Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 330 Expressing Loyalty to Ye Chen

In addition, seeing that Hu Sanguang, who had completely surrendered to Ye Chen early on, was conferred a title by the imperial court, and then seeing the great prospects and money of the Huaxia Weifu, especially this time when Qian Wu was killed by mistake, Ye Chen was the one who saved the white kitten. , Zhang Xiong, Yue Zhengye, Ding Yingcai, Qi Bian, and Heiwa's actions had an impact on the entire Huaxia Weifu, causing the more than 100 Jianghu masters controlled by ghost doctors and poisons to express their willingness to completely join the Huaxia Weifu. Mansion, to express loyalty to Ye Chen.

In fact, there is another reason why it cannot be put on the table, that is, as they become more and more aware of what the Huaxia Weifu is doing, these Jianghu masters suddenly feel that with their understanding of some secrets of the Huaxia Weifu, is it true that after three years? able to leave.Ye Chen signed a contract with them, but that only said that he could leave voluntarily, but did not say that he would not send people to hunt them down afterwards.They really don't have the slightest confidence in being able to resist the pursuit of the current Huaxia Weifu.

Naturally, Ye Chen would not easily believe these 100 masters of the rivers and lakes who expressed their complete loyalty verbally. In fact, these masters of the rivers and lakes also knew this, and they knew that comparisons worked.

Therefore, without Ye Chen saying anything, they have already brought all their family members into Kaifeng City.This is also a good thing for them. With the current aura of the Huaxia Weifu and their status in the court, it is much safer for their families to be placed in Kaifeng City than anywhere else in the world.

You know, they were in the rivers and lakes before, and they didn't have many enemies.Therefore, taking the family to Kaifeng is really willing for them at this time.

After the rewards were over, the Huaxia Guards were generally happy and their morale was high. Everyone was eager to complete the task.Ye Chen was very satisfied with this, and took this opportunity to make major adjustments and reforms to the organization of the Huaxia Weifu.

The emperor's edict came earlier than Ye Chen expected. Zhao Kuangyin basically agreed to Ye Chen's three requests, but there were two minor changes.

Ye Chen had already expected these two changes.

First, the Huaxia Weifu can only monitor officials and nobles below the third rank.

Second, Wu Desi has the right to supervise the Huaxia Weifu.

The meaning of these two changes is clear at a glance, and the meaning of the emperor is very clear.Ye Chen understood this very well and was very calm.

In addition to these two changes, Wang Ji'en also brought the emperor's oral order that he only told Ye Chen: the salaries and required funds of the officials of the Huaxia Weifu must come from the emperor's internal treasury.

The first of the three requests made by Ye Chen was the content of this oral order. Why did Zhao Kuangyin deliberately ask Wang Jien to convey this oral order to Ye Chen with the same meaning? Naturally, there is a deep meaning in it.

As I said before, the business controlled by the Huaxia Weifu now, the money earned will only be paid to the internal treasury, and there is no need for the internal treasury to pay at all.But if the Huaxia Weifu is truly self-sufficient, after a long time, the entire Huaxia Weifu will know that our salaries have nothing to do with the court and the emperor. This is definitely not what Zhao Kuangyin can tolerate and allow to happen.

To put it bluntly, it is a question of 'whoever pays the salary is the boss'.This question is even the most important and core question.

Someone rewarded Wang Jien, and Ye Chen said to Wang Jien, "Director Wang, please tell your majesty, and I will ask Jia Xian, Director of Internal Affairs Department of Huaxia Weifu, to report this matter to your majesty."

Wang Jien got the answer he wanted, received a lot of money, and went back to the palace happily.

Long before Ye Chen received this imperial decree, the imperial decree with the same content had been issued to all departments of the imperial court, and then sent to the government offices of Song Dynasty in the form of circular documents.

No need to inquire or investigate, Ye Chen can imagine how much shock and storm this imperial decree of the emperor will cause to the imperial court, to Kaifeng, and to the entire world's official circles.He also knew that his image in the eyes of officials all over the world would suddenly change from now on.The Huaxia Weifu will also become the most terrifying institution in the eyes of officials in the world.The spies of Huaxia Weifu and Huaxia Wei will become the nightmare of corrupt officials all over the world in the near future.

In the lobby of the General Secretary of Huaxia Weifu, Ye Chen summoned all the incumbent ministers and above to hold a meeting.

The content of the imperial decree that made the Huaxia Weifu a more independent and special department has already spread throughout the entire Huaxia Weifu, so the people who came to the meeting were very excited, and no one didn't like the increase in power in their hands.They thought very simply, they only knew that the power of the Huaxia Weifu had increased so much that everyone's status would naturally rise.Before entering the lobby, everyone had already whispered and discussed with each other, but sitting in the lobby at this time, they still couldn't help but guess in their hearts.

Those who entered the lobby soon discovered that there were two more outsiders present, to be precise, one big and one small, two stunning women.

Yu Qingyan and Shui'er were also specially called by Ye Chen to sit on both sides of him.Among them, there is a beautiful and unique jade belt on Shui'er's waist.This jade belt was exactly the murder weapon of the sword hidden in the jade belt that Li Congshan presented to Zhao Kuangyin at the Great Court Meeting eight days ago, which resulted in Zhao Kuangyin being poisoned.

Later, this treasure was sent to the Huaxia Weifu as a murder weapon. Ye Chen took it to Yu Qingyan, cleaned it of the poison, and gave it to Shui'er.

