The Golden Palace is more magnificent than before. It was the first time since Li Yun came to Yanjing. With some industrial technology, it looked pleasing to the eye before. The thin yellow edges were no longer decorated with gold. The transparent crystal was also replaced by glass, and the colorful pearl agate was also inlaid in the eye-catching place, which greatly saved the decoration cost.

"Long live my emperor!"

"All my dear friends!"

Li Yun looked at the dozens of court officials below and suddenly smiled and said, "Dear friends, are there any important matters to be reported today?"

Shen Baozhen did not hear Li Yun's meaning and went forward to worship, "Your Majesty, two thousand garrison troops and three thousand prisoners have set out."

Li Yun nodded and said, "I understand. I will hand this kind of thing directly to Yuange today. Dear friends, are there any important matters to be reported?"

After a while, no one came out to answer. Li Yun knew it and smiled and said, "Then let's talk about family matters today and tell some jokes. After three dynasties, no one should take it seriously."

Lu Jianying and Hu Yihuang looked at each other, shook their heads together, indicating that they didn't know, and Wu from Chao was also whispering.

Li Yun mainly wanted to mention corruption, which was called taking advantage of the issue. Recently, memorials from ministers from various ministries praised merits and whitewashed the peace, but the intelligence collected by the intelligence department was shocking. Even his sworn brothers all received gifts and bribes, with more concubines than each, and more luxurious houses than each.

"I will report to the emperor, how can I mention such a joke in the court?" Ye Mingchen made a righteous advice.

Li Yun smiled and said, "Didn't I just say it? I'm just joking, don't take it seriously! I ask you, have any of you ever thought about being the position under my butt?"

"I don't dare!" The ministers bent down together, all confused. How could they answer "yes" like this? It would take a head to move.

Li Yun covered his chin and couldn't slap it. It seemed that he had to find someone to cooperate. Li Yun looked at it one by one. Lu Jianying couldn't do it. This old fox could only pretend to be stupid, and Ye Mingchen could not do it. He could only do it bad things. Hu Yihuang, Zhang Suimu, Zhang Weikun and others were the targets of today's attack. Shen Baozhen didn't know how to adapt. I'm afraid he couldn't react. Zhao Yali couldn't do it either. She knew her relationship with me well. Wu of Chaozhou knew everything...

Li Yun looked down one by one and focused his eyes on Zhang Zhidong. Since he had experienced the General Staff, he had a hint of heroism. His eyes also became agile, and his behavior was no longer as pedantic as before.

"Zhang Zhidong!"

"I'm here!"

"Come on!"

Zhang Zhidong was a fifth-rank official. He stood at the end. He heard this and hurriedly lowered his head and walked forward quickly.

Li Yun smiled and said, "Zhang Zhidong, how much silver does your family have?"

"This..." Zhang Zhidong didn't understand why the emperor asked this. After thinking for a while, he replied: "Qi Zhu. The old mother of Wei was seriously ill and he hired two more maids at home. Wei Chen's salary was just enough, so I'm afraid the family deposited less than fifty taels of silver!"

Li Yun asked, "Then what is your monthly salary?"

Zhang Zhidong replied: "Thirty taels of silver with patterns!"

"Thirty taels of silver in the silver!" Li Yun repeated it and then asked, "Do you think the salary is enough? Do you want to increase the salary?"

Zhang Zhidong was stunned. It was difficult to answer. He refused to offend his colleagues and agreed to make him seem greedy. He pondered for a while and replied: "Leave the Emperor's arrangement!"

Li Yun laughed and said in a positive tone: "I think you should add it! You are a fifth-rank, your salary is thirty taels of silver, and the salary of a second-rank official is 200 taels of silver. The salary of the Han Dynasty is several times that of the Qing Dynasty. It is logical that it should be enough for the family to live. But why is your family living a tight life?"

Zhang Zhidong understood the emperor's meaning a little and replied: "Weichen's family is already content. In recent years, prices have risen, and the salary we earn is enough for us to live. If Weichen's mother recovers from illness, she can buy a few more maids to serve her mother."

Li Yun asked, "Didn't you think about making your family live a better life? For example, take a few concubines and build a bigger house?"

Zhang Zhidong hurriedly said, "Why don't you have that much money?"

Li Yun smiled and said, "You can embezzle and accept bribes. You think that you can earn thousands of taels of silver in a cash register at a time. This is much higher than your salary. As long as you do it without knowing it or pulling your colleagues into the water, you can rest assured and take a concubine and build a house with peace of mind."

Before Zhang Zhidong could answer, officials in the court whispered.

