Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

More than a thousand people were placed in various places in Yanjing, and only a few people were willing to return to their hometowns.

These more than a thousand people feel that they are still "promising", and they are not reconciled to go home for retirement.

As for those who went to the country, there was no one!

In the early morning of February 26, more than a dozen ministers including Ge Bing, Liu Shikai, and Wang Xuan gathered at Ge Bing's home.

There were only three houses in Ge Bing's house, and the house was so cold that everyone could not help but shiver when they sat down.

"The house distributed to us by the court is too dilapidated to live in! The money the court distributed to us is also too little. I have already spent it, and now I am almost out of food!" Ge Bing said angrily. .

Originally one hundred taels of silver was a great fortune, but Ge Bing spent a lot of time in these days. A few days ago, he brought several prostitutes to his home every day. Yesterday he went to a casino to gamble again. In just a few days, he actually spent money. Over eighty taels of silver, now he has less than twenty taels of silver left in his hand! In Ge Bing's view, since he returned to the Song Dynasty, such a life is a matter of course, and there is nothing wrong with it! As for the fact that there is no stove at home, he thinks this is because the court has not considered it well, and he will not spend precious money on buying stoves!

"The imperial court treats us so sparingly, it really chills the world!" Liu Shikai also said angrily.

"What do you say now?" Wang Xuandao.

"When we were in the Five Kingdoms City, we often missed the Song Dynasty. We thought that we would be able to display our ambitions after returning to the Song Dynasty. ZTE Song Dynasty, who would have encountered such abuse when we came back!" Ge Bing gritted his teeth.

"Let's go to the Supreme Emperor and discuss it together!" Liu Shikai said.

"I'm afraid the Supreme Emperor has been placed under house arrest by the Emperor!" Ge Bing said.

"This...it is possible, but no matter what, we should still meet the Supreme Emperor." Wang Xuandao.

A dozen of them discussed for a while, and immediately walked out, wearing their clothes.

The sun is shining today, and the outside of the house is much warmer than the inside. Walking in the sun and feeling the prosperity of Yanjing, these dozens of them are sure that they have really returned to the Song Dynasty!

But seeing those people on the street with a simple smile on their faces, they don't know why, and their hearts are filled with strong dissatisfaction! These people should have knelt in front of them, and wherever they went, these people were like pigs and dogs, let them beat, scold, and insult them, but now, these people are on an equal footing with them!

Ge Bing even wished to rush to the front of the people, put them down on the ground, and stepped on the people's faces with his feet, so that he could relieve his hatred!

After walking for a while, they finally came to the gate of the palace.

The palace is an important place in the world, and there is no way for people to enter. After Ge Bing and others reported their identity and purpose, the guards of the palace went to inform them. It took less than half an hour before they were allowed to enter. In the palace.

These dozen or so ministers have been heading towards the Taiji Hall, and Zhao Ji actually greeted them at the door at this moment.

"The Supreme Emperor!" After Ge Bing saw Zhao Ji, his face showed an abnormally aggrieved expression, and his voice was a little choked.

"The weather is really good today, I'm basking in the sun! After I come back, I don't have to do farm work anymore, now I'm leisurely!" Zhao Ji smiled.

"Sovereign Emperor, we have suffered all the time outside!" Ge Bing looked around, he found that the guard was far away from here, and said immediately.

"Oh? What suffering did you suffer?" Zhao Ji said.

When Ge Bing and others began to talk, Zhao Ji's expression gradually became gloomy.

"The emperor, it is really chilling that the emperor treats us veterans like this! We can't live anymore!" Ge Bing said.

"Actually, I am not enjoying the blessings in the palace! As the Supreme Emperor, I deserve to be honored and wealthy, but now, every meal has only five or six dishes, and there are only three court ladies beside me. I want to be lucky with those court ladies. , I can't! Those palace ladies dare to refuse me! Moreover, I want to watch singing and dancing, but it's hard to see! Where is the palace? This is hell!" Zhao Ji was also angry.

