Chapter 1587: Six Ministries Formed, Lin'an Panic

May.

Su Mingzhe called his subordinates together to hold a meeting in the newly built Yin'an Hall.

The only purpose of this meeting was to establish its own system of civil and military officials.

At present, his civil and military officials are divided into three factions.

The largest faction is composed of Kublai Khan's former subordinates and surrendered ministers.

These people knew that they were "double-faced ministers". Although they were careful in their daily behavior and actions, they secretly formed a group and mainly attached themselves to Princess Chabi and Liu Bingzhong.

The second faction is the generals brought by Su Mingzhe from the south, who are mainly attached to Yang Guo, Wu Dunru, Wu Xiuwen and others.

The third faction is the former officials of the Jin Dynasty.

They were mainly the remnants of the Jin Dynasty who had followed Wanyan Ping in his early years.

After Wanyan Ping told them that Princess Xiaolongnu of Prince Lu was also a jewel of the Jin royal family, these old and young people came to Su Mingzhe for help and formed the "Crown Prince Faction", which was mainly attached to Prince Su Hui of Prince Lu.

In terms of strength, there is no doubt that Yang Guo's faction controls 80% of the army and is the strongest.

However, the "traitor faction" is the largest in number and occupies the majority in the civil service system, and its influence should not be underestimated.

As for those "Prince Faction", they were the remnants of the Jin Dynasty and had the greatest influence among the people.

Su Mingzhe called everyone together to discuss the establishment of six ministries and official systems.

All three factions are gearing up to expand their factions.

Soon, the six departments were established.

In July, Su Mingzhe announced the opening of the "Enke" imperial examination to select scholars.

Mid-August.

Nearly 5 million households, with a total of more than 3,000 people, came to Dadu to take the exam.

Su Mingzhe selected the best from the rough ones and the generals from the short ones, and finally recruited 800 people.

These newcomers underwent a month-long observation and study of politics in the six departments of Dadu.

end of September.

Su Mingzhe sent the newly-appointed scholars to various places to serve as grassroots officials.

……

End of October.

After handing over the affairs, Guo Jing returned from outside the Great Wall with Huang Rong and was going to take the three children back to Peach Blossom Island.

"Dad, I don't want to go back to Peach Blossom Island!"

When she learned that her parents wanted to take her back, Guo Fu quickly shook her head and refused.

Under Su Mingzhe's arrangement, Yang Guo, Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen all married the daughters of prominent families in the Central Plains and have settled down.

If Guo Fu followed her parents back to Peach Blossom Island, she could only play with her younger brothers and sisters who were six or seven years old.

That's too boring.

As a parent, Guo Jing is a bit old-fashioned. When he sees his daughter disobeying, he glares at her and starts to scold her.

Huang Rong quickly spoke up:

"Fuer, you are not young anymore, you can't be so willful like before..."

Speaking of Guo Fu's age, she is actually not that old.

She was born in the first year of Shaoding, and is now only twenty-two years old in terms of age, and twenty-one in terms of actual age.

In Su Mingzhe's opinion, this junior sister was a bright and beautiful young girl, and she had nothing to do with being "not young" in any way.

Unfortunately, he had no say when Guo Jing and Huang Rong were teaching their daughter a lesson. He could only sit in his seat and drink tea silently.

After a while.

Faced with her parents' dominance, Guo Fu had no choice but to give in. However, she also secretly decided that she would sneak back when she found a chance.

Two more days passed.

Guo Jing returned to Peach Blossom Island with his family.

……

The news that Su Mingzhe was holding an imperial examination in Dadu and establishing a "small court" spread to Jiangnan. Shi Songzhi hurried to the palace to report the emergency.

The last time, Su Mingzhe attacked Dadu and did not report the victory to Lin'an, Shi Songzhi said that Su Mingzhe's behavior was undoubtedly a rebellion.

Nowadays, Su Mingzhe has established a "small court". Even if the two queen mothers Xie Daoqing and Tang Anan don't understand politics, they understand what Su Mingzhe is going to do.

Tang Anan cursed Su Mingzhe in her heart for not caring about her and her son's life, yet pretending to be calm on her face.

