Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 392 Shang Palace Bureau and Fourth Division

From time to time, Zhao Huan's headache was caused by the restlessness in the harem. This is not the government, and he can't discuss it with ministers like Li Gang and Zhao Ding.

Zhao Huan looked at the court lady in front of him, and he was very angry, because he was not mean to the palace maids.

He never beat or scolded at will, or insulted wantonly.

And the two concubines in the palace are also relatively kind, and they never wantonly bully the palace people.

But the palace people did not repay their kindness, which made Zhao Huan feel a little bit overwhelmed.

"Pull it down, and interrogate it strictly." Zhao Huan waved his hand, ready to let the officer take away the obstructive person.

"Officials, wait a minute." Li Qingzhao's voice suddenly appeared in Zhao Huan's ear,

Zhao Huan looked up and saw that Li Qingzhao was walking quickly from outside the gate of Qingming Palace, followed by several Chazi from the Imperial City Division and several eunuchs.

Zhang Tanghua said timidly: "The concubine's captured court lady behaved suspiciously. The official's family left the palace, so the concubine found Li Shanggong to deal with the matter."

Why not find Zhu Lian?

Zhao Huan thought for a while, then shook his head subconsciously. If he had been himself, he would not have gone to see Zhu Lian, as she could not keep up.

The style of handling things is too weak, if it is placed in an ordinary family, there is no problem, but this is a palace that eats people but does not spit out bones.

After Li Qingzhao saluted, he said: "The concubine found the tabloid from this court lady, and followed the clues to find three accomplices, one is the buyer of the Imperial Food Bureau, one is the Xiaohuangmen of Yuchi Road, and the other is the palace servant of Qingming Palace. "

Zhao Huan looked at Li Qingzhao, but he didn't expect her to be quite capable of handling cases.

Li Qingzhao pointed to a few palace people who were tied up and said: "The purchase of this imperial food bureau will bring a tabloid into the palace every day, and this tabloid will be sent to the Qingming Palace passing by every day through the hands of Xiao Huangmen in Yuchi Road. In the hands of the maids, and the maids in front of the officials are the ones who carry out the assassination."

"And this palace lady was chosen from the folk because of Zhang Jieyu's entry into the palace some time ago."

"The concubine followed this maid to find some old maids in the palace. They took bribes and deliberately let some people into the palace."

"And the person who gave the bribe is also responsible for the purchase through the Imperial Food Bureau, so there are always troubles in the palace."

It's really a complete chain of transactions that are interlocking!
It is not easy to draw this line, especially those old maids and eunuchs who are responsible for selecting the maids.

Zhao Ying, Shen Cong, Li Gang, and Zhao Huan all tried their best to dig out this dirty transaction chain, but they never succeeded.

Li Qingzhao continued: "Of all the people involved in the case, the only ones who knew that they were going to be assassinated by the Changhong Guanri tabloid were the little eunuch who bought from the Imperial Food Bureau, and the court lady who was responsible for the assassination. The others didn't even know what it was."

"Then how did you catch and buy this little eunuch?" Zhao Huan asked curiously.

Giving and accepting bribes in the palace has become a common practice, from the ancestor Zhao Ying, it has been followed by others. Zhao Huan felt that eunuchs were as greedy as they were, but it turned out that the whole palace was like this.

Even the old monsters in the palace began to let people who didn't know why into the palace.

Li Qingzhao pointed to the little eunuch and said: "The concubine has been in the palace for several months, working every day, but there is nothing to do. I noticed this purchase when I was free to learn the rules of the palace."

"Officials are not extravagant people. They can't eat big feasts, and they don't use many ingredients, but this person just goes out of the palace every day. Many times he returned empty-handed, and the courtiers and concubines have noticed this person."

Zhao Huan nodded. Shang Gong's original intention was that Zhao Huan would restore the system of female officials, and then arrange for one of his own people to monitor the soon-to-be-established Ministry of Commerce.

Unexpectedly, there is a surprise!Li Qingzhao was actually doing what Shang Gong did.

Commandments, corrections, bans and punishments.Sizheng and Dianzheng are assistants, and they are in charge of the six emperors.

Originally, there was no palace official in the Song Dynasty, and the queen was in charge. Now that Zhao Huan has no queen, Zhu Lian is in charge.

Zhu Lian's husband and son are definitely qualified, but managing the affairs of the court is a bit stretched.

"Is there any more?" Zhao Huanrao asked with interest.

