After a while, he finally made up his mind and smiled at Zhao Ding: "This battle in Tongguan is of great importance. Qu Duan is arrogant and has outstanding abilities. Although he is leading the army, he may not convince the generals. Zhao Qing, I actually asked you to go to the front to supervise the army. What do you want?"

Zhao Ding was overjoyed when he heard this, and did not hesitate. He immediately bowed down and replied loudly: "Being a minister is the driving force of the king. Your Majesty has his orders, so I will naturally be willing to go!"

"Okay, so, you can leave Chang'an very early and arrive in Tongguan earlier, so you can handle the military affairs ahead of time."

"Yes, I can start tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Zhao Ding was overjoyed and could not imagine that the emperor he was facing today was so embarrassed, but he was still entrusted with important tasks. He turned to look at Zhang Jun, and when he saw the other party's expression was ugly, he felt even more happy.

Seeing that they were like this, Zhao Heng had to comfort Zhang Jun: "It is also extremely important for you to stay in Chang'an and be by my side to consult with you at any time."

He smiled apologetically and said, "Since the Battle of Fuping, I will not be able to leave you."

The emperor appreciated him so much, no matter whether he was full of real gold or not, Zhang Jun felt a lot of pain in his heart, and he also stood up to salute and thanked him repeatedly.

At this time, the atmosphere was relaxed, and the monarch and ministers couldn't help but talk a few words. Zhao Heng had decided to reduce the number of officials to save national benefits. This move has always been less and more opponents.

There is nothing else. After all, there are many redundant officials who have retired without any trouble, but few officials who are truly willing to eat the king's fortune will be loyal to the king's affairs.

Zhao Heng asked a few questions and then he knew the truth.

Zhang Jun did not want to cause trouble in the court, nor did he want to get involved in party disputes. When the emperor asked about his attitude, he was perfunctory. He only said: "The redundant staff were lifted out. The ancestors acted many times, but they were always reduced and often more. I hope Your Majesty will act cautiously and not hurt the loyalty of the scholars and officials."

Zhao Heng sneered in his heart. He knew that this person could not be a helper in this matter.

Now, Zhao Ding was asked again, and Zhao Ding was generous, saying: "The system of the state was formulated by the ancestors, which was to prevent the powerful ministers from being pro-destined. They used different officials to make officials, positions, and dispatches. Therefore, the number of officials was far higher than that of the previous dynasty. The salary was extremely generous, and they collected taxes every year. In addition to military expenses, they were all the salaries of officials. Now that your Majesty is working hard to govern the palace, and the palace is still unbearable, so why bother to raise more useless officials? It would be better to resign and use the country to save the country, enrich the number of troops, and build more armor."

Seeing Zhao Huan smiled and nodding, Zhao Ding said again: "But the country can not hurt honor and dignity. Most officials are the hope of the country. If too many people are removed and the world is boiling, it is not your Majesty's original intention. I would like to ask Your Majesty to do it with caution."

Zhao Heng was disappointed and knew that it was difficult to reach the top of the civil service group if he wanted to get help from this matter.

Wang Anshi was not even afraid of destiny and his ancestors were not good at law and were afraid of ruthless words, but he did not dare to sack redundant officials. Instead, he tried to make more money because the interest groups he touched were too large and the energy was too great.

As Zhao Ding said, every official has worked hard for many years, and it is only when a family devotes its efforts to pass the imperial examination. After becoming an official, the family will reap the glory of the officials. In this cycle, each official has long been tied to the huge family forces. Disposing an official is offending a large family.

If thousands of officials and tens of thousands of people were removed from office, they would commit countless wealthy families in China.

Because he knew that this matter was urgent, Zhao Huan was not particularly disappointed.

Zhao Heng gave the two people a few more instructions, and then ordered someone to present a golden panlong soup bottle, so that the two of them could order the soup and give up.

When the Song people met, tea was first and soup was then used. It was best to use good tea, but various soups were filled with three types of soup bottles.

The rules for hospitality are that when guests come, they serve tea first, and when they see them off, they "order soup".

As for the types of soup, they are different. They are mixed with various ingredients and Chinese medicine and cooked.

Today is hot today, so drink is a decoction for relieving heat and removing heat.

Although they were in the inner courtyard of the palace, the owner facing him was the emperor himself. Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding were not restrained, holding silver bowls and sipping easily.

Since Emperor Renzong, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty often gave ministers soup in the inner palace. This was an old custom of the country, and the ministers did not think this was a rare honor, and there was no need to kneel down to receive the emperor's rewards like the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In any case, this is still an era of respecting personality and personality.

When the two of them retreated, Zhao Huanfang restrained the faint smile on his face.

He felt a little bored, and he felt that it was difficult to get back, so he needed to correct it with various means. He also felt that he was too concessionate, and he only needed military power in his hands, even if he was killed or attacked, what if he was.

When I had something in my heart, I walked around the hall, and murderous aura appeared on my face.

The people accompanying him were his confidant eunuchs, and there was no need to avoid them. However, they were frightened by the emperor's expression and dared not make any words lightly.

The atmosphere was awkward, and someone from outside reported softly: "The Empress Dowager heard that the official family was angry today. She ordered a lowly minister to come and serve soup and drinks for the official family to use it."

