With the help of these two energetic surrender generals, the situation in Lin'an City returned to peace that afternoon. Jia Sidao's excuse of using fireworks to explain the sound of gunfires was very deceptive, and his position was easily believed by most people. Of course, there were also people who raised doubts with skepticism, which didn't matter. Whoever had a big doubt, Jia Sidao announced that he entered the palace in the name of the emperor, and then this person could never go out again, and his position would be temporarily replaced by Jia Sidao's new appointment in the province. Why is it temporary? Because some official positions cannot be formally replaced without formal procedures, and the formal procedures must be completed by Hong Tao.

"Brother Hong, I heard that you have started the killing again, and it was still a silence for the whole family. Isn't this too much?" Hong Tao was not in a hurry to do Wu Qian's affairs. It was less than a day since he arrived in Lin'an, and he had already made expectations when he could stabilize the situation. Be contented in being a person, and you should not force it too much. You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to do your work step by step. It would be great to have a small barbecue with Wen Nan in the Palace of the Song Dynasty. When you eat and chat, relax yourself, it also makes the soldiers relax.

"It's not me, it's really not me! That's all done by Ding Daquan and Jia Sidao. If you don't believe it, go and ask our 6th team members. I don't know who they killed in advance, and I can only see a bunch of names afterwards." Hong Tao was fighting a bunch of conchs. He felt that the conch meat in the East China Sea was more delicious than the ones produced in the South China Sea, and the meat was tighter and more detailed.

"But they died because of you!" Wen Nan didn't eat much. He was basically scolded for most of the day. He was scolded by the Song officials he was familiar with, and one was more rude than the other. Even if a person with a broad mind was, he could not feel anything at all.

"This is a bad thing... How did Mr. Yue die? Everyone is scolding Qin Hui, how many people scold Emperor Gaozong? You might as well treat me as Emperor Gaozong first. Ding Daquan and Jia Sidao are my Qin Hui and Zhang Jun, so that you can figure it out with your brain." It is very boring to get entangled in this kind of issue. When is it now? It is not a domestic conflict, but a national war between countries. Although this war seems gentle on the surface, it is also a war, either you die or I live. Is it abnormal to die when fighting? Throughout history, is there a war that does not kill anyone? As long as these people die meaningfully, it will be done, whether it is to others or to yourself.

"But if you let them kill loyal ministers, the rest will be treacherous people like them, and a bunch of fencemen. Do you plan to rely on them to rule the Song Dynasty in the future? Then you really may become Emperor Gaozong." Wen Nan refuted these fallacies of Hong Tao for twenty years, and there are not many opportunities for success. It is almost impossible to defeat him in these theories, or is it easier to resonate with something realistic.

"Same, I have no intention of relying on them to help me rule the country. Is the Song Dynasty a so-called responsibility of the government? I think the responsibility of the government only accounts for a small part, and most of it is the responsibility of these court officials. And the loyal ministers you mentioned are more responsibilities, because they are firmly sticking to this system that is no longer suitable for their ideals and ambitions. As for whether the people will live a better life, that is a secondary goal. Now I am here, I want to build this country according to my ideals. Who do you think I should regard as an enemy? Are the treacherous people who have milk and mothers, or are the loyal ministers you mentioned, posing a great threat to us?" Hong Tao did not tell Wen Nan all his plans. It was not that he did not trust Wen Nan, but that he was instinctively used to it. In his plan, most of the officials of the Song Dynasty, especially the senior officials, were not talented, and they had no place in the future Song Dynasty court.

But they cannot know this in advance. At the beginning, they must use their status, reputation and ability to stand the last post for the New Song Dynasty. This is the cruelty of politics. When it no longer needs you, it will kick you away like throwing garbage, and use all means to the extreme and will not care about your feelings at all. The reason why politicians have lost their human nature is that this game is not played by normal people at all. The more normal you are, the faster you die.

"But we don't have enough people to rule such a large country, and these people will spend some time with us. Your practice of using treacherous and killing loyal and kind will soon leave us unavailable." Wen Nan agreed with Hong Tao on this point. This was not the first time the two of them had a dispute about this matter, and it had already had a result. Even so, Wen Nan did not think that Hong Tao's actions of using villains would be beneficial to the Song Dynasty.

"At most two months, at least half a month, we will not be short of manpower. The second lieutenant can signal to the Pennsylvania." Hong Tao's answer to Wen Nan was very intriguing. He asked a 6th team officer to shoot a fireworks signal flare. A few minutes later, a same color rose from the south of the palace.

