When Wang Zhi appeared in the courtyard of Juxian Hall with Chang Qing in his arms, all the wise people in the courtyard were excited, and the shouts of "Master" almost sent Wang Erlang into the clouds.
Fortunately, all the surrounding houses were taken over by Wang Erlang, otherwise he would not be able to escape the charge of disturbing the people.
A loud-voiced group of sages shouted loudly: "Brothers, be quiet and let our hall master give you a few words."
Amidst cheers, Wang Erlang stepped onto the high platform in front of the hall carrying a jar of wine.
"Everyone, please sit down," Wang Zhi said after waving his hands for all the wise men to take their seats. "Since brothers asked me to say a few words, I will say a few words."
"This is the first sentence. I would like to thank the twenty-eight brothers who accompanied me on my expedition to the northwest. It is hard to tell outsiders how dangerous the past three years have been. I can only say this. Without the help of my brothers, I, Wang Zhi, would have been in trouble long ago. Died in the barren mountains of the northwest."
Wang Zhi said as he filled a bowl of wine, "I respect you for this bowl."
Twenty-eight sages stood up in the courtyard at the same time, holding up large bowls, and drank from the hall master in one gulp.
The three hundred sages applauded loudly, looking at the 28 sages with extreme envy. Some people secretly resented why they had failed to pass the selection, otherwise they would have had their share of the Guangzong Yaozu who returned home in glory.
This is an official, a real official of the Song Dynasty. He accompanied the hall master for three years and came back in perfect condition. This is how he became an official.
hatred! hatred! Hate it! !
Someone secretly slapped himself, hating himself. This quota was not fixed at twenty-eight, and there was no competition. It was just that he did not meet the selection requirements.
"The second sentence is, I want to thank the brothers who stayed in the hall. Without your efforts, this hall would not be what it is today. I respect you for this bowl."
Wang Zhi filled another large bowl of wine and drank it all with all the wise men in the courtyard.
"I want to say a third sentence."
Wang Erlang wiped the corner of his mouth and said: "Our Juxiantang has become the largest gang in Bianjing City today, not because of me, nor because of you, but because the people's hearts are towards us."
"It is precisely because we have won the hearts and support of the people that we have survived and grown stronger, making it impossible for the imperial court to deal with us."
"So you must keep the gang rules in mind and always remember to take things from the people and use them for the people."
"Only when people live well, our lives will be good."
"Come, do it for the sake of the people, for our good life!"
Wang Zhiyan shut up, and the audience shouted, "For the sake of the people, for a good life, do it..."
"The people's hearts, the people's hearts..." Wang Erlang sighed slightly after repeating it repeatedly. He didn't even brag about it at the wine table, but often fell into deep thought.
Of course, Chang Qing also noticed what was wrong with the hall master. When he asked Wang Zhi, he just smiled and waved his hand over.
Wang Zhi didn't need to guess to know that he would definitely not support it, but people's hearts, he started from the people's hearts and lived by the people's hearts, how could he ignore the people.
He drank a few more bowls of wine and made up his mind.
At five o'clock in the morning, when the rooster crows, he gets up and puts on the first-class purple court clothes sent by the imperial court. He wears a first-class seven-beam crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, a goldfish bag, and black court boots. The third prince of the Song Dynasty.
He didn't alert anyone in the house, and led Dabai out alone. He was going to court today.
In the Song Dynasty, officials went to court at 5 o'clock or 3 o'clock. In later generations, it was around 4 o'clock in the morning. At this time, they had to clock in and go to work. There was no transportation in later generations. Ministers who were farther away had to get up at 3 o'clock. , the sadness can be imagined, so in order to facilitate the officials to attend the court meeting, the imperial court established a "waiting courtyard" outside the palace for the officials to wait and rest, and of course they could also come here to catch up on their sleep.
Fortunately, the court meeting is not held every day, but is held once every five days in the morning. Only high-ranking officials of fifth rank and above need to attend, and those who have no official duties are not included.
Wang Erlang's third prince, Taiwei, was a completely useless position in this dynasty.
So when he arrived at Tailuyuan, all the officials were stunned.
Isn't this guy going to attend the court meeting?
A censor came forward and asked, "Is the Taiwei going to attend the court meeting?"
Wang Zhi remained silent and nodded in response.
The censor hesitated for a moment and did not say anything. The fact that he was in his position only meant that he did not have to attend the court meeting, but it did not mean that he had no right to attend the court meeting.
When the three princes of the court want to attend the court meeting, who dares to say no?
Wang Zhi didn't pay attention to other people's gazes, and went straight to the side and sat down, eating the fruit food specially provided by the hospital, closing his eyes to rest, not looking at the officials with different expressions, and waiting quietly for five to three o'clock.
The candles burned out, the drums sounded, the palace doors opened wide, the imperial censor sang loudly, and hundreds of officials lined up. Wang Zhi proudly ranked first in the west team. Even Cai You, who knew the affairs of the Privy Council, had to be behind him. The third division was not there, and the three princes were Even the most respected official, even the Privy Council has to lower his head.
Of course, if Tong Guan, the privy envoy, is here, then before he gets the king's wisdom, the eunuch is not only the privy envoy, but also one of the three divisions, the only king with a different surname in the Song Dynasty, and the king of Guangyang County.
