Chapter 374 New Policy

"What do you want, my dear men?"

The housekeeper of Zhang's house thought that this group of people were hooligans who came to collect money.

But he didn't expect that.

As soon as these words came out.

The leader said with a smile: "Master Zhang, my master has ordered you to stay in Lin'an and don't run around."

Zhang Shijie: "..."

Wen Tianxiang, Master Wen, was treated the same as Zhang Shijie.

Wen Tianxiang also met a group of martial artists on his way out of Lin'an.

Then Wen Tianxiang was sent back to Wen's house by these people with great respect, and he also served as a servant of Wen's house, and his daily shopping was taken care of.

This situation continued until Lin Chen arrived in Lin'an.

"Here they come!"

"The Tang army is here!"

Flags were rolling.

This time, Lin Chen arrived in Lin'an with more than 100,000 newly trained troops.

Xie Daoqing led a group of civil and military officials of the Southern Song Dynasty out of the city for ten miles, and surrendered with the imperial seal in his hand.

The civil and military officials of the Southern Song Dynasty looked at the figure with an extraordinary demeanor and a ghost mask on his face, and they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

Is this person the King of Tang in the rumors?

When the King of Tang took off the ghost mask on his face, his overly young face still scared them.

"Shen Lian!"

Lin Chen glanced at the Southern Song Dynasty jade seal, then retracted his gaze and called Shen Lian.

"I am here!" Shen Lian stepped out and bowed.

"I heard that there have been many disturbances in Lin'an recently?"

"That's true."

Lin Chen nodded, looked towards the city of Lin'an, and said in a slightly cold tone: "I order you to lead a part of the new army to maintain public order in the city. Those who commit crimes will be killed; those who take advantage of the chaos to rob will be killed; those who do not obey the curfew will be killed!"

"Yes!"

These murderous words made the surrounding Southern Song Dynasty officials tremble slightly.

Crash!

The Tang army received the order and immediately entered Lin'an City from the kneeling Southern Song ministers, without looking around.

The clatter of armor colliding echoed, but there was no other noise.

Looking at these guys kneeling on the ground with their butts sticking up in the air, Lin Chen was too lazy to take another look.

But this Empress Dowager had a certain charm.

Lin Chen stepped forward and looked at the five-year-old little emperor beside him.

The latter looked up at him in confusion, as if he didn't know what was going on.

According to the original history.

This Song Gongzong was sent to Tubo by Kublai Khan to study Buddhism, and was executed for literary inquisition when he was in his forties.

"How to deal with this group of Zhao clan members?"

Several thoughts flashed through Lin Chen's mind.

Of course, it was impossible to kill them all, and it was not his intention.

A moment.

Lin Chen seemed to have thought of something and nodded imperceptibly.

He knew that today was not the best time to deal with Song Gongzong, so he called someone to choose a house in Lin'an for the former Empress Dowager to stay with the little emperor temporarily.

I have to say.

Even if it was in a remote corner, the palace of the Southern Song Dynasty was still built magnificently.

Lin Chen stared at the palaces and pavilions in front of him, and felt that compared with the Li Tang palace in the outside world, this place seemed to lack a bit of grandeur.

At this time, Qiao Xuan, who came to Lin'an with him, was already busy.

After all, it would take some time to take over the entire Southern Song family assets.

Qiao Xuan had been instructed by Lin Chen to start selecting some former Southern Song officials to re-activate the ruling machine.

"Master, will the eldest brother become the emperor in the future?"

Little Miejue held his master's hand and asked curiously with a string of candied haws in his hand.

Looking at her side, there were two figures.

Guo Xiang and Guo Fu.

Guo Fu never expected it.

At first, she regarded Lin Chen's plan as a joke.

But in just two months, Lin Chen's plan came true!

How could she not be shocked?

Guo Xiang hesitated for a moment after hearing what Xiao Miejue said, and nodded slightly.

"Great, if the eldest brother becomes the emperor, can our Emei Sect walk sideways in the world in the future?"

Guo Xiang heard this and knocked on his forehead unhappily.

Guo Fu, on the other hand, looked at her sister calmly and thought about it.

Now the imperial palace guards have been completely replaced by the Yulin Guards by Lin Chen.

The general guarding the palace gate today is none other than Wang Yuan.

After seeing the person coming, Wang Yuan was startled, and then hurriedly ordered his soldiers to open the palace gate and let him in.

"General Wang, this is not in accordance with the rules, right?" The soldiers asked in confusion.

Then he got a slap from his master.

"Don't talk nonsense, just open it if I tell you to, and I will be responsible if something goes wrong!" Wang Yuan scolded unhappily.

He naturally recognized the person, who was the master of His Royal Highness the King of Tang.

As soon as Guo Xiang and the other two entered the palace, a palace maid came to lead the way.

These were all former palace staff, and Lin Chen did not replace them, but continued to use them.

After all, such a large palace cannot function without palace maids and eunuchs.

At the same time.

The Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and a new court meeting was held in Lin'an.

Judging from the participants, it seems that there is no change from before.

The only extra ones are some local literati trained by Qiao Xuan.

Those who are present are all old faces from the previous Southern Song Dynasty.

Of course.

The official positions of these people in the Southern Song Dynasty are useless, and their official positions are also called temporary ones.

Anyway.

This grass-roots team called Tang barely fought.

Lin Chen realized that.

It is easy to conquer the world, but it is too difficult to rule the world!

Especially when the ministers under his command are all insects.

He didn't think that just changing the emperor would turn these bastards who used to live a life of idleness into honest and capable officials.

But Lin Chen didn't have many useful literati under his command.

But the problem was not big.

In terms of the ecological niche of Southern Song scholars.

As long as the imperial examinations were held and scholars were recruited, the problem could be solved.

By then, the literati of Southern Song would probably praise him to the sky and praise him as the first wise ruler after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

Of course.

In addition to Qiao Xuan, Lin Chen actually had two useful literati.

Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang.

These two literati who were originally scheduled to sacrifice their lives for the country rather than surrender to the enemy, now stood obediently in the court meeting, but with expressionless faces.

As for what means Lin Chen used to recruit the two?

It's very simple.

Both of them are great loyal officials.

Now Xie Daoqing and Song Gongzong are still being well taken care of by Lin Chen.

Lu Xiufu, Wen Tianxiang, you don't want anything to happen to the loyal last emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, right?

Although the means are a bit shameless, they are really useful!

In addition, they have no choice but to "follow the thief" for the time being.

As for the topic to be discussed at the court meeting today, it is to reduce and exempt the exorbitant taxes in various places.

The Southern Song Dynasty has almost made the people under its rule into poor ghosts in recent years!

Lin Chen did not expect to make money from the poor ghosts. He used gift packages to reward his soldiers.

In this case, it is better to issue an edict to exempt taxes and use it to gather the people.

Another thing.

That is that Lin Chen intends to attack the Southern Song Dynasty's big families.

From the original history.

The people of the Southern Song Dynasty were poor, but the big families were extravagant.

At this time, after hundreds of years of development, the grain production and commerce in the south were extremely prosperous.

However, all this money fell into the hands of local gentry and big families.

If Lin Chen wants to completely digest the south and then carry out the Northern Expedition, he must cut meat from the big families in the south.

The first step should be to start with clearing the land and the number of people!

Checking the land and investigating the hidden households is a necessary measure for the reform of the feudal dynasty.

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