Zhao Jidao: "I have finished handling the political affairs and will go to the harem later! Then drive to Donghua Gate. I want to see Yu Caofu in person. What do you want to see me for?!"
The charioteer of the Zhao Guan family turned towards Donghua Gate.
The eunuchs and maids accompanying the royal chariot were all puzzled: Cao Fu, a small seventh-grade censor, wanted to meet the emperor. Not only did the Zhao Guan family postpone their plan to go to the harem for the time being, but they actually came back to greet Cao Fu in person?
When the imperial chariot arrived at Donghua Gate, Zhao Ji dismounted the dragon chariot, and the eunuchs on the left and right hurriedly stepped forward, ready to help...
Zhao Ji felt that he deserved to be the emperor, and he was taken care of by his eunuchs and maids everywhere.
For example, when you take off your clothes, a beautiful palace maid will change them with your own hands.
When taking a bath, beautiful palace maids were still waiting on her.
Of course, heavy tasks such as carrying the bathtub, fetching warm water and pouring water are done by low-ranking eunuchs.
Even when eating, I don't even have to stretch my arms to pick up vegetables. The eunuchs and maids will put the dishes far away from me in front of me.
If I don't want to use the chopsticks myself, the maids will put the food into my mouth.
As a time traveler, Zhao Ji was taken care of meticulously by the palace maids and eunuchs, which made him a little disgusted. I am not a giant baby in life. Why do you need to take such care of me?
Zhao Ji looked at the eunuchs and palace maids who came up to help him, and said: "There is no need to help me, I can walk by myself."
The maids and eunuchs were immediately frightened and stepped aside. They all felt that the Zhao Guan family today was very different from the past.
Zhao Ji stepped off the dragon chariot with vigorous steps (this was mainly because he stopped taking the elixir refined by Yaodaolin Lingsu and his physical strength was greatly restored).
He looked up at the tall and majestic Donghua Gate, which showed the solemnity, majesty and nobility of a royal city gate...
Zhao Ji knew that Donghua Gate in the Northern Song Dynasty was the most famous gate in the world and the gate that students all over the world yearned for.
"Donghua Gate roll call, only then is a good man"!
Zhao Ji, a time-traveler who is a top student in the history department of the university, knows that the roll call of the Donghua sect began in the second year of Yongxi reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty (985 AD), the blood ancestor of the original owner of his body, Song Huizong.
During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, he was not very accustomed to the Jinshi scholars who passed the examination, and there was no such thing as Donghua's roll call to give Jinshi scholars the highest honor.
In the second year of Emperor Yongxi of the Song Dynasty, it was the year before the Song Dynasty launched Yongxi's Northern Expedition to regain the sixteen states of Youyan. In order to attract talents from all over the world, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty personally organized the imperial examination in Chongzheng Hall, and organized the new academic scholars for the first time in the Chongzheng Hall. Donghuamen roll call, this is the first performance of roll call and ranking.
Since Taizu of the Song Dynasty established the palace examination system, the emperor personally selected scholars and gave the highest honor of "disciples of the emperor" to those who passed the examination. In addition, under Donghua, the emperor named and conferred titles, which all expressed the "promoting culture and education" at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty. By adhering to the guidance of the government and paying more attention to and favoring those who have passed the imperial examination, we will naturally be able to win over these elite civil servants in the world.
During the Donghua Gate roll call, the candidates with different rankings will enjoy different treatment. As the top three top picks, the second pick, and the top pick, there will be separate shifts. After the roll call, they will be given food, measured for their robes, and returned to the top picks.
Qualified to submit poems of thanksgiving to the emperor.
Until the tenth place, it is the first A, followed by the second to fifth A. After the roll call from the number one scholar to the second A, there will be a sentence "It is appropriate to give Jinshi and the first place"; the third A and fourth A are called.
At the end, there will be a sentence "It is appropriate to give one's background as a Jinshi"; at the end of the fifth chapter, there will only be "It is appropriate to give one's background as a Jinshi".