"The emperor, the emperor will not rule the country at all! Now that the country will not rule the country, the emperor will not be the ruler, the minister will not be the subject, the people will not be the people, the current situation must be changed!" Ge Bing said.

"Yeah! The emperor, the emperor is too young to control the country, I think you still need the emperor to control the country!" Liu Shikai also said.

Zhao Ji looked around, with a cautious expression on his face.

"I asked you to contact the old minister back then, how did you contact?" Zhao Ji whispered.

"Your Majesty, there are no veterans in Yanjing. We wrote to the disciples of the year, and we don't know if anyone will respond to us." Ge Bing said.

"I have been thinking of ways to change the current situation these days. If you can't contact the old ministers of the year, then contact the current civil servants in Yanjing City! These civil servants must be dissatisfied with the current situation! They are definitely not willing to let the military rule the country. Unwilling to let the military commander's status be too high! Originally, Wufu was a lowly person, and he needed to kneel and bow when he saw civil servants, but now, Wufu has become a so-called hero, it's absurd! Go and contact those civil servants to see if they want it or not. Change everything in front of you." Zhao Ji said.

"Okay!" Ge Bing and the others showed excitement on their faces.

"You have suffered outside these days. You must have not eaten a few times! That one hundred taels of silver is really too little. When I was in Kaifeng, I would have to eat more than a thousand taels of silver for a meal. This one hundred taels of silver is definitely not enough for your food for a day! Back then, when transporting flowers and stones, sometimes a stone was transported from Jiangnan to Kaifeng. Thousands of people tens of thousands of people used boats and carts to transport them. This cost tens of thousands of taels. Even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! One hundred taels of silver, what is this? The emperor is too insensitive to ministers! Well, you follow me in, in the Taiji Hall, you can have a good meal anyway." Zhao Ji Tao.

At the moment Zhao Ji took these people into the Tai Chi Hall, and he asked them to arrange meals, but Ge Bing and others showed embarrassment on their faces after seeing the meals.

The country is now in a difficult period, the food in the palace is also very ordinary, at most equivalent to the level of ordinary wealthy people, and Ge Bing and others have a hundred taels of silver in their hands. At the same level, they all feel that the food in the palace doesn’t taste right! But looking at Zhao Ji's earnest expression, they still struggled to eat.

In the middle of the night, Ge Bing came to the door of Wang Shu's house.

After a short notice, not long after, Wang Shu personally came to the door to welcome Ge Bing's arrival.

"Master Ge, why did you come here personally? Please come in quickly!" Wang Shu smiled.

Ge Bing followed Wang Shu into the Wang's house. He found that the Wang's yard was not small and there were many houses in it. However, there were almost no servants and maids in the yard. After entering the room, Ge Bing found that Wang Shu's room was furnished. It is also very simple, with only a few paintings hanging there, not many gold and silver treasures.

"Master Wang is so bitter cold?" Ge Bing asked in surprise.

When he wanted to come, Wang Shu was originally a deputy minister, but now he is an important member of the Military Aircraft Department and one of the central ministers of the court! With Wang Shu's identity, if it were in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, people like Cai Jing, Gao Qi, Tong Guan and others were wealthy, and the servants of the family were rich, but now Wang Shu's home is actually like the home of ordinary people! Even if it was a small official of the seventh rank in Kaifeng Mansion, his family had to surpass that of Wang Shu's family.

"Bitter cold? Where does this start? I don't have to worry about food or drink, and there are servants and bearers. Is this also bitter cold?" Wang Shu smiled.

"Is it because the royal court gave too little salary?" Ge Bing said.

"The court gave a lot of salaries, but after regaining Yanyun and the Central Plains, the country needed too much money and food. Therefore, the minister of the DPRK and the Central Government received only part of the gold and silver every month, enough to eat and drink! When the court became rich, he would naturally pay The gold and silver owed are returned to the ministers! This is a collective petition by the ministers of the Central Government to your majesty, and your majesty agreed!" Wang Shu said.

