Chapter 193, I reuse the anti-gold double heroes

After a night of fun, the east is white.

Exhausted, roaring like thunder.

Zhao Ji, who was exhausted and exhausted, slept soundly.

At this time, Master Li had woken up.

She looked at the early morning light reflected through the five paper windows, and gazed lovingly at the King Zhao Guan's house. She called several times, but did not call Zhao Guan's house.

Li Shishi stretched out his jade hand, gently pushed Zhao Guanjia's bare shoulders, and called softly:

"Guan family, it's dawn, it's time to get up and go to court."

"Haha." Zhao Ji yawned with sleepy eyes. Seeing the fairy-like beauty beside him, he took the beauty into his arms...

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Last night, I was tired and happy...

This morning, I felt my legs were weak!

However, Zhao Ji lamented that the beauty he favored, Li Shishi, did not stop the king from going to court early like Concubine Yang did.

Originally, the Song Dynasty's court meeting was held on the first and fifteenth days of each month.

Although yesterday was the fifteenth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the Zhao Guan family had just returned to the capital from a personal expedition, so the court meeting was postponed to the next day, which is today.

When the ministers see the king, it is called the dynasty, and when the king sees the ministers, it is called the meeting, which is collectively called the dynasty meeting.

There are two types of court meetings. One is the Great Court, where the emperor receives congratulations from his ministers in the main hall on New Year's Day, Winter Solstice and Daqing Day.

The first is the regular dynasty, when the emperor summons civil and military officials to handle government affairs in peacetime. The former and the latter are of a daily official nature.

Today's court meeting originally belonged to the Chang Dynasty. However, all civil and military officials knew that the imperial commander of Zhao Guan's family personally conquered the Fangla Uprising in the southeast. Therefore, everyone wore brand-new court uniforms early and prepared words of praise...

Zhao Ji was sitting in the main hall, accepting the congratulations from the crown prince Zhao Huan, several adult princes, as well as civil and military officials...

"Long live my emperor..."

Zhao Ji looked at the two rows of court officials in purple and red robes who were kneeling and prostrating on both sides of the hall, and said with a smile:

"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."

All civil and military officials stood up and stood on both sides of the hall.

The head of the civil service was Yu Shen, the head of the military service was Duke Yan, and the head of the Privy Council was Zheng Juzhong.

Sixty-one-year-old Zheng Juzhong, who was good at following the Holy Will, was the first to come out of the queue and kowtow:

"I am in the middle, and I congratulate Your Majesty on your triumphant return to the DPRK from Fangla, who personally conquered and quelled the rebellion in the southeast.

Your Majesty’s achievements are unparalleled..."

Zhao Ji saw that Zheng Juzhong was about to start flattering, and immediately said:

"My merits have not reached this level. Duke Yan does not need to sing praises of his virtues."

"I stay in the middle and obey the order."

Zhao Ji knew that Zheng Juzhong was the elder brother (cousin) of my current Empress Zheng.

The period when Empress Zheng went from being a talented person to becoming a noble concubine was the time when the Zheng family was favored, and it was also the time when Zheng Juzhong's official career was prosperous after he ascended to the rank of Jinshi.

Zheng Juzhong relied on his true talents and knowledge to become a Jinshi. After that, he promoted himself as a noble concubine and followed his brother, and won the favor of Song Huizong, the original owner of Zhao Jizhi's deputy body.

Zheng Juzhong successively served as a minister of daily life, and was given important positions such as Shizhong and Hanlin bachelor. From the first year of Daguan (1107) to the fourth year of Daguan, he was appointed as Tongzhi, Privy Council Minister and Privy Council Minister...

During this period, due to the death of Zhao Ji's original owner, the first Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Queen Wang, when Concubine Zheng entered the palace and became queen, she once advised Zhao Guan's family that she should not be allowed to take the position of her brother Zheng Juzhong after becoming an official and amassing wealth.

It's an important position, otherwise she wouldn't dare to be the queen.

Although, at that time, Zhao Ji's original owner, Song Huizong, listened to Empress Zheng's advice and temporarily demoted Zheng Juzhong, who always regarded Concubine Zheng as his obedient brother...

However, Zheng Juzhong, who was good at catering to the Holy Will, was soon reused by Song Huizong, the original owner of Zhao Ji, and was successively granted the title of Chong Guogong and Su Guogong. In the spring of the second year of Xuanhe this year, Zheng Juzhong was once again appointed to the Privy Council and was granted the title of Privy Councilor.

Duke of Yan.

Zhao Ji looked at Zheng Juzhong who was in his 60s, and through the remaining memories in his mind, he wondered whether Zheng Juzhong was favored by the original owner of his body, Song Huizong, because of his relationship with Empress Zheng as cousins.

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It's really not all like this.

During his term of office, in order to cater to the emperor's will and compete for power, Zheng Juzhong first colluded with Liu Zhengfu to attack Zhang Shangying and Liu Kui, and helped Cai Jing regain his position. Then he followed in the footsteps of Zhang Kangguo and opposed Beijing in everything, and was widely expected by scholars...

Moreover, when Zhao Ji dealt with Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu and other corrupt officials and traitors, Zheng Juzhong definitely stood firmly on my side.

In other words, although Zheng Juzhong holds an important position in the Privy Council, he is very good at taking sides and knows who he relies on to achieve his current power and status.

In the Song Dynasty, the chief officials of the Privy Council in charge of military matters were in most cases civilian officials. This was also because the emperors of the Song Dynasty were afraid that if military generals had too much power, they would imitate Chen Qiao's mutiny.

Song Taizu, who was wearing a yellow robe, was not easy to handle.

