back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 928
Su Shi didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly changed into his official uniform, ready to enter the palace to face the saint.

From the Cold Food Festival to the Qingming Festival, this is Dashun's statutory holiday time, and they could have rested at home.But the emperor called, Su Shi dare not refuse!

During the cold food season, the palace is also deserted.

Had it not been for the bell-like laughter from the palace, Su Shi would have said that there was no one in the palace.

After asking the servants, I found out that Lu Chengqi is quite humane. If the maids and servants in the palace live in Jingzhao Mansion, they can be sent home for festivals and worship ancestors. They can return to the palace after Qingming.

Su Shi sighed that this is the way of benevolence, and once again fell in love with Lu Chengqi.

Speaking of which, since Lu Chengqi came to power, the views of the people of Dashun have changed repeatedly.Not to mention the attitude towards merchants and craftsmen, even the respect for women is even higher than in previous dynasties.Now in many households, women earn higher salaries than men, which really hold up half the sky.Being a maid in the palace is the most honorable position for a woman.Because only in the palace, women can be officials.Salaries are also distributed according to rank, which is not less than that of male officials.Even because he is a close minister of the royal family, he is rewarded more than a man who is an official.

When they got married, Empress Zhou Zhiruo would prepare a generous dowry for them, which was no less than the princesses of previous dynasties.With such a "boss", who wouldn't want to serve in the palace?But all maids from the imperial palace have a very high status in their husband's family.If the husband's family becomes prominent again, it's not impossible to have an imperial wife.

It's just that the selection process is too strict, and it is difficult for anyone who is not beautiful, gentle, and talented to enter the palace.

As for the servants, Lu Chengqi had already decreed not to recruit any more.It is enough to have a maid in the service, even if it is moving, there are also strong maids.

Some officials said that the prosperity of yin and the decline of yang in the palace are really unfavorable.Lu Chengqi retorted lightly, saying that there are more than a thousand guards in front of the imperial court, but there are only a few hundred court ladies, how can it be regarded as the prosperity of yin and the decline of yang?
In fact, Lu Chengqi abolished the eunuchs because he felt that the eunuchs interfered in politics and caused great harm.As for the palace maids, with Zhou Zhiruo in charge, generally speaking there would be no troubles.The cost of buying a court lady is much higher than buying a servant, and it is even impossible to buy.As long as the palace maid reaches the age of 24 or [-], she can receive a large dowry, why should she be bribed by you?
Lu Chengqi was completely at ease when the channel of news from the palace was eliminated.If it weren't for the fact that the only hundred or so remaining servants in the Palace of Compassion had nothing to do with their lives, Lu Chengqi would have sent them home a long time ago.

In fact, don't look at eunuchs as celebrities in front of the emperor, but physical defects are the root of their most inferiority complex.Eunuchs are generally not very healthy mentally. If power falls into their hands, will the world not be in chaos?When military people disrupt the country, they only separate one side; when civil officials disrupt the country, they change the dynasty;Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty conspired with the eunuch Zheng Zhong to kill Dou Xian, setting a bad example of eunuchs participating in politics in the Eastern Han Dynasty.Since then, the eunuch's "ten permanent servants" have become even more notorious.

Using civil and military power to govern the country, balance is enough; using eunuchs is self-defeating!Lu Chengqi felt deeply about this, so he abolished the eunuch.

Others don't know if it's duplicity, but Su Shi strongly agrees.

Regarding this emperor, Su Shi agreed on many points of view, and even during the secret conversation, Lu Chengqi said "the king outside and the sage inside", which was cited by Su Shi as a classic, and he was willing to assist, devote himself to death, and die.

I just don't know why Lu Chengqi summoned him today.
With apprehension in mind, Su Shi came outside the Chui Gong Hall.

After the servant entered the report, Su Shi was allowed to face the saint.

After making a long salute, Su Shi said respectfully: "My minister Su Shi, see Your Majesty!"

"Free from courtesy!" Lu Chengqi laughed, "Give Su Qing a seat!"

At this time, there are already chairs and tea tables in the Chuigong Hall, so there is no need to move the chairs.Just serve the tea, and the servant can leave.Su Shi took half a chair, and then asked cautiously: "I don't know what's important to call your ministers here?"

It's no wonder that Su Shi would ask this question, the royal family worshiping ancestors on Qingming Festival, the Ministry of Rites has to worry about it, so it's not his turn to be in charge of the Ministry of Punishment? "Could it be an expedition to the Liao Kingdom?" Su Shi was a very smart person, so he immediately thought of this.

"I want to conquer Liao, and I want Su Qing to write an essay against Liao." Lu Chengqi said straight to the point, "The Liao Kingdom is rampant, destroying the field of discussion, cutting off diplomacy, killing our border people, and taking my property. It is very abominable. Throughout the past and present , the wolf of the prairie is full of ambitions, thinking about going south all the time. Today, Dashun is a strong country, if I can't suppress the Liao Kingdom, I fear that the Liao Kingdom will become stronger in the future, and it will be too late to regret it."

