Once I've driven the foreign enemies to the north, I'll close the door and give you bunch of pedantic scholars a good dressing down!
He knew that the corrupt scholars were powerful, and that he would be confronting the entire scholar-official class of the Song Dynasty. He could not rely too much on any of them, not even Li Gang, who was also a scholar.
However, given the current situation, he cannot show any fear or suspicion towards Li Gang and the others. He must trust them completely, which is something he is unwilling to do, but it is a necessary measure!
In the morning, Zhao Huan rested for a while in the imperial study.
But he couldn't fall asleep, tossing and turning: "Wang Kui'an, where is Li Changyuan?"
"Your Majesty, I have not seen Li Zhongguan since yesterday."
Zhao Huan's expression remained unchanged, but he understood in his heart that Li Changyuan had probably already gone to Zhao Ji's side, otherwise why had he not seen Li Changyuan since he ascended the throne?
Li Changyuan, who was in charge of the Ice Well Management, had more than two thousand ruthless Imperial Guards under him, making him undoubtedly the biggest threat.
"Xie Dahai, have you arranged all the personnel I asked you to appoint?"
"Your Majesty, I have made all the arrangements!"
Zhao Huan was still uneasy. After all, he had just transmigrated and had killed four prime ministers that morning, so the situation was very tense.
"Wang Kui'an, I hereby order you to take over the affairs of Bingjing. Do you dare?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Kuian immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, what virtue or ability do I possess?"
"I'm telling you to take over, so take over! Why all the nonsense!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Wang Kui'an appeared unwilling, but in reality, he had long wanted to get involved in the affairs of Bingjing.
Zhao Huan knew very well that the reason he promoted Wang Kuian was to tell Xie Dahai, who was standing next to him, "You better do a good job!"
At the same time, he also had to be on guard against Xie Dahai. After all, Wang Kuian was an inner court official; how much trouble could a mere eunuch cause?
Tong Guan was granted the title of king and commanded the imperial guards for twenty years, yet he was still killed.
Ultimately, eunuchs were disliked by many people. They lacked a sense of security and had to cling to the imperial power. However, to prevent the eunuchs from seizing power as had happened since the Han and Tang dynasties, the Song dynasty had already made arrangements to check and balance power in various aspects, so there was no need to worry about eunuchs causing any trouble.
"Thank you, Dahai. I wish to expand the Detective Bureau. I want the entire Song Dynasty to be filled with Detective Bureau guards!"
Xie Dahai was overjoyed. The emperor was indeed going to make good use of the Imperial City Guard. Life would be much better from now on.
Even though Xie Dahai killed Cai Jing at the morning court session today, nothing's happened to him, has it? Having the emperor as your backer makes all the difference!
The Emperor's personal army! Nationwide deployment!
Doesn't that sound really cool?
"Your Majesty, I will certainly do my utmost to relieve your worries and troubles, even at the cost of my life!"
Anxious and uneasy, Zhao Huan hurriedly led Xie Dahai to Zhao Ji's palace.
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