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Chapter 243 Mother's Kindness and Son's Filial Piety
Guiwei (22nd) in August of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.

Autumn is gradually approaching, and the phoenix trees in Bianjing City are beginning to lose their leaves.

Zhao Xu was walking and eating in the imperial garden as usual.

Feng Jing followed closely, reporting what happened in the court today as he walked.

"The merits have been decided at the meeting..."

"The military governor of Baoning Army, Han Wei, was informed of the Daming Prefecture. He added the Yitong Sansi Division of the Prefecture, changed the title of Daming Prefecture, and concurrently served as a left-behind guard in Beijing. He added a thousand households to the city and granted [-] households..."

"Shang Shuzuo Cheng and his servant Zhang Dun were sent to the official position and became the official chief minister. He was transferred to Zhuguo with honors, five hundred households were added to the city, and one hundred households were granted the title of Shi Feng. He was the founding uncle of Yangcheng County... "

"The deputy capital commander of the infantry and the observation envoy of Rongzhou, Miao Shuo, are the deputy capital commander of the horse infantry. They will be granted an additional settlement of [-] households and a real seal of [-] households..."

"Enter the escort class, Zhaoxuan envoy Song Yongchen, and serve as the Xuanzheng envoy..."

"Other meritorious officials, generals and assistants will be promoted and rewarded according to the rules..."

Zhao Xu listened and nodded slightly.

Overall, everyone is happy and satisfied from top to bottom.

Zhao Xu was even more satisfied.

Because he remembered that after Xiao Zhangkou burst the embankment in his previous life, he transported hundreds of thousands of stones of food to the disaster area just for disaster relief.

The value of these grains has exceeded the money allocated by Zhao Xu.

Not to mention, in order to prevent the people from causing trouble in disaster years, a large number of victims were recruited as Xiang troops in the disaster areas.

As for the disaster-stricken areas, the taxes for the next few years are even more unthinkable.

The most critical thing - Zhao Xu asked Song Yongchen and Miao Professor to keep an eye on the money allocated this time.

So, there is very little waste.

So, more than half of it was saved!

There are at least 100 pieces left for 60 million pieces of silk, and at least 100 pieces for 70 million pieces of silk.

Naturally, Zhao Xu would not send the money back to the sealing warehouse in Da Nei - after finally having a fortune at his disposal, who would give it back easily?

Zhao Xu deliberately exaggerated the amount of money needed!
They bullied the two palaces for not knowing mathematics, and they were sure that no one would object, so they sent the money to Hebei under some pretext, hoping to use the money left over after the autumn floods as start-up capital.

When Song Yongchen was in Hebei, he was not just exploring the sedimentation of rivers.

He has other missions.

Feng Jing didn't know these things, so he continued to report: "Zeng Bu, the Hanlin scholar, seems to be changed to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue..."

This is the promotion of the Empress Dowager!
The Household Department is the most important department among the six departments of the Song Dynasty. It was restructured from the three departments in the past.

The current household department can be directly understood as the three divisions of the past.

The Minister of Hubu is the Third Secretary, and the Third Secretary is the Prime Minister!
It is generally believed that after being the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he can generally be left alone for a while before he can worship the Prime Minister.

That is, it is also possible to directly become the Prime Minister from the Minister of Household Affairs.

"Then what about Wang Cun, the former Minister of the Household Department?" Zhao Xu asked.

"I heard it said that he is going to be appointed Minister of the Ministry of War..."

"As for Zeng Xueshi's position as Hanlin bachelor... it will be filled by Fan Chunren, the Minister of War..."

This is very reasonable. A Hanlin bachelor must be a Jingyan official.

Now that Zeng Bu does not have the title of Jingfeng Officer, of course he can only have someone with the title of Jingfeng Officer.

"Everyone..." Feng Jing suddenly stopped talking: "I heard a rumor, do you want to take it seriously or not?"

Zhao Xu looked at Feng Jing as if he were a fool, and Feng Jing immediately said: "I heard in the imperial kitchen that several censors on the censor's desk seemed to be planning to make the left and right admonitions, the left and right righteousness, and the left and right admonitions to the officials. The powers and responsibilities of other posts are unified, so that they can say everything..."

