Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Everyone came to the palace, the main gate of the palace opened, and everyone entered the palace together.

At this moment, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and others were all curiously looking at the Liao Kingdom Palace in front of them, which was very different from the former Kaifeng Palace. There are many palaces and lofts, and there are many octagonal pagodas in the distance, and an exotic atmosphere fills the palace.

Zhao Ji had an excited expression on his face. The Liao Kingdom used to be the Shang Kingdom, but now the Liao Kingdom has been destroyed! He was very happy about this fact!

"By the way, why didn't the courtiers come out to greet you?" Zhao Ji said.

"The state affairs are busy, and everyone is busy with state affairs, so there is no need to bother them." Zhao Chen smiled wryly.

In Zhao Chen's view, Zhao Ji and others returned from the north, which is not a glorious thing! These people are the chief culprits of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, and their return is really not worth celebrating.

"Hmph!" Zhao Ji snorted coldly, feeling extremely dissatisfied in his heart.

As they walked forward, many ministers passed by on the road. These ministers did not kneel down, but stood aside to salute, and then left in a hurry. In Zhao Ji's view, these ministers are extremely arrogant and domineering! When we were in the Kaifeng Imperial Palace before, if the emperor passed by, any ministers, eunuchs, and court ladies would kneel down, and anyone who didn't kneel down would be killed immediately!

"Chen'er, you really don't know how to manage the government!" Zhao Ji said.

"Grandpa doesn't have to worry about government affairs." Zhao Chen shook his head.

"Why are there no eunuchs or maids in this palace?" Zhao Ji asked.

"What do you need so many eunuchs and maids in the palace? When you were in Hanzhong, there was only one eunuch in the palace, so you can ask for it! As for the palace maids, there are probably more than a hundred of them! Now the Yanjing Palace is the same. In this way, there are no eunuchs, and the number of court ladies is extremely small! It is useless to ask for it!" Zhao Chen said flatly.

Zhao Ji had an unbelievable expression on his face.

"There must be at least thousands of eunuchs and thousands of maids in the palace, and this is considered a palace! What is this in front of you? It's all guards! Is this a military camp or a palace?" Zhao Ji yelled softly.

"In my opinion, this is enough! There are still maids in the harem." Zhao Chen said.

The more he walked forward, the more dissatisfied Zhao Ji felt! When he was in Jurchen, he heard that Da Song had regained the Central Plains, and even got Yanyun. He thought that Da Song was the same as before, but now he felt that he had come to a strange place, a strange country! The generals, soldiers, ministers, and palace of this country made him feel weird! The original Kaifeng City was not like this at all!

They headed north, where the real harem was.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they came to a palace.

The scale of this palace is huge, Zhao Chen said: "Grandpa, this is the Taiji Palace, you should live here from now on. I have already ordered people to clean up the place, and I have also arranged for servants to take care of it." Zhao Chen said .

The palace in front of him was magnificent and tall, even surpassing the Funing Palace in Kaifeng. Zhao Ji had a satisfied smile on his face.

Then Zhao Ji saw a few women standing at the gate of the Tai Chi Hall. These women came down from the top, and they knelt down in front of Zhao Ji. The leading woman had a very beautiful face and said respectfully: "The concubine sees the Supreme Emperor!"

Zhao Ji was taken aback, and said, "Who are you?"

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "This is the Empress Zheshi."

Zhao Ji frowned and said, "Are you the daughter you can beg for?"

Zhe Yueru nodded and said: "Exactly."

Zhao Chen next to him had already stepped forward to help Zhe Yueru up, and the maids serving Zhe Yueru also stood up one after another.

Zhao Ji seemed very displeased with Zhe Yueru, and walked forward with a cold snort, and Zhao Chen hurriedly followed.

"Zhe Keqiu is a traitor, how can his daughter become a queen?" Zhao Ji's voice came from ahead, and Zhe Yueru's face turned pale.

"You can ask for it, you can ask for it, his daughter is his daughter! The moon is as virtuous and gentle, and she can be the mother of the world." Zhao Chen said.

"It's best to change this queen! I'll find another candidate for you!" Zhao Ji snorted coldly.

Zheyueru stood there, clenched her fists tightly, her heart felt like a knife, but she didn't dare to be rude, after staying for a while, she gritted her teeth and followed.

*****

Everyone entered the Tai Chi Hall, Zhao Chen was still sitting in the middle seat, he said with a smile: "Today the Supreme Emperor has come back after going through a lot of hardships, I have someone prepare a very rich food and drink for you, as well as some singing and dancing! Come up!"

Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and other monarchs and ministers who had returned from the north had already sat in their seats, and it didn't take long for the wine and food to be served first.

This time the food and drink was much richer than in the military camp, but it was still far from what it was in the Kaifeng Palace.

After a while, more than ten people entered the Tai Chi Hall and began to perform songs and dances for Zhao Ji and others.

