The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 130

Before dusk that day, Liu Wei entered the palace under the gentle spring breeze.

When Liu Wei entered the palace, Zhao Kuangyin was admiring the flowers in the imperial garden.

At this time, the imperial garden is full of flowers, colorful and fragrant.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard that Liu Wei was coming, he immediately ordered someone to bring him in. Zhao Kuangyin was still worried about what happened this morning. When Liu Wei came, he happened to ask Liu Wei for his opinion. After all, when he calmed down, he found that If all those officials are really punished, I am afraid that it will cause chaos for the Song Dynasty.

Liu Wei entered the imperial garden, and hurriedly saluted Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly, pointed at the stone bench opposite and said, "Sit down!"

"Thank you, Lord."

After Liu Wei sat down opposite Zhao Kuangyin, he smiled and said, "The Royal Garden of the Holy Majesty is so beautiful."

Hearing this praise, Zhao Kuangyin was quite satisfied. As the emperor, he was very frugal in food and lodging, but he spent a lot of effort on flowers, because many years ago, his beloved girl loved flowers like flowers. Crazy, he naturally followed Ai Hua, as if looking at these flowers was like seeing a woman from back then.

"Don't talk about these flowers, you don't come here just to see flowers, do you?"

Liu Wei smiled: "You can't hide anything from the Holy Majesty. In fact, the minister came down because of what happened in the early court today."

"Are you trying to say that someone impeached you for having contacts with envoys from Southern Tang and Wu Yue?"

Liu Wei was taken aback for a moment, he hadn't heard of such a thing happening in court this morning, he thought that Shi Shouxin's dealing with Murong Bo made such a big fuss that he ignored the matter of someone impeaching him.

"The servants who are clean are self-clearing, so I don't worry about this matter. Moreover, the emperor is sage, and he will definitely not convict the servants just because of a few nonsense remarks. The servants have other things to report today."

Zhao Kuangyin knew that Liu Wei had something to do. Hearing what he said, he said with a smile, "It's okay to speak up with me."

"Yes, I heard that His Majesty ordered people to investigate and deal with the officials who entered the imperial court from the academies, but is that so?"

"That's right, Murong Bo, as the dean of Xuefu Academy, actually opened a brothel. This is simply insulting to the gentlemen. Many ministers in the court think that the officials who came out of Xuefu Academy may not be much better, so I ordered the Ministry of Rites to evaluate those officials. .”

"Murong Bo opened a brothel, it is indeed a bit inappropriate, and there are also some officials who came out of academies with bad character, but please don't make generalizations, after all, many of them are still willing to serve the court. "

When Zhao Kuangyin heard Liu Wei's words, he immediately felt a lot better, and these words just happened to reach his heart.

"I'm not a foolish king. I will definitely not say that because of Murong Bo, innocent people were hurt. After the investigation by the official department, I will deal with it according to the circumstances."

"The emperor is wise, but I feel that the emperor should supervise the official department well, lest some officials in the official department be too strict in order to please the emperor, or someone may avenge privately."

Hearing Liu Wei's words, Zhao Kuangyin was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized that the struggles in the officialdom were never as simple as he imagined, and he also grew from a courtier to the emperor, and he couldn't understand what the courtiers thought. , the officialdom is a big river and lake, who doesn't have many enemies?
"The son-in-law's words are justified, since that's the case, I will order people to go on."

Because Zhao Kuangyin also thought this way, he saved Liu Wei a lot of talking.
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It was already dusk when they left the palace.

When Liu Wei was walking on the street, a fast horse suddenly rushed in front of him, and the fast horse galloped on the street, and the rider on the horse shouted loudly: "Hurry up for [-] miles, our soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty defeated the Southern Han Dynasty, The Southern Han Dynasty died. Eight hundred miles hastened, our soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty defeated the Southern Han Dynasty, and the Southern Han Dynasty perished."

The people on the horse ran towards the palace with confidence while shouting, and the people on the street knew the urgent military situation of the court after hearing these words, so they all turned sideways to give way.

Liu Wei stepped aside, and after the reporter left in the dust, he showed a slight smile. Pan Mei's army wiped out Nanhan, so he could finally do it.

As long as this matter is done, he, Liu Wei, will make another great contribution.

When thinking like this, Liu Wei was already submerged in those excited people in the capital.

Royal Palace.

The message came urgently from [-] miles away, and after reading the letter from Pan Mei, Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed: "Pan Aiqing really lived up to my expectations."

As he said that, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but glanced at the letter again. There was only a short sentence in the letter: Liu Yusu surrendered, the Southern Han Dynasty perished, and all sixty states, 240 counties, and 17 households returned to the Song Dynasty. .

After reading it like this several times, Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered his servant: "Decree to the world, the Southern Han Dynasty will perish."

