Chapter 124: Buying Officials

"The prince has found me another good thing!" Huang Jingchen looked at the secret letter sent by the prince and said with a wry smile, now this lady and the two of them have taken a fancy to He Qufei, but they are bitter about their own errands. First of all, no matter how much the old guy persuaded him, he just insisted on resigning, or the prince used a trick to take him to the mansion and solved the main problem, but he added such a trouble.

"Official, what does the prince command?" Junko asked hurriedly.

"Why don't you go to that old man, the prince has stabilized himself with a trick and is on his way back to Beijing, but he is unwilling to go to work because he is a military attaché, and the prince instructed us to try our best to change his official qualifications!" Huang Jingchen burned the letter and said.

"This old man is very stubborn, why did the prince fall in love with him? But it shouldn't be difficult to have a mother come forward. Junko said.

"He Qufei was demoted out of Beijing because he was not good at socializing, he was arrogant, and he offended too many people, and now he has meritorious service in governing the place, although he was transferred back to Beijing, he is still an eight-grade, it can be seen that some people still hold a grudge against him, and this matter is not easy to handle!" Huang Jingchen sighed and said, "Niangniang is our biggest backer, the prince has repeatedly emphasized that don't speak easily until the critical moment, don't alarm Niangniang for this kind of trivial matter!" ”

"Is the prince too cautious, are they mother and son still using these?" Junko asked, puzzled.

"Don't forget that the official family is not only a son of the prince, but also the harem is as beautiful as a cloud, and the life of the mother is also difficult, if these little things have to alarm the mother to tell the official family, it will inevitably cause the emperor's disgust and vigilance, which is not good for us in the long run!" Huang Jingchen explained.

"The prince is thoughtful!" Huang Jingchen was a little bit, and Shunzi immediately understood, and he sighed.

"You bring me the copper tripod of the Zhou Dynasty that I just received, and prepare two sets of glass cups in the opposite store, I want to invite someone to dinner today!" Huang Jingchen thought for a moment and commanded.

"Who does the official want to invite?" This gift is not light, adding up to tens of thousands.

"Grandma Liang, Master Liang!" Huang Jingchen pursed his lips and said with a smile, Shunzi nodded, Liang Shicheng's market has been bullish in the past two years, and even Cai Jing's father and son, who are powerful in the world, have to flatter him, and the court inside and outside the court called him "hidden phase", and the "public minister" Cai Jing and the "concubine" Tong Guan stand together, this person has a good relationship with them, this is the person on the prince's 'blacklist', and there are gifts every New Year's Day.

"Stand still, catch him!" Just as the two of them were talking, there was a burst of shouting on the street outside the window.

"Alas, it must be the officials arresting people again, the new etiquette law has been implemented for more than half a month, but there are fewer and fewer people on the street, and if it goes on like this, our restaurant will not be able to open!" Shunzi sighed and said, Huang Jingchen only shook his head and smiled bitterly, the prince and his father are crazy again, no one can care about this matter.

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Since last year, Zhao Ji has felt that 'bandits are rampant and the people's customs are corrupted' and he decided to pay close attention to the construction of spiritual civilization and restore the ancient system in an all-round way, even the wedding and funeral etiquette and clothing and the like are also restored. He believes that the etiquette should be traced back to the meaning of the three generations, and the current "Kaiyuan ceremony" of the Tang Dynasty is no longer suitable for the new situation and is not lawful. Therefore, he personally wrote the 11 volumes of 'The History of the Crown Rites' and handed it over to the Council of Rites, and ordered the Council of Rites to rebuild the Five Rites accordingly. In the first month of the third year of Zhenghe, the new five rites were completed, including the six volumes of the catalogue for a total of 226 volumes, and Huizong personally named it "Zhenghe Five Rites New Ceremony", which was promulgated and implemented in April.

In order to intensify the enforcement, there were patrols on the streets of Kaifeng to ban illegal clothing and strange costumes, and the members were mainly the secret agents of the Imperial City Division, the left and right armies of Kaifeng Mansion, and the subordinates of the left and right compartments.

