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Chapter 981 The Day of the Salted Fish Emperor

"The daughter-in-law pays respects to the queen mother!" "The grandson pays respects to the imperial grandmother!"

"You are pregnant, so you really don't need to come to salute every day, just let the prince come... Grandmother!"

Seeing Empress Li Qingzhao coming in holding the prince's little hand, Empress Dowager Li first greeted her daughter-in-law warmly, and then hugged her grandson joyfully.

Finding the prince sitting quietly in her arms, she even kissed the child's little face again and again.

The corner of Li Qingzhao's mouth raised slightly: "This doll is very smart. The gentlemen have a headache for him, that is, they are the most honest when they are in his father's class."

The prince blinked his eyes, very well-behaved.

Compared with the struggles of other royal families, the atmosphere in the Dayan royal family is undoubtedly excellent. After the emperor ascended the throne, he conferred the titles of queen and prince.

Although this man was destined to be the crown prince since he was named the crown prince, after all, being the eldest son in the East Palace would be the best way to stabilize people's hearts, but in the eyes of the courtiers, it was still too early.

Because children are prone to die.

Generally, they are at least three years old, and most of them are not stable until they are five years old. However, the princes of Zhao Song were not at ease in their teens, and those officials who died so young made the Jin people laugh.

However, Li Yan had full confidence in his son's physique. On the day of enthronement, after returning to the palace, he respected Lin Yuanjing as the Supreme Emperor, Li as the Supreme Empress, made Li Qingzhao the Empress, and the eldest son the Prince.

Naturally, the officials did not dare to object, and gradually realized that this man was indeed very healthy. His body was far stronger than his peers, and it seemed that only the farmer from Xiangzhou mentioned by Dr. Gongsun could rival him, so he didn't have to worry about dying early due to illness.

Now that the empress is pregnant again, it is obviously a great thing to spread branches and leaves for the weak population of the royal family, but there are still often courtiers who write letters, admonishing the selection of concubines.

The Empress Dowager Li expressed that she is in a stable mood regarding the courtiers urging the harem. It was extremely difficult for her to urge a marriage back then. Do you still want to choose a concubine?Save your energy...

As long as there is a queen, the queen gave birth to a son, whether there is a concubine or not has no effect on the country. There are also examples before.

But it is precisely that example that is more worrying.

The founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, and Dugu Jialuo, Queen of Literature.

Dugu Jialuo strived for strength, gave birth to five sons and five daughters for Yang Jian, and was assisted by a powerful family background. He dominated the harem and was extremely powerful. However, because of his personal likes and dislikes, he urged Yang Jian to abolish his eldest son Yang Yong and let Yang Guang ascend the throne. The people of the world are in dire straits, and the Great Sui II died.

This is also Dugu Jialuo's biggest black spot, which was criticized by later generations as "being good at pampering and transferring progeny, overthrowing the clan society".

Although Yang Guang was courteous and gentle when he was the prince, she couldn't predict the future, but it was her strong advocate to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones. If Yang Yong were to succeed, he would be a mediocre prince at most. Really won't die, if Dugu Jialuo doesn't take the blame, who will take the blame?
With the lessons learned from the past and Dayan being so powerful, the officials were really afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Sui Dynasty.

Empress Li Qingzhao is very virtuous, and her family's power was also determined to be a bully long before she got married, and she was defeated. However, what the courtiers have to prevent is extreme situations, so they still advise His Majesty to accept the concubine.

Take a look at the beauties outside, wouldn't it be good to have more choices?
At the same time, he is also trying his best to teach the prince, and various courses are arranged.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager Li asked curiously, "Which gentleman's class do you like?"

The prince said without hesitation: "I like my father and mother to teach me lessons!"

Li Shi was very happy: "You are really clever, you can say good things!"

The prince said: "Father knows the most, and mother speaks the most beautifully. Other gentlemen are not as good as them."

This serious child's words made the two most honorable women in the world smile. When the sound of footsteps came, Lin Yuanjing walked in and said with a smile, "What's so happy about it? Come, come to Grandpa Huang!"

The prince left Li's embrace, came to Lin Yuanjing, was picked up by him, and weighed in his arms: "Okay! He is tall and strong, and he will practice martial arts in the future, haha!"

Seeing this man in casual clothes, Mrs. Li felt a little displeased, and hummed softly.

Li Qingzhao got up to pay his respects, secretly wondering why the Supreme Emperor was dressed like this.

Seeing his wife's expression, Lin Yuanjing felt embarrassed, put the prince down, and rubbed his grandson's head: "Listen to your parents and learn from them!"

The prince let out an oh, watched his grandfather go out, ran up to his grandmother and asked, "Grandmother, is grandfather going to practice with a gun?"

Mrs. Li paused: "I can't stay idle, I went to Taipu Temple to watch horses..."

Li Qingming understood that he didn't go to the Taipu Temple, he probably went to the racetrack, and secretly said: "I heard that there is already a huge crowd of people there, and it is very lively. I didn't expect that the Supreme Emperor would go out in casual clothes to watch the horse race..."

Since Li Yan ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the court organization has become more and more perfect, and since the Six Departments, the status of the Nine Temples has become more and more important.

But the names are still those names, but the functions are different.

For example, the Taichang Temple, where the enthronement ceremony and the Ministry of Rites were busy, will be responsible for the etiquette of the royal ancestral temple, and the Ministry of Rites will focus on imperial examinations and ordinary etiquette.

