According to the practice of the Great Song Dynasty, at the beginning of the new year, although the Beijing officials do not need to go to the court to discuss matters, but to hold a grand court meeting, qualified civil and military ministers have to go to the palace to celebrate the New Year, the four vassal countries will also have envoys to the palace to pay respects, and the emperor will hold a feast in the palace, arrange songs and dances, operas and juggling and other programs to help the fun.

It's a pity that the Great Song Dynasty is now in the twilight of the West Mountain, and there are not many subject countries that are still willing to come to the Great Song Dynasty to congratulate them, except for Duan Zhengyan of the Dali Kingdom to maintain friendship and respect for the Great Song Dynasty, only some of the Tubo tribes after the division will come, compared to the grand occasion at the peak, it is really very different.

Emperor Zhao Ji also seemed to know that it would be embarrassing to hold a New Year's court meeting, so this year the traditional process of the court meeting was canceled, and all the foreign envoys had already met the saints in advance, and they were only responsible for arranging the itinerary and accommodation by the officials of the Honglu Temple, and the civil and military officials also skipped the celebration and all went out on a safari with the emperor directly.

Although Zhao Bufan is a foreign official, his official rank is high enough, since he is in the capital, it stands to reason that he also needs to participate, but before leaving, he learned that the New Year's celebration had been canceled, which made him disappointed.

As for hunting, he really has no interest, he has been on the battlefield for a long time these years, where is there any pleasure in hunting, and even from the bottom of his heart, it is not a necessary situation, he is not willing to kill at will, he always feels that the blood on his hands has been too much, and he is very disgusted with killing for fun, so in the end he just did not go to the excuse that his injuries had not healed, and he did not dare to use the sword and bow as an excuse, and only chose a famous painting of Tang Bohu, a great genius of the former dynasty, plus a handwritten New Year's message as a gift, and asked Zhu Bocai and Zhu Xiaosun to take it to the emperor.

On the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Bufan was accompanying his mother-in-law and the Zhu sisters to pray for blessings in the Daxiangguo Temple, but the servants in the house came in a hurry, saying that the emperor and the hundred officials had returned from a safari, and the dragon heart was happy, and he set up a banquet in the palace to reward the ministers, and specially sent people to the Zhu Mansion to summon the news, so that he must participate in the safari because he was injured and could not go hunting.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be refused, Zhao Bufan instructed the accompanying guards to protect the mother and daughter of the Zhu family, and he hurried home to change his dress and hurried to the palace.

When I arrived at the Zichen Palace, the civil and military ministers were already seated, the civil officials were on the left, the military attaches were on the right, and each of them had a separate small table.

The tableware on the table is also exquisite and valuable, all of which are exclusive royal tributes, and there are beautiful palace maids shuttling among them, serving tea and changing pastries for the ministers of civil and military affairs at the right time.

As Zhao Bufan followed the small yellow door leading the way into the hall, the originally lively atmosphere quickly calmed down, almost everyone turned their eyes to him, and the emperor and empress who were at the top of the front also stopped talking, smiling and waiting for him to step forward.

"The last general, Zhao Bufan, meet the emperor! Meet the queen! I wish the emperor and the queen the same life and good luck!"

Zhao Bufan made a big salute, but he was a little surprised in his heart.

Why did many ministers of civil and military affairs look at me with strange expressions? What did Zhu Bocai and Zhu Xiaosun's strange eyes mean just now? Why did Cai Jing smile and avoid my gaze? Why did Tong Guan look expressionless?

Just when he was secretly speculating in his heart, the emperor Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the top, suddenly changed his expression, waved his hand and grabbed a calligraphy and painting from the table in front of him, and asked sharply: "Zhao Bufan, who did you learn your poems from?"

In an instant, Zhao Bufan's mind was full of thoughts.

Oh no, is there something wrong with the Chinese New Year message I wrote?

I have already avoided the taboos that should be avoided, and the words are more elegant, without too many metaphors and pertinence, so as not to cause trouble, right?

"Back to the saint, Weichen's poems and articles are all self-taught by reading books on weekdays!"

Zhao Ji was furious: "Bold! You still dare to hide it from me? The style and technique of your poems are all in a different way, and they are from the same source as me, if you don't tell the truth, I will cure you for the crime of bullying the king!"

Oh no, is the master's mentor the same as Zhao Ji's mentorship?

In an instant, Zhao Bufan's intestines were repentant, and he really wanted to slap himself twice, he had nothing to write a congratulatory message, wasn't this looking for trouble for himself?

Emperor Zhao Ji may not be able to do anything else, but when it comes to poetry and songs, no one should try to deceive him.

