In mid-October of the 27th year of Hong De's reign, in accordance with the old practice, the Ministry of Rites petitioned the monarch to change the reign name to show a difference.
During this period, many people in both the government and the public believed that the new emperor would choose "Zhaowu" as the new reign name. After all, who asked the new emperor Zhao Run to change all the "Wende Hall" in the palace to "Zhaowu Hall".
However, no one expected that the new emperor Zhao Run would eventually choose the reign name "Xing'an", probably because he hoped to steadily develop national power step by step.
Many courtiers felt a little pity about this.
These courtiers, just like the internal minister Jie Zizi, their ambitions inevitably increased after their Wei State had achieved the actual status of the overlord of the Central Plains. They hoped that their Wei State could make further progress. These people felt that the title of "Xing'an" was too low-key.
Far less suitable for a hero like Zhao Run than "Zhao Wu"
In fact, before the reign name "Hongde", the Wei State had adopted the reign name "Zhaowu" during the reign of the previous king Zhao Kang. The then King of Wei, Zhao Kang, believed that he could lead the Wei State to defeat the powerful
South Korea, but facts have proven that Wei Jun's self-confidence is purely a joke. During his reign, Wei's national strength did not advance but retreated. It even fell from a first-rate power to a second-rate country because of several consecutive defeats in wars with South Korea.
, the enterprising reign name "Zhaowu" was in vain.
But the new monarch Zhao Run is different. This is a monarch who swept through the Central Plains and defeated powerful countries such as Han and Chu when he was a prince. Regardless of whether they admire or resist this new monarch, almost all Wei people hope that this new monarch can lead
Wei State moved further, making Wei State more prosperous and prosperous.
In the twelfth lunar month of the twenty-seventh year of Hongde, the Daliang court officially promulgated the "Xing'an" era name for the counties under its control. Therefore, the twenty-seventh year of Hongde was also called the "first year of Xing'an".
As the name suggests, this reign represents Wei's great investment in domestic construction.
It is worth mentioning that the Daliang court also officially confirmed the status of Mi Jiang and her son: the new king Zhao Run respected Chu's daughter Mi Jiang as his queen, and appointed his eldest son Zhao Wei as the prince of the East Palace.
At this point, the procedures for Zhao Run to inherit the throne are complete.
However, this incident ignited a fight among the ministers within the imperial court.
What are you fighting for? It's nothing more than the title of "teacher of the prince". Who among the scholars of the Wei State doesn't want to get the honor of teaching the prince? If nothing else, this will be the next king of Wei!
What's embarrassing is that although the new king Zhao Run has appointed his legitimate son Zhao Wei as the crown prince, he has yet to choose a mentor for the crown prince. This makes the court, especially the officials of the Ministry of Rites, very anxious.
For this reason, Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, who had gone to Sichuan Luo a while ago, hurried back to Daliang to pay a visit to his chief of the Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Du You.
Zhu Jin, the left minister, was the successor selected by Du You, the Minister of Rites, and since Du You served as the chief minister of the inner dynasty, Du You had gradually handed over matters within the Ministry of Rites to Zhu Jin. After all, Du You
After all, I am already over fifty, and my physical condition is inevitably not as good as it was then.
At first, Du You thought something had happened in Chuanluo, which made Zhu Jin, the Zuo Shilang, return to Daliang in a hurry. After asking, he learned that Zhu Jin came because of the quota of "Prince's Division".
It must be admitted that the gentry of this era were generally incorruptible, because the gentry cared more about reputation than material desires, so corruption and perversion of the law were rare. For some children from wealthy families, embezzlement of money was not a crime at all.
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Only reputation is something they can't let go of.
Including Du You, the Minister of Rites, who is now the chief minister of the inner dynasty and the head of the officials of the outer dynasty.
However, in comparison, Du You's desire for the "Prince's Tutor" was relatively small. After all, given that a certain new monarch was frequently ill, he had to deal with too many government affairs every day and could not even take care of educating the young.
The crown prince, at best, has a false name.
