Zhao Shu, this little guy is really uplifted, although he has followed Zhao Zhen to deal with government affairs for nearly two years, but the affairs of the imperial court, how complicated, Zhao Shu is still a newcomer.

If you don't understand something, you have to rely on the assistance of others, and the things outside are supported by the master, and the things in the palace must be handed over to the Empress Dowager Cao, there is nothing to say.

But as we all know, the heavenly family has no selfish affairs, once the Empress Dowager Cao establishes her authority, some people stammer, some people welcome, after a few years, it has formed a routine, everything must be consulted her, if you don't ask for instructions, it is unfilial!

Zhao Shu has read the record, of course he knows how difficult it is for his father when Empress Dowager Liu is in Japan.

Now it seems that Empress Dowager Cao is younger than Empress Dowager Liu, in good health, and is his own mother, it is possible to let her control it for one or two decades.

If the Empress Dowager Cao's opinion is the same as herself, then there is nothing to say, the right to be filial to her mother, the problem is that the Empress Dowager Cao advocates conservatism, and the reformers in the court are two carriages on the road, once the Empress Dowager Cao and the master start a fight, it will be a bad thing.

There was no way, Zhao Shu thought about it carefully, so he had to decide to take a step back first.

He was still very cunning, and the little guy found his mother first and told the Empress Dowager Cao that he had decided to issue an order to allow his uncle to return to Beijing to visit relatives and pay tribute to the ancestors of the Cao family.

Empress Dowager Cao was quite happy, thinking that her son was filial to herself and knew that she was grateful!

Where did she think that Zhao Shu gave her a sweet date, and immediately said, her father's kindness is as heavy as a mountain, and ordinary people still keep filial piety for three years, as an emperor, he should be an example in the world.

He wants to keep filial piety for his father, the central government, governed by the political affairs hall, with the master Xiliang Wang here, Ouyang Xiu, Jia Changchao, Song Zhen, Pang Ji, so many old ministers to assist, there will never be any mistakes, and please ask the queen mother to complete.

After Zhao Shu finished speaking, Empress Dowager Cao's face changed.

She was tricked by her son, Zhao Shu first promised to let the Cao family come back and let them visit relatives and worship, Empress Dowager Cao readily agreed, and then Zhao Shu wanted to keep filial piety for his father.

Can Empress Dowager Cao not agree?

Just let the Cao family be filial, and the emperor is not allowed to be filial?

It doesn't make sense!

But once she promised Zhao Shu to keep filial piety, she had no edict from the first emperor in her hand, and she couldn't listen to the government, let alone influence the court by influencing her son.

Empress Dowager Cao is as uncomfortable as eating a fly!

Her face was frosty, and her voice was sharp: "Your Majesty, in this way, I am afraid that the court situation will be entrusted to the political affairs hall and handed over to the king of Xiliang?" ”

The implication is that you can rest assured?

Zhao Shu raised his head and smiled confidently, "Master is loyal, my father entrusted the child and the court situation to him, and the queen mother should believe that the master is!" ”

Empress Dowager Cao gritted her teeth, good boy, you have increased your skills, there are thorns in these words! Wang Ningan is the minister of Tuogu, as the queen mother, why didn't Zhao Zhen give you an edict, don't you know in your heart?

Empress Dowager Cao was really a little crazy, she was suspicious of Zhao Zhen before, and even rumored that she was going to be abolished, and she was going to send her to the news, Empress Dowager Cao was holding her breath, but she had to make compromises.

She has affection for her own son, but she has little affection for her husband, especially her husband, who wants to be cruel to her.

Aren't you afraid that I will take power?

Then I'll show you!

Empress Dowager Cao is angry and ruthless!

Otherwise, she is a noble queen mother, is it not good to enjoy Qingfu honestly? Why always get involved in the affairs of the imperial court?

It's just that Empress Dowager Cao didn't expect that she stretched out her hand, but she was blocked by her son.

Little one, you can do it!

Empress Dowager Cao had a cold face and had nothing to say, so she could only let Zhao Shu leave quickly.

After sending her son away, Empress Dowager Cao recited the scriptures for a quarter of an hour in front of the Buddha statue, and gradually calmed down...... The little thing is not so stupid, he can have the means to deal with the old lady, I hope he also has the means to deal with his master!

Otherwise, it is really possible for the Zhao family to change their surname!

I don't know if it's happy or worried, anyway, Empress Dowager Cao has mixed tastes, so she can only taste it slowly.

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Besides, Zhao Shu, he blocked the old lady's offensive, and his little mood was still good.

Because of the edict of the first emperor, everything was required to be simple, and he had to keep filial piety to his father, the entire enthronement ceremony was simplified a lot, just to worship the ancestors and ancestors, promulgate the enthronement edict, accept the congratulations of hundreds of officials, and then it ended in a hurry.

The so-called three years of filial piety is impossible to really do nothing before the end of the tomb.

In fact, Zhao Shu is still very busy, but the big celebrations have been canceled, and some big court meetings have been canceled, and he has to go to the palace every day to meditate and recite scriptures for his father.

And every seven days, I have to go to the mausoleum to pay respects.

In addition to these things, Zhao Shu's more important work is to be familiar with the government, Wang Ning'an, Jia Changchao, Song Zhen, and other important ministers, a total of 9, each responsible for one day, ten days of rotation, one of which is for Zhao Shu to rest, review, and summarize.

Everyone hopes that the little emperor can grow up quickly and really bear the burden of government affairs.

And Zhao Shu also worked very hard and was busy in the dark.

