Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

The next day, at the court meeting in Chongzheng Hall, Fan Zhongyan stood behind Kou Zhun, observing the restless line of officials.

Without him, today's court meeting is too——out of the ordinary.

First of all, there is one difference. The curtain next to the throne has been lowered again.

Anyone who is an official in the court knows who is sitting behind that curtain.

The queen mother was ill for two full years, and finally returned to the court.

People take tea to cool down, and things change rapidly. Today's court situation is no longer what it was two years ago, and it is impossible for today's queen mother to be the queen mother two years ago.

What is the purpose of the Empress Dowager's comeback? All civil and military officials have their own guesses. Most people think that this is a sign that the Empress Dowager wants to completely return power to the emperor.

Although the queen mother has not been in court for two years, she has not officially announced that she will return to the emperor.In name, the current empress dowager can still handle government affairs instead of the emperor. I wonder if she can still sit next to the throne.

In fact, what is going on is clear to everyone. The emperor pushed the empress to appear on the front stage this time, and it is very likely that she is asking her to formally give up the power of regency.

The appearance of the queen mother is justifiable, but the other one can't understand it.

Standing behind the prime minister and before the other courtiers are the eight virtuous kings in court clothes.

The Eight Sage Kings, an idle prince who has not been to court once in 1 years, also came out, which makes people puzzled.

This master has also experienced strong winds and waves. In his life, he has experienced the death of two emperors. The first death was his own father, and the second time his own son succeeded to the throne.If so, this master has never been to the court once, and he has engraved himself in his bones.

What kind of wind brought him to Chongzheng Hall today?

Has anything more important than the death of the emperor happened in Bianliang recently?

no?

Fan Zhongyan knew that the emperor was going to have a big event, he secretly sighed, thinking that it is fortunate that he confessed to the emperor about Di Qing and his daughter yesterday, otherwise, once this big drama started, who would have the energy to take care of the couple? The love and hatred of young men and women.

The emperor sat on the throne, and Liu En, the wife supervisor, spoke for the emperor: "All the ministers and workers have anything to say, come in."

Fan Zhongyan glanced at the Eight Sage Kings.

It would be too indecent for the woman's family to do such a thing as asking for a decree to bestow a marriage, and it would appear that the woman is disrespectful.

Just like proposing a marriage, although sometimes the woman's family is interested first, it must be explicitly hinted at the man's family, and wait for the man to invite a matchmaker to come to the door first.

Therefore, after Mrs. Fan and Nanqing Palace reached an agreement on the marriage issue yesterday, they made an agreement that people from Nanqing Palace will ask for a marriage at the court meeting today.

Firstly, the Eight Princes of the Nanqing Palace were the only elders on Di Qingming's face, and it was only normal for them to make decisions and worry about Di Qing's marriage.Secondly, they are the emperor's biological father and biological mother, so this request is not obtrusive.

If the children of an ordinary minister were married, it would be unreasonable to work for the emperor.

Sure enough, the Baxian King took a light step: "I have something to play."

Zhao Yiyi hurriedly said: "Uncle Huang has something to say, please."

The Baxian King said: "I have two things to play today. The first is the marriage of my nephew. My nephew Di Qing, who is nearly young and weak, has never been married. Zhuo Jing has chosen for him the chancellor Fan Daren. Daughter, please grant me grace from the official family, and decree to complete the couple."

Zhao Yiyi smiled and said: "It turns out that my cousin is getting married. What's so difficult about it. Mr. Fan," he asked Fan Zhongyan: "The eighth princess fell in love with your daughter for my cousin. Did you fall in love with my cousin? Brother?"

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly said: "But the officials and the Eighth Prince make the decision."

Zhao Yiyi nodded: "This is agreed. Liu En, declare the decree."

Liu En then took out the imperial decree that had been drawn up last night, and read it out in front of all the officials.The general idea is that Di Qing and Fan Lingyi are two such outstanding young people, a pair made in heaven and a pair made in the earth, and I will follow the trend to make a pair of Bi people, and accomplishing their good deeds is also considered a merit.

The Eight Sage Kings and Fan Zhongyan thanked each other.

After reading the marriage decree, Zhao Yiyi asked: "The emperor said before that there are two things to do today. This is the first one. What is the second one?"

The Eight Sages said: "It is a great joy to return with a great victory in this crusade against the rebels. I invite the officials to sacrifice to the ancestral tomb and report the good news to the past emperors."

"Oh? Sacrifice to the ancestral tomb?"

Zhao Yiyi said with a little hesitation: "The national war will stop, should we rest the people's livelihood first?"

This is just an official statement that must appear on the surface. In fact, although the war has just ended, they are the victor and they are fighting away. To put it bluntly, they are the active side, and the battlefield is not within the territory. It doesn't hurt much.

Coupled with the gold and silver properties looted from the Xixia Palace, after deducting military expenditures, it was enough for the treasury to pay a fortune.

And since then, the states and counties of Xixia have become the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the people's livelihood taxes in these places must also be included in the central finance.

All in all, this time, they made a lot of money.

