Lin'an Palace is divided into five parts: the outer court, the inner court, the east palace, the academy, and the palace garden. The palace city is surrounded by the imperial city. The north gate of the imperial city is Hening Gate, which is also the north gate through which ministers go to court and enter the imperial city.
There are four groups of buildings in the outer dynasty: Daqing Hall, Chuigong Hall, Back Hall and Duancheng Hall. The Daqing Hall is located in the South Gate of the South Palace and is the meeting place for the great dynasties. The Chui Gong Hall is located to the west and north of the Daqing Hall and is the palace where officials often visit.
The functions and names of this palace, as well as the etiquette of the previous dynasty, were all copied from the Northern Song Dynasty. It's just that the Daqing Hall, Chuigong Hall, etc. in Tokyo City in the Northern Song Dynasty can no longer go back.
To be faithful to the clear principles and to repay meritorious deeds means to govern with an arch and to bring peace to the world. The Imperial Palace is the political center of Lin'an City, and Chui Gong Hall is the palace within the palace, the center of the political center.
It has been nearly a hundred years since the disgrace of Jingkang, the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the migration of the Song Dynasty to the south. The emperor discussed politics in the Chui Gong Hall, where national decisions were made, and important military and political affairs were decided here. This was the center of the power struggle and the arena for the king, his ministers, and the officials.
On the throne of the main hall, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuo, had a sallow face and looked blankly at the ministers standing solemnly below.
This benevolent, honest and modest gentleman first served as the powerful Prime Minister Han Yuanzhou to control the government, and later became the treacherous Prime Minister Shi Miyuan who specialized in the country and was domineering.
In the official family of the Song Dynasty, the place was very hard but also very relaxed.
This reminded Zhao Hong of Song Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty and Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty.
Although the three are all "monastic cultists" who occupy the manhole and do nothing, in comparison, Zhao Kuo is better and knows how to love the people; Song Huizong, a young literary and artistic man, harmed the country and the people; Jiajing did not care about the people's power, but he had to be tough Too much.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty relied on his private wisdom and small wisdom, and his intentions were biased. He ostracized the honest men and kept close to the traitors. Playing with things leads to losing one's ambition, indulging in lust leads to defeat, few people survive.
Jiajing practiced elixirs and practiced Taoism, and was superstitious about alchemy. Ministers relied on catering and invitations to get lucky. The morale of scholars was corrupted and politics was corrupt. Eating fast and living alone without forgetting to make arbitrary decisions about the government is not so much "inaction" as it is that he has learned the harshness and cruelty of the Legalists and brought the tyranny of the imperial system to the extreme.
He wanted Zhao Kuo to be as domineering as Jiajing. In this way, he, the prince, can ascend the throne smoothly without any worries.
Moreover, there is a high probability that he will be a good emperor.
It's a pity, it's a pity that everything is just a good wish and will never come true.
On the throne, Zhao Kuo, an official of the Song Dynasty, looked at the ministers standing solemnly below, his eyes swept over Prime Minister Shi Miyuan, his face was calm, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he still did not say a word.
The chamberlains and chamberlain officials are arranged on both sides. On the left are the prime ministers, those who are involved in political affairs, the privy council class, and the bachelor's class; on the right are the clan princes, princes, envoys and deputies, the Zhongshu provincial class, the Yushitai class, the Zhizhigao class, etc.; Later, he sent out civil servants and censors in green clothes who heard about the incident.
Among the scholar-bureaucrats in the Manchu Dynasty, Shi Miyuan was the only one who stood before hundreds of officials, which shows his noble status and transcendent status.
When the prime minister is strong and the emperor is weak, the imperial power is weak, and the country is in troubled times, how many of these nobles and nobles can be used?
News came from the north. Just now, in the twelfth month of winter, Emperor Wanyan Xun of the Jin Dynasty passed away. His son Wanyan Shouxu succeeded to the throne and changed his reign name to "Zhengda".
At the same time, because Genghis Khan repeatedly attacked Xixia, Xia Ting adopted the strategy of uniting Jin Dynasty to fight against Mongolia. Taking advantage of Genghis Khan's western expedition, he sent envoys to unite Jin Dynasty and Mobei tribes to fight against Mongolia, in order to restore the decline of the war situation and forcibly renew Xixia's empire. Life.
This Song Dynasty court discussion was of course aimed at Xixia and the succession of the new emperor of the Jin Dynasty.
What is regrettable is that the great diplomatic affairs of Xixia actually ignored the Song Dynasty court. Thinking about it, I'm afraid it's not just because there was a Jin Dynasty between the Xia and Song Dynasties.
The Song Dynasty's military was so weak that it even ignored Xixia, which was a small country and was already in decline. How sad.
"My lords, the Tatars sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty to set up a department on the Beijing-Hubei Road. They want to join us in the Great Song Dynasty and destroy the Jin Kingdom together. Let's see how to reply."
On the throne, Zhao Kuo, an official of the Song Dynasty, spoke softly and opened the topic.
