Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 255: The King of the Golden Palace

After several days of preparation, Zhao Mu's canonization ceremony finally began.

Zhao Mu got up early in the early morning of this day. Although he did not have an official title or official uniform, the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple had prepared the court uniforms for the previous court and the attire for various formal occasions.

Zhao Mu quickly put on his purple gold crown and python robe under the service of Shuangxue and Meilanzhuju.

Zhao Mu then drove to the palace in a chariot.

The only shortcoming of today's grand event is that time is too tight, and Zhao Mu's own royal chariot was not made in time. Although Zhezong wanted to use his own imperial chariot instead, considering the issue of "exceeding the system", even if he didn't think it was anything, it would be very troublesome if someone mentioned it in the future, so Zhezong had no choice but to give it up.

Therefore, Zhao Mu could only borrow one temporarily. The car Zhao Mu was riding this time belonged to his eldest brother, Zhao Yong, Prince of Dongping County.

When Zhao Mu passed by the Dongping County Prince's Mansion in a royal chariot, Zhao Yong, who was standing at the door and watching, felt extremely angry.

After inheriting the title, he built this car. He was looking forward to the emperor inviting him to the palace for a banquet or other important occasions in the future.

But it is a pity that Zhao Yong has inherited it for so long and has never used this car once. Even when he accepted the title, it was an imperial edict from the emperor, and he did not enter the palace and be canonized at the court meeting like Zhao Mu did.

Now that he had not even ridden in this car, Zhao Mujie got on first, and he was very angry. But there was nothing he could do. This was agreed by his mother and wife, and he had no choice but to object if he wanted to.

Soon Zhao Mu arrived at the palace gate in a royal chariot.

However, Zhao Mu did not enter the palace immediately after getting off the car. Instead, he waited at the entrance of the palace, waiting for the emperor to summon him.

This time the canonization ceremony happened to be the time of the great court meeting. After Zhezong had listened to the affairs of the court and the civil and military officials had concluded their discussions, Zhao Mu would be called to the palace to accept the canonization.

Zhao Mu waited outside the palace for half an hour. After half an hour, the eunuch summoned him, the Lord of the Golden Palace, to accept the canonization.

Zhao Mu walked slowly on the royal road to the Golden Palace with official steps. Although he had been to the palace many times, his destination every time was only Zhe Zong's study room. Or it is the "Jiying Hall" responsible for entertaining officials and envoys. It was also the first time for Zhao Mu to visit the "Chongde Hall" where the previous government was held.

Although it was Zhao Mu's first time here, the rules were not forgotten at all. When Zhao Mu walked up the imperial steps, Zhezong's eunuch specially led him to walk on the left side of the Danbi Stone.

Because civilian officials walked on the left side, and military generals walked on the right side. There is a saying in the Book of Rites that "a gentleman will respect his left when he is in residence, and he will respect his right when using troops."

The Song Dynasty shared the world with scholars, and the officials in the court respected the civil servants. Since Taizu released his military power, not only have their powers been greatly reduced, but their treatment has also been greatly reduced.

Take the Yang family as an example. Although the Yang family in Tianbo Prefecture made a lot of contributions to the Song Dynasty, the Yang family has never had a decent title since the old prince Yang Jiye. Even though the Yang family has been full of loyal people for generations, the current head of the Yang family, Yang Huaiyi, is only the Baolinghou who inherited Yang Yanzhao. As for the other titles of the Yang family, they were all abolished because there was no one to inherit them.

In addition, in terms of official rank, the official rank of military attachés in the Song Dynasty was essentially half a step lower than that of civilian officials.

Even the highest title of a military commander, Taiwei, is now just a mascot title.

The person who really holds the real power is the Privy Councilor.

But the Privy Council also had to look at the Ministry of Household's attitude towards distributing food and wages. The appointment of military generals in various places depends not only on military merit, but also on the faces of the officials.

And the most important thing is that the marshals and generals of the Song Dynasty did not have wartime command authority. The people who really held military power were the civilian supervisors sent by the emperor. Only after the supervisor agrees can the generals fight according to their own wishes. Otherwise, you will be considered "rebellious". However, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and the most taboo thing in combat is "inconsistent military orders." Military orders were inconsistent and command was chaotic. Naturally, the soldiers could not form any effective combat effectiveness.

Therefore, in a sense, whether the Song Dynasty's army can win the war depends not only on the military commander's own talents and whether the soldiers serve their lives, but more importantly, whether the appointed supervisor is a stupid and difficult guy.

It is precisely because the status of military generals is lower than that of civilian officials, Zhezong specially arranged for Zhao Mu to go to the left. If Zhao Mu, as a clan relative with a title, could not take the imperial examination to become an official, Zhezong would have really wanted to arrange for Zhao Mu to take the "imperial examination" route to become a scholar. If you have a good reputation, you will be able to overwhelm those civil servants in the future.

Following the call, Zhao Mu strolled into the hall.

I saw this Chongde Hall surrounded by eight dragon pillars. Hundreds of civil and military officials lined up on both sides holding court tablets. A bright golden dragon with a dragon ball in its mouth is located above Zhe Zong's throne.

Today's Emperor Zhezong is sitting upright in court attire, fully displaying the majesty of the emperor.

Zhao Mu paid homage to Zhe Zong in a polite manner: "Your Majesty! Zhao Mu! Pay homage to Your Majesty!"

After Zhao Mu finished the ceremony, Zhe Zong raised his hand and said, "Uncle, the emperor is exempt from the ceremony!"

Although it was already rumored in the palace that Zhezong was a good match for Zhao Mu's uncle and nephew, the ministers were still a little surprised when Zhezong shouted it out in front of hundreds of civil and military officials at the court meeting today.

Zhao Mu heard this and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" After saying that, Zhao Mu stood up.

Although all the ministers in the DPRK had met Zhao Mu at the last dinner reception for the envoys. But this time Zhao Mu, wearing a python robe and a golden crown, was still so eye-catching. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't make any big moves in the Chao Hui Golden Palace, everyone's eyes would definitely be on him.

Although all the ministers were expressionless, they were all murmuring in their hearts.

This is because Zhao Mu's promotion was too fast.

Zhao Mu was just a small county prince just a year ago. Anyone who can attend the court meeting in this golden palace, as long as he has a title, is older than Zhao Mu.

But just over half a year ago, after Zhao Mu returned to the capital, he was directly promoted from county prince to county prince because of his marriage to Dali. This can be said to be an exceptional promotion.

But just half a year later, Zhao Mu came back again, and this time the emperor directly named him his heir. That's all, but the reason Zhe Zong gave was really perfunctory. Because of the need for peace with Dali, Zhao Mu was promoted. Even if it is to be crowned a king, it is enough to promote a county king.

But now Zhao Mu's title is second only to the prince's heir. This makes everyone a little confused. This is because there is an unspoken rule in the Song Dynasty that no one, except the direct prince, can have a title higher than that of the county king. Even Zhezong himself was only the Duke of Jun and the Prince of Yan'an before he came to the throne. The titles of Zhao Ji and others were conferred on them by Zhe Zong after he succeeded to the throne.

And Zhao Mu was neither Zhezong's brother nor Zhezong's son. As a collateral blood relative of Taizu, this title of heir is really hard to understand.

Although everyone couldn't figure it out, there was a special faction in the court who liked to hear about it.

That is the Xungui Group headed by King Zhongxiao, King Shang, and King Deng.

(End of this chapter)