A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

"...Dalang has been sensible and smart since he was a child, and he also likes to read..."

"Guan Jia, what kind of woman would be suitable for someone like Da Lang?"

In the palace, the emperor and the queen were chatting about their children.

Zhao Shu was reading the memorandum in his hand. Hearing the words, he said casually: "The rules of the ancestors, the woman can't be too proud."

"Hey! Yes! If the woman is too proud, it will be easy for her to have heirs." Gao Taotao said regretfully: "Otherwise, I really want to choose a few good girls for Da Lang. You don't know the official family, the women of the important minister family If you teach well, you will only care about the trivial matters in the harem."

"That's why I can't have it!" Those women's families are very powerful. Once there is collusion between the inside and outside, the old Zhao family can declare their resignation.

Zhao Shu's words immediately choked Gao Taotao, and she muttered: "But I don't think those women are worthy of Da Lang!"

Zhao Shu dealt with her while reading the memorial, and he was able to do two things at once. "It depends on what Da Lang wants."

"How can you tell what he meant by such a thing?" Gao Taotao was about to retort when Chen Zhongheng came in with a sad look on his face.

"Who went?"

Gao Taotao asked, then regretted a little.

Zhao Shu raised his head, his eyebrows filled with boredom.

Chen Zhongheng's heart tightened, wondering if he had used the wrong expression? Change it quickly.

He changed his expression with a heavy look and said: "Guan family, there are many clans coming from outside, saying they want the king to give an explanation."

Gao Taotao stood up suddenly, "What's your explanation? Who spread Dalang's words?"

She turned her gaze, and wherever she looked, the servants lowered their heads.

"Some people don't know who they are working for. If they are found out, they should be executed!"

She was really angry, and her words were filled with evil spirits.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Zhao Xu and Zhao Shu were talking in private, with only a few servants around them, but these words escaped him, which showed that there was a traitor.

She talked for a long time, everyone looked down at her, but no one acknowledged her.

She looked at her husband.

Zhao Shu's face was slightly cold, and he felt a little numb and tight on the back of his head. He knew the old problem was coming.

"When Dalang and I were talking, there were three of us there, plus one Chen Zhongheng. Except for Chen Zhongheng, all of them were questioned."

Chen Zhongheng was extremely nervous beside him. After hearing this, he knelt down with tears in his eyes, "The officials are wise, and I... I am loyal!"

At this moment, his loyalty level exploded.

The other three were pulled out.

Zhao Shu's eyebrows were beating. After Gao Taotao saw it, he walked over and gently massaged his head.

"It's just a small thing..."

She tried to make her voice as gentle as possible without any change in her voice.

To be stable, it is best to use a sound that coaxes people to sleep.

This is the plan given by Shen An.

Of course, there are also killer features.

"Bring the suona."

Chen Zhongheng personally went to get the suona, and later the festive sound sounded in the palace again.

Zhao Xu came in this festive atmosphere.

"Why were you beaten?"

The three chamberlains were gagged and beaten. When they saw Zhao Xu coming, the jailer Dui smiled and said: "Your Majesty, one of these three people has access to the palace. The younger one is ordered to ask questions."

The three chamberlains were tied to the benches, and there was a muffled groan every time they stepped down.

"What did you say?"

"I told you and the officials."

Zhao Shu asked again, but the waiter didn't know.

"There are people from the clan outside, and I want you to give me an explanation!"

Zhao Xu looked in the direction outside the palace and suddenly walked away.

Wang Chongnian and Qiao Er quickly followed. The prison chamberlain was dumbfounded, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"

Zhao Xu said without looking back: "Since they want to give an explanation, then I will go and give them an explanation!"

Explain...

The prison chamberlain slapped his forehead and said, "Not good!"

This is not right!

He turned around and ran, rushed into the palace and shouted: "Guan family, the king has gone..."

Zhao Shu was playing the suona, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but became furious, "Take it down!"

