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

Chapter 24

Two days later, officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials and Zongzheng Temple took Zhao and Rui to the Wei Palace.

Li Huang didn't come, he had already waited at the gate of Wei Wangfu.

Liang Chengda came, accompanied by another member of the Ministry of Rites named Mo Ze.

According to Liang Chengda, the prime minister arranged for Mo Ze to join the army as the secretary of Wei Wangfu.

"." Zhao Yurui was taken aback for a moment.

Liang Chengda glanced at him calmly, and said, "Emperor Li recommended by King Yi is a friend of the Prince of Wei."

Zhao Yurui immediately laughed and said, "It's all from the fifth grade, and I listen to the prime minister."

A little annoyed in his heart, he agreed to Li Huang to join the army for Ji Shi, but he didn't expect Shi Miyuan to give him a blow to the head.

Although both Wang You and Ji Shi joined the army from the fifth rank, but Wang You can have two people, and Ji Shi can only join the army with one person, and they are in charge of different things. It is obviously better for Ji Shi to join the army.

Shi Miyuan wanted to remind Zhao Yurui that the old man had the final say on matters big and small, and he would give Zhao Yurui a blow when he came up.

This incident reminded Zhao Yurui that in the future, he should try his best to discuss things with Shi Miyuan first.

In the morning Liang Chengda sent Zhao and Rui to Prince Wei's Mansion, and met Li Huang and others at the gate.

The Prince Wei Mansion was built during the Chunxi period. It is located in the former Privy Council and covers an area of ​​more than 30 mu. It is relatively small in scale among the royal mansions of all dynasties.

The process was rather cumbersome. First, Zongzheng Temple read another emperor’s decree. Probably Yi Wang Zhao and Rui moved into Wei Wangfu (theoretically, it was his father’s house), and then asked the whole palace to be united and love each other, etc. In short, it is to tell everyone that you are a family.

This decree was not an imperial decree, there was no need to kneel down to answer it, and Zhao and Rui finally saw their stepmother and wives, Mrs. Yu.

Mrs. Yu was only in her 20s. She married Zhao Yan at the age of 13, gave birth to a son who died young, and never had another child.

When she came out, she brought a maid with her back to Zhao Yurui, who didn't even know what she looked like.

But it was summer now, and she was wearing a moon-white silk dress. Looking from behind, she had a good figure, but she was a bit petite, only about 1.6 meters.

Then more officials came out and announced some appointments.

Appoint Mo Ze to join the army (from the fifth rank) as the secretary of the Wei Palace, and appoint Li Huang and Wei Liaoweng as the friends of the Wei Palace (from the fifth rank).

Appoint Zong Xueyu Zheng Qingzhi concurrently as professor of Wei Wangfu (from the seventh rank), and promote Taixuezheng Li Zongmian to be Wei Wangfu professor (regular eight rank).

Appoint Yu Zhu as Wei Wangfu Yishan (from Qipin), promote Lin Jie as Wangfu Zandu (from Qipin), and promote Du Fan, the supervisor of the Military Weapons Bureau, as Wangfu Zandu. (from Qipin)
Special play Zhou Lai as the marriage officer (Jiang Yuhou) in the Imperial City Department, and special play Quan Yong and Niu Bao as the marriage officer (Chengju).

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were mainly three ways to obtain military positions: imperial examination, system examination, and Yinbu.

The three of Zhou Lai wanted to be recommended as military officers, so they didn't need to participate in the imperial examination, and their parents were not officials, so they could only rely on the examination.

The emperor can play a special role in the system, that is, the emperor hits the back door and appoints officials at will.

The three of Zhou Lai were the ones who left to join the rank of military officer.

The pro-obedience officer and the relative officer are the unique titles of the Imperial City Department, and the Marquis of Yu and Chengju are the low-level military commanders.

After some appointments and dismissals, Zhao Yurui was a little dizzy, because they didn't know who was Shi Miyuan's person and who wasn't.

But fortunately, it will be seen soon.

After the officials from the Ministry of Officials finished reading, five people, Mo Ze, Liang Chengda, Zheng Qingzhi, Yu Zhu, and Lin Jie, got together and chatted with each other.

