Nine hundred and sixtieth chapters Baizhang Great Altar
The two of them were just stunned for a moment and bowed slightly to Zhao Gou.
Humble Garden
Just as Hu Yanzhuo said, Chu Yi and his party returned to the Humble Garden not long ago without disturbing too many people.
Although it is not difficult for everyone to cross a distance of thousands of miles, after returning to the Humble Garden, except for Chen Tuan, Luo Zhenren and a few other people who settled in the Humble Garden, everyone else
Each returned to his palace in the capital.
When Zhao Gou, Yanzhuo, and Tong Guan arrived at the Humble Garden, Chu Yi had just finished bathing and changing clothes. When the attendants came to Tong Bing, Chu Yi was just slightly stunned.
In the front hall, Zhao Gou, Tong Guan, Hu Yanzhuo and his ministers, except Zhao Gou, were seated, and the two of them were standing aside.
There was a sound of footsteps, and the three of them looked up towards the entrance of the living room, and saw Chu Yi walking slowly in casual clothes.
When they saw Chu Yi, Hu Yanzhuo and Tong Guan couldn't help but feel their hearts tightening. They slightly raised their hands and bowed to Chu Yi and said, "I have met Your Highness."
Chu Yi just waved his hand, stepped forward and cupped his hands towards Zhao Gou and said: "Your Majesty is here. It would be rude of Chu to welcome you from afar."
Zhao Gou smiled and shook his head and said: "King Song, you don't have to be polite. If you really want to say something, it's me who came without telling you and disturbed King Song's rest. It's best that King Song doesn't blame me."
The monarch and his ministers greeted each other politely and took their seats. Zhao Gou then looked at Chu Yi and said: "I didn't expect that the King of Song would quietly return to the capital this time. I had previously said that I would wait until the day when the King of Song returned to the court in victory.
Lead the civil and military officials ten miles out of the city to meet him."
Chu Yi glanced at Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou's words came from the bottom of his heart. After all, all gains from Chu Yi's expedition belong to the imperial court. No matter how many ideas Zhao Gou had in mind, Chu Yi opened up new territories and expanded his territory.
, it was a great achievement for the Song Dynasty and even the royal family, and no one can erase this.
Tong Guan smiled at the side and said: "The General Manager is unaware of something. The officials are extremely concerned about the General Manager's expedition. They have personally urged officials from various ministries more than once to ensure the logistics of the expeditionary army."
Chu Yi smiled and said to Zhao Gou: "If the frontline soldiers know this, they will definitely be grateful to Your Majesty."
Zhao Gou said seriously: "This is just my duty."
With a slight cough, Hu Yanzhuo looked at Chu Yi and said with a bit of curiosity: "The general manager, the general has doubts in his heart, and he doesn't know whether to talk about it or not?"
Chu Yi chuckled and said, "If General Hu Yan has anything to say, just say it bluntly."
Hu Yanzhuo nodded and said: "General, I heard that the General Manager is preparing to ascend and can take others to ascend with him? Could it be that someone in the market deliberately spread rumors to slander the General Manager?"
Who doesn’t know that this news came from the mouths of Chu Yi’s confidants? Naturally, it can’t be a rumor. It’s just that as a military general, Hu Yanzhuo couldn’t hide his thoughts in his heart. Because he didn’t believe it, he acted in front of Chu Yi at this moment.
In front of Yi, Hu Yanzhuo asked directly.
As soon as Hu Yanzhuo said these words, Tong Guan and Zhao Gou looked at Chu Yi. They felt like Hu Yanzhuo. It was rare for Hu Yanzhuo to ask, so they also wanted to hear who Chu Yi was.
How to say.
Chu Yi burst out laughing, and saluted Zhao Gou who was sitting there: "I still need to ask your majesty for permission to talk about this matter. Even if we don't mention it today, Chu will have to ask your majesty for permission in the morning.
Please.”
Zhao Gou, who was stunned for a moment, looked at Chu Yi and said curiously: "Oh, I wonder what King Song wants to do? I agree with everything."
Chu Yi said solemnly, "Chu would like to ask your Majesty's permission to build an altar outside the city. When Chu ascends to heaven, he will perform sacrifices to heaven. Only in this way can the effect of a person attaining the Tao, chickens and dogs ascending to heaven can be achieved."
Hearing what Chu Yi said, Tong Guan and Hu Yanzhuo both looked surprised, while Zhao Gou secretly felt a little happy in his heart and said to Chu Yi without hesitation: "It turns out that what King Song mentioned was just such a trivial matter.
Ah, this is easy, I’m sure.”
