According to the "Mianshui Yan Tanlu", Renzong carried out land rituals. After the preparation was made, the rank of the rank was given to Renzong. The emperor took a few steps to hold the plow and walked the etiquette officer. Unexpectedly, Renzong became addicted to plowing fields: "Since I have started the plow, there is no need to follow the ancient system. I am willing to plow this field to persuade the people all over the world to pay attention to farming." After repeated persuasion from the ministers, Renzong insisted on plowing one-fifth of a piece of field before going up the ridge.

Zhao Bing's operation made more than half of the land plow, more than one acre of land, but he didn't know that he had accidentally broken a record of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty personally plowing, but he didn't know who would break it in the future. After the ceremony, all the ministers stepped forward to congratulate. The Minister of Taichang Temple, the Minister of the Honglu Temple, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Revenue, and the Minister of Revenue, and the two elderly people all came forward to apologize for punishment and request punishment.

Everyone was nervous about this accident. This was the first time since Emperor Xiangxing ascended the throne, but it turned out that a major incident in which the ox was stagnant. Even the ministers who were ploughing could not help but worry about being implicated. The surprise was that Zhao Bing just smiled and asked them to be calm, saying that it was just a beast who had a temper and had never experienced such a big scene and was scared, and it had nothing to do with everyone.

Everyone felt relieved and praised the emperor's kindness. Zhao Bing laughed secretly, let alone a cow, or a man, suddenly seeing such a big scene, he beats gongs, drums, and screams. It would be strange if he is not scared. As for the warning from heaven, it is purely nonsense, so he also specifically reminded Ji Tian to not spread his anger on the cow, and should still use it well and not abuse it because of this.

Zhao Bing still remembers the plays of "The emperor went to plow the fields, and the empress made big cakes...", and in the Zhou rituals, there was indeed a saying that "the emperor gave food to his marriage and the emperor personally ploughed", but it has been abandoned now. However, a large group of people helped the emperor plow the fields, and the emperor could not let others help in vain. As usual, each participant was two steamed buns and two kilograms of meat. The old man who was in the cattle praised two silk and satin.

In the afternoon, the imperial carriage returned to Luan, and the team returned the same route and walked to the Zhensheng Temple of Phoenix Mountain for a rest. Someone had prepared tea, snacks and other items. Zhao Bing looked down from the platform, and the old palace was at the foot of the mountain. Although it had been sorted out, it was still a wasteland. At present, only the Guardian Mountain Brigade and the First Brigade were stationed inside and outside the original imperial city. In addition, there was the Royal Academy of Sciences established by him and the newly established Royal Academy in Lingnan West Garden.

"It's a pity to be idle in this area!" Zhao Bing looked at it for a while and sighed.

"Your Majesty, do you want to renovate the old palace? The palace city is too small now." Lu Xiufu said.

"I don't have this intention yet!" Zhao Bing waved his hand, "But I think it can be used. Can I move all the three provinces, six ministries and related yamen into the old land of the imperial city?"

"Your Majesty wants to use the original imperial city for another use!" Wen Tianxiang said in surprise.

"Yes, now the three provinces have been established, and they have occupied the yamen of six ministries. You priests have only one room in their office. The Secretary and the Minister have to squeeze together to do things, which is too crowded." Zhao Bing said.

"Your Majesty, the palace city is very small at the moment. Now there are princes and princesses, and they need to live in separate halls in the future. If the old palace land is occupied, it will be difficult to expand it in the future." Lu Xiufu advised.

"Although the palace city is small, my family can live enough." Zhao Bing smiled. "Now, it is difficult to find an open space in Lin'an City. If the three provinces and six ministries choose to expand the land, and the settlement of the houses will disturb the people. It would be a pity that the old palace was abandoned. It would be better to use it to solve the current difficulties."

"Well, the old palace is always abandoned, and it will also make our dynasty decline. It is a plan to renovate it!" Lu Xiufu nodded and said.

"Look!" Zhao Bing pointed to the old palace and said, "Now the square in front of the palace city is small. The Lantern Festival of Shangyuan Festival gathers, and many people are injured due to the crowding. The place outside Lizhengmen is several times higher, and it is close to Yujie. In the future, any rituals and grand events can be held here. The court's provinces and ministers have moved here, so it is easy to communicate with each other if there is any matter, and there is no need to travel around."

"Your Majesty said it is right, so I simply rebuilt the Mingtang to show my spirit!" Wen Tianxiang said.

"Well, it can be discussed!" Zhao Bing nodded. He knew that building a Mingtang was not only a building of a main hall, but also a restoration of the old system. Mingtang rituals were one of the important rituals of sacrifice to heaven in ancient Chinese society. It was held in the Hall of Sailing (i.e. Mingtang) on ​​September Jixin Day. Zhou Gong Mingtang rituals are a model of Mingtang rituals in Confucian classics and are praised by rulers of all dynasties.

After long-term research, discussion, and annotation by scholars from the Qin and Han Dynasties, the records of the Mingtang ritual system of Zhou Gong gradually became rich, and at the same time they also caused the beginning of a widespread discourse. During this period, the practice of Mingtang ritual was limited. The Sui and Tang Dynasties was a prosperous period of the ancient Mingtang ritual system in China. The Tang Dynasty clarified the relationship between heaven and emperors, and formally recognized that the Five Emperors were also heaven. The Mingtang ritual was promoted from enjoying the emperor's ritual to one of the rituals of sacrifice to heaven.