Chen Zhongheng led someone to take down the chamberlain, and when he carried him out, he whispered in his ear: "Who did you say went?"

The chamberlain said with tears: "I made a mistake... The king went outside the palace and said he wanted to give an explanation to those people."

Gao Taotao stamped his feet and said: "He...those people are shameless. Is he his opponent?"

Zhao Shu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again he was already indifferent, "Go and have a look."

He knew that those relatives were pissy and exaggerated shamelessly, but they were not good people either.

After he left the palace, he was often ridiculed by these people.

Now they are here again, targeting his son.

"What do they want to do?"

Zhao Shu was smiling, but Chen Zhongheng felt that the hemorrhoids he had just contracted were frozen by this smile.

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Outside the imperial city, a group of clan members took turns complaining.

"... There are more than 30 people in a certain family. How can they live without money and food? It's impossible to live!"

The speaker was a man in his thirties, wearing wrinkled old clothes. He was dancing around as he spoke, and he was so angry that he couldn't control himself.

There were dozens of clan men nearby, the youngest was underage, the oldest had gray hair and beard, but they all had one thing in common, that is, they were filled with righteous indignation.

"The king is out."

The man who was complaining quickly stepped back, with a magical smile on his face.

"I've met the king."

Zhao Xu came out and everyone saluted, but the atmosphere was a bit tense.

"What do you want to explain?"

Zhao Xu turned his eyes and looked at these relatives, feeling a little ridiculous.

"We dare to ask your Majesty, why do you want to abandon the clan?"

The eldest man came forward. His expression was passionate and even a little tragic, as if he would be captured by the evil Imperial City Secretary in the next moment and tortured.

"We are royal relatives, why?"

"Why are you so rich and powerful, and I will soon be in poverty?"

"..."

It was easy to deal with someone at the beginning, but the subsequent accusations and questions were like a rainstorm, spraying towards Zhao Xu.

"Your Majesty, this is a little unkind!"

"If you don't care about your relatives, who else can you care about?"

"From ancient times to the present, relatives of the emperor and the country have been raised with honor. Why did you want to change when you arrived in the Song Dynasty?"

"..."

Even the people who were watching felt that this was not quite right and that Zhao Xu was too cold-blooded.

They would rather have a Zhao Zhen style emperor than a Han Wu style emperor.

It is good to expand territory, but the price is very high. Everyone needs to put in more effort, pay more taxes... and may be recruited into the army, fight alone thousands of miles away, or even die in an unknown place, with the soul unable to return home.

The people's thinking is very simple, that is, they want the benefits and don't want the trouble.

After gradually finishing his complaints, there was an awkward smell in the air, because Zhao Xu was still cold and cold, without any sympathy at all.

"Is this man actually so hard-hearted?"

In this exclamation, Zhao Xu walked out of the imperial city and said: "Whose Song Dynasty is this Song Dynasty?"

"It's from the official family!"

Some people replied like this.

"No." Zhao Xu remembered the ancestral motto of ruling the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats, and said: "This Song Dynasty is the Song Dynasty of the people. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. When I was studying, I thought it was a lie, until later I After meeting many people and seeing a lot of suffering, I realized that the prosperity of the Song Dynasty was achieved through their suffering..."

The literati said that this Song Dynasty belonged to them, but the officials in the palace could only hold their noses and admit it.

But today Zhao Xu said that this world belongs to the people, which instantly destroyed their sense of superiority.

The key is that there is no way to refute it.

They said that Li Shimin was a wise emperor, and subsequent emperors had better imitate him.

Well, Li Shimin said that the people are the water that can destroy the small boat of the dynasty. Is this right?

Can you refute this?

No, because people often use this sentence to advise and persuade the emperor to do this or that.

But the people were stunned when they heard this.

They felt their chests aching, a feeling of being hit in the center that brought tears to their eyes.

Is life hard?

It’s hard and unbearable, but you have to endure it in order to live.

Just endure it, the key is that no one recognizes us!

