Chapter 28: Li Dai Tao Jiang (Please collect and read)
The second day of the third month in the fourth year of Zhengei.

Yang Xiang rebelled.

The third day of the third month in the fourth year of Zhengei.

The commander of the Longxiang Army, Xu Mujun, followed the secret order from His Majesty and went deep into the Imperial Palace. He led the Longxiang Army to defeat the rebels and personally captured the rebel leader Yang Xuansu alive!
Yang Xuansu's family and his followers were all arrested and imprisoned!
The eighth day of the third month in the fourth year of Zhengei.

Among the 156 officers of the Imperial Guard above the sixth rank, 113 were captured and imprisoned.

The tenth day of the third month in the fourth year of Zhengei.

The Minister of Personnel, the Left Vice Minister of Personnel and twenty-two officials above the sixth rank were arrested and imprisoned.

March 15th, the fourth year of the Shoei era.

The Minister of Revenue, the Left Vice-Minister of Revenue, the Right Vice-Minister of Revenue and thirty-six officials above the sixth rank were arrested and imprisoned.

March 28th, the fourth year of the Zhengei era.

The Minister of Rites, the Right Vice Minister of Rites, and 17 other officials of the sixth rank and above were arrested and imprisoned.

The fourth year of Zhengei, the fourth month of the fourth year.

Thirty-six officials above the seventh rank, including the Chief Justice, Junior Justice, and Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, were arrested and imprisoned.

On April 16, the fourth year of the Zhengei era…

Yang Xiang's rebellion involved almost all departments including the six ministries, nine ministers, five temples, two academies, two courts and one government office.

More than two hundred officials above the seventh rank were captured and imprisoned in the Tianlao.

Everyone in the entire Dayu court was in danger for a while, and the central office was almost at a standstill.

"Your Majesty."

April 20th, the fourth year of the Zhengei era.

Emperor Zhengyong, who had been out of court for nearly two months, finally held a grand court session.

The court, which was originally noisy, was now completely silent.

The officials were all very cautious and kept secretly looking at Emperor Zhengyong who was sitting on the dragon throne and the person standing at the front of the group of ministers.

Xu Mujun!
With the fall of Yang Xiang, the most powerful person in the entire Dayu Dynasty is now Xu Mujun!

At this time, Zheng Yi also slowly stepped onto the dragon throne. Over the past month, he finally sorted out his identity and current environment.

Emperor.

He became the emperor of the Dayu Dynasty!

After Li Dai Tao Jiang, the first thing he did was to order the execution of all the Shadow Guards!

As the loyal soldiers of Emperor Zhengyong, one can imagine the loyalty of the Shadow Guards to him.

But these shadow guards must not be kept.

Who knows if there is anyone in there who knows my identity?

Including Xiao Chengzi, there were a total of thirty-six Shadow Guards who either died in battle or were ordered to be executed by Zheng Yi.

In addition to the Shadow Guards, there are also eunuchs, palace maids, etc. who serve Emperor Zhengyong on a daily basis.

They were either exiled or stripped of all their identities due to a few trivial matters and sent to work in a remote palace in the imperial palace.

Several others were directly ordered to be executed.

There is no other way, I want to ensure my identity.

Everyone who is familiar with Emperor Zhengyong must die!

Of course, there is no need to deal with the concubines in the harem.

After all, he was not familiar with Emperor Zhengyong, and the one he was familiar with was Zheng Yi.

As for the Queen Mother...

Zheng Yi really had no choice but to make up his mind to go to Yongshou Palace less often in the future.

"If you have something to do, start the show, if nothing happens, leave the court!"

A eunuch came out and said in a hoarse voice.

Liu Chengen.

An old eunuch who had been suppressed by Wang Zhongyi for more than ten years was valued by Zheng Yi and was given the position of chief eunuch.

Thanks to the kindness of Zheng Yi, Liu Chengen immediately showed great loyalty to him.

Under his management, the entire palace quickly returned to peace.

An official stood up and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, I have a memorial."

Zheng Yi took a look and nodded slightly.

Minister of Works, Jia Yongshao.

"Your Majesty, Yang Ni rebelled a month ago and destroyed a total of twelve palaces in the palace, especially Jiaotai Palace, which was the most severely damaged."

"After calculation, we estimate that this reconstruction will cost 1.2 million taels of silver."

Zheng Yi asked: "Why do you have to spend so much money?"

"Your Majesty, Jiaotai Hall is your Majesty's bedroom. There are a total of 22 thousand-year-old oak trees used as beams."

"There is no such tree in the Central Plains. It must be transported from Yunzhou or Nanyue County, so the cost is very high."

