Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 21 I Don't Listen

The place where Zhao Zhen usually held court was in the Chuigong Hall.

This Chuigong Hall should actually belong to the inner court.

Because these are all part of the emperor's inner palace and living area.

The corresponding ones are Changchao and Wende Hall.

but……

Just as the Ming Dynasty set up a cabinet, the Qing Dynasty set up the Grand Council.

The Song Dynasty gradually began to emphasize the Chuigong Hall and neglect the Wende Hall.

Although Wende Hall is ostensibly a place for daily court attendance.

However, in reality, it has become a ritual.

Many court officials would stop by the Wende Hall every day as a token of their respect.

The place where all decision-making for the entire Song Dynasty was actually made was in the Chuigong Hall.

Of course!
This is naturally also related to the fact that the Song Dynasty liked to confer all kinds of messy official titles on officials.

Once the number of people increases, if everyone is asked to attend the court meeting, there will probably be hundreds of people.

So will this court meeting still be held?
then……

All we can do is let those hundreds of people go to the Wende Hall and stand there for an hour or two.

Then select those who can really play a role in the court, and then go to the Chuigong Hall to attend the real court meetings.

When Zhao Zhen held Zhao Xin's hand and arrived at the Chuigong Hall for court session, the Chuigong Hall was already full of people.

Unfortunately, things happened in a hurry, and Zhao Zhen did not prepare any seat for Zhao Xin at this time.

It is also impossible to let Zhao Xin stand there alone.

to this end……

Zhao Zhen could only pick up Zhao Xin and put him on his seat, and then the father and son squeezed together.

Inside the Chui Gong Hall.

Every word and every sentence can be heard clearly.

So when Zhao Zhen said, "It's best to sit here and don't run around everywhere," you can see how wonderful the expressions on the faces of all the officials in the court were.

Everyone frowned immediately.

Until those ministers were ignored and Zhao Xin was settled.

Zhao Zhen then turned around and sat down, saying to everyone, "Let the court meeting begin!"

then……

The Prime Minister Lu Yijian would report first, and after Lu Yijian and others had finished speaking, Zhao Xin's teacher Yan Shu and others would come over.

Don't tell me yet!

From this perspective, my teacher holds a very high position.

At least it belongs to the second echelon.

Zhao Xin also put his hands on his knees and listened to them talking.

can only say……

A well-behaved look on his face.

In fact...

Zhao Xin was afraid that if he spoke now, not only would he not be able to hear what they were saying in court, but he might even be driven away by those ministers of remonstration.

After all, this was not the place for him to be.

After everyone had finished talking about their stories, which were mostly trivial matters, Zhao Zhen said, "Does anyone else want to report anything? If not, let's adjourn the court."

At this time...

Finally someone stood up and immediately questioned Zhao Zhen, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"explain."

Then the man stood up and asked Zhao Zhen, "Sir, is this the Duke of Shou?"

Zhao Zhen also looked down at Zhao Xin, and then said, "Yes, so what?"

The man said, "Although the Duke of Shou is very cute, it seems that he should not be here today."

Zhao Zhen then asked, "Fu Bi...what do you mean by this?"

The man named Fu Bi said, "I am only speaking based on facts. Moreover, I heard that the emperor has asked the Privy Councilor Yan Shu to be his teacher. In recent months, he has been teaching Duke Shou in the Purple Palace. I think the Purple Palace is not a place for studying."

This made Zhao Zhen so angry that he almost turned pale.

Fortunately, just when Zhao Zhen was about to get angry, Zhao Xin spoke up and asked, "Who are you?"

Zhao Xin's teacher Yan Shu was below, and he had inexplicably begun to want to laugh. He didn't know why, but he suddenly had the urge to laugh.

of course!

He finally held it back.

Zhao Xin asked again: "What's your name?"

Fu Bi actually didn't want to answer Zhao Xin, but no one else said anything. If he didn't answer, the matter would not develop further.

He had no choice but to say, "My name is Fu Bi."

Zhao Xin asked again: "What kind of official are you?"

Fu Bi replied: "I am the Right Censor of the Secretariat, the Imperial Edict Editor, and the Inspector of the Criminal Justice in the capital. I am also the Co-Judge of the Taichang Temple and the Co-Judge of the Ceremonial Affairs."

Zhao Xin then asked, "It's so long, so what do you do?"

Fu Bi: “…”

Yan Shu just said he wanted to laugh.

Extending from this question, Lord Shouguo can ask you questions all day long.

Fu Bi simply said: "I am mainly responsible for admonishing and satirizing, and also responsible for the criminal justice in the capital, as well as the negotiation and etiquette with envoys from other countries."

Zhao Xin nodded, said "oh", and then said to his father: "Daddy."

Zhao Zhen: “Hmm?”

Zhao Xin: "How do you write the two words 富碧?"

Zhao Zhen: "..."

Zhao Xin said again: "Forget it, let's talk about it after the court session."

After saying this, Zhao Xin paused and said to his father, "He said that he is mainly responsible for admonishing and satirizing. Now, he is admonishing you. You know what to say, Dad!"

Zhao Zhen: “Ah?”

Zhao Xin held his father's left hand and said, "You said you knew."

Zhao Zhen said, "Uh... I understand."

Zhao Xin said again: "Dad, you said you knew it, but you must not listen to him."

Zhao Zhen: “Uh…”

Zhao Xin said, "You can listen to the censor or not. You have to have your own ideas. Next, tell him if you have anything else to say. If not, forget it and leave the court."

Zhao Zhen: "..."

The expressions of all the officials were very interesting at this time.

I guess I didn’t expect to see such an interesting thing today.

Zhao Xin said again: "Daddy, you say it!"

Zhao Zhen then looked at Zhao Xin and said to everyone, "Is there anything else? If not, we will adjourn the court."

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, Zhao Xin also looked straight ahead.

Fu Bi was alone and felt very embarrassed at the moment.

Fu Bi naturally said quickly: "Your Majesty! I have something to ask!"

Zhao Zhen also asked: "What do you want?"

Fu Bi said: "I think..."

In fact, Fu Bi wanted to say something, but the other person had just said it, so he knew it, but he didn't want to listen.

For this reason, Fu Bi also changed it to, "I think the emperor should not listen to the Duke of Shou."

The whole audience was silent for three seconds.

Seeing that no one was talking to him, Zhao Xin also asked, "Why did you let Daddy not listen to me?"

Fu Bi also said: "Because this is definitely not a place where the Duke of Shou should come."

Zhao Xin asked, "Who stipulated this?"

Fu Bi was speechless for a moment, but soon continued: "Since the founding of the country, only officials who can attend court meetings on a daily basis are allowed to come here. This is a rule that was established when the country was founded."

Zhao Xin turned to look at his father again and asked, "Um... Dad, can you change the rules? Dad, if you change it, I can sit here. Change it so that from now on, the Duke of Shou can sit in this position and can also listen to the court."

Fu Bi found that he had no idea what Zhao Xin was thinking.

This doesn't make sense!

Zhao Zhen also took the opportunity to say, "Well... from now on, let's change it so that the Duke of Shou can sit in this position and listen to the court!"

Fu Bi: “…”

(End of this chapter)