Song Mingyue

Chapter 165
The event of regicide and assassination, which filled the city with turmoil and made everyone feel at risk, finally came to an end with the death of Gao Lian.

Although there are too many suspicious points in this case, especially the sudden disappearance of the rebel soldiers and horses, which cannot be explained at all, it has been exposed under the cover-up of various forces.Because Zhao Ji was scared out of his wits at that time, after the reinforcements arrived, he fled back to the palace in a panic with the forbidden army without stopping, and he did not dare to stay for a while. Naturally, he did not see the inexplicable disappearance of the rebel army. It was rumored, but the big officials in all aspects kept silent, so it didn't matter.

Of course, there is another important reason here, that is, if Zhao Hao has mastered the Imperial City Department, he has mastered the eyes and ears of the officials.In the past, this kind of thing was reported to the steward after inquiring by the marriage officer, and the steward's deed was reported to Yang Jian, and then it was able to reach the ears of the officials. Now that the steward's deed has been reported to Zhao Hao's level, it will naturally be terminated. up.

Tong Guan's party has accepted Tong Guan's instructions and should not mention the matter of killing the king. Although Liang Shicheng and others are puzzled, as allies, they naturally don't have too many criticisms.

As for Cai Jing's party, he has not completely disregarded his relationship with Gao Qiu. Although he has doubts in his heart, he does not dare to investigate with a big fanfare, and can only act in secret.

After the storm, the weather is getting warmer and the spring in Bianliang is really coming.

On the Bian River, there are sparkling waves, and groups of ducks swim happily on the water, quacking and screaming happily; the painting boats that swim with the waves are filled with flowers, like flower boats, The fragrance of flowers floats in the air; the weeping willows by the river, like a charming and delicate girl, hang down their hair, swaying in the wind, gentle and light, and romantic in every way.

Zhao Ji, who had not been to the morning court for more than a month, finally got rid of the shadow in his heart, and the officials also ushered in the first morning court in more than a month.

Zhao Hao was already early enough, and Yin Shizhong had already arrived at Xuande Gate in a carriage, only to find that the front of Xuande Gate was already crowded with people. I am afraid that except for Cai Jing and a few other high-ranking officials who did not come, the others were all Arrived early.

It's just that the second-rank Taiwei Gao couldn't come again.

thump...

As the morning bell rang, the Xuande Gate slowly opened, and hundreds of officials rushed in. It was already the middle of April in the lunar calendar. Not only was the weather warming up, but also the sky was bright early, and the ground was dry, so there was no need to overdo it. Be careful, and don't need to use light to enter the palace, so everyone walks faster.

It was still Jin Chongyue's shift, basically unchanged, but Zhao Hao's position had been moved forward a lot. Originally, the official rank of the fourth rank was inserted into the rank of the third rank by Lao Jin abruptly. Few objections were raised.

At the level of the third-rank official rank, compared with the officials of the fourth rank and below, they have a little more magnanimity and vision, and they are a little less arrogant than the officials of the first and second ranks. They are all old foxes and human beings. The holy grace is in full bloom, no one is willing to run into trouble, and fight for a position.

After a while, I saw Zhao Ji walking out from behind slowly, wearing a green gown dragon suit, a flat sky crown with 24 旒 on his head, and red shoes on his feet, coming proudly.Seeing that the important ministers had gathered, Zhao Ji nodded slightly towards them, with an indifferent expression, walked to the dragon chair in the middle and sat down.

From Cai Jing onwards, all the ministers bowed and saluted together: "Saint Wanan!"

Zhao Ji's expression was still somewhat displeased, as if he was still thinking about the assassination, he didn't bother to say anything, but just glanced at Liang Shicheng.

Liang Shicheng understood, and said loudly: "Everyone has something to report, and nothing to do."

Before the words were finished, a person stepped forward from the queue impatiently, and said anxiously: "I have a book to play!"

