When the sky was high in September, Zhao Jiu personally went out of the city for twenty miles to see the Korean envoy Zheng Zhichang return to the east. He held a banquet along the way and had many civil and military officials accompanying him. Every mile he went, Zhao Guan's family personally held a cup to greet each other and invited a poet to express their gratitude.
The accompanying ministers with literary reputation came forward to write poems and lyrics as a farewell.
When they finally said goodbye, the Zhao Guan family even held Xueshi Zheng's hand and called them international friends...Interests, also to each other, which means that Xueshizheng Zheng is enough to be the most important thing between the two countries and maintain friendship for the country... Let's talk about it, before
Zheng Zhichang was already intoxicated by all the courtesies. When he finally received this title, he burst into tears and called for holy grace.
It can be said that apart from the fact that Zhao Guan's family happened to be out of poetry today, which was a pity, Xueshi Zheng's mission after the situation in the Song and Jin Dynasties was settled was almost perfect.
After returning home, it was enough to overwhelm Jin Fushi by seven or eight heads.
However, when the international friend Zheng Zhichang left accompanied by the ambassador Wang Lun, Zhao Guan's family turned around with a rare dark look on their face... and the accompanying ministers were also very worried.
Without him, everyone knew what was going on. Zheng Zhichang was fed too much in the end and had already left. He actually came back and held the official's hand, saying that he was grateful for the official's kindness and that after returning to Korea this time, he must do it for him.
The officials inquired about the situation in the Five Kingdoms City, tried their best to redeem the Song Dynasty’s noble seed, noble daughter, and so on for the officials, and tried their best to negotiate with the Jin people about the two saints...
Others don't know it, but Yiyoumen Tuogu of the Zhao Guan family had already made his attitude towards the Emperor Taishang Daojun unmistakable. Therefore, although it was impossible to say it openly, all the important ministers knew the Zhao Guan family's intentions.
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The so-called two saints of Beishou, the Zhao Guan family's attitude is not at all like "give me a piece of the pie" when faced with the threat of the enemy. It is an explanation on the surface. From the bottom of my heart, it is obvious that there is resentment! It is impossible to say that they are directly longing for the other party in their hearts.
Give him a share of the pie quickly.
Therefore, how could this official not be annoyed after hearing Zheng Zhichang's superfluous remarks?
However, after all, it was just an interlude. It only said that Zhao Jiu returned to the city angrily, and it gradually subsided in two or three days. After all, life had to go on. Then Zhao Ding left Huaishang and Liu Ji left Xiangyang, but they were almost the same.
One after another came, and so far, the city's governors were preparing to prepare, which was somewhat more impressive.
For example, as soon as Liu Jifu arrived, he publicly submitted a letter, stating that the situation in Tokyo should not be the same as before. He also knew that many of the missions led by Chen Gui, the Privy Councilor and Minister of War, Kaifeng Prefecture, were also made during the war. They should follow the example of the southern envoys and abolish them... At the same time...
He also proposed that Chen Gui worked hard and made great achievements, and he never failed to oversee military industry and logistics. He should abandon the inappropriate Privy Council post of Tongzhi and directly add deputy Privy Council envoys.
Of course, Chen Gui was happy with this. He was born in the Mingfa Department, and he had also done some bad things like robbing famous people's books. He thought that he had no hope of being a serious ruler in this life, so he could only hang around like this. Now he can become a serious official.
He is a serious and upright person in charge of the dynasty, and he is willing to do anything.
And not only Chen Gui, Zhao Jiu also agreed almost immediately, and even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty had nothing to say... Because it doesn’t need to be said by this official, everyone knows that he didn’t promote Chen Gui long ago just because he was worried about the resistance.
If it is too big, it will appear too drastic, and it will look embarrassing if any obstacles arise.
In fact, this official had no reason to object to this matter at all. In fact, in this official's heart, Chen Gui was already a prime minister, he just lacked the official name.
Therefore, it was almost effortless and it was a matter of course. As soon as Liu Jifu, the deputy provincial minister of the capital, took office, he pushed his short-lived but undoubtedly old subordinate Chen Gui to the position of deputy privy envoy.
Not to mention, after Chen Gui, who had been 'converted', gave up his positions as Kaifeng Prefect and Minister of War, he immediately recommended Yan Xiaozhong, who knew Nanyang Prefecture, as Kaifeng Prefect, and he was immediately recognized by Zhao Jiu.
At this time, many people looked at Liu Ji, the former envoy to the west of Beijing and later the envoy to Xiangyang, with admiration... because Liu Ji's two personnel suggestions were extremely clever.
