Three days later, on the third watch, Xiao Tang had already gotten up early to wash, and Su Jinniang was combing and dressing him and changing into the court clothes that he would wear when he entered the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Xiao Tang was wearing a green court dress worn by officials above the ninth grade, tied a black knee cover, and just put on the white silk socks and black official boots, but saw Su Jinniang looking at him in a daze.

Xiao Tang smiled lightly, gently scratched the tip of Su Jinniang's nose, and asked, "Jinniang, what are you thinking?" ”

Su Jinniang came back to her senses, sighed leisurely, and said, "When you and I were wanted and pursued by the Daimyo Mansion, how could you ever have thought that one day? Will you wear an official robe to the Hajj to meet the official's house? But although this is a great thing, somehow, my heart has been inexplicably restless......"

Xiao Tang understood the worries in Su Jinniang's heart, there were many ups and downs in the Huan Sea, but it was better to be at ease as a happy landlord in the Daimyo Mansion, not to mention that the big things that Xiao Tang had to do were naturally extremely dangerous. But there is a way in the world, and he died with the way; There is no way in the world, martyrdom with one's body, and one who has not heard of martyrdom with the way. Now that you have decided to go down this path, how can you back down at this time?

Xiao Tang got on the horse and left the house after breakfast, and went straight to the palace, until he arrived at the Xuande Building Royal Street Xiao Tang dismounted to verify his identity, and was called into the court room to prepare to go to the court, at this time Xiao Tang saw Han Duanyan, Han Cuiyan and other qualified ministers of the court, and when he was greeting and talking, Xiao Tang saw the old monk Liang Zimei on the side of the Chinese scholar Lang Liang Zimei into a fixed place, sat aside, and did not come up to greet Xiao Tang. Seeing that Cai Jing's son Cai You was not here, Xiao Tang was also relieved, saving him from having to fight with that snake again.

As soon as the time of the five watches arrives, the hundred officials will go straight to the place where the emperor listens to the government, along the way but see the auspicious clouds and the phoenix pavilion, the rui qi covers the dragon building, in the middle of the city in the imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty is the place where the emperor went to the court to govern, among which there is the Daqing Hall where the ceremony is held; the monthly court meeting ceremony was congratulated, and the Zichen Hall received the Khitan envoys; the Jiying Hall of the Grand Banquet Hall in the palace; the Wende Hall for the official family to rest before and after the court; There are collections of imperial books, calligraphy and paintings, Baorui and clan rosters, pedigrees, etc., and what Xiao Tang and the hundred officials went to was the vertical arch hall where the officials handled government affairs and summoned the ministers on weekdays.

When the civil and military officials entered the vertical arch hall and stood in the left and right shifts of the civil and military forces, Xiao Tang looked at the front officials in front of him a few rows in front of him, and he saw that Zheng Juzhong, the secretary of the Privy Council, also glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally. And not far from Zheng Juzhong, this court official with white temples and a long beard hanging down his chest, he seemed to secretly glance behind the hundred officials, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he just waited quietly for the officials to go to court.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" With the eunuch shouting, the civil and military officials leaned over, Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair slowly and methodically, and when the hundred officials bowed and called long live, he saw Xiao Tang standing at the end of the cultural relics from a distance, Zhao Ji nodded slightly, and called the eunuch to submit the name of the official and the political affairs that must be dealt with today, and the eunuch received the order, and said loudly: "Xiao Tang, the soldier and horse supervisor of the Daimyo's Mansion, entered Beijing to meet the saint, and stepped forward to see the driver!" ”

At this time, most of the news that Zhao Ji summoned Xiao Tang to enter Beijing was already known to most of the bureaucrats in the court, not to mention that the opening of the Golden Wind Yulu Building on the third day caused a sensation in the entire Tokyo Bianliang, and now although the official rank of this famous mansion is not high, he is already a hot figure in the Beijing Division, so when Xiao Tang came out of the class to see the driver, most of the officials looked at him with their eyes, among which Zheng Juzhong's eyes were a little questioning, and the eyes of Han Duanyan and others were full of encouragement, as for Gao Yu..... There was an indescribable playfulness in his eyes.

Xiao Tang bowed to Zhao Ji and said loudly: "Minister Xiao Tang entered Beijing by the imperial decree of the Holy Lord, and he has seen the Heavenly Sage!" After that, Xiao Tang knelt down and thanked God.

Zhao Ji nodded with a pleasant face, and said slowly: "Qing Yu has made many military exploits when he conquered the first Zhang Di of the Southern Hebei Kou, and I am worthy of being a soldier of my Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army. The joint intention has been decided, and he is willing to promote Qing to be the envoy of the West Cabinet, the doctor of Wude, the official affairs in charge of the pacification department of Jingnan Road, and the commander of the envoy in front of the palace. ”

Xiao Tang was slightly stunned, and said in his heart that this is really the emperor's grace, and he was promoted several levels by a few ranks, not only was he appointed as a senior member of the imperial court for military affairs and security all the way, but he was also an important position in the three yamen who held real power.

Low-ranking generals who seek military merit in the army usually only have one official in the forbidden army system of one state and one government (such as the position of proctor, prisoner, etc.), and several positions such as sending officials, loose officials, and senior officials can also be regarded as a criterion for promotion to high-ranking military generals. For example, Di Qing, a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty, concurrently served as the deputy governor of Qinzhou Assassin History, the deputy capital of Jingyuan Road, and the deputy envoy of Jinglu Recruitment, and was promoted to the commander of the four compartments of Tianwu and the training envoy of the Huizhou regiment......