"How can that work? Isn't this embezzlement and bribery?"

"Yes! You're going to be dismissed from office and beheaded!"

"Oh! The salary the emperor ordered is already very high, how can he still embezzle and accept bribes?"

"Yes! Yes! My monthly salary is 100 taels, which are ten big ingots!"

...

Zhang Zhidong replied: "I dare not, even if I die of poverty, I dare not embezzle and accept bribes."

Li Yun asked, "Why don't you dare? Others only give money, why don't you collect it? I remember last month, a businessman gave you a silver note, one hundred taels! It's your three-month salary, and he doesn't ask you to do anything, why don't you collect it?"

How did the emperor know! Could it be that the merchant was sent by the emperor? Zhang Zhidong replied calmly: "The merchant gave me silver, but the gentleman owed me favors and would have to pay it back one day."

"I have to pay it back!" Li Yun smiled coldly, glanced down, and scolded: "But some people don't think so. I know how many corrupt officials you are doing, so I won't name it."

Zhang Zhidong took the courage to come forward and said, "Your Majesty may say anything directly, and Weichen and others listen carefully."

Li Yun nodded secretly and said loudly: "Okay, I'll just say that there is a memorial to report that a certain member of the department received a bribe of 10,000 taels of silver at a time. It's strange that the merchant just asked for a piece of waste land in Tianjin. Do you know what I want to do that piece of land?"

"I don't know!"

Li Yun said angrily: "I plan to build an arsenal! I'm so arrogant! As soon as I passed the order, someone encircled land. What do they want to do? Are you not afraid of me killing people?"

Chen Chengying trembled, and his heart palpitations spread throughout his body in an instant. How did the emperor know about such a secret news? The businessman was Hu Yihuang's relative. The emperor asked later. Should I tell it truthfully? No! Hu Yihuang is the emperor's sworn brother, and at most he scolded him. If I bit Hu Yihuang out, his brothers would never let me go. Not only would he be doomed, but he would also implicate Chen Yucheng, his nephew.

Li Yun sneered and asked Hu Yihuang: "Hu Aiqing, guess what is the businessman for this piece of land?"

Hu Yihuang didn't understand why the emperor asked this, and honestly replied: "Maybe it's building a factory."

Ye Mingchen rolled his eyes and smiled out and said, "Mr. Hu said this difference. Where can I build a factory? Why bother to pay such a big effort and pay such a big price? The emperor, Weichen thinks that things are not that simple. This merchant wants to sell the land to the court at a high price and get huge profits!"

Li Yun looked at Hu Yihuang and said seriously: "I'm wrong. He wants to invest in the arsenal!"

"What a courage!"

"It's time to kill!"

"Isn't this person crazy?"

"How can a country's important weapon be given to others easily? I don't understand this simple truth, and this is not unfair to die!"

...

Zhang Suimu moved and looked at Hu Yihuang in a dark and anxious manner. He heard some rumors about this. This businessman was Hu Yihuang's biological brother Hu Yiguai!

"Oh!" Li Yun sighed heavily and said self-deprecatingly: "Why are merchants so bold? Even the arsenals dare to reach out, so what else can't betray them? If foreigners value temptations, won't they betray the motherland? Hu Aiqing, I will leave this merchant to you. If you want to kill and release, you have your own ideas, and you don't have to ask me!"

Hu Yihuang knew that the matter must have been involved with him. The emperor was thinking about his old love, so he gave him face. He made up his mind to investigate when he went back, and he had to deal with it impartially no matter who it was.

Li Yun looked at Zhang Suimu and smiled and said, "Fourth Brother! How much money do you have in your family?"

Zhang Suimu immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "I am guilty of being a crime, I have sold weapons privately, please punish the emperor!"

Seeing that he admitted this, Li Yun was relieved of his serious responsibility and said, "I really rely on my own to live by the mountains and rivers. There are 2,328 consecutive guns, do you know who bought them?"

Zhang Suimu was even more afraid. He didn't know how many units he sold. How could the emperor know? It must be the intelligence department! This old boy Zhao Laoqi dared to investigate me!

"I don't know!"

Li Yun said softly: "They were all bought by the Fusang people! Now they have made samples, and maybe in a short while, they will use these beaded guns to attack the big man!"

Zhang Suimu kowtowed again and said, "I deserve to die!"

Li Yun sighed: "You have made such a big mistake, and I can't keep you. There is still a lack of a governor in the Northeast. You can go there to support your retirement!"

Zhang Suimu closed his eyes and shouted: "I obey the order!"

