In the early hours of the morning, Chu Haowen was lying on the bed sleeping on all fours, at this time Mo Feng walked into the palace with a bunch of people, and seeing that Chu Haowen was still sleeping, Mo Feng frowned and said to the little eunuch next to him: "Why don't you tell Your Majesty to get up?" ”

Seeing that Mo Feng was angry, the little eunuch hurriedly knelt on the ground and explained, "The slave saw that Your Majesty worked too hard last night, so he ...... it."

Before the little eunuch finished speaking, Mo Feng interrupted him, "What? You want to trap Your Majesty in unfilial piety! "Mo Feng can see through the thoughts of these people at a glance, obviously he wants Chu Haowen to delay the tribute to the first emperor because of snooze, so that others can leave a truth.

The cold eyes glanced at the little eunuch, and Mo Feng waved his hand to pull him out, "The Huanyi Bureau lacks some eunuchs who wash clothes." ”

"Your Majesty, it's time to get up." After dealing with the little eunuch, toner came to Chu Haowen and patted him.

Chu Haowen opened his hazy eyes and saw that it was Mo Feng, and asked with sleepiness, "Old Mo." What's wrong? ”

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to get up." Mo Feng waved his hand back, two eunuchs walked up to him and pulled Chu Haowen up roughly, a palace maid carried a basin of water, a white towel was soaked in the water and then taken out, and after gently twisting out some of the water, the towel was handed to Chu Haowen.

Although Chu Haowen was held by two eunuchs at this time, his face was confused, although he was already awake, his brain was still in a state of boot, and his ideology was relatively hazy.

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"Old Mo, what time is it?" Chu Haowen, who was awake in an instant, looked at the state in front of him with a confused expression.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's been three o'clock." Three quarters? Chu Haowen thought about it, isn't it just over five o'clock! Then he asked Mo Feng, "Why do you have to get up so early?" ”

Chu Haowen is a lazy person, he usually doesn't get up when he is not ugly, and he is still discussing etiquette with Zhou Gong at this point.

"Because Your Majesty entered the palace from the people, and has not yet officially ascended the throne, according to the rules, you must first visit the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager before seven o'clock in the morning, which is to announce to the world your orthodox identity and the dynasty's concept of governing the country with filial piety."

Ignoring Chu Haowen's doubts, Mo Feng dressed Chu Haowen while telling Chu Haowen about today's itinerary.

"Before visiting the Empress Dowager, you have to go to the Taishan Hall to worship the first emperor, guard the soul of the first emperor, and meet with the great Zongzheng and the various princes of the Zhao family, which is also to declare to the world that you adhere to filial piety, and also means that the Chu clan accepts you. At two o'clock in the afternoon, you will go to the Vertical Arch Hall to meet with the auxiliary ministers and discuss state affairs, which is to declare to the world that you care about state affairs, and to show that all the officials and people in the world accept your orthodoxy. ”

Hearing that he had so many things to do this morning, especially to kneel in the Taishan Hall for more than an hour, Chu Haowen was really afraid that his knees would not be able to bear it, and his heart was dying for a while, and now he was looking forward to not having so many things in the afternoon.

"You can rest for an hour when Shen Shi, you are two quarters, you have to go to Wenyuan Pavilion to meet your Confucian, Mohist, Taoist, Legalist, soldier, and peasant teachers, and show that you will humbly learn from them the way of governing the country and the people, indicating that the hundreds of students in the world have accepted you, and they are also willing to work for you." After speaking, Chu Haowen's clothes were also worn, and he took a look at the bronze mirror, damn, he was really handsome, and his Hanfu was to be placed in the previous world, and it was estimated that he would not be able to take it down without a hundred thousand.

"There are so many rules, I'm already the emperor, can't I change them?" Chu Haowen turned around and asked tentatively.

"No, at least not yet."

Chu Haowen was a little unhappy for a while, but he didn't expect Mo Feng to refuse his request so simply, not now? When is the line?

