"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chen Ke stood up and saluted. This guy is good at climbing along the pole.
"You kid." Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile, and said with a faint smile: "Let me ask you, are you so sure that your comrade will win?"
"..." Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen would suddenly attack at this time. Chen Ke was stunned for a moment, and then said without thinking: "I beg your Majesty to take back these words!"
"Why?" Zhao Zhen said lightly.
"Weichen was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou. There are many talents in this department, including Su Shi, Su Che, Zhang Heng, Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu, Deng Wan, Cheng Yi and many other great talents. Weichen knew that his talents and learning were not outstanding, and
There is an old custom that officials are not allowed to be leaders. His Majesty was wrongly loved and overcame all opinions to select a minor minister as the number one scholar. In just two years, he promoted the minor minister to the rank of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple and built the Jixian Hall.
"I can't repay you for this kind of promotion." Chen Ke said with a choked voice: "If you want to talk about being a comrade, I am just your Majesty's comrade, and I have no second thoughts. Your Majesty's talented words."
, it is really heart-breaking. If you are not secretive, you will lose your ministers. What your majesty just said is not the way for a king to judge his ministers. I sincerely ask your majesty to take it back!"
Thanks to Li Xian's reminder earlier, Chen Ke had already prepared a plan to prevent Zhao Zhen from getting angry, so he said it without thinking, so sincerely that Zhao Zhen had no choice but to believe it.
After a long silence, Zhao Zhencai said quietly: "There is a good saying, 'If the king is not secretive, the minister will lose', but there seems to be another saying, 'If the minister is not secretive, the king will be lost', right?"
"Yes, the humble minister acted poorly and was clumsy in his career." Chen Ke said with a look of shame: "After all, he is still young."
"Just because you are young?" Zhao Zhen glared at him.
"Yes, the humble ministers cannot learn from the sophistication of the princes, nor can they learn from the ministers that no fault is nothing but merit." Who knew that Chen Ke's words became sharper and said: "Looking around, all the princes in the dynasty are cautious and quiet.
A self-reliant person. A humble minister wants to do something, but has no choice but no one agrees, and it is difficult to do anything alone. Under such circumstances, whoever is willing to stand up for the country, I am willing to sincerely help, without any selfish motives!"
"..." After listening to Chen Ke's words, Zhao Zhen was silent for a moment. Fang slowly said: "The world is at peace. Even if there is trouble, the prime ministers will calm it down. It is not your young people's turn to worry about it."
"I beg your Majesty to take back this statement!" Chen Ke protested again.
"Did I make a mistake again?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Wei Chen admits that two generations of officials, father and son, worked hard to usher in a rare peace situation for the Song Dynasty, but are we satisfied with this? How has the Chinese nation ever been in peace? Because of the siege of Baideng, the people of the Han Dynasty have been working hard for three generations to recuperate and recuperate.
, worked hard, and finally wiped out the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty, avenging the shame of the past! The Tang Dynasty was humiliated by the Wei River. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty worked hard to govern, and even allowed the sergeants to practice martial arts in the Xiande Hall, cultivating an elite force capable of conquering and fighting. They were finally eliminated.
The Eastern and Western Turks will enjoy the reputation of the Khan of Heaven!" Chen Ke's voice was like gold and stone, blasting in Zhao Zhen's ears:
"We, the Song Dynasty, were not willing to be left behind. In order to restore Youyan and complete our Jin Ou, Taizu Taizong had been making all-out efforts in the Northern Expedition. Later, in the late emperor's dynasty, he also went on a personal expedition with the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, and joined the Liao Lord in hunting the Central Plains. He also killed his commander and defeated his troops.
The front was only because the Khitans were powerful at that time, and we had not established the country for a long time, so we were strong and we were weak, so we were not able to achieve full success. Our Han dynasty endured humiliation and humiliation towards the Yi and Di, and we have always only wanted revenge. Now that Yanyun has not recovered, Xixia
If you rebel again, how can you say the world is fine?" Chen Ke's loud voice echoed in the hall for a long time:
"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world! If the ministers don't do it, the ministers should do it themselves!"
This voice also filled Zhao Zhen's ears. It actually made his already cold heart become excited. At that moment, he seemed to see himself twenty-seven years ago. That year, Liu E Bintian, he finally Became the real emperor. He changed the name of "Tian Sheng" and "Ming Dao", which means the two masters of the world, the sun and the moon go hand in hand, to "Jingyou". King, the rising sun is in the head, the brilliance is beginning to appear, and the heaven and earth must be Will suddenly become enlightened!
At that time, I was full of ambitions and solicited from the world ways to enrich the country and strengthen the army. I even announced that no one had ever done it before or since. As long as it was a good way to benefit the country and the people, no matter who proposed it, I would make it a law. Let the country obey it forever!
He set an example, forgetting to eat and sleep. He visited the court every day, regardless of big or small matters, as long as there were memorials, he reviewed them all in person. In the end, even the prime minister couldn't stand it anymore, and advised him to take a rest and be careful about the Holy Eucharist.
But he replied with a serious look on his face: "I have been entrusted by the late emperor, and the weight is tens of thousands. How dare I be humble?"
Just when he finally completed his preparations and was about to have a good fight, he suddenly fell ill and fainted... He was too tired. However, such hard work did not gain the respect of the ministers, but was despised by them, and even curse!
