MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1020 deep palace affair

  Chapter 1020 A funeral affair in the deep palace

  In Rencheng County, Li Yanqing stood at the top of the city and sighed slightly. He turned to Cao Ye and said, "Go and tell the people that starting from this year, in addition to the normal tax exemption, Rencheng County will have an additional two-year tax exemption period."

   "Humble job, let's make arrangements!

  At this time, a soldier came to report, "General Zhang and the others have arrived."

   "Bring them over here!"

   Not long after, the three of Zhang Rong were brought up, and the three knelt down on one knee to salute, "See Dushuai!"

   "The three generals please stand up!"

  Li Yanqing asked the three of them to get up, and Zhang Rong sincerely praised: "Today, I have seen the lowly position. What is meant by talking and laughing, the strong and the ashes are wiped out, and the handsome is the rebirth of Zhuge Liang!"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "I'm just good at using various environments to control the enemy, but today's battle can be completely won, thanks to the full cooperation of the three generals, I think the first credit should be credited to the three generals, congratulations three generals Every general is promoted to a level!"

  The three quickly bowed and saluted, "Thank you, Dushuai, for your support!"

  Li Yanqing nodded, and said to Shi Xiu: "General Shi is now a first-level commander, and his official rank has also been promoted to the fifth rank. I don't know if General Shi is willing to fight with me, or is he willing to sit in a local area and become the chief general of a state?"

  Shi Xiu thought for a while and asked, "I don't know where the commander-in-chief intends to let the humble official sit in charge?"

   "Jeju rule!"

  Shi Xiu sighed, "There is an old mother, wife and children at home, and the mother is old, and I want to take good care of her, and I am willing to stay in Jeju to serve for the commander in chief!"

   "Okay! After my army leaves, I will leave a thousand soldiers for you, and at the same time reward you with five thousand taels of silver and thirty hectares of land. I will hand over the security of Jeju to you."

   "A humble job will never disappoint Dushuai!"

  Li Yanqing smiled at Liu Tang again: "The choice just now is also suitable for General Liu!"

  Liu Tang pondered for a while, and then said: "The humble official is willing to follow the commander-in-chief to continue fighting against the Jin, and drive the Jin soldiers out of my Great Song land!"

  A flash of approval flashed in Li Yanqing's eyes, this is a man of temperament.

  Finally, Li Yanqing said to Zhang Rong: "I have blocked the Yellow River. Within half a year, there will be no Jin soldiers going south in the Shandong Peninsula. I will take all the troops away. I wonder if General Zhang is willing to continue to fight with me?"

  Zhang Rong had made up his mind, so he said to Li Yanqing: "The lowly job is lazy by nature, and can't bear the restraint of military discipline. The lowly job still wants to return to the hometown, be a big landlord, and spend the rest of his life quietly."

Li Yanqing stared at him quietly for a moment, then nodded, "Everyone has his own ambition, I will not force it, since you don't want to take up a military post, then I will make you Captain Shangqingche, this is a fourth-rank honored officer, You can see that you don’t pay homage to an official, and the honorary officer can still be passed down to three generations. In addition, I will reward you with a hundred hectares of Shangtian in Yunzhou, 10,000 taels of silver, and five years of tax exemption, so you can be a rich man!"

  Zhang Rong was moved, and knelt down on one knee again to salute, "Thank you for your humble post!"

   "You guys go!"

The three of them thanked him again and left. After the three of them left, Li Yanqing ordered a soldier to scout, "I will monitor Zhang Rong for three years. If he becomes a landlord honestly, then forget it. If he still intercepts Zhang Rong in Liangshanpo You should immediately report to me about the business of the merchant ship, and after three years, you will be promoted two ranks!"

   "Humble post obeys orders!"

