Zhao Jun walked into the hall of the government office and sat directly on the main seat. He looked around and said, "Don't be so restrained. Come over here."

Led by Cao Xiu, several people walked to the center of the hall and bowed to Zhao Jun again.

Zhao Jun dismissed the deputy envoy of the imperial dynasty as soon as he opened his mouth, which made them very frightened. They looked at each other in silence and panic.

Only Cao Xiu had a gloomy face and did not react at all.

Because he knew that when the emperor was instructing him, he had already said that the orders Zhao Jun gave in the Imperial City Office were equivalent to the orders given by the emperor.

With such power, let alone sparing Wang Shilong, even killing Wang Shilong would not matter.

After they came over, Zhao Jun looked down and said, "I know you all have many questions, wondering why I was in charge of the Imperial City Bureau. I can only tell you one thing, that is, my last name is Zhao."

He paused and looked at everyone's reaction.

Sure enough, except for Cao Xiu, everyone had an expression of surprise on their face.

Zhao Jun was very satisfied with their performance and continued, "The emperor has been deceived for too long, and the power of the Imperial City Department has long since declined. Now that I'm here, I have to change things. Please introduce yourselves first."

"Sir, my subordinate, Li Bin, is currently in charge of the Imperial City Affairs Office."

"I am Zhou Wenyan, the director of the Imperial City Department."

"I am Wang He, the subordinate serving as the Supervisor of the Imperial City Department."

"My name is Yu Ji, and I am the censor of the Imperial City Department."

"My subordinate, Chen Zhong, serves as the Imperial City Security Officer."

Everyone introduced themselves. The Imperial City Division could be considered a special force, with personnel and ranks varying in different dynasties and periods.

For example, during the reigns of Taizu and Taizong, the Wude Division was of the fourth rank, during the reign of Zhenzong, it was of the fifth rank, and now it is of the sixth rank.

Basically, throughout the Song Dynasty, they were all between the fifth and sixth ranks. The Imperial City Envoy was the sixth rank, the Deputy Envoy was the sixth rank, and the following ones were around the seventh rank. At the same level as them was the seventh rank commander who was responsible for directly commanding the soldiers.

They are civil servants of the Imperial City Administration, responsible for organizing the intelligence sent by the inspectors below and the internal affairs of the organization. The commanders and captains outside are military officers who directly manage the soldiers below.

Zhao Jun first asked them to sit down, and then asked them to tell him the current situation of the Imperial City Bureau.

Soon, through Li Bin's narration, he learned the internal information of the entire Imperial City Bureau. For example, there are currently more than 5,000 Imperial City Bureau personnel in the entire Bianliang, and at most there are more than 7,000 people.

Among them, there were ten seventh-rank commanders, fifty-six eighth-rank captains, and more than one hundred eighth-rank escorts. In the Song Dynasty, one hundred people formed a captain, and five hundred people formed a battalion. The commander of a battalion was the commander.

If converted into the Embroidered Uniform Guard, there would be more than one hundred general flags, more than fifty centurions, and ten five-hundred-households. There was no thousand-household organization in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, because the Imperial City Administration in the Song Dynasty had only a few thousand people, unlike the Embroidered Uniform Guard in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, which had more than 100,000 people and did not need a thousand-household organization at all.

In addition, there are a number of subordinate clerks who are responsible for intelligence collection, signing, organization, storage, reporting, clerical work, etc. In fact, they are the clerks of the Imperial City Bureau, while Li Bin and others are the chief officers.

In other words, the Imperial City Administration is composed of two systems: the civil service system in the government office and the military system outside, which together constitute the operation of this relatively small organization.

As they were talking, more people came in from outside.

These are the commanders of the Imperial City Division’s camps. They all have their own fixed territories, and their workplaces are not in the Imperial City Division’s office, but in various areas, so they arrive relatively slowly.

After everyone came in, they were shocked again that the situation in the Imperial City Bureau had changed, and a young man was actually riding on Cao Xiu's head.

However, when they learned that Zhao Jun's surname was Zhao, they all hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

In fact, he estimated that this matter would spread throughout Bianliang in a few days.

Lu Yijian and others would certainly know that he was in control of the Imperial City Administration, while people outside who were unaware would speculate about Zhao Jun's identity.

This was something he had expected.

Many times, if you want to accomplish great things, you have to use a tiger's skin. For example, Liu Bang killed the white snake and started an uprising, and called himself the son of the Red Emperor. He used the superstition of the ancients to expand his influence and took advantage of the mythological color.

Although Zhao Zhen's tiger skin was rather ugly in Zhao Jun's eyes, at least in the eyes of the world, he still represented the supreme imperial power.

So you have to borrow it if you need to.

After about an hour, everyone except Wang Shilong arrived.

During this period, Zhao Jun also fully understood the internal situation of the Imperial City Bureau. After getting to know these people, he already had an idea in his mind.

He ordered everyone to go out, and then summoned the camp commanders in batches and arranged for them to investigate some things.

Around noon, a young man about Cao Xiu's age, in his twenties but not yet thirty, walked in. After taking a quick look at the situation, he hurriedly bowed to Zhao Jun and said, "Wang Shilong greets the Chief."

Zhao Jun's face turned grim upon seeing this man, for he reeked of incense and alcohol the moment he entered. He said in a cold voice, "Wang Shilong, this is my first day in charge of the Imperial City Division, and you dared not show up. How dare you come now? You've been expelled from the Imperial City Division. Get out!"

Wang Shilong's expression suddenly changed, and he roared, "I am the deputy envoy of the imperial dynasty. No one can remove me except the emperor!"

"Are you sure?"

Zhao Jun took out the token and showed it to everyone, then said, "Didn't Cao Xiu tell you that from now on, what I say in the Imperial City Department will be like what the emperor says? Come here!"

"Chi Si!"

The detectives outside the door hurried in.

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