It was originally a happy day for the imperial court to take over the new capital, but the unexpected assassins made such a fuss, which cast a layer of gloom in everyone's hearts.
Tang Yin's face was also extremely ugly. He was sitting cross-legged in the carriage, his face was as dark as water, and he said nothing. Wu Mei and other ladies were sitting around him, and they didn't know what to say at this time.
Soon, Qiu Zhen got into the carriage and said to Tang Yin: "Your Majesty, everyone from Hidden Arrow, Lieutenant's Mansion, and Duwei Camp have gone to track down the assassin. It won't take long to catch the assassin!"
Tang Yin is not too concerned about whether he can catch the assassin, but is angry about the assassinations that are coming one after another.
He said in a deep voice: "Does the Mo people think that killing me will restore the country of Mo? That will only cause war to break out in Mo again, causing more casualties to the Mo people. What a bunch of fools!"
Qiu Zhen nodded repeatedly and responded: "What the king said is absolutely true, so there is no need to worry about these stupid people and ruin the king's interest and mood."
He said this, but he knew in his heart that the reason why Mo people kept taking risks to assassinate Tang Yin was that wanting to restore the country was only one of the reasons, and more importantly, they wanted to take revenge. In the eyes of most Mo people, Tang Yin was the sworn enemy of Mo country.
's enemies.
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows, looked at Qiu Zhen, and asked: "Am I going to build a carriage specifically for going out in the future? The four walls of this carriage will be covered with iron sheets?"
His remark was meant to be sarcastic and self-deprecating, but Qiu Zhen took it seriously. He thought about it seriously and murmured: "What the king said is not necessarily a solution!"
When Tang Yin heard this, he was so angry that he almost kicked Qiu Zhen out of the carriage.
Next, Hidden Arrow, the Lieutenant's Mansion, and the Duwei Battalion searched the houses and shops on both sides of the street more carefully, barely digging three feet into the ground. Fortunately, no more assassins appeared behind, and Tang Yin's honor guard was finally safe.
Arrive at the palace.
The palace had been built for some time, but this was the first time Tang Yin saw it. When he left Zhenjiang, it was still a collection of residential buildings. Now the residential buildings have disappeared and been replaced by a majestic and majestic palace.
The outer wall of the palace is three feet high, and there are many soldiers and spears and halberds in front of it. From time to time, patrolling guards pass by in neat queues and enter the main entrance of the palace. Looking forward, they see another palace wall and the palace outside.
The walls are the same, three feet high.
The two inner and outer palace walls can be said to wrap up the palace tightly. Not to mention that it is difficult for assassins to enter. Even if a regular army invades Zhenjiang, it will not be easy to break through these two high, thick and solid palace walls.
.
Passing through the inner palace wall and walking inside, you will see a huge square. The space is no less than a regular football field. It can easily accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people. Below it is all marble.
The floor paving, especially the marble on the main road in the middle, are all carefully carved, with different surface patterns, including the totems of the Feng Kingdom and the gods representing auspiciousness, all of which are lifelike and ingenious.
After walking through the huge square, and then going forward, you will find the main hall of the palace. There is a plaque hanging on the side of the main hall with four characters: Taixiong Palace.
Entering the main hall, the space is equally spacious. There are eighteen large pillars inside. The bottoms of the pillars are inlaid with gold, and the pillars are carved with coiled dragons. The jade on the ground is polished to a shiny shine, like a realm. If you look down, you can almost see it.
own reflection.
At the very end of the hall is the throne, which is made of pure gold and inlaid with countless gems, sparkling and eye-catching.
Previously, Tang Yin only knew that Guan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen spent a lot of money to build Fengguo's new palace. Now that he was there, he really felt that the real money and silver wasted was not in vain. Even compared to Beijing, this palace
The real Imperial Palace is even better.
Seeing Tang Yin entering the palace, his eyes flashed brightly from time to time as he walked. Guan Yuanji and Qiu Zhen, who were accompanying him, secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. Although the assassin caused such an unpleasant incident, the king seemed to be very interested in the newly completed palace.
Very satisfied.
"What do you think of the new palace?" Qiu Zhen asked in a low voice.
"Not bad! I can see that you and Yuan Ji have put a lot of thought into it." Tang Yin said as he walked up the steps and sat on the throne. Because there were several layers of thick carpets on it, the surface was very soft and made people feel like they were trapped in the throne.
Which is similar.
Tang Yin sat down first, then fell down and lay on his side on the throne again. He felt very comfortable. Then he waved to Wu Mei, Fan Min and other ladies, and said with a smile: "Come here, come here, sit down and watch, this is comparable to the Yancheng Prince's Palace."
The seats are much more comfortable.”
Only the monarch can sit on the throne, and even the princess can only sit on the side seat in the court. However, there are no complicated rules in Tang Yin's mind. He called Wu Mei and others to come to him and pulled them to sit together.
On the throne.
The girls also felt it was new. They would sit here and there, looking here and there, touching and giggling.
Three black lines slid down the heads of the civil servants and generals such as Guan Yuanji, Qiu Zhen and others who were standing in front of His Highness. They looked at each other and wanted to stop but did not dare to speak.
