Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 435 Draft
Of course, this is just a joke.

But what Zhao Xing had said before did happen to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Xing didn't believe that no one from the Imperial City Bureau would do this.

After all, the spies in various places of the Imperial City are all local idle personnel.

Everyone has selfish desires. According to the rules of the Imperial City Bureau, there will be rewards for finding useful information.

But that little reward is not as much as what you can get from extorting officials.

Moreover, it is no secret that Zhao Xing has spies all over the country.

Those officials are not fools. Wouldn’t they investigate secretly?

Perhaps some officials have already found the Imperial City Bureau's spies and bribed them with money.

If this is true, those officials will not only be able to conceal what they have done, but they may even use Zhao Xing to eliminate dissidents.

When he thought of this possibility, Zhao Xing broke out in a cold sweat.

After much thought, Zhao Xing decided to follow the example of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei and set up an internal inspection agency.

The Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty was divided into the Southern and Northern Zhenfu Divisions, of which the Southern Zhenfu Division was responsible for supervising internal laws and military discipline.

However, the Southern Pacification Office is not well-known and has little presence.

The reason for this, in addition to the fact that the Southern Pacification Division was responsible for internal affairs, the most important reason was that when the Jinyiwei was in power, it was the time when the emperor trusted them.

On the surface, the Southern Pacification Office had supervisory power over the Pacification Offices, which was higher than that of the Northern Pacification Office.

However, the power of both of them came from the emperor. If the Northern Zhenfu Division was in power, the Southern Zhenfu Division would still have to look at the other side's face.

However, these no longer exist today, because Zhao Xing has no intention of giving the Imperial City Bureau too much power.

The Imperial City Bureau can only serve as an intelligence agency.

Originally, Zhao Xing planned to wait until after the Lantern Festival before summoning Yin Hanzhang to discuss this matter.

Since Yin Hanzhang had arrived, Zhao Xing simply took the opportunity to express his dissatisfaction.

"Yes!" Yin Hanzhang responded and asked, "Who should be the chief envoy of the Southern Imperial City Department?"

Yin Hanzhang felt very uncomfortable about this. After all, no one wants to have another tight ring around his head.

But since Zhao Xing said so, he couldn't stop it.

"I heard that you have a commander named Luo You under your command. Is he very capable?" Zhao Xing said.

"Your Majesty, Luo You is indeed quite capable, but he is good at gathering intelligence and is not suitable for..."

"I think it's very suitable!"

Zhao Xing waved his hand to interrupt Yin Hanzhang and said, "In the final analysis, the internal supervision is also to collect intelligence, but the target has changed from officials to the Imperial City Department. After the Lantern Festival, you will let this person come to see me."

"I obey your order!" Yin Hanzhang saluted.

"Okay, if there is nothing else, you can leave." Zhao Xing waved his hand.

"I'm leaving now!" Yin Hanzhang bowed and left.

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Yin Hanzhang left Longtu Pavilion and left the palace with an expressionless face.

When he returned to the Imperial City and his own public housing, his expression turned grim.

He didn't know whether Zhao Xing's sudden establishment of the Southern Imperial City Administration was due to his dissatisfaction with him or his distrust of him, or maybe both.

But he knew that from today on, his life would be difficult.

The Southern Imperial City Division is conducting internal supervision, so isn’t he, the chief envoy of the Northern Imperial City Division, also within the scope of supervision?
Yin Hanzhang thought for a long time and wanted to ask Luo You to come over to build a better relationship, but when he thought that Zhao Xing might have someone secretly monitoring the Imperial City Bureau, he did not dare to make any move.

"I really made a stupid move!" Yin Hanzhang laughed at himself.

Zhao Xing's guess was correct. He was indeed the one who deliberately suppressed those officials who protected the landlords and powerful people from oppressing the people and forcing them to return their land.

Yin Hanzhang wanted to make a bigger fuss. When Zhao Xing found out, he was furious. That's why he gave him the task of investigating those officials.

Yin Hanzhang didn't know that in the future there would be a Jinyiwei that would make officials shudder at the mention of it.

But he knew the original intention of Emperor Taizu to establish the Imperial City Administration.

In his opinion, the existence of the Imperial City Bureau should make officials shudder.