"I see. Granted." "Your Majesty..."

Jia Yongshao hesitated and said, "The Ministry of Revenue..."

The corner of Zheng Yi's mouth twitched. Among the six ministries, the departments most seriously infiltrated by Prime Minister Yang were the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel.

Now more than 80% of the officials in the Ministry of Revenue are imprisoned in Tianlao, leaving only a dozen unlucky guys guarding the warehouses and document libraries.

Asking them to pay the money now would be a bit unreasonable.

Zheng Yi looked at Xu Mujun, and other officials, both big and small, also looked over subconsciously.

Xu Mujun stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a report to make."

"My dear, please tell me."

"Your Majesty, Yang Ni was plotting a rebellion, and the amount of silver and gold seized from his property totaled more than 85.6 million taels and more than 16 million taels."

"There are 635 properties in total, covering approximately 12,000 hectares."

"He owns more than 300 shops, manors, and banks."

"The statistics of fields, manors, and gardens in the suburbs of Beijing have not yet been completed, but preliminary statistics show that there are more than 50,000 hectares of farmland alone..."

"There are countless antiques, calligraphy and paintings, pearls and gems. According to preliminary statistics, there are about 200 million taels of silver..."

Xu Mujun's voice was not loud, but what he said frightened many ministers present.

This was just a preliminary search, and there were already about 10 billion taels of silver.

You know, the annual fiscal revenue of the Dayu Dynasty was only about 40 million taels of silver.

The fall of Yang Xuansu actually contributed more than ten years of financial revenue to the Dayu Dynasty!

Listening to Xu Mujun's narration, Zheng Yi was secretly amazed.

This Prime Minister Yang is so terrifying.

This is just what we found out in Beijing!

The property and land belonging to Yang Xiang in other counties have not yet been counted, and it is likely that there are more.

Xu Mujun continued, "Your Majesty, the traitor Yang's property was confiscated and is very huge. I request Your Majesty to issue an order to reduce taxes in Binzhou, Qingzhou and other places, and to inform the world so that the rioters can know about it, so as to calm the hearts of the civilians and make sure that the rioters have no one to use."

"Given time, the riots in Qingzhou will surely subside."

"Accurate."

Zheng Yi said succinctly: "In addition to Binzhou and Qingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, and Haizhou will also have their taxes reduced... for three years!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty's kindness is a blessing to all people!"

"Your Majesty's kindness is a blessing to all people!"

Many officials knelt down and shouted long live the emperor.

Only Xu Mujun bowed his head slightly to show respect.

Zheng Yi added: "Gentlemen, now that the traitor Yang has been eliminated, the court has a lot of work to do. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel, the Dali Temple and other departments are in urgent need of officials to fill the positions."

"You can submit your recommendations privately, each recommending an official to... Lord Xu, who will review it and then submit it to me for review. Is that okay?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the officials below all changed.

The power to serve as an official shall be handed over to Xu Mujun?

This……

Someone immediately said respectfully: "Your Majesty! This is absolutely not allowed..."

"General Xu is only the commander of the Longxiang Army. How can he be involved in... the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel?"

Zheng Yi took a look and found that it was Lu Xiangqing, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate.

Lu Xiangqing, a member of the Fanyang Lu clan, was also the Empress Dowager's cousin and the Lu clan's spokesperson in the imperial court.

Xu Mujun also said: "Your Majesty, I am an outsider and do not know much about the affairs of the court. I am afraid that I will delay your majesty's important affairs. Please order someone else to take over."

"Alas~ Xu Qing has worked hard and made great contributions, why should he... do this?"

Zheng Yi said, "Pass the order. Xu Mujun has made great contributions to the suppression of Yang Ni and the rescue of the emperor. He is promoted to the Grand Commander and General of the Five Military Commands Office, and concurrently the Minister of Personnel!"

"Order him to lead all the troops in Qing, Ji, Hai, and Bin to suppress the rioters and resist the five kingdoms!"

"I... accept your order and thank you!"

The officials present were greatly shocked. This official position was enough to become the highest position in the military of the Dayu Dynasty.

In other words, among the hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire Dayu Dynasty, apart from Emperor Zhengyong, Xu Mujun was the supreme commander.

"With this position, you can participate in the appointment and dismissal of officials. Please don't let me down."

"This……"

After Xu Mujun hesitated for a moment, he said, "Your Majesty, I obey your order and thank you."

"in addition……"

Zheng Yi continued, "How should we deal with Yang Ni and his gang?"

"Gentlemen, have you come up with a suitable solution?"

(End of this chapter)