Song Gexing

Chapter 288 One Life, One Yuan

Jin Shanji and Wang Fangji have been Zhao Fang's women for a long time. In terms of loyalty, they are no worse than anyone else. It's not like they didn't support Zhang Dun after he destroyed Goryeo.

But the situation is so special that we have to be cautious, for fear that the tail will not fall off if we support it, and then our efforts will be in vain and thankless.

Wang Fangji was from the Goryeo royal family. She was sent to the Liao Kingdom as a tribute girl just because she was a side branch. Her natal family was in a state of decline and had no talents. It was of little use to support her.

Kim Sun Hee is amazing, because she was feared and monitored by the Goryeo royal family, she deliberately humiliated the Jin family and sent her to the Liao Kingdom.

Because although there are many people with the surname Jin, her family is the royal family of the original Silla Kingdom. Silla fell in 935, and it was the Wang family that destroyed them in Goryeo.

Although Silla took the initiative to surrender to Goryeo and retained the royal family, it was not until 640 that the Jincheng area, the capital of Silla, abandoned the name of Silla and changed it to Gyeongju.

It can be seen that many former subjects of Silla still miss their homeland, which makes the Goryeo royal family always worried about the Jin family.

After all, Silla once unified the three kingdoms. Unlike Baekje, although it was once powerful, it never unified the entire peninsula.

Zhang Dun also knew that Jin Shanji's family was difficult to control, so although he supported them, he also guarded against them.

But there was no other way. Zhao Fang personally ordered to support the Jin family, so that Zhang Dun could promote more Koreans in government affairs as long as he held on to the power of the army.

The current head of the Jin family is Jin Shanji's biological brother, so he naturally benefits the most. At present, he is also very sensible and fully supports Zhang Dun, and reacted immediately after many people in the Jin family were arranged.

At the same time, Zhao Fang successively named three Korean women as talented people, and also supported their families. Naturally, these three women were selected not based on their looks.

The Du family fled to Goryeo during the Song Zhenzong period. The current head of the family, Du Chen, is the third generation. He has already integrated into Goryeo but still remembers his ancestors in China.

Because of his gratitude to Goryeo, Du Chen did not surrender at first, but fought to the death and was captured. Therefore, his two sisters were sent to Bianjing.

Because of his young age, he was not rewarded as a minister, but this time Zhao Fang found him and canonized the elder Du Ruo, who was only 11 years old, as a talented person.

He also ordered a review of the unjust cases of the Du family, which may be regarded as winning people's hearts, but it is indeed useful. After all, the Du family has only been in Korea for a few decades.

Even if Du Chen is unwilling, some of his uncles and brothers still cherish their homeland, and it is best to support them.

The other is the daughter of the Cui family, who was also canonized as a talented person when she was only ten years old. The Cui family is said to be from Qinghe Cui, but there is no history to determine whether it is true.

There is only one record in the Book of Jin, which states that after Cui Ao, a captain of Dongyi in Liaodong, failed to fight against the Murong clan of Xianbei, he led his family and subordinates to flee to Goguryeo.

However, the Cui family of the Korean clan in later generations did not have the title of Qinghe. Either the descendants of Cui Ao were ashamed of their ancestors and did not dare to mention the descendants of Cui of Qinghe, or the Cui Ao branch had long since disappeared in Goguryeo.

But no matter what, the Cui family is a famous family in Korea, and there are so many talents worth wooing.

The last person named Yu, the ancestor of the Goryeo surname Yu was also Chinese, and the time was more recent. During the Zhao Zhen period of Song Renzong, Yu Xuan married a wife and had children there after living in Goryeo.

Now the Yu family is headed by Yu Xuan's son. Yu Xuan was just a county-level official in Goryeo, but his son was a Jinshi and was in his prime.The person who was sent to Bianjing was Yu Xuan's granddaughter. She was only six years old when she came. She is now seven years old and canonized as a talented person in the north.

The reason why Zhao Fang supported the Yu family was not because of the influence of their father and son, but because they had not forgotten that they were from the Song Dynasty. The father and son were the first ones to actively join, so they naturally had to be treated favorably.

The little one from the Yu family was not brought as a plaything. She had been working with Zhao Pan'er as a little palace maid since early on. It should be said that she was originally appointed to be Zhao Fang's concubine when she grew up.

It's just that it has been realized earlier than expected. Of course, Zhao Fang only gave her a status and did not dare to do anything to her, otherwise Zhao Pan'er would beat the crap out of her.

Likewise, don't touch the daughter of the Cui family and Zhao Fang, the daughter of the Du family. It's not like why would you commit a crime if you don't have a woman?

Time flies so fast, and one year has passed in the blink of an eye. In the autumn of the ninth year of Xining, the courtiers once again submitted a letter to change the year name, which made Zhao Fang very angry.

"I've already said that Xining's reign is quite good, but why are you clinging to the unwritten rule that nothing should exceed the ninth year of Emperor Taizu's reign..."

Zhao Fang once again quarreled with the ministers. According to his idea, he wanted to learn from the Ming Dynasty, where an emperor only had one reign title.

But the ministers refused to give in. They kept saying that he was disrespectful to Taizu by doing this, and they almost pointed at his nose and said it was unfilial.

Zhao Fang, who was furious, clapped the handrail and said loudly: "How many years have passed since the Qingli New Deal? How many changes have been made to the laws of our ancestors? Don't you know how many times it has been? Now that I mention Taizu, is it because I disrespect Taizu, or is it because I disrespect Taizu? Are you disrespectful? Say it!"

Wang Yaochen, who was about to retire, asked with a puzzled face: "Does Your Majesty think that the reign name also needs to be changed? But this is completely unnecessary."

Of course he doesn't understand, is this kind of thing worth arguing about? It's not necessary at all. Changing the year name has no effect on the emperor, nor on the officials, let alone on the people of the world.

Zhao Fang looked at the old prime minister and understood that what he said made sense, but he didn't make sense.

He had no choice but to explain: "Everyone knows that the reign name is not only used by the Song Dynasty, but also by the various subordinate countries. If an emperor only uses one reign name, it will be simple and clear to them. Moreover, the emperor can be directly addressed by his reign name. For example, my reign name is Xining, and the people in the world can say that their emperor is Emperor Xining. People in the province who have little education do not know who is in the throne, so they can only point to it. The city of Bianjing said Zhao Guan’s family, but which emperor in Song Dynasty is not Zhao Guan’s family?”

"Hey! This works very well."

Many of the ministers who originally glared at him were surprised when they heard this. Indeed, no one had thought of this effect.

For example, some people don't know who is in charge of the world today. When they ask others, the person being asked really doesn't know how to introduce their own emperor, so they can only say that it is Zhao Guan's family today.

In more detail, it is necessary to talk about who the first emperor is, who is the first son of the first emperor, etc., which is extremely troublesome.

It would be much simpler if we could use the year name to address them, and we would not accidentally become disrespectful.

After seeing that many opponents had rebelled and that the court was no longer unified against him, Zhao Fang spoke again: "Also, each emperor has his own reign name. This can also reduce the problem of duplication of reign names. The ministers are changing the reign names." Are you racking your brains? You all know this, why do you have to complicate it when it saves trouble?"

Now more people supported him. Repeating the reign name had happened before in the Song Dynasty, and it became a joke. This made Zhao Kuangyin learn from the pain and understand that he must use civil servants.

(End of this chapter)