I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 189 The Song Dynasty is so big, I want to see it!
August 28.

Zhao Zhen once again received a personal letter from Emperor Yelv Zongzhen of the Liao Kingdom.

The latter said that Yelu Hongji was stubborn and ignorant of the rites of the Song Dynasty, and was afraid of losing the national rites, so he sent Zhangxin's army to stay behind Yelu Qing and Chonglu Shaoqing Wang Yuanji to congratulate the first day of the Song Dynasty.

Yelu Zong really didn't want to send Yelu Hongji, so naturally Zhao Zhen was reluctant to send Su Liang.

Immediately.

Zhao Zhen appointed Li Zhongyan, a doctor in the Ministry of Industry and the governor of the Judgment Branch, as the Zhengdan envoy of the Khitan, and Sun Shijing, the Zuo Shijin and Hemen Zhihou, were his deputies. This was regarded as an end to the "clandestine war between the two countries".

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It’s afternoon on the third day of September.

Su Liang was summoned to Yiying Pavilion in Jinzhong to hold a Buddhist banquet for Zhao Zhen.

In the past two years, Su Liang has received a lot of salary and rewards, but he has not been able to perform his duties as a "storyteller in Chongzheng Hall" much.

When Zhao Zhen summoned him, he was basically tired of listening to the scriptures.

Have a chat with Su Liang to relieve boredom and understand the people's sentiments.

After a while.

After Zhao Zhen asked Su Liang some matters about Baijia College, he suddenly asked in a soft tone: "Jingming, I want to go out incognito to inspect the reform situation in Qizhou. Do you think the ministers can handle it?"

Su Liang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head decisively.

He knew that Zhao Zhen had long thought of going on patrol.

Not to mention the emperor.

Even if an ordinary person is trapped in Kaifeng Mansion for most of his life, he will want to go outside and take a look.

But it was too difficult for the emperor to leave Bianjing.

Especially when traveling incognito.

Su Liang knew without thinking that the ministers would not agree.

Don't say that people like Chen Zhizhong, Xia Song, Zhang Fangping, Ding Du, and Wen Yanbo would not agree.

Tang Jie, Bao Zheng, He Tan, Fan Zhen and others will also speak out against it.

Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong went out for the imperial conquest, and Emperor Zhenzong went out for the Zen of Mount Tai.

They all had to come out.

At that time, there were tens of thousands of people following him, and the royal family, relatives, and court officials were all by the king's side.

Zhao Zhenruo set up his battle array and went out on patrol.

Let tens of thousands of people follow you, and the officials may not object.

But in this way, not only is it a waste of money, but Zhao Zhen will not be able to see anything.

It would be too dangerous to go on patrol incognito.

Let’s not talk about how Zhao Zhen’s safety can be completely guaranteed.

As soon as he left Bianjing City.

It would be bad if someone tried to treason against the throne.

Zhao Yunrang's dozens of sons are all qualified to inherit the throne.

Once the Sanya Forbidden Army is controlled, and once the clan, relatives, and officials in Bianjing City are accused, it is not impossible for Zhao Zhen to lose his throne.

Although the possibility is extremely small, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.

No one can afford this price.

Qizhou is located on Jingdong Road.

Jingdong Road is where the most rebels and path-cutters are.

And until now, both Chen Zhizhong and Xia Song believed that Fu Bi had not been cleared of the suspicion of rebellion with Shi Jie.

How could they put Zhao Zhen in danger!
In addition, once the Xixia thieves discover Zhao Zhen's patrol, they will definitely try their best to assassinate him.

There is no place like Bianjing outside, and all kinds of accidents are likely to happen.

At the moment, the two princes were too young.

The leader of the Xixia Kingdom, Yuan Hao, died, and Li Liangzuo, who was more than one year old, succeeded to the throne. This immediately caused Xixia to go downhill.

The Dangxiang clan is in civil strife, the royal family members are killing each other, and the nobles have their own agendas...

