Chapter 418: The Fall
Early the next morning, Zhao Rui went down to the court, and only then returned to the Chongzheng Palace, and before he could sit down, a small yellow door held a thing, hurriedly entered the hall, walked to the front, bowed to the Son of Heaven and said: "Your Majesty, the report on the palace of Sun Xianggong." β
Since he saw that meteorite yesterday, Zhao Rui has been restless, and when he heard Xiao Huangmen speak at this moment, he sighed in his heart.
Zheng Lai, who was standing on the side, knew very well, and immediately took a few steps forward, took the tray, and put the report on the table in front of the Son of Heaven.
Zhao Rui opened it and looked at it twice, and when he landed, it seemed that his eyes were dark for a moment, and his mind was chaotic.
It was handed over by the eldest son of the Sun Xianggong's mansion.
- The prime minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, who was once the mainstay of the court, and Sun Mi, who could not find any fault with his conduct or ethics, passed away.
Even though he had been mentally prepared, after all, Sun Mi had been in poor health for the past few years, and he had already invited himself to go out, but it was Zhao Rui's forced request that he had to return to the phase. Rao is like this, he is also a rare return to the court in half a month, and he has to be sick at home from time to time.
However, Zhao Rui was still a little reluctant to accept it.
He sat there for a long time.
Sun Mi is dead, where is he going to find such a ballast stone to calm the noisy courtiers in the court......
Yang Kui has been recuperating recently, Chen Hao was sent to Guangnan by himself, the remaining Yang Party has no leader, and even the voice of the voice is weak, fortunately, the Fan Party has temporarily converged two points because of Fan Yaochen's resignation, although the strength of the two sides is uneven, but it is not too different.
At this time, Huang Zhaoliang returned to Beijing, and Sun Bian returned to the dynasty, and they were still in chaos, and Sun Mi was needed to take charge......
Now that Sun Mi is gone, something really happened, and Zhao Rui is even three points weaker.
In addition to balancing the court, emotionally, he is also extremely sad.
Zhao Rui was still young when he ascended the throne, and at that time, the Empress Dowager Zhang hung the curtain, assisted by several old ministers in the political hall and the Privy Council.
The Empress Dowager had a strong personality, and the emperor was often sick during his reign, but she assisted the emperor in handling affairs and was skilled in government affairs.
Several children of the Zhao family are not highly talented, but even if they choose a tall son among the short ones, Zhao Rui's qualifications can only be ranked in the middle.
There is always a bias in people's hearts, as long as they are people, it is impossible to completely hold a bowl of water.
Zhao Rui can feel that even though he was lucky enough to sit on the throne by ranking, in the heart of the Queen Mother, compared with the troublesome but lively fifth brother and the third brother who can speak well, his status may only be a little higher than that of the fourth brother who has no sense of existence.
And this situation became even more obvious after his accession to the throne.
What outstanding performance can a child with ordinary qualifications have under the first treasure?
Decades have passed, and Zhao Rui doesn't quite remember how he spent the first few years as emperor, but he can still clearly recall the feeling of fear when he got along with his mother during that period of time.
It's as if no matter what you do, you're wrong.
Yesterday there were hundreds of people in the east who starved to death, and today there were floods in the west, drowning countless people.
The officials said that this was due to the fact that the Son of Heaven did not cultivate his morality and politics, and God came to warn him.
Zhao Rui was young at the time, where could he tell what was a clichΓ© and what was the truth, and every day he heard others attribute the responsibility to himself, and he really thought it was his own problem.
Many times, after he was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager Zhang, he couldn't help but wonder if his family was suitable to be this emperor, if the fate of the people in the world was tied to him, if he couldn't do it well, would he drag down the people.
At that time, Sun Mi also told the story of the Chongzheng Palace, borrowed history to talk about the present, and brought the things of the Ming monarchs and the faint monarchs of the past dynasties one by one, and lectured on the surface, but there was no trace of enlightenment.
For decades, Sun Mier has always treated him with both the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, as well as the love of master and apprentice.
As Zhao Rui grew older, the more powerful the Empress Dowager Zhang became, and it was Sun Mi who united with the ministers to force the Empress Dowager to withdraw the curtain and really arch him onto the dragon chair.
In the future, Sun Mi will be like the needle of the sea god in the court, no matter how big the wind and waves are, as long as he is there, the court will not be chaotic.
In the early years, Zhao Rui was still a little worried, afraid that Sun Mi's authority was deep-rooted, and then the other party was sick and sick, and after he was sick from time to time, the last trace of worry was no longer there.
From then on, the real monarch and the minister got along.
Now......
Zhao Rui slowed down for a while before he gradually came back to his senses, and his eyes were already slightly red.
After the court meeting, it was the meeting of the Chongzheng Palace, at this time all the important ministers were waiting outside the hall, he exhaled a breath of turbidity, and commanded: "Pass the family of the secretary to come in." β
Before long, the important ministers of the two governments entered according to the order.
Zhao Rui's face was still gloomy, he told the news of Sun Mi's death, ordered a Hanlin scholar, and asked him to draft an edict, announcing that he would leave the dynasty for three days tomorrow and raise the court to mourn for Sun Xianggong.
Sun Mi has served as three generations of emperors, as the elder of the two dynasties, he was qualified to go to the table and recommend his heirs to become officials, but he didn't have a quota, he only arranged his affairs in detail, recommended a few new ministers, and finally thanked the saint again and again.
Zhao Rui looked at the courtiers recommended in the testament, all of them had little contact with Sun Mi, and some of them might have only met him a few times, and they had deep qualifications, but they had been officials for seven or eight years, and those with shallow qualifications were only awarded for two years, but Sun Mi's evaluation in the table was based on facts and was extremely pertinent.
Looking at this testament, Zhao Rui mourned in his heart.
How many mediocre officials and evil officials don't die, how can they die this one!
He held the watch, and then added to the Hanlin scholar: "Give the prime minister two thousand five hundred taels of silver and two thousand five hundred horses of silk." β
Thinking that Sun Mi's hometown is in Xiangzhou, his children and grandchildren have to help them return to their hometowns, but the Sun family, whether it is a son or a grandson, although they are all in peace, they can't count the two, Zhao Rui simply assigned officials to preside over the funeral, so as not to make any mistakes.
Obviously he didn't do anything, but after giving these orders, Zhao Rui was already sweating profusely, and he only felt that his body was too weak.
There are still a lot of things to deal with in the court today, and he is about to cheer up, but he doesn't want to get into another yellow door outside.
The yellow door also came in with a fold in his hand, walked to the front, bowed to Zhao Rui and said, "Your Majesty, the performance table sent by Yang Pingzhang's mansion." β
Zhao Rui heard the word play, and his whole body was cold, and when he took the watch, he only looked at it roughly, and he couldn't use half of his strength.
He could barely maintain basic etiquette, and he couldn't even sit steadily, so he involuntarily leaned back.
The important ministers in the palace saw the look of the Son of Heaven, and they didn't dare to speak.
Zhao Rui opened his mouth and said, "It's just in the morning, Yang Kui...... went. β