After everyone thought about how to restore Chang'an to its political center for a while, Cao Xin, Xia He and a group of generals hurriedly left, and half of the people were missing in the room in an instant.

"While restoring order, it is necessary to settle accounts after the autumn." Li Ze looked at Chunyu Yue and said, "Otherwise, it will not be enough to show the legitimacy of the court. Those who surrendered to the pseudo-liang and caused actual damage to the Tang Dynasty must be punished. What does Chunyu Shangshu have to say about this matter?"

Chunyu Yue stroked his beard and pondered: "Li Xiang, the Tang Dynasty should destroy the pseudo-Rich, recover the old capital, and punish these betrayers. Just like the rebellion of Zhang Zhongwu in the northeast, even if Li admired Zhang Zhongwu very much, wasn't he going to die in the end? But there are still several situations here in Chang'an."

"Tell me in detail."

"The first type is the officials of the pseudo-liang, so they naturally have nothing to say. Now they have been put in prison. The second type is the officials of the Tang Dynasty who were originally surrendered to the pseudo-liang. The third type is the lower-level constables and officials mentioned earlier by Cao's Ministry of Personnel. These people are direct acts and are also the objects of hatred by the people. The fourth type is more troublesome. Officials like Wang Shu have made contributions to it." Chunyu Yue said.

Li Ze smiled and said, "Grasp one principle, that is, how much harm it has caused to us. Start from the bottom, aren't Yang Kai and the others about to start identifying the officials at the grassroots level? First, deal with these people and let the order run normally. Go one level after another, orderly, and finally, move those who are not easy to move."

"You mean that people like Wang Shu will still have to be punished in the end, right?"

"What else?" Li Zehan said with a face: "If you want to be a grass on the wall, the wind will blow on both sides. Once you see something is wrong, you will immediately rebel against the old master and have no position. How can we keep such people? But now we still need them, so we can only endure the disgust and use it first."

Chunyu Yue nodded.

"In fact, there are many people represented by Wang Shu, especially those like Zhao Xi, Gou Rong, and Wu Hou who still hold military power, so they must be more cautious about them."

"First of all, they need to reorganize their troops." Li Ze said: "Gao Xiangsheng said that these Shen Ce troops were useless at all. But if they wanted to reorganize the troops, they had to resettle these people first, otherwise they would easily cause chaos. Although they were not afraid, they would be troublesome in the end. Therefore, it was indeed a contribution to attacking Cao Zhen, robbing his food and grass, forcing Cao Xuan to take away, and preserving Chang'an. Zhao Xi was transferred to the Ministry of War, Gou Rong went to Cangzhou, and Wu Hou went to Shandong, and separated them from their troops first. When they left, they began to disband their troops one by one. When these troops were all dispersed and resettled, they would talk about their affairs. After they were dealt with, they would talk about Wang Shu's affairs at the end."

"This is the safest way. Although it is slow, there will be no trouble." Chunyu Yue nodded repeatedly: "Li Xiang, what about those noble families?"

"The noble family?" Li Ze suddenly laughed: "Do you know that many people have handed memorials to the palace these days to ask for the emperor and the queen mother?"

Chunyu Yue rolled his eyes.

At this time, I went to see the emperor and the empress dowager, and it was obvious that these families were really blinded.

"These people are all the people who colluded with Zhu and led the Liang army into Chang'an. The real clean families were expelled to us by Zhu Wen as early as that year." Li Ze said: "Now these dogs don't think about how to atone for their sins, but they still want to preserve their wealth. Hehe, they say that they have made contributions. Like Wang Shu, they stayed in grievances and begged all to ensure that Chang'an is safe and the ancestral temple is safe, Chunyu, I have seen many shameless people, but such shameless people are still rare in the world."

"These people are really frogs in the well. Don't they know our current national policy? Those who returned from Wuyi have not told them about our policies?" Chunyu Yue found it difficult to understand the ideas of these people.

"These two groups of people are already strangers and even enemies. Back then, I was afraid that these people who defected to Zhu Wen would have caused trouble to them. So now, do you think they will help these people? They wish all these guys would die." Li Ze said: "Those who were driven to us by Zhu Wen have adapted to our policies. Most of them are doing well now. We also told them earlier how to deal with their property in Guanzhong. They should not think about the land. In the north, we have already distributed the land to them, but we will return the property and other things."

Chen Wenliang, who was on the other hand, took the conversation and said, "We have checked roughly. These families own a lot of land in Guanzhong. Now these lands are still actually controlled in their hands."

"They don't mean to hand over?"