The Tang Dynasty established the system of offering sacrifices to heaven for one year and distinguished between great rituals and common rituals. It established the system of three years and one family with the suburbs, formulated detailed sacrificial rituals, and formed the system of strict fathers to match the sky. The Song Dynasty was called the heyday of the Mingtang ritual system. Since the late Renzong period, the system of three years and one family with the suburbs was formed and a complete and fixed system was formed. The emperor personally held the southern suburbs or the Mingtang rituals every three years.

Mingtang is the "Ming Orthodox Church Hall", which is the "Son of the Emperor" and has become an important place for emperors' sacrificial activities. The ancients believed that Mingtang could connect the phenomena of the sky and govern all things. Here, the emperor could not only observe the world, but also publicize politics and religion, and was a sacred place that embodies the unity of man and nature. All ceremony of court meetings, sacrifices, celebrations, selection of scholars, care for the elderly, and teaching are held here, and the power of the divine rule is used to preach the power of the king.

After the southward transition, the Song Dynasty did not build Mingtang, but replaced it with Daqing Hall. Zhao Bing changed Chongde Palace to the palace city, and Daqing Hall was a sign. When it was used, it would hang it on and take it off if it was not used. Therefore, every time the court ceremony was held, the court officials gathered, and low-ranking officials had to stand in the corridor to listen to the imperial edict. However, the New Year's Day celebrations were given a banquet, and they could not even place it under the corridor, so they could only eat in the north wind in the square in front of the hall.

Building a hall for holding rituals is a formal need and a realistic requirement. However, Zhao Bing still doesn't know how much it costs to build such a thing. Whether it can be used for other purposes on weekdays, it can't cost a lot of financial and material resources to be built. It only takes one for three years. It is used as a flower on weekdays, but also requires manpower and financial resources to maintain it. So he was a little vague, thinking that it could be mentioned in the deliberation procedures, but whether it is built or not, let's talk about the budget and functions.

Zhao Bing and several priests stood on the high platform, looking at the old imperial city and carried out preliminary planning and design, and used this former royal private residence. Of course, this also requires field investigation, and then after subsequent overall planning and design, before it can be put into implementation. Then, he drove on the road again and returned to the palace in the evening...

Now the restructuring of the court has been basically completed, and the integration is carried out according to their respective powers and normal work is carried out. The restructuring of the inner court has also begun immediately. Zhao Bing has been prepared to bargain. After a series of court discussions and court discussions, the two sides finally reached a consensus. The inner court is regulated as a tailor-made and one-military structure, that is, foreign affairs are subject to the inner court, internal affairs are subject to the inner court, and imperial guards are retained, and service agencies are set up in each department.

This plan is equivalent to divesting Zhao Bing's temples, prisons and courts that Zhao Bing wanted to enter the inner court and became institutions under the control of the court. However, under Zhao Bing's efforts, the supervisor and various military tools workshops were left in the inner court. This was the basis for his development of industry and he refused to let go. The court also achieved the purpose of "weaking" the inner court's power and suppressing its power.

Of course, the two sides fought the most fiercely in the establishment of the imperial guards. After all, the emperor held the elite army he had always controlled himself in his hands, which really made the courtiers uneasy. Although they still cannot get involved in the army, they also formally demanded to retain control of the army.

Zhao Bing finally made a "compromise". The Imperial Guard Infantry was under the jurisdiction of a personal guard brigade, an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade, two infantry brigades and an independent baggage regiment. Overall, it was reduced by nearly half from the past nine brigades, and the two newly formed cavalry brigades were expanded into the Third and Fourth Cavalry Divisions, and several other infantry brigades were split or incorporated into other departments.

The navy was still retained and wanted to reduce its organization, but Zhao Bing refused. Instead, he asked to add a land brigade to the basis of retaining the original scale of warships. The remaining brigades were adapted into overseas expeditionary forces to deal with the increasingly serious overseas trade conflicts, ensure the overseas interests of the Song Dynasty, and combat pirates along the coast.

After discussion, the ministers also realized the importance of overseas trade to the finances of the Song Dynasty. Last year, the tariffs were only 20 million yuan, accounting for nearly 30% of the total fiscal revenue. If this part of the interests was damaged, it would seriously affect various expenses. Therefore, it agreed to draw some ships and the surplus guards from the existing three naval forces to form an overseas corps.

In the end, the ministers found that after a long battle, the strength of the imperial guards was not weakened much, but the navy was strengthened. Think about it, the emperor had always controlled the position of the Privy Council envoy and refused to let go. The army was under his control, and it was just a left hand and right hand. It was still difficult for them to intervene. As for who knows what will happen in the future, maybe today's dispute will leave something for future generations!

Although he was unable to complete the inner court reform completely according to his intentions, Zhao Bing did not feel that he suffered a great loss. He was the emperor and even though he delegated power to the court, as long as the army was in hand, it would be a matter of minutes to deal with them. As for whether his descendants have the ability to maintain the current situation, he could not control it.
Chapter completed!