The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 92

Zhao Kuangyin took the throne for a month without any military action, and Song Xinjian was busy with domestic and foreign affairs.

On the fourth day of February, the Taimiao was built. On this day, Zhao Kuangyin honored his mother, Mrs. Du of Nanyang County, as empress dowager, his wife He as empress, Wang as noble concubine, his eldest son Zhao Xu as prince, and his second son Zhao Dezhao as prince. King Teng changed the name of his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi to Zhao Guangyi, and granted Zhao Guangyi the Marquis of Yu, the capital in front of the palace.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, Zhao Kuangyin led the crown prince Zhao Xu to hold a jade book in his hand and give posthumous titles to his ancestors.Great-great-grandmother Cui was revered as Queen Wenyi.

His great-grandfather was revered as Emperor Huiyuan, and his temple name was Shunzu.Great-grandmother Sang was honored as Empress Huiming; grandfather was honored as Emperor Jian Gong with the temple name Yizu; grandmother Liu was honored as Queen Jianmu; father was honored as Emperor Wuzhao with temple name Xuanzu.

After Zhao Xu was crowned prince, he was not idle. Zhao Kuangyin also gave him a new position, the Privy Council, and asked him to assist Wei Renpu in managing the military, and let him know the Privy Council as a prince. Wei Renpu did not dare to call himself Zhao Xu's immediate superior. .

At the same time, Zhao Xu also sought Zhao Kuangyin's consent at this stage, and recently established two organizations, both of which were separated from the black shadows under him in the past. They are not chasing after the wind, but are responsible for inquiring about intelligence, and their person in charge is called Liu Qinhu.

Among them is another branch called Jinyiwei, led by Dong Zhenhai.Zhao Xu didn't have a name to return either. Daming's Jin Yiwei was so prestigious back then, so he took this name by the way.But this Jin Yiwei does not have such great power, they are only responsible for handling some difficult matters.

The Jinyiwei of Ming Dynasty had the power of reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation, etc. At that time, the Jinyiwei could stop children from crying, and it was true to say that they were vicious.

Now that Zhao Xu has set up these two agencies, one is in charge of investigation and the other is in charge of investigation, and they are responsible for monitoring each other. There will never be an image of the notorious Jin Yiwei in Ming Dynasty.

After more than a month of development, these two organizations have developed a lot. Zhao Xu asked them to do it freely. This Liu Qinhu really dared to do it freely. He even arranged for the residences of some ministers of the DPRK and China. people.

"Prince, I just received news that Shi Shouxin and the others were gathering together, and their tone expressed dissatisfaction with the emperor and the prince, saying that they helped the emperor win the world, but the emperor did not give them any benefits. This is too bold."

In the East Palace, Zhao Xu was sitting in the main hall. On both sides of him were Liu Qinhu and Dong Zhenhai, the intelligence leaders. Liu Qinhu was reporting the news he had received to Zhao Xu.

"I said, Old Liu, how did you know this news? Did you send someone to monitor them? Well, you are a little too courageous. Who gave you such courage, tell me?" Zhao Xu will The teacup fell hard on the table, and the tea splashed everywhere. It seemed that he was really angry.

In fact, Zhao Xu only asked that Liu Qinhu to be responsible for collecting information at the beginning. He did not expect that this kid could even insert people into the homes of important court officials and upstarts. This guy is really capable, but if they find out, the court will have to It's making waves.

"Your servant should die." Liu Qinhu had never seen Zhao Xu get so angry, and usually he just put on a face, but he didn't expect to get angry now, and the simple and honest Dong Zhenhai was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

"Are you bold now? Since you sent people to monitor the meritorious ministers of the court without my permission, you are so bold."

"Prince, Lao Liu is also doing it for you. For you, you can grasp the minister's information. Please forgive him this time." Zhao Xu was surprised that Dong Zhenhai, who was usually clumsy, could say such words.

"Hmph, get up. If I didn't see that he was doing things for me, I would have already, um, why didn't I get up? Do I still have to pull you in person?" Zhao Xu's anger subsided a little.

"Prince Xie, why don't I withdraw those people?" Liu Qinhu, who had just stood up from the ground, asked tentatively again.

"Nonsense, it took so much effort, what are you doing back here, tell them to be careful, don't show any flaws, and you should send more spies to Shu, Tang and other places to collect more information, yes We will be useful in the future. Well, you go down."

Liu Qinhu and Dong Zhenhai withdrew wisely.Zhao Xu went to Zhao Kuangyin without any hesitation. Although he was so angry with Liu Qinhu just now, he heard the key message in his heart. Those upstarts who supported the emperor were dissatisfied with the lack of rewards.

This is a very serious matter. It is impossible to fix the instability of the court, because they are the ones who hold the military power.

