At this time, Huang An took out another imperial edict and said loudly: "Everyone, listen."

"The emperor's edict said: I was able to ascend the throne as the nine sons, and all the brothers gave in. Now I specially named the eldest brother Zhuang as the King of Yan, the second brother Tong as the King of Zhou, and the seventh brother Wang as the King of Tang. He ordered the prime minister, the royal family, and the Ministry of Rites to cooperate to select the fiefdom and hold the ceremony of enthroning the king. The rest of the vassal kings each increased their salary by 10,000 stones. I respect this!"

Everyone shouted again, "Long live Your Majesty."

This imperial edict, on the surface, was an ordinary imperial edict to be named by the new emperor after he ascended the throne. In fact, it was to tell all civil and military ministers that the throne had been a foregone conclusion, and everyone should settle down and deal with the government affairs, and not do anything without a king or a father.

As for whether you can understand it, most of the people present are political elites, and those who don’t understand it are pretending not to understand it.

Sure enough, as soon as the words were finished, Zheng Zhuang, Zheng Tong, and Zheng Jiao, who had just been named Prince, looked unhappy, gritted their teeth, pale, or unwilling to accept it. The other kings also had different expressions, either gloomy, happy, or unhappy.

And the rest of the ministers.

Liu Jian looked calm and drowsy, but Zheng Wen couldn't see through him and didn't know what he was thinking.

Xie Fei looked thoughtful, but he didn't know his psychological thoughts.

Some of the other ministers were happy, some were disappointed, and some were calm.

But he didn't say a word.

At this time, Zheng Wen suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Record the imperial edict: I have inherited the treasure of the previous emperor and obtained the ancestral temple. I have entrusted it with a slight body to the monarch Zhaoming. I am only trembling and walking on thin ice, afraid that my unworthiness will lose the virtues of the ancestors of all generations and the legacy of the last emperor."

When the ministers saw this movement, they said that the new king was going to issue an edict in person and hurriedly crawled on the ground.

"I am young and poor in virtue, and I do not know the wonderfulness of the ancient sage kings in governing the world. However, I have heard that there were sage kings in governing the world without adding taxes to the people, but the country has sufficient wealth. Although I am not agile, I yearn for it. I am sick and have poor morals. Now in the world, the world and counties and states have officials. From now on, the people of the world will never add taxes! "

Zheng Wen's bombshell came out.

The ministers, princes and royal families present were confused.

This is what the protagonist Liu De did when he first ascended the throne by a book written by Zheng Wenxiang. Once promulgated, his status became stable and he immediately gained a group of loyal people.

Although Zheng Wen was not very clear about Daqian's situation at this time, he could at least gain a benevolent and righteous voice among the people, gain the hearts of some scholars, and at least relieve the pressure of some small landlords and self-cultivated farmers.

Sure enough, as soon as Zheng Wen's words fell, someone came out and said excitedly: "Your Majesty is truly a benevolent and righteous king. You will benefit the world more and benefit the people. Please submit an edict to the world and let everyone know your Majesty's intention of benevolence and loving the people!"

"Sure", Zheng Wen replied.

In China, taxes and taxes are separated, and the same is true for Daqian. Taxes are state expenses, and taxes are royal expenses.

Zheng Wen's "never increase taxes" edict only affects the royal expenses and does not affect the country's tax collection situation. The farmers in Daqian still have to pay heavy taxes, but this move is undoubtedly a good policy.

Many ministers present also knew that the emperor was openly grateful to the world, but in fact he was to win the hearts of the people, but he could not stop him. Instead, he should praise him.

The emperor needs fame, don’t they need fame? They also need it. If anyone stops it, it will not only be abused by scholars all over the world and have a bad reputation. Moreover, the implementation of this policy does not harm their interests, but at most it will only affect the enthusiasm of clerks to collect taxes!

Zheng Wen stood for a while, and the lame person was so tired that Zheng Wen sat down.

He also spoke, "I am young and poor. I have read very little since I was young. I have just ascended the throne, have no knowledge, and have no experience in governing the country. I dare not rule the country indiscriminately. So I decided to establish a cabinet to assist me in governing the country. I then ordered Prime Minister Liu Jian, the governor of Jingying Qin Fei, the Secretary of the Six Ministers, and the Privy Councilor of Privy Councilors to enter the cabinet to serve as Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to assist me in governing the country. Nine people still serve as original positions. What do you think of me?"

Prime Minister Liu Jian came out and said, "Your Majesty, is this cabinet a fixed rule?" Liu Jian felt that this cabinet was not simple, but he felt a little bad for him, but he couldn't remember it for a moment, so he had to ask.

After hearing this, Zheng Wen seemed to have no one noticed the role of the cabinet, so he spoke, "It's not that I am determined, but I am young after all and have no experience in governing the government. These nine people are important officials of the court and pillars. Let these nine people enter the cabinet to teach me how to handle government affairs. After I become familiar with the government affairs, I will disband when I have independent government affairs. What does the prime minister think?"

After hearing this, Liu Jian thought it was OK. After all, the new emperor suddenly became emperor from a favored prince. If he wanted to handle government affairs independently, Liu Jian also felt that this was impossible and he had to have an adaptation stage!

Then he said, "Your Majesty, I have decided to do it." After that, he was included in the list.

However, Zheng Wen smiled in his heart, and he was still afraid that Liu Jian would object!

Zheng Wen established a cabinet, on the one hand, to divide the power of the prime minister. As soon as so many people entered the cabinet to help him handle government affairs, Daqian's governance changed from the previous emperor and prime minister to the emperor and nine people to the emperor and nine people. Although it may not be obvious in the early stage, it will gradually be discovered that the power of the prime minister has been essentially dispersed, which is more convenient for the imperial power to be the only one. This is a battle between the monarchy and the prime minister's power that has lasted thousands of years.

Zheng Wen's father didn't like to go to court very much, and he handed over almost all the power of governance to Liu Jian, and only held the power of personnel appointments and military power in his hands. This also led to the excessive power of the prime minister and almost controlling the throne. Zheng Wen would never allow it, which led to Zheng Wen's statement of the cabinet, and Liu Jian did not notice Zheng Wen's purpose at all.

On the other hand, Zheng Wen wanted to push Qin Fei to political governance, and the military power of the Beijing camp was in him. Zheng Wen was worried. He hoped that he would be relieved if he was absolutely his own people or even himself. He hoped that Qin Fei could focus his energy on political governance, so that he could grasp military power and be safer. After all, a pen is usually not as good as a gun.

After hearing this, the ministers saw that the prime minister had no objection, so they had no objection. Zheng Wen saw that Liu Jian, who had been prime minister for thirteen years, still had a high prestige in the hearts of the ministers. He secretly complained, but secretly encouraged himself.

Seeing all this, Zheng Wen said again: "I won't go to court in the next month. I will mourn the late emperor. It is not a memorial about the funeral that will be handed over to the prime minister and the cabinet. By the way, the cabinet will be set up in the Wude Hall."

"Also, what else do you have? If you don't, just retreat!"

After a while of the words, when he saw that no one was talking, Huang An shouted "Retreat the Court".

Zheng Wen then stood up, limped his feet, walked down the imperial stairs step by step, and was surrounded by warriors and eunuchs and left the main hall.
Chapter completed!