Chapter 351: The Concubine Visits the Family
Parents, this is a question that Zhao Xin has avoided a little, from the moment he crossed, he had already left Bianliang, and he had not returned to Bianliang for several years, to be honest, he was a little scared, what did he say when he saw his parents.
There is a divine endowment of this, even if it is nonsense, but the mysterious characteristics of this era, it stands to reason that he will not have doubts, and he left Bianliang before, he was too young, and in more than a year, he has grown a lot.
Although he is only 5 years old and almost 6 years old, he is already more than 1.4 meters tall, and with the support of the card system, he already looks like a teenager, especially in terms of temperament.
These are not the most important things, the most important thing is what kind of consequences Zhao Xin will have if he rashly enters the palace.
This is a problem he must consider, a railway, after completion, can greatly improve the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty, so that the transaction in the northwest becomes a constant quantity, reducing a lot of unnecessary costs.
But if you really don't build it, there will be a problem, it is nothing more than to increase some consumption, 1,000 animals such a huge number, even if there is no railway, you can gradually enter the Northern Song Dynasty, so the effect will not be small at all.
As a traverser, the overall situation is where Zhao Xin is most powerful, and he knows very well that Renzong's excuse is that he wants to meet Zhao Xin.
Zhao Xin knew very well that if he entered the palace at this time, what kind of impact would it cause, and what he had been creating all along would be gone.
No matter how Zhao Xin says, he doesn't have any idea about the throne, secretly entering the palace and meeting Renzong, this point will be unclear, not only all the nobles who are vying for the throne, but also those high-level officials who have a preliminary impression of him, will have different ideas.
The reason why people like Ye Qingchen, Cao Di, and Han Qi are willing to communicate with him is that everything about him is good for the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is precisely because of the existence of Zhao Xin that the Northern Song Dynasty has obtained the current financial normality, and there is still surplus money for farmland and water conservancy construction.
If Zhao Xin still wants to get his position, even if this position is his, there is a problem, when the battle for the heir starts, the good conditions of the entire Northern Song Dynasty will be fundamentally changed.
How many dynasties think that this battle is weakened, and when they reach the level of Zaifu, they don't want to consider the problem of the clan because of this, not to mention Zhao Xin's unique relationship, the balance above the court is about to end.
Zhao Xin considered this, he thought about it again and again, and in the end, he sent a reply letter to Renzong, and he refused the request to enter the palace, but agreed that if his mother was willing to see him, he could visit the house.
Since Renzong is using his mother as an excuse, then Zhao Xin's best choice is also to take Miao Guifei to talk about things, in terms of identity, he belongs to the heir of the Miao family, that is, the third generation of the Miao family, and he should ask Miao Guifei to call her aunt.
Such a suggestion is also the best way to solve his current problem, visiting the harem is often a huge honor, generally an emperor is willing to give the concubine in his life, that is, once or twice, often this is not the queen has ever had, which represents a huge grace and status.
The letter was transmitted to Bianliang through formal channels, and Zhao Xin did not choose a secret letter and passed it directly to the Forbidden Palace through the Imperial City Division, but listened to the normal means, and as a noble and a relative, he implored Renzong to give grace, so that Miao Guifei could go home to visit and stay for a few days.
This is a very legitimate request, in the imperial court, the concubine's family will make such a request almost every year, but the final approval is not one.
When this request was transmitted to Dongfu, Dongfu was a little weird, before Renzong's superstition, although he took the secret channel, but at the level of Zaifu, as long as he paid a little attention, he also knew it.
What does Renzong have in his heart, maybe Renzong just wants to see this child, but as Zaifu, they don't want to do this, which will bring huge variables, especially for those heirs of the clan.
Originally, it was possible to take the last step, even if it was only a one-in-eight chance, but now, with the appearance of Zhao Xin, maybe even such an eighth-in-one chance no longer exists, which is unacceptable to them.
Fortunately, Zhao Xin is very smart, he knows what he should do, and he has gone through such a channel, which is where the high-ranking officials are, they have made their positions clear, and they are no longer secretly entering the palace, and they can meet the emperor as a son of man, but they can give glory to the concubine as a relative.
The affairs of the harem, the ministers are not allowed to interfere, the Dongfu saw this, and it was just a simple record, everything was decided by Renzong, at most, after Renzong made a decision, he informed them of the specifications, and they would adjust and limit the types and quantities of specifications.
This request, through the acquiescence of Dongfu, was sent to Renzong as quickly as possible.