The soldiers left in a hurry, Li Yanqing stood at the top of the city, looked at Zhang Rong's back and said to himself: "The opportunity has been given to you, if you don't know what to do and go back to your old job, then don't blame me, Li Yanqing, for being ruthless! "

   After annihilating 30,000 Jin soldiers, Li Yanqing led an army of 90,000 troops to leave Liangshanbo and head towards Bianjing along the Wuzhang River.

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Lin'an, Yinlong Villa, before dawn, there was a terrified cry in the bedroom of the villa, and several maids ran out in horror, shouting to the guards on duty outside: "Go and call the imperial physician! Go and invite the imperial physician!" !"

   Not long after, Xia You, the imperial physician who was stationed in Yinlong Palace, hurried over, and he directly entered the bedroom under the guidance of several court ladies.

  The outside of the palace was full of anxious eunuchs and court ladies. They bowed their necks to look into the palace, and there were murmurs of discussion among the crowd.

   "This seems to be the third time!"

   "This is the third time. In the previous two times, Imperial Physician Xia had already warned the Supreme Emperor not to get close to women. He refused to listen, and even worsened his love for Concubine Liu Gui. Sooner or later, something big will happen."

   "Hey! How can your body bear it when you are so old and flirtatious every night?"

   "The Supreme Emperor used to be like this, but his health has been deteriorating in the past two years, and he doesn't know how to restrain himself, alas—"

  While they were discussing, there was a sudden cry from inside the bedroom, and the eunuchs and maids outside also understood, and knelt down and cried loudly.

  Early in the morning, Fan Zhixu arrived at the palace early as usual, the morning court has been cancelled, and all the officials can sleep for half an hour longer, unlike the old days when they had to get up before dawn, it was really hard work.

Although the early court was cancelled, the way of speech is still open. There are three huge red wooden boxes in front of the gate of the palace. These are not the informant cabinets of the Wu Zhou era, but the suggestion boxes for officials. At the same time, the imperial court also has the "Chao Bao", which publishes a magazine every three days, and publishes various government affairs of the court. Some important suggestions can also be published in the Chao Bao, causing great discussions among court officials.

This is Li Yanqing inheriting and carrying forward the tradition of freedom of speech in the Song Dynasty. Neither the government nor the people can be convicted for legitimate speech. You can ridicule the government and ridicule high-ranking officials, but malicious slander or vicious personal attacks are not allowed. The scope of speech.

Fan Zhixu, like all Lin'an people, likes the private "Zaobao", which is also a folk newspaper migrated from Bianliang. After a year of suspension, it began to republish, and it became better and better, with fast, accurate and popular news Down-to-earth, deeply loved by ordinary people and officials.

Fan Zhixu likes to read Shizheng and its supplements the most. Shizheng conveys news from all over the world, and sometimes the news is faster than the imperial court. For example, the headline on the front page today reads, "The commander-in-chief planned to burn Rencheng, and 30,000 golden soldiers died in Huangquan ’, Fan Zhixu was shocked by this news. This is the Dajiejun newspaper that was just delivered last night, but the Morning Post actually published it. Where did their news come from?

Fan Zhixu hastily browsed through the current affairs, and then opened the supplement. The supplement is a variety of business advertisements, such as renting houses, job recruitment, and all kinds of advertisements recommending the characteristics of his own shop. The latest grain prices in the Ximaqiao rice market were announced. As Prime Minister, Fan Zhixu usually had no time to understand the market, so he got all kinds of people's livelihood information from the Morning Post.

Fan Zhixu was a little relieved by the price of rice above. The first-grade Huzhou rice, 60 cents per bucket of rice, was basically the same as before the war. There was no price increase due to the Northern Expedition. This was also related to the full preparations for the war. It has already been hoarded, and there is no need to use civilian food.

At this moment, the carriage stopped slowly in front of Zhizheng Hall's official office, Fan Zhixu stepped out of the carriage, just as he walked up the steps, Gao Shen rushed out to greet him, whispering in his ear: "Something happened to the Supreme Emperor! "

  Fan Zhixu was startled, "Did you die?"