Zhao Heng and Empress Meng have been together for many days, and they have settled down every morning and evening, and the two have gotten along very well.

After all, Empress Meng was in the harem for many years. No matter how tolerate and suppress Zhao Heng, she knew that the government was not a good person. She could not interfere in politics, but often sent people to leniently explain Zhao Huan, or simply used words to relieve Zhao Huan from time to time, so as to quietly eliminate the resolute emperor's heart that had changed his personality.

Zhao Huan also knew her intentions and felt that she had great power. It was not particularly difficult to accept that someone would wake up and restrain him in the harem.

At this time, the court had been separated for a long time. It was not surprising that Empress Meng knew that the emperor was angry. She ordered people to send soup, probably because she was afraid that she would become a minister.

Zhao Huan smiled, but said in his heart: "This old woman is arduous."

Although she did not speak, the nearby servants around her knew what he meant. She immediately opened the door of the pavilion and let the nearby servant in front of the empress dowager enter the pavilion.

The eunuch was in front of him, followed by several servants and eunuchs, holding the golden bottle and following him, and then reached the emperor.

He put the soup in a silver spoon and placed it in a bowl. Zhao Huan took a sip, then put it down, nodded: "On my behalf, I told the Queen Mother that the soup has been drunk, and I personally went over to thank the Queen Mother in the evening."

"Yes, the lowly minister follows the order."

The eunuch bowed and immediately stepped back.

Although Empress Meng was troublesome, Zhao Huan was also moved by his intentions. After taking a few deep breaths, his annoyance was also relieved.

Everyone in the pavilion was frightened by him and his face was ashamed. Zhao Huan also found it funny, so he waved to a eunuch and asked casually: "I have some leisure now, what kind of fun can I have to watch?"

The Song Dynasty palaces had regular preparations for various technical performances to worship the emperor at any time.

Song and dance, polo, donkey ball, Cuju, sumo, Guanpu, and even the annual Jinming bidding are all about excellence, striving to show the best visual effect in skills.

Zhao Huan originally looked down on the skills of these ancient people. After seeing them many times, he realized that in the era of highly developed commodity economy and civil society in the Song Dynasty, every skill performance had its own uniqueness, and its complexity and difficulty were no less than the requirements of any sports in later generations.

Seeing that the emperor's face turned into Ji Ji, the internal official who was questioned was also very happy and quickly replied: "Go back to the official's house. There are sumo wrestlers in the outer hall to serve him."

Zhao Huan shook his head and said, "I saw it yesterday."

"Can the attendants come to talk about poetry or play chess with officials?"

Seeing that Zhao Huan was not right, the inner official was sweating on his forehead. When he was anxious, he suddenly remembered something and showed joy on his face. He looked at Zhao Huan: "The official family, the Empress Dowager said a few days ago that there was a female genius around her, who was extremely outstanding. She followed her when she was in the Tokyo Palace. If the official family was bored, just tell her to come."

Zhao Heng finally became a little interested and said, "If you follow me in the Tokyo Palace, why not Xuan come and take a look."

In the end, the female genius of the Song people was different from the lowest-level prostitutes who sold themselves. The female genius was either proficient in poetry, prose, or skilled in piano, and even knew how to ride and shoot, and competed with men immediately.

Not only did the high-ranking female geniuses in the palace, but among the officials and nobles, they were also proud of getting the best female geniuses. Some female geniuses could even communicate with officials, literati and officials and become close friends.

Zhao Zu had already understood the truth at this time, and he was very interested when he heard that there were female geniuses brought out from the Tokyo Palace.

There are also many female geniuses in the Chang'an Palace, but in terms of skills and appearance, there are many female geniuses in Tokyo.

The inner official solved the matter and put a big stone in his heart, sweating on his forehead, and his expression became relaxed.

Seeing that the emperor was also a little relaxed and contented, he boldly said, "Tokyo was trapped in a thief. More than ten thousand palace maids and female geniuses in the palace were captured. If not, how could this be done?"

The man spoke, and the eunuch who said something was right, followed by: "That's true! When the Emperor was in Zhenghe, he held a martial arts competition in Chongzheng Hall. He first performed his martial arts skills, practiced formation maps, rode horses and shot arrows, and pulled hard bows and shot far targets. The Emperor was very imposing. After seeing this, he was very happy and said: "The Emperor is willing to devote himself to martial arts, so why do I worry about it?"

When Zhao Zu heard this, he was no longer happy. Zhao Ji was in power for many years and had no achievements. The main force of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty was also destroyed by his hands. These eunuchs did not understand national affairs. When talking about the past, it seemed that Zhao Huan valued martial arts and was very wise.

He just said that he was not easy to scold his father, but he was not easy to get angry. He just smiled faintly and said to them, "How did you come?"

Several eunuchs were all old men in the palace, and they were more than Zhao Huan's older than that of the palace. Naturally, they knew clearly the past.

When the emperor asked, everyone was excited and continued to say with a gaze: "When the emperor saw that the sons of the squad were too proud, he smiled slightly and ordered the female sect in the official position to come out to perform."
Chapter completed!