As an elite army of warfare that has followed Sun Bi to fight on the northern grasslands over the past year and has continuously won victories under his leadership, this northern border army will not disappoint their commander and their emperor.

So in his opinion, the army that would arrive in the capital within ten days appeared outside Luoyang City five days later. It was around noon, and suddenly a army with a strong appearance and murderous intent approached, but the imperial guards guarding the northern city and the nearby people were very scared.

It was not until someone saw the flag in the team clearly and confirmed that it was his own official army that someone rushed to report the news. Soon after, the news was sent straight into the palace. Sun Bi immediately couldn't sit still and went out of the palace to greet him, and issued an order to ask Wang Han to go out of the city to welcome the triumphant border troops to the palace on his behalf.

Wang Han did not dare to neglect and immediately started working. Amid the sound of drums and whistles, the border troops of 5,000 people lined up in a neat team, and entered the palace with a solemn aura.

When he saw Xiao Chengzhi missing a hand at the front of the team, Sun Bi, who was already waiting in the palace gate, was even more excited and immediately stepped forward: "Chengzhi, and all the soldiers, thank you for your hard work!"

"For Your Majesty to kill the enemy and defend the border, I will never regret it. I dare not speak of my suffering!" Xiao Chengzhi quickly dismounted and bowed down, and then led the other soldiers to roar together. The sound was so loud that it was like thunder, which made the people of Luoyang City hear this generous speech.

"Hahaha... Okay, I am really worthy of being the elite soldiers I have brought up. With your words, I will have no worries! I will follow me to the palace for a banquet. I have promised you that I will drink and celebrate with you after returning from victory. However, something happened before, but now it is time to fulfill my promise." As he said, Sun Bi helped Xiao Chengzhi in front of him and said excitedly.

When other soldiers heard that they could still enter the palace for banquets, they were also surprised. You should know that as most of them, in the past, let alone enter the palace for banquets, even coming to the capital for a visit was just a dream. Now the emperor actually hosted a banquet for them in person. What an honor is this? A word of glory to the ancestors is not enough to express his feelings.

For a moment, all the soldiers burst into tears, kowtowed their heads, and shouted in a mess: "Thank you Your Majesty for your reward. Even if you are heartbroken, you will not be able to repay Your Majesty's kindness..."

The soldiers were all so excited that they were so happy that they were so happy that they could communicate with each other. After a long time, they stood up after the emperor's persuasion and then entered the palace. Although Wang Han and other civil servants were smiling on the face, they felt heavy and bitter in their hearts, and the pressure was even greater.

They have keenly captured some deeper things. The emperor is so kind to treat the soldiers of the border soldiers today. This is no longer a single event, but a signal, a signal that a general will rise again.

The Great Yue Dynasty said that civil and military officials were equally important, and the status of military generals in the court was not lower than that of civil officials. But in fact, this was definitely not the case. Because after years of peace, military generals had nowhere to make contributions and their power continued to shrink, so civil officials naturally had a certain overwhelming momentum over them.

This can also be seen from the situation of the court in recent years. The real power of the government affairs hall is the ministers of the government affairs hall, and the officials of the six ministries. The Privy Council, which is in charge of military power, is in the court.

I don’t have much say, and the officials there are actually gradually becoming civil servants.

But this time, Sun Bi, the new king, planned to re-enforce the status of military generals. The only thing that today's banquet for the triumphant northern soldiers in the palace was enough to send a clear signal. You should know that in the past, those who could have had banquets in the palace were only high-ranking officials and powerful officials, or scholars from Jinbang High School, how could there be room for rude and uncivilized military generals to get involved?

But this Northern Expedition was indeed an unprecedented event since the founding of the Great Yue Kingdom. Sun Bi's decision was really hard to object. What's more, this battle was won by himself as the head coach. Even if the ministers wanted to deny its significance, they would not be able to do it, and it would only bring disaster to themselves.

So at this time, whether it is Wang Han or the lower-level civil servants, they can only acknowledge this. They know more clearly that the situation in the court and the military generals will rise, and the power they are separated is the power in the hands of a considerable number of civil servants.

Now they are powerless to resist and can only endure it silently.

As a result of this move, everyone must admit that Sun Bi's new lord is actually not inferior to that of the late emperor at all. Moreover, as a military general, he acts more decisively. I am afraid that the imperial power will completely overwhelm the power of his ministers in the future.

This is true. After this banquet, Sun Bi issued several decrees in succession, and promoted all the military generals who made great contributions to the title of the title. Especially Xiao Chengzhi, he was directly promoted to Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, Duke Dingguo, and was only one step away from being crowned king.