Li Huang, Li Zongmian, Wei Liaoweng, and Du Fan came together, saluted each other and chatted.

Now Zhao Yurui probably knew something.

Half of the officials in Wei Wangfu are probably Shi Miyuan's people.

Zhao Yurui was still sizing up the officials, when Li Huang suddenly walked over quickly and stood in front of him.

"King Yi wants to meet his stepmother first."

"Ah" Zhao Yurui reacted, turned around, and sure enough, she saw Yu Shi was lowering her head by the side, as if waiting for him.

He quickly straightened his robe and strode over.

When he approached, Mrs. Yu also raised her head slowly.

"Hiss..." Zhao Yurui's expression froze, and she was briefly absent-minded.

Yu's face is full of melon seeds, very small and delicate. She is petite, but well-proportioned. Under the moon-white skirt, her fair skin is moist and dewy.

She looked younger than Mrs. Zhong, and she was well maintained. When she looked at Zhao Yurui, there was no expression on her face, and there was a faint melancholy between her brows.

I really didn't expect that the stepmother would be a stunning beauty. Among the women Zhao Yurui met in the Southern Song Dynasty, only Mrs. Zhong could compete with her.

"Yu Rui, hello - mother." Zhao Yurui stepped forward to salute, but called a little awkwardly.

The other party looked not much older than him, and was extremely dignified and beautiful, but he wanted to call her mother.

Yu Shi didn't show any expression, and Zhao Yurui was handsome, but she didn't fluctuate, she nodded slightly, and said in a low voice: "In the future, we will rely on King Yi for all matters in Wei Palace, thank you for your hard work."

Zhao Yurui also wanted to say that it wasn't hard work.

Yu Shi turned around and left, leaving the scene quickly.

When Zhao Yurui turned around, many people at the scene turned their heads.

It turned out that many officials were peeking at Mrs. Yu.

Only later did he know that when she was young, Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Zhong were called the Four Beauties of Lin'an, and they were the famous beauties in Lin'an City.

Today, I finally had the opportunity to see this great beauty, and many officials at the scene were peeping.

At this time, irrelevant officials came to say hello and farewell to Zhao Yurui.

There were also some officials waiting for King Yi to give a lecture.

Zhao Yurui noticed that Zhou Lai, Yu Yong, and Niu Bao were being called to the side by a military officer, as if they were talking.

Not long after, the military officer led the three of them towards Zhao Yurui.

The military officer's name is Li Jiqian, and he is the officer in charge of the Imperial City Division.

According to the system of the Song Dynasty, there are five commanders under the cadres' office, and the general leads the relatives and relatives.

That is Zhou Lai and their immediate boss.

The cadre officer is generally a military general with a martial arts doctor or above, or an internal servant, or an escort.

It can be a general or an eunuch. There are seven cadres in the entire Imperial City Department.

Li Jiqian is a general.

At this time, Li Jiqian came to see Zhao Yurui, and then talked to him, probably because Zhou Lai and the other three were recommended by the palace, so although their positions were assigned to them in the imperial city department, they were actually under the management of the palace. It needs to be rotated, and only needs to be resident in Wei Wangfu.

The 36 guards (marriage soldiers) of the palace are usually rotated by the Imperial City Department, and a batch is changed every five days. The specific rotation will be arranged by Zhou Lai and relevant personnel.

Zhao Yurui understood, and then said: "Zhou Lai, send Li Xiaowei off."

Li Jigan cupped his fists, turned and left.

The military system of the Song Dynasty was a bit chaotic and complicated. Military generals mainly depended on their rank (military rank) and dispatch (real position).

For example, the military officials in the Song Dynasty were equivalent to the colonels and captains of later generations, and the dispatches were equivalent to the battalion commanders and company commanders of later generations.

One is a military rank and the other is a real job.

Later generations value real positions, not military ranks.

In the Song Dynasty, ranks were important but not positions, because the seventh-rank military officers in the Song Dynasty were equivalent to high-ranking military officials, who could lead an army and were linked to their income.

(End of this chapter)