Half a month later, the early dynasty.

This is the first time that Du Wenhao has been in the early court since he became the ruler, in fact, he can't be blamed, because Zhezong ascended the throne and the empress dowager listened to the government, this is the first time to go to the court.

Du Wenhao, as usual, after morning training with Lin Qingdai and Wang Runxue, finished washing, dressed neatly, and rode a horse to the court.

He turned out to be the imperial doctor, and the imperial doctor was a military general, and later served as the three yadu inspections, it stands to reason that the Great Song Dynasty is led by Wenchen, so this position should be held by Wenchen, but because this position was originally held by Song Taizu before the rebellion of the yellow robe, so Song Taizu has been fictitious since then, and Song Taizu is a military general, Du Wenhao is now holding this position, and he also considers himself a military general.

He was dressed in leather armor, with a rotten silver spear hanging from the right side of his saddle, a yellow birch bow on his left, and a quiver full of iron-boned arrows. After he followed Lin Qingdai to practice martial arts, especially after practicing internal strength, his strength had increased significantly, and he was already able to open eight bucket bows, reaching the level of the middle forbidden army.

Du Wenhao took the guards and galloped on the quiet street in the early morning to the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace. turned over and dismounted, threw the reins of the horse to the captain of the guard, Xu Huaqiang, untied the sword at his waist, handed it to the guard, straightened his robe, and strode into the Donghua Gate.

The soldiers on duty saluted, watched Du Wenhao enter the gate, passed through the long corridor paved with bluestone slabs, and came to the door of the Zihuan Palace. On the left is for the ministers, and on the right is for the generals.

Du Wenhao strode to the right side of the palace, and an old eunuch on duty hurriedly came over with a whisk of dust and bowed: "Grandpa Guo, you should go to the left side of the palace." ”

Du Wenhao frowned: "Why?" ”

"You're Wenchen, Wenchen is on the left."

"Who told you that I was a Wenchen?"

"This ......, hehe" The old eunuch was a little embarrassed, and Nuo Nuo said: "Grandpa Guo, the generals all have military ......"

Du Wenhao was dumbfounded suddenly, although he was the actual supreme commander of the army in peacetime, he did not have a military status, just like the chairman of the Military Commission in modern society did not have a military rank. It turns out that the division between civil servants and military generals does not depend on which department you are in and whether you lead the troops, but whether you have military status.

Du Wenhao thought that it was not easy to get a military registration, so he snorted heavily from his nostrils: "Military registration? I'll have it soon! I am a dignified and dignified three yamen to check, naturally a military attaché, and naturally I have to go to the right. With that, he strode into the temple on the right.

Where did the old eunuch dare to say half a word, holding the dust and looking at his background, he was very strange in his heart, the Great Song Dynasty was heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and the generals always felt that they were inferior, so they only saw that the generals were unwilling to enter the right hall, and found a reason to enter the left hall, and they had never seen themselves forced to go to the right hall.

Du Wenhao entered the right hall, and the generals inside were also very surprised. Looking at him, the eyes were very complicated, some were surprised, some were dazed, and some were puzzled.

Du Wenhao arched his hand and said, "Everyone, it's early! ”

The generals hurriedly got up and bowed their hands: "Grandfather Guo is early!" ”

Du Wenhao shook his head and said: "I am a military general, I prefer you to call me 'general'." ”

The generals hurriedly surrendered their hands and changed their names to generals.

Du Wenhao beckoned them to sit down, and glanced at them, almost all of the senior officers had just been promoted by himself, and they were all commanders of the three yaya's various chambers and armies. It is impossible for the officers of the garrisons outside the capital to come to the court from time to time, so they cannot see each other.

These officers he promoted, all ranks, but the Song Dynasty implemented the leadership of Wenchen, not to mention the Privy Council, even if the three Ya and each army were commanded, they were all Wenchen, although many of them were also promoted by Du Wenhao, but they all went to the palace on the left side of Wenchen, and those on the side of the military generals were all some deputies. Compared to the temple on the left, it is simply not the same.

Du Wenhao sighed in his heart, how can he win a battle with such a status as a military general.

The generals seemed embarrassed to ask Du Wenhao why he came here, and everyone gossiped without a partner.

After a while, a lot of officials came one after another, because Yang Jiye, the general of the Yang family, was posthumously awarded the captain after the death of the war, this captain has been idle and has not been set up, except for the captain, the military general has not surpassed Du Wenhao, the duke of the town, not to mention that the military general is two levels lower than the civil official, and he is the most respected in this group of military generals.

The generals saw that he was originally a civil official, and he was with them on the first day, obviously agreeing with the generals, and they were extremely excited and grateful.

is finally about to go to court, and all the generals respectfully ask Du Wenhao to go first. Du Wenhao didn't give in, with his hands behind his back, he shook out of the hall three times in one step, looked sideways, and saw the hall on the left shaking his head and shaking his head. Including Wang Qi, there are a total of eight rulers, but he is the only one on the side of the military commander series.

Du Wenhao hurriedly arched his hand to Wang Qi, Wang Qi also smiled slightly, returned the salute, and several of the governors who followed behind also smiled and nodded to Du Wenhao.

Walk through the wide square in front of the palace, slowly climb the wide stairs, come to the front of the Zihuan Palace, and enter the main hall in turn, dividing the civil and military east and west compartments to stand with their hands.