Of course, there are very few exceptions, that is, Di Qing (born in 1008 AD and died in 1057 AD), a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, once truly served as the top leader of the Privy Council as a military general - the Privy Councilor.

Di Qing, nicknamed Hanchen, came from a poor family and joined the army at a young age. Because he had tattoos on his face and was good at riding and shooting, he was known as "General Mian Nirvana".

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, he moved to Yanzhou to command the envoy. In the fifth year of Emperor You's reign (1053), he led troops to attack Kunlun Pass at night and quelled the rebellion of Nong Zhigao. After that, he successively served as Deputy Privy Envoy, Military Envoy of the National Protectorate, Hezhong

Yin was promoted to privy envoy.

However, after Di Qing became the privy secret envoy, he was squeezed out by the civil service group. In the first year of Jiayou (1056), he was removed from the post of privy secret envoy, and was given the title of Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi, and was sent to Chenzhou.

In March of the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), Di Qing died of depression at the age of forty-nine.

Zhao Ji looked at Zheng Juzhong in front of him. Compared with Di Qing, who was no longer alive, he was really worthy of his position as the chief officer of the Privy Council!

Zhao Ji did have a good candidate in his mind to be the chief officer of the Privy Council, and that was Zongze, who was famous in history as a Jinshi and became a famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty.

However, Zhao Ji also knew very well that Zongze's current reputation and official qualifications were far from being able to replace Zheng Juzhong at this time.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Ji has already made a plan in his mind. Zheng Juzhong will first occupy the position of leading the Privy Council. Later, when the time is right, he will help the loyal minister Zong Ze to the high position of the Privy Council.

At this time, Zheng Juzhong was in charge of the Privy Council, and the eunuch Tong Guan was also in charge of the Privy Council. They were both chief officials of the Privy Council, and there was no Privy Envoy.

This is because in the Song Dynasty, in many cases, the emperor was reluctant to support extremely important official positions such as Privy Council, which held military power, in order to centralize power. In most cases, the official position was to be in charge of Privy Council affairs.

It is a temporary proxy, similar to how later generations would act for a certain high-ranking military official.

Zhao Ji was extremely dissatisfied with Zheng Juzhong, who took the lead in the court meeting and could only sing praises.

At this time, Zheng Juzhong also saw Zhao Ji's unkind look towards him.

Zheng Juzhong, who was wily and resourceful and good at observing people's words and expressions, immediately changed from the mode of praising virtues and flattering others to the mode of reporting on national affairs. He started:

"I am in the middle, and there are important things to tell you."

Zhao Ji said coldly: "Speak!"

Zheng Juzhong calmed down and immediately told Zhao Guan's family:

"I learned from the report that the bandit Wang Shan from Hedong gathered tens of thousands of people and bandits to bring disaster to the Hedong area.

Nowadays, western Beijing, Huainan, Henan, and Hebei are not very peaceful either.

The thief Yang Jin, nicknamed the Hornless Ox, gathered tens of thousands of thieves. Wang Zaixing, Li Gui, and Wang Dalang also gathered thousands of thieves. They traveled between western Beijing, Huainan, Henan, and Hebei, invading and looting, and became a disaster.

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Zheng Juzhong's report immediately caused Zhao Ji to think deeply.

Traveler history master Zhao Ji knows that the bandit leaders Wang Shan, Wang Zaixing, Li Gui, and Wang Dalang reported by Zheng Juzhong really existed in history. However, these famous bandit leaders in history at this time

Not that many people have gathered yet.

After the Jingkang Incident in history, Zongze stayed behind in Tokyo. Wang Shan was a bandit from Hedong who had 700,000 men and 10,000 chariots and wanted to occupy the capital.

Zongze rode alone to Wang Shan's barracks and said to Wang Shan with tears: "The imperial court is in crisis. If there are one or two people like you, how can there be any danger of foreign invasion?"

Wang Shan was deeply moved and cried: "How dare you not serve the imperial court."

As a result, Wang Shan surrendered and Zong Ze was entrusted with the important task of becoming a powerful armed force against the Jin Dynasty.

At that time, Yang Jin was known as the Hornless Ox and had an army of 300,000. Wang Zaixing, Li Gui, Wang Dalang and others each had tens of thousands of troops. They traveled between the west of Beijing, Huainan, Henan, and Hebei, invading and looting, and became a disaster.

Zongze sent people to tell them that misfortunes would bring blessings, and declared the righteousness of resisting the Jin Dynasty and saving the country, and recruited them all to surrender and join the Song Dynasty army to resist the Jin Dynasty...

Zheng Juzhong saw that Zhao Guanjia was listening to his report, and he was happy. He finally found a topic that interested Zhao Guanjia after his great change of heart.

Zheng Juzhong continued to report:

"After Zhao Guanjia pacified Nanla in the southeast, our Song Dynasty soldiers relied on the power of heaven. At this time, their morale was at its peak. It was good to the king of Hedong to cause chaos among Yang Jin, Wang Zaixing, and Li Gui in the west of Beijing, Huainan, Henan, and Hebei.

, Wang Dalang and other thieves took advantage of this great opportunity to eliminate them."

Most of the civil and military ministers agreed with the proposal of Empress Zheng's elder brother, Duke Zheng Juzhong, who was in charge of the Privy Council...

Zhao Ji saw two people standing at the end of the two rows of ministers in the main hall, namely Zong Ze and Li Gang. They did not agree with Zheng Juzhong's proposal.

Zhao Ji asked: "Zong Aiqing and Li Aiqing, what do you think of Duke Yan's request to send troops to quell the rebellion in the east of Jingdong, west of Jingdong, Huainan, Henan, and Hebei?"

Zongze went out to report back and said:
To be continued...