Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 303
After a while, Zhao Kuangyin's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he said, "I know about this, and after I believe this, there will be no more people from the Maitreya sect in my harem. There will also be no people from the church."

The people around the emperor showed the enemy's lurking nails. In the final analysis, it was because the founding time of the Song Dynasty was too short and the background was too shallow.In the past dynasties, the guards, eunuchs and maids in the palace have not been trained for more than three generations, and they have not experienced several bloody purges, so they cannot guarantee the absolute loyalty of those around the royal family.

After all, in this world, the emperor has the most enemies and enemies, and there will never be a shortage of people who want to kill the emperor.Although Zhao Kuangyin was annoyed that such things happened again and again, he also knew that as long as nothing happened to him afterwards, after some killing and filtering, the people around him would always become more and more loyal.

Next, Zhao Kuangyin asked Ye Chen in detail about the process of fighting in the Southern Han Dynasty and the experience of beheading Chen Jingyuan. Ye Chen described the process of fighting in detail and did not hide anything. Can't hide it.

However, the process of beheading Chen Jingyuan will be Ye Chen's biggest secret. In the future, he may tell his closest people, such as Yu Daoxiang, Han Ke'er, Yu Qingyan, etc., but he will never tell the emperor such a thing. Special and dangerous 'creatures'.

Fortunately, Ye Chen had already expected that Zhao Kuangyin would definitely ask about the clairvoyant eyes and the ten thousand zhang bow he mentioned, and by the way, he would definitely ask about the process of beheading Chen Jingyuan, so Ye Chen was well prepared for his speech.To put it simply, Chen Jingyuan was poisoned by Ye Chen, and then died in a sneak attack with a treasure bow. As for the two so-called fairy artifacts, Ye Chen naturally said that he had not found them yet. He also stated that he must go to Tianyi to retrieve the two fairy artifacts in the future, and completely wipe out Tianyi.

What Ye Chen and Zhao Kuangyin said, it took two or three full hours, and before they knew it, it was time for dinner.Zhao Kuangyin looked at the sky, then ordered the eunuchs to prepare meals, and left Ye Chen to eat together.

Ye Chen knew about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and only Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi had been left to have dinner together by the current emperor. This was the highest honor of the Great Song Kingdom in the eyes of all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, many nobles, and even the whole world. , representing the emperor's highest favor to his courtiers.Therefore, Ye Chen was still a little excited.

Zhao Kuangyin has always maintained the habit before becoming an emperor, eating with his family when eating.Normally, the emperor, the empress, plus Zhao Defang and Princess Yongqing dine at the same table.Today, because of the existence of Ye Chen, a foreign minister, the queen did not come.

Zhao Defang and Princess Yongqing haven't seen Ye Chen for a long time, and they were very excited to see Ye Chen again and have dinner together.If it wasn't for Zhao Kuangyin's presence, Ye Chen guessed that these two little guys would be the same as before, grabbing his arms, looking at him with curiosity and admiration, and then asking him about some interesting and exciting things in Southern Han and Sichuan .

In addition, Ye Chen had just saved their father, and the already sensible prince and princess felt a deep sense of gratitude to Ye Chen from the bottom of their hearts.

Princess Yongqing and Zhao Defang obviously came prepared, and when they met, they each gave Ye Chen a gift.Of course, when facing Ye Chen, the two of them would not say rewards or anything like that, they just talked about gifts for Ye Chen to thank Ye Chen for saving their father's life.Zhao Kuangyin watched from the side, very happy to see the success, and expressed his comfort to the pair of underage children.

What Zhao Defang gave Ye Chen was his favorite jade pendant. Princess Yongqing's gift was a bit outrageous, which also surprised Ye Chen, it turned out to be a bird.

This bird is not an ordinary bird. It is the most difficult to tame in the legend, but it is extremely durable and can travel day and night. Incomparably precious.Ye Chen knew that this little girl had always liked to raise some birds, and the latter's talking parrot was taught by Ye Chen to make the parrot talk.But he didn't expect this little girl to get a sea dongqing.

Naturally, the bird can't be brought into the imperial dining room, the little eunuch next to Princess Yongqing is waiting outside with it, and Ye Chen can take it away when he leaves.

"This is a birthday present from my third uncle. It's a pity that this bird is fierce and stubborn. It took me a long time to tame it. Ye Chen, you are very capable. After you tame it, lend it to me for two days to play with." " Yongqing finally said.

Ye Chen suddenly realized that it was Zhao Guangmei, who was in charge of managing the royal business, who gave it to Princess Yongqing.

Ye Chen was grateful for the little girl's kindness to him, and naturally he would not refuse such a childish request, so he agreed on the spot, and promised that he would be able to tame this Haidongqing.In fact, he already had a very good idea in his mind at this time to use this Costin which is worth tens of thousands of gold.

"Maybe this Costin will become one of my high-altitude early warning and reconnaissance aircraft." Ye Chen muttered to himself, full of expectations.

