Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 34: The Mystery of King Sejong’s Sudden Death (Special thanks to old book friend Dusk Hanchan for the reward!)

Chai Zongxun was stunned before he remembered what Zhang Yong had said about revealing his parents' last words in the fifth dynasty.

Tang Qi, the chief eunuch in front of the palace, quickly looked at Fifth Chaolu and advised:
"Miss Chaolu, Your Majesty is very kind to you and likes you very much! Being able to serve Your Majesty personally is a blessing that no one can ask for!"

Wu Chaolu hesitated for a while and said:

"But, this is the confession made by Nunu's father and mother before their death. How can we forget the words of our father and mother?!"

When Chai Zongxun saw it, he liked Fifth Chaolu even more.

If she was like most people, bent on pleasing the emperor without any bottom line, then maybe she would no longer like her after a few days of being over the shock of her peerless appearance.

Historically, the beauties around the emperor were always demanding, and even the most beautiful concubines would fall out of favor one day.

There are only a handful of people like Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty and Queen Yin.

Chai Zongxun originally wanted to arrange Wu Chaolu to be a female official next to his mother, but after thinking about it, he felt uneasy, so it was safer to have Wu Chaolu by his side.

Chai Zongxun waved his hand to stop Tang Qi from continuing to persuade Wu Chaolu, and said with a smile:

"Miss Chaolu's parents are both upright people, and your father is a loyal minister of my great Zhou Dynasty!
I decided to postulate your father as "Mizhi Bo" and your mother as Zhao Ming's wife, and sent people to Jinzhou to build their tombs again.

I just hope that Miss Chaolu will accompany me day and night. Since there is your parents' will, I will make Miss Chaolu my female official. "

When Wu Chaolu heard this, he burst into tears and hurriedly saluted Chai Zongxun to express his gratitude.

In fact, the female officials in the palace were also the emperor's women, but their identities and status were different from those of the palace maids.

After Chai Zongxun ordered her to get up, Wu Chaolu hesitated and said worriedly:

"Your Majesty, Nunu has been homeless since she was a child and has no talent for being a female official..."

Chai Zongxun smiled and said, "Chao Lu, you don't have to worry about this. It doesn't require you to worry about anything. Manager Tang and the female officials in the palace will teach you slowly."

After Wu Chaolu chatted for a while, she saw that Chai Zongxun was gentle and approachable. She couldn't help but feel good about him and nodded in agreement.

From then on, Wu Chaolu lived in the palace as a female official next to Chai Zongxun.

On the morning of April 4th, the first year of Kaixi's reign the next day, all the ministers had heard about the arrival of orphans from all over the capital yesterday. Most of the civil servants who were deeply influenced by the Confucian concept of "cultivating oneself, harmonizing one's family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world" supported it.

The imperial envoys Zheng Qi and Yang Hui went out to praise the empress dowager and the emperor for migrating orphans from all over the country to Beijing as a sage's policy.

Prime Minister Fan Zhi also came out and said:

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, since the New Deal was implemented in the Great Zhou Dynasty, more and more fertile fields have been cultivated in the fields. Since the summer grain harvest began, the amount of grain collected by the imperial court will increase greatly.

In addition, the "Battle of Xingzhou" resulted in a great victory over the Han Dynasty, eliminating all foreign troubles. At this time, it was appropriate to implement the empress dowager and her majesty's benevolent policy of caring for orphans. "

After the courtiers discussed for a while, Chai Zong said:
"This time when I sent the imperial army to collect orphans from various places, the Jiedu envoys from various places were very loyal and gave great assistance to Han Hui, Zhang Yong and others. I am very happy.

Now under the New Deal, the imperial court has a lot of money and food, so I would like to reduce or reduce the taxes originally paid to the imperial court by the various military governors.

Firstly, it is to reward the loyalty of the military envoys in various places, and secondly, it can also reduce the burden on the people of each military envoy. "

Upon hearing this, the ministers immediately agreed that it did not affect their own interests anyway, and that the emperor's reward for the military envoys from various places would make these soldiers grateful and contribute to the stability of the country.

After Chai Zongxun discussed with the ministers in the DPRK for a while, they decided on the policy of reducing taxes for the most powerful Jiedushi envoys this time.

According to statistics, the first place is Fu Yanqing, the grandfather of Tianxiong Jiedushi and the young emperor Chai Zongxun, and the second place is Li Jun, the Zhaoyi Jiedushi.

