In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

Zhao Jun, the head of the Imperial City Department, is the head of the Political System Bureau?

He is above the prime minister?

The news caused an uproar in the court.

Many senior officials such as the Three Departments, the Privy Council, and the Six Ministries changed their faces.

They never expected that the newly established department would have nothing to do with them.

Not to mention the head of the Political System Bureau, even the alternate Tongzhi, who is higher than the deputy prime minister, was held by Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan, not them.

This means that they used to be all-powerful in their respective departments and could not even control the prime minister.

Now they are being ridden on by the Political System Bureau, falling from the top one or two in the highest power department to the top one or two in the secondary power department.

How can this be possible?

For a while, the whole court was in chaos, and hundreds of officials stood up to ask Zhao Zhen to withdraw his order.

However, Zhao Zhen turned a deaf ear and said loudly: "Call Zhao Jun!"

"Call Zhao Jun!"

Wang Shouzhong's loud voice permeated the entire Chuigong Hall, and many ceremonial officials outside the hall shouted loudly.

When the officials heard this, they all stopped talking and turned around to look.

They all wanted to stretch their necks to see what the rumored Zhao Jun looked like, and how the emperor could entrust him with such an important task.

Where was Zhao Jun at this time?

In the back pavilion of Chuigong Hall.

This was the temporary resting place for the emperor before he went to court.

At this moment, he was wearing a Diaochan crown and clothes, with a red robe on the upper body and a red skirt on the lower body. That is, he wore a scarlet Luo robe skirt, lined with a white flower Luo middle single, and tied with a big belt.

Then he tied a scarlet Luo knee-covering with a leather belt, a square heart curved collar, hung with a jade sword, jade pendant, brocade ribbon, white silk socks and black leather shoes.

This is the court dress worn by officials of the first and second ranks.

There was a difference between court dress and daily dress in the Song Dynasty. Since Song Renzong was more diligent in his early years and went to court every day, all officials had to wear court dress to meet the emperor.

After the court, they returned to their own yamen and changed into the provincial dress, which was the common daily dress for work.

The specific styles of daily clothes are mostly "wearing a futou on the head, wearing a curved collar with wide sleeves, and a leather belt around the waist", and the ranks are divided by color, such as green for officials above the seventh rank; vermilion for officials above the fifth rank; and purple for officials above the third rank.

Zhao Jun was conferred the title of Duke of Song, a first-rank title, so his court clothes were the same as those of the princes, the three dukes, and other royal children or ministers such as the prime minister, wearing a Diaochan crown and clothes to attend court.

He yawned and sat on a chair in the back pavilion of the Chuigong Hall, almost falling asleep.

This morning court is too bad.

He actually had to get up at three o'clock in the morning, and even had to get up at more than two o'clock to put on the court clothes, which were taken care of by the palace maids and eunuchs sent by the emperor.

After returning from the back garden yesterday, Zhao Jun thought that the establishment of the Political System Institute needed to be prepared for a period of time.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian were the type of people who were vigorous and resolute. Since they were ready to start, they might as well announce it the next day to avoid delaying it.

As a result, when Zhao Jun dealt with the affairs of the Imperial City Division and was about to go to Shuxiangfang to find someone to print leaflets and notices, Zhao Zhen sent someone to deliver court clothes and daily clothes, and notified him to get up at two o'clock the next morning to attend the morning court.

This is a bit outrageous.

In fact, Zhao Jun didn't expect to start so soon.

He still has some things to do.

For example, for the expansion of the Imperial City Division, he plans to set up two Zhenfu Divisions in the outer city, buy land and houses, and build his own prisons and imperial prisons.

Then he will buy a printing factory, prepare to publish newspapers, and master his own public opinion.

By dealing with the Kaifeng Prefecture incident, Zhao Jun realized that it was still very necessary to master public opinion in the Song Dynasty.

It happened that he needed a large number of printed notices to deal with the affairs of Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower, so he planned to buy a printing factory to control public opinion.

In the future, when the Song Dynasty becomes strong and has the confidence to compete with the Liao Kingdom and Xixia, it can completely turn the offensive and let the newspapers attack the Liao Kingdom and Xixia crazily, divert internal conflicts, and let the Han people put their hatred on foreign races.

However, he never expected that Zhao Zhen was anxious to let him take charge of the Political System Council as soon as possible. They discussed it the day before and announced it the next morning, without giving him any time to prepare.

