The two of them were just stunned for a moment, and bowed slightly to Zhao Gou.

Humble Garden

Just as Hu Yanzhuo said, Chu Yi and his party had returned to the Humble Garden not long ago without alarming too many people.

Although it is not difficult for everyone to cross thousands of miles away, after returning to the Humble Garden, except for a few people such as Chen Shu and Luo Zhenren, who settled down in the Humble Garden, everyone else returned to the mansion of the Jingshi.

When Zhao Gou, Hu Yanzhuo, Tong Guan and his party arrived at the Humble Garden, Chu Yi had just finished bathing and changing clothes, and when the attendants came to Tongbing, Chu Yi was only slightly stunned.

In the front hall, Zhao Gou, Tong Guan, and Hu Yanzhuo Junchen were sitting on the side except for Zhao Gou.

There was a sound of footsteps, and the three of them looked up at the entrance of the living room in unison, and saw Chu Yi coming slowly in civilian clothes.

When they saw Chu Yi, Hu Yanzhuo and Tong Guan couldn't help but tighten their hearts, and bowed to Chu Yi slightly: "I've seen Your Highness." ”

Chu Yi just waved his hand, stepped forward and arched his hand to Zhao Gou and said, "Your Majesty is coming, Chu is not welcome, but it is rude." ”

Zhao Gou shook his head with a smile and said: "King Song doesn't have to be formal, if you really want to say something, but I didn't tell you, and it disturbed King Song's rest, so King Song doesn't blame me." ”

The monarch and the ministers were polite, and each sat down, and Zhao Gou looked at Chu Yi and said: "I didn't expect the King of Song to quietly return to Beijing this time. ”

Chu Yi glanced at Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou's words came from the bottom of his heart, no matter how he said it, Chu Yi's expedition, all the gains were attributed to the imperial court, even if Zhao Gou had more ideas in his heart, but Chu Yi's expansion of the territory was a great merit for the Great Song Dynasty and even the royal family, which no one could erase.

Tong Guan said with a smile on the side at this time: "The chief manager doesn't know anything, but the officials are very concerned about the affairs of the expedition, and they have personally urged the officials of various ministries to ensure the logistics of the expeditionary army more than once. ”

Chu Yi smiled and said to Zhao Gou: "If the front-line soldiers know this, they will definitely be grateful to Your Majesty. ”

Zhao Gou said: "This is just my duty. ”

With a light cough, Hu Yanzhuo looked at Chu Yi, and said with a little curiosity in his expression: "Chief Administrator, but the last general has doubts, I don't know if to talk about it or not?" ”

Chu Yi chuckled and said, "General Huyan has something to say, even if he says it bluntly. ”

Hu Yanzhuo nodded and said, "The last general heard that the chief manager is preparing to ascend, and can take people to ascend together?" Could it be that in the market, someone deliberately spread rumors to slander the general manager. ”

Who didn't know that this news came from the mouths of Chu Yi's henchmen, naturally it couldn't be a rumor, but Hu Yanzhuo, as a military general, couldn't hide his thoughts in his heart, just because he didn't believe it in his heart, so at this time, in front of Chu Yi, Hu Yanzhuo asked directly.

As soon as Hu Yanzhuo's words came out, Tong Guan and Zhao Gou on the side also looked at Chu Yi, they were not like Hu Yanzhuo in their hearts, and it was rare for Hu Yanzhuo to ask, so they also wanted to hear what Chu Yi said.

Chu Yi laughed, and said with a straight expression to Zhao Gouyi, who was sitting there: "Speaking of which, I still have to ask Your Majesty for permission, even if I don't mention it today, he will go to court soon, and Chu will plead with Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Gou, who was stunned for a moment, looked at Chu Yi and said curiously: "Oh, I don't know what King Song wants to do?" I will grant it all. ”

Chu Yi said solemnly, "Chu begs His Majesty's permission to build an altar outside the city, and when Chu ascends, he will sacrifice to the sky, so that he can achieve the effect of one person attaining the Tao and the chicken dog ascending to heaven." ”

Hearing Chu Yi say this, Tong Guan and Hu Yanzhuo both showed surprise, while Zhao Gou secretly felt a little happy in his heart, and said to Chu Yi without hesitation: "It turns out that what King Song mentioned is just such a trivial matter. ”

Chu Yi nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Hu Yanzhuo's eyes widened and said, "So, can you really take people to fly together?" ”

Hu Yanzhuo, who was still suspicious, looked at what kind of altar Chu Yi was going to build at this time, and he had a determined posture, which couldn't help but make Hu Yanzhuo a little uncertain in his heart.