The salary of the ministers of the Song Dynasty is the highest in history! According to the records of Song history, when the Northern Song Dynasty was the richest, the prime minister's salary was three hundred taels of silver a month, and even the general seven-rank county magistrates had twelve taels of silver a month! There are other odd rewards during the festive season! This kind of salary is enough for ministers to lead a prosperous life far beyond ordinary people! That's why Ge Bing was so amazed!

"Without silver, would the ministers in the court be willing to work?" Ge Bing said in disbelief.

"I wait to do things for the court, not for money." Wang Shu said lightly.

"What's that for?" Ge Bing asked in surprise.

"Naturally want to make a difference." Wang Shu said.

Wang Shu looked at Ge Bing with a trace of disdain in his eyes! In his opinion, their values ​​are completely different from those of people like Ge Bing, and it is impossible for Ge Bing to understand their thoughts!

Sure enough, Ge Bing is now extremely confused! Being an official is for enjoyment and to make a fortune. If this is not the case, then what is an official for? He really doesn't understand! He didn't even know that there were a group of people who became officials not to enjoy and make money, but to realize their own political ideas, but to make a lot of achievements in official positions and stay in the annals of history!

"Master Ge, is there anything important to come over tonight?" Wang Shu said.

"I came here today to talk about the current political situation." Ge Bing said.

"The old man is no longer in the court, so why bother to say this?" Wang Shu said.

"This is a bad remark, I can't just watch the country fail, and I can't watch Da Song be ruined!" Ge Bing said.

"Oh? Now that the Song Dynasty is prospering, how can the country not be the country?" Wang Shu said.

"A military commander is a country, and he has great power! The status of a military man is above the literati, which is really infuriating! Lord Wang, aren't you angry?" Ge Bing said.

"It is the literati who govern the world. I have never felt that the status of military commanders is higher than that of literati! Now the Military Aircraft Department manages the affairs of the world's military and the state, and the vast majority of the Military Aircraft Department are literati!" Wang Shu said.

"There is still too much difference between now and before! Originally, after regaining the Central Plains, your Majesty should govern the country with culture and Confucian Confucianism! Preserving the principles of nature, destroying the desires of people, making the martial artist lowly status, the agricultural business status lowly, the scholar-official superior, respected by thousands of people, This is the truth! The emperor is in the palace. It should be three thousand in the harem. The beauties are infinite, but there are not many ladies in the harem! Anyone who sees your majesty will kneel, but now the minister of civil and military affairs does not kneel down! No! Level, no order, is this still a great Song Dynasty?" Ge Bing said.

"Then the old man thinks what should be done?" Wang Shu said.

"The Supreme Emperor is older and has been in power for 20 years. At that time, the Song Dynasty was prosperous! His Majesty was only seventeen years old, not yet the age of pro-government! Your Majesty should return the power to the Supreme Emperor and let the Supreme Emperor rule the world! Lord Wang, I hope you will join me. Admonish the emperor! Let the emperor reign supreme!" Ge Bing said.

With an earnest expression on his face, he hoped that Wang Shu could agree.

"You are seeking rebellion!" Wang Shu sneered.

"Scheming for rebellion? I am for the great Song Dynasty, for the people of the world!" Ge Bing said.

"Come on, take this person down!" Wang Shu shouted loudly.

Suddenly a few servants rushed in from outside, and they pressed Ge Bing to the ground. After a while, dozens of soldiers also rushed in.

"Master Wang, I am doing this for Song Jiangshan, why did you do this?" Ge Bing shouted angrily.

"Attempting to overthrow the court is worthy of death! You just wait for the court's trial!" Wang Shu said coldly.

That night, all the dozen or so ministers who had returned from the north were arrested and put in jail. Three days later, all these dozen or so ministers were exiled to the northwest to undergo labor reform!