After hearing this, Zhao Xu sneered: "My brain is broken!"

"The ancestral system has a special admonishment court, which is independent from the Yushitai. It is used to criticize the government's political failures. It is not a tool for them to play with the party and defeat the differences!"

Feng Jing lowered his head deeply and did not dare to answer.

Zhao Xu is very clear that admonishers and censors are the same type of people if their powers and responsibilities are mixed.

This is Pandora's box. Once opened, the consequences will be extremely serious.

However, Zhao Xu will not directly intervene in this matter.Just hint at the work by Han Jiang and Lu Gong.

Walked twice around the garden and then jogged once more.

Under the service of the female officer, Zhao Xu wiped the sweat from his body and changed into clean clothes.

Then someone came to report: Zhang Fangping, the military envoy of Zhangde Army, Deng Runfu, a Hanlin scholar, and others presented the second volume of "Yuanyou Dictionary".

This is what Zhao Xu was waiting for. He immediately laughed and said, "Get it quickly. I'm going to the Kunning Palace to give a gift to my mother!"

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Kunning Hall.

Queen Mother Xiang looked at herself in the bright mirror and sighed: "Another year older..."

Shang Gong Zhang said from the side: "Your Majesty is still young, how can you say you are old?"

"I'm 40 years old..." Empress Dowager Xiang lamented: "How can I not grow old!"

Among the people, a 40-year-old woman is already a grandmother.

Maybe, the grandson might be as old as the sixth brother.

At this time, Shi Deyi's voice came from outside the curtain: "Empress, everyone is here..."

Empress Dowager Xiang quickly told Mrs. Zhang: "Go and put away that thing in the bedroom..."

Mrs. Zhang smiled and nodded.

After a while, footsteps were heard from behind the curtain.

Then the Queen Mother heard her child in front of the curtain, respectfully congratulating her: "My son Chenxu, congratulations to the Queen Mother on her fortieth birthday..."

"I wish my mother a long and happy life..."

"I would like to dedicate the second volume of "Yuanyou Dictionary" to my mother as a congratulatory gift..."

After hearing this, Queen Mother Xiang immediately walked out of the curtain and helped the child up.

The minister next to Sixth Brother immediately knelt down and respectfully presented a thick dictionary in front of her.

He smiled at the Queen Mother and ordered her to accept it.

Then he hugged Zhao Xu and said, "My son seems to have grown taller again!"

Zhao Xu bowed his head and said, "It's all thanks to the Queen Mother's protection and support!"

He did grow taller by about an inch.

Judging from the current developmental situation, when he grows up, his body should be eight or nine inches taller than in his previous life, and he will no longer be so thin.

Because he is now well-nourished and sleeping well.

Queen Mother Xiang looked at the child who had almost reached her chest.

Eyes full of love and relief.

I remember seeing him in Qingning Palace half a year ago. He was still so small and thin.

The child Ichiro has grown so tall and has gained more flesh on his face and body.

The whole person's mental state has changed from the panic at the beginning to the confidence now.

This made her deeply gratified and filled her heart with a sense of accomplishment!

Holding Zhao Xu's hand, he asked the Queen Mother: "I heard that Sixth Brother sent someone to the Xiang family again this morning?"

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "My wife is my biological mother and my maternal grandfather..."

"It is only right for your grandson to be filial and to visit your grandfather..."

Seeing Zhao Xu's sincere expression, Queen Mother Xiang couldn't help but hold him in her arms: "It's really the blessing of Bodhisattva that allowed me to have a son like Brother Six..."

　Note: In the system of the Northern Song Dynasty, only the founder of the country and above were granted food and real seals, but civil servants who were above the system were allowed to be granted real seals.

　　As for the lord?The transfer is based on rank, and apart from the good name, it has no practical significance - even if he is transferred to Zhuguo, he will still be the same as the lowest-ranking military cavalry officer, without even receiving any money!

　　Therefore, officials in the Northern Song Dynasty would only add it to their title after they transferred to the Shangzhu Kingdom, and they would not do this at all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)