Originally, the Song Dynasty and Mongolia had always been hooking up, but Mongolia's Central Plains coach Mu Huali suddenly died of illness, and the matter came to nothing.
Now Muhuali's son Bolu succeeded his father Muhuali and sent envoys again to make a new round of joint attempts to attack gold.
"The strong Tatars are gradually rising, and their power is enough to destroy Xia. The Tatars and the Jin people are feuding, and I am afraid that the Jin people will not be spared. I was the enemy of the Jin in the past, and I am hiding it now. The mistakes of the ancients can be overturned, and it is advisable to Gu and Coin, unite to reject the Tatars!"
The trembling Qiao Xingjian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out of work with a wat in his hand, worried.
The Mongols have strong soldiers and horses, and the destruction of Xia Jin is just around the corner. Once the Jin people are destroyed, the Mongolian army will be neighbors with the Song Dynasty, which is definitely not a good thing for the Song Dynasty. It is better to resume paying annual coins to the Jin people and continue to fight against the Mongols. The Song Dynasty worked hard to govern and accumulate strength in case of unexpected events.
Zhao Hong looked at Minister Qiao. His face was wrinkled, his temples were white-haired, he was hunched over, and he looked very old. He should be around seventy years old. Standing in the hall for a long time at this age made him marvel.
Needless to say, even as a twenty-year-old young man, he felt his legs were numb after standing in the hall for a while. Not to mention these old comrades in their sixties and seventies.
If he becomes the emperor, he must "sit and discuss Tao" instead of "sit and discuss Tao". How can we serve the country if our health is broken?
"I'm afraid Xixia will be destroyed soon. The Jin people have an sworn hatred against me. We should take advantage of the mutual attacks between the Jin Dynasty and the Tatars and send troops north to regain the lost territory to avenge our king and father!"
Zhendexiu, the governor of Tanzhou and the pacifier of Hunan, was ordered to enter the court this time. This famous Neo-Confucian master in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty and Zhao Hong's former mentor refuted sharply.
In the disgrace of Jingkang, the two emperors of Huiqin and Hui were kidnapped and returned north, and everything north of the Yellow River was lost. The people of Song Dynasty regarded it as a great shame and humiliation. Although the Song Dynasty was poor and weak, and several Northern Expeditions failed, the call to regain lost territory and avenge its past humiliation never stopped. Zhen Dexiu's move also expressed the aspirations of most of the courtiers in the palace.
Zhao Hong couldn't help but smile and chuckled softly.
This teacher is so virtuous and he really thinks highly of Song Jun's strength. I don't know where he got his confidence from?
There are inscriptions on his face and hands, he has no dignity at all, he barely has enough food and clothing, he comes and goes when he calls, why should he work for your Song Dynasty court? Working for you fat-minded corrupt officials?
If it weren't for the relatives and homes behind them and the dense water network in the south of the Yangtze River, the Song Dynasty would have disappeared long ago.
"The ambitions of the Tatars, whether they join forces to destroy the Jin Dynasty or not, will be detrimental to our Song Dynasty. The alliance on the sea, Yin Jian is not far away, it is better to be careful!"
The wrinkled old minister, a bachelor of Duanming Palace, signed a letter to Xue Ji, a minister of the Privy Council, and presented the memorial with worry.
Tatar was the name given to the Mongolian tribe by the people of the Song Dynasty. This was true for both the people in the court and the civilian officials. In many foreign documents of later generations, China is also called Tatar.
"Your Majesty, the Jin people are determined to be thieves. After being defeated by the Tatars, they still want to go south to seize the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Fortunately, our soldiers fought bloody battles to repel their invasion. There seems to be no reason not to avenge the hatred of the country, right? In my opinion, , we should immediately unite with Mongolia to destroy the Jin and recover the three capitals!"
Zhao Rushu, the minister of the Ministry of Justice and the royal family of Zhao Song Dynasty, was upright and awe-inspiring, but he had another opinion.
No one said a word in the main hall, and it was completely silent. Zhao Hong glanced at Zhao Rushu and snorted coldly.
Lian Meng Mie Jin, this ignorant son of the Song Dynasty clan, did not mention that he led the wolf into the house, but did the Song Dynasty have 150,000 or 60,000 elites to restore the Central Plains?
Xue Ji secretly glanced at the Right Prime Minister and Privy Councilor Shi Miyuan, who was sitting at the head of the group of ministers. The latter's old god was there and his face was calm.
Xue Ji lowered his gray head and said nothing.
The feud between the Song and Jin Dynasties, the hatred of destroying the country, the great shame and great humiliation, and the irreconcilability between heaven and earth. Everyone in the Song Dynasty and the public wanted to destroy the Jin Kingdom and then do it quickly.
There were a lot of discussions in the court. One person insisted on joining the Jin Dynasty and forming a thick knot of coins to use it as a shield against the Mongols. The other person believed that the Jin Dynasty should take the opportunity to isolate the Jin Dynasty and cheer up their spirits to resist the Mongolian attempt to move south.
