Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 37

[Chapter 37 Kou Lai]

In summer mornings, the sun is always dazzling.

It is also difficult for Zhao Xu to sleep late.

After lying on the bed with his eyes open for a while, he still got up.

Feng’er and Luan’er heard the movement and went in to wait for him to wash.

There was a light layer of relaxation and comfort on the faces of the two of them.

It’s something that hasn’t happened in months.

After breakfast, he strolled around the palace.

All the servants and maidservants I met had smiles on their faces instead of a layer of faint sadness.

The eyes that looked at Zhao Xu were also full of awe and eagerness.

yes.

The palace is not what it used to be.

After their highness recovered from illness, they took control of Yan County in a very short period of time.

They are one with the palace, and the glory of King Yan is their glory.

All the way to the gatehouse.

Liu Fu and the officials of the Wangfu Office are busy.

Seeing Zhao Xu, Liu Fu came over with a notebook.

“Your Highness, the Huang and Du families are gone, and there are more than 30 vacancies in the government office. The lower officials have drawn up a list for these people to take their place. Let Your Highness have a look.” Liu Fu had dark circles under his eyes. sleep.

Huang Du’s family was finished, but it also left him with a lot of things to deal with.

“Are these all from poor families?” Zhao Xu scanned the names on the first page.

“Not all of them, yes on the first page, and the ones on the back are also selected from other wealthy families. The lower officials have checked. Although these people are descendants of wealthy families, they are good in office.” Liu Fu was cautious.

“Don’t you hate the children of the rich family the most?” Zhao Xu smiled while watching.

Sighing, Liu Fu said: “Although the lower officials have personal affairs, they can’t sit idly by and ignore His Highness’s interests. It’s natural to employ talented people.”

Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction. He was worried that Liu Fu would act recklessly.

But now it seems that he can handle it clearly.

In the current situation, the palace needs to unite all forces that can be united.

There is no need for the wealthy family who fell to the palace to be beaten to death with a stick.

Otherwise, it would be tantamount to pushing the rich families of Yan County and even Yanzhou to the opposite of themselves.

At that time, what he will face is an endless battle with the powerful clan.

Therefore, his current strategy is to use both officials from poor families and officials from wealthy families.

In this way, due to the antagonistic relationship between the two, no matter whether it is a rich family or a poor family, in order to avoid the suppression of the other party, they will definitely rely on him.

In this way, it is possible to prevent his subordinates from forming a party in private to fool him.

After reading the names and positions of these officials, Zhao Xu read the introductions of these officials.

This is what Zhao Xu asked Liu Fu to do.

Every official must provide his own resume, and if he was an official before, he must also write his own achievements.

Afterwards, the palace will verify the information.

After all, he doesn’t know these officials, and he can only know whether they are competent through these things.

“Well, let them take office if the verification is correct.” Zhao Xu returned the notebook to Liu Fu.

“Your Highness, the subordinate officials have moved a bit. Some officials occupying important positions in the Zhang family were promoted secretly by the subordinate officials, and went to positions without real power, while those with real power were all taken down by the subordinate officials.” Liu Fu was triumphant. “After this appointment, dismissal and promotion, the palace will basically control the government office, and can issue orders in the future.”

“I’m afraid that Zhang Kang’s face will be unsightly.” Zhao Xu laughed.

Liu Fu’s ghost idea is very bad, but he likes it very much.

While chatting, the guard of the palace came over.

“Your Highness, there are quite a few wealthy families outside the door. They have prepared a lot of gifts and want to pay their respects to His Highness.”

Zhao Xu and Liu Fu looked at each other.

All of these wealthy families are masters at adapting to the wind.

Now that the palace has overwhelmed the snakes, they are busy showing their courtesies.

However, just like his established strategy, it is not a bad thing for these wealthy families to fall to the palace.

After tidying up his clothes, he asked his servant to lead them in.

One morning, more than a dozen wealthy families came to the door one after another.

These powerful families used to be the firm followers of the Zhang, Huang and Du families.

After noon, more than ten families came.

In this way, basically all the powerful families in Yan County in Yan City took this opportunity to express their attitude to the palace.

That is, only the Wangfu will follow the lead.

“Your Highness, the army of the palace has been reorganized, and the number of the army is full now.” The

last wealthy family left, and Chang Wei entered the palace sweating profusely.

“So fast.” Zhao Xu was surprised and happy.

With the addition of the 3,000 county soldiers in Yancheng, the number of soldiers under his direct command reached 23,000.

If the training is rigorous and accompanied by excellent equipment.

Let’s see who dares to make trouble with him in Yan County in the future!

“After taking in the private soldiers of the two families and rescinding the contract of selling their lives, many young men came to join the army.” A smile appeared on Chang Wei’s tough face.

Now the royal army is his baby bump.

Now that it is full, he can’t close his mouth in joy.

Thinking of something, he said again: “By the way, Your Highness, the weapons and armor of the pro-military are also available. The last general found a lot of swords and armor from the warehouses of the two families.

” The king will give you better armor and weapons.” Zhao Xu gave Chang Wei a confident look.

He had already learned from Xu Lie what the armor and weapons of these wealthy private soldiers looked like.

Except for the ones worn by the children of the rich family, the other armor and weapons can only be said to be broken copper and rotten iron.

It was nothing more than a few rusty pieces of iron sewn on a piece of rag.

It’s okay to use these things to beat the nobles in Yan County.

But it will not work when encountering the well-equipped Xiliang and Beidi troops.

After all, from the memories of the Ninth Prince, he knew that Xiliang’s Iron Buddha Tu and Beidi’s heavy cavalry were no joke.

Otherwise, Da Song would not have fought and failed repeatedly in recent years.

Lost half of Jinzhou in the west.

In the north of Yanguan, Ningjindusi, which originally governed the northeast region, was also looted by the Beidi people.

As a result, the appeasement faction of the current imperial court raised its head and strongly advocated exchanging silver for peace.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei’s eyes lit up.

In his mind, this King Yan could make ice and brew wine.

It might be a surprise for him this time.

Zhao Xu continued: “Also, as long as the soldiers of the royal family can’t die in training, they will train to death for me. In order to ensure that the soldiers can maintain high-intensity training, the soldiers’ meals must be good. As long as they can eat enough, try to add as much food as possible. Hun Xing.”

“Hun Xing?” Chang Wei licked his lips, “Your Highness, this is probably difficult, how much money does it cost, and the situation in Yan County may be difficult to buy even if you have money.”

Zhao Xu smiled, ” It’s also simple, just let the soldiers of the pro-army feed some chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep on weekdays.” The

chief soldiers of the royal family and the contemporary cooking team have the same role.

The knowledge in his head has a lot of experience to draw on.

Naturally, there is no need for military production when the military supplies are abundant.

But in hard times it is also necessary to have production units in the army.

After all, this will allow soldiers to eat well.

And eat well to train vigorously.

Otherwise, one by one will get down after running around wearing armor, and there is no need to fight.

Chang Wei was dumbfounded when he heard this, but what Zhao Xu said next convinced him that King Yan was not joking.

“The palace will set aside some land for you in the palace, and build some chicken coops and duck coops on it. Work hard. The king will go to check it in two days. During this time, you can buy and eat first.”

“Yes… yes…” Chang Wei’s head hadn’t turned the corner yet, and he couldn’t realize the significance of doing this for a moment.

Just as he was thinking, a servant suddenly ran over in a hurry.

He even fell in front of Zhao Xu.

“Your Highness…Your Highness…a soldier from Wu’an County fell in front of the palace gate. He…he said that the people from Beidi were coming.” The servant looked terrified and stuttered.

(end of this chapter)