Chapter 181 What Does that Little Man Want to Do?

After hearing Li Rui's words, Lu Chen instantly understood what he meant. The court is now controlled by the aristocratic families, who have the most land and are the most sensitive to land issues.

If Lu Chen were to carry out reforms on land at this time, it would inevitably touch the nerves of the aristocratic families. At that time, they would definitely impeach him frantically and try every means to make trouble for him.

Not only the aristocratic families, but also the scholar-official class would definitely criticize him.

In a word, whoever has more land is likely to jump out and make trouble for him.

Lu Chen said at this time: "The reason why I am reforming now is because the court's attention is on the war with Dawu."

"Even if they know about the reform of Beijun, no matter how uncomfortable they feel, they don't have much energy to care about Beijun at this time."

"By the time those people in the court have the energy to care about Beijun's affairs, Beijun's reform has been basically completed, and everything has been settled. It will be too late for them to oppose it by then."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Rui thought about it and felt that Lu Chen was right. If they waited until the war between Daxia and Dawu was over before reforming, the resistance they encountered would definitely be countless times more than now.

Now is the best time to reform. Even if some officials of the court want to stop the reform of Beijun, they can't spare too much energy to cause trouble for Beijun.

The war between Daxia and Dawu has entered a white-hot stage. Now both sides are constantly sending troops to the front line. Daxia has lost two counties of land. How can the court have the energy to care about a vassal king messing around on his own land?

For Daxia now, as long as the vassal kings do not rebel and add fuel to the fire of Daxia's situation, it is already very good. As for what kind of reforms they carry out, that is not the focus of their concern.

Lu Chen continued, "There is no need to worry about the court's obstruction in the reform of Beijun. If you have any questions about the reform measures, raise them now. You don't know what to do when the time comes to implement them.

At this time, the officials in the hall looked at each other and didn't say anything.

They knew very well that Lu Chen's reform measures would definitely be carried out, so what they said would not have much effect.

In fact, everyone had many questions about the reform, such as the separation of military and politics.

The separation of military and politics means that in the future, all the military power of Beijun will be in the hands of the Beiwang Mansion and the Beiwang. These civil officials are unarmed, and the Beiwang can deal with them if he wants.

This is more terrible than Emperor Xia's revocation of military power. Emperor Xia's revocation of military power is only nominal. In fact, if it is during wartime, Emperor Xia still has to discuss military and national affairs with some military ministers.

And the current Daxia Military Department is not just Emperor Xia alone. People have the final say.

But Beijun is different. The separation of military and politics means that the Ministry of War and other departments will not meet at work. In the future, the work of the Ministry of War will only be connected with the King of Bei, and other departments will have almost no possibility of intervening in the army.

The most critical point is that there is no minister like the Prime Minister who leads all officials in the reform of Beijun, and even the power of Li Rui, the former governor, has been greatly weakened.

However, in this way, Li Rui's position is a bit awkward. He used to be the person who managed all officials in Beijun. Now that Beijun has reformed, he doesn't know where to go.

Li Rui did not ask Lu Chen how to arrange him. It is not good for him to speak up about such things. He believes that Lu Chen should have thought about what kind of position to arrange for him, so it is better for him not to ask.

At this time, Lu Chen said: "By the way, in the future, except for the Ministry of War, Ministry of Commerce, and Ministry of Education, which are directly managed by this king, the other five departments will be temporarily managed by Li Rui. There will be a minister of government above the five departments, and Li Rui will temporarily take over as the first minister of government.

Hearing this, Li Rui felt relieved. Although he had never heard of the title of Minister of State Affairs before, this position was above the five ministries, and he was also the person who managed the five ministries. This position was actually no different from the prime minister, and it was not much different from his previous position as a county governor.

After Lu Chen came to Beijun, he handed over the military power of Beijun to Lu Chen, and at that time he was only responsible for the government affairs of Beijun.

Although Beijun has been reformed, he is still responsible for the next government affairs of Beiguo, which is basically the same as before.

At this time, Li Rui asked: "Prince, I wonder who you plan to let manage the national treasury?"

The Ministry of Commerce is directly managed by Lu Chen, but the national treasury is not, so Li Rui attaches great importance to the management of the national treasury.

This is a money bag, and everyone wants to hold the money bag in their own hands.

After hearing Li Rui's question, Lu Chen smiled faintly, and then said: "In the future, the national treasury will be renamed Beiguo Bank, and the person in charge of the bank will be called the president, and the president will be appointed and dismissed by this king himself."

