The seven-day holiday of the winter solstice is finally over, and Zhao Hao also ushered in the first time to go to the court, and he has to go to the palace to clock in and go to work.

Although it is said that the Beijing officials have to go to the court above the fifth grade, but excluding the clan, the clan of the Song Dynasty has basically no position since Zhao Guangyi, and there is no need to participate in the court meeting regularly, only princely levels like King Yan and King Yue will occasionally attend and participate.

Zhao Ji was bent on cultivating another force in the court to contain the forces of the existing two major factions, and he thought of Zhao Hao first.

Only when the court fights back and forth, can he Zhao Ji play his imperial balance technique to a thief, and play the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs in applause, so as to consolidate the absolute authority of the imperial power.

Cai Jing is old after all, and many concepts can no longer keep up with the thoughts of the officials, sometimes he is a little stubborn, and a little arrogant, and Zhao Ji is gradually dissatisfied with him.

Moreover, it is not interesting for the two major forces to fight each other, and it is the right way for a hundred flowers to bloom, and the more forces that fight, the easier it is to play the way of balance.

Therefore, Zhao Hao, who is a clan, was included in the list of officials of the previous dynasty by Zhao Ji, and became the only clan that must routinely go to the court like ordinary Beijing officials.

There will be a distinction between the Great Dynasty and the Constant Dynasty.

It is the ceremony of the emperor and the minister to handle government affairs in the court, mainly involving the place of listening to the court, the time of listening to the court, and the rituals and special regulations related to the court. According to the rules, hundreds of officials should "go to the court to discuss current affairs, plan together beforehand, and then hear". In other words, in addition to statutory holidays, this kind of pilgrimage with actual content is held almost every day. If the monarch is sick or neglects his administration, the so-called "from now on the king will not reign early" is an exception.

The Great Dynasty refers to the emperor's meeting of civil and military officials, princes of the kingdom and foreign envoys at festivals such as Yuanzheng and Winter Solstice, and is congratulated by the courtiers, etc., which is called "Great Dynasty Ceremony", or "Gift of Pilgrimage", "Pilaga Ceremony". The Chang Dynasty was set up to govern the state government, and the occasion of the pilgrimage did not deal with the state affairs, but the specifications of the great court ceremony, that is, the gift of the court, were higher than those of the Chang Dynasty.

The system of the Song Dynasty was also very strict, and officials who were absent from work or late without reason were usually punished heavily. , the ancient dynasty was more difficult to work than the modern one, such as the Book of Songs? Qi Feng? In "The Chicken Crows", the wife urges her husband to get up and go to the court: "The rooster is crowing, and the morning is surging; The East is bright, the dynasty is prosperous", the modern is 9 to 5, the early 8 to 5, but the ancient dynasty is mostly to start at 5 o'clock in the morning, usually at 3 o'clock in the morning to leave. So at that time, although the Beijing officials who could go to the court were high and powerful, it was really not an ordinary hardship.

In Bianliang in winter, in the early morning, Zhao Hao got up early, cleaned himself up neatly, held the wat board in his hand, and boarded the carriage with a radiant face to participate in the early dynasty.

Outside the Xuande Gate, the palace gate has not yet opened, and many officials have gathered one after another, Zhao Hao doesn't know anyone, and there is no need to deliberately make friends with anyone, so he simply hides in the carriage and doesn't get down, just secretly opens the curtain and watches.

The group of officials who were approaching the palace gate were talking a lot, as if they were discussing something, but they were extremely quiet, deliberately avoiding people.

Zhao Hao was a little puzzled, and when he looked up, he saw that Gao Yu's guy was in the middle of that group of people; Looking further to the other side, there is a small group of officials, and there is a clear distinction between Gao Yu and the group of people who are there.

When there were more and more people, Zhao Hao could clearly see that Gao Yu was a group on his side, and the other group was a faction, and it was not until Tong Guan was late that he could be sure that it was a faction with Tong Guan.

After a while, there was a gorgeous warm sedan chair, and the group of people on Gao Yu's side surrounded it, as if they saw their own father coming, and then slowly walked down from the warm sedan chair, but it was the old man with white hair, although the steps were very steady, but the officials around greeted each other and helped the person down, as if helping their second uncle, it seemed that this person's status in the court was obviously extraordinary.

"Cai Jing, 6 in force, 88 in intelligence, 72 in politics, 40 in command, and 78 in health."

It turns out that this is the head of the six thieves, Cai Jing, who is known as her husband!

Zhao Hao unconsciously looked at it a few more times.

Dangdang~

As the morning bell in the palace city rang leisurely, the Xuande Gate slowly opened......

The officials made an uproar and ran towards the palace gate.

Hundreds of officials enter and exit the palace gate with a "door registration", and the name and appearance of the book, and those without a nationality are not allowed to enter. Those familiar faces naturally don't need to sign up, Zhao Hao is a newcomer, so he naturally has to report and check before he can enter the palace, so he is lagging behind.

In winter, at a little after four o'clock in the morning, visibility is extremely low.

But this long road from the palace gate to the vertical arch hall, although there are palace lights, but there are not many, and hang very high, in order to be afraid of causing a fire, the ancient palace lamp is not like the modern street lamp, the visibility is very low, especially in rainy weather, it is more difficult to identify the road surface. Unless there is a special reward, all officials must walk into the palace, and they are not allowed to bring an entourage, and it is not impossible to accidentally throw your ass to the sky.

