Forced to start the game, summon a hundred thousand snow dragon riders

Cao Zhengchun said with no expression on his face.

At this time, all the officials in the court were about to cry.

In fact, many of them knew about the Sixth Prince's rebellion in advance, because in everyone's eyes, the Sixth Prince's palace change was almost foolproof, so more than [-]% of the hundred officials stood in line with the Sixth Prince.

But who would have expected that this foolproof palace change would fail!

"Your Majesty, the ministers are wronged. This is a conspiracy of the sixth prince. He is deliberately creating a confrontation between His Majesty and the officials!"

"That's right, the sixth prince has ulterior motives. He wants His Majesty to kill all the ministers and leave His Majesty no one to use. His intentions are vicious!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are in Cao Ying and their hearts are in Han, so there is no other choice!"

"..."

Above the court hall, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly became extremely united, kowtowing to Li Xiu non-stop.

"My dear friends, there is no need to panic."

Li Xiu waved his hand, but a very bright smile appeared on his face, "I am not a bloodthirsty tyrant, why would I want to kill people in the court?"

However, Xiao Linzi at the side couldn't listen anymore. Your Majesty, you just beheaded seventeen officials. Who would believe you now?

"After all, if you are all killed, who will do things for me? Do you think so?"

At first, the civil and military officials were a little flustered, but after hearing Li Xiu's words, their hearts sank back into their stomachs, and their faces were immediately replaced by surprise.

"Your Majesty is holy! Your Majesty is holy!"

"Your Majesty clearly learned that the ministers are all loyal ministers who are loyal to His Majesty, and they have no second thoughts!"

It seems that their heads have been saved for the time being.

"Okay, okay, I know that you are all loyal ministers, so, now, I plan to give you a chance to show your loyalty."

Li Xiu looked around the court hall and said with a smile: "Presumably all of you loves know that the treasury is empty now, and the newly recruited army is in urgent need of military pay, so now is the time when the court needs your loyal ministers to make selfless contributions. "

When the officials heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Your Majesty, this is asking them to spend money to buy peace!

"The old minister is willing to give half of his family property to serve the court!"

Just when the ministers were still hesitating about how much to "dedicate" to be considered appropriate, Grand Master Sima Yi had already jumped out, speaking righteously.

The way the ministers looked at Sima Yi suddenly changed slightly.

Contains a trace of admiration.

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was half of the family property, and the grand master was the grand master. Sure enough, he was generous and the pattern was high enough.

"Only half?"

Li Xiu on the dragon chair frowned, "It seems that Grand Master Sima is not as loyal as I imagined."

When Sima Yi heard this, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Half of the property is too little?

Your Majesty is going to kill the chicken to get the egg!

However, when Sima Yi saw the trace of displeasure on Li Xiu's face, he still held back the pain in his heart, "Veteran...is willing to hand over all his family property to the imperial court!"

"it is good!"

Li Xiu slapped Xiao Linzi's thigh with a palm, causing the latter to grin his teeth in pain, "The Grand Master is indeed loyal to the country, high-minded and upright, and is the number one loyal minister in the court!"

Li Xiu highly praised Grand Master Sima Yi, and then looked at the other courtiers, "There shouldn't be only Sima Grand Master in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, is this a loyal minister?"

Glanced by Li Xiu's eyes, all the ministers felt like their backs were on their backs, complaining endlessly in their hearts.

Looking at this posture, His Majesty cannot be satisfied unless all the property is donated!

That is the family property accumulated by their ancestors for generations, and donating it all will be a big blow to them.

However, under the eyes of Li Xiu, the ministers still made choices one after another.

"If the court is in trouble, everyone is responsible! Minister of the Ministry of War, I am willing to donate all my family property to enrich the treasury!"

"My minister Dali Siqing is also willing to donate all his family property and contribute to the country!"

"..."

The civil and military officials present all acted as if they were loyal to the country, but in reality they were all bleeding from their hearts!

However, they dare not speak out!

Today, Li Xiu beheaded seventeen rebel officials and confiscated the civil and military property of the Manchu Dynasty. Such a thunderous method completely overturned the perception of Li Xiu as a young emperor by all officials.

It was hard for them to believe that the submissive little emperor in the past would become the current iron-blooded emperor who acted vigorously and gave both kindness and majesty!

At this moment, many courtiers found that they felt a little reverence for the young His Majesty in front of them!

In these years, the imperial power of the Great Tang Dynasty has fallen, and the rules and regulations have been corrupted. To the officials, the emperor is almost just a decoration!

Above the court, as long as they are ministers with some power, they will not take the emperor seriously.

For the emperor, they haven't felt this kind of awe for many years!

Could it be that the Great Tang Dynasty is really about to change?

Chapter 5 Your Majesty, did you say one more word?

"Retreat!"

Under the trembling eyes of the ministers, Xiao Linzi announced the end of the court meeting in a drake-like voice.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

After paying homage, all the officials left the main hall one after another from both sides of the royal road.

