The autumn wind is rustling, the sun is warm and the sun is setting. In the Bozhou Mingdao Palace on Huainan East Road in the Song Dynasty, light and shadow are interlaced, and the air is refreshing and warm.
Not only that, at this moment, in this huge building complex that has the functions of a temple, a garden, and a palace, you can see armored warriors and nobles in purple everywhere. You can see countless civil and military officials from the Song Dynasty.
here.
Among them, the hill with the highest position on the apse is even more tightly guarded and well-ordered. From a distance, it looks old, but it still represents the supreme authority of King Wu's scepter.
Everything is exactly the same as ten years ago, and everything is completely different from ten years ago.
The notice boards in various passages have been posted early on. This itinerary is very tight. Today is the limit for meeting and arriving, and tomorrow you will burn incense and bathe, meditate and concentrate. Three days later, you will have a sacrifice. After the sacrifice, you will only have to be quiet for one day.
Another banquet was held to discuss matters, and the trip lasted only six or seven days, which naturally aroused non-stop discussions in the civil and military circles.
Even senior officials such as Chen Gui, Liu Ji, and Yan Xiaozhong were a little uneasy.
Of course, as Mr. Lu is old and virtuous, he can naturally go to rest early. Without Hu Yin, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun can still walk in the garden calmly as they did ten years ago, and even Lin Jingmo can
Lin Shangshu took up the position, making up the three of them.
The atmosphere was very harmonious.
"Speaking of which, have you watched the last episode of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"?" Zhao Ding casually chatted while walking.
"Look." Zhang Jun ignored that there were still people around and laughed on the spot. "Guanyin said that the Eighty-one Difficulties were not enough, so he used the introduction that he had hidden dozens of times before, turned over, and revealed the wordless scripture... The result
However, Sanzang of the Tang Dynasty had a profound enlightenment, saying that the Buddha still needed profit and market, and there were still monsters in the Buddhist Kingdom of Tianzhu that cannibalize people. Only the Dragon King of the Tang Dynasty rained rain at the wrong time, and as a result, the emperor's intercession was not successful. It can be said that the government is well-educated and the laws are strict... It can be seen that
, Buddhism has spread eastward long ago, Tianzhu has long been an empty shell, the true scriptures are in the east, and the practice is at your feet... He became a Buddha with just one word... It is really the work of Wu... Master Wu."
Zhao Ding also twisted his beard and laughed: "It is indeed the work of the Wu family."
Just like that, the two of them, together with Lin Jingmo, laughed together for a while. After a while, they saw a stone table and bench under the shadow of a tree. The three of them walked over together, but did not sit down. They just stopped beside it.
Then they continued chatting... After this action, the knowledgeable people around him had already stayed away.
"Prince Jingsai wrote a letter against this trip?"
Under the shadow of the trees, Prime Minister Zhao Ding was thoughtful.
"yes."
Zhang Jun stood with his hands tied, his face calm. "It is said that Mingdao Palace is unlucky for the official family... For the sacrifices, the prime minister can do it on his behalf. For the declaration of favor, why not do it in Tokyo... In short, the memorial conveyed by the Privy Council
I am urging officials not to come here."
Zhao Ding nodded, then shook his head again: "What do you think of Xifu?"
"How can I see it?"
Zhang Jun was still calm. "The official family did fall into a well here, and Prince Yang also had some embarrassing things here... When he executed Kanglu with his hands that day, Yudi and Lu Gongxiang were standing aside, and it was normal for him to have some taboos in his heart. It's just that
…”
"only……?"
"It's just that Prince Yang sent a letter to the Privy Council instead of to the Secret Letter, but I don't know what his intention is?"
"It's impossible not to follow the secret path."
"Then the secret letter and the Privy Council came together to send it." Zhang Jun said seriously. "The reaction is becoming more and more excessive... Is there really some inside story that you and I don't know about?"
"What do you think, Lin Shangshu?" Zhao Ding hesitated for a moment, then looked at Lin Jingmo, who had been silent.
"My official believes that Prince Yang is called the commander, but he is actually the leader of the internal ministers. Whatever he wants to say and how he says it will be taken care of by the officials... We other ministers don't have to think too much." Lin Jingmo did not hesitate and acted immediately.
answer.
"I thought so too."
Zhao Ding nodded and brushed it off. "It's another matter. Have you two heard about it?"
"Which thing?"
"The incident caused by Wanqi Yuanzhong... said that Zong, Lu, Wang, and Zhang were going to directly pursue the holy gods as a special case of Zhongxing. Zong, Lu and Zhuisheng were carried into the Confucian Temple, and Wang and Zhang were among the gods.
A formal sealing edict will be carried out during this sacrifice."
"Forgive me for being honest, I am afraid that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong... What he wants to do is to lift these four people up and not compete with everyone for these eighteen positions... But he is a little anxious, and his methods are too much.
It's a bit crude. How can Mr. Lu be ranked with the three dead people if he is alive? Moreover, what about Mr. Lu of Yanjing? People there say that the Northern Expedition has hollowed out his inner being, and he can hardly survive the next one.
