travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 77
In the next few days, Chang'an City was greatly shaken.

First, there was news from the palace that the empress was very happy, and according to some experienced old people, the empress was pregnant with a boy.

This news has inspired the government and the public, and the queen is happy, which means that Zhao Fei has an heir, and it means that the inheritance of the Great Song Dynasty will continue.

This is a great happy event, Zhao Fei directly ordered the court ministers to take a few days off.

However, the holidays are only for some insignificant personnel to rest, and important court officials such as Qin Hui have no free time at all.

There is a war ahead, and various affairs need to be dealt with. The negotiations between the rear and the Eagle Tribe have also reached a critical moment. Everything is related to the rise and fall of the court.

As the emperor, Zhao Fei is also very busy. He has to deal with official business during the day and spend time with his wife at night. At the same time, under Zhao Fei's secret leadership, Wang Yi has made a breakthrough.

Finally, on a dark and windy night, Zhao Fei directly ordered Qin Hui, Liu Yong, Liu Bu Shangshu and other important court officials to shout into the palace.

"You don't mind calling all your lovers over so late, right?" Zhao Fei sat on the dragon chair and squinted his eyes, wondering what was going on in his mind.

A group of ministers didn't know what medicine Zhao Fei was selling, and they all expressed that they didn't mind. It was their duty to share the worries of His Majesty, and it was also a manifestation of loyalty to the country.

Zhao Fei looked at the ministers below, shook his head and smiled softly: "I think you're wondering what it is that I called you into the palace so late, but there is a reason for me to ask you to enter the palace."

"We would like to obey the holy order!" All the senior officials looked at me and I looked at you, then Qin Hui took the lead to compliment Zhao Fei, and it was still Qin Hui who said: "Your Majesty is so late, ask me to wait here , there must be something important to announce.”

"You're right." Zhao Fei nodded, and said, "I don't want to say the answer for the time being, but I just want to discuss with you Ai Qing the few things that the court needs to solve the most. Qin Aiqing, you are one of the ministers. First, it’s up to you to speak.”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Qin Hui nodded, then cleared his throat, and said in a deep voice, "I think there are three things that our country of Song urgently needs to solve."

"Tell me which three things are there." Zhao Fei said with a smile.

Qin Hui glanced at Zhao Fei and said: "The first thing is the disaster in the frontier, the court must solve the war problem in the frontier as soon as possible, the second thing is the disaster in the north, the court must control the disaster in the north, The disaster victims can no longer be scattered, and the third thing is the wage arrears of Beijing officials that has caused a lot of trouble in Beijing recently."

"Then what does Qin Aiqing think the court needs to solve the most?" Zhao Feiruo said meaningfully.

Qin Hui was stunned for a moment, hearing Zhao Fei's tone, he meant something, but what does the emperor mean?Qin Hui could barely understand Zhao Fei's thoughts before, but now he can't figure it out more and more.

Qin Hui was just stunned for a moment, and then said: "I believe that the disaster should be solved first. The disaster in the north has caused the instability of the frontier, and the instability of the frontier has exacerbated the financial crisis of the imperial court, which in turn has caused the salary of the officials in the capital to be reduced." Being deducted, in summary, I believe that the imperial court should solve the disaster situation in the north first."

"Well," Zhao Fei nodded, noncommittal, then looked at Liu Yong and said, "Does Liu Aiqing have anything to say?"

As early as when Zhao Fei asked Qin Hui, Liu Yong was thinking about what Zhao Fei wanted to do. Hearing Zhao Fei ask his opinion, his eyes flickered, and he said: "What Qin Hui said is basically the opinion of the minister. , but the minister thinks that the imperial court still has two other important matters to pay attention to."

"Tell me." Zhao Fei looked at Liu Yong with some interest.

"The first is the negotiation with the Eagle Tribe. Although this is not the responsibility of the minister, the minister has also heard that Amit is not a very easy person to deal with. It is a matter between the court and the Eagle Tribe. It is really necessary to be cautious. As for the second thing, it is His Majesty's happy event. The empress is pregnant with a dragon seed. This is a great happy event. The court should celebrate it. Firstly, it can celebrate His Majesty's having a son, and secondly, it can also show my Peace to the country and the people." Liu Yong said slowly.

"Yeah." Zhao Fei nodded. This old guy is quite interesting. He said a lot of nonsense, so he didn't say anything. He smiled, then turned his attention to the six ministers and other ministers and said, "What do you want to say?" of."

"Qin Xianghe and Master Liu have basically stated the most important matters of the court, and the ministers have nothing else to do."

A group of officials glanced at each other, and finally Lin Wanrong spoke up.

As the news of the queen's happiness spread, everyone knew that Lin Wanrong's position in the court would be stronger than the hardest rock.

Who made someone give birth to a good daughter, who made someone's daughter live up to her expectations? Although many ministers in the court were very jealous of Lin Wanrong, they just sighed in vain.

Seeing that no one had anything to say, Zhao Fei took a sip of tea and said, "The two lovers of Qin and Liu basically talked about all the important affairs in the court, and you also handled all the affairs of the court very well. As the emperor, I am very pleased."

"This is a matter within the ranks of the ministers, and it is the duty of the ministers to serve the court and serve His Majesty." Jishou said.

Zhao Fei looked around at the crowd and said, "I have a different view from Qin Aiqing on the matters that the court most needs to solve."

The adults originally planned to continue flattering Zhao Fei, but when Zhao Fei opened his mouth like this, no one dared to speak.

