I studied in modern times

Chapter 375 Here Comes the Complaint

It was Dingwei (nineteenth) in the leap second month of the first year of Yuanyou.

When Zhao Xu was practicing calligraphy in the East Pavilion of Baoci Palace, Wen Xunniang came to him and reported: "Guan family, the two empresses please come to Qingshou Palace."

"Oh!" Zhao Xu put down his brush and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's the prince-in-law, the commander-in-chief, Wang Shi, who made an appointment to come to the palace to express his gratitude. He begged to meet the officials and thanked him personally."

"Oh!" Zhao Xu nodded, and Feng Jing next to him immediately handed over a hot towel.

Zhao Xu wiped his hands with it and said, "Then let's go and have a look."

Then he took the people out of the East Pavilion and came to the Qingshou Palace.

As soon as Zhao Xu arrived at the palace, Wang Shiyue immediately stood up and bowed in obeisance: "My lord, Jinzhou Observer Envoy and Prince-in-law Duwei Shiyue, sincerely welcome the official family. May the official family be blessed!"

"Uncle, no courtesy!" Zhao Xu stepped forward with a smile and helped up this long-lived relative.

"Your Majesty treats a humble minister so favorably, how dare he be called your majesty's uncle? Death penalty! Death penalty!" Wang Shiyue said immediately.

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "This is in private, not in the court. My uncle is my elder, so I should treat him with courtesy!"

Both palaces looked at all this with smiles.

The Empress Dowager, in particular, was very satisfied with Zhao Xu's courtesy towards Wang Shiyue.

Wang Shiyue was just her daughter's husband, and the official family was already so close.

Not to mention the Gao family.

Zhao Xu helped Wang Shiyue sit down and asked, "Why is my uncle free to enter the palace today?"

Wang Shiyue smiled and replied: "I am deeply ashamed to receive the royal secrets from your majesty... I have done nothing to serve the country, but I am so loved by your majesty. I am really scared!"

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Uncle, you're welcome."

"Not to mention, my uncle is my mother-in-law's son-in-law and my elder. Not to mention that my uncle's family has been loyal and loyal for generations and has served me on the Great Wall?"

Wang Shiyue's family is not simple.

His great ancestor was Wang Shenqi, one of the ten brothers of the famous Taizu Yishe.

His family has a very close relationship with the Zhao official family, and almost every other generation someone marries a princess.

It can be regarded as a carefully selected mascot and an example for the military ministers in the world.

The Wang family has not betrayed the trust of the Zhao officials and has always followed the rules and behaved itself.

The emperor told him to go east, but he would never go west.

Wang Shiyue is even more of a role model for Prince Consort.

His marriage to the late eldest princess of Xu State was very loving, and his two sons were both born to the princess.

Therefore, even if the princess died, Wang Shiyue's weight in front of the Empress Dowager was still extraordinary.

This is a model son-in-law!
Therefore, in Zhao Xu's previous life, Wang Shiyue was in the Yuanyou era and had served as an official until Jieduli.

This is already the ceiling for non-warrior relatives.

Going further up, one needs to be able to save the person, or to give it as a posthumous gift after death.

Even during Shaosheng's era, Wang Shiyue was also the most well-behaved among his relatives.

Naturally, Wang Shiyue is quite good at life.

In the Qingshou Palace, he continued to praise Zhao Xu and the two palaces.

The two palaces were naturally elated by what he said, and they were still smiling until he said goodbye and left.

After Wang Shiyue was sent away, Zhao Xu did not return to Baoci Palace or Funing Palace, but continued to stay in Qingshou Palace.

We talked with the two palaces, had lunch, and then took a lunch break in the Qingshou Palace.

He has been like this these days since the Cold Food Festival.

After all, the government has already released yamen.

There is only one prime minister in the capital who takes turns handling daily affairs every day.

The banquet officials even took leave early.

This is also the place where the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty are widely envied by later generations.

Every year, there are as many as sixty or seventy days of statutory holidays alone.

There is a seven-day holiday like the Cold Food Festival, and there are several more.

When Zhao Xu woke up from his nap, he opened his eyes. Shi Deyi came close to his ear and said, "Everyone, just now the Secretary of Tongjian sent a memorial from the south."

"This is the memorial sent back to the capital by Governor Di and Xianggong Zhang."

Zhao Xu nodded, got up, washed himself, and went to the inner chamber of Qingshou Palace.

When Empress Dowager Xiang saw him coming, she said to him, "Sixth brother, Zhang Dun and Di Yong have already sent back their memorials!"

"Yeah!" Zhao Xu nodded, walked forward and sat next to Lianggong.

Empress Dowager Xiang naturally placed the two memorials in front of Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu picked it up and took a look.Di Yong's memorial was very simple, just telling him that he had led his troops to arrive at Tanzhou City on Bingxu day in February (27th), and would repair in Tanzhou City for a few days before continuing on the road.