In winter... do you want to go in together? Into the temple or to the gods?"
"Brother Yu thinks so too. We, the scholars, don't care about titles or divine positions. As for things like the Confucian Temple, it's not about merit, it's about knowledge. They don't stand next to each other...
...Today you and I say privately that if we really want to talk about the Confucian Temple, only Mr. Lu will be more sure of the future."
"Why is Mr. Lu so unsure?" Zhang Jun shook his head and smiled bitterly. "However, Wanqi Yuanzhong is not to blame for this... When the eighteen kings came out that day, everyone was still talking about it, but now it is the turn of the civil servants to compete for these eighteen positions.
, but all of them think it is too little, and Wanqi Yuanzhong’s contribution is really a bit far away... It is not just Wanqi Yuanzhong who is jumping up and down on this matter."
"That's true."
"I think this may not be the case." Just as Zhao and Zhang were discussing the matter frankly, Lin Jingmo, who had been silent behind him, suddenly spoke, causing the two people in front of him to stop and look back.
"What do you think, Lin Shangshu?" Zhao Ding asked frankly.
"Wanqi Jinglue's move is naturally Xiang Zhuang's intention to dance with Pei Gong, but it is not, or it is not just a wish to be ranked among the eighteenth rank." Lin Jingmo also stopped, and answered fluently. "Because civil servants do not compete with military generals,
There are still many battles to be rescheduled. Within ten years, the eighteen ranks must have been arranged in the official family. It cannot be done by external forces, and Wanqi's methods are too clumsy...
I would venture to guess that Wanqi Jingluo did this because he expected that he would most likely not be ranked, so he used it to express some grievances and remind the officials not to forget him, so as to exchange for actual benefits!"
"Besides his title, is there anything else we shouldn't forget about him?"
Zhang Deyuan looked surprised, while Zhao Yuanzhen frowned.
"Yanjing." Lin Jingmo glanced at the two husbands and answered seriously. "Weren't there rumors about moving the capital a few months ago? Compared with his posthumous reputation, Wan Qi Jinglue probably wants to make further progress in his lifetime, right? If
If we can take this opportunity to transfer to Hebei, the chancellor will not be far away."
Hearing this, Prime Minister Zhao Ding seemed to have expected it, but showed no emotion at all. Zhang Jun, who was originally surprised, became surprisingly calm after hearing this, even a little too calm.
After a brief pause, the current prime minister and leader of the Wood Party turned around and looked at the current prime minister, speaking calmly: "Brother Yuan Zhen, according to my foolish brother's point of view, Yanjing is one thing.
But it’s not the same thing, because the official family is back... When the official family is back, there will be people who can make the decisions. When the official family is back, the country will be at peace... If you don’t move the capital, you won’t move it, but if you really want to move the capital
, the officials will definitely inform them directly, and will we still oppose it then? Even if we oppose it, with the prestige of the officials now, can it be done? If the incident of moving the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty really happened, who would be embarrassed?"
After hearing this, Zhao Ding was silent for a while. After a while, he finally nodded slightly, then turned around and walked away deep in the shadow of the tree. Upon seeing this, Zhang Jun turned around and glanced at Lin Jingmo, and continued to follow him calmly.
As the sun set, there was no need for much discussion, and the sacrificial ceremony officially began the next day.
As we all know, the Zhao Guan family's behavior on certain matters is actually particularly ridiculous.
He likes to make people look like gods, and likes to write some strange stories about ghosts and gods by himself, but he has no respect for ghosts, gods and sacrifices... In the past, he scratched the Taoist ancestor and the Buddha's golden body was nothing more. At that time, he was really helpless...
...but not to mention anything else, just a few months ago, when I went to Juhua Island, I asked the abbot of Dalonggong Temple, which has been passed down for seventy or eighty years, what the "imperial" is and what the water in the octagonal well can do.
You can't live forever, how long can you live if you put a few fish in it, which makes the decades-old host cry, it's not something that ordinary officials can do.
Back to the present, although the Zhao Guan family kept saying that they were grateful to Taoist ancestors for blessing them, and that they had accomplished ten years of work, so they came back as they had hoped at the time, but when it came time to offer sacrifices, they were just perfunctory... Bathing and dressing in the first three days were very inappropriate.
He even shot a duck at Guohe Horse Racing, and when the sacrifices officially started three days later, he just wore the old ancestral dress, made a shopkeeper with his hands, and left Lu Haowen, Zhao Ding, Lu Benzhong, and Yang Yizhong at their mercy.
toss.
When it was his turn, the official only went up, placed a stick of incense on the altar outside Xuanyuan Hall and in front of Taoist Jin in Xuanyuan Hall, and then let it go.
All I can say is that fortunately, a handful of incense ash didn’t get on Daozu’s face.
One day later, the official actually directly issued an order to hold a banquet to discuss matters in front of the altar in the courtyard of Xuanyuan Hall... No one dared to speak out and accept advice, so they just followed the official's fooling around.