"Your Majesty, it's time to go." Before Chu Haowen could speak, Mo Feng asked someone to open the way, and everyone walked out of the palace with Chu Haowen in their arms.

Chu Haowen is now going to meet the Empress Dowager, the place where the Empress Dowager lives is in the Longevity Palace, the Longevity Palace is located in the south of the Yangxin Palace where Chu Haowen lives, to go to the middle of the Longevity Palace, you have to pass by the Mingde Palace, Zhai Palace, Yuqing Palace, and then walk 800 steps west to reach the Longevity Palace.

When walking for two quarters, everyone arrived outside the Longevity Palace, a group of palace maids and eunuchs had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw everyone coming, a leading grandmother stepped forward and shouted: "Who is coming!" ”

Hearing the voice from Mama, Mo Feng stopped his steps ninety steps before he was ninety steps away from Mama, and took two steps back to the right to face Chu Haowen first, because Mo Feng told Chu Haowen in advance the steps needed to meet the Empress Dowager, Chu Haowen nodded to Mo Feng, seeing Chu Haowen nodding, Mo Feng turned to face Mama, and took three steps forward and shouted: "The new son of heaven of the twenty-third generation of Zhao, Chu Shihao Ziwen, meet the Empress Dowager and say hello to the Empress Dowager!" ”

Mama replied and turned around and walked into the palace, and after a while, she came out and exhaled loudly: "Accurate!" ”

Hearing the accurate word, Mo Feng saluted Mama, turned around and bowed to Chu Haowen, and retreated behind Chu Haowen, "Get up!" The eunuch lifted the dragon chariot up, and when he walked twenty steps away from the palace gate, the long chariot stopped Chu Haowen and got down from the dragon chariot, walked to the palace gate, knelt on his knees and arched his hands and shouted: "Sun Erwen, please say hello to the empress dowager!" ”

A grandmother walked out of the hall and bowed to Chu Haowen, "The Empress Dowager said, we have already met, and there is still a lot of time to meet in the future, the emperor should hurry up and visit the Empress Dowager, time is running out." ”

In the Longevity Palace, the Empress Dowager was weaving cloth with a grandmother, and the grandmother who was at the door just now walked in and nodded to the Empress Dowager

The Empress Dowager waved her hand and asked the grandmother beside her, "What's going on over there with Murong?" ”

"There was no big movement, but two hours after the death of the first emperor last night, the servant of General Anxi's family killed a street patrol in Sichuandu. The Sichuan Prefecture did not know how to deal with this matter and reported it to the Criminal Department, but the Criminal Department had two opinions. ”

"At such an age, I'm still so impatient." The Empress Dowager paused and shook her head, the emperor had just died, and General Anxi's servant killed the street patrol Yushi? I have to say that this matter is really a coincidence, and who can spread the news of the emperor's death so quickly?

"Old Mo, what kind of person is the Queen Mother?" Chu Haowen has great vigilance against this "mother" he has never seen, but he also has great curiosity, after all, this woman is a vicious and vicious person in other people's mouths.

"When you see it, you won't know." Mo Feng didn't say much, just walked forward silently.

Funing Palace is located two kilometers southwest of Changshou Palace, passing by Xuanwu Lake, Changyinju, Susheng Palace, and Yinxuan on the way. After walking another 300 steps, you can see a high-platform pavilion, which is the Funing Palace where the Queen Mother lives. Funing Palace was originally the queen's residence, the queen mother should live in the longevity palace, and the queen mother should set up another residence, but the ancestor of Zhao did not build the place where the queen mother lived in order to save, and there was no queen mother in all dynasties, so this matter was ignored, resulting in the queen mother can only temporarily live in Funing Palace now.

