Chapter 645

"Your Majesty, what's your mood now?" After all the important officials in the court left the Chunqiu Palace, the Empress Dowager, who no longer needed to pretend to be haggard, then asked Zhao Xu with a narrow smile.

"The grandson felt quite depressed. Although the grandson knew that they had ulterior motives, they had to admit that what they said was indeed reasonable, but..."

"Their principles are only for words, not really for fulfillment. Don't be confused by the eloquence of these ministers." Hearing this, Gao Taotao couldn't help but smile and patted Zhao Xu's hand and explained patiently.

"The Ai family has been dealing with them for so many years and is very clear about their thoughts and intentions. But unfortunately, they were wrong. The Ai family will not stand on any side anymore, because from tomorrow, your Majesty, you are the only master of the Song Dynasty."

"Grandma of the Emperor..." After hearing this, Zhao Xu felt his eyes warm and almost burst into tears when he saw the love and encouragement in his eyes.

"You are the emperor of the Song Dynasty. You should not show your emotions, and your face will not change when you collapse." Gao Taotao couldn't help but turn red in his eyes, and he said calmly with a gentle voice.

Zhao Xu looked at the Empress Dowager and nodded vigorously.

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The next day, the sun was rare, and this day was the first day of the tenth year of Yuanyou, on New Year's Day. The sky was brighter, and the entire Tokyo Bianliang of the Song Dynasty was already in full swing, even in the palace.

And because today is New Year's Day, this is the first day of the New Year of the Song Dynasty, and it is actually the New Year of the next generation, but later generations have a Western Barbarian calendar.

This distinguishes the New Year of the Lunar New Year from the Western Barbarian Calendar New Year, and this is why the Lunar New Year is called the Spring Festival, while the New Year of the Western Barbarian Calendar New Year is called the New Year's Day.

Therefore, the place where the first grand ceremony of the New Year was held was naturally the main hall of the Song Dynasty Palace: the Daqing Hall.

The Zichen Hall, north of the Daqing Hall, is the front hall that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is watching. The court meetings during the first and second month, the congratulations and the reception of envoys from all countries are held in the Zichen Hall. The Chuigong Hall on the west side of the Qing Hall is the place where the emperor usually listens to the affairs.

In the Daqing Hall, the emperor was in front of the imperial case, and the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao lived behind him, with a curtain hanging in the middle to illustrate that the Empress Dowager was in charge of the government.

The Chuigong Hall, which usually handles government affairs, is different. The Empress Dowager comes from the west, while the Young Emperor sits on the east, and the ministers are divided into two shifts.

This is why Zhao Xu used to be helpless and saw a group of ministers who liked to sway at him.

The Daqing Hall and the Zichen Hall are different. The two halls are deep enough, so in this case, the Empress Dowager usually sits behind the emperor, separated by curtains.

When the ministers entered His Highness Daqing, they saw that the emperor was already sitting behind the imperial case, and the curtain behind them was still there, and some ministers couldn't help but look shocked, and some of them breathed a sigh of relief. However, most of the ministers knew that the New Year's Day ceremony had just begun, and it was still early to withdraw the curtain.

After the ministers entered the court to pay homage, the Xuanbiao official held a message in his hand and began to read out loudly the words of the Emperor of Song Dynasty to express his feelings to the heavens and the subjects across the country.

After all this was over, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao, behind the curtain, cleared his throat unexpectedly. "Xu Degong..."

"I'm here." Xu Degong felt a stern in his heart and quickly answered loudly.

"Come on, read this imperial decree for the Ai family..." Gao Taotao took a deep breath, took out the imperial decree that had been drafted from his sleeve, and handed it to Xu Degong.

The ministers in the court all looked at each other, and it seemed that there was a thought in everyone's hearts, and finally it came.

As Xu Degong's sharp voice with a hint of tremolo sounded, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao decided to remove the curtain and stop obeying the government. He had already married and represented the adult emperor Zhao Xu, who was in charge of the power of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, the general idea in the imperial edict is that the Empress Dowager is old and has a dizzy eye. Over the years, she has been in poor health and has no way to guarantee such a difficult task as the authority of the Song Dynasty.

In addition, the current Emperor of Song Dynasty has always been very diligent and studious since he ascended the throne at the age of nine. He respects teachers and respects the principles of politics and works diligently.

It has been many years since then, and now the emperor has been married. This naturally means that the emperor has officially become an adult. According to the common practice of the Song Dynasty, any emperor who has been married should personally take charge of the court after the emperor is married.

This is not only in line with the convention, but also in the ancestral system.

And the more I listened, the more I could only keep on the MP in my heart. Well, what was the old party advocating? Isn’t it the family law of the ancestors?

The family rules of ancestors cannot be changed easily. Since this is the case, the Empress Dowager withdrew the curtain, which is following the old rules of ancestors. If anyone of you dares to jump out of opposing the curtain at this time, then do you still shout that you will stick to the old party that will stick to the family rules of ancestors?

When Liu Zhi heard this, he couldn't help but sigh. Jiang was still old and the Queen Mother's killer move was almost insolvable.

This also means that the Empress Dowager has no intention of leaving. In order to avoid being clamored by the ministers again, she simply took out the family laws of the ancestors to suppress these old party ministers and left them speechless.

Although the Empress Dowager's attitude towards the old party has changed a certain way in the past year, she has finally been more gentle and tactful in dealing with problems and government affairs.

The young emperor is a very typical radical. Although he has gradually become calm over the past year, he rarely argues fiercely with his ministers when he is discussing politics in the court, or even leaves in anger.

However, the new emperor is in charge of the government, and it is probably soon to start another storm that will cause turmoil in the entire Song Dynasty...

Thinking of this, Liu Zhi could only shake his head helplessly. He was powerless to stop such a result.

At that time, I wonder what kind of revenge will the old party bosses who have been in the wilderness between the countryside for several years, who have accumulated so many years of anger in their hearts.

The old and important officials of the court will probably not take long to follow the footsteps of the new and former parties and will be exiled and exiled one after another.

The moment Xu Degong finally finished reading the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager, before everyone could react, Gao Taotaoqing shouted to remove the curtain.

Soon, the curtain that had been hanging between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of Song for several years finally completed its historical mission and slowly fell to the ground.
Chapter completed!