Xie Daoqing was so frightened that he trembled all over:

"Prime Minister, the court has treated the King of Lu well, how dare he do such a rebellious thing?"

Shi Songzhi was speechless when he saw that Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing actually said such innocent words.

However, at this moment, he did not want to refute anything, but just kept asking:

"Queen Mother, now that things have come to this, we still need to think of a countermeasure as soon as possible!"

The two queen dowagers and the prime minister pondered for a long time.

Tang Anan quickly came up with an idea:
"Here, I have a solution that is not a solution!"

……

Early November.

Chang Xi brought a team to Dadu to announce the imperial edict.

When Su Mingzhe learned that the young emperor wanted to respectfully address him as "Prime Minister" and let him remotely take the position of "Right Prime Minister", his first reaction was that he was at a loss:
"I am your biological father. You worship me as your 'Prime Minister'. You don't want to acknowledge your ancestors anymore, right?"

Looking at the eunuch Chang Xi kneeling in front of him reading the imperial edict, Su Mingzhe frowned, obviously in a bad mood.

After reading the imperial edict, Chang Xi did not dare to stand up without Su Mingzhe's permission, but he looked up quietly and saw that Su Mingzhe was in a bad mood. Although he did not know the reason, he could only smile flatteringly and said:
"Your Majesty, the Emperor is very filial to you. From the day he ascended the throne, he began to build a palace for you outside Lin'an City, beside the West Lake!"

"In that palace, there are not only thirty-six palaces, but also three thousand beauties selected from all over the world..."

Chang Xi carefully talked about the old stories and things in Lin'an, which finally eased Su Mingzhe's mood a little.

I still remember that a few years ago, Chang Xi went to Xiangyang to read the imperial edict. He needed to set up an incense table and kneel down to receive the edict.

Now, he was sitting on the dragon throne in the Yin'an Palace, and Chang Xi, the eunuch in charge, had to kneel in front of him and be careful.

No wonder so many people want to be powerful officials.

It turns out that being a powerful official is more comfortable than being an emperor.

Feeling better, Su Mingzhe asked someone to take the imperial edict and take a look at it.

According to Chang Xi, the imperial edict was written by the young emperor himself.

Children of three or four years old can hardly hold a brush steadily, and the words they write are even more frantic, like footprints in the snow, making them difficult to recognize:

"This kid needs to practice his handwriting more..."

As Su Mingzhe looked at the imperial edict, his mind inexplicably began to fantasize about himself returning to Lin'an City, and being with Tang An'an and her son, the happy family of three. Unconsciously, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Chang Xi was relieved to see Su Mingzhe finally smile.

This time he came to Dadu to announce the imperial edict and also brought a mission from Empress Dowager Xie.

No matter what, Su Mingzhe must be coaxed to Lin'an.

"Your Majesty is interested."

Su Mingzhe guessed that the palace built for him in Lin'an was most likely arranged by Tang An'an or Shi Songzhi, and had nothing to do with the little emperor.

However, this imperial edict was handwritten by the little emperor after all.

This made Su Mingzhe feel a little bit of the father-son relationship:

"Eunuch Chang, please don't be polite. Please stand up."

After asking Chang Xi to stand up, Su Mingzhe offered him a seat, then asked about the current situation in Lin'an City, and also asked about the pseudo-emperor in Nanchang.

A few years ago, Prince Yi Zhao Guiqian proclaimed himself emperor and established a new court in Nanchang, dividing the Southern Song Dynasty, which was already small in size, into two.

At this moment, the scope of Lin'an's government jurisdiction is only five or six routes near Jiangnan, with a population of 10 million.

As the little emperor's biological father, Su Mingzhe began to stand up for him.

Not long after.

When civil and military officials heard the news, they came in to congratulate them.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Su Mingzhe announced a decision he had made on the spur of the moment:
"The young emperor appointed me as his prime minister, so I have to go to Lin'an to thank him! After I leave, all the affairs of the capital city will be managed by Princess Chabi, Liu Changshi, and Yang Zongguan. Other departments will assist them and must not disrupt the law..."