Walking for a few moments, Chu Haowen and others arrived at the gate of Funing Palace, as if meeting the Empress Dowager through complicated procedures, but the difference is that Chu Haowen just bowed and did not kneel and salute, and entered the inner hall, different from the simplicity of the Longevity Palace, the decoration of Funing Palace can be described as extremely luxurious, the dormitory in the cloud top sandalwood beam, crystal jade for the lamp, pearl for the curtain, Fan Jin for the pillar base, the whole hall is decorated with inverted bell-like flowers, the calyx is white, and the bone china is like a translucent luster, At the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed like nature, and at the end of the hall sits on a golden glass chair a beautiful young woman dressed in a veil, which is Chu Haowen's current mother, Murong Xueyu, the empress dowager of the Great Zhao Empire.

"Erwen, meet your mother." Chu Haowen stopped when he was still twenty steps away from Murong Xue Kite, knelt down and saluted Murong Xue Kite.

After Chu Haowen finished saluting, Murong Xueyu's gentle and loving voice sounded, "Good boy, get up quickly." ”

"How is the child feeling these two days?"

"How's the food? Can you sleep well? ”

"Look at the poor child, how old is he to leave his mother." After Chu Haowen got up, Murong Xue Kite let him come to his side, took Chu Haowen's hand, and cared for Chu Haowen emotionally while wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.

Seeing that the other party cared so much about him, Chu Haowen was instantly moved to tears, and a cute and pure voice unique to children sounded from his mouth

"Grandpa Mo said, saying that you will be Wen'er's mother in the future, can I call you mother?"

"Well, I will be your mother in the future" Murong Xue Kite nodded lovingly, and after chatting for a while, Murong Snow Kite asked Mo Feng to take Chu Haowen to Mount Tai Hall quickly, don't delay worshipping the first emperor.

After everyone left, a man walked out of the apse, "Sister, what do you think of this child?" ”

Looking at the direction Chu Haowen left, Murong Xueyuan smiled contemptuously, "It's just a child from the countryside." ”

At this moment, the civil and military ministers of Zhao State and the vassal kings who were in Beijing and rushed to the capital earlier after receiving the news had gathered in the Taishan Palace.

"The surname is Xiao, you Lao Tzu told you that this king will never believe in this emperor you have set up!"

"That's right, who knows if any of you changed the edict privately!" In front of the coffin of the first emperor, King Chengyang and King Kang were confronting Xiao Yunzhou.

Looking at the two people who refused to admit their accounts, Xiao Yunzhou was also extremely helpless, after all, the two were also the younger brothers of the first emperor, and no one could stand the sudden death of the imperial brother, "The two princes, the first emperor passed the throne to the present day in front of several auxiliary ministers and the empress dowager, and it was announced in front of the king and ministers of the Beijing domain. ”

"This king doesn't believe it! How could the imperial brother set up a hairy boy who didn't know where he came from to be the emperor! "No matter how Xiao Yunzhou explains, King Chengyang just looks like he doesn't listen, he doesn't listen, he doesn't listen.

"King Chengyang, no matter how unhappy you are, can you say goodbye to the first emperor? What kind of system have you become? If that's the case, then don't blame the minister for being rude! Seeing the two of them like this, Xiao Yunzhou was not polite, and the two forbidden soldiers came behind him.

Seeing Xiao Yunzhou like this, King Kang first deflated, tugged on King Chengyang's clothes, and whispered, "Brother, don't forget it." King Chengyang turned his head and glanced at King Kang, randomly pulled out the matching sword on his waist, and pointed at Xiao Yunzhou, "Do you want to try the sharpness of my sword?" ”

Seeing that the King of Chengyang pulled out the matching sword, Xiao Yunzhou waved his hand, and the forbidden army behind him also took out the matching sword on his waist and aimed it at the King of Chengyang, "How can you know that our sword is not good!" "Suddenly there was tension in the hall, and bloodshed could happen in an instant.

"King Chengyang! You dare to show your sword in the coffin of the first emperor, you want to rebel! Chen Runan pointed at the King of Chengyang and scolded loudly.