Specifically, on the one hand, they took care of the wishes of the officials... because everyone knew that both Chen Gui and Yan Xiaozhong were the people the officials liked; on the other hand, they used the capital of Nanyang in this special period to serve him as Mr. Liu.
Made the foundation.
You must know that Liu Ji, Chen Gui, and Yan Xiaozhong were all the main ministers in the imperial court when they were exiled in Nanyang, and they were all native officials who started working around Nanyang in the same batch after they moved to Nanyang. When they come together, it is natural that
A so-called Nanyang faction was formed.
It can only be said that Liu Ji and Liu Xianggong did not make a fuss, and became a blockbuster. They quickly completed the layout in Tokyo before Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun, who were more optimistic about everyone, launched their efforts, laying a solid foundation for themselves first.
But that's it. After a night, and early the next morning, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun, who had reacted, almost simultaneously proposed their candidates for Minister of War - Zhao Ding recommended General Hu Shi, who knew Zhenjiang Prefecture.
Regarding the transportation of materials and property, he obviously had working contact with Zhao Ding, who had been in Huainan for a long time. According to Zhao Xianggong, this person was extremely good at military logistics; Zhang Jun recommended Lu Zhi, who knew Jiangning Prefecture, on the grounds that this person was in Yao
After the victory at Shanshan, he sent a pamphlet written by himself to the Privy Council. It was a comprehensive national strategy, from how to quell the Dongting Lake rebellion, to how to manage the entire south, to how to destroy the Jin Kingdom step by step.
He was so impressive that Zhang Jun, who had just taken over the Privy Council, decided that this person was a genius in the world.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu immediately made a decision and appointed Hu Shijiang as Minister of War.
Zhao Ding breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction, but Zhang Jun immediately recommended Lu Zhi as the vacant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs again. This time, Zhao Jiu did not veto and immediately agreed, and Zhang Jun also breathed a sigh of relief.
Let us say that after the three new prime ministers gathered together, they immediately started tossing over personnel matters, and there was a fierce struggle. However, there were not many disturbances in the court, inside and outside the capital... Of course, this does not mean that there were no disturbances for everyone.
We had known who Hu Shijiang and Lu Zhi were for a long time. This does not mean that everyone was not surprised by Liu Ji's first move, but that everyone recommended the new prime ministers and used themselves to entrap people.
We all knew that there would be such a personnel turmoil.
As the same saying goes, personnel matters are politics, and politics are personnel matters. As the emperor, you, Zhao Guanjia, once defeated Yaoshan and became unparalleled in power, but you still want to use Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Liu Ji and other trusted figures as prime ministers.
Let me tell you, the prime ministers, who are the heads of hundreds of officials and have political power, also need to employ people. And why do you, the Zhao family, not respect the personnel power of the prime ministers?
Especially the heavyweight personnel proposals put forward by the prime minister who has just taken office or who has left office during a special period... If such things are rejected, then what is the prime minister doing?
Don’t forget that Li Gang was of course in the southeast, and he promoted Li Guang and Lin Qi to the court as important ministers; Lu Haowen was so meek at that time, and even appointed Fan Zongyin and others after Nanyang; Lu Yihao used to go to the southeast alone, but before leaving, he still
Zhu Shengfei was promoted to be the Minister of Rites; after Xu Jingheng chose to give in, he still cut off Lu Yihao's future... Don't treat other prime ministers as freeloaders!
Zaizhi is Zaizhi, the highest-level leader of the scholar-bureaucrats in this era. Through the way of discussing politics, he shared the highest level of power with the Zhao Guan family.
If you give people this position, you must give them corresponding political power, otherwise the political ecology will be destroyed.
Therefore, after the Prime Minister Zhao Ding and the Privy Councilor Zhang Jun competed for the candidate of Minister of War, Zhao Jiu of course had to respect the first personnel proposal made by the Prime Minister of the Province, and under this premise, he also tried his best to respect the power of the Privy Councilor to discuss government affairs.
This is called Mingjun!
"Who is back?" The new Kaifeng governor and the Minister of War have not yet arrived, and are still accompanied by the prime minister Chen Gui. Zhao Jiu, who is watching the experiment on pottery gunpowder pots at Daxiangguo Temple, raised his head in surprise. "Zheng what? It can't be Zheng Zhichang."
Are you back again?"
