Zhao Fujin, the Emperor who brought disaster to the country

Chapter 26 The golden threshold
"Dad, my daughter is just old enough to have hairpins, so how can she be in a hurry to find her husband's family?" Zhao Fujin shook Zhao Ji's arm twice in disbelief: "My daughter has a good life. She will be born in her father's home and has no worries about food and drink. Why rush to find someone else's family?" Are you going to serve Weng Gu at home?"

"My son is right. Just like your two sisters, even if you are born in the imperial city and live in an ordinary family, you must abide by other people's rules. You cannot ignore the ethics of your ancestors just because you are the daughter of an official family. ." Zhao Ji was very satisfied with Zhao Fujin's answer.

With a smile on his face, he stroked Zhao Fujin's bun with his other hand: "Just doing this will make my son suffer a bad reputation."

"As long as it can solve the urgent need of our Song Dynasty, my daughter is willing to bear the notoriety for the rest of her life." Zhao Fujin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, raised his head, and looked at Zhao Ji with admiration: "As long as dad knows his daughter's grievances, he will be a strong daughter in the future. Just give your daughter unlimited trust!"

"That's natural!" Zhao Ji looked at her delicate and childish appearance, and felt a flash of reluctance in his heart, but it only passed by briefly.

For the sake of the Song Dynasty, he could bear the pain and give up the construction of Genyue.

As his daughter, she had enjoyed all kinds of favors from him, so naturally she could bear his bad reputation, make sacrifices for the century-old foundation of the Song Dynasty, and avoid the pain of being exiled to a foreign land after ten years of ruining the country and destroying the family.

He will always remember her sacrifice, give her endless honor in the future, record her name in the annals of history, and let future generations remember it forever - for a woman like her, this is the highest honor.

"Fu'er, in order to make this matter go smoothly. Daddy wants to record a memorial from the Jiangnan magistrate to restore the names of all the emperors and concubines in the harem to the honorific title of princess, leaving my son alone to use the title of emperor concubine, in order to show his blessing. Is it okay that your son has a distinguished status?"

Ever since Zhao Ji saw that Ji Tong was "hungry", he had been worried in his heart.

After all, changing the title is obviously insignificant compared to the national destiny.

"Dad has this concern in his heart, so my daughter has no objection to changing it." Zhao Fujin thought for a while and said: "Names and other matters are trivial matters. In order for the plan to be implemented smoothly, dad needs to agree to his daughter moving outside the palace. "

The status of the princess of the Song Dynasty was affected by the chaotic power of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty. She lived in the imperial city before getting married and lived in her husband's family after getting married. Apart from a generous dowry, she had no real rights, let alone a princess palace and various facilities in the palace. A female official.

Zhao Fujin was unmarried and moving outside the palace was inconsistent with the ancestral etiquette.

But Zhao Ji even agreed to her buying and selling officials, so why would he bother with such a trivial matter.

What's more, there is no clear provision in the ancestral etiquette that the princess cannot move outside the imperial city.

"Where do you want Fu'er to live?" Zhao Ji thought seriously: "In order to build Gen Yue, I enclosed a large area of ​​land in the northeast corner of the imperial city, close to Yanfu Palace. How about we build a building for you there? house?"

"In this way, not only will it be convenient for you to enter and exit the palace, but you will also have a place to raise troops and horses!" The more Zhao Ji thought about it, the more feasible he felt that this method was feasible, and his eyes shone with light: "In order to implement it earlier, it would be better if the few people would move Yanfu Palace's Ninghe Palace will give it to you."

"The Ninghe Hall is located in the northeast corner of the Yanfu Palace. It only needs slight modifications to form an independent house. Then Fu'er can use the east gate of the Ninghe Hall as the main entrance and can come and go at will to entertain guests. It will not affect the Yanfu Palace. .”

Great idea!

Zhao Fujin naturally had no objections. Her wish to enter and leave the imperial city at will has come true. The power she wanted and the way to accumulate wealth have also been revealed. Now there is still a large piece of land that will be allocated to her. The life after time travel should not be too beautiful. OK!

There is no father in the world who is more considerate and understanding than Zhao Ji!

Of course, except Zhao Laosan.

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October 26, the seventh year of Zhenghe.

Zhao Ji, an official, accepted the proposal of the Jiangnan magistrate and restored the old system, calling the daughter of the royal family from the title of "princess", and the title given in advance remained unchanged.

