A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

There were countless workshops in the Song Dynasty, but there was only one that the prince could inspect.

In the workshop at night, all kinds of miscellaneous utensils looked a little eye-catching in the darkness.

Suddenly a few black shadows appeared on the wall. After observing for a while, they fell down.

They slowly walked towards a room on the side, where the goal of their trip was.

These people were looking left and right, very nervous.

Boom!

A man accidentally bumped into the stove and immediately let out a low cry.

Several dark figures stopped and looked at their companions who were shouting angrily.

boom!

Suddenly a torch lit up nearby. The flames were blazing, illuminating the dark figures.

"This is a trap!"

Several men drew out their daggers in panic and rushed over.

Five people stood beside them, holding torches and looking at them with smiles.

"He's a scoundrel from Bianliang!"

"I will do anything for money, and I will not regret dying."

"They think there are more people and more knives, so they are very proud of it!"

"But there are quite a few of us..."

"Somebody come!"

Puff puff!

There was the sound of torches being lit from the side, and then men walked out holding long knives.

Several men were frightened by this formation, threw away their short blades, and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"take away!"

After an overnight interrogation, these gangsters confessed that someone paid them to come to the workshop and steal things from the bed.

"They're all idiots!"

Shen An was very unhappy to be disturbed by people from the Imperial City Division before dawn. He rubbed his eyes and went to the front. After seeing two men whose bodies were wet with dew, all the discomfort disappeared.

There will always be someone guarding something in the darkness without any regrets.

"Get some food for these two brothers."

"Thank you for the imperial edict."

The two secret spies had no time to be moved. One of them said: "We have sold a lot of that bed to wait for the imperial edict. We are going to stay here tonight, but we can't stay there every night. If there is any oversight, someone will steal it."

His tone was a little irritable when he spoke, but Shen An was calm.

"Don't worry about this, you know? The accessories on those beds are all special, and the fixing methods are also special. Without special tools, they can only look at it in a daze, understand? If you give them the bed, they can't even dismantle it."

Shen An thought of his anger and helplessness when looking at the triangular screw in later generations. At this moment, he was compensated, and he was instantly satisfied.

Thinking of a group of idiots who could only hit the machine tools with hammers, Shen An was in a good mood.

So he went to the kitchen.

"Mr. Lang, why are you here?"

Zeng Ermei is still the master of the kitchen, but Shen An is the founder.

Stir two eggs into the pot, followed by the stiff overnight rice.

The fire licked the bottom of the pot, and the rice danced slightly in the pot.

The egg fried rice was very fragrant, but Zhao Xu couldn't eat it.

The food in the palace was just like that, almost lukewarm when it was served to him.

A bowl of soup cake is his breakfast.

After breakfast it’s time for homework.

Those homeworks have become a burden for him now. Every time he sees his husband explaining the meaning of the article, he feels a little disgusted.

These scholars are good at learning, but they are ignorant.

Not familiar with the world!

What can such a person know?

Scripted?

Still self-righteous.

But he had to listen.

This is a room. If he wants to get out, he must abide by the rules, otherwise countless people will pull him and make him sink into the quagmire...

"...The king should uphold kindness..."

"...The way of a king is to be humble and be good at accepting advice..."

The gentleman was frothing at the mouth as he spoke. He was probably at the point where he was proud of his words. He waved his arms and accidentally threw the book out.

Zhao Hao looked at it curiously, feeling that this gentleman was much more interesting than the previous one.

"fine."

The husband was embarrassed. Zhao Xu smiled and said it was nothing.

After the class was over, Qiao Er and Wang Chongnian, who were waiting outside, came in together.

"Your Majesty, someone went to the workshop to steal something last night and was caught by people from the Imperial City Department." Qiao Er has been at a disadvantage in the recent fight with Wang Chongnian. He was a little nervous, so he even wanted to report the news.

"Those idiots!"

Zhao Xu said: "The machine tools are all special-purpose things, and they are also heavy. How can they steal them? Dismantle them? But they don't have the tools. Even if they smash them and bring back some small things, they will be useless... those things If you don’t understand, you just don’t understand. You can’t learn it by just looking at it, otherwise the academy’s investment of so many years would be in vain.”

"Yes, your Majesty is wise."

Qiao Er's flattery is very direct.

Zhao Xu frowned slightly and said, "The palace has been reducing expenses recently. Can you eat breakfast well?"

"able."

Qiao Er said with a smile: "There are also chicken legs today!"

"Oh, chicken drumsticks are great!" Zhao Xu glanced at him and said, "You have to do your duty when you follow me. As long as you don't go beyond your duty, you will always have drumsticks."

Qiao Er thought this was an affirmation of himself, so he happily said: "The little man will eat chicken legs for the rest of his life."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and then Wang Chongnian said: "Your Majesty, the saint and the empress have been discussing recently about reducing the expenses in the palace. The result came out yesterday. It is said that both sides have reduced their manpower and are also planning to reduce expenses."

"The manpower can be reduced." Zhao Xu pressed his hands on the table and stood up with a slight push. "But the expenses for the two empresses are already very small. If we reduce it any more, it will not help. On the contrary, it will be self-inflicted."

