The early dynasty of the Song Dynasty had a five-day dynasty, which was decided during Wang Anshi's political reform and has been used ever since.
Before dawn, Chen Qing set out. He did not stay outside the city last night, but stayed in the Taixue dormitory. Yesterday, an official from the palace found him, told him the general etiquette of going to court, and left
He is wearing military official uniform.
In fact, there is not much difference in the court uniforms of civilian officials. The main difference is in the hats and accessories. Civilian officials wear Jinxianguan, military generals wear cage crowns, civilian officials wear seal ribbons around their waists, and military generals wear beryl around their waists.
The court meeting is at 3:30 pm, which is 6:30 in the morning. It lasts for one and a half hours and ends at 8 o'clock. However, if there are important military and political events, there will be no end time for the court meeting, and it may even last until noon.
Chen Qing still rode horseback to Da Nei, where there was a special place to store horses. Not long after, he arrived at the main gate of Li.
The officials from the previous dynasty arrived one after another. The court meetings were usually held by senior officials, which had nothing to do with their rank, so most of the officials were relatively young. This was also a characteristic of the Song Dynasty. Most of the high-ranking officials were fictitious, and the real power rested with middle- and lower-level officials.
On hand.
They are mainly officials from the Shangshu Province, the Privy Council and the Three Divisions. They hold the three major powers of government, military and finance respectively.
In the square of Daqing Hall, the officials who had arrived early gathered in twos and threes to chat, basically talking nonsense and not talking about business. This is the poem written by Xin Qiji: Now I have experienced all the sorrow, I want to talk but I still want to talk, I want to talk but I still want to talk
Hugh, but he said it was a cool autumn day.
Although the Song Dynasty did not kill civil servants and the lives of officials were not in danger, on the other hand, power struggles, factional struggles, and positional struggles were fierce.
For example, the struggle between conservatives and reformers in the Northern Song Dynasty, the struggle between the capitulationists and the anti-Jin Dynasty factions in the early Southern Song Dynasty, and other various factional struggles and power struggles.
Civil servants are at odds with each other, and if they say the wrong thing, they will be caught. Therefore, it is normal to be dismissed from office and demoted in court. It is precisely because they know that trouble comes from their mouths that officials only speak a few words to each other, or only talk about romance.
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But once it enters a state of struggle, it is a case of losing face. Everyone is rude and dares to say any vicious words without saving any face for the other party.
Because there is no need to worry about personal safety, the court hall is filled with smoke, and all kinds of personal attacks are even more severe than the battlefield. Sometimes even the emperor can't stand it and flees, leaving the two factions to fight against each other.
"Xianggong Fan is here!"
Someone shouted and a soft sedan was lowered.
Chen Qing then saw a tall, white and fat official walking out of the sedan. He was very young and looked to be in his early thirties. He should be Fan Zongyin, known as the youngest prime minister in the Song Dynasty.
Chen Qing heard someone next to him chuckle again, "I didn't wear my hat straight, so I guess I only took two photos today!"
Chen Qing also heard this allusion from Hu Yantong yesterday, saying that Fan Xianggong was extremely narcissistic and was so fascinated by his own handsome appearance that he would look in the mirror three times every morning before going out. He was also nicknamed the Three-Photographer by the ministers.
But extremely narcissistic people are also extremely conceited, proud, extreme in character, and easy to go to extremes. Therefore, in history, this young prime minister died young at the age of thirty-seven.
Chen Qing stood in the distance, watching every move of the three-photographer with cold eyes. As he expected, this tall, fat and handsome young man was extremely proud. Officials greeted him along the way, but he ignored them and looked up at him.
He walked slowly with his head bowed, and soon arrived at Xiangguo's rest area.
"Xiangong Qin is here!"
Someone shouted, attracting Chen Qing's attention. Qin Xianggong was naturally Qin Hui. Is this famous traitor in history finally going to show up?
I saw an official walking out of a green soft sedan. He was about forty years old, with very pale skin, a pair of triangular eyes, and a smile on his face. He kept saying hello to the officials. Compared with that official,
Unlike the arrogant Fan Xianggong, Qin Hui is more amiable and approachable.
At this time, Qin Hui saw Chen Qing, and he immediately walked up with a smile.
"You must be General Chen!"
Chen Qing was slightly startled, "Does Mr. Qin know someone who holds a humble position?"
Qin Hui chuckled and said, "I heard that General Chen is going to testify today. You are the only general here who I don't know, so I can naturally guess it."
Chen Qing cupped his fists and saluted, "It is Chen Qing who holds this humble position!"
Qin Hui asked with a smile: "General Chen and Xianggong Lu are familiar with each other?"
It seemed like a casual remark, but there was a hidden secret. Chen Qing's testimony in court today was a temporary arrangement made by Lu Yihao. Qin Hui realized that this arrangement was unusual. Is this the relationship between Chen Qing and Lu Yihao? Or was it Zhang Jun asking Lu Yihao for help? Or was it Lu Yihao's own arrangement?
