The seven-day winter solstice holiday finally ended, and Zhao Hao also ushered in his first courtship and was going to check in and work in the palace.

Although officials in Beijing above the fifth rank and above had to attend court, they did not include the royal family. Since Zhao Guangyi, the royal family of the Song Dynasty has basically no position and does not need to attend court meetings regularly. Only princely levels like the King of Yan and King Yue will occasionally attend.

Zhao Ji was determined to cultivate another force in the court to restrain the two existing sects, and he thought of Zhao Hao first.

Only those who fight in the court can Zhao Ji play his imperial balance skills so thrifty, playing with all the civil and military officials in the court to applaud, in order to consolidate the absolute authority of the imperial power.

Cai Jing is old after all, and many ideas can no longer keep up with the Guan family's thoughts. Sometimes he is a little stubborn and a little arrogant, so Zhao Ji gradually becomes dissatisfied with him.

Moreover, it is boring to fight between two major forces. The right way is to bloom with a hundred flowers. The more forces there are, the easier it is to play the balanced way.

Therefore, Zhao Hao, who was a royal family, was included in the list of officials who attended court by Zhao Ji, and became the only royal family who had to go to court in court like ordinary Beijing officials.

There will be distinctions between major dynasties and regular dynasties.

Changchao is a place for emperors and ministers to handle government affairs in the court, mainly involving the place where the court is listened to, the time of the court, and the rituals and special regulations related to listening to the court. This type of main name is "the ceremony of the court". The so-called "ceremonies" and "ceremonies" in documents and historical records mostly refer to the etiquette of the court. According to the rules, all officials should "go to court to discuss current affairs, prepare for the matter together before reporting and reporting". In other words, except for legal holidays, such regular courts with actual content will be held almost every day. If the monarch is sick or is negligent, the so-called "the king will not court early from now on", that is, it is an exception.

The great dynasty refers to the meeting of civil and military officials, kingdom princes and foreign envoys during festivals such as Yuanzheng and Winter Solstice. They are congratulated by the ministers, and are called "the great dynasty ceremony", or "the ritual of congratulations" and "the ritual of congratulations". The ritual of congratulations is set up to govern the national affairs, and the occasion of congratulations does not deal with the national affairs, but the ritual of congratulations is higher than that of the ritual of congratulations.

The Song Dynasty was also very strict. Officials who did not ask for leave for no reason or were late were usually severely punished. In ancient times, courtship was more difficult than modern work. For example, in "The Book of Songs? Qifeng? Chicken Crying", the wife urged her husband to get up and go to court: "After the rooster crowing, courtship is full; the east is clear, courtship is prosperous." In modern times, it was nine to five, and it was eight to five in early. In ancient times, courtship was mostly about five in the morning and usually set off at three in the morning. So at that time, although the officials who could attend court had high positions and high powers, it was really not ordinary hardship.

In the winter, in Bianliang, Zhao Hao got up early in the morning, packed himself neatly, held a tablet in his hand, and boarded the carriage with a radiant look to attend the morning court.

Outside Xuande Gate, the palace gate had not yet been opened, and many officials had gathered one after another. Zhao Hao did not recognize anyone, nor did he have to make friends with anyone, so he simply hid in the carriage and couldn't get out, but just secretly lifted the curtains and watched.

The group of officials who were approaching the palace gate were talking, as if they were discussing something, but they were very quiet and deliberately avoiding people.

Zhao Hao was a little confused. Looking up, he saw that Gao Qiu was among the group of people. Looking to the other side, there was a small group of officials with a clear distinction between the group of people who were Gao Qiu.

When the number of people gradually increased, Zhao Hao could see clearly that there was a group of people on Gao Qiu's side and another group of people. It was not until Tong Guan arrived late that he could confirm that there was a group of people on the other side with Tong Guan.

After a while, another gorgeous warm sedan chair came, and the group of people on Gao Qiu surrounded him, as if they saw their own father coming. Then he slowly walked down from the warm sedan chair, but an old man with white hair and beard. Although his steps were very steady, the officials around him greeted him and helped him down, just like helping their second uncle, which seemed to be very extraordinary in the court.

"Cai Jing, force 6, intelligence 88, politics 72, command 40, health value 78."

It turns out that this is Cai Jing, the leader of the six thieves, known as her husband's prime minister!

Zhao Hao took a few more glances.

Dangdangdang~

As the morning bell in the palace sounded leisurely, Xuande Gate slowly opened...

The officials ran into the palace gate with a loud bang.

All officials have "door records" when entering and leaving the palace. Those who write names and appearances are not allowed to enter. Those who have no registration naturally do not need to register for familiar faces. Zhao Hao is a newcomer, so he naturally needs to report and check it first before entering the palace, so he is behind.

In winter, it is almost four in the morning and the visibility is extremely low.

However, the long road from the palace gate to the Chuigong Hall has palace lanterns, but there are not many palace lanterns, and they are hung very high, for fear of fire. The ancient palace lanterns were not like modern street lights, with low visibility, especially in rainy weather, which makes it even more difficult to identify the road surface. Unless the officials are specially rewarded, they must walk into the palace and are not allowed to bring their entourages. It is not impossible to accidentally throw your butt to the sky.