These imperial examination elites are talents who can help the emperor govern the country, rather than generals who threaten the country.
In this way, the status of civil servants was invisibly elevated, surpassing that of military commanders.
……
At this time, Donghua Gate slowly opened.
Zhao Ji saw Cao Fu, then fifty-one years old, standing outside Donghua Gate. He was dressed in court clothes and a long-winged official hat. He was dressed very formally. It seemed that he was ready to meet the saint. When Cao Fu passed the imperial examination, he was also called under the Donghua Gate. Now, he saw the Donghua Gate open, but he never expected that Zhao Guanjia, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, actually walked out of the Donghua Gate to greet Yu.
Him.
Suddenly, Cao Fu's heart trembled, and he was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. If he hadn't been afraid of losing his dignity, he would have been moved to tears.
"Your Majesty, Cao Fu, comes to see the official." Cao Fu immediately knelt down outside the Donghua Gate and performed the courtesy of the emperor and his ministers.
"Cao Aiqing, hurry up and get down without any courtesy." Zhao Ji said as he stepped forward and helped Cao Fu up.
Cao Fu took out the memorial from his arms and held it above his head, saying:
"Today, after receiving the imperial edict, Cao Fu went to the East Workshop to meet with King Kang. He assisted King Kang in inspecting the East and West Workshops and the Crossbow and Arrow Making Institute. He discovered that there was corruption among officials at all three places where weapons for the Imperial Army were made in the capital of the Song Dynasty. Even though
They are minor chiefs and corpsmen among the weapons-making craftsmen. They are also guilty of using fine iron from the public domain to privately make civilian weapons and secretly carry them out.
In the spirit of enforcing the law, I must strictly investigate this matter, and even the guilty chief weapon craftsman and corps commander should be arrested and questioned;
However,
King Kang tried hard to prevent his minister Cao Fu from enforcing the law.
However, King Kang was personally appointed by the official family as the chief officer to inspect the East and West workshops and the crossbow and arrow making institute. His minister Cao Fu was only an assistant patrol officer and could not change King Kang's on-the-spot forgiveness and exoneration of nearly a thousand weapons craftsmen who had violated the national law.
Captain!
The minister Cao Fu tried to admonish King Kang on the spot, but King Kang insisted on going his own way.
The minister Cao Fu made it clear to King Kang in person that he must impeach King Kang for his mistakes in this inspection!
The impeachment memorial is here, please take a look at it."
Zhao Ji took Cao Fu's impeachment memorial, glanced at it briefly, and said:
"I have summoned King Kang Zhaogou, and he also told this matter.
I feel that King Kang forgave those chief weapons craftsmen and corps commanders, which not only reflects my generosity, but also allows those nearly a thousand weapons craftsmen to continue to make excellent weapons for our Song Dynasty!"
With a "plop", Cao Fu knelt down again and kowtowed to Zhao Guan's family:
"Officials must not enforce the law inconsistently!
In the past few days, Cao Fu, the minister, saw that the officials were bringing the demon Dao Lin Lingsu to justice, and he arrested the Taiwei Gao Qiu and the Shaozai Wang Fu and sent them to Dali Temple to be tried for their crimes of harming the country, harming the people and corruption.
I feel very relieved, I see the vigilance and enlightenment trend of the officials, and I see the officials align themselves with the Mingjun Holy Lord.
However, inconsistent law enforcement is not the behavior of a wise king and holy master!"
Zhao Ji was very displeased after hearing what Cao Fu said. Of course he knew that loyal and upright admonishers like Cao Fu like to antagonize the emperor...
Of course, what Cao Fu said makes sense, but as for today when our Ninth Prince Zhao Gou and you, Cao Fu, inspected the East and West workshops and the Crossbow and Arrow Making Institute, I felt that the Ninth Prince Gou'er could only handle a dozen chief officials. Letting the chiefs and corps commanders among the weaponsmiths who are good at making weapons to take advantage of their crimes and continue to stay in the original workshops to produce weapons and other equipment for the imperial army of the Song Dynasty is to focus on the immediate needs, take the overall situation into consideration and adapt to the situation. How to do it!
