Chapter 26: The Gilded Threshold
"Daddy, my daughter is just in time, when is it time to find her husband's house in a hurry?" Zhao Fujin shook Zhao Ji's arm twice: "My daughter has a good life, she is born in her father's house, and she doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, why rush to other people's homes to wait for Aunt Weng?" ”
"My son is right, just like your two sisters, even if they were born in the imperial city and went to the homes of ordinary people, they have to abide by the rules of other people, and they can't ignore their ancestors because they are the daughters of official families." Zhao Ji was very satisfied with Zhao Fujin's reply.
With a smile on his face, he stroked Zhao Fujin's hair with his other hand: "It's just that in this way, you will be wronged by my son's notoriety." ”
"As long as we can solve the urgent need of our Great Song Dynasty, my daughter is willing to bear the notoriety of a lifetime." Zhao Fujin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, raised his head, and looked at Zhao Ji with admiration: "As long as the father knows his daughter's grievances, he will be a strong backing for his daughter in the future, and give his daughter unlimited trust!" ”
"That's nature!" Zhao Ji looked at her delicate and immature appearance, and his heart flashed reluctantly, but it was only a flash.
For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, he could bear the pain and give up the construction of Genyue.
As his daughter, she enjoyed all his favors, and naturally she could bear the notoriety for him, help him build the Great Song Dynasty, and avoid the suffering of the entire imperial family being exiled to a foreign land ten years later.
He will always remember her sacrifice, give her infinite honor in the future, and write her name down in the annals of history for future generations to remember—the supreme glory for her as a woman.
"Fu'er, in order to be able to carry this out smoothly. Daddy wanted to record the recital of the Jiangnan prefect, restore all the names of the emperor in the harem to the honorific title of the princess, and leave my son alone to use the title of the emperor, so as to show his identity, okay? ”
Since Zhao Ji saw that Ji Tong was "hungry", he had always had hidden worries in his heart.
After all, the name change is obviously insignificant compared to the national fortune.
"Daddy has this concern in his heart, and if he changes it, his daughter doesn't mind." Zhao Fujin thought for a while and said: "The name or anything is a trivial matter, in order for the plan to be implemented smoothly, the father needs to agree to his daughter's move outside the palace." ”
The status of the princess of the Great Song Dynasty was affected by the chaos of the princess of the Tang Dynasty, she lived in the imperial city before she got married, and lived in her husband's house after she got married.
Zhao Fujin was unmarried and moved outside the palace to be inconsistent with the ancestral etiquette.
But Zhao Ji can even agree to her buying and selling official titles, so why bother with such a trivial matter.
Moreover, in the ancestral etiquette law, it is not clearly stipulated that the princess cannot move outside the imperial city.
"Where does Fu'er want to live?" Zhao Ji thought about it seriously: "In order to build Genyue, the widow enclosed a large area in the northeast corner of the imperial city, close to Yanfu Palace, why don't you build a mansion there?" ”
"In this way, not only is it convenient for you to enter and exit the palace, but you also have a place to raise soldiers and horses!" The more Zhao Ji thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was feasible, and his eyes lit up: "In order to implement it as soon as possible, why don't you give you the Ninghe Hall of Yanfu Palace." ”
"Ninghe Hall is in the northeast corner of Yanfu Palace, only need to be slightly restructured, you can form an independent house, and then Fuer can use the east gate of Ninghe Palace as the main gate, and enter and exit at will to entertain guests, and Yanfu Palace has no impact."
Excellent idea!
Zhao Fujin naturally had no objections, after all, her desire to enter and leave the imperial city at will had been realized, and the power and way to accumulate wealth had already passed the clear road, and there was still a large piece of land to be distributed by herself-
There is no more considerate and understanding father in the world than Zhao Ji!
Except, of course, Zhao Laosan.
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In the seventh year of the reign of the government, October 26.
The official Zhao Ji accepted the proposal of the Jiangnan prefect, restored the old system, and called the daughter of the royal family, from the title of "princess", the name remained unchanged.
Because the fifth daughter of the emperor Kangfu Emperor Ji has the teacher of heaven, protecting the merit of the Great Song Dynasty, the title remains unchanged, by Kangfu more Mingde Emperor, and the Yanfu Palace Ninghe Hall is the main hall, and the open space in the north of the imperial city is the territory, in order to inherit the grace of heaven and bless the world.