It was the first time for Ye Chen to eat something made by the imperial dining room today, and he didn't find it surprising. It was just some vegetables, fish and chicken. in refinement.Ye Chen has heard about it a long time ago, and has also experienced it from the prince and princess. Today, the royal family is quite frugal, and they want to save more money for military expenses, so as to rule the world as soon as possible. The livelihood issue of the government also attaches great importance to it, and when it is time to reduce taxes, it does not hesitate to pay great attention to the farming issue.From this point of view alone, Zhao Kuangyin is indeed a good emperor.

More than ten years after the founding of the Song Dynasty, the national power and military power have surpassed those of neighboring countries, showing the trend of aspiring to win the world, approaching the Khitan in the north.These are inseparable from Zhao Kuangyin's hard work and setting an example.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Chen ate this meal very comfortably, not as uncomfortable as he imagined eating with the emperor.The so-called appearance comes from the heart, Ye Chen's heartfelt respect for Zhao Kuangyin was subtly reflected in his expression and language. Even if Zhao Kuangyin discovered this, after a little thought, he understood the reason, and couldn't help but say goodbye to Zhao Kuangyin. In addition to his status as a trustworthy and reliable minister, Ye Chen also felt like his own nephew.In short, the more pleasing to the eye.

Ye Chen felt the slight change in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, and remembered that he had secretly robbed the gold, silver and jewels of the Nanhan treasury. I used it on the Great Song Dynasty, but I still felt a little guilty in my heart. My mind became hot, and I said, "Your Majesty! I know that Your Majesty is a great man, and I want to unify the world as soon as possible and establish an invincible achievement. I also know how to use troops to fight foreign wars. Your majesty has always been worried about this, and the rewards of the officers and soldiers cost countless money. I can assure you that my Huaxia Weifu will be responsible for earning 100 million taels of silver for your majesty every year."

Zhao Kuangyin's body shook, his eyes suddenly became bright as stars, he looked deeply at Ye Chen, and said: "Okay! Aiqing's ability to make money is indeed unmatched. The promise I said yesterday remains unchanged, as long as Aiqing is loyal to you I, I can protect you from generation to generation as dukes of the Ye family, respecting the glory and wealth."

Ye Chen could feel the sincerity in Zhao Kuangyin's words. He has always been a person who treats others well if he treats them well, so he couldn't help but tell the emperor what he said in a few years. Some words came out: "Your Majesty! In the past few years, the Song Dynasty has been fighting for years, and the tax revenue of the people has inevitably increased. However, there is a limit to the increase in tax revenues ordered by Your Majesty. The people can still afford these taxes. However, if the local government and the tyrants No matter how rich the people are, corruption and bribery, the life of the people will be difficult. If the people can't eat enough and live comfortably, they will never be loyal to my Song Dynasty court, and they will not be grateful for His Majesty's grace. Although this turmoil was instigated by Shangguan Bingyun of the Maitreya Sect, and the cause may be the drought, it has a direct relationship with the local officials and wealthy people. Most of the people are simple and honest. There is no way out, and even if you are bewitched by the Maitreya Sect, you will never rebel. I heard that His Majesty has ordered the Yushitai to investigate the officials of Chengdu Fulu, which is naturally right. However, such places as officials in Sichuan and Shu I still have quite a few officials in the Song Dynasty. What I want to say is that since Your Majesty wants to unify the world, surpass Tang Zong and Han Wu, and establish a prosperous age through the ages, there will naturally be a lot of foreign troops in the past few years, and this time must not happen again. The riots in Sichuan and Shu, but if we want to put an end to this, the Maitreya religion is the external cause, the drought is only the cause, the people's life is the root cause, and the people's life has a direct relationship with the local government."

Ye Chen said this in one breath, glanced at Zhao Kuangyin's thoughtful expression, and then said: "In view of what I said above, I have three requests."

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath and said, "Say it."

Ye Chen said: "First, from now on, the salaries of all the owners of the Huaxia Weifu and all the funds of the palace will be drawn directly from His Majesty's internal treasury. Any direct relationship, the promotion and adjustment of official positions are directly controlled by His Majesty. Third, on the basis of the above two requests, please give Huaxia Weifu the power to supervise all officials and nobles in the court. Including the important officials of the two governments and the royal family Relatives of the state. If Your Majesty can agree to these three requests, although I can no longer guarantee that there are no corrupt officials in the Great Song Dynasty, I can guarantee that there will be far fewer corrupt officials in the Great Song Dynasty than it is now."

Ye Chen didn't make these three requests on a whim. He had long since discovered that although the Song Dynasty had Yushitai and the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and local prefectures and counties, it was similar to the later public security bureau's system of promoting officials and arresting heads and arrests. However, due to the lack of independence of these departments, for example, the promotion of the official positions of these departments is related to the political affairs hall and local chief officials, and the required funds and official salaries are related to the third division and local chief officials. The struggle between the court and the party is unavoidable in an era. These departments are often used by important officials in the court as tools to attack political opponents, and sometimes even used by the emperor to eradicate dissidents.In local states and counties, the person who finally decides a case is the local official. If the local official himself bends the law for personal gain, who will supervise?

(End of this chapter)