Chapter 921 Zhao Xu’s Family Matters

Zhao Xu sighed: "Since I ascended to the throne, disasters have occurred frequently, and visions have come from time to time. Every time I read the teachings of the late emperor, I wake up in panic in the middle of the night and feel ashamed."

"Now that the sea is at peace, things are prosperous and the people are prosperous. This is a fortunate time for me."

"The Champa City is an old part of the vassal state. Once it is established, I fear that its virtues will be difficult to describe, its actions will be erratic, and the hope of the border people will be lost. Now, my beloved ministers have given it to me by destiny, and I dare not take it..."

As soon as I reached this point, I heard faint sounds coming from outside the palace city, which seemed to be the people shouting in the mountains.

Qian Zao, the powerful magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture who had just taken up his post, hurried over and said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers and the people are aware of the occupation of the city and please come with them. They have gathered outside the palace gate and shouted from the mountains to please follow."

"When candidates are selected for the palace examination, I will submit a letter like a public servant. These are the most beautiful candidates for the Yutang. I dare not enter without accepting them."

Zhao Xu asked: "What do the scholars and the common people say?"

Qian Zao cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the scholars are teaching the people to recite..."

There is no need to say any more, because the sound of chanting has already reached the hall.

"Three counties will be opened in Qianqiu's history, and the land of Jinou will be in the south forever!"

"It's a good idea to cut ties and resort to tactics, and it's unwarranted and arrogant for no reason!"

"Hongliang is withered in the Hall of Heroes, and the pillars are in ruins at the altar of general worship!"

"The roots of Sophora snails are endless, and the people are suffering from hunger and cold!"

Wu Man looked anxious: "Your Majesty! Heaven's will cannot be violated, and the people's will cannot be abandoned! Listen to the voices of the soldiers and the people!"

"The city has been occupied by fierce fighting for hundreds of years, and the people are starving. Now the national discipline is ruined, and the pillars are withered."

"If Your Majesty does not show benevolence and cultivate it, the city will be occupied by wolves and tigers and leopards. The fertile fields and barren hills and the ruins of the city will be ruined."

"Your Majesty, it is a great benevolence and righteousness to save the people from misery. How can we reject it through hard work and poor virtue?"

"I ask Your Majesty to obey Heaven's orders, take back the occupied city, spread benevolence, and benefit the old country!"

The courtiers came out in unison: "I, together, please your Majesty, obey Heaven's orders, take back the occupied city, spread benevolence, and benefit the old country!"

Zhao Xu was silent for a while, and then he spoke. Because he was excited, his voice was trembling: "The Empress Dowager often said, 'Heaven has no relatives, but only good people.'"

"In terms of virtue and talent, I dare not compare myself with my ancestors. However, my love for the people and my sincerity can only be expressed by the sky and the sun."

"Since all the ministers, your highness and your officials, the city's scholars and common people, and the people and elders of the people who occupied the city all think it is acceptable and have even invited them, I dare not stick to my own opinion and go against everyone's will."

"We must serve heaven and uphold our virtues, benefit all our colleagues, care for the people on the border as if they were innocent children, and view the distant fields as if they were our hearts."

"Who knows how to make the imperial edict today?"

Zhang Dun came out and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Dun is here."

Zhao Xu said: "My decree is: to incorporate Champa into China, restore Jinou and Rinan to the two counties of Han Dynasty, and raise it to Nanhai County in Meizhou."

"I tell the officials and people who occupy the city to take my heart into consideration, take peace and reconstruction as my priority, put aside hatred and fight for annexation, and restore people's livelihood."

"Tell me more about my vigilance. As for God's will, it is difficult to know from a distance, and I dare not say it."

"Only love and benevolence should be accepted as a last resort."

"I urge Su You, Wang Shao, Li Daocheng, and Li Shunju to work tirelessly to stabilize the people and prevent them from starving."