"What are the Pennsylvania going to do?" Wen Nan knew that this was Hong Tao notifying a certain warship in the fleet to perform a pre-set mission, but he didn't know what this mission was.

"Go to negotiate with the Jinhe Empire! The Song Dynasty is already ours. If the Jinhe Empire prepares to go north, it will become a feud between father and son. Although the imperial emperors cannot represent the imperial government, I think they will also be a little concerned about the face of the two generations of emperors, at least give us a chance to negotiate, right?" Hong Tao finally wiped the last conch, wiped the sauce on his mouth, and prepared to attack the big blue crabs.

"Is it too early to negotiate now? We have not been able to truly control the Song Dynasty." Going to negotiate with the Jinhe Empire, letting the other party stop attacking the Song Dynasty and stop supporting the Strait Company State, this was a set measure that Wen Nan had known for a long time. But he did not expect it to be implemented so quickly. According to the original plan, the time for this step should be taken later.

"Aren't you worried that there is not enough manpower? Indeed, it is really not enough. Even if all the five hundred grassroots cadres we brought can be competent for new positions, local officials did not strongly oppose it, and there is still a large personnel gap. In the afternoon, I chatted with Ding Daquan. Do you know how many talents we have to get barely enough? You have to add a zero to the five hundred! Even if I have eliminated all the talents in the Kingdom of Mexican, I can't get so many literate and capable people. God knows why the Song Dynasty has got so many official positions. Doesn't it cost to support them?" Hong Tao began to go off topic again as he said. Although he believed that the Song Dynasty was the most advanced in the dynasties in Chinese history, he was still full of complaints if he really wanted to be in it.

"If you don't raise them, you will spend more money..." Wen Nan was like a philosopher at this time, revealing the simplest truth in the shortest sentence.

"Okay, you're right, this is the current situation. I have to support them for the time being, but you know my character, those who make me spend money will definitely not have any good results in the end. I can tell you now that their ending will be very miserable! You think I can rule the Song Dynasty, and those loyal ministers who are still locked in the hall cursing you and me actually think so. They are taking advantage of our weaknesses to take advantage of them. First scold us, stand on the moral high ground, show their integrity, and then after our repeated requests, we will obtain the rights they want, and reluctantly continue to be their high officials, calling it a gift for the country and the people. I will fuck them eight generations of ancestors!

I will let them repay the people who cheat me at most ten times, but I plan to treat me as a fool and play tricks. Do you think I can spare them? So I advise you to have this heart too. Most of these people are not good at using them. Whether they are literary leaders or Shilin leaders, I ask them to say that the sun is square. They must say, otherwise I will rape and kill every woman in their family in front of all Lin'an people. But they don't want to enter my government, and they don't even need them to clean the courtyard. Don't think that if the Song Dynasty lacks them, the country will be destroyed. Look, I will turn you into a group of heavenly soldiers and generals." Hong Tao ate a lot of conch and drank a lot of wine. In addition, he was always in a state of high tension for more than a day. His emotions were very unstable, and he became anxious as he spoke.

"...You are not planning to bring reinforcements from the Jinhe Empire!" Once Hong Tao enters this state, no one has to persuade him. The more he persuades, the worse the result. He didn't want to kill someone, if you persuade him, he would immediately shoot two prime ministers for you to see. Wen Nan, who is familiar with Hong Tao's temper, did not dare to talk to those loyal ministers a little, but instead brought the topic elsewhere.

"If I don't look for people from the empire, where can I find so many grassroots officials with management and firm beliefs? The merchant group of Straits Company can take advantage of the situation, but cannot rely entirely on them because I can't afford too much. There is no enough exchange of interests, do you really think my face is useful? At critical moments, I have to rely on my son and my students. No matter whether they agree or not, they will not think about how to fight for power and profit all day long, and they can do some practical things. And they are the group of people who can understand my intentions the most. If you don't need to have such a good helper, aren't you and I a fool?" Hong Tao finally showed off his trump card.

The imperial government is no longer the small government that was stretched everywhere and had few people in total ten years ago. Since Hong Tao abdicated, the imperial government has expanded very rapidly and the number of officials has also increased sharply. Coupled with the increasing investment in education over the past 20 years, the population base that is capable of serving as grassroots officials is very large. Even if the local area cannot produce thousands of people at once, the transfer from overseas colonies such as Cape Town, Kalamba, Malacca, and Brunei should be able to meet the first step of the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!