"Prime Minister," Zhao Ke interrupted Zhao Zhifu's compliment, "I am not a person who is very fond of merit. I don't want to listen to such flattery again. I hope the Prime Minister respects himself." His tone was very unhappy. In front of the young emperor, Zhao Zhifu, who was over 50 years old, turned red and purple. Even the late emperor had never embarrassed him so much.

The moonlight shone through the window edges, and the clear light spread faintly into the Chugong Hall. Tong Guan seemed to hear the dark sigh in his heart. After a while, Zhao Ke broke the subtle silence between the king and the ministers.

"Now, censors, regardless of gains and losses, will not impeach evil spirits, and their subordinates will not refute the edicts. They will be in a mess, and they will be in vain and live in vain. They will be silly and slutty, and they will be ruling the people. They will be fine." He seemed to realize his incompetence, his voice was slightly hoarse, and his fingers were trembling slightly. "I have made up my mind to use Chen Dong as the supervisor of the censor and also the Chongzheng Palace. I will issue an edict to seek talents soon to conquer the virtuous people in the world."

Zhao Zhifu's cheek seemed to twitch slightly, but he could only lower his head and said, "Your Majesty's wise."

"Also, I heard that the emperor's way is to value morality, benevolence and righteousness, and to play with gold and jade. So the world hopes that customs and customs will become customs and will be transformed into it. Now, white jade is piled up as a palace, with gold mud as the top, and the palace decorations are extremely luxurious. I think that the useless palace servants and palace expenses should be cut by 30% and be a role model for the world."

"I obey the order." Zhao Zhifu and Tong Guan bowed together to uphold the words. Your Majesty was frugal and self-disciplined when he was in the Eastern Palace. Since he moved into the Baiyu Palace, his first edict was to extinguish half of the grand candlelight in the hall to show his savings. It is reasonable to issue this imperial edict.

Zhao Ke stared at the backs of the two important officials, slightly excited. He lived in the Eastern Palace for twenty years and often thought about the gains and losses of the government. Now he finally had the opportunity to show his ambitions. He continued to say in a deep voice: "When Cai Jing was the prime minister, he often used his disciples as the Taiwan appraisal. The Taiwan appraisal was afraid and jealous. He was obedient and could not make any contribution. He was indeed famous and untrue. The censors were the eyes and ears of the emperor. The prime minister should not interfere. From now on, I will personally promote the ministers who dare to speak out and make it a custom!"

"Your Majesty is wise, I obey the order." Zhao Zhifu's back had already seen a little sweat. When Zhao Ke was the prince, he had always been taciturn. Unexpectedly, once he succeeded to the throne, he would be so decisive and terrifying, and the prime minister would be a little scared.

"Okay, let's go." Zhao Ke said coldly, and continued to read the memorial. The charm of the harem was not as comfortable as the world's shaking hands. He watched the memorial for a long time, but felt that the ministers were either talking nothing, hiding their own feelings, or being mediocre and pedantic. He couldn't help but feel angry. He put the red pen on the pen holder with a bang, and didn't want the cinnabar to drop on the yellow white paper, as shocking as blood. Zhao Ke felt even more angry and sighed:

"I am not a foolish king, but all the ministers who mislead the country, what can I do?"

Looking at the back of the prime minister who was leaving, Zhao Ke picked up the ginseng tea and took a sip, but his mouth was full of bitterness. "Chen Shaoyang is a straight bone, but he is a good person, but unfortunately..." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little more anticipated.

Tong Guan sent Zhao Zhifu out of the White Jade Palace. Seeing Zhao Zhifu sighing, he asked in a low voice: "What are the Prime Minister worried about?"

Zhao Zhifu looked around and sighed: "It is good for Your Majesty to work hard to govern, but Chen Dong is a domineering person, with many gangs, and has old grudges with Taiwei Tong. If it is suddenly useful, it is probably a bit unfavorable to Taiwei."

Tong Guan smiled slightly, knowing Zhao Zhifu's thoughts. He finally fought Cai Jing and never wanted to immediately welcome a rising opponent. "But he wanted to use the Mijia as a gun." Tong Guan said intimately, but his face turned sad and whispered: "My family also needs the Prime Minister to take care of him, so that the emperor will not be deceived by this villain who holds revenge."

Zhao Ke was diligent in political affairs, and often lie alone in the Chugong Hall and never summoned concubines. In the Rouyi Hall in the harem, Empress Zhu, who had been enthroned for a short time, sat alone in front of the dressing table and silently read in front of the mirror. "The prince and the prince followed the footsteps, and the green beads shed tears and dripped silk scarf. As soon as the waiting door entered the deep sea, Xiao Lang was a passerby from now on." She bit her lips and whispered, thinking of the person who was still at the end of the world, tears flowed silently, "This love can be remembered, but it was already lost at that time."

The cold wind blew, and the dark clouds in the sky were flowing, covering the moon without realizing it. The black clouds were thick like layers, like a huge quilt, covering the sky tightly. The moonlight outside dimmed, and the clouds were pressed very low. If you look up at the sky, you will feel extremely depressed. Suddenly, a flash of lightning broke through the sky, as if a sharp sword slashed straight from the sky towards the earth, and the dark clouds in the sky were split into two halves. Then, a crackling thunder exploded in the air. Then, the sky was like a snake dancing wildly, and spring thunder followed one after another, and a spring rain began to fall.

