Chapter 173: Promoted again, commander of the infantry army!

The next day, the great official took the roast duck in the capital to the palace.

In order to keep the heat insulated, he also specially made an insulated box.

Of course, when talking about the insulation box, it is just an iron box and then wrapped it with cloth to keep it as warm as possible.

"Stop!" When he arrived at the gate of the imperial city, Ximen Qing was stopped by several imperial guards and was not allowed to enter.

Ximen Qing took out the Zijin Order, and several guards were scared and urinated on the spot and sent Ximen Qing in respectfully.

The purple gold waist card is really not a joke. This waist card can represent the emperor's presence. The monk Fang Baojian is similar, and he is treated like seeing things as if he is the emperor.

Without paying much attention to the flattery of several guards, the high-ranking official found a small eunuch and asked the man to take him to the place where the emperor was.

The Chuigong Hall is the name of the main palace hall of the Song Dynasty. It is a place where the officials handle government affairs on weekdays and summoned all ministers. It is located in the south of the Funing Hall. It is the place where the emperor's "inner court" meets the ministers to discuss national affairs on a daily basis.

The inner city of the Northern Song Dynasty imperial city was also known as "Licheng", and there was a palace city in the Licheng, also known as "Imperial City". The central area was the place where the emperor went to govern the government. Important buildings were Daqing Hall, Chuigong Hall, Chongzheng Hall, Huangyi Hall, Longtu Pavilion, Tianzhang Hall, Jiying Hall, etc.; the northern area was the harem.

The Chuigong Hall is also called Changchao Hall. It is not as vast as Chongzheng Hall, but it makes people feel a little warm. However, this warmth is just the feeling of an official family. For all the ministers, the places where the official family is located are in the Northern Song Palace of Bianliang and the Southern Song Palace of Lin'an.

When the guards at the gate of the imperial city saw the purple gold waist card, they were worried that the person in front of them would cause trouble. Now they were relieved to see that the other party ignored them.

"This lord is also an ancestor, and may be a person like the Grand Marshal in the future. You must remember now. If this lord passes by again from now on, you must not stop him." A commander of the imperial guards looked at the back of the official and said to the soldiers present.

Everyone present also looked scared.

This is not their fuss. It has really happened like this before.

The last time Cai Jing was blocked when he passed by the palace gate, the first time he was blocked. Then the guy found a reason to fire the soldier.

Therefore, since then, the imperial guards in front of the palace gate have been very cautious.

The great official didn't know this. Holding a purple-gold waisted card, the great official came to the outside of the Chuigong Hall without any obstacles. It was not until he got here that he was stopped by the eunuch outside the Chuigong Hall.

At this time, we need to go inside to inform us. Only by obtaining Zhao Ji's permission can he enter.

"Report to Your Majesty, Secretary Ximen Qing is asking for a meeting outside the door!"

Zhao Ji was talking about political affairs with the ministers at this time.

Of course, although they were talking about political affairs, they were just ministers saying that Zhao Ji was just listening casually.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty was the least afraid of his ministers' rebellion.

From the beginning to the end of the Song Dynasty, no ministers rebelled, and there were some peasant uprisings, but none of them succeeded. It was really not easy for the Song Dynasty, which was both internal and external troubles at that time, was able to stabilize its status. No one in the Song Dynasty dared to rebel for three hundred years. All of this was attributed to the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin was originally a martial artist. At that time, the emperor passed away and the dynasty was unstable. His subordinates put on his yellow robe, established the Song Dynasty, and finally unified the world.

He was very familiar with usurping the throne, so as the emperor, he prevented these ministers from rebelling, so he deprived them of their military power. In order to prevent people from rebelling below, he formulated many regulations and measures, established the Privy Council, the Three Divisions, and implemented the law of the Gengxu, so that local counties and counties could not have financial support for rebellion, and valued civil officials and underestimated military generals, and firmly controlled the most threatening military generals by the rulers. The "separation system of generals and soldiers" made soldiers and generals unfamiliar with each other, so there would be no example of soldiers supporting Zhao Kuangyin as the emperor that day. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty asked civil officials to take charge of the army in peacetime, and would not hand over the army to the generals until the war period. At the same time, civil officials would also send civil officials to supervise the military, for fear that they would have the intention to rebel.

It is precisely because of these measures that there were no rebels in the Song Dynasty for three hundred years.

Civil officials cannot fight, and military generals have no military power. I think you can make a Russian rebellion.

It has to be said that the Song Dynasty's brainwashing of military generals was very successful.

There were very few military generals of the Song Dynasty who surrendered to foreign tribes, but there were countless civil officials and countless surrendered factions.

In addition, the peasant uprisings had no hope of success in the Song Dynasty. This was not because the emperor was so good, but because the Song Dynasty was too rich.

When the emperor was so rich that he was corrupt and corrupt, the people could have enough food.

Since you can have some food, there are still a few people who will rebel with you.

Just look at the Liangshan Uprising. How many people went to Liangshan to rebel because they couldn't have enough food? I'm afraid there was one out of a thousand.

Most of them think that the imperial emperors were foolish and corrupt officials were rampant. This was the Liangshan uprising. And even such people were small, many of them were helpless or for the so-called loyalty.

So Zhao Ji was not worried about his own country and the throne at all.

After hearing the eunuch say that Ximen Qing is asking for a meeting, Zhao Ji's eyes lit up and he said to the eunuch with serious excitement: "Is the secretary here? Let him in quickly."

Zhao Ji was very happy because Ximen Qing's arrival meant that Ximen Qing had something good or fun again.

Even without these, Zhao Ji likes that Ximen Qing can come to the palace because he thinks Ximen Qing is really interesting.

