In the Spring Festival of the second year of Jingding, the capital is very lively, in the eyes of civil and military officials and the people, the world has been peaceful, the battle of Ezhou is under the command of Jia Youxiang, the imperial army defeated the invading Mongolian army, so that the Mongolian Tartars do not dare to covet the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor trusts Jia Youxiang more, and he is named the Duke of Weiguo and the young master, and the world of the Great Song Dynasty has the guard of the Duke of Weiguo, there must be no problem. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Hundreds of civil and military officials sang praises for Jia Rudao, and some storytellers in the capital also wrote jokes and sang them in restaurants and tea shops.

For a time, Jia Rudao's prestige rose to its peak.

However, behind this seemingly flowery scene, there has been a change in the DPRK and China.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Lu Wende, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was appointed as the ambassador of the policy.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, many officials from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War ended their spring break and rushed to the official residence to take care of official business.

The main function of this ambassador is to be responsible for the military affairs and people's livelihood in Sichuan and other places on behalf of the imperial court, and has the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, and every time the imperial court appoints ambassadors, it is when there is a crisis in Sichuan, or the invasion of the Mongolian army, or the instability within Sichuan, etc.

Now that it is peaceful today, why did the imperial court appoint Lu Wende as the ambassador of the policy, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War ended their spring break and went to the official office in advance to take care of official business.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Tingzhi's mansion, study.

Li Tingzhi had a serious face and spoke to Wu Shaogang, who was standing.

"Cangling, tomorrow I will leave the capital and go to Jiankang Mansion, a lot of news from the court, I think you are clear, I told you last year that Jia Youxiang is ready to rectify many matters in the court, but I didn't expect that this is the first month, and Jia Youxiang is ready to start implementation."

"Lu Wende's appointment as the ambassador to Sichuan, which also exceeded my expectations."

"Sichuan, has always been the core place of my Great Song Dynasty, whether it is the Mongolian Tartars, or the Jin soldiers, have attacked the prefectures and counties of Sichuan many times, but they have all ended in vain, Dali, Tubo, etc., all of them were destroyed by the Mongolian Tartars, and it is my Great Song Dynasty that can hold on, and Sichuan has also become the most cutting-edge place of my Great Song Dynasty."

"The position of ambassador has always been an important minister in the court, and Lu Wende is just a left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, so he is not qualified to serve as the ambassador of the policy, and now it seems that Lu Wende has won the trust of Prime Minister Jia."

"Cangling, one thing you have to pay attention to, the year before last, the Mongol Tatars attacked our Great Song Dynasty in a big way, and the troops were divided into two routes, one was led by the Mongolian Khan Meng Ge, and the other was led by the prince Kublai Khan, the place where Meng Ge attacked was Sichuan, and the place where Kublai Khan attacked was the Ezhou area, and these two places became the most cutting-edge battlefields."

"Lu Wende was the deputy envoy of Sichuan Chengxuan at that time, responsible for the battle in Sichuan, and the battle of Ezhou was mainly directly responsible for Zhang Sheng, who was under the command of the Ezhou Assassin and the Imperial Army, and assisted Zhang Sheng in commanding the battle, including Gao Gao, the commander of the Urging Front Army, and others, and the Sichuan side, fought bravely, and those who had military exploits were Cao Shige and Wang Jian and others."

"I have a bad feeling that these people are going to be punished to some extent."

"It is said that Lu Wende was also commanding operations at that time, and he also needs to be investigated, and he is not qualified to serve as an ambassador."

"But that's fine, at least you won't be investigated, when you fought in Ezhou and other places, all of them were by Lu Wende's side, Lu Wende can't investigate you, if you do that, it's tantamount to investigating yourself."

"You have to persist in the training of the Urging Frontier Army, no matter what the effect is, when I returned to the capital last year, I heard a lot of discussions, some said good, some said bad, you don't have to worry about these, if the army does not train, what kind of army is it, as for the cost of money and food, just pay attention to it."

"After I leave the capital, I will continue to pay attention to the situation in the court, if I find any changes, I will write to you as soon as possible, you don't know much about the affairs of the court, don't easily listen to the opinions of others, let alone take any measures, you are still young, don't get involved in these disputes."

"I am optimistic about you, and I agree with your idea, there is a chance to leave the capital and go outside to develop, the capital is too complicated, every move is interfered with and even monitored, so that people can't breathe, there is no room for development at all."

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On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the first day of the Upper Dynasty.

Wu Shaogang, who was the commander of the urging army under the front division of the palace, received an edict from the privy envoy, and rushed to Ouchi to participate in the early dynasty at the end of the day.

The official residence of the former division of the palace also issued a common knowledge that the commanders of the various armies under it must rush to the official residence of the former division of the palace to gather at the ugly time, and rush to Ouchi together to participate in the early dynasty on time.

Such a large-scale court meeting is unprecedented.

The first court meeting of the New Year in all dynasties and dynasties is mostly in the form of walking, with some meaning of heart, not talking about anything serious, and there are not many things to deploy.

Wu Shaogang never thought that he would enter the Great Interior.

Ouchi is the Imperial Palace.

Ouchi is located in the southernmost part of the capital, backed by the Qiantang River, west by the peaks of Wansongling, Hachimanling and Phoenix Mountain, to the north by the three provinces and six ministries and other government offices, and to the east by the Qiantang River.

