C14 Processing and Appointment

"Ding! Congratulations to host, you have completed the 'Beginner's Fear' Quest. The reward is 10,000 points. One character summoning card."

At this moment, the System's voice sounded out in Zhu Houzhao's mind.

Hearing the system notification, Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed. Adding on the 1000 points from killing the dragon cultivator, he had 10 thousand and 1,000 points. He could proceed with the lottery to increase his strength.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Zhu Houzhao looked at the kneeling Goliath in the hall.

Name: Gao Lisi, original name: Feng Yuanyi, from the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong School.

Power: First-rate Beginner's Level

Loyalty: 100%

"..."

Looking at the feedback from the system, Zhu Houzhao had a thorough understanding of Gao Li. In the history of the sect, Gao Li was quite famous. In the time of the Tang Xuan Sect, he held a high position in the sect and even had the title of King of Qi.

"Gao Li, I entrust you with being a palm-print eunuch of the imperial food overseer. You have done good work for me. When you return, clean up the imperial food overseer. I do not wish for any more corruption to occur." Zhu Houzhao said slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Your servant thanks Your Majesty for your appreciation!" Gao Li kowtowed three times before he saw Zhu Houzhao wave his hand and silently leave the throne room.

"Report!" At this moment, a guard outside the throne room shouted loudly.

"Come in!" Sande Zi said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the inspection of Cao Jiaxiang's residence has been completed." The guard loudly shouted as he knelt on one knee.

"Speak!" Zhu Hou ordered. He wanted to see how much money he would get after taking care of Cao Jixiang.

"In Cao Jixiang's residence, we found five million silver banknotes, countless antique calligraphy and paintings, four hundred land deeds outside the palace, thirty land deeds in the courtyard, and countless letters to the officials of the imperial court." The guards reported one by one.

"Honored workers, what do you think?" Zhu Houzhao asked sarcastically.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, who would say anything? Everyone was silent. What they were worried about was how the Emperor would find trouble with them after he read those letters.

"The sale of antique calligraphy and paintings and the transfer of banknotes to the Ministry of Revenue." Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and said, "Now that everything is under control, the Ministry of Revenue will have to struggle to hold on."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" At this time, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, said happily. With this amount of money, the Department of Revenue could relax a lot.

Seeing Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, Zhu Houzhao was lost in thought. Xia Yuanji was originally a minister of the Great Ming Dynasty's ancestor, Zhu Di, but he didn't think that he would be taken advantage of.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the King of Swallow, Zhu Di, with great interest. When he saw that the King was expressionless, he lost the interest to tease him.

"Tian Qi shall be under the administration of the emperor's estate." Tian Qi shall be under the administration of the emperor's estate. Zhu Houzhao said again.

As for Zhu Houzhao's treatment of him, the ministers naturally did not object.

"As for the correspondence between Cao Jiaxiang and his subordinates, it was immediately burnt." Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment, then ordered, "If we really continue to investigate, then who knows how many people will be implicated? Right now, stability is the most important thing for him, otherwise, it would not be worth it to force the ministers to rebel."

"Your majesty is enlightened!"

At the moment, hearing Zhu Houzhao's opinion on the letters, the officials were overjoyed. They heaved a sigh of relief and complimented him.

"I do not wish to pursue the matter of the letter, but I hope that you all will be honest and self-disciplined in the future." Zhu Houzhao looked at the happy officials and shouted.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The officials said.

"Your Majesty, Xue Rengui requests an audience!" At this time, a guard reported.

"Oh? Didn't he go to capture them? How did he find the time to return? "Xuan, what's the matter?" When Zhu Houzhao heard that it was Xue Rengui requesting an audience, he was slightly surprised, but he still let him in.

"How frightening, when capturing the Yan family, there was a young girl named Yan Ruyu who was rescued from their woodshed, but she was one of the Yan family's nine clans. May I ask Your Majesty, how do we deal with this girl?" Xue Rengui asked.

"Since I've been locked up in the woodshed, I guess I don't have a good relationship with the Yan Clan. As for the members of the Nine Clans, I guess they are very close as well. Send them to the palace." Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a moment and said.

"There is a golden room in the book, and there is a face like jade in the book."

Naturally, Zhu Houzhao had heard of Yan Ruyu's great name countless times. At this moment, he also wanted to see if this Yan Ruyu was that Yan Ruyu.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xue Rengui accepted the order and agreed.

"Xia Yuanji, order our men to follow Xue Rengui to search the residence. We will deal with this matter the same way we dealt with Cao Jixiang." Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and said.

"Thank you, your majesty." Xia Yuanji happily agreed and then arranged for someone to check the Yan Clan's assets.

"I've really underestimated him!" Zhu Zhengnei thought to himself.

"At such a young age, I have to think carefully about this matter." Chu Chen thought.

"Looks like I have to hurry back. It seems like this kid isn't someone easy to deal with!"

The nine royal uncles had different thoughts in their hearts, but their impression of Zhu Houzhao had changed. Through their treatment of Cao Jixiang and Yan Song, they had already treated Zhu Houzhao as their opponent.

It had been four hours since the morning assembly. The officials were already starving, and coupled with Zhu Houzhao taking out Cao Jixiang and Yan Song, the officials were surprised. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was no longer angry, they heaved a sigh of relief.

"The position of the Minister of Government shall be held by the Crown Prince's Junior Protector, Li Gang." At this moment, Zhu Houzhao threw out another bomb. The position of Minister of the Civil Office was given to his teacher, Li Gang.

This Li Gang came from the Sui and Tang Dynasties' world. He was an upright, honest, and straightforward person.

In addition, with Zhu Houzhao having no sons and sons, the Crown Prince's Young Protector was just a title. He placed Li Gang in the position of the Ministry of Public Affairs and was in charge of the examinations and promotions of officials.

Furthermore, Li Gang was Zhu Houzhao's teacher and one of his own. Regarding this matter, Zhu Houzhao was quite at ease.

"Your Majesty!"

When they heard that Zhu Houzhao had directly appointed the office president without consulting the officials, Cai Jing and Li Linfu's eyes flashed with displeasure. The position of the office was very important, if it fell into the hands of an untouchable person like Li Gang, then in the future, they would face many constraints. Thus, when they walked out, the moment they opened their mouths, they were interrupted by Zhu Houzhao.

"Who is in favor of my order?" Who objects? " Zhu Houzhao was sitting upright on the dragon throne. Seeing that Cai Jing and Li Linfu wanted to oppose him, his ice-cold voice sounded, accompanied by a burst of murderous intent.

The murderous aura seemed to be real, directly enveloping Cai Jing and Li Linfu.

At this moment, it was the first battle between the new emperor and the officials. Zhu Houzhao had to take control of his own words, if he allowed the treacherous officials to take control of the government, he would still become a puppet.

Therefore, this time, Zhu Houzhao had to win.