A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

Zhao Xu was called.

He has been very honest recently, reading and writing articles, and then looking for opportunities to go out and chat with a few friends at Shen An's house.

Zhao Shu looked at the eldest son and found that he had grown taller again, and couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Taller than me, right?"

He walked over, and Zhao Xu immediately knelt down secretly, "No, Guanjia, you got it wrong."

Zhao Shu put his hand on his forehead, then stretched it flatly, and it turned out to be higher.

"Well, it seems you still haven't eaten enough. Let's go back and give more mutton to Qingning Palace."

Zhao Xu was stunned and said, "I had a good meal outside."

After returning from Xiongzhou, he got the privilege of entering and exiting the palace freely, so he went out frequently...

The Shen family has recently produced a lot of delicious food. Zhao Xu enjoyed eating it and his weight soared.

But in Zhao Shu's eyes, this was not the case.

"In the palace...hey! It's my fault as a father that makes you all suffer. Look back...look back..."

He regretted it a little, and felt that he should at least get back the 300,000 guan he had given to him, which would at least make life in the palace easier.

Only members of the old Zhao family can achieve this level of being an emperor, and of course, Zhao Ji does not count.

Zhao Xu felt that his father had really been deceived by his courtiers.

"The Third Division will always be short of money..."

For the current Song Dynasty, the excess money will be filled by the prime ministers looking for holes, and there are countless holes in the Song Dynasty. In other words, unless the reform is successful, the three divisions will always be short of money.

Zhao Shu was silent, he also knew this truth, and sighed for a long time: "You know this, there were businessmen who were planning to build a shipyard. They wanted to trade overseas, but are there really so many places overseas for the trade and exchange of goods from the Song Dynasty?"

"Yes." Zhao Xu said with certainty: "There are various small countries along the way. Those small countries may not seem big, but they are extremely rich. They have gold, silver, jewelry, ivory and tortoise shells... In the past, they can also trade directly with the big cannibals. , that requires countless goods..."

Many years later, the money earned from overseas trade in the Southern Song Dynasty supported half of the country, blocking the Jin and Mongols...

Without the huge benefits from sea trade, the Southern Song Dynasty could not persist.

Moreover, a considerable share of the maritime trade at that time was taken away by the merchants of the Great Food Industry. If all were taken back to the Song Dynasty...

The monarchs and ministers in the court will go crazy for the huge profits, and thus regard the navy and maritime trade policy as golden roosters that lay eggs.

"Those natives hold gold nuggets, and just a knife can make them smile and treat them as a treasure..."

"Is it true?" Zhao Shu felt that his eyes were bright. If this was true, life in the palace would get better again.

"Really," Zhao Xu said sincerely, "I asked these from the big food merchants."

"Will they tell the truth?" Zhao Shu felt unreliable. "If it is really so profitable, they will definitely hide it."

Zhao Xu first lowered his head, then raised his head, and said sheepishly: "They were unwilling to say it at first, but later we were moved by emotion, learned about reason, and kept in mind to convince people with virtue... So when they were moved, they said ”

Zhao Shu's eyelids twitched, knowing that what his son told were all lies.

What's so emotional? Is it using fists and kicks?

Xiao Zhiyi, it must be a threat.

Conquer people with virtue...

Isn't that what Shen An keeps saying all day long?

Why!

It's all a pretense!

"Officials, Dashi people have purchased so many goods. Who can they sell to? To Dashi? I think it's more than that. Dashi's country is in chaos, and now they have encountered a powerful opponent. After many fights, Dashi was Divided into two parts...how can such a large food be bought and sold with so many goods?”

"What do you want to say?" Zhao Shu turned around, with curiosity in his eyes.

"This world is not just about the Song Dynasty and Dashi..." Zhao Xu felt that it was necessary to popularize knowledge for his father: "Miscellaneous scholars believe that the world is a ball..."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Zhao Shu interrupted him with a dry cough in dissatisfaction, "I know, some people say that the place under our feet is a big ball."

He will get flustered when talking about the ball and feel that he has nothing to lose.

But the big ball is different. The big ball is big and can support itself and Da Song.

"Yes, it is a very big ball." Zhao Xu changed his words, "The Song Dynasty is in the east, except for the Liao people and Xixia... there are still countless lands on the vast sea, and those lands are as good as the Song Dynasty. For farming, there are also various mines...trees...rivers...all kinds of animals...that's fertile soil."

Zhao Xu was very intoxicated. He hoped that the Song Dynasty would one day find those lands and then become the cultivated land and mines of the Song Dynasty.

"I have known that the Song Dynasty was poor since I was a child. Every year there are noisy and disputes between the court and the central government. In the final analysis, it is the lack of money and food... But there are overseas!"

Zhao Xu said confidently: "What the Song Dynasty currently lacks is cultivated land and mines... The population of the Song Dynasty is getting more and more, and it will be more and more in the future. What should we do? I think it can't be done internally. After all, the Song Dynasty There is only so much land and it cannot support that many people, so..."

"So are you going to look for land overseas?" Zhao Shu thinks that young people are good, and their thinking mode is always positive and optimistic.