Now a prince came, and he said that it was our suffering that supported the prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

These words immediately hit the hearts of the people.

"Protect the king!"

The cavalry rushed out from the imperial city. The cavalry pulled down their masks and glanced at the people with cold eyes.

There was no expected crowding or public outcry, only tears in the eyes.

They came in vain.

A little further back, Zhao Shu stood at the door, looking at his son quietly.

"Back off!"

Zhao Xu stretched out his arms, but his seemingly weak body blocked the cavalry.

The warriors on horseback stood up and hissed non-stop.

There was no need to say anything at this moment. The people all lowered their heads and said, "Your Majesty, you are merciful."

In the Song Dynasty, there were many ways to praise the emperor, but the one most recognized by the people was kindness.

A benevolent emperor always brings peace of mind.

Now, with just a few words or an action, this great king made the hearts of these people go to him.

He stopped the cavalry, turned his eyes to the clan members, and said, "The clan is of royal blood and deserves preferential treatment, so chickens and dogs ascend to heaven... But how many people are there in the clan?"

Everyone was silent, but their eyes were not kind.

They are members of the clan and have no specific positions. They do not have the helplessness of Zhao Yunbi and Zhao Yunliang who have a big family and a big business, so they are unscrupulous.

They want to see this young man perform and then break him.

But their ultimate goal is Zhao Shu. They want to talk to this official in exchange for a guarantee of long-term support for the clan.

"Why?" someone asked angrily.

Zhao Xu said: "Twelve hundred people!"

His voice was very steady, "Today, there are a total of 1,200 people in the clan holding positions!"

"Among these 1,200 people, there are 113 people over the age of 30, 305 people over the age of 15, and nearly 800 people under the age of 15..."

When the children of the clan are five years old, they can apply for the title or official title, and they begin to eat the royal food seriously. They must be given the money and food that should be given every month, the rewards that should be given every time, and the clothes for the four seasons...

Zhao Shu lowered his head slightly from behind and said, "Go check it out!"

This son actually found out everything about the clan, which made him not sure whether to be happy or surprised.

Someone in the clan shouted: "Isn't this a good thing for the royal blood to thrive?"

“A good thing is a good thing.”

Zhao Xu continued: "How many more people are over fifteen years old than over thirty? How many more people are under fifteen than over fifteen? In ten years, how many people will be under fifteen?" "

One hundred and thirteen, three hundred and five, eight hundred...

It's like several steps, one step higher than the other, terrifyingly high.

Everyone was confused at first, and then felt cold in their hearts.

"There are more from one generation to the next, so many more..."

"It's scary. If it takes another fifty years, I'm afraid the clan won't be able to survive."

"The king's vision is so sharp?"

"Thankfully the king said it, otherwise we would have thought it was just a trivial matter!"

At this moment, everyone was looking at Zhao Xu.

The people were a little panicked and felt that this was a huge problem. Zhao Xu took out the data and made everyone understand the crisis at a glance.

Once the clan is not controlled, it will not take fifty years, but at most twenty years, the Song Dynasty will collapse financially in order to support the clan.

Bao Zheng has made trouble several times over things that cost too much. He talks about innovation and wants to suppress the size of the officials and the army immediately.

Money!

Money is needed everywhere!

But where did the money come from? Isn’t it just the taxes that everyone pays?

If we can no longer make ends meet, will UU Reading www.uukanshu.net continue to raise taxes?

The corners of Zhao Xu's mouth curled up slightly. He knew that the people were confused and had no opinions. The only thing that could make them actively support was interests, interests that were closely related to them.

Shen An once said, "data can speak". Today, Zhao Xu let the data speak for itself.

The final word!

Zhao Shu was silent as Chen Zhongheng rushed over and whispered in a low voice: "Guan family, that's right."

He opened his legs and felt a burst of heat rising behind his buttocks, making it uncomfortable and hot.

This son!

At this moment, Zhao Shu felt that this son was unusual.

I treat him as a child, but he keeps refuting my views with actions.

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