"The concubine also saw three or five suspicious people. After the concubine observes it again and confirms it, I will hand it over to the officials for decision." Li Qingzhao replied.

She clearly told the officials that there was more than just this little eunuch in the palace.

"I know." Zhao Huan nodded and said to Zhu Lian, "Zhu Guifei will come with me."

Zhao Huan went to Wende Palace, not Yanfu Palace.

He sat in front of the royal case, looked at Zhu Lian and said, "I am determined to restore the Shang Palace Bureau, and appoint Li Qingzhao as the palace official to take charge of the management of the palace people. I don't know what you want?"

Zhao Huan hoped that Zhu Lian would agree with his opinion. After all, she always went wrong in managing the court, so it was not a problem.

But this is dividing Zhu Lian's authority.

It was also the first time for Zhu Lian to enter the Wende Hall. Ever since accidents happened in the palace, the Wende Hall where the officials stayed most often has become a forbidden place, and she couldn't step in. She looked around curiously for a while.

After hearing the emperor's question, she looked hesitant, bowed her head and said: "The concubine obeys the arrangement of the officials."

Zhu Lian is a scheming person, everything is written on his face, which is one of the reasons why Zhao Huan has always liked her.

There was obvious disappointment on Zhu Lian's face.

"Then transfer the Fourth Division to Li Gongzheng. That's it. You are weak, and the punishment should be handed over to Li Gongzheng." Zhao Huan still decided to transfer Zhu Lian's power.

The four divisions are, respectively, Si Yan, who is in charge of publicity and performances; Book, who is in charge of the list and measurement; Si Zheng, who is in charge of format and punishment;Each has two divisions and principals, from the sixth-rank palace officials.

The directors of the Six Royal Bureaus, including the Imperial Food Bureau, also belonged to the Fourth Division. Zhao Huan's decision this time can be said to directly cut off more than half of Zhu Lian's power as a noble concubine, and hand it over to Gong Zheng.

The reason why the Song Dynasty did not set up a palace is also the same, because it does not want to share the power of the queen.

The ancestral training of Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty and his in-laws was part of the original transaction.

But after Bamen's entry into Beijing, apart from the Zhu family, Bamen has become dead in name only.Zhao Huan set up a palace to divide the power of empress Bo or first-rank concubine, so there was no obstacle.

The Song Dynasty did not have the problems of foreign relatives intervening in politics, eunuchs taking power, and separatist regimes, but the Song Dynasty itself had a lot of problems.

Party strife prevails, literati dominate the government, orders are changed from day to day, and the harem is chaotic.

Liu E almost followed Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne, saying that he wore a dragon robe and listened to the government behind a curtain, and Zhao Ji's ascension to the throne relied on the support of the Queen Mother.

The power struggle between the empress dowager and the emperor indirectly led to the party struggle among civil servants.

As a result, the court was as chaotic as a pot of porridge. Although the harem was not involved in politics, it was clearly a harem chaos. (Note 1)

Zhao Huan's decision to resume Gong Zheng's position was also due to various considerations.

"Don't cry. I don't want to see the palace continue to be in such a mess." Zhao Huan looked at Zhu Lian crying, shook his head and said.

With two lines of tears on Zhu Lian's cheeks, he said: "The concubine's heart is not going well. It's not that the government has divided the concubine's power. The concubine is not a greedy person. I know that my ability is limited, so I leave the matter to others. Do it, and save a lot of effort."

"The concubine just feels that she can't help the official family, so that's why she feels sad."

Zhao Huan stepped down from the imperial platform and said comfortingly, "You are just soft-hearted..."

Zhao Huan coaxed Zhu Lian, after all, he was a wife in need, and when the Jin Ren rode on his face, Zhu Lian's performance was not bad.

"The concubine will learn from everyone Li." Zhu Lian still said with tears.

There is no gap between the two of them, but now as Zhao Huan continues to grow, Zhu Lian is still the same, and it is a bit impossible to maintain the peace in the palace.

He coaxed Zhu Lian onto the dragon couch.

There is no one of the best ways to coax a woman.

The next day, Zhao Huan's short vacation was over. He looked at the military newspaper in his hand and slammed the table hard.

This military report has just been delivered, and it said one thing, Fengshengzhou Military Fort was attacked by Jinren!
　Note 1: The ruling of the queen mother is for the smooth transition of the regime, which has certain rationality and legitimacy, but the queen mothers of the Song Dynasty only let the emperor take charge after death, which led to the adult emperor wanting to take charge of the government and Contradictions between the Queen Mother.

　　
　
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