King Chengyang looked at Chen Run'an with disdain, after all, he was a royal family, as long as he didn't admit to rebellion, others couldn't move him: "The surname is Chen, don't blind the hat to this king!" Tell you, you're not qualified to be in charge of this king! ”

"King Chengyang! You're talking too much! Although you are the prince, the prime minister and Lord Chen are the auxiliary ministers appointed by the first emperor, so how can they not control you! ”

Seeing that the ministers were accusing themselves one after another, the killing intent in King Chengyang's eyes became even stronger.

"Chu Pingyu! Put your sword down! Just as the King of Chengyang was about to debate with the hundred officials, an old voice came from behind everyone, and everyone turned to look, and the two old men stood outside the door and glared at everyone.

"Meet the King of Qin, the King of Wei." The two walked slowly to the King of Chengyang, "Smack!" Suddenly, King Qin, who was standing on the right, slapped King Chengyang in the face, "Stepping on a horse!" Rabbit cub, you dare to point a sword at the court minister in front of the first emperor, what do you want to do? Can't take care of you anymore? ”

At this time, King Chengyang, who was suddenly slapped in the face, looked at the two people in front of him blankly with a sword in his hand. When King Qin saw King Chengyang staring at him and pointing his sword at him, he suddenly got angry and raised his hand to fan again.

Fortunately, King Kang was more witty and hurriedly blocked in front of King Chengyang, at this time King Chengyang also reacted, hurriedly threw away the sword in his hand, and hid behind King Kang, "King Qin is angry, King Qin is angry" The ministers behind him also grabbed King Qin one after another.

"Brother, you said that you are dozens of years old, and your anger is still so big, control it." King Wei, who was standing beside King Qin, stroked his beard and said with a smile, but his body was motionless.

"Fuck off, stand behind." Seeing that the King of Wei beside him was a good person, the King of Qin also got off the donkey down the slope and scolded the King of Chengyang to let him stand behind.

The two kings of Qin and Wei had a very high status in Zhao State, no matter how arrogant the king of Chengyang was, he was still an ordinary well-behaved sheep in front of the two, and obediently walked to the back.

According to the Zhao State ritual system, before the coffin of the first emperor was buried, the new emperor needed to arrive at the Taishan Hall every day before six o'clock in the hour to worship the first emperor, in order to express his thoughts and reluctance to the first emperor, but now it is four o'clock in the hour, and the emperor has not yet arrived, "Two uncles, it's not what I said, it's four o'clock in the morning, but this kid hasn't come yet, this is disrespectful to the first emperor." ”

"Shut up, there's no place for you to speak here" The second king of Qin Wei also frowned, this matter is said to be small, there is no concept of time, and if it is big, it is the new emperor's unfilial piety, then the new emperor's morality, whether it is suitable to be the emperor needs to be discussed.

"The Holy One has arrived!" Just when everyone was anxious, Chu Haowen finally rushed over, in order to hurry, the eunuch who carried the sedan chair trotted all the way, but he was upside down along the way.

Seeing Chu Haowen coming, everyone's hanging hearts were finally put down, of course, some people were not so happy.

Chu Haowen first walked in front of the two kings of Qin and Wei and saluted the two, and then came to the coffin of the first emperor, saluted according to Mo Fengjiao, and then walked to the king of Chengyang to salute him and the king of Chulou next to him, "Nephew Haowen to meet the two uncles." ”

"Meet Your Majesty." Seeing Chu Haowen saluting to himself, the two of them hurriedly returned the salute, "Nephew, I heard Mr. Mo say, you two are the closest brothers of the first emperor, when the first emperor was alive, the two of you relied on the most, and now that the first emperor has died, I also know that the two uncles are extremely sad, but now that the court is unstable, the country still needs the assistance of the two uncles, I dare not pray that the two of you treat me like the first emperor, I only hope that the two uncles will be half good to the first emperor, and I will be content." ”

Before coming, Mo Feng told Chu Haowen that the closest brothers of the first emperor were the king of Chengyang and the king of Chulou, but both of them had great ambitions, and the two of them could still serve the country with their hearts when the first emperor was there, and as soon as the first emperor died, the ambitions of the two could not be controlled, so Chu Haowen staged such a play in front of the ministers, showing his respect for the two, at least for the time being, so that the two would not find trouble.