"Your Majesty, the prince is here, can you see me?" Zhang Dejun continued to serve Zhao Kuangyin a cup of tea, just like Zhao Kuangyin told him.

Since Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he has been worrying all day and night, thinking about how to unify the world all day long, and he can only rest very late every day. Isn't this why he is still reading the memorials presented by various places!

Zhao Kuangyin did not answer him directly:
"Zhang Dejun is Zhang Dejun, do you know that your old ancestor looked for Gao? This Zhao Gao deceived the top and the bottom, causing a powerful Qin Dynasty to quickly decline. There were also many eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty who were able to abolish the emperor. These old seniors of yours are still They are really powerful. They are all good role models for you!"

Holding a brush made of jade in his hand, Zhao Kuangyin kept making corrections on the memorial, and said in a calm tone.

Although Zhao Kuangyin's tone was calm, Zhang Dejun knelt down on the ground with a thud. What did the emperor mean? They are notorious in the world, and the opponents of the emperors in the past dynasties are very disgusted with them.

Now the emperor said that they are my role models, doesn't that mean that I am like them, did the emperor know about the gift I received last time?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's slaves don't dare, my slaves don't dare." Life is important, Zhang Dejun kept kowtowing, and soon there was a bruise on his forehead.

"Hmph, you don't dare to be the best. I didn't pursue what happened to you before. I think Da Song won't allow it. Zhang Dejun, you should always introspect in the future to see if you know."

"It's the emperor, this servant has written it down."

"Okay, welcome the prince in, you just wait outside!"

After a while, Zhao Xu came in, and gave Zhao Kuangyin a royal gift. Now they are not at home, and there are eunuchs and maids here.

"Father, why did I see that Zhang Dejun's forehead was bruised and purple? What's going on?" When Zhao Xu saw Zhang Dejun, he was covered in sweat and there were obvious scars on his forehead .That's why Zhao Xu asked this question.

"This dog slave actually took other people's money and passed on the news from the palace to that person. If I didn't think that he had done something in the past, I would have killed him a long time ago." Since ancient times, what emperors fear most are eunuchs and ministers If they communicate with each other, what secrets are there in the palace?
"But I think after this beating, he will restrain himself a bit. By the way, Xu'er, is there anything wrong with you coming so late?"

"I do have something important to discuss with you, you all go down." Zhao Xu waved at the surrounding eunuchs and maids to leave.

"Father, it is indeed important for me to come so late. Since you came to the throne, it seems that you are only busy appeasing the old ministers, but you have not rewarded the meritorious ones."

"Have you heard any rumors? I still believe in my brothers. They don't care about it."

"Father's brothers are indeed deeply affectionate, but you are now the emperor, and you can no longer think about issues like before. You must consider the emotions of the people below. If they support you as emperor, of course you have to give Who would dare to benefit from others, for example, if they have paid for their labor, of course you have to pay them, do you think this is the truth?"

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin didn't condense into one piece quickly, he didn't think of this, yes, people support him as emperor not because of his good relationship with him, he must have his own plan.

"Xu'er, did you get any news?" He knew that Zhao Xu told him that he had set up a high-intelligence agency, so maybe that's where he got it from.

Zhao Xu didn't speak but nodded:

"We can upgrade them to one level first, so as to stabilize them. When everything stabilizes, we are making other plans. Now is not the time."

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Kuangyin issued a decree to seal the meritorious officials

Shi Shouxin, who was the former Jiedu envoy of the Yicheng Army of the Later Zhou Dynasty and the commander of the Dianqian, was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the German Army.

The deputy commander of the guards' army Ma Bujun, the Jiangning army's Jiedu envoy, and the guards' pro-army horse army commander Gao Huaide inspected the Yicheng army's Jiedu envoy and the deputy in front of the hall.

Zhang Lingduo, the Jiedu envoy of the Wuxin Army and the commander of the guards and infantry, was the Jiedu envoy of the Zhen'an Army and the capital of the guards and horse infantry.

Wang Shenqi, the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, is the Jiedu envoy of the Taining Army and the commander of the capital in front of the palace; Zhang Guanghan, the Marquis of Yu in the right chamber of Hujie, is the Jiedu envoy of the Jiangning Army and the commander of the Ma Jundu of the guards; Commander Zhao Yanhui is the Wuxin Army Festival.

These are all people who used to be very big officials, and other people also have their own rewards. The original small officials like Chu Zhaofu have also been promoted several levels, and the school lieutenant Wang Yansheng has also become the patrol inspector of the capital, that is, The garrison commander of the capital.

Zhao Kuangyin did another thing that everyone could not have imagined, that is, a generous burial. Han Tong, the only resister when he entered the city, was given the title of Grand Master and treated Han Tong's family generously.

So far, both the old officials of the Zhou Dynasty and the upstarts of the court have completely stabilized in the capital, and Song Dynasty began to set his sights on the local area.

(End of this chapter)