  Gao Shen nodded, "I died at five o'clock last night, and I was still with Concubine Liu Gui."

  Fan Zhixu sighed, the last time he was overindulged with Concubine Liu Gui, he was in a coma for two days before being rescued, he didn't know how to restrain himself, and made the same mistake again.

   "What did Physician Xia say?"

   "Physician Xia said that it was because of continuous overdose that he took double doses of yang medicine for ten days in a row, and died of severe prolapse."

  Fan Zhixu shook his head. In the past, the Supreme Emperor paid great attention to health preservation. In the past year, he felt a bit broken, and he pursued instant pleasure.

   "How many people still know about this?"

   "Temporarily concealed, at present only you and I know about it."

  Fan Zhixu thought for a while and said, "Let's make the information public! To avoid misunderstanding."

  Gao Shen understands what Fan Zhixu means. If he hides it, it will make people suspect that Li Yanqing and the court have done something wrong. It is better to make it public. Although it will be detrimental to the reputation of the Supreme Emperor, Li Yanqing's innocence will be preserved.

   "I see, what if the Morning Post wants to investigate this matter?"

   "Let them investigate and tell Physician Xia to answer truthfully."

   The two walked into the lobby, Zheng Wangzhi and Li Gang were discussing the great victory of Rencheng.

   "I'm really surprised, the "Zaobao" actually knew about Rencheng's victory at the same time as us, what is the reason for this?"

Li Gang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "You don't know that. Since the Northern Expedition, Zaobao has sent people to guard the gate of the military information office all night. Once an urgent report arrives, they will spend money to buy news. Military newspapers generally It is a combination of oral reports and letter reports, of course they can get the news as quickly as possible."

   "No wonder!"

  At this time, Fan Zhixu walked in and asked, "Where is Mr. Cao?"

   "Here!" Cao Yan walked in from behind.

   "It's almost time, let's get started!"

Every morning, the Zhizheng Hall will hold a short meeting to discuss the major events of the day, and then make practical arrangements. This practice has been persisted for almost a year. In the past, Li Yanqing would also attend, and often senior officials from various ministries would attend, but today The five prime ministers held a meeting.

  Five people sat down in the meeting hall, Fan Zhixu said: "I have something to tell everyone, the Supreme Emperor passed away last night!"

  Although this incident is a bit regrettable, it is not shocking. After all, the Supreme Emperor has long ignored government affairs, and the importance has almost disappeared.

   "Should we inform the regent of this matter?" Li Gang asked.

  Fan Zhixu nodded, "Of course the regent must be notified. The war is probably urgent and he won't be able to come back soon. The imperial court should be responsible for the matter of the Empress! Let's set the standard for the funeral today. Let's see, what about the funeral?"

  At this time, Cao Yan, who had been silent all this time, said, "Just follow the late emperor's standards! Then everyone will have nothing to say."

  The funeral of the late Emperor Zhao Gou was very simple, and the things buried with him were all his favorite items. The court did not spend much money. Although Cao Yan was right, everyone could hear that he was clearly dissatisfied.

   But then again, the death of the Supreme Emperor did save the court a lot of expenses every year.

  Fan Zhixu thought for a while and said, "Everyone, let's vote! You can raise your hands if you agree to be buried according to the late emperor's standard."

  Cao Yan and Gao Shen raised their hands at the same time, Li Gang also raised his hand, Fan Zhixu also raised his hand, only Zheng Wangzhi hesitated a little, but he finally raised his hand.

  Fan Zhixu nodded, "Since it is unanimously approved, the burial will be according to the late emperor's standard."

Although this matter can be regarded as a major government matter, Li Yanqing had authorized Zhizheng Tang before his departure. When he was away, except for the three things related to the army, the change of the prime minister, and the change of the political structure, other matters could be handled by Zhizheng. The hall voted to decide.

  (end of this chapter)