…………
Zhao Ji deeply felt that it was impossible to explain clearly to a minister like Cao Fu who accepted death.
I have determined that the Ninth Prince Zhao Gou did the right thing!
What's more, I've been listening to you, Cao Fu, nagging me outside the Donghua Gate for more than a quarter of an hour. I also want to go to the harem and take a look. The groups of canaries in the harem are not like mine. When you are with us, how do you deal with the boring loneliness and coldness of living in a deep palace for a long time?
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji said displeasedly: "Cao Aiqing only accepts death and does not know how to adapt. I think Kang Wang Zhao Gou did the right thing in this matter!
The sun is already turning west, Cao Aiqing should go back to her home to rest!
I’m going back to the harem to rest!”
Cao Fu kowtowed and said, "The officials cannot tolerate King Kang doing whatever he wants because he is young and does not know the laws of the country.
What's more, inconsistent law enforcement is not the result of the Mingjun and the Holy Lord!"
"Hmph!" When Zhao Ji heard Cao Fu say this, he got angry. What the hell, Cao Fu, are you saying that I am not a wise king and a holy master? Then I am a faint king?!< /p>
Cao Fu, if you scold my original owner, Song Huizong, for not being the Mingjun Holy Lord, I, as a time traveler, would agree with you, and I can even scold the original owner, Song Huizong, with you.
However,
I, a time-traveler, came to the Song Dynasty and took away the body of the original owner Song Huizong. What the hell, in these short few days, I devoted myself to serving the country, so many concubines and beautiful little maids in the harem, I didn’t even go there. Fortunately, I have been thinking about how to eradicate the treacherous ministers and traitors in the court and took action. I have already killed the demon Lin Lingsuwen, and sent the Taiwei Gao Qiu and the Young Master Wang Fu to Dali Temple for trial...< /p>
Moreover, I also mobilized two armies to prepare for the Fangla Uprising that just broke out in the southeast (you Beijing officials are still unaware of it)...
Even, I have to go to the chariot to supervise the battle. I just hope that the Emperor Zhao Guanjia of the Song Dynasty, whom I came to seize the body of, will become a wise king and a heroic lord. But then you accuse me of not being the Mingjun Holy Lord?!
Zhao Ji's soul was already in his twenties, and he was in the prime of his life. He turned around angrily and did not want to pay attention to Cao Fu, the censor who was admonishing him. He waved his sleeves, turned around and left...
"Hiss" sound...
All the eunuchs and maids at the scene were shocked...
Even Cao Fu, who was holding a corner of the sleeve of Zhao Guan's robe, was stunned!
Zhao Ji turned around and looked,
It’s really a “big trough”!
What the hell!
Cao Fu actually held a corner of the sleeve of Zhao Guan's red dragon robe in his hand. He was so frightened that he stood in the autumn wind under the setting sun with dull eyes, shivering...
The afterglow of the fiery red sunset shone on the face of Yushi Cao Fu, making his face even redder...
The autumn wind rustled, causing Cao Fu to hold in his right hand the piece of red silk torn from the sleeve of Zhao Guan's red dragon robe, hunting like a red flag, fluttering in the wind...
"Censor Cao Fu, you are so brave!" Zhao Ji, who was the first to react from the surprise, said angrily:
"How dare you tear off the sleeves of my robe! What do you want?"
With a "plop", Cao Fu, who was awakened by Zhao Guanjia's words, immediately knelt in front of Zhao Guanjia, kowtowed repeatedly, and said:
"My minister, Cao Fu, just wants to retain the official family. I will listen to my words of advice.
The minister Cao Fu was so anxious that he stretched out his hand to pull the sleeve of the official's robe, which was really rude!"
As Cao Fu said this, he put his hands on the sleeve of his robe that had been torn off, and said:
"I return this sleeve to the official!"
"Haha!!" Zhao Ji laughed angrily and said, "Cao Fu, can I sew the sleeves that you tore off and put them on again?"