After seeing Zhao Ji's attention to Ximen Qing, the eunuch did not dare to neglect and hurriedly ran out to invite Ximen Qing in.

After discovering it for a moment, Ximen Qing's lively and graceful figure appeared at the entrance of the hall, causing everyone to wait and see.

"This is Ximen Qing? What a handsome young man!" Liang Shicheng also came to meet Zhao Ji today. He heard He Zhi say a few days ago that Ximen Qing stole a position in the secretary's office, and then he really noticed him.

The Secretary-General has no rights, but the Secretary-General has an advantage, that is, he can accompany the emperor at any time.

After all, the Secretary-General is the person in charge of recording the emperor's words and deeds, which means that he can accompany the emperor every day and record all his whereabouts.

It is important to know the emperor’s words and deeds and his whereabouts. If you make good use of it, you can do a lot of things.

What Liang Shicheng pays more attention to is that Ximen Qing is said to have been hooked up with Li Bangyan's prodigal son, which makes Liang Shicheng even more angry. Li Bangyan and Liang Shicheng's godson Wang Fu are now both in the imperial examinations, but it is obvious that Li Bangyan has now been in the eyes of the emperor, and his godson Wang Fu is just relying on his own promotion.

In a short while, Li Bangyan may be on par with himself.

At this time, Ximen Qing, who had just fallen into the eyes of the government, was attracted by Li Bangyan, which made Liang Shicheng very uncomfortable.

At this moment, Liang Shicheng saw the great official with his own eyes, but his eyes lit up and he secretly praised Ximen Qing in his heart.

After secretly praising him, his face gradually became gloomy.

He didn't hate Ximen Qing for robbing a position, but he hated Ximen Qing for being too outstanding, and there will be many beauties around him in the future. But he is a eunuch and will never have a chance with a beauties in his life.

Liang Shicheng was jealous of the high-ranking officials, while Tong Guan was angry at the arrival of the high-ranking officials.

Tong Guan felt that the great official heard some news, so he came to the official's house to compete for favor with him.

Especially when he saw Ximen Qing carrying a food box, he knew that the official came was not kind!

"Dalang is here just right. If you don't come, I will go outside to find you." Zhao Ji said anxiously when Ximen Qing walked closer.

Dalang is a title of the high-ranking official who Tong Guan and others learned more about after investigating the high-ranking official.

Ximen Qing didn't expect Zhao Ji to call him like this, but he immediately knew that Zhao Ji probably had investigated himself, otherwise he wouldn't have known the title of Dalang.

Zhao Ji didn't know this, and after saying that, he looked at the food box held in Ximen Qing's hand.

Yinxu smelled a wonderful fragrance wafting out. Zhao Ji's eyes lit up, and his face was full of satisfaction.

I have a new understanding of Ximen Qing’s intelligence.

"Everything is my fault! The emperor, I have been studying food for His Majesty, so I failed to enter the palace in time."

Speaking of this, Ximen Qing stopped.

He knew that Song Huizong was very interested and deliberately kept him in a silence.

"Gourmet? Is this the one in your hand? Let me show you the food quickly, Dalang will tell you in detail."

When Zhao Ji heard that it was a delicious food, he became even happier. After eating a meal arranged by the official, Zhao Ji felt that Ximen Qing was also a foodie like him and must have a lot of delicious food.

I heard that Ximen Qing had been studying food, and he seemed even happier and couldn't wait.

Looking at Song Huizong's look of anticipation, Ximen Qing immediately handed the food box to a eunuch.

These things need to be inspected before they can be given to Zhao Ji.

"Report to the emperor! A dish made by Weichen is called Beijing Roast Duck."

This dish was carefully selected by me and completed after more than 60 processes. It tastes very good. I believe the emperor will like it.

Seeing that Song Huizong was very curious, Ximen Qing told him the details. Zhao Ji was even more curious and looked forward to it.

Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan also seemed very surprised, thinking that they had never heard of this dish.

When the eunuch used a silver needle to check the deliciousness, the fragrant smell came out instantly.

Suddenly, everyone in the hall, whether Song Huizong Zhao Ji, or the imperial guards in front of the hall, Liang Shicheng and others, were all excited and swallowed.

There is a strong feeling that I wish I could see it immediately and eat it.

Especially the emperor Zhao Ji, he couldn't sit still after hearing the smell.

"Swish" jumped up from the dragon chair and rushed towards the food box.

When he saw the two dishes, both color and taste, touching his heart, his mood became more beautiful.

"Chopsticks. Bring my ivory chopsticks." The eunuch saw that Zhao Ji was very anxious and rushed to speed up the verification. The other eunuchs hurriedly brought the table, resisted the urge to steal food, and respectfully placed the two delicacies on the table.

When several eunuchs left, they took a few deep breaths, as if they wanted to suck this delicacy into their stomachs with their noses.

"Gudong" Everything is my fault! The emperor, I have been studying food for His Majesty, so I failed to enter the palace in time."

Speaking of this, Ximen Qing stopped.

He knew that Song Huizong was very interested and deliberately kept him in a silence.

"Gourmet? Is this the one in your hand? Let me show you the food quickly, Dalang will tell you in detail."

When Zhao Ji heard that it was a delicious food, he became even happier. After eating a meal arranged by the official, Zhao Ji felt that Ximen Qing was also a foodie like him and must have a lot of delicious food.

I heard that Ximen Qing had been studying food, and he seemed even happier and couldn't wait.

Looking at Song Huizong's look of anticipation, Ximen Qing immediately handed the food box to a eunuch.

These things need to be inspected before they can be given to Zhao Ji.

"Report to the emperor! A dish made by Weichen is called Beijing Roast Duck."
To be continued...