Su Shi was different from those pedantic literati, he knew Lu Chengqi's ambitions, he wanted to forcibly establish a peaceful and peaceful environment for Dashun.Su Shi had no objection to this.Besides, it is not the civil officials who have the final say in sending troops to crusade now, but the emperor, the Privy Council, and the military staff have the final say.In the Privy Council and the Military Staff, the proportion of civil servants is very small, and there was even no civilian check and balance for a time.Even if the civil servants dismissed the court to protest, Lu Chengqi would still go his own way and resolutely send troops.It is unwise to do what you know you can't do.Lu Chengqi was full of confidence, and Su Shi knew he couldn't stop it, so he might as well spend his energy writing an appealing essay against Liao to strengthen the army.

Su Shi was thinking about it, but Lu Chengqi had already prepared his pen, ink, paper and inkstone: "Su Qing's literary talents are outstanding, and I have always admired them. Not to mention poetry and songs, they have already spread all over the world. Even the national anthem has infected countless people. A great achievement for the country."

Su Shi hurriedly said modestly: "Your Majesty's false praise, I am ashamed and dare not take it."

Lu Chengqi smiled without saying a word, and personally polished the ink for Su Shi.Su Shi was so moved that his tears flowed, and his writing was like a spring.Immediately swiped a brush and wrote an article "Discuss Liao Calligraphy":
"Since ancient times, the emperors have come to rule the world, and they have lived in China to control the barbarians and the barbarians, and the barbarians have lived outside to serve China. It has never been heard that the barbarians live in China to rule the world. Starting from Khitan to the north and deterring the grasslands, this is not manpower, but it is God. At that time, the emperor was bright and his ministers were good enough to guide the world. However, there are people with lofty ideals who still lament that their crowns and shoes are upside down. Since then, the officials of the Liao Dynasty have not followed the ancestors' precepts and abolished the rules and regulations. The minister kills the king, and the heavenly calendar regards brother Jiu and brother. As for the brother accepting the brother's wife, the son takes the father's concubine, and the upper and lower learn each other. It is not strange. It is very chaotic in the relationship between father and son, monarch, minister, couple, elder and younger. Mrs. Jun The suzerain of the people, the court is the foundation of the world, and the etiquette is the great defense of the world. If he behaves like that, how can he be taught to the future generations of the world!

And his heirs fell into wasteland, lost the way of monarch and ministers, and added the prime minister's exclusive power. Due to human affairs, it is actually the time when heaven hates its virtue and abandons it.There is an ancient saying: 'Hulu has no luck for a hundred years'. It is true to test it today.

At this time, the fate of the heavens is reincarnated, the Central Plains is full of energy, and among the billions of trillions, a saint will be born to drive out the barbarians, restore China, establish principles and disciplines, and save the people.In the present century, I have never heard of anyone who governs the world and puts the people in order, so that you and others are trembling, living in a land where the Qin Dynasty and the Chu Dynasty are in the past, and you can be sincere and respectful.

In the present-day Liao Kingdom, there are known Han people who forget the surnames of their Chinese ancestors, and instead take the names of Hulu animals and beasts, thinking of them as good names.The treacherous ministers of the Liao Kingdom, pretending to be the name of Liao to benefit their own interests, relying on the number of people to be the king, relying on the mausoleum to domineering, and remotely controlling the power of the court, this kind of ambitious person; Cultivate strength to bridge the gap, this despicable person is also.As well as invading our borders, having gained military power, full of arrogance, and no intention to respect the Lord and protect the people, it is really a huge harm.

I am kind, but the Liao Kingdom sent troops outrageously to destroy my Great Wall, kill my people, take my property, and do many evils.

Looking at my people in the Central Plains, they are all filled with righteous indignation.I respectfully abide by the destiny of heaven, and I dare not be at peace, so I want to send troops to the north to drive away the Hu captives, to save the living and the people from misery, and to restore the majesty of the Han officials.Concerned that the people don't know, but they are my enemies, and the family is going north, and the sinking is still deep, so I will tell you: when the soldiers arrive, the people should not avoid them.My order is solemn, and there will be no serious crimes. Those who belong to me will be safe in China forever, and those who betray me will flee outside the Great Wall.Cover our Chinese people, God will order our Chinese people to live in peace, how can the barbarians and Di Di be ruled!I was afraid that the middle land would be polluted for a long time and the people would be disturbed, so I led the heroes to do their best to clear it up, aiming to drive out the barbarians, eliminate the riots, and make the people have their own place.

For example, Khitan, Jurchen, Shiwei, Menggu, and Xiren, although they are not of the Huaxia race, but they were born in the same world, and those who understand etiquette and righteousness and are willing to be subjects are no different from the people of Zhongxia.Therefore, I would like to inform you that you should know. "

(End of this chapter)