Zhao Zhen took Tang Long and appeared in front of more than a dozen officials. The reason why he chose these officials to watch this Cuju competition with him was that Zhao Zhen had a plan in mind. Not long ago, Zhao Zhen learned from Yan Shu
After learning about Lu Yao's views on the Song and Xia issues at the Fan Lou night banquet, it was precisely because of Lu Yao's performance at that night banquet that Zhao Zhen made up his mind to entrust Lu Yao with important responsibilities in the future. Naturally, among them
Tang Long's contribution is indispensable. According to the investigation by Tang Long's men, it is known that Lu Yao and Fan Zhongyan do not have a deep friendship. In other words, at least after Lu Yao enters the court, he should not become Fan Zhongyan's party.
What's more, Fan Zhongyan's mission for peace talks has made it clear that it is an impossible task. It is impossible for Li Yuanhao to accept the condition of becoming a minister of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Zhen cannot
Accept Li Yuanhao's independence of Daxia. Neither side can accept these two basic conditions, let alone use peace talks to solve the problem. Therefore, the previous speech of Deputy Privy Envoy Zhang Feng, in addition to his insightful analysis of the situation,
In addition, his judgment on the situation and the significance of the peace talks is fundamentally wrong.
It was impossible to resolve the ongoing conflict between Song and Xia through peace talks. However, even so, Zhao Zhen still entrusted Fan Zhongyan with an important task, just to see what Fan Zhongyan would do in this situation.
To what extent, although Fan Zhongyan has commanded an army before, Zhao Zhen does not think that Fan Zhongyan will be a good leader in fighting. Han Qi is very good at this aspect, but Zhao Zhen does not think that Han Qi can fight this time.
Completely suppressing Daxia's army. In the final analysis, Zhao Zhen just wanted Fan Zhongyan's mission to come to an imperfect end. Although he might explicitly punish Fan Zhongyan afterwards, in fact he wanted to pass this incident
Fan Zhongyan was given a warning, but Fan Zhongyan would not be demoted from Bianliang like before. Zhao Zhen would still use Fan Zhongyan, but after this failure, with this reputation and status, Fan Zhongyan would definitely not be as good as before, and he would be old.
Just do things honestly.
As for Lu Yao, Zhao Zhen must reuse him. In Zhao Zhen's view, Lu Yao is a very independent guy and very scheming. A person like this should not join anyone in a short time.
Whether it is Fan Zhongyan, Han Yonghe, or Cao Yi, he will not seek refuge with him. Therefore, as long as he entrusts Lu Yao with important responsibilities, he will definitely be a person who can make outstanding contributions to the country.
However, the current situation of Lu Yao is not optimistic. He has been opposed by most ministers because of his business matters. The ten officials present today are the ministers of Zhao Zhen who opposed Lu Yao at the beginning. Zhao Zhen was more
What I'm worried about is that Lu Yao's hot pot restaurant and food court are about to open next. Zhao Zhen hasn't announced the news yet. According to the current situation, as soon as the news is revealed, these people will definitely attack in groups again.
For a young man who is about to take the palace examination and then enter the court, this first step is often the most difficult. If he is suppressed or criticized, he may not be able to move forward in his official career in this life. Zhao Zhen is
Lu Yao, who loves talents very much, has not shown any intention to join any faction, and the extraordinary strategic ability he has shown is something Zhao Zhen values very much. His wisdom is completely satisfactory to Zhao Zhen.
Not inferior to Yan Shu. As for privately, Lu Yao has made outstanding contributions to the development of all aspects of the Song Dynasty, whether it is various industries, or lottery and the football lottery that is just emerging today, or even food.
He has made great achievements. For such an all-rounder, Zhao Zhen could not bear to let him hit a wall in his official career.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen decided to take more than ten officials with him when he went to watch the Cuju competition. Among these more than ten people, ten officials had always opposed Lu Yao's entry into the court and could not watch.
Zhao Zhen did not think that their actions were wrong. After all, the court cannot be a one-spoken hall and cannot only allow one idea to appear. Such voices of doubt and opposition are very needed. They
It can also maintain the stability of the political situation in the court. However, Lu Yao is a person that Zhao Zhen values, and too many objections sound a bit harsh now. Therefore, Zhao Zhen asked Tang Long to hold a negative view on Lu Yao.
Among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the ten most representative officials were selected. Their ages and official positions varied. Zhao Zhen planned to take a few of them to the Bird's Nest Stadium to let them witness with their own eyes. Lu Yao
How spectacular and powerful this Cuju competition is. When the time comes, they will be able to shut up. And these people selected by Tang Long also have a very powerful voice among the officials who oppose Lu Yao. Once they shut up.