But there is one exception, that is her husband Cai Jing.

Cai Jing is old and is a first-class official. Not only is he allowed to sit in a warm sedan chair, but he also has palace servants holding lights to avoid falling.

With the lighting of the corner lamps in front of Cai Jing's warm sedan chair, officials followed behind and walked forward with the bright corner lamps. They naturally felt much stronger than the ones that were as dark as they were, which was called "Borrowing the Light to the Court".

From the dark and lurking officials behind Cai Jing, it can be seen how powerful Cai Jing is in the court. No wonder Zhao Ji tried to pull him down again and again to calm him down, and what he was afraid of was that he was overwhelmed.

Tong Guan and his group are also strong, and they still keep a distance from Cai Jing and the group of people, and will never get any "light".

Before he went to court, Zhao Hao could see clearly the situation of the party struggle, and he sighed secretly. No wonder the Song Dynasty took jujube pills in history...

However, as the youngest official in court, Mr. Zhao has a force value of up to 78, and his feet are as stable as a rock, so he naturally doesn't have to worry about slipping and falling on the road.

The group arrived at Chuigong Hall and started queuing up.

This team is also knowledgeable. The attendees come from various departments and have different ranks. Therefore, you must enter the designated position when the meeting is held. This is called "chair class", which means the number of attendees.

The entire Chuigong Hall is not big, but there are hundreds of people coming to court. The one with the lowest rank is to stand outside the hall. Zhao Hao’s grade from the fourth rank is not too high. According to the rules, he can stand at most at the entrance of the hall.

However, Jin Chongyue, the Minister of Rites who was in charge of scheduling, forced Zhao Hao to the middle of the hall and lined up with officials of three ranks.

This action aroused dissatisfaction among some officials, accusing Jin Chongyue of not scheduling according to etiquette rules, which made Jin Chongyue's strange eyes roll and said lightly, "This is the official family's meaning. Mr. Zhao is a royal family and a noble family in heaven. How can he be compared with ordinary people?"

Everyone knew that Lao Jin, the Minister of Rites, had always been honest and upright, and saw Lao Jin say this, gradually quieted down, and most of them could only show an expression of being angry but not speaking. And from the first and second ranks of the previous officials, the words gradually came again. The "big brothers" of their respective factions had already passed the message and were not allowed to cause trouble. Even if there were a few thorns, they had to swallow their anger and shut up.

Zhao Hao stood in a queue of a group of third-rank officials with an ivory tablet in his hand, but his face was calm and he didn't feel anything wrong... Even if he sat on the dragon throne in front, there was nothing wrong. He treated the officials who were sarcastic or protesting directly, and did not argue, nor showed fear and fear like a novice, which made some officials secretly amazed.

The first thing Tong Guan passed the message before was that he would not fight with Mr. Zhao. The officials of Tong Guan's sect were the only ones who followed Tong Shu. After hearing what Tong Guan said, he knew that he would have the intention to find it. He could not say that Mr. Zhao was his own person and soon calmed down.

As for Cai Jing, he has been planning big moves today, so naturally he cannot argue over such trivial matters and miss major events.

After a while, a crisp shout came from the hall, "The Emperor is here."

Zhao Ji, an official wearing a bright yellow crown and a twenty-four crown, came from the direction of Wende Hall, came to the main hall, and slowly sat down on the dragon throne.

Under Cai Jing's leadership, everyone saluted to the official family, but they did not kneel down and shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live", or something like in a braid show. They just bent down and bowed and shouted "I'm waiting to congratulate Your Majesty for thousands of years."

The etiquette of the king and his subjects has been finished, and the soft voice of Liang Shicheng sounded: "You have something to say, and you will leave the court without any trouble."

This sentence was originally said in the morning to favor Yang Yuhuan by Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty. From then on, almost all the emperors used it, but later it was read by eunuchs.

Before he finished speaking, he heard a man walking out from the front line, holding an ivory tablet in his hand, and slowly walked out, saying loudly: "I have the foundation to report."

"In the white period, force is 8, intelligence is 72, politics is 61, command is 25, health is 86."

The one who came out was Bai Shizhong, the Shangshu Zuo Cheng, who was known as the Zuo Prime Minister.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Liao Kingdom sent Xiao Ke and Han Fang as an envoy. I want to express my conscience to our Song Dynasty and beg for good things... Our dynasty has not had any war for more than a hundred years since the Tanyuan alliance, and the Jurchens eroded the countries. If the Liao Kingdom does not exist, they will be worried about our Song Dynasty. If the lips are gone, they must be worried about it. We must worry about it carefully. We hope that Your Majesty will think about it carefully."

As soon as Bai Shizhong finished speaking, the ministers were in an uproar.

In fact, the first person who was envoy of Liao Kingdom was Tong Guan and Cai You. He was expelled by Tong Guan and did not give up and secretly sent someone to contact Cai Jing. He hit it off with Cai Jing, so he had today's memorial.

Zhao Hao, who was in court for the first time, heard Bai Shizhong's memorial, and his heart became secretly active.

To join forces with Liao to fight against Jin or to defeat Liao, this is a question...
Chapter completed!