This treasure is a jade belt that contains the Longquan sword. The sword inside is a soft sword. According to Li Congshan, the envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it was made by famous craftsmen from Longquan with hardware elites. It is as soft as cotton, tougher than steel, and sharp. Incomparable, when there is nothing to do, it can be hidden in the jade belt, and in case of accidents, it can be pulled out as a sharp weapon for self-defense.On this point, Li Congshan did not lie or make a mistake.

Shui'er's body skills are superb, and his sword skills are ethereal, so this soft sword is just right.So Ye Chen gave it to Shui'er for body protection.

Yu Qingyan's identity is known to all the senior officials of the Huaxia Weifu who are sitting here. They know that she is a direct disciple of a generation of genius doctors and ghost doctors who are masters of poisoning in the legends of the world, and she is also proficient in the way of organs and weapons.She designed the fast-firing crossbows and flying claws used in the Huaxia Weifu, and she also provided and developed many of the poisons used by the assassination department.In addition, everyone vaguely knew that Yu Qingyan might be Ye Chen's woman, so they showed great respect to Yu Qingyan.

But it was the first time that the girl Shui'er appeared in front of everyone, and everyone was a little curious about this kind of meeting, why there was a charming girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, and she was still sitting next to Ye Chen.But it's not difficult to guess that this girl has a close relationship with Ye Chen, and those with dirty minds have already regarded her as another woman of Ye Chen.

"Everyone, Your Majesty has given our Huaxia Weifu the power to supervise the officials of the world. You must have known about this. In view of this, combined with the practical experience of our Huaxia Weifu in the process of handling affairs since its establishment, after working with Bai Sishi , Li Sishi, and Jia Sishi discussed and discussed. I decided to make some adjustments to the organization of the Huaxia Weifu. Next, I will talk about the adjustment plan first. If you think there is something inappropriate or have different opinions, you can speak freely Bring it up." Ye Chen said.

Everyone heard the words, their spirits lifted, and they all listened attentively. There is a rule in the reward rules of the Huaxia Weifu: Anyone who puts forward an opinion or suggestion to the superior and is adopted, and it is useful for specific tasks or the overall construction of the Huaxia Weifu. The winners will be rewarded according to the specific circumstances.

In addition, Ye Chen usually emphasizes that as long as the superior orders, the subordinates must implement them, and they should try their best to brainstorm.Anyone can speak freely before the order is issued.This way of thinking and way of doing things is derived from Ye Chen's reference to the absolute obedience to orders and the staff system in the professional army of later generations.It is extremely beneficial to the overall construction of Huaxia Weifu and the completion of each task.

"I decided to change the original Intelligence Division, Action Division, and Internal Affairs Division into seven divisions, namely the Intelligence Division, Assassination Division, Supervision Division, Internal Affairs Division, Weapons Division, Law Enforcement Division, and Security Division. The functions and tasks of the Intelligence Division remain unchanged. , but some people were separated to form the Supervision Department, which mainly supervised the illegal activities of the Song Dynasty officials. In the Internal Affairs Department, the original Weapons Department was separated to form the current Weapons Department, and other functions remained unchanged. The original Action Department was divided into the Assassination Department and the Law Enforcement Department And the Security Division. Among them, the Assassination Division and the Security Division have the same powers and tasks. The Law Enforcement Division's functions and tasks are to supervise, arrest, convict, punish, and behead the illegal things in our Huaxia Guards. The illegal things here are mainly Including four aspects. First, any personal behavior of betraying the Huaxia Weifu and the Great Song Dynasty; second, betraying the interests of the Huaxia Weifu by leaking important information; ;Fourth, all acts of using power for personal gain. My Huaxia Weifu is from my own official. If anyone has done these four things, after verification and my official's permission, the Law Enforcement Division can take action against him and arrest him. Discuss the crime or beheaded directly."

Speaking of which, Ye Chen glanced over the crowd and found that everyone was solemn, knowing that what he said about the Law Enforcement Department had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As I guessed, in view of the importance of weapons to every member of our Huaxia Weifu, this officer intends to separate the Weapons Department from the original Department of Internal Affairs and establish a Weapons Department. For example, in addition to improving the performance of basic weapons such as knives, swords, and crossbows, there are also utensils such as flying claws, as well as murderous and charming poisons and wound medicines for healing, wounding, and hemostasis Wait, even some special siege equipment has to be researched and built."

"In addition, in addition to these seven divisions, the official decided to establish three branch offices in the near future. They are Huaxia West Prefecture, Huaxia North Prefecture and Huaxia South Prefecture. Among them, the West Prefecture is mainly for the Holy Church, Dali Kingdom, Dangxiang, and Tubo. Ministry. The northern government is targeting the Khitan One Kingdom and the Taiping Sect. The southern government is mainly targeting the Maitreya Sect, Southern Tang, Wuyue and other forces. The heads of the three branch offices are equivalent to the envoys of the Seventh Division, and they directly follow orders from this official."

Ye Chen finished speaking in one breath, and when everyone heard the words, many people couldn't help but feel excited. Such a reform would create eight more positions for envoys.That's the position of the fifth rank, not to mention that there are deputy envoys from the fifth rank under the envoy.As for some of the strange words that Ye Chen mentioned in the process of speaking, everyone is used to it, and the meaning can be understood anyway.For example, the word reform has a clear meaning.

(End of this chapter)