Chapter 5 The Prince and the Scientific Examination
Han Qi frowned and said, "You are the prime minister and also serve as the Privy Councilor. Please add some restrictions. I always think this guy is unreliable. Look at what he did in Qingtang and Xixia. This is a bold person. I always have a very bad feeling. Others are shrinking back when they encounter battles, but he is very active in seeking war. Maybe there is something strange about it."
Pang Ji said: "The right to march and fight with him is not allowed by any other power. At the same time, he ordered the Xichuan Transportation Commander and the Yizhou Road Transportation Commander to provide him with military rations."
The two left the palace as they spoke. The decree given to Yun Zheng was the main decree. The prime minister had a way to weigh the pros and cons. They also felt that it was inappropriate to incorporate a wing army into Di Qing's imperial guards' combat sequence, and at least they would be bullied...
When Zhao Zhen walked out of the hall, he pulled off the ribbon on his head, quickly got on the imperial chasing, stomped his feet and shouted: "Hurry, hurry, hurry."
Eight eunuchs carried the imperial chasing and ran away. Zou Tong also tucked his robe on his belt. This was a big happy event in the palace. Lin gave birth to a little prince, and he was the healthiest little prince. He was not born as the size of a kitten like the three princes who died before. He just secretly glanced at the little prince born to Lin. His little arms, calves, and circles were full of pink flesh, and his crying was loud. He could hear clearly when he stood outside.
Zhao Zhen licked his dry lips and asked the running Zou Tong: "It really weighs seven pounds and six pounds?"
Zou Tong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, of course it's true. It seems that the Empress personally measured it. Her little arms and legs are fat... Tsk tsk. It's really a pity that Empress Lin can give birth to it."
In a short while, the emperor's imperial chasing arrived at Zizhuxuan. Zizhuxuan was surrounded by the concubines in the palace, and many old concubines who were not born came to see the new prince in person. The concubines with low identities were even more eagerly looking forward to it, and the envy on their faces could not be concealed no matter what.
The emperor walked into Zizhuxuan in three or two steps and saw a small child lying in the arms of the concubine Bo, who seemed to be sleeping soundly. Zhao Zhen bowed lightly to pay tribute to the concubine.
How could Bo not know the emperor's mind? He put the swaddle in his hand in the emperor's arms and said, "Haha, look at your son, it's exactly the same as when you were a child. The birthmark on the waist and hips is not bad at all. I remember that there is such a birthmark on your waist and hips."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen felt even more happy. He carefully opened the cradle and looked at the little croaker under the crotch of the newborn. He held back the joy in his heart. According to the instructions of the concubine, he looked at the diamond-shaped birthmark on the child's waist and hips, and did not care about etiquette. He asked the queen to loosen her belt and reveal her birthmark. Zou Tong had already brought a huge bronze mirror with a wink. Zhao Zhen looked at the birthmark on his waist and hips, and then compared the birthmark on his son's waist and hips, and said to the concubine Bo with a smile: "It's really the same as the concubine said. It's the same."
When he was happy, the voice was a little loud. When the child woke up, the baby started to cry. As expected, the crying was loud, just as Zou Tong said. The emperor was immediately panicked, and the queen took the prince over and placed it next to Lin. Lin planned to breastfeed himself.
Zhao Zhen looked at the child greedily sucking his mother's milk, and his eyes were red, his nose was sour, and he said to Lin in a hoarse voice: "You are the hero of my old Zhao family, and I will never let each other down in this life."
Lin was weak after giving birth and whispered: "This is my child, I only hope he can grow up safely."
"This is naturally, my children will be safe."
Lin said to the queen with a smile: "Sister, let us raise this child together. I will raise him. My sister educates him. Since he is the first child of my royal generation, we will give him all the best. I am strong and will naturally take it as a matter of nourishing him. If you have a vision and great knowledge, I am far inferior to my sister, so please agree."
Cao never expected Lin to say such words. It was said that mother is noble by her son. With this child, Lin was invincible in the palace. She couldn't fight for her position as a queen. Unexpectedly, she actually handed over the right of her child's education to her. This means that she never had any extravagant thoughts about the position of the queen.
At this time, no matter how strong the Cao family was, they were extremely envious to see Lin giving birth to such a strong child. When they thought that they would become this child in the future, no, the true mother of the future emperor could not help but she could not help but nod.
The concubine Bo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, my royal harem is peaceful, Cao commands the six palaces, Lin is gentle and virtuous, and is orderly. You should tell the world, praise the queen, and enter the throne of Lin's concubine for Zhaorong. This palace thinks that Concubine Shu was set up by Lin."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Empress Bo's words are justified, it should be like this, and it should be like this. Zou Tong drafted an order. Since my child was born in the early morning, he would be named Zhao Xu and King of Shu. Before the title of the queen, the word Duan Jin should be added. Lin Zhaorong entered Shu Concubine, and there was a spirit in Shu Mountain. I am pardoned the prison in Shu to congratulate Zhao Xu."
