Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 183 0178 [Public praise]

The emperor has been so obsessed with pills recently that he didn't even participate in the grand court on the first day of May.

Hearing that the Chang Chao Yi was going to be held, all the civil and military officials were very excited. They tidied up their appearance early, rode horses and rode straight to the palace.

But it was a bit embarrassing. The office building of the Secretary's Department, together with the surrounding buildings, were demolished.When the ministers went to court, they had to pass through a large construction site.

Cai Jing is old and allowed to ride in the palace.

Although he got the job of building the city wall, Cai Jing was not happy at all.

Two months ago, he finally forced Prime Minister He Zhizhong to resign.But the emperor, who was obsessed with immortality pills, suddenly promoted two prime ministers last month, one was Zheng Juzhong and the other was Liu Zhengfu.

Today, three phases stand side by side.

It is true that Cai Jing is the top leader, but the second and third leaders are all political enemies.

Among the four deputy prime ministers, Hou Meng is Cai Jing's political opponent, while Yu Shen and Xue Ang are Cai Jing's henchmen.Bai Shizhong, who relies on auspiciousness, has always been at both ends of the head, and his factional positions are very vague.

The seven prime ministers and deputy prime ministers formed a delicate balance.

"Enter!"

Amidst the ritual and music, Zhu Ming followed the officials into the hall.

After all the ministers congratulated Sheng'an, Song Huizong was about to demonstrate movable type printing, and Jiang You, the imperial censor, suddenly appeared: "The official's family is rich, and when the top ten money, the world is in trouble, and the price is disordered. The common people, the rural farmers, are all affected by it." Its harm, please change it from ten to three!"

Song Huizong became unhappy instantly, which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted.

I promoted you to be in charge of Yushitai because I want you to criticize Tong Guan, Yang Jian, and Cai Jing.You can just spray people, why do you want to spray things?
If you don't cast the top ten coins, where will the court get the funds for the war?Where did the funds for the construction work come from?
Cai Jing was even more furious. The casting of big money was dominated by him alone, and it was his most powerful means to please the emperor.How can there be criticism!

Song Huizong still wanted to keep the prankster as a dog, and he didn't reprimand Jiang You, but said: "I don't talk about anything else today. If there is anything else, I can go to the memorial."

Jiang You said: "Your Majesty, I have submitted three memorials!"

Song Huizong was silent and looked at many treacherous parties.

Zheng Juzhong's party gloated, and they were happy to see Cai Jing deflated.But he didn't dare to talk nonsense, because this matter would definitely anger the emperor.

Cai Jing shook his head lightly, and Cai Dang, who wanted to jump out, retracted immediately upon seeing this.

Cai Dang didn't refute it?
Song Huizong was a little surprised, so he could only go out on his own, and immediately said: "Aiqing has made great achievements in his work, and he was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War. The former Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhao Yu, went out to become a German army."

This appointment was a stroke of genius, and all the officials were stunned, unable to keep up with the emperor's train of thought.

Because of the defeat in the battle against Xixia, the minister of the Ministry of War, Zhao Yu, impeached Tong Guan many times last year.The impeachment did not move, and he asked to resign.

Song Huizong was unwilling to release the man, and wanted to keep an upright minister who would be in charge of the military and take the military power.

But Zhao Xun was determined, and he either punished Tong Guan or resigned himself.

Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty asked Zhao Xun to promote Liquan temple, go to the Taoist temple to calm down, and the minister of the military department will act as an agent first, and then come back to manage the military department after he calms down.

However, Zhao Yu directly put it badly, and Song Huizong was very upset.

Today, Jiang You, the censor Zhongcheng, criticized Qian Fa, and just threw it to the Ministry of War to replace Zhao Yu.On the one hand, Jiang You can be shut up, and on the other hand, Zhao Xun can be relegated to other places, and it is pure to see him.

Some of the people who were trying to gain money all cast envious looks at Jiang You.

Spraying a few words of Qianfa casually, he became the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Jiang You stood on the spot blankly. If he was transferred to the Ministry of War, he would have no right to criticize others.And it's not easy to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. What the hell is a bunch of traitors, and I must have been excluded in the past.

Song Huizong glanced at the ministers and said sharply: "No other matters are allowed to be discussed!"