"The report back to the official family is of course not Zheng Zhichang, but Zheng Yinian, the son of the former prime minister Zheng Juzhong. Zheng Juzhong is the son-in-law of the prime minister Wang Gui and the clan brother of Empress Dowager Ningde (Empress Zheng)..." Yang Yizhong quickly explained in detail what he had just said
Let’s go to the origin of that person. “In Jingkang, many descendants of the eunuchs were kidnapped together. Zheng Yinian was both a descendant of the family and a relative of the queen, but he was one of them.”
Zhao Jiu nodded, thoughtfully: "How did he come back?"
"According to him, after the victory of the official Yaoshan Mountain, for the Jin people, there were two frontier areas, one was in the direction of the Pseudo-Qi Dynasty, and the other was the Tibetan people around Yan'an. There were many instability, so the Jin people lured the noble families to the north to surrender.
"My disciples, let them go to Puppet Qi to serve as officials." Yang Yizhong kept explaining. "But this man claimed to have accepted the official position under false pretenses, but when he was about to cross the river on his way south, he directly imitated other fleeing Han officials and went to the river to find Captain Zhang.
His subordinates... Zhang Taiwei's subordinates also met him on the old path of the Yellow River east of Daming Mansion, with only one servant by his side."
The 'pottery grenades' continued to thump in the distance, and Zhao Jiu was looking there in a daze, obviously not focusing on the new weapons, but he also did not give any instructions to Yang Yizhong.
After a long time, just when Chen Gui was about to speak helplessly, the official just smiled and turned around: "What did he bring back here, or words?"
"Official officials have a clear vision." Yang Yizhong answered bravely. "He brought documents written by the two saints and a document written by the Empress Dowager Ningde..."
"This can't be fake, right?" Zhao Jiu laughed even more. "Many veterans should recognize it..."
Yang Yizhong also became more and more nervous, and could only be careful and cautious: "The handwriting of Emperor Taishang Daojun is easy to imitate, but the documents of Empress Dowager Ningde and Yuan Sheng's documents are extremely difficult to forge..."
Zhao Jiu nodded and suddenly looked at Yang Yizhong seriously: "What did my father and brother say?"
Yang Yi shuddered in his heart and could only hold back the answer: "The general idea is similar, but there are three meanings... One is to congratulate the official family on their victory; the other is to talk about the suffering in the north; the third is to say that only
Please live in peace in the side hall."
Zhao Jiu nodded and continued to inquire seriously: "Does the Privy Council and the province know about it?"
"yes."
"What do the ministers and Mr. Lu think?" Zhao Jiu couldn't ask further.
"Time is short, I don't know clearly." Yang Yizhong said helplessly, but then looked at Chen Gui, the prime minister sitting beside him.
Chen Gui stood up bravely and was about to speak, but Zhao Guanjia didn't even look at Chen Gui and sighed quietly: "You don't need to ask, you should know that a father is kind and a son is filial, and brothers and friends are respectful... As long as a boss wants to have a face,
It’s impossible for Zhi to say anything else, and it’s difficult for them too!”
Chen Gui, who didn't have time to speak, lowered his head a little aggrievedly.
"That's good." Zhao Jiu laughed and stood up. "It's not difficult for me to do it for the governors. Let's talk to the palace tomorrow...quickly call the imperial censor Wan Qixi into the palace to wait." After saying this, the Zhao official looked again.
He turned to Chen Gui. "Ms. Chen, keep an eye on this grenade. It's a good thing. There's no need to mix it with anything else."
Stereotype was almost relieved.
In this way, Zhao Guanjia said goodbye to the old rules and walked out of Xiangguo Temple, his face immediately darkened. When the royal guards gathered around him and rode back to the palace, he saw Wan Qixi, Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan, and Lan Gui who had arrived in a hurry.
In front of several close ministers, the Zhao Song official was not even willing to cover up, and started gnashing his teeth in the empty and excessive wasteland shooting range of the harem:
"I know what's going on even with my eyes closed!"
"That shit escaped! He was obviously sent back from the north to explore the way!"
"So what if there is a letter? How dare you not write when someone holds a knife to your neck? On the other hand, if the Jin people didn't ask them to write, where would they have the paper, pen and thought to write these carefully?"
"With the great righteousness of the monarch, ministers and father and son, come here first, and then promise the land of northern Shaanxi and Jingdong as bait, and then put away the hostages in the north, and we are going to negotiate a peace, right? I want to negotiate a peace with them at this time?!"
Yang Yizhong and others looked at each other, not knowing what to say, and Wan Qixi's face turned pale.
Sure enough, the next moment, Zhao Guanjia, who had finished venting his anger, turned to face him: "Qing Wanqi, I asked you to be the Minister of Dali Temple, can you share my worries?"