Because the emperor's fifth daughter, Emperor Kangfu, was a master of heaven and protected the achievements of the Song Dynasty, her title remained unchanged. Kangfu was changed to Emperor Ji of Mingde, and the Ninghe Hall of Yanfu Palace was given as a dormitory. The open space to the north of the imperial city was its territory. To inherit God's grace, bless the world.

As soon as the decree was issued, there was an uproar immediately.

First, the officials rose up in opposition, and later the censor knelt down and remonstrated, but they failed to change the official's mind.

Finally, on October 29, Zhao Fujin, the concubine of Emperor Mingde, moved to Ninghe Hall and reached its peak with the east gate leading directly to the outer streets of the imperial city.

The imperial censor Ma Zheng's blood spattered the Zichen Palace, and Zhao Ji was sentenced by Zhao Ji for the crime of quarreling with an official and defying the emperor's authority, which also affected the family. All the officials in the family were abandoned and refused to be recommended for office for three generations.

A punishment order was issued, and the boiling capital suddenly cooled down.Except for Hong En Avenue in the northeast of the Imperial City.

Because the officials have enclosed thousands of acres of land here, there are very few private and official houses, and the people seldom set foot on it. As a result, other roads in the capital are called streets, and only this road is called a thoroughfare.

On this road, in the past, apart from the guards changing duty, there were very few carriages, official sedans and the like passing by.

But at some point, this road became lively.

Officials' wives and businessmen's wives all became guests in Zhao Fujin's palace.

As long as you send a greeting card, you can go to the Queen of Mingde's meandering water to drink, enjoy singing and dancing, and stroll around the royal courtyard.

Naturally, Emperor Mingde’s door also has its own threshold.

The first threshold is Mrs. Xu and Miss Li. If they want to be placed on the desk of Emperor Mingde, they need to offer them a thousand taels of silver, or priceless jewelry.

The second threshold is a handsome young man, who is said to be Di Ji's face. Anyone who wants Di Ji to approve the post as soon as possible so that he can come to the door as soon as possible must find a way to give him benefits.

This young gentleman has a nickname, and he is known as "Mr. Jin".As the name suggests, he is only interested in real money and is extremely easy to please. As long as he accepts money, what he asks for will definitely come true very quickly.

This Emperor Mingde was an absurd and extravagant person. She just sang and danced every day in the courtyard to promote peace. She even took over the job of selecting talents for the imperial court.

A lady named Li came to her house and recommended her young husband who could read. Li Xiaolang casually read two lines of poetry at the banquet and was praised highly by Emperor Mingde. Finally, he was directly recommended to the officials and entered the Hanlin Academy. Became the school secretary.

The Hanlin Academy is not that easy to get into.

In the past, academicians and scholars were all well-educated people, and they had never been able to enter the court at such a young age.

As soon as the news came out, all those in the capital who were eligible to visit, and those who had already sent out their invitations but had not come yet, all had their thoughts wandering.

So someone with a bright mind found Mingxing Tower.

Shen Yue, the confidant of Emperor Mingde and the sweetheart of Mrs. Xu, is the owner of Mingxing Tower. Only by talking to him and getting through to Mrs. Xu can we give away the money and get what we want. The matter was brought to the desk of Emperor Mingde.

Emperor Mingde was so lawless that she would naturally be attacked and targeted by the high officials in the court, but in the end they were all blocked by Zhao Ji. Anyone who criticized Emperor Mingde would be reprimanded by the officials for various reasons. Those who are more serious will be dismissed from office and abandoned.

Emperor Mingde's reputation for causing harm to the country and endangering the imperial power spread further and further.

Even the revolting bandits used the slogan of "eliminating the emperor's concubine, clearing the emperor's side, restoring the Ming Dynasty of the Song Dynasty, and restoring the vitality of the people" to contain the bandits and harm passers-by.

But in just over a month, Emperor Mingde's reputation became like a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted for beating her.

Naturally, these people were shouting and killing openly, but secretly they sent their wives to Ninghe Palace to make friends.

That's the good thing about Emperor Mingde, she doesn't hold any grudges.

Ma Zheng's son-in-law lost his official position because of his father-in-law's involvement.

His mother begged Emperor Mingde to seek help, but she was restored to her original position within three to five days.

Naturally, this does not involve holding grudges, but also depends on the person.

For example, Prime Minister Cai, who was jumping up and down the most in the court, actually asked her to look down on the country, harbor evil intentions, deceive the emperor, be autocratic and pampered, squander wealth and harm the people, break the law and ruin the country, and be extravagant and excessive. Waiting for the crime, he was torn from his high position.

At this time, everyone in the court was completely silent.

(End of this chapter)