I studied in modern times

Chapter 372 Excellent Matchmaking Mechanism

Dingyou (the ninth day of the lunar month) is the second leap month in the first year of Yuanyou.

The imperial court served as a doctor, and Tianzhang Pavilion was waiting for the system. It was known that Liu Jin, the German army, died.

Dr. Guanglu knew that Teng Yuanfa and Long Tuge of Yangzhou were waiting for the system; Dr. Zhengyi knew that Xie Jingwen of Yingzhou was a direct bachelor of Baowen Pavilion; Dr. Chaoyi and the king of Cangbe Langzhong said that he knew Mizhou; Chaoqing Lang and Simen Lu Tao, the doctor, was the imperial censor in the palace.

Kong Zonghan, the official of the imperial court and the young minister of agriculture, came to the court to beg for the bones.

The imperial edict was that Kong Zonghan, the queen of the most holy King Wenxuan, would know about Jeju as usual and worship Confucius.

Zeng Xiaokuan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, petitioned the Imperial Academy to appoint a doctor of the Spring and Autumn Period because he studied as the Emperor and was the first to read the Spring and Autumn Annals, as well as the Sutras of the Saints.

Zhao Xu looked through the recent important appointments of the government and the public.

Just put it aside.

"I heard that there are recent discussions in the court about promoting the officials around me?" Zhao Xu asked Shi Deyi.

Shi Deyi replied: "It is true!"

"Su Song, the Attendant of Jiying Palace, will be added as a bachelor of Longtuge. He will still serve as an official for the counties and towns in Fufu Street, Kaifeng."

"Sun Jue, the minister, plans to resign as secretary to the young eunuch, and move to the right to advise the officials or give him advice."

"The minister Lu Dafang plans to move from the position of minister of the Ministry of War to the minister of the Ministry of War."

"Jiyingdian Shushu Su Che, Shushu Cheng Yi, Lu Xizhe, etc. all have proposals to be appointed censors."

Zhao Xu nodded, this is what the question should mean.

It is also a tradition through the ages.

The so-called attainment of enlightenment means that chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

However, the current situation is rather special. Zhao Xu himself has not yet taken charge of the government, and his close ministers will gradually take power.

This can be regarded as a gesture of goodwill from the capital.

According to their arrangement, in a few years, the current Jingyan officials will gradually rise to high positions.

Like Lu Dafang, he could even enter the Xifu and become the governor.

Zhao Xu just nodded and did not express his position on this matter.

He is also not in a position to take a stand.

"Let's go!" Zhao Xu stood up and said, "Go to Kunning Hall!"

Tomorrow is the day when Empress Dowager Xiang will move to Baoci Palace.

In other words, if Zhao Xu wanted to go to the Queen Mother in the future, he would have to go to Funing Palace.

When Zhao Xu arrived at Kunning Hall, most of the artifacts in Kunning Hall had been moved away.

The entire hall was empty.

Zhao Xu went to bed alone without anyone alerting the Queen Mother.

Then they saw Empress Dowager Xiang kneeling in front of the Buddhist niche where she was sleeping, chanting something to the Bodhisattva.

"Is the Queen Mother missing the Emperor's brother and sister again?" Zhao Xu walked to the Queen Mother Xiang, then knelt down on the futon behind her and bowed to the Buddhist niche.

He sighed to the Queen Mother and said, "The Queen Mother is an unlucky person..."

As she spoke, she burst into tears.

The thing she was most worried about when she moved away from Kunning Hall this time was the soul of her poor child. If she came back and couldn't see her anymore, would she be sad?

"Queen Mother, don't cry, Queen Mother, don't cry..." Zhao Xu could only comfort.

"I will issue an edict in a while, conferring the title of Imperial Brother on the throne, and ordering the monks of Daxiangguo Temple and Kaibao Temple to pray for the Imperial Brother!"

As Zhao Xu spoke, he shouted: "Shi Deyi!"

Shi Deyi bowed from outside the curtain and said, "I'm here!"

"Take my oral instructions to the Academy of Academic Affairs and ask Student Deng to draft an edict to crown my elder brother, the legitimate son of the late emperor, my eldest brother and the son of the Queen Mother, as the king of the great country!"

"promise!"

The Queen Mother finally felt relieved.

With Wang Jue, that poor child can be with his ancestors under the Nine Springs and in the ancestral temple.

So, she hugged Zhao Xu gently and said, "Fortunately, Brother Six is ​​here!"

……

The next day is Wuxu (the tenth day of the Lunar New Year).