Chu Yi nodded and said, "Thank you so much, Your Majesty."
Hu Yanzhuo opened his eyes wide and said, "So, Chief Manager, are you really able to lead people to ascend together?"
Hu Yanzhuo, who was still doubtful at first, now looked at what altar Chu Yi was going to build and showed a determined attitude, which made Hu Yanzhuo feel a little uncertain.
Chu Yi smiled and said: "Yes or no, we will know everything when the altar is built."
Chu Yi looked at Hu Yanzhuo and said, "Could it be that General Hu Yan is also preparing to fly into the sky with Chu? If that's the case, General Hu Yan can just speak..."
Hu Yanzhuo quickly shook his head and said: "The general is just curious and has no other intentions."
His Huyan family has been loyal to the Song Dynasty for generations, and Hu Yanzhuo is regarded as a confidant by the emperor Zhao Gou. With his character, how could he be willing to abandon his family and everything to fly away with Chu Yi?
Great court meeting
Under normal circumstances, the Great Court Meeting will be held only once every half a month. Every time the Great Court Meeting is held, as long as they are in the capital, officials of the sixth rank and above must be present.
Moreover, the Great Court Meeting is usually a place to discuss important matters, but this time the Great Court Meeting was held in advance, all because Chu Yi and his party returned from the Western Expedition.
When all the civil and military officials looked at the more than twenty figures who appeared above the imperial court, they were all shocked. These figures were all Chu Yi's confidants. They followed Chu Yi to the westward expedition before, but now they appeared.
Above the court, it means that the rumors they heard about the return of Chu Yi and others were not rumors.
Just when all the civil and military officials were speculating, the shrill voice of the chamberlain sounded outside the hall: "The general manager of the world's soldiers and horses, King Chu Yi of the Song Dynasty has arrived."
Everyone looked towards the entrance of the hall and saw Chu Yi, dressed in fine clothes, slowly walking over. Although Chu Yi had restrained his aura, the person named Shuying, even if Chu Yi did not show the slightest power, made everyone
When Chu Yi appeared, all the officials naturally felt great pressure in their hearts.
Just under the throne, a seat has been prepared early. Looking at the position of the seat, it is almost parallel to the throne. It can be seen how powerful it is to sit in this position.
Chu Yi came over, and all the officials bowed to Chu Yi and said, "We will pay homage to His Highness the King of Song."
This was above the great court meeting. In addition to paying homage to the emperor, all the civil and military officials did not need to pay homage to anyone with great ceremony, but Chu Yi was an exception.
Chu Yi waved his hand slightly, then turned around and sat down on the seat. It was only then that all the civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief.
Not long after Chu Yi sat down, the shrill voice of the chamberlain sounded again outside the hall: "Your Majesty has arrived!"
Zhao Gou's figure appeared at the entrance of the hall, and walked over under the service of the eunuch Tong Guan. When he saw Chu Yi's figure, Zhao Gou nodded slightly towards Chu Yi.
When Zhao Gou turned around and sat on the dragon chair, Tong Guan shook his fly whisk and said loudly: "Bye!"
Immediately, all the civil and military personnel bowed to Zhao Gou, but Chu Yi, who was sitting there, did not get up, but only slightly arched his hands towards Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou waved his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please excuse me and be free!"
When all the civil and military officials returned to their respective positions, Zhao Gou glanced at everyone and said, "Do you have anything to report?"
Everyone, look at me and I look at you. Because the Song Dynasty has been expanding externally, redundant officials and redundant government were originally one of the biggest drawbacks of the Song Dynasty, but now this situation has long disappeared.
A large number of officials were sent out, and there was even an extreme shortage of officials. This made the manpower of officials suddenly become much tighter. Originally, a department might have thirty or fifty officials in charge, but now after repeated transfers,
Next, it would be good if one-third of the officials in a department can be left.
The number of personnel has been greatly reduced, but the things that need to be done have not been reduced at all. In this way, whether an official is capable or not is suddenly highlighted.
After all, with the number of people reduced, they are almost like a carrot and a pit. Without someone to blame, what is being tested is an official's own ability.
It was under this circumstance that the phenomenon of many government affairs being delayed for ten days and a half suddenly disappeared due to the large number of officials and mutual pushback.
Although I dare not say that everything can be solved at once, the accumulation of large amounts of government affairs has almost disappeared.
It has only been three days since the last great court meeting, and all the matters that should be dealt with have been dealt with not long ago. This great court meeting itself is very sudden. It can be said that it was held temporarily because of the return of Chu Yi and others.