The ministers said yes.

Song Huizong finally showed a smile: "Let the officials and craftsmen of the Guozijian library go to the palace."

"Xuan Guozijian's library officials and craftsmen go to the palace!"

"Xuan Guozijian's library officials and craftsmen go to the palace!"

One after another, the shouts spread from inside the hall to outside the hall.

Huang Ai led a group of craftsmen and carried all kinds of guys into the palace, and the ministers couldn't figure out what was going on.

Song Huizong said: "Culture and education are the most important affairs of the country. Today, the destiny is in the Song Dynasty, and auspiciousness is frequent. Dasheng movable type and Dasheng ink have also been lowered, and the publication of books is a hundred times more convenient. Huang Ai!"

"Chen is here!"

Huang Ai was trembling with excitement. He is a small technical officer, not even qualified to go to court, but he was able to show his face today.

Song Huizong said: "If I want to publish "Dasheng Ci Collection", I will type and print a few pages in this hall."

When the "Dasheng Ci Anthology" was published, Zhou Bangyan's works were naturally ranked at the top.

When the craftsmen were ready, the eunuch read: "Passing the Qin Tower·Water Bathing the Toad": Bathing the toad in water, the leaves are blowing coolly, and the sound of horses in the alley is broken. Leisurely leaning on the dew well, laughing at the fireflies, and breaking the painting Luo Qingfan..."

The content to be printed today has been arranged long ago, otherwise tens of thousands of movable type would have to be brought in.

Even, the craftsmen have rehearsed more than ten times, just to perform in front of all officials.

The speed of word selection and typesetting is very fast. After repeated rehearsals, they know which word to put where they close their eyes.

After the dial was pressed, the craftsmen began to print.

On the first page, three hundred copies were printed, and the eunuchs and guards came to help arrange them.When the ink is dry, present it to the officials immediately.

Kang Guogong Qian Jingzhen took the newly printed pages and exclaimed in a low voice: "The handwriting is so clear, it's not much better than engraving."

He is a person who loves poetry and has also established a poetry club.

Seeing the improvement of movable type printing, the idea of ​​publishing a collection of poems was immediately born.

Even Cai Jing, after getting the pages of the book, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This method is beneficial to the world, and poor scholars can also buy more books."

In addition to clarity, the ministers are also concerned about fonts and punctuation.

Now only commas and periods are engraved, but it has made everyone feel convenient.Especially for those with presbyopia, there is no need to break sentences slowly, and they can glance at them when reading.

The craftsmen were still busy, Zheng Juzhong quickly came out, held up the wat board and said: "Congratulations to the official family for obtaining this sharp weapon. The merits of culture and education have surpassed three generations!"

Bai Shizhong, who became the deputy prime minister by offering auspiciousness, even shouted: "This auspiciousness is also my destiny in the Great Song Dynasty!"

Shengzhang, the prefect of Kaifeng, quickly echoed: "The fate of the official family is in the body, and the country of the Great Song Dynasty will last forever!"

A sound of congratulations, a word of flattery, made Song Huizong float in the clouds.

Cai Jing suddenly took the lead and knelt down, repeating the concept of "Feng Heng Yu Da".

Chang Chaoyi is not allowed to kneel down, for violating the rules of etiquette, she will be fined wages.

But Cai Jing has knelt down, and the emperor is still very happy, do other people dare not kneel down?
Cai Dang knelt down in unison, Zheng Juzhong and Zheng Dang also knelt down, and the rest of the ministers could only kneel one after another.

Looking at the kneeling civil and military officials and the craftsmen still printing, Song Huizong glanced across the hall, feeling like looking down on the world.

Song Huizong laughed: "Zhu Ming has made great contributions to improving movable type printing, he was promoted to Tong Zhilang, and Quan Fa sent him to know the state affairs."

Although Tong Zhilang is the eighth rank, he has only risen one level from the eighth rank before.

However, this thing belongs to court officials!
Zhu Ming's first appointment was to select people, the second was to be a Beijing official, and the third was to directly become a court official.It's only been a year.

However, compared with Cai Yu and Li Bangyan, Ju Ming's promotion speed seems nothing.

Cai Xie was promoted to the fourth grade in nine months from the champion of the new division.

