I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 57: Team building between monarch and ministers, everyone is addicted to food

Official affairs are no small matter.

Although Zhao Zhen repeatedly told the Privy Council, the school hunt should not be extravagant and show off with a guard of honor.

However, for the sake of Zhao Zhen's safety, and for the sake of showing his filial piety and showing his power, the Privy Council arranged the battle with great momentum.

September nineteenth.

There are still eight days until the school hunt in the southern suburbs.

Privy Council envoy Jia Changchao, deputy Privy Council envoy Pang Ji, Tu Tu and the newly appointed deputy Privy Council envoy Wen Yanbo impeached each other.

Jia Changchao and Pang Ji jointly impeached Wen Yanbo, the supreme official, and refused to obey orders.

Wen Yanbo impeached Jia Changchao and Pang Ji for destroying farming, committing fraud and deceiving the emperor.

The three of them had a heated quarrel in the Privy Council, and finally reached the Chui Gong Hall.

The reason for the quarrel was the school hunt.

For the sake of Zhao Zhen's safety, Jia Changchao and Pang Ji wanted to dispatch thousands of soldiers including the Dianqian Division and the Infantry Corps Division to protect him.

Moreover, after enclosing hunting grounds in the southern suburbs of Bianjing and expanding some field paths, some civilian fields were inevitably destroyed.

In addition, Jia Changchao also drove away some people.

Only the wealthy households he had selected were allowed to stay around the hunting grounds, and he taught them some rhetoric in case Zhao Zhen suddenly inquired about people's lives.

Wen Yanbo felt that this move was to deceive the emperor and flatter him, and he was unwilling to cooperate.

However, Jia Changchao and Pang Ji claimed that the same etiquette was used when Taizu and Taizong were hunting.

The gift of the emperor cannot be lost.

As for the destroyed fields, the Privy Council will compensate them, and the people are selected for the sake of the safety of the official family.

The three of them had been arguing for a long time in Chui Gong Hall, and Zhao Zhen was so angry that he was reluctant to go hunting.

Followed by.

Censor Zhongcheng Wang Gongchen did not think the matter was serious, so he impeached all three chief officials of the Privy Council.

It was said that the three of them were not on good terms and were not suitable to serve as chief officers of the Privy Council and should be transferred.

After Su Liang heard about this, he couldn't help but sigh: "These courtiers can make a big fuss over trivial matters. These people really don't know how to form cliques, but with them here, if the court wants to change, it will be difficult!"

After the matter had been going on for two days, Tang Jie, the imperial censor, was waiting in the palace to report.

He thought that it would be better to leave the school hunting matter entirely to the Sanya and the Imperial City Division, and let them arrange it according to the official's original intention.

Zhao Zhen followed this advice.

The number of guard soldiers was reduced, and the destruction of fields and road expansion was stopped. However, he still followed Jia Changchao's advice in selecting people around the hunting ground.

After all, in recent years, the people have rebelled too much, and accidents are prone to occur.

At this point, the matter was settled.

On September 27th, the sky was bright.

The honor guard outside Nanxun Gate was two miles long.

Hundreds of officials from Beijing gathered together.

Except for Zhao Zhen's chariot driver, all other officials were wearing military uniforms, armor, and carrying bows and arrows.

Du Yan and Ding Du are very old. Although they are forced to ride horses, they need someone to hold them.

Several veterans in the pavilion are more afraid of horses.

Zeng wanted to ride a donkey, but was decisively rejected by Zhao Zhen.

You don’t have to go, but you can’t hunt on a donkey.

Ouyang Xiu sat on the horse with his head held high and his chest held high.

Although he is not good at hunting, when he has time to hunt, the officials will definitely let him write hunting poems.

He naturally did his part.

Su Liang and Zhou Yuan were also wearing armor and riding big horses, hanging at the end.

On such occasions, the officials in front and behind are all members of the royal family, nobles, and chamberlains.

