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Chapter 308 Di Yong: I am willing to serve your Majesty to the death and be loyal to him
When Zhao Xu returned to Funing Hall, it was already getting late.

The ever-burning lanterns in Funing Hall have also been lit.

The red charcoal fire and orange candlelight reflect each other, making Funing Hall warm and bright.

Zhao Xu walked into the dormitory and asked Feng Jingping to withdraw from the female officials.

Then, he and Feng Jing told him: "Go to Tong to see Si and ask Di Yong to come see me!"

"Yes……"

Feng Jinggong stepped back.

Zhao Xu looked at Shi Deyi, who was accompanying him all the way from Baoci Palace to Funing Palace: "Shi Deyi, let the Detective Department start from today to conduct a comprehensive collection of people and scholars both inside and outside Bianjing City. public opinion!"

"Focus on Wazi, Goulan and Taixue students..."

"Every night, he compiles a public opinion briefing for me that day."

"I obey the order!" Shi Deyi respectfully accepted the order.

"Yeah!" Zhao Xu nodded. He knew very well that the tipping point of public opinion in Bianjing City was in those three places.

As long as the public opinion in these three places is controlled and guided well, then the public opinion in Bianjing can basically be controlled.

In addition, there is the Bianjing Newspaper, which guides, advocates and creates public opinion.

Basically, you can dominate the public opinion field in Bianjing.

In a society like the Song Dynasty, which was based on scholar-officials and civil servants, public opinion was the best weapon to threaten the scholar-officials.

Because scholar-bureaucrats want face!
Shi Deyi slowly raised his head and asked for instructions: "Everyone, I am afraid that the manpower of the Detective Department will not be enough..."

"I'm afraid the funds are a little stretched!"

Since Zhao Xu came to the throne, the work pressure of the Detective Department has increased greatly.

It is also necessary to monitor and collect public opinion in Bianjing, and to calculate the prices of the main commodities in Bianjing every day. It also sends many people out of Beijing to Yanbian, Xihe, Guangnan West Road and other places.

The detectives in the Detective Department are the same as the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

Want to put them to work?Can!

But you have to pay more!

If they don't add money, they will be perfunctory and dilly-dally.

Therefore, in addition to the normal salary, the police officers also have various kinds of post-job pay due to the different things they are responsible for.

So, money was spent like water.

The former small treasury of the Detective Department was quickly depleted.

Now it is unsustainable!

After all, the Imperial City Division's allocation is still so large.

Zhao Xu listened and laughed: "This matter is easy to handle!"

"I will write a letter to Tong Guan and ask Tong Guan to give half of the income from the Bianjing Newspaper to the Detective Department every month!"

Shi Dedu was overjoyed for a moment.

In the Song Dynasty, no matter what you do, it will be easy to do things if you have money.

The Bianjing Newspaper is now making a lot of money.

The detectives in the Detective Department were all jealous.

Zhao Xu said: "Now that you have money, you must do good things!"

"In addition..." Zhao Xu looked at Shi Deyi: "In a few days, I will order Liu Weijian to bring people to the Detective Department..."

Shi Deyi hurriedly bowed: "I obey your will!"

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Don't worry, Liu Weijian went to the Detective Department not to share your power. He and his people are not allowed to interfere with the normal operation and personnel of the Detective Department..."

"That……"

"Liu Weijian is here to take care of the accounts!" Zhao Xu said: "Just like the special department... only reviews salaries and expenditures, and is responsible for rejecting unreasonable expenditures..."

A seal handle and a money bag.

It is the best tool to control the bureaucracy.

Intelligence agencies, which are also part of the bureaucracy, will naturally be similarly controlled.

Zhuan Gou Si is the masterpiece of Zhao Xu’s father.

In the second year of Yuanfeng, a special commission for the various armies was first established to review the salary and reward distribution of the forbidden troops in Beijing, check the number of people, and check the regulations. If there were any irregularities, they would be dismissed.

Since then, the rewards and salaries of the Imperial Guards in Beijing have to be verified by the special department first, and then sent to the Taifu Temple. The Taifu Temple then allocates the relevant money, grain, salary, and silk cloth from the designated official warehouse at a specified time. Those who receive salary also need to hold a voucher to receive it.

In the third year of Yuanfeng, on the basis of the Zhujun Special Gou Division, the Zhusi Special Gou Division was established.

From now on, the salaries and rewards of subordinate officials from the prime minister down to the Kaifeng Prefecture, as well as the imperial city's ministers, ministers, and female officials, all need to be reviewed by the special commissions of each department.

Zhao Xu knew that this system lasted until the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty.

In order to avoid the word formation of Wan Yan Gou, Zhusi Zhuangou Division later changed its name to Zhusi Audit Division.

Shi Deyi bowed his head deeply.

Zhao Xu looked at him and smiled: "Don't worry! You know you can trust me!"

"I just can't trust the people below, and this is for the sake of our descendants!"

"To prevent future disasters in the investigation and division of affairs and bring disaster to future generations!"

Once the secret service goes alone, it can do anything!
In modern times, Zhao Xu had heard of countless stories about secret agents acting alone.

Therefore, it is a necessary precaution to check, balance and control the Detective Department before it gains momentum.

Shi Deyi quickly expressed his position: "I admire our holy will and seek for our descendants, but I can only obey it respectfully..."

Zhao Xu smiled, and then asked about Shi Deyi's personal situation.

"This Holy Festival this year, I have made a special decree to choose an adopted son to teach under my knees. Can I choose now?"

