By convening the courtiers for consultation, he completed the formulation of the decree on the reduction of feudal domains in the various parts of the West and Dong Rivers of the Kennan Province, and instructed the officials to quickly inspect the relevant officials, give priority to officials with a sense of responsibility, ability, responsibility, and high morals, and appoint them to serve in Kennam. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the 15 February government meeting, Zhao Ziliang said to his ministers: "When we appoint officials, we must examine their loyalty, ability, virtue and other factors. Nowadays, many officials are impetuous, and they are officials just to make a profit, and there is a saying among the people that 'three years of Qingzhi County, 100,000 snowflakes of silver', which shows how poor the impression of the court and the government in the hearts of the people is! What you have done for the people as an official, how much you have hurt the people, the people can see it clearly, those corrupt officials think they can fool the people, but in fact, the people's hearts are bright! Of course, it is undeniable that there are also many good officials who are loyal, capable, responsible, honest, honest, diligent and self-disciplined, and the imperial court should vigorously commend and reward these good officials, and set up a group of typical representatives, so that they can be known by the whole Tang Dynasty officialdom, and let them become models in the Tang Dynasty officialdom! But not all officials are such good officials, there are too few officials who can make the king and the court feel at ease, there are too many old fritters in the officialdom today, these people occupy positions but do not want to forge ahead, do not think about being loyal to the country, do not think about asking for the people's lives, never thought about how to make them live a good life, only thought about cutting a few catties of meat from their bodies, this king does not understand, what do these people want so much money for? Do they really think they can go to hell after death? ”

Zhao Ziliang's tone was not harsh at all, but there was a righteous and awe-inspiring righteousness, coupled with his tone of tone and frustration, so that his words had a strong penetrating power, and when he spoke, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and listen attentively.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "By the way, today is already February 15th, how is the three-part spring festival arranged?" What about Li Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites? ”

"The old minister is here!" Li Kuo agreed, and stood up with a fluorene board, "If you go back to the king, all the matters of the Spring Festival have been prepared, just wait for the opening day to come!" At present, candidates from all over the country have rushed to Chang'an and registered with the Ministry of Rites."

"Hmm!" Zhao Ziliang nodded and instructed: "This time, this king is still the chief examiner, but this king has too many affairs, so he will not be specifically responsible for invigilation!" The three of them, Lu Sigong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Li Qiyun, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, and you Li Kui, will be the deputy chief examiner! ”

Lu Sigong and Li Qiyun stood up and agreed: "Weichen obeys!" ”

Zhao Ziliang continued: "Regarding the matter of the examination questions, your Ministry of Rites and Tribute Academy will first draw up several sets of examination questions, submit them to the king for review, and then determine the specific examination questions after screening. This time, you have to pay attention, you must strictly prevent the leakage of exam questions, if there is another fraud incident, this king will ask you for the Ministry of Rites! ”

Li Kui felt a thrill in his heart, and promised with his hand: "Yes, the old minister must send someone to strictly guard and keep the exam questions confidential!" ”

At this time, Wu Yan stood up and arched his hand: "King Qi, Du Hongji, Han Cheng and Cui Yang have been escorted into Beijing the day before yesterday, and they are all locked up in the prison. The officials who tried them believed that according to the process, the case file could already be submitted to Dali Temple, and Dali Temple would take over the trial, but Wechen thought that this was too simple, these three people only admitted the crimes they committed, but did not confess their accomplices and henchmen, if it was delivered to Dali Temple now, it would be too hasty, and Wechen thought that it should be tried several times! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and waved his hand and said: "No need, this matter should not be expanded, since they have pleaded guilty, this case will end here, don't implicate anyone else!" ”

"Yes, my lord! After retiring from the dynasty, Weichen ordered the relevant case files to be submitted to Dali Temple, "Wu Yan saw Zhao Ziliang say this, and knew that he had other considerations, although he always believed that a case should be inserted to the end, but he also knew that this kind of thing was impossible in the face of politics, and many times he should focus on the overall situation of the imperial court!"

Zhao Ziliang was about to retreat from the court, when a soldier with a red feather on his back ran in out of breath and bowed down: "Report to the king, half a month ago, Tian Shenyu died of illness after the Biansong Dynasty, and Li Lingyao, the Marquis of Duyu, killed the soldiers and horses, and the assassin of Puzhou, Meng Jian, and colluded with Wei Bojiedu to make Tian Yue, and wanted to specialize in Bian, Song. Wei Bojiedu made Tian Yue send troops to attack Huazhou and support Li Lingyao! Moreover, three days ago, Zhou Zhiguang, the envoy of Tonghua Jiedu, refused to obey the order, refused to carry out the order of the imperial court to cut the feudal domain, killed the officials appointed by the Ministry of Officials to supervise the past, and rebelled! At present, Zhou Zhiguang is leading the army to storm Lianlao County, and the people around him are terrified, and they are fleeing in large numbers in the direction of Chang'an! ”

When these two news broke out, the courtiers in the court suddenly made an uproar, and many officials showed a look of horror, the example of the Beijing division being attacked by traitors several times has just passed, and now there are cavalry rebels and killed in the direction of Chang'an, how is this good?