, there are even a few shameless people who quote scriptures and insist that such behavior is appropriate.
But there is one thing to say, the standard of the banquet is still very high. In addition to the necessary ministers of the emperor, the civil servants need to have the experience of being a senior official in the central secret cabinet or the local manager's resume, and the military generals also need to start from the county king. It seems that this banquet can really
Decide many things.
And the official family really lived up to everyone's expectations.
The sky was clear and the autumn air was crisp. The banquet had just started and before the wine was drunk, Zhao Guan's family got down to business.
"Your Majesty."
Zhao Jiu, who was sitting on the high ground in front of the stage, raised a glass and drank to himself, and then spoke with a smile. ""Laozi" has a saying: 'When success is achieved, the people all say: It's natural for me.' When Han Zhaolie became the king of Hanzhong, he also said, 'After success, everything is done'
Standing, the ministers and others retreated and corrected their sins, even if they died without regrets'. But, they are saints and famous kings, we can't compare... Why do we come here to offer sacrifices? Isn't it because of the autumn day ten years ago, we are
Are you here to make up your mind not to go to Yangzhou and instead grit your teeth to fight against the Jin? Now that the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed and Northern Xinjiang has been leveled, it can be called a success, so I come back to give a report to Daozu and the old man... Now that the sacrifice is over, we don’t have to do some things.
Are you being humble...Mr. Lu?"
"The old minister is here."
The person closest to Zhao Jiu immediately stood up from his seat.
"No need to get up."
Zhao Jiu poured himself a glass of wine again, just holding the cup to indicate. "Let's discuss heroes over wine here... The generals will discuss their military exploits. This thing has been settled... Let's talk about the merits of making a decision... Lu Gongxiang thinks,
It has been ten years since the founding of the Yan Dynasty. Who is the person who has made the decision?"
The courtyard suddenly became quiet, and only the sound of autumn cicadas and the whistling of autumn trees could be heard clearly.
Lu Haowen sat back and said calmly: "I heard that everything must have a beginning. In the past, when Jingkang was in trouble, the world was in decline. Those who advocated peace, and there were countless people who wanted to retreat. I and others were at a loss. At this time,
It was Li Gang, Li Gongxiang and Zong Zezong who stayed behind inside and outside, resisting the Jin Dynasty despite all opinions. Not only that, at that time, the official family had just ascended the throne and was exiled. If Li Gongxiang had not re-established the official position, it would have been difficult for the court.
If Feizong stayed and stayed in Tokyo, the Central Plains would be completely wiped out and the country would be hopeless... These two people are the red flag against the Jin Dynasty and the backbone of the country... Their contributions are beyond words."
"That's right. Without Li Zong and Zong Zong, the country would have been gone long ago. How could those things that happened later come about... Zong Zhongwu was older and had already died of exhaustion, so he named Zong Zhongwu
First, Mr. Li is the second best." After saying this, Zhao Jiu raised his glass and looked around. "My lords, I would like to express my gratitude to you two for resisting the Jin Red Banner."
Everyone did not dare to neglect, so they hurriedly returned from Taiyuan. Li Yanxian, who was wanted by Li Gang, also calmly toasted. In fact, among the civil servants, on the surface, Wen Wu is the first to arrange, but in fact, as Lin Jingmo said, everyone is the leader.
Everyone has a strong balance in their hearts.
Moreover, the particularity of the position of Prime Minister is also here, so most of the eighteen positions are chosen by everyone in their minds, and it is nothing more than a few opinions on the last few positions.
Sure enough, after Lu Haowen proposed Zongze and Li Gang, Zhao Ding proposed Lu Haowen, Lu Yihao, Wang Boyan, Yu Wenxuzhong, and Xu Jingheng.
These five people are the rulers who have been in power since the Nanyang period. They are the father-in-law who actually maintained the country's operation and anti-golden cause during the most difficult period in the early days... they cannot be left without them.
Zhang Jun, on the other hand, added that Zhang Suo died for his country.
When it was Liu Ji's turn to speak, the deputy prime minister was somewhat unexpected. He went beyond himself and Chen Gui and mentioned Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Hu Yin and Lin Jingmo together.
The reason is that these four people are the backbone of the anti-golden army and the official arm of the imperial family who have been serving in the imperial court since Bagong Mountain.
Chen Gui took advantage of the situation and added Liu Ziyu who followed after Bagong Mountain.
Next, it was Lin Jingmo and Liu Ziyu's turn to talk, and the two of them naturally reciprocated the favor, one by one, pushing out Liu Ji and Chen Gui, the two Nanyang chief ministers.
By this time, there were already fifteen people. No wonder even Wan Qixi didn't dare to ask for such a position.
However, the last three are inevitably more controversial.
Some people suggested Wang Shu because Wang Shu not only had a firm stand against the Jin Dynasty, but was also the military and political leader of Guanzhong before the imperial court took control of Guanzhong... Some people even directly pointed out the story of Qu Duan intimidating Wang Shu and Wang Shu persisted in his position.
