Chapter 373: Dancing on Zhao Guangyi's Grave

In the Chui Gong Hall, six people were nervously waiting for their fateful decision.

Since the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan in the third year of Jingyou's reign, the political ecology of the Song Dynasty has begun to change drastically in the past ten years.

In the past, officials' tenure and positions were very unstable. If they were not careful, they might be driven out of Bianliang by political opponents and forced to leave the center of power.

Sometimes he was driven out of Bianliang by his political opponents to take office in a certain state. He was transferred again before he had served in the local area for a few days or even before arriving at the place. Then he kept running back and forth, and finally died on the road.

But it's different now.

As long as your performance in your position is not bad, you do not violate the law, and your political stance does not seriously conflict with the Constitutional Yuan, then you will have at least a five-year term.

This means that the political ecology of officials has slowly stabilized and is no longer as precarious as before.

In particular, as the President of the Constitutional Yuan, he not only has great power, but also has a gold medal equivalent to five years of immunity from death. Even a prime minister like Wang Sui, who is mediocre and has done nothing, can be impeached many times and still stand firm. fall.

The most important thing is that entering the Constitutional Yuan is equivalent to truly becoming a big boss of a party and being able to form his own power, instead of being like before, either joining one party or staying neutral and not daring to take sides.

After all, despite Zhao Jun's overwhelming power, he could not influence the appointment and dismissal of all officials. Therefore, the prime minister is dominated by Zhao Jun's family in the Constitutional Yuan, but outside, he is like a top boss who can control the appointment and dismissal of a large number of senior officials.

So in this case, whether it is for power or to further establish themselves in the political arena, who among these candidates who can take charge of sixteen first-level department officials does not want to reach the highest palace? ?

"Your Majesty has an edict!"

Wang Shouzhong slowly walked into the hall, and everyone's eyes immediately turned to him.

Then he saw Wang Shouzhong with his hands clasped in front of him and said calmly: "Xia Song, the Minister of Finance, Zheng Jian, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Du Yan, the right-hand admonishment official, enter the palace!"

In an instant, Xia Song was ecstatic, Zheng Jian, Li Ruogu, and Li Shen had plain faces, Zhang Dexiang looked pale, and Du Yan had a rather surprised expression.

Xia Song was happy that his long-cherished wish had come true. Ten years ago, he envied the existence of the Constitutional Yuan. Now today, he finally became a mother-in-law and he could one day join the Constitutional Yuan.

Zheng Jian is a character who can't express his emotions or anger.

Li Ruogu and Li Shen knew that they would most likely accompany them on the run, but there were no major ups and downs.

Zhang Dexiang was naturally shocked that he was defeated as a member of the Lu Party. At the same time, he also felt various complicated emotions because he did not enter the Constitutional Yuan.

Only Du Yan thought that there was a high probability that he would accompany him, but he never expected that he would actually go in. The ups and downs of his life are heart-wrenching.

"Let's go, three gentlemen!"

Wang Shouzhong saw that they were still standing there and seemed to have not recovered, so he said with a smile: "The officials and all the gentlemen are still waiting."

Three husbands?

Everyone felt as if they were in another world for a moment, as if they had jumped over the Dragon Gate once and were no longer in the world.

But this may also be the current status of Song Dynasty politics today.

It's like Fan Jin was just a poor scholar who had a bad meal before he won the imperial examination.

And once he wins the exam, he will instantly become the master of Wen Quxing.

"Feng Shen Yan Yi" said that all saints are ants. In today's Song Dynasty, if you don't join the Political Academy, you will not be able to control the world.

The three of them followed Wang Shouzhong slowly towards the back hall of Chui Gong Hall, opened the door, and everyone looked at them.

I saw Zhao Zhen sitting high above the main hall in the hall. On the left and right sides, Zhao Jun, Yan Shu, Song Shou, Cai Qi and others were sitting in rows, each with a high chair.

These chairs seemed to represent the supreme power of the Song Dynasty.

And now.

They will also have a chair.