"Those who died in the war should be properly buried; those who were displaced from their homes should be resettled and repatriated."

"King Rudra of Champa was awarded purple robes, a jade certificate, a gold bowl, a tin staff, and the title of 'Dharma Master Nantian Shunjing'."

"Huang Mu, the former leader of Fengyan Army, pursued Dr. Wuyi and served as the defense envoy of Zhengzhou. His son Huang Shizhong was appointed as the xuanjie school captain, and he carried out the decree in front of the palace."

"Su You, a bachelor of the Baohe Palace, has the right to lead the transportation envoy of the four routes; Wang Shao, a bachelor of the Guanwen Palace, has the right to lead the strategy and pacification envoy of the four routes; Li Shunju, the eunuch of the provincial capital, is appointed as the inspector of the four routes; Li Daocheng, promoted to Fu Wen

I am a bachelor from the pavilion, and Quan Silu is responsible for some criminal and prison matters."

"I will tell you to the fifty ministers, and the officials below the prefect will make their selections. I will write to Zhongzhong for review."

"The four of us must try our best to be sincere and understand my heart."

"Cai Jing."

Cai Jing hurriedly came out of the queue: "I am here."

Zhao Xu said: "After the decree is drawn up, it is up to you to check and copy it."

Cai Jingduo, a man of dexterity, hurriedly handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty's will, I will definitely understand it deeply, but the people are still outside praying for it."

"I invite your Majesty to go to Xuande Gate to meet with the scholars and the people, and order the envoys to make announcements to publicize the imperial decree and calm people's hearts!"

Damn it! Everyone is regretting it. Why didn’t I think of this trick?

In March of the second year of Yuanfeng, Zhao Xu went to Xuandemen and announced to the world that he would carry it out according to heaven and take over the city!

Seeing that Zhao Xu obeyed his call, the people of Bianjing burst into joy and fell into a huge carnival.

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On March 9, the second year of Yuanfeng, I went to the Jiying Hall of the Imperial Palace to take the examination for Jinshi in the new subject.

Six hundred and two people, cultural elites, gathered together.

Among them are low-level officials who do not want to be favored by their fathers, but want to pass the exam to seek a better career for themselves;

There are scholars who have read poetry and books, are temporarily famous, and will not give up until they gain fame;

There are examples of traveling around and increasing one’s knowledge;

There are calves that are born that are not afraid of tigers, and there are young boys who are not afraid of tigers...

Among this year's Jinshi, there are several who are quite eye-catching.

Shao Bowen, the son of Mr. Anle, a student of Sima Guang, and the secretary of the Liangzhe Road Transfer Department established by Suyou.

Li Wensheng, the minister of Li Qiande, the king of Jiaozhi County, mentioned some official matters on Jiaozhi Road and Changping, and he was already a first-level road official.

Qin Guan, a famous writer, poet, dramatist, editor-in-chief of "Two Zhejiang Chao News", the main creator of two popular dramas of the Song Dynasty, "The Story of the Green Tomb" and "Echoing the Courtyard", he is a real talent.

Chao Buzhi, a disciple of Su Shi, was the secretary of the Liangzhe Road Transportation Department and the chief secretary of the Jiaozhi Road Transportation Department. He was the second person in the Song Dynasty to have a photographic memory after Zhang Fangping. He ranked first in both the Kaifeng Prefecture Examination and the Rites Examination.

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Tang Zhan, the son of Tang Yan, the prefect of Yongzhou, Mr. Lu Guo, the governor of Yongzhou, Su Chizun, the shogunate secretary, and a master of Chinese studies. He governed "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn", both of which had family laws. He assisted his father in writing with great concentration, and was among the barbarians in the southwest.

To promote Chinese culture, we have completed thirty volumes of "The Complete Purpose of the Five Classics", thirty volumes of "Lectures on the Spring and Autumn Annals", and ten volumes of "Bian San Zhuan".

