This also demonstrates once again the emperor's emphasis on the military.

The court officials rushed to the emperor, saying that without calculating the birth dates and times, marriages should not be arranged arbitrarily. Furthermore, marriages are arranged by parents and matchmakers, and they should ask His Majesty to intervene.

Zhao Huan was quite surprised. He had asked these people to come up with ways to govern the country and bring peace to the world, but they were not so enthusiastic!

No matter how much the ministers objected, the matter was settled. How could the ministers interfere too much in the affairs of the royal family? There was even a minister who didn't know his own mortality and insisted on saying a few more words. He was driven out of the palace by Zhao Huan and stripped of his official hat.

The matter was handled very quickly. In order to get a good night's sleep as soon as possible, Yue Fei married Princess Yifu within ten days.

A minister secretly whispered in the emperor's ear that, according to regulations, imperial sons-in-law of the current dynasty are not allowed to have specific official positions. They are usually given honorary titles and can live a life of eating and drinking for free. Yue Fei should now be separated from the new army.

There were indeed such regulations in the Song Dynasty, the purpose of which was to prevent relatives of the empress from seizing power. This was one of the ways in which the Song Dynasty maintained its stability.

What's so strange about the Song Dynasty is that all its institutional arrangements and spiritual concepts bear the marks of conservatism.

From emperors to lowly officials, when it comes to external issues, big or small, the starting point is always containment first.

The Song Dynasty employed a policy of comprehensive containment domestically and comprehensive compromise with foreign powers, resulting in territorial concessions and indemnities becoming commonplace throughout its history.

Instead of heeding the ministers' suggestions, the emperor, on the third day after the wedding, ordered Yue Fei to take Zhao Yuanzhu down to Jiangling, ostensibly because the scenery of Chu was beautiful, and suggested that the newlyweds visit Jiangling.

After winning over Yue Fei, Zhao Huan breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately thought of how to bind Han Shizhong, and naturally, marriage was the safest way.

Han Shizhong is thirty-seven years old this year and has a wife, Liang Hongyu. He can't possibly marry the emperor's sister as a concubine, can he?

Forcibly separating Han Shizhong and his wife might incur Han Shizhong's dissatisfaction, which would backfire. This matter needs to be carefully considered.