"Xia Song, Zheng Jian, and Du Yan, please see your majesty!"

The three of them walked to the middle and bowed in unison.

"No gift!"

Zhao Zhen raised his right hand, and then said in a voice like a bell: "Give me a seat!"

Wang Shouzhong waved his hand behind him, and several chamberlains brought over three imperial chairs made of golden nanmu and placed them below everyone.

The order of the chairs is naturally very particular. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the right side was respected.

Therefore, the person sitting on the right side of the host usually has the highest status when sitting at the table.

But by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the left was gradually respected. This custom continued during the Tang and Song Dynasties.

It’s just that in the early days, everyone was accustomed to moving to the right for promotion and moving to the left for demotion. Therefore, although the left was respected in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the custom of moving to the left was still retained.

The first person on the left hand side of Zhao Zhen is Zhao Jun, and the first person on the right hand side used to be Lu Yijian, but now it is Yan Shu.

Followed by Song Shou, Cai Qi, Li Di, Zhang Shixun, Jia Changchao, Jiang Tang and others.

The seats of the three people were arranged at the end, which means that their status and qualifications in the Constitutional Yuan are still the least.

But even so, no one complained.

Because entering here represents incomparable power.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The three of them waited for the seats to be placed, and first bowed their hands to Zhao Zhen to thank him, and then sat down respectfully.

After they sat down, Zhao Zhen looked at everyone and said, "Which one of you said that?"

"Let me do it."

Yan Shu coughed, stood up, and said to the three of them: "Everyone, since you have entered the Constitutional Yuan, there are some things you should know."

"oh?"

The three of them were all a little confused, their eyes looking very puzzled.

Are there any secrets you want to tell them?

Then he saw Yan Shu and continued: "This matter is related to the secrets of the imperial court. Only the many ministers and officials in the Constitutional Yuan know about it. The two prime ministers, the king and the prime minister, did not dare to reveal it to their families until they died. You will not tell it to your family in the future. Be like this.”

"I wonder what kind of secret it is. Even the civil and military officials cannot know about it. The only way to know it is to join the Political Yuan?"

Du Yan asked curiously.

"This matter is not a trivial matter. You must remember that you will not speak out until your death. Violators will not be dismissed from office or reduced in rank."

Yan Shu said calmly.

The three people's faces instantly became serious. Isn't it as simple as dismissal and reduction of positions?

That is to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan.

In an era when the Song Dynasty was relatively tolerant of officials, this meant that this shocking secret was obviously a real secret!

Seeing the solemn expressions on the three people's faces, Yan Shu nodded slightly and said: "Okay, I've told you the warning in advance, so I'll tell you. You know why our Song Dynasty has changed so much over the years. Why do you know Can Han Long rise to the top with his bare body and assume the position of leader of the Constitutional Yuan? "

"Is it related to this big secret?"

Xia Song looked at Zhao Jun.

Although he is Zhao Jun's younger brother, he has never heard of Zhao Jun's life background. There are rumors that he is the youngest son of the late emperor.

Could it be.

This is real?

This thought flashed through Xia Song's mind.

However, the next second, Yan Shu whispered: "Yes, because Han Long does not belong to this era!"

A person who does not belong to this era?

All three people opened their eyes wide, full of doubts and confusion.

This sentence.

What means?

Not of this era?

Could it be that he comes from another era?

"You can understand that Hanlong comes from a thousand years later!"

Yan Shu said.

After he finished speaking, Du Yan immediately jumped up from his seat and said in disbelief: "This is impossible. How could someone come to our Song Dynasty from a thousand years later?"

"Nothing is impossible."

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "There are many wonderful things in this world. Time, space, wormholes, maybe an accident, a strange cosmic phenomenon, can give birth to a miracle. But no matter what, Da Sun came to this world But it’s true.”

"Yes, the scientific power of later generations is very powerful and can always explain all this."

"We can't deny its existence just because we haven't seen it or experienced it ourselves. What's more, we experienced Hanlong personally. He does come from later generations."