If you open your mouth, then the opposition to Lu Yao will become smaller. At that time, when Lu Yao enters the officialdom, it will be smoother at least in the initial stage. And when Zhao Zhen appoints Lu Yao or promotes him,
It will also be easier. It can be seen that Zhao Zhen is also an emperor with long-term plans. Now, in fact, he has already thought about Lu Yao's future official position and the things he will be asked to do. For this reason, those who oppose him must be suppressed
Lu Yao's voice.
Apart from those ten people, there are still a few ministers left. Basically, they are all trusted subordinates of Zhao Zhen in the court. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are confidants. Of course, there is no need to say more about Lu Xu and Yan Shu.
Lu Yao's father, Zhao Zhen, must invite Lu Xu over. The purpose of inviting him here is, on the one hand, to let Lu Xu see how great his son's achievements are. After all, if Zhao Zhen doesn't invite Lu Xu over today,
He didn't know if the old man would go to the competition venue held by his son to support Lu Yao. The reason for inviting Yan Shu was even simpler. In addition to Yan Shu and Lu Xu, there were several other trusted ministers of Zhao Zhen.
The official positions are not too high, and the highest one is only fourth grade. However, Zhao Zhen has always valued ability more than official rank. Therefore, it is necessary to find a minister who does not oppose Lu Yao and is a high-ranking minister. I am here today to talk to Zhao Zhen.
Watch this game together. In this way, when Zhao Zhen says some words of praise on the field, this minister can cooperate with Zhao Zhen to improve Lu Yao's image and recognize what Zhao Zhen said.
After thinking about it, Yan Shu, as prime minister, is the most suitable candidate. Regarding the relationship between Yan Shu and Lu Yao, Zhao Zhen is also very trustworthy. Although there may have been some misunderstandings between the two before, Lu Yao is even more
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There was a quarrel in the Prime Minister's Mansion. However, Zhao Zhen discovered from the aftermath work done by Yan Shu that Yan Shu did not want others to know what Lu Yao had said to him. On the contrary, when Zhao Zhen asked him, he was still
Zhao Zhen praised Lu Yao in front of him. Just because of Yan Shu's actions, Zhao Zhen knew that his husband must be the same as himself and admired Lu Yao very much. In this way, things would be much easier to handle. Please follow Yan Shu.
Going to watch this Cuju competition together, even if Yan Shu doesn't say anything, it can still show Yan Shu's approval of Lu Yao. In this way, the opponents will have nothing to say.
"Everyone is here. You should know why I came to see you today. After all, the morning court has been cancelled." Zhao Zhen motioned to the ministers to get down and said calmly.
The ten people in the opposition looked at each other and did not answer. In fact, they all knew Zhao Zhen's plan today, but no one wanted to say it out.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen looked at Yan Shu and said, "My lord, please tell me."
Yan Shu nodded and said: "Your Majesty, there is only one big event in Bianliang City today, and that is the new Cuju competition held by Mr. Xiao Lu in the outer city. Among the two sides fighting today, there is the Huangtian Team under your Majesty.
Participate."
Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Yes, I am going to the scene in person today to cheer for my Huangtian team. I want you to accompany me and see the changes that have taken place in Bianliang City during this time.
.Before, you always said in court that Lu Yao was not a good candidate for an official position because he was doing business and organizing activities. Today I will take you to see what the competition he organized is like."
After that, without waiting for the opposition people to speak, Zhao Zhen took Tang Long away and seemed to be preparing to leave. The first to follow were naturally Yan Shu, Lu Xu and Zhao Zhen's confidants.
The ten officials from the opposition stood there, stunned for a few seconds, and finally sighed and followed.
Zhao Zhen did get up earlier today, but as I said before, when the emperor travels, especially when the emperor of the Song Dynasty travels, the battles are huge, so Zhao Zhen got up early, and the prepared honor guard got up earlier.
Of course, considering today’s special occasion, we have to go to the outer city area, and because the promotion of this event has been very good before, the place will definitely be overcrowded by then. If there is a big battle at every turn,
Once there, it may cause panic among the people. Once that happens, the original intention of holding this competition has changed. It was originally to let more people love and understand the new Cuju through this competition.
, once they feel that this thing is still a sport played by the royal family, it will be impossible to talk about the universality. This is why Zhao Zhen only chose to attend the first and last games in the end.
Therefore, due to the special nature of this trip, the honor guard this time was not so grand. However, for the sake of the royal family's face, there still had to be a team of one to two hundred people. Although the number of the honor guard has been reduced, the quality has been reduced.
