The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 93

After a lot of feuding the court's heroes and appeasing the old officials, these upstarts of the court finally stabilized. Of course, they are all happy to have the military power.

However, Zhao Xu knew that these people's military power must be taken back in the future, otherwise, it would be very troublesome, because most of the military power is now in the hands of these people, and if they want to unify the world, they must be large-scale To use troops, you must control the military power yourself.

Otherwise, it would not have happened that Zhao Kuangyin later wanted to release his military power with a glass of wine, but the price he paid for releasing his military power with a glass of wine was really too high. It can be said that he bought it with the wealth of the country, and Zhao Xu would never approve of him again. Dad is using this method.

"Your Majesty, Crown Prince, Zhaoyi Army Jiedu envoy Li Yun detained our special envoy Zhou Guangxun. At the same time, at the banquet welcoming our envoys from the Great Song Dynasty, he cried loudly at the portrait of Guo Taizu."

Zhao Pu hurriedly reported the collected information to Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Xu. Zhao Pu was no longer the secretary in charge of the Guide Army. Because of Conglong's meritorious service, Zhao Kuangyin named him the Right Adviser Doctor and served as a Privy Councilor.

"Father, I'm right. If this is Li Yun's rebellion, then the correspondence between him and Liu Jun of the Northern Han Dynasty is also true." In fact, Zhao Xu had already obtained the information, but Zhao Kuangyin still didn't believe it.

This is because not long after Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he sent an envoy to Luzhou to announce the decree to Li Yun. The envoy was detained. He is the order of Zhongshu, and he is treated with courtesy everywhere.

How could Zhao Kuangyin know that Li Yun was in great pain at that time, and was about to rebel at that time. Fortunately, his subordinates persuaded him, and this time he reluctantly went to Bianjing to pay homage to the new emperor.

Zhao Pu listened to what the prince said, he had already got the news, it was impossible, he was the first to get the news, so he immediately went to the palace to ask the emperor to report, how did the prince know so early.But he didn't ask either.

"Humph, this Li Yunzhen treats him well, but he still wants to rebel, and I can't spare him." Zhao Kuangyin values ​​love and righteousness, but what he hates the most are those who have no faith. You Li Yun has already told me You have pledged allegiance, but you still want to rebel, let's see how I deal with you.

"Father, Li Yun's son, Li Shoujie, will arrive in Bianjing tomorrow. Could it be that Li Yun asked his son to come here to confuse us? Maybe Li Yun sent him to the capital on purpose, and wanted to use our hands to get rid of him?"

From Zhao Xu's report, Zhao Kuangyin also knew that the relationship between Li Yun and his son was not very good. It is estimated that Li Yun had plans in this regard, but how could Zhao Kuangyin be used so easily.

"Zhao Pu, you and Guangyi go to prepare for the meeting with Li Shoujie tomorrow. Don't be sloppy, but don't have too many specifications. After all, he is not our vassal but our local official. Remember to have the demeanor of my Song Dynasty. "

Zhao Kuangyin issued a decree in the previous stage to revise the prefectures and counties in the country that violated the name of the new emperor Ningzi and the dead emperor, so his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi was changed to Zhao Guangyi, and Zhao Pu was ordered to retreat and prepare.

At this time, only Zhao Kuangyin and his son were left in the whole room, but Zhao Kuangyin's face was still grim, as if something was wrong.

"Royal father, do you have anything else to do? Look at you frowning?" Zhao Xu is not used to being called royal father at all, but a few days ago when she was in the morning court, she called her papa as soon as she said it. But he was educated by the ministers for a long time.

Although it didn't matter to him, it was really annoying to hear those old masters chattering in his ears all the time. Since then, he has been calling Zhao Kuangyin Father Emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin said it patiently and Zhao Xu shook his head when he heard it. These ministers are really too casual. What do you want the emperor to do? It turned out that the ministers were whispering in the court hall.

It turned out to be today's morning court. Zhao Kuangyin sat on the dragon chair with a solemn face, listening attentively to a minister's report.

As the founding emperor, Zhao Kuangyin really wanted to create a solemn, solemn and sacred atmosphere for the court through his own example.So he sat very upright.

Unexpectedly, after a while, the thing that worried him still happened: several ministers whispered casually below, completely ignoring the minimum rules that should be observed in the court.

Zhao Kuangyin was very upset about the disharmonious scene in front of him, but he did not show his face, and did not break out on the spot to name and criticize several undisciplined officials, but continued to listen to the report as if nothing had happened.

In fact, he was very angry in his heart, and this was too unruly. In the past dynasties, the emperor who founded the country would rest assured of his colleagues who went to the world with him, especially those fierce generals.

