"Is Bianjing City so lively?"
Zhao Xu laughed after hearing Shi Deyi's report.
"Everyone, do you want to have a look at Bianjing Xinbao? Give it a beating?" Shi Deyi asked for instructions.
He felt that those merchants were too presumptuous!
Four days to run from Waqiaoguan back to Bianjing?
Then, all the merchants in the city were trying their best to reach Tongliao.
His subordinates even heard about the extravagant families in Bianjing City and were thinking of ways to bribe the officials in Dutingyi.
You are so courageous!
Zhao Xu smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't worry about them!"
"The free market does not compete with the people for profit..."
"As for the Bianjing Newspaper, we can find a group of people who are familiar with Beilu's needs and publish several issues of Beilu's favorite products and analysis..."
Shi De was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Will this encourage evil trends!?"
Today they dare to bribe the officials of Dutingyi and have an affair with Beilu.
Will they betray Da Song tomorrow?
Zhao Xu chuckled and said nothing.
Although merchants have no motherland or nation, only profits.
but……
In today's world, who can treat merchants better than the Song Dynasty?
Imperial examinations were allowed, officials were allowed, and there were no restrictions on the expansion of merchants at all.
On the contrary, Zhao Xu, the emperor, was still cheering them on from behind.
I just hope they become more greedy and bloodthirsty.
In addition, in this world now, only the developed commodity economy of Song Dynasty society can allow them to make money.
Otherwise, would they go to Liao to do business?
How big is the market of Liao Kingdom?
Of course, you have to be careful.
What if there really is a fool in Tongliao?
So, Zhao Xu said to Shi De: "Dou Zhi go and talk to Yanda and ask him to dispatch a few reliable commanders to watch Diandutingyi!"
"No!" Shi Deyi felt relieved.
…
Zhao Xu didn't take this matter to heart.
His current thoughts are on inspecting Bianjing City tomorrow.
This is what he cares about most now.
Thinking about this matter, Zhao Xu's thoughts returned to February Yimao (20) a few days ago.
Zhao Xu remembered that the sun was shining brightly in Bianjing that day, and the flowers under the trees on the Imperial Street were already in bloom.
Butterflies and bees are flying among the flowers.
And he took the banquet officials and accompanying readers out of the palace again to the Kaifeng government office.
After returning to the palace, Zhao Xu held a meeting in the Jiying Hall with Cai Jing, Su Song, Hu Ji, Li Shiliang and other main officials of Kaifeng Prefecture, as well as the banquet officials.
It was at that meeting that Zhao Xu announced his decision.
"I will take the ministers and others to inspect Bianjing!"
Zhao Xu still remembers the stunned expressions on the faces of Cai Jing and others when he announced this decision, as well as the excitement of his companions.
Naturally, although many people object to it.
But there are more people supporting him!
The emperor personally visited Bianjing, which was the tradition of Zhao officials.
This is also the reason why Taizu of the Song Dynasty wanted to build Qionglin Banquet, Jinmingchi and Yujin Garden outside the city.
I am afraid that future generations will be lazy and just want to stay in the gentle countryside in the palace.
In fact, all the emperors of the Song Dynasty, except for Yingmiao, who began to linger on his sick bed after he ascended the throne, would leave the palace regularly to visit the capital.
If Zhao Xu hadn't been young, ministers would have written to him long ago, requesting him to go on patrol.
"The official family..." Zhao Xu thought about where to focus on tomorrow.
A weak voice sounded next to him.
Zhao Xu turned around and saw Wen Xunniang's increasingly charming little face.
Unknowingly, this little girl has been in the palace for more than half a year.
Moreover, she has begun to enter the growth stage.
"Is something wrong?" Zhao Xu asked.
"The Queen Mother, please invite the officials to come to Kunning Hall..."
"Oh..." Zhao Xu stood up.
Recently, whether it was the Empress Dowager or the Empress Dowager who sent people to invite him over, they no longer sent ministers, but sent this little girl over.
Zhao Xu can understand the meaning of the two palaces.
But he chose to pretend to be stupid - anyway, I am still young and it is normal to not understand the affairs between men and women.
Then he followed Wen Xunniang to Kunning Hall.
When Zhao Xu arrived, Queen Mother Xiang was talking to a wife of the Xiang family.
Seeing Zhao Xu's arrival, the fateful woman respectfully retreated into the curtain.
Zhao Xu stepped forward, greeted the Empress Dowager, and then asked: "Mother, have you summoned me?"
He smiled at the Queen Mother and took out a knitted Chu robe from behind him: "Brother Six, try it on and see if it fits you?"
