Chapter 325 The authorities are obsessed
"Your Majesty!" Zhang Guifen saluted.
Zhao Xing helped Zhang Guifen up and said with a smile: "Are you not scared?"
"How can I be so timid?" Zhang Guifen asked coquettishly.
Zhao Xing helped Zhang Guifen sit down and said with a smile: "Yes, my queen is very courageous. I underestimated you."
Zhao Xing heard all about Zhang Guifen's behavior outside the Daxiangguo Temple and what he said.
I have to say that Zhang Guifen did a very good job as the queen.
Outside the Daxiangguo Temple, whenever she compromised and agreed to persuade Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing would be very passive.
After chatting with Zhang Guifen for a while, Zhao Xing was relieved to see that she was really not affected by this incident.
However, Zhao Xing did not intend to let go of those who dared to block Zhang Guifen.
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Luoyang
The Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother stood on top of the city and looked at Luoyang City.
"Don't tell me, Luoyang has recovered well in recent years. Although it is still far behind Bianjing, if the capital is moved to Luoyang, it will not be long before it is not much worse than in Bianjing." The Supreme Emperor said.
"Your Majesty really wants to move the capital?" the Queen Mother asked in surprise.
Before coming to Luoyang, the Supreme Emperor wanted to make a trip to make Zhao Xing give up.
But now, listening to the emperor's wishes, it seems that he has the idea of moving the capital.
"Since Fu'er proposed to move the capital to Luoyang, it means that he has some understanding of the situation in Luoyang. Do you think it's inappropriate for me to say it? Can you dispel his idea?" said the Supreme Emperor.
"But the resistance to moving the capital was too great. Even Emperor Taizu couldn't do it back then. How could Fu'er do it?"
Empress Dowager Cao shook her head and said: "In my opinion, it is better for your majesty to leave a message and stop Fu'er's thoughts."
"Emperor Taizu intends to move the capital, which shows that Luoyang is indeed more suitable as the capital. You also know about the turmoil in the Liao Kingdom. If there are dangerous passes around the capital to defend, how could it be so passive."
The Supreme Emperor paused and continued: "There is no danger to defend the north of the Song Dynasty. I am also afraid that in the future, the cavalry of the Liao Kingdom will march straight in and Bianjing will be threatened, and the world will be in turmoil!"
"But isn't the imperial court building the Great Wall in the north now?" Queen Mother Cao said.
"It can't be that simple. The Great Wall is built along the mountains, and the nomads in the north don't often break through. Can the Great Wall built in the plains really be foolproof?" The Supreme Emperor shook his head.
"Then your Majesty has decided to move the capital?" Queen Mother Cao asked.
"Not yet, I am still a little hesitant." The Supreme Emperor smiled bitterly and said: "I don't need to think about the obstacles to moving the capital. The ancestral temples and imperial mausoleums are all near Bianjing, and it is not so easy to move the capital."
When Empress Dowager Cao heard this, she didn't say anything further. The harem was not allowed to interfere in politics, so the Emperor no longer cared about government affairs, so it was nothing for the couple to chat.
At this moment, Eunuch Liu hurried over.
"Your Majesty, an urgent report has been sent from Bianjing."
The Supreme Emperor took it and opened it, took out the letter from inside, opened it and read it.
After reading the contents of the letter, the Supreme Emperor frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty, what happened?" Queen Mother Cao asked.
"Fu'er ordered several officials to be executed. The important officials in the court knelt outside Longtu Pavilion, forcing Fu'er to take back his life." The Supreme Emperor said.
"How could Fu'er act so recklessly?" Empress Dowager Cao frowned and said, "Your Majesty, are you going back to Bianjing?"
"Why should I return to Bianjing?" The Supreme Emperor collected the letter.
"Now hundreds of officials are forcing the palace. If Your Majesty doesn't go back, Fu'er may not be able to cope with it." Empress Dowager Cao said.