"It is said that there was a thunder in the sky, and Hanlong appeared in the back garden as if the space was torn apart. This was something that some guards saw with their own eyes, and he brought many things that are not available in the world today. All the evidence for later generations is on the laptop among."

Many husbands also proved it one after another.

In the past, they would find other reasons, such as Taizu Taizong appearing, or there being gods in the world. But after years of scientific exposure, they have begun to believe in science.

"It's okay. If they don't believe it, just show them the evidence. We can turn on the computer and show them a movie."

Zhao Jun stood up, walked to the desk, and opened his laptop.

Ten years later, apart from becoming a little laggy, the laptop can still hold up, and the solar charging panel has not broken down, which can be considered a miracle.

Seeing him open his laptop, Zhao Zhen frowned and fell into deep thought.

I watched the movie last night.

Have you cleared the playback history of the video player?

Seems to be..

"Ahhhhh"

A weird sound came from the player.

No!

Zhao Zhen blushed instantly.

Zhao Jun hurriedly closed it - he hadn't played with a computer for a long time, and he was a bit unfamiliar. If he had used it before, he would have closed it in seconds.

There was silence in the room, and many ministers looked at each other with extremely strange eyes.

Although the scene only appeared for two or three seconds, everyone except Zhang Shixun, who had bad eyesight, saw it.

Good guy.

I didn't expect that there is such a good thing in the computer.

It’s okay for you to hide it from your grandparents and grandchildren, even us old buddies who have been with us for many years, right?

"What is it? Is it a new game or a new movie? Let me be healthy?"

Zhang Shixun put on his reading glasses, and just now he vaguely saw two white spots, but nothing else.

"Nothing, I'll watch the movie later."

Zhao Jun closed the notebook, looked at Zhao Zhen with contempt, and whispered: "Boss, you didn't clear the playback record after watching the movie, right?"

"Forgot, forgot, my memory is not very good, please pay attention next time."

"You have symptoms of kidney deficiency."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Zhao Zhen quickly adjusted himself. Fortunately, due to the arrangement of seats, Yan Shu, Cai Qi, Song Shou and other veterans who were close to him saw him, while Xia Song, Du Yan and Zheng Jian were far away and could not see clearly.

Otherwise, given Du Yan and Zheng Jian's relatively upright personalities, they might cause a quarrel.

"Forehead"

Zhao Jun closed the laptop, turned around and said to the three of them: "Anyway, that's all. My identity is the thirty-seventh generation descendant of the Zhao family. I do come from a thousand years later, 979 years later to be precise. , because it is already 1046 AD, and it was 2023 AD when I came.”

"What is AD?"

Zheng Jian was puzzled.

"It was determined by the West. They have Christianity there. The founder is Jesus. It is said that his birth date is set as AD. At the same time, the year in our East is the first year of the Yuan Dynasty of Emperor Ping of the Western Han Dynasty."

Zhao Jun said: "Of course, that is because later generations of the West carried out the industrial revolution first, leading the world in production and technology, and thus had the right to speak, allowing them to define the world first, including naming the world's continents and oceans. But It’s different now, it’s time for us in the East to have the right to speak.”

"Well, I feel very angry when I mention this. The names on the world map are all Western, and there are foreign characters on them. Dasun, let's see if our Dasong will change these things one day. Change it to the name of our Chinese Han people?”

Zhao Zhen was afraid that everyone was still entangled in the notebook, so he quickly changed the topic.

"In the future, when steamships come out, arrange a fleet to travel around the world, and name every place they visit. This will help spread our Eastern culture."

Zhao Jun said: "It's not just naming. If the Song Dynasty wants to become a modern country, it should also have a national flag, national anthem, and national emblem in the future, so as to condense the spiritual power of our Chinese civilization and make this flag the faith of the whole people."

"Um."

Zhao Zhen responded.

Then Zhao Jun looked at the three people again and said, "Do you have any questions to ask now?"

"I want to know what will happen to our Song Dynasty in the future? What will happen to future generations?"

