"My health is unprecedented. I feel better than ever before, and my mind is particularly clear!"

Zhao Xu said excitedly.

Xiong Qi, sweating profusely, took his hand back from Zhao Xu and shook his head and said:

"No, I just transferred the essence of your body to enhance the origin of life. Your body has not strengthened at all. Even, because of this movement, your life span has been reduced again, which is less than ten days!"

"ah!"

Zhao Xu looked at Xiong Qi in confusion and asked:

"Why is this happening?"

"Your body is like a big tree that is about to decay. What I did was to collect the remaining essence in the big tree and condense it at the roots. Although the origin of life has been enhanced, the trunk has become even more decay!"

Xiong Qi shook his head and said:

"What the emperor's next thing is to practice hard and slowly raise your body. The body is an acquired thing and can be strengthened step by step through nourishment and cultivation!"

"When your body becomes stronger, I will condense your body essence into vitality again, but you have to work harder until the end, the origin of life will completely transform, and then a complete cycle will be formed!"

"I don't understand what you are saying!"

Zhao Xu thought for a long time, then finally shook his head and said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand it. What's important is that the emperor must do what I said in the future, stay away from the government and practice wholeheartedly, so that he can truly improve his lifespan!"

"Okay, alas!"

Zhao Xu sighed and said helplessly.

No matter what, his life is above everything else. After experiencing such ups and downs, Zhao Xu finally realized the reality.

"But if I cannot handle the government, I must abdicate. Xiaojiu, who do you think will inherit my throne?"

After a while, Zhao Xu said sadly.

"Is this a question?"

Xiong Qi looked at him strangely and said:

"Of course it's passed on to me!"

"Come in you?"

Zhao Xu opened his mouth wide and looked at Xiong Qi unable to speak.

There are many people who want to be emperors, but this is the only one who is so righteous and naturally speaks it out.

“Are there any problems?”

Xiong Qi looked at Zhao Xu in surprise and asked back:

"The emperor's brother has no descendants, who is more suitable for the entire royal family than me? Only I can adhere to the new law like you, and only I can rectify the army of the Song Dynasty like you, sweep across Liuhe, recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and pacify the Northern Liao!"

"Is there anyone more suitable to be an emperor than me?"

Xiong Qi asked.

...

After the Battle of Hehuang, the emperor was critically ill and was reported to be located in his ninth brother, King Shen Zhao Qi, and then lived in the palace to recuperate and recuperate.

The new emperor ascended the throne and changed his reign to "Yuanwu". It has not changed throughout his life. It is not mentioned that later generations call him "Yuanwu Emperor".

The new emperor continued the original government affairs and, except for promoting Zhou Tong, the commander of the imperial guards, as commander, and ordered his efforts to rectify the 800,000 imperial guards in Tokyo, there was no human change.

In the court, Zhang Chun, Zeng Bu and others were still in power in the new law, and the border troops remained unchanged. Lu Huiqing, Zhang Feng and others, who insisted on the new law, led their troops to patrol the border and guarded against the surrounding neighboring countries.

A year later, when the new emperor became familiar with the operation of the court and everyone, one day, the important minister Zhang Chun proposed the "recommendation order" at the court meeting.

The "Recommendation Order" was unknown to the entire Song Dynasty court. It was a political order introduced in the Western Han Dynasty.

Because of the "Recommendation of the Enemy", the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty had to distribute their fiefs to their children, and then continue to divide them to the next generation.

In this way, the vassal states were divided into smaller and smaller, and in the end, there was no possibility of threatening the central government.

In fact, at the end of the Han Dynasty, many royal children became civilians, and the most famous one was Liu Bei who had a straw mat for sale.

It is precisely because of the "Enem-Reward Order" that the entire Han Dynasty never had any rebellion in the royal family.

It is precisely because of the "Enough Order" that many outstanding children of the Liu surname are no longer afraid of the emperor, but can instead become officials of the court through normal channels.

Such as Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Liu Ye and so on during the Three Kingdoms period.

Therefore, the promulgation of the "Embrance Order" was also issued at the same time as the lifting of various constraints on the Song Dynasty royal family.

From now on, all the Zhao royal families in the Song Dynasty could enter the court through the imperial examination, or even serve as local officials, and serve as important personnel.

Of course, like all officials of the Song Dynasty, they must take the scientific examination and pass the imperial examination.

At the same time, the imperial court no longer recognizes the royal family outside the five sermons, let alone support them. Everyone needs to make a living.

Even if it is a royal family within the five sermons, the salary paid by the court will gradually decrease according to the bloodline.

As soon as this order came out, some people in the royal family were happy and some were worried. Those who had always had great ambitions were ready to move, and those who were waiting for the dead were worried.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, the superior life and rich material supplies had long raised countless royal families. Under the "Recommendation of Grace", everyone's lives under earth-shaking changes.

If that were the case, it would not be a big deal. People in the world might even praise the new emperor.

But Xiong Qi, the new Emperor of the Song Dynasty, popularized the scope of application of the "Encourage Order" to all people's homes!

What's the meaning?

That is to say, after anyone dies, his family property must be distributed to his descendants, and then he will be his own family, and there will be no legal connection.

If you want to continue to maintain the clan system, it is impossible for the clan leader to decide what is going on in the family.

After they are separated, although they are still a family, their property is independent. No one can hand over their property to others for treatment, even if this person is his uncle and elder!

This is Xiong Qi’s long-term plan to remove the firewood from the pot!

Throughout the ages, although every court has sent officials, it is impossible to dispatch officials at most to the county magistrate, and then dispatch them downwards. They do not have the ability.

Therefore, since ancient times, the real handling of local affairs has never been the government, but the local gentry who is maintained by tribes.

Of course, it is still very difficult to implement such a government order, which involves countless interests and relationships, and cannot be completed in one or two days.

The specific details are not auspicious here. In short, it took Xiong Qi a full three years to implement this policy.

During this period, the heads fell, and countless officials, local gentry, and Confucian scholars died. The "unsanctioned doctor" was invalid for Xiong Qi, and there was no need to mention the various methods used.

From then on, there was no longer a large-scale independent force in the territory of the Song Dynasty, and everything was subject to the will of the government.

When all this was settled, Xiong Qi further refined the new method and proposed many reforms that had been verified by later generations and had significant results.

It is known in history as the "Yuanwu Reform"

When the "Yuanwu Reform" became popular, Sima Guang, Su Shi, Su Zhe and other old parties were recalled to the court, allowing them to use their own abilities to serve the Song Dynasty.

These people can leave a strong ink color in history, which is naturally extraordinary. After eliminating their resistance to the new law, they immediately played a huge role.

Three more years, in the seventh year of Yuanwu, Xiong Qi reformed the imperial examination and emphasized the six arts of Confucianism. Every candidate should not only be proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, but also be rituals, music, archery, ward, calligraphy, and numbers.

As soon as this order was released, the world was in an uproar, but at this moment, Xiong Qi had already stabilized the government's affairs, and what he said was all said by the saint Confucius himself, and under strong suppression, it was implemented smoothly.

When the Six Arts of Confucianism became the orthodox literati in the world, Xiong Qi launched the "Military Examination" in addition to the imperial examination, and decided on the candidates for military generals through cavalry, shooting, horse battles, ring battles, etc., and joined the army to serve.

In this way, with Xiong Qi's careful consideration, the entire Song Dynasty gradually transformed.
Chapter completed!