Fortunately, Qu Duan stayed in Yanyun, otherwise it would have been another embarrassment.
Some people also suggested Hu Hongxiu, thinking that Hu Hongxiu had made extraordinary achievements in Xixia.
Others suggested Li Guang and Ma Shen, others suggested Liu Hongdao who was serving as the pacification ambassador in northern Xinjiang, and some even suggested Zhang Cui who died in Huainan after Bagong Mountain.
In the end, Zhang Jun, who was traveling the same way, couldn't help but interject and mentioned Wan Qixi at an inappropriate time.
However, regarding these suggestions, Zhao Guanjia just poured them into his own hands and allowed the debate to continue. At the end, he just waved his hands and made a conclusion: "What you said is good... but if you put them all, it would be too much... What I mean is,
The royal concubine can come, otherwise Qu Duan will be crowned king and he will be defeated. Wouldn't it be difficult to convince people's hearts?"
Many people nodded, this is indeed a problem... Not only the internal merits and qualifications of the civil servants, but also the factors of the generals. In addition to Wang Shu, the other most obvious example is that Lin Jingmo and Hu Yin are Zhang Rong and Yue Fei respectively.
'Guarantor'.
Of course, Wang Shu himself is second only to the Prime Minister in terms of qualifications, position, and achievements, and he is also the one with less controversy.
"There must be a place for remonstrance." Zhao Jiu continued to drink a glass of wine before pointing his finger at one of the people sitting in the seat. "Fei Yushi Zhongcheng is always on the alert, and the country may fall into the state of an entire army.
Without individual identity...Li Zhongcheng is worthy of this position."
Li Guang really didn't object this time, but stood up directly to thank him.
On the other hand, he raised his eyebrows, knowing that with Li Guang, he was afraid that he would have no chance, and even if he did not claim to be a person in vain, he could not help but feel a little sad at this time.
Sure enough, Zhao Guanjia glanced at Ma Shen, continued to pour a glass of wine, and then paused: "My lords, the ten years of Jianyan we are talking about today are the achievements of resisting the Jin, Shao and Song Dynasties. As for Zhang Xianggong,
Even earlier, Zhang Shuye and Liu Kai are of course heroes, but there is no need to crowd here."
Everyone nodded, which was a matter of course.
"As for the remaining quota, I want to give it to Liu Hongdao." Zhao Jiu drank the glass of wine and finally made up his mind. "It's not that Hu Hongxiu has insufficient merit, but I want to borrow his Xixia meritorious service to let him dominate the battle and save money."
Others are not convinced... and Hu Jinglue is still young after all. In the future, this court will have to use more side affairs, and his future is indispensable... But Ambassador Liu, starting from the defeat of Qingzhou, has gone through countless hardships, defeated and won, people's livelihood and logistics, and in the past ten years,
Traveling across rivers and seas, traveling north and south, I have always stood firm and made a lot of contributions. There should be an explanation for this."
As soon as these words came out, all eighteen people were present. Many of the bureaucrats present felt disappointed, but also somewhat relieved... This matter had been tormenting them for a long time.
"The eighteen people are, in order, Zongze, Li Gang, Lu Haowen, Lu Yihao, Wang Boyan, Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Hu Yin, Yu Wenxuzhong, Xu Jingheng, Liu Ji, Chen Gui, Zhang Suo, Lin Jingmo, Liu Ziyu, Wang
Concubine, Li Guang, Liu Hongdao." After Zhao Jiu finished reading in turn, he gave serious instructions. "Let the Ministry of Rites prepare. All the prime ministers and ministers will be awarded princes. The remaining princes and counties... don't have to refuse. This is what you deserve... The control below
Officials and other meritorious officials should also be added as dukes, marquises, and uncles... Then the thirty-six civil and military ministers should write biographies and save portraits, and then divide them into two copies, one to be hung in the Secret Pavilion, and the other to be hung in the Yanjing Shangshu Desk.
Go inside."
The scene suddenly came to a standstill.
"I know what you want to ask."
Just as Zhao Ding was about to stand up, Zhao Jiu waved his hand directly. "Yes, I have made up my mind to move the capital to Yanjing... There are three reasons. First, after ten years of war, the population in the north has been lost, and the economy is weak. If the central government cannot put an absolute
I am afraid that this attitude will not be able to revive the North from its roots."
Everyone sat in silence with their hands tied, saying nothing.
"Secondly, a blank piece of paper is easy to draw on. There are many chronic diseases in this dynasty, which have caused difficulties for Jingkang. And I want to usher in the old Song Dynasty and establish a new Song Dynasty. I must find a way to get rid of the chaos of the old dynasty... The north is particularly clean up this time
It’s clean, and the roads in Hebei are mostly populated by good families and self-cultivated farmers. There aren’t many generations of aristocratic families or landowners from the entire state have a foothold... After going to Yanjing, the surrounding area will be cleaner.”
Some people hesitated to speak, but in the end they did not say it.
"The last reason is that Yanjing is the leader of Hebei, and just as the southeast is where the country's wealth is, Hebei is also where the country's military is devoted... If Hebei is not firmly controlled, how can we make northern Xinjiang peaceful?"