"It's unbearable. I have to get up at more than three o'clock every morning to go to work."

Zhao Jun rubbed the tears squeezed out by yawning, and Yan Wenying, the deputy governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, served him carefully.

At this time, a young eunuch came in from outside, nodded and bowed, "Sir, your majesty has summoned you!"

"Got it."

Zhao Jun stood up from the chair, stretched and said, "Lead the way."

Yan Wenying bowed quickly and said, "Sir, this way."

Then he took Zhao Jun out of the back pavilion.

The sky outside the back pavilion had become much brighter, because after the early state affairs and a series of other things in the morning court, it was already more than six o'clock in the morning.

The sky was gray, and the autumn wind in the late autumn of early September made people feel a little chilly, which made Zhao Jun shiver.

Walking to the corridor on the side of Chuigong Hall, through the paper windows and the candlelight inside, one could vaguely see how many figures were standing inside.

It was quite quiet inside. Zhao Jun didn't know what the officials were talking about just now, but he knew with his toes that they were probably looking at him eagerly.

They wanted to see who he was and how he could become the leader of these people second only to Zhao Zhen.

Soon Zhao Jun walked to the door of Chuigong Hall.

In an instant, countless pairs of eyes looked over. Those who could come to the court were basically officials of the fourth or fifth rank or above in Bianliang, all wearing vermilion or purple court robes.

Court clothes can also be divided into purple, scarlet and green, and the styles are different from ordinary clothes due to different grades. Some wear Xiechi horns, some wear three-beam crowns, and some wear Jinxian crowns. The hairpin on the head, the belt around the waist, the jade pendant, and the brocade ribbon are all different.

The only thing they had in common was that their eyes seemed to be on fire, as if they wanted to eat Zhao Jun alive.

"Is this person Zhao Jun? Why is he so young?"

"I remember that among the people who entered the officialdom through imperial examinations in the past dynasties, I have never heard of Zhao Jun's name."

"He was able to reach the first rank without taking part in the imperial examinations, at such a young age, and without experience in local and state capitals. How could the officials grant him such an important position? You gentlemen are also confused. Why didn't you advise the officials?"

"Could it be some kind of demon? Not only the officials, but also all the ministers have been deceived by this person. I'm afraid this person's sorcery is incredible."

The officials were discussing in low voices.

In their eyes, Zhao Jun is just a young man in his twenties, which is very different from what they expected.

Although he is quite handsome, handsomeness cannot be eaten as food these days.

Therefore, facing the support of officials and prime ministers, everyone was disappointed.

I thought he was really some kind of hidden sage.

The result is a brat.

How could such a young man be allowed to climb over them so easily?

For a moment, all the officials looked at him angrily, thinking that he had used some method to confuse the officials and the prime minister.

Zhao Jun walked outside the door, took two deep breaths, turned a deaf ear to the subtle sounds in the hall, and stepped into the hall boldly.

There were officials on both sides, and their eyes moved as he moved.

Zhao Jun walked all the way to the bottom of the steps from the passage in the middle that was specially set aside when everyone came out to perform. He raised his head, cupped his hands to Zhao Zhen and said, "Zhao Jun has seen the official family!"

In the Song Dynasty, there was no Qing Dynasty. Looking up at the emperor was as outrageous as assassinating the king and killing him. After all, this was an era when officials dared to pull the emperor's dragon robe and chase the emperor to preach, and even spit on the emperor's face. Looking up at the emperor did not mean anything. question.

Zhao Zhen raised his hands and said, "No courtesy!"

"Thank you, Guanjia!"

Zhao Jun put his hands down and still stood where he was.

"Zhao Jun is a great talent! I know very well that if a country wants to prosper, it must have a mastermind, and it needs to be led by someone with great vision to make the country prosperous and strong."

Zhao Zhen then looked around at the officials below, and finally looked at Zhao Jun and said: "So I discovered that Zhao Jun was so talented, so I promoted you. As a special case, I made you the Duke of the Song Dynasty, and assigned you to the three towns of the German Army, the Taining Army, and the Xingguo Army. Du envoys, led the Zhizhiyuan, commanded hundreds of officials, and prospered the Song Dynasty! "

"Thank you again, official!"

Zhao Jun raised his hands and saluted again. Three more Jiedu envoys came than what was discussed yesterday.

