Xuande Gate, the main gate of the Song Dynasty palace city, has an inverted concave shape on the pier plane. The upper part consists of a front gate tower, a sloping corridor and two wing towers, corridors and towers. image.
Li Yong came all the way, and although he was polite and didn't look sideways, his leisurely and calm behavior made the palace servants who led the way in front of him nod secretly, praising that this young man was indeed extraordinary.
Is there anyone in the world who knows it from birth?
The group climbed up the stairs, crossed the Xuande Gate, and officially entered the Song Dynasty palace.
This palace city was built on the basis of the government office in Bianzhou in the Tang Dynasty and imitated the palace in Luoyang.
The layout follows the system of "facing the front and sleeping in the back". It is slightly rectangular with short east-west and long north-south. It is divided into north and south parts by the east and west Huamen horizontal streets.
The Daqing Hall of the Great Dynasty is built on the central axis in the south, and the Zichen Hall of the Japanese Dynasty is built in the north.
There is also a north-south axis juxtaposed on the west side, with the Wende Hall in the south and the Chui Gong Hall in the north.
Further to the west, there is the Huangyi Hall, which is used for royal funerals, and the Guangzheng Hall, which is also closest to the Xihua Gate. It is the place where the emperor examines Jinshi and holds the Spring and Autumn Banquet every year.
The place where Zhao Heng met Li Yong this time was in the side hall of Chui Gong Hall.
When they finally arrived in front of the Chui Gong Hall, the eunuchs who delivered the edict stopped there, and another group of eunuchs came to continue to guide Li Yong.
The one at the head was quite tall, with a dark complexion and bright eyes.
This is Li Shenfu, the eunuch and envoy of Zhaoxuan, who has passed through Taizu and Taizong for three generations. After Zhao Heng succeeded to the throne, he also relied heavily on him.
Last autumn, when Zhao Heng was conducting a military parade in the eastern suburbs, he was assigned to make arrangements for the imperial capital and be fully responsible for arranging the emperor's daily life and travel procedures.
During the previous expedition, the emperor ordered him and his confidant Wang Jiying to serve as palace envoys, responsible for living and accommodation during the journey. It can be said that he was extremely honored and favored for a while.
Speaking of the eunuchs between the two Song Dynasties, there were really many remarkable people. This is probably related to the fact that Zhao Kuangyin usurped power because of his maternal relatives.
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In the system of the old dynasty, there were only a few forces that the emperor could control. Civil servants and generals were considered foreign ministers, and they were separated by one level in terms of status. Therefore, in many cases, the emperor's closest relatives and eunuchs were the ones closest to him and relied on him. of two forces.
And a dynasty will always learn lessons from the previous dynasty, but it will only learn part of it, and may even overcorrect.
For example, the Qin Dynasty was almost destroyed by the eunuchs in the end, so the power of clans and relatives in the Han Dynasty became unprecedentedly strong; the Tang Dynasty was destroyed by local separatism, and by the Song Dynasty, power was exclusively vested in the central government, weakening local military power and political power, and the central government appointed local officials. Deploy troops and horses for defense.
The predecessor of the Song Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, died due to Zhao Kuangyin, a relative, and Emperor Taizong Zhao Kuangyi was his brother and brother. Therefore, starting from Zhao Heng, Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, there were many restrictions on the clan and relatives, but many internal servants and eunuchs relied on them.
Of course, there were many powerful queen mothers in the Song Dynasty, including Zhenzong's queen Liu E, which is another story.
Li Shenfu's voice was quite magnetic, not as sharp as the eunuch in Li Yong's impression. After introducing himself, he glanced at Li Yong, but did not say much, and just quietly led the way.
Li Yong had already gone through a round of body searches when he was outside.
But when I got here, I had to go through a round of body searches before officially entering the palace.
Li Yong doesn't have any impatience. How can a man stand in heaven and earth... No, when you can bend and stretch, you have to endure when you should.
What's more, these palace guards also knew that Li Yong had been personally summoned by the emperor, so they wanted to give him some face. Although they wouldn't muddle through, they didn't go too far.
After that, Li Yong continued to move forward with Li Shenfu and waited in front of the palace. Li Shenfu stepped forward to remind him: "The official, Li Junming from Qiantang has arrived."
"Oh?" Behind the bright yellow desk in front of him, the emperor who was bent over reading the memorial raised his head and looked carefully up and down at Li Yong who had just crossed the high threshold. He couldn't help but clapped his hands and said with a smile: "What a young hero, but being famous is not as good as meeting him."
Under the guidance of Li Shenfu, Li Yong also bowed and called himself a "grassroots citizen". However, the emperor smiled and said: "I called you here early, but I haven't seen you yet. You can be calm... …”
Li Yong was not surprised. Zhao Heng would not let him go without any reason. He was originally wondering if he had an ulterior motive, but now he just verified his suspicion.
Of course, it may be that I really don’t have time, so I just tested him by the way.
So Li Yong has actually been thinking about making trouble these days, because for the emperor, there is a saying of being able to keep calm, and there is a saying of being unable to keep calm. Which one is better? , depends on who he is considered to be.
In Li Yong's view, of course, the stronger his sense of existence is, the better, so strong that the emperor cannot ignore it.
Judging from Zhao Heng's resume, in the early days of his rule, he was still a relatively open-minded emperor. Of course, it may also be because his position was not yet stable when he ascended the throne, so he could only suppress his temper and rely more on some veterans.
But as time went by and his position became stable, Zhao Heng became a lot bolder in hiring people, including those who were his confidants when he was in the dormitory, and they were gradually reused.
At the beginning of his accession to the throne, the intersection of old and new forces was a constant theme. This was a good time for people like him to come forward, provided that they could first catch the emperor's eye.
But just being summoned is obviously not enough.
"Come here, give him a seat."
"Thank you, official!" Li Yong was honest and unceremonious. He straightened his back after sitting down, but Zhao Heng laughed and said, "Li Junming, do you know why I summoned you?"
Li Yong hesitated and said, "Is it because of the tips the grassroots gave to Shuzhou?"
Zhao Heng said without comment: "Can you tell me, how did you learn about this from thousands of miles away? Is it possible that you are really the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, the Crouching Dragon?"
Li Yong smiled bitterly and said: "That's just a joke, it can't be taken seriously. As for how the ordinary people know, it's actually nothing more than a guess."
"Oh, guess?" Zhao Heng said indifferently: "You can know what is about to happen thousands of miles away just by guessing?"
"To be honest, the common people are not just guessing. Although I have never been to Yizhou, I am fortunate to have two teachers who are from Sichuan and have a lot of insight into the situation there.
"My family's business was also planned to be run in Sichuan, but I didn't want to inadvertently touch some secrets. The common people made up their minds and came up with this idea. Then I thought of using Zhuge Wolong's ingenious plan to alert everyone in Sichuan. The dignitaries hope they can investigate.
"Unexpectedly, Duke Huaizhong actually took the common people's speculations very seriously, and used this to really reveal the rebellion of the Divine Guards, and made arrangements in advance to kill it..."
Zhao Heng's face seemed a little disappointed. Perhaps what he hoped to hear from Li Yong was something he had inferred based on Feng Shui, weather, Bagua Yili, or some old immortal's prophecy in his dream. I didn't expect it to be so simple and unpretentious.
This also made Li Yong suddenly become a person who got lucky in his eyes. Even the "little Wolong" and the clever tricks were just lucky and coincidental, and his interest was greatly reduced in an instant.