Liang Shicheng glanced at the man, and saw that it was Cai Mao, governor of the Kaifeng government, and said calmly, "Governor Cai, please tell me."

"Gao Qiu's rebel rebellion was killed, and now the Sanya Forbidden Army has no leader. However, if there is such a chaos, the Sanya Forbidden Army needs to elect a person to be in charge, to rectify the ranks, and to protect the safety of the palace and the capital."

The organization in charge of the imperial army in the Song Dynasty.There are the Dianqian Division, the Guards' Army Horse Army Division, and the Guards' Army Infantry Division, collectively known as the Sanya.In the late Tang Dynasty, it was customary to call the soldiers of the vassal town Ya (Ya) soldiers. Most of the emperors from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty won the throne from the vassal town, so they were called Sanya.The chiefs of the three Yamen are called Dianshuai, Mashuai, and Bushuai respectively, collectively known as the Sanshuai.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, the guards' pro-military division was divided into the horse army division and the infantry division to form three yamen, each with a capital commander, a deputy capital commander, and Du Yuhou, a total of nine members, as the three yamen commanders.The Sanya governs the imperial guards across the country, and the horse guards and infantry divisions still nominally govern the Xiang armies in various places.In the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council presided over by civil servants and the three yamen were generally used to check each other, and the three yamen were used to control military forces, and the three yamen each unified part of their forces to check each other. The purpose was to improve and consolidate the imperial power and prevent military mutiny.

The position of the three yamen is extremely important. Not only does it have to restrain the entire Song Dynasty army with the Privy Council, but the Dianqian Division in the Sanya also has to check with the Imperial City Division to ensure the safety of the palace.

Gao Qiu has followed Zhao Ji for 20 years and has always been loyal before. Therefore, Zhao Ji let Gao Qiu take charge of the three yamen as a captain. First, he valued his loyalty. The role of containment.

Now that Gao Qiu has been beheaded, and there is no leader in the three yamen, each faction in the court is keen on this position.

Liang Shicheng cast an inquiring look at Zhao Ji, and then asked, "Cai Fu Yin, who do you recommend?"

Cai Mao said urgently: "Your minister recommends Taifu Yang Jian. One of them is Taifu Yang who has been with the official family for many years and is loyal; the other Taifu has the experience of leading the Imperial City Division and has made great achievements. Now he should be in charge of the three yamen. My minister I believe that if the Grand Tutor is in charge of the three yamen, the imperial guards in the capital will have a new look, please think about it, Your Majesty."

snort~
Before the words finished, there was a loud sneer from the crowd in front, and Liang Shicheng in the court heard it clearly.

Liang Shicheng raised his head, turned to the direction where the sneer came from, and asked in a cold voice: "Jin Shangshu, as a minister of the Ministry of Rites, you should know court etiquette best, why are you laughing?"

The person who sneered was Jin Chongyue, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Hearing Liang Shicheng's question, he immediately stood out from the crowd and said loudly: "I'm just laughing at my Great Song. Is it true that there is no one in the Song Dynasty? Is it true that the imperial army of the whole country is controlled by a group of eggless people?" In the hands of eunuchs?"

In an instant, the whole hall was in an uproar.

This sentence has offended too many people.

Liang Shicheng was gloomy by nature, although he had scolded all eighteen generations of Jin Chongyue's ancestors in his heart, his face remained calm, as if he hadn't heard this sentence.

As for Tong Guan...he is no longer an eunuch, but just pretending to be angry, but his heart is very calm.

The one who was the least calm was Yang Jian, a dignified first-rank official who was so insulted by Jin Chongyue that he was so angry that he jumped out and pointed at Jin Chongyue and cursed: "You old man, why are you cursing?"

However, Jin Chongyue was originally the master of hard and soft, and the status of scholar-bureaucrats was always very high in the Song Dynasty. It was said that officials and scholar-bureaucrats shared the world. The leading figures of the school, from the bottom of their hearts, look down on Yang Jian, Tong Guan, and Liang Shicheng at all, and their personalities are straightforward, so they don't care about your eunuchs' face.