"Of course not!" Li Ze said: "So you need to increase your efforts on these people, investigate their bad deeds, and check them out one by one for me. Kill what should be killed, and confiscate what should be confiscated. Now the court is basically clean and smooth. If you can't get any money elsewhere, you can only think of a solution on the land."

"I understand." Chunyu Yue said: "I know what to do."

"For this matter, contact the inner guards directly wherever you need, and they will provide you with what you want." Li Ze pointed to Gao Xiangsheng and Tian Bo on the side.

"I'll do you two!" Chunyu Yue said with a smile.

The two of them owed their bodies: "Shangshu Chunyu gave them the order."

Seeing Chunyu Yue saying goodbye and leaving, Guo Fengxiao of the Ministry of Works stood up and bowed, "Li Xiang, I want money."

Li Ze laughed and said, "I know you want money, but now I don't have money."

"Li Xiang, the roads in Guanzhong have been in disrepair for a long time and water conservancy has been abandoned. Now it is the time to use a large amount of idle manpower to vigorously renovate. According to our past experience in sorting the local area, a large amount of investment at this time requires a lot of money, but a large part of it can still be recovered. Moreover, it is very beneficial for people's livelihood and local public security." Guo Fengxiao said: "Of course I know that the court's finances are tight, but if you squeeze, you can always squeeze out."

When it comes to money, Li Ze has a headache.

"You go find Xia He for this matter."

"When you say something, Secretary Xia will naturally find a way for me. If you don't say something, Secretary Xia will talk about him. I know that Secretary Xia will pay a special amount every year." Guo Fengxiao said.

"The Ministry of Works has no small treasury?" Li Ze snorted: "Don't be careless with me. The special amount Xia He pressed in his hand is to deal with the needs from time to time, and under normal circumstances, it must not be used."

Guo Fengxiao said a little embarrassedly: "It is naturally a bit like that, but it's a drop in the bucket!"

"Let's use it first." Li Ze waved his hand: "Wait for the news from Chunyu Yue, once a large amount of land is taken back, we can sell it, and then we can get back a sum of funds. Besides, although the nobles and wealthy families were robbed by Zhu Youzhen once, they must have hidden a lot of good things in the cunning rabbit's three holes. I believe Chunyu Yue and Gao Xiangsheng can get a lot of things we need soon."

"That's good, that's good." Guo Fengxiao was satisfied: "The staff organized by the Ministry of Works have already begun investigation and preliminary preparations. Next, we will move first, renovate the surrounding areas of Chang'an, and once the funds are in place, we can start to spread to surrounding prefectures and counties. By the beginning of next spring, we will at least improve the roads and water conservancy around Chang'an first."

Guo Fengxiao left with satisfaction.

"Everyone all reach out to the coffin, asking for money!" Li Ze looked at his back and said dissatisfiedly: "I am not the God of Wealth, I can make money!"

"Li Xiang, in fact, there will be a lot of money to be settled soon." Chen Wenliang on the side said with a smile.

“Where is the money?”

"Our three fleets have returned. The news was just delivered today. This time the harvest was bigger than before." Chen Wenliang said: "Where is Jin Shiren's harvest stable, and Jin Mantang finally found the Europa you mentioned this time, but the real people are stupid and have more money."

"Is Jin Mantang back?" Li Ze's eyes suddenly brightened. Speaking of Jin Mantang's departure, it took him more than a year, and he almost forgot about this rich man.

"He found Europa." Chen Wenliang took out a copy of the documents from a pile of documents and handed them to Li Ze.

Li Ze was overjoyed. Jin Mantang was really his lucky star. Whenever he was poor, this God of Wealth would appear at the right time.

He opened the document impatiently and browsed it ten lines at a glance, and Li Ze was already smiling.

Money, he can finally get enough money for a while.

"How many?" Zhang Hui poked his head: "The entire fleet's net income of three million silver dollars, has Jin Mantang gone to rob?"

"It's similar to robbery." Li Ze laughed: "A new route represents endless wealth. If we ship things here, it will be huge profits."

"So, I have to reach out to ask Li Xiang for some money." Zhang Hui smiled and said, "I didn't have the nerve to say it before. I went to see the Imperial College, it was dilapidated, but the place is really a good place. Li Xiang, do I want more? It only costs 100,000 silver dollars. I want to renovate the Imperial College. Didn't I say that I would separate the Political and Economic College from the Wuwei Academy? This winter, I can organize it, and I don't need you to send more people. I just need the Ministry of Works to give me a few masters, and then I let those students do it themselves."
Chapter completed!