"Ministers should do their best to assist Your Majesty." The two of them knew each other at a glance, but they had no choice but to give in, looking at Chu Haowen with a sincere face, King Chengyang's face was as ugly as eating, his eyes kept skimming towards Mo Feng, obviously he attributed all this to Mo Feng.

Without waiting for the two to finish speaking, Chu Haowen took the hands of the two and walked to the front together, and then knelt in front of the coffin of the first emperor and did not move, the two saw Chu Haowen kneeling and hurriedly knelt in this way, the two of them knelt in a daze, and knelt in a place that only belongs to the emperor to kneel, but there are now three people in this position, and Chu Haowen is in the middle, which is also telling the two that their current position is given to them by their father and son, and if they want to give the two of them, they can be rich and illustrious for a lifetime, of course, they can take it down if they want to.

"Your Majesty does not forget the first emperor, respects Uncle Wang, and touches the world with filial piety!" Just when the two of them were confused, Xiao Yunzhou knelt down and said loudly, and suddenly all the ministers also reacted.

"Your Majesty does not stick to small courtesies and guards great virtues, and virtue is worthy of heaven and earth!"

"Your Majesty respects the clan, I am a role model!"

The second king of Qin and Wei also nodded with a smile, and the king of Qin whispered to the king of Wei: "Brother, what do you think of this child?" ”

"Okay, very good" King Wei looked at Chu Haowen with a smile, and seemed to be very satisfied with his performance.

"Brother, do you think this is really a trick that such a kid can come up with?" King Wei stroked his beard and glanced at King Wei next to him, "Nonsense, this matter is definitely what Mo Feng thought, how could Haowen come up with this method at such a young age, but it is very good that he can be in danger on this occasion, and in time, he will be the generation of Ming Jun of my Great Chu." ”

King Qin's idea was also the idea of many people present, after all, Chu Haowen was only twelve years old now, it would be good not to tremble on this occasion, how could he have such a smart idea, so this matter was naturally attributed to Mo Feng.

There was nothing to do in the back, and after kneeling for an hour, Chu Haowen had to go to the Vertical Arch Hall with the auxiliary minister to discuss state affairs.

The deliberations of the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State are divided into big discussions, small discussions, regular discussions, and large discussions are held once a month, and they are held in the Qiankun Palace, and civil and military officials above the six grades in Beijing need to participate; The small discussion is held every seven days, and officials above the third grade in Beijing participate; The standing council is held daily, and the king and the three princes discuss the government; Like Chu Haowen, the auxiliary minister participates in politics, the empress dowager and the empress dowager assist the government, and Chu Haowen listens to the government until he becomes an adult.

At this time, everyone had already arrived at the Vertical Arch Hall, Chu Haowen sat in the middle, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager sat on both sides, and the six auxiliary ministers and the two kings of Qin and Wei sat on both sides.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the first emperor has died, the new emperor has just been established, the domestic politics are chaotic and the people are uneasy, and the six are all the ministers of my Great Zhao's humerus, so the old body hopes that you can fully assist the new emperor and appease the hearts of the people and the army." Seeing that everyone had arrived, the Empress Dowager, who was sitting on the right, took the lead in speaking, and first encouraged the six auxiliary ministers.

"The Empress Dowager can rest assured, and the ministers will do their best to assist Your Majesty." Xiao Yunzhou stood up and expressed his attitude on behalf of the six auxiliary ministers.

"King Qin, King Wei, when Xizong, the two of you defended half of the country of Zhao with one article and one martial arts, and when the first emperor led the army to recover the lost territory, the two are the pillars of my great Zhao's town, and please continue to assist the new emperor like the first emperor." Then she boasted for a while that King Qin and King Wei also showed her attitude to the two.