Zou Tong was writing happily, but suddenly heard the emperor's request for a general amnesty for injustice, and couldn't help but feel anxious. He quickly turned his eyes to the old Chen Lin sitting at the door. Chen Lin was shocked and immediately understood the reason. He stood up and bowed to the emperor with a trembling voice, saying, "The official family is happy to have Lin'er. I am congratulating Your Majesty. You add the words to the queen, give the throne of Concubine Zhaorong, and give the little prince these are natural. Only the general amnesty for Shuzhong prison is inappropriate."
Zhao Zhen has been on blind dates with Chen Lin since he was a child, and he has always been respectful to this old eunuch. Now he heard Chen Lin say that he had a general amnesty for Shuzhong prison, and he didn't understand where the mistake was.
Chen Lin continued: "Your Majesty has used all his energy to Nong Zhigao these days. You probably forgot the news from Shu. This year, the officials in Shu were able to go up and down and wiped out the bandits in the mountains. Many prisons in the prefectures and counties were guarding countless violent people. They were all exchanged for blood from Shu officials. If your decree continues, wouldn't the hard work of Shu officials in vain?"
Zhao Zhen suddenly realized, knocked his head and smiled, "It's true, those murderers are indeed not suitable for pardons. Since that's the case, then we will exempt the taxes from Shuzhong for one year.
Lin hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is inappropriate."
Zhao Zhen asked strangely again: "How is it inappropriate?"
Cao sighed and said to the emperor: "My sister Lin means that the country is in a difficult situation now, and two souths are using troops. Di Qing left Kaifeng this morning to suppress the rebellion in the south. I don't know how much money and grain will be consumed in this battle. Now the richest place in the Song Dynasty is undoubtedly Shuzhong. If His Majesty exempts the money, grain and taxes in Shuzhong, the national treasury will be in crisis.
Your Majesty, it’s better to do this. Since you are happy with Lin’er, you might as well take this opportunity to reopen the scientific examination. You have not selected scholars for twelve years. Taking advantage of this good opportunity, you can gather the hearts of scholars, and you can select scholars for the Song Dynasty. I don’t know how many heroes have been buried in these years.”
Bo gently patted Zhao Zhen's shoulder and said, "The grievances of the older generation are just like that. Your grief is already touching enough. Xiao Xu'er is born, and all grievances are time to be resolved. Looking forward is the right way, and the Song Dynasty is the most important thing."
Zhao Zhen looked at the eaves above his head, then at Zhao Xu who was lying beside his mother and sleeping, nodded and said, "Okay, the autumn test will be held next year. Zou Tong, let's tell the world!"
Chen Lin laughed and said, "Your Majesty is not disturbed by the inner demons, and I can live one more year after hearing this news."
That night, the emperor was having a banquet for the ministers in the palace. Originally, the emperor wanted to show off his fat son at the banquet, so he ordered Zou Tong to bring Zhao Xu over, but was ordered by Concubine Bo to beat Zou Tong up and sent a personal female official to scold the emperor's children who were less than a month old to come out to meet people. Zhao Zhen did not think it was offensive and happily accepted the jokes from the ministers.
At the banquet, Zhao Zhen mentioned the matter of establishing a crown prince from time to time. Unexpectedly, Bao Zheng, Chen Zhizhong, Han Qi, Pang Ji and others who actively persuaded the emperor to become a crown prince as soon as possible did not respond, which made the emperor feel itchy and happy. He made his own son the crown prince. Zhao Zhen had no shadow at all, but those important officials thought that Zhao Xu was too young and would take a few years to talk about it.
Just as the weather was getting warmer, Nong Zhigao's military attack finally stopped in Pennsylvania. Nong Zhigao realized clearly that there was no room for compromise with the Song court, but his strength was insufficient at present, and he was preparing to return to Guangyuan, gather the 36-dong Zhuang tribe and other ethnic minority chiefs, consolidate the rear, and then launch a troops north. When he was in Yong, he wrote the next couplet:
The emperor's career has not yet grown up and he is old; the king's conferred a retirement in the country of Shenxi.
At the same time, the vanguard of the Song army, Yang Wenguang, the descendant of the famous Yang family general, was advancing towards Jingxiang day and night, followed by the Fuyan and Huanqing led by Di Qing. The Jingyuan Road fell, and the Guangrui army 15,000 infantry and cavalry rushed towards northern Guangxi.
Di Qing didn't know that there was already a large army in Shu boarding a ship at the Sanjiangkou, and was rushing down the Yangtze River thousands of miles a day, pointing directly at Guizhou, intending to snipe Nong Zhigao who was retreating south here.
Yun Zheng looked at the surging Yangtze River and sighed: "It really feels like a thousand miles of Jiangling is back in one day. However, when I saw Lao Liu and the others standing at the exit of the Three Gorges waiting for us to leave the canyon, I felt a little sad. The "I'm here" is really dangerous. I almost thought that the big ship was about to hit the damn stone. Those boatmen could use bamboo poles to click on the bow of the boat. I really couldn't imagine that if we had time after we went back, we would blow up the damn stone."
Su Xun stared at the eyes and said loudly: "You can blow up the reef into a reef, and then more people will die."
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "There will always be a solution. I remember this in my heart."
Chapter completed!