The restrictions on the terrain make Ouchi the safest place in the capital.

As a general rule, you can only enter Ouchi through the Donghua Gate and the Hunyeongmon Gate in the north.

There is only one convenient door in the west of Ouchi, from here you can cross the mountain peak, directly reach the Qianhu Gate, out of the Qianhu Gate, but a few hundred steps away, it is the West Lake, there are two gates in the south of Ouchi, the East Gate and the Li Main Gate, the service pavilion responsible for guarding the safety of Ouchi, just outside the Li main gate, there is no door in and out of the east of Ouchi, completely closed.

Each gate is guarded by special guards, and these guards are called banzhi.

At its peak, there were more than 3,000 people, and now there are more than 2,000 people.

The convenient terrain and the many straight guards make Ouchi look impregnable.

It's a pity that many emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty are active masters, and few emperors are willing to stay in Da Nei honestly all their lives, and they often find opportunities to leave the palace with the help of eunuchs and go to all parts of the capital to see, and they are said to be happy with the people.

At the ugly moment, under the leadership of Ma Huaxuan, the commander of the front division of the palace, everyone left the official residence of the front secretary of the palace and went to Ouchi.

Almost all of the squads in the Servant Pavilion are drawn from the Tabai Army to which the front division of the palace belongs, and occasionally from the Urging Army, and of course, some of the squads are from prominent backgrounds and are all sons of meritorious heroes.

The emperor travels, no matter where he goes, even if he walks around in Ouchi, he is followed by a lot of Ban Zhi, and the matter of carrying the imperial chariot is all in charge of Ban Zhi.

Don't think that the Ban Zhi stationed all over Ouchi has a prominent status, in fact, few people are willing to enter the Chamber, because the restrictions are too great, and they have to stay in Ouchi most of the time to protect Ouchi's safety.

Don't think that Ban Zhi is a very powerful master, they are not the most elite sergeants in the White Army and the Urging Army, after all, what Ban Zhi does is to walk behind the emperor, or carry the imperial chariot.

Ban Nao barely had time to train, what kind of place Ouchi was, how could they be allowed to train on a large scale.

The scope of the Banzhi guard is the Ouchi, including the guards of Donghua Gate, Hening Gate, Xibian Gate, Lizheng Gate and Dongbian Gate, and the outside is close to the range of Da Nei, which is guarded by the White Army under the front division of the palace.

The Privy Council also knows about this situation, so the requirements for Ban Zhi are very clear, his identity is innocent, and he is loyal, as for whether it is the most powerful, there is no need to deliberately ask for it, after all, there are tens of thousands of sergeants guarding the inside and outside, and there will be no danger.

At three o'clock, Wu Shaogang and his entourage arrived at Heningmen.

The palace gate has been opened, and the squad is waiting for it, guarding it with spears and spears in hand, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War are in front of the Donghua Gate and the Hening Gate, holding the roster in their hands, to verify the identity of every official who enters the Ouchi.

It is impossible for the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War to know every official who enters the Ouchi, but this is not a problem, whether it is a civil official or a military attaché, each person has a jade plate that symbolizes their identity, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War do not recognize people.

The number of jade plates is fixed, no more, no less, if an official loses the jade plate and does not report it in time, not only can he not enter the inner hall, but he will also encounter severe punishment.

Civil and military officials have begun to enter the Donghua Gate and the Hening Gate at one time, with the civil officials in the front and the military attaché in the back.

Don't think that if you enter the Donghua Gate and the Hening Gate, you will enter the Ouchi, but in fact, there are still about 500 steps away from the Ouchi, and there are no buildings around, just some flowers and trees and small hillsides.

The civil and military officials who entered the Donghua Gate and the Hening Gate had to walk slowly under the leadership of the eunuchs, and the civil and military officials at this time could not look up and look around, but could only bow their heads and follow behind the eunuchs.

Of course, the situation is different for high-ranking officials above the third rank in the DPRK, they have entered the Ouchi many times, and they are very familiar with this place, especially the officials above the second rank, after they enter the Donghua Gate, they will take a special road and come to the Ouchi in advance.

Wu Shaogang and others don't have such treatment, and the entire palace front division, only the commander Ma Huaxuan has this kind of treatment.

When it was close to the hour, Wu Shaogang finally saw Ouchi.

The inner hall is divided into five parts: the outer court, the inner court, the east palace, the academy and the palace queen.

There are four groups of halls in the outer court, the hall of the vertical arch, the hall of Yanhe and the hall of Duancheng, and the dynasty is held in the hall of Daqing.

The place where Wu Shaogang and his entourage need to arrive is the Daqing Palace.

The inner court is the place where the emperor and many officials discuss matters, and it is also the place where the early dynasty is usually held.

The academy is the place where the Hanlin bachelors who go to the inner to teach the emperor and the crown prince stay, don't think that you can give lectures to the emperor or the prince, you can go out early and return late, it's not that simple, you have to stay in the inner hall, the emperor has a lot of opportunities, you need to take time out to listen to the lectures, and when the emperor has time, the Hanlin bachelors can start teaching.

Officials in the court and the central government are only qualified to enter the two places of the outer court and the inner court, and the rest of the places are not allowed to enter without a will, as for the palace queen, that is where the emperor and the queen's concubines live, and the officials are looking for death when they enter.