Chapter 181 What does that little man want to do?

Hearing Li Rui's words, Lu Chen instantly understood what he meant. The imperial court was now controlled by aristocratic families, and aristocratic families owned the most land and were also the most sensitive group to land issues.

If Lu Chen carries out reforms in the land at this time, it will definitely touch the nerves of the family. When the time comes, they will definitely impeach him crazily and try every means to cause trouble for him.

Not only the aristocratic family, but also the scholar-official class will definitely criticize him.

In short, whoever has more land in his hands may come out to cause 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 Beijun's reforms, no matter how uncomfortable they feel, they don't have much energy to take care of Beijun at this time."

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

After hearing what Lu Chen said, Li Rui thought for a while and felt that Lu Chen was right. If they waited for the war between Daxia and Dawu to end before reforming, the resistance they would encounter would definitely be countless times greater than now.

Now is the best time for reform. Even if some officials from aristocratic families in the imperial court want to prevent Beijun from reforming, they cannot spare too much energy to cause trouble for Beijun.

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

For the current Daxia, as long as the vassal king does not rebel and does not add fuel to the situation in Daxia, it is already very good. As for what reforms they carry out, that is not the focus of their concern.

Lu Chen continued: "There is no need to worry about the imperial court's obstruction in the reform of Beijun. If you have any questions about the reform measures, you should raise them now. When the time comes to implement them, you will not know what to do.

At this time, the officials in the hall looked at me and I looked at you, but they said nothing.

They knew very well that Lu Chen's reform measures would definitely go ahead, so nothing they said would actually have much effect.

In fact, people actually have many problems with reform, such as the separation of military and political affairs.

The separation of military and political affairs means that from now on, all military power in Beijun will be in the hands of Beiwang Mansion and in the hands of Beiwang. These civil servants are all bare-handed, and Beiwang can deal with them if he wants to.

This is even more terrifying than Emperor Xia's withdrawal of military power. Emperor Xia's withdrawal of military power was only in name. In fact, if it was during a war, Emperor Xia would still have to discuss military and national affairs with some military ministers.

Moreover, Emperor Xia does not have the final say in the current military department of Great Xia.

But Beijun is different. The separation of military and political affairs means that the Ministry of War and other departments do not meet in work. From now on, the work of the Ministry of War will only be connected with the King of Bei, and there is almost no possibility of other departments intervening in the army.

The most critical point is that the reform of Beijun did not include ministers like Xiangguo who could lead hundreds of officials. Even Li Rui, the former county governor, had his power greatly weakened.

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

Li Rui didn't ask Lu Chen how he should arrange for him. It was not easy for him to ask about this kind of thing. He believed that Lu Chen should have already thought about what kind of position he should arrange for him, so it would be better for him not to interfere.

At this time, Lu Chen said: "By the way, from now on, except for the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Education, which are directly managed by this king, the other five ministries will be temporarily managed by Li Rui. Above the five departments, there will be a Minister of State, and the first Minister of State will be Temporarily replaced by Li Rui.

Hearing this, Li Rui breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had never heard the title of Minister of State 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 that of the Prime Minister. It's not much different from his previous position as county guard.

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

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

Li Rui asked at this time: "Your Majesty, I wonder who you plan to let manage the treasury?"

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

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

After hearing Li Rui's question, Lu Chen smiled faintly, and then said: "From now on, the national treasury will be called the Bank of the North, and the person in charge of the bank will be called the president, and the president will be personally appointed and dismissed by the king."

Li Rui was stunned for a moment, thinking that indeed King Bei refused to hand over the treasury to others.

Although they want to strive for the independence of the treasury from the Beiwang Mansion, at present, the civil servants in Beijun do not have the ability to dare to grab the money bag from the hands of the Beiwang.

Lu Chen continued at this time: "As for who will be the first president of Beiguo Bank, I intend to let Yelu Nanyan be the first president of the bank."

Hearing this, the hall immediately exploded. Li Rui said quickly: "Your Majesty, you must not do this!"

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

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

"As for her previous identity, I put her in a high position. This 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 seemed to have nothing to say.

Moreover, Yelu Nanyan is now the woman of the Northern King. If they continue to oppose, it seems that they are opposing the people of the Northern Palace to manage the treasury. This is a clear indication that they want to grab the money bag from the Northern Palace. Li Rui does not dare to do that. With such thoughts, he was too lazy to say anything more.

At this time, Lu Chen turned to look at Mu Changtian, "General Mo, you have worked so hard to come back from Tianguang City. Don't you have any problems with Beijun's military reform?"

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

If he came back from such a long distance without any suggestions, wouldn't his trip be in vain?

After hearing what Lu Chen said, 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 perfect and have no shortcomings."

Hearing this, Lu Chen laughed.

Then he said: "Maybe I finished reading the reform measures in Beijun just now, and I read them in a hurry, so you didn't remember them."

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

Lu Chen then motioned to the Jinyi Guard soldiers around him to continue reading out the reform measures. They spent the next day discussing Lu Chen's reform measures.

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at the same time.

Dawu Dynasty, Imperial Palace, Qingyun Hall.

Wu Yunwan was lying sideways on the beauty's couch. She held a piece of information in her hand and read it carefully over and over again.

Then she turned to look at the man who was kneeling in the main hall to deliver the information and said, "Have you confirmed whether Beijun's heavy cavalry has really been destroyed?"

The man kneeling in the main hall immediately said: "Back to Princess, there are many military restricted areas in Beijun. It is difficult for our people to sneak in, so there is no way to confirm it for the time being."

"However, I heard that the Imperial Court of Daxia did not transfer the imperial army back, but let Lin Xiuming take over Tianguang City. Therefore, I believe that Daxia must have confirmed the destruction of the heavy cavalry, so it did not transfer Lin Xiuming back. , but let him continue to stay in North County."

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

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

The 300,000-strong army of King Sirius failed to defeat Beijun's heavy cavalry, but the rumored 200,000-strong army of King Beixian destroyed Beijun's 50,000-strong heavy cavalry?

is it possible?

Their Dawu spies hadn't even confirmed whether the North Xian King had really gone south, but news came out from Beijun that the heavy cavalry was gone?

Wasn't Beijun's heavy cavalry destroyed too quickly?

It always gives people the impression that Beijun is deliberately hiding troops and then letting these heavy cavalry perform some special mission.

Now the war between Daxia and Dawu has become intense. At this time, Daxia suddenly disappeared a heavy cavalry, Dawu must pay special attention to it.

Wu Yunwan then said: "Immediately send more spies to Beijun. I want to get the exact information about the heavy cavalry in Beijun."

"Yes, eldest princess."

"My subordinates resign."

After the man in the hall left, Wu Yunwan raised the corners of her mouth slightly, then said to herself with a smile: "I am very curious, what does that little man want to do?"