Chapter 8: Pilgrimage

Before the sun was over, it was already early in the morning, and Zhao Shu was already exhausted after experiencing last night's thrilling, and he slept in his room for more than an hour before being hurriedly called up by his subordinates. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Being woken up was already an extremely irritable mood, and he was told by the maidservant Mingyue that the emperor would go to the court today, and personally named Zhao Shu to go to the court.

Zhao Shu sighed weakly, applied a handful of cold water to his face, and suddenly felt a tingling in his thighs, and there was an extremely familiar singing voice, isn't that the "Little Apple" that only existed in later generations?

Sure enough, Zhao Shu took out a rectangular white object from his jeans, Zhao Shu recognized this thing, this is the backgammon flagship mobile phone that he saved up for a few months to buy in later generations.

It turned out to be his own wake-up alarm, Zhao Shu turned off the alarm, and at the same time turned off the mobile phone directly, now there is no satellite, no electricity, no signal in this world, this mobile phone is purely a decoration now.

Zhao Shu simply threw the mobile phone directly on the bed, and according to Mingyue's advice, Zhao Shu changed all the outfits on his body and directly changed them into gorgeous clothes.

Dressed in gorgeous clothes, except for his hair being a little short and speaking too vernacular, Zhao Shu is no different from the ancients now.

Pushing open his door, a glimmer of sunlight shone slightly, Dawn gradually raised his head from the clouds, Zhao Shu yawned presumptuously, still a little sleepy, and then followed the attendant to the place where the emperor went to the court.

I don't know how many blue bricks and jade steps I have walked, and the size of the palace is by no means comparable to the film and television city of the film and television dramas made in later generations, Zhao Shu believes that he can't find a way back by walking all the way, so he has always kept Mingyue by his side.

Squinting his eyes, separated by a distance of two or three hundred meters, Zhao Shu could barely see the sign hanging on the palace in front of him, and the words "Wende Palace" were written with his eyebrows flying, although he was not very familiar with this kind of writing, but fortunately he could recognize these three words. In later generations, Zhao Shu's myopia was much better than that of his peers.

Wende Hall is majestic and magnificent, it is the place where the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty dealt with various state affairs in the early dynasty, but since Huizong ascended the throne, this Wende Hall is basically already a door.

This civil and military official, dressed in official robes of different grades and colors, stood from inside the hall to outside the hall, and had heard that the bureaucratic system of the Northern Song Dynasty was complicated, and there were countless officials of all kinds.

Just when Zhao Shu was secretly admiring the palace with a shocked face, he saw a "man" in a dark blue robe in front of him who was holding a dusty hand and trotting towards Zhao Shu all the way.

"Your Highness, you can hurry up, this is just you, the emperor is impatient!" The eunuch leaned into Zhao Shu's ear and whispered.

Zhao Shu didn't reply, so he followed the eunuch to the palace. Wende Hall is the place where the emperor meets the civil and military officials, and the guards of officials and courtiers are not allowed to be brought into the palace, and Mingyue stays in a slightly farther position in front of the Wende Hall in accordance with the rules of the palace, staring at Zhao Shu from afar.

Zhao Shu also felt helpless, now the only person Zhao Shu knows near this Wende Hall who can be trusted is Mingyue, although the dragon chair in this hall is his father, but Zhao Shu has never seen it, let alone has any feelings.

Follow the eunuch into the hall, the Wende Hall is extremely spacious, the same splendid, magnificent and majestic, is the place where the emperor deals with state affairs, in addition to the hundred officials, the royal family, the maids, eunuchs, and the forbidden army are also standing in their fixed positions, not daring to talk to each other, and they found a place to stand in the area of the royal family's standing line, and the royal family Zhao Shu did not know any of them, but fortunately, when the scene was serious in the last dynasty, Zhao Shu did not greet them one by one, avoiding this embarrassing atmosphere.

Zhao Shu learned from the royal family, holding the wat that he didn't know where to get it, hooking his head and waiting for his father to speak, he always felt that something was wrong, as if something was missing.

"Could it be that someone has provoked this emperor? I was so angry that I didn't speak for a long time. After waiting for two quarters of an hour and about half an hour, I still didn't see any reaction from Huizong Zhao Ji, Zhao Shu said in his heart.

At the risk of being killed and demoted, Zhao Shu glanced up slightly from the corner of his eye...... Suddenly, I was dumbfounded, the dragon chair on the jade steps was completely empty, empty.

This is waiting here in front of so many civil and military officials, this emperor did not come to the court, this is simply incredible, this is about to catch up with Wanli, but the civil and military officials inside and outside the hall have long been accustomed to it, there is no commotion, only Zhao Shu is still making a fuss in his heart.

But Zhao Shu forgot, this is Huizong Zhao Ji. It can't be compared with Wanli, Wanli has not dealt with national politics for decades, but the Ming army's foreign wars are almost completely victorious. However, Huizong occasionally did not visit the state affairs often, and the country's foreign wars were defeated even in the face of the Liao State at the end of the strong crossbow.

