Chapter 52: Changing the Capital

Bianjing City.

On January 30 of the fifth year of Xining, the Spring Festival was held as scheduled. All officials above the eighth rank will come to attend the court meeting.

Zhao Ji is full of troops, all the officials are used to it, and it has been a long time since Zhao Ji regained the throne in one fell swoop. Seeing that the officials did not make any moves, many officials came to participate in the court meeting calmly, and only those important ministers in the political hall were worried.

On the fourth watch, after having breakfast in the restaurants on both sides of the royal street, the officials stepped on the royal street and walked towards the Xuande Gate of the imperial city. Xuande Gate is the main gate of the imperial city, nearly ten zhang high, there are five doors in horizontal rows, the doors are all gold nails and vermilion lacquer, the walls are engraved between the bricks and stones, and the shape of the dragon and phoenix flying clouds. There are two auxiliary doors on both sides of Xuande Gate, which are called Left Door and Right Gate, and the shape is slightly smaller than Xuande Gate.

Behind the Xuande Gate, there is a square that can accommodate 10,000 people, and the giant hall behind the square is the place where the court meeting is held - Daqing Palace. The Xuande Gate was only open when the emperor was traveling or holding a state celebration, and the rest of the time it was closed. By this time, the officials had already passed through the small doors on both sides of the Xuande Gate and stood on the square, waiting for the bell to ring.

Most of the people gathered around Prime Minister Wen Yanbo and the ruling Sima Guang, talking about something. Because of his exclusion, Wang Anshi, who had been saying that he was sick at home, stood alone, only Lu Jiawen, the secretary of the Ministry of Qian, was still standing beside him, but he was just standing quietly, not as lively as Wen Yanbo's side.

Wang Anshi's heart was heavy, originally because Zhao Ji didn't do anything after regaining the throne, but now he was heavy because Zhao Ji was going to carry out a big purge. What Wang Anshi wants most is to be able to work together with Sima Guang and his group to implement the law change. However, since Zhao Ji went to Beijing, their contradictions have become increasingly irreconcilable. Former friends, angry at each other, really uncomfortable.

"Tong, Tong, Tong, Tong." The bell of the court meeting had already rang, and a chamberlain with a few small yellow doors opened the door of the Daqing Palace, and screamed loudly: "The court meeting has begun, and the ministers have entered the palace!" ”

The ministers walked into the Daqing Hall one after another, only to find that Emperor Zhao Ji had already sat on the dragon chair. According to the rules of the court, the emperor is generally the last to arrive. They are all ministers and other emperors, and there is no reason for ministers such as the Son of Heaven.

Seeing Zhao Ji like this, all the ministers know that something big is happening today! For this reason, they stopped talking and stood silently in their places. It is said that once the Son of Heaven was a courtier, but now the Son of Heaven has been replaced, but the ministers are still the same people. Such a situation is really a swan song for the ages.

After the ministers entered the throne and shouted three long live, Li Xiang'an opened the holy decree and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Wen Yanbo is crowned as the crown prince and Taibao, Sima Guang is the prince and Shaobao, and Feng Jing, Zhao Luan, Zhang Duo, Wu Chong, and Lu Gong are the founding princes of Jinfeng." Transferred to the Academician of the Civilization Academy. Chin this. ”

When they heard that Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang were going to be sealed, the ministers thought that the official family was trying to envelop them, and they were overjoyed one by one. But when he heard that he was transferred to the academician of the Civilization Academy, the blood that had just boiled and thought he was victorious instantly froze into ice cubes.

"The ministers will receive the order, thank you for the saint's grace." Wen Yanbo and the others made a bitter face and knelt on the ground.

At this time, Li Xiang'an opened another holy decree, and then read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: crown Wang Anshi as the crown prince and teacher, enter the prime minister, and preside over the political hall." Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dian served as the consuls, and Su Zhe, Cai Qu, Xue Xiang, Cai Jing, Su Song, Wang Shao, Kumamoto, Bao Shou, and Lu Jiawen respectively served as the military governors of the Ministry of Rites, Households, Criminal Engineers, and Military Governors. Chin this. ”

"The ministers will receive the order, thank you for the saint's grace." Wang Anshi and the others stood up and knelt on the ground.

"In the future, the implementation of the new law will depend on the help of all the people in the political hall." Zhao Ji stood up and said with a smile. After speaking, he waved his hand again for Li Xiangan to continue the decree.

