Seeing Zhao and Rui entering the house, Li Zongmian immediately stood up to pay homage, and then persuaded Zhao and Rui not to come back so late. It was dark and unsafe, and not to play in certain places. In case the official impeachment was caused again, it would cause trouble.

Not.

He is a man who doesn't mince words. He said frankly that King Yi has just arrived in Lin'an, but over time, some officials may make irresponsible remarks.

Zhao Yurui listened carefully and then nodded: "What Professor Li said makes sense."

"Come on, come inside. I have something to do and want to ask the professor."

Zhao Yurui teleported and changed the topic.

Li Zongmian had no choice but to follow King Yi into Qinde Hall.

After the two of them sat down, Zhao and Rui said: "I met several young nobles today -"

Zhao Yurui mentioned all five names, mainly because they wanted to ask Li Zongmian to introduce their fathers in the family. Yuan Mihai could only name a few names, but he was not very familiar with most of them.

Li Zongmian heard this and said happily: "Zhao Kui is a good general of our Song Dynasty, and Zhao Fan is also a good minister. King Yi can make good friends with him."

As expected, he knew very well and introduced the situation of Zhao Kui and his family to Zhao Yu Rui. Only then did Zhao Yu Rui know that Zhao Kui was as famous as Meng Gong, Wu Jie and others in the Southern Song Dynasty, and now had a large number of soldiers.

Zhao Kui became the prime minister in history and was a talented person capable of both literary and military skills.

The backbone of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yu Jie, Lu Wende, etc. were all trained by Zhao Kui.

During the Xiaozong and Guangzong periods, the Guo family ruled the Forbidden Army for nearly thirty years. The forces in the Forbidden Army were so intertwined that even Xia Zhen was unable to completely eliminate them.

Xia Zhen was the commander of the Palace Front Division after Guo Gao, and is currently an iron ally with Shi Miyuan.

"Then Qin Chen is said to be a descendant of the treacherous minister Qin Hui?" When Zhao Yurui mentioned the descendants of Qin Hui, Li Zongmian actually objected.

"After Qin Hui, the Qin family also produced some loyal people."

"The world only remembers Qin Hui's evil deeds, which is unfair to their descendants."

In the fourteenth year of Jiading (1221), that is, last year, Qin Ju, a descendant of the Qin family Qin Xi and considered Qin Chen's clan uncle, died on the battlefield.

Last year, the Jin army invaded south and attacked Qizhou. Qin Ju and the governor Li Chengzhi led a heroic resistance against the enemy, but were defeated because they were outnumbered. The soldiers wanted to take him and his family away. Qin Ju scolded: "I will die for the country, but you can do it yourself."

Survive." He took a pair of children and jumped into the fierce fire below the city.

His other two sons, the second son Qin Jun, went to Sizu Mountain first, and returned when the soldiers were in danger. They died together with their younger brother Qin Ao and their father. The whole family was loyal to the country.

Li Zongmian said at the end, sighing: "Back then, the officials (Ningzong of the Song Dynasty) convened ministers to discuss countermeasures against the Jin Dynasty. When the veteran minister Zhao Fang proposed that Qin Ju lead the army to resist the enemy, he was immediately opposed by everyone. They believed that Qin Ju

He is the great-grandson of Qin Hui, the traitorous minister. His ancestors committed evil throughout the world and were reviled by thousands of people. Using this person will definitely harm the country. Later, the officials adopted a compromise method and made Qin Ju the general magistrate of Qizhou and in charge of garrison affairs.

Ju had that opportunity to serve the country. But Qin Ju himself and his family served the country with all their loyalty, which proved their loyalty."

"At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Qin Zhuo donated 40 million yuan and almost bankrupted his family to support the imperial court. Therefore, the faults of the ancestors cannot be blamed on the descendants."

"That's what the professor said." Zhao Yurui stood up and said righteously: "How can I despise the descendants who have alienated them because of Qin Hui? Qin Chen is my friend."

It seems that I still need to read more history books. If I didn't read history books, I wouldn't have known that the Qin family was so rich, oh no, there were so many good people. Zhao Yurui couldn't help but drooled with emotion at the corner of his mouth.