Chu Yi said with a smile: "Yes or no, when the altar is built, everything will be known." ”

Saying that, Chu Yi looked at Hu Yanzhuo and said, "Could it be that General Huyan is also preparing to take off and ascend to heaven with Chu, if this is the case, General Huyan will ...... even if he speaks."

Hu Yanzhuo hurriedly shook his head and said, "The last general is just curious in his heart, and has no other intentions. ”

His Huyan family has been loyal to the Great Song Dynasty for generations, and he Huyanzhuo is regarded as a confidant by Zhao Gou, the Son of Heaven, with his temperament, how could he be willing to abandon his family and give up everything to fly with Chu Yi.

The Great Pilgrimage

Under normal circumstances, the Great Dynasty Meeting will only be held once every half a month or so, and every time the Great Dynasty Meeting is held, all officials above the sixth rank will inevitably be present when they are in Beijing.

Moreover, the court meeting is usually an occasion to discuss major matters, but this time the court meeting was held in advance, all because Chu Yi and his party returned from the westward expedition.

When a group of civil and military officers looked at the more than 20 figures above the court, they were all shocked in their hearts, these figures were all Chu Yi's henchmen, who had followed Chu Yi to the west before, but now they appeared in the court, which means that the rumors they heard before about the return of Chu Yi and others were not rumors.

Just when the civil and military forces were guessing in their hearts, the sharp voice of the inner servant sounded outside the main hall: "The head of the world's soldiers and horses, Chu Yi, the king of Song, has arrived. ”

Everyone looked towards the entrance of the main hall, and saw Chu Yi in full costume walking over slowly, although it was said that Chu Yi had restrained his momentum, but the name of the tree, even if Chu Yi did not show the slightest authority, it made a group of officials naturally feel great pressure in their hearts when Chu Yi appeared.

At the head of the throne, a seat has been prepared early, and looking at the position of the seat, it is almost on a par with the throne, which shows how powerful it is to be able to sit in this position.

Chu Yi walked over, and all the officials bowed to Chu Yi and said, "I'll wait to meet His Royal Highness King Song." ”

This is at the Great Dynasty Meeting, except for the Son of Heaven, all the civil and military officials do not need to pay homage to anyone with a big salute, but Chu Yi is an exception.

Chu Yi waved his hand slightly, then turned around and sat down on the seat, and it was only at this moment that the group of civil and military officers breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as Chu Yi sat down for a while, the sharp voice of the waiter sounded outside the hall again: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Zhao Gou's figure appeared at the entrance of the main hall, and walked over under the service of Tong Guan, the great eunuch, and when he saw Chu Yi's figure, Zhao Gou nodded slightly towards Chu Yi.

When Zhao Gou turned around and sat on the dragon chair, he shook the dusty Tong Guan in his hand and said loudly: "Please!" ”

Suddenly, a group of civil and military officers bowed down to Zhao Gou, but Chu Yi, who was sitting there, did not get up, but just arched his hand slightly towards Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou waved his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "All the ministers are exempt from courtesy, flat!" ”

When the civil and military officials returned to their respective positions, Zhao Gou's gaze swept over the crowd and said, "Do you have something to do?" ”

Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you, because the Great Song Dynasty has been expanding externally, redundant officials and redundant government were originally one of the biggest drawbacks of the Great Song Dynasty, but now this situation has long disappeared.

A large number of officials have been exiled, and there has even been an extreme shortage of officials, which has made the number of officials become much tighter; originally a department might have 30 or 50 officials in charge on weekdays, but now after repeated transfers, it is good that one-third of the officials in a department can be left.

The number of personnel has been greatly reduced, but what should be done has not been reduced at all, so that the ability of an official is suddenly highlighted.

After all, under the decrease in the number of people, it is almost a radish and a pit, and there is no object of prevarication, and what is tested is the ability of an official himself.

Under such circumstances, the phenomenon that a large number of government affairs were originally delayed for ten days and half a month because of the large number of officials and passing the buck to each other disappeared all at once.

Although I dare not say that everything can be solved at once, the accumulation of a large number of government affairs is almost extinct.

It's only been three days since the last court meeting, and the things that should be dealt with have been dealt with not long ago, this time the court meeting itself is very sudden, it can be said that it was held temporarily because of the return of Chu Yi and others, and many officials are not prepared at all, so naturally there is no urgent government affairs that need to be brought here to discuss and make decisions.

But at this time, a figure stood up, and when the civil and military saw that figure, even if they were thinking about whether the government affairs in their hands were taken out for discussion, they all suppressed the thoughts in their hearts.

