The eunuch Cao Yingxiang sang: "The regent has arrived, and the ministers salute!" ”

Zhao Ziliang is actually very disgusted with these red tape, but this kind of complicated etiquette is also a means to enhance the authority of the king, etiquette can restrain people's wildness, can make people shameful, is one of the signs that distinguish civilization from barbarism.

"King Chitose, Chitose!" The ministers bowed down in horror and saluted and shouted loudly.

Zhao Ziliang walked from behind the screen to the throne and sat down, and said expressionlessly: "Flat!" ”

The ministers shouted again: "King Xie! ”

At the same time as getting up, almost everyone went to peek at Zhao Ziliang on the throne, only to see that the person on the throne was the same as ten days ago, with a ruddy, smooth face, and a sixty-year-old person, but he always maintained a twenty or thirty-year-old appearance, but a few silver threads faintly appeared on the sideburns on both sides, and the vicissitudes of life revealed in his eyes and the light of wisdom as deep as the sea showed that he was more than twenty or thirty years old.

This looks like he's seriously injured and dying, and it's clear that nothing has happened! Oh······ So it was, almost at the same time, all the ministers of civil and military affairs understood that he was pretending to be seriously injured!

Lu Qi, Guan Bo, Yu Xin and others forced themselves to calm down, telling themselves in their hearts that they must be calm and composed, but in any case, the power brought by the one on the throne was so overwhelming that they could barely breathe, how could they be calm?

Zhao Ziliang asked: "It's been nearly half a month since the new decree was promulgated, right?" I don't know if it can be effective? Gao Shang, Li Mi, you guys talk about it! ”

Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but feel their hearts skip a beat, and they really came straight to this matter!

Gao Shang stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the promulgation and implementation of the new decree should have been the responsibility of Shangshu Province, but in view of the fact that both the minister and Lord Li have just taken up their new duties, and they are not familiar with the administrative affairs of Shangshu Province and the imperial court, and they are worried that it will be a big mistake to rashly take on this important task, so Weichen and Lord Li and Lord Zheng discussed it, and elected Lord Lu of Menxia Province to be responsible for this matter, and assisted by Yu Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Lord Lu promised to be fully responsible, so Lord Lu should report to the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Lu Qi and asked, "Lu Qi, is there such a thing?" ”

Almost all the ministers of civil and military affairs present at that time knew about this matter, and Lu Qi couldn't rely on it, so he could only stand up and say, "Yes, king!" The promulgation and implementation of the new decree was the sole responsibility of the minister, who then reported to the king on the promulgation and implementation of the new decree······ At present, the official yamen at all levels in the Jingzhaofu area have received the specific measures of the new decree and are actively implementing it. ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "It is very easy to promulgate the decree, directly send people to read the content of the new decree to officials at all levels, post notices at the gates of the state capitals and counties, and send officials to beat gongs and drums along the streets to inform the people of the army and the people, etc., I just want to hear how you implement it!" ”

"This ······" Cold sweat broke out on Lu Qi's forehead, and he hesitated: "Of course, it is up to officials at all levels to implement it themselves······

Zhao Ziliang slapped the imperial case fiercely, and said angrily: "Lu Qi, Yu Xin, the imperial court entrusted such an important matter to Yu Er and others, and you acted so hastily?" ”

Lu Qi and Yu Xin were so frightened that their faces were pale, and they fell to the ground, and Lu Qi said in a loud voice: "The king is angry, the king is angry, and the ministers immediately sent people to urge officials at all levels to strictly implement ······"

At this time, the imperial envoy Zhang Yansheng stood up with a board and said to Zhao Ziliang: "The king, Lu Qi and Yu Xin openly took over the promulgation and implementation of the new decree, but in fact, they secretly contacted some civil and military ministers, local officials, and garrison generals in the court to disobey the new decree, and even obstruct the implementation of the new decree!" The minister impeached these two for dereliction of duty, forming a party for personal gain, and obstructing official business! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Submit it!" ”

Zhang Yansheng's recital was sent to Zhao Ziliang by the eunuch Cao Yingxiang, Zhao Ziliang took it and hurriedly read it, threw it on the imperial case and stared at Lu Qi and Yu Xin and said coldly: "Okay, very good, since the lonely ruler, no minister of the central government has dared to fool Gu and perfunctory things in such an important national policy, you two can be regarded as a good leader!" With the sparse talents of the two of you, you can also become the prime minister and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, you are really blind! ”

Lu Qi and Yu Xin were horrified in their hearts, and kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy: "The king spares his life, spare his life, although the ministers are not talented, they are loyal to the king and have no second heart······"

Zhao Ziliang didn't say anything, the ministers of military affairs in the court didn't even dare to come out, no one dared to stand up and intercede for the two, some of their henchmen had already been arrested by Zhang Yansheng and the officials of Yushitai, and they were already weak, and now as long as they are fools, they know that they are going to end, and at this time, interceding for them can only provoke fire, no one is making trouble for themselves, and the two of them are not worth doing this for other ministers of civil and military affairs.