Li Xiang'an swallowed his saliva, opened another holy decree, and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Han Qi and Fu Bi led the private state cabinet to disrupt the commercial order. Remove officials, deprive them of their fame, demote them to commoners, and never hire them. The national cabinet was confiscated by Lu Jiawen of the Ministry of Money, Cai Jing of the Criminal Department, and Bao Shou of the Supervision Department. Fan Chunren and Zhang Zanpeng privately transferred troops to attack the expeditionary force, and the crime was unforgivable, and they were immediately beheaded in accordance with military law. Chin this. ”

"Holy Lord, the business alliance is the one who disrupts the business order and oppresses the people. Holy. Han Qi stood up and shouted loudly.

"What a saint is, he is a faint king. It doesn't matter if you kill me Fan Chunren, it's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty will be buried in the hands of you, a tyrant! Haha, Da Song is dying, haha. Fan Chunren changed his calm and capable appearance when he presided over the development of Liuqiu, and became crazy.

At this time, eight iron arm guards ran into the hall, took off Han Qi's four people, took off their official hats, and stripped off their official uniforms. Han Qi and Fu Bi, how could they endure such humiliation, the two of them broke free from the iron arm guard one after the other, and crashed to death on the stone pillar of the main hall, their skulls shattered, and blood flowed all over the ground. The scene was unsightly.

Fan Chunren had gone crazy at this time and kept laughing. Zhang Zanpeng, the commander of the sixth town of the Haiwei Army, was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Dusk Jun, you are going to ruin the Great Song Dynasty!" Sima Guang stood up and pointed at Zhao Ji and howled.

And Wen Yanbo and the others knelt on the ground, holding up the bodies of Han Qi and Fu Bi and crying.

"Hahaha, roar the court, remove the official, deprive the fame, and drive out of the palace." Zhao Ji didn't treat Sima Guang like before, but stood up and yelled.

Then two iron guards ran into the main hall and pressed Sima Guang to the ground.

"Holy Lord, no. If the saint is like this, the minister is willing to be guilty of the same crime as Sima Xianggong. Su Zhe and Bao Shou stood up one after another and shouted loudly.

"The minister is willing to be guilty of the same crime as Sima Xianggong." Daqing Hall fell to its knees.

"Good, good, good. Then let's be guilty of the same crime. Come. Zhao Ji roared.

A large number of iron guards poured into the main hall, waiting for Zhao Ji's order.

"Holy Lord, that's enough." Wang Anshi yelled, at this time he was already in tears, and pushed away the two iron guards holding Sima Guang and helped Sima Guang up.

"Those who dare to speak out for the same crime will destroy the nine clans. Retreat. Zhao Ji yelled and walked away.

Today's court meeting, in fact, as early as Wen Yanbo and a group of other veteran ministers expected, Sima Guang was also ready to be kicked out of the court. Zhao Ji's means of returning to the dynasty to regain the throne were beyond their expectations, and their calculation was that Zhao Ji would stay in Qiongzhou forever. Zhao Ji's strong return made all their plans come to naught.

Moreover, the deaths of Han Qi and Fu Bi also surprised them, making them inexplicably sad. Sima Guang thought of Ouyang Xiu, but now he was a little envious of Ouyang Xiu's ending, at least later Zhao Ji went to worship him in person. Now, Han Qi and Fu Bi are afraid that they will not get the slightest sympathy and understanding from Zhao Ji when they die.

How is it possible to raise troops against the official family and against the unscrupulous monarch? The hearts of the officials and the people are still there, and the end of the army will only be more tragic, and it will ruin the reputation of a lifetime. Sima Guang also cried, the three prime ministers hugged each other and cried, and the ministers of the Daqing Hall were flustered. For a hundred years, there has never been such a sad day in this Daqing Hall where only the emperor has paid benefits.

After the court meeting, Zhao Ji returned to the camp in the south of the city, did not go to the two palaces to say goodbye, went, needless to say, reprimanding is indispensable. The deaths of Han Qi and Fu Bi also surprised Zhao Ji, who sometimes wondered if he had done something wrong. However, Zhao Ji still made up his mind. There has never been a bloodless reform and change, so it should be Han Qi and Fu Bi who sacrificed the flag for this change!

In fact, Zhao Ji felt uncomfortable in his heart, thinking of the bits and pieces with Han Qi and Fu Bi before. It stands to reason that he can sit on this throne firmly because of Han Qi, Fu Bi, Sima Guang and others. The deaths of Han Qi and Fu Bi announced the end of an era!