Du Yan asked hurriedly.

"The Song Dynasty died and was divided into the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. There were no children in the history of the official family. Zhao Zongshi, the son of Zhao Yunrang, succeeded to the throne and became Song Yingzong. After that, there were four emperors, Song Shenzong, Song Zhezong, Song Huizong and Song Qinzong. The Northern Song Dynasty started in A.D. In 1127, that is, after the country fell 81 years ago, the ninth son of Song Huizong ran to Liangzhe Road and re-established the Song Dynasty, which was known as the Southern Song Dynasty in history.

Zhao Jun briefly explained the history after the Northern Song Dynasty in one breath.

Including the reasons for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, and then the rise of the Jurchen, Mongolian and other nationalities, which successively destroyed the Liao Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, then the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, and so on.

Then there is the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia, the Ming and Qing Dynasties after the Yuan Dynasty, and the Republic of China and their new era after the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The history of nearly a thousand years has been roughly discussed again.

This is also something that has to be said every time a new person comes into the Constitutional Yuan. Although it is a bit annoying to repeat it many times, it is actually not bad for Zhao Jun.

It's a bit like showing off to the ignorant.

Secondly, I only say it once every five years, which is not that frequent.

After listening to this, everyone could not come back to their senses for a long time. Everyone was seriously digesting these things that shocked their outlook.

Not only Xia Song and the other three, but also the other old people in the Constitutional Yuan, although they had known about it for a long time, they had different feelings when they relived it.

Yes.

According to historical development, their Song Dynasty will perish in a few decades.

But so what?

The Song Dynasty is now prosperous and full of military virtue. It is beating all the countries in the world. How can there be any sign of subjugation?

Xixia and Liao were almost destroyed.

So if Zhao Jun hadn't appeared, maybe they would have died ignorantly like in the original history.

Unlike now, even if he dies, he at least knows that the future of Song Dynasty will be bright.

The room was immersed in silence for a long time, everyone was thinking about something, and it was full of silence.

After about seven or eight minutes, when no one spoke, Zhao Jun broke the silence with a smile and said: "Actually, there is no need for everyone to be so serious. Although the Song Dynasty will fall in the future, that is also a matter of history. It is completely different now. , there is no need to feel depressed about what happened in history.”

"How about this, let's relax and have a good time."

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at everyone.

But before he could say his next words, Yan Shu beside him rolled his eyes and said, "It's another Song Dynasty joke, isn't it?"

"The one who knows me is Uncle Lari."

Zhao Jun laughed.

Then, without waiting for anyone to react, he said: "Zhao Guangyi asked Cao Bin: "What is the purpose of digging so many ponds on the Hebei border?

Cao Bin replied: "Aren't you preparing for the Khitan cavalry to go south?"

"No," Zhao Guangyi retorted: "Let the people think that we are on guard against the Khitan cavalry going south, and the Khitan people know that we are not."

The words just fell.

In an instant, the faces of everyone in the room were filled with excitement.

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Jun with resentful eyes.

Grandson.

Didn't you agree? Will he stop making fun of his grandfather in the future?

Yan Shu, Cai Qi, Song Shou and others looked like they wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

Although I have heard Da Song jokes many times.

But I don’t know why, but it feels funny every time I listen to it.

I almost had to urinate.

Only Xia Song, Du Yan, and Zheng Jian were shocked.

Xia Song was so frightened that his face turned pale.

The mind is broken.

His backer actually likes to seek death so much.

Mocking Emperor Taizong.

And he scolded his grandpa in front of his grandson.

Nine heads are not enough to chop off.

However, what Xia Song didn't expect was that what awaited him was not Zhao Zhen's thunderous rage, but a strange atmosphere in the room.

Even a little cheerful.

Look at Zhao Zhen's face that doesn't seem to be angry.

Xia Song was a little confused.

What's going on?

Why did the officials show no sign of being angry at all?

Could it be.

The descendants of the old Zhao family are already so arrogant.

Can you dance on the graves of your ancestors?