The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 95 Resurgence of Disputes
After Song Huizong bestowed titles on Song Jiang and others, he led all the officials to the Jiying Hall. This palace is on the west side of the Daqing Hall and adjacent to the Chuigong Hall. It is a place for promoting Jinshi, watching operas, and holding banquets, that is to say, Jiyingdian is a place for banquets for ministers.

Civil and military officials followed Song Huizong and moved to the Jiying Hall. As the king of a country, Song Huizong took the seat in the middle of the hall first, and the officials took their seats one after another according to their official positions in the court.At this time, the prince in the court did not come, and the grand master and grand master had not been established, so there was a lack of first-rank officials in the court, and only the first-rank officials were seated above the chief.

Because the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, Gao Qiu was in power and held the important position of Taiwei, which made him sit on the left side of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty as a respect; In name but without reality, he can only be regarded as the second rank, and there is still some distance from the first rank, but he has the title of county king, but he sits on the right side of Song Huizong from the first rank.

Moreover, the ministers of the court and the central government did not sit randomly. Most of the civil servants sat on the left side, headed by Gao Qiu. Some ministers were Gao Qiu's confidantes and could not wait to sit down; Lian Songjiang, Yue Fei, Liu Qi and other generals relied on Zhao Gou to occupy positions in the army.

Officials in the DPRK and China are not above the fourth rank, so they are not eligible to participate in such banquets. Yue Fei, Liu Qi and others made military exploits this time. .However, they are the protagonists of this banquet, so they should attend it as a matter of course. Yue Fei and others entered this hall because of their military achievements and were rewarded by Song Huizong, and they drank together with Song Huizong.

Zhao Gou's official position in the court was only the second rank, but under Song Huizong's instruction, he exercised the power of the first rank, and the Privy Council held great power.However, he is still a member of the second rank in name.This is because Song Huizong was unwilling to give Zhao Gou too much power, which was not conducive to his growth in the court. Even the ministers of the Privy Council chose to side with Zhao Gou.

Song Huizong glanced at it, and was a little relieved. He knew that Zhao Gou's power had already formed, and he could keep pace with Gao Li as long as he was given some more time.At that time, Gao Qiu was no longer in power, and he had to be scrupulous about his actions.Before, Zhao Gou blatantly disobeyed his imperial decree for Song Jiang and others in front of all officials. He was very angry on his face, but a little happy in his heart.

If Zhao Gou does not stand up and fulfill his promise, then he will not get the full support of Liang Shanjun and others, and the power in the court will decline, which will not be conducive to his own rule and Zhao Gou's growth.Song Huizong saw all these things, but did not take any action. He took a stand-by attitude, neither supporting nor opposing, so as to cultivate his own power.

As the king of a country, he would always fear that some people in the court would form cliques for personal gain, fill their pockets, and interfere in the government affairs, and Song Huizong was no exception.Even though he is immersed in calligraphy and painting, and has extremely high attainments in calligraphy and painting, he also knows that these simple truths are not useless.Zhao Gou's rise required cultivating his own power, which Song Huizong liked to hear.

"Today, I am very happy. I got General Liangshan. This is a great joy of the Song Dynasty!" Song Huizong knelt on the futon, raised his wine glass, and said with a smile on his face: "General Song and all the generals , I have very high expectations of you, I hope that you will not disappoint my expectations, this wine is to respect everyone!"

Song Jiang and the others quickly picked up the wine glass and drank it down. They are all wine lovers. When they smelled the wine, they knew that the wine was a fine wine kept in the palace, so they had endless aftertaste after drinking it.If they were outside, they must have been drinking heavily, but now they are in the palace, and the emperor is here, they can only bear the wine bug in their stomachs, and their eyes still stay on the contents of the cup.

Song Huizong wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, and seeing everyone's eyes fixed on the contents of the cup, he couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Generals, have you ever tasted such fine wine in Mount Liang?"

Song Jiang replied: "I have never eaten it before!"

"Oh, what kind of wine do you usually drink?" Song Huizong asked curiously.

Song Jiang replied: "Rice wine!"

"Rice wine? What is that, can it be drunk?" Song Huizong asked doubtfully.