It can be seen from this.What kind of negative impact will the king's accident have?

In addition, at the end of the New Year, the Palace Rebellion and the rebellion of Beizhou military thieves had just occurred, so Maitreya believers may still be hiding in some secret corners.

The scholar-bureaucrats would definitely not agree.

Once an accident occurs, no one can bear the responsibility.

So Su Liang shook his head decisively.

He also did not support Zhao Zhen's patrol. How could ministers put the monarch in danger?

"Alas!" Zhao Zhen sighed, full of helplessness.

"I am nearly 27 years old. I have been in office for 16 years and have been in charge for [-] years. I have never left Kaifeng Mansion, or even left Bianjing City, either to worship heaven or to hunt. There is no freedom at all!"

"All day long, I am either surrounded by palace maids or chamberlains, or you officials who are looking for my shortcomings. I learn about civil affairs either from memorials or from the mouths of ministers. How can I manage the country well in this way? Since ancient times, I have learned about it. How many emperors have been like me?"

Zhao Zhen's words were full of loneliness.

As an emperor, he lost too much freedom.

He looked at Su Liang and said: "Su Jingming, I want you to join me in arguing with the ministers. This time, I must go out!"

"This... this..." Su Liang scratched his head, feeling a little soft.

Do so.

He was simply an enemy of all the courtiers.

In this matter, the courtiers have absolute authority and can even use the laws of their ancestors and the country to suppress Zhao Zhen.

It's very difficult to get them to compromise.

After Su Liang thought for a moment, he said: "Guan, we must plan this matter carefully and find some reasons."

"First of all, it cannot be said that the officials left Kaifeng Mansion because they had never left Kaifeng Mansion, but they wanted to leave Kaifeng Mansion because they wanted to understand the Qizhou Reform and prepare for the Song Dynasty Reform."

Zhao Zhen nodded in approval.

In the face of the danger of the Song Dynasty, his joy, anger and sorrow were in the hearts of the officials and were not worth mentioning.

It is useless to complain to the officials.

The ministers use the country and the country to suppress him, and he must use the country and the country to fight back to be effective.

"Guan Jia, Rong Chen, please think about it carefully. You can give it a try, but I cannot guarantee success."

Zhao Zhen thought for a while, nodded and said: "Jing Ming, the person I trust the most in the entire court is you. I think you can do it!"

After hearing this, Su Liang said without hesitation: "I will do my best!"

After finishing speaking, Su Liang realized that he had just taken a sip of rich chicken soup.

……

into the night.

In the private room on the second floor of Fan Building.

Ouyang Xiu looked at Su Liang in surprise and said, "What? The official wants to go on a patrol incognito, to Qizhou, no, he can't think of it!"

"Jing Ming, this matter must not be left to the officials. Something will happen. Once an accident occurs, who can bear the responsibility!" Ouyang Xiu put down the wine glass in his hand with a serious look on his face.

Su Liang took a sip of wine.

"I understand. As a minister, you really can't put the official in danger, but this is a knot in the official's heart. If this knot cannot be opened, he will probably think about it every day."

"In addition, I also want the official to go out and take a walk. If he only reads the public sentiment in memorials and talks about war on paper, he will never understand some things. The official is too benevolent and kind. This is a good thing but it is also not good for him. Become a holy king..."

Su Liang didn't think he could convince Ouyang Xiu.

The reason why he came to look for Ouyang Xiu.

He felt that among the scholar-bureaucrats in the court, only Ouyang Xiuhui believed in him and supported him unconditionally.

After half an hour.

Ouyang Xiu hesitated for a moment and said: "Okay, I am willing to stand on the side of the official family and you, but I have a prerequisite. When the official family goes to Qizhou incognito for a private visit, they must take me with them."

Hearing this, Su Liang couldn't help but feel happy.

Ouyang Xiu's brain circuit has always been different from that of ordinary people, no wonder he can write beautiful articles.

(End of this chapter)