He already has Li Pingxia, who has offended many nobles, and Qin Hui, who is reviled by thousands of people.

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It was already nine o'clock when Zhao Yurui returned to his house, and the Prime Minister's Mansion not far away from him was brightly lit, with people coming and going, and it was extremely busy.

This was a critical time for Shi Miyuan to deal with major political affairs. Every night, an endless stream of memorials from all over the Southern Song Dynasty converged on Shi Miyuan's mansion from all directions.

Yes, at this time in the Southern Song Dynasty, memorials from various major officials were basically reported directly to Shi Miyuan. For example, important local generals such as Zhao Kui and Jia She asked Shi Miyuan to report everything.

, rarely send it to Ningzong.

How did Shi Miyuan centralize power to sideline Ning Zong?

In addition to Ning Zong not taking care of things, his main purpose is to reduce the chances of others having face-to-face contact with Ning Zong.

Even if you have something to report to Ning Zong, you don’t even have the chance to chat with Ning Zong alone.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial court did not go to court every day. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was basically once every five days. However, the emperor had to get up early every day, and then some high-ranking officials had to visit the emperor, such as the prime minister, the minister of political affairs, the privy envoy, and the deputy privy envoy.

, Yushi Zhongcheng and others, they would kowtow to the emperor to say hello, then chat for a few words and then turn back, sometimes without even chatting. This is called 'daily living'.

Therefore, there are only a few people who can meet with the emperor every day, that is, the prime minister, deputy prime minister, etc. Most of these people are now Shi Miyuan's confidants, such as Tongzhi Privy Councilor and Councilor for Political Affairs Xuan Zhen, Signing Privy Councilor Xue Ji, etc.

They are all Shi Miyuan’s close confidants.

But meeting the emperor does not necessarily mean that you can talk to the emperor alone.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to communicate with the emperor, in addition to meeting the emperor in person, there were two ways to communicate with the emperor: memorials and letters.

Faced with the first type of memorial, Shi Miyuan followed the system of two-level memorials since Emperor Xiaozong to ensure that there would be no privy councilors in separate classes in the imperial meeting, eliminating the possibility of decentralization and restraint.

In the sixth year of Jiading (1213), Zhen Dexiu advised Ningzong that in the early morning, when he encountered two groups, most of them passed by from behind. After advancing, they retreated, or again and again... I hope that from now on... I will still give orders and praise.

Although there are two squads of ministers, all orders are announced, so that the sentiments below can be communicated and listened to without any obstruction." At that time, the two governments worked together as a squad, occupying a total of one squad. The word "Xianyu" indicates that the two squads were guided.

There are not many opportunities to go to the palace. Even if a shift is arranged, the performance is often postponed to the next day, or even repeated three or four times. That is to say, in Ningzong's morning court, most of the time there are only two prime ministers in charge of one shift.

The time for its performance took up almost all of the early court time, so that other officials did not have sufficient opportunity to report it.

Faced with the second type, Shi Miyuan used a variety of methods to focus as much documentation as possible on the ministers instead of the emperor. The most effective method was to abandon the memorials and use the application.

When officials at all levels in the Song Dynasty made speeches to the court, they usually had two documents to choose from: zou and zou. Zou refers to Zhang zou, which is an official document in which officials make statements to the emperor, express congratulations, express gratitude, etc., including memorials, notes, notes, etc.

The official document, such as the official document, can go directly to the emperor. The official document of the lower level in the bureaucracy is reported to the higher level. It cannot go directly to the emperor, but it can be sent to the prime minister.

Shi Miyuan ordered the ministers to use petitions instead of memorials, or directly use private letters to control the information channel between ministers and the emperor, so that all information could be gathered in the prime minister and ministers, which would facilitate personal power.

Therefore, starting from the late Ningzong period, civil and military officials at all levels in the Southern Song Dynasty would send letters to the Prime Minister's Mansion directly to Shi Miyuan instead of to the emperor.
Chapter completed!