However, everyone agrees on one thing: Xixia has no cure and is about to perish. The Kingdom of Jin is a feuding country and needs to be dealt with with caution.
All the ministers were talking and discussing, but the powerful Prime Minister Shi Miyuan and the officials of the Song Dynasty were silent. After the chattering in the hall, silence returned.
Even though the silence fell, Shi Miyuan and Zhao Kuo still didn't speak, as if they were waiting for each other's reaction.
Zhao Kuo listened patiently and seemed to accept the advice with an open mind, but he never said a word. It seemed that in court affairs, he still listened to the wishes of Shi Miyuan and the governors.
"Xiang Shi, what do you think?"
There was a smile on Zhao Kuan's face, and his eyes turned to Shi Miyuan, where the old monk was sitting calmly, and his face turned even pale.
I don’t know how long my body and bones can last.
"Your Highness, what do you think of today's situation?"
Shi Miyuan opened his eyes, turned his head, glanced at the upstart Zhao Guicheng in the train beside him, coughed slightly and spoke.
"Holy Majesty, Prime Minister, the Jin people invaded our Jianghuai River and mobilized many troops, but their success failed and the loss of troops and horses is difficult to count. Now that the new emperor of the Jin people has ascended the throne, he has ordered an end to the war with our country. As the saying goes, the fisherman will benefit when the snipe and the clam fight. The Jin people This is my feud, and now that they are weak, it is better to unite with Meng and destroy Jin, take back the land of the three capitals as soon as possible, and fulfill the centuries-old grudge of our Song people."
After Zhao Guicheng spoke, the ministers nodded, and Zhao Kuo on the throne could not help but nod.
Taking back Bianliang City was the heart-wrenching goal of successive Southern Song emperors and scholars. The imperial court made several northern expeditions, but unfortunately they all returned without success.
Zhao Hong understood something in his heart. Shi Miyuan is already building momentum for young Zhao Guicheng.
How come no one is pushing for him?
"Wei Qing, you are the Minister of War. Please tell me how to reply to the envoy?"
Zhao Kuo said softly, avoiding Xuan Zhen, the Minister of War. He seemed to be indifferent to all the previous ministers' memorials.
"Your Majesty, the Tatar army mainly focused on plundering. After capturing the city, they massacred and looted. The iron hooves left everything like ruins. Monks, temples and Taoist temples were prosperous, and their houses were burned. The cities and hills were ruins, and the corpses of the people in the north were piled up. Like a mountain, there is not even one left in ten. Do you want to unite with Meng to destroy Jin? Your Majesty’s Holy Judgment.”
Wei Liaoweng did not say it directly, but his meaning was self-evident, and he was unwilling to cooperate with the other party.
Zhao Hong secretly appreciated it. Wei Liaoweng, the Minister of War, is still somewhat capable and has a long-term vision.
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal to Minister Wei."
Xuan Zhen, the minister of the Ministry of War and the counselor of political affairs, came out and seconded Wei Liaoweng's proposal.
Zhao Hong looked at Xuan Zhen, who was about fifty years old, with a round face and a long beard, and a kind expression. This person and Shi Miyuan are sons and daughters, and they say that he and Xue Ji are Shi Miyuan's minions. His limited historical knowledge has no impression of this.
Another person involved in political affairs and Minister of Industry, Hu Ju, lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.
After this person came from a famous family, his grandfather Hu Quan was a famous official in the Zhao Gou Dynasty of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. He was known as the "Four Famous Officials of the Southern Song Dynasty" together with Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and Li Guang.
However, I heard from Li Tang that Hu Ju was a corrupt official and only knew how to be an official. I don't know whether it was true or not.
However, judging from the downcast look on his face in the court, he meant that he wanted to carry forward his official skills of "less talk, more kowtow".
Looking at Shi Miyuan again, he was still calm and steady, controlling the entire court and firmly occupying the center of the hall.
It seems that all the time, he is thinking about pushing Zhao Guicheng out, increasing Zhao Guicheng's influence, and showing his support for Zhao Guicheng. As for how to deal with state affairs, he didn't seem to care.
Anyway, it was just talk. In the end, it was not the words of Shi Xiang and his family, Qian Kun was arbitrary.
"Mr. Ji Guo, what do you think? Let me hear it."
Zhao Kuo's eyes suddenly looked at Zhao Hong in the train.
Speaking of which, it seems that the prince's voice should be heard during the last court meeting before New Year's Day.
What do you think?
Zhao Hong couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and he quickly walked out, cleared his throat, and bowed respectfully.
"Your Majesty, I believe that we should be cautious about how to deal with the relationship with the Tatars. If you join forces with Mongolia to destroy the gold, it is very likely to repeat the mistakes of the Maritime Alliance. The Tatar army is at its peak, which is much better than when the Jurchens first emerged. Your Majesty Holy Judgment."
In front of "Father," you can't do anything casually. Zhao Hong subconsciously felt that he was somewhat respectful and happy when asked by future leaders.
This is really cheap.