Wang Yan, the governor of Jinzhou, ranked third because he contributed many treasures and took care of the fifth morning dew.

Chai Zongxun thought to himself: "I will give these various regions some sweetness first, so as to reduce the resistance of various regions to my "night market" new policy, and I will have more time to build my Longxiang Army!"

When retreating from the court, Chai Zongxun looked at Li Tao and Wang Zhu and said, "My dear friends, please come to the Huangji Palace to see me in the afternoon."

The two of them saluted and agreed.

At noon, he had a meal with his mother, Empress Dowager Fu, at the Baoci Hall. After sitting around for a while, Chai Zongxun returned to the Qingshou Hall and listened to Wu Chaolu talking about the sufferings of the people in Jinzhou.

The Great Zhou Dynasty adhered to the Tang system, and the status of women in society was much higher than that of Chai Zongxun's previous life in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.

The female officials in the palace were divided into six bureaus and twenty-four divisions. The six bureaus were Shang Gong, Shang Yi, Shang Fu, Shang Shi, Shang Bed, and Shang Gong. Each bureau was divided into four divisions, with grades and salaries.

On the fifth day, Chaolu was assigned by Chai Zongxun to be the sixth-rank female officer of Shang Bed Bureau.

After the two chatted and laughed for a while, when they saw that it was already late, Chai Zongxun said goodbye to Fifth Chaolu, got up and walked to Huangji Palace.

When Chai Zongxun entered the Huangji Hall, Li Tao and Wang Zhu were already waiting in the hall.

Prime Minister Fan Zhi was mediocre in qualifications and old-fashioned. Although he was loyal to Chai Zongxun and Zhou Dynasty, he was not regarded as a confidant like Li Tao and Wang Zhu.

After seeing the ceremony, Chai Zong ordered the two of them to sit down and said:

"My dear friends, I have called you here today to discuss Zhao Kuangyi's affairs."

Chai Zongxun immediately explained the details.

After the two of them listened carefully, Li Tao said:

"Your Majesty, it seems that the traitor Zhao Kuangyi is quite good at winning people's hearts to his own advantage, so he is a big trouble.

As I wish, your Majesty, in the name of rewarding Li Jun for his great efforts in gathering orphans from various places, summons Li Shoujie, the son of Zhaoyi Jiedushi Li Jun, to come to Beijing to meet the saint.

Then it will be up to His Majesty and the Queen Mother to find an opportunity to bring Li Shoujie and Mrs. Xunyang together. "

(Fu Jinding only knows the titles of his concubines and queens. He cannot find out whether Shizong of the Great Zhou Dynasty had titles, so he will make them up temporarily)
Chai Zongxun sighed and said:
"I have no choice but to try this method."

Wang Zhu pondered for a long time and said:

“Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager’s idea of ​​sparing Zhao Kuangyi’s life is absolutely unacceptable!
I have something to say, I don’t know whether I should say it or not? "

Chai Zongxun nodded and said:

"The Taifu and Prime Minister Li are both my trusted ministers, and they have the talents to govern the country. They are all worthy of mentioning."

The king said: "Your Majesty, the late emperor suddenly fell ill during the Northern Expedition to Youzhou, and I felt something strange at that time.

On the way back, I served the late emperor day and night. In the past few months, I had been thinking about it for a long time. I thought that the late emperor must have been poisoned because of his situation that day! "

In the sixth year of Emperor Xiande's reign of Emperor Zhou Shizong's northern expedition to Youzhou, he was in good health during the expedition and during the journey, but suddenly fell ill, which is indeed suspicious.

Chai Zongxun was shocked. He suddenly straightened up in the throne and asked, "Is this true?!"

Li Tao in the palace also looked horrified.

Wang Zhu nodded slowly and continued:
"Since your Majesty killed Zhao Ni's party in November last year, I have no resistance. This year, in the first year of Kaixi, your Majesty promoted me to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so I can act more conveniently.

In the past few months, I have sent many people to visit various places that the late emperor passed during his expedition last year. I found that the late emperor had met many people from the newly acquired areas of Youzhou and drank the tea offered by them! "

Chai Zongxun said angrily:

"Could it be that these people in Youzhou harmed my father? Why did they want to harm my father?!
If this is true, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and kill all the people involved! "

(End of this chapter)