The two of them just wanted to shoot a pheasant or two and let their family have a try when they got home.

Soon, the school hunting team set off in great force.

Leave the city at dawn and return to the city at dusk.

This hunting ground is located near Yangcun in the southern suburbs.

The hunting ground is about ten miles long and wide, with forests and grasslands, suitable for riding horses.

In about half an hour, the hunting ground arrived.

After completing a series of tedious rituals of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, Zhao Zhen announced the start of the hunt with a wave of his hand.

Su Liang looked forward and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.The prey was all put into the hunting grounds by the Imperial Guard soldiers this morning.

There are hares, pheasants, deer, catkins, foxes, etc.

In short, all prey are small animals that cannot cause harm to humans.

Su Liang knew that the prey he hunted was small and had weak attack power.

But he didn't expect that there were so many.

tread!tread!tread!
The sound of hoofbeats.

A group of animals, foxes, rabbits and ducks were running around and flying around.

The scene was like a flock of swallows returning to their nest, like a school of fish in a pond suddenly fleeing in all directions.

Zhou Yuan looked at Su Liang and said with a smile: "Brother Jingming, I think my 83-year-old grandmother can shoot one or two prey if she holds a bow and arrow."

"Hahahaha..." Su Liang couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Zhen was extremely excited and rode at the front.

No one dares to shoot until he has shot his prey.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!
Zhao Zhen drew his bow and arrow, and after shooting three arrows, he finally hit a pheasant.

There were bursts of cheers all around.

A military general even raised the pheasant high in the air and shouted: "The official's sacred power! The official's sacred power!"

After Zhao Zhen hit his prey, the courtiers finally started to take action.

Although Du Yan and Ding Du are old, they are full of energy.

The two could chase a rabbit for hundreds of meters, and then, after shooting it, hang the prey on their horse and have a great time.

Cheers echoed in the hunting grounds.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Su Liang also shot two pheasants, but he really had no sense of accomplishment.

It's so easy!

Su Liang looked around and listened to the clear laughter from the officials in front after the shot.

He couldn't help but shook his head helplessly and murmured: "If the border soldiers or Liao people see this scene, they will probably laugh out loud!"

At the border, you have to shoot wolves and tigers, and no matter what, it's just a wild boar.

Su Liang proposed school hunting.

The original intention was to invigorate the martial arts of the Song Dynasty. I never thought that this kind of school hunting would be as simple as killing a chicken and disemboweling a fish.

If the Song Dynasty wanted to launch military campaigns, the road would be long and difficult.

Su Liang still has a long way to go, and the Song Dynasty also has a long way to go.

……

Zhao Zhen may have held it in for too long.

Horse gallops.

Keep shooting at your prey.

It was not until noon that Zhao Zhen stopped, then returned to the camp and began to arrange rewards.

The rule of the Song Dynasty is that all large-scale activities must be generously rewarded.

The officials wanted rewards, the imperial soldiers wanted rewards, and the people around the paddock also wanted rewards.

Immediately afterwards, multiple stove fires were lit.

Tang Jie, Su Liang, and Zhou Yuan set up a grill, roasted a pheasant, and chatted while roasting it.

For scholar-bureaucrats, this is undoubtedly a very comfortable enjoyment.

afternoon.

Just when Zhao Zhen had eaten and drank enough, listened to a few hunting poems, and was about to ride on horseback to hunt again.

Suddenly a gray horse appeared in the distance.

Sitting on the horse was a burly middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man rode a horse and rushed towards Zhao Zhen's camp, shouting: "I want to sue the emperor! I want to sue the emperor!"

at this time.

A Forbidden Army soldier suddenly waved the rope in his hand and immediately put it around the middle-aged man's neck. The latter instantly fell off his horse.

Immediately afterwards, he was captured by two soldiers.

Zhao Zhen frowned slightly, showing no signs of elegance.

(End of this chapter)