In desperation, Zhao Bufan quickly made a choice, and replied urgently: "The saint is angry, Weichen had a master when he was a child, he taught me to read and write, and Weichen was also raised by him, but I really don't know his name, and he really didn't say it to me!"

Emperor Zhao Ji's eyes narrowed: "What does he look like?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Bufan still didn't understand, cold sweat oozed slightly from his forehead, and he was anxious to think about countermeasures.

It seems that he has already made his own judgment in his heart, and with his bad relationship with the master, he doesn't know how to treat me. Forget it, it's useless to do anything now, you can't hide it anymore, at least you can't be labeled as a bully, otherwise the trouble will be even greater!

Because he had been stared at by the emperor and empress, he didn't dare to raise his head at all, let alone look at Zhu Bocai, so he gritted his teeth at the moment and described the appearance of the master in detail.

With his voice, the hall was silent!

The huge Zichen Hall is quiet and panicked!

Zhao Bufan's heartbeat accelerated rapidly, the beads of sweat on his temples became more and more, his hands were inadvertently clenched and sometimes relaxed, and a large number of guards rushed straight in his mind, and even his eyes saw the executioner's guillotine and the high guillotine.

Fight to break the net?

No, if it resists, it will be a rebellion, and if I die, what will happen to Lian'er?

But am I just going to be caught?

it, if I was killed by my father in this life, how unjustly would I die?

Or reveal the identity of the prince?

No, if it can be announced, Zhu Bocai must have rushed to speak out, and now he is silent, it must be not yet time, he clearly told me last night, there is a problem with my life experience, if it is rashly announced, but it cannot prove the life experience, it is a fake prince, then there is really no way out!

The anxiety in his heart made Zhao Bufan more and more nervous, but it was useless to do anything now, and he didn't even dare to raise his head!

Suddenly......

Zhao Ji's voice resounded throughout the Zichen Palace!

"Messenger ......"

"Cut off Zhao Bufancang and the post of the head of the soldiers and horses of the two states!"

"Cut off the command of the Cangzhou Liutun Forbidden Army!

"Cut off the Yunzhou observation envoy rank!"

In an instant, Zhao Bufan's head exploded, and the whole person was stunned, but he buried his head deeply, not daring to move, not for himself, but for his wife Zhu Lian, he didn't want to see Zhu Lian's beautiful face turn into dry bones.

It's a pity that he never dreamed that after a short pause, Zhao Ji's voice sounded again.

"Messenger ......"

"Canonize Zhao Bufan as Doctor Yinqing Guanglu!"

"Jiaguan Longtu Pavilion Bachelor!"

"Promoted to the middle school, and appointed as the ambassador of Hebei East Road!"

"In addition, he was crowned the founding uncle of Ba County, and his wife Zhu Lian was crowned as the wife of Ba County, and there were 800 households!"

Zhao Bufan was stunned, completely stunned!

He still doesn't understand what happened!

What is the official rank of Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, that is a civil official, in terms of official rank, it is already second only to the highest military attache grade Tai Lieutenant, if the Tai Lieutenant is a second-grade official rank, then the official rank of Doctor Yinqing Guanglu is from the second grade, and Zhao Bufan's previous Yunzhou observation envoy is at most a positive fifth grade, as for the first grade, there is no military attache in the official rank, the Great Song Dynasty is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and only civilian officials have a grade.

Zhao Bufan's previous status was high, and that was only because of his reputation, and the status of the court was supported by the Zhu family, but this Yinqing Guanglu doctor can be regarded as really pushing him into the ranks of important ministers, and there are no more than 20 people in this official rank in the current court, such as the secretary of the military department and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Longtu Pavilion bachelor is an additional official, in addition to the subsidy to supplement the Lu, it is also a kind of honorary title, Longtu Pavilion is used to collect the royal family's imperial books, imperial collections, classics, pictures, auspicious things and royal genealogy and martial arts cheats and other things, the actual official responsible for guarding is called Longtu Pavilion to be systematized, and Longtu Pavilion bachelor is borrowed from this institution and the honorary title, it represents the emperor's cronies and learned people.

Bao Zheng, who was famous back then, was just a bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, as long as he had this post, even if he was demoted, even if he was demoted to a county order, he also had the right to face the saint directly. Of course, it is impossible for a person who can get a bachelor from Longtu Pavilion to be degraded so lowly, it is really an unforgivable person, either he is directly persuaded to retire, or his head falls to the ground.

As for the Zhongshu Sheren, it is not an official, it is a dispatch, it is an actual position, the Great Song Dynasty has now set up three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia and Shangshu, which is the highest decision-making body of the Great Song Dynasty, and Cai Jing is in charge of the affairs of the three provinces, like the prime minister.

