Chapter 367 Breaking the Drum (Medium)

In the unitary time, in the palace hall of Funing. ,!

Zhao Zhen was half lying on the easy chair, and Zhao Zongji was sitting behind the big case.

The six officials of the Yintai Division, each holding a yellow box, flattered the emperor.

Zhao Zhen glanced at the seal of the Yintai Division on it, then nodded, and they placed the six yellow boxes in front of King Qi in turn, bowed and retreated.

Hu Yandui picked up the seal on the one hand, and explained to Zong Ji on the other hand: "This is the chapter that Yintai Division received one day, and it needs to be sent to the two governments tomorrow." ”

Zhao Zongji was a little dizzy, and said in his heart, I can't finish reading eight!

"It's still approaching the end of the year, and there are few things to do." Seeing his thoughts, Hu Yandui smiled and said: "When there are many times, there are more than a dozen boxes." ”

"Then let's start reading......" Zhao Zongji swallowed his saliva, and said in his heart that he would not eat so salty if he knew it.

Hu Yandu smiled and said: "You don't need to look at the other five, just look at the first box." ”

Zhao Zongji knew that this was an official family guiding him to practice government affairs, so he naturally asked if he had doubts: "Why is this?" ”

"There are two ways to encapsulate the music of the hundred officials, one is the actual seal, and the other is the general seal. All matters involving confidentiality, such as emergencies, prison cases, disasters, or ministers who have objections to the central order, or follow orders, etc., shall be sealed with real seals, and the rest shall be sealed with general seals. Hu Yandui said in detail: "The actual seal should be seen as soon as possible, and the sealed one can be handed over to the palace bachelor for preview first, and then reported by him on the important matter, and then sent it to the two governments, and then sent it back after it is processed, and His Majesty can decide whether it is okay." ”

"Lao Hu, you are a misguided child," Zhao Zhen had been listening quietly, but at this time he said: "The widow has not always been like this. ”

"It's the old slave who is confused," Hu Yandui said with a smile: "The official family really forgot to sleep and eat back then, and they must bow down in person." ”

"At that time, the widow took Emperor Taizong as a model, and he had to look at the court every day, and after retreating from the court, he reviewed the chapters day and night, and he personally saw everything that should be presented." Zhao Zhen laughed self-deprecatingly: "As a result, I almost died of exhaustion in less than a year......

Zhao Zongji knew that the official family was talking about the fainting in August of the first year of Jing You, and the personnel were unknown for several days. The chickens and dogs in Kaifeng City jumped, if it weren't for the eldest princess of Wei State who recommended a bold miracle doctor and gave him a burst of heart, it was a question of whether Zhao Zhen could wake up.

"But the widow doesn't regret it, the Great Song Dynasty is too big, and there are too many things. If you don't have such a period of diligent political affairs, you won't be able to have a comprehensive understanding of state affairs, let alone outline and prioritize. Zhao Zhen said slowly: "Being an emperor is actually the hardest work in the world, because everyone in the world is calculating you." If you are lazy for a moment, the ministers will deceive and deceive the subordinates and get by, and as a result, the people will suffer, the court will suffer, and the emperor will become a faint king. ”

Zhao Zongji swallowed his saliva again, he could only listen to this kind of topic silently, no matter what he said, it was right and wrong.

"When I was a child, when I read history books, I always felt that those faint monarchs in history were really stupid, and they could be fooled by the ministers." Zhao Zhen uncharacteristically opened the conversation and said: "But after the pro-government, I realized that in fact, many times, it is not that the emperor is stupid, but that the minister is too smart." The Tao is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, and it is too difficult to remain wise and not be fooled. ”

"For example, this batch of concerts is very knowledgeable." Zhao Zhen said with a bitter face: "Back then, I was young and vigorous, and I wanted to emulate Emperor Taizong and make great efforts to revitalize the country's decline. However, the Queen Mother has been hanging the curtain for many years, pursuing the rule of inaction, which has led to the power of the two governments, and she has few things, seeing that I have asked about everything, and the cadres are arbitrary, so she is naturally unhappy, do you know how they deal with me? ”

Although Zhao Zongji guessed it, he still shook his head.

"It drowned me with a melody." Zhao Zhen laughed self-deprecatingly: "At first, the Yintai Division only presented one or two hundred copies of the recital every day, but after the widow became pro-government, it surged to more than a thousand!" It's ridiculous that I thought it was my sincerity that moved the officials, so everyone said something, but later I learned that this was the result of the instructions of several prime ministers, and the purpose was to scare me. I didn't believe in evil at the time, so I watched it day and night, but I still didn't finish reading yesterday's one, and today came again, and I ended up exhausted. ”

"Did the ministers succeed?" Zhao Zongji was incredulous.

"I don't want to admit it, but I do." Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly: "But there is nothing to be ashamed of, there are hundreds of officials on the other side, but there are only lonely people on my side, and they are just middle-aged people, whether it is wits or strength, they can't catch it." Every time like this, the widow can understand why the ancient emperor relied on his relatives and eunuchs, and fought with the old treacherous and cunning scholars and doctors, who really needed help! ”

"But the risk of relying on them is too great, and the Great Song Dynasty easily excluded them from the right, and never allowed relatives, harems, eunuchs, and military generals to interfere in politics, which is the cause of the country's demise," Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "So you have to find civil officials to help, because they are the least harmful." ”

Zhao Zongji sounded a little big, and said in his heart that he couldn't fight the civil officials, so he still had to find the civil officials for help?

