After summoning Song Yongchen in the palace, Zhao Xu took Song Yongchen directly to the Kunning Hall behind Funing Hall to meet the Queen Mother.
When they arrived at Kunning Hall, Queen Mother Xiang was still resting.
Today is Yiyou Day (the 13th). It has been eight days since the new king took the throne. According to the imperial edict of Emperor Daxing, national mourning is based on the day and month. This is the eighth month.
Therefore, today, both palaces got up early. They needed to summon ministers respectively and appoint these ministers to go to the southern suburbs and northern suburbs on behalf of Zhao Xu to offer sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth respectively and inform them of the new king of the Song Dynasty's accession to the throne.
At the same time, we have to discuss with Yuji how to change the auspiciousness that appears in the Ouchi Palace and the golden harvest discovered by the people after the new king ascends the throne.
Um……
This has been the case since Yingmiao ascended the throne.
Xiangrui, Jiahe, etc. were made up by the ministers below to make the emperor happy.
Since Renmiao, it has been accompanied by the ancient prose revival movement.
The commentaries on the classics and meanings of the old Confucian scholars of the Han and Tang dynasties were criticized and turned into sieves.
Naturally, no one will stupidly believe in some kind of telepathy from heaven or man anymore - if you really want to believe it, commit suicide first!
Since the founding of Renmiao, flooding, rampage, and diversion of the Yellow River have occurred frequently.
Sanyi returned to the river and caused a huge disaster.
Then flood and drought locusts visited various places in the north.
If you really want to believe in the divine inspiration, the Song Dynasty would have to sacrifice several prime ministers every year to apologize to God.
Therefore, in fact, since Renmiao's later years, things like auspiciousness have become something that the emperor and ministers tacitly planned to deceive the people.
Rules and regulations have been formed.
When the emperor ascends the throne, how much auspiciousness, how much good harvest, and where should he find it.
How many should there be to establish a queen, establish a reserve, and change the Yuan Dynasty?
Even if the emperor recovers from illness and returns to the imperial palace to take charge of government, how many should he have?
Clearly, clearly, and clearly.
Of course, no one would point it out.
Everyone followed the rules, but it was hard. They had just taken charge of the two palaces, and they were not very skilled yet. Their cooperation with the ministers was not tacit enough, and they often had to be reminded.
So, very tired.
Zhao Xu took Song Yongchen into the Kunning Hall, and then asked Song Yongchen to wait in the hall.
He himself went straight into the curtain and arrived in front of Queen Mother Xiang, who was sitting and dozing.
"Mother!" Zhao Xu stepped forward and saluted: "My son is here!"
Of course Queen Mother Xiang knew already that Zhao Xu was coming. She opened her eyes slightly and looked at the child in front of her.
"What's wrong with my son coming to your mother's place?"
Zhao Xu smiled and said: "My son has come to see his mother..."
"This child!" Queen Mother Xiang was happy in her heart: "At such a young age, he can already deceive the Queen Mother!"
However, precisely because of this, Queen Mother Xiang felt a little relieved in her heart.
This is what children look like when they grow up.
"Sixth brother doesn't have to hide anything from the queen, just tell me if you have something to do..."
"He is still a sage from the Queen Mother!" Zhao Xu stepped forward, sat next to the Queen Mother, took the hand of the aunt, and said: "My son summoned Song Yongchen in the Funing Palace..."
"Um?"
"You made your own decision and left Song Yongchen behind!"
"Why?" Queen Mother Xiang couldn't help but become curious.
"This is to give him a good ending!" Zhao Xu said calmly.
"My father and I made a request last year..."
"The City Yiwu, the Bianhe Embankment Department, and other affairs in Beijing often do things that disturb and harm the people, and they also often exploit and subjugate them!" Zhao Xu said softly: "Father has already intended to do this. Abolish it to restore peace to the people and bring peace to the world..."
"I was just thinking about it, so I didn't issue an edict to abolish it!"
This made Empress Dowager Xiang surprised and asked: "Emperor Daxing, is that really what you said?"