Li Rui was stunned, thinking to himself that the King of Bei was unwilling to hand over the national treasury to others.

Although they want to strive to make the treasury independent of the Northern King's Palace, at present, the civil servants of Beijun do not have the ability to snatch the money bag from the Northern King.

Lu Chen continued at this time: "As for who will be the first president of the Northern Bank, this king intends to let Yelu Nanyan serve as the first president of the bank."

Hearing this, the hall exploded instantly, and Li Rui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not do that!"

Lu Chen said lightly: "Are you trying to say that she is a woman and women cannot be officials?"

"I just want to find someone to manage the money. As long as she can manage the money well and is absolutely loyal to me, it doesn't matter to me whether she is a man or a woman."

"As for her previous identity, I use her, which can just appease the barbarians in Beijun and let them know that I treat the barbarians equally."

Lu Chen continued: "Oh, by the way, she was recommended to me by my princess."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Rui and others were stunned. Even the princess recommended Yelu Nanyan to manage the treasury, so they didn't seem to have anything to say.

And Yelu Nanyan is now the woman of the Northern King. If they continue to oppose, then they seem to be opposing the people of the Northern King's Mansion to manage the treasury. This is clearly to grab the money bag from the Northern King's Mansion. Li Rui dare not have such an idea, and he is too lazy to say anything else.

At this time, Lu Chen turned his head and looked at Mu Changtian, "General Mo, you worked so hard to come back from Tianguang City, don't you have any questions about the military reform of Beijun?"

Mu Changtian was originally performing a special mission near Tianguang City, but after Lu Chen thought of the reform, he notified him in advance to come back. After receiving the order, Mu Changtian traveled in the wind and snow and returned to Yancheng last night.

If he came back from such a long distance without any suggestions, wouldn't it be a waste of his trip.

After hearing Lu Chen's words, Mu Changtian said: "The prince's military reform can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. I think the prince's reform measures are already very perfect and have no shortcomings."

Hearing this, Lu Chen laughed.

Then he said: "Maybe the reform measures of Beijun were read out all at once, and they were read in a hurry, so you didn't remember them."

"Next, let's discuss them one by one. If you have any questions, you can raise them."

Then Lu Chen signaled the Jinyiwei soldiers around him to continue reading the reform measures. They discussed Lu Chen's reform measures for the next day.

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At the same time

Dawu Dynasty, Imperial Palace, Qingyun Hall.

Wu Yunwan lay sideways on the beauty couch, holding a piece of intelligence in her hand, and read it carefully over and over again.

Then she turned her head to look at the person who was kneeling in the hall and said, "Have you confirmed whether the heavy cavalry of Beijun has really been destroyed?"

The man kneeling in the hall immediately said, "Replying to the Princess, there are many military restricted areas in Beijun, and it is difficult for our people to get in, so we can't confirm it for the time being."

"But I heard that the court of Daxia did not transfer the court army back, but let Lin Xiuming take over Tianguang City, so I think Daxia should have confirmed the destruction of the heavy cavalry, so it did not transfer Lin Xiuming back, but let him stay in Beijun."

After hearing the man's words, Wu Yunwan chuckled, and then said, "This is not necessarily true."

The destruction of the heavy cavalry of Beijun was a bit too weird, which made Wu Yunwan have to be vigilant.

The 300,000 troops of the Sirius King did not defeat the heavy cavalry of Beijun, but the rumored 200,000 troops of the Northern Xian King destroyed the 50,000 heavy cavalry of Beijun?

Is this possible?

Their Dawu spies have not even confirmed whether the Northern Xian King really went south, but the news came from Beijun that the heavy cavalry was gone?

The heavy cavalry of Beijun was also destroyed too quickly, right?

It always gives people a feeling that Beijun is deliberately hiding troops and letting these heavy cavalry perform some special tasks.

Now the war between Daxia and Dawu has become white-hot. At this time, Daxia suddenly disappeared a heavy cavalry. Dawu must pay special attention.

Wu Yunwan then said: "Send more spies to Beijun immediately. This palace wants to get the exact news of the heavy cavalry of Beijun."

"Yes, Princess."

"I'll take my leave."

After the man in the hall left, Wu Yunwan's mouth corners slightly raised, and then with a smile on her face, she said to herself: "This palace is very curious, what does that little man want to do?"