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North-South Division: If you want to be a brave warrior, why not protect your master and your country?

Yang Jian changed Zhengyang Palace into the Prime Minister's Residence without authorization, and invited Zheng Ben, a senior military officer, as a guard. He secretly ordered them to organize their weapons and follow Yang Jian into the Prime Minister's Residence. Zheng Ben summoned the ministers and said, "If you want to be rich and noble, you should follow me." The ministers were shocked and tried to decide whether to leave or not. Unexpectedly, the guards arrived and forced everyone to follow him into the Prime Minister's Residence. Everyone dared not disobey him and went to Zhengyang Palace together. They were blocked by the gatekeepers and were scolded by Zheng Ben. Only then did Yang Jian enter. Zheng Ben was then appointed as the Prime Minister's Residence Guard, Zheng Yi as the Prime Minister's Residence Chief, and Liu Qiu as the Sima. Li Delin, a senior official under the Imperial Court, came from Qi to Zhou and was in charge of imperial edicts. Yang Jian knew that he was good at literature and art, so he summoned him and said, "The court has granted you the order to manage civil and military affairs, an important task for governing the country. Now I want to serve you. I hope you will not refuse!" Li Delin replied, "I am willing to die for you!" Yang Jian was overjoyed to hear this and immediately made Li Delin a member of the residence. Gao Jiong, the Minister of Internal Affairs, was intelligent, knowledgeable, experienced in military affairs, and had many strategies. Yang Jian appointed him as the Secretary of Records. He then reformed the bad policies, abolished harsh prohibitions, deleted old laws, and made a new criminal code, which he requested to be implemented. He was frugal and simple in his administration, and people at home and abroad were won over by him and became loyal to him. Yuwen Zan, the Prince of Han, often lived in the palace, and sat in the same tent with the young ruler Yuwen Chan. If they had any discussions, he was definitely the mastermind. Yang Jian was jealous of him. Liu Qiu, the Sima of the Prime Minister's Office, arranged for Yang Jian to dress up several beautiful prostitutes and personally send them to Yuwen Zan. Yuwen Zan was lustful when he was young, and he was so happy that he regarded Liu Qiu as a good friend and they had frequent exchanges. Liu Qiu therefore said to Yuwen Zan, "Your Majesty is the late emperor's younger brother and the one whom the people look up to. But the boy is so young and immature, how can he handle important matters? Now that the late emperor has just passed away, the people are still in turmoil. It would be a perfect plan for you to return home and become the emperor after things have settled down." Yuwen Zan believed his words and moved out to his private residence, where he drank and had fun with beautiful prostitutes every day and did not care about state affairs.