Many officials were even unprepared, and naturally there were no urgent government affairs that needed to be brought here to discuss and make decisions.
But at this moment, a figure stood up. When the civil and military officials saw that figure, they all suppressed their thoughts even if they were thinking about whether the government affairs in their hands should be brought up for discussion.
Lu Shinang, as one of Chu Yi's representatives in the court, stood up now. Anyone who is not a fool would know that Lu Shinang's words at this time, no matter what the matter is, must represent Chu Yi's meaning.
Everyone stared at Lu Shinang, obviously very curious as to why Chu Yi and his party suddenly returned from the west.
Lu Shinang naturally ignored the curious glances of these officials, took a deep breath, saluted Zhao Gou, and then saluted Chu Yi. Then he solemnly took out the memorial from his sleeve and presented it: "Your Majesty.
, I have this memorial."
A servant came forward and respectfully took the memorial and handed it to Tong Guan, who then presented it to Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou glanced at the memorial, nodded slightly and said, "Lu Aiqing doesn't know what's going on, just come and report it."
Lu Shinang said slowly: "I sincerely request your Majesty to order all the ministries of the imperial court to build an altar ninety-nine feet high outside the city!"
Zhao Gou had just glanced at the memorial, and he naturally understood the contents of the memorial. Moreover, when he went to the Humble Garden yesterday, Chu Yi had already mentioned it to him, so he had no idea what Lu Shinang had submitted.
The content of the memorial was not surprising.
It can be said that this is just a formality at the recent court meeting regarding yesterday's events, and it can also be regarded as an explanation to the officials.
After all, repairing a large altar with a height of nearly a hundred feet is by no means a trivial matter. If it is repaired quietly, many officials will definitely make trouble in the court. In this case, it is better to go directly to the court.
By clarifying the matter, you can also use the power of the court to complete the repair of the altar as quickly as possible.
Zhang Shuye, Li Gang and others, who were standing among the civil and military personnel, had blank expressions on their faces at this moment. It was obvious that they had not received the news in advance.
Especially since Zhang Shuye is now in charge of the household department, he stood up first and said to Lu Shinang: "Master Lu, I would like to ask why this altar was built. It is so large and how much does it cost?"
Looking at Zhang Shuye lightly, Lu Shinang said calmly: "It is nine miles in radius and ninety-nine feet high. If we talk about the cost, I think it will cost millions of dollars."
Zhang Shuye couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Although millions of silver coins were nothing to the Song Dynasty court, especially now that the Song Dynasty had a vast territory and numerous taxes, the taxes collected in one year alone were nothing.
That’s hundreds of millions.
But the more you earn, the more you spend. Therefore, as the chief steward of the imperial household department, all officials don't know how difficult it is to get money from Zhang Shuye. Now Lu Shinang has opened his mouth.
Millions of dollars were spent to repair an altar whose purpose was unclear, so it was normal for Zhang Shuye to step forward immediately.
Hearing what Lu Shinang said, Zhang Shuye almost instinctively wanted to object, but at this moment Zhao Gou suddenly interrupted Zhang Shuye and said: "Zhang Aiqing, I'm sure about this, my love.
You can just allocate the money as needed."
After saying that, Zhao Gou looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Works and said: "The repair of the altar is mainly carried out by the Ministry of Works, supplemented by the six ministries. The altar must be repaired as quickly as possible."
At this moment, even a fool realized that this altar must have something to do with Chu Yi, otherwise Zhao Gou would never have such an attitude.
Zhang Shuye took a deep breath, respectfully accepted the order, and then returned to the courtiers.
The matter of repairing the altar was settled in this way, and then several ministers seemed to want to prevent the court from being too deserted, so they used their brains to find a few political matters for discussion.
After the meeting of the imperial court dispersed, the news spread from the civil and military officials that the imperial court was going to build a large altar with a height of 100 feet outside the capital for the chief steward Chu Yi, as if it had grown wings.
In less than half a day, almost everyone in the capital knew the news.
"Hey, didn't the General Manager go on an expedition to the Western Regions? Why did he suddenly return to Beijing quietly?"
"Why does the Chief Steward suddenly want to repair a big altar? It can't be today that he wants to worship Tianchan and give way to the Emperor to give way to the Grand Steward."
"Does that need to be said? Otherwise, if you don't go to worship heaven, why would you repair such a big altar? If you ask me, I'm afraid the Zhao family will change hands this time."
Of course, these are just various gossips and rumors circulated privately by ignorant people in the market.
Of course, these are just various gossips and rumors circulated privately by ignorant people in the market. Of course, these are just various gossips and rumors circulated privately by ignorant people in the market.
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