And to beg the new king Zhao Run for such a false reputation, how could a highly respected minister like Du You have the nerve to do so?
But having said that, just because he gave up on his own, it did not mean that the Ministry of Rites had given up on the matter. Especially when he realized that Zuo Shilang Zhu Jin's intention to return to Daliang in a hurry, he also weighed in his heart whether Zhu Jin was capable and qualified.
Serve as Prince's Master.
The conclusion is of course that he is capable and qualified. After all, Zhu Jin is his deputy. If nothing else happens, when Du You gets old in the future, he will recommend Zhu Jin to be the minister.
In this case, there is only one question left, that is, whether the new emperor Zhao Run is satisfied with this Zhu Jin.
After thinking about it, Du You said to Zhu Jin: "Let me test your Majesty's tone first. Come back tomorrow."
Zhu Jin understood immediately after hearing this and bid farewell to Du You with great joy.
The next day, Du You, the Minister of Rites, came to Chui Gong Hall early to wait for the arrival of Wei Jun Zhao Run.
Estimating the days, he knew very well that today should be the day when His Majesty recovers from illness - His Majesty's frequent illness pattern is very easy to calculate, three days for a 'minor illness', one day for rest, and five days for a 'serious illness'
, rested for two days, it was very magical.
As time went by, the courtiers could roughly guess whether it was His Majesty who would preside over today's morning court, or whether Du Youlai, the Minister of Rites, would preside over it by counting the days on his fingers.
Sure enough, around 4 o'clock in the morning, the new king Zhao Run led the eunuchs Gao He and Shi Shiran to the Chui Gong Hall and greeted the ministers in the hall.
The ministers in the palace also tacitly agreed not to mention anything that should not be mentioned, smiled and greeted the new monarch, and then continued to review the memorial.
After about half an hour, Du You, the Minister of Rites, saw that the time was almost right, so he took out a memorial from the table in front of him, stood up and came to Zhao Hongrun, bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, yesterday Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites,
Has returned to Daliang to resume his duties."
"Hmm."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, not surprised.
Because Zhu Jin, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, originally went to Sichuan-Luo as a courtesy officer of the Daliang court. This person was responsible for different tasks from the other two left ministers of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works. As long as he was responsible for winning over the Sichuan-Luo Alliance
Those tribal chiefs and court officials
Relations, and a while ago, the imperial court had officially appointed Anping Hou Zhao Tan as the "Supervisor of Sichuan Luo". This Zhao family Wang Gui, who has a bold personality and a good drinker, was in Sichuan Luo to win over the clan leaders there, and the Ministry of Rites
Zuo Shilang Zhu Jin no longer needs to stay in Sichuan Luo.
Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't react much, Du You thought for a moment and said, "Zhu Jin is quite capable..."
Hearing this, the ministers in the palace cast curious glances, some wondering about Du You's behavior: Is this asking for credit for Zhu Jin?
It has to be said that the ministers in the inner court were very puzzled, because as the chief of the Ministry of Rites, Du You paid great attention to his words and deeds, and would rarely do anything to claim credit for his subordinates.
"Could it be..."
After looking at each other for a few times, the quick-thinking ministers such as Yu Ziqi, Jie Ziu, Wen Qi, Li Liang, etc., had vaguely guessed in their hearts, and looked at Du You and Zhao Hongrun with half-smiling faces.
At this time, after glancing at Du You, Zhao Hongrun also said slowly: "Zhu Jin is indeed a talent..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Shun, the chief of the imperial guard, walked out of the palace. He cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Zheng Tu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, wants to see you."
"Xuan."
Zhao Hongrun nodded.
Seeing this, Yan Shun clasped his fists and retreated. A moment later, he saw Zheng Tu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, coming to the inner hall unhurriedly. He bowed his hands and said, "I, Zheng Tu, pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Zhao Hongrun nodded and waited for Zheng Tu to explain his intention.
"Your Majesty, these are some test questions for the new subjects planned by our Ministry of Civil Affairs for the coming year. I think they are interesting, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look at them..." Zheng Tu took out a memorial from his arms and handed it out respectfully.