No matter what kind of reform, no matter how many people are hurt, there will always be beneficiaries. But they are the minority, and it is the majority who suffers. There are more than 1 million residents of Kaifeng City, officials from all over the world, businessmen, and Shinong gathered, and no one could find out the true identity and rank of each person. It is all up to these officials to have the final say, and they can arbitrarily determine that Lao Tzu is the king's law, and they can use all kinds of excuses to extort money

The originally prosperous and romantic city of Tokyo was suddenly miserable and full of tension and terror, and people from other places fled from Beijing one after another, and local residents did not dare to go to the streets easily. From Xuande Gate to Nanxun Gate, from Xinsong Gate to Xinzheng Gate, it was originally crowded and bustling. Now it has become bleak and depressed, and the front door is deserted. Restaurants, tea shops, brothels, and song houses are cold in front of Yemen, and the scenery is ruined. ,

When people get married, often because the etiquette does not conform to the new regulations, the officials and Lu Xu come to Xingshi to ask about the crime, the funeral rites are not in line, and the deceased are not allowed to enter the ground. Taishi Cai likes to wear cyan clothes, called Taishi Qing, if the people wear clothes of this color, it is not in line with etiquette, and they are disrespectful to Taishi Cai. In the same way, there are also bans on yellow, gold, purple and other clothing colors, what do cloth shops sell? The door is full of birds, the artisans are unemployed, and the taxes are nowhere to be found.

"Jiaoyun dissolves as a spring sunshine, and the concubine goes out of Fengcheng with his concubine. Jingjiang sent the Forbidden City, and the hidden abyss and the sky lingered in the distance. As soon as Zhao Ji's imperial pen fell, Zhao Kai had already chanted, "The good poem written by my father, this scene is all in the poem!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" Zhao Ji listened to the tide of sycophants, Da Lang couldn't stop laughing, everywhere he looked, there were smiling faces, but he suddenly found that the eldest son Zhao Huan in the crowd was worried, "Huan'er, isn't this scene beautiful?" He asked with concern.

"Father, this place is very beautiful, but it is too extravagant!" Zhao Huan bowed and said.

"Big brother, now that the treasury is full, the people are happy, the old palace is too narrow, and my father is only slightly expanded, how can it be said to be extravagant!" Without waiting for Zhao Ji to speak, Zhao Kai said first.

"Humph!" Zhao Ji's face was pale, he threw his sleeves forward, Zhao Kai hurriedly helped his father forward, leaving Zhao Huan, who was distracted, he looked at the newly completed Yanfu Palace, the length of the east and west is the same as the old palace of Ouchi, and the north and south are slightly shorter. East to Jinglong Gate, west to Tianbo Gate. The palace is equipped with two horizontal gates in the east and west, which are called Chenhui and Lize respectively. The palace is composed of seven halls and fifteen pavilions, also stacks stones for mountains, chises the sea for pools, sparse springs for lakes, is full of rare birds and beasts, precious flowers and trees, and the secluded realm is like nature. Outside the city, the water is three feet deep, on the shelf Jinglong, Tianbo two bridges, the stacked stones under the bridge are the garden, the boat is connected, it is called Jinglongjiang, it is also between Jinglongjiang and Fengqiumen, the bank is planted with strange flowers and trees, the palace is compared with each other, is it not right to say extravagant?

"Huan'er, let's go!" Just when Zhao Huan was sad, a gentle hand patted him.

"Queen Mother!" Zhao Huan was surprised to see that it was Queen Zheng Hongmei, and hurriedly gave a salute.

"Today, the new palace is completed, and your father is very interested, so don't spoil his interest and dislike him!" Zheng Hongmei said softly.

"Follow the teachings of the Queen Mother!" Zhao Huan replied respectfully.

"Huan'er swim with us!" Zheng Hongmei looked at him, afraid that he would be rude in front of the emperor, so she asked Zhao Huan to walk with her.

"Thank you!" Zhao Huan looked at his sisters on the left and right, all of them were in high spirits, pointing and pointing, laughing and laughing, but he felt lonely.