Zhao Jiu looked around at everyone. "After all, have you ever thought about it? We spent ten years to win this war, and what happens next? Will the world be peaceful after that? What if Mongolia rises? What happens if the Bohai people make trouble?
What to do? So what if I give birth to a girl?"
The atmosphere was completely frozen, and everyone, whether civil or military, Lu Haowen or Han Shizhong, sat upright and listened intently.
Zhao Guanjia seemed to be drunk, and his words gradually gained some emotion:
"What are you thinking about? Ten years ago at this time, here, we were a group of bereaved dogs, living in solitude, almost ready to subjugate our country. If I wanted to change my mind and return to the war, I would have to kill the chief security officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The current prime minister must be exiled... And today, we are showing merit and celebrating, but we are just celebrating that we survived this national war. But if we win the Song and Jin Dynasty war, will everything be peaceful?
"Before, on Chrysanthemum Island, I issued an edict... At that time, I could detect the thoughts of the northern Xinjiang tribes. It was just that you were tyrannical for a while, and I was careful for a while. In the long run, who cares about those things? It's me.
, do you just expect to use a few edicts to determine the foundation of eternity? It is just to use this to win a big victory, first establish a framework, stabilize it first, and then withdraw from internal affairs... Only when your own family is strong can everything be in order!
"And how to start the internal affairs? We still need you, the ministers and important ministers, that is, the prime minister to lead the secret cabinet, the public cabinet to take charge of the country, and then I will take the lead in doing the most important things that require my support, just like before
Ten years like that...
"Build the river first, but not only build the river, but also use the river to build the river to slowly and subtly do the disarmament and relocation of the capital...
"Moving the capital does not mean moving the capital all at once. There is no need. Lu Xianggong is not in good health. When the time comes, the position of prime minister can be filled by good ministers. Hu Yin will add a deputy prime minister in the name of helping to repair the river and sit in Yanjing together. Let's take our time.
Take your time, cultivate it quickly for three to five years, and cultivate it slowly for ten or eight years. Then you can slowly move the secret pavilion to Yanjing or to me. You can also open a newspaper in Hebei, and new scholars can follow me here.
Hebei inspection... After the river construction is completed, and you are almost used to it, you can officially move the capital...
"The 300,000 soldiers in the imperial camp are too many. Without the 200,000 Jurchen households, what are you doing with so many soldiers? Change some of the garrison troops and reduce the imperial camp to 200,000 first. 20,000 to 30,000 are enough in Liaoyang outside the Great Wall.
50,000 from Yanjing, 10,000 to 20,000 from Central Plains, 20,000 to 30,000 from Hedong, 20,000 to 30,000 from Guanxi, and 10,000 to 20,000 scattered in the southeast. The inland navy can maintain the Yellow River and Yangtze River, but the navy can add...
"And by reducing the number of soldiers, we can gradually reduce the tax increases and tax increases in the South. Otherwise, I will never feel at ease...
"Building rivers, disarmament, moving the capital, and strengthening control over neighboring countries are also to allow the internal recuperation, and then look at our internal foundation in the future, and then tentatively think about how to turn the three imperial edicts from three empty documents into real ones.
If you can control it, control it; if you can control it, control it; if you can control it, let it go; if Buddhism should be taught, spread it; if Confucianism should be promoted, do it; but you must act within your ability; if you take too big a step, it will be easy to talk nonsense.
!”
At this time, everyone was sure that the official had indeed drunk too much, but no one dared to regard these words as drunken words. On the contrary, whether it was Lu Haowen, who had already faded away, or who had just been appointed as the official deputy
National-level leaders, including Han Shizhong, who had been promoted to general and prime minister, all pricked up their ears and were as serious as they wanted to be.
Zhao Jiu poured himself wine again, but found that the jug was empty. Feng Yi, the chamberlain who had just returned to the official family, quickly offered another jug, but was repelled by Zhao Guanjia slightly impatiently:
"Compared with Northern Xinjiang, in Western Liao, when the country is a little more stable, you can confidently ask for the six states of Hexi and push the territory to Yumen Pass. Yelu Dashi will not refuse to give it, and he dare not not give it... Moreover, if
I expected it to be true. In my lifetime, I will be able to see the Yelv Stone traveling thousands of miles across the Western Regions, and I will also be able to see the country gradually decline after his death... In the past, the Han Dynasty took the Western Regions and the Huns were destroyed. If one day, it is not impossible to take the Western Regions and
It's connected to Northern Xinjiang and Ding Qingtang...but this one is far away.
"I just say that after we get Hexi, we can manage the Western Region, and we can also gradually nourish the green ponds that have been broken into pieces. The place is too poor and the geography is too great, but it can be used as a barrier or as an outside line to support one or two
Finally, if we can extend our hands to the Jinchuan and Jinchuan areas, as well as Dali in the southwest, we may have a real opportunity to do something...