, but no matter what the purpose is, it is to make the matter public.
From this, we can see Lu Yihao's position. On the surface, he is neutral, but in fact, he is secretly siding with Fan Zongyin.
Chen Qing smiled, but did not answer, leaving Qin Hui to punch him empty.
Qin Hui laughed twice, turned around and left.
'Dang! Dang! Dang!'
The cloud board of Daqing Hall struck, and the ministers began to go to court.
An official from the central prison of the palace walked quickly, saluted Chen Qing and said: "General Chen, please follow me!"
Chen Qing followed the officials to the Daqing Hall. Although it was just dawn outside, the hall was brightly lit. Hundreds of officials in the hall stood according to their ranks. Chen Qing was a seventh-rank military general and had a dedicated area, but it was interesting
Yes, he was the only one in the entire area, and the officials around him were all talking with their heads down, as if discussing today's issues.
At this time, the sound of drum music sounded, and Emperor Zhao Gou walked in from the Duo Palace on the right, surrounded by dozens of palace maids.
The supervisor of the palace on duty shouted loudly: "Open the court, salute!"
All the ministers bowed and saluted together, "I wish your Majesty long live long live!"
Zhao Gou waved his hand gently and said: "My dear friends, no courtesy!"
Zhao Gou sat down, and Li Xun, the young eunuch of the palace, read out the agenda for today's meeting. The first agenda item was the report on the suppression of the traitor Zhang Kui. Li Hui, the Privy Councilor, reported to the emperor and all officials.
"...The thief Zhang Kui was surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers outside Sui'an County. Zhang Kui has also been crowned, and the thief's 300 forbidden troops have also been annihilated. The Privy Council has verified the identity of Zhang Kui's head and confirmed that it is him.
I, the case of Zhang Kui’s rebellion has been concluded..."
After Li Hui finished reading the report, the hall fell silent. Emperor Zhao Gou asked in a cold voice: "Do you have any objections to the Privy Council's report?"
If there is no objection, there is no need for Chen Qing to testify, but if the minister has any objection, then Chen Qing needs to testify.
"Wei Chen has something to say!"
Zhang Jun's eyes narrowed into slits, and as expected, Fan Zongyin stepped forward.
Fan Zongyin walked out of the team and said: "Your Majesty, the minister does not have any objection to the Privy Council report, but has some questions about the details of this bandit suppression. This involves an impeachment report from the Yushitai. Since Chen
The commander is also here, so I think we should use this opportunity to explain the matter clearly, please allow your majesty!"
"Accurate!"
Fan Zongyin looked at Chen Qing from a distance and waved his hand, "Commander Chen, please come out!"
Chen Qing walked out slowly, and there was a sudden murmur in the hall. No one thought that Chen Qing was so young. Zhao Gou also saw Chen Qing for the first time. This young general of the same age as himself was tall and straight.
His handsome appearance filled Zhao Gou's eyes with admiration.
Chen Qing stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and gave a military salute to Zhao Gou, "General Chen Qing of the Western Army, please see your Majesty!"
"General Chen will be freed from all ceremony!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chen Qing stood up straight and asked Fan Zongyin calmly, "Do you have any questions that Mr. Fan needs to clarify?"
"I read an impeachment report about you, accusing you of brutally massacring surrendered soldiers a month ago. Is this true?"
"Resign?"
Chen Qing sneered and said: "I don't know what the definition of surrender is. If it is a surrendered soldier, I have not killed it, but if it refers to bandits, does the word surrender beautify them too much? Or is it emphasizing on me?
Kill prisoners."
"Think of them as bandits! The report said that after the battle, there were hundreds of injured bandits. Instead of treating them, you ordered them all to be executed. Is this true?"
"There is such a thing!"
"Then why don't you treat them but kill them?" Fan Zongyin looked at Chen Qing with sharp eyes.
"Reporting to Fan Xianggong, first of all I want to say that the war is not over. It was at night. The ground was covered with the corpses of bandits, and there were many bandits who were injured but not dead. They still had spears and knives in their hands. They would soon
Stab my soldiers to death. We don't know whether Zhang Kui has retreated or whether there are many enemy troops still ambushing outside the city?
Fan Xianggong, I want to say it again, the war is not over, and there are no prisoners of war. The war is still going on, but it has changed from a city defense battle to a positional battle. That is a battlefield, and you will die or I will live. If Fan Xianggong kills people on the battlefield,
It’s too cruel, so I have nothing to say.”
Fan Zongyin was speechless for a moment. He said after a while: "You not only killed them, but also cut off the heads of more than a thousand people to show to the public. Isn't this too cruel?"
Chen Qing laughed. He suddenly stopped smiling, stared at Fan Zongyin and asked coldly: "There are more than a dozen heads hanging outside the Yuhang gate. May I ask Mr. Fan, is this too cruel?"