But as an emperor, he was different. He had to think about something and take all possibilities into consideration before making a decision.

This is the mindset of an emperor.

"Yes!" Zhao Xu said longingly: "When the Song Dynasty is farming and mining outside, grain and gold, silver, copper and iron will be transported back in a steady stream every year. The Song Dynasty at that time..."

The Song Dynasty at that time must have been so powerful that it attracted the attention of the world.

"Not many people are willing to leave their homeland."

Zhao Shu feels that young people always think about things so simply and immaturely!

"You can give benefits!" Zhao Xu said seriously: "Just give more benefits. Those businessmen dare to risk their lives to go to sea for wealth, but other people can't go to sea to farm for benefits? I think people are profit-seeking, as long as they find a way , can always lure them to sea.”

"The word seducing is...not good." Zhao Shu felt that his son had really changed, especially his confidence, which suddenly made him feel old.

"Yes." Zhao Xu lowered his head, "The official family actually still has space for farming in the Song Dynasty..."

"Where?" Zhao Shu thought about it carefully. Unexpectedly, he felt that he was really old when he didn't expect this place.

"north."

Zhao Shu was looking forward to the answer, but he didn't expect it to be this. He couldn't get out the blood in his throat, and he felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to hit someone.

"The people from the north are from Liao."

"Sooner or later, the Liao people will be defeated by us." Zhao Xu took it for granted, feeling that the Liao people were only assigned to the Song Dynasty as a stepping stone.

Zhao Shu stroked his chest, feeling very uncomfortable.

This son regards everything around him as belonging to the Song Dynasty. Is this good?

If he waits for him to succeed to the throne... is the Song Dynasty probably going to start a war?

"Yelu Hongji only knew how to hunt and was not a British master. However, the Song Dynasty was flourishing. If he lives a long life, I dare say that he will be the last emperor of the Liao people."

This son is swollen!

Inflated beyond belief!

But I am being cautious.

Zhao Shu compared himself with his son and felt like a bad old man.

This feeling was very bad, so he said with a straight face: "Um...Cao Yan seems to be ill. Go and have a look."

Queen Mother Cao was more cooperative with Zhao Shu's work and did not cause trouble for him, so Zhao Shu was happy to give face to the Cao family.

So the outside world was not optimistic at the beginning, but now they think that "mother is kind and son is filial", and the royal family of the Song Dynasty was happy for a while.

Zhao Xu agreed and left the palace all the way to Cao's house.

After arriving at Cao's house, Zhao Xu entered the front yard and saw someone lying in the main hall.

"what is that?"

He had never experienced the Cao family's rules, so he was very confused.

A few steps further, I saw a man lying on the door panel...

In an instant, the dim main hall became gloomy.

Damn it!

"Uncle..."

Zhao Xu rubbed his eyes, preparing to brew some sad emotions.

"This is...who is here?"

Cao Yi, who was lying on the door board, suddenly made a sound, and Zhao Xu was so frightened that he was covered in sweat.

"Uncle Guo, this is..."

The person was lying on the door panel, looking upright. The key thing was that he was still wearing white clothes...

Anyone else would be scared to death, right?

And this person suddenly spoke up.

Damn it!

The timid ones will be scared to death.

Zhao Xu didn't know that Empress Dowager Cao also came to the palace like this, which almost frightened his mother Gao Taotao.

Cao Yan reluctantly raised his head from the door panel, but his eyes were still closed.

His right eye slowly opened a crack, UU reading www. uukanshu.net He glanced outside and when he saw it was Zhao Xu, he lay down again and said, "It's the king. Sit down. Get a stool and ask the king to sit down."

A servant nearby responded and went to get a chair.

The chair was placed next to the door panel. Zhao Xu felt very uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

"Um...uncle, what are you..."

When you're sick, you go to a doctor. What's the point of lying on the door?

He remembered his father's weird look before he came out, and then he understood the reason.

He knew everything about lying on the door panel of the Cao family!

Then why don't you say it?

Zhao Xu, whose legs were a little weak, relaxed a little after sitting down.

"So-and-so is dead."

Cao Yi's faint words made Zhao Xu almost jump up.

"In the eyes of ghosts and gods, someone is already dead, so they will let someone go, do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand." Zhao Xu felt that the Cao family was very sinister and really boring.

Cao Yi quietly opened his eyes again, "I dreamed of my ancestor last night..."

"The Prince of Jiyang County worked hard for the Song Dynasty, which is admirable."

After Cao Bin died, he was posthumously named the Prince of Jiyang County, which was regarded as a good death.

Cao Yi sighed: "The ancestors said last night that the Cao family is now a weasel's cub. Each generation is worse than the last, and they are becoming more and more useless. In a few generations, I am afraid that none of them will be left behind. I can't bear the shame and fall ill."

Cao Bin is dreaming?

Zhao Xu couldn't help but look inside the lobby.

The lobby was a little dark, and there seemed to be something moving in the shadows.

This Cao family can't wait any longer!

Cao Yan moved on the door panel and stretched out his hand to scratch his back, which felt very comfortable.

"I heard that there was a rebellion in Jujube... I was wondering if I could go... I would like to lead the army myself..."

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Good night!