Empress Dowager Xiang officially moved from Kunning Palace to Baoci Palace.

Kunning Hall will be sealed from now on until it welcomes a new mistress.

After moving to the palace of the Queen Mother, the ladies of the Xiang family, the Gao family and other relatives' families came into the palace to congratulate her.

Even the wives of the prime minister's family came to congratulate him.

The renovated Baoci Palace, like Qingshou Palace, maintains a simple and simple style.

There are no more walls and screens stained with cinnabar, no more pilasters decorated with lead powder and mercury.

Everything becomes easier.

Of course, Queen Mother Xiang’s aesthetics is still online.

Therefore, although the renovated Baoci Palace looks simple and plain, it also contains Zen and elegance.

The placement of all utensils and the furnishings inside and outside the palace have their own profound meanings.

Even the Empress Dowager couldn't help but praise him several times when she saw him.

Zhao Xu likes it here even more.

So, he couldn't wait to have someone set aside a special resting room for him in the East Pavilion of Baoci Palace.

From now on, Funing Hall will really become a pure sleeping place.

Queen Mother Xiang was naturally very happy about this.

When the wives of the Xiang family heard about this, they almost laughed out loud.

That is to say, the wives of other families are also there, otherwise, I'm afraid they would jump for joy on the spot.

On this day, Zhao Xu was in Baoci Palace, accompanying the Empress Dowager and talking to her. He waited until about midnight before bidding farewell and returning to Funing Palace.

Returning to Funing Hall, Zhao Xu washed his feet under the service of Feng Jing.

Shi Deyi was beside him, reporting on the happenings in Bianjing City.

It was mainly about price fluctuations. After Zhao Xu heard this, he asked Shi Deyi to record the relevant prices on a piece of paper that he ordered to hang on the wall of the inner bedroom of Funing Hall.

It was a large piece of paper with a form drawn on it.

The table shows the prices of charcoal, meat, rice and vegetables in Bianjing.

This is what Zhao Xu started asking people to do after the Bianjing New News was released.

This table is changed every month, and it also summarizes price fluctuations every month.

Zhao Xu used this to track the prices of major commodities in Bianjing on a monthly basis.

This is important!

Because the prices of major commodities in the Song Dynasty remained unchanged all year round, or even showed a downward trend.

This is deflation.

Money is expensive and things are cheap.

What Zhao Xu has to do is to take advantage of price fluctuations and command Yousi in a timely manner to put coins into the market or recycle coins.In the past, this was done by the Municipal Affairs Bureau.

Now that the city affairs are gone, can the Imperial City Department directly under the emperor handle it?
Overall, Zhao Xu has done a pretty good job so far.

Even made some small profits.

When Shi Deyi waited, he wrote today's prices on the table on the wall.

Zhao Xu also finished washing his feet. He put on his wooden clogs, walked to the wall, looked at the prices on it by the light, and sighed in his heart: "What a pity..."

“For the time being, we can only keep prices stable!”

He actually wants to keep prices rising moderately, by one to two percent every month.

In this way, people will be willing to spend their money.

Only when people start spending money can the coins in the market truly begin to circulate.

But no matter what, the problem of money in the Song Dynasty was brought about from the Tang Dynasty.

The entire society is accustomed to saving.

Therefore, even in modern times, Song coins are the least valuable coins among ancient coins.

The price of most money made in the Song Dynasty is a few yuan, a dozen yuan, or dozens of yuan if the quality is better.

Hundreds of them are treasures.

This is because if you dig up money from Song Dynasty, you will find a basket full of money.

There is already a copper shortage, but people still like to save money and are reluctant to spend it, which further leads to copper shortage.

A vicious circle belongs to yes.

"That's right!" Zhao Xu suddenly turned around and asked Shi Deyi: "How are the preparations of the six righteous merchants now?"

“When will their liquor be available?”

Shi Deyi replied: "As I know, everyone is almost ready."

"Except for Wang's Taihe Restaurant, which still needs time to prepare, all other restaurants will probably launch new products around the Cold Food Festival."

The Cold Food Festival is one of the most important festivals in the Song Dynasty and even in the entire known world.

Its status is the same as the Mid-Autumn Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival and Lantern Festival.

Naturally, the Cold Food Festival is also a traditional peak season for the business community in the Song Dynasty.

Merchants in Bianjing City will launch new products or invite actors to set up performances in front of their stores before and after the Cold Food Festival.

The most important activity of the Cold Food Festival is ancestor worship.

At the same time, due to folk customs, fire is prohibited during the Cold Food Festival.