"Fu'er is already eighteen years old, and now he has inherited the throne. He should face these things by himself."
Seeing that Empress Dowager Cao still looked worried, the Supreme Emperor smiled and said, "Don't worry, Fu'er handled it very well. The letter said that all the officials have withdrawn." "That's good." Empress Dowager Cao felt relieved and asked: "What on earth did those officials commit that Fuer actually ordered them to be executed?"
The Supreme Emperor told what had happened. Empress Dowager Cao frowned and said, "Fu'er is a bit younger after all. Just give him a match, why kill someone?"
"No!" The Supreme Emperor shook his head and said, "I think Fu'er did the right thing!"
Empress Dowager Cao looked at the Supreme Emperor in surprise when she heard this. When the Supreme Emperor was in power, not only did he never deal with corrupt officials, but he always chose to retaliate.
During his ten years in office, only one civil servant was executed.
"Isn't it weird?"
The Supreme Emperor turned to look outside the city, put his hands behind his back, and said: "The authorities are confused by the onlookers. I have been reflecting on my actions over the years after taking the Zen throne. Suddenly I felt that I have been a little too kind in these years. The court is short of money, and I thought I was frugal. Serving as an example will be useful, but the lack of money in the court has not improved at all.”
"These officials enjoy high-ranking officials and generous salaries. The salaries of those fourth-grade officials are more than my monthly expenses, but they are not satisfied yet."
"The method I used did not have any effect. Maybe Fuer's method can be more effective if it is more forceful."
Seeing the Emperor say this, Queen Mother Cao said nothing more.
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Bianjing
Zhao Xing didn't know his father's reaction when he found out about this.
In addition to dealing with government affairs these days, he also pays attention to the news from Liao Kingdom and Xixia.
After learning that Xixia had withdrawn from the plateau, Zhao Xing was worried that Hehuang would not be in chaos before Xixia pacified the plateau, so he wrote a letter to Sheng Wei and Gu Tingye each.
The letter to Sheng Wei was to urge him to speed up and transport the weapons and armor to the northwest.
The letter to Gu Tingye asked him and Wang Shao to act easily.
As a result, two days after the letter was sent, an urgent report from Gu Tingye was received.
Zhao Xing originally thought that this letter was Gu Tingye's reply, but after carefully calculating the time, Gu Tingye should not have received his letter when he sent back the urgent report.
After reading the emergency report, Zhao Xing was surprised by Gu Tingye's decisiveness.
Zhao Xing didn't care about Gu Tingye's self-assertion. In order to reassure Gu Tingye, he wrote another letter in his own hand and sent it to the northwest.
On the Liao side, Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Yixin were fighting fiercely.
Because the Song Dynasty showed no signs of mobilizing troops, Yelu Yixin mobilized a large number of troops from the border, which stabilized the situation.
At this time, there were less than 50,000 soldiers and horses on the border between Song and Liao. It would be easy for the Song Dynasty or Yelu Chongyuan to send troops to attack these cities.
But Yelu Yixin was betting that the Song Dynasty would not be able to send troops.
As for Yelu Chongyuan, Yelu Yixin is not worried at all.
Yelu Chongyuan had no benefit in seizing those cities, and had to divide his forces to defend the Song Dynasty.
Yelu Yixin made the right bet, the Song Dynasty really had no intention of sending troops.
Even though Liao was currently in civil strife and the border troops were weak, Zhao Xing had no intention of sending troops to Liao.
Seizing a few cities would not mean anything to the Song Dynasty, and would also affect the civil strife in the Liao Kingdom.
The Song Dynasty now does not have enough strength to fight a protracted war with the Liao Kingdom.
For Zhao Xing, the longer the Liao Kingdom is in chaos, the better. He should first occupy the Hehuang land to curb the development of Xixia.
It is only right to accumulate strength and wait until the little emperor of Xixia dies to destroy Xixia.
(End of chapter)