The supreme governor of Zhongshu Province used to be called Zhongshu Shilang, but now he is called Dazai, and he can be called the first deputy prime minister, and the supreme governor of Menxia Province used to be called Menxia Shilang, and now he is called Shaozai, and he can be called the second deputy prime minister.

Zhongshu Sheren is the position of Zhongshu Province second only to Dazai, the number of personnel is not fixed, but the status is on par with the six Shangshu, and it is a member of the highest decision-making body of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, just now Emperor Zhao Ji added another sentence, let him serve as the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei East Road as a Zhongshu Sheren, which means that he is concurrent, and the power of the Xuanfu envoy is similar to that of the minister of foreign transfer, and the actual power is to be in charge of all the armies of Hebei East Road, although he no longer has the direct right to command troops, but he has the right to transfer troops, and all soldiers and horses on Hebei East Road will be supervised and dispatched by him.

What is the concept of Hebei East Road, Bazhou, Cangzhou, Dezhou, Bozhou, Hejian Mansion, and even the Daimyo Mansion belong to this road, which used to have a total of three prefectures, eleven prefectures, and five armies, and with the earlier Qingzhou and Xin'an armies were incorporated into Cangzhou, it is now also the land of three prefectures, ten states, and four armies.

The position of the Xuanfu envoy is also roughly the same as that of the Jingluo pacification envoy, which is only set up in areas close to the enemy country, but the Xuanfu envoy is slightly different in that the Jingluo pacification envoy also has the right to take charge of the administrative affairs of the state capitals, but the Xuanfu envoy does not, and is only in charge of the army, not the government.

However, although Hebei East Road is adjacent to the Liao State, it is impossible to set up a slight pacification envoy, this is because one of the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty in Beijing's Daimyo Mansion is on Hebei East Road, so the highest government decision-maker has always been the Daimyo Mansion to stay, and now Liang Shijie is holding this position as a Zhongshushe, known as Liang Zhongshu, and now Zhao Bufan is serving as a Zhongshusheren as a Xuanfu envoy of Hebei East Road, which means that in the future, he will be in charge of the army and government affairs with Liang Shijie respectively.

This is higher than the previous position of the commander of the soldiers and horses in Cang and Ba Erzhou, and it used to be a military position, only commanding the troops, not in charge of the troops, and could train the troops, but not the troops, but now it is different, the pacification envoy is a civilian official, and has the right to transfer troops, and can even transfer troops and horses without the approval of the Privy Council, and then report to the Privy Council It will be fine, civilian officials are in charge of the troops, and military attaches are the rules of the Great Song Dynasty!

With such a big change, how can Zhao Bufan not be blinded?

At this time, he finally raised his head and looked at Emperor Zhao Ji with a blank face.

At this time, he found out that Emperor Zhao Ji and Empress Zheng were both smiling, obviously intending to scare him earlier!

"Holy One, this is ......"

Cai Jing, who was sitting upright in the distance, suddenly laughed loudly: "Zhao Zhongshu, aren't you grateful?"

"Weichen thank the saint and thank the queen for her grace!" Zhao Bufan came to his senses and immediately kowtowed to thank him.

Zhao Ji laughed heartily and waved his hand happily: "Okay, get up and talk about it!"

"Emperor Xie!" Zhao Bufan breathed a long sigh of relief, although the second monk was confused in his mind, but the current situation seemed that everything was a blessing after all, not a curse, so he also calmed down for the time being.

Zhao Ji watched him get up, and then he continued with great interest: "Your article is from the same source as me, a New Year's poem is not only fluent, outstanding in artistic conception, gorgeous rhetoric, but also writes about the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty, making people feel the emerging joy, it is really a rare good word, how many people can write such a wonderful rhetoric in the Manchu Dynasty? I've heard that the wounds you sustained when you rescued the mission earlier are not healed, and I'm afraid you won't be able to use force in this life?"

Zhao Bufan thought for a while, and replied: "Back to the saint, you really can't use force right now, and I don't know when it's good!"

"Is there a big problem with your body?" Zhao Ji asked with concern.

"It doesn't interfere with daily actions!"

"That's good! That's good!" Zhao Ji's affection soothed slightly, and said with a smile: "If you don't have martial arts, it's not in the way, find more guards with good martial arts in the future, if you can't find it, I can also send some people with strong martial arts to protect you, and in the future, you can be a civil official, strategize behind, don't charge again!"

Zhao Bufan listened to Zhao Ji's words, and his heart quickly calmed down.

He gradually understood that a lot of things had probably happened during this safari!