It still needs to be guaranteed. Now, the people in Bianliang City, the inner city and the outer city already know that Emperor Zhao Zhen will attend the opening ceremony of the new Cuju competition today, and will watch the first game in person. So, in fact, today I went to the Bird's Nest
Thirty percent of the spectators watching the game at the stadium were there for today's game, wanting to see how well the Royal Cuju team could perform this Cuju. But the majority of the audience, the remaining 70%, were there for today's game.
Emperor Zhao Zhen is here. You must know that not everyone can see the emperor in this lifetime, but this time, the emperor condescended to come to the Bird's Nest Stadium to watch the game, which is enough to show that the emperor attaches great importance to this Cuju competition, and,
It was also the closest relationship between the emperor and the people. Naturally, they couldn't miss this opportunity. Lu Yao also took this into consideration, so during the construction, he also paid some attention to separating the royal rest area and the audience area.
some distance away.
It is precisely because the news of the emperor's trip has been known to the people in the city, and the area around the Bird's Nest Stadium cannot be said to be heavily guarded, but there are also many people from the army. Therefore, this time the honor guard cannot be lost in the spotlight.
Although the number of people has been reduced, the Royal Honor Guard is a Royal Honor Guard after all, and the quality cannot be reduced. Therefore, for this reason, the Honor Guard specially selected their "elite soldiers" to be responsible for traveling with Zhao Zhen. Of course,
Their job was to follow Zhao Zhen outside the Bird's Nest Stadium. If hundreds of them also entered the stadium, there would be no need to watch the game because the venue simply couldn't accommodate it.
Let's say that Zhao Zhen left the palace gate with all the courtiers. The honor guard had already been waiting there. Zhao Zhen did a brief inspection and said nothing. After all, in Zhao Zhen's own opinion, the scale of today's trip was naturally unacceptable.
Compared with ordinary times, and my main purpose today is not to show any royal majesty, but to support Lu Yao and use this Cuju competition to silence the opposition. Therefore, there is a etiquette system for the number of honor guards.
Without making too much fuss, he got on the sedan chair directly.
There is a question here: why did Zhao Zhen choose a sedan instead of a carriage?
Carriages and sedan chairs were two different means of transportation in ancient times, and they were also the two most commonly used means of transportation in ancient times. Before the Song Dynasty, horse carriages were the most commonly used means of transportation, and after the Song Dynasty, the sedan chair
It has surpassed horse-drawn carriages and has become the most common means of transportation for most people in the Song Dynasty. Horse-drawn carriages use animal power, while sedan chairs use human power.
Judging from the objects of use of the two, in fact, under the constraints of the strict hierarchical system in ancient China, sedan chairs and carriages have naturally become symbols of different levels and are products of the hierarchical system.
As far as horse carriages are concerned, although horse carriages were considered a relatively precious means of transportation in ancient times, in the Song Dynasty, horse carriages became a means of long-distance transportation for some people. However, the horses used in such carriages were actually kept by ordinary people at home.
Inferior horses, or mixed-breed horses. Although there is no distinction between good and bad means of transportation, carriages do use animal power, so ordinary people use them more.
The history of carriages is very long. In the pre-Qin Dynasty,
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It has already appeared in the period. In "Sima Fa·Yanwei" it is said: "Every carriage is strong and the armor is powerful." It can be seen that in the pre-Qin period, carriages still appeared as a means of transportation on the battlefield. However, by
In the Song Dynasty, carriages became a means of transportation for some people.
"Sedan" was not something ordinary people could own in the Song Dynasty. Those who could go out and ride in a sedan were all high-ranking officials in the Song Dynasty. Because the sedan was actually a symbol of wealth, only those with money could afford it.
, only those who have money and can hire manpower can enjoy the honor of "sitting in a sedan chair".
The sedan is actually a means of transportation with a very long history, with a development history of more than 4,000 years. It is recorded in "Historical Records of Xia Benji": traveling by water by boat, traveling by land by car, traveling by mud on a sled, and traveling by mountain.
Cheng Sheng. The "Sheng" mentioned here is the most primitive sedan in ancient China. So why did the sedan's long history surpass that of horse-drawn carriages, but it only became really popular in the Song Dynasty?
The population in the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and there was even a surplus of manpower, which enabled the sedan that used human power to develop to a certain extent. The population in the Song Dynasty was large, and the national recorded population at that time had reached more than 100 million. What's more, in
In ancient times, there were many illegal households that were not registered. This is because the commodity economy in the Song Dynasty was very developed, and the production industry, agriculture and handicrafts were all very developed, which provided a certain economic foundation for the growth of the population.