Li Yun turned to Chen Chengying and smiled and said, "Chen Aiqing, there are a few silver mountains in your secret room, and I wonder, why do you have this kind of hobby? Li Xiucheng piled a silver mountains in his own courtyard. You piled up beds and built houses in your secret room. Are you afraid of crushing you to death?"

Chen Chengying consciously took off his official hat and kowtowed, "I know my fault."

Li Yun said: "You go to the Northeast too and be the commander-in-chief of the militia!"

"I thank you!"

Seeing Zhang Weikun's legs trembling, Li Yun looked at him for a while, and then walked around. Wherever he looked, everyone lowered their heads and trembled, not daring to look up.

"I don't understand. When they conquered the world together, they all fought for the first time, and no one was afraid of death. Compared with those generals who died on the road, how lucky you are, it would be fine if you don't remember the past, but you have become more and more powerful. Are you worthy of the dead soldiers? Why are they conquering the world with us? They are not corrupt officials and everyone can't survive anymore. What is the difference between what you are doing now and those corrupt officials in the past? If you have more, I won't say much. You send the embezzled silver to the Ministry of Revenue and register it by Wang Lei of the Intelligence Bureau. Even if I don't know these things, I will double the salary I give you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Yun said: "You don't have to thank me. It's Lord Zhao who advised me not to make big moves, affect the country and shake the country. If you want to thank me, thank her."

Sure enough, many officials threw a gratitude to Zhao Yali.

Li Yun sighed: "It is not easy to be an emperor. I have to read the memorials approved by the cabinet. I have to review the memorials sent by the ministers. Whenever I play, the queen will always advise me to handle state affairs and be a good emperor who is diligent and loving the people. In fact, what's the use of relying on me alone? If you have to do your best, I won't have to be so tired. I have to inspect Guangdong and Guangxi several times, but every time I decide to leave, there will always be a big thing. This delay will last a year, Lu Aiqing?"

Could it be that the evidence of his corruption is also in the hands of the emperor? It is impossible, all he receives are the filial piety of his students! Lu Jianying hurriedly said, "I am here!"

Li Yun asked, "Where has that railway been built?"

Lu Jianying breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Your Majesty, the railway from Yanjing to Nanjing is divided into three sections. The first section from Xuzhou to Nanjing is packaged for Americans. The experience has been completed. The railway from Xuzhou to Dezhou was built by our court. It is still more than 50 miles away. The railway from Dezhou to Yanjing was raised by merchants and formed a company to build it themselves. They worked quickly, hundreds of miles away. They were the first to complete it. Now there is only the platform near the South City of Yanjing. Because it is related to the national dignity, the Ministry of Works requires it to be more grand."

Li Yun estimated it and smiled and said, "That's what it means, it will be opened to traffic in half a year?"

Lu Jianying said: "The officials below said that the traffic will be opened in four months."

Li Yunxi said: "Okay! This railway is completed, that's good. You can use the railway when mobilizing supplies from the south. I don't have to be a foreign warship when I inspect Guangdong and Guangxi! When it comes to warships, I remembered, Ling Aiqing, how are the ironclad ships of the Navy? "

Ling Shiba said: "Your Majesty, three iron armored ships have been built, one larger than the other. Now the latest warship is being developed, and seventy cannons can be prevented from being on the ship."

Li Yun reminded: "Hurry, Westerners are also building ironclad ships. Foreigners can place more than 100 cannons on the ships, and the Han Dynasty cannot fall behind. What is missing? Even if I give it priority, I will also upgrade the cannons as soon as possible. Western technology can be learned and researched."

"I understand!" Ling Shiba bowed and accepted the order.

Li Yun said: "When the navy is strong, the Han Dynasty will not be afraid of any opponents. The Westerners are thousands of miles away. When we fight with them, we have the advantage. With the same troops and equipment, the chances of winning are at least 50%. I am waiting for good news from the Navy."

After three dynasties, Li Yun kept Zhang Suimu alone.

"Fourth brother, do you know why I want you to go to the Northeast?"

This sentence suddenly reminded Zhang Suimu of the scene of being dismissed from the Suzhou front line and said, "Please give me instructions."

Li Yun said in a short story: "I plan to station troops in North Korea, but the King of North Korea pushes three or four. Your mission to go to the Northeast is to train troops and raise troops. When the time is right, you will advance to North Korea. At that time, you will let Chen Cheng-hung station in Pyongyang to monitor the movements of Japan and to log in to Japan to fight at any time."

"I will never let down the emperor's entrusted!" Zhang Suimu was secretly happy that he was not sent to the cold palace!
Chapter completed!