Some other heroes were successively enfeoffed into the imperial guards, either serving as palace guards, or serving as the important guards of Luoyang patrols, or directly serving in the Ministry of War and other yamen... Anyway, they were all placed in a very important position. While ensuring that the defense of the palace and the entire Luoyang was completely controlled by their own people, they also firmly controlled the military power in their own hands.

The key is that all this is reasonable and unopposed. Therefore, in half a month after officially ascending the throne, Sun Bi has already achieved several key points that Li Ling proposed to grasp the imperial power one by one.

After the military power was in hand, he began to control the financial power. This was closely related to Li Ling.

Under Sun Bi's pressure, the Ministry of Revenue, Transport Department, and the Government Affairs Hall did not dare to delay any further. In the end, the plaque of the Third Office was hung in an idle yamen near the Ministry of Revenue's yamen as required. Li Ling also rested for a long time and paid for his family, and formally devoted himself to the government affairs of the officialdom.

In front of him, there was no way to hide the various methods of finance and taxation. As long as he wanted to investigate, no one could do anything. So in just half a month, the Sansi Yamen truly established their foothold and began to become the superior yamen that the Ministry of Revenue and the Transport Department must report at all times and be attentively.

Next, whether it was the inlet and out of the treasury silver or the salary and rewards of officials at all levels, Li Ling had the right to interrogate and decide one by one. Therefore, the financial power naturally fell into Sun Bi's hands through him.

With this military power and financial power in hand, the regime will naturally be even more unlikely to fall behind, and no one dares to slander the emperor, especially when some people are severely punished later on

Fa has made people feel unprecedented awe for the new king.

Right Prime Minister Tang Qianwen not only held a high position, but also an old minister in the court. It is not an exaggeration to say that his position in the court has always been as stable as Mount Tai. Therefore, even if he had clearly voted on the side of King Yong before and advocated and shouted for him, after Sun Bi officially confirmed the throne, no one thought he would be implicated.

It is precisely because of his existence that many of the previous Yongwang Party members have saved a little luck and feel that they can get away with it. After all, the law does not blame the masses, and there is a high-ranking person. Can the emperor still pursue it?

But the facts proved that they underestimated Sun Bi's methods. Just two months after he ascended the throne, after he truly took real power, he finally attacked these people. The first blow was to directly kill Tang Qianwen.

Meaning is also a very common official attack, corruption and bribery!

This crime is actually applicable in any given day. After all, when officials have quite a lot of power, there will naturally be someone to bribe them. You can refuse once or twice, but when you keep gold, silver and wealth in front of you dozens or hundreds of times, even the saints will be moved.

What's more, the atmosphere in the officialdom of Dayue was not good, especially when the late emperor was there, corruption became a trend, and no one could survive. Tang Qianwen naturally embezzled many benefits, but only lies in whether he could find his flaws and convict him in a moment.

But this time, Li Ling was the one who took action, which could not be called a problem. Through only some inconspicuous shop books, he locked in other people who specifically asked for bribes for Tang Qianwen. Then he followed the clues and tried to pull and fight. Within a few days, a detailed link of evidence was placed in front of the emperor's imperial case.

Corruption in the officialdom has never been a big problem. The only problem is whether anyone wants to make a big fuss about this matter. Now Sun Bi wants to make the article bigger and hold the right prime minister accountable. Needless to say, just go deeper and just copy the Tang Mansion, and even check all the industries in his hometown... The final result is that over the past few decades, Tang Qianwen has actually owed a huge sum of more than three million taels of silver.

When this number and the charge were released, it immediately caused shock to the government and the people, and it was considered the largest corrupt person since the founding of the Great Yue Kingdom. Then, various statements of denunciation of Tang Qianwen and requesting the court to kill him to serve as a warning to You were also rampant.

In such a situation where everyone shouted to kill, Sun Bi did not actually execute Tang Qianwen. But on the excuse that he had made contributions to the court, he only dismissed him from office and sent him to Lingnan to die. Of course, in addition to his family, there were also a large number of court officials implicated by him. But these people, in addition to the category of corrupt officials, actually had another identity, they were all former Yongwang Party members...

The emperor and the ministers were all the time. It was not until this time that the court officials finally truly understood the meaning of this sentence. When the new emperor ascended the throne, many old ministers should retreat, especially those ministers who stood opposite the new emperor from the beginning. In fact, their best countermeasure was to withdraw as soon as possible. But they were unwilling to give in and took the opportunity to take the blame, and the emperor did not dare to attack everyone, but the result was extremely tragic.
Chapter completed!