But there is one exception, and that is her husband Cai Jing.

Cai Jing is very old, and he is a first-class minister, not only is he allowed to sit in a warm sedan chair, but also the palace people hold lamps to illuminate them, so as not to fall.

With the illumination of these corner lamps in front of Cai Jing's warm sedan car, all the officials followed behind, and walked forward with the bright corner lamps, which was much stronger than the black lights and blind fire, which was called borrowing light to go to court.

From the black pressure behind Cai Jing to borrow the officials of the court, it can be seen how huge Cai Jing's power in the court is, no wonder Zhao Ji wants to take him down three times and twice, let him calm down, what he is afraid of is that he will sit big.

Tong Guan's gang is also backbone, and they still keep a distance from Cai Jing's group, and they will never touch the slightest "light".

Before going to the court, Zhao Hao had already seen the situation of this party struggle clearly, and sighed secretly in his heart, no wonder this Great Song Dynasty was eating jujube pills in history......

However, Zhao Gongzi, as the youngest official in the previous dynasty, has a force value of up to 78, and his feet are as steady as a rock, so he naturally does not have to worry about slipping and falling on the road in the dark.

The group arrived at the vertical arch hall and began to line up.

This team is also knowledgeable, and the participants come from various departments, and the rank is also high, so when the meeting is held, it is necessary to enter the designated position, which is called "Chaoban", that is, the meaning of the Chao Class.

The whole vertical arch hall is not big, but there are hundreds of people who come to the court, and the low grade is to stand outside the main hall, Zhao Hao's grade from the fourth grade is not too high, and it is usually the most to stand at the door of the main hall.

However, Jin Chongyue, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of the arrangement, forcibly lined Zhao Hao in the middle of the main hall, and lined up with the officials of the first and third grades.

This move caused dissatisfaction among some officials, accusing Jin Chongyue of not arranging shifts according to the rules of etiquette, which made Jin Chongyue roll his eyes, and only said lightly, "This is the meaning of the official family, Zhao Gongzi is a clan, and Tianhuang is noble, how can he be compared with ordinary people?" ”

Everyone knows that Lao Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has always been honest and honest, and his personality is upright, and when he saw Lao Jin say this, he gradually quieted down, and most of them could only show an expression that dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. And from the first and second grade of the big people, gradually came again, the "big brothers" of their respective factions have passed down the word, not allowed to make trouble, even if there are a few thorns, they have to swallow their anger and keep silent.

Zhao Hao held an ivory wat board in his hand and stood in the queue of a group of third-grade adults, but his face was full of calmness, and he didn't feel anything wrong...... Even if you sit on the dragon chair in front of you, there's nothing wrong with that. Some officials could not help but be secretly surprised by the fact that they only treated those officials who were sneering or protesting directly, neither arguing nor showing sincere fear like a novice rookie.

Tong Guan was the first to pass the word, not to fight with Zhao Gongzi, Tong Guan's faction of the officials are only Tong Shu Xiang Ma is the first to see, hearing Tong Guan say this, knowing that he must have good intentions, I can't say that this Zhao Gongzi is his own person, and he quickly calmed down.

As for Cai Jing's side, a big move was brewing today, so naturally he couldn't afford to quarrel over such trivial things and miss a big deal.

After a while, a crisp shout sounded in the main hall, "The Son of Heaven has arrived."

Dressed in a bright yellow crown and wearing a twenty-four crown on his head, Zhao Ji, an official who was accompanied by Liang Shicheng and others, came from the direction of Wende Palace, came to the main hall, and slowly sat down on the dragon chair.

Under the leadership of Cai Jing, everyone saluted to the official family, but they didn't kneel down and shout something like "Long live my emperor, long live, long live" or something like that, just bent down to salute and shouted "Wait for Your Majesty for ten thousand years".

The etiquette of the monarch and the ministers has ended, and Liang Shicheng's soft voice sounded: "You have something to play, and you have nothing to retreat from." ”

This sentence, originally Tang Dynasty emperor Li Longji in order to favor Yang Yuhuan, said this sentence in the early dynasty, since then, almost all emperors have used it, but the later ones were read by the eunuchs.

Before the words fell, I heard a person in the queue in front of him, holding an ivory wat board, slowly walking out, and said loudly: "The minister has a book to play." ”

"Bai Shizhong, 8 in force, 72 in intelligence, 61 in politics, 25 in command, and 86 in health."

What came out was actually Shangshu Zuo Chengbai, who was known as Zuo Xiang.

"Your Majesty, the Liao State sent Xiao Ke and Han Fang as envoys, and I want to pay tribute to my Great Song Dynasty, and beg for a good ...... Since the alliance of Tanyuan, there has been no war in our dynasty for more than 100 years, and the Jurchens have encroached on the countries, if the Great Liao does not exist, it will be worried about my Great Song Dynasty, and the lips and teeth are cold, and I hope that Your Majesty will think about it carefully. ”

As soon as Bai Shizhong's words fell, the ministers were in an uproar.

In fact, the first contact between the Liao envoys was Tong Guan and Cai You, who were reprimanded by Tong Guan, but did not give up, and secretly sent someone to contact Cai Jing, and hit it off with Cai Jing, so there is today's transcript.

Zhao Hao, who went to court for the first time, listened to Bai Shizhong's recital, and his heart was secretly active.

Lianliao resists Jin, or Lianjin destroys Liao, this is a question......

PS: It's a bit laborious to check the information, and it's slow to write, please understand......