Jin Chongyue snorted coldly and said, "Eunuchs are not human beings, why did this old man ever curse?"

This stubborn old man, this time he got into a fight with the eunuchs...

This time, Yang Jian was furious, rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush up to fight, but fortunately the person beside him firmly held him back.Even Liang Shicheng, who was always indifferent to emotions, became angry, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and his hands trembled slightly.

At this time, Zhao Ji finally spoke up: "Old Jin, above the court, don't be rude!"

Only then did Jin Chongyue snort coldly, but remained silent.

Immediately afterwards, another person stepped forward, breaking the embarrassing atmosphere, and reported forward: "The minister recommends Liu Yanqing, the Jiedu envoy of the Baoxin Army and the deputy commander of the Ma Jun, to be in charge of the three yamen. If you can rectify the Sanya forbidden army, why worry about the capital's unrest?"

Everyone looked closely, but it was Wang Fu who was the young master.

Before Liang Shicheng could answer, Jin Chongyue couldn't help it anymore, and said with a sneer, "I said that although Prime Minister Tong Shu's roots are gone, his ambition has grown. Who knows that Liu Yanqing is the confidant of Prime Minister Tong Shu. With Liu Yanqing in control of the Sanya Forbidden Army, does it mean that all the army and horses in the world belong to Prime Minister Tong Shu?"

Tong Guan suddenly lay down on the gun, and couldn't help being furious. He pointed at Jin Chongyue and was about to curse, but suddenly remembered something, and finally said nothing.

He is rooted now, and his reaction to being ridiculed by Lao Jin was not as intense as Yang Jian's. Lao Jin went crazy today to catch and bite anyone, and he didn't bother to confront him head-on.

But Zhao Ji couldn't see it after all, and raised his voice to ask: "Jin Shangshu, you repeatedly belittle others, do you have someone in mind?"

Jin Chongyue's expression became solemn, and he said respectfully: "I recommend Li Boji as the head of the three government offices. Li Boji is not the one who can't be qualified."

The Li Boji that Jin Chongyue was talking about was Li Gang, a famous minister of the Song Dynasty.Last year when the capital flooded, Li Gang asked the court to pay attention to internal and external troubles. Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, thought that the discussion was inappropriate and would damage his face as an eternal sage.

As soon as Jin Chongyue's words fell, Zhao Ji frowned, ignored him, and asked the queue of His Highness, "Where is Zhao Hao?"

Zhao Hao heard Jin Chongyue firing cannons all over the map, and just thought it was quite interesting, grinning, suddenly heard Zhao Ji calling him, couldn't help but let out an ah, and then stepped forward: "My minister is here."

Zhao Ji asked in a deep voice: "The candidates for the three yamen are of great importance. Who do you recommend?"

In an instant, all eyes were on Zhao Hao in the entire hall, and the audience was completely silent.

In the eyes of everyone, this Zhao Hao was indeed extremely favored, and the choice of the head of the three offices was probably decided by Zhao Hao.

Zhao Hao's complexion changed slightly, and thoughts in his mind turned sharply. After thinking for a while, he took a long breath: "I have just entered Bianliang, and I am not very familiar with the officials, so I haven't thought of a suitable candidate for the time being."

As soon as the words fell, the officials were in an uproar again.

In the eyes of everyone, Zhao Hao really has no foundation in the court, and he couldn't even think of a suitable candidate, what a pity.

Only Cai Jing, with a look of approval in his eyes, secretly nodded in praise: "This son is really thoughtful, and he is not someone in the pool. It would be good if we can make friends with him."

Zhao Ji looked at him quietly for a few seconds, and then showed a knowing smile on his face: "In this case, let's wait until you think it over before discussing it."

Civil and military officials: "..."

Zhao Hao took a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)