People with a heart like a mirror know that the emperor ignores national politics, indulges in luxury and enjoyment all day long, consumes a lot of money, countless, and the treasury is not shallow, and now it is the eunuch Tong Guan, Prime Minister Cai Jing and others are in power, covering the sky with one hand, this Great Song Dynasty is not far from the death of the country, but there is nothing to do, just as Zhang Zeduan's painting of "Qingming Riverside Map" metaphor, the seemingly prosperous Bianjing, in fact, is already "invincible foreign troubles when you go out, and you can't be a family warrior when you enter" Everything is exaggerated, many people think, Perhaps after the death of Emperor Zhezong, Prime Minister Zhang Dian strongly opposed Huizong's accession to the throne.

Zhao Shu glanced to the side at the leader of the hundred officials, to see who it was, only to see an old man dressed in purple clothes, holding an ivory wat in his hand, with a thin body and a haggard face, who seemed to be extremely calm, but there was still a trace of anxiety or joy between his eyebrows, and Zhao Shu couldn't guess what he was thinking.

"The emperor drove to the !!" The tranquility after a long silence was broken by a eunuch pulling the throat of a male duck, and Zhao Shu now felt like he was about to fall asleep standing up.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!!" As soon as the eunuch's words fell, he only heard the thunderous shouts from the hundreds of officials and royal families, accompanied by kneeling down and kowtowing together, Zhao Shu also did the same, followed by kneeling on his knees and kowtowing immediately, Zhao Shu was also drunk, he had never given such a big gift to anyone when he was so big, and this time he actually cheapened this inexplicable "father".

"The secretaries are !!" As if it had become a fixed routine rather than etiquette, Zhao Ji said while stretching his waist, and at the same time sat on the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty Xie!!" The gratitude of all the officials once again made Zhao Shu feel deafening.

"What's going on with Cai Aiqing today? Even my prince has been called! Zhao Ji glanced at the thin old man at the head of the hundred officials, and then glanced at the group of princes. Zhao Ji's gaze stayed on Zhao Shu for a while, making Zhao Shu feel so uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty! According to the report from the west, Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia State, did not think about His Majesty's grace to save the country, and sent the general King Chage of Jin to provoke the border in Yanzhou Zhulu. Last night, after receiving a report from the former secretary of the palace, Yuanhaotang of Western Xia had sent assassins deep into Beijing, in a vain attempt to blackmail the prince to recover his lost territory in Hexi! Cai Jing held an ivory wat like Hui Zongyu reported.

"Is this the thing? Which prince was attacked? Huizong looked shocked and glanced at the area where the prince was standing. The princes looked at each other, and the entire court was in an uproar.

In front of everyone's eyes, before Cai Jing could speak, Zhao Shu came out of the ranks, walked to the center of the hall, held the wat that came from nowhere, and said, "Enlighten the father!" Erchen was attacked by the killers of Yuanhaotang in Western Xia last night, relying on the pro-army Du Yuhou, the head of the Golden Gun Class Xu Ning, the captain of the guard Zhou Yang and the desperate protection of the Japanese and Golden Gun armies, Erchen survived! ”

Huizong Zhao Ji breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately, the prince did not let people take him captive. There are many princes of Huizong, and it is not a big deal to die one or two, but the prince was captured and lost the country, if the Western Xia threatened each other, and the loss of land in Hexi was also helpless in Huizong, the loss of land in Hexi was obtained by Xining when Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty was in power, and Huizong of the Song Dynasty has always been very happy, and if the land seized by the first emperor was lost to the face of the dynasty, it would be a big loss.

"Xixia does not think about the holy grace, but is insatiable, wants to seek my Great Song Dynasty land, wolf ambition, if not severely punished, it will be a disaster in the future, please Your Majesty Holy Judgment, send the western armies to plot against Western Xia! Go straight to Lingzhou! Among the hundred officials, another person stood up to echo Cai Jing. This is obviously Cai Jing's henchmen.

"What Lord Zhao said is extremely true! The minister seconded the proposal! At this time, another minister stood up to echo Cai Jing.

"The minister seconded the proposal! Please send a large army to attack Western Xia! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

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Dozens of ministers in a group all stood up to echo Cai Jing, and Zhao Shu thought that if he became the emperor, all of these people would have to be imprisoned or beheaded.

"All Aiqing persuaded me to plot against Western Xia, what does Cai Aiqing think?" Zhao Ji glanced at Cai Jing and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is not only the meaning of the hundred officials, but also the wish of the people, and it must be the voice of the army, and the old minister is not good to say anything, and at the moment, Your Majesty can take this opportunity to become famous, and will be able to seize the land of Western Xia again, and create the first emperor Xining to open the border, therefore, please ask Your Majesty to send troops to attack Western Xia!" Cai Jing stood up and said.

A treacherous and cunning face made Zhao Shu feel disgusted, and it was clear that he wanted to invite credit, but he had to say that others wanted to fight, so he just reluctantly agreed, but his words moved Zhao Ji's heart to rejoice.