Chapter 31 Unprecedented in ancient and modern times
The ninth day of August in the eighth year of Shaoxing
The sky is dark, the breeze is cool, and it is suitable for worshiping and conquering.
To many high-level officials of the Song Dynasty, it had only been a few days since Yue Fei regained Shunchang, but it felt as if they had been discussing it for several years. After many days of political wrangling and wrangling, yesterday, the basic politics of the Song Dynasty's future in the north were discussed
The structure was finally finalized, and the appointment and transfer of many students and unofficial officials, as well as the clarification of responsibilities for the northern defense line and the resistance to the Jin issue, were finally decided yesterday.
But it was just yesterday that the officials in the court learned that His Majesty would once again raise 100,000 troops to attack the Kingdom of Jin. These ministers of the Song Dynasty were about to lift the table when they heard the news. They finally felt more stable. This happened again.
What happened?
The early morning dynasty in the Song Dynasty started at the fifth watch, but the officials often went out to the palace at the third watch. Since Liu Chan traveled through time, the frequency of the early dynasty in the Song Dynasty has become somewhat irregular, sometimes once every five days.
Every morning, sometimes once every seven days. This is a source of frustration for those officials who live a very regular life, but today, not many people feel this way.
Because everyone understands what happened, a hundred thousand troops, everyone understands how big this thing is.
At five o'clock in the morning, the palace door opened, and with the sound of going to court, all the officials stepped into the Zichen Hall in an orderly manner. When everyone stood in their respective positions, the expected arrival of His Majesty did not sound. The court hall was silent.
There was silence, and everyone looked at each other, at a loss.
What's even more different from the past is that next to the throne in the center of the palace, there is no eunuch responsible for delivering messages for the emperor. This shows that the emperor is not waiting in the apse at this time, or that Liu Chan has not come yet.
"It's so!" All the officials were a little angry. In the hundred years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, no emperor had ever treated his ministers with such contempt. It is not a joke that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the same world. If you dare to despise another class, the other class will certainly do the same.
Against you. The reason why the Song Dynasty successfully rebelled without military generals was largely due to scholar-officials. Now that Liu Chan despises scholar-officials so much, many ministers have begun to think that when Liu Chan comes, they must make Liu Chan look good.
Qin Hui didn't think it was anything, because he was a villain. A villain didn't care about anything, except for his own interests. Of course, apart from being a little angry, he smelled a different atmosphere. In his opinion
Although Liu Chan often did not go to court, whether it was government affairs or military affairs, did Liu Chan do anything wrong? It can be seen that Liu Chan was not a foolish king, and there was no reason to tease the courtiers.
But now that Liu Chan has done it so openly, there must be some reliance on it. For a leader like Qin Hui who is not firm in his stance, this is a dangerous warning sign. This is the rhythm of standing in line. Look at the people next to him
The ministers were so angry that Qin Hui tried his best to shrink down and look less conspicuous. Qin Hui understood that a storm was coming, and whoever could see the situation clearly in the ensuing struggle would be the one.
The final winner.
This is also the reason why Qin Hui can still maintain a stable foothold in the court after so many changes.
Han Shizhong, who was behind Zhao Ding, thought it was nothing. After all, in today's context, only an emperor was needed to support the main battle. As for the slight, he really didn't feel it. There was the Kingdom of Jin watching covetously outside, so why keep staring at it?
The emperor is watching. What's more, he is worried now that His Majesty is not joking, but will actually lead an army of 100,000 in the Northern Expedition, which will be dangerous.
Finally, there is Zhao Ding. As the left prime minister, he is already furious. Yesterday, he was scolded by Liu Chan in front of the palace gate for no apparent reason and was laughed at by the ministers in the court. Liu Chan did this again today.
Who are you looking down on? He, Zhao Ding, can be said to be the head of the civil service. Isn't Liu Chan's current attitude contemptuous of all officials? Isn't it targeting him?
Of course, Liu Chan was indeed late, but it was not intentional, but something happened. Because he was still changing, and the person serving him was the imperial concubine Wu. Liu Chan was not very used to it. In the Han Dynasty, the status of concubines in the harem was very high.
Waiting on the emperor to change his clothes or something like that would normally not be done except for fun.
"You are a noble concubine, you don't have to be like this."
"What did your Majesty say? I am your Majesty's. I should do my best for your Majesty."
Liu Chan said nothing more. He had no intention of having fun at this time. The empress was humiliated in an enemy country, so a person would not have the intention of having fun. No matter how unbearable Liu Chan was, he was still a normal person.
When Wu finished putting on all the clothes for Liu Chan, under the sunlight, Liu Chan's body actually shone with a cold light.
"I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty on behalf of the Queen." Wu slowly knelt down and bowed, but Liu Chan had already walked out of the door. There were tears in Wu's eyes, and she knew that today was definitely the most different day in the Song Dynasty for a hundred years.
Liu Chan walked out of the room, and his personal eunuch Zhao Hao came over and said, "Your Majesty, someone from the Imperial City Department wants to see you."
"Huh?" Liu Chan looked at Zhao Hao indifferently, and a hint of coldness immediately rushed towards Zhao Hao.