"Vietnam in the southeast depends on the development of maritime trade. It only needs a strong navy. And there is really no need to think about annexation. Liu Guan. According to me, the most important thing in Vietnam is the business of feet of cloth and feet of rice, regardless of maintaining the status quo.
Or annexation by force, we must first ensure that Vietnamese rice can be transported to the southeast along the sea trade...
"So, again, there are always opportunities, but in all of this, we must pay attention to steps, geography, benefits, and within our capabilities... If we can't do it without using big weapons, we can't do it.
"There is only one place where I have made up my mind and will not hesitate to go to war. But it is not outside, but inside... In the south, annexation must be restrained! We must be in line with Hebei and the Central Plains. I dare not say that the rise and fall of the dynasty will be the same.
It depends on this, but at least it can be regarded as an important lesson from the Jingkang disaster, right? Fang La, how many days have Zhong Xiang been there? So, whoever dares to annex, who dares to dream of a hundred thousand acres of land, I will do what I did to the Jurchen Wanyan family
Like, 'destroy' him!
"In short, internally, we need to move the capital and disarmament, recuperate and recuperate, suppress annexation, encourage commerce, especially sea trade, and at the same time try our best to build rivers and promote original learning; externally, we need to appropriately strengthen control over northern Xinjiang and engage in large-scale peaceful expansion in the west.
Try not to use big weapons... This is what we will do in the next twenty years, or even thirty years... Anyway, this is the country's rough plan before my death. I don't know how much we can do, and how much we can achieve... Everyone, the grudges of the old Song Dynasty
That’s it, the journey to the New Song Dynasty is about to begin, but does anyone still have any doubts?”
"Although I am old, I am willing to continue my journey with the official family."
The ministers had different reactions at first. But soon, under the leadership of Lu Haowen who had reacted, Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian and below, the civil and military officials on the left and right did not dare to delay for a moment, and stood up one after another, in Xuanyuan Hall.
Under the altar in front of him, they first waited for Lu Haowen to say something, and then they all came to worship him.
He said that he was willing to continue his journey with the official family.
In fact, no one dares to hesitate.
By now, everyone knows that this is the real drama of this Mingdao Palace Ceremony.
"Everyone get up!"
Zhao Jiu laughed on the spot, and when everyone sat back, he sighed again. "Do any of you still think that I will be lazy in politics from now on? Do some of you think that I am a bit too busy? Is there anyone who thinks that I want to do things?
Too much, will it be too hard to follow me in the future, and you will feel timid for a while?"
"So that the officials know that I was indeed timid just now."
Seeing that the atmosphere had completely calmed down, Wan Qixi, who was sitting at the bottom of the Jingxi East Road, lost no time in joking. "But when I think about how even the previous ten years were so severe and hard, the officials could take us with them.
Come out... No matter how hard the road ahead is, why should you be afraid?"
Zhao Jiu laughed again.
After laughing, the official turned around and looked at the Xuanyuan Hall behind him, but then he thought thoughtfully: "Speaking of which, I drank too much wine, and my mouth was broken. I was just talking, but I almost forgot.
One thing, fortunately Wanqi Jinglue reminded me..."
Everyone quickly put on a serious posture, but after experiencing the previous twenty-year goals and so on, this seriousness was a bit pretentious.
"Actually, I was timid before." Zhao Jiu responded seriously. "But there is nothing I can do. Now that I am in this position, I should know that the road is in front of me. It is impossible not to walk... If you don't walk, you will let down the world."
People... the same is true for you. Don't think that you can enjoy the merits of ten years and go against the general trend... We have experienced so much, don't you understand? The so-called heroes of time are just mortals, mortals
If you bite the bullet, you will become a hero for a while, so don't be complacent because of your achievements."
"There are always officials who come first."
Han Shizhong was alert and immediately expressed his position. "I will never betray the official family."
"It's not that I have failed, and the official family is an official family, Zhao Jiu is Zhao Jiu, the former is a position, the latter is a person, but the position requires someone to live in it." Zhao Jiu looked at the military minister he trusted most and shook his head for a moment.
"There is one more thing I want to say. I really don't mean to beat you, or even encourage myself. I just have a truth, a problem that is stuck in my throat. I won't say it out today, won't let you understand, and won't express my opinion myself.
I always feel uncomfortable, but if I say it directly, I'm afraid not many people will remember it in their minds, and I myself will be a little numb..."
"Officials can speak frankly, and all ministers should remember it carefully." Li Yanxian immediately stood up and held his hands.
"It's better not to speak bluntly, let me ask a question first..." Zhao Jiu smiled again, but poured himself a glass of wine again. "We just made the eighteenth policy of Jianyan for ten years. Wen Xun,
And it’s also arranged in order... I dare to ask you all the meritorious officials, in the decisive victory of Jianyan, which meritorious deeds are greater due to your thirty-six civil and military forces combined, or to my meritorious deeds?"
Li Yanxian and Han Shizhong were both embarrassed to speak, so they instinctively looked at their husbands. In the slightly silent front yard of Xuanyuan Hall, Lu Haowen hesitated for a moment, and finally stood up.
