On the seventh day after the coup, the Jianji Hall Square was cleaned up.
However, the faint scarlet color between the cracks of the bluestone slabs could not be washed away no matter what.
In seven days, Gu Jinzhi issued a series of personnel appointments and administrative directives, finally stabilizing the chaotic court situation slightly.
In addition to dealing with a large backlog of government affairs and filling vacancies in various positions, the most important thing is the reorganization of the cabinet.
He promoted the only remaining ministers of the six ministries, Shi Weizhen of the Ministry of Works and Xia Heng of the Ministry of Justice, into the cabinet and bestowed upon them the title of "Grand Secretary of the Dongge".
Together with the original "Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace" Lu Zhenyan, and the "Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion" Wen Boyuan.
The cabinet was restored to its size of four and was barely able to function.
In the inner court, Wei Xun was promoted to the position of Seal Master of the Imperial Household, and Chu Hong remained as the Secretary of the Imperial Household, but Gu Jinzhi asked him to take on the job of the East Factory, responsible for the confiscation of property of Prince Su's Mansion, the Wu family, and the remnants of the rebels.
In seven days, the East Factory and the Embroidered Uniform Guard had confiscated more than nine million taels of silver in cash, and as for land deeds, antiques and treasures, they were piled up like mountains.
Gu Jinzhi had been involved in government affairs for these days and had already known that the annual income of the Dajing Dynasty was only five or six million taels of silver.
Unexpectedly, the silver "contributed" by half of the court officials was much higher than the annual income of the national treasury. It was really shocking.
He was feeling mixed emotions about the money he had earned, but upon hearing the news, Li Wei rushed over like a gust of wind.
When she heard the amount Chu Hong reported, her eyebrows immediately raised, her eyes widened, and she slapped the imperial desk, shaking the pens, ink, paper and inkstone so much that they jumped up.
"Nine million taels? You're treating beggars like that!"
Li Wei put her hands on her hips and snorted, "Half of the court officials, Gu Jinzhi, I'm telling you, if the amount is less than 30 million taels, I'll tear my head off and let you kick it like a ball!"
After saying that, he picked up Chu Hong and swung him back and forth, as if shaking out a dime in his clothes...
"Money! My money!"
The eunuch who was the new commander of the East Factory turned pale after being shaken by her, but after hearing what Li Wei said, he was startled again.
The Queen is such a divine figure, yet she is so sure that there is something wrong with the amount.
hiss--
The factory security system...I don't think anyone is really meddling with it.
Gu Jinzhi didn't know why Li Wei insisted on the figure of 30 million taels.
He didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that Li Wei's money-grubbing nature had struck again, so he just let her do whatever she wanted.
Unexpectedly, she took action personally, combining violence with half-baked mental interference.
After screening all the people involved, they actually dug out more than 20 million taels of silver, as well as more treasures and deeds.
When the final number was summarized on Gu Jinzhi's desk, even though he was usually calm, he was stunned.
As a result, the factory security system also ushered in a new round of "purge". Li Wei took charge of it personally, and no one knew how many people were implicated.
As soon as the thundering measures were taken, everyone inside and outside the government was instantly silent.
For a time, the administrative efficiency of both the officials in the outer court and the eunuchs in the inner court increased several times, and the integrity index soared.
It actually has some of the atmosphere of the early years of the country...
As for the whereabouts of the silver, Li Wei waved her hand and it went into the treasury!
As for the national treasury?
Haha, the Minister of Revenue and the two vice ministers still have some flesh and blood stuck in the cracks of the stones in the Jianji Hall Square.
Who would dare to oppose the new Ministry of Revenue official?
Don’t you think about whose money the treasury belongs to?
That belongs to the emperor.
Whose silver does the emperor have?
Ahem...Well, those who understand will understand, and those who don’t understand won’t understand even if I tell them.
However, during the seven days of chaos, there was one interesting thing.
On the morning of the fourth day after the palace coup, when Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi were having breakfast together, she suddenly thought of someone she had forgotten.
After a chaotic search, they finally found the emaciated and starving Young Master Zeng in a remote, cobweb-covered courtyard next to Fengyi Palace.
At that time, Zeng Yi was curled up in the corner, covered in dirt.
When he suddenly saw Li Wei and Gu Jinzhi, he was stunned at first, and then burst into tears.
She seemed to have suffered a great injustice, and she cried so hard that it shook the earth, with tears streaming down her face, sobbing and almost fainting.
Only after he finished crying about his miserable experiences in the past few days did Li Wei see clearly that he was dressed like a eunuch.
One of them couldn't help but burst out laughing.
This smile almost wiped out all the merits she had accumulated in two lifetimes.
Gu Jinzhi was standing aside, looking at the miserable state of his younger brother, and he couldn't help laughing, with the corners of his lips slightly raised.
Afterwards, Zeng Yi had a hearty meal, took a shower, changed his clothes, and finally recovered a little.
Li Wei felt that her laughter might have caused great psychological trauma to her younger brother.
In order to make up for it, she generously waved her hand and appointed Zeng Yi as the chief eunuch in charge of Fengyi Palace.
Although only a few ruins remained of Fengyi Palace, the title of "Chief Eunuch in Charge of Fengyi Palace" still made Fuman, who had just climbed to the position of Chief Eunuch of the Imperial Stables, so envious that his eyes almost popped out of his head.
In fact, it was not just Fu Man, but even Wei Xun and Chu Hong, although they did not say anything, the look in their eyes when they looked at Zeng Yi was full of complex and unspeakable meanings.
Such an inconspicuous little eunuch, who knows what kind of virtue his ancestors had accumulated, suddenly became the confidant of the Empress.
Alas, same person but different fate!
Li Wei originally thought that this young man, who had suddenly gone from being the eldest son of the Zeng family to a eunuch in the palace, would be depressed for a while.
Unexpectedly, this guy was listless all night.
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