Walking out of the Golden Luan Hall, the officials immediately put on a bitter face.

"Why do you guys have to be so sad, don't you just donate some money to the treasury?"

Grand Master Sima Yi shook his head, with a hint of teasing in his eyes.

"Teacher, look at what you said, is that a donation?"

Dali Siqing looked helpless, "That's our entire family property!"

"It's been a waste of time for so many years!"

The surrounding officials all expressed the same feeling.

"All of you, you are usually as smart as monkeys, why are you as stupid as pigs today, could it be that you were scared stupid by your majesty?"

Sima Yi looked at everyone meaningfully with an unteachable expression, "How much property do you have, who would know except you?"

Yes!

After Sima Yi mentioned this, the eyes of the officials immediately lit up.

Their family property, apart from the good land and beautiful house on the surface, there are many more in private, which are intricate and complicated, and even they themselves don't know it well. They need to go back and look at their own account books to know.

Even they themselves don't know how much assets they have, how would His Majesty know?

Even if His Majesty asks the Ministry of Punishment to investigate, it will not be found out at all.

A scheming smile appeared on Sima Yi's face, "Your Majesty is still too young, so how much to donate is up to us?"

"The grand master's words are very transparent!"

A group of courtiers who were still frowning just now were all smiling, and gave Sima Yi a thumbs up, "Ginger is still old and spicy!"

In this way, this little loss is nothing but a drop in the bucket for them!

"Grand Master Sima, thank you for your reminder. Tonight, I will be the host. Please tell me about Zuixianlou! I don't know if Grand Master can show you face?"

"Good talk! Good talk!"

Sima Yi smiled all over his face.

Outside the Golden Luan Hall, the air was suddenly filled with joy.

……

Inside the Golden Palace.

Li Xiu sneered.

This group of old and cunning guys agreed to donate all their property so readily, one could guess with their butts that there must be ghosts involved.

This group of guys must be planning to donate some apparent property casually and get away with it. How could Li Xiu not know that these officials still have a lot of hidden property in secret, and they will definitely not hand it over obediently.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu's eyes fell on a figure beside him, "Cao Zhengchun."

"The old slave is here."

Cao Zhengchun bowed immediately.

"I plan to integrate all the intelligence agencies of the imperial court and form the East Factory, which will be responsible for the picketing of all officials and monitor the world!"

"As small as hundreds of officials in the court, as large as the people of the world, the world's martial arts, all are within your surveillance range!"

"You, Cao Zhengchun, are the first governor of Dongchang!"

Li Xiu looked at Cao Zhengchun.

Establish Dongchang and monitor the world!

For some reason, Cao Zhengchun seemed to have awakened the memory imprinted in his blood at this moment, as if the position of Governor of the East Factory was tailor-made for him!

"Old slave, I will do my best not to disappoint His Majesty!"

Cao Zhengchun said emotionally.

"I'll leave it to you to handle the donation of property by the officials this time."

Li Xiu's eyes shone brightly, "I don't care about the little thing they offer, I want all their property!"

"Within three days, I want to get a satisfactory result, Cao Aiqing, can you do it?"

When Xiao Linzi heard this, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed for Cao Zhengchun. The group of ministers secretly hid a lot of private property, let alone three days, even if it took thirty days, it would be impossible to find out!

However, Cao Zhengchun remained expressionless, "If you can't complete the task assigned by His Majesty within three days, the miscellaneous family will come to see you."

"Go!"

Li Xiu nodded, very satisfied with Cao Zhengchun's reply.

Looking at the back of Cao Zhengchun leaving, the corner of Li Xiu's mouth suddenly curled up.

Ladies and gentlemen, as promised to contribute to the country, this loyalty cannot be discounted...

He could already foresee that Cao Zhengchun's departure would definitely cause huge waves in the entire capital.

As for him, he just needs to wait for good news from Cao Zhengchun with peace of mind.

……

Royal study.

Li Xiu's desk is full of various letter files.

These files were all sent by Cao Zhengchun.

On each file, the name of an official is written.

In that dossier, all the property of the official was recorded.

These officials, without exception, do not have much property on the surface, but secretly have a frightening amount of private property, which can be said to be very rich.

For example, on the dossier in Li Xiu's hand, this official named Wang Zhi has a clean sleeve and a simple style, and his family property is less than 100 taels of silver.

However, the private property transferred by this person to another person was as much as 50 taels of silver!

And this Wang Zhi is just a small grasshopper among them. People like Wang Zhi can be found everywhere in the court!

"All the corrupt officials who don't want to serve the country and amassed money without limit, they pretend to be like that on weekdays!"

Li Xiu had a sneer on his face.

Among them, there are many courtiers that Li Xiu thinks are more loyal and honest, but in fact, these people searched for money, but they were not ambiguous at all!

Among them, the Taishi Sima Yi is the worst!