"I wonder how the officials want me to share my worries?" Wan Qixi's face was pale and bloodless, and his legs were even shaking.
"Of course it's a waste of time. Don't let Zheng Yinian cause trouble in the first place..." Zhao Jiu stared at the other party and said coldly. "In my opinion, this person must be a spy of the Jin Army! He was sent by Nianhan! You do it.
Lord of Dali Temple, can you come up with a result for me?"
Wan Qixi pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Why don't you speak?" Zhao Jiu was indignant. "I am using you, isn't it because I want your loyalty?"
"Officials, it's really because they want to be loyal to the official family that they don't mix right and wrong..." Wan Qixi said sincerely with his hands raised. "Zheng Yinian was kidnapped. The only worry is that he accepted the post of a pseudo-Qi.
But he had already fled before he reached the territory of Puppet Qi, and his time on duty was much later than before the officials issued various orders in Huaishang... Officials and anyone with a little common sense can see that this person has not
You violate the official laws! But you are considered a person of integrity!"
"They did it on purpose!" Zhao Jiu was furious. "They just picked such a person to throw stones at!"
"Even if the officials have such suspicions, how can they say it out loud?" Wan Qixi became more sincere. "After all, no one in the north knows if there are any truly loyal ministers and filial sons who are struggling to serve as ministers..."
"Of course I know I can't say it directly, so I want you to confirm that he is a Jin spy." Zhao Jiu simply tore the last layer of skin.
"Guan Jia." Wan Qi plopped down and knelt down directly. "The officials are very kind to me. If the officials really want me to do this, I am willing to share the worries of the officials. But even so, I have to remind you first.
A word from the officials... Even if this person is really a Jin spy, there is no way he can be traced back to the beginning and end at the same time even though the north and south are separated by several years!"
Zhao Jiu stared at the other party, impatient for a moment, and stamped his feet slightly to remind: "This matter can always be 'unnecessary'!"
Wan Qixi directly kowtowed to the ground, and then raised his head to face each other solemnly: "Officials! Between our monarchs and ministers, there is no need for it, of course it can be. But if there is no need, how can we serve the world? And why should we treat people like Wang Xianggong and Zhang Xueshi? They are dead
Is it true that loyalty to the country is just to look at the officials and use it to deceive the people of the world?"
Zhao Jiu was stunned and looked at the person in front of him for a long time without speaking.
But Wan Qixi kowtowed again, but as if he had some serious intentions, he actually faced him without his hat and continued to admonish: "Officials! Extraordinary things happen only in extraordinary times, but extraordinary things are not for the sake of the country."
Is there an emergency?"
"I wanted to dissuade you before. Now that the country is gradually restoring order, why can't the officials continue to be upright? For example, the incident of the Korean envoys is fine, but what do the officials think about the personnel disputes between the princes?"
"First, I asked Xianggong Liu to recommend Xianggong Chen, and then asked Xianggong Chen to recommend Xianggong Yan... What exactly is the plot? It should be noted that all the ministers in the world are ministers of the official family, why do you still have to make plans with the ministers like this? The result is just in vain.
The tension between Xianggong Zhao and Xianggong Zhang suddenly sparked a party dispute!"
"Guan Jia! The Battle of Yaoshan was actually the fiercest battle since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and it was also a battle to reestablish the country! The Guan Jia gritted their teeth and won the battle, which actually told the world that the Guan Jia himself was the emperor.
The backbone of the Song Dynasty is the courage of the Song Dynasty... Under such circumstances, if you say you are not arrogant or eager, it will appear that the officials are hypocritical and like a demon... But as a minister, what will happen if you see these deeds of the officials over the past few years?
Wouldn’t there be more expectations?”
"I take the liberty of saying that what I say today is from the bottom of my heart, and I have absolutely no intention of being disobedient... If the officials want me to go, it's not necessary, and I'm going to do it myself, but I can be a "unnecessary" person.
, but I really don’t want to see the officials doing ‘unnecessary’ things!”
At the end of the speech, Wan Qixi put on the hard-winged futou that had become a little crooked when he started kowtowing, and bowed his head again, but said no more words.
The people around him, such as Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan, Lan Gui and others, had already been stunned by what he heard. Liu Yan even had a vague tendency to shed tears, but Zhao Jiu was still staring at this person blankly, and was still unable to speak.
I was actually given political and moral education by Wan Qixi! And the education seemed to be more profound than what Lu Haowen had taught me before!
And it seems to actually make sense?!
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