The servant took orders, and then hurriedly retreated. Zhao Kuangyin was extremely excited, and walked up and down in the imperial study. Now that the Southern Han Dynasty has perished, he is closer to unifying the world. Now there are only Southern Tang, Wuyue, and Northern Han in the north and south. As long as the Southern Tang Dynasty is destroyed, Wuyue will naturally accept the land and surrender. As long as the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue are resolved, he can send troops to the Northern Expedition. At that time, he will Zhao Kuangyin will add another stroke to the history books.

The news of the death of the Southern Han Dynasty made Zhao Kuangyin's pride and ambition much stronger.

And when it was urgently transmitted to the palace in eight hundred miles, Jin Wang's mansion.

In one daytime, Su Tongkan had already completed the tasks entrusted to him by King Jin. After Su Tongkan submitted the list of conquests, King Jin's eyes shone with an indescribable light.

After reading the names on the list, King Jin nodded slightly: "My lord has always been at ease when you handle business, sir."

Su Another looked at him with a slight smile: "It's just borrowing the prestige of the lord, otherwise just relying on a small official of the Kaifeng Mansion under his command, they can be subdued there."

The King of Jin was even more happy when he saw that Su Another was not taking credit for it, so he handed over the secret report from the spies earlier today to Su Another. This is a good thing!"

King Jin nodded: "Our people are more than half a day faster than Pan Mei's messenger. Thinking about it at this time, the emperor has already received eight hundred miles to expedite it."

Su Tiaokan nodded: "Fortunately, we acted fast enough, otherwise, if we were slow for a day or two, the emperor would not dare to dismiss the court officials wantonly if we didn't take action. At that time, who would be willing to submit to the prince? "

The King of Jin sighed: "Yes, the sixty prefectures and more than 200 counties in the Southern Han Dynasty are all owned by the Song Dynasty. We all have to send officials to govern in the Song Dynasty. Every state must have a magistrate, and every county must have a county magistrate. , plus the master book and so on, at least there are more than 200 officials, so many officials, it is not easy to find."

King Jin said, his eyes dimmed a little, thinking that although he was fighting for power and profit in the court, he couldn't help feeling a little bit worried about the problems that Song Dynasty would face.

The Southern Han Dynasty is dead, and the original officials of those prefectures and counties will be escorted to the capital of the Song Dynasty. They may be placed under house arrest within a year or two. Whether they can be free in the future depends on the situation. It can’t be ruled by no one, otherwise, just after the military disaster, the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty may be full of bandits. If so, the people will still live in the fire.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a shortage of officials who served in the Southern Han Dynasty, at least now. In the 11 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there were only more than 200 Jinshi admitted. All these people were sent to the Southern Han Dynasty, which may not be enough.
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The next day, everyone was talking about the demise of the Southern Han Dynasty throughout the morning.

Thinking that the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, all the officials were extremely excited, so today's morning court seems very warm, at least there is no intrigue or tit-for-tat in the past.

Because Zhao Kuangyin was excited, he didn't realize the upcoming difficulties. After all, he was the emperor, and it was difficult for him to attack other countries, but it was not difficult to govern the country.

Song Dynasty is full of talents, what can't be solved?
And on the third day after the news of the destruction of the Southern Han Dynasty reached the capital, officials from the Ministry of Officials sent Zhao Kuangyin the results of the assessment of the officials who had graduated from the academy.

Because the officials of the Ministry of Officials had been entrusted by Zhao Kuangyin, no one was too harsh, but it was unavoidable for some of them to avenge their personal revenge publicly, but if they didn't tell them, who would know?

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the results of the assessment, and found that half of the officials who came out of the academy had been cut off, and now only half remained, about 50 to [-] people.

After reading it like this, Zhao Kuangyin didn't think it was wrong, and nodded with satisfaction: "The rest of the people should be properly arranged, and those who have bad character or poor political performance, let's send them back to their hometown to farm."

The officials of the official department took orders, but they did not retreat.

"Your Majesty, General Pan will be back in a few days. The emperors and officials of the Southern Han Dynasty are all escorted here. I am afraid that the land of the Southern Han Dynasty needs to be taken care of. Now... in this situation, I am afraid that there are not enough officials. .”

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the assessment of hundreds of officials, so naturally it also has the responsibility to select officials to serve. Now the prefectures and counties in the south of the Five Ridges where the Southern Han Dynasty is located are all vacant.

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the petition from the officials of the Ministry of Officials. He was so happy these days that he didn't even notice this kind of difficulty, but fortunately, it's not too late to know now.

"The Southern Han Dynasty fell, and I sent officials from the Song Dynasty to manage it. From Aiqing's point of view, how much will it take?"

The official surname of Zhang Mingqiang, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials at the time, heard Zhao Kuangyin's words, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, but he still replied: "Probably... more than 200 people are needed."

Hearing the number two hundred, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but take a breath: "Need so much?"

"In the Southern Han Dynasty, there were sixty prefectures and more than 200 counties. All prefectures and county magistrates were needed in the prefectures and counties, and that's not counting the master books."

After Zhang Qiang finished speaking, Zhao Kuangyin raised his eyebrows slightly.

(End of this chapter)