"The first is checks and balances, which is the essence of my Great Song Dynasty official system. You've got to pit the ministers against each other, so they can't get you together. Zhao Zhen said unabashedly: "So in the eyes of the emperor, ministers should not be loyal and traitorous." The turbidity of the Yellow River and the clarity of the Yangtze River can nourish one party and cause calamity. What's more, you have to keep them out of the way so you don't get left alone. ”

Zhao Zongji listened attentively to every word of the official family, this is the old emperor teaching himself the emperor's mental skills!

"The second is to choose some talented and loyal officials by your side, the ancestors set up the Hanlin Bachelor's Palace, which is to serve as confidential secretaries for children and grandchildren. After the museum is selected, it has to be observed for many years, and only the truly loyal can be ordered to enter the chamber to serve as advisors. Zhao Zhen said: "There are so many pieces, you can only pick out the important ones first, and most of them have to read them for you." ”

After saying so much, Zhao Zhen was a little tired, so he took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Let's see what is important today." ”

"Whoa." Hu Yandui opened the box containing the real seal, and couldn't help but be stunned: "So many today? ”

Zhao Zhen was not surprised, closed his eyes slightly and said, "Nian ......"

"Lord Wang," Hu Yandui picked up the top one, opened the cover, took out the notebook inside, handed it to Zhao Zongji, and whispered: "Don't read those nonsense that sings about merit and virtue, start from the serious place." ”

"Well," Zhao Zongji nodded, looked at the cover and said, "This is the piece of Hu Zongyu to be made by Tianzhang Pavilion...... The monarch has the constitution of heaven in his mouth, and he must practice his words, otherwise how can he threaten the four seas and serve all directions? In September of the fourth year of Jiayou, His Majesty promised to establish a crown prince within two years, and now the term has expired and March will also be ...... Although the minister is a small minister, the minister does not speak, and he should say that he should choose a merit and establish a prince within the year, and he must not lose faith in the ancestors of heaven and earth, and the subjects and the people! ”

Zhao Zhen's eyes had already opened, and his face became ugly.

Hu Yandui hurriedly changed another one, and Zhao Zongji picked it up and thought about it, but it was another piece of music to ask for the establishment of the reserve within the year.

"Hmph......" Zhao Zhen actually sneered.

Hu Yandui changed another copy, Zhao Zongji thought about it, or still, read more than a dozen points in a row, all the same.

"Don't read it, let's see how many loyal ministers have a heart for the community." Although Zhao Zhen's words were so, they carried a strong sense of ridicule.

"Yes." The two of them checked and counted them one by one.

Before he could count them, Li Xian walked in lightly and reported: "The Imperial City Division has reported that there are thirty-three officials including Hu Zongyu from Tianzhang Pavilion who have arrived at the Dengwen Drum Courtyard together. ”

"It's not enough to just play the music, you still want to beat the drums?" Zhao Zhen sneered: "Why didn't the widow hear the drums? ”

"This ......" Li Xian said with a strange smile: "The drum of the Dengwen Drum Courtyard was broken this morning, and it has been sent to the craftsman for repair." ”

"Poof......" Hu Yandu, who was listening to it on the side, couldn't help laughing, and Zhao Zhen also laughed and said: "Ji'er's subordinates have a lot of losses, it's not like Chen Zhongfang's idea, most of them are Wang Yuanze's." ”

The smile on Zhao Zongji's face froze immediately, but the official family knew so clearly, there was no benefit in denying and justifying it, so he could only bow his head and acquiesce.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen didn't think it was wrong, and said lightly: "The widow remembers that the drum was broken for a while in the last year of Qingli, and it took half a month to change it to a new one. ”

"The slave maid has already inquired," Li Xian said softly: "The skin of Dengwengu is not an ordinary cowhide, and it will take ten days for the Ministry of Industry to make it at the earliest." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Zhen nodded, ordered Li Xian to retreat, and instructed Zhao Zongji: "Don't look at the rest, count it out, and stay in it." Just let Lao Hu do it, Zongji, you come and sit. ”

"Yes." Hu Yandui continued to count, and Zhao Zongji did it next to Zhao Zhen.

"My Great Song Dynasty is said to be a monarch ruling alone, but in fact, the emperor alone said that it doesn't count." Zhao Zhen looked at him earnestly and said: "Don't look at them full of His Majesty's golden rules, and the exit is constitutional, it is all coaxing, if the widow really bypasses the Zhongshu and the middle order, ensure that those ministers want to jump up, and say, 'How can it be controlled without going through Fengtai Luange?'" And so on. The widow can only criticize 'agree' or 'disagree' after the opinions given in the book, it sounds like this emperor is very cowardly, right? ”

Zhao Zongji shook his head and said, "My father is unwilling to destroy the system. ”

"There's a reason for that." Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction: "But more importantly, I am self-aware." The widows also want to be as arbitrary as Taizu Taizong, but they are the founding kings, and this country was established by them, and their understanding of internal and external affairs naturally far exceeds that of their courtiers. However, the widow was born in the deep palace since he was a child, and he never left Bianjing, like a frog at the bottom of a well. On the contrary, the ministers of the government hall are all talented people who have been selected at various levels, and they have been in government affairs for a long time in the court, and the opinions they give are naturally much more clever than mine. ”

Saying that, he looked at Zong Ji with a kind gaze and said, "Now you understand, the widow has always let you run around all these years, right?" ”

Zhao Zongji's heart was shocked, tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, and he nodded heavily: "Father and emperor have worked hard, and the son understands it." ”。

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