Therefore, it is naturally a wise choice for these merchants to launch their liquor before and after the Cold Food Festival.

Because worshiping ancestors requires toasting.

On the day of the fire ban, there was no fire to warm the wine, and white wine that did not need to be warmed could obviously satisfy the alcohol addiction of the Song Dynasty wineworms.

Zhao Xu suddenly remembered an interesting thing.

He turned around and said to Shi De: "Shi Deyi, send someone to talk to Sun Ci..."

"Name his wine 'Three bowls of wine but not enough'."

This is a tribute to the TV series he watched in modern times.

However, in the current Shuibo Liangshan, there are no Liangshan heroes who dominate the mountain and are kings. There are only three or five incompetent thieves.

……

The next day, Zhao Xu met with the Liao envoy Yeluju and his entourage in the Chongzheng Hall.

And accepted the national gift from the Emperor of Liao Dynasty represented by Yeluju and others.

Zhao Xu also gave some gifts to Liao in return.

Naturally, he will not forget his dear brother of Daliao Emperor.

As usual, he presented ten volumes of books to the emperor's brother as a token of goodwill between the brothers of Song and Liao. He also said that the emperor's brother of Liao should write more letters to get closer to him.Of course, Yeluju expressed his gratitude to the grandson of the Emperor of Liao Dynasty in the palace. He also said that the grandson of the Emperor of Liao Dynasty had been studying hard recently and had made great progress. The next time the Liao envoy came to the court, he would definitely bring a letter of thanks written by the grandson of the Emperor of Liao Dynasty.

To put it simply, I will do it next time.

Then it was time to get down to business. Zhao Xu ordered Ziwu to hand over Song Liao Ziwu with a face value of 100 million guan to the Liao envoy as agreed.

Yeluju was naturally elated after winning the accomplice, so he asked Zhao Xu for permission to purchase related goods in Bianjing City.

Of course, Zhao Xu happily agreed, and ordered Xing Shu, the accompanying envoy of the imperial court, and Guo Zhongxiao, the general secretary of the General Office, to protect (supervise) the Liao envoy's purchases in Bianjing.

Yeluju thanked him profusely for his kindness, bowed and left.

Zhao Xu also laughed as he sent the Liao envoy away.

Because he already had the purchase list from Yeluju and others.

From the finest rouge and gouache, to exquisite porcelain, fine tea, expensive brocade, and even a cup worth more than a hundred dollars.

It’s really all-encompassing.

"The corruption and depravity of the Northern Barbarians is probably not much worse than the Song Dynasty's imperial army in Beijing!" Zhao Xu stroked the list and chuckled.

There was nothing more reassuring for him than this.

The level of corruption in the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty is very consistent with the current version of the matching mechanism.

But Song Dynasty will soon have a version update.

……

It spread that the Liao envoys had obtained permission from the emperor to purchase related commodities in Bianjing.

All the merchants in Bianjing city cheered.

From Maxing Street to Panjialou, from Tushizi to both sides of Zhouqiao.

Everyone was gearing up and eager to give it a try. They put their best things in the most conspicuous place at the door of the store, waiting for people from Liao to come.

It was also at this time that relatives of Cao, Liu, Yang, Li, and Wang all received a greeting card.

The name on the greeting card is very conspicuous.

The imperial minister, the person who served as the scholar in the exam, and the companion of the library were all punished.

"Uncle Xinghe?" Cao Yan took the invitation, thought for a moment, and said, "This is one of the ministers who has been relatively close to the official family recently!"

Today's preferences are still shrouded in mystery, and few people know his true preferences.

For example, last year, Xue Shaopeng, son of Xue Xiang, took the initiative to present to the officials his private collection of "Dingwu Ben Lanting Preface Authentic Edition".

Therefore, many people thought that this official had "Tang Taizong's habit".

They have collected various rare and unique calligraphy masterpieces on the market.

As a result, news came out from the palace that the officials had only seen the Dingwu Ben stone tablet presented by Xue Shaopeng a few times and had no particular liking for it.

And the minister who is close to this official family.

Either the banquet officer next to him or the reading companion.

So far, he has not acted too close to or too distant from a specific minister in the outer court.

Xingshu can be regarded as the minister who has the most contact with this official family among the ministers in the foreign court except the official Jingyan.

As a result, Xing Shu has been serving as ambassador since last year.

With this thought in mind, Cao Yan opened the famous thorn, and with just one glance, Cao Yan already knew that this Xing Shu came under the order of Funing Palace.

(End of this chapter)