As one of Chu Yi's representatives in the court, Lu Shisang stood up at this time, as long as he was not a fool, he knew that Lu Shisang spoke at this time, no matter what it was, it must represent Chu Yi's meaning.

A group of people stared at Lu Shinang, obviously very curious about what happened when Chu Yi and his party suddenly returned from the west.

Lu Shisang naturally ignored the curious gaze of these officials, took a deep breath, saluted Zhao Gou, and then saluted Chu Yi, and then solemnly took out the piece from his cuff and presented it: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book." ”

His own chamberlain came forward and respectfully took the piece and presented it to Tong Guan, and then Tong Guan presented it to Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou glanced at the concerto, bowed slightly, and said, "Lu Aiqing doesn't know what's going on, and it's playing." ”

Lu Shisang said slowly: "The minister implores His Majesty to order that all the departments of the imperial court can repair a ninety-nine-zhang high altar outside the city!" ”

Zhao Gou had already glanced at the concerto, and naturally understood the content of the concerto, and besides, when he went to the Humble Garden yesterday, Chu Yi had already mentioned it to him, so he was not surprised by the content of the concert presented by Lu Shinang.

It can be said that this is just a formality on the recent court meeting on the events of yesterday, and it can also be regarded as an explanation to the hundred officials.

After all, repairing a large altar as high as nearly 100 zhang is not a trivial matter, if it is repaired quietly, there will definitely be many officials to the court at that time, in this case, it is better to directly pick out the matter in the court, and at the same time, it can also use the power of the court to complete the repair of the altar as quickly as possible.

Zhang Shuye, Li Gang and others, who were standing in the midst of the civil and military forces, were at a loss at this time, obviously they did not get the news in advance.

Especially Zhang Shuye, who is now in charge of the household department, took the first step to stand up and said to Master Lu: "Lord Lu, this official also asks, why is this altar to be repaired, the scale is so large, and how much does it cost?" ”

Glancing at Uncle Zhang lightly, Lu Shisang said calmly: "The radius is nine miles, and the height is ninety-nine zhang, if you talk about the cost, I want to ask for millions of dollars." ”

Uncle Zhang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, although it was said that millions of silver coins were nothing to the Great Song Dynasty, especially now that the Great Song Dynasty has a vast territory and many taxes, hundreds of millions of taxes collected in a year alone.

But the income is more, and the expenditure is also more, so as the chief steward of the household department of the imperial court, who doesn't know how difficult it is to get the silver money from Zhang Shuye's hands, and now Lu Shisang will spend millions of silver dollars to repair an altar that does not know its purpose, and it is normal for Zhang Shuye to stand up for the first time.

Hearing what Lu Shisang said, Zhang Shuye almost instinctively wanted to object, but at this moment, Zhao Gou suddenly interrupted Zhang Shuye's words and said: "Zhang Aiqing, this matter is accurate, although Aiqing will allocate the money according to the need." ”

Saying that, Zhao Gou looked at the Ministry of Industry and said: "The matter of repairing the altar is mainly based on the Ministry of Industry, supplemented by the six departments, and it is necessary to successfully repair the altar as quickly as possible." ”

At this time, even a fool reacted, obviously this altar must be inseparable from Chu Yi, otherwise Zhao Gou would definitely not have such an attitude.

Uncle Zhang took a deep breath at night, respectfully accepted the order, and then retreated among the courtiers.

The matter of repairing the altar was thus settled, and the next few ministers seemed to be in order to avoid the great court meeting being too deserted, so they tried their best to find a few political matters to discuss.

The great court will disperse, and with the mouth of a group of civil and military officials, the news that the imperial court is going to repair a hundred-zhang high altar for the chief manager Chu Yi outside the capital spreads all at once as if it has grown wings.

In less than half a day, almost everyone in the entire Jingshi knew the news.

"Hey, isn't the chief manager on an expedition to the Western Regions, why did he suddenly return to Beijing quietly?"

"Why does the chief manager suddenly want to repair a big altar, it won't be when the son wants to sacrifice to the heavens and let the emperor be in the chief manager."

"Then don't you need to say it, otherwise, why don't you go to the heavens to repair such a big altar, if you want me to say, I'm afraid that the Zhao family's country is going to change hands this time."

Of course, these are just all kinds of gossip and rumors that are privately circulated by ignorant people in the market.

Of course, these are just all kinds of gossip and rumors that are privately circulated by ignorant people in the market. Of course, these are just all kinds of gossip and rumors that are privately circulated by ignorant people in the market.

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