"I don't know whether officials can sew them up and wear them again. However, I already knew from reading ancient books that Yao and Shun both wore mended clothes!"
"Ha!" Zhao Ji asked: "Cao Fu, are you trying to justify ripping off my sleeves? In this case, do I still want to thank you?"
"Your Majesty Cao Fu doesn't dare!
My minister, Cao Fu, already knows that this trip will be punishable by death!
However, I could be so eager, so disregarding the health of the monarch and his subjects, risking his life to grab the sleeve of the official's robe. In fact, I never thought that the sleeve of the official's robe was so weak that I could tear it off!
This is only because I have proposed to the officials to impeach King Kang for condoning the military craftsmen and corrupt officials;
When I accompanied King Kang to inspect the East and West workshops and the crossbow and arrow making yard, I had a vague feeling that the steel used in these three weapon manufacturing places was impure. As a result, even the best weapons craftsmen would have difficulty.
Make excellent weapons!"
Zhao Ji frowned and asked: "Since Cao Yushi, when he accompanied King Kang to inspect the east and west workshops and the crossbow and arrow making yard, he felt that the steel used for weapon manufacturing was not up to standard, why didn't he question it face to face and report it to King Kang?
What?
Could it be that Cao Yushi wanted to report it to me instead of reporting it to the chief official of this inspection, King Kang, in order to take all the credit?"
What Zhao Ji asked was also a doubt in his heart. If this is really the case, then I will in vain regard you, Cao Fu, as a figure like Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty! Not only will I not reuse a scheming person like you,
They may even demote you out of the capital and stay away from me because you tore off my sleeves this time.
Cao Fu kowtowed again and said:
"My minister, Cao Fu, is not as powerful as the officials say.
At that time, when I accompanied King Tongkang to inspect the East and West workshops and the crossbow and arrow making yard, I found that there seemed to be something wrong with the steel used for weapons.
However, a scholar named Cao Fu, who passed the imperial examination and passed the civil service examination, was a civil servant. How could he know the fineness and quality of steel raw materials?
In other words, I was not completely sure that there was a problem with the steel raw materials, so I did not dare to tell King Kang at that time."
Zhao Ji asked suspiciously: "How did Cao Yushi know that there was something wrong with the steel now?"
Cao Fu replied: "After I returned to the government, I immediately sent my subordinates to investigate the matter secretly. I also secretly investigated the matter through my subordinates' relatives and friends in the steel forging workshop outside the capital.
Finally, Cao Fu, the minister, got hold of some evidence, confirming that the chief official of the steel forging workshop was corrupt. In order to save time and effort, the weapon craftsman could not 'forge the order' when forging the steel because he did not beat it enough times.
, that is to say, all the forged steel is crudely made and inferior steel! The inferior steel is used to make military weapons, so it will naturally not be of high quality!"
Zhao Ji generally understood what Cao Fu said. What he meant was that the chief officials of the east and west workshops and the crossbow and arrow making institute in the capital of the Song Dynasty were corrupt and the weapons craftsmen were slacking off in production and making shoddy work. Even in the steel forging workshops outside the capital, where the supply comes from, there is still corruption among the chief officials, and the weapon craftsmen make shoddy products due to laziness and sabotage...
Cao Fu added: "As I said above, I also wrote it down in the memorial."
Zhao Ji didn't read Cao Fu's remonstrance carefully just now. He thought it was just about impeaching my Ninth Prince Xiao Zhao Gou. He didn't expect that such an important "big melon" was hidden here!
Zhao Ji is definitely not a person who listens to others or believes in others. After listening to the advice of Yushi Cao Fu, he must get "real hammer" before he can believe it.
Zhao Ji asked: "If what Cao Yushi said about the disadvantages of the steel forging workshop is true, then I will not punish you for ripping off the sleeves of my robe.
On the contrary, I will be glad that I arrived at Wei Zheng in the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
Censor Cao, can you produce any witnesses or physical evidence?"