"The old minister will definitely live up to the expectations of the first emperor and the empress dowager."

"The ministers are the same," the two kings of Qin and Wei also expressed their attitude.

"Wen'er, during the period of listening to the government, you must learn the ability of the ministers to handle government affairs, and you must be humble and good at learning, so as to lay the foundation for your future pro-government." Immediately afterwards, Chu Haowen was educated.

"My grandson will definitely study with an open mind" Chu Haowen hurriedly jumped down from the dragon chair and replied, can you not study with an open mind, after all, for yourself, you really don't know anything about politics, if you don't study hard, you won't know if you will be played to death in the future.

"Hmm" The Empress Dowager nodded, very satisfied with Chu Haowen's attitude, "Okay, let's talk about something, let's discuss it together." Then he looked at the crowd and began today's discussion.

"The Empress Dowager, the most important thing today is to determine the time of the first emperor's funeral and determine the name of the first emperor and the temple number. Xiao Yunzhou handed an excerpt to the little eunuch next to him, and the Empress Dowager took the excerpt and looked at it, and found that the whole was still relatively rough, and the detailed procedures were not listed, but after thinking about it, it was very okay to make this plan in just one night. "The specific regulations still need to be carefully planned, the time of the first emperor's burial let Qin Tianjian measure an auspicious day in these days, and the first emperor's temple number and the professor of Taixue will discuss it carefully and come out as soon as possible."

After saying this, the Empress Dowager looked at Chen Run'an, "Lord Chen, how much money is there in the household department?" How much does a funeral cost? How much did it cost to enthrone the new emperor after that? Is the savings of the household department enough to support the spring harvest? The four questions directly show the Empress Dowager's worries about the current court finances.

"The Empress Dowager, in the first half of the year, the household department received 6.3 million yuan in tax silver, 12 million stone in grain, plus at least 12.3 million yuan in silver and grain in the household department, and 47 million stone in grain.

However, due to the earthquake in Shanbei at the beginning of the month, which caused millions of victims to be homeless, the household department took out 3 million taels of silver and 10 million stone of grain for disaster relief and reconstruction, and in order to prevent riots, the militia department mobilized 10,000 Beijing battalions to go to Shanbei, as well as 100,000 taels of silver and 1 million stone of grain.

Now on the verge of the flood season, in order to prevent disasters caused by floods, the household department mobilized two million taels of silver to strengthen the embankments of the Yellow River, and also used one million taels to prevent the resettlement of disaster victims in the later period, last night the ministers and several people of the household department roughly calculated, in the most frugal way to arrange, the funeral of the first emperor roughly needs about 2.2 million, the new emperor needs at least 3.5 million taels to ascend the throne, and the most important thing is that the military salary of the Pingbei Army of 4 million taels in the second half of the year is still 1.7 million yuan. The bounty of the Fucheng army, which quelled the rebellion of the Shanyue barbarians in the south, has not yet been distributed. ”

Chen Run'an got up and told the situation of the household department, and he had to say in one sentence, the household department was going to run out of money, and the border army's salary could not be paid.

After listening to this, not only the Empress Dowager frowned, but everyone in the court frowned, they didn't expect that the court would be unable to make ends meet now.

"Chen Aiqing, is it really impossible to get any more money?" Murong Xueyuan, who had not spoken all this time, heard the news, and finally couldn't help but ask, no matter how she was, she still needed to ask about this kind of thing.

"Empress Dowager, the household department is already a province after province, if you want to get money again, you can only advance next year's taxes, but this will definitely make the people's resentment boil." Chen Runan shook his head helplessly, now that the situation of the imperial court is so good, he can't make money out of thin air, no matter how good he is.

In the sixteen years since Mingde, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued in various parts of Dazhao, and Liaoxia is pressing step by step on the border, and the imperial court has long been unable to make ends meet.

"Queen Mother, otherwise, it's like the people advance next year's money, after all, the imperial court always has to get through the current predicament." Murong Xueyuan advised the Empress Dowager that she hoped to advance next year's money.