"Your Majesty, I forgive you. The people from the Imperial City Department said that there was an urgent need, and I didn't dare to neglect, so I came to report it at this time." Zhao Hao quickly knelt down and said. Since yesterday, he felt that something was wrong with Liu Chan, something like an earthquake.
omens ahead.
"Xuan."
Li Hui came in and knelt down to Liu Chan: "I'd like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
"Get up, what happened, you have to let me know now."
Li Hui took out a cylinder from his arms and said: "It is of great importance. This is the Jin Kingdom's secret secret that I intercepted in Pingjiang Mansion." Li Hui did not say much because the information in the secret could not be spoken orally.
Liu Chan opened the cylinder, opened the seal, and looked at the information above, his expression unchanged: "Well done, this matter is your responsibility and must not be spread outside."
"Yes." Although Li Hui was a little surprised at Liu Chan's calmness, he did not dare to say anything more.
Today, the weather is cool and humid, there may be rain, the sky is getting dark, and there may be thunder and lightning.
"Your Majesty is here!"
When the officials heard the voice, they quickly stopped talking. According to etiquette, they knelt down and said, "I bow to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty."
"Thump, thump, thump." The sound of footsteps gradually echoed in the hall from far to near. The footsteps seemed different from the past, and actually sounded like the sound that would be heard when troops are dispatched during a war.
Looking forward, I saw that no one was coming or going behind the throne. After listening carefully, I found that the sound came from the palace door. With my peripheral vision, I saw that the person was not wearing the emperor's heavy shoes, but the black leather boots of a soldier. Just now
The sound he heard was clearly the sound of black leather boots hitting the floor, and there seemed to be the sound of armor shaking on his body.
As a military general, Han Shizhong was very familiar with this sound. He didn't think of it at first. After all, who dared to make such a loud noise in the court. But when he saw the shoes out of the corner of his eye, his pupils dilated, and he suddenly had an idea of his past.
An idea that is unthinkable.
"My lords, please rise."
When the officials stood up, they discovered that Liu Chan was actually wearing a silver-white armor, with a golden beast-faced belt around his waist, and a two-foot-one-inch black iron sword with a golden dragon sculpture attached to the hilt.
A majestic picture.
Liu Chan sat on the throne, staring coldly at the civil and military officials of the court. His cold eyes were like a sharp sword that penetrated into the hearts of the officials, and they could not recover for a long time.
Not only could they not come back to their senses, the heads of all the officials were almost frozen, and their minds were filled with blanks. In the hundred years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there had never been an emperor wearing armor sitting on the throne. Even if the generals rebelled, they did not see it.
Such a scene. Not to mention that even the Tang Dynasty, which was full of martial virtues, had never seen such a vision. What is happening? What is happening? For a moment, the entire court was silent, not knowing what to do.
Where to start.
Wang Lun wanted to stand up and say something, but what could he say? He didn't have the courage to question the emperor's clothes. But the prime ministers standing at the front didn't speak. How could he remain so silent?
"Why are you so silent today? Is there nothing wrong?" Liu Chan's cold words made the entire palace even more deserted and quiet.
Wang Lun gritted his teeth and stood up: "May I ask why your Majesty ignored court etiquette and went to court wearing armor." Wang Lun's brain was numb, but he still held back the words.
The prime ministers at the front felt relieved. It was always a good thing to have a stupid young man. He would check the situation first. These people who got into the prime ministership were not vegetarians. Qin Hui closed his eyes and shrank quietly.
He made himself more transparent with his body, and made up his mind in his heart that he would never leave any important matters to Wang Lun in the future. Liu Chan is not a fool, so there must be a reason for dressing like this. You, a foreign minister, are so rude.
What to do before.
It’s no wonder that Wang Lun bluntly said that since the Song Dynasty started war with the Jin Kingdom, he, as a diplomat, has been in an awkward position of being useless.
Liu Chan had no expression on his face and said coldly: "Court etiquette, I didn't expect that our Song Dynasty actually had court etiquette. I wonder if the queen is safe."
"Queen?" Liu Chan's words made all the officials unable to react. Could it be that he wanted to make the Wu family his queen? But for what reason? Besides, it wasn't like that.
Could it be the one from the Jin Kingdom? It looks a bit like this. Wang Lun couldn't answer Liu Chan's words, or the leader and other factions couldn't answer. Of course, the main fighting faction couldn't answer either, so none of the officials could answer.
That's said.
But all the ministers were mentally complaining: You have never asked about the queen's affairs before. It seems that you took the initiative to pretend that you didn't know, so the ministers didn't mention it. What does it mean to bring it up again now?
!You are the emperor, you can't just think about it.
"Since the Jin Kingdom captured Bianliang, the royal family has suffered humiliation and the people have suffered. Since I succeeded to the throne, I have never forgotten the shame of Bianliang." After saying that, Liu Chan stood up and pulled out the sword in his hand. The sound of the sword being unsheathed was heard.
In the silent palace, and then under the horrified eyes of all the officials, Liu Chan held the sword blade with his left hand and made a fierce stroke. The shiny sword blade was soaked in blood.