Such as Zongzheng Temple, which manages the affairs of the emperor's clan;
Such as Guanglu Temple, manage the meal tent, review palace expenses;

Such as Dali Temple, reviewing criminal and prison cases handled by the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Yushitai;
Such as Weiwei Temple, manages guard matters;
Such as Honglu Temple, which manages Buddhist, Taoist and religious affairs;
Such as Si Nong Temple, management of agricultural production, innovation of fertilizer and farm tools;

For example, Taifu Temple manages business and trade, and establishes a chamber of commerce to supervise;

The last Taipu Temple is to manage horse affairs.

In fact, the functions and powers of the Nine Temples overlap a lot with the Six Divisions, so most of the Nine Temples in history were useless in the end and were merged into the Six Divisions.

Now Yan Ting's Nine Temples are more like nine special departments. Their work is not as complicated as other departments, and they are extremely dedicated, and they also select special talents.

For example, everyone in the government and the public knows that His Majesty attaches great importance to Ma Zheng at this stage.

It is well known that Ma Zheng in the Song Dynasty pulled his hips. After all, the huge Central Plains Dynasty, known as an army of one million, only had [-] cavalry in the end, and the majority of them were Tibetans who had surrendered from the Xixia border. It was a joke.

But the reason known to later generations is that there is no suitable land for raising horses, which is obviously too one-sided.

The Central Plains has a vast territory and a territory of thousands of miles. The territory of the Song Dynasty is indeed far smaller than that of the Tang Dynasty, but what is lost in the core area is Yanyun and the four counties of Hexi. The two areas, it is not so huge that China cannot raise horses.

When Zhao Kuangyin attached great importance to horse politics, horse farms were established in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places in the southern region, which were not as good as those of the best quality horse farms, but they spent a lot of effort and did not lose too much. Many good quality horses.

It can be seen that geographical location has an impact on horse politics in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is by no means a key factor.

In terms of system, Zhao Kuangyin also established a very complete horse administration system, with institutions such as Taipu Temple, Group Herds Department, and Tea Horse Department for unified management.

The Taipu Temple is in charge of the horses used by the royal family, the group herdsman is in charge of the breeding of horses and the allocation of places, the tea horse department is in charge of the horse market, and then treats the sick and old horses.

Judging from the data, the two dynasties of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi were the period of vigorous development of the Northern Song Dynasty pastoral supervisors. By the reign of Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu, the number and scale of national pastoral supervisors had surpassed that of the Northern Song Dynasty. The area of ​​pasture land and the number of horses quite a lot.

Now that it is the best, the next step is to decline all the way, "officials and horses are not prosperous". There are many reasons, including natural disasters, interest disputes, agricultural and animal husbandry land competition, financial crisis, and peace after the Chanyuan alliance. The coming short-sightedness and all kinds of complicated factors constitute the "abandoned prison".

It is difficult to build any system, and it is too easy to abandon it. However, the horse administration is not good, and the number of annual horses cannot keep up. The officials of the Northern Song Dynasty put forward the idea of ​​"controlling riding by steps".

As soon as this method of evasion turned into defense, it must be a vicious circle, which completely ended the horse administration in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Shenzong period of the Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty still had about [-] horses. In the dynasty, the number of war horses was [-]. In fact, they all depended on buying them from abroad, and they did not raise them at all...

There was no strategic barrier of Yanyun sixteen prefectures in the first place, and the cavalry was so deserted. It is no wonder that when the Jin army rushed in, it galloped freely, and it was like entering the land of no one in the huge Central Plains dynasty.

In this world, Ma Zheng was also the biggest mess for Dayan to take over the former Song Dynasty. In the previous Liaodong campaign, the shortcomings of the Yan army's lack of light cavalry were also vividly reflected, all supported by heavy armored soldiers and heavy cavalry.

But if you want to completely destroy the Kingdom of Jin, this must be changed.

Don't expect the Yanren cavalry to overtake the Jinren cavalry in one leap, but you can't sit back and watch being overtaken by a large margin and become a weak point for the opponent to frantically target.

Therefore, after Taipu Temple became the most talented and hottest department in the Nine Temples, a movement in the Tang Dynasty was picked up again, and the court vigorously promoted it.

Chase.

Also known as "walking horse", the most familiar one is naturally horse racing, which is a side event of polo.

At present, it is impossible to hold large-scale polo competitions. Small-scale horse races happen to be too much gambling in Song Dynasty. Now Yan Ting has improved a lot of social atmosphere, but it is only difficult for gambling.

After all, it is unrealistic to completely ban this thing, and it is impossible to let it go freely, so the imperial court tried it. At present, a Chizhu Chamber of Commerce has been established, which is managed by Taifu Temple.

But Lin Yuanjing rode out of the palace with the guards, and then left the city through the east gate. After traveling for more than twenty miles, a huge field came into view in front of him.

Not only the racecourse, but also the restaurants, shops, and bars surrounding the venue, it looks like a tile market, but the soaring sound waves coming from the middle of the venue are not comparable to any tile market.

The Supreme Emperor was not in a hurry, and waited quietly for a while before walking in through the side door.

A heat wave rushed towards us, and the sound of frenzied crowds instantly drowned out the private conversation space.

The racetrack is here!
(End of this chapter)