Among them, Xiao Tang was awarded the Wude doctor as the twenty-seventh rank of loose officials, and the front of the palace was Yu Hou as a military official from the five grades (the senior military attache in the Sanya Forbidden Army, although there is only a word difference, the position is far away from the low-level military positions such as Yu Hou and Yuan Yu Hou in the government of each government), and the envoy of the West Pavilion can be regarded as the civil official sent by Zhao Ji to Xiao Tang, who is in charge of the court, praises and induces the Fan guests to meet the court, and propagates the edict and other matters, and is in charge of the official affairs of the pacification department of the Jingnan Road, and the senior ones are called the pacification envoys (the border state road of the Great Song Dynasty is also known as the Jingluo envoy), Nominally, he was in charge of the various military affairs and security chiefs, but in fact he was a special envoy sent by the imperial court to inspect and pacify the various roads.

Jingnan Road appeased this errand...... If there is an order from the imperial court, then Jinzhou, Fangzhou, Xiangzhou, Junzhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou and other military prefectures on Jingnan Road will not all be subject to my control? Is this Zhao Ji Xuren's official position really so capricious and casual? I've only conquered the Green Forest Bandits twice, and I don't deserve such a reward for accumulating military exploits. It is no wonder that Gao Yu will be promoted by Zhao Ji to be the commander of the Sanya Palace...... Wait, if Gao Yu really became the captain of the palace marshal's mansion, wouldn't he become my top boss in the palace!?

At this moment, two people suddenly flashed out of the ranks of civil officials, and one of them said loudly: "Holy Heaven, absolutely not!" Although our Great Song Dynasty set up pacification envoys in Xichuan and Xialu, as well as pacification envoys in 15 military states such as Jingyuan. In the future, whenever all roads encounter natural disasters and border troops, they will send pacification to pacify the volume, and the matter will be stopped. There was no war and bandits on Jingnan Road, and although Xiao Jian had made military merits and was pacified and sent according to the official system, he had to be concurrently served by a senior member of the court from the fourth rank or above! Xiao Detention Prison is still young, so he deserves this position! ”

Another person also chimed in: "What Chen Taixue said is very good, the rewards and punishments are strict, and the materials for governance are also good. The rewards and punishments are unclear, and the national politics are unclear! I hope the saint thinks twice! ”

Zhao Ji showed displeasure on his face, and after a few words with the two of them, Xiao Tang knew that one of these two people was Chen Chaolao, a student of Tai, and the other was Chen Qiang, who was in charge of the loss of the imperial court, the court of major matters, and the performance of small matters. That Chen Qian is also a character who has shown his face in "Water Margin" (Chen Guan in the book), he is sparse in the Water Margin, impeached Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Yu and others to frame the loyal and good, and was later promoted by Zhao Ji to pacify, commanding the imperial camp of 20,000 soldiers and horses, and went to Song Jiang to supervise the battle in the army of Tian Hu, whether in the official history or in the novel, he is a decent Qing official and capable minister.

As for the energetic and war-spirited Tai student leader, Chen Chaolao...... Xiao Tang also knows his deeds very well, this Chen Dynasty elder wrote to Song Huizong last year and said: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, all the five fates are like Han Zhongyan's cowardice, Zeng Bu's corruption, Zhao Ting's stupidity, and Cai Jing's domineering. What is the one who is in this repetition? It is like a mosquito to bear the mountain, and it is not damaged in the mountain, if the people rule the world, the ministers are afraid that the world will fall", basically even with Zhao Ji Cai Jing, He Zhizhong, Zeng Bu, and even Han Zhongyan, who has always had a good reputation, and other court celebrities have been scolded all over again.

Later, it was also written by the old Chen Dynasty and the Taixue students Chen Dong and others to impeach Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Hao, Li Yan, Liang Sicheng, Zhu Mian and other six traitorous ministers scolded as the "six thieves" familiar to later generations, maybe he was too bold to speak out about the government, from the Great Song Dynasty Yuan Fu to Xuanhe he has been only a student to do learning, teaching apprentices, if this person was born to the Ming Dynasty... It is estimated that it can also make a name for impeachment in the Ming court's Yanguan group, which is the best at writing and criticizing.

Seeing these two people playing, he said that Zhao Ji's reward and punishment were unfair. Xiao Tang didn't feel much resentment towards the two. Ask yourself, Xiao Tang also knew that Zhao Ji gave him such a rich reward, not because of how many military exploits he had made for the Great Song Dynasty, but how should this matter be concluded?

"Your Majesty, rewards and punishments are reasonable. Chen Si admonished the court to discuss and discuss the country's politics, and Chen Taixue was inevitably too conformist and entangled, right? At this moment, a court official with white temples and a long beard hanging down his chest stood up and said in a cold voice.

Zhao Ji saw that it was Gao Yu who came out of the class to speak, and he said happily: "I have also discussed this matter with Gao Aiqing in detail, Xiao Jian is meticulous and brave, and loyal to the country." It's an exceptional promotion, so what's the matter? ”

Xiao Tang was dumbfounded at this time, that adopted son was slapped by himself in the court not long ago, and he was power-stricken, and he wanted to make all the Sanya forbidden army into a high-ranking man sent by his own servants, he actually admonished Zhao Ji to promote himself unusually, what kind of medicine is sold in this old traitor's gourd!?