Song Jiang bowed and said: "Rice wine is a wine that ordinary people can buy, and it can also be brewed by oneself. It is not as refreshing as the royal wine in the palace. It has a strong stamina. If you don't have a good amount of alcohol, you don't dare to drink high concentration. Some ordinary wine. The ministers are all rough men, how do they know how to taste wine, they just want to drink to their heart's content, and they drink rice wine heavy with distiller's grains."

Song Huizong lived in the imperial palace for a long time. He had never visited the folks since he was a child.Zhao Gou suddenly remembered that eighteen bowls of high-concentration rice wine were mentioned in later novels, which was equivalent to two catties of Erguotou. Such a drinking capacity is also rare.

Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty entertained all his ministers, and they drank the royal wine in the palace—Puzhong wine, which is a famous wine produced in Puzhou, Shanxi.However, there are some differences between the two.This wine is specially brewed by the winemaker in the palace. It has a unique flavor. Although it has the same name, the taste is quite different, and the ingredients used are different, even the local famous wine.

Song Jiang and others were all drinkers, and Song Huizong was not stingy at all. He kept ordering eunuchs and court ladies to bring up the imperial wine and let them enjoy it to their heart's content.Song Jiang, Lu Junyi, Wu Yong and the other three were better off, while the others drank desperately. Lin Chong once drank it once, and he also had a soft spot for this wine, so he drank a few more glasses.

If you have wine today, you will be drunk today, and you will worry about tomorrow.

Song Huizong drank with all the people, ate good wine and delicacies, and was very happy.Unfortunately, such happy times are always short-lived.When everyone was drinking happily, someone came to report.Song Huizong frowned, showing displeasure, and said in a cold voice: "Who is it, who is so ungrateful, don't you know that I will drink with the ministers again?"

Anger is anger, Song Huizong Zhao Ji still dare not show the slightest delay, so as not to delay the serious business.However, whether to punish that person depends on when the report is made.The man hurried to the front, knelt down and kowtowed loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Song Huizong said coldly: "Okay, okay! What do you have to report to me? If it's not important, watch your head!"

The man hastily reported back: "Reporting to the emperor, there is an urgent report from the Governor of Jiangning Mansion, and please take a look at it."

"Is there an urgent report from Jiangning Mansion? Submit it quickly!" Song Huizong immediately sat upright when he heard that it was an urgent report, with a dignified expression on his face.

Since Zhao Zuo became the envoy of the Privy Council to reform extensively, the military situation has not been delayed, and all of them have reached the hands of the emperor, and he needs to personally review them.Therefore, Song Huizong knew that this matter must be no small matter, it must be a major military matter, and he could not delay for a moment.

The man hurriedly presented the urgent report to Song Huizong. Song Huizong opened the report, read it once, and slapped his palm on the table angrily.Immediately, all the wine glasses and dishes were spilled all over the floor. All the eunuchs and maids around were kneeling on the ground, not daring to get up. body.

Song Huizong said angrily: "I have just dealt with a troublesome matter and just wanted to relax. I heard such news in less than half a day. It is really abhorrent. Do you really think that there is no one in Song Dynasty and bully me? He is the king of a country, not a puppet to be played with casually, nor is he a person who promises, this time, I will let the people of the world see the power of the Song army, and I am really angry!"

Seeing Song Huizong burning with anger, Zhao Gou was very angry. He had never seen his father so angry.Generally speaking, Song Huizong was smiling, gentle, and personable, but he was so angry that he couldn't help asking, "Father, what is it that is so angry?"

Song Huizong was furious and said indignantly: "I want to make the Song Dynasty rich and powerful, and let the people of the Song Dynasty live in peace, but these people who don't know good and bad have repeatedly opposed me, and they are bound to force me to kill. This time, I will no longer choose to retreat, and will use their lives to warn those rebellious officials and thieves who are about to move around the world, and those who dare to commit rebellion will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing that Song Huizong did not answer his question, Zhao Gou was still angry. From his words, Zhao Gou heard the implication, and thought: "It seems that someone in the Song Dynasty has launched an uprising again. Maybe it's not twice a day. God, it should be some time, otherwise it would not be possible to develop to the stage of alarming the court, the situation is serious and imminent."

(End of this chapter)