At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

The news that hundreds of thousands of troops led by Xia Yun and the empress were staying in Changshan City quickly spread into the capital like a hurricane.

The people of Beijing, who had already learned of the great victory in Zhejiang, cheered and rejoiced at once, and began to hang red silks and lanterns everywhere to welcome the triumphant army.

In the battle of Zhejiang, the Daliang army wiped out an army of more than 500,000 Japanese pirates. This achievement is already known to everyone.

For ordinary people, the complete annihilation of the enemy's army was enough to greatly boost their morale.

However, in stark contrast to the common people, all the civil and military officials in the court were in an uproar.

There is only one reason.

Along with the news of the triumphant return of hundreds of thousands of troops reaching the capital, another piece of news also reached the ears of a number of officials.

That was the matter of the empress directly promoting Xia Yun to the governor of Jiangnan!

Before this, no one in the court, whether civil or military, knew about it!

Even including the current cabinet chief Xu Jinsong!

According to the Daliang regulations, if the court wanted to appoint a new local governor, it must first discuss with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, and after coming up with a specific plan, the emperor would make the decision.

This time, not only did the empress not discuss it with the ministers in the court, she didn't even notify them!

The Governor-General of Jiangnan governed the three provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Nanzhili! From the map, the area occupied nearly a quarter of the land of the entire Daliang Dynasty!

And if we take into account the economic and military levels of these three provinces, they are enough to be regarded as half of the Liang Dynasty!

Now, the empress actually handed over half of the Daliang Dynasty directly to Xia Yun.

Naturally, all the civil and military officials in the court could not accept it for a while.

Therefore, while ordinary people in the capital were busy hanging up lights and decorations to welcome the royal army, the residence of Xu Jinsong, the chief minister of the cabinet, was already in chaos.

Xu Mansion in the capital.

From the backyard to the front yard, and even to the streets outside the wall, there were already crowds of people.

It’s just that these “people” are not ordinary people.

Instead, all the officials of all levels in the capital, big and small, were now all wearing official uniforms, waiting to meet Xu Jinsong.

In the lobby of Xu's mansion.

Xu Jinsong sat on the first seat.

On both sides of the lobby, there were a group of people wearing bright red official robes, and many of them were wearing yellow dragon robes.

no doubt.

Those who could appear in the lobby of Xu's residence at this moment were at least second-rank ministers!

However, it was completely different from the lively scene outside.

The lobby of the Xu residence was very quiet, and the atmosphere was almost depressing.

Everyone's face showed an extremely complicated expression.

The dead silence was not broken until Sun Zhongliang, the Minister of Rites of the imperial court, spoke.

"Your Majesty's move to establish the Governor-General of Jiangnan is really too abrupt. Lord Xu, you have to make a decision, right?"

Sun Zhongliang cast his gaze towards Xu Jinsong cautiously, his words filled with tentativeness.

"Yes, Lord, the three provinces of Jiangnan are half of the territory of our Liang Dynasty, and the source of 70% of our court's taxes. How can we hand them over so easily to a young man in his early twenties?"

Pei Yan, the Minister of Revenue, spoke right after Sun Zhongliang.

The two of them spoke with only one purpose.

It was to let Xu Jinsong, who had remained silent, speak.

But even now.

Xu Jinsong still had no intention of speaking, but the expression on his face became increasingly gloomy.

No one could tell what he was thinking.

At the same time, Xu Miao, who was sitting at the last seat in the lobby, also had an extremely gloomy expression.

However, the official ranks of those present today are all higher than his.

Among them are many royal relatives.

Therefore, Xu Miao did not speak a word.

"Sir, this is the merit book that His Majesty sent back to the capital in advance. It contains all the meritorious personnel in this Zhejiang War. Please take a look at it."

Seeing that Xu Jinsong didn't say anything, Sun Zhongliang stood up from the armchair, slowly walked to Xu Jinsong, and took out a folded book from his sleeve.

"In addition to Xia Yun being appointed as the Governor-General of Jiangnan, the Governor-General of Zhili, Zhao Gongming, was also appointed as the Grand Secretary of Wuying Pavilion and the Minister of War of the imperial court."

"Lei Zhenning, the former governor of Zhejiang, has been promoted to the position of Minister of War. His Majesty has ordered all the generals under Xia Yun to be promoted to the positions of fourth-rank military officers or above..."

Sun Zhongliang continued to speak, but his words fell into the ears of everyone present.

The faces of the crowd, who were already gloomy, now looked even more grim.

This time, His Majesty not only appointed Xia Yun as the Governor-General of Jiangnan, but also promoted all the generals under Xia Yun's command.

More importantly, Zhao Gongming and Lei Zhenning, who had a close relationship with Xia Yun, also took a huge step forward in the officialdom.

This means that from now on, Xia Yun and his allies have become a force that cannot be ignored both inside and outside the government!

Finally, someone at the scene couldn't help it anymore.

"Lord, your majesty's actions this time are really too hasty. As senior officials in the court, we must not stand by and allow your majesty to do such a foolish thing."

The Minister of Works Wei Zili was filled with indignation and spoke.

However, just as these words fell, Xu Jinsong, who had remained silent.

Suddenly, a cold rebuke came out of his mouth.

"presumptuous!"

Xu Jinsong's cold gaze was focused on Wei Zili.

"Your Majesty is the Emperor of Daliang, and you are all his subjects. How dare you say that the Emperor is confused?!"

Xu Jinsong's cold eyes were filled with a strong warning.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, he would never allow any minister to speak disrespectfully to the empress under such circumstances.

"Please punish the relevant oaths, Lord."

After a brief moment of indignation, Wei Zili's face was replaced by a look of fear and trepidation.

At this time he also realized that his words were inappropriate.

The situation on the field became awkward again.

"Don't be angry, Lord Sun is also thinking about the country and the people of the Liang Dynasty, so he spoke out of turn for a while."

"But in the final analysis, Your Majesty's sudden establishment of the post of Governor-General of Jiangnan is really too aggressive. I suggest that we jointly submit a petition to Your Majesty to abolish the post of Governor-General of Jiangnan."

"Even if Your Majesty wants to promote Xia Yun, he can first serve as the Governor-General of Zhejiang."

At this time, Prince Cheng, who was wearing a dragon robe, spoke.

His weathered face showed an attitude of conciliatory attitude.

When the other people present heard this, they all spoke in agreement.

"Prince Cheng is absolutely right."

"Prince Cheng is right!"

"I think what Prince Cheng said is the right strategy for governing the country!"

"..."

People in the lobby spoke one after another, and their tone was almost to the point of flattery.

as predicted.

As Prince Cheng spoke, the gloom on Xu Jinsong's face dissipated a lot.

"Father."

It was at this time that Xu Miao stood out from the crowd.