At the same time, the march plan and route were notified.

He also told Zhao Xu that he would arrive in Guizhou in the middle of leap February at the earliest and at the end of leap February at the latest, and the error would not exceed five days.

In addition, the situation in the military was also reported.

Everything went smoothly, and no soldiers caused trouble along the way.

As the army marched south, although there were occasional injuries and illnesses, no one died thanks to the medical treatment provided by Commander Yan Chen.

This is really a miracle.

Zhang Dun's memorial requested that Guan Qi, the governor of Shaozhou, be transferred to the Guangxi Economic Strategy and Appeasement Company and serve as his assistant.

In the memorial, Zhang Dun highly praised Guan Qi's person, talent and moral character.

After reading Zhang Dun's memorial, Zhao Xu remembered it.

At first, he was still thinking about the famous calligraphy calligraphy paintings collected by Guan Qi.

Unexpectedly, Guan Qi and Zhang Dun are still old friends!
It makes sense if you think about it carefully. According to the historical materials Zhao Xu has read in modern times, Guan Qi and Shen Kuo were good friends. The two exchanged letters very frequently. Guan Qi appeared many times in "Mengxi Bi Tan".

And when Zhang Dun came to Hunan, Guan Qi seemed to be an official there?
Therefore, it seems very reasonable for Shen Kuo to recommend Guan Qi to Zhang Dun.

As for Zhang Dun's request, the two palaces had already approved it before Zhao Xu came.

This is normal - the personnel requests of the Song Dynasty's prime ministers will generally be met.

Even before Xining, when important ministers were aware of the situation, appointing officials by themselves was the legal authority.

After looking at the memorials of Di Yong and Zhang Dun, Zhao Xu was planning to pick up other memorials and read them as well.

The voice of Guo Zhongxiao, the general secretary of the General Palace, came from outside the palace door: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, His Majesty the Emperor, the Prince Consort, and the Kaizhou Regiment Training Envoy Guo Xianqing are sending messages outside the palace to ask for an audience."

"Guo Xianqing?" The Empress Dowager became confused: "What's wrong with him?"

Guo Zhongxiao lowered his head outside the curtain and said, "I don't know!"

Of course he knew, but he didn't want to get involved in this matter.

Too dangerous.

Behind Guo Xianqing is the eldest princess of Wei State, and behind the eldest princess of Wei State is Concubine Zhou Shu.

What's life-threatening is that this favored concubine of Ren Temple is still in Da Nei.

Moreover, this Concubine Shu's status in the palace back then was the same as that of the Empress Dowager today.

However, the Empress Dowager was raised by her aunt Ci Shengguang, while Concubine Zhou Shu was raised by her aunt Empress Wen Chengzhang.

The two are also similar in age, so Concubine Zhou Shu and the current Empress Dowager have been friends since childhood.

During the late emperor's reign, the Empress Dowager often visited the Houyuan with Concubine Zhou Shu.

That is to say, recently, because the Empress Dowager listens to politics behind the curtain and is busy with affairs, she has not had much contact with her.

Sure enough, Guo Zhongxiao heard the Empress Dowager in the curtain ask: "Where is Guo Xianqing's letter?"

Guo Zhongxiao hurriedly presented Guo Xianqing's note in his hand: "Here it is."

The Empress Dowager ordered Liang Weijian to get it, and then held it in her hand. She looked at Zhao Xu and said, "I have some friendship with Empress Shu from the Renmiao family. I have a daughter. I have to take care of her."

I have to say that this female middle school student Yao and Shun was really kind to her own people.

Even Zhang Maoze only became ruthless after discovering that the other party was doing little tricks without telling her and threatening the wealth of the Gao family's descendants.

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded: "My grandson has also heard that Concubine Shu is a good concubine in Da Nei, but she has never had the chance to meet her."

The Empress Dowager said: "If I have the opportunity in the future, I will take the officials to visit Empress Shu. The empress will definitely like her when she meets the officials."

Zhao Xu nodded.

The Empress Dowager had already opened the paper and looked at it, and then her expression became extremely wonderful.

She put down the note, looked at Zhao Xu, seemed to hesitate for a while, and then asked: "Guan family, when did Prince Consort Guo Xianqing be convicted of the crime?"

Zhao Xu pretended to be stupid and shook his head: "My grandson didn't even know the husband's name of the eldest princess of Wei before today!"

The Queen Mother thought about it and thought so.

After the official ascended the throne, even relatives from the clan came to visit him.

However, they all worshiped from a distance in the palace.

Moreover, the officials did not show any curiosity towards ordinary clan relatives, let alone summoning them in person.

Only the people and things of the Gao and Xiang families did he personally care about and inquire about.

and so……

She handed the note to Zhao Xu: "Let the officials take a look... This Guo Xianqing said that if you offend the officials, please apologize in person!"

　My shoulder is very sore today and I have to go to physical therapy tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)