In the vernacular, it means that next year's taxes are collected in advance.

"How much money do you have in the inner library" Ignoring Murong Xuekite, the Empress Dowager turned her head to look at Mo Feng

"Back to the Empress Dowager, there are still 4.1 million."

After thinking for a while, the Empress Dowager gave a decision, "It is always not advisable to advance next year's taxes, after all, no one knows what will happen next year, the cost of the first emperor's funeral and the new emperor's enthronement will be reduced by another million, 4.5 million, the 4.5 million will be 2 million from the inner treasury, the clan and the harem will make up 1 million, and the national treasury will be 1.5 million. ”

Although the Empress Dowager saved Chen Run'an millions of taels of silver, this could not solve the current difficulties, after all, yesterday when he continued to reduce the funds for the two ceremonies, Shan Tengzheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had already pointed at his nose and scolded himself for being disloyal and unfilial.

"How long will it take for the rebellion in the south to be quelled? There is also the Liao Kingdom in the north, the Western Xia in the west, is there any movement in Guge? The Empress Dowager didn't care what Chen Run'an thought, he looked directly at Yang Zhicai, who was in charge of national security forces.

Yang Zhicai stood up and reported to the Empress Dowager, "Back to the Empress Dowager, yesterday morning, the military department received an excerpt from Commander Yu Siwen of the Southern Fucheng Army, saying that most of the rebels have been wiped out, and now the Fucheng Army is searching for the remnants of the rebels in the mountains, and it will probably end in a few days."

As for the border, it is still the same as before, but the Ministry of War is worried that after the news of the death of the first emperor is learned by the Liao State, it may take advantage of the fire to rob, so it sent a messenger last night to order the Pingbei Army and the Dreadnought Army on the border to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the Liao State from sneaking attack. As for the Western Xia and Guge troops, they also sent people to tell the Anxi Army and the Blue Wolf Army to strengthen their vigilance. "The northern part of the Zhao State is the Liao State established by the Khitans, since the early days of the founding of the country, they captured the six northern states of the Zhao State, and then even forced the Zhao State to cede seventy-two counties during the Tianyou period, although the sixty-two counties were recovered by Chu Pingzhe, but the two countries are already a sea of blood and indissolvable feud.

To the west is the Guge established by the Dangxiang people Xixia and the Fan people, although the two countries and the Zhao State also have meritorious battles, but it is still relatively peaceful, and the three kingdoms are also mutually traded.

"Western Xia, Guge has the Anxi Army and the Blue Wolf Army to defend it, the most important thing is the Liao State in the north, if Yelu Qimu knows that the first emperor will inevitably attack me in the south, the Pingbei Army and the Dreadnought Army alone may not be able to suppress him, or I need to let the Beijing camp support." In the final analysis, I still don't worry about the Liao State in the north, which is actually the thoughts of other ministers of the Zhao State.

This discussion lasted for a whole hour, and Chu Haowen who was sitting on the dragon chair had to be motionless, although there were soft cushions on the dragon chair, he still couldn't stand it until he sat for an hour, so Chu Haowen, who returned to the palace, lay directly on the bed, like a dead dog.

After two quarters of an hour, Mo Feng walked up to Chu Haowen, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to eat." ”

"Eat!" Hearing the meal, Chu Haowen jumped up directly from the bed, after all, whether it was in the previous world or this world, the emperor's food in people's mouths was all available from the mountains and seas. But when Chu Haowen saw a bowl of gruel, a plate of green vegetables, and a plate of meat dishes on the table, he was dumbfounded, "Old Mo, are you sure this is for the emperor?" Isn't this just the food of a normal family? ”

"Your Majesty, according to etiquette, the first emperor has just died, and you can only have one bowl of gruel for one meal, and two dishes to express your condolences."

