The people came to the palace, the main gate of the palace opened, and everyone entered the palace together.

At this moment, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and others all looked curiously at the Liao Imperial Palace in front of them, which was very different and completely different from the former Kaifeng Imperial Palace. The palace attic is stacked on top of each other, and there are many octagonal stupas in the distance, and an exotic atmosphere fills the palace.

Zhao Ji had an excited expression on his face, once the Liao State was the upper country, and now the Liao State has been destroyed! He was unusually happy with this fact!

"By the way, why didn't any courtiers come out to greet them?" Zhao Ji said.

"State affairs are busy, and everyone is working on state affairs, so there is no need to bother them." Zhao Chen smiled bitterly.

In Zhao Chen's opinion, Zhao Ji and others returned from the north, which is not a glorious thing! These people are the culprits of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, and their return is really not worth celebrating.

"Humph!" Zhao Ji snorted coldly, unusually dissatisfied in his heart.

As they went, many ministers passed by, and they did not kneel, but stood aside and saluted, and then hurried away. In Zhao Ji's opinion, these ministers are simply arrogant to the extreme! In the past, when the emperor passed by in the Kaifeng Palace, any minister, eunuch, and palace maid had to kneel down, and anyone who didn't kneel down would be killed immediately!

"Chen'er, you really don't know how to manage the government!" Zhao Ji said.

"You don't have to worry about grandpa's affairs." Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

"Why are there no eunuchs and palace maids in this palace?" Zhao Ji said.

"What do you want so many eunuchs and maids in the palace? In the past, when I was in Hanzhong, there was only one eunuch in the palace, so I still begged to be inserted! As for the palace maids, there are probably more than 100 people! Now the same is true of this Yanjing Palace, there are no eunuchs, and the number of palace maids is extremely small! It's useless to ask for it! Zhao Chen said lightly.

Zhao Ji's face showed an expression of disbelief.

"There must be at least thousands of eunuchs and thousands of palace maids in the palace, and this is the palace! What is this? It's all guards! Is this a barracks or a royal palace? Zhao Ji said lightly.

"In my opinion, that's enough! There are still palace maids in the harem. Zhao Chen said.

The further he went, the more dissatisfied Zhao Ji felt in his heart! When he was in the Jurchen, he heard that the Great Song Dynasty had regained the Central Plains, and even obtained Yanyun, he thought that the Great Song Dynasty was the same as before, but now he felt that he had come to a strange place and a strange country! The generals, soldiers, ministers, and palaces of this country all made him feel weird! This was not the case at all in Kaifeng City!

They headed north, where the real harem was located.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they came to a palace.

The scale of this palace is very large, and Zhao Chen said: "Grandpa, this is Taiji Palace, you will live here in the future." I've had this place cleaned up and someone to serve me. Zhao Chen said.

The palace in front of him was magnificent and tall, even surpassing the Funing Hall in Kaifeng, and Zhao Ji's face showed a satisfied smile.

Then Zhao Ji saw several women standing at the door of the Taiji Palace, these women came down from above, they knelt down in front of Zhao Ji, and a woman in the lead had a very beautiful face, and said respectfully: "The concubine sees the emperor!" ”

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment and said, "Who are you?" ”

Zhao Chen smiled: "This is the Empress Zhe's family." ”

Zhao Ji frowned and said, "Are you the daughter you can ask for?" ”

Zhi Yueru nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Zhao Chen next to him had already stepped forward to help Zhiyueru up, and the palace maids who were waiting for Zhiyueru also stood up one after another.

Zhao Ji seemed to be very displeased with Zhi Yueru, and walked forward with a cold snort, and Zhao Chen hurriedly followed.

"It's a traitor, how can his daughter become a queen?" Zhao Ji's voice came from the front, and Zhi Yueru's face turned pale.

"Folding is begging, his daughter is his daughter! The moon is as virtuous and gentle as a mother, and she can be a mother of the world. Zhao Chen said.

"It's better to change this queen! I'll give you a new look! Zhao Ji snorted coldly.

Zhiyueru stood there, her fists clenched tightly, her heart like a knife, but she didn't dare to be rude, and after staying for a while, she gritted her teeth and followed.

******

Everyone entered the Taiji Palace, Zhao Chen was still sitting in the middle position, and he smiled: "Today, the Emperor Taishang has returned from hardships, and I have people prepare extremely rich wine and food for you, and prepare some songs and dances!" Come on, come up! ”

Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and other monarchs and ministers who returned from the north had already sat in their seats, and it didn't take long for the wine and food to be served first.

This time, the wine and food were much more sumptuous than in the barracks, but they were still far from when they were in the Kaifeng Palace.

After a while, more than ten people entered the Taiji Hall and began to perform songs and dances for Zhao Ji and others.

These more than ten people are all artists in Yanjing City, but Zhao Chen spent money to invite them from outside.