As soon as Shi De heard that Zhao Xu was concerned about this matter, he quickly said: "I have been favored by everyone, and I have specially chosen to express your favor. Xu Chen chooses a young boy from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be his adopted son... In compliance with the decree, I have now chosen a young boy." The child is temporarily raised in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to learn court etiquette and various skills..." As he said this, Shi Deyi laughed: "I am old, I don't know how many more years I can serve you... When I die, I hope this child , you can continue to serve everyone in place of the old minister..."

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "Your son must be loyal and good!"

That's the promise.

In the future, his adopted son will receive grace.

Since the adopted son can have grace, then he himself will naturally have everything he should have.

Posthumous title, posthumous gift, Shinto monument...

This is also the highest pursuit of ministers!
Although their bodies are incomplete, they work hard to prove to the world that their spirits and souls are complete.

Shi Deyi naturally thanked him profusely.

At this time, Di Yong's voice came from outside the curtain: "I'm here to see you under the imperial edict! I respectfully ask for your Majesty's holy bow's health!"

"Good morning!" Zhao Xu waved his hand to Shi De to come with him.

Then he led the moved minister out of the curtain and came to the hall.

When Di Yong is summoned, there is no need to avoid people.

In order to avoid spreading the news and making people think wildly, and to avoid making the two palaces think too much.

"Give Di Qing a seat!" Zhao Xu ordered Feng Jing and sat on the mattress.

Feng Jing moved a chair behind Di Qing.

The monarch and his ministers were actually sitting facing each other at this moment.

The emperor was no longer aloof and sat on the throne in the palace, so that the ministers could not even see his face.

In fact, this was the normal situation for monarchs and ministers to get along and discuss affairs after the founding of the Song Dynasty.

For example, in the current Zichen Hall and Chui Gong Hall, where the emperor and empress sit high and ministers line up to perform affairs and publicly discuss government affairs, they are the product of special circumstances.

This is because Zhao Xu is young and can only let the two palaces take charge of politics.

However, although he is small, he is too smart and can handle government affairs.

Therefore, neither the two palaces nor the prime minister dared to give others the authority to discuss state affairs in private.

That's why the current situation appears.

Otherwise, according to tradition, the general reception of government affairs in the main hall is of a ceremonial nature, just like the so-called daily life of hundreds of officials, the New Year's Eve, and the visit to the court.

For example, after Zhao Xu took charge of the government in his previous life, he actually just sat in the main hall to listen to the government, and then announced his resignation.

Then put on casual clothes, go to the small hall behind the main hall, or simply in the Funing Hall, gather a few ministers and a few trusted ministers to form a small circle, and then the matter is settled.

Di Yong sat down and looked at the officials sitting face to face with him, somewhat cautiously.

When Zhao Xu saw it, he said, "You don't have to be cautious!"

"This is how monarchs and ministers discuss affairs since our ancestors!"

Di Yong then sat down and asked respectfully: "I don't know if your Majesty has a sacred order to invite ministers into the palace at night?"

As he spoke, his eyes shone with light, a little eager to try.

"I discussed it with the two palaces in Baoci Palace today..." Zhao Xu said: "Since the end of last month, there has been no snow in Bianjing, and Yongxing Army and Henan Prefecture have reported that there has been no snow since the beginning of winter. It rarely rains or snows..."

"God's warning must not be ignored!"

Di Yong listened and quickly lowered his head.

"I am also very uneasy in my heart. I am afraid that this is a sign of military disaster!"

"So, I informed the Cisheng of the two palaces and received the permission of the Cisheng. I intend to draw ten commanders from the imperial army in Beijing who have been garrisoning along the border to form the first general of Yulong to prepare for emergencies!"

Di Yong raised his head and looked at Zhao Xu, with expectation in his eyes.

He could probably guess something.

Zhao Xu continued to say calmly: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and I all feel that you are the best choice to be the first commander of Yulong!"

Di Yong's heart suddenly beat violently.

He quickly stood up and bowed: "I am scared..."

"I am now just an envoy to the West... my qualifications are far from sufficient..."

"I hope your Majesty will choose another worthy person!"

Zhao Xu smiled: "Why worry?"

"In the fourth year of your reign in Yuanfeng, you already received the special decree from the emperor's imperial examination. From the deputy envoy of Hemen in Xishang to the envoy of Zuozangku, the imperial edict also ordered you to change your position to the envoy of Hemen in Xishang in the fifth year of Yuanfeng!"

"If I remember correctly, that time, you were given this reward because you were under the command of soldiers and horses on Lizhou Road, fought bravely to kill the enemy, and quelled the rebellion of Wei and Barbarians!"

Don't look at Di Yong's fair face, sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, he looks like a scholar-official.

But he is a fierce general!
He was personally on the battlefield, leading the charge, killing the enemy bravely, with one sword after another, stepping on countless heads, and using the enemy's blood and corpses to establish his current status as a fierce general.

Di Yong listened and bowed again: "How dare I trouble Your Majesty to remember my humble contribution?"

Zhao Xu laughed: "I will remember all those who shed their blood and sacrificed their lives for the country!"

He pointed to his chest: "If the loyal and brave people do not let me down, then I will definitely live up to the loyal and brave people!"

Di Yong immediately cried and bowed: "I accept the emperor's favor and I will serve your majesty to the death and be loyal!"

"Good!" Zhao Xu nodded and said, "I plan to promote you as the envoy of the imperial city, and I will still serve as the first general of Yulong as the commander of the imperial city!"

"I respectfully accept the decree!"

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Please don't be in a hurry to thank me... just wait for the capital hall to pass!"

This kind of personnel appointment can be decided by the emperor.

But Zhao Xu still planned to respect Dutang.

Because he has not yet taken charge, at this time, the higher the authority of the capital, the better!
(End of this chapter)