“....... Old Mo, I feel like I'm a monk. ”

In the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Imperial City, Chu Haowen was sitting on the dragon chair, and directly opposite were six old men in plain clothes, with Mo Feng's words, "The representatives of the hundred schools of thought meet the Holy Emperor of the Son of Heaven!" The six of them bowed to Chu Haowen in unison.

On the way here, Mo Feng had already given Chu Haowen a general description of the etiquette needed to treat the six people, and when he saw the six people saluting, Chu Haowen raised his hand and saluted back, "Everyone, please get up, give me a seat." ”

The six little eunuchs took out six chairs from both sides, put them behind them, put the cushions on the chairs, and helped them to sit down.

"Your Majesty, now the old slave will introduce the six gentlemen to Your Majesty."

"This is Mr. Yang Sanshi, a great Confucian confucian." As Mo Feng looked in the direction of his finger, the old man standing on the far right stood up with the support of the little eunuch, saluting like Chu Haowen.

"Mr. Yang is physically inconvenient, so there is no need to salute." Seeing that Yang Sanshi still needed someone to support him, Chu Haowen couldn't bear to let him keep getting up and sitting down, so he was exempted from etiquette.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Sanshi respectfully bowed, and then sat down with the support of the little eunuch.

"Mr. Yang Sanshi is my big Zhao long-famous Confucian, outsiders call Huangshan Confucian, Mr. Yang is knowledgeable and noble, when he invaded our country in Northern Liao, he entered the camp of the North Liaoning West Road Army, and retired the West Liaoning Road Army by virtue of his tongue.

Mr. Yang has nearly 1,000 students, of whom more than 300 have joined the central government to participate in politics and enter various departments, and more than 500 others are serving in various places, and even the current Prime Minister Xiao Yunzhou is a student of Mr. Yang. ”

The more he listened to Mo Feng's introduction, the more frightened Chu Haowen became, three hundred of one's personal disciples entered the center of the imperial court, more than five hundred people entered the grassroots level to serve in various places, and almost one-fifth of the people in the entire imperial court were his students' children, if this person said a bad word about you, there would immediately be nearly a thousand powerful officials to follow, this is a real force that can destroy this country.

Mo Feng turned his head and glanced at Chu Haowen, who had gloomy eyes, nodded lightly and then introduced Your Majesty, this is the old man Mo Shangzhi, the giant of the Mo family, Mr. Mo also has nearly a thousand relatives, and there are hundreds of disciples serving in the Ministry of Industry.

Although Mo Shangzhi is also in his seventies, he is not as pale as Yang Sanshi and needs to be helped, but his hair is black and radiant, Chu Haowen couldn't help but praise, "Mr. Mo is in good spirits and in good health." ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister just often goes deep into the people, builds agricultural facilities with the people of the farmer's family, and estimates that farming, the more roads are walked, and the body will naturally be better. It's not like someone who just sits in his chair and talks about it. Your Majesty should also go deep into the people to understand the people's livelihood and suffering. Mo Shangzhi is also a bold person, so he introduced the reason for his good health to Chu Haowen, and also admonished Chu Haowen, and by the way, he pickled Yang Sanshi who was sitting next to him.

Yang Sanshi snorted coldly, refuted Mo Shangzhi, and also preached Confucian political thought to Chu Haowen by the way, "Hmph! His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, a saint above the nine heavens, attached to the common people in the world, and his actions and deeds will affect all the people in the world. ”

"Well, don't quarrel with the two gentlemen, peace is precious, Mr. Mo, please continue." Seeing that the two were arguing, Chu Haowen was also helpless and at a loss, so he had to ask Mo Feng for help.

"Okay two, this is the Imperial Front, if you two want to argue, there will be a lot of time in the future." Mo Feng clapped his hands and respectfully admonished the two, but his eyes were staring at the two, and the two of them didn't really want to quarrel, seeing that Chu Haowen and Mo Feng had persuaded them to make peace, they got off the donkey and stopped talking.

Nearly an hour later, Mo Feng introduced to Chu Haowen the heads of Taoism, soldiers, legalists, and farmers.