Hundreds of officials were divided into two rows, east and west, holding wat tablets and entered the palace one by one under the supervision of the censor. Along the way, the palace guards looked at this scene with some surprise, watching the young minister who was so tall that he did not look like a mortal led a group of old men up the steps. Entering the Hall of Wende is like an eagle accompanying a group of weak chickens.
What was even more surprising was that none of these veteran ministers, who usually had high eyesight, showed any displeasure. Thinking of this, they all knew who this young minister was.
Who else could be there besides the man who recaptured Xixia in three years without spending a single soldier?
Under the envious and admiring eyes of the palace guards, Wang Erlang stepped into the Wende Hall and saw at a glance that Prince Zhao Huan was already in office. He would live in the East Palace every five days to attend court.
At this time, he was a little surprised to see his cousin coming with hundreds of officials, but he was in the first place on the east side, Wang Zhi was on the west side, and there were censors monitoring him, so it was difficult to talk, so he could only ask with eyes.
Wang Zhi gave him a reassuring look and stopped moving. He still closed his eyes and concentrated. It wasn't that he was pretending to be deep, but he was really sleepy.
This kind of anti-human morning dynasty was set by some dog-like thing. Wang Erlang, who had his eyes closed, cursed in his heart.
Wang Erlang, who was wandering in the sky, heard three whips before he had time to daydream. He had never seen pigs running, but he had heard pigs braying. As the saying goes, "Three blows of the whip will bring the civil and military teams together." I knew that this was the eunuch warning all officials that the emperor was coming.
He narrowed his eyes and looked around slightly, and saw that all the civil and military officials were already lined up under the jade steps in separate classes. Different from the impromptu court meeting yesterday to welcome the heroes, today is a serious court meeting, and every high-ranking official of the fifth rank or above in Bianjing City counts. Everyone who is still alive has arrived, and at first glance, Wuyang Wuyang's, there is no empty space in the entire hall.
Among the hundreds of officials, some stood horizontally, some stood vertically, and some stood sideways. Why is this so? Wang Erlang said he didn't understand it, he couldn't understand it at all.
Of course, Wang Erlang didn't care either. He would understand when it was time to understand.
At this time, the emperor had already sat on the dragon throne, and the eunuch at the head of the palace was holding a clean whip in his hand, shouting: "Your Majesty ascends to the palace, and all the officials will come to see you!"
All the officials leaned over and shouted in unison, "See you, Your Majesty."
The emperor returned the greeting and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me and stay at peace."
The officials bowed again, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
After completing a set of procedures, the eunuch at the head of the palace shouted again: "If there is something to do, please roll up the curtain and leave."
All the officials looked at the leading young man, and the emperor's eyes also fell on him. They didn't believe that this guy came to the court meeting just for fun.
After just waiting for a moment, this guy didn't make any move, and still closed his eyes to rest, which made the officials a little puzzled.
The eunuch at the head of the palace didn't care about their thoughts and shouted for the second time: "If there is something to do, please roll up the curtain and leave."
When it comes to the third time, it will really be time to retire. Bai Shizhong, the Prime Minister of the East Palace, will not let such a funny moment happen to the court, so he went out and said: "Your Majesty, the new return of Xixia should be done as soon as possible. Divide administration and dispatch officials to calm the people."
After Bai Shizhong finished speaking, he glanced at the young man on the right, and saw that his eyelids twitched twice, but he remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
The emperor waited for him for a while, but when he saw that he had not made any move, he said: "According to your wishes, how should the administration be divided and which officials should be dispatched?"
"I believe that the Hexi Corridor should be used as the vertical axis and the Heihe River as the horizontal axis. The two states of Gansu and Suzhou should be divided into the Gansu Road. The desert Yellow River should be used as the boundary to demarcate the Hetao area. The two states of Ning and Xia should be named the Ningxia Road. Xixia will be a country. Two roads are enough.”
"In addition, the northwest five roads are currently without military forces, so they can be returned to the first road and become the Shaanxi Road."
After Bai Shizhong said this, Wang Erlang finally couldn't help but look at the old man a few more times.
Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi... I'm afraid you, the old man, are also people with memories of future generations, right?
Although Bai Shizhong was talking to each other, his mind was always on Wang Zhi. When he saw him looking at him, his heart moved slightly.
This kind of regional division, naming and personnel appointments and transfers have long been negotiated by the governors of the East Prefecture and have been reported to the emperor. It can be said that they have been finalized for a long time. It is just a formality to bring it to the court today. That’s all.
But this boy is a variable. After all, Xixia was also won by this guy. If he intervenes and participates in dividing this cake, and has the support of the prince's party, the result is really hard to say.
But Bai Shizhong paused for a moment and still couldn't wait for Wang Zhi's voice, which made him a little confused again. Didn't this guy come for Xixia?
He then listed a series of personnel promotions and transfers, but there was still no objection from Wang Zhi.
Until all the officials agreed and the emperor made the decision, the young lieutenant still closed his eyes and remained silent.
This made the entire court confused. They didn't say anything or mention anything. What are you doing here? A day trip to the Great Song Dynasty?
Until the end of the court meeting, there was nothing more to discuss among the officials. When the eunuch at the head of the palace was about to shout loudly and withdraw from the court, the young Taiwei finally opened his eyes and stood up.
coming!
The eyes of all the officials and the emperor were focused on him for an instant. No one said anything, and the scene was audible. They all wanted to see what kind of medicine this guy was selling.
With the whole hall watching, Wang Zhi leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
"allow!"
"I ask your Majesty to move the capital."