"I am presumptuous. It has been said since ancient times that kindness comes from the superior. I think that merit should also come from the superior..." Lu Haowen was a little careful in his words. "Of course the meritorious service of the meritorious officials is great, but the official is the emperor and receives orders from the emperor."
In the ten years of Jianyan's glory, if the officials had not taken their positions, determined their policies, and guided them to make the world resist the Jin Dynasty, and at the same time appointed ministers and others, where would the merits of the ministers and others have been? Most of the merits of the ministers and others would have to be counted.
It’s on the official’s side.”
"That makes sense."
Zhao Jiu nodded, but asked again seriously. "But if you put it this way, one hundred governors and hundreds of state and county officials, together, can't compare to thirty-six heroes? After all, if it weren't for thirty-six
If the decision is made to use Wu Zhixun as the leader, how will the people below do things?"
"Your Majesty, this is different."
Zhao Ding quickly stood up and took over the words. "The governors and state and county officials are also appointed by the officials. Although they listen to the words of us governors and marshals, they must know the decisions of the officials and understand the decisions of the officials.
Rewards and punishments...and the ministers' use of rewards and punishments are just using the official's strategy and authority."
"So, my contribution is the greatest?" Zhao Jiu tried his best to smile.
"Exactly." Zhao Ding tried his best to answer.
"That's it." Zhao Jiu nodded and continued to pour himself a glass of wine. "But I still don't understand... I just sat under the dragon banner and pointed in the direction, as did Yaoshan, and so did Huolu...
...It is nonsense to say that there is no meritorious service due to example and guidance, but thousands of armies swept across, tens of thousands of people fought to the death, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in one battle, and hundreds of thousands of national soldiers were overturned like a landslide. There is no way I could have done it just by sitting there.
Merit, right?"
"So that the official will know that he is the emperor, the emperor, and enjoys the world." Although he didn't know what the official was going to do, Zhang Jun had to get up. "And the emperor, the master of living things, is the one who enjoys the world."
Yizhi Zong also... for some things, it is enough for the officials to sit there."
"It seems to make sense." Zhao Jiu nodded, picked up the wine and drank it down in one gulp, but then shook his head again, and then pointed to Xuanyuan Hall behind him. "But if you say this, what will the person behind you say?"
Several husbands, including the two marshals, were stunned for a moment and did not react for a moment.
"He was just sitting there..." Zhao Jiu continued to point sideways and pointed behind him. "And he was sitting higher than me, closer to the sky and the earth. Doesn't that mean that all our achievements in the past ten years should be attributed to him?
On him? And if you think about it carefully, didn’t we pay special tribute to him the day before yesterday and thank him?”
Everyone raised their heads in confusion, only then did they realize what the official was talking about.
Behind is the Xuanyuan Hall, and the person sitting in the Xuanyuan Hall is Li Er. Of course, Li Er is just a name, an incarnation of the Taoist ancestor. The Taoist ancestor is the Tao! It is the embodiment of the fundamental Tao of all things in the world!
The official family enjoys the four seas, but all the four seas are given by the Taoist ancestors.
The official family is the Son of Heaven, but the Taoist ancestor itself includes Heaven.
This is a truth that everyone knows, and based on this truth, what Zhao Guanjia said seems to make sense...
But, so but... everyone knows that it is just a wood carving rubbed with gold powder!
"Official family."
Just when several of the princes were a little distracted, another person stood up tremblingly, but it was Yang Yizhong, the king of Jingsai County. The latter bowed his head sincerely. "The official is the emperor and the Taoist ancestor is the god. If they don't interfere with each other, then don't do it."
Don’t worry about this anymore…”
"Immortal! Emperor! Prime Minister! Marshal!" Zhao Jiu sighed loudly, then stood up and looked back at the other prince Liu Yan. "Pingfu, please bring out the man sitting in the palace for me..."
Yang Yizhong raised his head, his face pale; while Lu Haowen, Zhao Ding and the seven or eight civil servants who were as quick-thinking as Lin Jingmo raised their heads and stared at Zhao Guan's house, looking thoughtful;
Liu Yan, like the others, was a little confused, but he didn't care much. After receiving the imperial decree, he immediately signaled.
Although the Banzhi people don't know what the officials are doing to get drunk, how can a woodcarving hesitate? If Taozu really blames them, he can't blame them through the officials, right?
So, a moment later, a huge wooden sculpture that had obviously just been rubbed with gold powder and received incense yesterday was carried out and placed on the empty altar behind Zhao Guan's house.
Zhao Jiu poured himself another glass of wine and drank it down. Then he stood up drunkenly and ordered to a squad leader: "Go to the woodshed and get an ax for me."
Everyone who was already slightly tipsy felt a buzz in their heads, almost all of them were dumbfounded, and then panicked.
But the one who had the biggest reaction was Prince Jingsai.
"Official!"
Regardless of everything, Yang Yizhong went directly to the steps between Zhao Guan's house and the wooden sculpture, then knelt down sideways and kowtowed. "Now that things have come to this, why should the officials care about it?"