Eunuch Gao He stepped forward and took it.
The new subject he refers to refers to the examination in the coming year. After all, when the new king succeeds to the throne, the court should set up an enke, but it is too late this year, so it can only be postponed to next year, which is the second year of Xing'an.
The question is, the examinations are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, so why are your officials joining in the fun?
No, Du You, the Minister of Rites, looked a little ugly, frowned and said: "Master Zheng, your move is a bit overstepping..."
Zheng Tu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, smiled and said: "Master Du, don't be surprised. I just feel that next year's Enke exam will be your first exam after taking the throne. I thought you should be more cautious, so I set some exam questions."
For reference..." After that, he turned to look at Zhao Hongrun, probably hoping to get the word 'interesting' out of this new gentleman's mouth.
In fact, is this test question interesting?
Not to mention, it is indeed interesting. In the examination questions of Zheng Tu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, there are some text jokes. Although it is not unusual in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, it is indeed very interesting for this era.
Of course, what is even more interesting is that Zheng Tu, a dignified official minister, was not handling affairs in his own government office, but actually came to Chui Gong Hall in person for the next year's examination.
"It's interesting, keep it for future use." Zhao Hongrun nodded and handed the test questions to Du You, the Minister of Rites.
After Du You, the Minister of Rites, took over the test questions, he frowned and looked at it for a few times. Then, his eyebrows furrowed even more tightly, because this test question was indeed quite interesting.
After that, Zheng Tu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was not in a hurry to leave. He talked about the changes in his Ministry of Personnel over the years. He probably wanted to express that since the former king Zhao Si took the opportunity to split his power as punishment,
The appearance of the officials up and down has been completely renewed, which is quite a bit of a request for credit.
During this period, Du You, the Minister of Rites, kept glaring at Zheng Tu. However, Zheng Tu was also a bastard. He turned a blind eye to the vicious gaze of Du You, the leader of hundreds of officials, and only focused on describing his officials in front of Zhao Hongrun.
changes over the years.
As a result, when noon arrived, the new king Zhao Run left with a smile, leaving Du You behind, Zheng Tu and the whole palace staring at the ministers.
However, as soon as Zhao Hongrun left, Du You, the Minister of Rites, exploded. He glared at Zheng Tu and said, "Master Zheng, what do you mean?"
Zheng Tu said without changing his expression: "As a royal minister, Zheng should report the details to His Majesty and not dare to hide anything. What's wrong with this?"
"I'm afraid that's not the case..." Du You sneered.
Just when the two men were about to start a verbal dispute, Wen Qixi, the internal minister, smiled and said: "Okay, okay, my lords, you two should stop arguing here. With your two
Wisdom, can't you see that Your Majesty is deliberately pretending? I think your Majesty has already made up his mind about the position of Prince's tutor."
These straightforward words made Du You and Zheng Tu very embarrassed, and naturally they couldn't quarrel anymore.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun had led the eunuch Gao He to Fengyi Palace.
Fengyi Palace was previously the residence of the former Queen Wang, but now it belongs to the new queen, Mi Jiang.
However, Mi Jiang is not happy about this, because for her, this palace is too big. She would rather live in the East Palace with Su Ran, Yang Yanxing, Oona and other girls as before, so that she can still say
say.
Unlike now, when all the girls have moved to their respective bedrooms, you still have to walk a while if you want to find someone to talk to.
"Speaking of the queen..."
On the way, the eunuch Gao He seemed to have thought of something and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."
"It's okay to just say it." Zhao Hongrun said casually.
After Gao He hesitated for a long time, he said with a strange look: "According to the maid of Fengyi Palace secretly reported to my chamberlain, the Queen...she raised some poisonous weeds and poisonous insects in the palace, this...slave
Do you think this is inappropriate?"
In fact, the great eunuch Gao He had wanted to report this matter to the new king for a long time. He felt that the empress Mi Jiang was simply weird. Her expressionless face all day long was even colder than the previous empress Wang. Not to mention, she actually
He also personally planted some poisonous weeds in the flower garden outside Fengyi Palace, and even publicly reminded the ladies in Fengyi Palace that these are poisonous weeds and should not be touched unless there is nothing wrong.