As the Son of Heaven, he didn't have many friends, and he had a lot to say, so he couldn't talk to the master and other elders, and Gouya'er became his only friend, and he had to call Gouya'er into the palace almost every day, and the two of them muttered and kept talking and discussing.

In the past few days, Zhao Shu has been studying the accounts of the household department.

If you want to do things, you can't do without money, and it is difficult to move an inch without money, which is the case for the people, and even more so for the imperial court.

Zhao Shu is desperate to know how much money he can move, and he also wants to make some moves, which teenager doesn't want to make a difference, earth-shattering!

But when Zhao Shu and Gouya'er turned over all the accounts, the two little guys were dumbfounded.

The Great Song Dynasty not only did not have money, but also owed 30 million!

"Isn't that wrong?" Zhao Shu's eyes widened, and he said unconvinced.

Gouya'er bit the brush and shook his head, "You can see for yourself, the balance of the household's various annual income is only 50 million yuan, and the loan to be borne is enough to 80 million yuan, and the two offset it, but it is not 30 million yuan!" Congratulations, you have become the person who owes the most money to Da Song! ”

"How so?"

Zhao Shu hugged his head, puzzled.

Over the years, hasn't the income of the imperial court increased exponentially?

How good is Master at managing money?

At that time, the household department could only receive 100 million yuan, of which seventy percent was still in kind. Now that the annual income of the household department has exceeded 300 million, and the monetary tax has reached 250 million, the money owed in the past is even more owed, where has the money gone?

"I said Zong Han, you should check carefully, are there corrupt officials and corrupt officials? Lost all your money? ”

"There must be corrupt officials." Dogtooth grinned and said, "But such a big hole is definitely not as simple as greedy for ink." ”

"Why is that?"

Dogtooth thought for a moment, "My master...... That is, the current Sanniang, she told me, there is a big difficulty, take the Royal Bank as an example, according to the share capital, more than 200 million, but the problem is that there are not many people who can be realized, just like a person worth millions, including land, land, stocks or something...... There is not much cash, and if he is asked to pay for it, those things will have to be sold for cash, and in the end, he may not even be able to take out two or three hundred thousand yuan. ”

"I asked my dad, it has developed too fast in recent years, and after the emergence of the stock and bond markets, finance has been too hot. In addition, in order to solve the depletion of local finances, the imperial court invested a large amount of money to build roads, farms, and pastures...... All of these have to be loaned, guaranteed by the finance, subsidized, and brought back and forth, and it is normal to owe so much money! Gouya'er added: "Fortunately, the gold of the Western Regions has been replenished, and the development of the Western Regions is considered to be cost-free, and there is still a lot of money." Otherwise, the first battle of Hengshan and the first battle of the Western Regions, without tens of millions, can it be solved? Even if the palace is sold, it may not be enough to fill the hole. ”

Zhao Shu was full of fire, he saw that the Great Song Dynasty was full of flowers, cooking oil on fire, and thought that there was an inexhaustible mountain of gold and silver, which could make him feel at ease and boldly use it.

After taking inventory, he figured out that not only did he not have much money available, but he also owed a lot of debt!

What is this for?

Zhao Shu's children were confused, but in fact, the truth is really not complicated.

Any rapid economic development will produce an increase in credit, advanced investment, and large-scale debt construction, which will eventually become debts, not only in the imperial court, local, and non-governmental debts, but also in an astonishing amount.

This is the second problem encountered by the Great Song Dynasty in opening industrialization.

In comparison, the interest cost of Da Song was several times higher than that of later generations, and there was no breakthrough development in industrial technology, the production efficiency was relatively low, the products were few, and the natural repayment ability was poor.

In a word, in the last ten years of Zhao Zhen's state, the Great Song Dynasty experienced an unprecedented period of prosperity, and in the hands of Zhao Shu, various sequelae gradually appeared.

Zhao Shu was dumbfounded, no wonder before his father died, he repeatedly warned himself that only Wang Ningan could clean up the situation in the imperial court, and the reason was here!

"Why do I think this dragon chair is so difficult to sit on!" Zhao Shu was depressed again, "In the past, gentlemen said that the prosperous world is to have endless money to spend, endless food, everything is good, there are gentlemen everywhere, the road is not forgotten, and the door is not closed at night...... How do I feel, it seems to be fake, or, the Great Song Dynasty is far from its heyday? ”

Dogtooth scratched her head, "Let's put it this way, Sheng Shi is like a beauty, and Troubled Times is like an ugly girl, no matter how beautiful or ugly, they are all human beings, they all have eye droppings and snot...... It depends on what you focus more on. ”

Zhao Shu pondered for a long time, and suddenly slapped the dog's back violently.

"Okay, you're good enough, this metaphor is good, great!"

Dogtooth rolled her eyes, "What's the use?" I reckon you're in trouble this year. ”

"Why?"

"I heard my dad say that last winter was too warm for both Nishikyo and Tokyo to freeze."

Zhao Shu nodded, he was still glad to come, the winter is warm, which is good for his father's body, could it be that this is also harmful?

"The winter is too warm, and there is no rain or snow, this year's spring drought is very serious, except for a month ago, on the day of the death of the emperor, it rained a little, there has been no rain. The canals and reservoirs in various localities have dried up again, and in many places, five or ten zhang have been dug up, but there is no water, and spring plowing will definitely be affected, and the reduction of grain output is already a foregone conclusion. ”

Dogtooth stretched out his hands at Zhao Shu, "So, your people will be hungry again in the autumn!" ”