The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 7

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"When the late emperor was alive, he once told me that Wen Tianxiang, the number one scholar on the gold list for four years, and Lu Xiufu, who was on the same list for four years, have profound knowledge and can be my professor of literature. Now that I have just ascended the throne, I still have a lot to learn. I want to Inviting these two into the palace, what do the teachers and ministers think?"

"Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu? I have some impressions. Since it is the late emperor's will, I have no objection. Your Majesty, I will retire."

After Jia Sidao left, I murmured: "This guy has benefited, so naturally he has no objection to these two scholars who have not done much and have no background."

Although I don't know much about politics, I have been engaged in sales since I graduated from university, and the most important thing in sales is to figure out the hearts of customers, which is often called psychology. This is what I am very good at. People's mentality can naturally prescribe the right medicine, which is one of my magic weapons, and no matter how much the ancients thought, they would not know as many things as modern people.

The funeral of the former emperor was grand and luxurious, and the ceremonies were complicated. Fortunately, there were many people in the Ministry of Rites. Under Jia Sidao's command, it seemed orderly. As the heir to the throne, I naturally wore sackcloth and filial piety. Who in it is sincerely crying to send off the late emperor, and who is acting.

I was too lazy to observe these people, and turned my attention to the funeral objects of the late emperor. I was amazed by the preciousness of those funeral objects.

It took a whole day of busy work to get it done.

Song Lizong has been in power for more than 40 years. He was mediocre and inactive. Before Shi Miyuan was in power, and later Jia Sidao was in power. The corruption of the government directly led to the decline of the Southern Song Dynasty's national power. Therefore, Wu Qian, the prime minister at that time, was dismissed. After Zhao Yu was established as the prince, a "Zishantang" was specially built for him as a place for learning, and he personally wrote an article "Zishantang Ji" for him.Lizong also selected famous scholars as Zhao Yu's teachers, such as Tang Han, Yang Dong, Ye Mengding and others, all of whom were well-known Confucian scholars for a while. These all reflect Emperor Lizong's high hopes for Zhao Yu. He is doing nothing, so he pins all his hopes on this heir, but this Zhao Xuan is even more unsatisfactory.

I kowtowed three times respectfully in front of Li Zong's mausoleum, I guess I repaid the affection for Zhao Xuan.

When I returned to my palace, I was exhausted and fell asleep.

The next day all the people mourned the late emperor, and the court meeting was also suspended for a day. I slept until after noon before being woken up by Xiaoqi.Today, all the people in the Prince's Palace will move to the Ninggan Palace. Xiaoqi and the others are already ready, so I wake up.

In November, Jiangnan is already chilly. I am wearing a thick cotton robe and standing on the highest floor of Ninggan Palace. This three-story palace is located at the front of the harem. It is the largest and tallest building in the entire palace. Looking around, you can have a panoramic view of the palace.

It was almost dusk and the sun was setting. I watched the palaces slowly shrouded in darkness, and I couldn't help feeling empty in my heart. Is this my home now and in the future?Is a home without Le Lingshan still a home?I have left the original world forever, will Lingshan be sad when she finds out?Alas, maybe she has forgotten me at all, but why do I still miss you so much, Lingshan, do you know how much I miss you, Lingshan, why is this? It became extremely painful, until I thought about jumping off the stairs, whether I can travel back, and asked her to understand.

"The official has been standing in front of the window for a long time, and it's cold at night, so let's eat first." Xiao Qi's voice interrupted my thoughts in time, I retracted my thoughts, and said with a long sigh: "It's Xiao Qi, let's go, Eat."

"The ministers and others see His Majesty the Emperor, long live long live long live long live."

"Excuse me, all my dear ones, let me live in peace."

This is the day I officially come to court.

At the beginning of November in the fifth year of Jingding, I officially ascended the throne, known as Song Duzong in history, and respected Xie Daoqing as the queen mother.

According to the list prepared by Xie Daoqing and Jia Sidao in advance, I announced them one by one at the court meeting, ordering Ma Tingluan and Liu Mengyan to serve as attendants; Li Boyu, Chen Zongli and Fan Dongsou to serve as lecturers; Palace storytellers, Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu were full-time storytellers in the Chongzheng Palace, and ordered Zhao Kui, Uncle Xie Fangshu, Cheng Yuanfeng, Ma Guangzu, Li Zengbo, etc., the former ministers of the previous dynasty, to speak up to correct their failures.It is for the edict to speak out.Let Jiang Wanli, Hong Tianxi, Tang Han and others return to the palace and make new appointments.