"Zhengfu, I don't care, I just want to do a fundamental experiment in front of all the ministers." Zhao Jiu immediately laughed again. "If I don't do this experiment, I will feel unhappy... If you think about it, it is obviously
We, the people of the world, have worked hard for ten years. How come according to the principles of a few gentlemen, in the end it is just the work of a woodcarver? This is not fair!"
When they came back to their senses, some people tried to agree but immediately shut up. Some people were already livid, while others were flushed, and some just looked with relief as if their boots had landed.
But it was Yang Yizhong who was the most nervous.
After a while, the duty officer brought the ax for chopping wood. Yang Yizhong took it first, bowed again, and said sincerely:
"Official! If the official insists on doing this, I am willing to do it for you!"
"I am willing to do the work for you." Although Han Shizhong didn't quite understand, he immediately followed.
"No need... Zhengfu." Zhao Jiu shook his head in reply and stretched out his hand. "I would rather be punished by God today than do it myself... Moreover, do you really have the heart to see me keep dodging like this? Give it to me.
……Give me!"
Yang Yizhong hesitated for a moment, but finally handed over the ax without hesitation, but almost shed tears. At this time, Zhang Jun suddenly became frightened, and then Han Shizhong, who was next to him and could not do the job for him, was surprised and came to see the official.
How could he really be punished by God for being drunk and going crazy and chopping up a fairy woodcarving?
If he said this, he should have been punished in Yan'an Mansion thirty years ago.
What's going on one by one?
However, many people couldn't help but think about it. Zhao Jiu had already taken the axe, gritted his teeth again, and finally walked forward with the strength of wine, until he reached the front of the statue, and then sighed a little:
"Old man... whether he has a spirit or not... I have finally accomplished my task and come to see you again... You can do whatever you want, I'm going to take action anyway."
After sighing with emotion, Zhao Jiu stepped on the opponent's knee, swung the ax, kicked up half of his body, and struck the Daozu wood carving on the head with all his strength.
The ax was struck with such force that it was wedged directly into the forehead and could not be removed.
Zhao Jiu tried twice, but simply gave up and jumped down. First, he stomped his feet on the ground, and then raised his head to look at the sky above his head.
But there was no change in the sky. The autumn wind was still blowing, the sun was warm and the sun was setting. Only Yang Yizhong, who had followed, had already fallen to the side covered in sweat.
"Bullshit fairy emperor."
After a while, Zhao Jiu, who was also sweating all over, suddenly whispered something in a low voice. Although the voice was low, it was enough to fall into the ears of all the important officials in the silent courtyard. When he turned his head, the official pointed to his head again.
The woodcarving that had received an axe on the top looked at the people below with a smile. "My lords, this Taoist ancestor seems to be a reasonable person. He knows that the credit belongs to us mortals, so he is not angry... But you, please don't imitate me, because I have not yet
There is no such measure of attainment of righteousness!"
After saying this, the official threw his head back and laughed. He laughed for a long time, until tears came out of his eyes. He laughed so hard that several people in the audience tried to laugh with him, but they couldn't laugh.
And finally, Zhao Jiu finally stopped laughing, and then with a hint of drunkenness, he stood in front of the statue that had been hit by an ax on the forehead, and declared in a serious voice: "Everyone, I have just proved one thing, that is, in the past ten years,
The feat we did to destroy the Jin, Shao and Song dynasties was not based on God’s grace and holy will... At least it was not based on God’s grace and holy will... The one who really took the lead in doing this majestic feat was, after all, you, it was you.
All Song people in the world! Living, dead, coming, and not coming! They are all there!"
Lu Haowen had been prepared for a long time and should have taken the lead to respond again, but for some unknown reason, maybe because of his old age or because he had drank a few glasses of wine, when he heard the official's drunken remarks, the then minister suddenly suddenly
My nose felt sour and I lost control for a moment.
But Zhao Guanjia didn't care. As soon as he said it, he turned around and signaled to Yang Yizhong: "Chop this wooden sculpture into pieces and fill it into the well in the backyard. Don't delay everyone's banquet! As for the ministers, please go to your place."
, Today we no longer talk about what will happen in the future, nor do we care about what happened in the past, and we just close the door and have a good time, celebrating our victory!"
Everyone was shocked.
On that day, the sky was clear and the wind was gentle and gentle. Emperor Jianyan got very drunk in Mingdao Palace and returned to Tokyo three days later.
On the day of his return to Beijing, the tabloid of Lu Benzhong, a Hanlin scholar, published a new song "Lang Tao Sha" written by an official on Juhua Island a month ago.
The word says:
Heavy rain falls on the swallows,
White waves surge into the sky,
Fishing boats off Qinhuangdao.
Not a single ocean is visible,
Who do you know?
The past is thousands of years old,
Wei Wu waved his whip,
There is a posthumous chapter on Jieshi in the east.
The bleak autumn wind is coming again today,
Changed the human room.
Complete book.
PS: Thanks to slyshotn boss for being so cute again.