Zhao Xu immediately stepped forward and changed into his robes under the service of the female officials beside the Queen Mother, Zhang and Wen Xunniang.
Zhao Xu lowered his head and looked at his clothes. They fit him perfectly!
He immediately became happy: "Thank you, Queen Mother!"
He smiled at the Empress Dowager: "This is not knitted by the Queen Mother...it is knitted by your Concubine!"
"The Crown Princess heard that Sixth Brother is going to visit Bianjing tomorrow, but she was afraid of disturbing Sixth Brother's study, so she specially sent this dress to Kunning Hall..."
Zhao Xu suddenly realized: "That's it!"
He naturally knew in his heart that this was what his biological mother could do.
Zhu, who was born in a small family, cherishes everything she enjoys.
Naturally, even if he knitted clothes, he would not dare to give them to Zhao Xu in person. He would have to transfer them to the Queen Mother.
Empress Dowager Xiang pulled Zhao Xu to sit down and said, "Sixth Brother has time, so he should go to the Crown Princess Pavilion to see more of the Crown Princess..."
"The Crown Princess misses Sixth Brother sometimes!"
"Yeah!" Zhao Xu nodded.
In the past month, he really didn't go to Zhu's side much.
The main thing is that he has more things to be busy with, which has begun to increase this year.
The second thing is that when I got to Zhu's place, I was actually just teasing Thirteenth Lang and Wu Niang and Ten Niang.
Zhao Xu might have been very interested at first.
But gradually, he discovered that he couldn't play with children at all.
And Thirteenth Lang is getting older.
It’s time to keep your distance!
Lest some people have thoughts they shouldn’t have!
"Besides..." said the Queen Mother, "it's the matter of Shiro Shiro, I need to talk to the officials..."
"It's time to consider giving Shiro Shiro a name and a knighthood!"
"Isn't it a little early?" Zhao Xu was suspicious.
The Fourteenth Prince, Zhao Xu's youngest brother and the late emperor's posthumous son, was born in August last year and is less than half a year old now.
"People's words are scary, it's better to give them names and titles as soon as possible!" said the Queen Mother Xiang.
"Oh..." Zhao Xu nodded: "The Queen Mother and the Grandmother will discuss it..."
"My sons and ministers will do everything according to the wishes of the queen and mother-in-law!"
"Well..." Empress Dowager Xiang just communicated with Zhao Xu, and she had to hurry up on this matter.
You still have to go and make peace with Da Zongzheng and King Si Pu.
At least, give her a name first and record her among the royal jade butterflies.
"Besides, Concubine Xing said that the 11th Lang seems to be ill..." Xiang Dowager added: "Concubine Xing said that she would beg for money to go to the doctor..."
Zhao Xu listened and said calmly: "The queen mother can make the decision on these matters..."
But in my heart, I actually wished that that bastard Zhao Ji would die now.
Save food and pollute the air.
Empress Dowager Xiang looked at Zhao Xu and said, "Sixth brother, you should go and see Eleventh Lang..."
"You should also hang out more with the imperial brothers and imperial sisters..."
This child is too smart and too precocious.
Zhao Xu nodded and said, "My son, I know!"
Then, Zhao Xu asked: "Is there someone chewing their tongue inside the palace or outside the palace?"
He said to the Queen Mother: "No one dares!"
"It's just that the mother is worried that the sixth brother has not been close to the emperor's brothers for a long time, nor has he been close to the princesses..."
"In the future, they may suffer a loss..."
"Especially the princesses..."
"Sixth brother should remember Wang Shen's matter, right?"
Zhao Xu nodded: "Of course I remember the person who killed the eldest princess of the Yue Kingdom!"
"So, Sixth Brother should be closer to his younger brothers and sisters..." Xiang Tai said: "Only in this way, others will not dare to look down on them!"
"My son, I understand!" Zhao Xu bowed, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your advice!"
This was indeed his place of neglect.
In front of the ministers and the two palaces, the performance was very good.
But in front of his younger brothers and sisters, he was exposed!
If you think about it carefully, after taking the throne for so long, apart from occasionally going to Zhu's place to tease Thirteenth Lang and Shi Niang, and talk to Wu Niang.
The other brothers and sisters are almost like nothing to him.
This is not good!
It doesn’t quite fit his personality either!
So, Zhao Xu said to the Queen Mother: "My son, I will go and see the emperor's younger brothers and sisters..."
The Queen Mother nodded happily: "Go!"
PS: I typed the wrong chapter name in the previous chapter, it should be Chapter 348
(End of chapter)