"What a timely rain!" Jin Changtai smiled, "When this rain comes, wild vegetables and mushrooms will grow a lot." As the snow in the mountains gradually melted, the Han army and Chengying soldiers began to sweep the people everywhere. These men were originally confused and helpless under the iron hooves of the Khitan and Jurchens. Except for those powerful outdoors, most of them left their homes without much resistance and brought a few farm tools, dry food and seeds into the mountains.

Zhao Xingde's face was not very good. At dawn, he and Jin Changtai took hundreds of cavalry out of the mountain and passed by a village where Han people lived twenty miles away, but found that it was already scorched earth. The fire was just extinguished by the spring rain, and hissing white mist and blue smoke were still emitting from the ruins.

"The Han army is so cruel to start in front of us," Ma Rui identified the traces in the rubble, "and burned the village, even if the people didn't want to, they had to follow them."

The soldiers of Chengying found several charred corpses in the rubble, which made Zhao Xingde's heart even more gloomy. "Life is a waste, my fault." He thought sadly, and looked up and could not see a living person. The spring rain drizzled and fell on the ground. Outside the village was full of fertile soil, and the fields were neat. If they were not kidnapped, I am afraid that the people would start to farm. But now, it is just a wasteland and the wild grass is growing wildly. Occasionally, one or two rats who survived the disaster rushed around the rubble. From the beginning of deciding to take over the people, he expected this scene today. Although the soldiers of Chengying Camp would not do this, the Han army scattered in more than 40 villages would not be ruthless. It was extremely difficult to distinguish between threatening the people and looting the people.

The soldiers of Xia State looked very good. Wang Tongdeng and others had participated in revenge against the enemy country, but this was the first time they had treated their own people in this way. Jian Cheng said angrily: "These Han troops are too inappropriate. What's the difference between this and the horse thief?" "Yes." "Maybe they would force the people to the Khitans and the Jurchens." Others also echoed.

"The terrain here is flat, we can't defend the village. If the people stay here, they will sooner or later be kidnapped by the Jurchens and Khitans." Jin Changtai whispered beside him, gently kicking the horse's belly. After walking for several miles, the soldiers were delighted when they saw the smoke from the cooking stove. Jin Changtai turned around and looked at Zhao Xingde. Zhao Xingde hesitated for a moment, then nodded. According to the early whistle detective, there was a village of about thirty families in front of him. After seeing the commander's order, the soldiers urged the horses to step on the black soil that had just melted. More than 100 cavalry turned into two teams. Soon, a large net was opened and the village was encircled around a radius.

The cavalry was not fast, even very slow, so slow that the farmers who were busy in the fields saw them, and then panicked towards the simple and dilapidated houses. The men standing in the fields were stunned, and the soldiers loudly ordered them to gather in the open space in front of the village.

In such an action, the cavalry of Chengying Army were only half-armed, but the tall horses galloped, and the momentum of gold and iron clashing still made these villagers live without any resistance. The village and the nearby farmlands were empty in the half-incense stick after the appearance of Chengying Camp, except for the sound of horse hooves and iron armor, and it was silent. Soon, the sound of slapping the doors was heard everywhere in the village, "Don't be afraid." "Don't panic." "We are the Han army." "Master Guan wants you to speak, and quickly gather at the entrance of the village." "Don't delay." The soldiers of Chengying Camp shouted loudly in the Liaodong accent, comforting the people while intimidating them.

Fang Lianjiang looked at the iron hooves of the war horse passing through the crack in the door. A general with a helmet and armor jumped off the horse, his face was a bit ferocious, his expression seemed kind, and his eyes were like lightning, which scared him to his heart tremble, and he almost fell to the ground. Then the door panel was slapped. Lianjiang had seen some worldly appearances. After shouting twice, the general opened the door and walked towards the open space at the entrance of the village.

When Zhang Pu heard the door panel being slapped, he only guarded my mother, wife and son and daughter, and held the door of the inner room with a stool. He held a kitchen knife with a gap in his hand, and held the door without blinking. The military master outside took a long time to shoot without seeing any movement, then broke into the door and came to the inner room, shouting twice, "There is no one, the lord ordered that the people here all go to the entrance of the village to gather!"

Zhang Pu turned around and looked at the old mother and wife, with a little hesitation in his eyes, but he still didn't dare to open the door. The soldier was impatient and kicked the door open. Zhang Pu shouted softly, and took the kitchen knife and went up to the dark shadow servant at the door. Soldier Xie Hengye gave in a slight slight time, and avoided the blade and surrounded him. Zhang Pu threw him into the yard with a slam. At this time, the two children in the inner room could no longer help and cried loudly.

"I'll fight with you!" Zhang Pu heard the child crying and was anxious and was about to get up and fight to the death. But he saw the military master frowned slightly, took a few steps back, stood in the yard, and kept a three-step distance from Zhang Pu, shouting in a deep voice: "Put down the knife, we are the soldiers of the court, not the bandits. The lord has an order, you can quickly gather at the entrance of the village."

Xie Hengye was tall and strong, with a dark face, but did not pull out his weapons. Zhang Pu was stunned. After a moment, he realized that this was not the one who came to rob. He lowered his head and said, "Yes, yes, Master Jun." He turned around and went into the house to greet his family, but forgot to put down the kitchen knife in his hand. Xie Hengye didn't care and left. Zhang Pu looked at the empty courtyard gate. For some reason, his heart was empty and he was puzzled.
Chapter completed!