After that, everyone present was given a reward. In order to appease Xu Kailin, Wei Qing specially promoted him to the right prime minister, which was only lower than Shen Yunfan's left prime minister.
After the morning court ended, it was already close to noon. When the officials dispersed, Wei Qing blinked and asked, "How did I handle it this time?"
"Yes, rewards and punishments are clear." Shen Yunfan nodded, "But there is still a problem."
"What's the problem?"
"Your Majesty has given so much money as a reward. Where can we get the money? You can't. You want me to rob again?" Shen Yunfan scratched his head.
Wei Qing rolled his eyes at him and said, "Looking at what you said, am I that poor?"
"Your Majesty, does he have any personal money?"
"No, but we found a large box of gold in Cining Palace last night. It must have been left by the He thief. That much gold is enough for us!"
"Oh." Shen Yunfan nodded and sneered, "It seems that Xu Shangshu has paid a lot of money to curry favor with He Chengyun. He can't offend anyone."
"You mean, that gold belongs to Xu Shangshu?"
"Of course, besides him, who else can spend so much money in Beijing?" Shen Yunfan was a little happy.
"Then shall I punish him?"
"No, he won't admit it without evidence. What's more, this money is very useful to us."
Xu Kailin's box of gold happened to provide them with funds.
"Let's go back and discuss it carefully, and use this money to reorganize the Imperial Guard and the Royal Forest Army."
Wei Qing said "Oh", but on the way back to Yangxin Hall, she looked very sad.
"What else does your Majesty have to worry about?"
"I just rewarded everyone except you..."
"Didn't you give me two official positions?" Shen Yunfan didn't care. After all, he had real power, so why would he care about a false reputation?
"The position of Minister of War is recommended by everyone. Acting as Prime Minister is your original position. Therefore, these are not rewards." Wei Qing sighed.
"Chen Yunfan, your contribution this time is too great. I don't know how to reward you. If it comes down to it, I can only reward you with the throne."
In the feudal dynasty, the emperor liked heroes the most and hated them the most.
The greater the credit, the more fearful it is. After all, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain.
This time, Shen Yunfan almost gathered the hearts and minds of the people and the army in Beijing, and personally killed the rebels and saved the endangered Southern Wei Dynasty.
Great contribution, no reward!
Shen Yunfan tried to turn the tide many times, forcing Wei Qing to believe him, but Wei Qing didn't know his background, let alone what he wanted. That's why he is so entangled now.
"Chen Yunfan, Shen Yunfan, you really make me love and hate you at the same time."
Seeing Wei Qing's look, Shen Yunfan suppressed a smile and said, "Your Majesty, someone else might have had this problem. But for you and me, this problem doesn't exist at all."
"Why?" Wei Qing was puzzled.
Shen Yunfan stepped forward and whispered: "Because you are different from other emperors, there are many things you can reward me."
Wei Qing was startled at first, and then noticed the ambiguity in the tone. Her face instantly turned red to her ears, and her face became as hot as if steam was about to erupt.
"How come you, a prostitute, are just like that He Jiancheng, a pervert!" she said coquettishly.
Shen Yunfan thought to himself: "There is a beautiful woman in the southern country, as beautiful as a peach or a plum."
"Stop reading." Wei Qing snorted, looked around to make sure no one was there, then stepped forward and gave Shen Yunfan a smack on the face.
After the kiss, like a frightened deer, she lowered her head and ran away, not daring to stay for a moment.
Shen Yunfan was just teasing the emperor, but he obviously didn't expect her to do such a thing. After being stunned for a long time, he became happy.
"A sweet kiss from the empress, a happy life. Tsk, tsk, after traveling through time for so many years, I have encountered some good things for you."
And in the Hall of Nourishing Heart,
Wei Qing's heartbeat didn't calm down for a while.
After pretending to be a man for so many years, she suddenly felt today that it felt good to be a woman.
…
One day later, order was restored in Beijing.
Cao Zhi, the Minister of War, presided over the conscription and planned to restore the number of the Imperial Guards first.
The matter of conscription is a bit complicated. It does not mean recruiting some people for training. Even if the conscription is successful, the foundation of national strength must also be considered.
Recruitment costs money, and if young and middle-aged men are recruited into the army, there will be fewer people working on the farmland. In other words, the cost will increase and the productivity will decrease.
This is a huge drain on national power.
After working hard for several days, Cao Zhi finally managed to recruit 2,000 people, restoring the number of the imperial army to 10,000.
As for the Imperial Guard, there was no replacement of personnel. The remaining 3,000 people were reorganized and were put in charge of Li Cheng and Niu Yi respectively.
These two are both great heroes in the army. Li Cheng was named the Commander-in-Chief of the Left Guard, and Niu Yi was named the Commander-in-Chief of the Right Guard. They are currently the largest generals in the Imperial Guard.
The two armies combined totaled 13,000 troops, only half of what they had before the war began.
It can be seen that war is cruel.
Of course, this bloody battle is not without its benefits.
At least the army that went to Beijing had actual combat experience and fought bloody battles. Coupled with the various tactics and tactics that Li Cheng learned from the Chuzhou front line, he could give this army a good training.
In the past few days, Chuzhou was still struggling to extricate itself from the quagmire of war, so no one was sent to Beijing to investigate the situation.
Such free time was originally a good opportunity to keep growing. But on the fifth day, an accident happened.
On the morning of the fifth day, an envoy from Jiaozhou came.
"Your Majesty, banditry in Jiaozhou has become more and more rampant, and military bandits have appeared recently! Yesterday morning, some bandits even forced their way into the prefect's mansion and killed the prefect. I ask Your Majesty to send troops to quell the banditry!"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials were in an uproar.
"If you dare to kill the imperial official, this bandit is too rampant!"
"Jiaozhou is a land of food, so we must not be leaderless!"
Wei Qing's face also looked a little ugly. If he made such a fuss, wouldn't it mean that the granary of Southern Wei was burned down?