The royal family of the Song Dynasty really didn't spend much. Starting from Renzong, the palace often let people out and often cut expenses, which can be called a model of the royal family.

After Zhao Shu succeeded to the throne, he himself did not like the chamberlains and maids, so anyone who applied to leave the palace was almost always approved.

The palace of the old Zhao family became increasingly deserted, but the officials were still dissatisfied.

"They say it costs too much, but some people say it's much less than before."

"There are also people who say it should be reduced, but they are all officials from outside."

Zhao Xu sneered and said: "Those people just think that my family will not spend a penny, suck the wind and drink the dew all day long, and then hand over all the money to support the increasingly large group of officials."

"Goodbye, Your Majesty."

Wang Chongnian smiled and said: "Isn't that so? At first they were satisfied when the internal storage was empty. Now they are using the slogan of asking the royal family to reduce consumption. Why not gradually reduce their own consumption!"

Zhao Xu, who was walking in front, stopped slowly and murmured with his hands behind his hands: "Yes! Why didn't they think of saving money on themselves?"

Along the way, the palace maids did not avoid him, and some even looked at Zhao Xu affectionately. If he wanted to, with just one look, he could fall into a gentle land tonight.

Woman!

Zhao Xu's heart moved slightly, but he calmed down immediately.

If you want to do great things, don't be controlled by desire, it won't work at all.

"Your Majesty, there are some... they look a bit pleasant!"

Qiao Er felt that it was time for Zhao Xu to scream, so he said seductively: "That aroma... the little man feels light all over after smelling it..."

"Eat chicken drumsticks tonight."

Zhao Xu left these words and went to see his mother.

After leaving the palace, he could no longer enter and leave the harem as before, so the news was released, and his sisters were the first to welcome him.

"Brother, you look fatter."

Zhao Xu touched his face and felt that this was definitely a slander.

"Brother, the recent meals are not good!"

Zhao Qianyu said a little aggrievedly: "It doesn't taste good."

"It'll be alright later."

Zhao Xu went to Baoci Palace with them.

"I've met my empress."

When he saluted, Gao Taotao could no longer hold himself back and shouted repeatedly: "Come here! Come here!"

"Thin!"

Gao Taotao said with pity: "Look back...it's all, the food in the palace has been a little bad recently. When you leave the palace, you can eat more good food."

One says I'm fat and the other says I'm thin. What does this mean?

The mother and son asked each other about their current situation, and then Zhao Xu said the purpose of his visit, "My Lady, it is appropriate to reduce the number of people in the palace, but the current expenses are already very small, so there is no need to treat yourself harshly."

If this continues, it is estimated that Gao Taotao and Queen Cao will have to weave cloth to support themselves.

Gao Tao sighed: "Who wants this? But money is being spent everywhere in the Song Dynasty. When the time comes, there won't be enough, and we have to reach out to the palace. If it doesn't happen by the time, it will be embarrassing!"

"There is nothing embarrassing." Zhao Xu felt that this idea was a bit pedantic, "The money in the palace is the money in the palace. My family can spend it however they want. There is no reason to use the money in the palace to supplement the outside world!"

"But every year there is a shortage of money outside..." The emperor of the old Zhao family was very aggrieved. Whenever the outside world cried out about poverty, he had to open the treasury and send money.

"If you are short of money, you should find a way instead of grinding it in the palace. That is inaction, that is dereliction of duty!" Zhao Xu was a little angry, "Let the ministers in the outer court find a way, and the palace should stop it. "

Gao Taotao felt that his son would be considerate of him when he grew up. He was worried at the same time, "Those officials are so cruel!"

The emperor of the old Zhao family basically never defeated the officials, so Gao Taotao naturally didn't think highly of his son either.

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "My queen, just wait and see."

"Okay." Gao Taotao smiled and said, "You should go to see my queen later."

This empress refers to the Empress Dowager Cao. Zhao Xu agreed and sat here for half an hour, and then went to see the Empress Dowager Cao.

Empress Dowager Cao became more and more deserted. When she saw him coming, she showed a rare smile. She asked a few questions about his diet and daily life, and finally said: "The elder brother in the family has been practicing recently. If there is a chance to go into battle, just let him go."

After she became a widow, there was no taboo about her identity. Naturally, the Cao family and Cao Yi didn't need to taboo anything. UU Reading www. uｕｎshu.net

The Cao family was a warrior, so in her opinion it was best to return to the status of a military general.

But the status of warriors is low!

Zhao Xu felt that her idea was a bit strange, so he said: "Madam, the Cao family is now powerful, what if they become warriors?"

To outsiders, this seemed like a self-destruction, but Empress Dowager Cao said contemptuously: "Don't listen to the chatter of those civil servants. What they are afraid of is not to solve the problem, but to avoid it. This is the case for everyone from warriors to diversion of the Yellow River. If you have a headache, treat your head, if you have a sore foot, treat your feet, it’s useless.”

She looked outside, with a little more eagerness in her eyebrows, "There are many enemies around Da Song, and the men have shrunk. Who will protect Da Song?"

"If possible, I would be willing to go into battle with my sword and go to the land of Youyan."

The men cowered, and the woman went into battle!

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