Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 754: Will Zhao Chengyou Change Wang Ren?
"Officials don't like ostentation, they always keep everything simple. If the ministers really act like this and give the officials a ostentation, the officials will have to kick the ministers." Zhao Ying continued a cup of tea for Zhao Huan and said with a smile.

If the officials really talk about ostentation, how much money will they have?What scene can't be shown?
"Your minister said that this ostentation is supported by the people sitting on it. The official family is just a bullock cart and wears ordinary clothes. The people of the Song Dynasty also recognize the official family, and they don't recognize this Empress Dowager Meng." Zhao Ying Said angrily.

"You, you can't speak out of your head, and you are happy to express yourself, how can you do this old ancestor in Bianjing?" Zhao Huan patted Zhao Ying and said.

Zhao Ying's words reminded Zhao Huan of Zhao Guangyi, the god of donkey carts. He had been in Yanjing all year round and was busy with side affairs. Zhao Ying's words meant that someday he would get a god of ox carts?

However, this was also the reason why Empress Dowager Meng rose to power. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty was not in the capital all year round, and the Dazai Li Gang, who was in charge, was not easy to get involved in the affairs of the clan.

And Zheng Wangzhi, who guarded the Ministry of Officials, was a member of the Empress Dowager. The Song Dynasty had been turbulent in the past few years. Even Zhang Xiaochun had to be used by Zhao Huan. It is conceivable how big the talent gap is.

"Hey, there are two white elephants?" Zhao Huan looked at the guard of honor of Empress Dowager Meng, stood up, and there were actually two white elephants following him.

This ostentation is much more generous than when Zhao Huan met Zhao Ji for the first time!
Zhao Huan, as the emperor of the Song Dynasty, the person who could make him stand up to greet him was naturally the Empress Dowager Meng.

Empress Dowager Meng stopped at the gate of the banquet building, and with the support of two court ladies, she entered the banquet building, but the lively banquet building became silent, and all the clan members bowed their heads and shouted: "I have seen the empress dowager, The Empress Dowager Antai."

"Zhao Ying, there are many women and children in the palace, turn around and pull those two white elephants down to the Shangshan Building to stew for me." Zhao Huan turned around and ordered.

"Ah? Hey, okay." Zhao Ying grinned and said, "Elephant meat is not tasty, but two ivory tusks are good for making chopsticks. The last time the officials said that the new year is approaching, and it is an annual gift for the generals of the imperial border. I think this ivory product is pretty good."

Zhao Huan nodded with a smile and said, "Success."

The conversation between Zhao Huan and Zhao Ying was not loud, but even the ants in the corner could hear these two words in the silent banquet hall after drinking the mountain and the sea.

Zhao Huan walked down the platform slowly, walked to the side of Queen Mother Meng, and supported Queen Mother Meng's arm, and the person supporting on the other side was also replaced by Zhao Shifu.

Zhao Huan glanced at Zhao Shifu, ignored him, and supported Queen Mother Meng to sit on the second seat on the platform.

"When I met the emperor, the emperor was only three years old. At that time, he ran all over the street and couldn't catch him. Now he is so old." The first sentence of the Empress Dowager Meng was full of love and care for the younger generation.

"Humans, they will grow up." Zhao Huan responded with a smile. He served the Empress Dowager Meng with food, looking like a loving grandmother and a filial emperor.

Zhao Huan can still do this superficial skill of abiding by human relations and prosperity.

The Empress Dowager Meng said with a look of nostalgia: "In the past four years since the emperor ascended the throne, from the south of the Song Dynasty to Qiongzhou in the north to Yanjing, the heroic martial arts of the emperor of the Song Dynasty were all sung, and I listened to what the Taoists said when I was old in Mount Lu. The emperor is the reincarnation of the Taoist ancestor of the Sanqing Dynasty. , now at first sight Duan is heroic and extraordinary, with the appearance of an old gentleman."

"Now we have reached Shenzhou in the north." Zhao Huan smiled and corrected the loopholes in Empress Dowager Meng's rhetoric, and even pretended to be a comparison.

"Oh, that's really serious." The Empress Dowager Meng said with a smile: "In the past two years, although my Great Song Dynasty has been full of disasters, the signs of revival have become increasingly clear. Our Great Song Dynasty has been supporting scholars for 160 years. It’s not in vain.”