Shangshu Lu Si Gong of the Criminal Department scolded: "Zhou Zhiguang, a dog thief, the court is not kind to him, and he has repeatedly promoted him, but he even rebelled against the dispatch of the court, which is really an unforgivable crime!" ”

Yuan Zai's face was calm, but he was secretly a little happy in his heart, he wanted to see Zhao Ziliang's jokes, when Zhao Ziliang proposed to cut the Guanzhong region in the court, he had expressed his opposition, he thought that it was too hasty to start cutting the domain now, but Zhao Ziliang was determined to cut the domain in the Guanzhong area. Yuan Zai thought to himself, now it's okay, something happened, right? The two feudal towns rebelled at the same time, the old man wants to see what you Zhao Ziliang should do now?

The thoughts and psychology of the crown prince Li Shi and Yuan Zai are different, after all, this country belongs to his Li family, and it is likely to be passed on to him in the future, how can he tolerate this kind of thing? At the beginning of this year, when Zhao Ziliang mainly cut the feudal domain in the Guanzhong region, he also expressed his opposition, but Zhao Ziliang was too strong, and he could not stop Zhao Ziliang from cutting the feudal domain in the Guanzhong region if he didn't agree, although something happened now, his first reaction was to send troops quickly!

Thinking of this, Li Shi immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Regent, this palace believes that it is now necessary to end the training of all the armies of the imperial court, and immediately appoint two generals to lead the army to recruit Zhou Zhiguang and Li Lingyao respectively!" This palace is willing to lead an army of its own, please allow the regent! ”

Someone from the princelings immediately stood up, and Chang Gon objected: "No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the prince of the country, how can he easily go into battle?" If there is any mistake, will it not be a misfortune for the country? ”

Li Shi said: "As long as the rebellion can be quelled, it is not a pity for the palace to die, the father and the emperor have more than one son in the palace, if the palace dies in battle, the father can make other princes the crown prince!" ”

The lively atmosphere in the court was even more lively than just now, and many people began to quarrel over whether Li Cheng should lead the army to the battle.

A palace attendant Yushi stood up and shouted: "Ahem, all the adults have stopped, what kind of noisy and noisy thing is it?" Before the king could speak, everyone was arguing about whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should lead the army to the battle, a little too early, right? If you make any more noise, the lower officials will have to exercise the power of impeachment in the palace! ”

Only then did the ministers remember that their voices were indeed too loud, and they immediately stopped making a sound.

Zhao Ziliang saw the reactions of all the ministers, smiled and said: "This king thought that it should be relatively smooth this time in the prison and cutting the domain, but I didn't expect someone to really jump out!" Since someone is impatient with life and is looking for death, this king will fulfill him! The king ordered Zang Xiyan to end the training of the Shence Army and the Zhenguo Army, prepare to wave troops to recruit Li Lingyao, and ordered Qingzi Jiedu to make Tianshen's power army go west, attack Li Lingyao, and order Yongping, Heyang, and Huainan to send troops to the three towns of Jiedu, a total of five armies to conquer Li Lingyao. Prince Li Shi, don't you want to make meritorious contributions and be loyal to the country? This king agreed, and ordered you to be the marshal of the five towns of the East Road, and rush to Caizhou on the same day to preside over the suppression of Li Lingyao's rebellion!"

Li Shi was overjoyed, stood up and hugged his fists and said: "This palace obeys orders!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, and said with a straight face: "Come on, send someone to the Baqiao camp to pass on Li Sheng, the commander of the Third Army of Western Qin, to meet you!" ”

A eunuch stood up and agreed: "Yes, my lord! ”

After receiving the order, Li Sheng quickly rushed over, strode into the main hall and bowed to Zhao Ziliang: "Weichen Li Sheng greets the king!" ”

"Let's get flat!" Zhao Ziliang raised his hand, "I called you here today because Tonghua Jiedu made Zhou Zhiguang dissatisfied with the transfer of the imperial court, refused to implement the order issued by the imperial court to cut the feudal domain, and rebelled against the lotus spoon three days ago, and the direction of attack is Chang'an, and this king ordered you to lead the army to quell the rebellion!" ”

Li Sheng hugged his fists and agreed: "Weichen takes the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "Zhou Zhiguang's Tonghua army has more than 8,000 people, how many soldiers and horses do you need to take away?" ”

Li Sheng said: "Back to the king, as long as the king allows Weichen to control the defenders of the surrounding Huayin and Tonghua counties, Weichen only needs 5,000 cavalry!" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately made a decision: "This king is approved, you immediately return to the camp to make preparations for the expedition, and set off tomorrow to quell Zhou Zhiguang's rebellion as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes!"

On February 16, shortly after Li Sheng led 5,000 cavalry from the Baqiao camp, Wu Yu hurried to the regent palace to report to Zhao Ziliang: "Your lord, Li You, the former imperial servant, has just confessed an important piece of news, Zhou Zhiguang, the envoy of Tonghua Jiedu, is Luo Fengxian's person!" It is very likely that Luo Fengxian has already sent someone to pass on the news of General Li Sheng's dispatch of troops to Zhou Zhiguang! Zhou Zhiguang will definitely be prepared! ”

Zhao Ziliang's face changed, and he immediately said: "Come on, quickly send someone to catch up with Li Sheng, and tell him that Zhou Zhiguang is only afraid that he has already known the news that he led his troops to conscript, so let him be careful on the march!" ”

"Yes, King!"