Their singing and dancing level is much worse than that of Kaifeng City at the beginning, but Zhao Ji and others have not seen singing and dancing for many years, and they are all applauding at the moment.

Full of wine and food, Zhao Chen waved his hand, and these artists withdrew from the Taiji Palace, leaving only Zhao Chen, Zhao Ji and a group of ministers in the palace.

"Emperor, these more than 1,000 people have returned from the north, how are you going to settle them?" Zhao Ji said.

"You are all former ministers of Kaifeng, but Kaifeng was attacked by the Jurchens, and the city has been completely destroyed! Kaifeng has a population of one million, and now there are very few left, I don't know if there are thousands of people! Kaifeng can't go back, if you still have relatives in other places, the court will provide you with the money to go back! If you have no relatives, then stay in Yanjing City, and the imperial court will give each person one hundred taels of silver as a settlement fee! There is a lot of land in Yanyun and the Central Plains, if you want to go to the countryside, the court will also distribute land to you! Zhao Chen said.

"What? Just give us a hundred taels of silver as a settling-in fee? ”

"We are all former ministers of the imperial court, and we should enter the imperial court when we come back!"

"We all have great ambitions, we want to prosper the Great Song Dynasty! Now we are coming back, but we are giving money and land, is this to let us feed ourselves? How can this be? ”

The ministers who returned below were all talking, and many of them had indignant expressions on their faces.

In fact, one hundred taels of silver is already a lot of money for people in this era! One hundred taels of silver is enough for a family to live for more than ten years! Even in the Qing Dynasty, when silver depreciated, Fan Jin in the history of Confucianism did not work as a private school teacher before the middle school, and only had an income of four taels of silver a year, which was enough to feed a family of three! In the Song Dynasty, silver was worth much more than the Qing Dynasty!

But for those ministers, this hundred taels of silver is too little and too little! Less so little that they don't give a damn! They felt that this hundred taels of silver was a complete insult to them!

As for giving them land, it seems to them even more absurd! Back then, they were all ministers or nobles in the court, and they were always served by others, and they never needed to work by themselves, but now listening to Zhao Chen's meaning, they actually want to let them support themselves?

"Emperor, I think these people should be reinstated!" Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said.

Although Zhao Chen said that he didn't need these officials that day, Zhao Ji still raised this question, and he thought that Zhao Chen couldn't resist these more than a thousand people!

"Official reinstatement? Let them continue to ruin the Great Song Dynasty? They have already ruined the Great Song Dynasty once, do they want to destroy it again? What is there to use for the ministers of the fallen country? Zhao Chen said coldly.

After Zhao Chen finished speaking, the faces of countless ministers below turned red, even Zhao Ji's faces became red! Others are ministers of the fallen country, but he is the king of the fallen country!

"Your Majesty, one hundred taels of silver is too little, not enough to settle down at all!" Ge Bing stood up and said angrily.

"The country is barren, and many people can't even eat! Moreover, the imperial court will not only give you a hundred taels of silver, but will also provide you with houses and furniture! If you really can't support yourself, the state will give you money every month so that you can live better than most people! Zhao Chen said.

"Our talents, we have suffered a lot, are we coming back to support the elderly?" Ge Bing said coldly.

"You have been able to come back from the Five Kingdoms City and be able to live, thanks to God's blessing! My queen mother has all died at the hands of the Jurchens, and hundreds of people in Kaifeng have died at the hands of the Jurchens! You're much luckier than they are! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty think twice! If Your Majesty does this, it will only make the hearts of the people in the world cold! Liu Shikai stood up and said.

"I've made up my mind, so it's decided." Zhao Chen said lightly.

"Your Majesty, we have countless disciples in various places, and we have promoted a lot of officials back then, aren't you afraid that the officials in the world will be disgusted by you when you do this?" Ge Bing sneered.

"Needless to say! I feel merciful! Zhao Chen sneered.

At this moment, there was silence in the Taiji Palace, and countless ministers and nobles who had returned from the north had dissatisfied looks on their faces, but Zhao Chen didn't care about their dissatisfaction at all! As for what Ge Bing said about their disciples and promoted officials back then, Zhao Chen didn't pay attention to it! Guanshan, Hanzhong, and Sichuan Shu have undergone several purges, and the old officials have long been defeated, and after Yanyun and the Central Plains have experienced the Jurchen poison, the officials of that year were either killed by the Jurchens, or surrendered to the Jurchens, or hid in the countryside, and no official was reappointed anyway! Only Jiangnan's situation is special, but even Jiangnan, those ministers can only be retained after being loyal to Zhao Chen, and most of them are people who see the wind and rudder! Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and others came back from the north, this world is no longer their world, and the times have already changed! It is simply impossible for them to make any waves!

This meal broke up unhappily, and in the next few days, the Military Aircraft Department began to settle more than 1,000 people! They distributed the house and the silver, and then they paid no attention to them.

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