These more than ten people are all entertainers from Yanjing City, but Zhao Chen spent money to invite them from outside.

Their singing and dancing level is much lower than that of Kaifeng City, but Zhao Ji and others have not seen singing and dancing for many years, so they are all applauding at the moment.

Satisfied with wine and food, Zhao Chen waved his hand, and these entertainers retreated from the Tai Chi Hall, leaving only Zhao Chen, Zhao Ji and a group of ministers in the palace.

"Emperor, these thousand people have returned from the north, how are you going to arrange them?" Zhao Ji said.

"You are all former ministers of Kaifeng, but Kaifeng was captured by Jurchen, and the city has been completely destroyed! Kaifeng has a population of one million, and now there are only a few left. I don't know if there are thousands of people! Kaifeng can't go back, everyone If you have relatives in other places, the imperial court will provide you with travel expenses to go back! If you have no relatives, then stay in Yanjing City, the imperial court will give each person one hundred taels of silver as a settling fee! Yanyun, the land in the Central Plains There are so many, if you want to go to the countryside, the imperial court will also distribute land to you!" Zhao Chen said.

"What? Just give us a hundred taels of silver as a settlement fee?"

"We are all former court ministers, and we should enter the court after we come back!"

"We all have great ambitions and want to rejuvenate the Song Dynasty! Now that we come back, we are giving money and land. Is this to let us support ourselves? How can this be possible?"

The ministers who returned below were talking a lot, and many people showed indignant expressions on their faces.

In fact, one hundred taels of silver is already a lot of money for people in this era! One hundred taels of silver is enough for a family to live for more than ten years! Even in the Qing Dynasty, when silver depreciated, Fan Jin in the Confucian History did not work as a private school teacher before he won the imperial examination, and his annual income was only four taels of silver, which was enough to support a family of three! In the Song Dynasty, the value of silver far exceeded that of the Qing Dynasty!

But for those ministers, this one hundred taels of silver is really too little! So little that they dismiss it! They felt that the one hundred taels of silver was an insult to them!

As for giving them land, this seems to them to be extremely absurd! Back then, they were all ministers or nobles in the court, and they were always served by others, and they never needed to work on their own, but now, according to Zhao Chen, they should be allowed to support themselves?

"Emperor, I think these people should be reinstated!" Zhao Ji said with a slight smile.

Although Zhao Chen said that these officials were not needed that day, Zhao Ji still raised this question now. He thought it was impossible for Zhao Chen to resist these thousands of people!

"Official reinstatement? Let them continue to destroy the Song Dynasty? They have already destroyed the Song Dynasty once, do they want to destroy it again? What is there for a subjugated minister?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

After Zhao Chen finished speaking, the faces of countless ministers below turned red, even Zhao Ji's face turned red! Others are ministers of subjugation, and he is the king of subjugation!

"Your Majesty, one hundred taels of silver is too little, not enough to settle down!" Ge Bing stood up and said angrily.

"The country is poor, and many people can't even eat! Moreover, the imperial court not only gives you one hundred taels of silver, but also provides you with houses and furniture! If you really can't support yourself, the country will give you money every month. Give out money so that you can live, and live better than most ordinary people!" Zhao Chen said.

"We are full of talents, we have suffered all kinds of hardships, is it because we came back to provide for the elderly?" Ge Bing said coldly.

"You are able to come back from the Five Kingdoms City and survive, thanks to God's blessing! My mother and queen have died in the hands of the Jurchens, and countless people in Kaifeng have died in the hands of the Jurchens! Compared with them, you are lucky Many!" Zhao Chen said.

"Think twice, Your Majesty! If Your Majesty does this, it will only chill the hearts of the world!" Liu Shikai stood up and said.

"I've made up my mind, that's it." Zhao Chen said flatly.

"Your Majesty, we have countless disciples all over the place, and we promoted many officials back then. Aren't you afraid that officials all over the world will resent you if you do this?" Ge Bing sneered.

"There is no need to talk about this matter again! I think it is already very kind!" Zhao Chen mocked.

At this moment, there was silence in the Tai Chi Hall, and countless ministers and nobles who had returned from the north had expressions of dissatisfaction on their faces, and Zhao Chen didn't care about their dissatisfaction at all! As for what Ge Bing said about their disciples and promoted officials, Zhao Chen didn't even pay attention to them! Guanshan, Hanzhong, and Sichuan and Sichuan have undergone several purges. The old officials have long been overthrown. In the country, not a single official was reappointed anyway! Only the situation in Jiangnan is a bit special, but even in Jiangnan, those ministers can only be retained after they have pledged their allegiance to Zhao Chen, and most of them are people who play with the wind! Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and others came back from the north, this world is no longer their world, the times have already changed! It is impossible for them to set off any storms!

This meal broke up unhappy, and in the next few days, the Military Aircraft Department began to resettle these more than a thousand people! They distributed the house and silver, and then ignored these people again.