Du Wenhao stood straight at the head of the generals on the west side, holding an ivory wat in his hand, and the eunuch on duty saw that he had led the generals in just now, presumably the eunuchs below had told him that he was standing wrong, but he didn't change it, maybe he had other intentions, how dare he go up and explain again, he pretended not to see it, and let him stand at the head of the generals.

Above the main hall, there is a small dragon chair on the left side, there is a pearl embroidered curtain in the middle and behind, there is a wide soft couch behind the curtain, next to it are two bronze cranes standing with their heads high, the crane's beak is emitting curling green smoke, and the fragrance is pleasant.

After the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty arrived, they waited for a while, and a half-old child came out of the apse, shook three times, came to the front of the hall, and sat upright on a dragon chair that was diagonally placed on the left side. It was Song Zhezong.

At the same time, a graceful and luxurious woman stepped out of the apse, which was none other than the Empress Dowager Gao Tao.

Du Wenhao obviously felt that Gao Tao looked at him with joy in his eyes. The newspaper laughed. Sure enough, the smile on Gao Taotao's face became stronger, and then he turned his gaze away and nodded slightly to Gonggong Jiao next to him.

Father-in-law Jiao walked to the front of the hall and said in a sharp voice: "If you have something, you will ......!"

"Something to do!" In the queue of Wenchen, one person stepped out of the ranks, it was Li Chang in the imperial history, "The day before yesterday, the Empress Dowager decreed that the soldiers should be exempted from tattooing and promote military exploits, especially in spite of the emptiness of the treasury, they actually paid a huge amount of money to buy out the military age of the box, after the promulgation of this decree, the subjects were in an uproar!" There was a lot of discussion, all saying that it couldn't be like this, and I implore the Empress Dowager to take back her ......! ”

Gao Tao sneered: "Soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country, were born and died on the battlefield, and made great military exploits, but they couldn't be commended, doesn't it make people laugh and lose their teeth?" ”

Li Chang's chest straightened, and he said loudly: "The Empress Dowager, there is nothing wrong with commendation, but it is not appropriate to publicize it so much. Otherwise, it will violate the ancestral training of emphasizing literature and ignoring martial arts! Especially exempting soldiers from tattooing, it is absolutely impossible, since Emperor Taizu, a hundred years of history, have come like this, this is the rule set by Emperor Taizu, and it cannot be easily abolished. ”

Gao Tao said: "This matter has been carefully considered by the mourning family, and the mourning family thinks that the soldiers fought bloodily and bravely killed the enemy, and they have contributed to the country, and they should not be humiliated like this!" ”

"But ......"

"Needless to say, the mourning family has made up its mind, and the decree has been made, so there is no need to change it!"

"The Empress Dowager!" Li Chang's voice suddenly raised an octave, and he said sharply: "If this is the case, the day when the military generals will be tyrannical and bring disaster to the country and the people is not far off!" If the Empress Dowager does not take back her fate, Wechen ......, Wechen can't bear to see my century-old building overturn in an instant, so I can only say goodbye to the old man and return to my hometown, and ask the Empress Dowager for permission! ”

"Master Li!" Du Wenhao brazenly stepped out and said coldly, "You actually used retreat to force the Empress Dowager, you are blackmailing!" Do you still have the Queen Mother in your eyes? ”

Li Changzhi bowed and said: "Don't dare, the ministers are favored by Emperor Yingzong, Emperor Renzong and the first emperor, the old ministers of the three dynasties, and it is within the minister's duty to maintain the society of the country, and I dare not dare to steal peace, the current Empress Dowager Yi is inappropriate, it violates the ancestral teachings, and the minister can't but does not say frankly, if so, my Great Song Dynasty will only die in an instant!" Weichen has no ability to turn the tide, only to retreat, otherwise, he will die in the future, what face will he see his ancestors and ancestors! ”

"Well said!" Behind him stood one, but it was Sima Guang, who was an old dragon clock, glanced at Du Wenhao, holding an ivory wat in his hand, bowed and said, "The Empress Dowager, Weichen thinks that what Lord Li said is very true, Emperor Taizu saw the five dynasties and ten kingdoms of military generals arbitrarily usurping power, so he set this ancestral training, and it is precisely because of this that I can protect the century-old foundation of my Great Song Dynasty standing majestically, and the Empress Dowager cannot be easily abolished, this is not only a matter of following the ancestral teachings, but also a matter of ensuring that the country and mountains are as stable as a rock. In order to protect my foundation for 10,000 years! ”

Subsequently, the right prime minister Cai Qu and the Privy Council envoy Han Zhen came out one after another, all of whom spoke in unison, asking the empress dowager to retract her fate.

At this time, Du Wenhao could no longer refute, because the generals behind him were as quiet as cicadas, and the ministers opposite were even more arrogant. Now in direct confrontation, he will definitely be outnumbered, and the generals behind him will not dare to follow him to directly confront the ministers after years of concession and endurance. Therefore, Du Wenhao only had silence.

The Empress Dowager Gao in the palace did not say a word, and quietly listened to the generous speeches of the ministers one by one. This admonition was more than an hour.

Those civil servants who could count the number one helped to denounce the Empress Dowager's decision to exempt soldiers from tattooing, publicize the merits of military generals, and pay huge sums of money to buy out the military seniors and other several intentions to improve the status of military generals, but none of the generals came out to distinguish and fight.

When no one came out to speak anymore, Gao Tao said slowly: "What everyone Aiqing said, the mourning family will consider it carefully, and now, the mourning family announces a decision." The Zhongqing family listened to it. - Du Wenhao and Du Aiqing stepped forward to listen to the seal! ”