In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 19 The King of Yi Doesn't Dislike Us

The Duting Station of the Ministry of Rites of the Great Song Dynasty was usually used to receive the tribute envoys of the vassal state (and it is a country with a relatively good relationship, and the Jin envoys do not live here.), but like some kings who came to Beijing, they did not have a place to live, so they would temporarily stay in the Duting Station .

At night, the Duting Station is brightly lit, and there are no foreign envoys recently, but the Duting Station is also busy when King Yi comes.

After King Yi had dinner, he took Quan Yong, Zhou Lai and Niu Bao to run around Dutingyi for a few laps.

It was still in the middle of July, the weather was already hot, and the four of them were sweating profusely from running.

And ran until dark.

After dark, Quan Yong, Zhou Lai and others said that they couldn't see clearly after dark, so they didn't want to run.

But Zhao Yurui insisted on leading them to run for another quarter of an hour.

After running, he was convinced that there was night blindness in ancient times, but night blindness was not as serious as the legends said, after all, there were still many examples of night raids in ancient times.

It is mainly a matter of adaptation.

If you eat better later and run more, you will get used to it soon.

At about eight o'clock in the evening in the later life, the four of them came back from outside.

Both Zhou Lai and Niu Bao were in their 20s, they had never traveled so much, and today they were beaten to death by Zhao Yurui.

When the two came back, they were out of breath, and wanted to stop after walking a few steps, with their hips crossed and their heads bowed, gasping for breath.

"Don't stop after running, go, go, walk slowly." Zhao Yurui yelled in the yard.

"Cousin—cousin—what are we doing—running—" Quan Yong said out of breath.

"Exercise your body." Zhao Yurui said with a smile: "A man must train his body well. When his body is good, he will have the strength to play with a little lady."

"..." The three looked at each other.

"Come on, come on, don't stop, now I'm teaching you the only way to practice hips, called push-ups, it's useful for men, just watch."

One hundred push-ups were divided into three groups. After finishing, everyone went back to their respective homes, but Niu Bao seemed to be having a hard time.

He thought in his heart, the king said that this might be useful for men, and seeing that the movements were really different, after returning to his room, he immediately got up on the ground and did it again.

His mother-in-law Wang was stunned: "Master, why are you crazy?"

Niu Bao raised his head: "You are the one who is crazy, I am practicing kung fu, and the king taught it."

"..." Mrs. Wang.

"It's useful for that." Niu Baoshen said mysteriously.

After speaking, he found that Mrs. Wang didn't respond, so he imitated Zhao Yurui and used his body to stand up a few times.

Now Mrs. Wang also understood, and immediately blushed: "Bah." Turning around.

"Wait, what did you call me just now?" Niu Bao stood up suddenly.

Wang turned her head and said with a smile, "My lord."

"Ms. Qin (Zhou Lai's wife) said, you will follow King Yi in the future, and your monthly salary will be five guan, at least close to the salary of a county lieutenant, and you will be called masters in the future."

"...Master?" Niu Bao had a pleasant expression on his face, and muttered to himself, "I've become a master?"

"Yes, master." Wang said with a smile covering her mouth.

"Come on, call again." Niu Bao said with a relaxed expression.

"master."

"Well, it's really different." Niu Bao was delighted.

"From now on, master, I can't call my concubine a housewife."

"What should it be called?"

"I want to call you madam." Wang said these two words emphatically.

"Damn, I'm not used to it." Niu Bao yelled, "It's still comfortable to call a woman."

"Bah, foul language is not allowed."

Wang said angrily: "You can't embarrass King Yi outside."

When Niu Bao heard this, he immediately puffed up his chest: "Don't worry, ma'am, Master XX-Ben--Master will not embarrass the king."

Zhao Yurui's body has not yet developed, and they are small and weak. After entering Lin'an, they began to increase nutrition, exercise every day, and took Zhou to run with them every day to practice physical fitness. The three of them took Zhao Yurui's salary, so naturally it was nothing Complaints, and Zhao Yurui personally took the lead, so they could only follow.