Li Bangyan, the secretary of the district school, was promoted to wailang, a member of the Ministry of officials, and also in charge of the bureau of ceremonies.

Ju Ming's promotion is still too slow!
Hou Meng couldn't help reminding: "The official family, Xiangzhou Zhizhou, is surnamed Han at this time."

Song Huizong was startled, and muttered: "But I forgot about it, so I changed it to Quanfa to know about Puzhou affairs."

Zhu Ming was a little unhappy. He wanted to be the governor of the state, so he went to Yue Fei.

Even if you can't find Yue Fei, you can still dig up some oracle bone inscriptions.

What's the use of changing to be the magistrate of Puzhou?

But the Han family occupied the position. If Song Huizong dared to change people, he would be disobeying the late emperor's will.

Generally speaking, being an official requires avoiding one's native place.

The Han family is a special case. Han Qi is from Xiangzhou, but has served as the magistrate of Xiangzhou many times.Moreover, his direct lineage can be hereditary to the governor of the state.

Han Qi's eldest son, Han Zhongyan, didn't need the imperial examination, and became an official directly. If he had enough qualifications, he became the magistrate of Xiangzhou.

The same is true for the eldest grandson Han Zhi, who is currently in the seat of Xiangzhou Zhizhou.

The great-great-grandson Han Xiaozhou has almost all the qualifications, and he can go to Xiangzhou to succeed him only after his father is promoted.

The title is a fart, people guarantee hereditary magistrates, and they can continue to climb up!

After announcing Zhu Ming's appointment, Huang Ai's honorary rank was promoted by two levels, and he was given three hundred crowns of money to continue to serve as the director of the Imperial College.

Then, Song Huizong ran away and called Wang Fu and Li Bangyan.

The three monarchs and ministers were all out of tune, and went to Yanfu Palace together in a carriage.Li Bangyan has created a new pornographic zaju, which has been rehearsed and will appear in person together with Wang Fu.

Other ministers, give a banquet in the corridor.

Zheng Juzhong, Liu Zhengfu, Hou Meng, Bai Shizhong and other prime ministers came over to congratulate Ju Ming.

Everyone can see that the Zhu family's father and son have a prosperous family, and they must be wooed.

Only Cai Jing couldn't hold back his face. He was rejected by Ju Ming for marriage, and he has become the laughing stock of the streets and alleys.

Concerned about Cai Jing's face, Sheng Zhang did not show his affection immediately, but he will definitely visit him another day.

Han Qi's fifth son, son-in-law Han Jiayan, also walked up to Zhu Ming with his son-in-law Qian Jingzhen: "Congratulations Tanhualang!"

"I don't dare to do it," Zhu Ming said, although he was upset, but he smiled on his face, "Han's hereditary Xiangzhou, I'm really presumptuous, and I almost collided."

Han Jiayan said: "It's okay, the government really wants to give the officials the state, and I, the Han family, just avoided it for two or three years."

This operation can also be done. Immediately promote Han Zhi, the magistrate of Xiangzhou, and let Han Zhi's son wait for two years, then he can throw Ju Ming over.But Song Huizong was too lazy to do this. He didn't know what Yue Fei was, and he thought it would be the same wherever Zhu Ming was an official.

Qian Jingzhen said: "Chenggong has been busy recently, so he seldom comes to my house to play. It turns out that he is improving movable type. He will hold a banquet another day. Chenggong must come, and it can be regarded as a successful practice."

"The elder has an invitation, but the junior dare not refuse." Ju Ming clasped his hands.

Han Jiayan smiled and stroked his beard. He has a granddaughter who is about the same age as Ju Ming, and he intends to match Qian Jingzhen as a matchmaker.

The Han family is very noble, although it is hereditary to Xiangzhou, it must be in the fish and meat village.But the face is still needed, not to be exploited too hard, and to maintain Han Qi's reputation after death.

They do not cling to the traitor party in the court, and at the same time, the traitor party is unwilling to provoke the Han family. They are relatively unique neutrals.

The Zhu family's father and son were favored by the emperor and did not do evil, and their reputation was very good. This kind of performance was too appetizing to the Han family.

Therefore, Han Jiayan wanted to recruit Zhu Ming as his grandson-in-law.

(End of this chapter)