Zhao Heng knelt on the ground and bowed to Empress Meng, because he lowered his head. You can't see what's going on in the car.

When Empress Meng saw Zhao Huan coming, she was already ready to get out of the car.

When he saw that this healthy and energetic son of heaven came closer, he knelt down, but somehow, he stopped his body again.

She sat in the car, looked through the window, saw Zhao Huan's meticulous salute, and waited until he finished the salute before stepping out of the car.

"Erchen has seen the Queen Mother."

Zhao Huan didn't seem to feel the Queen Mother's Tuoda, and when he saw the old man in his sixtieth year stepping out of the car, he stepped forward and held her with his hand.

Empress Meng's body trembled, and she subconsciously pushed Zhao Huan's hand away.

Zhao Huan smiled and didn't care, just looked at her wrinkled face, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother has worked hard all the way and settled down in Chang'an, unless it is the capital in the future, there is no need to work hard." ”

Empress Meng looked at his face, only to see that the other party was ruddy, and his eyes were sparkling, like a pool of deep water, and the bottom could not be seen.

She panicked in her heart for no reason, and originally questioned the emperor's thoughts in front of hundreds of officials and ministers, but she put it away. just subconsciously replied: "It's okay, Xianggong Qin took care of him thoughtfully, and the magistrates along the way didn't dare to slack off, this is the emperor's will, and I am very useful." ”

Zhao Huan stretched out his hand again, this time a little more force, pinched her arm, gently supported it upward, and said to her while moving forward: "The queen mother is an elder of the royal family, and now my father is still dusty, and I am a son, if I don't take good care of the queen mother, I will be severely punished by my father in the future." ”

When Empress Meng heard that he had a father instead of being called "Father Emperor", she couldn't help but feel moved in her heart, and finally couldn't help but say to him: "When does the emperor plan to welcome back the emperor?" ”

At this point, they were talking as they went. Having arrived at the nearest Yanju place, Zhao Huan put down Meng Hou's arm and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is not in a hurry, you can go to change clothes first, and then talk later." ”

Empress Meng sat in the car for a long time. It really needs to be refreshed.

Although she is old, she has been in the palace for decades, and she pays attention to her basic disguised demeanor.

At the moment, he nodded heavily to Zhao Huan, surrounded by dozens of palace maids, entered the Huang Hu curtain, and went to change clothes and freshen up.

Zhao Huan did not sit down and rest on the seat prepared for him. Instead, he summoned the ministers and privy councillors who went to greet the queen mother, and chatted and laughed with them.

Everyone felt that the emperor was in a good mood, so they also let go slightly, that is, Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun, although they wanted to discuss the military situation with the emperor face to face, but they didn't want to come up and kill the scenery at this time.

The most important prime minister of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan smiled happily and stood at the main gate of the Huanghu curtain. And Zhang Suo, Xie Liang, and Zhu Shengfei were close to him.

Zhang Suo has a straightforward personality, because he is the prime minister, he is not as stubborn as Zhang Jun, and after a few words with the emperor, he said to Zhao Huan: "Zhao Kai has arrived in Chang'an yesterday, and the minister has a little talk with him. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Huan was extremely interested, and his body was slightly towards Zhang Suo's side. He asked with a smile: "What did Zhao Kai and Qing say?" ”

Zhang said: "Zhao Kai's coming over this time is related to the expenses of the Qing army in the southeast. This year, most of the roads in the country are abundant, and more can be done. Only the Jinghu rebellion broke out, and it was necessary to mobilize troops to quell the chaos, and the cost was estimated to be more than 10 million, Zhao Kai and the minister said. I am afraid that this chaos will make His Majesty's plan to reform the Qing army and organize more forbidden troops will be postponed for a long time. ”

Zhao Huan smiled and sighed, "Zhao Kai has no choice?" ”

He first banned the army from Shaanxi Province, then banned the army in full, and then prepared to overhaul the military system, clarify the responsibilities of the generals, reform the army establishment, and then the next step was to reform the box army, which would be full of the box army, weaken its local garrison function, and instead change the box army into a special engineering, communications, postal and other troops with the auxiliary functions of the large corps.

In this way, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the country who are basically useless in wartime and can only provide for the elderly in peacetime can give full play to their maximum effectiveness.

First from Shaanxi. Then, in the southeast, Jingshu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangzhou, the two roads were to ban the army in full around the theater, and to dismantle and reorganize the army on a large scale in the rear, so as to save and rationally use military spending.

The westward advance of the whole army and the rebellion in Jinghu did disrupt his plans, so that this process would be delayed for at least a year or so.

Seeing that Zhang Suo shook his head slightly, he didn't wait for Zhang Suo to answer, so he smiled to himself and said to him: "Although Zhao Kai is good at managing money, he is not an immortal in the end. ”

Zhang Suo and Xie Liang smiled together, and both said: "Your Majesty can know the happiness and suffering of the ministers and the people, so why worry about the world." ”

Zhao Huan nodded and replied, "Jinghu is in turmoil, I think it is still caused by treating the people too harshly. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only the two prime ministers were moved, but the other ministers who heard it also changed color on their faces. With Zhao Huan's status as an emperor, it is not surprising to have such an opinion, but it is admirable to be able to say it in public.

Since Zhao Ji reused Cai Jing to ignore political affairs, and then coveted Hengle, the palace used countless times, and also overhauled the garden, so as to disturb the world, not only the army's military budget is insufficient, and the combat power has declined, but also led to the corruption of local officials and local officials, and the phenomenon of corruption and depression has surged, and the Son of Heaven does not ask, as long as the officials can pay taxes in full, they are capable ministers.

In this way, Fang Zhi Cai Fang La Rebellion.