Two days later, at a quarter of an hour in the morning, a carriage from the palace came to pick up Zhao Yurui. An official named Li Huang from the Ministry of Rituals accompanied him on the carriage, introducing Zhao Yurui to the palace etiquette along the way, and meeting the attention of the emperor and concubines.

Zhao Yurui listened carefully, remembering, with a very good attitude, but also did not expect that there were people whose name could be called 'Huang' in ancient times.

He has been looking at these things for two days, but Li Huang spoke in detail, and took the trouble to say it time and time again.

After Li Huang finished speaking, Zhao Yurui couldn't help asking: "What does Master Li do in the Ministry of Rites?"

Li Huang said respectfully: "Go back to King Yi, and I'm the next official, the host and guest member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang."

Yuanwailang is an official of the sixth grade, so Li Huang is relatively low-level among the Beijing officials, and even the bottom of the six departments.

Zhao Yurui asked again, how many years have you been a Jinshi?

Li Huang was actually a Jinshi in the first year of Jiatai.

Jiatai is the second reign name used by Song Ningzong.

Song Ningzong shared four reign titles, and now it is Jiading's 15th year, and Li Huang has worked for at least nearly 20 years.

"Master Li is only in his thirties? It doesn't look like it."

"36." Li Huang smiled wryly.

He did look older, like forty.

It took so many years to become a member of the sixth rank, and he must have no background and no flattering.

Zhao Yurui said calmly: "Master Li, please walk around to the Prime Minister more often."

"Hehe." Li Huang smiled dryly, his face straightened, as if he didn't want to talk to Zhao Yurui anymore.

Zhao Yurui immediately remembered that Huang Li was definitely not from Shi Miyuan's party.

The imperial city of the Southern Song Dynasty was built on the basis of the capital of the Wuyue Kingdom of the Five Dynasties, and the emperors of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties had a characteristic, that is, they were "cautious in demolition", and they did not dare to demolish the homes of the common people on the edge of the imperial city.

Therefore, the imperial city of the Southern Song Dynasty is also the smallest in history, not only smaller than the Han and Tang Dynasties, but also far inferior to the later Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.

Zhao Yurui was also taken aback when they arrived at the gate of the imperial city, this row is far away.

The imperial city of the Southern Song Dynasty is also rectangular, with a length of about 800 meters from east to west and about 600 meters from north to south.

The main entrance is Li's main entrance, which is where Zhao Yurui is now.

Standing in front of Lizheng Gate, he could see the entire front of the imperial city at a glance, without any fronts. Looking further away, he could vaguely see the homes of ordinary people and scattered shops in the distance.

Didn't the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty know about demolition?Zhao Yurui walked into the imperial city depressed.

As soon as he entered the imperial city, he saw his acquaintance Yao Bizhi.

"Yao knows it."

"Greetings to King Yi." Yao Duzhi and two young eunuchs were waiting for him.

The two have been corrupt together, and they see each other as good brothers.

Zhao and Rui now know that there were originally two eunuch institutions in the Southern Song Dynasty, namely the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the 30th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1160), the Ministry of Internal Affairs was merged, and the two provinces were combined into one province. In the first year of Longxing (1163), there were 200 internal servants, five rooms, and 35 officials.Among them, the position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is higher than that of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the lack of personnel in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be filled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Therefore, there were very few eunuchs in the Southern Song Dynasty, only more than 200 people, which could not be compared with the tens of thousands of people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Zhao and Rui saw that the imperial city was so young, and it is estimated that there were not many eunuchs and court ladies.

Yao Bizhi was known to everyone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he had the status of an official of the sixth rank, second only to those of the fifth rank.

He is also the emperor Song Ningzong's confidant, so Zhao Yurui must have liked him more and more.

"Yao knows that he will be free soon." Zhao Yurui helped Yao Bizhi up first.

When grabbing Yao Bizhi's hands, Zhao Yurui stroked them lightly a few times.

Most eunuchs like Yao Bizhi are unwilling to touch them, but Zhao Yurui actually held his hand and caressed him a few times.

The caress of Yao Bizhi made goose bumps all over his body.

But to be honest, I still feel very good in my heart, and King Yi doesn't despise us.

(End of this chapter)