However, he also knew that the Jiedushi in the Song Dynasty was actually an honorary title, similar to that of Shangzhuguo among the honorary officers. It was not a military position. It was basically an errand with three extra wages, which didn't matter.

So let alone three, there is no point in having thirty.

What Zhao Jun didn't expect was that when his title and military governor were awarded, there would be another commotion among the officials below. Everyone whispered to each other, shocked.

Even the many admonishers who originally planned to wait for Zhao Jun to come up and immediately submit a memorial to impeach him, to give him some color and let him know that the admonishers of the Song Dynasty were powerful, froze in place and remained silent.

Because this Jiedushi and Fengguo are so shocking.

From the late Northern Song Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty, the number of Jiedushi envoys was relatively high. There were even more than 60 Jiedushi envoys, often with one person shouldering two or even three towns. For example, the four great generals Zhang, Han, Liu, and Yue basically served as two-town envoys. Envoy.

Later, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Qi even shouldered three towns, and their honorary titles were increased to the extreme.

However, in the early and middle periods of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jiedushi was not so common. Often only important officials of the court, relatives, and royal nobles could get the honor of being a Jiedushi.

For example, Han Qi and Wen Yanbo were the only two-town military envoys in the Northern Song Dynasty. The rest of the officials, even prime ministers, could only serve one town at most.

But the officials never expected that Zhao Jun would be awarded three towns.

And the one who was sealed was Song Guogong.

If you want to know the origin of the title of the Song Dynasty, isn't it because Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once served as the governor of Songzhou?

Therefore, during the Song Dynasty, other states had dukes, but Song state did not.

But now there is.

What's the meaning?

The officials were confused for a moment, and then began to think about it.

Thinking of it, it is generally only awarded to the military governors of the clan and princes and nobles.

I also thought that Songzhou, where Taizu started, became a fiefdom.

Then think of Zhao Jun, whose surname is Zhao.

The answer is ready to come out!

This is a clan member!

In an instant, almost most of the officials guessed Zhao Jun's identity.

After all, the official hint was too obvious.

Then the officials began to think again.

What does official mean?

Let one clan take charge of national government affairs?

Is this the plan to establish a prince?

The question is whose child is this clan member?

Are you qualified to become a prince?

And judging from the fact that he is only a few years younger than the official family, is there such a thing as a crown prince?

After all, the official family is young and should still be able to have children.

The officials were not like the Empress Dowager Liu who forced Zhao Zhen to bring the prince's son into the palace. There is no reason to establish the heir apparent so early.

So why?

Could it be that this person is not a junior from the official family at all, but a member of the official family...

In an instant, the officials' thoughts were racing.

Almost all of them instinctively thought, did the late emperor engage in another "borrowed child"?

"Ahem."

Just when the officials were shocked and thinking about it, Lü Yijian coughed twice and said, "Zhao Zhiyuan took office as the Political System Council and controlled all officials. He should be the head of all officials. Please stand in front of the left."

After saying that, he took a step back, made way, and motioned Zhao Jun to stand beside him.

The Song Dynasty inherited the Tang system, with the left as the most respected.

The prime minister, the prime minister, the prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the deputy prime minister, the six ministers, the scholars of each palace, the chief censor and other senior officials of the first, second and third ranks all stood on the left in the court, and the rest of the third rank and below stood on the right.

As the prime minister, although the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall were the second of the two offices and three departments, the Privy Council's official rank was the same as the prime minister, basically from the first rank.

But in terms of status, the prime minister is often respected, and the Privy Council is slightly lower than the Political Affairs Hall, so Lü Yijian, Wang Zeng and Wang Sui stood in the first three positions.

Now Lü Yijian gave up his seat, giving Zhao Jun the first position in the first row of the left-hand team, and the rest had to step back, causing a commotion in the officials behind.

Zhao Jun did not refuse, and just stood there.

It was not until this time that the officials came to their senses, looking at each other, not knowing what to say.

Because at this moment, the officials were full of doubts about Zhao Jun's identity.

The government granted him the title of Duke of Song and the governor of three towns?

The three ministers and three councilors treated him respectfully?

His surname was Zhao?

He was in charge of national affairs?

The head of all officials?

What exactly was his identity?

The youngest son of the previous emperor?

For a moment, the officials who had originally planned to attack Zhao Jun were actually frightened, and the scene was so quiet that it seemed as if time had stopped, and no one made any sound.