"The government has been fighting for four years, and the food and grass have never lost the chain, which can be counted as the merit of the civil servants."

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "The queen mother taught me the right thing."

The power of Empress Dowager Meng is not simply limited to her clan relatives, but also countless civil servants gathered together.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Huan doesn't like civil officials, he can't do anything, he is greedy for money No. 1.

This also made Zhao Huan not very friendly to civil servants in the past four years since he became the throne.This group of people Zhao Huan did not unite well, causing these bureaucrats to vote for Queen Mother Meng.

But Zhao Huan did not regret it. His ruling foundation and all his government orders were executed around the Land Equalization Order. He was taking food from the hands of the scholar-bureaucrats. them.

They naturally united with Queen Mother Meng.

"Your Majesty, did I disturb the Emperor's interest by returning to Beijing? Just after I returned to Beijing, I stewed the two auspicious pigs I brought back from Lushan Mountain." The Empress Dowager Meng asked with a smile.

"There are many women and children in the palace. After all, this white elephant is a beast. If it becomes violent, it will not end well." Zhao Huan smiled and played wit. As for what a beast is, it is self-evident.

Meng Tianhou has gone through three dynasties, she was deposed twice, raised twice, and listened to the government once behind the curtain. She ignored Zhao Huan's yin and yang, and said with a smile: "Bastard, kill it if you kill it."

"I heard that Chengyou caused trouble in Tanzhou?" Empress Dowager Meng put down the teacup in her hand and started talking about business.

This was the reason why Empress Dowager Meng returned to Beijing suddenly. Zhao Chengyou concealed it and did not report it. Zhao Huan personally ordered to go to Ezhou and escort her to Beijing, which finally disturbed her.

"It's Ezhou. The water epidemic in Ezhou is very serious now. Zong Shaoqing wrote me a letter two days ago, and Zhao Chengyou snatched Dr. Wang's eagle beak pocket." Zhao Huan took Zongze's letter out of his sleeve .

He knew that after the Empress Dowager Meng returned to Beijing, he specially held a family banquet. His purpose today was to reason, so he naturally prepared a summary of Zhao Chengyou's nasty things.

"Zong Shaoqing, is that Zong Ze? Back then he sang the name outside the Donghua Gate, and it was Zhang Dun who sang the name." The Empress Dowager Meng picked up a crystal chip and carefully looked at the numbers on the letter.

"7 people died?" Empress Dowager Meng raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She just knew that Zhao Chengyou had caused trouble, so many people died unexpectedly.

"This is just Ezhou City. Now everyone in Jinghu and Jinghu is in danger. If Zong Shaoqing hadn't mobilized the Jinghu navy, there might be a lot of trouble." Zhao Huan looked at the surprise of Queen Mother Meng before realizing his own Today's reasoning probably makes sense.

"Zong Ze is very powerful." The Empress Dowager Meng closed the paper and said, "The person who wrote the family tree of our old Zhao family for half his life has done so many good things when he is old."

The Empress Dowager Meng was changing the subject, but Zhao Huan didn't answer at all, saying: "After the flood in Ezhou, Zhao Chengyou must be escorted back to Beijing. According to the usual practice, he may be exiled to Lingnan. I plan to let him go to Beijing Road."

This is Zhao Huan's bottom line. It is not too much to kill Zhao Chengyou for the Ezhou matter, but now that the Empress Dowager Meng is protecting him, Zhao Huan has to weigh the weight of it.

After all, Zhao Huan will attack the last three prefectures of Jin Kingdom next year, and the domestic government will be stable for a year, so what he wants to do will naturally be done.

"I'm getting old, and the country needs to be taken care of by the emperor, but I only have this grandson under my knees, can I ask the officials for a favor?" Queen Mother Meng said softly.

Zhao Chengyou's father was once adopted by Song Zhezong Zhao Xu as a foster son in the palace. This Zhao Chengyou is considered the grandson of Queen Mother Meng.

"No." Zhao Huan shook his head resolutely: "Zhao Chengyou must be punished."

"Forget three cups of fine wine. After all, this world belongs to our old Zhao's family. No one will say anything." Empress Dowager Meng patted her hem and said, "I will discuss the matter of Wang Jiedu envoy."

Wang Jiedu envoy is naturally Wang Zhi.

(End of this chapter)