As soon as the will was made, it immediately set off an uproar.
First the ministers rose up and opposed, and then there were imperial historians who knelt down and did not eat to admonish, but they failed to change the minds of the officials.
Finally, on October 29, Emperor Mingde Zhao Fujin moved to the Ninghe Palace, and reached its peak after the east gate led directly to the outer streets of the imperial city.
The imperial historian Ma Zheng's blood was splashed in Zichen Palace, and he was sentenced by Zhao Ji to collide with the official family, contempt for the crime of imperial authority, and it affected the family, and all the officials in the clan were abandoned, and they were not recommended for three generations.
A punishment order was issued, and the boiling capital suddenly cooled down.
Except for the Hongen Avenue on the northeast of the Imperial City.
Because the official family circled thousands of acres of land here, the private houses and official houses are scarce, and the people rarely set foot in them, so that other roads in the capital are called streets, and only this road is called the avenue.
On this road, in the past, except for the guards who changed their value, there were very few horse-drawn carriages and official sedans passing by.
But I don't know when this road became lively.
The daughters of the official family and the businessmen all became guests of Zhao Fujin's palace.
As long as you send a post, you can go to the Mingde Emperor's Qushui Liuzhen, enjoy the singing and dancing, and visit the royal courtyard.
Naturally, the door of Emperor Mingde also has a threshold.
The first threshold is that Mrs. Xu and Lady Li, if they want to pay tribute to the desk of Emperor Mingde, they need to give the two of them the benefit of a thousand taels of silver, or priceless jewelry.
The second threshold is a handsome little Langjun, who is said to be the face of Emperor Ji, but if you want Emperor Ji to approve the post as soon as possible so that you can come to the door as soon as possible, you need to find a way to stuff him with benefits.
This Xiao Langjun has a nickname, known as: "Jin Gongzi". As his name suggests, a man is only interested in real money, and it is very easy to please, but whatever he asks for will be fulfilled very quickly.
This Emperor Mingde is absurd and extravagant, and it is just that the courtyard is singing and dancing every day, and she even takes care of the work of selecting talents for the imperial court.
A lady surnamed Li came to the door and recommended her Xiao Langjun who could read at home, and Li Xiaolang read two lines of poetry at random at the banquet, and was praised by Emperor Mingde, and finally directly recommended to the official family, and entered the Hanlin Academy to become a school scholar.
Hanlin Academy is not so easy to enter.
In the past, academicians and scholars were all full of scholars, and they had never been able to enter the classroom at such a young age.
As soon as this news came out, all of a sudden, those who were qualified to come to the door in the capital, and those who had already put the worship post and had not yet come to the door, were all thinking about it.
So there was the bright-eyed one who found Mingxing Tower.
Shen Yue, the confidant of Emperor Mingde and the sweetheart of Mrs. Xu, is the owner of Mingxing Building, and only by talking to him and opening the door of Mrs. Xu can he send the money out and appeal to Emperor Mingde's desk for what he wants.
Emperor Mingde is so lawless, she will naturally be attacked and targeted by the officials of the court, but in the end they are all blocked back by Zhao Ji one by one, but anyone who denounces Emperor Mingde will be reprimanded by the official family for various reasons, and if it is serious, it will be dismissed and abandoned.
Emperor Mingde's reputation for harming the country and endangering imperial power spread farther and farther.
Even the rebel bandits played the name of "removing the emperor, the Qing monarch's side, restoring the Ming government of the Song Dynasty, and returning the vitality of the people" to contain the bandits and harm passers-by.
However, for more than a month, the reputation of Emperor Mingde became a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat him.
Naturally, these people shouted and shouted and killed on the surface, but behind their backs, they did not send their wives to the Ninghe Hall to make friends.
Emperor Mingde is good at this, and she doesn't hold grudges.
Ma Zheng's son-in-law lost his official position because he was implicated by his father-in-law.
His mother begged Emperor Mingde's door, and was reinstated in only three or five days.
Naturally, this does not hold grudges, but also depends on people.
For example, Cai Xiang, who jumped up and down the most fiercely in the court, actually let her tear off from the high stage with charges such as ignoring the society, being unscrupulous, bullying the monarch, being a despot, being a spoiler, harming the people, corrupting the country, and extravagance.
At this moment, the whole court and the central government were completely silenced.