The shortage of horse power resources was also the main reason why "sedans" were used more than "carriages" at that time. The horse power mentioned here is not the horses that ordinary people raise themselves, but the horse power that can be used as a horse with a certain pulling power by the rich.
Why did the Song Dynasty have insufficient horse power resources? This is mainly because the Song Dynasty lost part of the "land" that was the source of horse power resources, and even if there were horses, they were used on the battlefield.
In terms of transportation, it is actually because the land transportation measures in the Song Dynasty did not meet the requirements for the development of horse-drawn carriages. Water transportation in the Song Dynasty was relatively developed, but land transportation did not receive certain development. China's terrain is very complex, with the terrain high in the west and low in the east.
As a result, there were very few plain areas in most of the territory of the Song Dynasty, and most of the plain areas in the south were planted with paddy fields. When large-scale cross-regional transportation was required, "animal-powered" carriages were used instead of "human-powered" sedan chairs.
Comes with flexibility and convenience.
Moreover, most of the financial resources of the Song Dynasty government were used to build waterway transportation, so land transportation was not taken seriously. Because of the development of shipbuilding technology in the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty government paid more attention to the development of waterway transportation. Coupled with the terrain, land transportation was also ignored.
The construction of transportation could not meet the development requirements of horse-drawn carriages.
Under the feudal hierarchy, some people with higher status in the feudal hierarchy used other people's feet to become their own feet and sat and moved. This was actually a reflection of their high status. In ancient societies that pursued personality superiority,
"Sedan" can be said to be a means of transportation that best embodies this kind of personality advantage. The use of "human power" in the sedan can allow some people to trample others under their feet, which can be said to be the best embodiment of the feudal hierarchy.
As the two most commonly used means of transportation in ancient my country, the "sedanan" was used far more than the "carriage" in the Song Dynasty. This was largely due to the excess manpower caused by the large population in the Song Dynasty, and the sedan manufacturing technology developed under the commodity economy. , Insufficient horse power resources, the inconvenience of the development of horse-drawn carriages caused by neglect of land transportation construction, the personality advantages of "sedans" under the feudal hierarchy, and other reasons and factors are the main sources of this situation. However, it was also specific to the Song Dynasty A product of historical circumstances.
Talking about Zhao Zhen's trip this time, because the distance between the inner city and the outer city is not that big, and considering the situations that may be encountered in the middle, Tang Long finally chose to let Zhao Zhen take a sedan to the Bird's Nest Stadium. Of course.
, all the accompanying officials followed behind the sedan, and behind them was the guard of honor.
Around the sedan, there were some soldiers to protect the emperor's safety during his trip.
As a result, the emperor's traveling team of several hundred people left the palace in a mighty manner and headed towards the Bird's Nest Stadium. Having said that, it also took an hour from mobilizing the emperor's team to preparing the honor guard for departure.
time. Therefore, by the time Zhao Zhen actually got on the sedan to travel, there were only two hours before the official start of the Cuju competition.
It just so happened that the plan Lu Yao and Zhe Kexing made was to start selling tickets one hour before the start of the Cuju competition. The people were relatively sensible. Those people who traveled to see the image of the Royal Cuju team and Zhao Zhen, they
Originally they were not too interested in Cuju, and they also knew that a stadium of this size could not accommodate so many people to watch the game at the same time, so they did not choose to buy tickets. On the contrary, those who were somewhat interested in Cuju
, people who were not interested in who was attending, and those people who had spent a lot of money on football betting for this game, rushed to the ticket office to buy tickets. Everyone could afford the price of a penny. It was basically just enough.
Within twenty minutes, all five hundred tickets had been sold out, but there was little disappointment on the faces of those who had not bought tickets, because the staff had arranged the rules for buying tickets.
They all told them that after seven games, it would always be their turn. This was what they were thinking in their hearts.
Since the tickets are sold out, the audience who enters the venue only need to wait for the arrival of the emperor and the Huangtian team. The common people outside the venue, under the arrangements of Gu Liang and other soldiers, have also stood up in order.
The road in the middle was cleared and they were waiting for the arrival of the emperor. The expressions on the faces of the people varied, but most of them were still full of expectation.
After all, they all want to see what the most powerful person in the world looks like.
Finally, the emperor's honor guard arrived near the Bird's Nest Stadium. Zhao Zhen opened the curtain in the sedan and could see the Bird's Nest Stadium at a glance. Of course, he could also see the expectant eyes of the people along the street.
"Stop the sedan."
When the bearers heard the emperor's order, they immediately stopped the sedan chair.
The next second, Zhao Zhen himself walked out of the sedan calmly.