"Well, I wonder what would happen if Ta'er was here?" Zheng Hongmei glanced at Zhao Huan, who was almost the same height as herself, and followed behind her, and then looked at Zhao Kai who was walking with the emperor in front of her and thought, "Now that the voice of the neutral prince of the DPRK has appeared again, the most vocal is the eldest son of the emperor, but the emperor doesn't seem to like him, but prefers the third prince Zhao Kai, but I don't know how much weight Lu Dao Ta'er has in the hearts of the official family, I haven't seen him for many years, has I forgotten him..."

Zhao Ji suddenly saw that the pond bank in front of him was bent and bent, natural and natural, full of wild interest, the pond water was like a mirror, reflecting the shadows of trees, flowers, mountains, clouds, and all kinds of buildings. The water is colorless, but the colors are richer and more moving. Among the flowers on the trees, the sound of warblers is like a turn, purple swallows are flying, and hundreds of birds are singing. The mandarin ducks in the water are amphibious and guarded, the gulls and herons are frightened by the boat, there are springs, fish jumps, birdsong on the pond, and the laughter of the people has become a wonderful sound of nature. Although the pool surface is vast, attention is paid to dividing the water surface with small islands, curved bridges, stone boats, and stream paths.

Zhao Ji walked along the curved bridge and walked up to the stone workshop, "Good view, although it is open here, it can give people a clear and cheerful feeling, which can be called a 'bold ink' stroke!" Facing the spring breeze, he looked at the wide water and said.

"But the official family has poetry?" Liang Shicheng, who followed closely, hurriedly stepped forward to deliver a pen and paper.

"Longde Palace has been celebrated, and the secret is clean and clean. Penglai is not enough to be rare, thousands of buildings are cyanosis. Yuyu is deep and strict and the cave is open, and the pine and cypress of the hill are green at all times. Circumambulating the railing overlooking the stream, just like a picture screen in the fairy capital. Zhao Ji waved his pen to inscribe poems, beautiful scenery, and elegant calligraphy, which made him intoxicated.

"Official Xie Lu, thank your feet!" Liang Shicheng saw that the emperor was obsessed, and immediately ordered someone to put tea and snacks on the table for him to rest.

"Hmm!" Zhao Ji is very satisfied with this newcomer, although Yang Jian is well-behaved, he is old and can't keep up with his pace, "Shi Cheng, that Ding is Zhou Ding?" He suddenly found a copper tripod on the edge of the stone workshop and asked.

"The official family has good eyesight, this is the Cangzhou general judge He Zhengtong who returned to Beijing the day before yesterday to serve, the little one looked at the emptiness here, so he made the decision there, and the official family felt suitable?" Liang Shicheng said with a smile.

"Not bad!" Zhao Ji got up and circled around Ding and said, "This thing is rare, it looks like a thing in the palace of King Zhou, but it is a good thing, you just said that it was offered by He Zhengtong?" ”

"Yes, he is a doctor of martial arts awarded by the emperor, but his article is outstanding, and his father Su has a very high evaluation of him, and he has recommended him many times to change his civilian position, but he has not been able to do so, which is a pity!"

"Queen, did you ever want this person to be the teacher of Ta'er?" Zhao Ji nodded, and suddenly remembered that there was such a thing.

"The official family, yes, Ta'er is far away in the countryside, and there has never been a famous teacher to teach, He Zhengtong is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and the concubine does have this intention!" Zheng Hongmei hurriedly replied.

"Well, he was awarded a doctorate by the emperor, and Master Su once praised it, seeing that he is indeed talented!" Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Shicheng, you can take a look at this person for me, if you agree, you can transfer capital for him first and choose a civilian position!" ”

"Obey the Divine Commandment!" Liang Shicheng bowed down and said, "Since the emperor has approved it, I will get him a five-grade one, and it is not in vain that he asked Lao Huang to give me those two sets of glass cups!" He was secretly thinking, but he didn't notice that Zhao Kai's face on the side had darkened.