Because Han Qi and Fu Bi have made a lot of contributions to the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, Wang Anshi invited the Empress Dowager Cao through the political affairs hall and restored the official status of the two. Empress Dowager Cao was also very sad about their death, during the Yingzong Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cao and Zhao Shu did not deal with each other, but Han Qi relieved the siege. In terms of political concepts, Empress Dowager Cao, Han Qi, and Fu Bi have the same thoughts. So, Empress Dowager Cao issued a decree to let Han Qi and Fu Bi enjoy the Yingzong temple.

Han Qi and Fu Bi have a very high reputation among the people, and when the news of his death came out, many people were willing to wear linen and filial piety for them. Han Qi's son Han Zhongyan heard the news of his father's death, and originally wanted to rebel in Luoyang, but after learning that Han Qi was worthy of enjoying the Yingzong temple, he could only cry.

After Wang Anshi presided over the political affairs hall, he strongly advocated downplaying the matter. did not let Cai Jing and others go to the national cabinet, but only asked Lu Jia to ask the general order to prepare for the rectification of the national cabinet. Fan Chunren may have gone crazy at the right time, and Wang Anshi only took him and Zhang Zanpeng into custody, and did not mention the matter of beheading.

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In the following month, Zhao Ji was still preparing to replace most of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty. waited until Wang Anshi stabilized the situation before returning to the palace. Under the persuasion of the queen, I still went to ask the queen mother of the two palaces to say goodbye. However, the relationship is not as harmonious as it used to be. Regarding Zhao Ji's actions, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces did not mention half a word. In order to protect Zhao Hao, the king of Chang, the two palaces also watched coldly.

Bianjing, Chongzheng Palace. Zhao Ji convened the members of the political hall to discuss the implementation of the next law change.

"In order for the reform to succeed, I believe that the capital must be moved. I intend to move the capital to Jiangning, but it still takes time for Jiangning to build a new capital, and I don't have the financial resources to build a new capital now. I decided to move the capital to Beijing, what do you think? Zhao Ji said indifferently. It's as if nothing happened a month ago.

Zhao ordered a long conference table from the furniture maker. At this time, Zhao Ji and the three people of the Political Affairs Hall, the thirteen counselors of the various ministries and the four university governors, a total of seventeen people, sat around the conference table.

"The relocation of the capital is a matter of great importance, and now the matter of changing the law is already a thousand things, and it is better to move the capital slowly." Wang Anshi, as the prime minister, was the first to express his position.

As early as when Zhao Ji had just crossed over, Zhao Ji discussed this issue with Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi, a native of the south, naturally agreed very much with the relocation of the capital to Jiangning. After all, the city of Bianjing is open on all sides, there is no defensive barrier, and a large number of troops need to be stationed. Both the pressure of water transportation and the flood of the Yellow River are very high. Now the Dragon Guards in Bianjing have been sent to various places, and Bianjing has no other troops except for 5,000 fire cavalry, 5,000 joint defense troops, and 5,000 iron guards. It's too dangerous to go on like this. After all, the New Dragon Guard has just formed an army, and it has not yet formed a combat force. However, Wang Anshi became cautious. Maybe it was a month ago, and his heart also changed.

Seeing that Wang Anshi had said it so surely, and thinking about the possibility that Zhao Ji would obey Wang Anshi's words, they all held back and did not express their position.

"What about you? What do you think? Zhao Ji then asked.

Wechen agreed. The relocation of the capital will at least wait until the new law is steadily implemented. Lu Huiqing raised his hand to support Wang Anshi.

As Lu Huiqing raised his hand in agreement, others also raised their hands in agreement one by one, and stated their respective opinions, only Cai Jing objected. Cai Jing said: "Although Wechen also agrees not to move the capital immediately, he also does not agree to wait for the new law to stabilize before starting this matter. Weichen believes that it may be possible to do it step by step. It is possible to relocate some of the institutions that do not hinder the new law first. For example, Jiaoziwu in Jiaozi City, and the four universities in Junshi Book City, Weichen thinks that these can be moved there first. ”

"What do you think, sir?" Zhao Ji asked Wang Anshi for his opinion on Cai Jing's plan.

"Wechen has no objection." Wang Anshi raised his hand in agreement. As Wang Anshi raised his hand, everyone else raised their hands in agreement with the plan.

"Okay, this matter will be presided over by Cai Shangshu. Sima Guang is still the book city order of Junshi Book City. He had Mr. Law there to talk about it. Zhao Ji arranged.

"Wechen understands." Wang Anshi nodded in response.

"Hmm. These are the drafts of several new laws that I have drafted on the basis of the "New Law Resolution", so please take a look at them first. Zhao shifted the conversation to the new law.

When Li Xiang'an heard Zhao Ji talk about the new law, he sent the printed paper with the entries in the new law.

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