The above-mentioned people are all civil servants. There are people from both sides of Xie and Jia, and there are also a small number of neutral people.

Jia Sidao's biggest achievement was that his son-in-law Fan Wenhu was promoted to the deputy commander of the Imperial Army. The commander of the Imperial Army is only appointed during wartime. Therefore, Fan Wenhu officially became a senior general of the Central Army of the Southern Song Dynasty. Guitong is the leader of the army.

Regarding this point, I also thought about it. In fact, most of the generals in the army at this time are Jia Sidao, and even Li Tingzhi, who is both civil and military, was single-handedly selected by Jia Sidao. They were purged one after another in the past few years, or lived in seclusion in the wild, or fell into his arms, and what's more, they were forced to defect and surrender to Mongolia. Among them, the biggest impact on the later defense was the surrender of the general Liu Zheng in Sichuan, so that later Kubi It was Liu Zheng's strategy that Lie chose to attack Xiangyang, which eventually led to the rapid defeat of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Since the status quo is like this, I will push the boat along the way, and I can only make calculations when my wings are full, and then I will uproot his henchmen.

As for Wen and Lu whom I appointed, they are not in Beijing at this time, Wen Tianxiang is in Jiangxi, and Lu Xiufu is in the Yangzhou army, but since the imperial edict is issued, there is no need to wait too long.

I thought that today's affairs in the court were to announce the appointment of new personnel, but when I signaled that I was about to announce my retirement, Xiao Qi flashed out of the civil servants and said loudly: "Mr. Ma Tingluan has an announcement."

This Ma Tingluan used to be the prince's right concubine, so he knew very well about Zhao Yu's affairs. At this time, the official worshiped the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and just now he also served as the servant. Ma Tingluan now belongs to Xie Daoqing's school.

"Ma Aiqing, if you have a book, play it."

"Your Majesty, forgive me for your boldness. Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and you don't know much about the affairs of the court. Therefore, I propose that the Empress Dowager listen to the government in the back hall. After your Majesty is familiar with the affairs of the court, he will come to the court in person."

As soon as the words fell, the whole room fell silent.

Ma Tingluan is outspoken, and at odds with Jia Sidao and others, he has always been regarded as a dissident and suppressed.

These words are clearly intended to make Xie Daoqing listen to the government behind the curtain, just like the Lafayette Cixi of later generations.

After listening to it, I was not anxious at all, because naturally someone would worry for me, but I still pretended to be a little angry on my expression.

Sure enough, after a while, Jia Sidao's henchmen jumped out to accuse Ma Tingluan. For a while, the hall was very lively, just like some small islands and small countries in the later generations held a parliament, full of ugly appearances, and they were not like everyone at all.

Except for a small number of neutral factions, almost all the lineups of the two sides participated in it.

I closed my eyes slightly, didn't speak, and let him make noise in the hall.

"How decent is it?" Jia Sidao, who had been closing his eyes to rest his mind, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at me, then stood up and shouted at the courtiers, "It's really unreasonable for a dignified minister of the Song Dynasty to do such a thing. Street-swearing shrew, empress dowager listening to politics, although it has existed in ancient times, but only when the young emperor, or when he can't take care of things, now your majesty is enthroned as emperor as an adult, and the queen dowager will come to govern, there is no such precedent in this dynasty, you guys What is the intention, to violate the law of the ancestors, to let the empress dowager carry the harem to interfere in the government's affairs, and the emperor will be called incompetent?"

Jia Sidao said these words in a dignified manner, and put two big hats on Ma Tingluan and the others.

Since ancient times, women have been in power only when the emperor was naive, otherwise they would be regarded as unworthy and even usurped power.Therefore, even though Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty made a lot of achievements, he was not ashamed by literati.

The Empress Dowager Xie Dao Qing party was afraid of Jia Sidao's majesty, and secondly, she was even more worried that these two big hats would affect the reputation of the Empress Dowager, so she could only keep silent.

This Jia Sidao was indeed arrogant and sharp, and Ma Tingluan and others were speechless in a few words.After Jia Sidao finished speaking, he gave me another meaningful look. This look clearly hinted at me that he, Jia Sidao, is a big tree. As long as I can obey the arrangement, nothing will happen to me.

"Hmph, old man, just wait and see."

Seeing that the officials were silent, I signaled Xiao Qi to retreat.

"Retire." Xiao Qi shouted loudly.