this thing can't be defended, and it leaves two or three hundred people vacant."

Mr. Li put his hands behind his back, looked into the distance, and smiled meaningfully.

“It can unite them very well.”

“I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.”

Li Yun warned, "It's just that as a commander, you have to distinguish who is capable and who is not, understand?"

Yang Xi scratched his head, feeling that his brain was a bit overloaded: "Master, please send me a helper, I don't know what to do..."

"That's it."

Li Yun thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Later, I'll let Xue Gui and Zhou Luo go to your place and work under you."

"Then let Xue Gui and Zhou Luo take care of those who got in through connections."

"It depends on the relationship. The relationship between the two of them is very strong."

Yang Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "I obey your command!"

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time. Li Yun pulled Yang Xi aside and asked him about some things in Jiannan Road. The two of them were very familiar with each other and were old brothers who had been through life and death together. When they chatted at this moment, the atmosphere was very harmonious, which made Li feel relaxed both physically and mentally.

I feel so much happier than listening to those people discussing things in Taiji Palace.

Just when Li Yun was chatting happily, a palace servant came forward cautiously, bowed his head and saluted to Li Yun and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Du wants you to go back..."

Li Yun looked at the palace servant, then said helplessly: "Okay, you go and tell him, I'll go back now."

After saying this, he patted Yang Xi on the shoulder and said, "Let's stop talking about this today. In a few days, when the New Year comes, come to my house and we can talk again."

Yang Xi nodded quickly and clasped his fists in response.

Li Yun then returned to the main hall with his hands behind his back. As soon as he entered the hall, he heard his ministers arguing fiercely.

When Li Yun came in, the voices of these people became quieter. Li sat in the main seat and asked Du Qian a few questions, only then did he realize that they were discussing the issues of the year name and the country name.

A group of ministers were arguing over the reign title and the country's name.

Li Yun asked Yao Zhong a few more questions, then he cleared his throat.

Everyone in the hall immediately fell silent.

Li Yun stood up, put his hands behind his back and looked at everyone, and said calmly: "I have almost thought of a reign title. Let's call it Zhangwu. After this year, next year will be the first year of Zhangwu."

"As for the country's name."

Li Yun glanced at the people below, hesitated for a moment, and said, "We are now using the name of the country Wu, but Wu refers specifically to the southeast, which seems inappropriate. I was born in Xuanzhou, and my ancestral home is Tangzhou. I mean."

"The country was named Xuan, or Tang."

He looked at the ministers and asked.

"Please choose one."

(End of this chapter)