Seeing this, Renzong sighed, he didn't want this to be the result, between him and his son, it shouldn't be so formulaic, similar to the answer between monarchs and ministers, but I have to say that this is the best method that Zhao Xin chooses at present.
From this, it can be seen that Zhao Xin's maturity, he made the best choice in calmness, and from another aspect, it proves Zhao Xin's insistence on the throne, so is his method feasible, and does he not need any help from him?
What should I do, up to now, in the Renzong Dynasty, there is no grace for a concubine to return home, and the identity of Concubine Miao is a little worse, but the current grace is enough, but will this be hindered.
However, after thinking about it, Renzong decided to let the concubine visit his house, and in the name of Zhongzhi, he sent it to Dongfu.
This decision should have caused a huge controversy, and even caused a dispute between the concubines, the queen is still alive, this honor represents the difference in status, and the concubine itself is the position closest to the queen, if it goes further, what is it?
But this time, including the center, and even the relatives, there was no strong opposition, even the queen's family, who should have reacted violently.
Perhaps, for middle-level officials, this is a secret and it is unlikely to know, but all those who have a heart will know it, especially when the request is sent to Dongfu, it is impossible to hide it.
Everyone knows what the purpose of this time is, just to let Miao Guifei meet her son, in fact, there are many solutions, there is no need to make such a big deal, as long as Zhao Xin is secretly connected to the palace, then it will be fine.
Renzong's secret letter, many people just guessed it, or guessed it through the results, but it was so high-profile, which means that Zhao Xin never thought about intervening in the inheritance.
This has reassured many people's hearts, and even the queen, Renzong took the initiative to appease and inform the purpose of this time, and because of this, there was not much backlash.
In Bianliang City, when the undercurrent was surging, Zhao Xin was already on his way to set off, this time, he did not go alone and secretly, but took a huge sand boat, carrying at least more than 20 boats of gifts.
Starting from Miaojiazhuang, it took more than a year to establish the Dinghai Navy, but the Dinghai Navy has developed into a huge city with millions of people.
Under the reasonable arrangement and operation, the development of the Dinghai Navy is extremely rapid, and some new products that ordinary people can not imagine, and even the basic role can be judged, have appeared one after another, and some have gradually been put into the market, but more are in the hands of Zhao Xin, such as cotton cloth and printing and dyeing.
Cotton, planted in China, but the first here in Xinjiang, and the plant is also African grass cotton, this kind of cotton, low yield, difficult to plant, has not spread to the country, just in Xinjiang where.
It is more suitable for China, and the greater output is kapok, that is, cotton native to India, in the century, as early as the period of five dynasties and ten countries, has appeared in China, but it has not been promoted, and it has developed slowly, and many times, it grows like a weed.
Of course, Zhao Xin knew what cotton meant, cotton represented a cheap, easier to process and make fiber, and at the same time, when cotton was popularized and popularized on a large scale, it became possible for the south to defeat the north.
The cold and harsh climate in the north make it difficult for southerners who are not familiar with water and soil to adapt, coupled with the difference in regions, the northern race is a little higher and the strength is a little stronger, so in the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, the north unified the south, and there were few southerners who unified the north.
Cotton appeared different, more warm and close-fitting clothing, so that the southerners in the cold state, can still exert enough combat effectiveness, coupled with the emergence of firearms, liberated manpower, so that the gap between strength and race is not so obvious, this is the emergence of the Ming Dynasty's southern unification of the north.
When collecting all kinds of things, Zhao Xin has begun to pay attention, and collected a large number of seeds, and let some businessmen from India and Arabia purchase seeds, a few months, also cultivated a batch, planted a batch, the number is not much, about 3,000 acres of small-scale planting.
The cotton produced, partly woven and partly sent to special workshops for the manufacture of firearms, nitrocellulose is one of the easiest propellants to obtain, much better than gunpowder.
Because of the limited output, an acre of cotton, only a few dozen catties, 3,000 acres, but only a hundred thousand catties, this does not need to be industrialized production at all, just manual can be produced, a total of 5,000 pieces of various styles of cloth, and some special printing and dyeing and tailoring of clothing, these titles are the focus of the gift.
In addition to the new products such as cotton cloth and clothing, there are a lot of other novelties, the most important thing is money, on the one hand, Zhao Xin will bring a lot of money to Renzong, on the other hand, if Ye Qingchen is persuaded to let the Dinghai Navy intervene in the field of railway construction, this initial funding, the imperial court will definitely not be able to come up, and only he can come up with it.