Everyone knew that the main event was coming, and the emperor couldn't have called them into the palace to chat in the middle of the night. Since they came, something must happen, and since something happened, it must be a big deal.

Zhao Fei knew that these people were waiting for him to speak, so he was not surprised by everyone's reaction, and continued: "I heard that since ancient times, in the face of internal and external troubles, you must first settle down when you are fighting against the outside. Compared with the north, the frontier is the interior. , the frontier is outside, while the north is compared with Chang'an, the north is outside, and Chang'an is inside."

"Why do you want to fight against the outside world first? Naturally, it is because natural disasters are not terrible. What is terrible is the man-made disasters that accompany natural disasters. The disasters in the north are natural disasters, but the wars on the frontier and the troubles caused by Beijing officials in Chang'an are man-made disasters. I have even heard that The reason why the disaster situation in the north has evolved to this point is also the result of the misconduct of some unscrupulous officials, unscrupulous businessmen, and local gentry and common people who don’t know right from wrong.”

"Therefore, I think that in order to solve the court's problems, we must first get rid of this man-made disaster. What do you think?"

After Zhao Fei finished speaking, he sat on the chair and looked at the bewildered looks of everyone in the hall with a half-smile.

The officials were really at a loss, they knew what Zhao Fei wanted to do, but they really didn't expect Zhao Fei to be so big-hearted.

Man-made disaster?

None of the officials who can stand in this hall is a fool, and the deep murderous look in Zhao Fei's tone has clearly indicated that the emperor is going to kill.

Just whose head will the first knife fall on?
Qin Hui and Liu Yong frowned deeply, but the two of them knew Zhao Fei better than ordinary officials, and they also knew some inside stories better than ordinary officials. Do you really dare to do this?
But they didn't need to guess anymore, because Chu Xuan walked in with great strides, and another official wearing a fifth-rank official uniform walked in.

This fifth-rank official is naturally Wang Yi.

Chu Xuan and Wang Yi walked into the main hall. It was no surprise that there were so many officials gathered in the hall tonight, as if they were in the early morning. They pushed the golden mountain and the jade pillars to kneel on the ground like this, and greeted Zhao Fei. Wang Yi Then he said loudly: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, a group of criminals have been escorted back to the palace, please show your Majesty."

"You guys have done a good job, let's get back together!" Zhao Fei smiled, looked at the puzzled crowd, pointed to Wang Yi and said, "This is Wang Yi, you guys should get to know him, I made him an imperial envoy to investigate and deal with the crimes in Beijing. The case of trouble."

Beijing officials make trouble!

All the officials were in an uproar, Liu Yong and Qin Hui glanced at each other quickly, they both saw the shock in each other's eyes, they were really frightened by Zhao Fei.

As "well-informed" people in the DPRK and China, they naturally knew that the water behind the disturbance by Beijing officials was very muddy, and they probably guessed who was behind the disturbance.

It's just that I really didn't expect that the emperor would actually dare to investigate this matter, and even not only investigated, but directly arrested people.

Zhao Fei was very satisfied with the reaction of the ministers, and handed over the stack of memorials that had been in front of him to Anping for distribution.

"This is the specific situation of the case, you all have a look!" Zhao Fei said indifferently: "You all look at how these good brothers and ministers of mine stabbed the court when the court was in trouble at home and abroad."

All the ministers took the memorial tremblingly, and after a general glance, they knew that today's affairs were beyond their control.

"Your Majesty's order is to be obeyed!"

Qin Hui took the lead, and a group of ministers fell to their knees. It seemed that there was really nothing they could do except kneel and listen to Zhao Fei at this time.

"There are a lot of you here who thought they knew about these things, but they didn't expect that I would know about this." Zhao Fei sneered and said, "As an official, you naturally pay attention to deception and other things. It's better to have one less thing, pay attention to the rare and confused, I understand."

"It's just that you, as the pillars of the court, did you become an official for the sake of being an official? Haven't you ever thought that this official is not only for me, not only for yourself, but also for the people of the world?"

Zhao Fei's voice suddenly raised eight degrees and said: "The day before yesterday, if I hadn't wanted to know the situation personally, I would have never known that there was such a group of people in Chang'an City where I sit in front of my house. Unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, and unrighteous things, and you, as my most trusted subjects, what have you done?"

"The ministers are guilty, and are willing to be punished by His Majesty!" All the ministers kowtowed.

With a sneer, Zhao Fei shook his head and said: "I understand your thoughts, so I let you go this time, but I never hope that such a thing will happen next time, do you understand?"

"I will thank the lord for your kindness, and I will not fail your majesty or the court." All the ministers expressed their opinions one after another.

Taking a breath, Zhao Fei said coldly: "You have read all these materials, what do you think should be done?"

"Everything is handled in accordance with the law!" Qin Hui gritted his teeth and was the first to stand up to express his opinion. Seeing Qin Hui's attitude, the ministers behind him had to express that they would act in accordance with the court regulations.

Seeing all the officials, Zhao Fei smiled strangely, and said, "You are thinking of going with me, and I also think that I want to be strict with the court's laws, so I have ordered Chuxuan Wangyi to lead Jin Yiwei to arrest Prince Gong who is behind the scenes. , the King of Luo County, the three servants of the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Housing and Industry, and more than a dozen people who incited the riots among these Beijing officials."

Hearing Zhao Fei's words, everyone in the hall except Chu Xuan and Wang Yi was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)