Jinghu Road was threatened by Jin soldiers several times, and it was also affected by famine in the past two years, but before Zhao Huan returned, Zhao Gou ignored it, paid no tax at all, and never gave relief.

As a result, the contradiction has intensified seriously, and Zhao Heng has been back for more than a year, due to objective conditions, although he has tried to reduce or reduce taxes, he can only reduce or reduce taxes in a small amount. In the year of the catastrophe on Jinghu Road this year, Zhong Yixing worked hard for a few years, and finally rose up and erected a banner to call the king a rebellion.

Before the ministers could answer, Zhao Huan followed up and said: "As for the Yidu that Zhong Xiang used to invite people to buy people's hearts, it is also worth discussing with good students. ”

As soon as his words fell, Zhu Shengfei, who had not spoken on the side, stepped forward and arched his hand: "How can Your Majesty be like this, now the court is sending troops to encircle and suppress the rebels, and the Son of Heaven is commending the rebellion of the rebellion.

Zhao Huan's face changed slightly, and his eyes swept towards this Zhu Shengfei. You know what it means.

This person has a lot of tenant farmers, and taking advantage of the shortage of wars and horses in these years, many small farmers have gone bankrupt, and they have annexed many of them, because of this, Zhao Huan has taken all measures that can touch his interests. They must all be opposed.

If Zhao Huan used Zhong Xiang's method, it would definitely be beneficial to the peasants and unfavorable to the gentry and large households.

Because of this, just after discussing government affairs, this person did not speak out, and at this time, in the name of the soldiers in front of him, he came out to refute the emperor.

Zhao Huan wanted to refute it immediately, thinking that there were many officials in front of him. There are a lot of the same interests as Zhu Shengfei, so he put back the reprimands that came to his lips, only smiled faintly, and nodded: "I will talk about this matter later, it is really inconvenient to talk about it here." ”

This is tantamount to indirectly admitting mistakes, and it is rare for Zhu Sheng to win a battle in front of the emperor. I was very happy in my heart, and immediately after a few more words, I wanted to retreat.

But seeing that Zhao Huan's face changed, he said to him: "Don't say anything about the right talent, but I just heard the words of people, you go to greet the Queen Mother, and you are still full of honor guards, full of majesty." When I saw the Queen Mother, I didn't answer the etiquette, how can you be so Meng Lang as a ruler! ”

But the things he reprimanded were true. This person relied on this trust on Zhao Gou's side, and watched the wind again, and took a step forward to taste Zhao Heng. Thought progress. Zhao Heng's situation was delicate at that time, and he had to rely on him perfunctorily and worship him. And this person thought that the emperor's heart was already there, and he became more and more arrogant day by day.

Welcoming Empress Meng this time, he thought that the other party was just the empress of Emperor Zhezong, and Zhao Huan's father and son were just aunts and sisters, and they didn't have much affection.

Because of this thought, the rest of the prime ministers were extremely respectful and cautious, but he was very lazy, and there were many inconsiderate things in etiquette.

This kind of trivial matter, the rest of the ministers saw it, but it was not easy to report it to the emperor. After all, Zhu Shengfei is the prime minister, and even if there is a small negligence in etiquette, it cannot constitute a reason to be impeached.

Naturally, this is because the imperial power of the Song Dynasty is not enough to be independent, if it is the Ming and Qing dynasties, this person is guilty of great disrespect, enough to kill the head.

At this moment, these small mistakes and omissions were obviously known to the emperor, and to reprimand them in front of hundreds of officials was to expose Zhao Huandi's thoughts.

Zhu Shengfei's face was pale, and he only bowed to the emperor and retired first.

With the system and tradition of the Song Dynasty, he had no choice but to resign.

Zhang Suo, Xie Liang and his colleagues, although they usually can't look at each other, looked at each other at this time, so they had to step forward and argue with the emperor: "Although Zhu is indeed disrespectful, it is too much for His Majesty to reprimand the prime minister in front of hundreds of officials,"

Zhao Huan's face was apologetic, and he said to the two prime ministers: "This matter is indeed me. ”

The two were originally not aggrieved for Zhu Shengfei, but for the position of prime minister, as soon as the emperor admitted his mistake, he took the opportunity to close the tent, took a step back, and only said: "May Your Majesty be able to control anger in the future." ”

Zhao Huan was full of smiles, and the tone of his voice became cold and mean: "This person is Zhang Bangchang's son-in-law, the ninth brother reuses him, and this person is very loyal to me, and I don't care about his identity." Unexpectedly, in the past half a year, he has been arrogant and wanton, and has repeatedly muttered about the government affairs of the land, and now he is disrespectful to the Queen Mother, has he not forgotten that his father-in-law once called the emperor, and he is unwilling? ”

Zhang Suo only heard the sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly replied first, only said: "It will definitely not be like this, Your Majesty is too suspicious." ”

Zhao Huan saw that the queen mother was about to come out, and he didn't want to embarrass the prime minister in front of the ministers, because he said: "Even so, I am waiting for his seal." ”

Zhang and Xie bowed down together and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty is wise and clear, and the courtiers dare not speak in vain." ”

Zhao Huan smiled coldly, turned around, and stepped forward towards the Queen Mother who was approaching.

He did what he was able to do, and most of them were seen by Empress Meng, and she was just strange in her heart, Zhao Huan used to be cowardly and soft, not to mention the prime minister, even to the ministers, who had never been so harsh.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't hold back his original thoughts anymore, and only said to him: "Guanjia, you have to wait to defeat the Jurchens to welcome back the Taishang, and you refuse to negotiate peace, today your ninth brother is unfortunately on the way, how are you going to cook?" ”