If Zhao Xing was furious and handed the matter over to him, the reputation of the Imperial City Division would be completely established. Although Zhao Xing had previously expressed dissatisfaction with his efficiency and said that the secret agents of the Imperial City Division colluded with officials to conceal the news.

But after careful consideration, Yin Hanzhang still felt that it was a bit far-fetched.

After all, the establishment of the Southern Imperial City Administration did not seem to be a sudden idea, but was rather prepared in advance.

It is very likely that this incident made Zhao Xing dissatisfied.

"I was still too impatient. I should have waited for the opportunity slowly." Yin Hanzhang laughed at himself.

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Zhao Xing didn't know all this. On the Lantern Festival, Zhao Xing burned incense and prayed for blessings at the Daxiangguo Temple during the day. At night, he took all the officials to the city wall to enjoy the lanterns and have fun with the people.

After the Lantern Festival, all government offices returned to normal.

Zhao Xing also had to be busy dealing with the backlog of government affairs.

Luo You was ordered to come and see him, but Zhao Xing simply gave him some instructions and let him go.

The establishment of the Southern Imperial City Administration will not be able to play any role in a short period of time, it is more of a deterrent.

But it can't always be a decoration. When it can be useful depends on Luo You's ability.

Zhao Xing will give him time, but if he cannot achieve the results he wants, he will have to replace him.

After some hesitation, Dong Jian finally did not insist on asking the Song Dynasty to marry the princess to him.

It was officially announced to the outside world that it had been incorporated into the Song Dynasty. Zhao Xing issued an edict to enthrone him as the King of Hehuang. At the same time, he ordered Gu Tingye to go to the northwest and lead 30,000 troops into Hehuang.

In name, Gu Tingye was the Grand Commander of Hehuang, in charge of all the troops in Hehuang, while Dong Jian was in charge of the government affairs of Hehuang.

In fact, all Gu Tingye could manage were the 30,000 Song troops he brought with him.

However, Dong Zhan needs to provide food and fodder for these troops.

In addition, Zhao Xing also asked Dong Jian to provide some war horses to Gu Tingye and train these soldiers into cavalry.

This is the reward for the Song Dynasty’s help to him.

As Zhao Xing had expected, after the Song army entered Hehuang, Dong Jian directly handed over an important border town facing Western Xia to Gu Tingye and let him move in.

This would not only ease his defensive pressure, but also if Western Xia sent troops to attack, it would be the Song Dynasty's troops that would suffer losses.

As for whether the Song Dynasty would abandon the city and let the Western Xia enter Hehuang, he was not worried at all.

If the Song Dynasty dared to do this, he would surrender directly.

Of course, these are all things for later.

After the Lantern Festival, Zhao Xing was busy for half a month and finally finished dealing with the backlog of government affairs and had some free time.

At this time, beautiful girls selected by various prefectures were also sent to Bian Jing one after another.

Although some beauties from remote areas had not yet been sent, it did not prevent Zhao Xing from officially starting the selection of concubines.

There is a place called Chuxiu Palace in the imperial palace, which is where the beautiful girls selected to enter the palace study and live.

All the beautiful girls selected to enter the palace must learn the rules and regulations here and wait to be favored.

If you are lucky, you will be favored and can be canonized and move away.

If you are unlucky, after staying here for a few years, you will either be forced to become a palace maid or be sent back home.

Those who failed the selection were even more miserable than them. Those who had no identity or background became palace maids directly after being eliminated.

The selection of concubines was also held in Chuxiu Palace.

Although Zhao Xing participated, he would not show up directly. The entire process was carried out by the maids in the palace.

Previously, Zhao Xing asked the Ministry of Rites to preside over the selection of concubines, referring to the selection procedures and the placement of beautiful women sent to Bianliang from all over the country.

Officials cannot participate in the final selection.

The number of beauties from each state ranged from three to five to ten, and each time beauties from several states would enter the palace together.

Zhao Xing was sitting behind a screen, where he could see the appearance of the concubines and had a roster in his hand.

Even if the nanny selects someone during the screening, it will not be announced on the spot.

If Zhao Xing sees any that he likes, he can just circle the name.

(End of this chapter)