Or say making war money, making war money, war is the best way to make money, as long as you win the battle, you will definitely make money multiple times.

No matter how poor Li Yuanhao was, he was still an emperor, and the wealth supported by the power of a country was much richer than the meager family property that the king of Xiangyang had accumulated in Yingtian for more than ten years.

At this time, the imperial court's finances are more than enough to worship an ancestral tomb, and it is more than enough to build another ancestral tomb.

This windfall made Zhao Yiyi feel ashamed to cry poor and sell miserably. On the first day Kou Zhun returned to the imperial court, he resumed the emperor's slightly extravagant and wasteful recipes in normal times.

Therefore, Zhao Yiyi just hesitated for a moment, and all the courtiers in the palace said that this is a great joy, how can we not sacrifice to the ancestors, anyway, the treasury is still rich, so just sacrifice one.

After the harvest, the farmers know that they have to sing social operas for three days. The country has suffered wars and floods for the past two years, and now the dykes have been repaired and a windfall has come from the emperor. It is unreasonable to take the lead in holding some sacrificial activities.

Zhao Yiyi hurriedly said: "Okay, okay!"

All the officials were silent.

He turned his head and asked Liu E who was sitting behind the curtain: "What does the mother think?"

Liu E nodded inside the curtain: "But it's up to the emperor to decide."

Zhao Yiyi said: "Then it's settled."

He sat up straight: "When the Dragon Boat Festival arrives, I and the Queen Mother will go to Gong County to worship the mausoleum."

The imperial tombs of the Song Dynasty were not in the capital city, nor in Yingtian, the land of Longxing, but in Gong County.

"This matter is formulated by the Dazong Zhengsi. Remember to focus on simplicity and no extravagance. If there are clan relatives who have passed away in Beijing or Beijing and have not been buried yet, take this opportunity to transport them to the imperial mausoleum and bury them together." Bar."

"The ministers obey the order."

Back in the harem, Zhao Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief: "It's finally here."

Standing in the hall today, Kou Zhun also made a plan or two to sacrifice the mausoleum, completely unaware that this plan was his death talisman.

Before he knew it, he was only one step away from bringing down Kou Zhun.

The Empress Dowager's court has already existed in name only, and if Duke Lai is overthrown, he will truly be in charge of the government.

Suddenly, he thought of the pirate leader named Yunniang.

"Let me see her again after ten years in power...strange."

"What can happen after ten years of pro-government..."

"Ten years, that's too early."

He asked Liu En: "After I take office, will you be able to upgrade?"

Liu En nodded: "Yes."

"What changed after you upgraded?"

Zhao Yiyi was sitting by the window, taking a notebook to read.

You can't finish reading Zhazi, so you have to read and read.

Liu Endao: "It's much stronger than it is now."

"It's amazing," Zhao Yiyi said perfunctorily, "You're still on a tie with Ouyang Chun. Speaking of which, Zhan Zhao's martial arts has improved a lot in the past few years. Could it be that you can't even beat him?"

When Zhan Zhaogang was working as a guard beside Bao Zheng, his martial arts were still a step behind Ouyang Chun and Liu En.In the past two years, Bao Zheng, who has been guarding Bao Zheng who offends people everywhere, has been remarkably enhanced, and his martial arts must have improved compared to before.

According to Di Qing, who witnessed his attack the last time, it was a state of transcendence, which made people yearn for it.

Zhao Yiyi comforted Di Qing at the time, saying that you are a military general, and others are a knight, and you have a specialization in art, so there is no need to envy him.

Liu En was silent and refused to answer the question.

Zhao Yiyi burst into laughter: "You can't be so narrow-minded, right?"

But then again, doesn't Zhan Zhao even have a staff now?

The guard Bao Zheng was really difficult for him. Bao Zheng's character is good to say that he is upright and can't rub the sand in his eyes. There is no one he dare not offend.

Just such a person, how much hatred has to be brought back, and the number of assassinations every month is estimated to be too many to count on two hands.

Zhao Yiyi's Wenqu Xingjun can still shine brightly in the court today, thanks to Zhan Zhao, a top ten model worker.

He has no establishment, no salary, no job security, and sometimes has to pay back money. It is really not easy for him to persist like this for several years.

Zhao Yiyi was a little emotional.

Especially according to the plot of the original book, he was supposed to be a guard with a sword at the fourth rank of Yuqian, which made Zhao Yiyi feel extremely guilty.

What reason should I find to give Zhan Zhaoan a way...

How about he also learn from his own father, all the officials who have participated in offering sacrifices to the imperial mausoleum will be promoted to a higher level, and all those without official status will be appointed officials?

...Farewell, the vulgar atmosphere that has been rectified with great difficulty cannot be brought back to the officialdom.

Before he can figure out how to make Zhan Zhao an official, the Dragon Boat Festival is here.

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of May, when the weather is at its worst.

Gong County is not too far from Bianliang, they are on the same waterway and can be reached by boat.

Zhao Yiyi led all the clan relatives in Bianliang City, together with officials of the fifth rank or above, to Gong County in a newly built boat.