If these poisonous weeds have scared the palace ladies to death, then the venomous snakes, scorpions, centipedes and other things that the queen got from nowhere have scared the palace ladies half to death, and they can't even care about the queen.
The empress was afraid and secretly reported the matter to the eunuch.
"Oh? Is this the case?"
Zhao Hongrun was stunned after hearing this, but he was not surprised.
In his opinion, Mi Jiang was born as a witch, and it was perfectly normal for her to spend her free time in the palace tinkering with poisonous weeds and insects.
It's just that the maids in Fengyi Palace couldn't accept this.
No, at the same time, in the side hall of Fengyi Palace, Mi Jiang, who has become the Queen of Wei, is holding the head of a venomous snake with her bare hands without expression, and is pouring out a few drops of poison from the fangs.
The poisonous juice was collected into an elite jade bottle, making the maids nearby so frightened that their legs became weak.
At this moment, a shout of "Your Majesty has arrived" came from outside the palace, which finally brought the frightened palace ladies back to their senses.
"Tap tap tap——"
Following the sound of unhurried footsteps, Zhao Hongrun stepped into the inner hall, and happened to see Mi Jiang expressionlessly putting a poisonous snake back into a porcelain jar, so he asked curiously: "What are you doing?
"
Mi Jiang looked back at Zhao Hongrun and said calmly: "That child Wei'er has been plagued by evil spirits recently. I want to make some medicine to exorcise evil spirits for him..."
Because he is married to Mi Jiang, Zhao Hongrun has some knowledge of witchcraft medicine. The so-called wind evil is actually cold air. To put it bluntly, it means that staying in a cold, humid environment for a long time will cause physical discomfort. In fact, it is not that mysterious.
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"Wouldn't it be better to leave this kind of matter to the doctors in the palace?" Zhao Hongrun stepped forward to hold Mi Jiang's shoulders and said with a chuckle.
"I can't trust those people..." Mi Jiang said lightly.
Zhao Hongrun had been with Mi Jiang for nearly ten years, so how could he not guess what Mi Jiang was thinking: rather than distrusting the doctors in the palace, it was better to say that it was caused by the mutual prejudice between witch doctors and orthodox medical skills.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said: "Wei'er is the prince of the East Palace. The doctors in the palace will do their best to make him recover. There is no need..." He glanced at the mouth of the porcelain bottle in Mi Jiang's hand and saw that
There was still some transparent liquid that looked like saliva on it. He swallowed secretly and said, "There is no need for these scary things."
Of course Mi Jiang obeyed her man's words, so she had no choice but to put away those scary things as Zhao Hongrun said, and invited the palace physician to diagnose her son Zhao Wei.
In fact, it is not a big deal. Children are running around and have low immunity. They have symptoms of headache and brain fever. This is quite normal.
A moment later, a doctor who had diagnosed Prince Zhao Wei's symptoms reported to Zhao Hongrun that His Highness's symptoms were just minor illnesses and could be cured with just a few doses of medicine.
Of course, Mi Jiang had personally read the prescription, and as Zhao Hongrun had guessed, she showed disdain for this orthodox medical prescription - even though she showed disdain, in the eyes of unfamiliar outsiders, she still looked indifferent.
expression.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun also visited his son Zhao Wei in person. It was indeed a minor illness. The little boy was just a little lethargic and had a poor appetite. However, as a child, his mood changed greatly. When he learned that his mother Mi Jiang allowed him to go to see him,
When the younger brothers Zhao Chuan, Zhao Han, and younger sister Zhao Chu were playing, their spirits suddenly cheered up.
While eating, Mi Jiang asked Zhao Hongrun curiously: "Why did you come to the harem today? Didn't you say you have to stay in Chui Gong Hall all day?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled, glanced at his son Zhao Wei who was cooking rice, and said with a wry smile: "It's not because of this kid..." As he said that, he saw confusion flashing in Mi Jiang's eyes.