After a long time, Zhao Ziliang said: "According to the fault of the two of you, you have actually violated the law, and you should be handed over to the Yushitai for investigation, and then judged by Dali Temple. Lu Qi, you go to Xinzhou and don't drive; Yu Xin, the position of Banchuan County is waiting for you, give you three days to deal with family affairs, and leave for your post in three days! ”

The prime minister and a state don't drive; The Ministry of Industry Shangshu and a county Cheng, the official rank and status are simply very different, but Lu Qi and Yu Xin were ecstatic, they thought they were dead, but they didn't expect that Zhao Ziliang would spare their lives because of their merits back then, just demoted the officials, as long as the people are okay and they are still in the officialdom, they will have a chance to turn over in the future.

"Thank you for the king's grace not to kill, long live the king, long live!" The two kowtowed.

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, there's nothing for you here, step down!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

After driving away Lu Qi and Yu Xin, Zhao Ziliang said to Gao Shang and Li Mi: "The promulgation and implementation of the new decree are the responsibility of the two of you, Gao Shang is the main, Li Mi assists, I don't want Lu Qi and Yu Xin to happen again, otherwise they will be severely punished!" ”

The two immediately agreed: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to the ministers: "Regarding the implementation of the new decree, I hope that the ministers can cooperate more!" As the so-called upward and downward effect, the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked. Officials stared at the royal family, nobles, and bosses, as long as the top liked it, whether it was good or bad, the officials below followed suit, although the businessmen and the rich were rich, but in the eyes of the adults, they were like no law, and they all thought that as long as they learned the above practices, they could squeeze into the power class, so they all stared at what the officialdom adults did, and the preferences of the adults became their preferences, thinking that as long as they were on par with the adults, they would be squeezed into the power class, and the people of the middle-class families looked at the rich group. thinks that as long as you learn to live with businessmen and wealthy people, wear expensive clothes, wear expensive jewelry, and ride in luxury carriages, you will seem to have become a rich man; Ordinary people learn from the middle class! Unhealthy tendencies and unhealthy tendencies spread from the top to the next stratum! Therefore, if you want to stop this unhealthy trend, you must start from the top to the bottom."

"Why does the Guhe Imperial Court carry out anti-corruption and clean government? This is a means for the imperial court to carry out self-supervision, self-reflection, and self-purification, and it is a necessary means to maintain and continue the rule of the imperial court! Now we only have a small problem at the top, and it doesn't affect the foundation, once even the lower foundation is rotten, then is there any hope for Datang? After the Anshi Rebellion and many years of rebellion in the feudal towns, we cut off the cancer on the Tang Dynasty with great perseverance, courage and fearless spirit, replaced the dirty blood, and washed the marrow of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Tang Dynasty was reborn and stood at the top of the world's power, and we must no longer turn a blind eye to our own problems! ”

"We also all know that there is no perfect thing in the world, and there is no perfect person in people, there are very few officials who can deny themselves, fulfill their duties, and self-discipline consistently, everyone has a little problem more or less, there are problems, and it is not terrible to make mistakes, as long as they can correctly recognize their own problems and mistakes, and make a review to the boss, the court, and Xiang Gu, admit their mistakes and reform themselves, the Gu and the court will not give these people a chance! The terrible thing is that some people know that some practices are wrong, but they still ignore the constraints of the imperial court's rules and regulations, rules and laws, break through the shackles, break the bottom line, know the law and break the law, and use their power to deliberately conceal and kill people to cover up. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang paused, let the ministers digest and digest, and then said: "What else do you have to play?" If not, then retreat! ”

At this time, Wei Lun, a member of the military department, stood up and held the board and shouted: "King, the minister impeached Zhongshu and ordered Guan Bo, this person is a puppet controlled by Lu Qi. If the prime minister can't fulfill his responsibility of planning and assisting, what qualifications does he have to be the prime minister? ”

The officials Pei Ji, Yu Wenxuan, Lu Jingliang, Zhang Jian and others also stood up with a board at this time to impeach Guan Bo, saying that Guan Bo appointed Li Yuanping, Tao Gongda, Zhang Xuan, Liu Chengjie and other boastful people, and formed a party with these people, misleading the country and the people, and committing a great crime.

It's really the wall that everyone pushes, after Lu Qi and Yu Xin lost power, Guan Bo, the usually soft prime minister, suddenly became the target of the ministers' attacks, and many people were eager to kill him.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Guan Bo and said: "Lord Guan, look at it, everyone thinks that you are not suitable to be the Chinese book order, so you should go to Heyang as the main book!" ”

Guan Bozhan trembled and knelt down to receive the order: "Minister······ Thanksgiving! ”