Zhao Xu nodded and said, "How dare you deceive your mother?"
"Although I don't understand much, I dare not forget what my father told me to remember!"
In Zhao Xu's previous life, during the Yuanyou era, Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu and others of the old party abolished the new law, under the guise and banner that the late emperor had long regretted it.
And Zhao Xu knew very well that he had to take the initiative.
Therefore, he began to follow the path of the old party, leaving the old party with nowhere to go.
Didn’t you say that the late emperor had long regretted it?
good!
I endorse you!
The late emperor indeed regretted some things!
But those things have been regretted for a long time?
Only if I admit it!
You can't talk nonsense!
Anyone who talks nonsense is deceiving the emperor, slandering, and slandering the late emperor!
Queen Mother Xiang became serious and asked, "Brother Six, do you remember what Emperor Daxing said at that time?"
Zhao Xu replied: "My mother, I remember that my father and my son said at that time: Although these laws and regulations have brought in a lot of money, gold and silver since they were implemented, they are harmful to the people. I wanted to abolish them, but it has been too long." There is not much, I can only leave this grace to you, and when you come to the throne, I can abolish all of them, so as to collect the hearts of everyone..."
"The father also told his son: Since ancient times, when the young master has been in power, he should show kindness to his subordinates and show kindness to the people, so as to win the hearts and minds of the people and the army, and stabilize the country and the world. Only in this way can long-term peace be achieved!"
"Although I don't understand, I dare not forget my father's instructions!"
Queen Mother Xiang's expression gradually became serious as she listened.
In her opinion, this must be the arrangement of Emperor Daxing.
This also fits with what she knows about her husband.
Think carefully about everything and deal with it carefully.
This is true whether it is civil government or military affairs.
It is precisely because of this that people get sick from overwork and die young.
Thinking of this, Queen Mother Xiang couldn't help but shed a tear, and then gently hugged Zhao Xu.
Although there was some resentment in her heart - Emperor Daxing didn't even tell her about this kind of thing.
But, at least her husband left her such a good child!
So, he asked the Queen Mother: "Sixth brother, Emperor Daxing, do you have any other instructions?"
Zhao Xu thought about it seriously, and then said: "I remembered it. At that time, my father also told his ministers that after the Bianhe River Embankment Division was dismissed, he could follow the old system of his ancestors and order the embankment division to be responsible for the stacking yards, field affairs, and warehouses. Wait, use the system of buying and selling to compete with the people..."
"Then the money and silk obtained will be used to clean up Biansi!"
"In this way, tens of thousands of employees and more than 100,000 coolies in the Embankment Department can still make a living..."
"In this way, the people can benefit!"
"And the money and silk obtained were used for the Qing Dynasty and Biansi. It can be said that 'take it from the people and use it for the people'!"
"When everyone is happy, the world will be at peace and the country will be stable!"
As the Queen Mother listened, her eyes gradually became clear.
This interlocking design, this step-by-step arrangement.
Indeed, it can only be the handiwork of Emperor Daxing.
Only he has such courage and decisiveness!
the reason is simple.
It is impossible for a king who holds the power of military affairs and cares about the affairs of the world to have such an arrangement or such a grand design.
In particular, what Sixth Brother told her was that the stacking yard, field services, shops, and warehouses of the Embankment Division were arranged according to the ancestral buying and selling system, which was actually the layout of the common people.
In the opinion of Queen Mother Xiang, it is almost a perfect design!
Why?
Because, could the 'common people' who can bid for these places be ordinary people?
It can only be members of the clan, relatives, or ministers.
At least he must be a big businessman who has close relations with these people!
And who doesn’t know how much money the Embankment Division has made over the years?
Now that the new king has ascended the throne, he has fed such a huge piece of fat to the mouths of everyone up and down.
Aren't they grateful? Still not pledging allegiance to the death?
Any little unhappiness caused by the market exchange method and the equalization method in the past will disappear immediately!
(End of chapter)