When he woke up, what he faced was not the condolences of the ministers, but their shameless slander. It was said among the government and the public that the reason why the emperor fainted was because he abolished the queen and favored beauties, achieving the goal of "promoting excellence in Japanese dramas". Come forward, the woman is having sex in the palace, drinking wine without season, and the bells and drums are going on day and night...
And it wasn't just rumors, officials soon made a formal report. It was Teng Zijing who built the Yellow Crane Tower. He wrote a letter to admonish the emperor, or it would be more appropriate to say insults. He said that officials lived in deep palaces and feasted every day. When he comes to court, he is often naked and tired, and he makes decisions without holding on to his holy spirit... He scolded Zhao Zhen as a pervert who had been hollowed out by women, so he was listless when he went to court and handled things like an idiot...
What made the young emperor even more chilling was that not one of the ministers in the court criticized Teng Zongliang. Instead, they swarmed him and used his coma to make excuses and wantonly slandered his reputation. The purpose was to prevent the emperor's reforms... because it would shake their interests. .
Zhao Zhen was so angry that he wanted to be more ruthless, but the demoted ministers showed no fear. Instead, they were proud because they were famous all over the world. The Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats, so officials would offend the emperor as a shortcut to fame. Therefore, they attacked him one after another, making Zhao Zhen deeply understand what it means to be alone and helpless...
Later, he also met ministers like Chen Ke. At that time, Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu were also so young and full of ambition. However, what they brought to him was the Qingli New Deal. The failure of the New Deal completely extinguished Zhao Zhen's dream of strengthening the country. After that, maintaining this troubled country became his only goal...
Because Zhao Zhen finally understood a bumpy and everlasting truth - inappropriate reform is more harmful than no reform!
Therefore, he has been trying his best to seek stability and moderation, and is unwilling to make random reforms and send the country that has finally stabilized into a road of no return...
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In the main hall, Chen Ke saw that Zhao Zhen was silent and had a gloomy expression. He thought that the emperor had been persuaded and hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Now the Lord of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Hongji, is playing ridiculously and not doing his job. He often ignores government affairs for several months.
All the power was in the hands of the emperor's uncle. Therefore, the princes from all walks of life had a disobedient heart, and their national power was no longer the same as it was a few decades ago. Not to mention Xixia, there was no hidden power in the country, and the country was ruined.
The atmosphere is full of chaos and the people are in dire straits. This is a God-given opportunity for us, the Song Dynasty, to work hard to govern, build up military power and strengthen our army, so as to avenge our previous disgrace!"
"That's the reason..." Zhao Zhen said with a bitter smile: "It's a pity that the treasury of our Song Dynasty is empty, and Wen Tian and Wu are so busy, how can we have the strength to use troops abroad?"
"So we must work hard to make ourselves stronger as soon as possible!" Chen Ke said loudly.
Zhao Zhen looked at him for a long time before uttering: "It's good to be young, it's so enviable..." and then there was no further words.
Seeing that the emperor had lost interest in talking, Chen Ke resigned and walked out of the hall. Looking back at the heavy curtains, he couldn't help but feel sad. Personally speaking, this interview with the emperor should be a success. The emperor agreed to grant the marriage, and was also
After some words of his own, the estrangement was eliminated. However, he was very disappointed...
Because Zhao Zhen's reaction showed that the emperor had lost his ambition and completely lost the possibility of cheering up.
When he turned around, his eyes became firm again and he strode out of the palace...
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Three days later, an edict came from the palace, which was read out by Li Xian himself. The Chen family set up an incense burner in the court and listened to the sermon:
"The motto of the Spring and Autumn Period is to drink with honors. Praise for virtue and reward for merit. The Yi Code of the country. Gancheng to defend the enemy. Work must be done. Rewards should not be delayed. People know how to advise. Compiled by Shaoqing of Honglu Temple and Jixian Hall
Chen Ke was selected in Dingjia and served as the envoy to Dali. Even though the king of Dian offered his land and surrendered, it was a great achievement. He expanded the Jixian Hall and waited for the imperial edict for four thousand people, most of whom were laborers. Gu Wei favored the seal. It was not limited to the Yi and others. He could be promoted to the official rank of Chaosan.
The founding son of Xindu County was granted a settlement of 500 households, 300 households were granted the title of Shishi, and the gift of whitebait in scarlet clothes was given."
When Chen Ke stood up to thank him, Li Xian took out another decree and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Uncle Dongyang, there is still another decree."
The Chen family had no choice but to bow again and listen to the announcement:
"Under my sect, the country promotes great trust in all directions. People from far and wide come from four descendants. Jingxuan will give orders. Yun calls difficult talents. Tuangshen specializes in talents. He must add extraordinary orders. Honglu Temple Shaoqing, Jixian
Chen Ke was compiled by the palace. He went abroad as an envoy to meet with the alliance. He made friends with distant countries. He was actually called an envoy. He promoted the people and continued the good work. Most of them were laborers. His style was sparse and commendable. His birth was announced to the Ming Dynasty. Ke Jingling Palace Deputy Envoy, Tian
The minister of Zhangge, together with the captain of cavalry and the founding uncle of Dongyang County, will give 800 households an euphemism, 500 households will be granted a real title, and will be given purple seal uniforms."
This imperial edict stunned the Chen family. An official in purple uniform in his early twenties? Who else could do it except Tianhuang nobleman? Chen Ke did it.
But don't be too happy because there is a third will.