After having a fuss with several ladies, Tang Yin saw Guan Yuanji, Qiu Zhen and others standing below, looking at him eagerly. He chuckled and said, "Let's all come over and give it a try!"
In one sentence, everyone present almost choked on his own saliva. Not only did no one come forward, but they also kept rubbing their backs.
"You just pay too much attention to those red tapes and have too many stinky rules!" Tang Yin scolded him dissatisfied, and then greeted Guan Yuan Rang: "Yuan Rang, come and sit down!"
No matter how close he is to Tang Yin, no matter how arrogant he is, Guan Yuan Rang also understands that the throne is not something he can just sit on.
He stood up and did not move, waving his hands repeatedly and saying: "Your Majesty, please spare the general. Whoever wants to sit will sit down. I won't sit down anyway!"
If it were in other countries, Guan Yuan Rang's words would be extremely rude. In more serious terms, it could be labeled as contempt for the monarch. However, Tang Yin was not angry at all. Instead, he laughed loudly, pointed at Guan Yuan Rang and said: "
I asked you to come here to enjoy the blessings, but you still resisted, blaming yourself for your lack of luck." As he spoke, he smiled and asked: "Yuanji, Qiu Zhen, have the official residences of the generals and ministers been properly prepared?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Guan Yuanji replied: "The official residences of Mo's ministers have been taken over, and the household furnishings inside are all ready-made. In addition, some official residences have been built for ministers, and officials of the second and middle grades of the court are all
You can move in anytime.”
"What about the residences of officials below the second rank?"
"This... we have to wait for a few more months. During this period, the officials who have not been allocated a residence can temporarily live in the hotel."
"It's so inconvenient to live in a hotel. We all came all the way from Yancheng to Zhenjiang, and we can't afford not to have a place to stay!"
"Yes! Wei Chen is also urging the mansions under construction everywhere to be completed as soon as possible. However, because there are too many mansions to be built and the project is huge, it will naturally take more time." Guan Yuanji said with his hands.
Guan Yuanji put a lot of thought into who to build the mansion for first and who to build the mansion for later, trying to achieve a balance.
If the Fengren officials are placed first, it will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the Ningren, Moren, and Zhenren officials. If the latter are placed first, the former will be dissatisfied and complain that the prime minister is partial to outsiders. In short, the right prime minister is not a living person.
It’s not easy to do, there are too many chores and trivial matters, and you have to weigh the relationships and pros and cons of all parties, that is, not to offend any party, but also to do everything, which is easier said than done, not to mention that even if you do these things, you may not be able to do it in the end.
To please the king.
"We have to do it as soon as possible! I promised everyone at the beginning that moving the capital to Zhenjiang would be better than Yancheng. I don't want people to blame me behind my back and say that I tricked everyone into moving to Zhenjiang." Tang Yin frowned,
Said to Guan Yuanji.
"Yes! Wei Chen will always supervise this matter."
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded. At this time, Cheng Jin, Gu Chen, and Lei Zhen walked in from the outside. Tang Yin raised his head and asked, "Have you captured the assassin?"
Gu Chen and Lei Zhen didn't dare to speak. They both looked at Cheng Jin in unison. After all, Cheng Jin had the closest relationship with the king. If there was bad news, he could only report it. Cheng Jin was not old, but he was quite mature.
With the demeanor of a 'veteran minister', he stepped forward and intervened: "Report to your Majesty, I only tracked two assassins, but...just to capture them alive, the two assassins committed suicide now, and on their bodies,
No clues were found, and the specific identities of the two of them could not be confirmed."
Tang Yin leaned forward, spread his hands and said, "So, this is an unsolved case?"
Cheng Jin hurriedly said: "Weichen thinks that besides the two assassins, there must be other accomplices. Weichen has sent people to investigate."
"Since we failed to arrest anyone on the spot, I'm afraid we won't be able to find anything if we investigate now." Tang Yin thought for a while and then said: "This matter should not be extraneous. If we can, we will investigate. If we can't, we will forget about it.
, don’t make a fuss like last time and complain.”
"Wei Chen understands!" Cheng Jin lowered his head and replied.
Tang Yin raised his head, looked around at everyone, waved his hand and said: "If there is nothing urgent, you should go and have a look at your new official residence first. If you have anything you need, you can report it to Mr. Zhang." As he spoke, he
Then he looked at Zhang Zhe and said, "Sir Zhang, generals, the things you need will come from the treasury for the time being. Please be accommodating here."
Zhang Zhe frowned and said: "Your Majesty, in order to build the palace and the official residences of many ministers, the national treasury has already spent a huge amount of money. If we help the generals and lords purchase the things they need, the gold and silver of the national treasury will be exhausted.
I hope the king will think twice and take back his life!"
Tang Yin didn't have much idea about gold and silver. As soon as he started talking about it, he wanted to help the ministers buy all their belongings. However, Zhang Zhe, who was in charge of the treasury, had to count the money in the treasury with his fingers. Once he really followed Tang Yin's instructions
Acting as they please, so many ministers are desperately trying to buy property. Even if there are mountains of gold and silver in the treasury, it is not enough for them to spend.