So Zhao Kuangyin also hated the civil and military ministers whispering and commenting on the government in the court, lest they communicate too much and get together or even disagree. This is not because he is narrow-minded.So he is afraid.

In fact, he is not worried about this. The new dynasty has just been established, and these ministers have not had any dissent for the time being, but the emperor is listening to the report on the dragon chair, and you are muttering below, let the emperor's face be put.

Zhao Kuangyin remembered that when Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, became emperor, most of the ministers in the court were his fellow villagers and friends who were uneducated and reckless, so the whole court was full of hooliganism and recklessness.

"The officials drink alcohol to compete for merit, get drunk or scream, and draw their swords and hit the pillars." It can be seen that the chaotic situation above the court, even Liu Bang, who was born as a rogue, was very dissatisfied.

Later, a Confucian scholar drew up a set of etiquette to reflect the supremacy of imperial power, and let the officials practice in the hall.

Since then, the order in the court has been in order, and Liu Bang was very happy to see it and said: "I am known as the emperor's noble today." Now Zhao Kuangyin wants Liu Bang to feel this way.

Zhao Xu, when he heard that his father was dissatisfied with the rudeness of the officials in the court, but it was also true. There is no rule without rules, order is still necessary, but he really has a way to solve it.

"Haha, what's so difficult about this, Father, you don't need to do anything to avoid this situation from happening again just by moving their black hats."

"Huh?" Zhao Kuangyin frowned.

"I've just promoted them, so it's just a trivial matter to move their black hats at this time, so as not to cause them disturbance. It's just that I feel uncomfortable in my heart, and nothing else!"

Zhao Xu knew that the emperor's father would be wrong:

"Father, you misunderstood. The black hat I mentioned did not refer to their official positions, but the hat on his head. Just changing the hat can completely change this pattern."

The black gauze cap was originally a common folk hat. The black gauze cap worn by officials originated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but as an integral part of the official "official uniform", it began in the Sui Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty.Since then, the black hat has represented the official position of officials.

"It seems that I have misunderstood it, Xu'er, if you have a solution, please tell me."

"Yes, father, as you know, officials now wear tall hats. As long as the two of them are together, they can talk underneath with a twist of their heads. It is extremely convenient, so we can work on it occasionally. We It can be like this..."

According to Zhao Xu's idea, two flat and long wings were hung on the back of the existing official hat.

After Zhao Xu's explanation, Zhao Kuangyin also understood, and couldn't help clapping his hands. In fact, Zhao Xu said in his heart, this is not my invention, it was your invention in history.

In history, Zhao Kuangyin encountered the whispers of the officials he said just now, and he didn't get angry on the spot. Zhao Kuangyin is very tolerant but very pragmatic.

After retreating from the imperial court, he quickly came up with a solution. Don’t you guys like to whisper to each other? I told you that you can’t say it! He ordered the officials to add long wings to the back of the veil cap.The long wings are made of iron sheets and bamboo strips.The iron wings on both sides of a hat protrude more than a foot.

This kind of hat is not worn on general occasions except for formal activities in court and official circles.Because wearing it, walking on the street is extremely inconvenient.

Officials can only talk face to face, and it is difficult to sit side by side.From then on, when the ministers went to court, it was difficult to line up and whisper.

In addition, everyone knew that the emperor did this to crack down on the private chats between the ministers, and no one would dare to do it again, so the style of the court was completely new.Now that Zhao Xu said so, Zhao Kuangyin of course agreed very much.

Regarding the long-winged hats worn by officials in the Song Dynasty, there is also an interesting passage recorded in the notes of ancient literati:
One day, Prime Minister Kou Zhun went out in a micro-clothes to inspect the people.He was dressed in Tsing Yi and a small hat, dressed as a scholar, and made a private visit to Tokyo, Kyoto.When he was talking to an old man, the old man kowtowed to Kou Zhun, bowed and greeted him, showing unusual humility.

Kou Zhun felt strange, and deliberately asked: "Old man, I am a scholar, please take it easy."

The old man smiled and said, "Could it be possible that my husband is concealing his identity? You are the order of the imperial court!" Kou Zhun was even more puzzled when he heard that, "

You and I have never met before, so how can you say that I am an official of the imperial court?"

The old man said: "Master, just now when you passed the narrow alley, you looked sideways to the left and right, for fear that something would touch your hat. If you didn't often wear a long-winged hat, how would you have such a habitual action, right?"

Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, under the witness of Zhao Xu, this kind of long-winged hat has come out. I don’t know if it will be recorded in future history books. The development of clothing has made outstanding contributions.

(End of this chapter)