Color, then explained: "According to the rules of the Wei Dynasty, after the crown prince is established, he must select several teachers to teach him..."
"Wei'er is only three years old." Mi Jiang frowned slightly.
"So..." Zhao Hongrun shrugged and said with a smile: "As the saying goes, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. When I was young, I didn't like studying and disliked the heavy workload. Now I can make the decision.
, how can we ask him to follow in the footsteps of his father? Let’s talk about it in a few years!”
"Is this appropriate?" Mi Jiang asked.
Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and said with a smile: "When he becomes sensible, I will ask him personally. If he hopes to inherit the throne in the future, I will naturally teach him strictly; otherwise, if he wants to be an idle king..."
Here, he paused for a moment, and after a few breaths of delay, he continued: "I won't stop him."
At this time, the young prince Zhao Wei seemed to realize that his father was talking about him, and he raised his head in confusion.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "I don't have any requirements for you brothers, I just hope that you... will grow taller and stronger in the future." When he said this, he didn't know if he was mocking himself or something else, with unclear meaning.
Sighing: "Well, maybe I am destined to kill countless people in this life and damage my moral character, so God wants to punish me in this area... Hahahahahaha."
Listening to His Majesty's self-deprecating words, the eunuch Gao He wanted to plug his ears with his hands.
Everyone in the palace doesn't know that mentioning "height" in front of the new king is no less than mentioning "Xiao Shuai" in front of the previous king. That is an absolute taboo!
At this moment, only Queen Mi Jiang dared to talk. After rolling her eyes at Zhao Hongrun, she said calmly: "It's okay if you say this yourself, right?"
"Hahaha." Zhao Hongrun laughed.
In the next half month, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government still made insinuations in front of Zhao Hongrun from time to time, hoping to win the position of Prince's Master. However, Zhao Hongrun did not take up the challenge at all. As time went by, these courtiers also understood the thoughts of the new monarch, and this matter ended
It's settled.
The new year is the "Second Year of Xing'an", and every household celebrates the New Year.
Since a large amount of mutton from Sanchuan County was shipped to Wei State, meat like mutton, which was usually only affordable to nobles, was now served on the tables of common people, but not very frequently.
But it is not difficult to imagine that after the imperial court also developed local animal husbandry in the Hetao area, I believe it will be able to further satisfy the Wei people's demand for meat.
In March of the second year of Xing'an, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, Prince of Chu, was still leading his army to attack Qi.
The war between Qi and Chu has reached this point, and both Chu and Qi have actually been very difficult to maintain: although the Chu army has occupied Sishui County, Donghai County, and even Langya County, many of them have been occupied by the Chu army.
However, because the Qi State recruited martial arts warriors at all costs to fight against the Chu army, the Chu army was ultimately unable to break through Langya County and pushed the front to Qi State's Beihai County.
"If we can't attack for a long time, the Chu army may be in a bad situation..."
After learning about the war situation between Qi and Chu, Zhao Hongrun said secretly.
Just as he guessed, in March of the second year of Xing'an, when spring was coming and the Chu army launched a fierce offensive against Qi, in fact, the Chu army's offensive seemed a bit weak.
The reason is very simple. The logistics of the Chu army could not support it. After all, Chu State used nearly one million troops in this battle, and it lasted for two years. It is very surprising that it can persist in this battle.
It's over.
After all, in terms of economy, Chu State is far inferior to Qi State. In order to defeat Qi State, Chu State's domestic economic situation has almost stagnated.
At the end of March, seeing that the Chu army's offensive was tired, Qi finally launched its final counterattack.
The armies of Chu and Qi launched the most massive decisive battle in the history of the Central Plains in Langya County. In the end, the Chu army had to withdraw from Langya County because of logistical difficulties.
But even so, Qi's offensive could not last long. After expelling the Chu army from Langya County, it stopped there and failed to take advantage of the victory to pursue and regain the East China Sea and Surabaya counties.
In May, Chu Gongzi Xiong Tuo temporarily returned to Shoying and inherited the position of King of Chu.
Another new king has stepped onto the stage of this new era.