Several people are the favorites to win the championship.

After Wang Anshi's reform, the palace examination questions have now become much less difficult. Compared with Su You's Tanhua examination, there are no two major obstacles involving poetry and poetry involving phonology and cultural aesthetics.

The test questions this time are actually not difficult - "Zi Suo Ya Yan: "Poems", "Books", and performing rituals are all elegant words."

This is a sentence in the "Analects", an introductory book for all Confucian students, which means "Confucius used elegant language in his daily life: reciting "Poems", reading "Books", and performing rituals. At these three times, he used elegant language.

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People in the Western Zhou Dynasty called it "ya" in slang, so Yayan is also called Zhengyan. Zheng Kangcheng called it "zhengyan's sound".

It is like what later generations called "Guanhua", Guoyu, and Putonghua.

Candidates are required to elaborate on this classic and tell some truths.

The simpler the question, the more it depends on the skill of the teacher. A six-year-old boy can do this question, and Mr. Dong Heng, who is seventy, can also do it.

It's like a cabbage, but what the imperial chef cooks is boiled cabbage, and what the lazy wife cooks is probably not boiled cabbage.

Halfway through the exam, Zhao Xu came.

Zhao Xu was in a very agitated mood, and there was no peace in the palace these days.

But it's not his problem, but his younger brother Qi Wang Zhao Hao, who wants to have trouble with his wife Feng.

The cause of the incident was a fire in Qiwang Palace this spring.

Qi Wang Zhao Hao married the great-granddaughter of Feng Zheng, who was a political advisor in the Zhenzong Dynasty and became an official in the imperial court. However, the relationship between the couple was completely alien.

Although Feng gave birth to a legitimate son, Zhao Xiaoqian, for Zhao Hao, she did not win the favor of her husband. "He fell out of love with the king and stayed in the back cabinet for several years."

Not long ago, a fire broke out in the palace where Zhao Hao lived. The fire was not big and was put out immediately.

As the wife of King Qi, Feng heard about the fire and sent two maids to visit King Qi Zhao Hao.

As a result, Zhao Hao saw the two maids and asked unhappily: "What are you doing here?"

The two palace maids said that the princess asked us to come to visit the king.

Zhao Hao's wet nurse and his two concubines were nearby to instigate, saying that from our perspective, the fire was closely related to Princess Feng, and she had sent someone to see the result.

Zhao Hao was furious and ordered his insiders to investigate the matter and tortured the two maids.

The two hapless palace maids could not bear the torture, so they were beaten into a trap and told that Princess Feng had ordered the arson.

Zhao Hao ordered two maids to be beaten with sticks, and then he ran to his mother, the Queen Mother Gao Taotao, and cried: "Such a vicious wife wants to set fire to me. I can't live with her anymore!"

Gao Taotao was very polite to his courtiers, especially the veterans of the Ren and Ying dynasties, but to his daughter-in-law, he was really a vicious mother-in-law.

Zhao Xu was ordered to kill Feng who didn't know how to praise him.

Zhao Xu felt really bad. This younger brother had never been a good person. He was still in the palace at the age of twenty-nine, and now he was still pretending to be a mama's baby!

However, Gao Taotao was very partial to his two younger brothers and was harsh on his son who was the emperor.

She is a strong woman. Back then, she dared to contradict Empress Dowager Cao because of the Yingzong's acceptance of a concubine, and she said clearly that she couldn't do it.

Su You came up with a plan to establish the Emperor Song Charity Fund, and the younger sister was responsible for the management and establishment of the system. At the same time, she also taught Empress Dowager Cao how to run the foundation to the empress.

Among them, Gao Taotao learned the most.

ps: Recommended book "Li Tai's Tang Dynasty", written by Qianshan Wuxue, Lao Zhou suspects that it is the old author's new vest, the writing is humorous and sophisticated, it is a pretty good book, and relatively easy, with 150,000 words, you can start it
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